Chapter 43: The distillery's situation is dangerous. Scottish (crossed out) players...

Zhu Fu Jingguang's pupils suddenly contracted, and a bone-chilling chill swept through his whole body.

Officer Morobushi... Morobushi...

All of you!

When he heard her call out the surname that had gradually become unfamiliar to him, rather than the name of the fake identity he used in the organization, Zhu Fujingguang realized it deeply.

His identity was exposed.

There is no room for maneuver, it is exposed.

It was hard to tell whether the turmoil in his heart was faster or his on-the-spot instinct as a Japanese public security officer facing a crisis was faster. After confirming this, Morofushi Kagemitsu acted quickly.

There is no way.

He gritted his teeth.

We must take the initiative to attack people.

He held his breath, suppressing the instantaneous fear that made the hairs on his back stand up. He pulled the gun from his waist, grabbed Fushimi Kyoji's neck with one hand, exerted force with his wrist, and pulled the man towards him while immediately turning around. He raised the arm holding the gun and aimed at the two people who were obviously showing expressions of surprise.

Sorry, zero.

Zhu Fujingguang said apologetically in his heart.

In order to deceive Lei and Fushimi, I can only point a gun at you.

Should he be thankful for these days of getting along? He had to know that he didn't have a habit of carrying a gun, so he could make such a decisive choice.

Lei raised his gun a little faster than the people around him and aimed at Zhu Fujingguang.

Perhaps because he had a "hostage" in his hands, Lei, who was always quick and decisive, did not seize the opportunity to shoot immediately when facing Zhu Fujingguang, who was obviously an undercover agent in the organization.

Seeing that Lei was taking action, Toru Amuro had no choice but to follow closely and point his gun at Keimitsu Morifushi.

Everything happened in an instant. In the few seconds when no one could react, the originally static and stagnant situation suddenly changed. Even Zhu Fujingguang, who took action first, felt dazed.

Obviously... they were chatting harmoniously just a few minutes ago, like ordinary friends, enthusiastically discussing things of interest.

The taciturn Lei did not participate in the discussion, but did not leave on his own initiative. He sat quietly aside.

Toru Amuro was still wearing that 'Bourbon' mask, smirking and making sarcastic remarks from time to time, but he could see that Zero was also relaxed.

Why……

It was as if he had just blinked his eyes, and all those harmonious and warm things had left him.

"Scotland..." Rye frowned, his voice strangely deep, his deep emerald eyes flickering with scrutiny and observation. "You really are..."

Toru Amuro held the gun in both hands, but his eyes were vaguely cast on Lei beside him.

Oh no.

Hiro's identity was exposed. Although he made the right judgment at the first time and brought people from the organization to delay time, it was still difficult for him to escape successfully under the siege of two people.

Deliberately exposing her lacerations to walk away from Hiro? It was too obvious, there was no way Ley could have hidden it.

So……

Amuro Toru calmed himself down, made up his mind secretly, and conveyed his thoughts to Morufushi Kagemitsu with his eyes.

It was difficult for Hiro to escape unscathed while being chased by two codename members, but it was easy to sneakily shoot someone in a battle. He was confident that he had a high chance of success.

As long as Lei dies, Hiro's identity crisis can be temporarily overcome.

As for...

A complicated gaze swept across the face of the player who was half-confined in front of Zhu Fu Jingguang.

Judging from the familiar attitude she showed when talking about Gin, she probably knew a lot of information about Gin that the public security bureau did not know.

Get rid of Lei and put him under public security protection, and then they faked his death at the scene.

Although there are definitely many loopholes in the details and it is almost impossible for that man not to suspect the real situation, it is almost the best option at the moment.

The look that Amuro Toru gave him was met with a covert rejection from Morofushi Kagemitsu, signaling him not to act rashly.

To hide the look he gave Amuro Toru, Morifushi Kagemitsu simply looked directly at Lei, his arm holding the gun not wavering at all: "Yes, I am a Japanese public security officer undercover in the organization, Morifushi Kagemitsu."

Zhu Fujingguang calmed his breathing. The person he had kidnapped showed no intention of struggling. The only small movement he made was probably trying to turn his head to look at him. This was mistakenly thought to be an attempt to break free, so Zhu Fujingguang subconsciously pushed the person in front of him.

