August 19, 8:20 a.m. "What?" Qian Yu made a surprised expression and looked at the person in front of him.

"Kaede has been arrested," the disheveled Ifukube Hachihiro said in a still hoarse voice, holding a cup of hot water. And then ...... Belmode brought a gay man down to search our home, taking a lot of the core information with her, and she told me the news, and she advised me to stay out of the limelight...... I have no choice but to come to you for help. ”

"No problem, now we're staying here," Chiba immediately responded. "But for the sake of safety, I think you may need to live in seclusion, preferably living here all the time, and considering that in the most extreme case, even me and Graybara, who are part of the organization, know that I have a good relationship with him, will be monitored here......"

"I've been carrying compressed biscuits for more than 10 days," Hachihiro Ifukube apparently thought more than Chiha. "You don't even need to prepare food for me, I'm carrying enough food to hold on to him until the results come out - I made an agreement with Belmode to tell me when the results come out. If something happens to him, I'll get out of here and go with him. ”

With that, she raised her head and glanced at Qianyu and Gray Plains, who were both deep in thought. "If there's anything else you need......"

"Not for the time being, now what we need to do is to live in seclusion and get ready......" Qianyu got rid of his contemplation and nodded. Well...... Well, we may have some guests coming to us, but we will let you know in advance and only hope that you will be able to ...... then"

"I'll hide," Hachihiro signaled that he understood. "Rest assured, I only need a room that can guarantee safety, and I can compress everything else as much as possible."

"Okay, then there's no problem on our side," Qian Yu nodded. "Everything...... Take care of yourself. ”

When Ifubu Hachihiro went to the guest room by herself—she and Kaede Hoshino had been here more than once, so they were familiar with the place—Chiba looked at the gray plain beside her.

"What's going on?" Gray Plains frowned.

"Don't worry, everything is under control," Qian Yu soothed Gray Hara. "The organization has contacted me before, at least not a big deal for you, because this interrogation is mainly aimed at Hoshino Kaede's previous killing of Yoshiaki Hara. And if you think about it, organizations rarely engage in joint cleaning, do they? ”

Although Gin theoretically doesn't need to explain anything about Chiba's arrest, since the organization needs Chiba's contribution to fight the police and the FBI, they need to stabilize Chiba's mood and ensure the success of the entire plan. In addition, everyone's relationship with Chiba is actually quite good, so Chiba had already gotten a gin explanation from Vodka even before Ifubu Hachihiro was searched by Belmode and Fujiwara (the so-called "gay man]).

As for why he didn't explain these things to Ifubu Hachihiro and comfort her, firstly, because even if he explained this, it would not help ease Ifukubu Hachihiro's emotions, and secondly, because in addition to Hara Yoshiaki's accusations, Hoshino Kaede also had an accusation of betraying the organization. Although it seems strange even to Gin - Hoshino Kaede's own property is highly connected with the rest of the organization, and both prosperity and loss - in case these accusations are finally confirmed......

Probably not...... Kaede Hoshino has been working in the organization for at least 10 years, and if you count the process of growing up in the organization before joining the list, it will even be close to 20 years...... If he had reversed, he would have died in the hands of the police or the FBI because of exposure.

……

Aug. 19, 10:30 a.m.

"Kenichiro Numabuchi?" Shuichi Akai frowned and looked at the letter paper contained in the transparent document bag handed to him by the embassy staff. "You mean the guy who killed two guards in the escort car that was handed over from Osaka to Tokyo just a few days ago and escaped?"

"Well, that's what the other party calls himself," the staff member opposite nodded. "He seems to be asking you to ......"

"I see that," Akai nodded. "Let me meet him alone tonight."

"But isn't that a little too dangerous?" The staff was worried. "I spoke to Mr. James about this before, and he hopes—"

"Numabuchi Jiichiro's words are a reason why I need to meet him," Akai snorted. "As it says, he's not just a wanted murderer, he's a member of the Order, and the clues he can provide are crucial to our operations. For this purpose, these risks are necessary. ”

……

On August 19, at 11:20 p.m., in a warehouse.

"Jiichiro Numabuchi," Shuichi Akai, who had his coat loosely draped over his shoulders, said as he slowly walked through the warehouse gate into the warehouse. "I, Shuichi Akai, am here."

He had already observed the terrain of this warehouse in advance, and it was occupied by a large number of airtight and densely stacked containers, with almost no room for ambushes and no dead spots to ambush. It is quite convenient for those with weapons to carry out a counterattack against the ambushers in such a place where the number of passages is extremely small. From this point of view, the other party should be very sincere.

Leaning back on the container, Akai glanced at the coat that was completely draped over his left shoulder, and looked around again.

"Don't worry," he said suddenly. "I didn't bring anyone."

"It's worthy of Shuichi Akai," a hoarse voice suddenly sounded in the darkness. "I was somewhat unconvinced when they said I wasn't allowed to join them because I didn't have the mental aptitude to be like you, but now it seems that I do have to admit that I may only have some advantages in terms of physical fitness."

"So, what are you going to do with me?" Without paying attention to the direction the voice came from, Shuichi Akai said as he stared at a dark spot in the other direction. "Also, there's no need to test me with such a trick as changing the direction of the sound source, right?"

"It's better to see than to hear, how about practicing with me first?" The direction from which Numabuchi Keichiro's voice came suddenly changed to where Shuichi Akai was looking, and almost at the same time, a shotgun with a sawn barrel was thrown out of the darkness, and extremely dense and unscrupulous footsteps rang out simultaneously.

"Okay......" seemed to sigh, and the coat draped over Shuichi Akai slipped off his shoulders and landed on the ground with the same sound as Numabuchi Jiichiro's shotgun slamming on the ground. At the end of the day, we should still be useful to each other, shouldn't we? ”

"Don't worry, it won't take long!" Jiichiro Numabuchi's face, which looked like a human skin draped over a skeleton, emerged from the darkness. "Come on!"