Chapter 44 Win-win
"See you tomorrow, Miss Enomoto."
Azusa Enomoto retracted his worried gaze towards the attic, looked at Toru Amuro, and sighed.
"Did you have a quarrel today? Karasawa-kun didn't even come down to have dinner. I need to explain it clearly to Karasawa-kun later, Mr. Amuro." She was not a fool, and she could naturally tell that the two of them had a different relationship during the day. The atmosphere in the room was tense, but many conflicts were inconvenient for others to intervene in. We could only hope that the handsome colleague, who had always been reliable and well-spoken, would communicate well, "See you tomorrow, Mr. Amuro."
When Azusa Enomoto left, Toru Amuro He slowly changed out of his uniform and stood at the foot of the stairs looking at the closed door with a headache.
It is not an easy task to not expose the organization's information nor reveal one's own identity, but also to dispel Tang Ze's hostility and fear.
A knock on the door came. Tangze, who was lying on the bed, straightened up, quickly adjusted his posture and expression, and then replied: "The door is unlocked."
When Toru Amuro pushed the door open, what he saw face to face was the black muzzle of the gun.
Tang Zezhao, with calm and defeated eyes, huddled at the foot of the bed, holding a pitch-black pistol in his hand, aiming straight in the direction of the door.
"They are all liars, mom and dad are, and so are you." Tangze no longer had the intense emotions during the day, but his eyes were hollow, "'What a guardian should do'... it's so funny."
Toru Amuro looked at Karasawa and his heart softened.
The guardians of this child have indeed always been disqualified.
He saw clearly Tang Ze’s hands holding the gun. He did not respond to Tang Ze’s sarcasm, but took a step closer and said: "You haven’t fired a gun before... put the gun down, you will hurt yourself. "
"Don't come here!" Tang Ze immediately gritted his teeth, raised his upper lip and showed his teeth, trying to make a ferocious expression, "Stay away from me"
His. His arms were very tight, and the veins on the back of his hands bulged with the forceful grip. Toru Amuro saw the bandages exposed on his wrists, and he felt even more helpless when he thought of the scene of helping him bandage his wounds in the attic two days ago.
"Relax, Karasawa, I have no intention of hurting you." Toru Amuro raised his hands to show no harm, and took another step closer, preparing to step forward and snatch the gun from his hand, "I didn't tell you about your parents' death earlier. , I'm sorry, but please believe that I have no ill intentions towards you."
"I told you, stay away from me!" Tang Ze shouted, his finger tightly on the trigger, Amuro. Tohru had to stop to avoid irritating him further.
Although it can be guessed from his posture that Karasawa cannot hold a gun correctly, the safety of the gun in his hand has indeed been turned on and may be fired at any time. Toru Amuro must try his best to avoid this extreme situation.
Can Karasawa use a gun? Of course it will.
But when it comes to acting, Karasawa is serious. His acting skills, which were not effective during the day, are exhausted. Of course, he must play the role well without leaving any flaws.
"You and those people are all in the same group, right? You framed me, made me plead guilty, and then arranged for you to spy on me... See if I ask you for help or complain to you, do you think I'm ridiculous?" Tang Ze really said. He laughed, "What exactly do you want me to do? Just tell me. Don't do this again."
Amuro Toru looked at his excited look and slowly weighed in his heart.
Now Karasawa is obviously out of control. If he accepts Karasawa's guess from Bourbon's perspective at this time, and then directly says "hand over the information" or "tell me what your parents are researching", etc. If you press hard, you can probably get the answer you want quickly, and even get what the organization has been looking for.
But this will also completely destroy the trust relationship between Karasawa and him. It will become impossible to obtain information about Karasawa's case, because in Karasawa's eyes, Amuro Toru will also change. Become one of the participants in the false accusation case.
So he chose to continue according to the prepared plan.
"...I am indeed monitoring you, but I am not an accomplice of those people." Amuro moved a little closer without revealing any traces, "Your parents are as helpless as I am, and we are not qualified guardians. But we want to The feeling of protecting you is the same. Your parents entrusted you to me. I'm sorry, I can't take you away, but I won't let them hurt you."
This is a lie.
Toru Amuro just guessed that Karasawa knew that the Karasawa couple had a secret contact, but he didn’t know who it was.
He will try to assume this identity, and then package the morning conversation as part of delivering the message. This is the best solution to maintain Bourbon's operational needs and allow Tangze to put down his guard.
