Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

Seeing Asaka staring at the phone interface with her eyes wide open, looking as if she was still alive but her soul was lost, Toru Amuro began to wonder what shocking content was written in this email.

Perhaps he sensed Bourbon's expectation, or perhaps he needed someone to be shocked with him.

Asaka, who had finally regained her consciousness, turned her phone screen in front of Toru Amuro.

With an inquiring mind, Toru Amuro looked over carefully and then fell into a long silence.

He knew every word on it, but... why?

Why would the heir of the Hojo family appear here?

And you used a fake identity?

Is it popular among the children of wealthy families nowadays to wear white dragon fish clothing when traveling?

Chairman Hojo actually indulges his own descendants like this?

……

For a moment, Toru Amuro's mind was filled with question marks.

The key is that there is still no answer.

Especially since he had heard that the Hojo family would hold a wedding banquet for the eldest grandson and heir next month.

I'm getting married and starting a family next month. If I'm not busy preparing for the wedding banquet now, how can I put everything aside and participate in this treasure hunt competition?

He really loves Hongye Baozang so deeply that even the wife he is about to marry cannot compare to him.

Of course, these questions are just the beginning.

The most terrible thing at the moment is that Toru Amuro had just confidently sworn in front of Hiroshi Utsunomiya, pointing at Hojo Shuya's face and saying that this was the mission target they had identified.

Thinking back to that time when he was full of confidence and had fooled Utsunomiya Hiroshi into believing in him, Toru Amuro wished he could give his previous self a good brain-shaking look when he was flipping through the photos.

There were so many people to choose from, but he chose such a special person. If his choice caused any accident to Hojo Shuya, the Hojo family would never let him go.

There is also Hojo Shuya's grandfather, Hojo Yoshimune, who is now a Minister of State and the Chairman of the Public Security Commission. When Amuro Toru thinks about it, he feels a gloom in front of his eyes.

"Duwu——"

The train blew a long whistle, and looking into the distance through the railway, the vague outlines of the city buildings could already be seen.

This also means that the train is about to arrive at the second official stop of this journey, Wada Station in Osaka Prefecture.

This is an Osaka tourist destination that is home to the historic Daikoku-ji Temple, which has stunning views of the red leaves and is also rumored to be the most sought-after hidden spot for red leaf treasures.

Near the platform of Wada Station, Otaki Goro, dressed in casual clothes, and his subordinates who were also dressed in casual clothes, had been waiting there, just waiting for the target train to stop at the station.

However, what the group did not notice was that on this platform, there were several other groups of people with different purposes, also waiting for the arrival of the Red Leaf Special Train.

...

In a private estate somewhere overseas, Karasuma Renya, who has recovered to his best condition, has been in a good mood these days.

However, when he saw the latest progress of the mission on Vermouth's side, especially the content of the email sent by Vermouth herself, his good mood came to an abrupt end.

In fact, under normal circumstances, Karasuma Renya would not pay detailed attention to the specific process of organization members completing their tasks.

Even if it was a joint task that required cooperation among multiple departments, he would at most have someone keep an eye on it secretly, and only come forward to ask the person in charge of the task if a critical issue arose.

If the mission fails, as long as it does not involve the core things he is concerned about, the people involved in the mission will go through the normal process of accepting the punishment according to the rules.

He wouldn't care too much about it, let alone get angry about it.

But the situation this time is rather special.

A person with a special identity was involved in this mission.

Karasuma Renya read the email almost the entire time with a frown on his brow.

The heir of the Hojo family and the most valued grandson of Hojo Lianzong, the chairman of the Public Security Committee.

Hojo Yoshimune doted on this grandson so much that he even bypassed his eldest son, Hojo Yoshihito, and designated him as the next generation heir of the Hojo family.

The protagonist of the wedding banquet held by the Hojo family next month is Hojo Shuya, who has just turned 22 years old and is a fourth-year student in the Department of Political Science and Law at the University of Tokyo and is about to graduate.

Karasuma Renya knew very well that once he touched Hojo Shuya, Hojo Lianmune would not give up easily.

Just the family of Hojo Shuya's future father-in-law will not give up easily.

The families of the two upper-class forces are forming a marriage, and the wedding invitations have already been sent to all the major chaebols, famous families, and wealthy and powerful people.

