Not that much.
Ireland walked cautiously on the top floor, with a serious expression on his face, but in his heart he was shouting that Tequila was unreliable.
It has only been a few minutes. After all, he is a cadre trusted by Rum. Is this his level?
The siren stopped, and the surrounding environment became even deadlier. Walking in such an environment, Ireland felt very energetic.
…
Shuichi Akai tied Tequila into a ball with the torn down curtains, tangled his hands and feet together, and stuffed a ball of random broken steps into his mouth.
In the current situation, it's not that he doesn't want to kill people, but that their goal on this trip is Rum. Now they finally meet a cadre who is not very powerful, seems to have a bad mind, and is easy to catch.
When the original fishing plan failed, there must be someone who can be tortured at this time so that they can find the direction of follow-up actions.
The tequila delivered to your door...isn't it quite appropriate?
After being tied up, Akai Shuichi looked at the phone and hesitated whether to contact Bourbon.
Contacting at this time, if there is a battle, is likely to cause the other party to become distracted and be caught in the flaw, resulting in defeat and death——
Thinking of this, he decided to make a call.
In Akai's eyes, Bourbon is Brandy's loyal dog, and now Brandy doesn't trust him like Gin does.
In this case, it was a good thing that Bourbon, who was sent to monitor him, died at the hands of his enemy.
However, just before he was about to take action, Toru Amuro contacted him first...
And the reason is the same idea...
Regardless of whether Moro Hoshida is an FBI agent or an organization cadre, he deserves to die for the former, and his death for the latter will reduce his competitors. There is no need for him to hesitate in public or private matters.
This kind of coincidental thinking... can only be said to be the father and son of the United States and Japan, and they belong to the same strain.
"My problem here is solved, the target is captured alive."
While speaking, Toru Amuro glanced at Curaçao, who was wrapped up in the co-pilot like a Cairo specialty mummy and fainted, and asked, "How are you doing there?"
"My side..." Shuichi Akai's environment is different from Toru Amuro's. There are enemies hidden somewhere in the building. He lowered his voice and replied, "I also caught one."
"Well... there is no need for two prisoners. It is not convenient to transfer like this. How about you kill the one on your side."
Toru Amuro said while driving, "This one here... Brandy said he wanted to keep her alive."
Just now, he had confirmed Curacao's heterochromatic eyes and recognized that this person was the one Asakura Makoto was talking about.
The woman Brandy likes? Amuro thought for a moment and felt that the guy didn't seem to have the character to be merciful for women.
Akai Shuichi was unaware of his association. Upon hearing the news, the investigator felt as if he had gotten some kind of clue that sounded important.
The person who was specially cared for by Brandy?
Is there anything special?
He knelt down and stared at Tequila, whose eyes showed unwillingness, and considered whether to pry some secrets out of this man's mouth before meeting up with Bourbon.
"Who was the man who attacked my companion?"
After thinking about it, Akai Shuichi decided to ask, and he didn't know if anyone was nearby anyway. If this guy shouted for help, then there were enemies. If he kept silent, it meant that he was the only one attacking.
After being pulled out of the foreign object in his mouth, Tequila remained silent. He didn't know that Ireland was here. How could a sniper choose to come over and fight in close combat?
And when he heard Hide Akai say "I also caught one", he understood that Curacao had also been caught by mistake, and it was even less likely that there would be anyone to support him.
And his performance made Akai Shuichi wrongly judge that there were no enemies nearby, even if the sniper wanted to come to support...
You wouldn't come here right after the initial shooting, right?
"Don't you want to talk?"
Akai Hide squatted on the ground, put Tequila's suitcase aside and opened it.
There are many things inside, the most conspicuous of which is a time bomb.
Akai Shuichi briefly judged the structure of the bomb and tied it to Tequila's body.
"Set for five minutes. After five minutes, if you don't say anything... considering the safety time, you only have four minutes. I will leave when the time is up."
"When the time comes, you will die in the explosion of your own bomb——"
In the room without lights, the red light of the bomb countdown was imprinted on Akai Shuichi's face, making him look like a ghost from hell.
As for Tequila's choice, she continued to remain silent.
In such a large organization, there are still some loyal ministers after all.
Tequila, the cadre who used Ji Liquor as his code name and died young, his loyalty was proved at this moment.
The winery is not all water, but the real wine is almost there.
Only thing was... his loyalty was now to rum, not brandy -
What a pity.
Akai Shuichi continued to wait. For things like time bombs, there is no theoretical difference between a one-hour countdown and a five-minute countdown. They will not explode anyway.
It's only in those final seconds that you feel real fear.
Time passes minute by minute, three minutes, two minutes...
"Stop your delusions! You Brandy's lackey!"
"Do you think I will betray Lord Rum!"
"Even if I die, I can't tell you a word!"
At about one minute and thirty seconds, Tequila suddenly roared, looking arrogant and not afraid of death.
Faced with his sudden action, Akai Shuichi's first reaction was to tighten his grip on the gun and start to be on guard...
Although it was reasonable to think that there would be no other cadres nearby, he still decided to check out for the sake of caution.
And Ireland, who was walking carefully on the same floor, naturally heard the sound of Tequila.
"..."
Good guy, he was solved so quickly and he was captured alive.
Such a teammate must be ridiculously reliable.
While complaining helplessly in his heart, he quickly rushed towards the source of the sound.
Akai Shuichi here walked to the door to be on guard.
The sound of subtle footsteps outside the door fell on his ears. He took the lead, turned around and shot, landing on Tequila, causing a painful scream.
At this sound, Ireland made a move, first wanting to move forward, and then reacting to find a place to hide.
At this time, Akai Shuichi took the lead, kicked open the door and rushed out of the room, aiming in the direction of his footsteps and shooting.
Gunshots rang out, and the silent floor became lively.
Ireland held her head and ran away, dodging into a room that opened the door.
Seeing this, Akai Shuichi stopped shooting and left quickly downstairs.
The bomb timer hasn't stopped yet.
About a few seconds after the pause, Ireland cautiously came out of the hiding place. The corridor was extremely quiet, as if nothing had happened except for the bullet holes in the wall.
He clung to the wall and moved forward slowly, trying to find where Akai Shuichi was hiding.
At this time, Tequila's cry for help sounded.
"I'm here, come save me! The rye whiskey has escaped!"
Upon hearing this, Ireland ran to Tequila's room...
Tequila was shot in the abdomen, blood was flowing out, and the countdown in front of her was dazzlingly red, with seventeen seconds left.
Seeing this scene, Ireland's expression suddenly changed, and he had no time to react. He walked quickly and rushed to Tequila, spending three seconds.
After squatting down, he pulled out the dagger, cut open the ropes that Akai Shuichi had tied one by one, and pulled off the time bomb, which took four seconds.
Carrying the bomb, he opened the window and threw the time bomb out of the window.
This left enough time for the bomb to fall out of range to harm them.
On the road outside, cars with flashing police lights came from the police station after receiving the alarm.
As they approached the crime scene, an object fell from the sky, and then it was right in front of them——
There was a loud explosion,
Fireworks go up.
"This is too arrogant!" The policemen who stopped suddenly looked at the explosion site not far away from them, with fear and anger on their faces!
On the hotel building, Ireland, who had disarmed the bomb, lifted Tequila up and prepared to take it back.
Then——
When they were investigating step by step and carefully leaving the building one by one, Shuichi Akai, who was hiding on the side, came out and followed them quietly.
