Chapter 081 Bounty Hunter Gin (Two in One)
There is a mysterious codenamed member in the [Organization]. It is rumored that he is the shadow of top killer Gin, another GIN.
He is everywhere and knows everything. He watches the [organization] from the dark and cleans out the rats for the [organization]. He is a sharp knife on the other side.
Although no one knows where this rumor came from, the fact that Gin, the central character, had heard it but had no reaction at all does lend some credibility to the rumor.
Everyone in the [Organization] has been very nervous recently. The last mission was not a complete failure, but it was also a big loss. Everyone is nervous, fearing that they will also be swallowed by the shadow.
The protagonist of this rumor was sitting in Gin's safe house, flipping through a book he had just taken out of the bookcase.
Before the information he provided was verified, the boss would never allow him to disappear from the Organization's sight again.
So now, Gin became his monitor, and they were almost inseparable these days.
Gin is indeed a model worker in the organization. His job is not just to kill people, conduct transactions, smuggle items, coerce and bribe talents or officials... There is a lot more he has to do.
But Chidori has no interest in the affairs of the [Organization] and spends more time quietly staying in the safe house doing ordinary things.
When Vodka saw Chidori cooking for the first time, his eyes almost fell out, as if he had never imagined seeing this scene in his dreams.
The woman with her silver hair tied up in a high ponytail just glanced at him calmly, packed up her meal, and ate it quietly by herself.
No matter whether it is him or Gin, they are still human beings with physiological needs. For the sake of safety and nutrition, his cooking skills are actually quite good.
Even though this is Gin's most frequent safe house, and it can even be called a "home", the house is just like a model room and lacks any breath of life.
Obviously, Chidori is different from Gin. He is a person who enjoys life and is happy to find some fun for himself. When there is no task or need, he will do what a normal person would do.
After Gin returned to the safe house a month after completing a long mission, he stood at the door and looked at the strange house in silence.
There are several Bodhidharma ornaments placed at the entrance, arranged from large to small. There is an oil painting of sunflowers hanging in the living room, a thin carpet on the floor, and even flowers and plants on the balcony.
All kinds of changes made Gin frown deeply. He didn't like such changes.
This house belongs to him, and even another self has no right to change it.
Gin suppressed his anger and found himself taking notes on his book with a pen.
There are a lot of books in his house. After all, knowledge will not enter the mind by itself, so Gin is of course learning and improving all the time.
The other person was even wearing home clothes, looking completely relaxed and enjoying life, which made Gin's brows frown even more tightly.
Before he could say anything, Chidori said without even looking up, "Have you eaten yet? I made some curry in the kitchen. It's not poisonous."
This reaction made Gin strangely calm down. He looked around and finally snorted and laughed: "Why are you pretending to be a normal person? Can such a life make you happy?"
Although Gin usually has some entertainment needs, he spends most of his free time training, or drinking and reading.
Apart from that, he had no interest in adding useless things to the house or planting flowers and grass.
Although Gin doesn't think they are the same person, it is clear that they are the same in some aspects.
At least he doesn't think that people who need to navigate the most chaotic situations to be happy will find pleasure in such trivial daily life.
Being questioned like this, Chidori finally raised her eyes and looked at Gin with her calm dark green eyes.
"It's boring to live without fun," he said slowly, and then closed the book. "I'm sure your physical condition is not as good as mine."
After all, Gin works at a high intensity every day, so it is inevitable that some damage to his body will occur.
Hearing this, Gin laughed instead of getting angry. He walked slowly forward and grabbed Chidori's hair.
He didn't use much force and let go of his hand the next second.
Gin showed Chidori the palm of his hand, where there were about dozens of long silver hairs.
This was obviously abnormal. Gin didn't even use all his strength, but his hair fell off due to the force.
"Our physical constitution will not change. I think you should understand this." Gin's eyes fell on the symptoms that were more serious than his own. "But I didn't expect..."
Before he could finish his words, bullets came flying at him at a speed too fast to be seen by the naked eye.
The person who was just reading a book suddenly took out a gun, which he would never leave even when he was relaxing.
"Bang!"
The bullet grazed the end of Gin's hair and broke the vase that Chidori bought from somewhere behind him.
For a moment, neither of them spoke.
The silence was broken by Chidori standing up. His ponytail was messed up by Gin. He pulled off the hairband cleanly, and his silver hair was as smooth as satin, with no sign of the countless strands that had fallen out before.
He looked calm, as if he had been feeling nothing but happiness and peace.
