Chapter 504: Sine, Bourbon

On Gin's phone screen, the email from Uzo read:

[There is a problem.

Bourbon is a mysterious guy who doesn't like to listen to others, does his own thing, and doesn't consider other people's free time when assigning work. However, he maintains good interpersonal relationships with others. Neither the boss of the workplace nor the clients have any complaints about him. He is also very good at avoiding accidents... In general, he is a lucky guy.

But people shouldn't believe in luck.

I always feel that in addition to the organization, there must be other hidden forces helping him escape various accidents and disasters and maintain interpersonal relationships, but no evidence has been found so far.

...After the power behind the scenes is uncovered, how long can his watered-down "luck" last?]

“…”

Gin read it twice and did not feel anything suspicious about Bourbon. Instead, he read from the letter a feeling that the person had been trying to cause trouble for a long time, but had been unable to succeed for a long time, and finally had resentment towards the person being caused, and would not stop until he killed the target.

...He was still wondering how Bourbon connected Uzo and Jiang Xia.

And now this email seems to have given him the answer:

Apart from the fact that Bourbon had spotted the code name "Ouzo" on the mission report when he had gone to Bourbon to get intelligence, Ouzo's own behavior also aroused suspicion - although Ouzo's methods were very covert, he had repeatedly targeted the same person. Even if Bourbon hadn't discovered who was causing the trouble, he would certainly have noticed something unusual around him.

Jiang Xia's itinerary overlapped with Uzo's. Besides, Bourbon might have heard some rumors about Uzo's methods... Vodka was still too idle, so he should be given more tasks in the future... In short, coupled with the "intuition" that intelligence agents often have, this gave Bourbon the opportunity to catch Uzo's tail.

But now that Bourbon has chosen to take Wuzo out for an "experiment," it means he is still not sure that "Jiang Xia is Wuzo." He may have just found a few suspects and is testing them one by one.

Thinking of this, Gin felt a little more balanced.

…Now it seems that Uzo and Bourbon’s relationship is not so harmonious.

Come to think of it - Bourbon originally kept Jiang Xia because he himself had never been able to become a famous detective and could not build the intelligence network he wanted. So when he discovered Jiang Xia's talent as a famous detective, he planned to take this rare talent for himself, develop him into his own subordinate, and make him a key part of his intelligence network.

And Uzo is obviously not a person who is content with what he has. If Bourbon only asks him to play the role of a righteous detective and ignores Uzo's own needs, such as regularly providing him with some challenging assassination lists... then Uzo will not get the desired compensation and will have nowhere to expend his energy, so he will definitely not work honestly. It is not surprising that he turns around to make trouble for the boss who hinders his entertainment.

...Judging from the emails, Uzzo has made many attempts to "murder Bourbon".

Bourbon is able to live peacefully until now... No wonder he is highly appreciated by the upper class and promoted quickly. Rum sometimes has a good vision.

Gin suddenly thought, if he continued to stop sending assassination missions to Uzo, allowing the already bored Uzo to increase his efforts against Bourbon, then after a while, would there be a sudden news in the organization that "Bourbon was involved in a murder case and died accidentally"?

Gin fantasized about it briefly for a few tenths of a second and felt a little moved.

But the message he sent back to Jiang Xia was:

[Don't waste your time on this kind of thing, do what you should do.

Organization cadres should not be your target.]

...Although Gin personally dislikes Bourbon, any cadre who can be useful to the organization is worth protecting, let alone a talent like Bourbon who can be plotted against several times by Uzo and still be alive.

After all, ever since they began to seriously eliminate the hidden rats, the organization has become increasingly short of manpower, and his workload has become much greater than before.

As for what Uzo said, "there are other forces helping Bourbon escape death", Gin didn't care too much.

If I remember correctly, Uzo would occasionally suspect Vodka with good reason and secretly stir up trouble between him and Vodka.

Considering that Uzo was now trying to harm Bourbon, he was very restrained by not forging evidence of Bourbon's betrayal. The purpose of sending these words was not difficult to understand. He simply hoped that Bourbon was a traitor, so that Uzo could use the organization to kill the target in a logical way. Gin would definitely be more successful than those amateur murderers outside.

…Can’t follow Uzo’s lead.

Gin nodded secretly.

A minute or two later, after he sent out his email trying to reconcile, he quickly received Uzo's sophistry:

[I'm doing what I'm supposed to do.

This test was Bourbon's challenge to me. Although I don't know how he knew the code name "Uzo", if Bourbon could find out that I was Uzo, then others might also find out after a long time of contact.

Rather than making mistakes in front of outsiders later, it is better to seriously compete with people within the organization first. In this way, I can also find the flaws in my disguise through his actions - if there are deficiencies, it is necessary to improve them, isn't it a matter of course?]

Gin: “…”

Uzo obviously twisted his meaning.

When he said "don't do this", he meant "don't continue to murder Bourbon".

But what Uzo was referring to was the incident where "Bourbon tried to take him out to strip his vest."

...It is impossible for Uzo to make mistakes in reading comprehension at this level. He must have deliberately misinterpreted the content and avoided the question. This is a rejection.

A war between two intelligence agents?

Gin scoffed at this practice of taking up precious work time.

He looked at his phone.

If a message "No need to check, Jiang Xia is Wuzo" was sent to Bourbon at this time, the two people should be able to stop the unnecessary temptation and counter-temptation and go to work honestly. And when the curtain where Wuzo was hiding was removed, he would naturally stop those boring murder methods.

But Gin stared at the email interface and did not input anything.

...Although it is not very obvious, there are actually factional disputes in the organization.

Bourbon was considered a subordinate of Rum, and he undoubtedly leaned more towards Rum's side. Moreover, from the fact that Bourbon had not yet recommended Jiang Xia as an organizational cadre, he obviously intended to develop Uzo into a chess piece under his command, rather than throwing him into the organization and letting a bunch of people take advantage of him.

In other words, although he doesn’t want to admit it, Uzo is indeed a sought-after talent and has his own ideas.

If I suddenly ignored his wishes and exposed his identity as a codenamed cadre in Bourbon's place...

Some unpleasant developments came to Gin's mind.

(End of this chapter)