Chapter 45 The winery's situation is against Tian Gang
"What is this?"
Amuro Toru swirled his glass, not looking at Gin. He stared at the clear liquid in the glass and raised his lower glass to him. "Is this a celebration party to celebrate the elimination of the undercover agent?"
"Congratulations to Scotland on wrapping up!" The players cheered and raised their glasses. Amuro Toru clinked his glass with hers and, without leaving a trace, smoothed things over. "...from this world."
Rye did not join in the celebration, but had a half-full glass of Scotch in front of him.
It seems like he really likes Scotch whisky...
Players have always thought that it was just an excuse to get closer to Scotland and Bourbon.
"Explain." Gin tapped the table with his hand.
But his eyes didn't look at Amuro Toru.
It seems that the previous game has hinted a few times that there are undercover agents in the organization...
[Intelligence Push] specifically mentioned that Zhufuxi Gaoming's younger brother, who graduated from the police academy, had lost contact, Gin was looking for traces of traitors in the organization, and the warning phone call that directly suspected Whiskey and the other two.
...Hey!
"Brother..." Vodka tentatively asked, earning a cold glance from Gin. He gritted his teeth and continued, "This can't be entirely blamed on Fushimi..."
That’s right!
While Gin's attention was on Vodka, Fushimi Kyoji nodded repeatedly.
As if he had eyes on his back, Gin tilted his head, his calm eyes watching her movements that she had no time to stop.
The player's expression suddenly turned serious, and he placed his fingers together on his chin. "What I mean is, Vodka and I share the same opinion."
"……Oh."
Hearing Gin's sneer, Vodka breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Scotland has been disguising himself so well this whole time. Not only Fushimi, but everyone else has been kept in the dark by him. Even Bourbon and Rye couldn't figure out that Scotland was an undercover agent sent by the Japanese Public Security Bureau, so..."
"Hmm? What? Are you trying to find a scapegoat between me and Lei to appease Gin's anger?"
Toru Amuro's dangerous gaze paused on Vodka's face, who was sweating profusely and wanted to explain. His tone was light, and the curve of his lips revealed an indescribable pressure.
"No, um, I mean..." Vodka, wearing sunglasses, spoke incoherently.
Amuro Toru ignored Vodka and focused his fire on Gin: "Didn't you, Gin, personally place people around us to monitor us? If you didn't realize Scotland was a traitor, then the responsibility for this whole thing can't be placed on us."
Gin raised his eyes: "You seem to be very dissatisfied with Scotland's death."
"After all, we've been together for so long. Anyone would develop feelings for someone, right?" Amuro Toru answered his suspicion without a flaw. He smiled and waved his hands, his words laced with thorns, "Not everyone can be like you, Gin. As long as someone is a traitor, you can act without hesitation."
Gin disdainfully said, "The guy who betrayed the organization..."
"Traitors must be treated cruelly!" The player answered before Gin, and when Gin glanced at her, she showed a reserved smile that was almost smug.
It was the same words repeated over and over again, and she remembered them all.
"...Hmph." After staring at the player for a while, Gin lowered his head slightly, and the shadow of his hat brim obscured his expression.
Amuro Toru saw the eye contact between the two clearly: "The truth is alike."
"What?" Vodka looked in the direction of Amuro Toru, confused.
"This is the same... indifference towards traitors." Amuro Toru paused and said.
Vodka thought he was heartbroken by his comrades' betrayal and offered comfort, "This kind of thing happens all the time. You might find out one day that someone you know is actually an undercover agent sent by a certain faction. If you can learn to be like Big Brother and Fushimi and not be saddened by the betrayal of an undercover agent, you might find it easier."
"……Yeah."
Vodka nodded, then realized that Amuro Toru was not looking at him, and responded in a deep voice.
The eyes behind the sunglasses also looked at the two people sitting together.
Be it the stern-faced silver-haired man or the player holding a juice drink with his legs dangling in the air, none of them felt anything at all about the death of the traitor Scotland.
The eldest brother was angry about his betrayal while Scotland was alive, but he was not affected by it at all after his death.
Fushimi...
In the conversations we had a few days ago, Scotland was mentioned more often.
But he still executed Scotland with his own hands.
A simple smile appeared on Vodka's lips.
In this regard, Fushimi is indeed much stronger than Bourbon.
"Black side." His small pupils, a faint green in the dim light, glanced to his side. His tone was as cold as ice. "The undercover agent was right in front of you, but you failed to detect his identity as a Japanese public security officer. You were negligent."
Amuro Toru was paying attention to the situation over there, observing the expressions of Gin and Vodka respectively, and adding fuel to the fire without complaining: "For dereliction of duty to this extent, they should be sent to the interrogation room for torture, right?"
"Brother..." Vodka became nervous.
"Shut up, Vodka."
Gin told Vodka to shut up, but his warning gaze went straight to Amuro Toru, receiving an indifferent look back from him.
Gin was interrupted when he was about to ask Black for more details about the match with Scotland. Looking at Vodka who immediately fell silent, the vertical wrinkles between his eyebrows became deeper.
idiot.
