Chapter 546

That's why a boss is a boss; after a moment's thought, he immediately found a scapegoat to make use of the situation.

Rum, the organization has decided that you'll take the blame for this!

Even in death, he can still contribute to the harmony of the organization; Rum would probably be quite happy to do so if he were still alive.

Considering that Gin was still on a mission, the Boss even thoughtfully didn't reply immediately, but planned to wait until Gin gave his final mission report before replying together, so as not to let his response fail to meet Gin's expectations and affect Gin's performance.

Even though the Boss had gone to such lengths to be considerate, Gin still didn't do well and was secretly remembered by the Boss.

Gin and his men searched the island for ages but couldn't find Cameron. Cameron, with the help of the intelligent Shuichi Akai and Conan Edogawa, was well hidden and impossible for ordinary people to find.

In the original story, Rum should have suggested setting the island on fire at this point to force Cameron out, but unfortunately, Rum in this world has already passed away. The Black Organization is now at a stalemate.

However, setting fire to the island is not a niche track; if Rum could think of it, so could others.

Chianti grew impatient with the search and suggested, "Let's set a fire and see if we can force them out."

Vodka hesitated: "The forest area on this island is not small, and if we start a fire, it could easily spread..."

"It's just an island, isn't it? It's not open for business yet, there's nobody around, and it's surrounded by the sea, so it won't even burn down Tokyo..."

Vodka stammered, then glanced cautiously at Gin.

Gin actually thought the idea of ​​setting fire was good, but the problem was that it was Chianti who made the suggestion, and Potts knew that he was on a mission. There was no guarantee that Potts wouldn't use this as an excuse to cause trouble later.

Because he made too much of a fuss, the mission still failed, which gave Potts leverage to spread rumors everywhere. He was even sidelined for a while... Yes, just like Rum, he was removed from the core.

Gin was initially very unhappy, but after seeing Rum's fate, he suddenly calmed down.

In short, setting fire to the island would definitely cause the fire to spread to the entire island, which would be a huge commotion. Gin wasn't sure if this tactic would force people out. If the mission failed again, who knew if the Boss would think he was incorrigible?

Having learned his lesson, Gin decided to report to the Boss and let the Boss make the decision, so that if problems arose, it wouldn't be his fault.

The Boss was speechless after receiving Gin's new message.

Gin couldn't handle just the FBI? Has Gin's skill level deteriorated significantly?

On second thought, Boss immediately realized that Gin was shifting the blame!

Good grief, he gave Gin some pointers after the previous missions failed, and Gin is holding a grudge!

The boss responded with dissatisfaction: "I understand."

Gin: "…………"

What does "I understand" mean? Is it like answering "or" in a yes or no situation?

Fortunately, the boss replied afterwards: "I'll have Potts contact you."

Don't you think it's all Potney's fault for complaining, and that you have no problem at all?

This time, let Potts be in charge of making the decision.

The boss didn't actually expect Potts to accomplish anything great; he simply wanted to prove his impartiality by making Potts make this choice.

He felt that Gin was dwelling on the past. If this failure was Potnis's fault, then Gin should be satisfied, right?

That's so petty.

Gin: "…………"

No, is the Boss unwilling to take even this small responsibility and instead trying to shift the blame to Potts?

He was speechless and didn't want Potts to continue participating in their operations, but since he had blocked Potts, Vodka didn't dare to—

To be precise, Vodka used to dare, but he doesn't anymore. At most, he'll secretly block people out in frustration, then unblock them before Potts finds out, pretending nothing happened.

In short, Potts made a phone call to Vodka.

"Vodka, put me on speakerphone—did you? Good thing—I think Gin doesn't want to do the mission properly. I'm the Boss's man! He actually blocked me! Refused to contact! What is Gin trying to do? Is he going to become a bandit king and betray the organization?"

Chianti immediately said, "I don't support it."

Vodka was exasperated: "There's no need to take this so seriously. Potts was obviously joking..."

Pottnis retorted, "Is this the time for jokes? Then why are you joking!"

Vodka: "???"

What the hell?! Who's joking?! Can't he even tell the truth?!

Gin said impatiently, "The boss puts you in charge of making decisions, so stop talking nonsense."

"Do you think making decisions is a simple thing? It's probably very simple for you, which is why you always fail at your missions and make a big fuss."

Gin: "…………"

Strictly speaking, his mission failure rate is very low; most of his failures have occurred in the last two years... It seems that ever since Sherry went missing, nothing he does has gone smoothly.

But given the number of failures he'd suffered in the past two years, it was clear that Potts was ready to make sarcastic remarks, and he couldn't really refute them.

Fortunately, as soon as Gin shut up, Potts' attitude became serious: "Now tell me what's going on."

Chianti then explained the situation: "In short, the current is heading towards the deep sea, trying to swim towards Tokyo. That FBI agent probably doesn't have the strength, so he's definitely still on the island. But we've searched several times and haven't found him, so I suggested setting the island on fire..."

Potnis gave a curt, emotionless "hmm," and then asked, "What do the others think?"

Vodka really wanted to complain.

Did the boss ask you to be in charge of voting? If it's a matter of majority rule, you're not needed...

But he held back and replied, "I'm the same as my older brother."

Rena Mizunashi risked her life to say that she felt there was no need to set a fire, because a fire in the middle of the night would be too conspicuous, and the authorities would send people over soon.

Although they have people in the government, there's no need for them to go to such lengths for an FBI agent.

