Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1298 Fisherman vs Fisherman

Hearing Mary's voice coming from the headphones, Qin Zhibo quickly stopped thinking about the secret code incident and looked around.

"In the north, heading towards you..."

With Mary's reminder, Qin Zhibo turned his head and looked towards the north of Vauxhall Bridge.

This bridge is not a very famous tourist attraction. In fact, the London Municipality even planned to demolish it in 1963, but the plan was later cancelled due to the estimated huge cost.

Therefore, there has never been a lot of traffic on this bridge.

With the help of the telescope, Qin Zhibo saw at a glance a man at the bridge head, with his hands in his trouser pockets, walking slowly towards the first pier.

The man wore a brown baseball cap with his hair hanging out from under the brim, making him look a little unkempt.

He wore a white shirt underneath the dark green coat and dark blue pants underneath, which looked clean and simple.

Under the hat is a middle-aged face that looks a little weathered but cannot hide his handsomeness.

When I looked at the name floating above my head again, it was...

Akai Wuwu.

Qin Zhibo narrowed his eyes slightly and saw the man who was some distance away from him. He couldn't help but recall the photo of "himself" and that man in the office.

Now, 19 years have passed, and the man's face is obviously thinner than in the photo. His thick beard and thin face seem a bit inconsistent.

But there was no doubt that it was indeed the face of Akai Tsutomu.

But it's just a face...

"call……"

Qin Zhibo relaxed his shoulders slightly, turned around, and slowly walked towards the direction of "Akai Wuwu".

At this moment, there were already very few pedestrians and vehicles on the bridge...even the bridge itself seemed to have returned to the gray color that symbolized deathly silence.

Only the men at the two ends of the bridge have colored figures.

They were tall and walked steadily, ignoring all external interference and moving closer to each other step by step.

The distance between the two is constantly shortening.

Just like Gehros flying towards the solar system in the ether.

Under these circumstances, the meeting between the two is inevitable as if by fate...

Finally, under the witness of the street lights by the bridge, the two came to a distance where they could see each other's faces just by looking up.

At this moment, the hearts of the two people on the bridge and Mary who was watching from a distance stopped beating.

  Boom!

"Akai Mutake" felt a heavy thump in his chest, as if something frightening had appeared.

This was indeed the case. The man who had once made her heart palpitate was walking towards her from the opposite side.

That's right.

The "Akai Tsutomu" who has been wandering around London recently is actually Vermouth in disguise.

She followed the orders of the organization's boss and planned to take advantage of the intelligence gap that Akai Tsutomu's life and death in MI6 was uncertain, and infiltrate MI6 under the identity of Akai Tsutomu.

To this end, she has occasionally performed a few "Akai Tsutomu" cosplays in London since three years ago, and deliberately arranged to be seen by MI6 members but not caught up by them, keeping a distant state.

Until recently, the plan was finally about to be closed.

As for why we have to start planning three years in advance, it is because Akai Tsutomu has been "missing" for more than ten years.

If he suddenly returned to MI6 intact, and his disappearance for more than ten years was unclear, it would definitely arouse suspicion.

In addition, Vermouth was unable to investigate the entire past of Akai Tsuchimure, so she simply used the excuse of amnesia to cover it up.

In this case, it is understandable that a person with amnesia has been missing for more than ten years and has not been able to find his way home.

But there is one person who is in the way of this plan, and that is Mary Akai.

The two were a couple who used to live together day and night. Even if he used amnesia as an excuse, it would be difficult to deceive Mary.

Therefore, Vermouth must first find a way to get rid of this widow.

She had been appearing on Vauxhall Bridge quite often recently, because she thought that this place would most likely attract the attention of Mary herself.

This place is next to the MI6 headquarters building. Even if Mary can't find it, the MI6 people will notice it and inform Mary.

The frequency of going to Vauxhall Bridge gradually increased until a certain encounter, which also acted more like the process of a person with amnesia gradually regaining his lost memories.

As a famous female star with excellent acting skills, her understanding of character performance has reached the level of perfection.

For this reason, Vermouth came again today.

Originally, she planned to linger on the bridge for a while.

If Mary comes, today will be the decisive day for the three-year plan.

If Mary doesn't come, we can still come tomorrow or the day after tomorrow...