Even at this moment he picked up the gun and acted as if to vent his anger, his expression and demeanor did not change at all.
He ignored Gin and walked to the debris, quietly picking up the pieces on the ground.
His movements were gentle and his gaze was calm. He should be a precious thing, but his movements were just like picking up trash.
Even though he might be able to gain some vague emotions at the beginning, now he couldn't explain why he prepared all this.
He didn't comment on Gin's sarcasm. There were very few things that could cause him to become emotional, so he would basically try everything.
This method of bringing things home was just something he had seen from other people.
Someone once told him that leaving traces in your own home that only you know about will bring you an incomparable sense of happiness when you see them.
In his life outside of commissions, he occasionally tried other methods, but it was obvious that this was of little use to him.
Gin looked Chidori up and down again at this time, as if he was seeing him for the first time.
The character that the opponent showed from the beginning was reckless. He dared to take out the important USB flash drive of the [Organization], provoked Gin when he met him for the first time, and then stirred up trouble among several forces.
He doesn't seem to care about anything, and the emotions and pleasure he gets from it are his greatest goal.
Only now, after everything had calmed down, he was eerily calm, even imitating the people in his memories to find familiar emotions.
Gin knows what kind of person he is. His moral values are weak, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have human emotions. He can feel what he can feel.
But this person who couldn't even bring himself to burn the original cherry tree is now having difficulty finding those emotions.
Of course, people's lives cannot always be at their climax. Gin also has trivial matters and work to deal with in his life. He can't just rush in with a gun in hand all the time.
But even ordinary life is just an ordinary day for Gin, and he just treats it as protecting his own territory.
At least for now, he is happy with his life, but apparently his other self is not.
"I think you're thinking about some messed up things," Chidori stood up after tidying up and glanced at him coldly. He was silent for a moment and continued, "I'm not confused, I'm just trying."
He always knew what he wanted and all he did was try. Even if he failed, he would not feel discouraged.
Rather, if he could feel depressed, then he would be considered successful.
They are the same kind of people. Whether it's Kurosawa Jin or Gin, they both have a perseverance that surpasses everything.
Always know who you are, what you want, and what path you should take.
No matter how many difficulties or thorns there are, they still ignore them.
Kurosawa Jin knows that there is something wrong with him, and he also knows what kind of solution he should look for, but he accepts himself the way he is.
No matter what, what he is doing now is what he chooses, and that is enough for him.
"Heh," Gin didn't know whether to believe it or not. He stood up, glanced at Chidori, and said, "If you want to enter the [Organization] laboratory, you'd better hand over the USB drive."
They both knew that the other had the same past, so they received the same treatment.
Although he didn't know why this person's symptoms were so much more serious than his own, he could understand it.
No one can tolerate not having their body under their control, so of course they will try to solve the problem in whatever way they can.
When their blond hair turned into silver, they had already become monsters abandoned by the world.
Chidori didn't answer. He lowered his eyes and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. Gin also ignored him and really went into the kitchen to eat the food left by Chidori.
Chidori, who sat down to look through the book again, was absent-minded for a rare moment.
To be honest, without the vest, Chidori didn't actually find any problems at first.
Gin didn't have much of a role in the original world. He was a cold-blooded villain and a loyal dog of the boss.
Even though the Gin he played was different from the one in his memory, his personality was similar to that in his memory.
Apart from his interests, nothing else is of any interest to him. As a bounty hunter, he is born to wander in chaos for profit and fun.
After coming to this world, he has been trying to attract attention so that all forces can see him and continue his work as a bounty hunter.
