Chapter 46 Going Abroad on a Mission: Bigger Unleashed!
"You know?" Takanashi Chinatsu asked in surprise.
"What kind of ambition could a girl like you have, who has never killed anyone, never shed blood, whose worst act was stealing Akemi away from me on our date?"
Takanashi Chinatsu retorted, "Are you saying I can't do anything right?"
“What I mean is, you’re best suited to finish your studies, find a respectable job, and live a life away from the organization.” Ray’s tone was tinged with helplessness.
He understood, and so did Chinatsu Takanashi.
I may not want to, but reality is reality.
Even though Takanashi Chika was unwilling, she was still pushed to the top, still became the heir of the organization, and still had to fight against some ruthless wolves in the dark power vortex.
Ray was actually very reluctant, but he had no choice. Just as he couldn't save the two undercover agents, he couldn't save Takanashi Chika either.
"Can I trust you, Ray?"
"Wow, you actually want to trust me? That's incredible!" Lei teased.
Takanashi Chika raised her hand and pulled his hair hard, causing Rai to cry out "Stop!" in pain.
Once Lei was completely obedient, Takanashi Chinatsu finally spoke up: "I didn't report you not just for Akemi's sake, but also because of my own selfish reasons. I personally think it's good that you came undercover; such an evil organization shouldn't exist at all."
Lei chuckled; Takanashi Chika was indeed on his side.
“I want you to help me connect with the FBI so we can destroy the organization together.” Takanashi Chinatsu’s bright eyes were fixed intently on Rae.
Ray's black hair was tied up with a black hair tie, looking capable and decisive. He didn't seem surprised, but he didn't turn around, and there was no smile on his face.
“Ray, this is an opportunity, if we join forces…”
“Black Cherry, you can’t do it.” Lei interrupted Takanashi Chinatsu.
Chika Takanashi froze, staring blankly at Rai.
"If it were really possible to bring down an organization, the FBI would have done so long ago. But the organization doesn't just have influence in the United States and Japan; it has influence all over the world."
The FBI can clean up the US, it can clean up Japan, but what about other countries? The FBI is not omnipotent.
The most crucial point...
“There are organized undercover agents within the FBI,” Rye said gravely.
Chizuru Takanashi's heart sank as well.
Organizations are like a shadow looming over everyone's heart, like an invisible hand that will mercilessly strike and destroy everything when you let your guard down or even begin to celebrate your victory.
Chika Takanashi can win over Gin and also learn many secrets.
She privately believed that with the FBI's help, the organization could be destroyed, but now she was trying to shake a tree like an ant, which was utterly ridiculous.
"If even the FBI can't do it..."
"If the FBI fails, there's the CIA, CSIS, and the Japanese Public Security Bureau. In this world, justice and light prevail. Black Cherry, never lose hope for the future." Rye walked in darkness, yet always held fast to the light; he firmly believed that good would triumph over evil.
Chizuru's fingers curled up; she was touched, but more than that, she felt fear.
Do we need... so many organizations together?
No, perhaps far more than that.
She knew the organization was a behemoth, but she was far too naive to think that the FBI alone could eliminate it.
With a "ding," Chizuru Takanashi's phone rang.
It's an email.
Contacting her via organizational email was only possible through Gin occasionally sending her some information via email, and only through the aloof and superior Mr.
Her new adoptive father, a synonym for supreme power within the organization, is someone she constantly wants to overthrow.
As she opened the email, a soft blue light shone into her green eyes, causing them to involuntarily contract.
What is it?
“It’s a mission.” Takanashi Chinatsu put down her phone.
This is the first time.
The first time her husband sent her a task was via email; the last time they contacted each other was when she was flirting with him in an email.
This is a signal.
She fully joined the organization and stepped into the center of power, no longer just an ordinary student.
"What mission?"
Looking at the rigid, emotionless commands in the email, Takanashi Chinatsu's eyes darkened.
“To silence them, to demonstrate,” she said.
Ray reacted almost immediately: "Are they Stout and Aquavit's family?"
