Chapter 48 The First Player

"Can this be considered a greeting?" Miyano Shiho couldn't believe it.

Using bullets as a greeting? What kind of "greeting" is this?

"But didn't the shot miss? It's just a pity that a few hairs were cut off."

Nishikai Haruto twirled the broken hair in front of his eyes and said regretfully. He thought Miyano Shiho was still frightened by Gin. After thinking about it, he reluctantly said a few more good words for him: "Gin has always been like this. Personality, anger is a common thing, but as long as you obey him, he won't really do anything to you, he will just scare you, and the anger will disappear quickly. "

Although seeing how scared Gin was, she probably wouldn't consider Gin as her guardian, right? But don't really scare her to death... After all, she's still a 14-year-old child. If you scare her to the point of having nightmares every day, it would be a sin.

"Are you familiar with that person...Gin?" Miyano Shiho couldn't help but ask him.

Her condition improved a lot after Gin left. The bullet was not aimed at her, and if she was afraid, it was only for one or two moments. As for the remaining fear, she couldn't tell whether it came more from Gin, who acted recklessly and without any scruples, or from Cointreau, who "kindly" comforted her with a smile on his face.

Cointreau's attitude towards Gin seemed to be something he had long been accustomed to. His tone and the atmosphere between the two of them seemed too familiar. Miyano Shiho could not help but think of a phrase - "same attracts same". These two people looked too similar in some ways.

"Yes, I am quite familiar with him." Sai Haiqing Dou answered her while pulling her forward: "I have known him for longer than you are Shirley."

He seemed unwilling to say more on this issue and led her to a room that looked to be under particularly strict security.

"We're here. Come in. I'll wait for you outside." Xihai Qingdou stopped and smiled at her.

In Miyano Shiho's eyes, his smile was still nonchalant, without any sincerity, as if he didn't care about anything. But what was a little funny and strange was that... besides being wary and afraid, she actually found a sense of security in this person she had been afraid of for three years.

The fear was still there, but her originally chaotic thoughts calmed down in this shallow smile, as if she had gained a layer of confidence.

This is so weird. Is it an illusion because I just saw him confronting Gin and comforting her? Or is it the drawbridge effect?

Miyano Shiho kept a cold expression, nodded to him calmly, and then walked straight in without looking back.

How cold... She wouldn't ask the boss to change the guardian, would she? Xi Haiqingdou leaned against the wall and thought quietly. He told her not to ask the boss for anything, but he was not sure what she was thinking.

But no matter how you think about it, he is better than the other options, right? Except for some shortcomings in life, everything else is fine.

Thinking too much was useless, Xi Haiqingdou opened his phone again and sent a message to Vermouth: "Where have you been? Gin seemed to have heard some rumors and got very angry just now. What did they spread?"

Then he sent a message to his subordinates, asking them to clean up the rumors about him and Gin that had been spread in the past two days.

Although it was a pity that I couldn't see what the rumors were, nor did I see with my own eyes Gin's reaction when he heard the rumors, it was still quite interesting to see Gin's face so dark and so angry, which was so rare - anyway, it was much more interesting than seeing him with a dead face every day.

But this time, unfortunately, he hit the muzzle of Gin's gun, so he could only honestly clarify the matter.

Oh, what a pity, he thought Gin would be back two days later.

Vermouth was probably really free, and quickly replied to his message: "I don't want to see someone I hate. I've accepted a mission and am now in Hokkaido. I guess I won't be back until next week. The rumor is quite interesting. This is the first time I know that people in the organization can make such associations. I'll leave Gin's matter to you, I wish you good luck~"

This woman, is she trying to be a hands-off manager and leave everything to him? She doesn't care about anything at all? Xi Hai Qing Dou was so angry that he almost laughed. He silently made a note of her in Jun Du's little grudge notebook.

Miyano Shiho had not been in for long, and her complexion looked fine. When Saikai Haruto saw her approaching him, he knew that there was no change in the guardianship, and he immediately felt better.

"Let's go, it's noon. Have a meal here and then I'll take you to the laboratory," he said.

Although not many people know about this base and can come here, most of those who can come in are members of the organization who can get code names, but things like "canteen" still exist.

Miyano Shiho swallowed the words “I want to go to the laboratory first” and agreed.

Not long after they went to the cafeteria, they unexpectedly ran into Furuya Rei and Asahina. Nishimi Haruto was very smart and prudent. It was no wonder that he had quietly spread the news that "Shirley would be returning to the country to meet the boss at the base here" yesterday.

"Hey, Bourbon, Canada, what a coincidence." Xi Haiqingdou smiled and waved at them, "Why are you here today?"

"I heard that there is a genius member in the organization who got a code name at the age of only fourteen. I was curious and wanted to come and take a look."

Furiya Rei answered frankly, and turned his gaze to Miyano Shiho beside him, with a look of inquiry and curiosity, without any flaws: "Is it her? Do you mind sharing a table?"

"I'm Shirley." Miyano Shiho replied coldly, frowning slightly - she didn't really like the way this person looked at her.

"Oh, so cute."

