After Naoki Wakatake and Ai Haibara parted ways, he went to a safe place to change his clothes. He did not disguise himself - not everyone's disguise is as perfect as that of the thief Kid or Belmode. Once the flaw is revealed, it will not be much better than not disguising himself in the first place.
The man just covered the scar on his face with a Band-Aid, put on a pair of slightly ugly black-framed glasses, and "borrowed" a fan card from a fan of Kid the Thief, hoping to fish in troubled waters - but he ended up seeing the bad Bourbon, the detective that Huihara Ai had mentioned again.
Observing the blond young man's wandering behavior, which was obviously looking for someone, Wakatake Naoki knew that he had not obtained any information about the liqueur, so he directly turned his attention to Angus.
Who would have thought that the young man would actually run to the main hall on his own initiative, mingle with a group of ordinary people and shout slogans in support of Thief Kid, and it seemed that he was enjoying it.
Naoki Wakatake thinks there is something wrong with his brain!
If the society of the elders could let such a person in, then why shouldn't he have a chance? The man thought of this and his face suddenly turned sour.
The two met in an abandoned warehouse not far from the Baobo Exhibition. When they opened the door, they were greeted by a thick cloud of dust. There were metal suitcases piled high with Naoki Wakatake's sniper equipment on them.
Wakatake Naoki was ready to open his mouth and attack, but the young man in front of him was even more aggressive. He came up and kicked the iron door open, saying with a sullen face, "If you have something to say, tell me now."
Wakatake Naoki: “?”
He was the one who was left out, he was the one starving outside, he was the one who made numerous phone calls but received no response, and yet Angus still looked like he had suffered a great injustice!
Wakatake Naoki had a cold face and began to use the roundabout ways that the organizers had to master: "This mission was not a success. You didn't get the treasure."
Angus's eyes were filled with anxiety, but he didn't care: "Then consider it unsuccessful. Rum's people will continue with this mission."
Naoki Wakatake's body tensed up for a moment, and he asked, "What do you mean? Since Rum's people will take over this mission, then you brought me here to do--" What?
The man stopped talking halfway. He was not a blindfolded fool. He still remembered what Angus said when he jumped from the roof and the figure he saw in the sniper scope.
As expected, the reason why Angus asked him to do this mission and brought him to Baozhan was because of Tetsuya Kamiya.
Naoki Wakatake's heart sank instantly. Despite Shirley's guess, when he saw Angus talking about rum nonchalantly, he felt that the thing he feared most was about to happen.
Isn't Kamiya Tetsu in a coma in the hospital? Why is he with the Maori family? What are those policemen doing at the exhibition now?
Wakatake Naoki knew nothing about it. He was like a mantis chasing a cicada. He might run into a spider web in front of him or a yellow bird behind him.
Angus laughed softly: "Don't you know what I want to do?"
This smile was not a happy one, but rather carried some anger. And this anger did not seem to be directed at Wakatake Naoki alone, but it seemed that there was someone else who had made the young man so angry.
Wakatake Naoki's throat moved slightly, and he gave an ugly smile: "Yes, I know, and you know it too. Everyone in the organization knows who my weakness is - what do you want me to do?"
Yes, for the evil that has already exposed his weakness, all Naoki Wakatake can do is to tear this weakness even bigger and use blood and madness to show his position and attitude.
His straightforward attitude seemed to startle the young man in front of him. Angus's heterochromatic pupils shrank slightly. He thought for a moment and said, "Can you not disturb him?"
"His" name does not need to be mentioned, but it still has uniqueness.
Wakatake Naoki did not answer the question directly, but said, "But if you want to threaten me in a boss way, I have no objection."
Angus: “…” He understood the meaning of this sentence—he appeared to have no opinion, but was secretly doing things to overthrow the organization.
He put it another way: "Can you stay quiet around him?"
"What?" Wakatake Naoki was stunned for a moment and repeated, "Stay quiet... beside him?"
Angus seemed to have calmed down a lot. He said to himself, "It was very noisy in the exhibition hall just now. The police were commanding, the fans were shouting enthusiastically, and friends were chatting... In the spacious and enclosed environment, it was like a furnace of noise. Do you know why he was not in there?"
