Chapter 58

It has to be said that Usaku Saiki has been really arrogant lately.

Because Gin and Vodka went on a mission abroad, they temporarily reduced their attention to Japan. Vodka was also less gossipy and didn't complain about Usuiba Saiki to others. Therefore, Morofushi Kagemitsu deliberately waited a while before reporting to Vodka the results of his collaboration with Usuiba Saiki during this period.

The reason is that Usui Yasaki suspects that he is Gin's mole, so in order to better complete the task that Gin had previously arranged for him to strengthen his influence over Usui Yasaki, he temporarily reduced the frequency of contact.

Even with reduced communication frequency, the reports were still incredibly detailed.

In short, thanks to the efforts of the two members of their organization, Japan's crime rate saw a slight decrease, but the prisoner mortality rate rose sharply.

Countless arsonists, bombers, and murderers were precisely spotted by Usaku Saiki's eyes, and then happily came to Morofushi Kagemitsu saying, "I want to help the organization recruit this talent." Basically, all Morofushi Kagemitsu needed to do was find a place and snipe the person.

Simple, efficient, and unpretentious.

Furuya Rei took the opportunity to check on Morofushi Kagemitsu.

As an intelligence agent, he's in a better position, but Kagemitsu, as a sniper, is already under immense pressure from having to kill, and his partner is Usui Saiki. Is he really okay...?

Faced with his childhood friend's concerns, Morofushi Kagemitsu sighed, "It's good. It's never been this easy since I joined the organization."

Having heard some strange rumors from Vodka, such as "Midori tamed Potts," Furuya Rei hesitated before asking, "How are things really going between you and Potts?"

"Not bad. Once you get used to Potts's crazy ramblings, you'll find that he's actually a pretty good boss."

Morofushi Kagemitsu's answer was heartfelt.

First of all, although Usaku Saiki has a very problematic personality, he doesn't usually show up!

As Usui Saiki's partner, even though Gin knew he was very free, he could only restrain himself from occasionally giving him one or two missions that happened to be nearby, so as not to take up too much of his time. Otherwise, Usui Saiki would protest, "Don't you have your own partner? Why are you always taking mine? Do you look down on Futka so much?"

When Usoppei finally remembered to give him work, it was mostly about dealing with social waste.

When Morofushi Kagemitsu infiltrated the organization, he was mentally prepared for all sorts of things, knowing that his hands would inevitably be stained with the blood of innocent people. Even though he understood that these sacrifices were for the destruction of the organization, the mental pressure still existed.

However, now that he is working as a partner with Usaku Saiki, the people who die are all criminals who clearly deserve to die but would never be sentenced to death in a Japanese court. Although it is said that life has no value, people still die at his hands. Under these circumstances, Morofushi Kagemitsu does feel that his mental pressure has been reduced a lot. At least the negative impact on social development is not on the same level.

It even felt like I wasn't working for an organization, but rather back in the police force, spending all my time cracking down on organized crime.

Because the organization follows the Boss's lead and maintains strict secrecy, this was the first time Furuya Rei had heard about Morofushi Kagemitsu's specific job duties, and his lips twitched involuntarily.

"...Is this going to be okay? It sounds so suspicious, like an undercover agent...No, an undercover agent wouldn't be this reckless...But won't this get you into trouble?"

"Uh, not for now. Gin and Vodka both think it's Potts' fault, and I did try to persuade him..."

It's quite baffling that an undercover agent would advise members of the organization not to go too far in killing criminals, and instead try to recruit some legitimate members to increase the organization's strength.

But I can't just ignore it! It's normal for Bo Yezaki to have fits of madness; his problem is that he only cooperates and doesn't stop him!

Rei Furuya then asked, "What was Botnis's reaction?"

"…………"

Morofushi Kagemitsu wore a complicated expression: "He thinks what I said makes sense."

Rei Furuya could tell there was more to the story from his expression: "And then?"

Morofushi Hiromitsu smiled awkwardly but politely: "...Then Potts called Boss to complain, saying that what he did was so suspicious that even his partner noticed something was wrong, but Gin, who was in charge of cleaning up the traitors, didn't react at all, which was obviously dereliction of duty."

