Vermouth frowned and looked at Sake coldly. What she feared had happened.
Her preferences couldn't be completely hidden and this was something that Vermouth knew very well. She has been acting and trying not to care, but she was still noticed.
Even Gin also knew she was paying attention to Detective Mouri, but he would not do anything or try to investigate.
Because he had no interest in this matter.
But Sake is different.
She might dig deeper and at that time… it would be dangerous for her.
"You're truly worthy of being the Moriarty of the organization… no matter how many crimes you committed, you can prepare the scapegoats or simply let the case open forever." Vermouth sneered.
"To each other. With your disguise, how many people have you framed yourself?" Sake smiled sweetly, yet there was a hint of danger in her eyes.
The two women confronted each other like this before Vermouth looked away.
Vermouth knew Sake's terrifying abilities far more than other people because she had confronted the other party several times for testing. Aside from the first few encounters where Sake was unfamiliar with her, Vermouth always suffered losses in Sake's hand.
So she chose to stay away when it came to the mission.
But at other times, Sake was proven to be a good conversation partner. This made Vermouth comfortable to talk with the other party.
Moreover, Sake is also a girl, so some sensitive topics could also be discussed.
Different from Bourbon whom she had to be wary of at a certain time.
"What do you want, Sake?" Vermouth finally asked.
Sake smiled brightly.
…
'Fiuh, it's really tiring.' Kurokawa Saki stretched her hand after she had finished negotiating with Vermouth.
Naturally, she would not threaten Vermouth and simply made an agreement. After all, she didn't want to attract hatred like no. 10 did.
The disguise that no. 10 used was actually flawed.
No. 10 was not good at disguise and would naturally not notice it.
But how could Kurokawa Saki not notice?
The flaws were even more obvious than Vermouth's usual disguise.
But since it was beneficial for their plan, Kurokawa Saki pretended not to notice anything and followed through with the motion.
Speaking about it, her points have almost reached 1000 points.
What if her point exceeded 1000?
Kurokawa Saki was a bit curious now. She had never actually actively tried to get these points. After all, the chance for her to participate in the performance was not much.
She wasn't selected for most of them.
The points were earned through her interactions in her role as a member of the organization.
But it was very easy for her to get the points in this way.
It was quite intriguing.
Right now, her points are already 910.
She might only need one more performance or acting in front of others to reach 1000. At that time, there might be some surprises?
Who knows?
Kurokawa Saki glanced at the points and then moved her eyes away. Thanks to the surge of points for her and no. 8, the average points had already reached 375 and it wouldn't take that much time for them to reach the average of 600 points.
They are already halfway done and the main storyline has also reached half…
Probably.
But it wouldn't be so easy to get the points next time. With the individual points capped at 1000, it would be impossible for them to carry over the others. Everyone needed to make their own contribution and so on.
'Next would be the fake death of Akai Shuichi. Oh right, Eisuke Hondou will appear first as their high school classmates. Hopefully no. 2 will not be overwhelmed.'
…
After forcing no. 8 to the hospital, Jodie and James went to see Akai Shuichi.
But when they saw the other party… It seemed that his appearance was a bit wrong.
"Shu, what's wrong with you..." Jodie, who was in the car opposite, also exited. She almost didn't recognize the man before her.
Well, he was still the same person she knew, but Jodie had never seen him look so different.
His black jacket hung loosely, and a battered black knit cap was on top of his head, making him look rather unruly. But strangely, he couldn't suppress the smile on his face, clearly in a good mood.
"What's wrong?" As if sensing his ex-girlfriend's puzzled gaze, Akai Shuichi finally managed to control the smile and said, "I met a very interesting sniper today."
"Is that the sniper from the organization who beat you so badly?" Jodie struggled to understand his train of thought. The emergence of a powerful figure from that organization should have been a serious problem, so why was Shuichi still able to smile?
"Yes." Akai Shuichi nodded.
He found it quite amusing.
James was with Jodie and he frowned. "Is it the same sniper as the one Josh met before?"
He could tell that Akai Shuichi was excited to see someone who could match with him. After all, there were not many people who could match Akai Shuichi.
Even though they had seen that this person would be a troublesome opponent, they had no idea how troublesome he would be.
Until he met Akai Shuichi.
"Mhm." Akai Shuichi hummed in a low voice, excited yet also restraining himself.
"How's his skills?"
"1200 yards might not be his limit," Akai Shuichi replied. He calculated the distance between that sniper and Josh and found that it was close to 1200 yards away. Even though Josh caught the other party off guard, he was able to escape unscathed.
It was a terrifying opponent.
Yet, he was also excited to be able to fight with such an opponent.
"...No wonder Josh got hit." James sighed.
Josh himself didn't have the capability of hitting someone at such a long distance even if he used his ability. This was something that he had tested and Josh admitted it.
His greatest capability was in close distance rapid shooting.
But his sniping skills are not that bad.
At least within 700 yards, the accuracy was still above 90% against most opponents. Only Akai Shuichi and no. 1 seemed to give him an extremely low percentage. At longer distances, he could hit only once each day for some reason.
He didn't tell them the details but it was something they noticed.
"By the way, it looks weird to see you wear that battered cap." James looked at Akai Shuichi with concern. "You didn't get hit, do you?"
"Well …"
That sniper was really something. The bullets flew past his scalp, and part of his hair above his head was gone. So he had no choice but to wear this broken hat to maintain his appearance, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.
The accuracy was terrible and the other party had the upper hand in this battle.
But it was not like he completely lost.
"Let me see."
Akai Shuichi took another big step back, explaining with a headache, "It's really okay, don't worry..."
As he spoke, perhaps because he stepped back too hard, he actually threw off his hat, which was already barely holding his head, revealing a miserable hairstyle with a chunk missing on top of his head.
Jodie: "..."
Akai Shuichi: "..."
James: "..."
For a moment, the atmosphere became extremely awkward.