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Toru Amuro:......
I am Furuya. Apart from myself, I have never heard of anyone named Furuya in the Public Security Bureau!
So who is that guy next door named Furuya who's impersonating someone else? Could it be that unscrupulous cop from Jiangchengbei?
"Vermouth, I can help you take out the police next door for Gin, but I want half of the benefits Gin promised you earlier..."
"Bourbon, you're dreaming. I won't give you a single penny of the reward Gin gave me. Besides, you not only need to take out that policeman named Furuya, but you also owe me a favor. Otherwise, I'll take out the policeman next door myself. I won't trouble you with this."
I will report your issues to that gentleman. As for how you will prove you are one of ours, that will have to wait for that gentleman to hand the matter over to Gin for evaluation.
"Okay, I'll help you take out the police next door." Under Vermouth's coercion, Amuro Tooru could only agree with tears in his eyes, offering himself up as a pledge of loyalty.
"Not only that, you also owe me a favor. Otherwise, I would have rescued Gin myself. You don't need to participate and can leave."
Thinking about how he would have to prove his innocence by killing other police officers later, but today he only needed to kill Jiang Chengbei, this suspicious police officer. Compared to that, killing Jiang Chengbei, who was impersonating him, would be more appropriate. He wouldn't feel guilty or have any unease about his conscience.
So, after seeing that Amuro Tooru had agreed, Vermouth put away her pistol and let Amuro Tooru walk ahead as they arrived at the building next door.
After Amuro Tooru and Vermouth reached the top floor and exited the elevator, Vermouth returned the handgun she had taken from Amuro Tooru, then pointed the DV camera at him and gave the order:
"Go and kill Furuya, the public security police officer on the rooftop."
On his way here, Amuro Tooru saw that Vermouth had brought a DV camera, and he felt that things weren't so simple. Now that she was filming him again, he was immediately annoyed.
"Vermouth, isn't this unnecessary? I'm just going to help you out. You don't need to record it, do you?"
“Bourbon, I didn’t want to either, but I’ve heard that the Japanese police are inhumane; they’ll even kill their own colleagues in secret as a pledge of loyalty.”
So if you really are a police officer, and you lied to me today, I'll record you killing a police officer this time, so you can't turn back now, and you can only continue to be Bourbon in the organization from now on.
"Also, you owe me a favor. If I don't have even the slightest bit of dirt on you, how can I guarantee you won't forget it later?"
"Vermouth, you win!"
Under Vermouth's coercion, Amuro Tooru had no choice but to do as she said. The two of them, one in front and one behind, one with a pistol and the other with a pistol in one hand and a DV camera in the other, sneaked upstairs and arrived at the rooftop.
Amuro Tooru and Vermouth's stealth operation went smoothly. When they reached the rooftop, the only person on the rooftop facing the adjacent rooftop with his back to them and a heavy machine gun pointed at the neighboring rooftop did not notice them.
Seeing that the man's back was exactly the same as Jiang Chengbei's, Amuro Tooru immediately felt relieved. As long as the person impersonating him, Furuya Rei, wasn't some innocent person, as long as it was Jiang Chengbei, who seemed harmless but had many brothers who died inexplicably whenever he encountered him, and who had an unclear relationship with Tennessee, the police colleague who directly killed his brother, Amuro Tooru felt no guilt in killing him.
So, looking at Xiang Jiangchengbei's back, and knowing that killing him was a pledge of loyalty, all for the sake of official business and for Japan, Amuro Tooru pointed at his back and pulled the trigger without hesitation, firing a bullet to avenge his brother.
Amuro Tooru fired a shot, and Jiang Chengbei dodged, simultaneously receiving 1 kill coin. After turning around, Amuro Tooru saw an unfamiliar face.
Suddenly, Amuro Tooru's gun trembled, and the bullet he fired at Jiang Chengbei began to graze the outline of the human body.
