Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

Therefore, when Hojo Shuya opened the door and saw a public security officer dressed as a waiter pushing a food cart outside the door, he did not become suspicious.

The police officer who had taken a camouflage class played the role very well, from entering the door, to bringing the food from the food cart to the table one by one, to casually glancing at two objects on the side that didn't fit in with the room.

During this period, Hojo Shuya did not notice anything wrong.

In a top-class private room at a 24-hour hot spring bath center not far from the hotel,

After receiving the reply from Yuya Kazami, Toru Amuro looked at the description of the two items and replied to Yuya Kazami:

Keep a close eye on Hojo Shuya and don't let anyone get in touch with him or the two gifts he received before you leave tomorrow.

The timing of the appearance of these two gifts was too coincidental, and the people who gave the gifts were the only two suspects at present. Amuro Toru strongly suspected that there was something else hidden in the gifts.

For example, the real parchment treasure map of the Red Leaf Treasure.

as well as…

The rooftop terrace on the 21st floor of the hotel.

It's very windy and cold tonight. The saying that autumn leaves are as cool as water is just right for this time of year.

And at this time when we should be lying in bed and sleeping comfortably, the rooftop on the rooftop is not deserted despite the strong wind.

The moon hidden behind the clouds quietly poked its head out, and its bright moonlight sprinkled on the rooftop, casting shadows on everything there.

There are rattan chairs placed in a staggered manner, a wooden tea table with a fresh pastoral style, and Western-style tea sets with simple patterns that are not complicated or gorgeous.

Looking around, all kinds of large and small potted green plants are dotted in every corner of the rooftop, exuding a full natural atmosphere.

The slanting moonlight passed through the narrow gap in the rooftop door, casting a long and slender shadow.

In the corner of the rooftop, on a rattan swing chair surrounded by flowers and plants, a child about five or six years old was sleeping quietly.

She has even breathing, cute looks, and short, slightly curled black hair.

The small samurai suit, which was tailored to a smaller scale, wrapped tightly around his body, keeping him warm on those autumn nights.

However, the wind was blowing very hard that night, so even though the child was wrapped in thick clothes, he couldn't help but curl up his body, with his little brows slightly wrinkled, as if he could wake up and complain about the cold at any time.

Chikazu Chikazu pushed open the door to the rooftop and looked at the scene with shock in his eyes.

He took a few steps forward. The moonlight of the autumn night illuminated his figure extremely clearly, and even cast a long reflection behind him.

The wind on the top floor suddenly became stronger, making his clothes whistle.

After looking around and confirming that this was not a prank, Chikako Chikako quickly walked towards the rattan swing chair.

As the distance got closer, Chikako Chika's steps became faster and faster.

When he reached out his hand and felt the child's shallow, warm breath in his nostrils, Chikagaku Chikagami finally had a clear understanding of the situation before him.

In the middle of the night, someone actually threw a child on the rooftop.

This is really trying to kill this child.

Chikagaku Kinda was furious and was about to take the child away.

But just as he stretched out his hands, a tranquilizer bullet cut through the wind and hit his shoulder from behind.

The specially made anesthetic bullets are very powerful and take effect very quickly.

Before Chikada Zhixue could react and turn around, his soul seemed to be sucked out of him in an instant, and he fell heavily to the ground face down.

Made quite a noise.

At this time, the people hiding in the dark slowly walked out.

After confirming that Chikagaku Chikada had fallen into anesthesia and coma, Vermouth reached out to take out his cell phone and opened the call records and text message mailbox.

After seeing the latest text message received just a few minutes ago, Vermouth jumped back to the call history, selected a phone number with Akihiro Kimhara noted on it, and pressed the dial button.

Then, at the moment the phone rang, she drew her gun and turned around, facing Kimhara Akimi who had appeared not far behind her at some point.

"It seems there is no need to distinguish."

Vermouth, who still wore a short-haired woman's disguise, said with great certainty in a cold tone after her voice change:

"You are the one we are looking for."

Kimhara Akimi, who had put away her lively disguise during the day, now had an expression that was almost identical to Vermouth's.

Especially the extremely rational indifference in his eyes.

"who are you?"

This person is definitely not the member of the task force that Utsunomiya Hirotaka recruited from the dark web, nor does he look like the killers trained by the Utsunomiya family.

