Chapter 3 Chapter 3 “I don’t mind if you continue to use Celery Three…
"Zero favorability of Jianggu -50!"
This warning was like a thunderclap, catching Zhu Fu Jingguang and 1207 off guard.
Zhu Fujingguang slowly turned around and looked at Bourbon.
The blond, dark-skinned young man wore a light grey plaid suit, his signature bangs combed back, revealing his smooth and full forehead. His face still wore that unique Bourbon smile, a mixture of sweetness and danger.
As he approached, Zhu Fujingguang smelled a faint aroma of coffee, but it was quickly covered up by the more superficial aroma of vanilla and amber.
After reuniting, the three of them walked all the way to the top floor through the security corridor. The office building, which was already quite old, did not have any surveillance equipment installed in the security corridor, and even the lights on some floors were broken.
But even in the dark floor, with only the little sunlight coming in through the narrow window, Zhu Fujingguang did not cast any extra glance at Furuya Ling.
No one knew better than him how sensitive his children were and how suspicious they would be towards people who were not their own.
What's more, the person next to him at this time, Rei Furuya, is not his childhood friend.
Yes, the favorability prompt just now is enough to show that Bourbon and Scotland are not even friends, let alone childhood friends.
1207 was completely panicked, and had completely lost the pride and complacency it had when it first approached Zhufu Jingguang. The series of unexpected events were enough to make this fledgling system realize the dangers of life.
"Can I check how much Zero likes me now?"
“…minus 40.”
Hearing the weak child's voice, Zhu Fujingguang almost couldn't help laughing: I didn't expect it could be a negative number.
But this smile was a bitter one.
It is obviously impossible to say that they are not sad at all. Morofushi Jingguang and Furuya Ling have been together for such a long 19 years. They have seen each other's pain, hugged each other and smiled, and supported each other through the darkest days.
He was suddenly thrown into a world that seemed familiar but was actually strange. Faced with a system with unclear enemies and friends, inexplicable strategy tasks, and a gender he had never heard of, when he saw the person he trusted the most, he would subconsciously develop a dependent mentality. Then he was told by the facts that that was not Furuya Rei, who had worked with you, Morofushi Jingguang, for 19 years.
Zhu Fu Jingguang forced himself to suppress his negative emotions and continued to ask 1207, "Can you find out why his favorability has suddenly dropped so much?"
The current favorability is minus 40, which means that at least the favorability was positive before... although it was only a pitiful 10.
Zhu Fujingguang had only been in this world for half an hour, and it was obviously too late for him to do anything to cause a sharp drop in Fūya Ling's favorability.
"Nothing." After a brief silence, 1207 replied dejectedly, "In order not to disrupt your world, we can only see a portion of your daily life. Last night, Scotland and Bourbon were finishing up their last mission. Scotland returned alone, looking very upset."
This scene was most likely seen by Lei, which is why he said those heartfelt words in the car just now.
...But in Zhufu Jingguang's memory, the previous mission was not a two-person mission between him and Bourbon.
While Zhu Fujingguang was thinking, they reached the roof.
Bourbon reconfirmed the plan with them: "They'll fire a salute at 12 o'clock sharp. This is the perfect time to act. As agreed, each of you will hold the target and the other will hold the light. After you're done, meet me downstairs. I'll be there in ten minutes."
Zhu Fushigi Kagemitsu was too familiar with Furuya Rei. Even if it was only his one-sided familiarity, he understood that Bourbon's words were actually testing whether he and Lei would have any other tasks assigned to them.
There was no response from Ley or Scotland.
The original intention of the Whiskey Trio was to monitor each other. Therefore, even if Rye and Scotland did not have other tasks to do after the end, unless they needed to retreat urgently, they needed to monitor Bourbon's next actions.
Ley glanced at Scotland, then surveyed the venue through his scope and said to Bourbon, "Guide the target to a quarter of the way to the second window to the right of the podium."
Bourbon turned and walked back: "I hope your level won't fluctuate so much this time - mainly down."
The weather in late autumn was a bit chilly even at noon, not to mention that they were on the rooftop where the wind was strongest, but both of them were experienced snipers and could make up for the shortcomings of the weather with their experience.
Zhu Fujingguang typed 1207 in his mind: "Is Bourbon an undercover agent?"
The successive blows had made the fledgling 1207 more pliable. He was probably quite young, and despite his low mood, he had begun to rely vaguely on the mature and reliable former undercover investigator. "I can only see Scotland's perspective, and Scotland hasn't yet discovered any suspicion that Bourbon is an undercover agent."
The mission time was approaching, so Zhu Fu Jingguang turned his attention back to the mission.
He set up the sniper rifle and watched Bourbon, who put on a friendly smile, lead the target to the location mentioned by Lei.
