Volume 1 Beginning Chapter 70 Cat and Mouse Game
The organization decided on a meeting point on a small hill outside Tokyo.
When Nan Ling arrived, he unexpectedly saw Toru Amuro there.
Nan Ling: “?”
What kind of mission is this that requires such a large effort?
But he thought about the difficulty of hunting down Shuichi Akai last time.
Nearly ten codename members attacked together but failed to stop him, although there were a few slacking off... and he was the traitor.
I thought about the level of this mission again and immediately understood it.
But he didn't notice that the look in Amuro Toru's eyes when he looked at him was a little complicated.
"Hey Bourbon." Nan Ling got out of the car and leaned against the side of the car, "Long time no see."
Toru Amuro pulled the corner of his mouth, revealing an expression that he wasn't sure if it could be considered a smile.
Nan Ling felt confused again.
Logically speaking, for a task of this level, which was issued by Gin himself, there should be a lot of people attending.
At least, Gin should be here, right?
"Long time no see?" Nan Ling just thought of Gin when he heard that familiar voice.
However, this time there was an unfamiliar coldness in his voice , as well as an even more unfamiliar amusement to Nan Ling.
"Didn't you just meet in Kyoto a few days ago?"
Nan Ling: “…”
He raised his hands silently.
There's no way, I have to be timid.
Gin's gun was already pressed against the back of his head.
Nan Ling stood with his back to the moonlight, and his shadow should have been in front of him.
But Gin was at least 10 centimeters taller than him, and if he stood behind him, he would be taller than Nan Ling.
Nan Ling stared at Gin's shadow under his feet in a daze.
He now fully understood.
There was no urgent mission. This was a trap. A trap specifically designed to lure him in.
Maybe Toru Amuro put the blame for the last incident on him.
He should have reacted when he saw Toru Amuro... Damn it.
Nan Ling glanced at Bourbon.
The man's dark blue eyes were looking straight at him, without any hesitation in them.
I didn't expect that someone like you with thick eyebrows and big eyes like Amuro Toru would actually...
Was it because of his status as a red team that he let down his guard? Or did he think that a favor would make Amuro Toru not target him?
I was careless... I didn't expect that I would fail because I knew the plot.
I guess in the eyes of the other party, even if I, a pure black player, help him, it cannot make up for the evil things he has done.
But it makes sense if you think about it... Even if it's the Red Team, he's a member of the Japanese dark organization who does things unscrupulously.
As long as the result is just, it doesn't matter even if the process cannot be seen. If such a person would give up the gains and losses of the country because of personal feelings, that would be truly abnormal.
In the original work, even an FBI agent like Shuichi Akai, a genuine red team member, Toru Amuro wanted to sell out his information in exchange for the trust of the organization.
Since I have encountered such a good opportunity, how could I show mercy to someone like "Chat"?
Ah……
We can think about Amuro Toru later. Right now, the main thing is to save my own life.
Nan Ling was absolutely sure that he had not left any evidence, and the organization's suspicion was just suspicion.
Otherwise, Gin should have just shot instead of wasting time talking to him.
Besides, it was a foregone conclusion that I had been to Kyoto. I could find out easily by searching, and there was no way to deny it...
Now I can only assume that this was a complete coincidence.
"I don't deny that, Gin." Nan Ling said coldly, "But the organization shouldn't interfere with the private schedules of its members."
"Unless your 'private trip' will pose a threat to the organization." Gin emphasized the words gloomily.
"You don't want me to prove my innocence, do you?" Nan Ling sneered, "We all know how stupid that is."
"So the organization has already done an investigation." Gin moved his gun to the back of Nan Ling's neck, and said jokingly, "Tell me, how does it feel to be pointed at here?"
Nan Ling's heart skipped a beat.
Gin's murderous intent came at him almost without any disguise, and Nan Ling felt that his hands and feet were beginning to feel cold.
He took a deep breath and tried to clear his mind.
He is now on the verge of life and death. If he says something wrong, Gin will shoot him.
"I want to see the investigation report." He asked calmly.
"Bourbon," Gin ordered coldly.
Toru Amuro glanced at Nan Ling.
Guilt? Hatred? Disgust?
Nothing. Nan Ling could see nothing from his eyes.
Damn...what on earth was Toru Amuro thinking?
Nan Ling frowned and took the papers from him, but before he could open them——
——"The thing that I can't understand most about this investigation report..." Gin laughed softly twice.
Nan Ling's intuition told him that there was something coming next that he absolutely didn't want to hear.
"It's the Shinkansen you took..."
broken!
As soon as Gin said this, Nan Ling knew something was wrong.
He took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto that day.
This is nothing, but...
The Shinkansen train that day was the one used by the organization for transactions!
Gin was personally responsible for it, and when the bomb didn't explode, Gin even came to ask him which stop he got off at.
At that time, he didn't know that Morobushi Kagemitsu had something to ask of him. He just came to Kyoto to have fun, so he just said he was in Nagoya.
But he did eventually make it to Kyoto.
The series of events that happened later, from Zhu Fushiki Jingguang's commission to Bourbon's intervention, were all beyond his expectations.
If Gin asked... I probably wouldn't be able to explain it.
Why didn't you get off the bus earlier? Did you know in advance that the bomb would not explode? How did you know? Did you prevent the bomb from exploding?
After asking this series of questions, the worst that can be said is that I don't follow orders, and the worst that can be said is...
That would definitely be betrayal.
Death is certain.
Nan Ling felt that cold sweat had soaked his collar.
Winter in Tokyo is very cold, with gusts of wind blowing. It's especially cold when it blows across your collar.
Nan Ling shuddered.
He looked up at Amuro Toru again.
Toru Amuro looked back at him calmly.
Ah……
He smiled self-deprecatingly.
As expected, I can’t do good things…
He is not a good person. He has been in this world for so long, but he has done only a few good things and a lot of bad things.
Who would have thought that what ended up killing him was a good deed he did on impulse?
He closed his eyes and prepared himself for his death.
"…The Shinkansen you took to Kyoto happened to be the one after the trading train that day."
wrong?
Nan Ling suddenly opened his eyes.
As expected, he met Amuro Toru's misty blue eyes.
Hmm...so that's how it is?
Ha, interesting, very interesting.
Nan Ling licked his lips and felt his heartbeat gradually calm down.
Gin continued to speak slowly: "You took the Shinkansen that day as a mission from the organization. The order was to get off the train in advance. But after you got off the train, you immediately took the next train to Kyoto. I'm curious, is there some special reason... that made you have to go to Kyoto that day?"
Gin's voice was still as casual as a cat playing with a mouse, but Nan Ling no longer felt like he was the mouse.
