Chapter 480
It was a week after everything had settled down that Bourbon, who seemed to be completely out of the loop and knew nothing about the mission, finally heard that Rum had been punished.
He only found out about this a week later when Usaku Saiki finally asked him to cook, and he saw the new bride in Usaku Saiki's house.
"...Bourbon?"
The person who opened the door for him was Curaçao, who looked at him with a subtle expression: "I've heard so much about you. I am Curaçao. Please come in."
Bourbon stared at Curaçao for several seconds before suppressing the twitching at the corner of his mouth and walking into the door of Usui Saiki's house: "Where's Potts? He asked me to cook."
“…He’s in the bedroom, he hasn’t gotten up yet,” Curaçao said. “You go ahead and make it, he wants tempura today.”
"I know, I brought all the materials."
Bourbon responded as he walked toward the kitchen, his expression odd. He felt it was strange to be talking about this kind of topic with a genuine member of the organization, but then he remembered that this was the Potness family's house, and it didn't seem so strange after all.
After changing into an apron, Bourbon felt it wouldn't be right for him not to ask something, so he asked, "What are you doing here?"
Curaçao sighed: "Although I don't think you're qualified to know this, Potts said that if you ask, he can tell you what he can..."
Bourbon was a little touched.
It wasn't that he was touched that Potnis actually knew to tell him the rest at a time like this, but rather that Potnis had actually asked Curaçao to tell him... He could finally get rid of Potnis's strange way of speaking for a short time!
He's a normal person too; he doesn't like his heart racing like that! Why suffer Potnis's torment when he can get information properly?
...Wait a minute, would Potts set a trap here, like getting Curaçao to lie to him or something?
If it were Curaçao, given the lack of information, he really couldn't say whether the other party would lie... What exactly was Potnis plotting this time?
Bourbon began to contribute to the skepticism.
Curaçao sat at the bar, pondered for a moment, and asked, "How much do you know about what happened to me a while ago?"
“You’ve fallen into the hands of the police. The organization is trying to rescue you. I’m in charge of investigating the people on the undercover list you obtained,” Bourbon said succinctly.
Curaçao nodded: "Well, anyway, you don't need to know the details. The current situation is that Rum and I are being punished together. Rum has given some of his authority to other people, and I... uh, I'm working as a babysitter for Potts."
Bourbon: "Huh?"
He could have guessed that Rum was going to be in trouble. Potneys had made it clear to him from the beginning that he was going to get Rum this time, and if he didn't feel anything about the change in his superiors' authority, he shouldn't be an intelligence officer.
Even if he suddenly couldn't contact Potts, judging from the fact that the call was always disconnected rather than never being answered, Bourbon felt that Potts' situation was probably better than he had imagined.
Although Bourbon kept telling himself not to worry about Potts, as Potts certainly knew what was going on, deep down he was still a little afraid that Potts would suddenly go crazy.
Especially this time, the list was changed to a fake one by such coincidence. If the information is found to have been leaked, it will be difficult for Potts to completely clear himself of suspicion by just smearing Rum.
Not only was Bourbon worried, but Morofushi Kagemitsu, who knew a little about the inside story, was also terrified for a week.
Last night, Potts finally contacted him and asked him to come cook. He told him to just hang up if he wanted to ask anything else... Bourbon couldn't help but wonder if he had worried about him for nothing.
According to Curaçao, Rum and Curaçao are both in trouble, but Potts is the beneficiary, having gained a codename member as a babysitter... What does this mean?
This means he escaped unscathed in the reckoning of this operation.
After all, members with proper codenames are not rank-and-file members. For them to clean and cook for fellow codename members is actually an insult.
Therefore, Potts' first nanny was Akemi Miyano, who did not have a code name.
Later, Miyano Akemi "died," and the reason why the code name Scotland was changed to a member was because Vodka could not find anyone to meet Potts' requirements anywhere, so he had to ask Scotland for help through personal connections.
This can be considered an exchange of benefits, so it's not too strange.
After Scotland ran away, Vodka was afraid that he would be caught in the crossfire again. After hearing from Potts that Bourbon was a good cook, he "voluntarily" helped Potts come up with a plan to trap Bourbon and threaten him. So Bourbon would come to cook for Potts from time to time, which seemed normal to the organization.
But Curaçao was once Rum's right-hand man, and she had no prior dealings with Potts. Suddenly becoming Potts's nanny felt like being demoted or punished.
Potenis, who benefited from the situation, was naturally innocent and may have even made a contribution. Otherwise, the Boss would have given Curaçao other forms of punishment instead of this favor to someone who had made a mistake.
After a long silence, Bourbon realized that Curaçao really only intended to say this much, and couldn't help but ask, "Where's Botness? What's he doing in there?"
Curaçao's lips twitched: "Because they suspected an intelligence leak, they felt that both Rum and I were involved, but my responsibility was less. I was just following orders, and I even almost lost my life in a car accident, so they suggested that I be given a lighter sentence... So the Boss said that since Potness has been short of subordinates recently, he gave me to Potness, saying that he could keep an eye on me."