Chika Takanashi remained silent, tacitly agreeing.
She heard Ray swearing in the front row.
“These kinds of missions are always the job of the action team!” Lei expressed his dissatisfaction.
Chika Takanashi also knew that most of these tasks would be given to Gin.
But now it's been given to her.
Why? Did the gentleman already know that Gin had helped with the interrogation? Or was it because she was in charge of the interrogation, and therefore also responsible for handling the aftermath?
Was Karasuma Renya testing her by sending her to silence witnesses?
"Don't be nervous. You can't do this kind of task alone. Take me with you and leave it to me." Lai said, his voice heavy with worry, offering words of comfort.
She was definitely nervous.
The undercover agent is dead; everything has settled.
Why target their family members?
Just a few days ago, Takanashi Chinatsu was still hoping that the undercover agent wouldn't be so stubborn, so that she wouldn't actually take drastic measures.
But today, Takanashi Chinatsu is complaining that they gave in, even though they are free, their family and friends are in danger.
This mentality is contradictory, and whether it's expectation or complaint, it's an extremely excessive demand.
"I declined." Takanashi Chinatsu tried sending an email.
A large hand reached out from the front row and forcefully grabbed her phone.
"No, black cherry."
Chizuru looked at him blankly.
"Even if you beg for mercy, the boss might assign the task to someone else, but the task itself will remain the same, those people will still die, and it will also affect your image in the boss's eyes." Lai was helpless, but in their line of work, they were prepared to face the bleak reality long ago.
Accept it, and then do it.
“I will help you,” Leie promised earnestly.
"I don't want them to die, can you help me?" Takanashi Chinatsu stared intently at Rai.
“This is dangerous. Nobody knows if someone is watching us during our mission. Besides, the FBI and they are from different countries and have no connection. I have no right to defend them.” Rye seemed to be indicating his refusal.
But soon, he smirked and turned back to Takanashi Chinatsu's bewildered gaze, agreeing, "I'll help you."
Takanashi Chika stared at him blankly, not understanding why he would agree. She might not really die, but if someone was watching the mission, the risk of Rae being exposed for helping those people fake their deaths was very, very high.
“Ray, if your identity is exposed…”
“If my identity is exposed, you don’t need to worry about me. If the organization orders you to kill me, then do so.” Ray said in a flat tone, as if he were talking about someone else.
Chinatsu Takanashi had absolutely no idea what Rai was thinking.
“I don’t mind if you take action against me to protect yourself, but you have to promise me that you will never succumb to the organization’s darkness, never.” He emphasized repeatedly.
As long as your heart is still bright, as long as you can still grasp the hand reaching out to her.
Ray believed that no one could resist reaching out, and no one would refuse to help a kind little girl.
Leave all the troublesome and unacceptable things to these professionals.
The organization's mission came on strong, and Takanashi Chinatsu didn't even have time to pay attention to Matsuda Jinpei. He was going to work the next day, while she was going to England the next day.
"Are you really going on vacation?" Matsuda Jinpei asked suspiciously, holding the keys that Takanashi Chika handed him.
Chinatsu Takanashi smiled and nodded, her tone relaxed: "Yes, my friend in England invited me to visit. I heard he owns a really big winery and invited me to go and taste the wine."
"You can't hold your liquor either," Matsuda Jinpei muttered.
"Anyway, it looks really fun, I want to go play!" Takanashi Chinatsu didn't want to say too much, as it would only make things worse.
Just when Takanashi Chinatsu thought she had gotten away with it, Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji flanked her from both sides, staring at her menacingly.
"W-What's wrong?" Takanashi Chika stammered.
"Are you sure this is a trip for fun?" Matsuda Jinpei gave her one last chance.
Takanashi Chinatsu still insisted, "Yeah, just because you guys don't have friends abroad doesn't mean I don't either!"
"I'm going back to the police station tomorrow, and you're using this time to go out and have fun?" Matsuda Jinpei questioned again, slamming his hand on the coffee table and shouting, "Explain yourself! What exactly are you going abroad to do?"
