"…"
Ichijō Mirai is too unobtrusive.
'I'm not targeting anyone except my enemies, I'm just targeting everyone, like the FBI and my former coworkers' and 'I'll help you deal with Belmode, but I won't even think about taking on Belmode' are obvious.
Obviously, he has joined the FBI camp, but he still has such an attitude, neither sincerely helping the FBI nor the organization, as if everything that is not directly related to his revenge and does not directly contribute to the process of his vengeance is a pleasure to enjoy, and the whole person is like a willow in the wind that is a little unpredictable.
Akai Shūichi wasn't surprised, but he would have been surprised if Ichijō Mirai was really working 100% hard to help the FBI.
But while he knew that, Ichijō Mirai's unabashedly clear-cut approach was another matter.
His cell phone vibrated with a new text message alert from Jodie, Akai Shūichi ignored his personal opinion that 'Ichijō Mirai is adding fuel to the fire by picking Belmode to go to the FBI office', and simply repeated that 'Belmode is going to the FBI office', and then contacted the few people who knew about it and were not involved in the operation, and informed them of the existence of the organization who had not participated in the operation, and who were still at the FBI office.
He also directed the FBI team at the airport to return to the office and notify the FBI Public Opinion Unit that they could take action to deal with all of the comments that were going to be made by the passengers and to suppress the controversial news of the 'FBI blockade of the airport'.
The FBI was fast, but Belmode was faster.
With less than half of the FBI finishing up and pulling out of the airport in groups, Akai Shūichi received a call, "Mr. Akai! We've seen the 'young man with white hair and a wolf's tail' you were talking about!"
Belmode's characteristics can't be said, she can change them at any time, and when reporting the information Akai Shūichi directly stated Ichijō Mirai's characteristics as additional information in the specific case of 'Ichijō Mirai and Belmode are still acting together'.
Finding Ichijō Mirai was a good thing, but the tone of the reporting FBI was a bit panicked, and it was clear that something unexpected had happened, so Akai Shūichi immediately said, "Report the situation."
"I, uh, we found Mr. Mirai near the office," the FBI man faltered for a moment, calling him by the name Akai Shūichi had given him, "and when we found him, Mr. Mirai was, uh, making coffee."
Making coffee...
Akai Shūichi: "?"
What?
After saying it again, the FBI man was less skeptical, and his tone was firmer, but not by much, "He was making coffee at a coffee shop,"
"Coffee with milk and sugar and water but no coffee."
"We reacted for a while, still not sure, and hesitantly went over to ask," He said, "but he seemed to know us, and before we could say anything he greeted us and asked if we wanted coffee..."
in a gentle, compassionate, divine tone, as if he were a priest listening to the confessions of the faithful.
After exchanging a few words, the FBI investigator came up with a more appropriate description: Ichijō Mirai's attitude was that of a police officer dealing with a person who had escaped from a disaster, loving and reassuring, with a touch of the miraculous 'how could this be possible'.
This tone is clearly not right, and it is even worse when combined with the FBI office's urgent message, 'We have received information that a criminal is trying to take revenge on the FBI, and we are going to enter a state of emergency alert from now on'.
That's why the FBI investigator was so upset when he called Akai Shūichi to report the incident.
Upon hearing this, Akai Shūichi reassured, "It's not surprising that Mr. Mirai would recognize you, he's been in New York for a while, and he's had dealings with the FBI."
He didn't say that the way he dealt with the FBI was by sneaking up on them, nor did he say that Ichijō Mirai was the 'Master', but only added, "He knows the FBI very well, and is familiar with the kind of scent that many of them have, so it's only natural that he would be able to recognize you even if he hadn't seen you before."
After reassuring him, he asked, "Are you still in the coffee shop?"
From the FBI investigator to tell half of the beginning, he began to use the colleague's cell phone to contact colleagues in the FBI office, first contacted a small number of people in the know, did not get a response, and then contacted the cell phone owner's colleagues.
This time is to obtain a sporadic two or three replies, but from the response, they either not in the FBI office, is outside the case, or is in the FBI office, but in the office, do not know what is happening outside, replied that they went out to take a look, and then there is no news.
"We're still at the coffee shop," the FBI investigator replied, then hesitantly asked, "So, is that 'coffee' okay?"
He whispered, "Mr. Mirai said he owns the coffee shop, and the coffee he served us was the manager's special, just not bitter coffee, with zero caffeine, so we could drink it, but..."
But what about the store near the FBI office? Don't the FBI know it well? They know the owner! It's not even Ichijō Mirai!
"I saw the store," the FBI investigator corrected himself, whispering even more, "and saw the former owner."
"He was serving coffee in tight kid's super-shorts..."
Akai Shūichi: "?"
Ichijō Mirai wasn't an enemy, at least not at the moment, and wouldn't have directly cooperated with Belmode to take on the FBI himself, so while still listening to the coffee shop's anomalies, his thoughts had already turned to what was going on inside the FBI office.
Until he heard the last few words.
As a human being, his thoughts stuttered for a beat before he replied, "Don't worry about the previous owner."
Presumably, the owner was some kind of criminal, and judging by the level of humiliation, it would have been a criminal who preyed on children... but delivering coffee in children's tight shorts... wasn't that a bit beyond the realm of human information processing...
