Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator - Page 283
Curacao ignored the noise and continued to stare at the woman in front of her. She suddenly raised her finger and pointed at the edge of her cheek.
"You haven't applied your foundation yet."
"Eh?"
The woman was startled and quickly raised her hand to wipe her face, rubbing that area repeatedly. Her fingers were stained with unevenly applied foundation, and because she used too much force, the area that was rubbed soon turned slightly red.
It's real skin.
"Are you okay now?" The woman put down her hand and looked at Curacao.
Curacao nodded slowly, and the woman smiled in relief: "Oh, I really am... I can't even do such a small thing."
Curacao wanted to say something else, but the warm applause from the audience interrupted her.
The host's enthusiastic voice rang out: "Next is contestant No. 3, Ms. Shou Hualian's performance! She will dance gracefully in the air and give everyone a piano performance!"
His words attracted everyone's attention, and Curacao also looked over.
On the stage, a piano slowly appeared on a lift. Shou Hualian stood on the other side of the stage. She looked at the audience and smiled at them.
She had changed into a red dress at this time. The bright color was particularly eye-catching on the stage, and the applause from the crowd suddenly became even louder.
The stage suddenly darkened, and all the spotlights were focused on her. Her body suddenly leaped into the air with a light posture. Her red dress slowly opened up like a rose in the white light. The ropes carried her flying in the air, and she kept adjusting various postures as the ropes moved.
"Amazing!"
"So beautiful, just like a goddess in mythology..."
"It looks like a show I saw in Las Vegas before! Did you get the inspiration from there?"
The guests exclaimed in unison, as if a champion had been born.
The TV station's camera also closely followed the only female protagonist, without giving any extra shots to the passers-by in the audience.
But that's it.
"Bang bang——"
With a crisp breaking sound, under the gaze of everyone present, the wire rope hanging around Shou Hualian's waist suddenly broke!
Shou Hualian was hung at the highest point at this time. Before she could retract the confident and elegant smile on her face, her body fell down and landed heavily in the center of the stage!
Everyone looked at this scene in shock, and screams resounded throughout the venue! Almost at the same time, a gunshot with a silencer was heard, hidden in the shouting, and it was fleeting.
"Crack-!"
There was another sound of something heavy falling to the ground, and this time there was also the sound of glass breaking.
In the darkness, the strong smell of rust quickly spread.
"Something fell!"
"Turn on the lights! Hurry up and turn on the lights!!"
The continuous emergencies made the crowd extremely frightened and the scene was extremely chaotic. In the panic, someone touched the camera and the lens quietly turned to a remote corner.
After a period of chaos, the lights in the banquet hall finally came on again.
The sudden bright white light made Miyano Shiho subconsciously close her eyes. When she opened her eyes again, she noticed that behind the crowd, there was a TV station camera, shooting directly in her direction.
Miyano Shiho's face turned pale instantly.
……
at the same time.
In the Porsche on the street, Gin was looking at the laptop on his lap.
The scene that just flashed by kept flashing through his mind.
He was wearing a baseball cap and had medium-length black hair. Under the brim of the hat was a mixed-race face that looked somewhat familiar to him.
...Shirley?
Why was she there?
Chapter 336 A Kind Reminder from the Poisoned Wine
Shirley.
Miyano Shiho.
Gin has a close relationship with the second generation of this organization.
Unlike her sister who had mediocre abilities in all aspects, Shirley showed an extraordinary intelligence since childhood, so the organization sent her to study in the United States when she was very young.
At that time, the nanny, language teacher and bodyguards around her were all members of the organization. In order to increase their control over her, the organization also sent a member to serve as her temporary supervisor.
This member is Gin.
This supervisory identity was maintained until three years ago. Because Anis stole important drug information without authorization, the gentleman decided to reduce the exposure of Gin, who was close to him, to the organization's internal research, and thus transferred the supervisory power to Rum.
Inside the Porsche, Gin stared at the computer screen, and even though the screen quickly cut to a commercial, his eerie green eyes never moved away.
Is that Shirley?
Why would Shirley, who was supposed to be in the laboratory, appear at a boring competition?
Curacao is now in charge of supervision. Did she choose to bring people to her mission site and watch closely?
...No, with Curacao's caution and Rum's desire to control drug research, it is simply impossible.
Gin made many guesses in just a few seconds, and suddenly he remembered something. He turned his head and looked at Vodka who was sitting next to him.
Vodka was so frightened by the murderous aura that he dared not breathe. Now, when he met the sudden gaze of his eldest brother, his body almost began to tremble: "Big, big brother?"
