It was only after seeing no. 8 and Akai Shuichi did Megumi Aiko realized that Josh Parker is no. 8.
She didn't know his appearance before nor did she know his identity.
But when she saw him, she felt inexplicably annoyed.
Besides… no. 1 would not shoot ordinary people arbitrarily.
[Megumi Aiko [4]: No. 8?
Corrupted FBI [8]: It's me. Finish the questioning quickly before that brat comes here. He's currently being called by Takagi. I don't want to stay here any longer.
Megumi Aiko [4]: Tsk, got it.]
Even though Megumi Aiko felt displeased for being ordered around by no. 8, she still sat down and started to ask questions to no. 8.
"Name?"
"Josh Parker."
"Age, occupation…"
It didn't take long for Megumi Aiko to finish the routine questioning of Josh Parker. But when she heard him saying that he's unemployed, her expression changed subtly.
You, an FBI agent, didn't even dare to admit your profession?
[Megumi Aiko [4]: No. 8, you can't even admit your identity?
Corrupted FBI [8]: it's troublesome and I'm not here for work anyway.
Megumi Aiko [4]: Don't make me want to catch you even more, no. 8.
Corrupted FBI [8]: Heh.]
Megumi Aiko gritted her teeth in annoyance, but she couldn't really catch Josh Parker here.
Besides, there were still Akai Shuichi outside whom she couldn't really do anything either. This made Megumi Aiko felt terribly upset for some reason.
"It's done. You may go now and if there's any clues about your shooter, please be sure to tell me," Megumi Aiko said indifferently.
They both knew the shooter was no. 1, but they couldn't say this information out loud. None of them knew no. 1 real identity… they didn't even know his pseudonym and codename.
And saying that it's no. 1 wouldn't be of much use either.
They didn't really want to catch him anyway.
So the two of them didn't bother doing that.
"I'll be going now."
Josh Parker nodded coldly and walked out. Upon seeing Conan was trying to get close to him, he easily avoided the brat and didn't care for him.
"Pfft, Conan, how did you fall down out of nowhere?" Megumi Aiko was struggling to hold back her laughter while sending chat messages.
She couldn't ask in person, but she could always ask in their chat groups.
"Officer Megumi!" Conan complained and then looked at Josh Parker departing back thoughtfully.
He shouldn't be an ordinary person, but Conan didn't know who he was exactly. The skills that he showed had already told him that he's very skilled and all.
Megumi Aiko saw Conan's expression and sighed in her heart.
Thankfully, no. 8 didn't have any plans to be around Conan. This arc should just be the arc where he and Akai Shuichi confronted each other.
…
[Megumi Aiko [4]: No. 8! How did a bus jacking end up with you and Akai Shuichi being targeted by a sniper?
Corrupted FBI [8]: That's no. 1 problem. He might want to make his presence known in front of the red side.
Megumi Aiko [4]: By shooting you and Akai Shuichi???
High School Student [2]: Wow! So cool! If it's possible, I really want to join in.
Drug Dealer [3]: Count me in! I want to change my ID card again.
Public Security Officer [5]: … Please don't seek death.]
At this moment, no. 5 suddenly hoped that Conan could gather everyone from the red side and let no. 1 and no. 8 stopped playing. Because if this continued, no. 5 had the feeling that these two people would increase the hatred gauge to the maximum before they could finally cooperate together.
Moreover, he seemed to have heard no. 8 and no. 10 making trouble on the bus before.
Forget it.
He's tired.
…
After the bus hijacking, No. 10 went to the organization's bar and didn't even try to hide his trajectory. His tracking and anti tracking's performance was average, so no. 10 always felt that it was good for him to just ignore others.
Besides… no. 10 knew very well that his skills were not up to par to be an agent.
Rather than worrying about things, isn't it better to enjoy his life?
Tep.
No. 10 stopped not far from the bar and turned around. At some point of time, Vermouth has been following him and he tilted his head with a smirk. "May I have the honor of treating you for a drink, this beautiful lady?"
"How much do you know?" Vermouth asked, her tone was full of murderous intent.
She noticed that when the sniper shot, this person was glancing in the direction where the sniper shot before looking in her direction. This made her certain that this man should have known about her disguised identity.
As for that sniper…
With 1000 yards, who else could it be aside from Sake?
Vermouth heard that Sake has been busy in other countries after being called to help her for a while. But she didn't expect that the other party would actually appear in Beika Town!
She never heard of Sake being active in Japan.