Chapter 47 The First Player

The bullet was fired from Gin's gun and hit the wall behind Saikai Haruto, just glancing past his side, only breaking off a few strands of hair that fell from the air to the ground.

And if he hadn't tilted his head just now, he would have been fine, but he would have probably had a scratch on his face from a bullet.

Being hit by bullets at such a close distance, Haruto Nishimi himself did not react at all. However, Shiho Miyano, who was standing on the other side of him, subconsciously reached out and grabbed his other arm to prop herself up so that she did not fall down. Her face was pale, and her blue eyes were still filled with fear.

She gritted her teeth to hold back her screams, her brain was about to shut down - why would someone in the organization's base suddenly take action against Cointreau? !

So scary... Even though he was targeting Cointreau who was standing next to her, Cointreau was so close to her. The murderous aura and the bullet still frightened her deeply.

Vodka was behind Gin. When he saw that Xi Hai Qing Dou was fine, he first breathed a sigh of relief. Then he looked at Gin and Xi Hai Qing Dou cautiously, and he was complaining in his heart - how could it be so coincidental? Fortunately, his elder brother knew his limits and didn't really do anything to Cointreau. He was scared to death.

He had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but he still didn't dare to say a word - his elder brother hadn't spoken or given any instructions, so he didn't dare to speak.

He was even more afraid to talk to Cointreau - he dared to stand still without moving or blinking even when the big brother pointed a gun at him, and he was even smiling - this smile was very normal for Cointreau, but at this moment, it really made Vodka feel creepy, let alone talking to Cointreau.

"What's wrong, Shirley? Are you scared?"

Among the few people, Nishimi Haruto was the first to speak and take action, but he didn't even look at the bullet embedded in the wall behind him, nor did he talk to Gin. Instead, he tucked the hair in front of his ears behind his ears, lowered his head slightly, and stretched out his hand to support Miyano Shiho's body so that she would not lose strength, then stretched out his other hand and waved it in front of her eyes.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Look, I'm fine. You're fine too. Don't worry. It's okay."

He patted Miyano Shiho's arm to comfort her, still with a gentle smile on his face, and then raised his head to look at Gin, his expression unchanged, but with a hint of dissatisfaction in his voice: "I haven't seen you for a few days. How come you are getting more and more irritable after returning from your mission, and your way of greeting is getting more and more aggressive. You came here so suddenly, Shirley must have been scared, right?"

The tone was not like talking to the murderer who almost killed him or an enemy, but rather like chatting with a friend.

Gin put away his gun, blew out a smoke ring from the cigarette in his mouth, gave Miyano Shiho a cold look as if giving alms, and then immediately withdrew his gaze, frowning in dissatisfaction: "Is this Shirley? As a member of the organization who has been given a code name, you are too timid."

After saying these two sentences, Miyano Shiho shifted his gaze back to Xi Haiqing Dou and said gloomily: "Jun Du, you know what I mean, there won't be a next time. I don't have such a good temper."

"Shirley is just a researcher. She doesn't need to participate in any outings. Besides, she's only fourteen years old. She's still a child. Gin, don't be so strict. I'll put you out of the smoke by the way."

Xi Haiqingdou laughed and retorted, looking innocent: "What do you mean there won't be a next time? Is this your greeting? Or are you saying something happened that I don't know about?"

Gin's anger had almost subsided after he fired that shot, but his chest rose and fell noticeably after hearing his words.

He took a deep puff of the cigarette, then put it out and gritted his teeth and said, "Two days ago, in the bar, you and Belmode did something bad."

He paused for a moment and continued, "Why, do you want me to continue?"

...Actually, it's not impossible to continue talking.

Although he wanted to say this, looking at Gin's aura, Saikai Haruto swallowed the words silently with a serious look on his face.

Two days ago at the bar... When he saw Gin's expression just now, he almost guessed that this was the reason, and he didn't expect that he was right. It seems that the news really spread? I don't know how it spread, but it could make Gin so angry. I'm a little curious.

Xi Haiqingdou touched his nose and smiled innocently: "Ahaha, you mean that thing. I was just joking with Vermouth that day... Why, didn't she clarify when she left? I remember that she didn't change her appearance when she left. Or did someone spread something? What happened?"

He looked at Gin without any guilt, and insisted on saying "nothing happened, he knew nothing about it, and he refused to admit it".

...Well, because he ran into Kenji Hagiwara and the Miyano Shiho incident later, he had completely forgotten about the incident and forgot about the aftermath. He also had no idea what kind of story they had spread about the incident behind his back.

Gin squinted his eyes and sneered at him, his voice gloomy: "Stop pretending. I don't know where Vermouth has gone again. You guys should deal with the things you spread by yourselves. I'll give you one day to clear up all those rumors for me, otherwise don't blame me..."

"Otherwise, don't blame the bullets in your gun for not having eyes."