Is it because Bourbon is here that my mind is not clear?
"This is not your business, Bourbon." Gin said coldly.
Toru Amuro also saw that Gin's face was gradually getting gloomier, and the fake smile on his face became more real.
Ah, I managed to get away with it... huh?
When he saw the silhouette of the man who was holding up his face and wondering what he was thinking, he became unsure again.
Fushimi Kyoji thought for a moment and said, "If you want to eliminate the existence of undercover agents, Gin-senpai should open his eyes when assessing new recruits and exclude those suspicious people like spies and undercover agents."
But, that's impossible.
Otherwise, how can you get in touch with the red team?
Being an undercover agent is so exciting!
Amuro Toru's pupils trembled: Are they just throwing the responsibility this time onto Gin!?
"So, do you have any good suggestions?" The danger in Gin's tone gradually deepened.
But unfortunately, the players failed to receive it.
Fushimi Kyoji blinked. It was a rare moment when Gin wanted to take her advice. She gestured with both hands, "You can use some obvious behaviors to identify undercover agents hiding in the organization."
"Those who are frantically completing missions to climb up the ladder are very likely to be undercover agents, such as Bourbon, Ley,..."
The player suddenly got stuck.
Hey, speaking of undercover agents, I unconsciously mentioned the two I know about...
Fushimi Kyoji turned his head dryly and his eyes silently moved to Gin.
No, I didn’t notice.
The player's gaze on Gin's face seemed to be understood with another meaning.
Not sure how Gin understood the look in her eyes, he grinned bloodily and sneered: "You mean, I'm an undercover?"
Fushimi Kyoji shrank his neck: "That... isn't impossible?"
She was a little hesitant at first, but when she compared Gin's various characteristics individually, she found that a large part of them overlapped with the three undercover agents she currently knew!
Outstanding ability, reliable performance, no complaints about the task...
This also caused Fushimi Kyoji to speak more and more confidently. He looked at the "???" after Gin's name again and again, wondering if he was facing another undercover agent.
"Carrying out missions both domestically and internationally all year round is suspicious no matter how you look at it..." Although he was unaware of the murderous intent that was spreading, Fushimi Kyoji spoke the last sentence in a very low voice due to the biological instinct to danger.
——But it was clear enough for the people around him to hear.
"..." The sinister smile on Gin's face became more and more dangerous.
Vodka hesitated. "But, if we use this method to judge undercover agents, then you, Fushimi, are also a suspect. You got a code name in a month, which is much faster than most newcomers."
Fushimi Kyoji immediately raised his hand: "I'm applying for a three-month leave to clear my name!"
So this is the purpose...
Amuro Toru didn't know what to say at all.
It suits her very well.
I've complained before about having too many tasks.
Gin said casually: "Dismissed."
Woo!
The player pounded the table in anger.
Damn it, my goal was defeated!
Fushimi Kyoji listlessly raised his upper body and looked at Gin, who seemed to have no intention of speaking again.
Eh! ?
So is the questioning session for her over?
"By the way, Fushimi, Bourbon, and Rye." Vodka suddenly remembered the main purpose of this trip and spoke to attract the attention of the three. "You don't have to work as a team anymore."
"What?"
Fushimi Kyoji didn't understand why: "Could it be that... our performance is not up to standard and we are going to have cement poured into our mouths and sink into Tokyo Bay!?"
"It hasn't come to this..." Vodka laughed dryly and waved his hands.
After all, they are precious code members and cannot be discarded casually like consumables.
"It's just that since you already have the name of the wine, Fushimi, you don't need to continue to team up with three or two code members to carry out the mission."
After listening to Vodka's explanation, Amuro Toru's eyes dimmed slightly.
As expected... This team exists entirely because of the other party.
"So, from now on I will be working with Gin-senpai and Vodka-kun?" The player poked his head in curiously.
"This... is unlikely." Vodka avoided the gaze, sweat almost falling, "However, it is common for two people to act in the organization. You can choose a partner." Just like Cohen and Chianti.
It's such a waste of resources to have three codename members together.
Unless it's a large mission, two people is the limit.
He saw Toru Amuro and Dai Moroboshi, and said with a sense of relief: "Ah, Bourbon and Rye are right here."
Amuro Toru replied naturally, "Compared to adapting to unfamiliar strangers, teammates who have already worked together for a period of time will be more adaptable in all aspects."
Gin raised his eyelids, and his green eyes, which had more white than the other, looked a little gloomy as he swept across the faces of everyone present, lingering especially long on Amuro Toru.
“…”
After some deliberation, Gin immediately assigned the teams: "Black and Lei will form a team, and act in pairs."
"Just exclude me?" Amuro Toru smiled good-naturedly, "It seems I haven't received an invitation."
The player placed his hand on his heart: "We won't forget you, Bourbon."
…Even so, we’ll have a chance to meet again later. What’s with this tone of saying goodbye to a deceased body?
He accepted Gin's arrangement, but his purple-grey eyes never left the silver-haired man.
There was a look of deep thought in Toru Amuro's eyes.
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