Chapter 257
Usoppei knew perfectly well how Rum would react.
However, he wasn't in a hurry. He immediately sent another email to Vodka: "I kindly reminded Rum that Stout might be an undercover agent, and asked him to investigate. It seems Rum is just giving me the runaround."
Vodka upon receiving the email: "…………"
Vodka had mixed feelings. His first thought was that Rum was in trouble, but reason told him that maybe Usoppai was just having another fit of madness.
Having been tricked countless times, Vodka cautiously asked Usaka Saiki how he made that judgment. Usaka Saiki simply forwarded him the email about sending rum earlier.
After reading Usakabe Saiki's analysis, Vodka fell silent again.
He initially thought that Stout might be another Shuichi Akai, and that Rum might follow in his older brother's footsteps. But then he saw the reasons given by Saiki Usui...
At that moment, Vodka and Rum shared the same thought—Aren't you going to even pretend? You really think you can identify an undercover agent just by looking at files?! Why don't you fly to England and see Stout in person!
Stout was a member handpicked by Rum, and this information might even have been compiled by Rum himself. If there were really problems, would Rum have promoted him so openly?
Using Rum's compiled information as evidence to claim that Stout is an undercover agent is no different from pointing at Rum and calling him an idiot.
Vodka, spurred on by the fact that Shuichi Akai was actually an FBI agent, felt like he was invincible again.
He offered a hypocritical consolation to Bo Yezaki: "If Rum doesn't believe it, he doesn't believe it. Anyway, Stout can't possibly take over the entire Middle East line all at once. Aren't your old friends at Alex's on good terms? Why don't you go and say some bad things about Stout and get rid of him?"
It's just ostracizing people, right? If this tactic doesn't work, we'll try something else.
If this were the first time Bo Yezhai had accused someone of being an undercover agent, Rum might have been more cautious. But this guy used to accuse people of being undercover agents everywhere, and now he's finally getting his comeuppance!
Vodka was absolutely ecstatic.
After a long delay, Bo Ye Saiki replied to Vodka with a message: "[It's so sad, so incredibly sad. The organization is full of people like you and Rum. I truly feel sorry for the Boss.]"
Vodka is immune to this level of trash talk.
Let Bo Yezaki say whatever he wants. If things go smoothly with Stout, he can be arrogant for a few more years. Even if Ariel has given the Middle East an aphrodisiac, they should be shaken after seven years.
When Bo Yezaki completely loses his value, those who have been offended by him will line up to settle scores, and that will be truly exciting.
Unfortunately, the waiting process was too long. Before the much-anticipated loss of power of Usaka Saiki, an event occurred that directly affected him and Gin.
"Big brother, something's happened!!!"
Vodka looked at the urgent intelligence report from the research institute and exclaimed in horror: "Sherry has disappeared!!!"
Gin: "...???"
Gin had always disliked Vodka's constant shouting, but this time, even he was shocked: "How did she disappear? Wasn't she locked in the gas chamber?"
He was planning to starve himself for two days, and if he still didn't give in, he would take the next step. But now he's just disappeared. What the hell?
"Brother, what do we do now?" Vodka held his phone like it was a bomb, his face full of resistance and worry. "Is there a traitor in the research institute?"
Gin thinks this is highly likely, so...
"Take everyone from the research institute away for interrogation, start transferring important data, and after I go to the place where Sherry disappeared, burn the research institute down on the spot..."
Sherry has disappeared, neither alive nor dead. Considering the worst-case scenario that she betrayed the organization, this research institute is no longer viable.
At the very least, we can't let the new forces that Sherry has allied with gain more leverage. Rather than gradually relocating and erasing traces, it's much easier to just burn everything down.
That's outrageous! They were locked up and handcuffed, how could they still disappear? There must be a traitor!
Gin angrily issued a series of orders, and Vodka listened and nodded as usual, but after Gin finally finished speaking, he cautiously made a suggestion.
"Since there might be a traitor, should we send Potness to take a look?"
