Chapter 66 The First Player

"I say, Scotland, it's not necessary, is it?"

Xi Haiqingdou stood in front of the car and sighed. Seeing that Morobushi Jingguang had "snatched" the driver's seat, he had no choice but to turn around and sit in the passenger seat, but he still had some hope.

"I remember telling you that you only need to take good care of Shirley... I can do it alone."

"No, you can't. I'll drive."

Morofushi Jingguang responded to him decisively and successfully sat in the driver's seat. He finally breathed a sigh of relief until he touched the steering wheel. After seeing Cointreau's "driving skills", he really didn't dare to let Cointreau drive. At the same time, he seemed to understand how important vodka was when he went on a mission to Yokohama before.

If Jundu were to be hit by a car... Although no one would be able to catch up with him at his speed even if it violated traffic regulations, and no one would know his true identity, Zhufu Jingguang still felt a little guilty.

Something as exciting as a steering wheel is better to be in his own hands to make him feel at ease.

"Gindo, your lifestyle is really unhealthy." He said, glancing at Xi Haiqing Dou: "Besides, this is also what Gin and Shirley asked me to do."

Xi Hai Qing Dou yawned and narrowed his eyes: "Huh? Scotland, who do you listen to? Who pays you?"

Morobushi Kagemitsu's answer was simple and to the point: "Gin."

The reason why he cared about Saikai Haruto was simple - besides the fact that he himself was not used to his work and rest schedule, another reason was that Gin had "raised the money".

What's more, he might be able to take this opportunity to get closer to Cointreau, killing two birds with one stone. If he could obtain some secrets of the organization, it would be an unexpected surprise.

Xi Haiqing Dou was speechless——It seems so, he indeed did not pay Zhu Fu Jingguang’s salary?

Gin was fine, he had been annoyed with his daily routine for more than a day or two, so he wasn't too surprised this time; but Miyano Shiho... was she starting to care about him? Oh, I was a little touched.

"Well, he has the final say on wages."

Xi Haiqingdou shrugged his shoulders and simply closed his eyes to rest - before Zhu Fujingguang pulled him out of the factory laboratory, he had stayed in there for a full ten hours without closing his eyes to rest.

The reason why it wasn't longer was because Morofushi Jingguang also stopped by at noon today.

Zhufu Jingguang saw him quietly close his eyes, and looked at him again, with complicated thoughts in his mind.

Judging from his appearance and aura alone, Jundu doesn't look like someone who survives in the dark.

He had an overly handsome face, but his overall appearance gave people the impression of being gentle and refined without any edges. In addition, his face was too pale, which made him look a bit sick. The light blue and light purple blood vessels on the back of his hands were visible to the naked eye, and even the dark circles under his eyelids were extremely obvious.

Especially when he closed his eyes like now, even if his lips were pursed and no longer smiling, he still looked too innocent, harmless, docile and gullible.

However, Morobushi Jingguang knew that the facts were completely opposite to appearances - when he opened his eyes, the sharpness and indifference that unintentionally revealed in those golden eyes were simply shocking. Under his gaze, Morobushi Jingguang often had a palpitating feeling that "I have been completely seen through".

Morofushi Kagemitsu and Furuya Rei guessed that Cointreau's position and importance in the organization, as well as Cointreau's own abilities, might be no less important than gin and rum.

During the previous "Yokohama trip", Morofushi Kagemitsu and Furuya Rei were certain that Kimito would be a very difficult and formidable enemy for them to deal with against the "Organization".

If you want to deal with your enemy, you must know yourself and know your enemy. If you want to deal with Jundu, you naturally need to know more about what kind of person he is.

During those few days, Yokohama's contact with Cointreau was not little but not much either, not to mention that many of Cointreau's subsequent actions were carried out behind their backs - such as his dealings with the current leader of the Port Mafia, Mori Ogai, and his connections with Passetto and Ley... A lot of information was only in the hands of Cointreau alone. Rather than "completing the mission together", the relationship between them and Cointreau was more like a "superior-subordinate" relationship.

