Considering that no matter what, the purpose of the world consciousness is temporarily the same as hers, Hoshino Aoi finally comforted it.

"And now that we've opened a door, things will only get easier from now on."

If it is really as she thought.

In everyone's perception, 'Middles', 'Hoshino Aoi' and 'Masuyama Wasabi' are all merged into one person. So even if she changes her number again, I'm afraid the system won't be able to do the same as it did with 'Masuyama Wasabi'. She clearly has the face of 'Hoshino Aoi', but Vermouth didn't notice anything wrong at all.

Otherwise, it would not have been possible for Toru Amuro to take the initiative to investigate 'Hoshino Aoi' this time, and then provide her with the opportunity to improve her character.

However, Hoshino Aoi guessed that in the end, if she didn't take the initiative to guide them, others would subconsciously avoid that possibility instead of recognizing her directly. But as long as they thought of that possibility, they would connect them together...

Anyway, it can be considered an improvement.

Seeing that she had made up her mind, the world consciousness didn't say anything else.

Feeling the air flowing again, Hoshino Aoi knew that it had gone away.

Her expression remained unchanged, and even her eyes did not change.

As for the system...

It did find that its control over the world had weakened a lot, but under the cover of world consciousness, it has not yet found the reason.

But this also means that she must reduce the power of the system in this round to the point where even if it tries its best, it will not be able to completely devour the world consciousness. Otherwise, what awaits them will be the system's ruthless counterattack.

"Ring, ring, ring—"

Hoshino Aoi's cell phone suddenly rang. In the quiet room, the "ring-ring-ring" sound was particularly harsh.

"Gin, why are you calling me so late at night? Is there something wrong?"

Hoshino Aoi's voice was a little tired, and her tone was nonchalant, so the people on the other side could guess what she looked like at the moment without having to think too much.

No one knew that just a second before she answered the phone, she was still thinking about how to get rid of the control of the system and how she could protect herself in the game between the system and the world consciousness.

"Middles."

Gin's voice was as calm as ever, as if he was used to her attitude and didn't take it to heart at all.

"I need an explanation for this mission."

Why is it that when a task asks you to monitor the other party, you end up taking over the task and completing it?

Thinking of the mission report he had just received from Bourbon, Gin's tone was a little gloomy.

"No."

As if she hadn't noticed the sudden silence on the other side, Hoshino Aoi repeated her words once more:

"No explanation, I just want to finish this boring mission as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Gin was silent for a long time and did not speak.

I heard the woman on the other end of the phone continue to mumble and complain.

"Can't Vermouth do the surveillance? Why do you have to let me do it? I hate using my brain. It gives me a headache. Can't Vermouth just disguise herself as me to do the mission? Anyway..." It's not like she hasn't disguised herself as me before...

At this point, her voice suddenly paused, her brows furrowed, and her tone was vaguely puzzled.

"Hmm? Did Vermouth ever disguise herself as me? Why do I always feel like she did something in my image, but I don't remember anything like that happening? Could it be that she really did disguise herself as me secretly? But why would she disguise herself as me? Could it be to tease you, big brother?"

Her voice gradually dropped until it was close to a whisper.

"Maybe you've seen Vermouth disguised as someone else, so you accidentally remembered it wrong."

Gin said this lightly, and then changed the subject lightly:

"Since you completed your main mission well, I'll let you off this time. Rum's point is that in future missions, you'll monitor Bourbon, Scotch, and Rye. If there's a problem again this time... perhaps you'll have to report it to Shirley."

Hoshino Aoi frowned, and a hint of fear flashed in her eyes, and her expression became serious.

"knew."

She said in a deep voice:

"But are there problems with all three of them?"

"Not necessarily, it's just a routine checkup, but Rye..."

A hint of contemplation flashed across Gin's eyes:

"Although it seems that there is nothing wrong with him in any way, I still feel that he is a bit suspicious... Especially since a man like him was actually bumped into by Miyano Akemi and even joined the organization through her connections."

“I always feel that the purpose is a bit strong.”

Aoi Hoshino took over Gin's words.

It seems that the exposure of Akai Shuichi has already revealed its clues at this time...

However, due to the opponent's sniping skills, the organization still had some respect for his talent and did not send anyone to deal with the opponent directly just because of a possibility.

This can also be seen from the original comics.

When dealing with Toru Amuro, who had no substantial evidence to prove that he was an undercover agent and had outstanding abilities, the organization chose to let Gin interrogate him instead of killing him directly.

However, faced with Pisco, who had once made great contributions to the organization but is now old and no longer of much use to the organization, or perhaps it should be said that he is highly replaceable, the approach adopted by the organization is to directly arrange for Gin to deal with him, without even allowing him to say anything.

Of course, from a three-dimensional perspective, this is obviously the author's arrangement, but from a two-dimensional perspective, it is a proof that the organization values ​​talent.

A hint of contemplation flashed in Hoshino Aoi's eyes.

"So you suspect Rye is an undercover agent?"

Gin remained noncommittal:

"This is your mission."

"...Okay, I think this mission is quite interesting, so I'll take it. But don't blame me if I accidentally mess them up."

Hoshino Aoi's tone suddenly became cheerful, as if she was really looking forward to this task, and she became very excited.

Not to mention Gin on the other side of the phone, even the system that had been paying attention to her couldn't help but be confused by her high spirits that were almost crazy.

"Host, have you finally come to your senses? Are you going to follow my advice and kill Akai Shuichi first?"