Until Mary, who has taken the bait, shows up, and then kills her.

But what Vermouth didn't expect was that before the fish she was trying to catch took a bite, she discovered another big fish in the pond...

This "big fish" has golden curly hair, a slightly stubbled beard, and a dark windbreaker...

It's him!

Vermouth's heart trembled violently, and her pupils suddenly shrank uncontrollably.

The next second, memories brought by this man immediately popped into her mind.

The first time I met him was at the memorial service for director Sakamaki held at the Haido Hotel.

He was originally sent to support Pisco, but unexpectedly started a conversation with this man named "Michael" who claimed to be a film director.

After the case happened, both of them were detained as suspects by the police.

Of course, everyone was later cleared of suspicion, except for Pisco, who was executed by Gin because his crime was exposed.

At that time, I didn't care about this man.

It was not until Michael parachuted in to work for Gin that Gin and he judged that this man was most likely a close confidant of "that adult" and a cadre sent to monitor the organization.

Afterwards, the Full Moon Plan he had arranged failed. Not only did he fail to get rid of Shirley, he was almost caught by the FBI.

Fortunately, Michael appeared and rescued him in time.

However, this person is not simple. He covets something of "that adult" and even threatens Angel Mao Lilan's life.

This forced him to compromise. He was first sent to the FBI, then cooperated with them to be rescued, and then naturally returned to the organization.

Fortunately, thanks to that relationship, I won't be overly suspected by "that adult".

By giving that thing to Michael, the two of them would owe each other nothing and would just pretend nothing had happened.

However, in the assassination attempt against Yasuteru Domon, Michael finally exposed his true face.

He designed to have the police arrest Gin, forcing Gin to be executed by the organization.

Fortunately, I got the news in time, and with the idea of ​​a one-for-one replacement, I replaced the person who was playing the fake Gin.

To this day, Vermouth still has no idea what kind of person this man is.

  Is he an undercover FBI agent?

Or an undercover agent of the Japanese Public Security Bureau?

Or is it a completely free third party force?

Today, this long-standing question seems to have finally been answered...

……

On the Vauxhall bridge, the two men passed each other without any expression, as if they were just two ordinary passers-by passing by each other.

But just after walking a few meters away, Vermouth quickly grabbed the pocket microphone in her collar and gave orders.

"Catch the man who just passed by me!"

Vermouth's voice was low, yet very urgent.

"Eh?"

The organization members on the other side of the microphone were a little surprised.

Because the order they received was to assist Vermouth in killing a woman.

  How did a woman become a man?

Vermouth quickly said: "He is the person who sneaked into the organization before!" Now, the two members of the organization who were following Vermouth twenty meters away immediately understood.

They put down the newspapers in their hands and walked over here.

At the same time, Mary, holding a telescope, was also staring at "Akai Tsutomu" on the bridge, watching her every move.

"He suddenly stopped moving..."

"It seems like he is saying something inside his clothes..."

This scene was very familiar to Mary, who used to do espionage work. She was using communication equipment to communicate with people lurking nearby.

  This also completely declares that the Akai Tsutomu on the bridge is fake!

In an instant, Mary's heart was broken.

The beautiful vision of family reunion was shattered like a dream.

  Although Qin Zhibo had already given her a heads-up in advance, how could the longing and concern she had felt day and night for the past three years be easily eliminated by an outsider's verbal reasoning?

But the facts before her forced her to believe it.

Akai Wuwu did not come back.

At least today, no...

Mary's eyes felt sore, but the pain of frustration did not linger in her eyes for too long. Determination replaced the pain.

The next second, she put down the telescope, lifted the black cloth with her left hand, revealing a sniper rifle hidden underneath.

……

At the same time, in order to do his job as a "bait" well, Qin Zhibo did not make any eye contact with "Akai Wuwu" while passing by him.

Therefore, he was not clear at first whether this "Akai Mumu" was real or fake.

Until Mary's reminder voice came through the earphones, telling him that "Akai Tsutomu" had stopped behind him.

If it was the real Akai Tsutomu, he would have nothing in common with the identity represented by this face, so he would not have stopped.

Since he stopped, it means he knows this face...

  It's Vermouth!

Qin Zhibo's heart suddenly trembled.

Although I had long believed that the probability of it being the real Akai Tsuchimura was less than 1/10, my mood still changed a little until this fact was completely confirmed.