Moreover, there was a hidden danger in that operation - in the last call that Passetto made to Cointreau, he mentioned that Zero and Kazuma were "public security officers". Although Cointreau seemed to be unconvinced at the time, his character was unpredictable, and Morobushi Jingguang still found it difficult to let go of the worry hidden in his heart.

Originally, he had been thinking about finding a reasonable opportunity to get close to Cointreau and inquire more about him. He had not expected that the opportunity would come so soon. It was simply a godsend. The request made by Cointreau was naturally more natural than his initiative to approach him, and it was easier to dispel his doubts.

The reason why he accepted this strange and special task was certainly not just for Cointreau's "favor". Even if Cointreau hadn't said that, he would have agreed to it in order to get closer to Cointreau... Shirley was secondary.

However, after observing for the past few days, he not only hadn’t figured out the image of Cointreau in his mind, but it was more like a puzzle that he couldn’t figure out.

The difference between this guy's performance and his previous image in Yokohama is so great that he can be called two different people. If it weren't for some of his words and deeds that remained unchanged, Morobushi Kagemitsu would have suspected that he had schizophrenia or had simply become a different person.

Morofu Jingguang had never imagined before that someone could be so "indulgent" - if he hadn't urged him in the morning, he believed that Cointreau would not wake up until 11 or 12 o'clock, or even one or two o'clock in the afternoon; even when he woke him up outside the door on time every morning (although he was very skeptical, Shirley said that he did get up at around 8 o'clock every day before), Cointreau would get grouchy and depressed for an hour.

He was even too lazy to cook, and would do whatever was easy to get by with. It was also common for him to simply forget to eat. Once, Zhufu Jingguang forgot to bring him food, and when he casually asked about it in the evening, he even raised his head and asked him with an innocent and confused look on his face if he had already eaten.

His reversed work and rest schedule was even more extreme - staying up during the day and going out at night was a basic routine, but if no one reminded him, Zhufu Jingguang had no doubt that Jundu could stay in the laboratory for a whole day and night.

If it was an ordinary person doing this, it would be fine, especially since his body was notoriously "weak" in the organization. After only three days of doing this, he almost succeeded in sending himself to the hospital or the organization's medical laboratory - the reason I say almost was because Gin passed by one day and couldn't bear it anymore and kicked him out directly, and threw him to Morobushi Kagemitsu.

This is also the reason why Morobushi Kagemitsu had the reason to "manage" Kundu's daily life in a natural way.

It’s not that Zhufu Jingguang has never seen a guy with a disordered schedule like Jundu, but when such a situation occurs in the "organization", it becomes particularly prominent and strange - those who can stay in the organization and get a code name have their own abilities, but "self-discipline" must be achieved.

But when it comes to Cointreau, it feels absurd yet inexplicably reasonable.

The way he behaved during this time was very different from the dangerous and calm attitude he had shown in Yokohama before, which made Morobushi Kagemitsu suspicious of him.

Zhu Fu Jingguang sometimes couldn't help but wonder if Jundu's poor health was simply his own fault?

And if he put drugs in Cointreau's food one day, or tied him up while he was sleeping, maybe he could do it easily...

Ah, or maybe it would be a good idea to close his eyes and go to sleep right now while he is not on guard, or drive directly into the Metropolitan Police Department...

Of course, after weighing the pros and cons, he gave up this tempting idea - the possibility of success was still small, and the risk of exposure was also great. He could not take the risk for the time being, and he could not be sure that the Cointreau in front of him was really defenseless and had no backup.

Fortunately, after careful testing, he learned from Cointreau that he had no suspicions about Zero and Kazuma for the time being, which made him feel a lot more relaxed.

This occasionally tiring but peaceful life lasted for nearly half a month, and Zhu Fu Jingguang almost thought in a trance that he was not an undercover lurking in the organization, but had really become Jundu's half "nanny" - it was really a very scary association.

After shaking off the thoughts in his mind, Zhufu Jingguang finally drove the car safely back to his current residence, which was also Jundu's home.

