Wind direction and missing
As Tsurumi Kawaru watched the person walk in, a picture suddenly flashed into her mind, and the next second she matched the person with the subject of the secretly filmed video she had seen on Kawai Jiro's computer.
Therefore, the person researching the APTX-4869 longevity drug is Shiho Miyano.
Tsurumi Kawa was lost in thought when he suddenly felt that the name Miyano Shiho sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before. He frowned and racked his brains for a long time before finally finding an impression of the name in some obscure corner.
He had previously reviewed Ray's investigative intelligence from Curaçao, which stated that the reason he joined the organization was because a low-ranking member named Miyano Akemi was Ray's girlfriend.
Tsurumi Kawaru suddenly realized and looked at Shiho Miyano standing in the center of the room, wondering about her relationship with Akemi Miyano.
Karasuma Renya looked at the girl in front of him with some satisfaction. After giving her a few brief instructions, he told Tsurumi Ryu to leave with Miyano Shiho.
Emerging from the room, Tsurumi Kawakami glanced around, then leaned close to Shiho Miyano, his eyes bright, and whispered, "Do you know Akemi Miyano?"
The brown-haired girl paused, then looked at Tsurumi Kawakami with a less-than-friendly expression. She sized him up and down before calmly saying, "You're Suzuki."
Tsurumi Kawakami blinked his golden eyes, not understanding why the other party was asking this, but he still nodded honestly.
Shiho Miyano curled her lips into a slight smile, a fleeting hint of mockery in her eyes. She looked at him with a stern face and asked with a touch of sarcasm, "What do you want?"
Few people in the organization knew about their sisterly relationship, and since she returned from studying in the United States and joined the research institute, her existence has become even more secretive.
The fact that a newcomer to the organization, who had only risen to prominence in the past year, knew about her relationship with Akemi made Shiho Miyano's first reaction when Tsurumi asked her this question that he was threatening her.
Although she didn't know why the boss wanted her to take Suzi Wine to the research institute, judging from the boss's reaction and instructions just now, Shiho Miyano felt annoyed but also felt a little sympathy for the guy with the golden eyes.
But now that little bit of sympathy has vanished like morning dew.
Although Tsurumi Kawakami was unclear about what had happened, he noticed the obvious wariness on Miyano Shiho's face. He scratched the back of his head and explained softly, "Um... I was in Rai, ah, no—"
After blurting out Lei's name, Tsurumi Kawa realized something was wrong. He hurriedly waved his hands and stammered, "I... I accidentally learned about Miyano Akemi's name before. When I heard the boss mention you today, I thought of this, which is why I asked."
When Shiho Miyano mentioned Rai in Tsurumi River, her expression turned sour, but she no longer had that prickly look she had before.
She stared at Tsurumi Kawaru for a few moments, and after confirming that he wasn't lying, her attitude towards him improved a little. However, she still didn't like the mention of Rae in his words, and she still didn't have a good look towards that man who was unclear about how much genuine affection he had for Akemi and how much he was just using her.
Shiho Miyano paused for two seconds before saying, "She's my older sister."
Upon receiving the answer, Tsurumi Kawakami nodded with an "Oh," then suddenly realized what he meant and looked at Miyano Shiho in surprise. He opened his mouth, but ultimately swallowed the words he was about to say and silently followed her out of the manor.
After they left, Gin went back to the second floor again, and this time he stayed inside for a full twenty minutes before coming out.
No one knows what they said, but the internal sentiment within the organization soon spoke volumes.
Rum seems to have fallen out of favor.
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Inside a residential building.
Rum, who had been absent for a long time, sat back on the sofa with a gloomy expression. Curaçao stood in the middle of the room with a pile of documents to be processed. She wore frameless glasses and pursed her lips, bearing the oppressive atmosphere alone.
Rum was not disguised at this moment, and the face he revealed was his true appearance. The only thing he had in common with Kenjiro Wakita's identity was the eye patch.
Rum himself has a problem with one eye. He has his hair slicked back, revealing his forehead and square, resolute face. Judging by his face alone, it would be hard to imagine that someone with such a righteous and upright appearance would be associated with the Black Organization.
However, at this moment, his face was gloomy, his eyebrows were lowered, a fierce and violent aura emanated from his eyes, and his jaw was taut, exuding the imposing aura of someone who had been in a high position for many years.
"Has Suz has contacted you recently?" After a long pause, Rum finally shifted his gaze from the table to his trusted confidant, Curaçao.
Curaçao's expression turned serious, and he replied respectfully, "The last time we contacted each other was five days ago, at which time Suz showed no signs of anything amiss..."
As she spoke, she glanced at Rum and said cautiously, "He didn't mention Gin either."
Upon hearing the name Gin, Rum's suppressed anger finally erupted, and he slammed what he was holding onto the coffee table.
With a bang, the glass tabletop shattered instantly, scattering shards of glass everywhere.
Curaçao was startled, but she didn't make a sound and remained standing respectfully in place, not moving an inch even when shards of glass splashed at her feet.
After venting his frustrations, Rum's complexion improved slightly. Thinking about the recent political climate within the organization, he immediately instructed Curaçao: "Go and contact Suz immediately and find out his situation."
Upon receiving the order, Curaçao breathed a sigh of relief, responded, and left the room with the unprocessed documents. Judging from Rum's appearance, he probably had no interest in dealing with them.
