Chapter 24 The First Player

Aside from Passetto's suspicion of Bourbon, Canada and Scotland are both snipers, and these two spent most of their time following Miki, who left with the organization's ship yesterday, and Saikai Haruto himself.

And vodka is even more needless to say——

Xi Hai Qing Dou only glanced at him casually, and he immediately raised his hand to prove himself: "Jun Du, you know me. I have always been by your side and have never left. I am loyal to the organization and cannot be a traitor."

Passetto raised his hand again and emphasized: "Cointreau, you know me - if I had betrayed the organization, you would not have been able to find me in Yokohama, let alone me sitting here now."

Asahina looked left and right, and followed their example, raising her hand and speaking actively: "Kundu, you know me well. If it were me—"

"No, I don't."

Saikai Haruto interrupted him coldly, "I only know that if you are the one colluding with Takase-kai, you will end up in a terrible situation."

“…Oh.” Asahina put down her hand in grievance.

Damn it, why can't I just listen to him finish his words? He still wants to show off himself!

As for the possibility that Saikai Haruto himself was an undercover agent - he was the one who led this mission, and the gentleman who went to see him first when something went wrong. Moreover, he had someone by Yokohama's side almost all the time, so everyone knew that his possibility in this mission was the lowest of the lowest.

It was naturally impossible for Lei, who had just arrived, to be suspicious at all.

"If that's the case, then the problem really lies with the Port Mafia itself?"

Vodka asked.

Xi Hai Qing Dou touched his chin.

"Don't worry - aren't there two members of the Takase Society upstairs? We can carry them over to the Takase Society's headquarters and ask them. We should be able to find it, right?"

"I did interrogate him yesterday. One of the two men is called Maruno Shunta, and his brother's name is Maruno Ryota. Although he said he was just a small captain, I got it out from another person that Maruno Ryota is actually the captain of the personal guard of the boss of the Takase Society. It is said that the two brothers have been dependent on each other since they were young and have a very good relationship."

"What are you going to do?"

Lei was the first to look up at him, and immediately had a bad feeling in his heart: "Jun Du, don't mess around."

Although his tone sounded nonchalant, it wouldn't be that easy to enter an organization's headquarters, right?

"How can this be called chaos?"

Xi Haiqingdou shook his head in disapproval: "I have been working diligently, doing my best, and facing challenges head-on in order to find the possible undercover agents in the organization. What's wrong with me?"

Furiya Ling was stunned: "Kunto, you want to get into the inner circle of Takasekai? There are only a few of us. Are we crazy?"

Lei was silent for a moment, then ruthlessly pointed out: "I guess you just want to go to Takase for revenge?"

Xi Haiqing Dou was silent for two or three seconds, then turned away from Lei's gaze as if nothing had happened and smiled: "...No way."

Is this the truth? Is Cointreau's revengefulness too strong?

Asahina cracked.

Vodka tried to stop him: "No! Cointreau, Big Brother said that you can't do anything else! Our deal with the port mafia has been completed, now we just need to go back to Tokyo, right? This is too risky."

"Don't worry, I won't really do anything dangerous... I still value my life very much and want to continue living. I don't have any thoughts of ending this life for the time being."

Nishimi Haruto analyzed it carefully with a well-behaved look on his face, trying to trick them into agreeing with his idea: "And don't you think this is indeed a good opportunity? The Takase Society is still being pursued by the Port Mafia for revenge, right? Even if they have been prepared to deal with it, there will definitely be more internal omissions than before and after. Isn't this a perfect opportunity for us to take action and cooperate with the Port Mafia again, and work together from inside and outside to severely damage the Takase Society?"

Asahina: "Is this how you use internal and external cooperation?"

Saikai Haruto: “Isn’t this important?”

"I don't think the Port Mafia will think that our actions are a gesture of goodwill to them... If what Pasetto said before is true, judging from the current situation of the old leader of the Port Mafia, I guess he will only regard it as a provocation, right?"

Morobushi Kagemitsu tried to persuade him from the perspective of rational analysis.

Damn, I didn’t expect Cointreau to have such an idea…

Normally, wouldn't a normal person just leave Yokohama? But Cointreau is retreating instead of advancing, and even wants to continue interfering in Yokohama's underworld... Isn't he afraid of really turning over and being discovered by the Takase Society or the □□, resulting in being attacked from both sides? This guy is really crazy!

