Chapter 174



The masked woman was indeed attracted. She turned around and walked to the little sheep Jiang Lai: "What's wrong? Does it hurt?"

"Hmm... it hurts a lot." The little sheep Jiang Lai showed his moist dark eyes and said weakly, "Maybe it will be better after sitting for a while. Is there a place to rest here?"

It would be difficult to go home in this situation, so the masked woman thought it would be better to take a break. She half-supported the brown-haired boy and said, "Go inside and there is a rest room. I'll take you there to rest."

The little sheep Jiang Lai responded in a low voice, lowered his head slightly, and secretly glanced at Akai Shuichi who was on the other side of the elevator.

Shuichi Akai was staring at his phone screen, frowning slightly as if he hadn't received a reply from Little Lamb Ice Wine. He raised his eyes, as if preparing to look for someone on the first floor.

Jiang Lai: “!” What’s the hurry? It looks like the other party really wants to find himself?

Could it be that the deal has been completed and everything is ready to blow this place up...

With thoughts flowing through his mind, Jiang Lai tried to ignore the current scene and took out his cell phone to take a look at the content of the email.

Shuichi Akai's sharp wolf eyes scanned the crowd, searching for the familiar figure of the brown-haired boy. Jiang Lai's heart beat loudly, with a hidden sense of tension as tiny vines climbed up along the soles of his feet. He nimbly adjusted his body shape and half-hidden beside the masked woman.

Before Akai Shuichi could reach here, a faint shout attracted the other party's attention.

"Ley."

A cold and hoarse voice sounded, and a man with long silver hair stood on the other side. Akai Shuichi's eyes were focused on him.

Jiang Lai: Wu Hu! Just right! Gin, you are such a good teammate!!

Although I don't know whether Gin saved the situation intentionally or unintentionally, I still give him a thumbs up in my heart! (Thumbs up)

Taking advantage of this gap, the little sheep Jiang Lai and the masked woman also walked smoothly to the inner corridor. Before stepping in, the masked woman seemed to casually glance to the side for the last time.

Jiang Lai noticed the other party's hidden little movements and was slightly stunned.

The two walked along the relatively quiet corridor, and the noisy noise in the distance was gradually left behind. The masked woman still lowered her eyebrows and looked gentle and caring, but Jiang Lai was sensitive to the difference from before.

Did the other party notice Shuichi Akai?

Jiang Lai still looked downcast, his hair limp and as spiritless as he was, with one hand covering his stomach. But in reality, his body was tense under his loose clothes, ready to deal with unexpected events and desperate counterattacks at any time.

The two of them walked to a room. The masked woman asked Jiang Lai to wait at the door for a while, and she took half a step forward first.

There were no windows in the room, so it was very dark. The masked woman explained softly, "I'm sorry, for the safety of Tiantian Yizi Entertainment Club, the rooms on the first floor have no windows." She raised her hand and placed it on the wall, "But there is a light here, so..."

Before the masked woman pressed the button, Jiang Lai, the little sheep, suddenly changed his weak and limp expression and said, "There is a bomb here."

The masked woman paused.

He continued, "This clubhouse is filled with explosives that can blow up the entire building."

The voice was youthful, yet serious.

Jiang Lai said this because his sixth sense and observation and thinking detected something wrong. He did not think that this was just a simple house and that the masked woman was going to press a light. Maybe it was a mechanism or an alarm!

However, saying "I'm not your enemy" directly would be very suspicious, and the masked woman would probably overreact subconsciously and press the button. Therefore, Jiang Lai blurted out a topic that both of them were definitely concerned about - bombs.

The masked woman was silent for a second, then she said softly, "What are you talking about, little brother? How come there is a bomb here?"

"I'm serious, because I don't want to die either." Little Sheep Jiang Lai raised his dark eyes and added, "He is controlled and cannot communicate."

The "he" in the latter sentence naturally refers to Akai Shuichi at this time. According to the inference that the masked woman is Miyano Akemi, both of them should know it well. And the meaning of the phrase "being controlled" must be understood by the other party.

However, the masked woman did not respond to Jiang Lai's words and act as if she knew him. Her hands were still on the wall. The dim environment and the veil prevented Jiang Lai from seeing her expression clearly.

Her voice was still gentle: "If there is a bomb, just hand it over to the security personnel. But if you make a false alarm, you will have to bear the corresponding responsibility and pay the price, little brother."

"Everything I said is true." Little sheep Jiang Lai blinked his eyes. "This is a matter of life and death, so of course I won't joke."

"——And, isn't the other sister coming out?" He turned his head and looked at one side of the dark room, and said in a raised voice, "We can discuss it together."

Jiang Lai's perception ability has been trained now. Under the high tension of his mind, he can better detect hidden things. He vaguely feels that there is a person with shallow breathing hiding in the house.

The air was silent for a moment, and the movements of several people seemed to be paused, and no one moved first.

In the dim light, a pair of beautiful women's leather shoes stepped slowly and silently. A woman walked out from the side of the room and stopped two or three meters away from Xiao Mianyang Jianglai. The light from the corridor illuminated half of her profile. Her lavender peach eyes were softened and sharp.