Zhu Fujingguang's eyes narrowed slightly. He saw that the target of the mission was followed by a man who was too tall and thin, but his hands' movements were steady and neat.
The sounds of two bullets breaking through the air rang out simultaneously, causing panic in the conference hall more than 600 meters away.
Ley's bullet hit the chest, and Scotland's bullet hit the ornate and heavy chandelier.
The scene fell into chaotic darkness, and before the last trace of artificial light disappeared, Zhu Fujingguang saw Bourbon slowly squatting down.
After this image briefly stayed on the retina of the cat-eyed young man, he had a preliminary judgment on Bourbon's identity, but he still lacked some evidence to support his guess.
"Let's go." Lei said.
Bourbon asked them to break the ceiling light not only to make the scene more chaotic so that it would be easier for him to find information, but also to prevent the two snipers with excellent eyesight from seeing his every move too clearly.
However, Bourbon's blatant escape from the surveillance of his partners did not arouse Gin's suspicion of him. The mystic's character was particularly useful at this time.
As Zhu Fujingguang walked down the stairs, he thought of the tall and thin man who was behind the target of the mission.
This person was not within the scope of their mission this time, but Zhu Fujingguang knew that the organization would put the blame for this incident on this person and force him to work for the organization.
Although his identity seems insignificant, his father-in-law has a lot of say in politics.
In the original world, when Bourbon learned about this from this man later, the matter was already done and even his powerful father-in-law could not save him.
The originally neutral family was dragged into the organization and did a lot of dirty things. In the later period, they even became an important political force that the organization relied on.
Originally, Scotland wasn't supposed to know about this. Although he and Bourbon were both undercover police officers, they belonged to different organizations. However, both Morobushi Kagemitsu and Furuya Rei were well aware of the challenges of surviving within the organization. Furthermore, their unwavering trust in each other led them to exchange information as best they could, as long as it didn't violate the organization's core principles.
Zhu Fujingguang is now a real Scotsman, and he no longer has the Metropolitan Police Department behind him, so he cannot pass this information to the police through reasonable channels.
But if his guess was correct...
Zhu Fu Jingguang looked up at the faint sunlight in the corridor, and a plan had already taken shape in his mind.
Considering that there would be more bourbon in the car later that was not there when they came, Lei and Scotland put the large instrument bag into the trunk.
A pair of cat eyes glanced at Lei beside him, and Zhu Fu Jingguang thought, this time it should be my turn to drive, right?
As a result, Lei still walked towards the driver's seat very naturally.
"Is he trying to capture you?" 1207 seemed to have finally done his homework and suddenly burbled out gossipingly, "But you have to stick to your original intention and focus on capturing Rei Furuya!"
Zhu Fujingguang: "..."
Could it be that this so-called system is simply a love-brained system?
"Lei is heterosexual." After saying this, Zhu Fujingguang felt that something seemed wrong.
But before he could think about it, he heard 1207's voice getting louder and louder: "You are the opposite sex in this world!"
Zhu Fujingguang: "..."
Lei definitely didn't have any improper thoughts about him. The current mode of their relationship was just a little more care on the basis of the original one because of the aphasia.
And if Ley really was the FBI, he would only hope that the Scottish criminal would either repent or spend the rest of his life in prison.
But Lei's initiative to drive...
Zhu Fujingguang stared at him.
The emotionless reading voice rang out again in the small car: "Lei, what do you want?"
"Goulash tonight, huh? Of course, I don't mind you continuing your revenge on Bourbon with celery sandwiches."
Zhu Fu Jingguang: “…” So you were waiting for me here.
"I do mind." As the back door opened, Zhu Fujingguang's most familiar voice rang out. "Since celery is already in there, naturally everyone should have a share. I suggest that Scotland make a celery beef stew for Lei to try."
Zhu Fu Jingguang: “…” Actually, it’s not impossible.
He had no preference for celery. After years of exposure to it since childhood, he at least didn't dislike it. However, thinking of Lei's kindness towards him, the young man with cat eyes felt that perhaps he should pick up a little conscience that a criminal shouldn't have.
After that, the car fell into silence.
Even if they were in another world, Rye and Bourbon would still seem to be at odds with each other. They would naturally not talk to each other unless there was something going on, and Scotland was a person who could not speak.
Zhu Fu Jingguang was still thinking about the task just now.
Time was running out. Even if he wasn't 100% sure that Bourbon was an undercover agent, he wanted to pass the information to the other party as soon as possible. After all, the situation would not be worse than the original one.
Thinking of this, Zhu Fujingguang subconsciously wanted to take a look at Bourbon in the rearview mirror, but was caught off guard by a pair of purple-gray eyes.
There was a cold and humorous atmosphere in it.
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