"...It's so funny. Gin fell down because of his lack of ability. What does it have to do with him?" Finlandia crossed her arms, holding the fabric on her arms tightly.
"It's not like we don't have any intersection, Finlandia." Akai Shuichi said to himself, "Although you look gentle on the surface, you actually don't care about anything, Finlandia."
"... You're really incomprehensible, what do you want to say?" Xian felt that something was out of control. He originally planned to use a method similar to that of Zhu Fu Jingguang to deal with Akai Shuichi. Although it was old-fashioned, it was still more effective. But now Akai Shuichi seemed to be gradually deviating from the rhythm he led.
"You know what to do and what to say in the face of any situation, and you behave just right." Akai Shuichi made a calming gesture, and said with a sigh, "Sometimes I really feel that you are like a machine programmed by others, and you can't see your own thoughts at all."
"...This is too outrageous, Shuichi Akai. You can say such ridiculous things. Are you really the ace agent of the FBI?" Finlandia paused and turned her head away from looking at Shuichi Akai.
Wait, what the hell is this description for a programmed machine? What on earth is he imagining?
Shuichi Akai did not comment: "But this time is different." Shuichi Akai slowly stepped forward, causing Finlandia to look at him warily, "You tracked me down regardless of everything, but you didn't kill me. This is not the setting for a member of an organization, and all this is because-"
Vodka didn't dare to say a word.
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Just now on the phone, the gentleman told him to go back to him. As the head of the organization, Finlandia, he couldn't not go even if it was just a formality.
[…Host, what are you up to? Why did the price of washing white points increase so much? ]
That gentleman——
"……gentlemen?"
Thinking of this, Xian couldn't help but smile ironically. The gentleman said he was back to his side, but in fact, it was just a room full of surveillance cameras. From childhood to adulthood, he had never seen the gentleman's original appearance. He said he was by the gentleman's side, but in fact, he was always in a small room, looking at the back of the chair and listening to the mechanical sound.
"Alas... Finlandia is indeed a good child, but sometimes I really can't let her go." The person on the other end seemed a little helpless, as if talking to himself, "Is this human instinct... How can someone have such an instinct?"
“Buzz——” The cell phone rang. It was Finlandia’s phone.
If I don't tell you, the organization won't know.
"You didn't kill Akai Shuichi after all this? He's a waste, right?"
Akai Shuichi suddenly lowered his hand, ducked his body, dodged Finlandia's fist, and kicked the knife out of his hand. He looked at Finlandia rubbing her wrist, and smiled with determination: "Finlandia, you..."
“I see.” Finlandia adjusted her hair and turned to walk towards the alley.
However, if we speculate according to this statement... then Gin should also be controlled or brainwashed by that gentleman. Anyway, in this kind of organization, there are only a few ways to control human nature and people's hearts.
When he saw Finlandia mercilessly poking his thigh with a dart, Akai Shuichi knew what was going on. Pain can make people sober, just like what Finlandia did, pain can suppress his physical and mental instinct to obey that gentleman, so that he can say other things that are not in line with his conditioned reflex.
Or, isn't there a saying in Japan that friends who have grown up together are called childhood friends? Maybe Gin is his childhood friend. And that gentleman clearly knew about their relationship, so he used mental control to force Finlandia to forget Gin, or turned her feelings towards Gin into hostility, which led to the rumor that Gin and Finlandia were not on good terms.
Xian hid from the crowd and came to an unfinished building. He did not arrange any itinerary when he came to the United States. He just went wherever Akai Shuichi was. He could just find a small hotel to stay in at night. He did not have any luggage. He could take whatever he needed from the system space or exchange it in the mall.
"..." Finlandia was silent for a moment, and did not answer. Instead, she asked, "Did you tell her alone that you were from the FBI?"
"It's because of the Gin Bar, Finlandia."
From Scotland's past words, he could infer that Finlandia himself was very sure that he was the gentleman's good child, and he was proud of it. You know, "Mr. said" could be regarded as his catchphrase.
Xiao Si, please help me heal my leg injury! It hurts so much!
"I hurt Gin."