"Too noisy," Angus said. "You're noisy too."
"He doesn't like it." The young man spoke directly and affirmatively, just like a close friend telling outsiders about his preferences.
Naoki Wakatake wanted to refute him and said that he was actually a taciturn type, but when the object was changed to liqueur, the conclusion became uncertain.
Did the senior not want to let him join the association because he was too noisy? But he felt that he didn't say anything at all.
Wakatake Naoki pursed his lips and said, "How quiet is this?"
If I can't say a word...
Angus: "Speak to Bourbon as you would to him."
Is there such a good thing? It was not difficult to agree to this. After all, Angus did not say that he could not rely on writing.
At this time, Naoki Wakatake found the young man pleasing to the eye.
He said simply, "Okay, then what? Where is he?"
Angus coughed indifferently, his voice still hoarse as usual: "Find it if you can, but don't do anything unnecessary."
Naoki Wakatake breathed a sigh of relief for the time being. If Angus had told him directly the location of Tetsuya Kamiya, he would have to consider whether this was a trap to capture him. However, if he were to investigate it himself, the randomness and flexibility of the matter would be much greater.
It seems that Shirley's guess does make sense.
"Nothing, I'll leave then." The young man put his hands in his pockets, with a piece of candy wrapper sticking out of his right pocket. He still looked very cold, but Wakatake Naoki could clearly feel that his attitude was much better than when they started talking.
——It’s like solving a difficult problem.
But is it worth Angus's trouble to ask him to stay quiet next to the liqueur master, an almost nonsensical request?
He still didn't understand what this had to do with Angus asking him to do this mission.
So Naoki Wakatake asked, "Did you know that Shirley is also here?"
"I know. You don't need to worry about her." Angus said nonchalantly, "She won't have any problems. You don't need to tell the organization about her existence."
"Let me join." Join that secret society and give him a chance to redeem himself.
Wakatake Naoki took a step forward and said solemnly, "This time, I won't let any accidents happen again."
Angus: “?” Join what? He doesn’t even have any association!
"Don't listen to other people's nonsense. It's just nonsense." The young man looked at him steadily with his eyes of different colors. "Bacardi, be calm. I don't want to see you die suddenly outside one day."
Naoki Wakatake was not discouraged by the rejection. He said, "Okay, then I will ask you one last question. I hope you won't lie to me about this question."
"What do you think of him?"
The black-haired young man with heterochromia made a crisp friction sound in his pocket. He took out a candy and put it in his mouth, saying vaguely: "I have already answered this question."
He threw the candy wrapper into the air, and the brightly colored candy wrapper slowly floated to the ground like a fluttering butterfly and landed in the mud.
"It's red and looks good."
Angus left without a word, walking out the door empty-handed, as if he had no intention of completing the task in the first place.
Wakatake Naoki stared at the red candy wrapper on the ground for a while, and remembered what Angus said in response.
The first question in the coffee shop - who is the person you cherish most?
The person Angus cherishes most is Tetsuya Kamiya.
And he filled in Kobayashi Akira.
Naoki Wakatake took a deep breath, put his sniper rifle on his back, lit a cigarette, but instead of smoking it, he threw the cigarette onto the candy wrapper and watched the flames gradually engulf both things.
Angus is definitely not the only one involved in the Liqueur Seniors' Association, which means there are other people in the organization...
Angus suddenly took out the candy wrapper and said something ambiguous, maybe he was giving him a hint.
Wakatake Naoki decided to take the initiative and attack with a relentless spirit to find a few more targets.
First of all, we must start with those who have a relationship with the predecessors of liqueur, but what does anyone have to do with the color red?
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Tetsuya Kamiya left the abandoned warehouse, found a blind spot with no surveillance, and threw the 꾉 number back.
Every time he used the Kamiya, the organization's processing cases would pile up. Once the pile was too large, it would take all night to finish processing. That old guy Rum would always use vague words to inquire about it, which was very annoying.
Tetsuya Kamiya really wants to get rid of Rum, but if he takes too many actions, it may cause suspicion among other members of the organization. For example, Vermouth, who originally stayed in the United States, has recently shown a tendency to return home; and Gin, who originally stayed in Japan, has also slightly increased the frequency of reporting recently.