Seeing that the person in front of him was not Jiang Chengbei, Amuro Tooru's Dao heart was a little flustered, but Jiang Chengbei, who had pulled out a pistol and was about to counterattack Amuro Tooru, showed no mercy and launched a counterattack against Amuro Tooru.
Seeing Bourbon launch a sneak attack from behind, the person opposite suddenly moved slightly the instant Bourbon fired, dodging the bullet aimed at his back. He then turned around and exchanged fire with Bourbon while dodging. Vermouth knew that she had met her match this time. Bourbon seemed to have kicked a hornet's nest. So she could no longer just stand by and film, and immediately opened fire, joining the shooting at Jiang Chengbei.
Having received one kill coin from Vermouth and seeing her shooting while filming with a DV camera, Jiang Chengbei decided to go all the way and fulfill Amuro Tooru and Vermouth's hobby of filming a real gunfight. In sync with Amuro Tooru's shooting action, several bursts of blood erupted from Jiang Chengbei's chest, and he fell backward. In Vermouth and Amuro Tooru's view, as well as in the DV camera's view, he fell off the rooftop after being shot.
Seeing the man with the police insignia on his arm fall off the roof after being shot by his gun, Amuro Tooru felt dizzy and disoriented!
Brother, I didn't mean to kill you. I even fired at you from the side. How did you still get hit?
I didn't do it, I didn't fire the shot, it must have been Vermouth who shot you from the side!
Amuro Tooru's anger burned fiercely as he glared at Vermouth, who was not far away. After the gunfight, Vermouth grabbed her DV camera and rushed up to the edge of the rooftop, snapping photos of the corpse that had fallen after its chest burst with blood.
Seeing that Vermouth, a Hollywood star, was so interested in photography that she completely forgot about her own safety and exposed her back without any scruples, Amuro Tooru, who was already holding a gun, slightly adjusted the muzzle of his gun and aimed the sights of his pistol at Vermouth.
Chapter 248 Helping the evildoer
Hearing the intense gunfire coming from the rooftop of the building dozens of meters away, Gin and Vodka finally realized that someone had come to their rescue, ambushing the firing positions that were blocking their escape route.
Gin and Vodka were right. After seeing Vermouth and Bourbon take down the heavy machine gunner on the rooftop, they breathed a sigh of relief, emerged from behind the small stairwell where they were hiding, and, pistols in hand, flanked from both sides, walking along the wall towards the stairwell.
Seeing Gin and Vodka cautiously emerging from the distance with pistols in their hands, Amuro Tooru suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and a bad premonition appeared in his mind.
Gin and Vodka both appeared. Unlike Shuichi Akai, who really wanted to capture Gin, Amuro Tooru only wanted to find out who the boss was and wanted to take down the biggest boss and the main base together. He looked down on Kalam, who was just a nobody like Vermouth and Gin, and who did the dirty work for the boss. Amuro Tooru, who had never thought of capturing Vermouth when he was alone with her, immediately moved his gun away from Vermouth's back when he saw Gin and Vodka on the other side.
In a moment of impulsiveness, in order to prove his innocence, he thought that killing Jiang Chengbei while he couldn't find Tennessee would be an opportunity, and at the same time, he could use this as a way to prove his loyalty and gain Vermouth's trust. So he agreed to come and help Vermouth take out the machine gunner blocking Gin's way out on the rooftop.
But now, seeing Gin and Vodka cautiously approaching with guns, preparing to launch a sneak attack, Amuro Tooru had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, once the suppressive firepower was gone, Gin and Vodka, relying on their superior abilities and combat strength compared to the police officers in the stairwell, and being desperate criminals who had constantly faced life-or-death situations and crawled out of piles of corpses, were far stronger than the few office police officers inside who had trained in the training field.
When he saw Gin and Vodka suddenly move sideways and appear at the doorway, unleashing a barrage of fire into the room as they charged in, Amuro Tooru broke out in a cold sweat. Seeing the scene before him, he finally understood where his bad premonition had come from.
