Chapter 8 He Must Be Playing Me
Akiyama Kanade is a man who is hard to understand. This is the conclusion that Akai Shuichi came to after spending some time with him.
From the moment Shuichi Akai decided to hire Kanade Akiyama as a chef, he was prepared to share a room with a member of the organization.
But Akiyama Kanade is an atypical member of the organization. And he is not a normal person.
He always wears a black hoodie, and the skin on his chin is white. The freckles on his cheeks neutralize the oppressive feeling brought by his blood-red eyes. The young man always speaks slowly and softly to others, and is very polite.
If it weren't for his preconceived notion, it would be difficult for Shuichi Akai to associate him with the identity of a member of the organization.
His daily hobby is to take a walk in the garden and then find a place to lie down and sleep in the sun.
It's easy to let your guard down.
If Shuichi Akai hadn't accidentally discovered that the other person was actually pretending to sleep.
When he discovered this, Akai Shuichi was shocked and began to recall when Akiyama Kanade started pretending to sleep.
If the other party just treats him as an ordinary person, there is no point in pretending in front of him.
The fact that a meaningless behavior continues to be performed can only mean that there is actually a meaning behind it.
Akiyama Kanade pretended to sleep in front of him, perhaps waiting for him to show his flaws.
The Touto University graduate student named Okiya Subaru showed his flaws.
Thinking deeper, perhaps Akiyama Kanade's application using the Bourbon video was originally a bait, and he was the fish that took the bait.
This explains Akiyama Kanade's behavior.
As a member of the organization, he certainly couldn't be really interested in taking the entrance exam for Touto University. The so-called interest was just a cover for him to test the authenticity of Okiya Subaru, a graduate student.
In order to avoid being discovered by him, Shuichi Akai could only take time to study the research direction of his fake data.
Akiyama Kanade pressed on and asked him about his research every day, as if waiting for him to show signs of fatigue.
Shuichi Akai could only continue to act with him.
The FBI ace who had left school for many years was forced to pick up his books again, and could still feel the prying eyes coming from behind from time to time.
Shuichi Akai was not so tired when he was undercover in the organization. At least he could take a breath and didn't have to think about what the controlled structure of the new assembled wall-type tuned mass damper was.
Akiyama Kanade looks gentle and reserved, with a soft smile on his face all the time. However, no one knows what he is thinking behind the smile.
The only thing I am sure of is that this man is very vigilant. He has to do many things in person to feel at ease.
He was unwilling to let Okiya Subaru interfere even in planting a few saplings.
It’s just that the pits dug for the trees were right in front of Akiyama Kanade’s bedroom window, and this guy was probably afraid that he would do something to the saplings.
Shuichi Akai suspected that Kanade Akiyama might have gradually guessed his identity.
One night, he was washing up when Akiyama Kanade suddenly opened the bathroom door. The man had taken off his hoodie and was wearing a white bathrobe. He had just finished a shower and his hair was dripping with water.
The shattered bangs on his forehead were wet and stuck to his forehead, and his completely exposed face showed a different kind of coldness than usual.
He raised his eyelids, and his pupils lit up slightly in the light.
Akiyama Kanade put her wet short hair behind her head with one hand, and because of the movement of raising her hand, the skin below her collarbone was briefly exposed for a moment.
Shuichi Akai vaguely saw a scar that looked like a crack, and a line of small tattoo-like numbers: 005xxxx. The back part was blocked by the bathrobe, so he couldn't see it completely.
It looks like some kind of number.
Although his eyes were cold, the man's voice was still warm and gentle.
"Mr. Subaru, our tablecloth is dirty. I want to change it to a new one. What color do you think would be better? How about red?"
He seemed to have deliberately put the emphasis on red, which has a similar pronunciation to Akai.
Okiya Subaru was not wearing a voice changer at the time, so he nodded his approval while brushing his teeth.
Akiyama Kanade was about to leave with satisfaction. Before closing the door, he smiled and said, "Come to think of it... This is the first time I've seen Subaru-san without a turtleneck."
Then, Akai Shuichi used a small telescope to observe the black-clad youth and Gin's meeting. He was wearing a hat and his expression could not be seen, but he was still relaxed in front of Gin, which was enough to show that this person's status in the organization was not simple.
Shuichi Akai also had some guesses about Akiyama Kanade's identity. He wanted to test him, but he was caught off guard by his nonsense.
