Chapter 79 The First Player

Even though Xi Hai Qing Dou had been mentally prepared, he was still almost laughed out loud by the player's actions.

In other words, "Cointreau" was also a bottle of fake liquor mixed with water, and it was him who came over... If it was Gin who came over, or if "Cointreau" was really a bottle of real liquor, Asahina would have killed several people.

The voices of Asahina, Jinpei Matsuda, and Kenji Hagiwara were still coming from the earphones. They were probably rushing to the department store while discussing how to complete Asahina's mission without causing any danger to ordinary people and at the same time fooling Gin and him.

In the meantime, it seems that some message was sent to the Metropolitan Police Department and Rei Furuya.

Haruto Nishimi drove Gin's Porsche all the way to the department store and collected the vest of "Passerby B" - "her" role had been completed and she could now leave work early; in the meantime, she also found time to turn on her cell phone and call Furuya Rei.

The call was connected quickly, and Furuya Rei's voice was full of confusion: "Cointreau? What's the matter?"

Xi Haiqing Dou didn't say anything nonsense to him and asked him directly: "Bourbon, where are you now?"

Furuya Rei's voice sounded normal: "I've finished my work there, and I'm on my way to the department store now... What, is there any temporary change?"

"Hmm... maybe that's the case, right? I suggest you don't go to Canada right now, there are police there."

"What?"

"Eh - don't you know?" Saikai Haruto said with a smile, without any anger in his voice, and his tone was as light as a fluttering feather, "Canada is an undercover agent of the Japanese Metropolitan Police Department."

"What?!!"

On the other end of the line, Fūya Rei held the phone tightly. Saikai Haruto's simple two sentences stirred up a wave of shock in his heart. His shock at this moment was not false at all: "Kunto, do you know what you are saying?"

What he wanted to ask more was - how did Cointreau know?

"... Bourbon, you're disturbing me." Xi Haiqingdou moved the phone away from his ear in disgust.

"Why would I lie to you about this? I installed a small eavesdropping device in the bomb detonator in Canada's hand, and I didn't expect to hear such interesting things. Canada even admitted it himself... Very interesting, isn't it?"

"…Is he an undercover agent of the Metropolitan Police Department?" Furutani Rei repeated Saikai Haruto's words in a dry voice.

"Yes." Xi Haiqing confirmed with him again with a good temper, "I know this news may be a little hard to believe for you - after all, you and Canada have always had a good relationship in the organization, but this is the fact. Bourbon, don't tell me that Canada can't be an undercover agent. If you say that, I can only suspect that you are also an undercover agent like him."

"I see. I was blind before. I didn't realize he was a cop. Don't worry. I will take care of him myself."[1]

Fūya Rei took a few deep breaths before speaking through gritted teeth, his voice filled with cold disgust and cruelty.

This coldness and cruelty were so strong, so strong that no one would doubt that this was his truest emotion - but it was not directed at Asahina Kazuma, his undercover friend for many years; but it came from the deepest part of his heart, the murderous intent he had towards "Cointreau" at a certain moment.

But now is not the time to act on impulse... After calming down his thoughts and calming down his emotions, Fūya Ling asked again: "Kundu, you just said that there are two cops around him. What's the matter?"

"That's what happened. He's walking openly with two policemen now."

Saikai Haruto spoke in a brisk voice, but he did not mention the names of Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji. He just said, "So Bourbon, don't rush to look for him now. If you are discovered by those two policemen, I will not save you."

"What should I do? Do you want me to watch him and his cops sabotage this operation?"

Furuya Rei's tone gradually became irritable, as if he was extremely angry because of being "betrayed" and "cheated" by Asahina, and became even angrier because he couldn't vent his anger.

However, out of sight of Saikai Haruto, he calmly took out another cell phone—a special cell phone used as an undercover agent—and sent a message to Asahina.

"Don't stop what you are doing now, don't make any noise, and don't say anything unusual! Show the bomb detonator that Cointreau gave you to the person next to you in a natural way, and hint that something is wrong here, but don't say anything!"

"Of course not." Saikai Haruto said, "Canada probably hasn't realized that he's been exposed yet... Ah, it just so happens that they seem to have separated now, so there's nothing to worry about. He finally did something humane."

"Bourbon, send him a message and ask him to come down to see you as soon as possible... You and he have always had a good relationship, right? And I'm almost there too."

What does that mean…?

Asahina looked at the message that Furuya Rei sent him, and his mind was unable to wrap its head around it for a moment.

What happened to the detonator? What was wrong with it? How did Rei Furuya know that there were other people around him?

But... he had just separated from Hagiwara and Matsuda, and the two of them still had to contact the Metropolitan Police Department. There was no one else around him now?

Asahina subconsciously took the detonator out of her arms.

"I see. They've separated? Isn't that just right?"

Furiya Rei said softly, trying to control himself and forcing a laugh, pretending to be relaxed: "It just so happens that I'm about to get to the department store. I'm talking about Cointreau. Otherwise, just let me go over there and deal with him there... I hate traitors, too."

"Besides, after being deceived by him for so long, I should get more benefits from him, right?"

"Didn't you say you were an intelligence agent and wouldn't do anything? I guess you're mad, but I want to get rid of Canada, too. I'm ready to park the car."

Xi Hai Qing Dou said lazily, "Let's take him down and deal with him... It's always a bit inconvenient to do it in the mall, and if so many ordinary people in the mall see it, it will be very troublesome to deal with it later."

