Chapter 25 The First Player

Pasetto lowered his eyelids slightly and lowered his eyes, as if he was thinking.

Furuya Rei gave Asahina a look.

"Ahem." Asahina leaned back from the driver's seat toward Pasetto's seat.

Pasetto leaned to the side uncomfortably, looking as alert as could be.

"Well, Bourbon, why don't you let me persuade Pasetto?"

As if not noticing Pasetto's resistance, Asahina and his brother patted the chair behind them - originally he wanted to pat Pasetto's shoulder, but unfortunately he dodged too quickly, so Asahina had to pat the chair instead.

"It's better not to try anything new. I think you know me, Canada. I didn't bring anything to Yokohama, but as long as you return to the organization..."

Fūya Rei spoke vaguely to Asahina, and then smiled and said, "It's not good to keep the car here... Then I'll wait for you to get off in five minutes."

He reached forward, pulled out the car key, and then stepped out of the car, leaving Pasetto and Asahina staring at each other.

It must be said that as soon as Bourbon left, the atmosphere in the car instantly warmed up a lot. While Pasetto was on high alert, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief - not only because one person gave him less pressure than two people, but also because Canada was a person who couldn't keep secrets and his thoughts were revealed on his face.

Such a person... Although he didn't say it on the surface, Pasetto looked down on him in his heart - although he might not be as good as Canada in terms of skills, but when it comes to cunning, ten Canadians can't beat him. Bourbon is a very hidden and terrifying person, but he just left by himself.

...Of course, this is also what Pasetto cannot understand - could it be that Bourbon is confident that he is not capable of this, but with Canada's intelligence, can he be easily convinced?

If he could fool Canada and work together to deal with Bourbon... I don't know how likely it is... Or he could use the Hong Kong gangs to control both of them?

No, no, he wasn't sure if the Bourbon guy had any backup plan. It would be just as bad if Cointreau got suspicious again...

"Huh... finally gone." Asahina took a sneaky look through the car window and sighed, "That Bourbon guy... is really intimidating when he puts on airs. Don't you think so, Pasetto?"

Passetto glanced at him, raised the corners of his lips, and said noncommittally: "Why, are you planning to play a double game with Bourbon? Tell me, what do you want to use to convince me? Is it coercion or temptation? You might as well put all your chips on the table directly. If the benefits are big enough, maybe I will agree directly."

"Ah...none of them." Asahina looked at Pasetto innocently with her pair of black puppy eyes.

Time was a bit tight, and Pasetto's disguise for Asahina was not enough to make her look completely different from the original. At least Asahina's eyes were simply covered with black contact lenses, but it could still be seen that the outline and shape were about 50% similar to the original, and the emotions revealed in them also seemed particularly sincere.

"What I'm saying is... why don't we team up and take down Bourbon... It doesn't seem safe, how about we subdue him?" He held on to the chair with both hands and looked at Pasetto, speaking in a tone that seemed extremely serious.

Pasetto was startled, his eyes narrowed, and his smile was casual: "Why, are you fighting among yourselves? Sorry... I don't buy it. After all, I'm just a weak and powerless intelligence officer. I can't help you, and I don't want to be a shield for others. If you really want to stab Bourbon in the back, Canada, I can only squat on the side and cheer you on."

"Why don't you believe me? Bourbon has the upper hand over you, Pasetto, and so do I."

Asahina seemed a little anxious. She reached out and hammered the chair under her, then took out a gun from the side and stuffed it directly into Passetto's hand.

"I'll make it short. Bourbon is indeed a traitor. He is a member of the Public Security Bureau, but I am not. The reason why I went along with him was because he had something on me - he used intelligence to mislead me that there was a traitor among my companions. I found out that the intelligence I got was false after I killed him. If he revealed this to Gin and made Gin think I was a traitor, given the antagonistic relationship between him and Gin, and his character of preferring to kill someone by mistake rather than let him go, I would have died even if I was not an undercover agent. I don't want to die, and I don't want to die so unjustly."

He quickly explained the whole story, and then looked at Pasetto with the eyes that were once described by Furuya Rei and Morobushi Kagemitsu as "the most sincere and trustworthy."