Morobushi Kagemitsu gritted his teeth secretly. Although the people of Takasekai had seen Zero in disguise, Zero also revealed his true face that day in order to lure Passetto...

"Ah, so what?" Saikai Haruto said in a very natural tone: "We just need to express our stance, no matter how he interprets it. Whenever I think about the Takase Society also tricking me, I feel very unhappy."

——He finally said what he really wanted, didn’t he? He was just seeking revenge, wasn’t he?

Everyone present fell silent.

"...Which one, Cointreau, let's talk about this. If it's the Takase Society, you guys should just go, right? I'm a weak intelligence agent, so I won't go and hinder you guys, right?"

Passetto smiled weakly, "Besides, I am still an undercover agent of the Port Mafia. The possibility of being exposed if I go with you guys is too great. It would be too unsafe if I were accidentally seen by the Port Mafia. What do you think?"

——Just kidding, if you want to die, why don't you drag him along with you? He still wants to live a good life!

"Of course I'm not taking you there. You have other things to do."

Xi Haiqing Dou turned his head and blinked, "I told you before, didn't I? I asked you to come here because I need your help with something else."

Passetto said righteously: "What is it? You tell me, and I promise to complete the mission well and give my all to the organization!"

As long as you don't take him to the Takase Society to die with them, everything will be fine!

Saikai Haruto: "You don't have to sacrifice everything. Before that, I have one more question for you... How much do you know about the chief's doctor in Maifa, the port?"

"...I only know that his last name is Mori, and he used to be an underground black doctor with a daughter. Because of his good medical skills, he was taken to the leader's side to become his personal doctor a few years ago. His personality seems to be okay, but I can't quite figure him out. And although he looks a little weak, he is very tight-lipped about the information about the leader and won't reveal any more."

Passetto said hesitantly, as if he had realized something: "Gentleman, do you know him? Or does he have any relationship with the organization?"

"Ah, that's not the case. I just happened to meet that Mori Oogai doctor a few days ago. As far as I know, the information should match... It seems that I should thank Canada and Bourbon for their 'good deeds'."

Xi Haiqing Dou smiled slightly: "That's easy - I need you, Paseto, to help me contact Dr. Mori."

As he spoke, he became thoughtful: "Ah, it seems that there is truth in the idea that good people will be rewarded! It seems that I can try to do some good deeds besides my missions in the future?"

...There were so many flaws in this sentence that the others were unable to say anything else for a while.

"Good people and good deeds?"

Fūya Ling couldn't help but sneer at him, looking at him questioningly: "Kundu, do you still remember what kind of organization we are?"

“I remember.”

Xi Haiqingdou nodded, smiling brightly without a trace of gloom, and even advised him: "But this does not affect doing some good things outside of the mission, and there is no conflict. Who stipulated that we can only kill people and not save them? That adult should not have said so, right? Bourbon, you have to learn to be flexible. If you only know how to kill people, your heart will easily become twisted, right?"

Fūya Rei was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.

——A member of a black organization with countless blood on his hands is persuading an undercover police officer to be a "good person and do good deeds"? Is he crazy or is Cointreau crazy? Or is the world crazy?

This is ridiculous. It's even funny.

Vodka shuddered: "Cointreau, this is not good, right?"

If he really did that, wouldn't Big Brother peel off his skin and throw him into the sewer?! He didn't want to make Big Brother angry, Big Brother would kill him first!

Lei pressed his brow.

He had known that Cointreau was sometimes out of tune, but he had never thought that he could be so "bold". When he thought that such words came from the mouth of a member of the organization, especially Cointreau, he felt goosebumps appearing on his skin.

Fortunately, he knew a little about Cointreau and had figured out how to get along with him, so he didn't dwell on the issue and asked him, "Cointreau, do you mean you and 'Dr. Mori' have met before? Or was it because of Bourbon and Canada? Did something happen in between?"

“Wait a minute!”

Asahina spoke stutteringly. He opened his mouth and suddenly doubted his life: "Kundu, how did you know that Dr. Mori was the doctor of the leader of the Port Mafia? When did you get in touch with him?"

