Chapter 23 Twenty-two, the new apprentice with twenty faces

The residence of Kogoro Akechi is located in a quiet residential area in Ryudo-cho, Azabu-ku.The famous detective lives a simple life with the young and beautiful Mrs. Wen Dai, his assistant Xiao Lin, and a maid. Detective Zhizhi left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then detoured to the Ministry of the Army. When he returned home, it was already evening. At this time, Kobayashi, who was called by the Metropolitan Police Department, also came back. Report the twenty-face stand-in incident. "I expected this to happen a long time ago. However, Nakamura is quite pitiful." The detective smiled wryly.

"Teacher, I don't understand something." As long as Xiaolin boy encounters something he doesn't understand, he will definitely ask questions bravely at the first time. "I can understand the reason why the teacher deliberately escaped with Twenty Faces. But why didn't you let me follow it? Even if you want to prevent the museum from being stolen, I think you should find out the guy's lair first, right?" The wise detective listened to the young assistant's accusation with a pleasant smile, then he got up and walked to the window, beckoning to Xiao Lin.

"The twenty-faced face you mentioned will take the initiative to notify me. Just now at the hotel, I humiliated that guy severely. Such a cunning villain, the detective can arrest him but let him escape, this is for him It's such an insult, I'm afraid you can't imagine it. Based on this alone, Twenty Faces will hate me to the bone. Moreover, he will not be able to do whatever he wants with me in the future, so he must do everything possible to get rid of me This stumbling block. "Look out of the window. Do you see it? Is there a foreign movie shop over there? In such a deserted place, it is reasonable to say that even if you set up a stall to perform foreign movies, there will be no business. But that guy just put The stall is here, sneaky, looking at the window here from time to time."

After the teacher said so, Xiaolin looked at the small road in front of Zhizhi's house, and he really saw a suspicious-looking peddler of foreign films standing there. "So, he is a subordinate of Twenty Faces? Is he here to spy on the situation of the teacher?" "That's right. Look, there's no need for us to look around for someone. Isn't the opponent already on his own initiative? As long as he follows that guy, it won't be natural to find the hiding place of Twenty Faces?" "Then, let me pretend to follow him as well." Kobayashi is impatient.

"No, there's no need to do this. I have other plans. Anyway, the other party is a smart and capable person. Don't be reckless. Besides, Xiao Lin, some strange things may happen around me tomorrow. You must not Panicked, believe me, I can't be defeated by Twenty Faces. Even if I'm in danger, even life-threatening, it's just my strategy, don't worry, understand?" The teacher's expression was calm and his tone was calm, but the boy Xiao Lin couldn't help but worry when he heard this. "Teacher, if it's something dangerous, please leave it to me! Teacher, there must be no accidents."

"Thank you." The wise detective put a warm hand on the boy's shoulder. "However, you are incapable of doing this. Anyway, trust me, you should know very well when I have failed... There is nothing to worry about. There is nothing to worry about." And it was the evening of the second day. In front of Zhizhi's house, just at the place where the foreign film pullers set up a stall yesterday, there was a beggar sitting. He muttered something to passers-by and kept bowing and bowing. The beggar wrapped his head and face with a dirty handkerchief, wore a ragged and patched garment, sat on a straw mat, shivering from the cold, and looked pitiful.

Unbelievably, after the pedestrians disappeared, the beggar suddenly changed into a different person.The originally drooping head suddenly lifted up, sharp eyes looked up and down the wise detective's house in front of him through the beard and hair covering his face. That morning, Detective Wise went out without knowing where he went, and when he returned home three hours later, he didn't know if he found such a beggar watching his house by the side of the road.He went straight into the study on the second floor facing the main entrance, and concentrated on writing something at his desk.Since the location is right by the window, from where the beggar sits, every wise move can be seen clearly.

The beggar sat patiently on the ground for the next few hours until the evening.And the wise detective continued to sit patiently at the table visible from the window. There were no visitors all afternoon, and in the evening, a strange-looking man walked in through the low stone gate of Zhizhi's house. The man had messy long hair, his entire face was almost covered by a beard, he was wearing a dirty suit over a knitted shirt, and a faded peaked cap on his head. He should be called a homeless man , or vagrant?He's a guy who's frightening to look at.Not long after the man entered the door, there was a terrible strange cry from inside the door.

