Chapter 473
For Rei Furuya, the case had become so complicated that solving it was actually easier than simply finding the stalker, so he quickly "assisted" the police in solving the case.
However, Rei Furuya felt that the main point was that he had been sarcastic and sarcastic towards the FBI, which made him feel pretty good, and that his trip today was worthwhile.
The suffocating pain of being so busy these past few days finally found an outlet, and Rei Furuya's mind became much clearer.
As someone who often only sleeps three or four hours a day for several days in a row and works several jobs at the same time, it shouldn't be necessary to be so irritable just because it's only two days of overtime.
However, the part where Rei Furuya works overtime is the part where he fights against the bureaucratic system...
Let alone working overtime all night, even a normal person would break down if they spent a whole day doing nothing but repetitive and meaningless tasks and made no progress.
Fortunately, his direct supervisor was a decent person and quietly offered some support after realizing he couldn't handle the situation—the inability to provide open support was also due to various forms of bureaucracy unique to Japan.
In short, Rei Furuya vented his frustrations at the FBI's intervention and felt refreshed. Only his old classmates and Conan Edogawa remained silent.
These three people shared a remarkably unified thought—who taught you to be an undercover agent like this?!
But Furuya Rei didn't think it was a big problem. Isn't it natural for Japanese people to hate the FBI? Even if the FBI suspected him of being a member of the organization, they would only think that he was just making excuses to get the FBI to leave Japan, and would not directly think that he was an undercover agent for the Japanese Public Security Bureau.
After all, people in this line of work are more likely to be involved in conspiracy theories. Thinking the best of people can sometimes come at the cost of one's life, and the FBI might even think it's misleading.
This was something he had learned from Usakata Saiki: sometimes, by confidently displaying suspicious behavior, others would not suspect anything.
Just look at Usaku Saiki over the past seven years. He disappears all the time, doesn't work, sabotages Gin's missions, and reports others as undercover agents to disrupt the organization's order... But does anyone really suspect that Usaku Saiki is an undercover agent?
Even Furuya Rei wouldn't believe it, thinking it was just something Usaku Saiki thought was funny. Only Morofushi Kagemitsu thought Usaku Saiki's position was that of an undercover agent.
Thinking about it this way, Furuya Rei felt even more justified.
Kenji Hagiwara exchanged a glance with Wataru Date, his lips twitching.
What's going on? Furuya's self-righteous and absurd way of saying strange things is actually reminding him a bit of Shinryu...
Are people who hate the FBI all so uniform in their reactions?
After the case was closed, Kenji Hagiwara and Wataru Date didn't say much to Rei Furuya. After all, given their respective positions, and especially in front of the FBI, they could only exchange subtle glances, planning to vent to each other after get off work.
Conan Edogawa has been holding back for quite a while.
With Usui Saiki revealing the truth, Conan Edogawa was spared the trouble of directly probing Rei Furuya with questions like, "You're actually one of us, aren't you?" This made things much safer.
Conan Edogawa patiently endured the whole ordeal until he met Shuichi Akai, at which point he unleashed his overflowing吐槽 (tu cao, meaning sarcastic or critical comments) and launched into a long, rambling monologue.
He was previously unwilling to discuss the situation of the Japanese Public Security Bureau in detail with Shuichi Akai, mainly because of his friend, Usopp.
But he didn't have any feelings for Bourbon, so he still talked about things related to Bourbon.
After hearing Conan Edogawa's account, Shuichi Akai's usually calm demeanor twitched slightly at the corner of his mouth: "...You mean, Bourbon mocked the FBI's incompetence in front of everyone."
"That's pretty much the gist of it." Conan Edogawa nodded. "I truly believe he's an undercover agent for the Japanese Public Security Bureau now."
Akai Shuichi: "…………"
What if you believe it, but I don't really believe it?
This whole scheme looks exactly like Potts's attempt to make Bourbon appear as a spy in everyone else's eyes...
After all, how could a normal undercover agent be so obvious?
Since it's abnormal, it's reasonable to assume it's related to Potts.
I don't know how Bourbon came to believe Botness's nonsense. He seemed pretty smart before.
...Never mind, thinking about it carefully, whatever Potts wants to scheme for, he doesn't need the other party to cooperate at all. He can always push things to the point where only the situation he desires remains.
This isn't Bourbon's fault; it's Potts who's inhuman.
The next step might be for someone like Gin or Rum to find out about this, and then force them to run away... Wait, why did I say "again"?
Akai Shuichi fell into thought.
Following this line of thought, it seems possible that Bourbon is still an undercover agent...
But whatever Potts's plan is, at this point, it's probably not far from closing in.
—Actually, there's still some distance.
After a week of hard work, Furuya Rei finally got everything sorted out before that damned aquarium reopened, and now he's just waiting for the organization's next move.
As they waited and waited, with the aquarium opening tomorrow, there was still no word from the organization.
Jianggu Ling: "..."
Was the organization really making sure to come on the last day, or was Usakata Saiki just trying to trick me?!
Thinking about it carefully, disguising and transferring so much data is inherently risky, and it's not surprising that anything could happen during the process. Could it be that Usaku Saiki's real purpose was this process?
