Dozens of meters away.
The innocent Jiang Xia was currently riding his motorcycle, intending to go to Maruta Denjiro's house.
Just then, his phone suddenly rang.
Judging by the ringtone, it was the organization's dedicated phone.
Jiang Xia: "...?"
Just now, Little White had suddenly expressed joy, saying it sensed Gin's aura.
However, they were a bit far apart, and with many cars at the intersection, Jiang Xia didn't go over to harvest the killing intent.
It seemed now... Gin had seen him too?
...
Jiang Xia pondered as he answered the phone.
Gin's voice quickly came through the receiver: "Go to the Enjyu City Hotel in Beihu Town immediately. There's 1 billion yen in cash stored at the Front Desk. Take that money out, then go to the clock tower in the West District and wait for me."
After giving the order, he hung up cleanly.
Jiang Xia: "..."
He stared at his phone, thought for a moment, then turned his car around and headed to the Hotel Gin had mentioned.
...
On the way to the Hotel.
Jiang Xia remembered the keyword "1 billion cash" and roughly understood the current situation.
In his impression, the only incident that could simultaneously involve the organization, a Hotel, and 1 billion yen was Miyano Akemi's robbery.
After Miyano Akemi stole 1 billion yen, she planned to use the money to exchange for her younger sister with the organization.
But she was worried that the organization would go back on its word, so when she went to the transaction location, she didn't bring the money. Instead, she stored the cash in the Hotel where she was staying.
It seemed now that Gin had predicted Miyano Akemi's prediction.
...
Stealing the cash suitcase from the Hotel seemed not difficult.
But Jiang Xia remembered that Miyano Akemi had used Conan's help to retrieve the 1 billion yen that had been taken by her accomplice.
With Conan involved, the ordinary "stealing money" mission immediately escalated into a timed, high-difficulty mission of "taking the money before the Police arrive and not exposing oneself throughout the process."
Once caught by the Police or captured by surveillance, Gin would have a reason to silence him, an outer member.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xia sighed with worry.
If he died at Gin's hands... then he would have no choice but to make do with taking Gin's body.
But compared to Gin, Jiang Xia still preferred a younger body closer to his own age. And Gin was too busy, with a lot of work on his shoulders. If he were to take over... just thinking about it made him worried.
However, it was fine. Although that Hotel had many surveillance cameras, stealing money without exposing oneself... wasn't difficult for a Spiritual Medium.
...
Jiang Xia quickly arrived at the Enjyu City Hotel.
But he didn't go in. Instead, he walked into a nearby Coffee Shop, ordered a cola, and chose a seat near the restroom.
He confirmed that no one was in the restroom.
Several shikigami flew out from under Jiang Xia's feet, appearing from nothing, and slipped in through the door crack.
Little White also wriggled through the door and piled up with the shikigami, forming a small boy puppet in the restroom.
...
In the Coffee Shop outside.
Jiang Xia opened a magazine and placed it in front of his main body, pretending to be reading.
Then he moved his consciousness into the puppet in the restroom.
The puppet's clothes would generate according to the preferences of the ghost used for filling. Jiang Xia could make some adjustments to it.
He extended Little White's puppet's collar, raised it to cover the "Z"-shaped mark on its neck, and messed up its initial hairstyle.
After erasing the more obvious features.
He pushed open the window and climbed out of the restroom window to the outside.
...
This body was very small.
But Jiang Xia had transferred his main body's abilities over. At this time, his strength far exceeded that of an ordinary child.
Jiang Xia ran to where he had parked his motorcycle and took out several items from under the seat. Those that could fit in his pockets went into his pockets, and those that couldn't were hidden under his clothes, in front of his stomach, and then covered by his hem.
Afterward, he ran to the Hotel's back delivery channel and staged an accident with a cargo truck that had just finished unloading and was about to leave.
With a muffled thud, a small figure flew out from in front of the truck.
The driver looked at the child lying in front of his truck, cursed inwardly, and hurriedly ran down to check the situation.
As he crouched down, an ungrateful hand chop suddenly struck, accurately hitting his neck.
...
Jiang Xia knocked the person out, dragged him away, and hid him.
After stealing the truck used to transport the cash, Jiang Xia drove the puppet into the Hotel lobby and placed bombs in several pre-observed locations, detonating them with a single button.
With a loud boom.
It was evening, and there were many guests dining in the Hotel lobby.
The sudden explosion instantly plunged the hall into chaos.
...
The Front Desk attendant hurriedly locked the cash cabinet, busy evacuating people and fleeing for his life.
The area behind the counter was suddenly empty.
Jiang Xia pressed down his hat brim and secretly slipped behind the counter, looking up at the huge luggage cabinet.
There wasn't much luggage stored here. Most guests preferred to keep their luggage in their rooms rather than at the counter.
Jiang Xia's gaze swept around and quickly found three identical suitcases.
He pulled one down with force, opened a slit, peered inside through the slit, and found it filled with money.
After confirming it, Jiang Xia spent some effort to move these three suitcases, which were taller than his puppet, onto a handcart.
Before pushing the cart away, Jiang Xia thought for a moment and picked up a large handbag nearby.
He emptied its contents onto the floor, tossed the empty bag onto the handcart as well, and finally pushed the cart, leaving discreetly.
...
The stolen cargo truck was still parked in place.
Jiang Xia threw the money and the bag onto it, then climbed into the car himself and started it.
This puppet was too short, making driving very difficult.
Jiang Xia deliberately chose less crowded roads and drove recklessly to a secluded area nearby.
After parking the car, he left the puppet there, and his consciousness quickly returned to his main body.
...
In the Coffee Shop.
His main body stood up, paid the bill, and left.
Jiang Xia ran a short distance along an alley, putting on his hat, mask, and gloves along the way.
He quickly reached the parking location and took over the car and money that the puppet had just stolen.
After getting into the car, Jiang Xia grabbed the puppet from the Co-pilot seat and stuffed it into the large handbag he had just acquired. Then he zipped it up, flipped the bag over the seat, and threw it into the back row.
Everything was done. Jiang Xia comfortably lit a ghost mint and drove the car to the place Gin had mentioned.
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Spoiler alert: The main body will not be changed throughout the book.