Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

Amuro Toru's heart skipped a beat and he looked confused:

"Are you sure? A political family like that would actually kill a child."

Because he had received a message from Vermouth before, Toru Amuro was very certain after secretly watching the entire incident of the attack on Utsunomiya Hiroshi's uncle and nephew.

The woman who took advantage of the night to attack only wanted to kill a little child, A Mian.

Before the woman shot the second arrow, Utsunomiya Hiroshi had already run into the range of the street lamp, and the three bodyguards around him all ran to protect Amian and Conan.

At that time, there was no one guarding Utsunomiya Hiroshi, and his back was facing the woman, so he was completely defenseless.

If the woman shot an arrow at him at that time, and the arrow happened to be coated with poison, the chances of successful assassination would be as high as 90%.

After all, Utsunomiya Hiroshi has no eyes behind his back, and he himself is just an ordinary person who is powerless and has no physical skills.

This is what Toru Amuro discovered through close observation during the conversation on the Red Leaf Special Train.

But the second and third arrows were both aimed in the direction of Amian and Conan.

Not only that, the time distance between the first arrow and the second arrow is longer than the time distance between the second arrow and the third arrow.

Although the murderer could have used the first arrow, he deliberately waited for a good opportunity and aimed to hit the target with one arrow.

Then he suddenly found that he was stopped by a child. In a rage, he hurriedly shot the second and third arrows at Conan.

But Toru Amuro has always had another equally reasonable but extremely dark guess in his mind.

If the mastermind behind that woman was Utsunomiya Hiroshi, then those three bodyguards were not Utsunomiya Hiroshi's subordinates, but were under the orders of the head of the Utsunomiya family.

Then, the whole attack can be understood as follows:

Utsunomiya Hiroshi brought his nephew out this time in order to take the opportunity to get rid of this young child.

He took his nephew to a maple forest trail where there were few street lights, dim light, dense trees and few people, and set up an ambush in the dark.

It can be said that it was a coincidence that A Mian was attracted by Conan and ran over, but it is also possible that Utsunomiya Hiroshi knew that Conan was here, so he brought his nephew here.

It is even possible that this assassination was carried out for this reason.

The woman who was ambushing in the dark received the order and started ambush in the dark after Conan entered the maple forest road.

Because he knew that the person under the dim street light was Conan, even though Amian and Conan were dressed very similarly and had the same hair color.

The woman hiding in the darkness a hundred meters away did not mistake Conan for her target.

Later, after the arrow missed, the three bodyguards who came forward focused on protecting A Mian because they all took orders from the head of the Utsunomiya family.

Leaving Utsunomiya Hiroshi aside.

There were also bodyguards who held Conan in the middle to protect him. Utsunomiya Hiroshi did not give any orders at that time. It was completely the bodyguards' initiative.

This can be said to be because Utsunomiya Hiroshi has a cold and arrogant personality, but is particularly kind to children, so his bodyguards follow suit and protect Conan in the middle without being told.

But it can also be said that the bodyguard picked up Conan and protected him in the center because Conan's size and clothing were similar to A Mian's.

Holding them all in your arms and protecting them in the center can be used to confuse the murderer's vision.

The murderer shot three arrows. The first arrow was a sure hit, while the second and third arrows were subsequent remedies.

The long pause between the first and second arrows seemed more like the murderer was identifying something in secret rather than being shocked by his own failure.

Conan and A Mian were picked up by bodyguards and ran to the dark at the same time. Who is the target of the mission?

However, because the two little ones were dressed too similarly and had the same hair color, the bodyguards covered their faces and held them with their backs to the outside.

Therefore, the murderer, who was pressed for time and could not be identified, could only shoot two arrows in the same direction.

After the failure, in order to put the blame on others, he deliberately left a fourth feather arrow at the assassination scene.

The murderer's target from beginning to end was only A Mian.

However, Toru Amuro has no evidence to support all of this reasoning.

The woman who was knocked unconscious by him was successfully disguised as Vermouth's previous identity through Vermouth's disguise technique. Amuro Toru explained that she was unwell and had an old illness.