"——The other day when you went to the organization's bar, you heard some new members say that Curacao was leading people to search for something?"
Gin's tone was sinister.
At that time, Anis had just come to Japan, and William came back with him. Gin went to meet William that day, and Vodka wandered around outside alone, waiting for the time to meet up.
As a younger brother, Vodka had a good memory and quickly recalled the memories of that day: "Yes, but I don't know what they were looking for. In addition, I heard that day that Rum sent people to kill Professor Hirota because Miyano Akemi accidentally sent the organization's information to him, so he sent people to kill her..."
Miyano Akemi.
Hearing this name, Gin remembered more.
He has always disdained to remember the names of dead people, but the identity of this dead person is very special - she is Shirley's biological sister, and she is also the one who accidentally brought the FBI undercover into the organization.
For Shirley's sake, the organization did not kill her two years ago, but this woman was not satisfied. More than a month ago, she proposed to take Shirley away. Rum tricked her into robbing a bank of 10 billion yen, and then let Curacao kill her.
Gin didn't care when he first heard the news, but now he realized a problem that he had overlooked at the time.
——Miyano Akemi is the only hostage that Shirley is holding. Given Shirley’s personality, will she really stay in the organization and continue her research after Miyano Akemi’s death?
Thinking of some possibilities, Gin took out his mobile phone, opened his mailbox, and saw an email sent by someone an hour ago.
[Be careful at the venue, there may be police inside. Also, be careful with the pisco.]
[Got it. You should keep an eye on him near the hotel tonight as well. Be careful.
PS: Telephone fraud is rampant recently, so it is best not to make or answer random calls. 】
"..."
Gin frowned slightly and finally chose Kir.
It would be safest to go there in person, but it would take him some time to get to the hotel, and someone had just died at the scene, so it would be temporarily blocked off, so he wouldn't be able to get in even if he got there...so he could only find someone currently inside to confirm it.
He didn't want to look for Pisco, who was suspected of having too close a relationship with the FBI, or Curacao, who was Rum's confidant and might have concealed Shirley's whereabouts.
Anis couldn't do anything either. He had taken care of Shirley when she was sick and knew what she looked like, but he was currently with a young lady who had just taken over the property and whose family, organization, and pharmaceutical industry had some connections, so it was probably not convenient for him to do anything.
Only Kiel, who was there as a presenter for the Nichima TV station, had come into contact with the police not long ago, but for legitimate reasons.
Now he has no choice but to use her, and he hopes she won't let him down.
……
In the banquet hall.
"Please stay calm, I'm a police officer. Two incidents have occurred. I hope everyone will stay where they are and not move around until the Kanagawa police arrive. Please ask the staff to keep an eye on the entrances and exits..."
The chaos at the scene had been brought under control. There happened to be a policeman among the people present. After the lights came on, he went on stage and used the host's microphone to calm everyone down.
"Buzz-"
It was at this moment that Rena Mizunashi felt her cell phone vibrate.
She secretly glanced at her colleagues at the TV station, and seeing that they didn't pay attention to her actions, she took out her cell phone, quickly opened her email, and glanced at the stage.
The congressman who was hit by the chandelier died on the spot, and no one approached him; Shou Hualian on the stage was still breathing, so the staff called an ambulance and used the limited supplies on site to provide emergency treatment.
[Before the guests left the beauty pageant, I looked for a young woman with a baseball cap and medium-length black hair and took a photo. —Gin]
When Rena Mizuno saw the last code, her pupils shrank.
Is this Gin's temporary mission?
Does he know what's going on here? Is he watching the game?
Why was he paying attention to this game? What was he looking for the woman wearing a baseball cap? Who was that woman?
A member of the organization was confused by the sudden mission. Not far behind her, the colleague who wanted to take gossip photos was checking the camera in his hand.
He flipped through the photos one by one, and when he saw the latest photo of a couple kissing passionately, he grinned.
"Put your camera away!" his senior reminded him in a low voice. "The police will come to question you in a while. If they know you are taking pictures at the scene, they may take your camera away. You may not get it back for a week!"
"Oh okay, I know."
My colleague was only focused on the two gossip protagonists. When he heard the reminder from his senior, he didn't have time to take a closer look at how the background was photographed. He quickly put down the camera and put back the backpack.
He made up his mind that as soon as the blockade on the scene was lifted, he would put the photos online!
……
On the other side of the banquet hall, Kudo Shinichi saw the case happening and instinctively wanted to rush over.
As a result, he was a beat too late. Uncle Maori and an active police officer - probably the companion brought by the champion lady of Nagano District - came on stage to direct the scene, but he was grabbed by a force from the side.