Matsuda Jinpei didn't expect that he would greet him first.
He glanced out as if unintentionally, trying to see if there was a man with blond hair, black skin, or black hair and blue eyes following behind him, but he only saw the two police officers scurrying away.
"..."
This level of surveillance... with colleagues like this, it must have been very hard for Jiangu in the past...
"Good evening."
Matsuda Jinpei took the bag packed by the clerk, looked at Gray Crow, looked up and down and then asked openly: "You have an unusual status now, don't you bring a bodyguard with you when you come out?"
"I just took a look at the recent business situation and stopped by to pick up the reserved items. I don't need to bring so many people."
Business status?
Hearing what he said, Matsuda Jinpei remembered that this food street was under the name of Karasuma Group, and was used by the foreign chairman to practice for the heir before taking over - it was specifically mentioned in the interview program.
Suddenly he thought of something again.
"You always come here alone these days?"
"yes."
Gray Crow admitted it without thinking twice.
"..."
Matsuda Jinpei suddenly realized why Datehang, who was responsible for the kidnapping case, and other colleagues were stationed here.
A top chaebol heir whose appearance is obviously hard to spot and easy to bully...at least seems to be easy to bully. If he wanders around without any bodyguards, he will indeed become an easy target for some kidnappers.
Just as he was about to speak, the doorbell rang again.
A colleague was standing at the door. While Gray Crow was looking at the counter with his back to the door, he waved to Matsuda Jinpei and mouthed in a low voice:
"Matsuda, come out for a moment."
…
The lights on the street were flashing, and colorful lights shone on Matsuda Jinpei's face. He carried his dinner and incredulously repeated what he had just heard:
"——You want me to send him back?"
"It's not necessary, first ask him if he agrees." Datehang explained, "This morning we intercepted the content of an email from one of the kidnappers. Their next target is Gray Crow, who has been coming here these nights.
.”
"Actually, we notified the Karasuma Group to ask them to pay attention to their safety, and asked if we would arrange for police protection, but the secretary who answered the phone said there was no need to worry at all..."
A colleague added next to him.
He was the one who made the call at that time. Not only did the male secretary fail to transfer the call to the chairman, he even laughed out loud on the spot. It was as if he didn't hear that his heir was in danger, but that a clown was performing a funny show in front of him.
"The Karasuma Group has been very busy recently. The vaccine to prevent the virus is about to be launched. I'm afraid they don't have the energy to care about anything else. Krono usually doesn't bring a bodyguard. He is the only one every time he enters the store. The way to go home is to take the tram - these are
I confirmed it with the staff here.”
Matsuda Jinpei was puzzled: "How did those people know?"
"The clerk at one of the restaurants told me because when she came home from get off work, she happened to see Crowe in the car."
The colleague picked up the manual that recorded important information and flipped through it: "She spoke to him to thank him. The raging virus has caused business to be difficult recently. Some stores want to lay off employees and reduce pressure, but he reduced rents and subsidies for the stores, and reminded them not to
Fire employees at will, especially those whose families are in financial difficulty..."
Matsuda Jinpei didn't make any comments and turned to look at the store.
The store manager packed the things and handed them over. Gray Crow took the box with both hands, smiled, and moved his mouth to say thank you.
Matsuda Jinpei did not object to sending a minor who was not a naughty child, but quite gentle and well-behaved, on his way home.
But the premise is that the other party is not a member of a criminal organization.
Rei Fukiya reminded Matsuda Jinpei when they parted, that they didn't need his help, and he even had to find a way to stay away from the members of the organization - because they were in the same period, the organization might follow him to find them, and they appeared in his
There may be an insidious temptation all around me.
In the same way, Datehang is not suitable. If we really want to send him back, this colleague who has nothing to do with Feng Gu Zhufu...
Matsuda Jinpei looked at his colleagues who knew nothing and were still reporting the situation, and mentally ruled out this answer.
It's even worse to throw out colleagues who know nothing about the danger.
"...Matsuda, you have interacted with him. Last year, you defused a bomb in his house. When he was taking notes, I saw him come to you to return his coat." The colleague closed the notebook and said, "You were in the store just now.
He even said hello, if you offer to send him back, he should accept it."
While they were talking, Gray Crow came out of the store with the box. He saw three policemen blocking the door with a confused expression on their faces.
Matsuda Jinpei felt that he was looking at him, and the other two people also turned to look at him.
"…………"
…
Matsuda Jinpei got into the car.
The passenger door was opened at the same time, and Gray Crow sat in.