"There is a bug installed by Cointreau in the detonator. You have been exposed. Remember, pretend to accidentally discover something wrong with the detonator, and then leave quickly! Cointreau is downstairs. I can only try to hold him back for a while. I will contact you later."

"Sure - I've already sent him the message. I'll be there in two minutes. Where are you, Cointreau?"

Furugaya Rei immediately agreed and naturally inquired about Saikai Haruto's current location.

Xi Haiqing Dou knew his plan very well, but he still cooperated: "Guess? Ah, I'm here, at the east entrance, remember to follow me."

He guessed that Furuya Rei should have informed Asahina, right? Or he was on his way to inform him. In any case, he probably couldn't catch him here.

But he didn't really want to fight in a department store anyway, and with Rei Furuya around, he would cause trouble and he might not be able to deal with Asahina smoothly... Nishimi Haruto thought that it would be better to change the venue and start again. He could also perform a "desperate pursuit" in the meantime. As long as Rei Furuya was not there, that would be his time to perform.

Anyway, this time, he had the right time, place, and people, so there was no way he could let the player get away again - he not only placed a bug on Asahina, but also a locator that no one knew about.

"Bang!"

"Oh, sorry sorry!"

"Hey, walk carefully!"

Asahina was walking while reading the message sent by Furiya Rei. She was so shocked that she accidentally flirted with a passerby, and the bomb detonator remote control happened to be knocked off and fell to the ground.

...Now I don’t have to “pretend to be careless” anymore.

Asahina's mind went blank for a moment. The message sent by Furuya Rei telling him that he had suddenly been exposed caught him off guard. He didn't even remember for a moment that he was actually a double undercover agent. He subconsciously did as Furuya Rei sent him.

...What was he going to do? Oh, yes, he was "exposed", and now he had to pretend that he had accidentally discovered the bug in the detonator and run away quickly.

Damn, he actually installed a bug in the detonator... Jundu is really not a human being!

"Oh, that was a close call. I almost broke it... Eh? What's in here?"

Asahina's performance was clumsy, but at least her emotions were genuine - after "accidentally" discovering that the bomb detonator remote control actually contained a bug, her panic, nervousness, and the curse contained in the whispered swear words were particularly real.

"Cointreau is in the east, leave to the west!"

After the "half-act, half-real" "performance" ended, Asahina threw away the eavesdropping device and started running towards the west without thinking!

"Oh my, Canada actually found out? And at this time. Is it such a coincidence? ... But never mind."

Nishimi Haruto sighed deliberately, took out all the earphones from his ears and threw them aside - since Asahina had already discovered and thrown away the eavesdropping device, this thing was no longer useful now.

"Bourbon, it's strange. He discovered the existence of the eavesdropping device. This time he reacted so quickly, which is really surprising. He is trying to escape."

He was speaking to Furutani Rei on the other end of the phone, and even at this point, his tone was still slow and there wasn't a hint of urgency - instead, it was as if he was watching a lively drama that had nothing to do with him.

Even Furuya Rei's tone was more nervous and concerned than his: "What happened? How did he find out? Is there something wrong with the eavesdropping device?"

It's so strange, Cointreau's tone sounds really weird... It doesn't sound like he's surprised at all.

A sense of disharmony and suspicion gradually began to grow in Rei Furuya's heart - even though according to what Jundu said, it seemed that Asahina's progress was going smoothly, he still felt that something was not right.

...Isn't this all too easy and smooth? This is Cointreau, is he really unaware of this? Or is there some new trap here?

But no matter what... he had to save him. No matter what it took, he had to save his friend, his companion.

Fūya Rei gritted his teeth and ran towards the west exit of the department store.

Saikai Haruto had no idea of ​​his inner thoughts: "He accidentally bumped into a passerby and found out... It's really strange, isn't it? He knew nothing about this before and didn't notice anything wrong."

"Well, Bourbon, do you think this has anything to do with you?"

Furiya Rei's voice was filled with surprise and anger, but his heart unexpectedly calmed down a lot: "...What? Jundu, what do you mean by that?"

"I hate him so much that I want to kill him myself, but you suspect that I'm telling him the news? Then why did you tell me this news? Should I say that you deliberately wanted me to pass this news to him?"

"Don't be angry. It's just a reasonable guess. Bourbon, you should understand, right? After all, Canada is not that smart. He obviously didn't find it before, right? If it has nothing to do with you, I apologize to you."

Xi Hai Qing Dou said lightly, as if he had a deeper meaning: "But it doesn't matter what you did... I'll know after I catch him. And for a game like cat and mouse, I think it's more interesting to throw hope to the other party first, and then tear it apart bit by bit."

"Well, let's split up now and see who can find him faster - after we find Canadian Whisky, we can kill him directly. I'm driving, so I won't wait for you. I'm hanging up first."

After saying that, he hung up the phone, ignored Furuya Rei, turned Gin's car around, and drove in the other direction - this department store was not very big, with only one entrance and one exit. He told Furuya Rei that he was at the east entrance, so Asahina would definitely only exit from the west exit.

The locator is still working diligently...it looks like it's right there.

Even the system didn't have any problems this time, everything went smoothly.

Five minutes later, Saikai Haruto parked Gin's car aside, lowered the window halfway, and waved to Asahina who was standing on the other side of the road with a good mood and a smile.

He spoke to him silently: "Run away quickly."

Half an hour later, in a semi-abandoned building.

With a gun in his hand, Xi Haiqing Dou walked towards the rooftop step by step.