Gin: "………………"
Vodka, seeing Gin's terrifying expression, knew he had said the wrong thing.
He was sweating profusely and tried to say something to defend himself, such as "maybe he can guess right this time," but Gin spoke first in a sinister tone.
"You really believe in Potts that much?"
Vodka quickly clarified, "No! I just spoke with Potts, and he was making baseless accusations about undercover agents again. I just had a momentary lapse of judgment!"
Gin frowned: "He's pointing fingers at us again?"
"No, this time it's Stout, the guy Rum promoted."
Vodka obediently answered, and to dissuade Gin from dwelling on his slip of the tongue, he added fuel to the fire, saying, "Potnis went even further this time. He hadn't even met the man, but after looking at the information Rum provided and finding that Stout was British, he claimed that Stout was an MI6 mole and asked Rum to investigate further... If Rum dares to hire someone, he must have investigated countless times. This time, he's really met his match."
Gin's furrowed brows relaxed a little: "Hmm."
If it weren't for Shirley's incident, he might be in a better mood right now.
Gin uses Usakata Saiki's gossip as entertainment while eating, and others use Gin's gossip as entertainment while eating.
Bourbon, who had been keeping a close eye on the Miyano sisters and was in the intelligence group, immediately shared the news with Usui Saiki after receiving it: "Have you heard? Sherry has disappeared from the research institute. Gin is in big trouble this time..."
Well, Bourbon was actually a little suspicious that Usaku Saiki might have tampered with things and wanted to find out where Sherry was.
After all, the police didn't receive any information this time. Could it have fallen into the hands of the FBI?
However, this time it really had nothing to do with Usui Saiki. Sherry herself took the drug with the determination to die, and after shrinking like Shinichi Kudo, she escaped through a passage that adults could not pass through.
Gin, unaware of the drug's effects, checked the room where Sherry was being held but couldn't figure out an escape route. He could only guess that she was a traitor, and his attitude towards the research institute staff became increasingly terrifying during the interrogation.
After listening to Bourbon's story, Usoppei sighed: "I think it's possible that Gin let Sherry go and is now crying wolf. He helped Shuichi Akai hide his identity last time in the same way."
Bourbon: "…………"
If it's none of your business, then it's none of your business. When you're trying to fool people, can you at least be a little sincere?
Ignoring his sudden stomach pain, Bourbon replied speechlessly, "Can't you think of something new? How long have you been using this trick? I also suggest you try something different with Stout."
When Usui sent the email to Shuichi Akai, Bourbon was sweeping the floor. His eyesight wasn't good enough to see corners, so he only knew that Usui had identified Stout as an undercover agent, and knew nothing else.
When Bourbon heard Bo Ye Saiki say something so domineering like "let Stout give up on his own," he thought he had some good idea. But after asking Rum, he found out that it was still the exhaustive method to identify the undercover agent.
Bourbon wanted to sigh at the sight of Usakabe Saiki's naive methods.
Has this kid put all his skill points into tormenting people? He has absolutely no emotional intelligence or workplace skills!
Using this tactic a few times after a few successes will increase the chances of winning. Successfully getting it working on Shuichi Akai alone isn't enough. As for that conman in America, most of the organization doesn't really take him seriously. Now...
Bo Yezaki: "It doesn't matter if the method is old or not, as long as it's useful. You wait, I'll write an email to the Boss right now to report Gin for stealing from the company and then crying wolf. I'll also tell him that Rum doesn't take my words seriously."
Bourbon: "...Fine, whatever."
He reminded Bo Yezaki to keep a low profile and consider his options, but the guy went completely mad and was still courting death even in this state.
Honestly, he didn't know that undercover veteran. He only took care of the veteran's adopted son out of respect for the veteran who died for the undercover work and out of his own sense of justice. He had already done more than enough.
Even if Bo Yezaki is killed by the organization tomorrow, he can still say with composure that he did his best.
We can't let him expose himself to help someone whose stance is ambiguous, can we?
