Chapter 75 The First Player

Two days later.

"It's so early, Gin. Ah—I'm so sleepy."

Xi Haiqing Dou was wearing the same black coat that he never wore for thousands of years. With his hands in his pockets, he walked slowly to the black Porsche, opened the back door and got in.

He closed the car door and put the large black gig bag hanging from his shoulder on the other seat. He yawned again and complained with narrowed eyes: "Is it necessary to call me so early? I didn't even have time to eat breakfast."

His voice was rarely vague, complaining, and full of weariness, like a cat stretching lazily - he sounded really sleepy.

Vodka glanced carefully in the rearview mirror. Cointreau had tied her hair up into a high ponytail, which was rare. It looked quite fresh...

With his new look and a face that was so handsome that it was unforgettable even when he was so tired that he could not open his eyes, people would believe he was a college student if he said he was a college student.

"I called you seven times before you finally came down. Are you a pig?" Gin asked him back bluntly without changing his expression.

"So, why are you calling me so many times so early in the morning?"

Xi Haiqingdou also responded to him rudely, without blinking, and fastened his seat belt with his eyes closed, his movements were extremely skillful: "It's only six o'clock now... Do you think everyone doesn't need to sleep like you?"

Gin: "Heh, could it be that the one who didn't sleep for forty hours in a row was a ghost?"

Saikai Haruto: “…Maybe?”

He stopped talking.

Vodka couldn't help but take another look through the rearview mirror.

The white-haired young man with a high ponytail was lying on the chair with his eyes closed, looking quiet and well-behaved - yes, although it sounded a bit creepy and weird, he could really see the weird "well-behaved" feeling on Cointreau's face.

Of course, what surprised him even more was that Cointreau didn't get angry even though he got up so early.

Vodka looked at Gin with admiration: You are indeed the big brother! Even Cointreau doesn't dare to get angry in front of the big brother!

Xi Hai Qing Dou said in a faint voice: "Vodka, aren't you going to drive yet?"

Vodka shuddered - damn, Cointreau clearly didn't open his eyes, so how did he know he was looking at him?

Gin gave him a cold look and said, "Drive."

He quickly retracted his gaze, looked at his nose, and then at his heart: "Okay, big brother!"

It was less than half past six when they arrived in Shibuya. Gin found an empty room high up in a building and assembled the sniper rifle in an orderly manner. Saikai Haruto observed the scenery below through the glass window.

From this direction, they can easily see most of Chuncheon Park, including the place where Mizulin Jianyi will stand during his speech today, as well as every path they want to take when leaving. Every direction can be seen clearly and without any obstruction.

However, this time is obviously not the time for office workers to get up early to go to work, not to mention that today is Saturday and the holiday. But it is obvious that even people who go out shopping will not choose to appear on the streets so early, so the road below is deserted, and only the sanitation workers in uniform are still working diligently.

He, a senior code member of the organization and the head of the equipment group, Jundu, had tragically fallen to the point of getting up early to work with the sanitation workers... Xihai Qingdou sighed silently for himself.

Gin didn't even bother to care what he was doing.

It was not until nine o'clock in the morning that Furuya Rei and Asahina finally arrived.

"Gin, Cointreau, how are your preparations going?" Asahina poked her head in from the door.

His eyes moved to Xi Hai Qing Dou, with obvious surprise and curiosity: "Hey, Jun Du, you tied your hair up?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

Xi Hai Qing Dou glanced at him gloomily: "What's wrong? Is it strange?"

"No, it looks good... um, I mean, even more handsome." Asahina answered sincerely.

How should I put it... He just didn't expect that Cointreau would actually change his hairstyle... Or in other words, there would be a day when NPCs would change their skin?

Is today a special date? It doesn't seem so.

But you know what... With a new hairstyle, Cointreau actually looks a bit more neat and energetic than usual, and even more handsome - it's not that Cointreau didn't look good before, but Cointreau with loose hair is obviously more calm and gentle, not showing off, even if that is only appearance; but after tying his hair up, the whole person looks even more - spirited and sharp - Asahina thinks that these words can be used to describe him.

They all look sharper than before and seem to be more capable of hitting a lot more.

For Asahina, a young boy with a head full of middle school dreams, he obviously thinks that Cointreau with a high ponytail looks more handsome than the previous Cointreau with his hair loose.

It’s a pity that Gin next to Cointreau still has his hair loose, which makes him feel a little regretful… I wonder if we can see Gin combing his hair like Yanwen in the future?

...Uh, it seems a little hard to imagine.

Asahina quickly dismissed the thought from her mind.

