stand-in creed

While Apache looked at the surrounding environment, he confirmed Buccarati.

"Nine thirty-seven, right?"

"Yes."

"beep----"

Somber blues forehead symbolizes time as digital clock starts to go backwards.

- 09:37:00

Maintaining such an unchanging time, Melancholy Blues and Apache walked nearby.With the movement of the main body and the double, the figure of Melancholic Blues began to change.

Young men walking their dogs.

Teenage women taking pictures.

The foreign children who have fun.

……

One figure after another is engraved in the melancholy blues, and these are passers-by or travelers who appeared in this area at this point in time.

"Apaki, none of that. We're looking for a 'male with a cell phone'! "

Bugarati couldn't help reminding.

Apache nodded, and once again canceled Melancholic Blues' pursuit of an ordinary tourist.

Mista's right hand was holding the revolver in his pocket all the time, and he couldn't help yawning: "Are you alright, Apache?"

"Don't rush me! This is a "tourist resort". There is a lot of traffic, and it takes a lot of time to find one by one! "

Apache smacked his lips.

After the words fell, when Apache and Melancholic Blues walked under the shade of a tree, the figure of Melancholy Blues suddenly changed.

Hair as bright as the sun.

A perfect body like an ancient Greek statue.

And such a man, with extreme confidence on his face at this moment, is leisurely typing on his mobile phone.

"Lazio."

"……What did you say?"

"I said, I want the entire Lazio region including Rome!"

Such a conversation reached the ears of the three of them.

Bugarati's eyes widened: "This voice is the voice of Polbo! You can't be wrong, this blond man is the one we are looking for!"

Mista looked at the figure played back by Melancholic Blues: "Yeah, he's really a guy who's not easy to mess with just because of his face—he's almost two meters tall, right?"

Apache frowned: "Shh! Be quiet! The call is over, this guy has removed the battery of the phone now, it seems that he is about to leave, let me see where he went... huh? !"

The three of them froze suddenly.

Because a voice came into the ears of the three clearly.

"Going home, Nero?"

"No, just wait here."

"Wait?"

"I talked to this guy named Borbo for a long enough time. If the other party is prepared, maybe he can locate here. Of course, it is more likely that the other party has not made such preparations at all, but this is not the case. Get in the way of our little gamble, it costs nothing after all.

"If the other party successfully locates me, they will definitely send their subordinates to investigate, right? New clues will be delivered to your door..."

Although such words reached the ears of the three of them, there was a major problem.

But this question was first asked by Mista.

Mista, who was deep in thought, asked first: "Buggarati, I remember that there are often pronunciations such as "Masu" and "Desu", which are "Japanese", right?do you understand Japanese? "

"Just know a few words."

Bugarati shook his head.

Immediately, Bugarati looked at Apache again.

"Apaki, what about you? I remember you used to be a policeman..."

"Sorry, the police in Italy don't need to learn Japanese. The only Japanese words I know are not serious words. Don't expect me to be a translator-but Fugo seems to be able to, but he is still in Naples at the moment."

The three fell silent.

Even Apache was lost in thought.

This is the long-lost failure of "Melancholic Blues", and the reason for the failure is not because of the substitute, but because I don't know enough small languages.

Immediately, Apache took a deep breath and raised a finger.

"Although I can't understand Japanese at all, it's not like I don't have clues at all.

"Clue one, this guy has a female companion.

"In other words, what we have to face is not "one" in the information, but "two" substitute messengers. "

Apache's voice fell.

Melancholic Blues released the replay of Nero, turned to Nero to find the target, and turned into the appearance of Suzumi Sugimoto.

When Mista saw Suzumi Suzumi in the replay, her eyes lit up: "Super cute girl!"

"Don't interrupt, Mista!"

Apache's mouth twitched.

Immediately Apache raised his second finger.

"Clue two, although we can't understand what they are saying because they are speaking in Japanese, it is not completely incomprehensible. There is a word in this Japanese that we can analyze——

— Nelo.

"This word appears at the end of the sentence, and there is a short gap between it and the previous sentence. It should be a personal name. Considering the fluent Italian of the blond man, we can tentatively determine that the blond man is Italian. The wonderful pronunciation of the Japanese "R" that the world knows, this Nelo should actually be——

"—Nero."

"Nero... Nero! It's an Italian name!" Mista's eyes lit up.

"Very good, I have the target's name." Buccarati nodded, "Continue to replay, Apache.Although it is impossible to know what the couple is talking about, at least we can track each other's location. "

"no problem!"

Melancholic blues began to pick up speed.

Figures flashed around as if fast-forwarding.

The figure of Nero in the replay first went for a stroll around the Colosseum, then went to the coffee shop opposite the Colosseum to have breakfast with the girl, and then walked around again.However, the more you follow Nero's trail, the more the time on the melancholy blues passes by, the more the three of them feel a strange feeling.