"Jinpei, don't be angry. Chika didn't want us to worry." The two played good cop and bad cop. Hagiwara Kenji patted Takanashi Chika's shoulder reassuringly, but still gave her a look that made her confess.
Chinatsu's eyes went blank for a moment; as expected, she was exposed.
“It’s… an organization mission,” Takanashi Chinatsu replied weakly.
Matsuda Jinpei raised an eyebrow; this was not a good thing.
Kenji Hagiwara gestured to Jinpei Matsuda to shut up, then asked Chinatsu with a grin, "Can't we not go?"
"cannot."
"So the organization requires you to do this?"
Chinatsu nods; she's desperate too!
She had no choice but to go; if she went, the two families might still have a chance to survive, but if someone else went, it would truly be a death sentence.
The operation was swift and sudden; MI6 and CSIS may not even know that their people have been exposed, and the families of the two undercover agents are even less prepared.
"But what about Jinpei? Aren't you going to do anything about him?" Kenji Hagiwara looked at her pitifully, trying to soften her heart and make her stay in the country.
"I've already arranged for someone to look after him." Takanashi Chinatsu had already asked Gin for help.
Although she didn't want to trouble Gin, there weren't many people who could help her at that moment.
“I’ll go too.” Matsuda Jinpei was unusually decisive, and took out his phone to call his boss to ask for leave.
"No, you can't go!" Takanashi Chika hurriedly stopped him. She was surrounded by people from the organization, and Matsuda would be killed if he went with her.
"I'm worried about you." Matsuda Jinpei frowned.
"But Matsuda-nii, the organization will find out about you. Not only will you be in danger, but I will also be implicated." Takanashi Chinatsu knew how to stop her.
Sure enough, upon hearing that Takanashi Chika might be in danger because of him, Matsuda Jinpei immediately hesitated.
Kenji Hagiwara, however, did not have that concern.
“If he can’t go, then I’ll go with you.”
Upon hearing this, Takanashi Chinatsu and Matsuda Jinpei immediately focused their attention on him.
Kenji Hagiwara smiled gently and said, "I am a ghost. No one can see me except for China. Although I can't do anything, I can at least help China check the surrounding environment and notify her immediately if there is any danger."
Matsuda Jinpei pondered. Indeed, a ghost that others cannot see can be of great help in terms of intelligence.
Even Chizuru Takanashi couldn't help but be moved.
This time she's going to rescue people, not kill them, so there's nothing wrong with bringing Kenji Hagiwara along.
However, if they were to bring Kenji Hagiwara along, the two would have to be temporarily bound together, and Chinatsu Takanashi didn't know how long her magic power could sustain him.
"Give it a try." Matsuda Jinpei was a pragmatist and immediately made the decision.
"Come on, Chinatsu!"
Under the expectant gazes of the two, Takanashi Chinatsu reached out and, following Eriol's method, attempted to use energy to establish a link, temporarily binding Hagiwara Kenji to herself.
She wasn't a traditional magician; she hadn't formally studied magic. Her perception and connection to magic were entirely taught by Elio.
Fortunately, establishing contact with ghosts is not too difficult.
"Come with me." Takanashi Chinatsu gestured for Hagiwara Kenji to follow her out the door.
Matsuda Jinpei followed along.
Leaving the room and the corridor, Kenji Hagiwara found himself in a place he couldn't go before.
"Wow, they really made it out!" Kenji Hagiwara exclaimed excitedly.
“You were a bound spirit before, and you still are now, but I’m the one binding you,” Takanashi Chika said.
Kenji Hagiwara suddenly realized what was happening, and quickly flew a short distance away. He then stopped abruptly as if being pulled by a rope, and excitedly flew back to Chinatsu Takanashi's side.
"It's true! The distance I can move now is the same distance I was previously restricted from, so as my strength increases, this distance can be increased?" Kenji Hagiwara asked with sparkling eyes.
Chika Takanashi nodded, "That's right."
"However, you still need to be careful. It's different if you're with me and in your own territory. If you're with me, the stat bonuses from your territory will be gone," she reminded her.