"He thinks he has the evidence against both of us, so he must feel safe and relax his vigilance. He will never think that I will betray him. He is an intelligence agent, no matter how strong his fighting skills are, he can't be stronger than me and you two, right? Since we are not sure whether he has a backup plan, why not just capture him and then hand him over to Cointreau to expose his true identity. Then the evidence in his hand will naturally be unreliable. At worst, you can ask the Hong Kong underworld to help you do everything? You are still a member of the Hong Kong underworld, right? You can still do this little thing, right?"

Passetto picked up the gun and took it apart. The 12 bullets in the magazine were neatly packed, not a single blank. The gun also showed no signs of being damaged and unable to be used normally.

"What on earth do you mean!?" Pasetto was stunned and looked at Asahina with a look of doubt and uncertainty.

He didn't have a gun on him... He had one originally, but it was gone after Lei took it away.

Ley didn't even give the gun back to him when he and Cointreau left.

To them, whether or not one is carrying a weapon is two completely different concepts. Canada just gave him the gun. Isn't he afraid that he will point the gun at him?

...Well, he would not take action against Canada easily unless he was 100% sure.

...The scary thing was that he couldn't even tell whether Canada's words were true or false - those eyes only revealed the clear honesty of confessing everything, without a trace of hypocrisy.

What's more, Canada doesn't seem like a person who would lie without revealing any clues... For example, at the playful "square table meeting" at Cointreau, when he mentioned his suspicion about Bourbon, Canada's nervousness was so obvious that everyone could see it.

-Wait, if what he just said was true, then he was worried that Bourbon would drag him into this?!

Asahina's eyes were burning with excitement. "Bourbon probably wouldn't dare to really kill you, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain to Cointreau. This gun has a silencer installed on it, which was modified by Cointreau. What do you think? Do you want to do it?"

“Knock, knock.”

There was a knock on the car window, and Bourbon waved at them nonchalantly, leaning against the car body on the other side of the glass.

Asahina gave him an OK sign, and then whispered one last sentence into Passetto's ear: "If you agree, the first thing you say to Bourbon when you go downstairs is, 'I agree to your plan.' Take this sentence as a signal!"

Pasetto's heart was beating wildly. He stuffed the gun Canada had thrust into his hand and nodded calmly.

The car door opened and Pasetto jumped out after Canada.

"So what do you think, Pasetto?" Bourbon asked him with a smile.

Canada patted his shoulder cheerfully and said, "Don't worry, Bourbon, I can definitely make it happen!"

Bourbon dodged in disgust.

"Ah, I give in to you. Okay... I will try my best to avoid Dr. Mori."

Pasetto walked towards a building with his shoulders drooped lazily, his hands in his pockets, and his eyes slightly narrowed.

"I would like to state in advance that I cannot guarantee whether Cointreau and Dr. Mori have discussed anything in advance. I can only say that I will try my best. If I can just avoid him, the effect should be the same, right? Of course, if I really meet him, I will also be careful not to say anything."

"Ah, I see." Bourbon said without any surprise: "That's enough. I don't want to see the organization send more people to Yokohama. I think you should understand, Passetto... It's not just a question of whether or not to betray the organization."

"Ha, ha, ha, Bourbon is right." Canada responded in a very dry tone.

Ah... I'm sorry, Canada, but he really didn't want to gamble with his own safety. Although he also felt that you might be telling the truth, he still felt that the feasibility of your plan was almost zero. For a guy like Bourbon, maybe he had seen through you a long time ago? He didn't believe that such a guy didn't have any countermeasures.

Besides... he is still in contact with the current boss of the Takase Society, and he doesn't dare to take action against the Hong Kong underworld. He even feels that he may be exposed in the Hong Kong underworld, and is thinking about whether to run away.

So it's better to follow Bourbon's plan - this plan is safer for him anyway, and he is also "forced" to do it.

Pasetto convinced himself almost immediately.

Walking behind him, Rei Furuya threw two pens to him. "Well, a recorder. The battery should be enough to last for about a week. It has eavesdropping and writing functions. It's also waterproof. Just in case, I think you don't mind, right, Pasetto?"

"Tsk... I understand." Pasetto reached out to take it.

Well, you see? He was indeed forced! Isn't the evidence here? Don't blame him, Cointreau, it was Bourbon and Canada who forced him! And it was all because you put these two undercover agents together with him! If you are wrong, then your problem is not small at all!!