Zhufu...Kagemitsu?

It was easy to guess that Scotland's surname was also Zhu Fu, but when the player heard him say his full name in person, he still read it again in his mind.

Sounds like a better fit for him than Scotland.

Players are not the only ones who have discovered that Zhu Fu Gaoming and Scotland have similar facial features.

As early as when they first met Morobushi Takaaki, Shuichi Akai had a vague guess in his mind.

Later, he used the intelligence network to investigate Zhufu Gaoming's interpersonal relationships, and even the name Zhufu Jingguang was not known until now.

After it was basically confirmed that the Scottish undercover identity was true, Akai Shuichi began to find a suitable opportunity to reveal his identity to the other party.

It was simple. The other two people in the team also saw Zhu Fu Gaoming's face clearly. It was possible that they would associate the relationship between them with him and discover Scotland's undercover identity like him.

What gave Shuichi Akai a headache was that he couldn't find any Scotsman alone. He was either playing bass for Black or discussing missions with Bourbon. The level of collective action was too high, which made him suspect that the relationships between the code-named members of the Black Organization were all as... sweet as theirs?

Wouldn't it be a bit too harmonious?

Anyway…

Whatever the original purpose was, whether to warn the other party... or to exchange information, it is now all null and void.

It is absolutely impossible to get through the current situation smoothly.

But there is still a chance for Scotland to survive.

Scotland has already taken control of the Black team. As long as they work together to suppress the last person here...

Without knowing each other, Shuichi Akai and Toru Amuro had surprisingly similar ideas.

"If your purpose is to kidnap someone, it's better not to use such light force." In the silent environment, Akai Shuichi gave up maintaining the aiming posture and reminded in a deep voice.

Doing so will undoubtedly involve great risks, but the accompanying benefits are also not low.

Zhu Fujingguang subconsciously glanced at his left hand which was not tightly restrained around the player's neck, then quickly stared at the man in front of him with surprise and suspicion, and simply aimed the gun in his direction.

Akai Shuichi did not stop his abnormal behavior and continued: "There is no irreconcilable conflict between us."

Toru Amuro also found it difficult to guess Lei's actions, but he became even more vigilant.

“!”

Shuichi Akai changed his posture, and the dark muzzle of the gun that was originally aimed at Keimitsu Morobushi was pointed at Toru Amuro the next second.

"I'm FBI investigator, Akai Shuichi." He glanced at Scotland with calm and steady eyes. "I'm working undercover in this organization with the same goal as you."

"...FBI?" Zhu Fujingguang held the pistol tightly, not letting down his guard, but still repeating what he said in shock.

On the other side, when Amuro Toru heard Akai Shuichi reveal his identity, he was shocked no less than Morobushi Kagemitsu.

FBI?

Stop joking!

“—FBI?!”

This player was equally shocked, but unlike Amuro Toru, she shouted out, "Are you kidding me?"

Fushimi Kyoji was incredulous: "So your pronunciation is still so bad?"

Is this the time to care about such details!

Toru Amuro almost wanted to grab her collar and question her.

and……

Where's the accent?

How come he didn’t hear it!?

Isn't that what the FBI says is very standard?

After Fushimi Kyoji finished complaining about the pronunciation, a few seconds passed before he realized...

——Lei is also an undercover agent?!

Japanese Public Security Bureau, FBI... So is Bourbon going to announce next that he is an undercover agent sent by the CIA?

The player opened [Interpersonal Relationships] in a daze, scrolled down, and saw that it was right in front.

「*【Zhu Xing Dai】（Achievable Character）

Name: Akai Shuichi

…”

The blurred areas are now complete!

He glanced at Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagiwara again.

The name column was not blocked by '???' from the beginning.

Ugh…

She is such a fool!

After closing Shuichi Akai's personal details, the player looked at the names that were different from his and took a few more confused glances.

Eh...wait a minute, Bourbon's favorability?

wrong!

What's more worthy of attention is... why is there also a '???' after his name!

Fushimi Kyoki, who was hijacked in the first-person perspective during the entire immersive experience, suddenly looked at Amuro Toru.

No way...

Bourbon, you, the dark-skinned, big-eyed guy, have also betrayed the organization! ?

Toru Amuro didn't have any special reaction to the players' gazes. Not only her, but Lei and Scotland were also looking at him.