Belmode...

  Is she about to pull a gun from behind and shoot me now?

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Qin Zhibo immediately stopped thinking.

Because right in front of his sight, a pair of burly figures were walking towards him.

The two men were wearing black windbreakers, similar in style to his own, but with a pair of sunglasses on their faces.

The cold face under the sunglasses clearly says "I am not a good person" on it.

  It's the organization!

Qin Zhibo made this judgment subconsciously.

The two big men who were walking towards them also put their right hands inside their coats and prepared before approaching their target.

When the two sides come face to face, they will pull out the pistols hidden in their coats and use a pincer attack to intimidate the target.

Qin Zhibo would certainly not let them succeed.

When the two sides were one meter apart, the two burly men were about to draw their guns, but before they could pull the pistols out of their coats, Qin Zhibo's body suddenly shook.

He hit the hand of the big man on his right who was drawing his gun with his left hand, stopping him from drawing his gun.

Then, the elbow followed the momentum of the reaction and hit the big man's throat on the left.

The throat is one of the vital parts of the human body.

Under the pressure of such force, the big man's body trembled violently and his hands subconsciously covered his throat in pain.

"Cough, cough..."

A dry sound came from the big man's throat, as if he wanted to speak but couldn't.

The pistol that he had just pulled out halfway also fell from his waist.

The other big man also reacted immediately and tried to draw his gun.

But Qin Zhibo's right hand directly threw a hook, opening his broad chin.

"Forehead!"

The big man was hit and staggered back half a step.

Qin Zhibo approached quickly again, not giving him any chance to draw his gun, and raised his right foot to kick the man's most vulnerable part.

A shadow of legs flashed by.

At this moment, there seemed to be a sound of something shattering.

After dealing with one, just as Qin Zhibo was about to turn his target back to the other burly man in black, a stern warning suddenly came from behind him.

"do not move!"

"If you move again I'll shoot!"

Qin Zhibo felt a sudden chill down his spine because he recognized that was Vermouth's original voice.

He could only slowly raise his hands and stand still.

Vermouth, who was several meters behind, was still wearing Akai Tsuchimure's face, but the corners of her mouth were raised in a sneer that did not match her face.

"It's really you..."

"Michael, we meet again."

Vermouth didn't say much, and instead shouted to the still conscious member of the organization next to her.

"Jace!"

"Pick up your gun and get him out of here!"

Vermouth still hasn't forgotten her original intention. In order not to expose her identity, she can only let her men take the person away first.

At her call, the sturdy man in black adjusted his still uncomfortable throat with one hand and leaned over to pick up the pistol that fell on the ground.

Suddenly, a bullet flew from far away on the other side of the river.

The 7.62mm bullet directly penetrated the fake Akai Tsutomu's shoulder, and a blood flower as big as a fist bloomed in the air.

The force of the bullet knocked Vermouth forward and she fell to the ground.

The burly man in black who was about to pick up the pistol heard the unusual noise and subconsciously looked up.

Qin Zhibo took advantage of this moment of distraction and kicked the sturdy man in the face.

Then, another elbow hit the strong man's spine hard on his back.

The strong man was beaten to the ground and could not move at all.

Qin Zhibo quickly picked up the two dropped pistols and ran to Vermouth.

Blood stained the tiles on the bridge red.

Lying on the ground, Vermouth ignored the severe pain in her body and struggled to raise the gun, but Qin Zhibo had already arrived beside her and put the gun to her head.

"do not move……"

"Do you have any other accomplices?"

Qin Zhibo asked coldly as he snatched the smaller women's pistol from her hand.

But Vermouth just gritted her teeth and snorted coldly without answering.

Qin Zhibo didn't expect her to speak easily, so he slapped her on the back of the neck with a palm knife, knocking her unconscious.

At this time, pedestrians coming from the north side of the bridge were the first to discover the two men in black lying motionless on the ground, and were standing nearby to see what was going on.

Qin Zhibo quickly took out the fake ID that Mary had prepared in advance and shouted to the passers-by.

"I'm an agent of MI6!"

"Don't let those two criminals get away, notify the police immediately!"

After saying that, Qin Zhibo picked up Vermouth by the waist, carried the "big fish" and ran to the other side of the bridge.