Chapter 22 The First Player
"But speaking of it, Lei, what did you do to him? Why is he still not awake after such a big commotion?"
As if not noticing the expressions of others, Saikai Haruto asked nonchalantly.
Lei stood up, took out his pistol, loaded it, pointed it at Pasetto, and said in a cold voice: "Don't bother, he will wake up naturally after one shot."
"Lei, you still like to act violently like this."
The sound of metal hitting each other was heard, and Xi Haiqingdou just smiled and shook his head to pretend to stop it - as expected, it was Lei, he liked teammates who cooperated like this.
"So now that you're awake, stop pretending to be dead, Pasetto. I don't believe that you're still not awake by now with your abilities."
The person on the ground didn't move at all from beginning to end, and even his breathing rate didn't change - he didn't look like he was awake at all.
He had just been so close to Pasetto and he hadn't felt any change in his breathing or even heartbeat... Could he be faking it? Was Cointreau just guessing?
Asahina was still hesitating, she saw Cointreau also took out a pistol, facing Pasetto, and began to count down while loading bullets into the gun: "I'll count down to three. If you don't wake up, I'll attack you together with Lei. Three, one——"
"I say, did you eat the middle number, Cointreau? Can't you just count down properly once?"
The person lying on the floor opened his eyes silently and spoke softly, his eyes were clear.
Different from all the various appearances he had pretended to have before, he now looked just an ordinary man with brown hair and black eyes, and seemed to be about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. His appearance was so ordinary that one would not be able to recognize him in a crowd in a second. There were deep dark circles under his eyes, and dark blue stubble on his chin that he had not had time to shave. There was also a dark blue mark on his cheekbone, which looked like he had been beaten up not long ago.
"It's scary to have so many people surrounding me. It's as if I'm already dead. It's almost suffocating me. Can you please untie me first? I'm not a traitor. I don't need such high-level treatment, right? It's uncomfortable to be tied up like this."
As if he was completely unaware of the depressing atmosphere around him, Pasetto remained calm and composed, speaking in the same casual tone as usual.
"Ah, what a pity." Xi Hai Qing Dou put away his gun, his tone regretful.
"There's nothing wrong with your disguise. I just know you a little bit and applied my previous experience. Besides, even if you've really degenerated so badly that you don't wake up, you'll wake up naturally if I shoot you. You won't die anyway."
The corner of Pasetto's mouth twitched, and he said without surprise: "I knew it."
Pasetto was not familiar with Ley, but he was familiar with Cointreau - this guy really did what he said, without any hesitation.
When Jundu was mad, he even injured his old partner of many years. Not to mention that he now suspected him of being a traitor, even if there was no problem with his identity, he would dare to shoot him directly.
When he heard this guy skip "two" and count down directly to "one", he knew that this guy was definitely serious now. Since they had known each other for several years, he stopped pretending.
...Of course the more crucial thing is that if he really continues to pretend, he will really have to use his face to take Cointreau's bullets.
"Really? We are all colleagues, can't you be gentler? You attacked so violently right away, I was so scared that I thought it was some organization that came to silence me. Is there anyone who would ask for help like you? And is this place safe?"
His hands and feet were still tied with ropes. He struggled to sit up from the ground and looked at Xihai Qingdou with resentful eyes, as if he had some hidden meaning.
Xi Hai Qing Dou glanced at him, his tone calm, as if he was innocent: "Why are you talking so much nonsense? Why don't you just untie yourself? Why do you need help? I just asked Lei to bring you here. Lei is the one who tied you up, don't look for me. Is it safe... guess?"
Lei put away his gun and sat back down. He was silent for a moment, then glanced at him, his eyes seemed to be speechless: "You didn't say who he was."
The information he received from Saikai Haruto was simply to go to a certain location this morning and bring the man over by any means necessary, with no other restrictions other than ensuring that he was alive.
In order to prevent him from not recognizing the person, he was given a super clear frontal headshot of Pasetto, and no other information including his name, reason for the arrest, and the opponent's combat strength was revealed.