Mista couldn't bear it first.

"Hey, hello, Apache, Bugarati! Have you noticed that this guy named Nero... From the beginning to now, he has never left the generation of the Colosseum! Even if I read correctly , Melancholic Blues is about to fast-forward to "just now", right?When we got off the bus just now! "

"..."

Apaki said nothing, just followed the pace of the blues.

The three of them watched Melancholy Blues wander around the entrance of the ice cream shop, bought an ice cream and sat on the bench to taste it, and the time on Melancholy Blues forehead also pointed to noon—the time when the three arrived at the Colosseum time.

Bugarati's glasses stared round.

"This, this guy raised his head, his gaze followed something... it was the three of us when we arrived!

"In other words, our every move from just now to now——

"——this guy sees it all!!!"

The voice fell.

The wind blows gently.

Chapter 14: Gangsters in Naples Part [-]

A chilling wind blew across the faces of the three of them.

In an instant, Mista's back was drenched in cold sweat.

"It's like a single woman going to the bathroom at a highway rest stop in the middle of the night, and suddenly looking up, she finds a wretched-looking man peeping over the partition! Now this guy named Nero is peeping at us like this Bar!"

"No, it's not just as simple as peeping!" Bucciarati shouted, pointing to where the blues stood when Nero was played back.

"That guy is staring at us "fairly and brightly", standing in this "completely uncovered" conspicuous position!Obviously he is sitting here in such an upright manner, why didn't you two pay attention to this guy when you were observing with the "telescope", whether it was Mista or Apache?

"Obviously, this guy used some kind of stand-in ability to hide himself! Just like in the intelligence report when he killed Sha Lei in front of Mario Ziquero!"

"But "Melancholy Blues" can't detect the opponent's invisibility method! "Apaki stared at his stand-in with constricted pupils, "Nero in the melancholy blues replay is just standing here "ordinarily", and his body has not disappeared like the Harry Potter who put on an invisibility cloak in the novel !There must be some "unreplayable" element of melancholic blues at work, and that is the "ability" we must crack! "

"Don't you know that kind of thing by asking the other party directly!"

Finally, Mista couldn't hold back any longer, and without hesitation about the passengers around him, he took out the revolver and put his index finger on the trigger without hesitation.

Immediately, Mista shouted loudly.

"Don't hide it, you guy named Nero! Judging from your face and figure, you shouldn't be the kind of wretched guy like a stalker, right? If you are a man, come out quickly!"

"Don't call Mista, the other party has hidden it with special abilities, how could there be such a good thing as asking him to come out... What?!"

Before Apache finished speaking, the ex-policeman's eyes widened.

What came into view was the figure of Nero gradually appearing from the wind.

wind?

Bugarati was stunned for a moment, but he vaguely thought of something, but he was still close to the door.

Snapped!

Mista didn't think too much about it, but instantly aimed his gun at Nero who was about "five meters" ahead.

"It's Nero, right? I didn't expect that you were hiding well, but you actually showed up just because of a word?"

"Hide? You seem to have misunderstood something, Mista." Naturally, Nero got the gunman's name from the communication between the three, and then Nero's gaze gradually turned to Appa, who was among the three. base, and the stand-in it recycles after stopping playback.

"Originally, I planned to remove the hands and feet of the three of you cleanly, and then inquire about the "enthusiasm" thing, but after I saw this double called "Melancholy Blues", I decided to change my mind slightly. plan, and negotiate with you with a more "moderate" plan.

"You are the main body of this "Melancholy Blues", I heard your companion call you Apache, what's your full name? "

"...Leo Apache."

"Leo, that sounds like a very kicking name."

"?"

Apache froze for a moment.

Nero looked at Bugarati who stood at the front and had already summoned a blue humanoid stand-in in a defensive manner.

"Buggarati... that's the name, right? Judging from the performance of the three of you, you should be the captain of this three-person team, and it's up to you to decide.

"Option A, a brawl for discourse initiative?

"Option B, a fight until the last drop of blood on both sides?

"Option C, or go to the pizzeria opposite and order a delicious margherita, drink a cup of black tea made with tea bags mixed with milk, and have a friendly chat with everyone? Originally, there was no such option C Yes, but for the sake of the substitute ability of your subordinate named Apache, I will add this one now.

"Give me your answer."

"..."

Bugarati frowned.

While thinking about Nero's extremely arrogant question, his gaze scanned the surroundings.

If there is no accident, this guy named Nero has another companion, who should be hiding in a corner at this moment... Huh?

Bugarati was stunned again.

Compared with the mountain-like Nero, such a small and exquisite pink Japanese girl appeared behind Nero unknowingly, with her small head resting on Nero's shoulder, and she blinked and blinked curiously. The three of them.

You really can't hide? !

Bugarati didn't answer in a hurry, but first glanced at his companions around him.