Chapter 192 The Cause and Effect of the Red Rose
Day 12 of the Highway Survival Game!
"As expected of you, you're as reliable as ever." Hearing her say that, knowing he wouldn't miss this opportunity to completely resolve the issue of Sherry without arousing suspicion from certain individuals, Bourbon didn't hold back his praise for Vermouth.
"Likewise!" Indeed, it's always quite pleasant to work with Bourbon on a mission. After all, this colleague is very good at providing enough emotional value to others, so even if you get tricked, you'll still feel happy.
While inwardly praising Bourbon, Vermouth glanced at Gin and asked meaningfully, "So, Gin, what do you plan to do with Sherry? You're not really infatuated with that little deer and planning to go easy on her, are you?"
If Gin still wants to spare Sherry's life and take her back to see the BOSS, then he has no choice but to risk angering him and being shot by him, and to lure Sherry to the warehouse compartment at the rear of the train where the explosives are placed, and blow her to pieces.
"Hmph! If it's her pale face after death, I'd actually like to see it." Gin was baffled by Vermouth's misunderstanding, which seemed to come from nowhere.
My contact with Shirley was limited to when she was misbehaving while studying in the United States and seemed to be up to something. If I were in the United States, my boss would ask me to teach her a lesson she would be afraid of.
After returning to Japan with her, we went on several intelligence investigations together in places related to the legend of immortality. During these trips, some things went wrong, and I was so angry at Sherry's hindsight mockery that I wanted to kill her.
And because the boss valued her, he didn't actually make a move. How did that make Vermouth think she had feelings for Sherry? It's utterly baffling. o(￣ヘ￣o＃)
Upon hearing this, Vermouth breathed a sigh of relief. She had heard rumors in the organization that Gin's subordinate, Vodka, had given Sherry her favorite red roses, and that it was at Gin's behest. Vodka was also quite distant from Sherry and seemed rather annoyed by dealing with her.
It's impossible that he's interested in Sherry. That's why I've heard some rumors about Gin and Sherry within the organization. The time before last, even with Gin's abilities, Sherry managed to escape from the hotel. And he couldn't even take her down at the Twin Towers either.
Given Gin's abilities, failing twice in a row seems like he was showing mercy to Sherry. I was worried he might spare Sherry's life again today, but now it seems Shinichi intervened! Even though I already suspected it.
Given Vermouth's personality, she naturally wouldn't honestly reveal her true thoughts. Instead, she glanced at Gin with her beautiful, alluring eyes, teasingly asking with a half-smile, "Isn't it a bit too heartless to treat someone who gave you red roses like this?"
"Red Rose?" Upon hearing this, Bourbon raised an eyebrow in perfect unison, feigning innocence and asking as if surprised. He then noticed Gin's expression harden after hearing Vermouth's words.
He deliberately answered his own question, saying, "The rose itself symbolizes love. According to rumors in the organization, Shirley's favorite flower seems to be the red rose... Tsk tsk! I didn't expect you to have such a romantic side."
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"Pshaw! Romantic?" Upon hearing the mention of red roses, Gin finally understood where Vermouth's ridiculous misconception about his relationship with Sherry came from. He was speechless. For him, being misunderstood by his colleagues as having an ambiguous relationship with a traitor in the organization was extremely disgusting.
Moreover, this misconception could easily lead to misunderstandings and create unnecessary barriers when they work together. Therefore, given his taciturn nature, he offered a rare explanation: "It was just during that investigation on Mermaid Island."
Although I sensed something was wrong with that old woman, and deduced that it was her granddaughter in disguise, I only saw her once and couldn't figure out what was going on with that dugong arrow. The woman clearly had already guessed it, but deliberately kept it a secret.
She even mocked Vodka, provoking him into a bet: whoever found out the truth first would win the other's stake. Sherry's bet was that if she won, the loser would have to give her a bouquet of red roses. Vodka lost.
Furthermore, given the BOSS's cautious and highly suspicious nature, if he really had something going on with Sherry, he wouldn't have assigned him the task of dealing with Sherry when Miyano Akemi was determined to leave the organization.
Even after Sherry's defection, if he really had something going on with her, even if he was a cleaner personally trained by the organization's BOSS, he would at least put him on the sidelines and suppress him for a period of time, even if he didn't eliminate him as a threat.
It was impossible for him to remain indifferent, let alone assign him full responsibility for pursuing Sherry and Junairik, who had defected one after the other. After the organization's boss assigned him the relevant tasks, anyone with a brain who understood the boss's personality should know that it was just a pointless rumor.
"So that's what happened!" It was Shirley's doing. With her intelligence, how could she not know the consequences of her actions? Or was that the result she wanted? I remember that Mermaid Island investigation mission was after Rye Whiskey's FBI undercover identity was exposed.