I should have known that Akiyama Kanade was not a normal person.
The other party deliberately emphasized the silver hair as if it was some kind of provocation. The fingers pressing on his shoulders exerted a little force, and the tone was between threat and temptation.
While confirming once again that this was a troublesome person, Akai Shuichi was also certain of his identity because of this familiar style.
cherry brandy.
The police in Japan might not be familiar with Cherry Brandy who is active in the United States, but as an FBI agent, Shuichi Akai could not be unaware of him.
Actually, he had met this person before. It was when his undercover identity was exposed and he returned to the United States. The organization's power in the United States was in turmoil, and the FBI got involved, making the situation more and more complicated.
Cherry Brandy was among the people the organization sent to clean up the mess.
However, Shuichi Akai had never met him directly, and the few times they fought were all indirect confrontations.
At that time, an FBI agent fell into the hands of the organization. The organization could not get the information they wanted after torturing him and wanted to kill him directly. However, somehow they did not do it in the end, but handed him over to Cherry Brandy.
Later, Shuichi Akai led the FBI to rescue him.
The emaciated agent lay on the stretcher, clutching his arm tightly, repeating the same thing over and over again.
After recovering from his illness, the man left the FBI.
But the words he conveyed with his hoarse throat and vibrating pupils are still circulating in the FBI -
“Red.”
"Red devil."
The red devil - cherry brandy.
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The five-star hotel is located on the seaside. Although it is not yet the peak season for beach vacations, the warm sunlight when the sun is high in the sky is still enough to make people lie down on the beach.
The group set out in the morning and arrived at their destination before noon.
Sometimes things in the world are just coincidences. The organization arranged a mission: assassinate the mole Matsumura Akira. And Matsumura Akira is staying in this five-star hotel at the moment.
Although Gin said that Bourbon would be responsible for the intelligence work of this mission, Akiyama Kanade was worried that if Bourbon couldn't find anyone, the mission would fail and he would be in trouble, so he still used his own power to investigate the news of the mole.
Akiyama Kanade's alias No. 3 created an organization called "Shadow". "Shadow" is similar to a Yorozuya and accepts all kinds of commissions, but its initial success was due to its first-class intelligence capabilities.
Because Akiyama Kanade has a [spare body warehouse], if he wants to get intelligence, it would be easy for him to infiltrate with so many spare body disguises.
However, after the "shadow" grew stronger, Akiyama Kanade rarely did this anymore. After all, it was very exhausting to control multiple backup bodies at the same time.
He has three main vests. When his main body is wearing one vest, he needs a backup body to cover the other two. Unless there is a special situation, Akiyama Kanade does not want to add pressure to himself.
Although he knew the mole was here, Akiyama Kanade didn't plan to tell Bourbon for the time being. It was just a small mouse, he could easily crush it to death, and Bourbon didn't have to worry about it.
Bourbon would be very happy to have such a smart and capable teammate.
In order to avoid a long night of sleep, Akiyama Kanade plans to take action tonight. But before that, of course, she still has to enjoy the sun, the beach and the beautiful girls!
The brown-haired young man took out his floral beach shirt and beach pants and put them on with great energy. Then he looked up at the dressing mirror and froze.
Not good. Completely forgot about it.
His body was covered with horrible crack-like scars, as if he were a broken doll that had been sewed up randomly with a needle.
If I go out like this, I'll probably scare a bunch of kids into tears.
The cheerful little flowers on the young man's head quickly withered.
He flipped his black hoodie back on and slammed the hood down - was it an illusion? It looked like a mushroom had really grown on his head...
Akiyama Kanade touched his head, but it was empty.
He sighed, "It's better to grow one plant. At least it can be eaten."
The young man in black walked listlessly on the beach, his hat brim pulled down low to block out the curious glances of passers-by.
The uncovered nose bridge was high, and the exposed skin was white and almost transparent.
But his coldness makes people afraid to approach him easily.
Suddenly, a volleyball rolled under her feet. Akiyama Kanade, who was still wishing for mushrooms, bent down and picked it up.
"Sorry, sorry, I accidentally shot too far, did I hit you?"
Akiyama Kanade raised his eyes slightly, and a deep red luster flashed under the black brim of his hat. The man in front of him was about the same age as him, wearing a colorful shirt and shorts, with short black curly hair, a pair of black sunglasses on his nose, and very white skin.