Jianggu Ling: "…………???"

Huh? This is possible?!

Even he, who wished Gin dead, felt that Gin was completely innocent this time!

Gin is indeed innocent.

On one hand, Morofushi Kagemitsu deliberately delayed his report, shortening his reaction time. On the other hand, he had his suspicions, but wondered if Usui Saiki was deliberately shirking his responsibilities, since he had assigned Morofushi Kagemitsu several separate tasks, and that guy had called Vodka several times to make veiled accusations...

You can't blame him for being undisciplined; after all, what undercover agent is so obviously righteous? Are they afraid of not being discovered?!

Moreover, he really couldn't figure out which intelligence agency could train someone with this style of Bo Ye Saiki.

The training models for undercover agents by various intelligence agencies are almost templates, but whether they are unruly geniuses or honest, loyal dogs, their goal is to gain the organization's trust and climb the ranks.

Someone like Usakabe Saiki, who almost openly displays his suspiciousness, either lies down or slacks off, either fleecing the organization to aid the Middle East or fleecing the organization to clean up social garbage, is truly unique and incompatible with the style of the corrupt spy training institutions.

With such a high mission failure rate, let alone climbing the ranks, anyone else would have already committed suicide to atone for their sins. It's not like the intelligence agency would spend so much effort training a talent only to have him die such an unworthy death.

Therefore, when Gin received a call from the Boss and heard that Usaku Saiki had done such a suspicious thing and then turned around and accused him of dereliction of duty, Gin really wanted to kill him.

Don't you know whether you're an undercover agent or not?

You're not happy that I don't suspect you? You even bother the Boss with this kind of trivial matter. Tell me, what kind of spy is doing this?!

Gin strongly suspects that Usui Saiki went through all this trouble just to get revenge on him.

After all, Usakabe Saiki is mentally ill, and when he goes on a rampage, anything is possible.

Fortunately, Boss knew that Usui was mentally unstable and did not believe his slander. He also seemed to have some sympathy for Gin and came to comfort him, saying that he saw Gin's loyalty and contributions to the organization and that he believed Gin no matter what Usui said.

He even hinted that if Gin wanted to retaliate against Usui Saiki, as long as it wasn't excessive and didn't affect the Middle East front, he would stand by Gin and believe that Gin would know how to handle the situation.

Upon hearing this, Gin's first reaction wasn't that the Boss truly trusted him, but rather—

...Has Boss been harassed by that brat Bo Ye a lot in private, and finally couldn't resist teaching him a lesson this time?

In any case, with the Boss's support, Gin was finally able to be a bit tougher on Usui Saiki. After an argument, he decided that Usui Saiki should at least produce some decent results by the end of the month.

If we continue to waste organizational manpower like this, it only shows that Bo Yezaki is not suitable for recruitment, and he will have to find another job.

Vodka immediately perked up and took time out of his busy schedule to inquire about the progress of Usaku Saiki from Morofushi Kagemitsu.

That's why we were able to receive the tip-off so promptly this time.

Although he knew that if things continued this way, there would be a chance to teach Usakata Saiki a lesson, Vodka still couldn't help but complain when he saw the "recruitment list" sent by Morofushi Kagemitsu.

"Brother, can't we really do something about him now? This guy doesn't seem like one of the people in the organization at all. I even suspect that he didn't seriously recruit that cult leader; he's just looking for a reason to kill people. Maybe it's because he doesn't believe in that cult..."

"There are still two weeks left."

Gin was very patient. Since he told Usaku Saiki that he would calculate the performance at the end of the month, he really did wait until the end of the month... Half a month has passed now. Unless Usaku Saiki successfully recruits two more people, it is a foregone conclusion that he will change jobs.

Given that Usoya Saiki recruits an average of two or three people a month with a 100% failure rate, this is almost an impossible task.

Every failure now is paving the way for Usui Saiki to accept a job change later.

