Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 2505 Chapter 2509 [Ally]

"Kaneda?" Hearing this, the sturdy man looked at his colleague who came with him, a little surprised, "I thought it was Professor Iwama's treat again, but I didn't expect it was you who booked the private room. Kaneda, when did you become so generous?"

Kaneda Kamezo snorted coldly: "I didn't order it. Someone else named Kaneda ordered it."

"Brother Kaneda, brother Arai!" At this time, a voice came from the side. Several people looked in the direction of the voice and saw a slightly older professor walking out from the direction of the box.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time." Professor Iwama came over and patted their shoulders. "Why are you here only now?"

Arai Ryuichi said quickly: "I'm sorry, Kaneda is really slow. I've been waiting for him for a long time."

Hearing this, Jintian Guisan snorted again: "I didn't ask you to wait for me, can't you come first?"

"What did you say?!" Arai Takashi said angrily, "Today's dinner is to celebrate your promotion to associate professor. Is this how you treat your colleagues who came to support you?"

"Oh, you also know that I am an associate professor now." Kaneda Kamezo glanced at him arrogantly and raised his chin. "Don't think that just because we were at the same level, you can treat me as an equal - be careful with your words. Since I was promoted, you, an ordinary lecturer, have been an assistant who is one level lower than me."

Arai Ryuichi: “You…!”

"Okay, get out of my way." Kaneda Kamezo pushed him aside and walked to the pretty receptionist. "Miss, what is the most expensive item in your store?"

"..." The receptionist kept smiling, she would rather take advantage of the situation than not. "It's puffer fish caviar. Would you like some?"

"Give me three servings. There are three of us." After placing the order, Kamezo Kaneda turned to the full professor who was in charge of entertaining the guests and said, "Is that okay, Mr. Iwama?"

"Ah, ah? Of course." Professor Iwama touched his wallet and smiled distressedly, "Today is a celebration for you. You are the biggest - order whatever you want!"

Kaneda Kamezo nodded in satisfaction. Soon, the three of them, after ordering their meals, entered the private room together.

"It's the professor from that school again." Behind them, several chefs heard the noise and poked their heads out of the small window of the kitchen. They gossiped in low voices, "Every time they come, they order a lot of dishes, but they don't eat much. It's really extravagant."

"Okay, there are other guests in the front hall." The receptionist interrupted them hastily, not wanting the customers to know that their own staff would tease them behind their backs.

After persuading the gossiping chefs to go back to the kitchen, the receptionist turned to Jiang Xia awkwardly and said, "Your appointment time has come. I will take you to the private room. By the way, you are the 100th lucky customer to make an appointment today. We will give you a special meal."

Jiang Xia: “…” The legendary sealing dish?

He nodded and did not reject the clerk's kindness. Anyway, Boss Amuro was treating today, so it was the organization's treat. If the dishes served were not tasty, he could order something else.

Just at this time, Toru Amuro also came back after finishing his phone call.

Jiang Xia looked at the murderous aura of coffee that was rising and falling on him, nodded slightly with satisfaction, and went to the box with this very practical boss.

When he turned the corner, he paused and looked far outside the store.

Jiang Xia: “…” I’ve been really lucky lately, could it be that the amulet I got from the Maori Detective Agency last time has worked?
He withdrew his gaze happily, went into his box and sat down.

……

A minute later, two other people pushed the door open and walked into the restaurant.

"I don't have an appointment." It was obviously not Ireland's first time here. He said to the front desk skillfully, "But I have a gold membership card."

"..."

Money talks, and the front desk quickly arranged a room.

The gurgling sound of water around the box was relaxing. Vodka had not wanted to come to such a public place, but smelling the aroma of food and watching the boats floating on the water carrying high-end delicacies such as barbecue, sashimi, and Japanese confectionery, he remembered the fast food he had eaten in the dark corners these days... He moved again and again, but still did not get up.

"Forget it, an occasional meal shouldn't be a big problem." Vodka thought secretly, "There are never any slow-acting poisons in Uzo's scripts. They all take effect immediately after eating. I'll wait for Ireland to eat first. If he's fine after eating, I'll follow him."

Thinking of this, Vodka checked the teapot. Then he wiped his own teacup and poured tea into the cups of the two people: "Why did you suddenly come to this restaurant?"

Ireland had been running around all day and was very thirsty. He grabbed the teacup and gulped down a few sips. Then, under Vodka's gaze, he said, "Guess."

Vodka: "?"

What, the Riddler is contagious, and you were infected with the Riddle virus by Bourbon?
While muttering to himself, he grabbed the teacup and took a careful sip.

Then Ireland frowned. The cadre seemed to realize the annoying Riddler trait in himself. Soon, Ireland cleared his throat and said again, "Just now when you were using the restroom in the convenience store, I saw Jiang Xia coming this way. And earlier, Bourbon's car was also driving this way."

"That mysterious 'ally' seems to want to abandon us and act alone. Ha, it's a pity that their whereabouts did not escape my eyes. I want to see what plan he can come up with." Ireland laughed softly, "When I was ordering food just now, I saw the mark left on the menu. It was Bourbon's handwriting. He and Jiang Xia are indeed here."

"Puff!" Vodka spat a mouthful of tea onto the table: Uzo is here too? ...Why didn't you say so earlier! !

Ireland gave him a confused look, "What's your reaction?"

Vodka wanted to curse, but when he thought about the possibility that Uzo was right next to him, and thought about what would happen if Gin and Uzo knew that he had exposed his identity...

Vodka gritted his teeth and slammed the table, forced to start: "Following Bourbon and Jiang Xia? Are you crazy? Those two guys are more observant than each other. If we are discovered by them, Bourbon can just exaggerate and use his status as the boss to destroy the trust we have worked so hard to build with Jiang Xia!"

Ireland thought of how Vodka had worked so hard to take advantage of Jiang Xia that he ran to her side and acted as Yamada's "assistant". He sneered, "When did you see me following you? We just 'happened' to come here to eat."

Vodka: "..." Right, right, right. And then you happened to run into Wuzo, happened to be involved in a murder case, happened to be treated as a suspect, happened to be recorded in the police's notebook... It has happened so many times. When will you realize that the best way to deal with Wuzo is not to take the initiative to attack, but to hide as far away as possible? !

(End of this chapter)