...Under this circumstance, it was naturally difficult for him to confirm the other party's identity and origin. In order to prevent the other party from escaping, he hesitated before using a gun directly.
"Oh, my memory is not very good. I forgot it accidentally."
Xi Haiqing Dou tapped his head casually, his expression not matching his words, "But it's not a big deal. Look, there's nothing wrong."
He sat down at the first seat on the right side of the long wooden table in the middle of the living room, just in the same row as Lei. He sat upright and said seriously, "Although this is not a round table...but can we have a square table meeting today?"
"The topic of today's meeting is - who is the undercover agent."
Unfortunately, no one seemed to understand his dry humor. He looked around, but no one was talking to him... Even Asahina was silent. Saikai Haruto was disappointed.
"That's because I'm smart."
Passetto shook his wrists, and before Furiya Rei and Asahina beside him could even see his movements, his hands struggled out of the ropes.
Then he untied the ropes around his legs, complaining with shaking hands: "What a terrible tying technique! The bruises are so severe that I feel like my wrists will be weak for the next month."
He unceremoniously pulled open the chair opposite Xi Hai Qing Dou and sat on it, stretching his muscles as well.
"What? There's an undercover here? Jundu, are you capable of this? No, this is too unsafe. How about you just throw me back to the Port Mafia?"
Lei remained silent, and in his heart, his opinion of Pasetto was raised by two points - he was the one who knocked the man down, and he was the one who tied the rope, and no one knew his strength better than him. It was not as easy as it looked to wake up so quickly and untie the rope so quickly.
And coupled with the fact that he pretended to be unconscious without even a trace of flaw, it was simply impossible to guard against him.
Originally, he thought that this person was just an ordinary person with some skills... It seems that he can be wrong sometimes.
"Stop talking nonsense." Xihai Qingdou raised his eyelids and looked at him with a smile. His voice was soft and his tone was smiling. There was not a trace of anger in his voice, but his words were not very polite.
"I didn't bring you here to listen to your nonsense, Pasetto. Now tell me, how much do you know about what happened yesterday, what is the information you didn't tell me, and are you still loyal to the organization?"
"…Eh, so direct?"
Asahina, who was facing this kind of situation for the first time, seemed to be in a trance and suddenly interrupted and asked, "Do you want us to avoid it?"
However, even though he said this, he honestly pulled a chair and sat on the other side of Lei, causing Lei to tilt his head slightly and look at him again.
Vodka touched his hat, moved his buttocks and sat on the chair next to Pasetto, a little hesitant: "I don't need to avoid it, right?"
He also has to protect Cointreau personally, what if Pasetto does something bad to him?
“So why avoid it?”
Saikai Haruto asked back, looking at Asahina strangely: "It's not like you're going to do anything shameful. What are you thinking about?"
Asahina blinked, her eyes clear and innocent: "Hey, I thought there couldn't be too many unrelated people present during the interrogation?"
Isn't that how it's usually played out in TV dramas? First kicking everyone else out, and then conducting a one-on-one interrogation?
Xi Haiqingdou was silent for a moment: "Unrelated personnel? Who are you referring to?"
Where are the “irrelevant persons” among them?
Is this guy some kind of atmosphere destroyer?
"Since everyone is seated, I'll sit here." Furuya Reika stood up and sat next to Asahina, interrupting the conversation between Saikai Haruto and Asahina as if unintentionally.
Morofushi Kagemitsu sat down next to Lei in silence.
Saikai Haruto looked around and ignored Asahina, satisfied - he said this was a variant of the "square table meeting"! Now everyone sat down, didn't they?
Passetto laughed. "Really... Where did you find such an interesting member during the time I was away from the organization? Won't you introduce him to me?"
“Canadian whisky, rye whisky, and Scottish whisky.”
Saikai Haruto said with a smile, "I don't need to introduce the remaining two to you, right? Bourbon and vodka, you know them all. So can you answer my question? The organization, the Port Mafia, or the Takase Society... Which one are you loyal to right now? Pasetto - or would you be more comfortable if I call you 'Imai Akito' now?"
