Chapter 66: Shocking Drama - As expected, handsome guys are more popular when encountering...
Akai Shuichi received the news: ...
Wakakusa Koji would never talk to him like that.
This tone, this intonation—
This is 100% his boss who is always saying weird things and is a dramatic person.
He was about to reply when a new message popped up.
[Luckily, I'd thought ahead and called someone to bring the mineral water. Xiao Zhu, go down and get it, so they can find a seat.]
Akai Shuichi:?
Well, he seemed to know who the water delivery man was.
He walked straight outside the factory and found Shirakawa Hiroshi wandering outside.
He looked at the camera outside the wall in confusion.
No, Punch let him hang around outside for quite some time. Didn’t he get noticed by the people in the monitoring room?
What are you doing? Are you slacking off just because no one comes here?
Zhu Fujingguang looked at the man in the knitted hat with a smile.
Punch's remarks on him were quite fitting. Since meeting this man, Zhu Fujingguang had never seen him take off his knitted hat.
As expected, the knitted hat is the real thing...?
"Follow me." said Shuichi Akai.
Morofushi Keimitsu was holding a glass of water, and Akai Shuichi was smoking a cigarette. They walked to Wakakusa Koji's office amid the humming sound of machines.
As soon as I opened the door, I was greeted by a smiling face and an energetic greeting.
"Hey, Knitted Hat, long time no see. How's life going undercover?"
The clear female voice coming from the mouth of an ordinary-looking young man, coupled with a cheerful smile, seemed very strange.
Akai Shuichi:? ?
Although he was mentally prepared, he had to admit that he was still shocked.
The sound coming out of that mouth was clearly Punch.
This disguise technique...
If you don't listen to the voice and only look at the appearance, you will not be able to realize that the person in front of you is not Wakakusa Koji.
Zhu Fujingguang behind him was also startled, and his body subconsciously tensed for a moment.
Then, after seeing the smile on Lin Xi's face, he relaxed his body and immediately felt a little funny again.
Senior is really...
I like to scare them.
Seeing that the two were frightened, Lin Xi showed a look of triumph, and laughed. He reached out and took the bottle of water from Zhu Fujingguang's hand and put it into Akai Shuichi's hand.
"Senior——" Akai Shuichi was about to speak when he was interrupted by Lin Xi:
"Smoking is harmful to your health, Morohoshi. Not only does it increase the risk of lung cancer, it also affects male fertility..."
Akai Xiu expressionlessly put out the cigarette in the ashtray handed to him by Lin Xi.
"Drink more hot water and smoke less, go to bed early and get up early, and don't stay up late. Xiao Zhu, look at you, your face has become so pale."
Lin Xi, holding Wakakusa Koji's face, put on a leadership posture, shaking his head and saying, "Learn more from Amuro. Go out for a walk and get more sun! Look at his complexion, how healthy it is!"
Akai Shuichi:?
That one of Amuro Toru is definitely not posted online!
That must be innate!
Even if he went to the sunniest place in Hawaii and sunbathed for a month, he definitely wouldn't get that tan...
Zhu Fujingguang was trying to hold back his laughter beside him.
Oh, I really want to record this and let Zero listen to it.
Lin Xi put the ashtray back on the table and said, "You're so tall, Zhuxing."
Akai Shuichi:?
You just complained about his whiteness, and now you complain about his height?
There were no requirements for height or skin color when he joined the winery!
If this happened in the United States, he would sue them for racial discrimination.
"You're much taller than Wakakusa Koji. I'll try to disguise you as Wakakusa Koji, but what if you stand up and it gives you away?"
If it’s too short, you can just push it up, but if it’s too tall, there’s nothing you can do.
Akai Shuichi repeated, "Can you disguise yourself as Wakakusa Koji for me later?"
do what?
If he was too tall, he would have to sit all the time to avoid being exposed.
"Yeah, don't worry, it's only for a few days."
Akai Shuichi:?
No, wait a minute.
How many days? How many days did you say?!
"I think Shirakawa is more suitable for this job than me." He said decisively.
Then he saw Lin Xi look directly at Zhu Fu Jingguang and blinked.
"Is that okay, Shirakawa-kun?"