Back on his own turf, Curacso pondered for a few seconds, then picked up his phone from the drawer and sent a message to Suz.
Unfortunately, the message disappeared without a trace after it was sent out.
At this time, Curaçao was not the only one who wanted to contact Tsurumi Kawaru. Amuro Tooru had been unable to contact Tsurumi Kawaru for three days. At first, he didn't think much of it, but after their private communication channels also stopped working, Amuro Tooru's heart sank. That night, he went to Tsurumi Kawaru's residence to look for him.
He opened the door and saw a house with a thin layer of dust on the floor and table.
It was obvious that the homeowner hadn't been back for several days. Realizing this, Amuro Tooru didn't go in; he just stood outside the door, glanced at the house a few times, then closed the door and turned to leave.
After Amuro Tooru's fruitless search for the missing person, he could only contact Ray from the action team, hoping to find out Gin's recent whereabouts and thus deduce Tsurumi Nagare's location.
This was the first time the two of them had met privately since the incident in Scotland.
Upon meeting him, Amuro Tooru didn't waste any words and directly told him about Tsurumi River's disappearance. Then he asked about Rei Gin's recent movements.
In the dimly lit back alley of a bar, two people dressed in disguise, wearing baseball caps, were talking in hushed tones.
Hearing Bourbon's blunt tone, Lei narrowed his eyes and retorted, "If Gin's movements were so easy to know, we would have caught him long ago."
Amuro Tooru: "Heh, as a member of the action team, you don't even know Gin's whereabouts? If you really don't know, I'll go back and check the intelligence team's mission reports to see if I can find anything."
However, whether or not the intelligence leads obtained will be shared is another matter.
Ray glanced at Bourbon, recalled for a moment, and said, "Gin went out alone five days ago. I ran into Vodka at the bar, and he didn't drive Gin."
“I also saw Vermouth before that day,” Lei added after saying that.
Amuro Tooru frowned, feeling that the matter was becoming complicated. However, considering the recent trend in the organization, he speculated that it might be related to the disappearance of Tsurumi Kawa.
After exchanging some clues and intelligence, the two sides parted ways.
Ray watched Bourbon's departing figure, pondered for a few seconds, then turned and drove to one of his safe houses.
This safe house was set up separately by Ray, and so far only he and Miyano Akemi have been there. Thinking of Akemi, Ray's emotions became somewhat complicated.
He unlocked the door with his key and saw the lights on inside. Lei realized that Mingmei had returned. He paused, then stood in the entryway and changed into a pair of slippers.
In the cozy living room, a girl with long brown hair and a gentle demeanor was curled up on the sofa, hugging a cushion.
Seeing this, Lei paused and slowed his pace.
However, the sound of his return still woke up the person on the sofa. Miyano Akemi opened her eyes groggily when she heard the noise, and when she saw Moroboshi Dai returning, she sat up while hugging a pillow.
"You're back." She rubbed her eyes, got up, and went to the kitchen to bring out the warm soup.
The two sat at a long table. Miyano Akemi watched him drink soup, looking hesitant and unsure how to start a conversation.
Noticing the hesitation on her face, Lai took a sip of her soup and spoke first, asking, "What's wrong? Is something wrong with Mingmei, your sister?"
Shuichi Akai, disguised as Dai Moroboshi, investigated Akemi Miyano's identity in order to infiltrate the Black Organization. He eventually succeeded in contacting Akemi's sister, Shiho Miyano, through her, and was thus successfully recruited into the Black Organization.
However, unlike Akemi Miyano, who was just an ordinary low-level member of the Black Organization, her younger sister Shiho Miyano had a much higher status, and for some reason, her existence was very mysterious.
It is very difficult for the Miyano sisters to meet; having one opportunity a month is already quite rare.
If Ray remembers correctly, today is the day they are supposed to meet.
Hearing her boyfriend's words, Miyano Akemi hesitated for two seconds before telling Rai what Shiho had asked her to pass on after they met that afternoon.
"...Your friend Tsurumi Ryu has been spending time with Shiho lately. For some reason, he can't contact you, so he asked Shiho to pass on his message of letting you know he's safe to me so I can tell you."
Although she didn't know how the other party knew about her relationship with Dai Moroboshi, Akemi trusted her younger sister Shiho very much, so she didn't investigate further and simply told Rai everything.
Hearing these words, Lei was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted. As his thoughts raced, he found it somewhat amusing. Just now, Bourbon had been asking him about Gin's movements in an attempt to deduce Tsurumi Kawakami's whereabouts, but who knew that he would know the other party's whereabouts now.
Moreover, it is more accurate than the result deduced from Gin.
However, since he learned the news through Shiho Miyano, Ray couldn't help but think more deeply about it.
During this period, he investigated as much as Amuro Tooru, and because of the relationship between Miyano Akemi and Miyano Shiho, he knew what the Black Organization was researching in secret before Amuro Tooru.
Therefore, upon learning that Tsurumi Nagare and Miyano Shiho were together, Rae immediately thought of some unpleasant things.
But he didn't reveal any of this to Mingmei. He smiled and nodded, saying, "I understand. I should thank you, Mingmei. Otherwise, I would still be wondering where he went."
Akemi Miyano paused for a moment, then smiled and shook her head, saying gently, "It's nothing serious, but Shiho seems a bit more lively than when we last met. I suppose it's thanks to your friend."
Lai smiled and didn't refute Suz's actions on the rooftop earlier, recalling them earlier.
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