Akai Shuichi, wearing Okiya Subaru's disguise, glanced at Jiang Xia, seemingly wondering why this High School Detective had suddenly patted him on the back.
But seeing Jiang Xia looking utterly shaken, Akai Shuichi seemed to realize something. He did not ask further, only hurriedly instructed him and the tall, burly "Vodka" beside him:
"The fire door won't hold for long. You two, go downstairs first."
Jiang Xia came back to his senses and turned to look at the other person beside him.
The man had a broad jaw and a large build, carrying a strange air that mixed "villain" and "honest simplicity"... but he was not Vodka.
Jiang Xia had never met him.
But based on the information he knew, it was not difficult to sift through the clues in his mind and guess this person's identity.
This was Andre Camel—Akai Shuichi's colleague, and the FBI's number one lackey who idolized Akai Shuichi.
Just as Gin had Vodka, Amuro Tooru had Kazami Yuuya, and Conan had the Detective Boys.
As a Silver Bullet feared even by The Boss of The Organization, and the FBI's top Ace, Akai Shuichi had likewise failed to escape the fate of "being paired with a piglet lackey."
—Two years ago, when Akai Shuichi was still "Rye," he had relied on his outstanding abilities, as well as the connections he had built through his handsome-man tactics, to swiftly climb to a considerable position and earn an opportunity to carry out a mission with Gin.
The FBI had planned to capture Gin during that operation.
But Rum of The Organization believed Akai Shuichi still needed to be tested. So Rum disguised himself as a frail old man and appeared in the warehouse where Akai Shuichi was.
At the time, Akai Shuichi had merely glanced at the