I felt like he was imagining something outrageous, so I thought I should act irritated now.
That gentleman would not allow him to pay too much attention to Gin. This time when he goes to the small dark room, he will probably be subjected to another round of brainwashing and mental pollution.
"……yes."
[Yes, that makes sense.]
"Because Gin was injured, he did something irrational, that is, he chased me. As for why he didn't really kill me..." Akai Shuichi tried hard to stop Xiaodao from getting closer, and the veins on his hands were exposed, "Because you realized that something was wrong with you."
Shuichi Akai pressed Finlandia's fist against the wall, and with his other hand he held Finlandia's wrist to prevent the knife in his hand from stabbing into his abdomen. The two of them maintained the position by relying on each other's strength.
"Sir! Can I..."
"Finlandia." Xian answered the phone and heard a calm mechanical voice on the other end of the phone, "Where are you?"
It was widely rumored in the organization that Finlandia was that gentleman's good child. He initially thought that the title of "good child" was given by people in the organization when they were gossiping privately, but after several contacts, he found that this did not seem to be the case.
Help, why is this guy calling? [Host, is that gentleman angry because you left Japan without saying anything?]
"But sir..."
"No sniper? Is Finlandia dead?" Gin asked murderously.
Well... actually I have no idea. After all, I just act however I should, but it's their business to use their imagination, isn't it?
Xian didn't reply, but his eyes suddenly became much clearer. He said in a calm tone with trembling lips: "He ran away..."
"Finlandia."
Japan, organizing hospitals.
This time he played a prank on Shuichi Akai for Gin. Although he felt good about it, he still had to bear the consequences of his actions.
"Come back, Finlandia." The gentleman regained his normal tone, "Come back to me. Since Akai Shuichi has already arrived in the United States, let Vermouth, who is based in the United States, take charge."
"Brother, you finally woke up!" Vodka was almost crying.
"I heard that you went to hunt down Lei, the undercover agent whose real name is Akai Shuichi."
"Hmph... Akai Shuichi." Finlandia, who had adjusted his mood, stood up again and wiped the sweat off his face. "The master said that the task of killing you will be given to someone else. I will not get involved."
“…Yeah.” he replied.
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So he could infer that before Finlandia was mentally controlled, he must have had a close relationship with Gin. It was heard that Finlandia had been in the organization since he was a child, so he and Gin should have been childhood playmates.
"Bang!" Finlandia threw a punch suddenly. Akai Shuichi turned his head, caught the fist with his left hand, and grabbed Finlandia's wrist with his right hand. The two exchanged several moves in an instant.
Maybe.
"...What else do you want to say?" Finlandia did not deny it.
Akai Shuichi was stunned for a moment, then realized that the "she" Finlandia was talking about should be Mingmei.
No, I have to go to that gentleman.
[Eh?]
Xian admitted that, just like Akai Shuichi said, he was impulsive this time. When he saw Gin curled up in the corner of the dilapidated house, the string of reason in Xian's mind broke, and his mind was full of 108 ways for Akai Shuichi to die. He finally understood why the original novel Furuya Reiichi wanted to punch Akai Shuichi when he saw him.
Shuichi Akai watched Finlandia leave without stopping her, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Considering what Finlandia did to him before, it is very likely that Gin, or the injured Gin, could free Finlandia from this puppet-like existence. Finlandia could disobey that gentleman for Gin. You know, Finlandia is usually gentle like a fake person. Only in this FBI's pursuit of Gin did he show some liveliness. Although he was murderous, at least he didn't feel stereotyped.
"And what are your results?"
If you don't tell others, they won't know.
"If you don't tell her, she won't know."
[Host, what should we do next? ]
He could imagine that Finlandia would conceal some of the process of chasing him, but he didn't expect that he would directly say "Akai Shuichi ran away", and... said it in such a decisive way.
He didn't know whether this was true for Vermouth, who was known as the gentleman's favorite woman. Anyway, when he was in the small dark room, he often saw Vermouth come to report the situation.
