Chapter 382

When Bo Yezaki received the call from Vodka, he was quite puzzled. Why did he need a Scottish address now? He had reminded him so far in advance; the person should have disappeared long ago.

When he opened the "universal navigation" app, he was speechless—Morofushi Kagemitsu was still wandering around his neighborhood, and he had no idea what he was doing there.

The system understood: "You truly don't understand human nature. Isn't this clearly Morofushi Kagemitsu kindly delaying things to exonerate you?"

Bo Yezhai retorted: "[You really don't understand, this is clearly 'your mom thinks you're cold'!"]

He doesn't need to wear more clothes right now... no, he doesn't need Morofushi Kagemitsu's thoughtfulness right now!

Usakabe Saiki originally wanted to call Morofushi Kagemitsu again to urge him to run away quickly, but after getting a few words out of Vodka, he realized that Vodka had already given himself away. If Morofushi Kagemitsu ran away now, the organization's boss would not suspect him. He could only give up in silence.

He bluntly criticized Vodka: "What were you and Gin doing? You leaked information like this! You really betrayed the Boss's trust!"

Vodka was extremely frustrated, thinking to himself, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have made such a silly mistake."

But all she could say was "uh-huh," as if she wanted to end the call quickly.

Then, Usakabe Saiki remembered something else: "By the way, I have a group here that's all about talking bad about Gin. Should we kick Scotland out of it?"

Vodka raised his voice: "You even created a group just to talk bad about Big Brother?!"

Usoppei said matter-of-factly, "What else can I do? Gin wanted to blow me up, and I'm not allowed to curse him?"

Vodka had no way to refute it.

After all, if it weren't for Usui Saiki's quick thinking, he would have been blown up along with the Shinkansen last year.

Bo Yezaki only curses his elder brother in private, occasionally tries to get in his brother's way of doing things or just wants to see him make a fool of himself; his methods are already quite mild.

Despite his earlier mistake, Vodka's mind was working quickly. After a moment's thought, he replied, "Don't touch that group. Just leave it as it is. If it's a misunderstanding and you kick someone out... Scotland really won't help you clean up anymore."

“What misunderstanding? I already said he’s an undercover agent…” Bo Yezhai muttered in response, “Fine, anyway, nobody talks in that group anyway.”

Vodka: "…………"

Usually, nobody talks much. Could it be because you're the only one badmouthing the older brother, and everyone else is just there to liven things up?!

After the phone call ended, Vodka urgently began mobilizing his organization's members, while his unease gradually became clearer.

Although he had previously been confident that Scotland was safe, having been investigated so many times, but... after many years, Usoppai started bringing up old topics again, saying that Scotland was an undercover agent. Vodka felt uneasy when he thought of Usoppai's past achievements in this area.

Surely not... That's Scotland...

After making the arrangements, Vodka suppressed the urge to call and ask where Scotland was, lest he make the other person suspicious even though there was nothing wrong with him. After all, he had never been so indecisive before. He was already unusual enough to be willing to go against Potnis in order to get Scotland to participate in this mission, so there was no need for him to be any more unusual!

After waiting for a while, my underlings called one after another, saying that no one was home at the target's house, that the target might have already set off, and that they hadn't seen any Scottish license plates on the road, so the target might be a step too late.

Suddenly, one of his underlings called.

Unimportant information is sent via email; only important information is given by phone. The fact that someone is making a phone call indicates that something is wrong.

Vodka quickly answered the call: "Hello?"

"Mr. Vodka!" the underling's anxious voice rang out, "Um, something's happened! I couldn't get in touch with my brother, so I came all the way here and found him lying on the ground..."

Vodka interrupted impatiently: "Get to the point."

The younger man quickly said, "After I woke him up, he said he might have been knocked unconscious by the Scottish police because he was walking along fine when suddenly he was taken hostage. The people behind him asked him what he was doing wandering around nearby and even checked his phone..."

Vodka listened to these irrelevant remarks and didn't bother to interrupt. Anyway, he was already adept at extracting the information he needed... He didn't want to thank Usoya Saiki for this at all.

The younger brother rambled on for a while, then concluded: "Mr. Vodka, after that guy found out we were people the organization sent to monitor Scotland, he knocked my brother unconscious. Is he Scotland?"

Even vodka understood, let alone gin.

Scotland didn't even head towards the agreed meeting point, which aroused his suspicion. He deduced what he and Gin were up to and stayed near his residence, trying to find evidence and decide whether he needed to flee.

