Chapter 68
The apartment was spacious and empty, with dark curtains completely blocking out the light from outside. It was dark inside, and I could vaguely see the outline of a human figure on the bed.
The urgent ringing of the bell broke the silence in the room.
Kono Seiryoshi opened his eyes the next second after the phone rang. He wanted to pick up the phone, but when he raised his upper body, he didn't know which delicate organ was activated and he suddenly felt dizzy.
The ringing sound became increasingly shrill, and by the time I finally got the phone, more than ten seconds had passed.
Gongye Shengliang answered the call listlessly and swallowed the itchiness in his throat: "Ahem...what's the matter?" His throat was a little swollen, and his voice was hoarse with a low nasal tone. One could tell that he was sick.
The person on the other end also heard it, but not only did he not care, he even sneered, "Do you want to stay in the house until you rot?"
What a sharp attitude, worthy of being called Gin.
Gong Ye Shengliang was exhausted and said, "You can't say that..."
He just stayed indoors for half a month, so he wouldn't rot or stink.
Yes, after returning home with the packaged bag of hot potatoes that day, he felt deeply the power of his crow's mouth and never left the house again.
Shirley was looking after the work at the institute, so he didn't need to check on the progress every day. After the effect of the drug wore off, he got sick, which was not serious but was long-lasting like a continuous rain, and he still hasn't recovered.
Why did Gin call this disabled but determined patient who was doing research instead of catching the traitor?
Gongye Sheng felt doubtful in his conscience, so he asked.
Gin's heart was harder than the dried Russian bread. He said ruthlessly, "Come to the training ground within an hour. You have a mission."
Kono Seiryoshi: “…”
Kono Seira: "Gin, I'm a researcher."
Sending a weak and sick researcher to the training ground, is he going to be a living target?
Gin sneered: "So what did you research?"
Kono Seiryoshi: “…”
Damn it! There is no way to refute it!
As if he sensed something from his silence, Gin sneered before hanging up, and he sounded in a much better mood than when the call began.
An encrypted file was sent to the mailbox with a "ding" sound. When Gong Ye Shengliang entered the key and took a look, he felt relieved instantly.
Fortunately, the mission was not to make him a target, but just to rob a bank.
...Wait, robbing a bank?? !!
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According to the information, Guangrun Bank Group has always had close ties with the black organization. Recently, the group's capital operation has had problems. The directors colluded with other forces and caused some unpleasantness with the organization.
The organization heard through internal channels that the director was planning to abscond with the money and decided to take preemptive action to eliminate any possible disaster.
The purpose of their trip was to steal the bank's special checks that were only settled at the end of the year, empty the bank's 5 billion deposits, and put the blame on the directors who had dirty hands to begin with.
As for why the holy wine was sent... According to the information, this bank has been investing in the organization's research projects.
Although it is nothing compared to the Black Organization that is rich enough to rival a country, once you are tainted by even a little bit of the dark aura, you will no longer be able to easily escape the control of the organization.
"Take care of your things yourself."
Gin crushed out the cigarette butt, turned around, and cast a sidelong glance at the person behind him.
Shengjiu was not wearing that ridiculous gas mask, his white hair was not stained by dust, and the dark mask covered half of his pale and sickly face. He stared at the information in his hand with his eyes lowered in silence, as if he was listening to him carefully.
After a while, he curled his fingers, clenched his fists to his lips and coughed twice. His eyelashes fluttered and slowly raised, staring at Gin with bloodshot eyes: "So, why did you let me come to the training ground?"
The questioning sentence changed its tone as it came out of his mouth, becoming calm and peaceful.
Gin frowned and looked at him deeply.
He didn't answer, but stopped in front of a transparent glass.
On the other side of the glass is a panoramic view of the training ground, and you can clearly see the figure of the person shooting below, but the latter's expression when he glances at this place is normal - it is a one-way transparent glass.