"You don't have to worry about this. Hand over the treasure map of the Red Leaf Treasure and follow us obediently, and I will let this child live."

Seeing that Kanehara Akimi was unmoved, Vermouth, who was standing next to Chitose, put down the gun in her hand and advised:

“In the beginning, we were the ones who rescued the child from the kidnappers.

Our target is only you and the treasure map in your hand. This child is not within the scope of our mission, and I am not interested in attacking a child who knows nothing."

At this point, Vermouth slowed down her tone and continued with a softer tone:

“In fact, our goals are the same.

In order to seek cooperation with the head of the Utsunomiya family, our organization accepted the gold leaf bounty on the dark web.

This time we are taking you and the treasure map back, but we are not after the red leaf treasure.

But according to our calculations, the secret message in the gold leaf bounty, as well as you and the treasure map, are related to the matter that the head of the Utsunomiya family is most concerned about.

That is the truth behind the death of his eldest son, Shoichi Utsunomiya.

Therefore, as long as you come back with me, we can take you to meet the head of the Utsunomiya family in person.

By then, we will have successfully completed the gold leaf bounty and reached a cooperation with the head of the Utsunomiya family.

And you can use the treasure map in your hand as evidence to avenge your master."

As she spoke, Vermouth walked to a position only three steps away from Kanehara Akimi and lowered her voice:

“You are alone and powerless. Not to mention revenge on Utsunomiya Hirotaka, it’s hard to even protect the only bloodline of Utsunomiya Shoichi.

If we hadn't rescued the child halfway this time, the child would probably have died.

But as long as you come with us and bring the treasure map, you can not only reveal the truth about your master's death in front of the head of the Utsunomiya family in person.

We can also help you to make the only descendant of Utsunomiya Shoichi the heir of the Utsunomiya family."

Facing Kimhara Aimi's slightly relaxed gaze, Vermouth casually said the last sentence:

"This position should belong to him, right?"

Kanehara Akimi's heart trembled violently.

Yes, Young Master A Mian is the only blood of the eldest young master left in this world. Now that the eldest young master is gone, that position should have belonged to Young Master A Mian.

But she didn't believe that Vermouth would be so kind.

Vermouth smiled gently, and her beautiful face instantly became more charming.

In front of Akimi Kimhara, Vermouth took out the magazine from the pistol and handed it to Akimi Kimhara.

"My gun is loaded with tranquilizer bullets."

If the intention was to kill people, how could the magazine be loaded with only anesthetic bullets?

Vermouth made this intention clear, and Kanehara Akimi took the magazine and checked it, confirming that it was indeed full of anesthetic bullets.

The hair on the side of her face was messed up by the wind. Jinyuan Zhaomei looked down at the magazine in her hand and said after a long silence:

"Since Master A Mian is not your target, I hope you can let me settle him down first."

Vermouth's eyes flashed, but she did not refuse:

"of course can."

After saying that, she took two steps to the side, making way for the swing chair.

Concerned about A Mian's condition, Kimhara Akimi walked quickly forward and came to the swing rattan chair in three or two steps.

First, he tried to feel A Mian's breath like Jinda Zhixue did, then he lowered his head to check on Jinda Zhixue's condition. After confirming that Jinda Zhixue was only hit by an anesthetic bullet and fell into a coma, he breathed a sigh of relief.

She picked up A Mian, turned to Vermouth and said:

"I hope you can let Kinda go. He is just an ordinary painter and doesn't know anything."

"No problem, the effect of the tranquilizer bullet in his body will only allow him to sleep here peacefully for one night.

If you are worried, call the hotel front desk later and ask them to bring the person down from the rooftop."

Vermouth was quite easy to talk to.

But the next second when Akihiro Kimhara passed by her holding Amin, Vermouth, who was behind Akihiro Kimhara, raised the gun in her hand.

The gun had been loaded with a new magazine by Vermouth as early as when Akimi Kanehara walked towards the swing rattan chair to check on the situation of Amien and Chikagaku Konda.

"boom!"

After a gunshot, Vermouth took a step back with a slightly startled look on her face.

It seemed as if Ami Kimhara had predicted that Vermouth would shoot, so she hugged A Mian and rolled on the ground, avoiding the shot.

Then he ran to the rooftop door.

Afterwards, a group of armed police officers suddenly appeared from behind the rooftop gate.

Kim Won Ami, who was hiding behind the police, held A Mian in her arms, without any surprise on her face.