Scotland is the mole. Vodka thought to himself, otherwise, even if I acted a little strangely, it could be interpreted as the mission really needing Scotland...

Gin sneered: "Very well, it seems Scotland is the rat... Now activate the backup plan."

The backup plan was to directly mobilize nearby organization members for a thorough search of Scotland.

Vodka mechanically carried out Gin's orders, arranging the plan. When he had some free time, he stubbornly called Scotland again, hoping to hear an explanation from Scotland that the person was not him, or that he was almost there.

But Scotland probably had some reservations and didn't answer, which is not as good as Shuichi Akai. Back then, during a chase with Shuichi Akai, the car tires were smoking, but Shuichi Akai still answered his call!

Thinking of Shuichi Akai, Vodka suddenly felt a sense of reality that Scotland was an undercover agent, and a wave of sadness washed over him.

“Scotland… how could he be an undercover agent?!” Vodka was extremely conflicted. “It shouldn’t be like this!”

Gin didn't understand what Vodka was struggling with; he only felt impatient: "Why can't Scotland be an undercover agent?"

Vodka glanced at Gin quietly, feeling that he couldn't bring himself to say it.

You can't exactly say it's because Scotland is the only person in the organization besides me who would speak up for you, Big Brother...

As everyone knows, when it comes to Gin, no matter how nice you are to him, people will still be suspicious. So Scotland isn't speaking up for him just to curry favor.

What was the purpose of that? It couldn't possibly be to cover for the older brother, could it?

Vodka may look burly and rugged, but he's actually a sentimental person at heart. Sometimes he'll look up at the moon at night and cry, and he is now too. He knows it's impossible, but the thought still makes him sad.

He still thought Scotland couldn't possibly be an undercover agent! And what happened?!

He accidentally let it slip, and Scotland immediately fled! This put him in a very unjust position! Who knows how he'll write his report afterward; it's bound to be a disaster…

For some in the organization, it was a sleepless night.

But for Bo Yezaki, he was so angry that he went straight to bed without eating dinner, and surprisingly, he woke up quite early in the morning.

Once his morning grumpiness subsided, Usoppei Saiki remembered what had happened yesterday and casually opened "All-in-One Navigation" to search for Morofushi Kagemitsu.

Hmm... He didn't go back to the police station, but instead hid in a safe house, where he was all alone.

The safe house wasn't far from Usuba Saiki. After all, Tokyo isn't that big. Perhaps out of caution, Akifushi Kagemitsu didn't drive at all. Usuba Saiki thought for a moment and decided to go out and check the situation.

Following the guidance of the "omnipotent navigation", Usaku Saiki found Morofushi Kagemitsu's safe house.

This safe house is hidden in a residential building. It's an inconspicuous studio apartment, and the people coming and going in the neighborhood are mostly office workers. If the neighborhood is mostly elderly people or families with many children, they will be especially sensitive to unfamiliar faces. Only poor office workers don't care who their neighbors are or have the energy to pay attention.

Usaku Saiki quickly found the apartment where Morofushi Kagemitsu was, calmly covered the peephole, and then, with a vengeful heart, rang the doorbell.

Morofushi Kagemitsu didn't sleep all night.

Because even reaching the safe house didn't guarantee safety, he wasn't even sure where things had gone wrong.

Considering that the last piece of intelligence he had relayed was about the presence of many undercover agents within the Japanese police system, he dared not contact his superior immediately. Instead, he could only silently guard the safe house, recalling whether he had left any traces along his escape route and pondering what to do next.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

Morofushi Kagemitsu's expression changed. He stood up from his seated position against the wall with his eyes closed, picked up a gun, and without responding, slowly approached the door.

It might not be someone from an organization; it could just be a neighbor saying hello, or NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) checking if he has a TV and wanting to collect money, or maybe they're proselytizing...

Morofushi Kagemitsu calmed himself down and slowly approached the door.

He quickly noticed the cat's eye was clearly obscured, and his heart sank.

The visitors seem ill-intentioned, and it's unclear how many there are.

He released the safety on his gun, keeping it ready to retaliate at any moment, and continued to play dead, intending to see if the people outside would leave.

The next second, a strange voice, slightly distorted and indistinguishable from the voice, slowly rang out from behind a door.

"Zhu Fujingguang, stop pretending to be dead. Do you think no one will know you've escaped here?"

"Even if you manage to escape, what about your brother?"

"And your friend Rei Furuya... You wouldn't want anything to happen to your friend, would you?"