Lei, no, the damn FBI was probably calculating the possibility of killing him, and Hiro looked at him and asked him whether he wanted to reveal his identity.

Amuro Toru let out a breath, slowly looked around, and saw clearly the two gun muzzles and three pairs of eyes pointed at him.

“…”

Jianggu Ling:......

Rei Furuya: That’s not right!

Rei Furuya: I've become a bad guy!

"How can you prove that this isn't a rhetoric designed to make me let my guard down?" Zhu Fujingguang wasn't shaken by the other party's words. He no longer needed to maintain the gloomy look of "Scottish". The sharpness and caution of the public security officers were revealed in him.

Shuichi Akai spoke slowly, still staring at Toru Amuro: "In the inside pocket of my windbreaker, there is a piece of paper with information translated into two codes. It is the information I found out about the life of 'Morofushikage' in my previous investigation." But his experiences after the police academy had been artificially erased, and he only found limited information.

"If that's not enough to convince you, you can use a lie detector on me."

"Of course, hopefully it can be done after the immediate crisis is resolved."

Seeing Akai Shuichi's calm performance, Zhu Fushigi Kagemitsu felt a little more convinced.

Unexpectedly, Lei is actually...

"Haha, it's indeed a method that the FBI is good at." Although he basically believed the information that Shuichi Akai said, Toru Amuro still sneered and then put down the gun in his hand.

"One day or another, you FBI guys will be kicked out of my country."

Akai Hideichi's eyes were briefly stirred by Amuro Toru's act of revealing his identity, but it was quickly suppressed. Another sound attracted his attention.

Buzz—buzz—

Short, orderly vibrations that sounded like...

The three of them looked at the source of the sound - the lit screen of the phone on the floor.

The screen lights up for a few seconds and then goes off again.

But it was enough for people to see the content clearly, and the white font on the pure black background was almost engraved in everyone's eyes.

——[Scotch whisky is for the Japanese public security officers working undercover in the organization!]

Toru Amuro walked forward, picked up the phone, his pupils trembled slightly, and he looked at the message carefully again.

Fushimi Kyoki: My...cell phone...Oo

Seeing Amuro Toru frowning, as if looking for the sender, the player kindly reminded: "Don't even think about intercepting this information. Senior Gin shared his intelligence network with me. My receipt of it means he already knows about it."

"Huh... So, he's been trying to dig deep into the ground lately to find out if the Japanese public security officer in his organization is Scottish?"

The player thought for a moment and analyzed carefully, "Now that Gin has targeted Scotland, I'm afraid Scotland will be in big trouble."

Scotland, who had released the player at some point, stood with Toru Amuro and Shuichi Akai, discussing the next plan together.

When they turned around, they were stared at by three pairs of oppressive and silent eyes. Fushimi Kyoji realized it belatedly and thought uncertainly:

What what?

The one in trouble... turns out to be her!

“…Now you have two paths to choose from.”

Morofushi Keimitsu and Akai Shuichi did not move, only Amuro Toru's voice rang out in the silence.

He spoke at a steady pace, but the occasional pauses made people feel more stressed.

With an inexplicable temptation and a hint of threat, he spoke to her word by word.

The slightly cool muzzle of the gun was placed against his chin, and he used some force to lift it up, forcing the pair of green eyes that were always attracted elsewhere by the noise to look directly in front of him.

"One is to stand on our side and continue to live as an accomplice. When the time is right, we will help you leave the organization and be protected by the police."

Fushimi Kyoji curiously asked, "What else?"

The blond youth's face was as cold as if covered with a thin layer of ice, and even his voice was filled with the icy cold that never melts year-round. It was stern yet clear: "The other road is the road to death that leads to the underworld."

—Eh, eh!?

Bourbon looks like a villain...

Is it really the Japanese police?

"No doubt." Perhaps the player's expression was too simple. Although he didn't express his thoughts out loud, he still got a firm answer from Amuro Toru.

"Don't confuse the police with the public security," he said. "For my country, no matter how dirty or shameful the act is, I will do it."

"Now, make your choice."

"Become our accomplice, or...our enemy."

The words I originally intended to say, 'become a dead soul under the gun', rolled around on my lips and teeth a few times before being swallowed up and replaced with the less impressive 'enemy'.