"Imai Akito" was Pasetto's pseudonym in Yokohama.
"Jun Du, I didn't betray the organization."
Pasetto's smile faded, and there seemed to be anger in his eyes: "It was the organization that sent me to Yokohama to be an undercover agent, and now it is you who suspects me of betrayal... What, what do you mean? I voluntarily followed you here not to listen to this."
"If I were a traitor, why would I have gone to the trouble of telling you about the movements of the Port Mafia and the Takase Society yesterday?!"
What you said seems to make sense.
西海晴鬥點了點頭：“我承認你昨天送過來的情報的确有那麽點作用……讓我們順利避開了港黑追過來的人。”
“不僅如此，我還給你提供了離開橫濱的最安全快捷方便的路。”帕塞托沒好氣道，“結果你呢，恩将仇報找人把我綁過來不說還反過來罵我是卧底？你是一點也不着急離開橫濱是麽？”
“難道你還妄想繼續和港口黑手黨保持‘友好’聯絡？”帕塞托繼續嘲諷：“我好心提醒你一句，雖然我不也确定那批貨物的‘丢失’和組織有沒有關系，但是那件事既然已經發生了，以那位‘夜之暴帝’的性格，都會給怪在組織的頭上。”
帕塞托的眉間皺出一道深深的褶皺，端的是一幅苦口婆心的模樣。“我昨天就告訴給你了，港口黑手黨的絕殺令已經下了，游擊部隊和黑蜥蜴一起出動，時間緊迫，再不走小心你們就真的走不掉了——這裏畢竟是橫濱。”
除卻西海晴鬥外，其他人還是第一次聽到帕塞托說出這樣長的一段話。在聽清話的內容後，其他各人雖然面上容色不變，也無人說話應答，一時間卻都心中各種念頭乍起，心思各異。
沒人會選擇在這個時候插口說話。
西海晴鬥回想了下漫畫裏看到的、港黑那位老首領躺在床上一臉病容仍掩不住的怒火，若有所思地一點頭：“啊，他應該是挺生氣的。”
帕塞托：“？”
這家夥的關注點是不是不太對？
“沒什麽——我是說，是要離開，不過現在還不是時候。至少得先把身邊可能會存在的老鼠清理掉吧，組織從不吃虧，當然——我也一樣。”
西海晴鬥将雙手交叉随意搭在桌子上，翹起二郎腿後背靠着椅子，聲音慢悠悠的，神色毫無變化。
“我們與港口Maifa的交易時間、交易地點完全是由他們那邊制定的，雖說地點固定，但時間就連我也是提前數個小時才得到的消息——為了方便我們的船進入交易地點。但是高濑會那邊的行動可不太像是臨時才得到的消息啊。”
“所以你就懷疑我？”帕塞托表情諷刺。
“所以我才懷疑有內鬼。每個人都有嫌疑，我只是合理猜測而已，現在不就到了你為自己洗脫嫌疑的時候了？”
西海晴鬥糾正他的話，臉上的表情不變，眼睫輕眨，只一張薄唇上下開合：“你既然跟萊伊過來了，自然清楚這件事裏面有端倪，出了問題的不是組織便是港黑，你自然也有嫌疑……所以我當然要找萊伊把你帶過來問清楚。”
“帕塞托你是專業的情報人員……那現在我當然需要你來告訴我，昨天之後，港口Mafia那邊的情況具體到底是什麽樣的？既然你說你是主動自己過來的，總歸是有重要的情報要傳遞吧？”