Morofushi Kagemitsu is taller than Wakakusa Koji, but not as much taller as Akai Shuichi. Disguising as Wakakusa Koji would also make it easier for him to disguise himself.
Akai Shuichi:......
He dared to guarantee that Punch had definitely wanted Shirakawa Hiroshi to disguise himself as Wakakusa Koji from the beginning!
All those things I said before about him being too tall were just teasing him!
That's awful, this guy.
The biggest feeling he had during his time with Punch was that you never know whether Punch’s next words are true or false, serious or just teasing you.
Always be prepared to be treated as a joke by this guy...
Zhu Fu Jingguang was stunned for a moment and nodded.
"I'll do it, Senior."
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In a sense, Lin Xi is a mystic.
When mystics participate in team tasks or even lead the entire team, their mysticism can really raise blood pressure.
For Shuichi Akai, who was driving with an expressionless face at the moment, his blood pressure was being tortured by Lin Xi's mysticism.
"Senior, do we really have no plan?"
He asked again.
He had asked this question twice, the first time cautiously testing the waters, the second time beating around the bush, and the third time speaking directly—
But the final answer is the same:
"Plan? What plan? Do we have a plan?" Lin Xi was sitting in the passenger seat, playing with her cell phone, facing Wakakusa Koji's face. When asked what her plan was, she spread her hands and said nothing.
Shuichi Akai saw her playing Plants vs. Zombies out of the corner of his eye.
he:……
Why?!
Why on earth?!
Why does this person seem to have a plan and yet have no plan?
Now that you have disguised yourself, can't you share your plan with your teammates?
Facing this kind of person... this kind of leader...
Shuichi Akai could only swallow his anger.
"Then, Senior, do I have any tasks later?"
"Ah? Aren't you completing your mission now?"
Lin Xi raised her face from the screen, "Zhu Xing, don't you like driving?"
"Do you dislike my white Mazda, or do you have a problem with me driving it?"
"Wait, you're not looking down on the driver profession, are you? Oh, I never thought you were such a person, Moroboshi..."
Akai Shuichi:? ?
No, this hat is put on.
How dare he speak!
"I don't--"
"Shh-"
Lin Xi turned down the game volume and said, "Listen, Zhu Xing, do you hear any sound?"
Akai Shuichi:......
I just heard the zombies screaming on your phone.
Are your zombies about to break through the plant defenses and reach your doorstep?
Although he felt that this was another prelude to Punch making fun of him, he still pricked up his ears and listened.
…
Amidst the eerie and rhythmic background music of Plants vs. Zombies and the sound of the car driving, there was the even breathing of two people.
etc.
There were more than two people breathing.
Behind them, there was another person breathing.
When Shuichi Akai realized this, cold sweat broke out on his back.
Just at this moment, a creepy scream came from Lin Xi's cell phone.
【Your brain has been eaten! 】
Big bloody words appeared on Lin Xi's mobile phone screen.
Shuichi Akai slowed down the car, turned his head, and met the gloomy expression that Lin Xi deliberately created using Wakakusa Koji's face.
"Zhu Xing, there is always someone watching you from behind—"
Akai Shuichi:......
He did find it a bit scary at first.
But Punch said this on purpose, and it made him feel less scary.
Even felt like laughing.
No wonder she didn't discuss anything related to the operation with him along the way, and didn't tell him when asked about her plans. It turned out that she knew there were other people in the car.
Maybe she was hiding in the trunk? The trunk of this white Mazda wasn't very big, and it would be too difficult to fit an adult in it, so it could only be a small woman or child.
Judging from the way Punch was so relaxed and even tried to scare him, he might have known who got on the car.
Then let her handle it all.
"Senior..." He held the steering wheel, his expression unchanged.
"We're almost at our destination. Should we go straight to the parking lot over there, or..."
Should we take a detour and stop in an alley to sort out the trunk issue first?
Seeing Akai Shuichi's still indifferent expression, Lin Xi sighed regretfully.
This guy is in the same league as Gin. They're both the type of people who remain calm even when faced with a catastrophe. Their faces don't show any emotion at all. (Note 1)
Unlike Shirakawa Hiroshi and Amuro Toru, even though they knew she did it on purpose, they would still cooperate with her and make frightened expressions.