"Really?" Xi Hai Qing Dou then raised his eyelids and looked up at him with interest, and the smile on his lips deepened: "I think it's not bad too."

He sat up from the sofa, unzipped the black gig bag next to him, and asked him, "Are you alone? Where's Bourbon?"

"Bourbon is at the door. We'll be there soon." Asahina answered simply.

"That's fine."

Xi Haiqing Dou casually took out the things from the piano case and handed them to him one by one.

"Bomb, I think you should know how to use it? If you really don't know how, there are instructions inside. Of course, remember to throw it away after reading it."

"And this, the remote control. There's no need to explain this, right? Well... if you really don't know how to use it, just give it to Bourbon."

"As for the intercom... you and Bourbon have prepared it, right?"

"I'm not a fool... How is it possible that I don't know how to use this?" Asahina twitched her lips and stuffed the small black remote control into her pocket.

Just kidding, if he can't even use the bomb's detonator and still throws it to Furuya Rei, he might as well not play this game.

"Don't worry, Bourbon and I will remember to keep in touch with you at all times."

"That's good. Remember to put it away properly and don't throw it around." Xi Hai Qing Dou nodded perfunctorily and reminded him lazily.

"I see." Asahina replied casually, looking at the bomb in her hand and raising it a little higher in confusion: "This bomb... seems to be a little different?"

"It's a new type, and hasn't been fully tested yet. It's a good opportunity to give it a try on this mission."

Saikai Haruto said, "I'm not sure if it's useful... ah, I just made it a few days ago."

Asahina leaned back and suddenly felt that the thing in his hand was a little hot. He looked at Saikai Haruto in amazement: "What if it doesn't explode or the explosion range is too large?"

"That's okay. Even if the explosion is too large, as long as you and Bourbon run fast enough..."

Saikai Haruto suddenly stopped talking and couldn't help laughing at him: "You don't really believe it, do you? Don't worry, we did test it a little bit before, just to attract those flies. The lethality of this bomb won't be particularly great. And even if it doesn't work, there's another one, so it doesn't matter."

Asahina finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He carefully put away the things and waved casually towards Xi Hai Qing Dou: "Then Bourbon and I will leave first, you guys continue."

Asahina came and went in a hurry, but Gin said nothing and made no movement, and even Vodka became quiet.

After Asahina left and a while passed, Gin looked at Saikai Haruto with a sharp gaze: "What are you doubting? Is there a problem with Canada? Or Bourbon? Or the two of them?"

Gin's reactions were never slow.

Ever since they made the plan in the safe house that day, when Saikai Haruto proposed to exchange it for Canadian whiskey... no, even earlier, when Saikai Haruto took on this mission for the first time, he noticed something was wrong.

After all, he really understood his partner. He had always been a laid-back person who didn't like being constrained, hated trouble, and wasn't willing to do any meaningless things. In recent years, he had even less interest in taking on missions related to these operations.

Therefore, after he abnormally accepted this mission, Gin began to subconsciously guess what went wrong in this mission.

And after Saikai Haruto proposed an exchange with Canada, he became even more certain of this guess - the excuse this guy made sounded terrible. If he really wanted to save trouble, he would never have proposed an exchange with Canada.

After all, if he was going to act with him and prepare to snipe Mizubayashi Kenichi, he would have to prepare in the past two days to find the most suitable sniping position, and prepare to go out early like this morning, and wait patiently here for such a long time...

Moreover, if he was around, he would not allow this guy to "slack off" in front of him openly, and would only be more critical of him.

This kind of excuse full of mistakes can only fool brainless idiots like Canada.

There are bound to be problems with this mission.

But since Xi Hai Qing Dou didn't explain it clearly, he was too lazy to ask. Anyway, he would tell it when the time came.

He just cooperated with him, pretending that there was no problem in exchanging him with Canada, intending to wait and see what secret he was going to reveal.

It was not until he had just finished speaking to Canada, which seemed to be completely fine, that he finally confirmed that there was something "wrong" with at least one of the two men, Canada or Bourbon.

"Ah? What? Are there problems with these two guys, Bourbon and Canada?" Vodka realized it belatedly and widened his eyes, a look of disbelief on his face.

"I thought you were going to keep it to yourself." Saikai Haruto smiled and was not surprised by Gin's quick reaction.

"In fact, I'm not sure whether there is really any problem between the two of them. I just have a little doubt."

He said, in an understated tone, "I just suddenly remembered what Pasetto said in the last phone call I made on my way back from my previous mission to Yokohama -"

"He said that Bourbon and Canada were both undercover agents sent into the organization by the Japanese Public Security Bureau."