Chapter 24 "What a coincidence."
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Evening, ten o'clock.
In the darkness, a man squatted quietly in the corner of the alley, his eyes alert and focused.
He is an FBI agent, and his mission tonight is to lie in wait here and assassinate members of the Mingye Society.
In fact, the FBI has already deployed a number of personnel in this area - just during the day, they unexpectedly received a piece of information: the name of the organization's next assassination target.
That person was just an insignificant member of the Mingye Society.
Although they didn't know why the organization chose him and were suspicious of the source of the information, the FBI top brass immediately sent some people to pretend to be members of the Mingye Society and make preparations.
As for the rest of the people... they are in Nishimaru Eina.
The FBI believes that this person may be a cover and Nishimaru Hidekazu is the target of the organization.
But no matter what, the agents who received the order to lie in wait nearby still treated the mission seriously and cautiously.
Men are one of them.
The heavy rain made it impossible to hear any sound, and the darkness made the visible range extremely short. Therefore, the occasional flashes of lightning were like an alarm clock in the early morning, which always perked up the men and made them extremely alert.
After repeating this kind of "awakening" many times, even if a man has received professional training, he will inevitably feel a little tired.
At this moment, he heard a voice from the other end of the headset: "Alert! The target has been killed! The murderer is heading towards point A!"
What?
Under the watchful eyes of the FBI, that person killed his target and escaped?!
The man suddenly paid more attention to the movements around him.
"Surround him at point A!"
Point A...is not far away!
The man stood up, bent down and went to point A.
"Blah!" The sound of rain continued, and the man gradually found a pattern in the sound.
And at some point, he heard a different voice.
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A few minutes ago.
“Bang, bang, bang, bang!”
Miyakawa Ryo fired five shots in a row, connecting the dots into lines, and a "five-pointed star" was born on the target's face.
Ethan Bentang's heartstrings were stretched to the extreme when the gunshot rang out. He tried to maintain a steady breath: "Didn't you say we were going to play hide-and-seek? Why did you just kill him?"
Miyagawa Ling took out a small piece of paper from his pocket, threw it on the ground, and let the rain wet it.
He said nonchalantly, "The game of hide-and-seek is already being played."
"What?"
Miyagawa Ling stood up and wiped away the raindrops falling on his face: "The prey I want to hide from is Mr. Nagano."
Ethan Hondou's pupils shrank.
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"Bah."
What sound?
"Bah."
The FBI agent suddenly turned his head and aimed his gun to the side!
It's the sound of footsteps in the rain!
Someone is coming this way!
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"What do you mean?" Ethan Bentang breathed rapidly.
"What I mean is, if Mr. Nagano doesn't hide well, then..."
Miyakawa Ling held up an umbrella, like a soul-snatching messenger in the rainy night. He stretched out three fingers and raised his lips: "Come and choose one, Ethan."
"One, shot to death."
"Second, he was shot."
"Three... were shot."
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A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the scene before us!
The FBI agent's heart tightened - at this moment, he saw clearly who was coming.
Over 1.80 meters tall, wearing black, not wearing a mask, but...
The above two characteristics alone are enough to make people conclude that he is the murderer in the morning!
Thinking back to what he saw at the scene later, the body that was almost crushed by branches, an unprecedented sense of crisis and terror came over him, and for a moment the agent was unable to even sense the existence of the air.
In the second before the lightning disappeared, what he saw was the man's shocked expression and his hand that was about to raise the gun!
"Boom!" A thunderclap sounded in the sky!
There was no time to think, the agent's body reacted before his brain!
"Bang!"
He aimed at the opponent's heart at a very fast speed and fired a shot.
Then, in the darkness, there was the dull sound of a body falling to the ground.
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"Hane-kun... didn't you ask Nagano to wait for you at that location? Where are you now?" Ethan Hondou asked with difficulty.
The black-haired young man walked steadily, "I said, next time I will let others choose how they die."
"Although the three choices I gave you are all the same - but it doesn't matter, because this is the final outcome I chose for him."
Miyakawa Ling opened the car door and said calmly, "Let's go."
He closed his umbrella and got into the car easily, while Ethan Bendon stood outside, gulping down oxygen, his mind in a mess, unable to function normally.
Hane Ling...killed Nagano Yamato?
No, wait, what happened? How could Yamato Nagano be shot in the location Hane Ryo gave him?
Who killed him?
Mingyehui?
How is that possible?
"What are you surprised about?" A young man's voice came from the car: "Didn't you tell me that there is the FBI here and that Yamato Nagano wanted to use the FBI to kill me?"
In an instant, it was like a thunder exploded in my mind.
Ethan Bentang was frozen in place.
He had indeed told Yu Renling about these two things a long time ago, because he did not think that Nagano Yamato could get rid of the other party, so he chose to stand on the other side.
But... what the young man meant was...
Was Nagano Yamato killed by the FBI?
——How did Yu Renling do it? How did he know the location of the FBI? And what did he do?
——Sure enough, the indifference he showed during the day was all an illusion!
