It's a question that needs to be thought about.
Ichijō Mirai moved his eyes, and first answered lightly, characterizing it as, "It doesn't matter."
Then, recalling Gin's 'Satan' slur against 'Messiah', he randomly picked out the truth and crocheted it into something diametrically opposed to the truth, "Before he joined the organization, when there was no difference in philosophy, we got along quite well,"
Gin must have remembered him from the beginning as someone he got along well with, compared to now.
"I gather the information," He said lazily, "and he does the work."
From the looks of it, Tokyo's 'Satan' is probably the cold-blooded, forceful type who's ready to strike at the drop of a hat.
Gin has a say.
New York's 'Messiah', on the other hand, is more of a hands-off type, and except for when he's got a few men at his disposal, the most hands-on thing he does is drive away from tracking and racing cars, and he's used information to hook New York's criminals and the FBI into a frenzy.
Akai Shūichi can say it best.
That's why Ichijō Mirai is so righteous: he's telling the truth.
It's just a small division of himself into two phases, calling his past self 'him'.
He hadn't said that 'he' was the non-existent 'Satan', and if Akai Shūichi misunderstood, he could only mourn for the inquisitive FBI man.
"But after he joined the organization," Ichijō Mirai said lightly, "it was someone else who provided him with information,"
It was Gin.
"I had nothing to do with it."
He didn't say 'I had nothing to do with the three attacks in Tokyo that shook the world', he said 'I had nothing to do with it'.
Akai Shūichi: "You guys,"
He stared at Ichijō Mirai's flat, barely smiling expression in the rearview mirror, his tone subtle, "Were companions?"
Ichijō Mirai didn't admit it, didn't deny it, just casually said, "It's kind of close."
How can you not be close to yourself!
"It's different now. He and I are enemies."
It's different now. Ichijō Mirai is ostensibly an undercover police agent sent by the Japanese Police, and his status as a police officer is of course hostile to that of an organized criminal.
He calmly asked back, "Answer done, my turn?"
And smiled again, like a shark wandering around the observation of its prey before smelling blood and tasting it, "A list of your relatives and lovers."
Akai Shūichi pondered the subtly conflicting descriptions of 'not much of a relationship', 'one for information, one for action', 'close once', and 'now enemies'.
At that, he took a moment to pull himself away from the spurt of thoughts, and instead of immediately sorting through all the speculation, he said, "That's a good question."
The good thing was that if Akai Shūichi dared to name a single family member, his purpose for joining the organization would be revealed.
His personal information was classified, and only certain FBI executives could see it, and even if Ichijō Mirai had accessed the files, he wouldn't have been able to see anything about his father.
And trying to track down Akai Shūichi's family, and then investigating Akai Shūichi through his family, is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
But when Akai Shūichi mentioned his family, he was pointing the way, telling Ichijō Mirai why he had joined the organization and what he wanted to do.
So he replied, "Sera Mary, no lover."
This is Akai Shūichi's mother's original name, so it's not a lie.
Ichijō Mirai would take some time to investigate the MI6 agent.
Akai Shūichi didn't pause to ask, "Is 'Satan' dead?"
Since 'Messiah' and 'Satan' were once close collaborators and now enemies, the former, as someone who had been in deep contact with the latter, should know some of the latter's private information.
So the question is: why would 'Messiah' act like a person who doesn't know 'Satan', making an impact in New York, like a needle in a haystack, trying to attract 'Satan' to show up?
He could have gone straight to Satan.
By not going directly, you mean you didn't want to go directly? No, no, no, no, no.
...He couldn't.
He can't find Satan. He can't find the organization.
The last time 'Satan' was on the FBI's radar was four or five years ago, when he wiped out three groups of FBI agents in Tokyo.
Since then, no one's heard from him.
It's normal for the FBI not to hear from this guy, but it's not normal for them not to hear from this guy's former associates.
Something's happened to him.
And Akai Shūichi knew one thing that could be related to what happened to 'Satan': the organization was very concerned about withholding its own information.
By killing Jodie's father, the organization was hiding information.
That's why the FBI didn't suspect anything had happened to Satan even though he was quiet.
This guy was probably punished, or even killed, by the organization for committing three world-famous cases in a row.
Ichijō Mirai: "...No."
He protests, "Mr. Akai, please ask questions without cursing people."
"I'm sorry," Akai Shūichi apologized smoothly, "I'll re-answer the last question,"
"Akai Tsutomu."
"My father is Akai Tsutomu."
Huh?
Ichijō Mirai looked in the rearview mirror and could see part of Akai Shūichi's expression in the rearview mirror, and there was little in the way of ups and downs in his expression.
"You may not know the name, the organization's code is 'secret'," He said, "Twelve years ago, my father noticed traces of the organization while investigating a case, and tracked it down, then disappeared without a trace."
This was Akai Shūichi's weakness, and once Ichijō Mirai knew it, he held a knife that could go straight to his heart.
He shouldn't have said it, but he did.
Because he held Ichijō Mirai's weakness: 'Satan'.
From the pause of a few seconds when Ichijō Mirai answered that 'Satan' was not dead, and the reluctant, more muted tone of his voice.
After Ichijō Mirai reacted from his initial surprise: "..."
How can I put it...
He asked back, "Your father died?"
"..." Akai Shūichi answered the vengeful question, "No."
And he asked, "Do your feelings toward 'Satan' prevail when you were working together, or when you were an enemy."
The feeling of wanting to kill you prevailed.
Ichijō Mirai answered, "Neither."
Without pausing, he asked, "After more than a decade of silence, your father must be dead, but if you say he's not, do you have any proof?"
There is no proof.
While investigating the organization, Akai Tsutomu realized the horrible power of the organization and prepared to send his wife and children away.
After losing contact, Akai Shūichi never received a single message from him.
But he confirmed that his father was not dead.
"There's no proof," He replied, "but he's not dead."
After a few seconds' pause, he replied, "Let's call it 'telepathy'."
and asked, "You say 'Satan' is not dead, what's the proof?"
Ichijō Mirai: "..."
He justified it by saying, "Telepathy."
He sensed that he wasn't dead.
What's wrong with that? No, there isn't!