A long-haired man in a knitted cap was wiping a sniper rifle with his head down. A blond, dark-skinned young man wearing noise-proof earmuffs was concentrating on shooting at a circular target in the distance, hitting all ten rings with every shot.
"You can use both of them for this mission."
Gin said.
The glass blocked out the gunfire from the training ground next door. They were the only two people outside, so any slight movement would be amplified several times and reach their ears.
And Shengjiu has been maintaining his original posture, his eyes fixed vaguely on a point in the air, quietly reflecting the light and shadow on the other side.
Gin felt an inexplicable worry in his heart. For no reason, he remembered the cigarette that he had crushed when it was half-burned before he came in.
"I'll go to the lounge first and discuss it after they finish."
The white-haired young man said this and turned away without waiting for an answer. There was no mistake in his eyes when he passed by Gin.
Gin didn't move until he heard the sound of the door closing. He took out his hand from his coat pocket and put a brand new cigarette into his mouth with a dark look in his eyes.
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As a patient who gasped for breath after every three steps, Gongye Shengliang would rather sit than stand. As soon as he entered the lounge, he collapsed on the sofa without caring about his image.
He turned on the camera on his phone, switched to selfie mode, and pulled down his mask. What came into view was a familiar yet unfamiliar face.
The eyebrows and eyes did not change, but the half of the face that was previously hidden by the mask changed.
This is what Kono Seiryoshi paid for with his energy points after he found that his disguises couldn't seem to get into a bank. Super powers still don't work in this world, so these changes are defined as disguises.
After the system's transformation, his current appearance is similar to Gong Yeru's during his police academy days only in his eyebrows and eyes. At first glance, they look very similar, but a closer look reveals that they are not the same person.
He couldn't weld the mask on his face, so it was better to do it today. Since Gin called him over, Seiryo Kono decided to try out the effect of this disguise today.
But there is one problem that cannot be ignored - how should Lei, who once saw his true face at the airport, deceive the public?
Thinking of this, Kono Seira stood up and sent a text message to Gin, in which he talked nonsense for hundreds of words, with solid reasons and earnest words from all aspects.
The central idea is - the weather is cold, let Lei go.
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On the other side, Furiya Rei, who had just put down his gun and had not yet walked out of the training ground, suddenly heard Gin's creepy chuckle.
His nerves, which had not yet relaxed, tensed up again, and he was secretly on guard against Gin's next move.
However, to his surprise, the silver-haired killer simply put the phone back into his pocket and said to Lei, "Lei, go to the car and wait for orders."
Lei frowned: "Doesn't the mission require me to participate in the discussion?"
"You just need to follow orders." Gin's answer was cold and emotionless.
Lei didn't want to anger the code members over such a small matter, so he nodded, put on the backpack with the gun on it, and left the training ground directly.
Furiya Rei still had a nonchalant smile on his face. He watched Lei disappear before turning around and asking, "Is my mission unchanged?"
Gin's eyes turned gloomy.
The next moment, he heard the other party's unquestionable voice: "You, go to the lounge now."
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When he knocked on the door of the lounge, Fūya Rei's heart sank.
He probably guessed that it was Holy Wine who was trying to get Lei away, but the question was - why did Holy Wine do this to create a space for him to be alone?
Furutani Rei carefully recalled his experience with the holy wine again, but still did not find anything suspicious.
He took a deep breath, changed his expression back to Bourbon's usual unpredictable smile, and knocked twice on the door.
"Come in."
Unscrewing the handle, Fūya Rei felt ready to face the risk of exposing his identity, but when his sight accidentally fell on the person on the sofa, his purple-gray pupils shrank suddenly, and a crack inevitably appeared in the perfect disguise.
The crisp sound of cups and plates colliding at this moment sounded like a bell, cutting off the waves in his heart.
The white-haired young man put down the teacup in his hand, looked at him with deep red eyes, and frowned: "Where's Lei? Didn't he come with you?"
After seeing his entire face, Furuya Rei didn't hear what the other person was saying at all, and his heart, which had been tightly clenched in tension, suddenly fell to the ground.