Previously, Vermouth had only told him that Gin and Vodka's escape route was blocked by a heavy machine gunner on the opposite rooftop, making it impossible for them to escape. He didn't know that besides the heavy machine gunner impersonating him here, there were other people blocking the stairs on the opposite side!
Of course, Amuro Tooru only now realized that there were people in the stairwell on the opposite rooftop. He also had to blame his men for dragging the bodies of the police officers who had died on the rooftop into the room. Amuro Tooru didn't see the bodies and didn't realize that besides the heavy machine guns pointed at Gin and Vodka's hiding place, there were also his men in the room.
Listening to the sounds of gunfire from the other side, Amuro Tooru's heart sank. He felt as if he might have unintentionally caused the death of his brother in his attempt to prove his loyalty.
I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me!
This ominous premonition is now tormenting Amuro Tooru like torture, making him wish he were dead. He can only pray that his guess is wrong, and that his bad premonition is also wrong.
Amuro Tooru, now filled with regret and self-blame, prays that he was wrong. He wishes he had wings so he could fly over there. If the people in the opposite stairwell were really his subordinates, he desperately wants to teleport to the other side to prevent the tragedy from happening.
Unfortunately, the two buildings were too far apart. Not to mention jumping over them, even shooting at the other side with a pistol would be far beyond the range.
Because of the distance, which made it impossible to jump over, and because it was also beyond the range of a pistol, the side without heavy weapons could only take hits. That's why Gin asked Vermouth to come here to kill the heavy machine gunner and take down this firing point to save them.
Well, the range of the two floors is beyond the effective range of a pistol, but there is a heavy machine gun in front of us, which can provide overwhelming firepower to the opposite rooftop. Unfortunately, Gin and Vodka have already rushed into the stairwell and can no longer be seen. It's too late to say anything now.
As Amuro Tooru was consumed by self-blame and guilt, wishing he could shoot himself, filled with regret and despair, he heard Vermouth's voice in his ears.
"Bourbon, let's go. Those police officers who were blocking Gin in the stairwell, Gin can handle it himself. He doesn't need our help. You don't need to worry about their safety."
"Let's go. Gin and the others will run away on their own. We should retreat too. If we stay any longer, the Metropolitan Police Department's SAT unit that you shot and killed will arrive soon, and then it won't be easy for us to escape."
After filming the short video, Vermouth turned around and, as she was about to retreat and walk past Amuro Tooru, she smiled and said a few words to him.
Judging from Amuro Tooru's slightly off micro-expressions, Vermouth was pretty sure that Bourbon was up to no good.
However, she filmed Bourbon killing Public Security Police Officer Furuya. Even if he had problems, having leverage over him meant she could threaten him into doing things for her.
As for reporting Bourbon's problems to Gin and having him thoroughly investigate Bourbon and expose this little rat, Vermouth didn't want to do something that would harm herself and benefit the organization, since she had Bourbon in her hands and could get him to do dirty work for her.
After Vermouth left, the gunshots from the opposite rooftop ceased, and Gin and Vodka, who had rushed into the stairwell, never appeared again. There was no way to jump from this rooftop to the opposite one to check the situation and find out what was going on. In the end, Amuro Tooru could only lose his mind, numb himself with worry and hope by guessing, forcing himself to harden his heart and leave, continuing his painful undercover life.
Today's events inevitably reminded Amuro Tooru of the painful events of three years ago.
Being an undercover agent is incredibly painful.
Amuro Tooru was preoccupied and distracted, and his condition was not right. Fortunately, he escaped separately from Vermouth, Gin, and Vodka. If he had stayed with them, they would likely have noticed that something was wrong with him.
After parting ways with Vermouth and the others, Amuro Tooru immediately tried to contact Kazami Yuya, but when he couldn't reach him, he was in a terrible mood.
