Toru Amuro followed the address sent to him by Brandy and came to a villa.
Another property I have never seen before.
Through the cast-iron fence, Toru Amuro's eyes caught a glimpse of the small garden inside that was filled with seasonal flowers from the gaps covered with unknown green vines.
He walked to the doorbell and pressed it. While waiting for a response, he alertly paid attention to the surroundings.
Just when his attention was scattered around, there was a "click" and the lock of the iron door opened by itself. With the vibration of the spring mechanism, a passage for about two people was slowly pulled inwards.
Seeing this scene, Toru Amuro looked up and looked at the main body of the villa, but saw Brandy's figure appearing there at an unknown moment by the window on the second floor. After seeing him, he nodded and walked into the blind corner and disappeared.
Half a minute later, Toru Amuro walked into the villa.
To be honest, this villa looks ordinary from the outside, but the structure inside is quite unique. After entering, there is a long and narrow passage. Although there are lights on both sides, the light is so subtle that it is impossible to illuminate the entire corridor.
This kind of decoration style... Amuro Toru was confused, but he could only follow the lighted lights.
Not long after walking, he came to the end. He estimated the walking time and found that it was about half the distance of the villa.
What appeared in front of him at this moment were two very simple wooden double doors. The door sides were covered with aged metal sheets. There were two parallel sharp swords inserted horizontally on each door leaf, and fixed rivets were evenly arranged on them. .
This door sounds a bit abstract, but its appearance can be described in a very simple sentence: it is the door that opens and closes when the Conan episode transitions.
Yes, Asakura reproduced it here.
Toru Amuro opened the door and stepped in.
Behind the door——
It is a four-story ring-shaped collection. The walls are neatly filled with various books. Where the floors should have been, there are protruding corridors. The corridors are connected by wooden stairs.
The fragrance of wood flowers and ink is blowing in the air, and the bright sunshine is baptized by the orange glass, filling the entire library with warm light.
The color tone of the entire collection is like digging out an old movie from decades ago, cast with a dreamy haze.
When Toru Amuro walked into the room, he saw such a scene.
Asakura stood in the corridor on the second floor, wearing a blue-gray turtleneck hand-knitted sweater, holding a hardcover book, leaning against the ridge of the bookshelf and talking quietly
Watching this scene, Toru Amuro said nothing, quietly waiting for Brandy's movement.
Asakura Zhen closed the book in his hand.
"Snapped."
The knocking sound of the hardcover book was particularly clear in the silent closed space.
Hearing this voice, Amuro perked up.
"Follow me up."
Asakura Zhen inserted the book back into the gap on the bookshelf, and gently traced the ridge of the book with his fingers, all the way up the stairs.
Toru Amuro quickened his pace and followed him.
Finally, the fourth floor.
This floor is different from the books on the three floors below. There are video tapes with the same specifications on the bookshelf, and a personal name is recorded on the narrow edge that is exposed.
Seeing this, Amuro instantly realized what was there - their declaration of declaration for joining the organization, and the video tape of the murder.
He looked around and mentally counted the number of video tapes. The result made his back feel cold and his scalp numb.
If one videotape represents one person, then the tens of thousands of copies here mean that tens of thousands of people were killed just as a proxy.
Suddenly realizing this reality, even with his excellent psychological quality, his breathing would inevitably speed up.
"Here, these."
Asakura noticed his performance, turned around and handed him a list placed on the handrail of the corridor, "What, you're surprised?"
With Brandy's observation skills, it was a flaw that he didn't notice this. Fortunately, even Gin would inevitably have mood swings when seeing such a spectacular declaration of nomination. Amuro Toru's performance was considered reasonable.
"There are some."
Facing the steps handed over by Asakura Makoto, Toru Amuro didn't think much about it. He took the opportunity to calm down his shocked emotions, took the list handed over by Asakura Makoto, and sighed, "I didn't expect it to be so amazing. scene."
After sighing, he changed the subject and asked, "What do you need me to do?"
"It's very simple. Check the list and remove the video tapes of the dead people from here."
Eliminating useless certificates of nomination is the task assigned to Amuro Tohru by Asakura Makoto this time.
After the explanation, Asakura Zhen had already walked to the bookshelf and began to pull out useless video tapes.
Rei Fukutani spread the list in front of him, scanned the names on it, and finally focused on "Midorikawa Hikari".
Seeing this name, an indescribable sadness surged into my heart, and my eyes became moist unconsciously.
no.
Feeling something strange in the corner of his eyes, he quickly turned around, facing away from Brandy, raising his head and pretending to check the video tape above against the list in his hand, in order to sort out the emotions that were about to collapse.
While waiting to calm down and look here again, he found that not all the boxes contained video tapes. Most of the space here was empty. In other words, except for those near him, many of them just made this floor empty. As for the empty decoration.
After realizing this, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the situation was not so serious.
Let’s just say that the Metropolitan Police Department is not such a waste. So many people died without even the slightest warning.
It's a pity that one thing he has forgotten now is that eggs cannot be put in one basket, and how can Brandy store them all in the same place.
"The Exotic Land Development of Vegetable-Growing Skeletons"
After the shock of the first meeting, Amuro Toru's ability to accept the shrunken number greatly increased. He compared the names on the list and pulled out the video tapes one by one and piled them together.
When he passed by Midorikawa Hikaru's portion, he kept his movements as unchanged as possible, threw it aside without changing his expression, and then turned to continue searching for the location of the next portion.
However, after a few copies, the names on the list were coming to an end.
When he took out the set target, he caught a glimpse of a familiar name on the bookshelf from the corner of his vision.
This sense of familiarity made him move his eyes away while making a discarding action, and put the name in his eyes.
But after seeing it clearly——
"How could it be possible? It's impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Facing the bookshelf with his back to the brandy, he could now change his expression without any scruples.
I saw the four Chinese characters "Matsuda Jinpei" clearly written on this recording box.
I checked it several times to make sure I got it right.
The reason why the names appeared here was very clear to Toru Amuro. During the search, he had already seen the names of people such as Morohoshi Dai, Amuro Toru, Midorikawa Hikaru, and Asakura Makoto. He was sure that these were all evidence of murder.
And now, Matsuda Jinpei also appears here...
"No, maybe it's just the same name." The island country has a population of hundreds of millions, so it's normal for them to have the same name, he comforted himself.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
There will be another update tonight
