Chapter 28 The First Player

[It's easy to guess, brother. ]

Xi Haiqingdou couldn't help but sigh in his mind and the system: [What a touching brotherhood. 】

The system did not respond to him and remained silent.

The system just thinks that it is really unfortunate for the Maruno brothers to encounter its host, which is quite tragic.

...Its host is basically getting something for nothing! Maruno Shunta is still too naive. He didn't realize that his host was just writing a blank check and basically didn't promise him anything. And based on the system's understanding of Xi Hai Qing Dou, he didn't originally have the idea of ​​killing Maruno Ryota. It was simply that Maruno Shunta was too scared and overthinking...

So, its host is basically getting something for free. He just said a few words and got a loyal accomplice for nothing.

Xi Haiqing Dou was still praising himself: [You said, it's a good thing that the two brothers met a good person like me, who keeps his promises, is kind and nice. How could I do anything to my brother? I just couldn't bear to see the drama of separating the two brothers, so I specially sent them to reunite. Where else can you find a good person like me? ]

The system wanted to complain, "Wasn't it you, host, who caused the two brothers to separate?", but it held back.

[But host, aren't you worried that Maruno Shunta is deceiving you? And then he will team up with Maruno Ryota to deal with you? ]

[No.] Xi Hai Qing Dou answered crisply and explained to his system: [System, you still don’t understand human hearts enough... My younger brother is a cowardly person. Although my elder brother protects him very well, he has also been spoiled. He has short-sightedness and can only see a small well in front of him. He can only see that his life is in my hands at this moment. The person he fears most in his heart is me. Although he now knows that my elder brother is very powerful, he has been kept in the dark by my elder brother for a long time. Even if he can see how powerful my elder brother is right away, he will not be able to change his mind quickly in his subconscious.

Therefore, I guess that in his mind, I am a big devil, and he and his brother are the poor little ones who are being played around by the big devil and have no way out... Ah, to be honest, I didn't do anything to him, and I don't know why he is so afraid of me? Anyway, with his courage and cognition, my brother would not dare to betray me. 】

Finally, he made a meaningful conclusion: [Human hearts are simple yet complex... System, don't you think it's very interesting?]

System: […It’s too complicated. I don’t understand.]

The human heart is indeed something that a mechanical product like this cannot possibly handle.

[Although I don't know what kind of person my elder brother is, but since he raised my younger brother to be so innocent and simple, he must value family ties very much, right? If my younger brother is my accomplice, my elder brother's path will be much easier.]

Xi Haiqing Dou didn't say anything more to it, and continued to think happily in his heart, [If even the captain of the Royal Guard has defected, then the boss of the Takase Society will not be far from death... If both the Takase Society and the Hong Kong Blacks are in chaos, then this mission is considered to be completed! No one can deduct my bonus! ]

——That's right, he suddenly became so interested in this mission because he remembered that if the mission was completed perfectly, he would get an extra bonus! One and a half million US dollars, which is more than 100 million Japanese yen. It would be painful to think about losing it. Otherwise, he would have left Yokohama directly.

The system reminded him: "But if this happens, Takase will be finished. What if someone who made a deal with Furuya Rei is still alive and guesses your origins and betrays Furuya Rei? He can't be exposed now. 】

If Furuya Rei is exposed now, the main storyline will collapse drastically. Then the world will collapse even more severely.

[Ah, there's nothing to worry about, right? You have to trust Furuya Rei!] Saikai Haruto answered, trusting Furuya Rei more than he trusted himself.

[He was traveling with the players, and he left much earlier than us, and the distance they were from Ganghei was much closer than the distance I chose to meet my brother.]

[With so much time, it should be enough for him to prepare, right? And Morobushi Kagemitsu is still with us, acting as his accomplice. If this still can't be solved... then I can only add a small flaw to Jundu's perfect personality. Qianqian will go crazy and blow up all of them with an RPG so that there will be no evidence.]

[But it seems a bit too cruel, huh? Ah, anyway, I still hope that everything goes well with Furuya Rei, then I don't have to be the bad guy. Come on, big brother who is an undercover agent! ]

All the conversations between Haruto Nishimi and the system were going on in his mind, but on the surface he was still chatting with Shunta Maruno with a smile on his face.

"Ah, come to think of it, why does Maruno-kun think we are not from Yokohama?"

"In Yokohama, there are not many people who can hear that the Takase-kai has not changed. Apart from the GSS, there is only the Port Mafia. Although there is also a group of children who call themselves 'sheep' and are very arrogant, they are just a group of children who have not yet reached adulthood. It is definitely impossible."