Even though Karasuma Ren'ya was not in Neon, he knew that the Karasuma old house had received a wedding invitation from the Hojo family not long ago.

If something happened to Hojo Shuya at this time, it would undoubtedly have a huge impact.

Karasuma Renya did not want to give up the opportunity to cooperate with the Utsunomiya family, but he was also unwilling to incur the wrath of the Hojo family for this.

Vermouth knew this, so after handing over the hidden A Mian to the person in charge and exchanging information with Asaka and others, she sent this email to Karasuma Renya.

He urgently stopped the next planned action plan and went to a hotel arranged by the Ooka Group near the Mahakala Temple with his plastic companions as usual.

I plan to wait for Karasuma Renya to give the latest instructions before deciding what to do next.

While he was thinking, Karasuma Soshin, who had finished today's kendo training, walked up the stairs from the first floor.

When he raised his eyes, Karasuma Soshin saw Karasuma Renya sitting on the sofa in the front hall on the second floor with a serious expression and a slightly frown on his brows.

"Father."

Karasuma Soshin, who had originally planned to go directly back to his room on the third floor, stopped and greeted respectfully.

"Just in time for you to come back, come and take a look at this email."

Karasuma Renya pointed to the laptop computer with the screen on on the table.

Karasuma Soshin walked to Karasuma Renya's side, swept his eyes across the content of the email on the screen, and finally paused imperceptibly at the sender's code.

According to the email sent by Vermouth, it seems that Gin is not the top person in charge of this joint mission.

"What do you think?"

Karasuma Renya asked.

Upon hearing this, Karasuma Soshin raised his eyelids slightly and replied calmly:

“This person has nothing to do with Vermouth’s mission directly. At most, he is just a shield put forward by the people behind the scenes.

There is no need to worry too much about him. If there are any subsequent actions, just stay away from him."

After hearing this, Karasuma Renya's expression eased a little, but then he remembered that the presence of Hojo Shuya would inevitably attract the attention of the public security.

So he said with emotion:

"Hojo Shuya's grandfather, Hojo Lianzong, is now the Minister of State and Chairman of the Neon Public Security Committee.

The case of Hiroshi Utsunomiya's nephew's disappearance has now been handed over to the police. I believe he now knows that his grandson is involved in these things. "

Karasuma Soshin, who understood the hidden meaning behind Karasuma Renya's words, gave a suggestion very calmly and casually:

"If you take away Hojo Shuya from the three suspects, there are only two left. If we can't confirm who they are, then we should capture them all before the police react."

As for when the public security would react, and whether they had reacted now, Karasuma Soshin naturally did not mention this, but continued:

“The card that Vermouth just got is enough to help her identify who the real target is.

So there is no need to spend more time investigating, just act as soon as possible."

Karasuma Renya agreed with Karasuma Soshin's suggestion, and immediately sent a reply email to Vermouth.

Before Karasuma Ren'ye replied to the email, Karasuma Soshin took the initiative to suggest going back to the room to change clothes and prepare for the next class.

As I stepped onto the third floor, the maid who was on this floor all day came up to me.

After taking a quick shower and changing his clothes, Karasuma Soshin, wearing a light-colored casual outfit, took a book with an indifferent expression and sat on the soft sofa in the lobby on the third floor.

Turning the pages of the book, Karasuma Soshin's eyes seemed to fall on the contents inside, but in fact he was thinking about other things.

For example, if Gin didn't even participate in such an important mission, then what would he be sent to do by Karasuma Renya?

During this period, Karasuma Soshin lived a life almost isolated from the world.

Without access to any communication tools, and with Xiliul restricted in advance, he was forced to stay with his mother, Yuki Sanada.

It was only from the email sent by Vermouth today that he deduced that Gin was sent out to carry out a secret mission.

Otherwise, such a joint mission of great importance would never have fallen into Vermouth's hands.

Karasuma Soshin once took a brief look at the guest information at the tulip party in late July.

At that time, his impression of the Utsunomiya family was that it was a force in the political arena, or even a very small family.

He had the reputation of being a family of priests and had considerable influence among the people, but in the eyes of other families, he was just a family that ran a shrine.

It has many shrines throughout Kanto and Kansai, but in terms of wealth, it cannot compare with top chaebols like the Suzuki Group.