"Excuse me, Officer Matsuda." He fastened his seat belt and held the box against his chest, "Let's go to...Mika Town 6-chome 6, you have been there before."
Matsuda Jinpei heard the pause in his words, and his alertness was raised to the highest level. On the surface, he just nodded silently.
The car drove slowly, and when he was about to leave the food court, Matsuda Jinpei glanced at the rearview mirror.
The two police officers from the police department did not follow up, and there was nothing suspicious at the same time...
Suddenly, a yellow shadow flashed through the mirror - it moved so fast that even Matsuda Jinpei, who had excellent eyesight, could only catch an afterimage.
"?!"
He almost stepped on the brakes, but luckily he reacted in time and looked carefully, seeing only the street fading away in the rearview mirror.
...an illusion created by lighting?
Matsuda Jinpei frowned slightly.
"What happened?" Gray Crow suddenly asked in the passenger seat.
"No."
Matsuda Jinpei answered quickly.
He wanted to smoke a cigarette to keep himself calm, but unfortunately he ran out of cigarettes at the Metropolitan Police Department today, and he forgot to buy new ones when he went to the food court just now.
"I'm not talking about the car."
Gray Crow's voice sounded again, and Matsuda Jinpei was suddenly startled. He quickly turned his head and looked at the person sitting next to him.
"Officer Matsuda, do you have anything to ask me?"
Unlike the police who were secretly vigilant, the boy named Crow, who was suspected to be from a criminal organization, just looked at each other calmly.
The interior light of the car illuminated the pale face, and the crimson right eye looked at him steadily. No matter how you looked at it, there was no malicious aura about him that a criminal would have - Matsuda Jinpei even felt that he
Quite like myself.
"No."
Matsuda Jinpei looked back and gave the same answer.
This is a lie.
In fact, what he wants to do most right now is to carry the boy and ask him about the whereabouts of the two men at the same time.
But reality does not allow him to do that.
Just like Fang Gu said, he can't intervene casually. Not only will he not be able to help, but it will bring them trouble.
The young man glanced at his hand that was holding the steering wheel tightly and stopped talking.
…
Twenty minutes later, Matsuda Jinpei arrived at his destination.
The iron gate of the villa is closed tightly, and the two-story luxury residence stands quietly in the night, with no lights on inside. The evening wind rustles, causing the branches and leaves to sway. Looking from here, it looks like a dark house.
A dark haunted house.
No one knows what's inside or what's going on.
"Thank you for sending me back, Officer Matsuda."
Gray Crow, who was in the passenger seat, thanked him and unbuckled his seat belt.
Matsuda Jinpei leaned on the driver's seat, not relaxing at all.
When the car door was pushed open, he looked over cautiously, and suddenly saw clearly what was in the box he brought from the bakery.
A little boy made of candy stands in front of a hut-shaped cake, with a smile painted on his face made of chocolate sauce.
But I don't know whether it was because the temperature inside the car was too high, or because the box was held too tightly just now, the chocolate melted a little, and some of the chocolate from the eyes flowed down the cheeks, and dripped on the smiling mouth.
Looking at it this way, it looks like a boy...
"Don't worry."
Gray Crow suddenly spoke.
The young man who had already gotten out of the car had his back to the streetlight, so Matsuda Jinpei could not see his expression clearly.
"If you are worried about the person who was with me in Ze Village, New Taipei, I can tell you that he is fine now."
"He and his companions are fine."
Matsuda Jinpei felt his eyes falling on his face.
"I won't let anything happen to you, Officer Matsuda."
"…………"
Matsuda Jinpei's hand on the holster on his waist silently released his grip. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Does this count as repaying my kindness for saving your house before?"
"Only half."
Gray Crow corrected him and closed the car door.
————
The iron gate slowly closed behind Jing Baiye.
He walked through the garden, and just as he was about to open the door, his phone vibrated.
[After processing, do you need to further find out the forces behind them?——porto]
【No need, I know it well.——angostura】
Jing Baiye sent a reply to Xuecun Sanjiu, who had received the code name, and opened the door of the villa.
The door was clean, and everything was just as it was when he left. The only difference was that there was a huge figure standing at the entrance, holding something in his hand.
When the thing saw the door open, it struggled to look at him and made a whining sound.
Jing Baiye looked at the pale skin and the crimson eyes that were almost the same as his, bent down to change his shoes, carried his dessert and entered the house without looking back.
"Just deal with it."
Behind him, the door was not closed, and the moonlight filtered through the crack in the door, dragging a long shadow on the ground.
A group of black figures was handling the newly washed clothes, holding the first and last ends with both hands, and twisting them away in completely different directions.