He was unconscious, tied up and stuffed into a quilt in a hotel room.

There are no conditions for a trial yet.

Toru Amuro had thought that there might be some special mark on the red-tailed feather arrow that was deliberately left behind to frame someone.

Or maybe the long arrow with red tail feathers itself has some special meaning that others don’t know, but the people of the Utsunomiya family know clearly.

But when he heard that this matter was related to the Hojo family, especially the Kamakura Hojo family, Toru Amuro couldn't help but be shocked.

The Kamakura Hojo family is an ancient family with a history of nearly 800 years and an evergreen family in Japanese politics.

It has experienced several ups and downs in the past years, and now it has become a giant that cannot be easily shaken among the many aristocratic families in Japan.

Although not every generation entered politics, their family roots had long been deeply rooted in the political arena, providing sufficient nutrients for every Kamakura Hojo who entered politics.

Hojo Yoshimune is such a towering tree that was nurtured by the Kamakura Hojo with all his strength.

It is also the tallest and most luxuriant tree cultivated by the Hojo family in Kamakura today.

"Who knows."

Asaka remained noncommittal. So what if they were a political family with a very good reputation? Were all the people in it good people?

Even the current powerful Hojo Yoshimune, who pushed for the passage of a new drug control bill and even went against the aristocratic families behind him to promote reforms to the police system.

It is not necessarily that he will be a perfect and flawless good person.

After giving the information about the Kamakura Hojo family and the Utsunomiya family to Amuro Toru, Asaka said:

"This is the information that Vermouth asked me to give you."

Amuro Toru took it and suddenly asked:

"By the way, do you have any information about Utsunomiya Masaichi's recent whereabouts?"

Shoichi Utsunomiya?

Isn't that the name of the heir of the Utsunomiya family?

Asaka looked puzzled:

"Why do you think of asking this?"

Without waiting for Amuro Toru to answer, Asaka thought for a moment and replied:

“The whereabouts of heirs of wealthy families like this have always been kept extremely secret, and what I have found out is very limited.

The most recent whereabouts found was that Utsunomiya Masaichi attended a three-day high-level gathering held at Haruwaju in Kyoto at the end of July this year, which brought together bigwigs from all walks of life. "

In other words, after this, Shoichi Utsunomiya has not appeared in public for more than three months.

After coming to this conclusion, Toru Amuro's eyes darkened.

There was a flash of realization in Chaoxiang's eyes:

“You are suspecting that something happened to Utsunomiya Shoichi.

The attack tonight was staged by Utsunomiya Hiroshi in order to eliminate his brother's only son who was competing with him for the succession. "

Not only that, I now suspect that the theft of the treasure map parchment is also related to the second son of the Utsunomiya family.

Toru Amuro thought secretly in his heart.

Asaka let out a breath slowly. This kind of family infighting involving the struggle for the throne of succession was really enough to make one's scalp tingle just thinking about it.

"I'll help you check."

Just before Toru Amuro was about to ask Asaka to check it out, Asaka suddenly said.

"For the sake of that lord."

The light source of the night light did not cover a wide area, and Toru Amuro could not see clearly what expression Asaka had at the moment, as her face was outside the light source's coverage.

But he confirmed one thing.

That is, now not only Kikumasamune, but also Asaka, has been completely controlled by Whiskey.

Rum probably never dreamed that the two trusted subordinates he had carefully trained would completely turn to whiskey without his knowledge.

The secret meeting ended. Kiku Masamune, who had been sitting on the sidelines without expressing any opinions, raised his hand anxiously and gestured after Amuro Toru left:

'Why do you have to work so hard to help Bourbon? Bourbon is an intelligence officer himself. Can't he investigate it himself?

Besides, Bourbon is so cunning and sinister, maybe he won't remember you well even if you help him.'

Chaoxiang didn't say anything, but used sign language to sign back to him:

'I'm not doing this just to impress Bourbon.

Didn't I say before that I helped him this time for the sake of the adults?'

"But the master has not yet ended the confinement punishment. If you help Bourbon, he won't know."