“不錯。”
帕塞托斂下了臉上的怒意，轉而平靜道：“昨天那批裝備被劫，動手的組織不止一個，高濑會和GSS的人都有，據回來的人說對方的行動有一部分迅速且極為有素，看上去像是專門訓練過，因此有很大可能早就得知了消息，之後港口黑手黨立刻派出了行動部隊，也沒來得及追回多少裝備……也沒有找到你們的蹤跡。”
“也因此，首領大怒，認定了這件事和組織有關，立刻下了絕殺令，派遣行動部隊以及三分之一的直屬于首領本人手下的游擊部隊，準備把橫濱整個給翻過來……據說目前還在增派人手，甚至還派遣了船只準備去追回組織的船，現在還不知道消息有沒有傳來。”
帕塞托按了按太陽穴，一臉疲憊地望向西海晴鬥：“這下你們清楚事态有多危急了吧？”
西海晴鬥一臉神游：“這個嘛，海面上的話倒不用擔心，我早就安排好底下的人将船上的東西分批轉換帶走了，現在只剩下了一只空船而已。”
畢竟他是帶着一堆卧底過來的，自然要多做幾手準備，貨船的後手也只是其中之一而已。
“呵，港口Mafia果然權勢滔天。”降谷零意味不明道，“這麽看的話，橫濱這邊的政府可真是，有夠廢物的。”
朝日奈贊同點頭，深以為然：“啊确實。他們确實挺廢物的。”
橫濱異能特務科、武裝偵探社和港口Maifa三分天下，有橫濱政府什麽事嗎？
諸伏景光隐蔽地瞥了朝日奈一眼，有點無奈——他突然這個時候插話，還這麽真情實感做什麽？
只有帕塞托搖頭，認真分析：“我猜是因為老首領現在病重……所以行事才這樣越發肆無忌憚，哪怕是政府出面，他們也敢去咬上一口。港黑現在和作風與過去幾年大不相同。”
“所以與組織的這次交易不僅他本人沒出面，連手底下的高層幹部也沒有出現過。這樣一來就說得通了。因為‘夜之暴帝’也快要暴斃了嘛。”
西海晴鬥單手撐着下巴，聲音悠悠，語調拉得慢吞吞的：“啊……這個情報你之前沒說過呢。”
帕塞托翻了個白眼：“拜托，就算我是個卧底，但我在港口黑手黨內部也不過就是個普普通通的小情報員而已，能接觸到的東西就那麽一點，這麽內幕的東西我怎麽可能敢确定？”
“只有給首領治療的那位醫生清楚首領的真實情況，但他周圍有首領的直屬部下跟随保護，而且他本人的嘴也很嚴，只對首領負責并聽從命令，完全撬不開半點消息，到現在一切也不過我猜測的而已。”
“專屬醫生麽？這樣啊……”西海晴鬥若有所思地點了點頭。
“那高濑會呢？你在橫濱卧底三年，但是也不是一直都待在港口黑手黨的吧？你對高濑會有幾分了解？”
他又問，臉上的表情可以說是正經得不得了，簡直不像是黑\\道成員，反而更個警員一樣滿身“正氣”：“高濑會讓港黑吃了這麽大的一個虧，我們作為港口黑手黨的良好合作夥伴、忠實盟友，這個時候束手旁觀多不好？”
這家夥睜眼說瞎話的本事可真強……這一臉道貌岸然的模樣看得他們都要以為君度是個絕頂好人了，分明是組織被高濑會扣了個莫須有的黑鍋，他不爽想要對付對方，還要拉上港黑當幌子吧？
衆人一時默然。
“……我對高濑會的了解并不多，只是大致知道他們的首領前段時間正值新舊交替，現在這個首領是上位沒多久。”
帕塞托眼眸閃爍了兩下，平靜道：“他們會選擇對港口黑手黨的貨物出手，想必也是急于樹立威信吧。這一點只要有心，很快就能查到。”
“我目前能夠得知的情報基本上就這麽多了……叛徒出現在那一邊的可能性并不算大，更大的可能性自然是出自組織這邊。”
帕塞托說完，意味深長的目光向後一一掃過朝日奈、伏特加、諸伏景光和降谷零，話頭一轉：“君度你是了解我的，我在橫濱卧底三四年，對組織從來都沒有起過背叛的心思，但你這裏帶來的其他人呢？你都能保證……不是他們背叛了組織麽？”
