novelaction Chapter 753: Too Delayed
Chapter 753: Too Delayed
Because of the sudden task, Chu Ming did not pay attention to Sunflower's affairs for the past two days. Instead, he went to the organization's training base and roughly observed the people on the coach's recommended list, and then finalized the first unlucky guy, oh, no, it was - the first person to be assessed.
Chu Ming put on disguise and went to meet her. She was a sweet-looking girl, about 26 or 27 years old, named Toba Hatsuho. However, after getting to know her, Chu Ming found that her personality and appearance did not match at all.
"Lord Granburch, then my mission is to kill the director of the Noh Mask Museum, Izumi Jisaburo?" Toba Hatsuho blinked, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.
Chu Mingchao leaned back and looked up at her: "Yes, isn't this exactly what you wanted? It just so happens that this is your first mission, and it starts with revenge."
Toba Hatsuho was stunned. She pursed her lips and spoke after a long while: "You know all this?"
Chu Ming tapped the armrest with his knuckles, saying meaningfully: "The organization knows everything, so you'd better not have any other thoughts."
Toba Hatsuho lowered her eyes, and smiled for a long while, her eyebrows curved, and her whole body exuded a bit of evil: "Of course, I have thought of a plan, but - there are no requirements for the mission method, right? Can I kill more people?"
"It's up to you." Chu Ming threw the relevant information to her, "But you can't expose the existence of the organization."
Watching Toba Hatsuho leaving with the mission report, Chu Ming frowned slightly as he looked at her back. After such a short contact, Chu Ming got to know her a little bit. She was extremely vicious and not very smart, but she seemed very confident in herself.
It turns out there is a reason why Gin doesn't think highly of it.
Once the task is assigned, it takes time to plan how to start it, so Chu Ming gave her three days to try it out first. If it works, use it. If not, just pick the next one.
If the quality doesn’t work, then make do with quantity.
Toba Hatsuho was ranked fifth in the instructor's recommendation. Chu Ming specifically picked someone in the middle to roughly estimate the abilities of the organization's current newcomers in the training camp.
That's why he chose this task for her.
Chu Ming had someone investigate and found out that Toba Hatsuho's father, Matsumoto Kyondo, was an artist who made a large number of Noh masks. However, after his death, the museum director planned to work with others to sell those masks overseas, completely ignoring the fact that his father might still have descendants alive.
Toba Hatsuho also has a half-sister who is the director's secret lover. When Toba Hatsuho and her mother were poor, her sister followed the director and lived a life of luxury, but she still pretended to hate him. This made her heart extremely twisted. She probably hated everyone equally, so Toba Hatsuho said, "Can you kill a few more?"
I don't know what means she will use to kill people. I hope she can be quick and not do those fancy tricks that can be easily exposed in the end.
Otherwise, ranking fifth is so low, it is difficult for him to do it. He can't detect and screen out all the people in the training camp at the end, right? He doesn't want to do so many tasks by himself.
With a sigh, Chu Ming paid attention to Conan and the others' recent situation. He realized that during the days when he was dealing with the organization's affairs, Conan had a very wonderful life. He once again thwarted Kid's plot to steal another "Sunflowers". He even turned a disaster into a blessing, and made the director of the art museum willing to help persuade those collectors who were unwilling to lend other "Sunflowers" because of the sudden plane explosion.
Tonight all the sunflowers will be sent to the Ray Kroc Art Museum specially built by the Suzuki Group and will be exhibited at the opening ceremony tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Chu Ming quickly called Conan to confirm that he had his ticket, and then hung up the phone with satisfaction.
Okay, then he will help Lafitte steal the painting back tomorrow.
The next day, Chu Ming followed Conan and others to the Reckrock Museum. After ticket checking, they entered one after another.
Because they were the people that Sonoko specifically emphasized to be taken care of, they were the first group to go in. Kogoro Mouri did not go with them. He was responsible for security-related work with the police, so he arrived early.
While walking into the museum, Chu Ming noticed large fields of sunflowers on both sides of the road, which emitted a faint fragrance.
This smell is clearly pine scent, why does it appear in sunflowers?
Chu Ming frowned and looked around. All he saw was a blanket of sunflowers that almost covered the entire area. If he guessed correctly, the smell should be that of turpentine, which is often used to restore paintings and is highly flammable.
It seems that the appraiser that Lafitte hypnotized was planning to set fire to the painting and burn it during the chaos. It seems that he can take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
When they entered the museum, several children excitedly rushed forward to take a closer look at the "Sunflower" on display. Chu Ming covered his mouth and yawned. He felt that he really had no artistic talent and could not appreciate this human treasure.
Just when he was bored and looking around, he happened to see Kidd strolling around the museum with Kudo Shinichi's face, and he also dropped a Kidd card.
Chu Ming suddenly perked up and was about to say something, but Yuanzi happened to see Shinichi's back and quickly turned around to greet Xiaolan: "Xiaolan, Xiaolan, come quickly, Shinichi is here too!"
"what?"
"No way?"
Xiaolan and Conan said in unison, and they looked at each other. Xiaolan immediately showed a surprised expression and ran in the direction that Sonoko pointed, but when she reached the corner, there was no one there.
"Where's Shinichi?" Xiaolan also guessed that this was most likely Kaito Kidd pretending to be Kudo Shinichi, but in order to cover it up, she still pretended to be a little disappointed, "Hey, why isn't he here..."
Yuanzi felt a little embarrassed when she saw this: "Sorry, sorry, maybe I saw it wrong. I just accidentally saw a back figure that looked like him, so I called you..."
Xiaolan shook her head and smiled gently: "You care about me too, it's okay."
Conan looked around. He knew that facial scanning was required to enter the art museum, so there was no way for Kid to get in in disguise. The only way for him to get in was to rely on the face that looked very similar to his own and disguise himself as Kudo Shinichi.
Suddenly, his eyes fell on a white card on the ground. He ran over to pick it up. Sure enough, there was a stick figure of Kidd on it, and two lines of formulas were written on the back.
Conan quickly held up the card and went back to find Xiaolan: "Sister Xiaolan, take me to the control room to find my uncle. Kaito Kidd has sneaked in!"
Chu Ming looked at the sign in Conan's hand and raised his eyebrows slightly. Kidd had already started to act, so why hadn't the appraiser made any move yet?
It's too grinding.