Chapter 41: Please Stop Overthinking, Please Give Me Monthly Tickets
Jiang Xia parked the car beneath the clock tower.
After a while, Gin and Vodka arrived.
Jiang Xia looked at Gin through the front windshield, feeling as if his superior's killing intent had increased.
However, more than that, what Jiang Xia cared about most at the moment was that Gin actually had a cute, Q-version new Ghost hanging on him.
…It wasn't a paper shikigami, but a rare Ghost Fetus.
And unlike Little White, the new Ghost was a normal-sized Ghost Fetus—about the size of two hands clasped together, like a transparent little pillow.
“…”
Jiang Xia unconsciously straightened up, wanting to immediately pull the Q-version new Ghost off Gin and hug it himself.
But at a time like this, approaching too quickly might lead to the wary Gin sweeping him with gunfire.
Considering Gin's daily workload for this body, Jiang Xia had to temporarily suppress his desire and, distracted, helped Vodka move the stolen suitcases and bags into Gin and his car.
…
This time, Gin wasn't driving a Porsche, but a black commercial van, perfectly suited for transporting bodies and money.
Gin saw the two finish moving the luggage and gestured to the back seat of the car for Jiang Xia: “Get in.”
Jiang Xia nodded, and at the same time, looked at his Ghost.
The new Ghost was also looking at Jiang Xia. After a moment of eye contact, the cute Q-version Ghost tremblingly extended its small hand towards Jiang Xia, looking much easier to abduct than the Ghost Infant had been back then.
Jiang Xia: “…” That was normal, though.
Although their appearance becomes much more Q-versioned after turning into a Ghost Fetus.
Jiang Xia could still recognize from the new Ghost's general appearance—this seemed to be Miyano Akemi.
…
After Jiang Xia got in the car, Gin pulled open the door and sat in the driver's seat.
And Vodka, who usually acted as the driver, opened the back door and sat in the same row as Jiang Xia.
After the commercial van drove for a while, Gin rolled down the window and shot a few times, blowing up the fuel tank of the cargo truck Jiang Xia had driven.
Amidst the explosion, Vodka also took out his gun, pointing it at Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia: “…” Why was Vodka holding the gun this time? Vodka's identity card wasn't even as good as Gin's…
However, more than that.
Jiang Xia's attention was more focused on his calf.
—Miyano Akemi's soul seemed to be extremely afraid of Gin.
After Jiang Xia got in the car, she slowly moved to Jiang Xia's feet, looked up at him. Then she tentatively reached out and hugged Jiang Xia's calf like a koala.
After hugging tightly, she observed nervously for a moment, and seeing that Jiang Xia didn't refuse, she secretly let out a sigh of relief.
Jiang Xia looked down, wanting to reach out and pet her, then quickly sign a contract and abduct the Ghost home… Unfortunately, now was not the time.
He looked up.
Facing Vodka's gun, Jiang Xia, like an old employee betrayed by his company, asked in confusion: “I completed the mission, and I wasn't caught on camera.”
“You don't get to say that. We'll verify it ourselves. Hands up!” Vodka pushed his sunglasses, and they glinted.
Then he magically produced a black hood and swiftly put it over Jiang Xia's head.
Jiang Xia looked at his darkening vision: “Um, you're trying to traffic…”
Vodka, with great presence, interrupted for his boss: “No speaking! Just cooperate with the investigation.”
Jiang Xia: “…” Why do you sound more like a police officer than Amuro Tooru…
…
Vodka was oblivious to Jiang Xia's inner “slander.”
He put down his gun, took out a laptop from his bag, and opened it on his lap.
Then he searched Jiang Xia, pulling out a pile of miscellaneous items like cigarette packs, small knives, lighters, and two mobile phones.
Vodka briefly checked the miscellaneous items, found no problems, and threw them aside. He focused on checking the phones.
He connected Jiang Xia's phone to the computer, pulled up all call records, chat records, and began data recovery.
…
Gin indeed planned to kill Jiang Xia and destroy the body. Then the organization could tell Sherry: Jiang Xia was unfortunately blinded by money, killed Miyano Akemi, and ran away with the money.
In this situation, rather than acting midway, it was naturally more convenient to bring Jiang Xia to the body disposal site, then kill and burn him on the spot.
Additionally, Jiang Xia was suspected of having contact with the Miyano sisters, and Miyano Akemi was connected to Akai Shuichi.
Thinking of this, Gin made a guess based on the most extreme scenario—Miyano Akemi suddenly had the courage to “leave the organization with her sister,” perhaps because she found support outside, such as finding the reclusive Akai Shuichi.
But currently, the organization had not found any connection between Akai Shuichi and Miyano Akemi.
…
So tonight, when Gin discovered a suspicious target—which was Jiang Xia—he couldn't help but link the two matters together.
…Perhaps Jiang Xia was the intermediary between Akai Shuichi and Miyano Akemi.
Although Jiang Xia and Miyano Akemi were both peripheral members, Jiang Xia didn't have a powerful sister, and no one in the organization was monitoring him.
In other words, even if Jiang Xia went out arm-in-arm with Akai Shuichi, as long as they didn't run into organization members midway, the organization wouldn't discover any clues.
Gin then boldly hypothesized: It's possible that Akai Shuichi contacted Jiang Xia, and Jiang Xia then contacted Miyano Akemi, for example, by tampering with the packaging of returned express deliveries to subtly convey information.
As for Jiang Xia's reason for helping them…
Gin couldn't think of one for now, only attributing it to being tempted by beauty.
…Gin also admitted that the scenario he envisioned had a very low probability.
Let alone “having contact with Akai Shuichi,” in reality, even the basic inference that “Jiang Xia provided assistance for Miyano Akemi's robbery” was just an unsubstantiated guess.
But undeniably, such a possibility did exist.
And the chance to catch Akai Shuichi…
Even if it was only one in a thousand, it was worth a try.
Moreover, this matter had no cost—even if he guessed wrong, it would only be the loss of a suspicious peripheral member. Furthermore, he could pin the blame on Jiang Xia, preventing Sherry from becoming hostile to the organization due to her sister's death.