——It’s Ueda Kariko.

The three of them had a brief test before reluctantly sitting opposite each other in the room. Ueda Kariko and the masked woman sat on one side, and Jiang Lai sat on the other.

This time, the masked woman raised her hand and changed position, turning on a real light.

Jiang Lai: I knew there was a trap! Fortunately, I reacted quickly.

Using the excuse of checking past messages and preparing to organize his language, he quickly opened the email that Shuichi Akai had just sent him and read it.

Sure enough, it was a message asking him to meet him at the Little Lamb Ice Wine Hall and prepare to leave. Of course, there was no mention of bombs, because that was a task that the gentleman had assigned to Ley alone.

The door closed, and the little sheep Jiang Lai maintained a serious expression as he described what he knew and the purpose of the cooperation.

He did not try to probe in the direction of [Miyano Akemi], nor did he touch upon the hidden BOSS formation and antidote data. The more you want something, the less anxious you should be to reveal it at the beginning, otherwise it will alert the two of them. Jiang Lai certainly understood this.

At this time, the trust between them was very low. Even if he showed the evidence such as emails and intelligence to prove that he was a member of the hidden boss camp, he might not be able to convince the masked woman and Ueda Kariko. Moreover, he also needed time to determine whether the masked woman was Miyano Akemi.

So, the little sheep Jiang Lai only focused on the bomb, explaining where he guessed the bomb might be and the location where Akai Shuichi had just been.

"Since you are teammates, why didn't he just tell you where the bomb is?" Ueda Kariko asked right after the little sheep Jiang Lai finished speaking. Her behavior at this time was different from the ladylike gentleness she had shown to Maori and the others. She was like a little hedgehog with spikes standing up.

"Because he's being controlled." Little Sheep Jiang Lai repeated what he had just said, his hands casually crossed on the table, "and he's wearing a collar with an eavesdropping function around his neck."

"You can find and dismantle the bomb yourself, why do you need someone here?"

"I can't defuse a bomb." Little Sheep Jiang Lai answered with a smile, and then straightened his face, "And I can't report it openly or tell the security personnel, it's too obvious. That's why I have to find another excuse to find this sister and pull her to a secluded place to talk."

"..." Ueda Kariko, who had flax hair, paused and said, "You mean, your boss wants to kill you? But, why?"

At present, the gentleman had no intention of directly killing him, as can be seen from the fact that Shuichi Akai informed him before leaving. The gentleman was still rational, and although he had doubts, he would not kill a powerful member of the organization directly.

But Jiang Lai certainly couldn't let him blow up this place. The masked woman who was suspected to be Miyano Akemi, Amuro Toru who might have also received the message of retreat, and many other innocent people and the antidote data were all in here.

Moreover, after killing so many people, even if Shuichi Akai was an undercover agent who was controlled, he would face some degree of judgment later.

However, these words must of course be kept in mind.

Jiang Lai thought.

If you want the script to continue as you wish, you have to follow the line of "that gentleman wants to kill himself" so that you can vaguely reveal the aura of your hidden BOSS camp.

So, facing Ueda Kariko's question, Little Sheep Jiang Lai showed a somewhat distressed expression: "Maybe, they probably want to kill me." He spread his hands and said, "The safest way is of course to dismantle the bomb, so there is no need to worry about the death of Schrödinger in probability theory."

“——As for why you want to kill me, I have some guesses, but sorry, it’s a secret~” The brown-haired boy smiled playfully.

The masked woman who had been listening quietly suddenly spoke up at this moment: "There is more than one exit here. If you want to escape, I believe you can do it with your ability."

"That's true, but as I said before, this is too straightforward." The little sheep Jiang Lai shook his head, and his curly ponytail swayed with it. "...I want to stay there. I have other things I need to do."

“Even if there’s a risk of death?” The masked woman’s blue eyes were like a calm ocean. She asked softly, “If your boss wants to kill you, and he fails this time, what awaits you will naturally be a more impenetrable killing net.”

"Even if there is a risk of death." Little Sheep Jiang Lai did not bring his habit, "I have things to do, and I have made progress... Before the other party directly reveals his murderous intentions, I will not take the initiative to escape."

The voice is childish, but it implies a certain unshakable belief.

The masked woman's warm and clear eyes met with the little sheep Jiang Lai. Ueda Kariko also calmed down at this time. None of the three spoke, and silent words flowed between their breaths.

"...Okay." The masked woman nodded and said, "Thank you for telling me. We will secretly contact trusted security personnel to search for the bomb and keep it a secret for you."

She took out the communicator from her pocket, stood up and walked to the corner, speaking something quietly and quickly.

The little sheep Jiang Lai jumped up at the right time. He blinked and said, "Done! You guys should work hard on the bomb." He waved his hand and turned to leave casually, showing that he really just came to inform about the bomb. "——See you later."

As he turned his back and started walking, Jiang Lai counted silently in his mind.

1, 2, 3——

"Wait a moment, little brother."

A gentle call came from behind. The masked woman put down the communicator, stared at him seriously with her blue eyes, and said slowly: "...Maybe there are some other things we can talk about."


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