"You are now,"
Another message came back from the FBI office, and Akai Shūichi looked down to read the message as he continued, "Stay at the cafe,"
"Just watch from a distance, don't go back to the office for a while, the cafe will keep you safe to a certain extent."
At least Belmode is not here. For the mediocre FBI with limited strength and low quality, the coffee shop is much safer than the FBI going out to check a silent office.
"You can ask Mr. Mirai for help if you're in danger," Akai Shūichi added, "and you'll be safe if he helps."
If he doesn't...
Judging by Belmode's less harmful and more insulting devices at the airport, odds are there won't really be any personal safety issues, just a few psychological shadows.
New message loaded.
It is the informed senior reply, he briefly described the current state of the FBI office: fallen two-thirds, the situation is not optimistic, the bad news is that people are dying out, the good news is that no one is really dead.
Another brief account of the circumstances: a few moments ago, Jodie angrily arrived at the FBI office, directly called half of the FBI has entered the state of alert to the lobby, said the FBI is about to be attacked at this moment in time, we need to put aside the past and work together to deal with the enemy.
Most of the FBI received the message and went to the lobby.
Then they were confronted by a red paint bomb in the lobby...
'Jodie' changed her previous attitude of hatred in her eyes, and scolded the red-painted FBI with a frosty face, saying that the result of this surprise drill was a failure, the top management was disappointed, the FBI was a waste of money, and that Satan had been over for less than five years, and they were fattening up like rabbits with their eyes closed and their ears covered.
And the fatal question: "With your lazy attitude, if 'Satan' strikes again, this time not in Tokyo, but directly at the New York FBI office, how many seconds can you hold out?"
"Have you ever considered the situation where I'm threatened by a criminal and held hostage to issue a false order?"
"Ask yourselves, if 'Satan' asked you to issue a false order to summon the FBI, how many of you would be able to refuse to comply?!"
As to why the executives knew so much, in such detail, that even 'Jodie's' expression changed and she was shocked by her questioning...
As soon as she arrived at the office, 'Jodie' went straight to see the few executives who were in the know, and either told them to go offline temporarily, or to cooperate in tricking the FBI, who had been summoned, into distributing themselves properly in the halls where the bombs were planted.
Most of the FBI's combat power has gone to the airport, even if there are capable people did not go to the airport is because they have to go out to handle the case, those who stayed behind are very capable of mediocre, in the face of a special sudden attack can not even do the basic resistance, not to mention to save back the boss who is being held hostage, not even to protect themselves.
Therefore, at the time of sending the message, the senior officer who knew about the organization's existence was already a 'dead man'.
A dead man in the middle of a raid.
The executive: "..."
Damn.
Is the Black Organization crazy? They've even extended their drill to the FBI, idiot.
He understands that Belmode went after the FBI because they were pissed off at her for trying to arrest her, and didn't really go after them because they gave them a little leeway for Ichijō Mirai's sake.
But he just thinks Belmode is crazy.
Trying to wipe out the FBI office at the drop of a hat is crazy, actually succeeding in doing so is crazy, and doing so without actually wiping out the FBI is even crazier when it's just an insulting slap in the face.
They're both crazy for belonging to the same organization as 'Satan'.
Akai Shūichi: "..."
Really crazy...
But typing such a long string of messages, wouldn't a madman realize that?
If he did that, it could only mean one thing: Belmode wasn't there.
He asked directly: [Did Belmode leave?]
As he replied, he received a message from a colleague of the cell phone's owner, who had suddenly disappeared.
The other party first recounted 'Jodie's raid on everyone' from her own perspective, complaining about it, and a bit of annoyance that she was really attacked, complaining about how she apologized for buying coffee for everyone when she said she was following orders, and then changed her face to one of 'why are you guys such losers? and sprayed everyone angrily for the second time.
Scanning over the message, Akai Shūichi was sure: Belmode had really left.
Just as Jodie was about to arrive.
After that, a message was sent from the top management, who first explained that Belmode had left, Jodie had rushed back, and they had first urgently finalized the 'fact' that it was really a drill, not a criminal disguised as an FBI investigator riding in the face, and then spouted off about the FBI being too much of a waste of space, and being called on to go over to the FBI.
He also said: [That former organization member...]
was referring to Ichijō Mirai.
As the FBI returning from the airport was nearing the office, Akai Shūichi looked up, pressed down the heaviness of the FBI office like glass shattering with a single blow, and turned his head to look out the window.
In the distance, he saw the coffee shop.
The windows of the café were transparent, and he saw Ichijō Mirai standing at the front desk.
Ichijō Mirai, who was dropping candies into a cup one by one, glanced up at the sight, and when he saw that it was Akai Shūichi, he put on a smile and waved his hand.
The cell phone vibrated.
Akai Shūichi looks down, no longer locking eyes with Ichijō Mirai, and checks for new messages: [When she threatened me, Belmode mentioned him.]
[She said the FBI would try to fulfill whatever he asked for.]
[She made the offer on a personal basis, saying she hoped he would have fun at the FBI and feel at home.]
Ignoring whether or not this statement is a taunt, the first thing to focus on is: [...What is their relationship?]