Near midnight, Asakura returned to his residence.
Quiet, peaceful.
He sat on the rocking chair facing the courtyard, using the light from the streetlights on the road outside to quietly think about what he should do next.
Rum's return does not mean that he will be able to dominate the family from now on. Just like Brandy led the organization to make the boss sleepless and uneasy, Rum will also encounter the same situation.
No ruler, no matter how wise, can turn a blind eye to subordinates who threaten to challenge his authority. What's more, Rum and Brandy are both ambitious people in nature. Once they become strong, they will inevitably pursue absolute control. power.
The rocking chair swayed slowly for about ten minutes. The weather outside turned cloudy and the bright moonlight fell from the sky, adding a layer of silver to the scenery carefully designed by the designer.
"I seem a little hungry."
Asakura touched his stomach, it was quite exhausting to go out and interfere with Kuroba Kaito's affairs.
He stood up and walked to the wall to turn on the light. In the soft light, he dragged his slippers into the kitchen.
Now Asakura Makoto's disguised identity as Ren Kiyono is set up as a progressive and idealistic son of a wealthy family, cheerful and charitable, who founded this pharmaceutical company with the lofty dream of curing the world's illnesses.
Of course, when Asakura assumed this identity, the comments from relevant insiders were quite subtle. One of them, Bermod, who did not want to be named, laughed, saying that the settings were completely opposite to who he was, and that he doubted Asakura's true identity. Acting skills can't handle such a fragmented character.
Then she gave a suggestion, let Asakura pretend to be a vegetative person who was paralyzed due to a car accident, and let her play his kind stepmother, who invests in building a medical company in order to prevent the tragedy of her stepson from happening again.
She made this suggestion without concealing the fact that she was taking revenge on Asakura for adding fuel to her character.
The aroma of butter fills the kitchen, and the surface of the top-quality beef gradually begins to burn.
Just when a steak was about to take shape, the other side——
It was still a bar. Belmode sat in front of the bar and looked around the scene. His eyes passed over the faces of every cadre present. He raised his hand and knocked on the table: "If there is something that cannot be discussed during the day, why should we do it at this time? ?”
There was something wrong with the convener of the midnight meeting.
In her words, the witch inevitably had some resentment.
"Besides, as a convener, it's too late." Gin, who was sitting outside the light, added.
This rally should be the first one officially convened after Rum's return. As cunning as a fox, he will not show up easily after returning to the island country's headquarters before ensuring that he can control the situation.
Such a formal meeting was held today... It seems that after this period of time, Rum has basically completed the adjustments within the organization and is preparing to launch an attack on Brandy.
Among the cadres at the scene, there were many unfamiliar faces.
Looking at these new cadres who were promoted, Gin's eyes narrowed.
After the previous incident in which Gin and Brandy went all the way to Cairo to greet Rum, Gin was put into Brandy's camp by Rum.
Therefore, in the promotion of these new cadres, Rum ignored Gin, who was responsible for investigating undercover traitors.
The lack of investigation means that Gin cannot believe whether these people with unclear backgrounds are loyal.
The workload increased...
As Rum adjusted the system left by Brandy, Gin foresaw the reality that the easy job he had just enjoyed for a short time would return to the way it was at the beginning, dealing with this kind of meaningless work all day long. .
Rum is indeed a waste. Gin made the final judgment.
"Sorry, I'm late."
The door of the bar was pushed open, and a gray-haired woman walked in. Behind her, there was an unexpected person - Miyano Akemi.
"What's going on? Why is this woman here?"
Belmode felt something was wrong, and she questioned Moscato, the belated convener of the rally and Rum's spokesman, in a cold voice that suited her personality.
The gray-haired woman ignored Belmod's question, walked behind the bar and quietly took out the bartending equipment: "What do you want to drink?" Her face was expressionless, and her dark blue eyes scanned everyone present one by one.
Although they were the shortest in the crowd, under her gaze, these outstanding criminals who stood out from the group of criminals all chose to bow their heads, and only a few stood out from the crowd.
Belmod turned her head and looked at Miyano Akemi, who was standing alone under a downlight and looked a little overwhelmed. She could see that the other party used the acting skills she had given her as much as possible and showed a comfortable expression. appearance.
But a teacher is a teacher, and he can always see the flaws in his disciples.
Her acting skills are not good enough, Miss Miyano. Bermod commented in her heart, and turned to look at Moscato who was holding the bartending utensils: "It's so late, so there's no need for wine. Brandy likes that." How about a soda, let me try it while he’s not around?”
"Since you know the custom of mixing brandy, you must also know what he usually drinks, right?"
"Soda?" Moscato smiled, "This bar is new, so we haven't prepared anything like that yet."
"Really?" Belmod's fake smile was tit for tat, "Then don't forget it next time."
Watching the confrontation between the two women, Gin seemed calm, but in fact he was already suspicious - is the relationship between Belmod and Brandy so good? The former, who has always regarded himself as a secretist, actually puts his flag on behalf of the latter?
When Belmod made things difficult for Moscato, it seemed that she was surrounding the brandy to give Moscato a look. In fact, for Belmode, the purpose of doing so was just to make things difficult for him. Brandy was not important, and Miyano Mingmei's presence at the scene was the fundamental reason why she did this.
"Let's get down to business." Gin interrupted the conversation between the two women, "What's the matter?"
"That's it." Moscato wiped the wine glass, filled it with wine and pushed it to Gin's side. "As for the application submitted by Brandy to award the rye whiskey codenamed by the traitor Akai Shuichi to Miyano Akemi, please accept it. turn down."
There is an unspoken rule for alcohol code names in the organization, that is, the code names for hard liquor will only belong to men. Female cadres such as Belmode and Curacao are all low-alcohol liquor.
Not to mention Brandy's attempt to grant a code name that already has an owner to another person, simply allowing female members to have a male code name violates the long-standing naming rules.
However, just rejecting an application for a code name will certainly not lead to a special meeting.
Judging from the situation at the scene, with the internal exchange of blood, most of the cadres have turned to Rum during this period. At this moment, only a handful of people are independent. Now that they have an absolute advantage, Rum is finally confident to turn to Brandy. The constructed order struck the final blow.
The method at the beginning was directed at the core of Brandy's lineup - Shirley's sister.