Kenji Hagiwara exclaimed "Whoosh!" and started driving his Mazda around Chika Kotori.
After leaving the house and the horn incense, Matsuda Jinpei could no longer see Hagiwara Kenji, but he could still understand a thing or two from what Takanashi Chinatsu said.
"So you're going to take him with you?" Matsuda Jinpei asked.
Chizuru Takanashi nodded.
"Is your magic enough?"
"It should be fine; I don't think it will consume much magic power."
Matsuda Jinpei breathed a sigh of relief and patted Takanashi Chinatsu on the shoulder, saying, "Anyway, take the rhinoceros horn incense with you. Remember to light it if you get into trouble. Hagi is still a formidable fighter."
Takanashi Chinatsu joked, "Wouldn't that mean it's haunted?"
"Your safety is the most important thing," Matsuda Jinpei said earnestly.
Before going abroad, you should definitely prepare well.
Takanashi Chinatsu stayed up all night and finally managed to equip Hagiwara Kenji with all sorts of weapons.
Kenji Hagiwara was wearing a black suit and black trousers, with a beige vest draped over his shoulders. He had two Beretta rifles at his waist, a disassembled sniper rifle in his guitar case on his back, and a single-soldier rocket launcher blatantly slung over his shoulder.
This doesn't look like going abroad on a mission; it looks like they're going to fight in Syria.
Not only that, when Chinatsu Takanashi boarded the plane, Kenji Hagiwara drove his Mazda into the sky, with a car full of spare weapons on board.
Although it was all prepared by Chinatsu Takanashi who stayed up all night, she still couldn't help but stare blankly as Kenji Hagiwara drove around her seat with the weapons.
A hand was waved in front of Takanashi Chinatsu's eyes, and someone asked, "What's wrong? Didn't you sleep well last night?"
"Yeah, I didn't sleep all night."
Lei sighed and comforted her, "I told you to leave everything to me, don't put so much pressure on yourself."
Lei's hand pressed on Takanashi Chinatsu's shoulder.
A sniper rifle, over a meter long, was already pressed against Ray's forehead.
"You, let go right now, or I'll smash your head open!"
"Pfft," Takanashi Chika laughed.
Lei breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes softening. "You smiled."
Chinatsu immediately covered her mouth, but a smile still shone through her eyes; it was hard not to laugh!
Kenji Hagiwara then brandished the dagger at Rae's neck, and finally pulled out a large machete. He even went so far as to tear off his red tie, tie it to the machete as a red cloth, and raised it up, loudly announcing: "Now, we will execute Mr. Rae, who has been groping women!"
"Whoosh—" The machete fell, barely passing through Lai's neck.
"Stop fooling around!" Takanashi Chika couldn't help but laugh again.
Kenji Hagiwara winked, then frantically chopped at the hand that was holding Rae down with a cleaver, like chopping vegetables.
If you were to light rhinoceros horn incense right now, Lai's hand would probably be sliced into shreds.
“I’m not kidding you, I’m serious, so please trust me a little.” Lei also laughed.
"Mmm, I trust you completely." Takanashi Chinatsu suppressed a laugh and quickly turned her head away, worried that she would burst out laughing again because of Hagiwara Kenji's antics.
Lei was a little confused. He subconsciously touched his neck and, for some reason, felt a cool sensation there a moment ago.
And...his hands.
Lai raised the hand that had just been pressing on Qiannai's shoulder and shook it. He didn't feel any discomfort, but he still felt a tingling and numb sensation in his hand, as if he had been attacked by something.
It's probably just my imagination.
Seeing that Takanashi Chinatsu was no longer disappointed, Lei put on his blindfold with peace of mind and closed his eyes to rest on the plane.
"Rocket launcher, Chinatsu-chan! I've never played with one before when I was alive!" Kenji Hagiwara excitedly showed off the rocket launcher to Chinatsu Takanashi, glancing at the passengers on the plane like a cat who had just received a new toy.
Takanashi Chika couldn't speak, so she just smiled and watched Hagiwara Kenji act silly.