After contacting his former superior, Kuroda Hyōe, Amuro Tooru learned that almost all of his Zero Squad members had been wiped out, with only Kazami Yuya surviving with serious injuries. The murderer was none other than Gin Vodka, whom Amuro had saved. If Amuro hadn't taken down a mysterious heavy machine gunner in the building across the street, Gin Vodka wouldn't have been able to rush into the stairwell and slaughter most of his remaining men. Upon learning this, Amuro Tooru immediately broke down.
In order to protect his undercover identity, he unintentionally caused the deaths of so many colleagues, becoming a sinner who aided and abetted evil. The pangs of conscience that Amuro Tooru felt were indescribable.
If I hadn't taken out the heavy machine gunner in charge of the fire blockade, would Gin and Vodka have been captured? Would my colleagues in Team Zero have survived?
These "what ifs" and "suppositions" lingered in Amuro Tooru's mind, as he constantly blamed himself.
However, despite his self-blame, Amuro Tooru felt guilty for having gone to prove his innocence by killing the machine gunners in order to keep his undercover identity secret. This resulted in Gin and Vodka rushing into the stairwell and slaughtering his own Zero team colleagues. This matter was complicated and had a great impact, and he couldn't bear the responsibility. So Amuro Tooru didn't report the incident or reveal that he was the one who went with Vermouth to help Gin deal with the machine gunners.
Of all the seriously injured survivors, only Amuro Tooru's most loyal henchman survived. Meanwhile, the heavy machine gunner who fell from the rooftop with a gunshot wound to the chest was unknown to anyone, and his identity could not be found out. So, the matter was handled in the same way as before, and the blame was placed on the Black Organization, making them take the fall.
Those dead Zero Group Public Security officers were killed by Gin and Vodka. The mysterious heavy machine gunner on the rooftop—after he saw his face clearly, he started shooting at him with outlines, and Vermouth was helping him. So Amuro Tooru thinks that this person was most likely killed by Vermouth.
Given the current situation, Amuro Tooru can only deceive himself with this thought.
He was truly heartbroken and filled with remorse over the deaths of his colleagues. The most he could do was to find an opportunity to kill Gin and Vodka to avenge them. Amuro Tooru really didn't know what else he could do.
While Amuro Tooru was constantly blaming himself, feeling guilty and almost collapsing from self-reflection, Jiang Chengbei didn't gain much this time. Apart from some skills from Pisco in the Conan Shop, he also gained 2 kill coins from Pisco, as well as 4 kill coins from Gin Vodka and the other three members of Amuro Tooru and Vermouth.
Five codenamed members appeared from the winery, and Jiang Chengbei got a total of 6 kill coins from them.
Meanwhile, this series of murders, due to the perpetrators' high firepower, heinous nature, and significant impact, was beyond the scope of a small investigation division. In the end, it was handed over to the Public Security Bureau, and had little to do with the injured Megure or the Third Investigative Division.
Since they saw Gin and vodka, no matter how many suspicious points there were in this series of cases, they could all be attributed to the mysterious distillery, and they would always take the blame. So Conan thought so too, and nothing happened in Jiangcheng North.
On the police side, those who knew the inside story instinctively blamed the brewery, a terrorist organization, for everything. On the brewery side, Gin believed that Sherry had colluded with the Japanese police to orchestrate the whole thing.
According to him, Sherry had defected to the Japanese Public Security Bureau and colluded with them to take revenge on Gin. Unfortunately for her, Gin was lucky, capable, and far stronger than the incompetent police officers, which is why he escaped unscathed and even killed so many policemen.
Of course, after Gin and his group escaped the police's encirclement, Vermouth used her signature skills as the Thousand-Faced Witch to sneak into the Metropolitan Police Department to investigate information about the incident and search for Sherry's whereabouts in the following days.
Now that they knew Sherry was colluding with the police, Gin and Vermouth, who both harbored deep hatred for Sherry, couldn't let go of this clue. Using Vermouth's disguise skills, they searched for Sherry's hiding place in the drafty Metropolitan Police Department.