“……啊，那個什麽，森醫生不就是個普通醫生麽？他當時也沒表現出來有哪裏不對勁吧，我就沒看出來啊？”他趕緊又補了一句。

好怪啊，一想到君度居然和森鷗外有聯系，就怎麽想都有種好奇怪的感覺。明明他們兩個甚至是不同游戲裏的角色吧？還能這麽聯動的麽？

——等等，他們倆似乎還是因為他才認識的？所以說源頭難道是他麽？

朝日奈的感覺更奇妙了。

——是他們到橫濱的第二天時，晚上出門恰巧路過救過的那個醫生？

降谷零緊急頭腦風暴：說起來他當時也的确有察覺到他應該不是什麽普通人物，但那時他也沒放在心上，原來他和港黑還有關系？但是他和君度又是怎麽結識到一起的？

可惡，第二天他出門太早沒能再碰到他，明明和真還有hiro都沒能看出來有什麽問題……

“也就是在那天之後，我對森先生還算投緣，就在之後和他多聊過幾句，恰好猜到的。他本人和組織原本倒是沒什麽關系。”

西海晴鬥笑眯眯的，“我需要帕塞托你回到港口Mifia之後能幫我和森醫生聯絡一下，這件事很簡單的，可以麽？”

森鷗外在那天離開之後給他留了張名片，他後來好奇撥過去過——結果發現居然真的可以打通呢。

帕塞托咽了口唾沫，心中有種不妙的預感，仿佛将會有什麽壞事會發生一樣——這種預感在以前救過他很多次。這件事裏面絕對不像君度說得那麽簡單，絕對有危險！

他就知道港黑如今也回不得！

“君度你是想做什麽？”他問：“不會有什麽危險吧？”

西海晴鬥：“想試試看能不能讓組織與港口Mifia重修于好啊。你也說過森醫生是港黑首領的專屬醫生的吧？而且對首領也很忠誠。這樣的話港黑首領應該也很信任他才對。到時候我們不就能順利離開橫濱了麽？”

想了想，他貼心道：“這樣吧，我讓加拿大帶你回去？加拿大的身手和槍法都很好，應該能在路上保護你，而且森醫生也認識他。這樣的話應該就不會有什麽危險了吧？而且森醫生只是名醫生，應該也殺不了你吧？”

“不太保險吧？”帕塞托試圖垂死掙紮，甚至開始胡言亂語起來：“萬一加拿大就是卧底呢？讓他來送我回去那我不是死定了？要不還是讓我一個人走吧？”

“你好麻煩啊帕塞托——”

西海晴鬥眯了眯眼睛，語調拉長，用那雙璀璨得過分的金色眼瞳恹恹地掃了他一眼，像是有些不太耐煩了。

“這樣，那就波本和加拿大一起送你回港黑怎麽樣？應該不至于兩個人都是卧底吧？如果這樣你還不能安全回到港黑的話，我讓他們兩個給你陪葬怎麽樣，兩個人陪你一個，你穩賺不虧吧？”

帕塞托閉嘴了。

“這個，我怎麽可能是卧底啦，君度你放心，我肯定把帕塞托安全送回港口黑手黨。”

朝日奈笑容幹巴巴的，“那個什麽，陪葬就算了吧？你這話說得也太過分了吧？”

讓他也過去？正中下懷……那他不幫你把事情攪黃他就不算是個合格的卧底。

“——我也不太同意。”

降谷零心中冷笑，面上卻佯裝不爽：“我也只是一個柔弱無能、毫無武力值的情報人員而已，幹嘛要讓我也一起去？萬一真出現了什麽意外，難道你還打算真讓我和加拿大一起把命賠給帕塞托麽？而且港口黑手黨不是也還在找我們的消息麽，萬一帕塞托沒事，我和加拿大被發現了怎麽辦？”

“為什麽不能呢？”

西海晴鬥勾起嘴角，眼中卻無一絲笑意，透着金屬般的無機質的冷漠。

“被港口Mifia發現這點應該不用擔心。帕塞托會變裝，他的變裝能力雖說比不上貝爾摩德，但也算不上差，而且有他在旁邊為你們遮掩，出不了什麽問題。”