“But that FBI agent seems a bit suspicious! Cohen said he looked familiar!” Chianti said. “If we catch him, we might get some unexpected intelligence!”

Rena Mizunashi thought to herself, "This is exactly what I'm afraid of!"

If Cameron is caught, her undercover work will be 100% exposed. There's a risk either way, so it's better to vote against it now and tip off Pottness, who may have some private contact with the FBI.

Now that Chianti has explained things so clearly, regardless of how much Potnes actually knows about today's events, he should understand what's going on, right?

Hopefully, Potts will make the right choice.

Potts pondered for a moment: "Well... in short, what useful intelligence do you think we might get if we capture this FBI agent?"

"Gin thinks so too, right Gin? Didn't you say before..."

Gin took a deep breath: "Shut up."

"Okay, I got it," Potts said in a light tone.

Rena Mizunashi anxiously awaited Potness's decision.

After all, Potts helped her conceal her undercover identity. If Cameron's identity were exposed, it would implicate her as well, and Potts would likely be in trouble as well. Considering this, Potts would probably choose not to set the fire...

"Then let's set it on fire."

Rena Mizunashi: "...?!?!?!?!"

"It will save me from regretting later that if I had caught that FBI agent, none of this would have happened. I've noticed this in movies: the people who get away are always the key figures!" Potts remarked. "Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free! Besides, this is the FBI; there's no such thing as killing the innocent."

Gin: "…………"

Vodka: "…………"

You're making such a big decision based on your movie review?!

Rena Mizunashi completely broke down.

What was Shuichi Akai thinking, actually believing that Potts could be won over...? Is this guy crazy?! Everyone's been exposed, what good would that do him?!

Although Gin was unhappy with Potts's meddling, in some ways he actually shared the same thinking as Potts. He also didn't want to let the FBI get away, and setting fire to the place was the simplest way to force them out.

Gin felt inexplicably annoyed just thinking that he shared the same ideas as Potts.

In any case, what everyone fears most is having no ideas and wasting time aimlessly. Now that we have a goal, everything is much easier. We can start fires as needed and figure out routes as needed.

Vodka and his team had seen the FBI near the coffee shop, but after chasing them, they disappeared. They guessed that the FBI wouldn't have gone to the other peninsula, so they decided to keep watch on this side.

Sure enough, the FBI agent, fearing he would be burned alive, jumped out.

Rena Mizunashi was in a hurry. She immediately set up her gun and asked Gin in a pretentious manner, "The usual rule, aim for the head, right?"

If you hit her in the head, there's a chance of disfigurement. Cohen might not recognize Cameron, and thus she wouldn't be implicated.

Rena Mizunashi had been worried that things would turn out this way, so while searching for people in the woods, she secretly contacted Shuichi Akai and told him that she would not show any mercy.

But the FBI agreed, while Gin disagreed.

“No, this time aim for the back, the heart,” Gin said. “We’ll have Cohen identify it.”

Rena Mizunashi's heart sank instantly.

Fortunately, Shuichi Akai and Conan Edogawa finally stopped malfunctioning and, with their intelligence back online, anticipated all of this. Knowing that the organization would target Cameron's body rather than his head, they instructed Cameron to run to the beach, use props to disguise the blood, and even tie a stack of printed papers they had found on the island to his body as a makeshift bulletproof vest. After pretending to be shot, Cameron fell into the water and then quietly swam away.

As for Gin and his group, who were so deranged as to throw grenades into the sea in an attempt to kill Cameron by using the principle of blasting fish, they were stopped by Shuichi Akai with a sniper rifle.

"Alright, since he's already been shot in the heart, he probably won't live much longer. You guys should get out of here quickly, don't let the police catch you, I don't want to go to the police station to bail him out."

After giving remote instructions, Potts hung up the phone and reported the mission to the Boss.

Both caused a huge commotion, but the organization's boss treated Gin and Potts in completely different ways.

The expectations for Gin were too high, so when Gin failed, the Boss was very disappointed.

While Potts has never been one to do anything serious, this time he was given a critical mission and, although he caused quite a stir, at least the mission was a success! Having the courage to take responsibility for failure, making such a decision, and succeeding was a pleasant surprise for the Boss, who felt that this was already quite good.

In any case, the FBI agent was dead, and Cohen had seen his face and recognized Cameron—

“I remember now, this is a photo that Rum sent me a few years ago when he said someone in the warehouse alerted him, saying it was probably the FBI and that I should snipe it. I said it looked familiar.”

Rena Mizunashi, who had been nervously waiting for so long, was speechless.

Was this also part of Potts's plan?! That's why he was so confident and unafraid of being implicated?!

Or is it that Cohen is actually already one of Potts's men?!

After all, Cohen and Chianti were recruited into the organization by Potts, and they have always had a bad relationship with Gin. They even went against Gin for Potts' sake. Now that Potts' status has obviously risen... she wouldn't be surprised if Cohen and Chianti really became Potts' people.

No, no, no, if he really was one of Potts's people, and knew that Potts had let the FBI go, then Cohen wouldn't have said Cameron looked familiar in the first place...

Ah, I don't understand, so why isn't Potts worried at all?

Because mentally ill people are not afraid of death?

Rena Mizunashi decided to find an opportunity to have a proper talk with Shuichi Akai about Potts.

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Bo Ye's tactic of lowering others' expectations of him has proven to be consistently effective in the long run...

Boss: Although it caused a big stir, the mission was a success. Having the courage to make the decision and take responsibility is already quite remarkable.

Gin: ...So you knew?