Chapter 32 Thirty-two Ghosts Behind

Gin's location is easy to find. Unlike the low-key Toru Amuro, although he is also here to carry out a secret mission, he doesn't seem to have any intention of hiding.

When Toru Amuro found him at the table in the theater, Gin was looking down at something on his phone with his brows furrowed, as if he was looking at something irritating. There was a glass of dark amber wine on the table, and the ice ball in the glass reflected the faint light.

The soft singing on the stage did not reduce Gin's sensitivity. Amuro Toru didn't get too close before he stopped and looked up.

"..." The pair of green eyes hidden under the brim of the hat narrowed slightly. It seemed that Gin did not expect Amuro Toru to appear in front of him. "Why are you here?"

"Bourbon on the rocks, thank you." Toru Amuro said calmly to the waiter next to him with a slight smile, and then looked at Gin.

"I thought that given your relationship with Bermode, she would tell you right away. You didn't know?" After saying this, the blond intelligence officer raised his voice and said with a fake smile, "After all, I came here to find you."

Gin naturally understood from the words "stirring up discord" that it was Vermouth who had revealed his location. His eyes suddenly turned cold, but not directed at Vermouth: "Are you trying to find out my whereabouts?"

really.

Floating in the air, Akajiang Nayue rubbed her wrist with her fingertips, thinking: As expected, Gin and Vermouth have reached a cooperation.

He had actually been curious before. Since the original BOSS of the organization, the Neutral Faction, had openly started to be hostile to the Rum Faction, then what about Gin?

You know, before this, the enemy of the Rum Faction, which made up the majority of the Intelligence Group, had always been the Gin Faction, which was headed by the Action Group.

Of course, this only happens in Japan.

It is said that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Although everyone is an enemy to Vermode who decided to betray the organization, on the surface, she and Gin are on the same front, so it is obvious that they will reach a cooperation.

This is probably why Bermode was certain that Bourbon would die on the cruise ship, even though Bourbon suspected that she had betrayed the organization.

——No matter how suspicious Gin is, when facing two traitors in reserve, he should first kill Bourbon who did not cooperate with him, rather than Vermouth who is likely to be dragged into the water by Bourbon.

This is what Bermode is planning.

"Well, although I would say that this is not really a spying for intelligence personnel, exploring unknown intelligence is our nature. You can't stop the crow from pecking, can you?"

Amuro Toru picked up the wine glass that had just been brought to his hand with a smile. The ice ball inside hit the wall of the glass with a crisp sound. Through the ice ball, he saw that Gin's expression was becoming more and more indifferent.

He remained calm as usual.

"But in fact, you should know this." Amuro shrugged and took a sip of cold wine. "I didn't take the initiative to ask Vermouth about you. I think I don't look that boring after all."

"It's just that there are some things I want to know, and you happen to be someone who knows about it."

Toru Amuro raised his glass towards Gin with a mysterious smile on his face: "It is the secret that brought us together here, Gin."

"Don't use your tricks on me. It's a waste of time." Gin frowned in disdain. "What do you want from me?"

At this stage, Gin still hates mystics like Bourbon as always, especially when they don't speak human language, are full of temptations and lies, but he can't just shoot them because of his reputation as a colleague.

After talking to Bourbon Belmode and the others for a few more words, Gin felt that his temper might have improved a little, which always made him more annoyed.

Maybe Gin had never seen the occasions when Bourbon's so-called "set" usually appeared, but Akae Nayue knew it very well.

He laughed so hard that he rolled over in mid-air. "Does Koto know that you are talking to him in the same tone as you would to a girl?"

Anyway, Gin will interrupt every time and I can't hear the latter part, so who cares? It's nice to be able to annoy Gin for a while, okay?

Amuro Toru thought so.

"Well, didn't Vermouth tell you about this?" He pretended to be surprised, and his tone was so fake that Gin could hear the provocation in it, but he did it on purpose. "I mean, after all, you are the first person to pass by, she should have asked you too."

In the mission data available for retrieving from the organization, regarding the mission eight years ago, it only wrote that Gin led a team to kill the traitor, and that only one person survived, but there was no mention of who the traitor was who was killed.

There is still no information in the organization that records the code name Kaluya. If it weren't for the reactions of Bermode and others and the fact that what he had experienced did happen, Toru Amuro would have suspected that Kaluya was just "Washington and the Cherry Tree" - a fictitious existence.