...

Time goes back half an hour ago.

At that time, Kim Hara Ami had just returned to her room when she heard a knock on the door.

She opened the door and the hotel attendant, who was wearing an employee uniform and a mask on his face, told her that her friend, Mr. Haga, had ordered dinner for her and another Mr. Konda.

The waiter's explanation was very reasonable, and Kimhara Akimi didn't notice anything wrong, so she took the plate handed to her by the waiter.

It was not until she washed her hands, sat down at the table, and opened the lid of the plate that she discovered there was a photo of A Mian stuck inside the lid, with the words "rooftop" written on the back of the photo.

Only then did she realize something was wrong.

But at this time, there was no waiter outside the door.

She sent a text message to Chitose Kinda and learned that Chitose Kinda had also discovered this and was planning to go to the rooftop immediately.

Kim Hara Akimi knew that it was a trap to lure the snake out of its hole while the oriole was waiting behind, so she quickly sent a text message saying that she wanted to go with him.

However, Jinda Xue replied that it was not necessary and said that he would go to the rooftop to see if it was true. If it was true, he would call the police.

Moreover, it was cold at night and the wind was strong on the roof. Kimhara Akimi was afraid that she would catch a cold if she went there, so she stayed in the room and waited for his news.

The few days of getting along were enough for Akimi Kanehara to realize that Chikagaku Kinda was a person with an interesting personality, but a kind and passionate heart.

Even though there was a high possibility that it was a prank, he would not give up the idea of ​​going to the rooftop as long as there was a slight possibility.

So, Kimhara Akimi hurriedly wanted to chase after him.

But as soon as she opened the door, she bumped face to face with Yuya Kazami.

Conan, who arrived later, saw that Yuya Kazami was stopping Akihiro Kanehara from going out, and hurriedly asked about the situation.

When I heard the waiter delivering the meal, I saw a photo of A Mian on the lunch cover and "See you on the rooftop" written on the back.

Conan quickly realized that it was the mysterious force that kidnapped A Mian on the way who had taken action before them.

The purpose is to use A Mian to test the two of them and find out who holds the real treasure map.

As for which of the two people is the one, the answer was already clear when Conan saw Yuya Kazami appear in front of Akihiro Kanehara's door.

In the hot spring bathing room,

When Toru Amuro, who was wearing a micro headset, heard Conan say to Akimi Kanehara with great certainty that she was the one and that the evidence had already been obtained by the police.

The smiling face was full of appreciation.

Yuya Kazami, who was looked at with trust by Conan, was sweating profusely.

How would he know any evidence? He would come over to stop Akimi Kanehara first, just following Mr. Fūya's instructions.

"It's a gift. It's the gift that Chitose Chitose and Akihiro Kanehara each gave to Hojo Shuya."

Amuro gave a voice reminder.

Yuya Kazami repeated what Toru Amuro said in confusion.

At this moment, Kimhara Akimi seemed to suddenly realize something, her pupils shrank slightly, and she no longer denied her true identity.

Conan asked in confusion, and Kazami Yuya followed Amuro Toru's instructions and briefly recounted the gifts the two had given and the results of their investigation.

When I heard that the fan given by Chikagaku Kinda was a hand-painted folding fan, I immediately reacted.

Giving a hand-painted folding fan as a gift definitely shows that he has some painting skills, which also indirectly confirms the identity of the young painter that Officer Kazami and his team found out.

Then, the person with the biggest suspicion is Ami Kanehara.

Akimi Kanehara didn't expect that problems would arise with the gifts she and Shigaku Konda gave each other, and she didn't expect that the bodyguards around Hojo Shuya were actually public security officers.

Although she had recognized this man as the heir of the Hojo family when Hojo Shuya revealed his real name, she had never expected that the public security would track her down so quickly.

And her identity was confirmed by the gift she gave personally.

Kimhara Akimi thought the police had discovered what she had hidden in the album cover, so she stopped hiding it.

After admitting his true identity, he discussed the next action plan with Conan and others, as well as Chikagaku Kinda, who was informed of the degree of danger by Yuya Kazami but still insisted on participating.

Kanehara Akimi lowered her eyes and suddenly said to Chikagaku Chikada:

"Actually, with you and Shuichiro, no, it should be the person that Master Hojo has known for many years online, it's Master Shoichi, not me."