The police spent a lot of resources and effort to get him to go undercover! He can't waste that time!
Bo Yezaki acted immediately, writing an email and sending it to the Boss.
The organization's boss has received quite a few emails from Usakata Saiki over the years.
However, because of the experience of the harassing phone calls in the early days, even if Bo Ye Saiki only sends an email once a week, the organization's boss can feel that the child has grown up and knows how to respect the leader, so he feels gratified.
...This is the effect of lowering the bottom line first; whatever you do afterward will be an upward curve.
Moreover, Usakabe Saiki's emails weren't all nonsense. His letters conveyed a sense of seriousness, as if he treated his Boss like an elder and didn't hide his feelings. He would say whatever he didn't like. Therefore, even though he said a lot of bad things about Gin, it didn't seem like he was trying to sow discord, but rather like he was simply complaining.
Ironically, the content of his complaints was so bizarre that the boss would think, "Oh, I didn't know there was such a way of thinking," or "So this is how he sees things from his perspective."
Since the premise that Usaku Saiki was mentally ill was accepted from the beginning, the Boss didn't think that he was deliberately distorting anyone's image. He only felt that from Usaku Saiki's own perspective, Usaku Saiki was indeed wronged.
In Bo Yezaki's view, only he, the boss, could control the people who bullied him, which is why Bo Yezaki relied on him and complained to him.
"Nobody in the organization likes me" - Sigh, with this kid's behavior and thought process, who would like him? So it's understandable that he has a lot of dissatisfaction with the organization.
Regardless of what he did behind the scenes, he was always responsive to Bo Yezaki's requests on the surface. Therefore, it was only natural that Bo Yezaki relied on him, trusted him, and respected him the most in the organization.
Given Boss's age, Usaku Saiki is indeed a child. Although he is not easy to control, the main reason is that the other party is mentally ill. As long as Usaku Saiki's heart is on his side, that's enough. Didn't you see that Usaku Saiki never interferes with the smuggling line? He just does whatever he says. Is he content to be a mascot?
He wasn't very obedient or well-behaved, but he could only rely on himself, which gave the Boss a sense of satisfaction.
Therefore, the Boss always reads Usui's emails with great tolerance and patiently analyzes them to find useful information from Usui's novel perspective.
For example, the last time Gin knew that Usui Saiki was on the Shinkansen, but he still didn't say anything. Although he didn't completely take Usui Saiki's statement that "Gin took this mission to find an excuse to assassinate me" seriously, it was clear that Gin was showing signs of acting on his own.
This displeased the Boss somewhat, but Gin was a very useful weapon, and the trust built up over so many years couldn't be shaken in just one or two instances, so he only hinted at it to Gin, hoping that Gin would understand his good intentions.
Alright, let's see what kind of complaint Bo Yezaki will make this time...
The boss couldn't help but laugh as he watched.
Usoppai was indeed raised like a son by Ariji. Putting aside the unpredictability of his occasional erratic outbursts, he was usually as naive and innocent as ever. However, when he sensed a threat, his methods remained as crude as ever...
But as you read on, you see that Usaku Saiki brought up the fact that Gin couldn't find anything wrong with Akai Shuichi's investigation, and the Boss's smile gradually fades.
It's unlikely that Gin is falsely accusing Shirley of being the culprit behind her disappearance, but some undercover agents simply can't find anything wrong, like Rum Chastout...
The Boss hesitated for a moment, then emailed Rum: "Is Stout truly trustworthy?"
Rum immediately knew that Bo Yezhai had complained to the Boss, and he gritted his teeth as he replied: "I've checked several times, and there's nothing suspicious."
The boss relaxed.
Then, a couple of days later, the Boss received the latest news.
—Breaking news! Stout has suddenly disappeared with classified information!!!
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Extra chapter tonight, landmine bonus chapter charge bar 165/100
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Sherry is now Ai Haibara and has already connected with Conan.
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Contrary to Gin's expectations, the boss doesn't actually dislike Usoppyana now.
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