Chapter 58 Recognition Value Reset to Zero
The tidy hallway was spotless, and the incandescent lights made the white tiles gleam. Footsteps echoed from the stairwell, indicating that Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda had just returned from shopping.
"If you don't invite me to the next social gathering, you're doomed!" Matsuda Jinpei said, carrying a heavy bag of cat food, as if he was about to throw it at Hagiwara Kenji.
Kenji Hagiwara put his arm around Jinpei Matsuda. "I called you. You're the one who forgot."
"fart!"
Matsuda Jinpei's fist swung at Hagiwara Kenji, who quickly dodged and climbed up to the third floor in a few steps. Matsuda Jinpei was not to be outdone and chased after Hagiwara Kenji.
"Alright, alright, there's a social event with the Ministry of Transport next Wednesday night, let's go together."
"That's more like it." Matsuda Jinpei withdrew his fist and continued carrying the cat food to catch up with Hagiwara Kenji.
"What's this?" Kenji Hagiwara noticed a black plastic bag lying inexplicably by the door of room 302, picked it up, rummaged through it, and pulled out a videotape.
A note was pasted on the videotape. After reading what it said, Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda's expressions suddenly froze. It read, "The answer you want."
Who put it here? What's inside? Could it be a clue? A series of questions climbed into Matsuda Jinpei's mind. He and Hagiwara Kenji exchanged a glance. "No matter what, let's go inside."
So, with trepidation, they opened the door and entered 302. Matsuda Jinpei put the videotape into the projector without any hesitation, and soon the video started playing.
In a secluded alley, a silver-haired, blue-eyed man wearing a black top hat held a gun to someone's head.
His magnetic voice carried a chill, "Tell me, who gave you advance notice to escape?"
...
"Yes, I killed that person."
"Hahaha, Gin, let's go to hell together!"
"Bang!"
The young man in the hoodie pulled the pin on the grenade without hesitation. After a loud bang, the screen went blank.
Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda had red eyes and looked furious.
[WARNING! WARNING! Dear user, we regret to inform you that the approval ratings of Morofushi Hiromitsu, Hagiwara Kenji, Matsuda Jinpei, and Furuya Rei have all dropped to 0. Please take immediate remedial measures! Otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences!]
[Current approval ratings of all Red Team players]
Shinichi Kudo: 95
Yukiko Kudo: 95
Yusaku Kudo: 90
Mori Kogoro: 50
Ran Mouri: 65
Hagihara Kenji: 0
Matsuda Jinpei: 0
Falling valley zero: 0
Zhu Fujingguang: 0
Shuichi Akai: 0
Shiho Miyano: 2
The average approval rating for the Red team is approximately 36.090909...
Having just woken from his coma, Kurosawa Jin heard Xiao C's urgent announcement, and his vision went black again and again.
All the points I painstakingly earned are gone! Kurosawa Jin shed two lines of tears in his heart.
Before Kurosawa Jin could grieve for too long over his lost recognition points, an annoying and disgusting voice rang out beside his hospital bed, "As expected of Lord Gin, you woke up so quickly."
Kurosawa Jin opened his eyes and, as expected, saw Negroni sitting there leisurely, munching on an apple.
Negroni lowered his gaze, focusing on the ring on Kurosawa Jin's right hand.
Negroni had anticipated the grenade explosion and stayed far away, so the blast didn't affect him at all. Kurosawa Jin was closest to Morofushi Kagemitsu, and if it weren't for the gadget, he definitely wouldn't have woken up.
"This ring is a good thing. Did the Time and Space Bureau give it to you?" Negroni said after swallowing his food.
Despite the intense pain coursing through his body, Kurosawa Jin slowly rose to his feet. Through the collar of his clothes, one could see layers of blood-soaked gauze wrapped around his body.
"Yes, we have a good relationship. He gave me the ring. I'm injured now, and he should be nearby. He'll come to visit me soon."
Negroni understood the implication in Kurosawa Jin's words: Zhang Tongri was nearby monitoring them, and if Negroni dared to make a move, Zhang Tongri could arrive on the battlefield in a second.
"Ha, I knew that Morofushi Kagemitsu was in this ring. I used a tool to freeze time and then sucked Morofushi Kagemitsu into the ring... I have to admit that your reaction was extremely fast!"
He changed the subject, "However, relying too much on props is not a good habit..."
Just as Negroni said, after Kurosawa Jin absorbed Morofushi Kagemitsu into the spatial ring, he intended to go in himself to avoid the explosion. However, for some reason, he couldn't get in and was eventually knocked unconscious by the explosion.
"It was you who did this!" Kurosawa Jin glared at the other party, his face full of displeasure.
“But, Negroni, I'm sorry to disappoint you, I'm not dead.”
The man in the white coat casually tossed the apple core behind him, wiped his mouth, and said, "Hahaha, why would I want you to die? Lord Gin, you've misunderstood me."
"I just want to make you wish you were dead!" Negroni looked at Kurosawa Jin with ill intent.