其他人還沒說話，西海晴鬥眨了眨眼睛，忽然有點好奇：“你指哪一個？”
帕塞托一噎，剛醞釀好的氣氛陡然轟散。
“我說，現在是我懷疑他們，怎麽又變成我來舉證了？”帕塞托都要氣笑了，“我要說每一個都有嫌疑呢？”
“咦，誰主張，誰舉證，這不是很簡單的道理麽？”
西海晴鬥一臉無辜。
明明他長得一副溫和清隽的純良樣貌，卻總能把人氣得牙癢癢，不得不說也是一種本事了。
帕塞托更氣了：“那剛才你說我的時候你怎麽不說！？”
西海晴鬥忽然莫名羞澀起來：“啊，不好意思，年紀大了，一不小心就忘記了呢。”
“其實我也覺得你背叛組織的概率很小啦，但是其他人好像有點異議的樣子，所以剛才才那麽問你，好幫你洗脫你身上的嫌疑，別生氣嘛。”
西海晴鬥身體前傾，試圖讓帕塞托看清他眼中的真誠。
帕塞托身上的雞皮疙瘩都要起來了。
“滾，少離我這麽近，老子是直男！”不經過大腦的話語下意識地瞬間脫口而出。
西海晴鬥臉上的表情瞬間變得像是吃了蒼蠅一樣扭曲無比。
“帕塞托，我真不知道你在橫濱呆四年是将腦子都丢了麽，你他媽到底都在想些什麽？！”
他迅速向後撤得遠遠的，恨不得離帕塞托十萬八千裏遠，咬牙切齒地将聲音壓低，簡直滿腦子都是問號：“老子什麽時候不是直男了？”
靠，他感覺自己髒了！
一旁的朝日奈沒忍住“噗嗤”一聲笑了出來。
“對不起對不起，君度，我真的不是故意的，呃……我只是恰好想到了一件有趣的事！對就是這樣！我絕對沒有說你不是直男的意思！”
朝日奈将嘴角的弧度瘋狂往下壓，瘋狂為自己辯解，就差豎起手來對天發誓了：“你相信我！你一看就是鐵直男了！猛一中的猛一！怎麽可能不是直男呢？”
——可惜他越是想将表情扭回嚴肅正經、将笑意壓下，臉上的表情就越是顯得扭曲，越發讓人不忍直視。再加上這幾句求生欲簡直拉滿的話，表演得太過火反而硬生生起了反效果。
……起碼西海晴鬥已經看到其他人面色都變得有些古怪起來了，就連伏特加的臉上都帶了點不明顯的驚恐……等等，他在驚恐些什麽啊！？
“咳咳，那什麽，君度我也不是故意的，我就是在港口黑手黨呆久了，那邊氛圍有點奇奇怪怪的所以我一不小心想歪了而已。”
帕塞托也同樣讪笑着開口，開始将黑鍋一股腦全往港黑身上推，但說着說着又忍不住嘴賤了一句：“但是這也不能完全怪我吧，你說，我都認識你十多年了，也從來沒見過你身邊除了貝爾摩德外還和什麽女人關系好過，其實也不光是我吧，組織裏還有人賭你到底是喜歡男人還是喜歡女人來着……”
西海晴鬥的臉色越來越沉，帕塞托的聲音也越來越小，直到最後話語漸漸消逝于嘴邊。
西海晴鬥卻一掃臉上黑氣，忽而笑了出來，只是笑容仍是冷的，金色的眼瞳中遍布冰霜：“那我現在就告訴你，我喜歡的是女人，只不過她在兩年前就死了——這個回答能讓你滿意麽？還有問題麽？”
還好他之前在諸伏景光他們面前有提到過……不管他之前提到的是真有還是假有，反正現在從這一刻就變成真的了！沒有也要有！
帕塞托縮了縮脖子，瘋狂搖頭：“沒了沒了。”
老實說，這個時候還能笑出來的君度簡直比之前黑着臉的模樣還要可怕。
……啊，原來之前君度提到的那個“喜歡的人在兩年前就死掉了”原來真的是真的麽？看來真的不像是騙他的啊。
朝日奈的思維忍不住開始發散。
第一次得知這一訊息的降谷零和萊伊則微微一怔，像是沒想到他居然也有——“喜歡的人”。對于黑衣組織的成員來說，未免有些微妙了。
身處在黑暗之中的人言說及“喜歡”，實在讓人有些不敢置信和奇怪。
但看君度那副盛怒的模樣，似乎也不像是假話——況且他口中的人都已經“死了”，也就更沒有說假話的必要了。
……倘若再發散思維思考的話，也說不準君度之前隐瞞下自己的取向和喜歡也是為了保護自己的“戀人”，只是如今那個人到如今已經“死掉了”，所以現在就沒有隐藏的必要了？
