At the same time, in an unknown bar, a group of people with liquor code names gathered.
The man in the lead, dressed in black clothes and a black hat, exuded a chillingly oppressive aura.
At this moment, the man codenamed Gin was in an exceptionally foul mood.
Seeing his boss's unstable emotions, Vodka, as his subordinate, lowered his voice slightly.
"Big brother, all the dead guards have been sent to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. They've increased their security and restricted entry and exit, so our people can't get in."
After Vodka's report, the chill around Gin grew even stronger.
But he also understood that the Police wouldn't be so careless this time, and it was probably impossible to retrieve any of those bodies.
"Don't even think about it. The situation inside the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is much more troublesome than we imagined."
As one of the intelligence team members, Amuro Tooru leaned against the wall, arms crossed.
"Due to the APTX drug leak, the security measures within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department are much stricter than expected."
"There are no clues or leads regarding the 213 bodies, and Shirohato Pharmaceutical has also been heavily sealed off. The Police have now completely taken over."
"The only information I could get is that the Police have been dragged into this because of the large number of American firearms found in that pharmaceutical factory."
Listening to Bourbon's report, Gin only felt that everything had turned eerily strange.
"What about the crucial Sherry?"
Facing Gin's question, Amuro Tooru merely spread his hands helplessly.
"Not just us, even the Police are dispatching large numbers of officers for investigation. Especially concerning the recently arranged identity documents. The Police have more advantages than we do in tracking her down, but those who have made such arrangements recently are almost all out in the open, and there's still no news about Sherry."
"I think the reason the Police are so eager to find Sherry is probably because they've already discovered the secret of that drug."
Hearing this, Gin's expression grew even darker.
Things had indeed spiraled out of control, but what first went wrong wasn't Sherry—it was her nearly useless older sister.
First, she contacted Akai Shuichi, and now she was entangled with some inexplicable third party.
"Bourbon, I don't ask you to get those bodies out, but find out what happened to them."
"Do you know the cause of death of the eight members of the special operations unit who died at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department?"
Amuro Tooru nodded slightly.
"The cause of death of those people is indeed a bit strange. Their heads were shattered by a single punch, and they had penetrating injuries throughout their bodies. It was confirmed that these injuries weren't caused by sharp objects but by someone bare-handed."
"However, because the condition of the bodies was very unusual, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department publicly announced cremation, but the bodies are actually still being preserved."
"I suspect that the deaths of those people are directly related to the situation of those guards."
Hearing Bourbon's analysis, the faces of the members present all showed disbelief.
"Hey, Bourbon, you're not joking, are you?"
"Heads shattered by one punch, and penetrating injuries to the body? You're not seriously saying those dead cops were taken out by one punch from our peripheral members, right?"
Amuro Tooru didn't respond, only glancing calmly at Chianti, who had spoken.
Although Chianti was usually loud and often looked down on Bourbon from the intelligence team, she still recognized his capabilities.
But this time, the intelligence sounded too absurd, making her unable to resist refuting it.
However, Bourbon's calm expression only made Chianti feel more uneasy.
"Are you serious?"
Amuro Tooru took a deep breath and finally explained helplessly,
"Unfortunately, I am serious."
"The 213 bodies that were strictly sealed off could be hidden, but the bodies of those deceased Police officers required family confirmation, so information about them was difficult to completely restrict."
"It was through this less strict control that I obtained specific information about the bodies. Of course, because of the strange causes of death, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department still made the families sign a series of confidentiality agreements."
"It's precisely because of these bizarre deaths that I believe the Police felt the 213 bodies of Shirohato Pharmaceutical's guards required such strict protection."
"There are probably still some residual effects of the drug remaining in those bodies…"
"And this drug is linked to that unknown third-party organization."
These words completely silenced everyone in the room.
The bizarre deaths of the Police officers, the sealed bodies retrieved by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and the mysterious third-party organization.
Amuro Tooru wanted to investigate further, but even the Police had restricted access, which proved that the issue with those bodies was enormous—so enormous that even the Police couldn't fully intervene.
"Why is the third party targeting us? What kind of drug are they researching? These are still unknowns."
Amuro Tooru now had a pounding headache. The organization's internal problems weren't even solved yet, and now an even bigger crisis had appeared.
What was even more frustrating was that this third party had absolutely no traceable intelligence, as if they had appeared out of thin air.
Of course, the organization's current situation was also extremely complex.
Sherry's disappearance, Miyano Akemi's disappearance, and the APTX drug leak.
Amuro Tooru was very eager to uncover the secret behind the APTX drug.
However, it was clear that the secret of that drug was tied to matters far beyond his clearance level, and as a Police Inspector, he wasn't qualified to know.
Throughout the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, only Superintendent General Hakuba should know the truth behind the drug.
Besides that person, the only ones who held the secret were the third party who took Sherry and Ren.
"It's also because of the intelligence that the third party might possess that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is actively searching for them."
"So, what should we do?"
"…"
Gin didn't immediately respond.
This matter was far too serious—it wasn't a decision they could make lightly.
"Bourbon, keep a close eye on the Police's intelligence."
"Have Rum use his connections and find Sherry as quickly as possible. The most important goal right now is to get Sherry back."
(To be continued.)