He stood up and walked to the foot of the bed, adding, "Someone has to do Gin's scenes. There's no way the league can touch you for now."
“Then I have no choice but to change you, Kurosawa Jin.” Negroni gripped the bed railings tightly with both hands, so hard that the whole bed shook.
After listening to the villain Negroni's story, I secretly thought to myself, "Trying to change me, trying to turn me against me? No, it's not that simple!"
Kurosawa Jin's eyes narrowed, and he said a few words, trying to get information out of Negroni, but Negroni was cunning and he managed to get away with everything.
"You'll find out what I'm going to do in a moment."
As if in response to Negroni's words, there was a knock on the door, and a bodyguard in black pushed the door open and entered.
"Lord Gin, the BOSS orders you to go to the secret room immediately to report."
"I understand." Kurosawa Jin frowned, his mood indescribably irritated.
After dealing with Negroni, he still had to deal with the BOSS. He was exhausted. Moreover, he had just woken up from his injury and had to report to work. This is not how you use a cow or a horse!
"Haha, Lord Gin, hurry up and report on your work~" Negroni laughed gleefully.
With a gloomy face, Kurosawa Jin slowly got out of bed to avoid reopening his wounds. He grabbed a black coat from the table, put it on, and walked towards the dark room without looking back.
The base he is currently in is one of the Black Organization's core bases in Japan, and the Dark Room is where organization members can directly communicate with the BOSS.
Before long, Kurosawa Jin entered a room through a hidden door. The room was pitch black and completely sealed off, leaving no gaps.
A chair was placed in the middle of the room, as if waiting for Kurosawa Jin to sit down.
Without any hesitation, Kurosawa Jin sat down in the chair. At the same time, a lamp lit up above his head, illuminating his surroundings with Kurosawa Jin as the center.
"You've disappointed me, Gin!" The BOSS's voice rang out, seemingly coming from nowhere.
The boss was still furious about what had happened in the past few days. There were two spies in the organization, and Gin, as the organization's "rat-catching captain," had failed in his duty.
“Scottish is a new recruit I brought in, and it was my fault for not realizing his identity in time.” Kurosawa Jin lowered his head, becoming submissive, like a loyal dog hiding its fangs.
"Now that Scotland is dead, and as for the other informant, I have also found out who it is, and I will give you a perfect answer."
Kurosawa Jin's eyes darted around as he searched for a scapegoat.
"Hmm." The BOSS, hiding in the shadows, nodded. The BOSS had a relatively high level of trust and tolerance for Kurosawa Jin, after all, Gin had always worked diligently for the organization.
It's hard to find cattle and horses with such keen eyesight these days!
The boss sighed and began his manipulative tactics, "Gin, you are the person I trust the most, blah blah blah..."
As he spoke, Kurosawa Jin couldn't listen anymore, because...
[Ding! Detected a key figure for the Black team—the Brewery Boss—and triggered the key line "You are the person I trust most."]
Activating the Black Team's Approval Value Module...
[Black side approval value module successfully activated!]
[Ding! An extremely large amount of Black's approval value has been detected. Black's approval value +N, Red's approval value -N]
[Red team's approval rating is being reset to zero... Reset complete!]
[Kurosawa Jin: !!!]
[Kurosawa's stance: This is inexplicable! What's going on?! What is Black's approval value?! Why is it reset to zero?!]
Kurosawa Jin broke down, a rare occurrence for him. What was the difference between this and working hard to earn millions only to have the bank suddenly collapse? He felt like he was about to have a heart attack!
[Ding! Black's approval value is a kind of approval value generated by the black player, and it is a concept relative to the red player's approval value.]
Therefore, as Black's approval rating increases, Red's approval rating will correspondingly decrease.
[Normally, the Black side's approval value module wouldn't be activated, but you're incredibly lucky!!!]
[Kurosawa Jin: Lucky my ass!]
Kurosawa Jin has been petrified...
“Gin, I hope you can make more contributions to the organization.” The BOSS’s words brought Kurosawa Jin back to reality. “You may have to make a sacrifice.”
The most urgent thing is to deal with the BOSS first.
"For the organization, I am willing to give everything, including my life," Kurosawa Jin said, standing up and kneeling on one knee.
Anyone can say nice things, and Kurosawa Jin could do it all off the cuff, with great sincerity.
“Very good, Gin.” The BOSS chuckled twice. “The clinical trials of the S drug in the laboratory have been successful, and it is ready to be injected into the human body.”
"Gin, for the benefit of the organization, I need you to inject the S-series to become stronger."
Kurosawa Jin's heart skipped a beat. When he moved the base, the S-potion had not yet been successfully completed. How could it have been completed in such a short time?
It's most likely Negroni's doing! This is troublesome!
With no other option, facing pressure from the BOSS, Kurosawa Jin had no choice but to agree.
Suddenly, the door behind was pushed open, and in an instant, bright light filled the entire dark room.
Kurosawa Jin stood up and looked back. Negroni, wearing a white coat, stood there against the light, as if he had been waiting for this moment.
"Lord Gin, please."
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