"Ah--are we there yet?"

As soon as the car was turned off, the white-haired young man sitting in the passenger seat yawned, opened his eyes, stretched, opened the door and jumped out of the car.

"Thank you for your hard work, Scotland."

Patting Morobushi Jingguang on the shoulder, Xi Haiqing Dou repeated for the umpteenth time: "Just let me stay in the lab tomorrow, I already--"

"You're almost there?"

Zhu Fu Jingguang took over his words smoothly without any hesitation and smiled: "Jun Du, you said the same thing this morning, yesterday, and a week ago."

His face was full of distrust.

"This is really the last time." Xi Haiqingdou raised his eyebrows and emphasized.

"Let's talk about tomorrow's matter tomorrow." Zhufu Jingguang concluded.

"Heh, forget it if you don't believe it." Xihai Qingdou snorted coldly.

Zhu Fu Jingguang remained silent.

This was not the first time he had been fooled by him. After he was fooled by him for the first time, he found him at the organization's base the next morning and found out that he had slept there in the middle of the night. Morobushi Jingguang never believed him again.

However, before five o'clock the next afternoon, Morobushi Kagemitsu unexpectedly received a call from Saikai Haruto.

"Scott, come with me today and let's go pick up Shirley early."

The person on the other side seemed to be in a good mood, and said cheerfully: "Ah - I think you are also waiting for this day? Congratulations, after today, you can go back to find Gin and continue to be your sniper."

“…”

Zhu Fu Jingguang tightly grasped the phone, stunned: "You... succeeded?"

Once his "transformation" was complete, according to their agreement, this short-lived "relationship" would come to an end.

It’s only been… less than half a month, and he has really completed it?

"Yes, I told you, today is definitely the last time."

As if not noticing the dryness in his voice, Xi Haiqing Dou said, "Well, to celebrate, let's eat out tonight! Okay, it's decided!"

Hurry up or hurry up, but he will catch up. What is this called? This is called "God's will".

It was not until Saikai Haruto brought Miyano Shiho into the car and directed Morofushi Kagemitsu to drive all the way to the door of a hotel that Morofushi Kagemitsu finally came out of his trance.

Looking up at the name of the hotel in front of him and the surrounding scenery, Morofuki Jingguang paused and suddenly had a strange... not so pleasant premonition.

Wait a minute...it can't be such a coincidence, right?

"Why don't you go in? Is there something wrong here?" Saikai Haruto walked up to him with Miyano Shiho and asked with a natural smile.

He was holding a small white gift bag in his hand - he bought it specially for the purpose of storing the gun, and inside was naturally the small pistol that he had spent half a month modifying.

"Nothing." Morofu Jingguang said and pushed open the glass door in front of him.

After he took two steps forward, he spotted two familiar-looking guys near the window out of the corner of his eye, and his movements froze for a moment, imperceptibly.

My bad premonition has come true... Did Cointreau do it on purpose? But how did he know? Or was it just a coincidence?

Zhufu Jingguang tried hard to keep his breathing steady, without showing the slightest trace of emotion on his face, but his heart in his chest kept beating wildly.

But before he could lead Saikai Haruto and Miyano Shiho in another direction, he saw the white-haired young man beside him had already turned around and looked in that direction. Coincidentally, the two familiar guys also raised their heads as if they had sensed something - their eyes met at the same time.

"Yeah, I met someone I know."

Saikai Haruto smiled brightly, waved at the two men, and then put his hand on Morobushi Kagemitsu's shoulder, whispering, "Since we've been seen by the other party, it doesn't seem good to go there... Well, shall I take you there? But be careful, those two are policemen, be careful not to let them discover your identity~"

After saying this, regardless of the stiffness of Morobushi Kagemitsu and Miyano Shiho, Saikai Haruto said hello to the other side in a voice that all five people on both sides could hear:

"Officer Matsuda, Officer Hagiwara, what a coincidence, are you also having dinner here? Do you want to share a table?"