……等等，他突然莫名其妙地思考這些東西做什麽？諸伏景光嘴角一抽，瞬間将自己的腦補擊散。
好好的正經讨論場面，硬生生讓他們這突如其來的一出整的像是諧星開會……
簡直堪稱全段垮掉。
真是……沒救了。
西海晴鬥深吸一口氣，快速将心情平複下來，再度開口：“總之，帕塞托身上的卧底嫌疑暫時消除……有人有異議麽？”
雖然說到“帕塞托”時仍是免不了有些咬牙切齒的，但總體來說他還是維持住了冷靜。
帕塞托第一個舉手積極響應：“沒有異議！”
西海晴鬥語氣涼涼：“沒問你。”
被懷疑的人哪裏來的資格開口的？
“诶，這個麽，我仔細想了想……”
降谷零拉長了調子，咬字慢吞吞的，似乎有些猶豫該不該提出異議。
在接收到帕塞托的眼神之後，他的眼眸閃了閃，又慢吞吞地搖了搖頭：“……我和君度你一樣，沒有異議。帕塞托似乎的确不像呢。”
——君度是想要保下帕塞托的。
降谷零的大腦飛速運轉，将剛才的那幾幕抽絲剝繭，在腦中冷靜思考。
剛才的那些問答簡直宛如兒戲一般……哪有正常的審訊手段是像這樣的？随随便便幾句話便“打消了懷疑”。
這多多少少顯得這場“對峙”、以及黑衣組織內的那些真正見不得人的審訊都有些可笑了。
唯一的解釋就是，君度只是打算随便找一個什麽借口，直接保下帕塞托。
難道說他對帕塞托有這麽信任麽？原本他是想找機會将事情推到帕塞托身上，在把他們摘出去的同時讓他們相互懷疑的，但是這樣看來的話，他手上的那些東西似乎也不一定能奏效……還是暫時保持沉默好了。
他幾乎立刻做下了決定。
跟随着降谷零，諸伏景光和伏特加、朝日奈也同樣的“無異議”，雖然伏特加心裏對帕塞托仍有疑慮，但在西海晴鬥看似随意地瞄了他一眼之後，他便不再說話了。
朝日奈樂呵呵地：“既然波本和君度你們都這麽說了，那帕塞托肯定是沒問題的吧？”
萊伊言簡意赅：“我棄權。”
頓了下，他簡單解釋：“對于這件事我的了解不多，尚且不足以做下判斷，萬一有誤判那就不好了。所以，關于卧底的事，我想我還是棄權的好。”
非常合情合理的解釋。
總而言之，是看似一切正常祥和的“全票通過”。
“好——那麽下一個，就是波本了！”
自己身上的“嫌疑”順利解除，帕塞托一掃之前周身的頹廢憊懶，像是繃緊的弓弦終于可以松弛下來。
他笑眯眯地抖擻起精神，而後迅速将目光和矛頭一并轉到了降谷零的身上，語氣輕松：“我覺得——波本似乎有那麽點嫌疑呢。”
“欸欸，話可不能亂說！”
朝日奈瞳孔一縮，第一個從椅子上坐了起來瞪大了眼睛反駁，像個護崽的小狗一樣自發維護起自己的“同期好友”：“波本哪裏像是卧底了？他剛剛都還是第一個給你投票的吧？”
這家夥翻臉不認人得也太快了吧？別太離譜！
諸伏景光默不作聲。
“啊？”伏特加一臉茫然。
西海晴鬥也沒說話，只淡定看戲。
萊伊雙手抱臂靠在椅子靠背上，姿态放松，眼中是淡淡的興味。
懷疑波本是卧底麽？他微微垂眸斂下眼中的思索，還挺有意思……
雖然他不太覺得波本會是卧底，這個家夥的狡猾程度堪比九條尾巴的妖狐，做事滴水不漏，他可不信他會有什麽破綻露在帕塞托手中。但不管他真是卧底、還是被帕塞托潑髒水污蔑……萊伊扪心自問，對于波本被懷疑這件事，他都會樂見其成。
反正對他來說都是“狗咬狗”，且他身在局外，無論是何結局都與他扯不上幹系。
倒是沒想到加拿大和波本的關系如此之好……說起來他之前在組織裏偶爾也有聽到過一些八卦，說這兩個人似乎在加入組織前便是相識。之前他遇到波本的時候倒是又試探過他，就是被他糊弄過去了。看加拿大的表現似乎不是空穴來風？
這趟橫濱之行似乎來對了……他很久沒有見到這麽有意思的場面了，真是一出好戲。