但直到上次事件告一段落後,他的情緒便只剩下了平靜,成為一條直線。
而那想要去獲得情緒波動的感覺卻越來越高,在黑澤陣的記憶裏,竟然真的沒有為這個最大的問題留多少份量。
因為在他心裏,這并不是不可以解決的,他也一直在用自己的方法解決,而情緒波動似乎對他來說也不是什麽大事。
黑澤陣只向前看,他從不後悔自己的任何選擇,包括現在。
他甚至欺騙了一個經驗老道的馬甲員工,直到現在才發現了這個馬甲最大的問題。
這張卡牌叫做風中獵人
——風是無形無狀的,它吹起了什麽,那就是它的形狀,黑澤陣就是這陣能夠帶起任何存在的風。
所說的獵人,恐怕也不是在指職業吧,黑澤陣的獵物,從來都只關于自己。
千鳥垂眸,他深呼吸一口氣,這是他的失職,在之後他會自行領罰的,而現在,他需要好好成為黑澤陣這陣風。
再次拉高重合度後,他再次擡眸,那雙墨綠雙眸裏只有平靜。
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這段時間黑澤陣的安分似乎讓BOSS很滿意,他所提供的資料也讓BOSS看到了新的希望。
所以他允許了對方自由活動,他沒有再賜予代號,只是如同對待不懂事的孩子般說着讓黑澤陣自由活動。
說是自由活動,但如果黑澤陣又去搞事的話,恐怕BOSS第一個派人來抓他。
所以黑澤陣暫時還是安分着,畢竟他也要給紅方時間反應時間,等第一個找上門來的勢力。
在沒了監視後,黑澤陣去的第一個地方就是[組織]的實驗室。
這不算奇怪,琴酒本身也是實驗室的負責人之一,雖然他大可扮成琴酒直接進去,沒有任何人會發現不對。
但他還是沒有那麽做,雖然琴酒确實可以為了任務不擇手段,只是這還不到那種程度。
除開特地情況,黑澤陣希望自己一直以屬于自己的面貌去面對所有。
實驗室裏的每個人都各司其職,在沒有得到通知的情況下,也并沒有人注意到一旁的黑澤陣。
他靠在牆上想了很久,才大概想起來記憶裏的那個人在哪裏。
在确定位置後,還沒走幾步就有人急匆匆跑了過來,來的人也是熟人,伏特加看着千鳥張張嘴似乎有些卡殼。
他輕咳一聲,才繼續說:“……大哥讓我今天跟着您,您是要去找誰嗎?”
顯然他是被琴酒派來盯着千鳥的,畢竟黑澤陣怎麽看都不是會安分的。
至少現在琴酒很看重屬于他的地盤,不會允許黑澤陣為了找刺激做些什麽。
看着小心翼翼用敬語的伏特加,黑澤陣沒什麽表示,他并不介意被人看着。
又或者說,他對此沒什麽感覺,伏特加在自己的世界裏也在[組織]中,似乎也是個代號成員。
他沒有多想,朝着記憶裏的方向走進,在面對一座和白房子極其相似的建築物時,他才緩慢停了下來。
“我找雪莉,”他終于開口,卻也沒有看伏特加,聲音冷的聽不出情緒,“她在這裏工作吧。”
擅長進去是蠢貨才會做的行為,既然琴酒是這裏的負責人之一,他不覺得琴酒沒有讓雪莉見他的能力。
伏特加愣了一下,說了句稍等後,離開似乎是跟琴酒打了電話。
在伏特加打電話的時間,黑澤陣正在觀察這裏,和記憶裏沒什麽區別,同樣是讓人厭惡的白色。
但哪怕是這樣的場景,他的心裏竟然也只是閃過些許怒火和恨意,仿佛風一樣吹過就散了。
明明這裏才是他失去的開始,他連最初珍藏一棵樹的情緒,也被抹除的一幹二淨。
屬于[組織]最鋒利的刀,是BOSS座下最強大的忠犬,GIN。
不過這裏在自己的世界是和白房子同樣的結局,也不知道這個世界的自己怎麽忍耐住的。
視線範圍裏,想要找的那個人自己出現了,他沒有等伏特加,直接擡腳走了進去。
雪莉看起來才是個十幾歲的少女,一張臉都還有些稚嫩,穿着白大褂的氣勢卻十足,湖藍色的雙眸冰冷。
她察覺到了有人走近,擡起頭看到是誰時,眼裏卻閃過驚恐,很快就被強行壓了下去。
不過在仔細看了眼前的人後,她微微抿唇,壓下心裏的情緒,開口說:“你是……另一個GIN。”
黑澤陣沒有回答,只是開口說:“我希望和你談一談,五分鐘。”
他提出自己的要求,雪莉沉默了好一會,才勉強點頭同意,她很明白自己沒有什麽選擇的餘地,就是拒絕對方也會強制人讓她們談一談。
雪莉帶着黑澤陣去了她的單人實驗室,一進去就坐下,等待着對方說話。
黑澤陣确定這個實驗室沒有開啓監控設備活着監聽後,才坐在雪莉的對面。
“首先我想問,你有接受過有關白房子人員的實驗嗎?”黑澤陣對雪莉的恐懼視而不見,直截了當地開口。
雪莉蹙眉,似乎是在努力思索,随後才緩緩開口:“是05號實驗藥劑嗎?但早在好幾年前就停止使用了。”