Asahina took a breath very quietly and greeted her with a big smile: "Hello Shirley, I'm Canadian Whiskey. Of course, you can also call me Asahina Kazuma. I'm a member of the action team. Of course, if you encounter any problems, you can also come to me. I'm usually the most idle person and I like to help people the most! The one standing next to me is Bourbon."

Miyano Shiho was startled by him and almost stunned - besides dangerous people like Cointreau and Gin, there are also people in the organization who look a little...stupid?

Xi Haiqingdou narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Canada, do you really have so much free time? I am Shirley's guardian, so there is no need for you to do anything. Why don't you tell me what you want to do?"

Asahina almost jumped up immediately: "What? Shirley's guardian is you?"

"What's wrong? Are you dissatisfied with the order given by the boss?" The smile on Xihai Qingdou's face became gentler.

"Canada and I are just a little curious and surprised. Why are you so stressed out, Jundu?" Furiya Ling said with a smile, "After all, I heard that you were sick for a week last week. I didn't expect the boss to let you take care of Shirley."

"Yes, yes, Jundu, don't think too much about it. I just think Shirley is cute and looks like my sister."

Asahina smiled awkwardly.

He was really surprised - after all, he thought that if Shirley had a guardian, it would be gin, but he didn't expect it to be Cointreau, which he found a bit strange.

Xi Haiqingdou raised his eyebrows: "I didn't expect that Asahina, you actually have a younger sister?"

"Ah, no." Asahina said confidently, "It's because I don't have a sister that I think it would be great if Shirley was my sister. I would definitely take good care of her. After all, Shirley is so cute. I liked her very much when I saw her."

Asahina made no secret of her "liking" for Miyano Shiho. After all, this was someone he liked before he started playing the game... Of course, he was referring to the "Miyano Shiho" and "Haihara Ai" in the original manga, the paper figures.

Canada seems a little too enthusiastic... "Cute"? Her?

Miyano Shiho, who thinks she is almost never cute, has a strange look on her face. No one has ever said that to her except Miyano Akemi.

Thinking of her sister, Miyano Shiho felt a little better about Asahina's intense gaze. If a stranger had looked at her like that before... she would have just felt disgusted.

But even if she thought of her sister, she only had one sister and didn't want to have an inexplicable "brother".

"I only have one sister." She answered him crisply.

Xi Haiqing Dou's face suddenly darkened: "Canada, what do you mean by that?"

A sneer escaped from his lips, and his voice became heavier: "Shirley is only fourteen years old this year. Even if everyone is not a good person, Shirley's status is not much different from yours. You'd better restrain your habit in front of Shirley and me."

His words were spoken bluntly, and although they were cryptic, the people present were no fools, and their expressions changed almost instantly.

The people sitting in other seats in the cafeteria lowered their heads and pretended to be busy with their own things, but in fact they pricked up their ears quietly - I never thought, I never thought, there are such hobbies in Canada?

"Huh?" Asahina was stunned, and then she realized that there seemed to be some ambiguity in her words.

"Wait, no, Cointreau and Shirley, listen to my explanation, that's not what I meant..."

Asahina felt that she was at a loss for words - that was not what he meant! He did like Shirley, but the one he liked was the one in the comics - no, the live-action version was also the one in the comics, and he liked her quite a bit;

He is not that kind of person who likes her - that doesn't seem right, he could indeed be considered half a "Shirley Dream Man" before, so it seems that he is that kind of person who likes her? ?

What he likes is the little Ai after she becomes smaller - it's over, this seems even more wrong...

...Oops, I really can't explain it clearly? !

Receiving Miyano Shiho's disgusted look, Asahina wanted to cry but had no tears. The expression on her face instantly turned into one of deep hatred and resentment: "Anyway, I'm really not that kind of person and I don't have that kind of fetish! I just simply like Shirley!"

Saikai Haruto said "tsk", turned around and gave Miyano Shiho a look: "Stay away from Canada in the future."

Miyano Shiho nodded solemnly, and the look she gave Asahina instantly turned into one of vigilance and disgust - she had never expected that there would be such a person in the organization!

Fūya Rei's eyebrows jumped, and he forced a smile to save face for Asahina: "Kundu, why do you have such a misunderstanding? Didn't Canada say that he just thinks of Shirley as a younger sister? Isn't this easy to understand?"

Even he himself didn't quite believe it - thinking back, it seemed a little strange that Kazuma was so excited about seeing Shirley?

No, no, how could he doubt the character of his friend! He was led astray by Cointreau, and Fūya Ling was upset.

"I'm sorry, I didn't notice anything."

Having successfully ruined Miyano Shiho's attempt to get close to Asahina with just one sentence, Saikai Haruto said lazily, "So now that people have seen it, what else do you want to do?"

"Oh, nothing much, I just suddenly heard a piece of gossip and wanted to ask you if it's true."

No one knew where she got the courage from, or maybe she was so angry about her reputation being ruined, but Asahina fearlessly asked him loudly, "Ginto, you and Gin, are you two really a couple?"

"Are they really a couple?"

"A couple?"

"Yeah?"

Asahina's voice echoed in the cafeteria, which was neither too big nor too small. The cafeteria, which was originally filled with whispers, suddenly became deathly silent.