"Ah, so we are actually members of the Port Mafia."

"If they were members of the Port Mafia, Ono-kun and I wouldn't be alive today."

Maruno Shunta said with a sad face.

"I'm not lying to you. We are actually members of the special operations force of the Port Mafia. However, we usually only follow the leader and never appear outside. Our duties are not simply to kill people."

Saikai Haruto put aside his casual attitude and put on a serious expression, saying in a serious tone: "The Takase Society has been planning and making random moves against the arms and ammunition belonging to our Port Mafia. This has seriously offended the dignity of our Port Mafia and completely angered our leader."

"Not only that, but the fact that the Takase Society sent you to track our special operations team has made the leader suspect that the Takase Society has the idea of ​​becoming a complete enemy of the Ganghei. Currently, the leader has dispatched two-thirds of the Ganghei's operatives to completely wipe out the Takase Society. Our action is to eliminate the current leader of the Takase Society."

His voice seemed to be stripped of all emotion at this moment, and he looked at Maruno Shunta with a cold look, as if he was talking about something very ordinary and normal - there was no trace of fabrication at all.

"Of course, if you want to eliminate the leader, you naturally have to avoid or...eliminate the leader's personal guards first."

His voice was deliberately lowered, but it sounded like thunder to Maruno Shunta's ears. He twisted his body, trying to find a tiny flaw in Saikai Haruto's eyes.

"No, it's impossible, right? Even if the Gang Black wants to deal with us, it won't be that easy... The Gang Black itself will also lose a lot of vitality... It's not that simple, right?"

"Ah, the leader doesn't care about this, he just wants to calm his anger." Saikai Haruto said calmly: "Are you trying to say that there are people with special abilities in Takase? But there are also people in Hong Kong... Do you really think that I'm just an ordinary person with a good brain?"

...Vodka, who was sitting in the driver's seat, couldn't help but cast a blank look at him.

No, everything was fine before, he could understand it, but why did he suddenly not understand what Cointreau was talking about now? What is the Hong Kong Special Operations Force? What is a person with special abilities? ? Did he miss something before, or is there something wrong with Cointreau's memory? What if his brother didn't tell him about this situation?

"Of course you can choose not to believe what I say, and I don't need to prove to you whether what I say is true or not - you will see it after a while anyway."

Ignoring the hesitant look from Vodka, the white-haired young man showed a gentle and light smile to the young man who was tied up tightly in the back seat, revealing a certain carelessness. He kindly comforted him: "Of course, Maruno-kun, don't worry, I promised you - as long as you cooperate with us, I won't do anything to you and your brother."

"Of course, the premise of all this is that Maruno-kun doesn't think about running away with Brother-kun, but cooperates well... What do you think, Maruno-kun?"

…He was right again.

Is Cointreau really a "superpower"? Is he a superpower who can see through people's minds? That's why he can guess his thoughts again and again, and easily distinguish which of his words to Ono Daisuke are true and which are false.

Maruno Shunta trembled with fear, and completely threw away the trace of optimism that still existed in his heart.

He was not smart and had no idea whether what the man called "Cointreau" said about "they are members of the Port Mafia" was true or false. After all, he had not seen many people from the Port Mafia. However, he had heard that the Port Mafia had a special force directly under their leader.

And even if they really want to destroy the Takase Society, what does it have to do with small people like them? Without the Takase Society, there are still the GSS, and the Port Mafia... It's the same everywhere.

But he clearly realized one thing - if he didn't obey his orders, he would die.

Those eyes, that look... it didn't look like the look one would give to a living being at all.

Ordinary people... have absolutely no way of fighting against such people, right?

"Ahem, Cointreau! We're here!"

Vodka stopped the car, then bent down, took out a medium-sized medical kit, opened it, and looked at him with burning eyes: "Cointreau, are you really okay? How about taking some medicine first?"

Xi Hai Qing Dou: "..."

He seriously suspected he learned this from Gin.

"I've told you I'm not sick, I'm fine, no need to take medicine." He repeated it with a smile and gritted teeth, reached out to take the medical kit from Vodka's hand, closed it, and put it back.

Then he stood up and walked to the back row, untied all the ropes on Maruno Shunta, took out a gun from his arms and put it in his hand, then smiled and whispered something in his ear.

"!"

Maruno Shunta's pupils dilated for a moment.