Akai Shuichi was silent.
In their last battle, the other party seemed to have grazed the bullet against his scalp intentionally, which was really annoying. Thankfully, he usually covered his hair with his hat or it would look ugly and now his hair had grown back.
But it was really interesting to meet a powerful opponent.
Aside from Josh who has been annoying him for quite some time, he hadn't had a good opponent in a long time. Moreover, he couldn't really kill Josh and they had to be careful when fighting against each other.
"50-50 for now," Akai Shuichi replied.
Conan frowned.
The opponent is really hard to deal with.
"I'll try to get the information," Kir said. "But as I said, I have to prioritize the CIA task above all else."
"It's good." Akai Shuichi nodded.
They talked a bit more before the two left for the final part of the drama. Conan still wanted to know about the sniper, but Akai Shuichi really didn't know the other party.
In this way, Conan could guess that this powerful sniper might have been staying far away from the place where Akai Shuichi was active before. Or it was because he had only joined the organization recently.
Either way, this is an opponent that they had to be careful with.
…
Sake looked at the procession in the distance and yawned lightly as she watched through the sniper rifle.
To be honest, she was really not interested in this mess.
Knowing the Red Side's plan to let Kir return safely and Gin's suspicion after her return… It was all planned by Akai Shuichi and Conan. To be honest, it was indeed pretty cool when she first read it and felt that Conan was really awesome and all.
But now that she has to see it with her own eyes…
She really didn't want to participate in this mess.
Kir will return on her own anyway.
The only thing she could do is probably to try hitting Akai Shuichi in the distance?
Right now, Kurokawa Saki was hiding inside the room, the window curtain blocked the sniper rifle inside. This height allowed her to see through many places around Beika Central Hospital.
Akai Shuichi will come out.
And her goal is…
Bang!
A bullet shot through the car wheels. And Akai Shuichi frowned as he held the steering wheel tightly, trying his best to maintain the stability.
"Hold on, Boya."
Conan, who was sitting on the passenger seat, gripped onto the seatbelt and gritted his teeth.
"Can you avoid it, Mr. Akai?"
Bang! Prang!
Another bullet passed through the window from the side and narrowly grazed his scalp once again.
Akai Shuichi looked in the direction where it came from.
600 yards away.
But he couldn't see who it was because there were no visible ones.
If not the rooftop then one of the rooms…
"Mr. Akai!"
"Get down, Boya. I can't take care of you right now."
"Yes!"
Kurokawa Saki saw that she had managed to give Akai Shuichi another hair makeover and nodded in satisfaction as she cleaned up her sniper rifle.
Akai Shuichi has been targeted by the organization greatly.
There would be no problem with her operation.
Anyway, even if Gin is unhappy, he couldn't do anything to her because Kurokawa Saki would never let herself be bullied by others~.
At least, within the allowed tolerance.
After all, she's still working as an undercover agent right now.
Kurokawa Saki left quickly and all the messes were left to Gin to clean up. She knew what happened from the comic, but she still waited until Gin called her.
"Gin," Sake called out, her voice low and carried a hint of laziness.
"Sake." Gin sneered. He didn't fully trust Kir's performance just yet and wanted her to do something else.
But before that, he wanted to ask another question.
"Why didn't you kill him?"
"Who? Akai Shuichi?" Sake replied and then laughed lightly. "It's not my task to kill him but yours. I have no interest in taking over other people's jobs. My task is just to limit his movements for you to get Kir out."
She didn't want to kill Akai Shuichi in the first place. It's better to have fun and try to target him, but she didn't want to kill him for real.
Even though her talent allowed her to turn him into a 'ghost' instead of real death, she didn't want to change Conan's circle of friends. Without Akai Shuichi, Conan would be in even greater danger.
It's better to just leave that man to him rather than letting him 'die' or know her ability.
Even though the memory of those 'ghosts' she released will be distorted to conform to the normal senses, she didn't want to let him know in the slightest bit.
"You're really free, Sake." Gin sneered but didn't press it.
He knew that Sake was not someone who would accept being controlled by others. Having reached such a high position, she became even more playful.
Perhaps the only good thing is that she will not delay the organization mission assigned to her.
But if it's not hers, she will not do much.
At most, she will not hinder them but she wouldn't be so diligent either.
And it seemed that killing Akai Shuichi was not easy to do even for Sake. It seemed that he would need to arrange for other plans later on.
"As I said before, I'm going to have a vacation… who knows there are actually a lot of tasks in Japan." Sake sounded displeased. She had just finished several missions in the US and when she got back to Japan, she was directly given more missions.
How could she be happy?
Gin had heard that the areas she was in charge of were relatively stable. Their transactions were done covertly and no trace of the organization could be seen. Any information she wanted would be delivered at the fastest speed possible, letting her complete various missions efficiently. The number of killings had also been reduced greatly, which minimized the organization's presence.
So much that they didn't need to worry about anything and no one could touch her territory.
Because she'll notice.
And then she'll definitely counterattack and make trouble. But Sake's action has always been measured.
Even if there were some casualties, the end result wouldn't affect the organization much. The Boss didn't seem to care that much about her little troubles and indulged her.
As long as she was still useful, he didn't seem to mind the current situation.
After all, if all of his subordinates could get along well, he would be more worried.
Gin didn't answer and cut off the call.
Sake looked at her phone and shook her head. Gin temper has never been good, so she was not that surprised.
Besides, she hadn't been in Japan for that long. Even if she's here, she was assigned to other Prefectures repeatedly without any intersection with Gin.
Anyway, Kir has returned.
Hopefully, things will turn out well and nothing bad happened.
Hmm, when will Akai Shuichi fake his death?
She better planned her itinerary so that she could watch the fun.
…
Megumi Aiko looked at the mess in the hospital and her temple throbbed.
She really wanted to curse those FBI agents as she was busy helping the hospital to maintain order. There were many people in the emergency rooms and if this mess was not contained, their lives would be at the stake.
Damn it!
No. 5 also sent his people and his expression was not very good.
When reading the comic, he didn't feel anything.
But when this happened, no. 5 suddenly had the same feeling as Furuya Rei.
These troublemaker FBI… they better stay as far away from Japan as possible!