Chapter 413: The Countdown to the Occurrence of the Case
When Matsuda Jinpei and Sato Miwako arrived at New Taipei Village, it started to snow again.
Sato Miwako got out of the car first. The temperature difference between the inside and outside of the car made her shiver. She raised her head and sighed at the sky: "I didn't expect it to be so cold here."
"I have already warned you that it is colder here than in Tokyo, so you should wear thicker clothes."
Matsuda Jinping said with a swish, the down jacket he was wearing was much thicker than Sato Miwako's. Not only that, he also wore a pair of gloves.
He closed the car door and put away the car keys. When he turned around, he saw Sato Miwako rubbing her hands. He was silent for a moment and kindly gave her some advice: "There should be thermal pads sold in stores or hotels here."
Miwako Sato nodded in agreement: "Then I'll go take a look later."
There were children playing in the snow in the parking lot and in the open space in front of the hotel. The two entered the hotel carrying their own luggage. When they opened the door, a man in a dark green coat followed them. Matsuda Jinpei noticed that he didn't have anything in his hand.
Any luggage.
The floor of the hotel is covered with a red carpet with a circle pattern. Because it is the peak tourist season, there are many guests staying in the hotel, and the shops next to it are full of people buying souvenirs.
There were three sofas placed in front of a fireplace, with a man and two women sitting on two of them. The man wearing glasses sat facing the hotel door. He saw the three people entering at a glance, waved his hand and shouted:
"Hey, Muto! Here!"
Matsuda Jinpei paused in his steps. He saw the man following them walking towards there and sitting on the empty sofa, not sitting with the man who called him.
He looked away silently and went to the front desk to check in with Miwako Sato.
"Please give us two rooms."
"Okay, please wait."
The front desk clerk took the two people's IDs, sat down, and started working on the computer.
At this moment, the door of the hotel opened again. Matsuda Jinpei keenly felt a gaze falling on the back of his head. He immediately looked back and saw two familiar faces that he had seen in the morning.
Gray Crow, who was standing at the front, had a happy face all over his face, while Zhu Fu Jingguang next to him... was pretending to be calm and helpless.
——Why is it you again?
Even though he was far away, Matsuda Jinpei could still read the meaning of his eyes.
Sato Miwako noticed Matsuda Jinpei looking toward the door, and turned around out of curiosity, and was stunned when she saw the familiar black-haired boy.
"What a coincidence."
The policewoman who was extremely fierce when arresting criminals showed a friendly smile to the underage members of the criminal organization.
"Are you here for the Snow Festival?"
Matsuda Jinpei's body gradually relaxed. Although Sato was a junior member of the police academy, she probably had never met Zhufu Jingguang. She had no idea of their identities, so she could show the most natural and normal attitude.
In comparison, he was in a bit of trouble. He knew the identities of these two people, but he had to pretend to be ignorant in front of them and treat them as ordinary citizens.
Zhufu Jingguang smiled and looked at Matsuda Jinpei as if he were looking at a stranger: "Gray, do you know this lady?"
"Yes." The young man nodded repeatedly, "I told you, she and Officer Matsuda helped save my house..."
Matsuda Jinpei stood aside and did not join in their conversation.
The reappearance of Gray Crow and Zhu Fu Jingguang confirmed his previous suspicion that this near-miss subway bomb attack might be related to the criminal organization behind them.
So what is their purpose of coming to New Taipei Ze Village this time?
Did you come here to defuse bombs like in the morning, and also to kill someone?
Will there be any conflict between their mission and the work of the police this time?
Matsuda Jinpei seems to have a bad temper, but his character is definitely not impatient. He calmly considers various possibilities.
If Zhufu's only companion this time was this innocent-looking young man, he might be able to find the right time to chat with him... In addition to the mission, there was one very important thing that he had to ask him about.
——About the state of falling to zero.
Matsuda Jinpei recalled the look in Fangtani Rei's eyes the last time they met, and his eyes were solemn.
He always felt that not only was it an explosion, but something else might have happened to Jiang Gu...
"Shua——"
The hotel door was pushed open for the third time in a short period of time, and Matsuda Jinpei felt the room become silent for a moment.
This kind of silence came too suddenly. The tourists who wanted to leave stood at the door blankly. The children who were holding their parents to act coquettishly opened their eyes. People in other places turned their heads to look there. Even Sato Miwako, who was chatting happily, subconsciously raised his head. .Everyone looked at the man who appeared at the door - and then froze neatly.
Matsuda Jinping saw the appearance of the visitor clearly and raised his eyebrows.
Forgive him for being so strange. This is the first time in his life that he has seen such a beautiful... man.
Zhu Fu Jingguang was one of the few who didn't take stock of it.
He had experienced this kind of shock when he saw Apello for the first time as early as in the morning.
He lowered his head and glanced at Angstra quietly.
The reason why Apello does not have a fixed partner is not one-sided. It is not just that he will kill teammates who are not good-looking, and others do not want to team up with such an overly eye-catching person... I am afraid that among so many organization members, only Ange Stella was happy, and he was in a very good mood along the way.
"...Yosuke? Is it Yosuke?!"
A woman sitting on the sofa suddenly stood up and stared directly at Apello.
Appello stuffed the mask into his coat pocket, then turned his head and glanced there. He saw clearly a few people sitting there, but they didn't say anything.
The man with glasses stood up and walked up to Apello. He wanted to put his hand on his shoulder as if they were two good friends: "I didn't expect you to come back. The last time you came back here was when the reservoir was planned to be relocated a few years ago." ?Your cousin..."
"Pah——"
Apello opened his hand directly.
"Get away, you ugly thing!"
He had a disgusting expression on his face, as if he had eaten a fly, and his tone was disgusting enough that even a dull person could hear it.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were attracted to these two people, Matsuda Jinping quietly looked at Zhufu Jingguang. The latter received his gaze and nodded subtly - he immediately understood this beauty who seemed to have a bad temper. Men are also his companions.
Zhu Fu Jingguang stopped looking over there and lightly touched Angostela's shoulder.
The junior boss turned around and asked in a volume that only the two of them could hear: "...Does he know them?"
Judging from his tone, they are the aborigines of Beizhisawa Village. If they know Apero, they most likely also know their target this time.
And Apello’s attitude just now was also very problematic.
The man he was talking to couldn't be called handsome, but he definitely couldn't be called ugly. There were a lot of tourists at the food stalls in the shopping street, and there were many people who were uglier than him. There were also very fat kids who almost bumped into him with snacks.
Regarding Perot, he only complained and his attitude was not that bad.
He looked like the person in front of him had a grudge against him.