In less than a day, he used someone else's hands to kill Nagano Yamato!
He did not violate the organization's rule of "no killing each other without reason", and he killed the person who violated his rule...
So scary!
Ethan Bendon climbed into the car under the urging, started the car mechanically, and left.
"Follow the route I gave you and leave here within ten minutes, otherwise, we're doomed." The young man behind said lazily, without any sign of nervousness on his face.
Ethan Bentang said "hmm". After being shocked, he now felt that he could accept anything.
"I'm in a good mood now. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me."
Ethan Hondou: "...How can you be sure that the FBI will kill Yamato Nagano instead of catching him? If he is caught and reveals information about the organization, then you will be killed by the organization."
This is what he cares about most.
"Let's gamble... this is the truly interesting game."
"..." Although the other party said this, Ethan Hondou still felt that the other party was sure that the FBI would kill Yamato Nagano.
Maybe it was a mistake, maybe it was an accident, or maybe it was aimed at Nagano Yamato.
——But no matter which one it is, it was definitely designed by Hanei Ling.
“But Nagano Yamato is also quite skilled... He may not die on the spot.” Ethan Hondou murmured.
"You mean, in a short period of time, he went through a lot of things - receiving huge pressure from me, threatening you with the hard-earned simple mission after you succeeded, and the risks were obviously on your side... Under all these events, he was still able to maintain his usual vigilance and reaction speed?"
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Ethan Bendoumoto still had many questions, but at this moment he suddenly didn't want to ask them.
This person actually had his own purpose for every step he took. Even the previous conversation with them was planned.
He was afraid that if he continued asking, he would no longer be able to sit in the same car with the other person peacefully.
He finally said, "You are terrible."
"Haha." Miyakawa Ling said, "I don't need a disobedient toy."
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"Ethan, do you know how to write this report after returning to the organization?"
"Um."
"That's good. After I kill Nishimaru Hideo tomorrow morning, we can go back to the organization."
"yes."
Neither of them spoke any more, each with their own thoughts.
Miyagawa Ling lowered his eyes, and there was no smile in them anymore.
Nagano Yamato must die, otherwise the character of "Hane Ryo" will not stand.
This is for the organization to see.
However, what he did tonight was more for other purposes.
Putting aside those long-term goals, what Miyakawa Ling wanted first was to attract the attention of the FBI and be attracted by the sudden appearance of the informant.
——In fact, the person who told the FBI that Kodera Takashi was killed was himself.
He expected that the FBI was acting in secret and would not be able to mobilize so many people, so he would find an opportunity to take advantage of it. He used this opportunity to show his abilities to the organization and eliminate Nagano Yamato.
Miyagawa Ryo asked the FBI to temporarily lose direction and relax their attention on Nishimaru Hideo because they killed the organizer's members tonight and to be wary of the sudden appearance of the informant.
And he will "kill" Nishimaru Hideo as soon as he appears tomorrow morning, catching the FBI off guard.
——I hope everything goes smoothly. It would be very troublesome if the FBI really targeted me.
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The summer rain comes quickly and goes away quickly.
In just one day, the sky cleared up and the temperature began to rise.
Judy was sitting in the bookstore, with a small communicator in her ear and a book in her hand. She seemed to be reading seriously, but in fact she was recalling what happened yesterday.
A sudden message...
Kodera Takashi's death and the note at the scene...
A man over 1.80 meters tall, dressed in black, and armed was accidentally killed by a detective...
Who sent the letter? What was his purpose?
Is the dead person "D"? Is "D" the murderer of the first case yesterday?
The messenger also gave a second piece of news, that another person from Mingye Club would be killed today.
Should I be alert? Is it a trap? Or is he trying to find out the identity of the messenger?
This series of events happened so suddenly, and the various information and clues were completely unconnected, making one's brain explode with overthinking.
Investigate the identity of the deceased last night, the identity of the messenger, new targets to watch out for... Judy has a lot to do, but the reason she stayed up all night and showed up here early in the morning is...
[Don't be distracted by superficial information. What we need to do most now is to keep a close eye on Nishimaru Ei.]
These are the words that Shuichi Akai had said to her.
This is what Shuichi Akai said before the incident last night happened.
At that time, Judy didn't need his reminder and focused on Nishimaru Ying, but after what happened last night... she was indeed confused for a moment.
However, soon after calming down, Judy made a decision - she wanted to stay with Nishimaru Hideo.
"I hope the result won't disappoint us." Judy said silently.
At this moment, she was in contact with Shuichi Akai, and Shuichi Akai could hear what happened on her side at the first time.
Both of them were betting that the organization's people would attack Nishimaru Hideo again today.
Not long after Judy arrived at the store, she heard someone push the door and walk in.
At this point in time...
She immediately looked up -
He met a pair of light golden eyes.
The person who came in was the young man she had tried to test yesterday, followed by a tall man in ordinary clothes, who looked at the young man vaguely.
"It's you?" The young man was a little surprised when he saw Judy, and then he smiled warmly:
"What a coincidence."