Chapter 102

System: [Wow! Suspicion level skyrockets! This hat clearly has no attributes, yet you've kept it all this time. Were you waiting for today?]

Strangely enough, Usoya Saiki, who was usually very talkative and happy to chat with the system, ignored it again this time.

After finding the hat and putting it on, he sat expressionlessly on his suitcase and continued listening to the radio.

The already eerie atmosphere of the abandoned factory suddenly became even more bizarre.

Vodka stared at the words on Usaku Saiki's hat for a while, then his gaze slowly moved down, looking thoughtfully at Usaku Saiki's attire.

Actually, something was off about Bo Yezhaiji from the very beginning today.

Usakabe Saiki usually dresses in flashy clothes, and Vodka thought he would see a Christmas tree today, but the guy was surprisingly dressed in a low-key manner.

The coat was a black trench coat, and underneath, you could see a gray wool sweater. The trench coat was buttoned up, so you couldn't tell if she was wearing a necklace. The trousers peeking out from under the trench coat were also very plain black, without any extra embellishments.

The only bright spot on her entire outfit was her short, silver hair, and surprisingly, she wasn't wearing any random hair accessories or earrings...

Although Vodka felt something was off before, he thought it was because it was deep winter and he could hide everything by wearing a trench coat. Usaku Saiki was too cold to dress up, or maybe he was going on a mission. His older brother had told him to dress modestly, and Scotland had also advised him to wear black work clothes so that everyone would look like they were from the same company. So Usaku Saiki finally listened to his advice.

Therefore, when Usoppei walked in, none of the people who were seeing him for the first time showed any surprise; they were merely uncomfortable with his words and actions.

Now that the vodka has realized what's going on, something feels off!

This outfit would be perfectly appropriate for visiting a grave!

But no one could have predicted that the Soviet Union would collapse tonight, so it must just be a coincidence, right?

But everything else could be a coincidence, but that hat was definitely prepared in advance... Well, if Usoya Saiki really was a Soviet spy, why would he make a hat that would expose his identity in advance and wear it? This only proves that Usoya Saiki was completely indifferent to this matter, right?

Usoppō Saiki has mental problems, not intellectual problems!

So, is this a provocation against the elder brother? Because Alex was suspected of being a Soviet spy?

Or is it simply because they dislike the CIA that assassinated Alex, and therefore lean towards the Soviet Union? Do they think that if their organization has a CIA mole, they can use that to annoy the Soviets?

These are all things that Usaku Saiki would do...

Having figured out the logic behind it, Vodka was somewhat relieved, but because Bo Ye Zaiji was acting so strangely today, some doubts still lingered in his mind. However, when he thought that this strangeness might also be intentional on Bo Ye Zaiji's part, he felt that his serious thinking was a joke.

Gin went through a similar emotional journey.

However, Gin's numb nerves only remained sensitive for a short while before he quickly remembered Usui Saiki's resume.

...This guy can openly flaunt what he considers his "biggest threat to the boss," so what's so surprising about him wearing a "I am a KGB officer" hat? Believe me, he even bought something that says "I am MI6"!?

This unusual behavior might be an act. In any case, we'll investigate later; there's no need to give him the time of day.

Gin then signaled Vodka to continue, and took the opportunity to observe the others to see how they would react to the situation.

Vodka had no choice but to continue explaining the precautions for the mission in this strange atmosphere.

Rena Mizunashi: "...???"

Huh? You're really not going to give us any reaction at all? Aren't you afraid that this Soviet spy is so traumatized that he might launch a suicide attack and send us all to hell?!

That box might contain a bomb!

This CIA undercover agent began to question his existence, even wondering if he was dreaming. Everyone else's reactions seemed too absurd; was he the only one so nervous?!

Shuichi Akai appeared calm on the surface, but he was actually a little surprised inside.

Even though he knew that Bo Yezaki seemed a bit crazy, he didn't expect that the other party was so crazy that no one cared.

Today was the first time he had met Gin, and Gin interrogated that undercover agent right in front of him. Gin's ruthlessness of "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free" finally somewhat matched his impression of the organization. In fact, the person wasn't even dead yet; he was still on the verge of death, and the intimidating power still lingered.

As a result, after Usoppō Saiki organized this dangerous rave, with so many people present, not a single person expressed any opinion, and they simply tacitly approved of his reckless behavior...

Most people, like him, probably didn't understand the situation and dared not act rashly, but what's wrong with Gin?! Where's the murderous aura you had when you were interrogating the undercover agent?!

Who exactly is Bo Yezhaiji? How can you tolerate this?!

The system had never received so many and intense suspicion points before, and it was almost dizzy with happiness: [Oh my god, Bo Ye, you're so smart! I originally thought you just wanted to dress differently from usual, to be a little unusual and make people suspicious, but I didn't expect that with today's special day, the nature of the matter would change so much. No wonder you wore that hat...]

The system kept rambling on for a while, but Bo Yezhai still didn't respond.

Now, the system finally realized something was wrong.

It was silent for a moment, then suddenly remembered that when it had recommended the Christmas deals, Usoya Saiki had said he hated Christmas...

The system felt a surge of shock and cautiously asked, "Excuse me, you're not really from the KGB, are you?"

The news broadcast ended, and Usoppō Saiki turned off the radio, finally responding: "Of course not! What are you thinking? How old was I when I died? This is just trying to raise suspicion."

[Oh my god, you scared me to death! Hahaha, you acted so well, your acting was phenomenal, I almost believed it!]