"Drive a little further. There's an Okonomiyaki restaurant up ahead. Park behind it."
"……good."
Lin Xi closed the Plants vs. Zombies game running on his phone.
Shuichi Akai saw out of the corner of his eye that the green plants all over the screen were attacking zombies crazily. There was no trace of the dejection he had just felt when a wave of zombies rushed into his house and had their heads eaten.
Before he had time to wonder, he saw Lin Xi pressing his neck.
His voice immediately became the voice of Wakakusa Koji that Akai Shuichi was familiar with.
Is this... a voice changer worn around the neck?
It turns out Punch can only change his appearance but not his voice?
In the future, if you suspect someone has been disguised, pay more attention to whether their neck is covered by high-necked clothing.
They got out of the car.
Lin Xi walked around to the back of the car and knocked on the hood with his hand as if knocking on the door, as if to greet the people inside, and then opened the trunk:
"Hey, are you there? You've been spotted, come out now. My car isn't for kids playing hide-and-seek."
Although it was a word of blame, there was no anger in the tone, and it was accompanied by Lin Xi's usual smile, which seemed particularly kind, and people couldn't help but relax after hearing it.
The same goes for the person in the trunk.
She was about twelve or thirteen years old, with big dark green eyes, black curly hair restlessly coiled around her head, and long eyelashes.
Hearing that the adults had no intention of blaming her, she visibly relaxed from her initial nervous state.
The opposite of her is Akai Shuichi who is beside Lin Xi.
Shuichi Akai's body tensed up and his mind was racing.
He recognized who the little girl was.
His biological sister, Masumi Sera.
Why is she here?
This is too bad, because he has a real valuable member of the organization next to him.
And he is his immediate superior.
Punch isn't as easy to talk to as he appears...
Lin Xi ignored his confused mood, her heart was now full of pink bubbles.
Such a cute kid——
Children in the world of science are the greatest invention of mankind!
Due to her current disguise as an adult man, she regretfully suppressed the urge to pick up the little girl and just stretched out her hand to her.
Sera Masumi blinked, said thank you politely, and climbed out of the trunk holding Lin Xi's hand.
"Okay, kid, now can you tell me how you ended up in my car?"
Lin Xi asked with a smile, while her hand naturally smoothed out Sera Masumi's messy hair.
Masumi Sera subconsciously looked at Shuichi Akai who was standing next to Lin Xi.
Yes, because this person looked a lot like Xiu Ge, she saw him in the parking lot, but she didn't dare to approach him, so she sneaked into their trunk...
Lin Xi's gaze also turned to Akai Shuichi.
Two pairs of eyes blinked and stared at Akai Shuichi, one pair was sparkling and the other pair was teasing.
Akai Shuichi:......
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His eyes were serious, and he was already thinking about the contingency plan for what to do after Sera Masumi revealed his identity.
Dai Moroboshi is an unemployed young man who was crushed by loan sharks and has a background in organized crime. When he was desperate, he met Akemi Miyano and took advantage of her sympathy to join the organization.
In the background, he has no brothers or sisters, and even his parents died early, leaving him alone.
If Masumi Sera called out his real name, he might be able to get away with it by saying "the child has mistaken someone for him", but that might arouse the organization's suspicion.
As for Sera Masumi… until they can confirm that they are truly related, nothing will happen. They are on their way to complete their mission, and the organization won't cause any trouble.
But Punch...
Shuichi Akai felt a headache when he thought of the person next to him. After being together for so long, he still couldn't figure out Punch's ways and couldn't predict what she would do next.
Now we can only take one step at a time.
He accepted Lin Xi's teasing look calmly and frowned just right.
Unexpectedly, she said the next second:
"As expected, more handsome guys are more popular, tsk."
Even children can be fooled by handsome guys' faces. Next time I do a mission, I will capture a handsome guy's face to disguise myself.
Akai Shuichi:......
Very sour words.
His frown was stuck there, neither moving up nor down, and for a moment he didn't know what expression to make.
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(Note 1: Same type. The word comes from Taiwanese dialect.)
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