Vermouth herself had no idea whether she could find Sherry's whereabouts at the Metropolitan Police Department. However, not long after she met Gin and the other members of the brewery, Amuro Tooru came to her door again, this time to the fruit shop in northern Jiangcheng.
When Amuro Tooru arrived, Ai Haibara's radar went off again; she was terrified of him who had come knocking on her door that day.
Jiang Chengbei was curious about why Amuro Tooru had suddenly come here, and so were the others; no one could figure out why he had come.
Despite how strange it was, Jiang Chengbei and the others who knew Amuro Tooru's true identity still welcomed him on the surface.
As for the neighbors who didn't know his true identity, they also expressed their curiosity. After all, a long time ago, a gunfight had occurred in a fruit shop in Jiangcheng North, and they saw Amuro Tooru involved at the time. Although the police later asked them to keep it a secret, they were still very curious about Amuro Tooru's sudden reappearance today.
Back when Amuro Tooru worked in Jiangcheng North, the neighbors all knew this sunny, blond-haired, dark-skinned boy. Now, under Conan's aura of reduced intelligence, Amuro Tooru casually laughed it off, and the matter was considered closed.
However, Amuro Tooru, who came today, started acting strangely after chatting with Jiang Chengbei and the others for a while. He seemed to be reminiscing about the past, wandering around and visiting people he knew, catching up with them and having a great time.
The person who chatted the longest was Kogoro Mouri. Due to Amuro Tooru's hospitality, he specially invited Kogoro Mouri to an izakaya for drinks. They went out drinking and chatting like close friends, and the whole day went by.
Jiang Chengbei and the others didn't know what they were talking about outside, but when Kogoro Mouri came back, he was drunk and had blacked out from drinking. He was brought back by a taxi called by Tooru Amuro.
Amuro Tooru is a policeman. He and Kogoro Mouri, a former policeman, used to get along well, drinking and chatting together, and became like brothers. There shouldn't be any problems.
But his behavior this time was really too abnormal, and something felt off. So Conan also noticed this afterwards. He really couldn't figure it out, but he couldn't find the reason. What made Amuro Tooru act so strangely this time?
Conan couldn't understand why Amuro Tooru seemed off, but Jiang Chengbei, who knew about Vermouth and had Amuro Tooru's phone number, found out why—it was too easy.
So, after realizing that Amuro Tooru was a bit off, Jiang Chengbei waited until he went out to chat with his neighbor, Mouri Kogoro, before dialing Amuro Tooru's number.
After Jiang Chengbei gave a perfunctory greeting to Amuro Tooru on the phone, casually started a conversation that annoyed the other Amuro Tooru, and then saw another Amuro Tooru chatting with Kogoro Mouri, he basically understood what was going on.
Chapter 249 Conan: Amuro Tooru, that bastard, he actually tried to steal my girlfriend!
After bringing the completely drunk Kogoro Mouri back, Jiang Chengbei assumed that "Toru Amuro" had gotten what she wanted from the drunk Kogoro Mouri and would not come back in the guise of Toru Amuro in the future.
However, Jiang Chengbei thought it wasn't Vermouth's idea. Ever since she first appeared in Amuro Tooru's guise to extract information, she had appeared several more times in Amuro Tooru's guise a few days later. She really took advantage of Amuro Tooru's disguise and kept fleecing him until he was completely bald.
After coming back a few times on and off, this Vermouth, who was impersonating Amuro Tooru, actually got addicted to the act. She eventually sublet the neighboring Poirot Cafe and became its owner, as well as a tenant of the ground floor shop in Kogoro Mouri's house, so that she could legitimately come here every day to be the cafe owner.
Seeing how arrogant Sister Bei was, Jiang Chengbei was shocked: You come here every day pretending to be Amuro Tooru, aren't you afraid that Amuro Tooru will bring a bunch of police to arrest you?