Has Usoba Saiki suddenly realized that helping the undercover agent was no longer interesting and had disrupted the balance, so he's now preparing to help the organization?
With the deadline fast approaching and midnight just hours away, and the aquarium opening just hours before dawn, Curaçao still hadn't arrived. Furuya Rei was under immense pressure, worried that the leaked information might actually prove that Usaku Saiki had lied to him and that Usaku Saiki had ulterior motives.
Compared to choosing to help the organization, the leak of information doesn't seem like a big deal.
On the bright side, what Usoya Saiki said at the time was "it'll be fine if it's settled before the opening," not that he would definitely come before the opening... Although he later asked a few times if the date was set, he implied that he would definitely come before the opening, but you can't always take such implied things too seriously...
Amidst Rei Furuya's anxiety, Curaçao finally appeared.
She disguised herself as a police officer, sneaked into the room, searched the list on the computer, and then memorized it.
Upon receiving the news, Rei Furuya finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling all his anxiety dissipate.
Because everything was anticipated, although Furuya Rei was with the Public Security Bureau, he did not step forward to help intercept them. Instead, he had his subordinates act out a very realistic chase.
Rei Furuya's plan was to have Curaçao bring the fake list back to the organization so that the organization's own people would kill each other—Gin was more efficient at this than the FBI, Japan's Public Security Bureau, MI6, and other organizations combined.
He waited for news at the police station, but what he received was—
"Mr. Furuya, the intruder was in a car accident and fell into the river."
Jianggu Ling: "…………"
Huh? Has she sent out the list yet?!
The answer has been sent.
Rum was quite happy when he received the list from Curaçao, but soon found that he couldn't get through on the phone and couldn't contact the person.
Later, based on clues provided by intelligence personnel, it was learned that Curaçao must have had an accident during his escape, and his phone was probably broken, which is why he couldn't be contacted.
However, Rum wasn't too worried.
Curaçao is a valuable asset that he has carefully cultivated. Not only does he have a good memory, but he is also physically strong. He can jump from four or five stories and emerge unharmed. He has encountered more dangerous situations in previous missions, and he always returned safely.
So, all he needs to do in Curaçao is send people out to search and provide support; he doesn't need to worry about that. The important thing now is this list of undercover agents.
Rum reports to the Boss that the operation was a great success. Although some of the spies on the list are already dead or exposed, there are still some who are still lurking in the organization. What should be done with these newly discovered spies?
Is there even a question? Of course, it's to silence them!
The boss assigned this task to Gin.
Gin had been too arrogant a while ago, so he was slightly suppressed by him. Now, he has such a long list to give Gin a chance to vent his frustration.
Since these undercover agents are located all over the world, Gin couldn't handle so many things by himself, so he had to reactivate Chianti.
After hearing about the mission's details, Chianti was quite excited because she would be able to kill people, but she unnecessarily asked, "Is there Gin?"
Vodka: "...No, how could there be!"
"Oh, that's a real shame." Chianti didn't actually believe Gin was a spy, but she couldn't resist taking the opportunity to taunt him because she disliked him. "Does Potnis know about this? I think he'll be quite pleased. He used to say the organization was full of spies, but you didn't believe him. Now look at all these codenamed members! They're all spies!"
Vodka, feeling guilty, said, "How would I know if he knew or not?"
He did push Potts to Rum's side; I didn't expect it to be such an important task. Luckily, it didn't fail...
Up until this point, Vodka still didn't think there was anything wrong, and he followed Gin on his rampage abroad.
Of course, some people will say they are not undercover agents, insisting that they were framed, and others will question Potnis because of his strange reputation within the organization.
"Did Potts say that?! He was right about a few things, but he also said you were an undercover agent!"
Gin had originally intended to make a few sarcastic remarks, but upon hearing the name Potts, he immediately lost the will to speak and killed him with a single stroke.
Vodka concluded that if he wanted to defend himself, he shouldn't mention Potts; his brother gets agitated just hearing that code name...
These are really useful survival tips.
After Gin and his team killed seven or eight people, Saiki Usaba finally called Vodka.
"What have you been busy with lately?"
"...? You don't know?" Vodka asked in surprise. "It's the follow-up to Curaçao's search for the undercover agent list. We're handling it now."
Usakabe Saiki seemed surprised as well: "What list of undercover agents?"
The operation in Curaçao was over, so Vodka didn't hide anything: "Rum had Curaçao infiltrate the Public Security Bureau's database and uncover the undercover agents from various countries within our organization. My brother and I are silencing them overseas... Rum didn't tell you?"
“Oh, he said the mission was too important, so he couldn’t tell me.” Bo Ye Zaiji said in a light tone, “Oh, I see… Alright, I understand. I’ll ask Rum again.”
Shortly afterward, the organization's boss received a call from Usaku Saiki.
“Boss,” Bo Yezaki said in a heavy tone, “I suspect Rum is an undercover agent, secretly instigating infighting within our organization.”
The organization's boss couldn't keep up emotionally: "...?"
—Has Potts fallen into his old habit again? Is it finally Rum's turn this time?
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