Bourbon asked doubtfully, "...Are only you and Rum suspected? If we're talking about the leaked information, what about the other suspects?"
Curaçao was baffled: "Only Rum and I knew about this mission."
Bourbon: "???"
Huh?! Where did Potts get his information from, coming to him to discuss setting a trap for Rum?!
If we exclude Rum... could it be Curaçao?
That shouldn't be the case! Wasn't Curaçao brainwashed? Otherwise, why would Rum trust her so much...? And with something like this happening to Curaçao, the investigation will definitely be more thorough than before; they wouldn't just let her go if there was even the slightest problem.
So, from what channels did Potts obtain the intelligence?
It's just as mysterious as the source of his undercover information!
Bourbon was still full of questions, but Curaçao was much tighter on the lips than Usui Saiki. The rest were things she felt an organization member unrelated to the incident didn't need to know, and she refused to say anything more no matter how Bourbon tried to get information out of her.
However, it's normal for intelligence agents to be curious about such matters. Curaçao didn't suspect anything, watched Bourbon cook, and then politely said goodbye as Usoppei went back to sleep, yawning as he left the bedroom.
Only Usui Saiki and Furuya Rei remained at home.
Rei Furuya got up and carefully inspected the area from the living room to the dining room.
Half-awake, Bo Yezai looked at him and asked, "What are you doing?"
Rei Furuya: "Check if Curaçao has anything it shouldn't have installed."
"...Where did she get the guts? I even got Rum out of office," Bo Ye Zaiji complained. "Besides, what you found out could also be something I installed."
Rei Furuya coldly replied, "You wouldn't. Given your personality, you'd probably turn on your phone and record it right in front of me."
Bo Yezhai: "…………"
Suspicion System: [Oh no, he guessed it was true.]
Bo Yezhai: [It wasn't that serious. They overestimated my morality. I actually do secretly record audio.]
Suspicion value system: [...]
So you yourself are quite blunt in your self-criticism, so why should I be expected to learn from the undercover system just because I'm criticizing myself?!
As Furuya continued his inspection, he asked doubtfully, "You really got Rum out of office?"
"Temporary."
"I am humbly saying this," said Bo Yezaki.
"After all, this incident was too outrageous. He can still continue to work after making such a huge blunder. If others knew about it, their mentality would be affected. For example, they would think, 'Why did I almost die while Rum is still fine after making a mistake?' Rum seems senile, and he does need some time to regain the BOSS's trust."
Rei Furuya's lips twitched.
The reason things have become so outrageous is all because of Usaku Saiki!
If it weren't for Usakabe Saiki tipping him off, this would have been a huge achievement for Rum... Even if he, as a Japanese public security officer, were to evaluate it, he would have to admit that Rum was wronged this time.
He wanted to ask something more, but he didn't know where to begin.
"...So, the result is that you have an extra nanny?"
"Yes, you always make excuses when I ask you to cook, so of course I need to think more about myself. Curaçao is a good choice."
Jianggu Ling: "...???"
Bo Yezaki managed to demote Rum, the organization's second-in-command, so much so that half the police force had been busy with this for half a month. Was his real purpose simply to find himself a good nanny?!
Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous! But then again, this is Usoppō Saiki…
Rei Furuya took a deep breath and tried to get down to business: "You've really offended Rum this time."
"So what? How can Rum retaliate against me?" Bo Yezai raised an eyebrow. "Say I failed a mission? I don't even take on missions. Say I colluded with someone from the inside? I don't take on missions anymore, so I don't know any of the organization's secrets. There's nothing to sell intelligence for. Besides, I'm extremely unpopular within the organization. Nobody is willing to tell me important information. If they investigate, they might find my good friend Vodka and his older brother Gin..."
Usakabe Saiki concluded: "As long as I do nothing, he won't have any leverage against me."
Jianggu Ling: "..."
Fortunately, this person was just the senior's adopted son, not his subordinate; otherwise, with this kind of way of thinking, he, the King of Scrolls, would really be furious.
"You didn't do nothing, did you?" Rei Furuya asked wearily. "He can accuse you of sowing discord among organization members and undermining the boss..."
"What's the purpose? Even someone as lazy as me needs a purpose to do anything, right?"
"Yes, I always felt that they had grand ambitions."
Rei Furuya looked at Saiki Usaba with a complicated expression, staring at those clear but nonchalant light green eyes for a while, recalling Usaba's actions over the years, and remembering the absurd speculation from a long time ago that "Usaba is going to be the BOSS".
He suddenly asked.
"In your opinion, what is this organization? And what is the Japanese Public Security Bureau?"
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Rei Furuya started by representing the Public Security Bureau vying for favor (not really).
I'll just describe Rum's bad luck indirectly, without going into detail about the meeting.
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Next, Rum went to make sushi (?).
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