"If we encounter any ghosts or monsters, they might just have a knife, and I'll blast them away with a rocket launcher!" Kenji Hagiwara said smugly.
Dimensional reduction attack—this is the dimensional reduction attack of the Ghost Realm!
The flight would take more than ten hours. After playing for a few hours, Kenji Hagiwara finally got over the novelty and settled down in the seat next to Chinatsu Takanashi.
Yes, he nestled against Ray.
Although ghosts don't affect the real world, Takanashi Chinatsu couldn't help but laugh when she saw the two figures overlapping.
“You seem very happy.” Lei removed his blindfold, relieved to see Takanashi Chika in such a good mood.
"With your help, I feel much more at ease," Takanashi Chinatsu replied.
"That's good. Miss flight attendant, could you please get me a blanket? I'm feeling a bit cold," Ray said to the flight attendant.
The flight attendant nodded and quickly brought over a blanket.
"Are you cold?" Takanashi Chinatsu asked Rai, but was looking at Hagiwara Kenji.
"Maybe the air conditioning is on too high," Ray replied.
Kenji Hagiwara said excitedly, "Cultivation really works! I read in a book that the more powerful my cultivation, the more easily I can influence living people. But after I cultivate for a while longer, I'll be able to control it and won't unintentionally influence living people anymore."
Takanashi Chika nodded, "I see." However, she felt that even if Rai trained for a while longer, he would still have to endure the cold, since Hagiwara Kenji seemed to be deliberately freezing Rai.
"China, have you ever thought that going abroad this time might be an opportunity?" Lai suddenly said.
Chizuru Takanashi is puzzled.
"Although the organization is spread all over the world, its roots are in Japan. Its influence and control in other countries are relatively small. You might be able to take the opportunity to escape."
Upon hearing this, Kenji Hagiwara sat up straight and looked at Chinatsu Takanashi seriously.
Although Kenji Hagiwara didn't want to be separated from Chika, it might be a good thing if they could escape the control of that terrorist organization.
Will Chika really leave?
For some reason, Kenji Hagiwara had a premonition that it might not be so easy to persuade Chinatsu to leave.
As expected, Chinatsu Takanashi shook her head decisively and refused: "I will not leave the organization."
"You clearly don't want to stay in the organization..."
"But the organization's influence is widespread. If I don't want to be found by the organization, I have to live in anonymity for the rest of my life. I don't want to hide like a rat."
Lei sighed.
"Also, I don't think the boss can't find me." This is what Takanashi Chinatsu fears most.
Rye didn't quite understand and said, "The FBI can help you forge a new identity. If you're worried about the FBI having informants within the organization, you can also help me personally without their help. In short, as long as you don't get involved with the organization in the future and don't show your face in public, how can the organization find you?"
The world is so big, if Black Cherry is determined to hide, finding her is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"No, we will definitely find the boss." Takanashi Chinatsu's pupils shrank, as if she had seen something terrifying.
He definitely can.
It's uncertain about other characters like Chizuru Takanashi, but if it's something the boss is looking for, then it can definitely be found.
Gin first met her next to his adoptive father's body.
At that time, Karasuma Renya directly sent a message to Gin, ordering him to bring her back.
When Chinatsu Takanashi wanted a pair of roller skates, they were delivered to her just like that.
Chinatsu Takanashi had a crush on a boy in high school, but she never showed it to him and didn't keep a diary. Even though no one knew about it, not even Touya and Yukito were aware of it.
But……
But!
That boy was in a car accident and will be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
That was not an accident.
Because Karasuma Renya then called and warned her that she was not allowed to date before she came of age.
Even the bracelet that Takanashi Chinatsu is wearing now, which can resist special forces, was bought and given to her by Karasuma Renya before she was to meet Eriol.
Karasuma Renya is terrifying. He's like some kind of insidious virus that always appears when Takanashi Chinatsu is least prepared.
She no longer dared to gamble.
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Author's note: Ah, that "Bigger out of the cage" refers to Hagiwara, hahaha!
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