“而且如果三個代號成員在一起還會出問題的話，那未免也太廢物了吧，還在組織裏活着做什麽，浪費麽？而且我記得能獲得代號的成員身手再一般也比大部分的普通成員要強吧？如果波本你真的毫無武力值連槍都不會開的話，那我就要懷疑你當初是怎麽獲得代號的了。”

他的話一說出口，氣氛忽然冷了下來。

降谷零忽然再度意識到——雖然表面上看起來再好說話不過，任何時候都笑眯眯的、還能随口說出“不僅只能殺人還能救人”這種話，但君度的內心依舊是一個浸透滿了黑色的、随時都能翻臉不認人的合格的黑衣組織成員。

他在心裏暗自再度提高了警惕——就算早就知道了君度的本質上是個冷酷危險的組織成員，但有時候他的表現和行為依舊會在不知不覺中将他迷惑住，讓他對他面前逐漸變得有些松懈……這實在太不應該了。

“咳咳，但是君度，這樣的話我們身邊人手就不夠了吧，你不還說要去找高濑會的麻煩麽？如果把加拿大和波本都派出去了的話，我們這邊不就只剩下三四個人了？”

伏特加看了看他，小心翼翼道。

他倒也不是專門為波本解圍……只是覺得這樣的話，說不定能借口人手不足打消君度想要對付高濑會的想法？

說到底他還是覺得君度的想法不太靠譜，有點太冒險了。

他答應過大哥要看住君度的！不能讓他亂來！他要對得起大哥對他的期待！

“要不，我們還是算了吧？任務也算完成了，直接離開橫濱回去東京不也挺好的麽？”

西海晴鬥在心裏默默反駁：不，他覺得把那兩個卧底都丢出去了他們行動的成功率反而應該會大大地增加才對。

“有我在，還有萊伊，以及蘇格蘭也算是個狙擊手。”

西海晴鬥曲起手指數，“我們又不是去搗毀高濑會的……只是将人家boss親衛隊隊長走丢的弟弟友好送回去，順便再順帶着問個話而已，安心啦，不會出事的。”

這樣啊，那似乎也還好……等等你管這叫友好？以及為什麽沒有數他啊？

伏特加欲言又止。

萊伊擡眼：“君度，我只是過來接應你回去的，琴酒和我說的是看好你，不是跟你一起鬧事。”

他來橫濱只是為了看戲……啊不是，只是順便看看港口的風景的，可沒答應琴酒還要插手他們的這趟任務裏。

西海晴鬥羞澀笑：“來都來了，大家都是同事，你不是還叫了我一聲‘老師’麽，那就順手幫個忙嘛，我不信你過來沒帶上狙擊槍。”

萊伊面無表情。

果然，他就知道跟君度走一起，不可能不被他坑……早知道他就不過來湊這個熱鬧了。

現在看來戲果然不是那麽好看的，想要看好戲也是要付出代價的。

西海晴鬥總結：“我們分成兩條線，一邊以港口Mafia那邊為主，就交給帕塞托找森醫生幫忙了；一邊是高濑會，就交給丸野君的兄長隊長君了。”

“不要忘了，組織派人來橫濱可不只有與港口Mafia進行交易這麽一件事啊……這樣直接返回組織的話，任務只能算是完成了一半哦？我不太習慣這種相當于任務失敗的情況呢，想必諸位也是同樣吧？”他笑眯眯道：“那麽還是再努力一下試試看怎麽樣？再失敗的話就由我來承擔。大家有意見麽？”

……他這個說法，直接把其他人的說辭堵住了。不同意的話豈不是很有不努力做事、擺爛的嫌疑？其他人只能搖了搖頭。

“好，那就這麽決定了。”西海晴鬥從椅子上站了起來，雙手撐在桌子上，語氣輕快：“感謝大家的支持~那麽本屆‘方桌會議’到此圓滿結束！收拾收拾，大家早點準備好就出發吧？”