Kikumasamune didn't think that Bourbon would be a grateful person, and he didn't think that he would tell Whiskey about the help Asaka had given him afterwards.

Now he felt that his partner Asaka had a problem with his brain. Asaka had never done such a thing as doing good deeds without leaving a name.

Asaka, who had completely understood the look on Kiku Masamune's face as he looked at her like a fool, suddenly felt a little tight in her chest and short of breath.

I cursed in my heart, "You are the fool," then sighed and began to explain with gestures:

'We've known each other for so many years, don't you know what kind of person I am?

I'm not the kind of fool who does good deeds without leaving my name. If Bourbon doesn't tell the adults, can't we go and tell them ourselves?

They all jumped ship from Rum. Look at Bourbon, he is trusted by the adults, favored by the teacher, and even has an outstanding graduate of the training camp as his direct subordinate.

Although we both want to be undercover under Rum's command, it seems that we are still a long way from that.'

Asaka, who was physically weak, quickly gestured through this part, paused, then slowed down and continued to gesture:

'I'm helping Bourbon this time, but it's actually for our own benefit.

If Bourbon tells us everything we have done to help him this time, that's fine.

If we don't tell him, when we report it, His Excellency will know that Bourbon is deliberately hiding this matter. Even if His Excellency doesn't dislike Bourbon because of this, he will see our loyalty, right? '

It would be better if this happened more often.

Don’t worry about it happening once or twice, but what about ten or eight times?

An ambiguous smile appeared on Chaoxiang's face.

Of course he knew that Bourbon was a dangerous man, so wasn't he just looking for an opportunity to minimize the danger?

Kiku Masamune heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Fortunately, my partner is still the same partner who never suffers any loss.

"Besides, if we show more of our abilities, the adults will be happy. If we pay more attention, maybe the medicine to repair the sequelae in your body will be produced soon."

Kikumasamune, who had just relaxed, was stunned when he saw the words that Asaka gestured out.

He lowered his head, not wanting Chaoxiang to see the guilty look on his face.

He knew that his partner chose to betray Rum and join Whiskey because of him.

For so many years, he had been dragging him down, causing him to be unappreciated by Rum. Even Laurel Crown, who was promoted after them, dared to openly mock him.

Asaka's mouth twitched, knowing that his partner must be feeling guilty again.

At this moment, he really wanted to twist this fool's head up and mock him, saying that if he was so stupid, he should not learn to be sentimental from others.

Just be a happy fool every day.

But he was really afraid that when he turned Kiku Masamune's head up, this fool would look at him with tears in his eyes.

So, after hesitating for a while, Chaoxiang finally stood up and said:

"Okay, it's so late, I'm going back to bed, you should go to bed early too."

The footsteps faded away, but the small night light left on the table still emitted a dim and hazy glow.

On the top floor of the hotel, there was also a room with only a night light on.

A Mian, who had suffered a great fright before, was now fast asleep. The light from the small night light beside the bed was dimmer than the one in the living room of Chaoxiang and Kikumasa's house.

But Utsunomiya Hiroshi still saw his nephew Amian's uncomfortable expression with a slightly frown and sweat on his forehead through the dim light of the night light.

"dad…"

A very light whisper of a child in a dream, full of longing, grievance and fear, reached Utsunomiya Hiroshi's ears very clearly.

He was slightly stunned, then he raised his hand and gently patted A Mian's little body, which was curled up on its side.

Feeling the comforting power, A Mian gradually relaxed his frowning brows, and his originally rapid breathing gradually became even.

In the corner of the bedroom, two tall bodyguards had a panoramic view of the entire scene.

And in another room, even the night light was not on.

The tall woman standing by the window looked at the parchment in her hand, which was fluorescent in the moonlight. Her eyes were deep. After thinking for a long time, she made a phone call.

But just after the bell rang three times, she fell to the ground lifeless with the sound of footsteps approaching her rapidly.

The phone slipped from his hand due to loss of strength, but was firmly held by a pair of hands wearing black gloves, and then the hang-up button was pressed.

Early the next morning,

Shortly after the sun rose, a shrill scream broke the morning tranquility.