Renovation
Akai Shuichi: ...
Tsukizono Akiko: ...
The black-haired sniper asked sincerely: "...Are you short of money?"
The marginal code member with short black hair also answered with sincerity: "If I don't lack money, why would I work for the organization 007?"
Akai Shuichi was silent for a moment: "How much did he give?"
Tsukizono Akiko answered immediately and quickly, obviously she was very familiar with this number: "Five million."
The black-haired, green-eyed sniper subconsciously thought it was Japanese yen, and just as he was about to say that it was nothing special, Tsukizono Akiko followed up with the unit: "...US dollars."
Akai Shuichi: ...
Bourbon, you must have falsified your expenses and deceived the boss of the organization to get so much money!
What a wasteful criminal!
Even though they have been partners for many years and the partnership has been pleasant, Shuichi Akai admits that he and Bourbon have a bit of a grudge against each other - ever since he casually said that Scottish cooking is delicious, Bourbon has been picking on him for no reason, and he also has a temper.
Seeing his old friend's pleading eyes - maybe this was because they were long-time friends, Akai Shuichi could really tell Tsukizono Akiko's emotions from her calm expression - the black-haired, green-eyed sniper of the organization responded coldly and ruthlessly with one word:
“…We’ll talk later.”
After cutting off Bourbon's camera image, Tsukizono Akiko asked directly, "Akai Shuichi?"
The undercover agent from F/B/I was silent for a moment: "It's me."
"Undercover?" The short-haired woman looked at her best friend from her teenage years. "I remember you mentioned your purpose for joining F//B/I/ before we parted ways. So Mr. Wuwu's disappearance is indeed related to the organization?"
Akai Shuichi looked away, shrugged noncommittally, and asked, "What about you? I remember you've been trying to find your two brothers."
Tsukizono Akiko sighed slightly.
“Have you heard of the new German beer?”
This person is a well-known figure in the organization. Lei is, after all, an old member of the organization for many years, so it is impossible that he has not heard of him.
Considering that the other party was always ruthless, and was said to come and go without a trace, and that he would attack anyone he disliked indiscriminately, Akai Shuichi made a reasonable guess: "He... kidnapped your brother?"
The black-haired woman shook her head silently, but there was no sadness in her eyes, which made me, F//B//I with long black hair, conclude that my best friend's brother was still alive and well.
He thought for a moment, wondering what other possibilities there were.
Until Mint Julep sighed again and gave the answer: "He is my younger brother, the second brother."
"......?" Shuichi Akai dug up the memory of the well-behaved and obedient little boy from that year - the five-year-old little boy who would help Akai Hideyoshi take care of the newly born Akai Mari, and would help his younger brother Tsukizono Ryo and the neighbor girl Akai Majun buy milk powder and change diapers.
Then he recalled the image of the new German beer that the F//B//I profiler had created based on his description...
"...dangerous, uncontrollable, good at hiding in the dark, strong in execution, and willing to do anything to achieve his goals..."
These keywords are only part of the report.
Shuichi Akai once again thought of the little kid back then. It seemed that he did have a low sense of presence and was quite "good at hiding in the dark." But perhaps this was the only similarity between him and the new German beer back then.
Of course, he would not doubt that his good friend would recognize the wrong brother. He knew very well how much Tsukizono Akiko loved her brothers. Moreover, he had seen with his own eyes that the woman in front of him had been persistently using all her free time to look for his second brother since he disappeared.
——Perhaps because of this, the other party neglected to care for the third brother, resulting in another tragedy.
...The boys in the Yueyuan family may really have the gene to run away from home. After the second brother left, the third brother left without caring about the feelings of the lonely eldest sister.
Then again, what happened to that little kid back then that made him become what he is now?
"I'm not loyal to the organization, and neither is he." Before Akai Shuichi could react, she continued.
This is easy to understand. After all, there are actually few members of the organization who are truly loyal to the organization. It’s just that the organization can bring them greater benefits.
Based on Shuichi Akai's superficial understanding of New German Beer, which mostly came from other people's impressions, he would think that the other party was in the organization only because he could find a better way to escape the legal judgment he might face after killing someone.