So Sherry's little cat did it on purpose? To ensure that the two sisters wouldn't be bullied by other members of the organization because Shuichi Akai was an FBI undercover agent, she deliberately created rumors that she and Gin had an ambiguous relationship, using Gin's name to protect herself?
Indeed, no one in the organization dared to mess with Gin. Even Rum wouldn't treat Gin with the same arrogant and domineering attitude he showed to his other subordinates. Vodka, though technically superb, was slow-witted and easily manipulated.
Yesterday, I made up a few lies and managed to trick him into handing over a batch of bombs under his management. It's not surprising that I was easily provoked by Sherry, and Sherry did indeed get what she wanted after that.
If it weren't for Miyano Akemi's burning desire to escape the organization, she and her sister would still be living safely and comfortably under the organization's protection, enjoying things that most Japanese people could never achieve even after a lifetime of hard labor...
After hearing about the mission to Mermaid Island, Bourbon, under the alias Furuya, soon went there to check what they had done. However, he didn't investigate further and was surprised to find that they had made a bet on the island.
However, when Bourbon thought of Mermaid Island, he didn't really care that it was the origin of the rumors that Gin had feelings for Sherry. Instead, he couldn't help but feel the heartache and regret he felt when he heard about that case some time ago.
If he hadn't been in such a hurry to leave because of the organization's mission, he could have stayed a few more days to investigate. He only stayed for one day, and he had no idea that the girl was willing to play the role of the longevity granny to protect the prosperity of the island from which she came.
They had been deceived by the entire island for so long, which led to such a heartbreaking case in the future...
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"Forget it, whether it's what a third party is trying to do here, or the organization is creating this mess to deal with you, we can investigate those things later. Right now, the most important thing is that you're in a dangerous situation."
As far as I know, the organization's executives Bourbon and Vermouth, along with at least four other lower-level members I recognized, were on this train. Before departure, I carefully inspected some areas of the carriage where potential dangers might be hidden.
It has been confirmed that a large number of explosives were installed in the cargo hold at the rear of the train. Hidden devices, which look somewhat like poison gas devices, were also placed in the last three carriages near the cargo hold at the rear of the train. The exact nature of these devices is uncertain. These places are very dangerous and are likely traps deliberately set for you by the organization.
"I'm planning to find a way to lure you to those places..." At the same time, upon hearing her sister's uncertain words, Miyano Akemi nodded, paused after saying these words with a serious expression.
He hesitated for a moment before asking, "Whether it's those artificially mutated termites or the bombs and poison gas devices in the carriage, they're all lethal methods. It seems they're planning to kill you? Given your relationship with Gin, even if I did something outrageous..."
Given his position in the organization, protecting you shouldn't be difficult. Even if you chose to leave the organization for my sake, he wouldn't be so ruthless as to arrest you, would he? Was it Vermouth and her group acting arbitrarily and without authorization?
Although Miyano Akemi didn't dare to ask directly after hearing the rumors that her sister and Gin seemed to be dating, based on the information she had gathered about Gin, she always felt that such a thoroughly dark figure was suitable for her sister.
That's why, during the meeting with his sister before the plan to leave the organization was about to take place, he used the excuse of advising her to find a suitable partner to subtly imply that Gin was not suitable for her, since that person looked like he had cold blood all over his body and was probably even more ruthless and cold-hearted.
How could someone like that possibly fall in love with someone else? Maybe he's just playing around with the younger sister because she's young and pretty. She was worried that Shiho would actually fall for him, and now it seems her worries have come true.
Even if Gin is just toying with Shiho and won't protect her, what about the organization's boss? Although her sister didn't elaborate when she met her, some of her words and actions made Miyano Akemi vaguely feel that her sister was very confident in herself.
She seemed to know the true identity of the organization's boss, or perhaps she had some kind of secret about him. Even when Daisou's identity was exposed, she worried day and night that it would implicate Shiho Toki.
She never expressed any concern that the two sisters would be purged by the organization's boss or disposed of as FBI informants developed within the organization. Since she had such confidence, why did the organization dare to carry it out by silencing them?
When Shiho Miyano heard her sister mention her relationship with Gin, her face stiffened. She couldn't very well say that although she knew about the effects of APTX4869, it caused the organization's boss to suffer from a side effect that required a solution.
He was certain that the organization's boss wouldn't target him, who had the best chance of resolving the side effects, before that happened. However, the organization's boss couldn't possibly manage every single member, as each member was more difficult to deal with and possessed astonishing methods.
Because Moroboshi Dai's identity was exposed, the two sisters were at the bottom of the organization's hierarchy of contempt, and were constantly harassed by those who looked down on them. She didn't want her sister to suffer from being bullied by members of the organization while she was already heartbroken, so she deliberately set up Vodka to get some peace and quiet.
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