——Not that person.
Seeing that he didn't respond, the young man frowned even deeper and repeated his question.
Furiya Rei managed to calm himself down and forced a smile: "Lei is on standby in the car. Wasn't that arranged by you?" He paused, stared at the strange yet familiar eyes, and said the other party's code name, "Vin Santo."
Shengjiu was briefly bewildered, but soon returned to his expressionless demeanor, "Forget it, let him be."
He collected the documents on the table and handed them to Furutani Rei. When he stood up, he didn't know what happened. His hand, which was halfway extended, suddenly froze. He didn't care that there were other people around and hurriedly took something out of his coat.
The coughing continued for two minutes.
Fūya Rei caught the scattered information, clenched his hanging left hand several times, and finally slowly stretched it out, slightly bent it into a bow shape, and gently tapped the other person's back.
He asked in a steady voice, half-heartedly, "Do you want to rest for a while before setting off again?"
Through several layers of fabric, Fōtani Rei could feel the trembling in his palms gradually subsiding.
"……No."
The holy wine avoided his hand and he drank the tea on the table which had already cooled down.
He put on the mask and adjusted the position. Because of the violent coughing, a thin layer of watery light filled his eyes. He blinked, and the watery light disappeared like an illusion.
Even though he knew it was impossible, Furiya Rei's heart still skipped a beat.
He lowered his head, letting his falling blond hair obscure his expression.
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Kono Seiryoshi was sweating and asked the system in his heart: [How did I act just now? Did I get that stupid expression just right?]
Light Ball: [Congratulations, your acting skills are better than 100% of the players in the server! Please keep it up!]
Kono Seiryoshi was greatly shocked and flattered: [Really?] Such exaggerated praise makes me feel embarrassed...
He suddenly remembered something, [How many players are there in the entire server?]
Light Ball: [Only you, honey.]
Kono Seiryoshi: [……]
He turned off the system expressionlessly.
At this moment, there was no need to act, the cold and gloomy temperament emanated naturally from the inside out.
He deliberately pretended to be unaware of Lei's absence, thinking that it was better to have less trouble than more and to put the blame on someone else. Anyway, with Gin's personality, he would definitely not tell the truth.
The taciturn Lei did not have any special reaction when he saw the two of them get on the car one on the left and the other on the right, and inadvertently cooperated with Kimino Seiryoshi.
I don't know what Rei Furuya thinks of his performance, but he probably doesn't have any doubts about it.
...Or maybe she was startled by his face and hadn't realized anything suspicious about it yet.
Kono Seiryoshi glanced at Furuya Rei in the seat in front of him.
The blond young man looked calm, his eyes fixed straight ahead, as he fiddled with the USB drive he would need for this mission.
The car slowed down and Lai parked it next to Guangrun Bank. "We're here."
On the way, they discussed how to implement the plan. One of the points was that three people in black would be too conspicuous if they entered together, especially Ley and Bourbon, whose temperaments were too aggressive. In the end, they decided to split up. The first person to enter would attract the attention of the staff under the name of consulting business, while the other person would take the opportunity to contact the organization's insider in the bank and observe the surrounding situation.
This was just a superficial arrangement, but for the most crucial step - taking secret photos and forging checks, Kono Seiyoshi had another plan.
He didn't intend for the mission to succeed, but he also couldn't expect it to fail terribly.
Five minutes after Bourbon and Ley entered the bank, Seiryoshi Kono pressed his mask and pushed open the glass door of the bank.
The blond young man who was chatting with the staff had a casual smile on his face, but his eyes were fixed on him.
Gongye Shengliang pretended not to see it.
Just as he was about to determine the position of Lei and the inside line, he heard a series of angry shouts from behind: "Don't move!"
"Get down!"
"Robbery!"
Kono Seiryoshi: “…”
Fūya Rei: “…”
Their eyes met in the air, and they saw the same indescribable expression on each other's faces.
——These two unknown brothers are very brave to snatch the organization's work.