As a senior enthusiast of plain glasses, Tsui Kawakami has an extremely rich inventory of glasses.
He picked out a pair of gold-rimmed half-frame glasses for Scotland to wear.
"It's done." Tsumugi Kawakami took a few steps back and looked at his masterpiece: "Not bad, good material for a gentle scum."
Very polite scum indeed.
The elegant suit and red phoenix eyes made the originally gentle look sharp. Kawakami turned on the small lamp in front of the mirror, and his gold-rimmed glasses reflected the pale light.
"...Thank you for the compliment." Scotland smiled.
"This smile looks more like a smile. You learn quickly." Tsumugi Kawakami applauded pretendingly, "It's better to be darker. Have you ever seen Gin smile before - ah, never?"
"What a pity, that's a textbook perverted smile." The gray-haired young man shook his head regretfully.
Scotland does not want to be a textbook pervert.
"The eyes don't have to be fierce, but they should be calm, as calm as dead water." Tsumugi Kawakami continued to guide, "Slightly raise the corners of your mouth, but not too much, and don't show your teeth - you can practice it for a while first."
While Scotland was in front of the mirror, Tsumugi Kawakami returned to the room and quickly tidied himself up.
His conspicuous gray hair was dyed an inconspicuous black with short-lasting hair dye. In about twenty minutes, he was transformed from a punk rock delinquent to a company animal.
The company boss picked up the briefcase on one side, opened the door, and said hello to the gentle scum in front of the mirror, "It's time to go, the time is just right."
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"Win-win cooperation, Fujino-kun."
Kawakami smiled gently and pushed the information across the negotiation table. Scotland stood next to Kawakami, with his hands behind his back, observing everything indifferently.
After half an hour of intensive acting training with Tsumugi Kawakami, Scotland was now in a state of numbness and mystery. In other words, he was over the top.
He wore an unchanging smile, and everyone who looked at him couldn't help but look away.
Opposite Kawakami, another negotiator, Fujino Seiji, brought the information over, and he was sweating all over his back.
At the beginning of the negotiation, Mr. Fujino was a little dismissive: the other party was just a small emerging organization, and it was lucky enough to be in the lap of an established gang in Tokyo.
After a round of negotiations, the contempt in his heart completely turned into fear:
The young man negotiating with him seemed kind and gentle, but in his game he was extremely sharp and ruthless;
The bodyguard following the young man was well-dressed, but looked at him as if he were a dead person, which reminded Fujino of the most popular type of serial murderer in American criminal investigation dramas.
The back wave is too rough these days. Fujino couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
At the end of the song, the two parties who had just reached a plastics cooperation relationship said a warm farewell.
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"How does it feel, Scotland?"
The first negotiation is over and the mission comes to an end.
They booked a room at a hotel near the mission, and now the two of them are fixing up in the room.
As soon as Kawakami Tsumugi lay down on the bed, he quickly changed from one to a puddle.
"Okay?" Scotland replied.
"I think it's okay, too." Tsuyoshi Kawakami agreed, "You'll be in charge of the next negotiation."
Scotland:? ? ? ...! ! !
"Kashasha, are you sure?" Scotland Qitu struggled, "To be honest, I'm not quite used to this way of performing tasks..."
"You can't mess it up. You have to believe in yourself." Kawakami said calmly, "There is still an hour and a half, I will help you review it."
"So it has to be me?"
"That's right."
Kawakami sat up reluctantly - he preferred to lie down, and took out a pen and paper from his briefcase: "Sit over here, I will go over the main points."
The point is actually very simple.
Starting from the previous performance of Fujino Seiji, Kawakami gave Scotland a thorough analysis of the key contents of this negotiation and Fujino's reactions to different issues.
Scotland took the handwritten guide by Kawakami Tsumugi and rushed to take notes.
In the second game, Scotland sat on the negotiating table with a battlefield attitude. Tsumugi Kawakami stood aside and pretended to be a dedicated assistant.
The negotiating partner Scotland faced was ambitious and energetic, but it was far behind Kawakami.
Scotland relied on imitating Fujino Seiji's performance in the previous game and managed to fool the negotiations.
"Isn't that great?"
At the end of the mission, Kawakami encouraged his partner with a smile - quite sincere encouragement, although the smile was full of the joy of "just watching the excitement is not too big a deal".
Scotland took a deep breath and relaxed, feeling his whole back stiffen and ache.
Now, Scotland is taking the time to review.
Kashasha's method of carrying out tasks is more like an intelligence team than an action team.
Step-by-step negotiation techniques and perfectly hidden language traps. Compared with some murderers who can only use knives and guns, Kashasha is obviously the kind of criminal player with high IQ who is more difficult to deal with.
Scotland's heart felt heavy at the thought of such a person standing on the opposite side of the just law.
You must be extremely cautious when partnering with Kashasha. Although his attitude is very friendly, if your undercover identity is accidentally exposed...
Scotland didn't think it would end well.
"Don't ignore me, Scotland - what are you worried about?"
"Worried about the mission, I wonder if I messed up something."
The answer was a little fast, a little nervous, and most likely he was lying. Kawakami raised his eyebrows, but he was very considerate and did not continue to ask further.
"Perfect. By the way, you can think of how to write a mission report."
Whatever Scotland was worrying about, mission or otherwise, it didn't matter to Kawakami. Anyway, there will be a lot of tasks of this type in the future.
Kawakami's preferences for partners are different from Gin's. Gin may prefer to shoot wherever he points, but Kawakami prefers that his partners have excellent overall qualities, not just in terms of killing.
On this basis, it is best to be willing to listen to him. This is more important than overall quality, and is directly linked to the way the two of them get along in the future.
The mission was therefore more of a test of Scotland's obedience.
Kawakami was very curious about how Scotland would react when he proposed a task method that was very different from the traditional action team and seemed somewhat unreliable.
Direct opposition or passive sabotage: a thorn in the side, and you will need to use means to rectify it or find a way to replace it in the future.
Completely obey what you say or hold on to someone else's side: Just follow them and protect them during the partnership. There is no need to have too high requirements.
With evil intentions, he even tried to trick him: the scum of the winery could be tortured to death, and whether he would survive or not would depend on his mood.
But Scotland gave the kind of answer he was most satisfied with:
He has his own ideas, generally obeys his plan, and actively adapts to unfamiliar task patterns without any hesitation.
Good partners in the traditional sense are rare in wineries, at least not many of Kawakami Tsuji's previous partners.
When Tsuyoshi Kawakami was working under Rum, most of his partners were the latter two categories, lackeys and winery scum.
After all, Rum wouldn't throw serious people at him. This amount of gin is really a lot compared to this.
Most of those classified as scum have been taught a lesson by Tsumugi Kawakami, except for Belmod, who slowly transitioned from scum to cheating, and is now barely considered a companion.