In short, Bourbon should only know that Kalua is related to Gin, and according to Vermouth's idea, when Toru Amuro said this code name, Gin's hostility and suspicion towards Bourbon would reach its highest point.

However, Amuro Toru now knows more than Vermouth, so he will not rashly mention Kaluuya in front of Gin.

"All I want to know is—"

The handsome blond young man narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice: "It's about what happened on the Linorea eight years ago."

Before Gin's hand touched the gun in his pocket, he took a step back in the confrontation to show his innocence: "Don't look at me like that, this is a new commission I received, there is no other way."

"The identity of a detective also needs to be maintained regularly." Amuro Toru said in a tone that seemed half true and half false.

Gin's expression did not ease after hearing this explanation. He obviously did not trust what Amuro Toru said. He said firmly, "You are the one who moved the action records."

When Toru Amuro was searching for Kalua's whereabouts within the organization, he was not doing it openly. Instead, he disguised himself in many ways and went through many people. Therefore, before this, even Gin didn't know who was qualified to view the action records and was dodging them.

If this person is Bourbon, the right-hand man of the Rum Party, everything seems normal, because Gin was asked this question by Rum eight years ago.

Gin has now strung this chain of clues together in his mind, and although his vigilance has not decreased, his suspicion has decreased a lot.

His tone became more sarcastic. "Commission? Ha, has Rum not given up on finding out what he shouldn't know? I have a word of advice for you, Bourbon."

"Curiosity kills the cat, right?" Amuro Toru replied fluently, "But you also know that I can't ignore the mystery placed in front of me."

"You can't ignore the credit that's right in front of you." Gin sneered, "It seems that Rum promised you a lot."

"Wow." Chi Jiang Na Yue, who was watching from the sidelines, exclaimed, "Rum deserves the blame. It sounds like he did try to find me eight years ago."

The black-haired boy skillfully showed a shy expression: "How embarrassing."

The expression of the witness Toru Amuro twisted for a second.

In their new plan, if Toru Amuro wants to avoid being silenced by Gin, he needs to raise a bigger flag in public, hide his true purpose behind it, and let Gin find out that he has information that Gin doesn't know about.

So whether it was to obtain that information or to protect the rum pie that began to dominate after the boss's death, Gin would not kill Toru Amuro directly after Vermouth's instigation.

In the previous conversation, Toru Amuro never mentioned that he was sent by Rum, but he also mentioned it in every sentence, which shows that he is very good at doing this kind of thing.

As for the "intelligence" that was their trump card, it was provided enthusiastically by Akane Nayue Benling.

"Don't say that, Gin." Amuro Toru smiled and calmly took another sip of whiskey from the glass. "I didn't come here empty-handed either. In a trade, there has to be give and take."

"I think you should also be interested in this information."

He said slowly: "For example, what is the relationship between Bermode and the person you know."

The mission eight years ago caused Gin to suffer such a huge setback. With Gin's temper, he would never let it go. He has cooperated with Vermouth over the years, and he has also tried to find out information about Kalua.

When Amuro Toru thought about this, he suddenly felt a little ironic.

When Chijiang Nayue was alive, there were only three people in the world who were willing to find the real him and love him; after Chijiang Nayue died, mice came in droves, smelling the secret scent, and used various reasons to cover up their desire to explore, as if to verify the saying that the dead will not lie.

No wonder Bermode wanted to kill Bourbon.

Isn't this telling Vermode, who is unwilling to accept Kalua's death, that in the eyes of others, the dead Akae Nayue is more valuable than the living one?

At this moment, a pair of hands reached out from behind and affectionately wrapped around Amuro Toru's neck. The boy's cold body pressed against Amuro Toru's face, as if he was really being hugged by a deceased person in some overlapping time and space.

"Thank you, Mr. Amuro." The boy who died eight years ago said to him who is still alive. "But I am here now."

Toru Amuro seemed to draw some warmth from this non-existent embrace. He vaguely saw three other figures beside him who had also left long ago. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared again.

He looked at Gin and said briskly, "Or would you rather hear a compliment, like 'You look cooler with a hat on, which proves that I still have good taste'?"

Toru Amuro was delighted to notice that Gin's face suddenly turned ugly.

Now he understood why Chi Jiang Na Yue liked to play tricks on people, because this - was really fun!