The system said this, but it was actually skeptical. After all, just because it wasn't the person it was, didn't mean that the people around it weren't. But thinking about it carefully, the feeling it got from Bo Yezaki was that he wasn't a good person in his past life... So he was really just acting?

Thinking of this, the system relaxed a little: [Seriously, it's one thing to impersonate someone else, but why impersonate me? Your sudden silence scared me. You can't even use my suspicion points...]

Yes, I know.

System: [Here, take a look at the data I compiled. Gin, who's so suspicious of people, hadn't been giving you much suspicion points before. He finally gave you a huge wave just now, which was quite an achievement. But now it seems he's leaning towards you stirring things up. Honestly, it's surprising how difficult it is to raise suspicion points. It's definitely because your previous decisions were flawed. How could you let Gin trust you so much that you weren't a spy? You need to reflect on that.]

Usoppei, regaining his liveliness, said: "This isn't trust, it's numbness. The human heart can't withstand testing, but it can withstand torture… He's ignoring this? I'm going to report him to the boss for dereliction of duty."

After venting to the system, Usoppō Saiki began composing a text message for his boss.

Seeing that Usaku Saiki's reporting behavior was no different from usual, the system finally completely believed that Usaku Saiki was acting just now... Sigh, his acting skills have improved too much! No wonder it was suspicious!

Because of Usaku Saiki's previous shocking actions, although everyone was listening to the mission assignments, they were still secretly paying attention to Usaku Saiki.

Especially for Rena Mizunashi, the CIA undercover agent, she simply couldn't understand why the others didn't react to the hat and such an obvious act of mourning!

How could someone who's pro-Soviet possibly accept the organization's shady dealings? He's clearly an undercover agent! Why isn't he being arrested?!

Vodka was relatively close to Bo Yezaki, and Bo Yezaki's unusual behavior today left him with some lingering questions. After Bo Yezaki finished typing and seemed to start checking for typos, he immediately stopped explaining and walked behind Bo Yezaki, quickly scanning the email content.

Even though Vodka was wearing sunglasses indoors that night, everyone could still see that his face darkened instantly.

The hearts of the other members of the organization watching this scene began to race.

What happened? What did you write? Why is Vodka making that face? Could it be...?

"Big brother!"

Vodka instinctively shouted, "Bottenis reported us to the Boss again that we're undercover agents! You don't care just because he spoke up for the undercover agents, and you didn't even react when we saw him wearing that damn hat!!!"

Gin: "…………"

Those familiar with Usaku Saiki: "…………"

The rest of the people: "…………???"

Huh?! No way, how dare this guy report Gin as an undercover agent?! Doesn't he know who's more likely to be the undercover agent?!

What do you mean by "the guilty party accuses the innocent first"?!

The boss wouldn't believe such outrageous nonsense, would he? And how does someone like that even have the boss's contact information...?

Those familiar with Usakabe Saiki felt just as expected; it was the same familiar flavor and the same familiar recipe. Gin was even so angry that he laughed.

Was Usakabe Saiki putting on such a dramatic show today just to get revenge on him and continue complaining to the Boss?!

Even if the Soviet Union hadn't fallen into chaos today, judging from the way Usopp Saiki always carries that hat, he would definitely have worn it sooner or later to annoy him... All he said was that Alex was a Soviet spy, right? This guy is too vengeful.

“Potnis.” Gin’s hand was already on the gun. He didn’t intend to fire, but he felt that having a gun in his hand would help him stay calm. “If you want to stay, don’t do anything unnecessary.”

"Is it really unnecessary to report a suspicious person who might be an undercover agent?" Bo Yezaki frowned. "You really don't want people to report undercover agents, do you? It's too suspicious."

Gin tightened his grip on the gun, which was immediately noticed by Usui Saiki's sharp eyes.

He was furious: "What do you mean? You're going to kill me?! Gin, you still say you're not an undercover agent!"

Vodka quickly grabbed Usui Saiki and started rambling to distract him: "No, Big Brother probably just wanted to remind you that Boss isn't taking complaints like this anymore; Rum will be handling it from now on..."

Those who saw Usakata Saiki for the first time were mesmerized by the scene, feeling a sense of bewilderment, as if in a dream.

Is this kind of elementary school student argument really something we should see in an organization?

“Oh right, Rum will be in charge from now on.” Bo Ye Saiki suddenly resumed his polite demeanor. The change in his emotions was so abrupt that it almost hurt someone’s back. “Then Rum must thoroughly investigate the fact that everyone present may be an undercover agent. I thought it was inappropriate to send a bunch of small fry to bother the Boss before, but since it’s Rum, I don’t need to be polite.”

The henchmen: "...???"

Huh? Wasn't it just Gin? How did they get dragged into this?!

Scotland took a deep breath: "Potnes, the undercover agents found by exhaustive search don't count as part of your performance record."

“But I really do think everyone is suspicious.” Bo Yezaki said seriously. “Just now, as the interviewer, I conducted a test on these newcomers I’ve never met before, but the result really surprised me. It’s one thing for the others, but why didn’t any of you point out that I was suspicious just now?”

Rena Mizunashi: "...?"

Because Usaku Saiki was dressed particularly formally today, Mizunashi Rena, who was meeting him for the first time, did not notice his mental abnormality. She only felt that this reason seemed to explain everything that had happened so inexplicably just now.

Even though I've joined the organization, I still get tested from time to time, which is a bit troublesome, but I can understand.

But the content of this probing... isn't the organization's style a bit too wild?

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It's such a shame that the system and readers' skepticism isn't considered, given the mix of truth and falsehood.

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The organization's image has become increasingly strange.

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A CIA undercover agent's thoughts tonight: Huh? Huh? Huh? ???