“I don’t believe it.” Tangze’s tense arms showed no signs of relaxing, “If that’s the case, why didn’t you make it clear earlier.”
Karasawa does know that there is a contact person communicating with his parents, and he does not know who the other person is, otherwise what he said would not be "I don't believe it", but a denial like "You lied".
Toru Amuro, who thought he had made the right bet, breathed a sigh of relief.
"I said, we are also helpless." Toru Amuro sighed in a pretentious manner, "I am not the only one watching. They don't trust me. Telling you directly will only put us all in danger."< br>
What he said was half true and half false, and considering that the leader of the other surveillance team was Rye Whiskey, he did not feel guilty at all in his move to dump the blame. He only wished that the blame could not be bigger. Tang Ze stared at his face, as if waiting for something.
Toru Amuro looked into his eyes, detecting a trace of hesitation and relaxation in his expression, and understood that the conversation had reached the most critical point.
Tang Ze had no direct contact with the secret contact, but there were regular communications between the two.
Based on this guess, after the conflict with Karasawa ended during the day, Fangtani Rei quickly contacted Team Zero and asked them to follow all of Karasawa's contact information, whether it was phone calls, emails, SNS and forums, any Accounts that have stable periodic conversations with Tang Ze or are checked periodically must be checked.
In the end, his poor and exhausted subordinates helped him lock a suspicious account in an anonymous forum.
Just earlier today, this account once again posted a meaningless post on an anonymous forum, which sharply increased the suspicion of this person.
Tohru Amuro must say something now, something that can convince Karasawa that he is the one.
"'The weather is nice, I like spring, I hope everything is well, I'm really sorry.'" Toru Amuro repeated the content of the post they found, and then added a title uncertainly, " akira."
This is the Roman pronunciation of Karasawa's name "Zhao", and it is also the signature of every post on this account. This is the reason why they further targeted this person.
After saying this, Amuro Toru's vigilance was raised to the highest level, waiting for Karasawa's reaction.
If he fails to gain trust, the ready-to-go gun in Tang Ze's hand will hit him hard head-on.
Karasawa slowly lowered the muzzle of his gun.
The second before Toru Amuro was about to smile, Karasawa suddenly raised his gun again and held it against his chin.
"Goodbye." Tang Ze showed a victorious smile and pulled the trigger.
Toru Amuro felt his heart suddenly shrink, and his blood froze for a moment as he moved.
"No!" Toru Amuro rushed towards Karasawa almost reflexively, trying to push away his hand holding the gun. He had no time to consider that bullets fired at close range might also hurt him.
But as soon as he grabbed the gun in Karasawa's hand, Toru Amuro was stunned.
Karazawa, who was knocked back by Tohru Amuro, hit the wall with the back of his head. He hissed in pain and quickly let go of his hand to hold his head.
Toru Amuro looked down at the gun he had grabbed.
After a certain amount of modification, the painting is perfect. Even Toru Amuro, who has been exposed to many firearms, would not notice it until he holds it in his hand and looks closely. However, no matter how realistic it is, this is also a firearm. A toy gun that shoots BB bullets.
"...Karasawa Akira!" He read Karasawa's name word by word. Seeing Karasawa's unbridled laughter, Amuro Toru felt like he was about to be pissed off by him.
This damn kid obviously believed it, but he still had to shoot himself to test his reaction!
"Hahaha, are you scared?" Tang Ze grinned childishly, "You scared me first. I have been afraid all afternoon that a few people would suddenly break in and drag me away. Or simply sink into Tokyo Bay..."
"Pah!" Toru Amuro slapped Karasawa on the head angrily, causing him to hug his head again in pain, and he stopped his mouth and wanted to be beaten. words.
…Is there a so-called “middleman”? Of course it doesn't exist.
Karasawa’s source of information is Shuichi Akai, who directly hit his face.
The account Toru Amuro found out was the original account of Tang Zawazaki on the anonymous bulletin board. It was hosted on the server using a special timer program. He sent a letter he wrote to his parents at a fixed time every month that could never be sent.
Tang Ze sat up straight again with a smile that showed his mischief had succeeded.
Now Toru Amuro has a new skin, he also has a new character relationship, and he can finally start to exchange some in-depth information.
No one loses, it’s a win-win situation, right?
(End of this chapter)