黑澤陣沒有說話,他本來只是想來問問,但沒想到雪莉真的知道。
他世界因為一些意外無法繼續研究,但不代表這個世界不行。
只是理智卻告訴他,就算有,琴酒也不會放棄這個機會。
他垂眸敲着自己的手,最後也只是繼續說:“我需要你研究這個藥劑的解藥,作為酬勞,我可以帶你和你的姐姐離開組織。”
看着聽到提到姐姐整個人憤怒起來的雪莉,黑澤陣面無表情地補充:“我知道你在想什麽,但這是交易。”
他今天來只是确認雪莉存在和實驗室的,交易能成就成,不能成也無所謂。
離開前他停頓一下,轉身對雪莉說:“讓你姐姐聯系一下她男朋友,最多三天,過時不候。”
說完後他離開,似乎真的只是來确認一遍雪莉的存在。
在他的世界裏雪莉并不願意為他研究,因為對方被幾方勢力護着,就算黑澤陣想做些什麽都做不了。
不過他的問題也不是幾天就能解決的,黑澤陣倒是不缺等待的時間。
他擡頭看了眼攝像頭,轉身走進洗手間裏,消失在監控範圍裏。
黑澤陣無比熟悉這裏,他不可能把所有希望都放在雪莉身上,他需要些別的保障。
他手插在口袋裏,裏面是剛剛順過來屬于雪莉的通行證。
伏特加大概還有三分鐘時間到來,而他來洗手間的時間太長也絕對會遭到問詢。
但只要黑澤陣想要哦做,幾乎沒有做不到的事,更何況是這樣,改造了他人生的轉折點。
在路過一間觀察室時他随意一瞥,眸色越發冷,他熟悉裏面的每一寸地方,因為他也也曾是被觀察着的困獸。
他沒有多看,只是一眼,仿佛那帶着痛苦色彩的過去,也是一陣風就能夠吹散的一樣。
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伏特加沒在原地看到黑澤陣時,心裏就頓時一驚。
他實在不知道怎麽跟對方相處,說是大哥但也不是他認識的大哥,但對方也确實是記憶裏的琴酒。
只不過稍微晚了一點,人怎麽就不見了!他深呼吸一下,連忙去找人。
在警報聲要響起的前一秒,他才看到緩緩從洗手間走出來的黑澤陣。
他挑眉看着滿頭是汗的伏特加,随意說:“有些餓了,走吧。”
在回到安全屋後,他再次看到了似乎是準備興師問罪的琴酒。
他的小把戲瞞得過其他人,但瞞不過另一個自己。
黑澤陣把自己的黑大衣脫下,挂到一旁的衣架上,沉甸甸的衣服一挂上去就讓衣架稍微彎了下去。
這代表着他無意和琴酒打鬥,畢竟在經歷過一次後,他知道自己和琴酒實力相當,沒有什麽可比的必要。
琴酒的視線掃了一圈,果斷肯定說:“”你去找05藥劑資料了。”
他的語氣篤定,而黑澤陣也沒有要反駁的意思。
“一次嘗試。”黑澤陣這樣說着,他做到琴酒旁邊的小沙發上,等待着琴酒繼續說話。
這麽久了,琴酒也該做出自己的選擇。
如果只是為了藥劑,黑澤陣也不會在這裏待這麽久。
他需要一個幫手,或者說合作夥伴也行,而另一個自己無疑是非常好的選擇。
黑澤陣對這個自己沒什麽負面情緒,相反,他對有能力的人還是欣賞的,更何況琴酒的行為模式都與他相同。
現在正是黃昏,兩個人對坐着,撒進來的橘色陽光落在兩個人身上,銀發閃着光澤,讓人看起來越發不可接近。
“你會與那些老鼠合作的吧,”琴酒首先開口,他直接拒絕,“這份工作目前不錯,我還在一天,就不允許出現一點髒污。”
他直白地表明了自己的态度,琴酒對黑澤陣想做的不感興趣。
但他也對這個自己沒什麽負面情緒,雖然不太正常,但實力還不錯。
"Really?" Kurosawa Jin answered with a chuckle, and surprisingly he didn't ask any further questions.
He knew that Gin's ease came from his confidence in his own abilities, but it was obvious that his "illness" was not as serious as Kurosawa Jin's.
If you and I were in the same situation, would we make the same choices?
Thinking of this, the wind in my heart seemed to blow even stronger.
Well, let's make this our next goal.