"Well, wise, you won't forget me? I've come to thank you. Now, open the door. Let me in, and thank you and your wife well. What did you say? I have nothing to say to you." Can you say? Even if you have nothing to say, I have a lot of debts to settle with you. Hey, open the door quickly, I want to go in. " It seemed that Akechi himself had come to the porch of the bungalow and was dealing with him, but Akechi's voice could not be heard.Only the angry voice of the tramp continued to pass outside the door. Hearing this, the beggar who was sitting on the side of the road slowly got up, looked around calmly, and then tiptoed to the stone gate, hiding behind the telephone pole and peeking inside.

Taking a closer look, Akechi Kogoro was standing on the front porch; the homeless man was stepping on the stone steps of the porch, shaking his fist at Akechi's face and shouting non-stop. Zhizhi didn't panic and looked at the homeless man quietly, but seeing the other person's words getting worse and worse, finally Zhizhi's patience was finally worn out: "Bastard! I have nothing to say to you, get out of here!" He heard him roar, and the next moment the homeless man was pushed out. The man who was pushed away staggered for a while, but immediately stood up again, and the next moment he seemed to be going crazy, roared loudly, and rushed towards Zhizhi, and the two immediately twisted into a ball.

However, compared to fighting, no matter how hard the tramp tries, he is no match for the wise detective of the third stage of judo.The homeless man's arm was twisted upwards, and after a scream, he was already lying on the stone slab under the porch.The homeless man was in so much pain that he couldn't move for a long time. After a while, when he struggled to get up, the door of the porch was closed tightly, and there was no sensible figure anywhere. The homeless man walked up to the porch and slammed the doorknob, but it seemed to be locked from the inside. He pushed and pulled, but the door wouldn't budge. "Damn it, remember me!" The man probably finally gave up, and walked out of the door cursing. The beggar, who saw the whole process in his eyes, followed the tramp quietly after he left, and at a distance from Zhizhi's house, he suddenly stopped the man: "Hello, buddy." "what?" The tramp turned his head in surprise, and there was a dirty beggar standing in front of him. "What are you doing? It turns out you're a beggar. I don't have any money to give you." The homeless man wanted to leave after saying this. "No, it's not. I just want to ask you something." "What did you say?" What the beggar said was so strange, the tramp stepped forward and looked at his face suspiciously. "Don't look at me like this, I'm not a real beggar. To tell you the truth, I'm actually one of Twenty Faces' subordinates. I've been monitoring that wise guy since this morning. However, I think you also seem to hate Be wise." Ah, the beggar is indeed a subordinate of Twenty Faces. "It's not just hatred, I was imprisoned by that guy. No matter what, I must seek revenge from him." As the tramp spoke, he raised his fist again with an indignant look on his face. "What's your name?" "My name is Akai Torazo." "Whose subordinate are you?" "I don't have a boss. I'm alone." "Oh, is that so?" The beggar pondered for a while, and at last, not knowing what came to his mind, he suddenly said: "Have you ever heard of the name of the boss with twenty faces?" "Of course I have. It is said that his ability is very strong." "It's not just Gao Qiang, he's a magician. Let's take this time as an example. He intends to steal all the national treasures in the museum... However, for the boss with twenty faces, Kogoro Akechi is his deadly enemy; and You hold a grudge against Zhizhi, and our position can be said to be the same. Hey, do you want to be the subordinate of the boss with twenty faces? In this way, you can get revenge!" Hearing this, Akai Torazo blinked and looked at the beggar. Finally, he clapped his hands together: "Okay, that's it. Brother, the boss with twenty faces, can you introduce me?" He took the initiative to ask to join the teacher. "Well, of course I will introduce you. Our boss must be very happy that you hate Zhizhi so much. But before that, why don't you make a contribution as a gift to the boss? My plan is to kidnap Zhizhi first. " The twenty-faced servant, disguised as a beggar, carefully looked around and said in a low voice.