——說起來，這趟橫濱之行還是他在聽琴酒提起時，自己主動要求過來的。
『“君度他們去了橫濱？”
萊伊眉梢挑起：“哦呀，橫濱可不是一個好地方呢。可惜了，我還以為我這次回來能立刻和他見上一面。”
“不過是兩年前見過幾次，我倒沒想到你對他有這麽上心。”琴酒吸了一口口中的煙，眯起眼睛不以為然地嗤笑。
萊伊眉眼微垂，聲色不動，不置可否：“話可不是這麽說的……不管怎麽說君度也能算得上是我半個‘老師’不是麽。”
“恐怕只有你一個人這麽想吧。”
琴酒嘴裏叼着煙，聲音冷沉。煙霧自煙身前端明明滅滅的紅色火星中升騰而起，缭缭繞繞地半掩蓋住他的表情。
萊伊聽到他繼續說：“倒沒想到我也有看走眼的時候。”
“倒不如說是我幸運，恰逢其會。”萊伊說，像是想起了什麽似的，略偏過頭看向琴酒：“啊，對了，如果沒什麽事的話，不如讓我去橫濱接應君度他們，如何？”
琴酒似乎露出了像是訝異的表情。
“不是說君度是和波本、蘇格蘭、加拿大他們一起去的麽？算算時間，他們任務應該也快要結束了。”
萊伊繼續往下說，像是忽然間一時興起，“反正我的這趟任務也完成了，不是麽？我想至少我應該不至于給他們添麻煩。”
“一趟交易任務帶三四個狙擊手？”琴酒咬着煙蒂，聲音嘲諷，眼神銳利，“是你瘋了還是我瘋了？”浪費也不是這麽個浪費法。
萊伊不以為然：“我接下來幾天應該沒有別的任務了吧？就當去橫濱看看風景。有君度出手，也輪不到我做什麽。”
Just think of it as a business trip at public expense.
Yokohama Concession... This is a place that even the FBI is reluctant to set foot in. He is slightly interested in it.
How can a place like Yokohama have such beautiful scenery?
Gin glanced at him and said two words in a cold voice: "Keep an eye on Cointreau and don't let him go crazy."
The second sentence was: "No reimbursement."
"…I'm talking about Bourbon, Canada, what are you in such a hurry for?"
Pasetto's voice brought him back to reality.
The man with brown hair and black eyes, who looked ordinary and would be forgotten in a crowd in three seconds, had a lazy smile on his face and said jokingly, "Could it be that you are his mistress?"
"You! Everyone you see is a 'mistress'. You can't be the one who likes men!"
Shit! Asahina gritted her teeth. She finally understood why Cointreau was so angry! Pasetto couldn't even say a word!