Although Vodka felt very unbalanced and was deeply worried about the organization's style, he still understood the principles.

It's only been half a month, just bear with it a little longer!

Soon, Morofushi Kagemitsu received a reply from Vodka, instructing him to cooperate with Usaku Saiki's operation and report the results promptly.

Morofushi Kagemitsu: "..."

He glanced at the second email from Usakata Saiki, asking if he had heard any bad things about him from vodka and gin lately, and his feelings were quite complicated.

He was an undercover police officer who, after joining the organization, actually became an undercover agent among the organization's members... He had never thought of such a thing before joining the organization.

They're hoping you fail at your task; they already think you'll sheepishly leave for another job.

[Hmph, let's leave that serial killer aside for now; the person I recruit next time will definitely succeed.]

Zhu Fujingguang remained silent.

So you also think it's bound to fail, but you're determined to recruit them and then silence them, right?

To be honest, if this behavior wasn't so insane, something no normal person would do, he would have suspected that Bo Yezaki was some kind of undercover agent.

As for what Usaku Saiki said about the next recruitment being successful, Morofushi Kagemitsu didn't take it to heart. He was just a little worried about how the organization planned to arrange for Usaku Saiki after he changed his job duties.

Vodka and Gin are, after all, abroad. There are too many things more important than Usuiba Saiki's simple waste of organizational resources. Therefore, the only way to learn about Usuiba Saiki's situation is through Morofushi Kagemitsu, the traitor.

But the closer it got to the end of the month, the more excited Vodka became. He really couldn't wait to go back and see Usoppai get his comeuppance.

"Brother, should we call Potts over after we return to Japan tomorrow?"

Gin snapped out of his reverie about the upcoming missions, as if reminded of something: "All of this month's missions have failed again?"

Vodka said gleefully, "That serial killer from last time is dead. The day before yesterday, Midorikawa said that Usakabe Saiki had his eye on a sniper and wanted to recruit him, asking Midorikawa to protect him. I reckon that sniper should be dead by now..."

Before he could finish speaking, Vodka's email notification suddenly went off.

He took it out and saw it was an email from Morofushi Kagemitsu, which made him even more certain: "An email from Midorikawa, probably reporting a mission failure... Hmm!?"

Gin frowned at his startled reaction: "What's wrong?"

"The sniper that Pottnis recruited actually agreed! He even got a buy-one-get-one-free deal, introducing another sniper... Pottnis has successfully recruited two snipers this month, a man and a woman..."

Gin was also a little surprised to hear this.

Vodka's expression was grave: "Brother, could there be a conspiracy involved?"

Just as Gin was wondering if Vodka's suspicion about the person Usui Saiki had managed to recruit despite his 100% failure rate was that he might be a mole who had long coveted the organization, he heard Vodka say with a worried expression.

"Maybe that kid Bo Ye realized it was almost the end of the month and didn't want to admit defeat, so he cheated by conspiring with those two to fake it and join the organization to collect salaries..."

Gin wanted to say it was impossible, but when he thought of Usui Saiki's style, he suddenly fell silent.

"...In any case, I still need to review the new recruits." Gin replied cautiously. "After returning to Japan, have Potts bring them to me for inspection. If they're just trying to take advantage of the situation... humph."

Vodka nodded in deep agreement.

Usakabe Saiki! Big brother's back in Japan! Your good days are over!

—Especially those who failed to recruit, you better have a legitimate reason!

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Bonus chapter with nutrient solution tonight!

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The next chapter will question Bo Ye about why he failed to recruit people before, and why he succeeded this time.

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This time, they recruited Chianti and Cohen (also translated as Cohen). Anyway, the original work doesn't say when they joined the organization, so I'll just make that assumption.

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Everyone: This person could never be an undercover agent!

Thin Leaf: ...If I said I am...

Gin: Don't go crazy.

Thin Leaf: Boss, I want to report Gin for dereliction of duty.

Gin: Don't you know whether you're an undercover agent or not?!

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Zero: Jing killed a lot of people, is he alright?

Jingguang: My mindset is very healthy.