"See you again, Scotland."
Asakura Zhen appeared in front of Zhu Fu Jingguang with a smile on her face, carrying a beautifully wrapped gift box.
"This is a gift for you. Bourbon helped choose it."
He held the gift box in his hand flat in front of him, pulled off the decorative ribbon, and opened the top lid to reveal the true contents of the gift underneath.
This is a bottle of whiskey. The packaging is not exquisite. It can only be said to be no different from those seen at the counters of ordinary shopping malls.
"Rye whiskey?"
Zhu Fu Jingguang took the gift and glanced at the content on the label. To be honest, he was a little surprised that it was not "Bourbon".
"Should I say thank you?" He raised his head and looked into Brandy's eyes.
Asakura Zhen waved his hand: "No, when you have the opportunity, you can go and talk to Bourbon in person."
"He also made some suggestions for this gift, although I did not adopt his suggestions."
"..."
As expected, it was some kind of beating.
Zhu Fu Jingguang put the wine bottle on the table and stopped paying attention. He asked, "What happened this time?"
"This time, it's about Bourbon sneaking into your office."
Asakura Zhen found a place to sit down and explained the purpose of his visit.
"You must have noticed that Bourbon is very hostile to you now."
"This must be some guys with bad intentions who are doing some tricks behind the scenes. I don't know much about it." Zhu Fu Jingguang was very poor at pretending to understand. Or maybe he was deliberately criticizing Huai in an attempt to gain some perspective on his personality. To insult this shameless brandy.
But it's a pity that Brandy didn't realize that he was insulted. Instead, he felt a little happy that he could do nothing but use his words.
"Let's not talk about this for now..." Asakura Makoto bypassed the topic and asked about something else, "How is it? How does it feel to have so much power as the Minister of Intelligence?"
He asked Scotland about his work experience since he got up from the hospital bed.
As for the response, it was certainly not a good look.
There was no expression on Scotland's face, only his voice was cold: "If you are talking about being your string puppet, I don't think there can be a worse feeling than this."
With the important position of Minister of Intelligence, Asakura obviously cannot let this former undercover agent do whatever he wants. On the surface, he has been entrusted with important tasks, but in fact he has no real power. Even if the relevant personnel are reasonably mobilized, Koji must be present to nod. agree.
"It can't be worse than this -?" Asakura asked in a long tone, "Judging from the way you kill people, isn't it quite enjoyable?"
"At the beginning, you could still say that it was a last resort...well, the second and the third are barely considered."
"But the fourth, the fifth..."
"We can't all be forced to do anything, right?"
Hearing Asakura's teasing, Zhufu Jingguang did not make a firm reply.
Perhaps in his heart, he already understood that his behavior was not the behavior of an honorable man - even if he had various conclusive reasons, he could not hide the fact that he took the lives of others without trial.
Moreover - killing those who are domineering but able to escape punishment by relying on their power is really... a very addictive thing...
Zhu Fu Jingguang glanced at his hands.
Some people become addicted to certain bad things and will continue to break through the bottom and fall, while some people will reflect on their mistakes and feel deep regret for them.
This Scotland is obviously the latter.
"Yes, I know...what I did was not right..."
However, just when he was about to confess his mistakes, Asakura interrupted mercilessly what he was about to say——
"You can't say that. You think you are doing something wrong, but for other people, maybe it is salvation?"
He raised his finger, as cunning as a fox, "Would you like to see the people who were saved because of the evil you did?"
Listening to these words, Zhu Fu Jingguang felt that there was a high probability that Brandy might have some conspiracy, but he had all the control in the opponent's hands. Even if he knew that the opponent had bad intentions, he could only act according to his words.
"Then...go and have a look." He replied.
After receiving the reply, Asakura stood up, raised his hands to straighten his slightly wrinkled clothes, turned to look at Koji aside, and said, "You use my identity first, I'll go out."
Koji spread his hands and nodded in response: "No problem."
...
After a while, after Koji was disguised and put on a mask that only Brandy could wear, he transformed from an unknown member who followed Scotland into the most powerful cadre in the organization.
"As long as you go to the bar and show your face occasionally, you can do whatever else you want."
Looking at this brand-new brandy, Asakura Zhen said while changing the disguise on his face.
"All right?" Koji asked.
"If you are confident that it will succeed." After confirming that there were no mistakes in the disguise, Asakura replied, "Anything is fine."
"Then I'd better wait." Under the mask, Koji smiled like Brandy himself.
"Let's go."
After coming out, Asakura looked at Scotland, who was sitting there waiting, and raised the car keys in his hand at him.
"Becoming an Immortal in One Step"
As cars drive from the bustling city to the suburbs, the high-rise buildings and various modern office buildings on the roadside are gradually replaced by low-rise, old apartments full of traces of time.
"We are going to..."
Looking at the scenery outside the car window, Zhu Fu Jingguang had a complicated expression.
He had a vague idea of the destination of his trip. Based on what Brandy had said before, if nothing unexpected happened, the place he was going to was probably the families who had been persecuted by the people he killed.
"Why, you never thought that such a person would exist?"
Asakura Zhen saw the thoughts hidden under his expression, and said with a sense of ridicule: "You see that I am a bad person, so you think that there are people in the world who have been hurt by me. Those guys are pure and innocent, and their actions are unparalleled." Victimized?”
"..."
"Or, knowing that this would be the case, you chose to pretend to be deaf and turn a blind eye?"
"..."
Hearing such accusations, Zhu Fu Jingguang hesitated to speak. In the end, he did not say a word. He leaned against the car window and continued to look at the scenery outside the window, like a statue that could not move.
Asakura laughed twice and did not continue questioning.
The car continued to move along the road. In the eyes of the two of them, the surrounding scenery began to deteriorate, which was in stark contrast to the glamorous city when they came.
With a "crunch", the car slowly stopped.
"We're here, get off the car."
Zhu Fu Jingguang got out of the car, and what appeared in front of him was an apartment. The white ash on the wall fell off to reveal the brick structure underneath. There was a lot of grass peeking out from the base of the wall, which showed that it was related to the wooden building that was about to end. Completely different vitality.
"Watanabe."
He walked closer and saw the name written on the nameplate.
Asakura didn't stop, walked to the door in a familiar way, and knocked on the door rhythmically——