"Hey, hey, hey, why are you still angry? I wonder if what I said was right. Look, Jundu didn't react like this just now."
Passetto quickly said, "Canada, please don't spread rumors. I like women who are as gentle as water and as soft as a sock. I have no interest in men."
Xi Hai Qing Dou gave him a look with a sneer.
Fūya Rei narrowed his eyes, his expression half-smiled, and warned: "Paseto, there are some things you can't say carelessly."
Passetto touched his nose awkwardly and said, "Oh, I just said that. It was just a joke."
...With this kind of character, how on earth did this guy manage to stay in Yokohama for four years without being beaten to death?
Zhufu Jingguang couldn't help but look at him again.
Asahina reacted like a machine that was half a beat slow. She extracted the key words from Pasetto's previous words and subconsciously murmured, "But Yamato and Nadeshiko both have flat chests, right?"
Pasetto's eyes suddenly became meaningful: "Ah, I can't tell, Canada, you are so young, but you like big-breasted women? You like older women?"
"Eh? I'm not!" Asahina blushed.
... He still couldn't understand how Kazuma's brain circuits were so long, and his reaction time was too long, right?! Is this the right time to discuss this?
Furiya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu couldn't help but close their eyes for a moment.
Vodka and Lei remained silent. It seemed that their "meeting" was becoming more and more improper. Was it not an illusion?
Ley smiled silently: Canada was completely different from what he had imagined. But it was also quite interesting - at least much more interesting than Bourbon.
"Pasetto, you said you suspected Bourbon, what's the reason?"
Zhu Fu Jingguang suddenly spoke up, bringing the topic back to where it had strayed a thousand miles away.
He scanned Bourbon with a cold, emotionless gaze, then turned his gaze to Pasetto and said in a cold, rational voice without any bias: "If there is no evidence, it will not be very convincing."
"Ah, this one is still available."
"Just because you voted for me doesn't mean you're not an undercover agent," Pasetto said. "Canada, you're too naive."
He confidently said, "Bourbon has had contact with people from the Takase Society!"
This sentence was like a thunderbolt that suddenly woke everyone up. Before anyone could react, he continued, "Just three nights ago, outside the "Silver Sands Casino" owned by the Takase Society, I happened to see him walking with someone from the Takase Society."
"He's dressed in black, has blond hair and dark skin. With such distinct features, it's hard to mistake him even at night, right? Even in Yokohama, people with dark skin are rare."
Passetto spread his hands and said, "If Bourbon is not an undercover agent, then why is he standing there with the people from the Takase Society? He can't be asking for directions, right?"
"Silver Sands Casino"... This was also the name of the casino that Haruto Nishimi went to with Vodka and Asahina three nights ago.
"How is this possible?"
Asahina was the one who reacted the most. However, this time, his face became a little flustered and his tone was dry. If you listened carefully, he seemed to be a little guilty, as if he lacked confidence: "That day, that night, I was in the same casino with Cointreau and vodka, and I didn't see any bourbon at all!"
But when he heard what he said, Pasetto laughed.
"—because you didn't see him."
Morofushi Kagemitsu spoke before Pasetto, his voice cold and deep: "Because the transaction with the Takase Society is a secret transaction, there is no way he would appear directly in the casino openly. If he was also in the casino that day but did not meet with you, wouldn't that be even more telling?"
"I remember what Cointreau said the next day. You guys made quite a commotion in the casino that night, and many people saw it. If Bourbon was there, he wouldn't have missed it - but you didn't see him in the casino."
"So..." His voice became deeper, and he looked at Rei Furuya with a sharp look in his eyes: "Bourbon, do you have anything else to say?"
Asahina was stunned, looking at him with confusion and disbelief in her eyes: "Hey, Scotland, you——?"
No way? Aren't you two undercover agents? Didn't you two know each other as children? Didn't the three of us graduate from the police academy together? ! Could it be that Zhu Fu Jingguang, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, is also going to turn against us from undercover? ! !