But after the new prime minister took office, his family, thanks to the Utsunomiya family head's keen eye and early bet, has occupied many positions of power in the past few months.

After the bombings at Tokyo Port and Yokohama Port, many positions in Japan's customs, judicial and other government systems were left vacant due to the huge turmoil caused by the explosions.

As a backer of the current Prime Minister, he was a staunch supporter of the Prime Minister who had the foresight to fully support the then ordinary candidate, especially when other families were optimistic about other candidates.

The Utsunomiya family took advantage of this turmoil to firmly occupy some important positions.

Of course, Karasuma Soshin deduced this information himself based on the secret code of the gold leaf bounty brought by Karasuma Renya, the information about the unusual movements of the Utsunomiya family discovered by the intelligence team, and the treasure map of the red leaf treasure taken by Utsunomiya Shoichi.

The only things that can interest Karasuma Renye are things that are beneficial to him.

The Utsunomiya family that Karasuma Renya took a fancy to and attached great importance to, and that he wanted to reach a cooperation with, couldn't possibly be those shrines.

If we count them carefully, only the Utsunomiya family can be regarded as a political force that cannot be underestimated. It is even likely that they control the bottleneck of customs transportation and other matters involving the organization of special cargo transportation routes.

After deducing the content of the deal that Karasuma Renya wanted to reach with the Utsunomiya family, Karasuma Soshin naturally did not want to see this mission succeed.

Therefore, Karasuma Soshin first concealed the news without any guilt that the person who issued the gold leaf bounty was not the head of the Utsunomiya family, but a confidant of the Utsunomiya family who was missing and was 99% likely dead, Utsunomiya Masakazu.

Then, knowing that Bourbon was among the participants of the mission, and that Hojo Shuya was also involved, the public security department was absolutely staring at this case and Hojo Shuya without blinking an eye.

He easily dug a big pit for Vermouth and Gin's men, most of whom were members of the action team and were responsible for the subsequent actions.

Anyway, Gin might be surviving in some remote corner of the wilderness right now. When he finds out, he will only vent his anger on Vermouth.

Anticipating the scene where Gin would be furious with Vermouth, and then they would confront each other and cause trouble everywhere, Karasuma Soshin's mood suddenly improved.

It would be even better if Gin died in that top-secret operation that he could not figure out for the time being, and it would be the first big news he received after the end of his punishment period.

As Karasuma Soshin thought so, he casually turned another page of the book in his hand, with no emotion visible on his face.

Osaka, Wada City.

It was already past five in the afternoon when Vermouth saw the reply to the email.

A large swath of setting sun shone through a large floor-to-ceiling window, filling the room where she was with dusk.

Unlike the Japanese-style hot spring hotel she had stayed in in Fukuoka before, the hotel she was staying in now was completely Western in style.

Sitting on the soft and comfortable single sofa with her legs up, Vermouth did not notice anything unusual after reading the email.

On the contrary, she also felt that this was a time for a quick resolution.

If we delay any further and the police turn their attention to the two suspects, we will be in a very passive position.

As for the whereabouts of the treasure map, Vermouth was even less worried.

Even if the real parchment treasure map is not found on the target, as long as A Mian is in hand, the target will naturally reveal the whereabouts of the treasure map.

After switching the phone interface to the email inbox, Vermouth decided to take action today and began to send emails to the members of the operation sent this time.

The beautiful afterglow of the setting sun fell on Vermouth's still-disguised face, illuminating the faint smile at the corner of her mouth that was out of tune with the disguise.

If Conan was here at that time and saw that smile, he would be able to tell at a glance that it was Vermouth in disguise.

Unfortunately, ever since she knew that Conan and others would appear in this treasure hunt competition, Vermouth has been deliberately avoiding them in order to prevent her identity from being discovered.

In the luggage storage area on the train, when she heard the footsteps getting closer and closer outside the door, it was her beloved Angel, she immediately hid in the changing area and kicked Chaoxiang out to deal with them.

During this period, the only consolation for Vermouth was that she could fully appreciate her two angels through the video that Bourbon shot at the opening ceremony.

For this purpose, Vermouth secretly copied a copy using a USB flash drive, intending to enjoy it slowly after the mission was completed.