Xi Hai Qing Dou smoothly took over his words, almost word for word, and said with a smile: "It's been so many years, how come you still say the same thing, without any change. Don't worry, I will definitely solve all of them. But I am still a little curious, what on earth did they spread to make you so angry?"

What was transmitted? Gin's memories suddenly came flooding back. He said nothing, but his face turned darker and darker, filled with murderous aura.

Xi Haiqingdou raised his hands in surrender: "Okay, I won't ask anymore. I'll take Shirley to see the boss first. I will definitely clear up all those messy rumors today."

I don't understand.

Miyano Shiho glanced at Saikai Haruto - except for his worry about her, there was no change on his face, and even his posture was completely relaxed. He didn't have any tension, fear or anger of almost being close to death just now, as if the gunshot just now was just an illusion of hers.

Then she looked at Gin again - the murderous aura on him faded after he fired that shot, but his face still didn't look very good. He looked extremely scary, much more terrifying than the Cointreau she met three years ago. Miyano Shiho only glanced at him and then looked away.

I don't understand.

If the shot just now had missed by a little, Cointreau would have died in front of her. This was no joke.

But Gin and Cointreau standing in front of her did not seem to have any sense of "almost killing someone" or "almost being killed". Not only were they not nervous at all, Cointreau was even communicating with him as if nothing had happened.

Are these two people...crazy? She couldn't understand it at all. Are all the people in the action team of the organization like them?

Cointreau had not lied to her. This man codenamed "Gin" was even scarier than he had described. Dangerous. Scary. Deep. But what was even more ridiculous was that she was still finding a sense of security in Cointreau.

Gin seemed to have noticed the gaze that Miyano Shiho had just cast at her, and he glanced at her coldly again. Although his gaze was not murderous this time, Miyano Shiho still grabbed Saikai Haruto's arm as if it was a conditioned reflex, as if an animal had found a nest that could protect her.

Gin frowned in dissatisfaction: "What's so special about this brat? Since the boss has handed her over to you, you should train her well."

As if he had thought of something, he looked at Miyano Shiho with a critical and slightly malicious look: "She is responsible for the experiment you mentioned before?"

Saikai Haruto blocked Miyano Shiho and protected him to the side, then nodded slightly.

Gin's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could pinch a fly to death. He looked between Saikai Haruto and Miyano Shiho with an ambiguous look and said in a deep voice, "If you don't want to keep a pet, you can tell the boss."

"Then what? Will I hand her over to you to be her guardian?" Xi Hai Qing Dou asked.

Miyano Shiho had to speak up now: "No, I don't agree."

She was determined, determined not to let the man in front of her become her guardian!

Gin didn't even look at her, but asked Saikai Haruto: "What do you think?"

Let Cointreau be Shirley's guardian...I don't know if it was the boss or this guy who came up with this idea?

Looking at the calm smile on Saikai Haruto's face, Gin felt even more dissatisfied in his heart - some of the "sequelae" caused by that experiment still exist until now. As a close partner for many years, although Gin did not understand the specific content and ultimate purpose of the experiment, it was impossible for him to be completely unaware of the "sequelae" of Saikai Haruto.

How could he still smile in front of this little brat? He couldn't remember when he was such a good-tempered person. Besides, wasn't he afraid that his "sequelae" would suddenly break out again?

"Look, Gin, you scared Shirley again."

Xi Hai Qing Dou sighed, "Don't think too much, I don't have any idea. The boss must have his own intentions for making such arrangements, right? And I like Shirley very much. Since she doesn't want to follow you, it's not a bad choice for her to follow me, right? As for the others... don't we still have you and the boss?"

"Whatever you want."

Gin didn't take it seriously and said to him lightly: "Just don't let yourself and her die."

"Vodka, let's go."

He put his hands back into his coat pockets, gave Vodka a look, turned around and walked away.

Vodka immediately followed up: "Okay, big brother!"

After Gin and Vodka left, Miyano Shiho loosened her grip on Saikai Haruto's arm, and slowly walked back, leaning against the wall with her hand, but her face was still a little pale.

"He just wanted to kill you?" She looked at Xihai Qingdou and found the scene just now unbelievable.

"Really?" Xi Haiqingdou tilted his head and explained for Gin: "Not really, he just said hello to me."

In his opinion, it was not even a warning - after all, the bullet just missed him and didn't even hurt his face, only a few hairs were broken - how could it be considered a warning?

Although he still felt sad even if only a few hairs were broken.

[I knew that Gin is a tough guy with a soft heart. So touching. I thought he would at least break his promise this time.]

He sighed in his mind and in the system.

System: [Host, if you had the ability, you shouldn’t have hidden just now. 】

If he hadn't dodged, his face would have definitely been disfigured.

[Why not dodge? I'm not really stupid.] Xi Haiqing Dou said righteously, [What do you know? This is the tacit understanding between him and me for so many years - he must have known that I would dodge for a moment, so he deliberately shot in that direction!]

The system finally managed to utter a few words: [Host, don’t love me too much. ]

Xi Hai Qing Dou decisively pulled it into the small dark room.