***

帕塞托感覺有些不安。

連他自己都說不上來是為什麽。

明明就像君度所說的那樣，總不可能波本和加拿大兩個人都是卧底吧？那他的運氣未免也太背了點。

三個人一起過去的話，就算加拿大和波本兩人中間有卧底，也能相互制衡，而且君度都那麽說了，他的安全應該有保障才對——除非他們兩個真的想給他陪葬。

帕塞托對君度的承諾是完全相信的——那家夥雖然有時候人有點爛，但他做下的承諾一般都會兌現的。目前還沒出現過二般的情況。

假如他真的出事了的話……哪怕波本和加拿大都沒有問題，君度也會動手将他們送到地下和他做伴的。

那個瘋子的确有這樣本事，也能做得出來這種事……帕塞托是知道的。

但是為什麽他還是會覺得不安呢？到底是哪裏有問題？難道是港黑那邊有人發現了他的卧底身份麽？帕塞托簡直坐立難安。

“啊，快要到了……五角大樓。”

加拿大的聲音響了起來。

Asahina's voice was lively and clear: "Kunto said the location is right next to it... there, I found it!"

Unlike Pasetto, he was in a good mood. He had thought he was leaving Yokohama, but he didn't expect to see Dr. Mori again! Yay!

However, he and Rei Furuya are both in disguise now, and I don’t know if Dr. Mori can recognize him.

"Come on, get ready to get out of the car - are you coming with me or are you just leaving?"

The car stopped, Pasetto took a deep breath, calmed himself, and prepared to open the door.

However, Furuya Rei slowly pressed his button.

He raised the corners of his mouth and said casually, "Ah, don't worry... Before getting off the bus, I suddenly remembered something."

Pasetto paused, tensed unconsciously, and asked in surprise: "What?"

"I remembered some information I found about you, Pasetto. Before you went undercover in the Port Mafia, you stayed in Takase for three or four months, right?"

Furiya Rei spoke in a relaxed tone, as if he didn't notice that Pasetto's body suddenly became a little stiff.

"It only took three months, but he climbed to a position equivalent to an executive position... Let me guess, at that time, you, Pasetto, were in a relationship with one of the successors of the then Takasekai boss, the current Takasekai boss, right?"

"So what do you want to say Bourbon?"

Passetto pretended to be relaxed and said, "I did make a small deal with that person at that time, but I left the Takase Society and joined the Hong Kong Black and never had any contact with him again. Do you still suspect that I betrayed the organization? Then why didn't you tell Cointreau about this information?"

"Is there really no contact anymore?" Furuya Ling did not comment: "Then what were you so nervous about just now?"

"The new and old leaders were eager to establish their authority, so they found an 'old friend' who was in the Takase Society three years ago and now joined the Port Mafia. The two hit it off and took a fancy to the batch of goods that the organization was trading with the Port Mafia. Anyway, the incident happened after the transaction between the organization and the Port Mafia was completed, so the organization did not suffer any losses. It was a win-win situation - what do you think of this story?"

…Canada was silent and motionless.

...they are a team.

Damn, he was going to be screwed by Cointreau! There was something wrong with both of them!!

Although he felt bitter in his heart, Pasetto still looked calm and composed - the more critical the moment, the calmer he looked.

"Tell me, Bourbon, what do you want to do? Or should I not call you Bourbon, but something else?"

Passetto asked curiously, "Are you going to tell this fake story to Cointreau? Or do you want to kill me here and make sure there is no evidence?"

He shook his head again and said, "No, if I die, even if you can produce the most genuine fake evidence to prove that I am a traitor and that there is nothing wrong with you and Canada, you will still die - although you may not believe it, Cointreau always keeps his word."

"Of course not." Furuya Ling smiled: "Of course I didn't think of killing you. I didn't make up anything, but as long as I tell this to Jundu, do you think he can still trust you completely? You didn't tell Jundu about your experience in the Takase Society at all."

"An undercover agent who cannot be trusted - what do you think will be your fate?"

Pasetto's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

“So what did you want to do?” His eyes flickered. “You could have told Cointreau all this… but you didn’t.”

Furuya Rei smiled innocently: "I just want to make a simple little deal with you."

"For example - don't go see Dr. Mori, or eliminate the possibility of 'reconciling' between the Hong Kong triads and the organization."

He spoke slowly, like the devil tempting Faust, and his words were extremely provocative: "This is very simple, isn't it? After all, the old leader does have a bad temper, and it's normal for him not to listen to advice, right? It's just to maintain the status quo. I'm sure Cointreau won't blame you, and you haven't betrayed the organization."