[Host, why did you hit him? ]
What caught Shuichi Akai's attention was that every time after saying "Mr. said", Finlandia did what that gentleman said. This kind of doing things completely according to other people's ideas, without any personal cognition... Shuichi Akai guessed that it was some kind of mental control, and the person controlling it was naturally the gentleman behind the scenes.
"..." Shuichi Akai looked at Finlandia in shock. Although he couldn't hear what the legendary gentleman on the other end of the phone said, he could tell from Finlandia's words that the gentleman was probably asking questions about the results of hunting him down.
Shuichi Akai, who had a guess in his mind, saw Finlandia leaning against the wall and answering the phone.
Shuichi Akai saw that Finlandia's face looked strange, and couldn't help but narrow his eyes. Is there anything else besides gin that could have changed Finlandia's face? Wait, there's more...
Finlandia was slightly startled and looked at Akai Shuichi. When he saw him raise his hands to show that he was not afraid, he pursed his lips and took out his cell phone. But the moment he saw the caller ID, his pupils suddenly contracted.
"Yes, sir."
"Um...Finlandia went to hunt down Akai Shuichi." Vodka wiped his sweat. "According to the itinerary he sent back, he went to Singapore, India, and the Middle East in the past two months..."
If this is true...then the FBI needs to change its plan.
"...Finlandia." Akai Shuichi looked at Finlandia with complicated eyes.
Finlandia hung up the phone with trembling hands, and big drops of cold sweat slid down his cheeks to his chin, and then dripped onto the ground. He slowly fell down the wall, and finally hugged his knees, buried his head in front of his knees, and gasped for breath.
"...I caught up with Akai Shuichi, he..." Xian blurted out, then paused. His pupils trembled, his eyes were a little blank, his back was pressed against the wall, and the hand that was not holding the phone was tightly clenched into a fist. After two seconds, under Akai Shuichi's serious gaze, he flipped his hand, took out a dart from somewhere, and stabbed it into his thigh.
Gin explained some organizational matters with a cold face, and then he noticed something strange tied to his wrist.
As expected... a light flashed in Akai Shuichi's eyes.
[You're going back now? Who are you going to win favor with next? Are you going to comfort Mingmei? ]
“…”
Xiao Si, please help me exchange the item that can keep me clear-headed and not be brainwashed.
Finlandia's pupils contracted, but she said nothing.
"You let me go, how could the organization let you go?" Akai Shuichi spread his hands, "The FBI can help you."
"..." Gin was silent for a moment, then briefly asked Vodka about what had happened in the past few days.
Seeing his brother's gaze, Vodka automatically acted as an expert commentator: "...Um, that is..."
Although he was reluctant to admit it, the call from that gentleman did provide him with great convenience. Through Akai Shuichi's description, he could guess that Akai Shuichi probably regarded him as a poor little man who had lost his self under mental control. If that gentleman hadn't called, he would have had an idea to stab himself in the leg, and he would have probably continued to act for a while longer.
Book a flight back to Japan.
Akai Shuichi looked at Finlandia solemnly: "Finlandia, my guess is correct."
"Hello, sir..."
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"Is that so?" The gentleman's mechanical voice still lacked emotion. "America is Akai Shuichi's territory. You won't be able to take advantage of him there."
In this confrontation, he was a little reckless. Although I don't know what Akai Shuichi thought in the end, judging from his final solicitation and the receipt of the money from the whitewashed points, my trip was a success after all.
"Scotland is dead, and Ley has also defected. There is a severe shortage of snipers in Japan, and there are no external transfers, so some missions have become surveillance, and no assassinations have been carried out for the time being."
"Come back to me, Finlandia."
"Sir, I'm in... the United States." Xian glanced at Shuichi Akai.
"Vodka." Gin didn't listen to what Vodka said. His right hand gently rubbed the hairband tied around his wrist for a few times, and then said, "Help me secretly investigate a member of the organization. I want him to complete all the tasks."
"Oh, ok big brother, who is it?"
"..." Gin raised his head and looked out the window. His dark green eyes were obscure and unclear, making it hard to tell what he was thinking. He said -
"Mourvedre."
(End of this chapter)