However, the fact that Akiko Tsukizono specifically mentioned this matter made him realize that this disloyalty to the organization might have a deeper meaning.
Could it be that his friend and the other party's brother were both undercover agents sent by some organization? But that didn't make sense. If the other party's organization required them to go undercover under their real names, then that meant that the organization regarded them as consumables that could be abandoned at any time once the operation was completed.
After all, a name represents an identity, and the stain on the file cannot be washed away.
Moreover, using their real names to go undercover shows that their names are not on file in official institutions. When everything is over, all evidence that they are undercover agents and not real members of the dark organization will be lost.
——Of course, the premise is that they can survive until then. After all, if they are really the kind that can be abandoned at any time, and are more suitable to be called informants than undercover agents, then there is a high probability that they will not survive to the end.
The more Shuichi Akai thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't help but look at his friend.
"In that case, have you two found a way out?" The member of the organization with black hair and green eyes lowered his voice seriously.
Although she had no idea what strange things her friend had imagined, she had long been accustomed to her friend's analysis, which was full of logic but had something wrong with it.
But out of politeness, she explained: "It is not necessary for him and I to survive to the end."
Was he really treated as a consumable and a tool? Akai Shuichi was more certain of his guess.
"You should be aware of your own value. You should not just be a tool." He frowned, and his green eyes, similar to Gin's, looked sharp.
"...Wait." Yue Yuan Mingzi finally realized what was wrong with the other party's imagination, "I have never regarded myself as a tool."
"Or, if you insist, you could say—" She paused for a moment, then looked directly into the eyes of her teenage best friend.
“Everyone in our organization sees themselves as tools that can be discarded at any time.”
Shuichi Akai's first reaction was that Tsukizono Akiko was deceived by her superior in her organization.
The F//B//I where he worked was a den of filth and dirt, with corrupt police, performance-seeking people, and people using backdoors emerging one after another. Those hypocritical people would often package themselves beautifully with a high-sounding shell, and say righteously that they were mentally prepared to sacrifice themselves. In fact, those were just lies when they were hiding in the back. When they really got to the front line, they would escape faster than anyone else.
But looking at Yueyuan Mingzi's determined expression, he hesitated again.
Because there is a kind of belief on the other person's face, a kind of firmness that is naturally generated by the influence of the group.
But just in case, he still asked one more question.
"What organization or institution do you belong to?"
"It's a private organization. We haven't involved America yet, so you probably don't know." Tsukizono Akiko answered in a calm tone.
If it were a private organization, it would be possible for everyone to be so dedicated.
Power can erode and undermine a person, which is why political institutions in European and American countries are not trustworthy. In contrast, civil organizations without power or benefits may actually be formed spontaneously by a group of people relying on their passion.
Just...why?
Why would some ordinary people spontaneously organize an organization and send people undercover into the organization?
"How many people are there in your organization? What kind of members are they?" he asked immediately.
This inquiry was just out of concern, and he had no intention of gathering information for the F//B//I. After all, this organization had no connection with his superiors at present.
Moreover, he did not want to tell F//B//I about the woman in front of him, because his superior would only ask him to give up on her.
——The FBI is not a kind place. Shuichi Akai chose to join them just to achieve his own goals.
However, Tsukizono Akiko shook her head slightly: "The Self-Help Society fully respects the will of every member. I will not speak out before they allow me to do so."
"The Tangli Detective Agency is our agency's official base. The Japanese police also know this. Bourbon also placed the commission to trap you there." The girl with short black hair paused. "If you want to get more information, I suggest you go there and take a look."
The black-haired detective was silent for a moment and nodded.
"…Then, can you tell me how you found the cameras placed throughout the room using only a computer?" He thought about it and decided to change the subject.
Tsukizono Akiko looked up at him, then made an expression of sudden realization: "Oh, you didn't know yet."
"This is based on the organization's modification of my brain." She pointed to her head. "My brain can be connected to the Internet to some extent."
Tsukizono Akiko joked, "Maybe you can also treat me as a cybernetic human?"
I chose to finish it on the sixth day of the month, since there aren't many chapters left anyway () Probably twenty chapters at most
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