The Working Emperor starts with Conan

Chapter 478 Binga: How did Rum gain the upper hand?

Speaking of which, there is a story in the past between Curacao and Vermouth.

At the beginning, Curacao was almost executed by Vermouth, but in the end it was Rum who took Curacao away from Vermouth.

Then he was trained to become his right-hand man and trusted confidant who only knew how to carry out tasks.

From this perspective, rum is a lifesaver for Curacao.

But after so many years of life and death, and working like a slave, Curacao has almost repaid the life-saving grace.

"Let's talk business. What's going on with Rum?" Yuanshan Fei looked at Vermouth with impatience. His acting skills couldn't even be described as penetrating.

More than innocent, absolutely innocent.

“The intelligence team just couldn’t contact Rum. The mission in Binga encountered some resistance, so they wanted to seek Rum’s opinion.

Because they couldn’t get in touch, the intelligence team desperately tried to understand the situation, and then they saw this news.”

Vermouth picked up the tablet at hand, clicked on a video, and pushed the tablet towards Yuanshan Fei.

The news on the tablet confirmed the news that Rum's Mercedes-Benz S was attacked, and there were also some shots taken from a long distance with blurry pixels.

"I heard from Gin that no rum was found among the bodies at the scene?" Yuanshan Fei was a little surprised. He didn't expect that they would be recorded while taking action.

But it doesn't matter. On the one hand, the person recording the video is far enough away, and the equipment is not good enough, so the video can only let people know what happened.

But wanting to know the specific details through video is just a daydream.

Even if there were high-definition cameras recording their actions, it would be useless, not to mention that they had done adequate camouflage.

As for the clothes they were wearing, they had no possessions of their own. Except for new items, they were high-quality second-hand goods bought on the black market.

If you want to investigate based on the clues in the video, you will end up getting far from the truth.

“Rum was not at the scene, and judging from the video, Rum was probably abducted by this group of people.

But no one knows where he was caught, or whether Rum is dead or alive now."

Having said that, Vermouth looked at Yuanshanfei suspiciously.

According to common sense, Toyama Tobi's motive for doing this is indeed very small, but Vermouth knows very well that Toyama Tobi has never been a person who plays by the rules.

Even if Vermouth suspected her, there was no evidence.
It didn't matter whether Rum was dead or captured and tortured.

Rum has nothing to do with her, Vermouth, so who cares whether he is dead or alive?

Well, Karasuma Renya still cares, otherwise he wouldn't have contacted Gin in such a hurry and asked Gin to find Vermouth and Toyama Tobi.

Vermouth and Toyama Tobi are two senior executives who are currently idle in Tokyo. Isn't the reason why we ask them to come here because they can mobilize the organization's resources to find Rum quickly?

After explaining the current situation to Toyama Tobi, Vermouth said, "The only senior executives in Tokyo right now are you, me, and Rum's confidant Binga.

Curacao can be counted as half, and the boss's order is for us to find the rum as soon as possible.

Try to keep Rum safe."

Toyama Tobi immediately understood the subtext of Karasuma Renya's words. Isn't it the same as trying one's best to ensure Rum's safety regardless of life or death?
Another way to understand the so-called "if someone is alive, they must have a body" is that the person does not necessarily have to be alive.

It's okay to die. Toyama Tobi understands that it's not that Karasuma Renya can't give up the second-in-command of the organization, but that Rum knows too many secrets, including his identity.

So rum must never fall into the hands of others.

Although he knew what Karasuma Renya meant, Toyama Tobi still needed to perform again.

"If he's alive, I want to see him in person. If he's dead, I want to see his body. That's easy to say. Just touch your upper lip with your lower lip.

But I have just assigned so many gunmen to Rum, where can I get more people?
If more personnel are withdrawn, the arsenal may not be able to operate anymore."

Yuanshan Fei said it very bluntly, which showed that he did not want to make a fuss and withdraw manpower just for Rum.

On the other hand,
What if we can’t find Rum? It’s feasible to withdraw a large number of people from the arms group in the short term, but will the arms group not function in the long run?

It seemed that Karasuma Renya had already guessed about Toyama Tobi's attitude. After all, as the boss, how could he not know what kind of people were in his organization?

"Don't worry. The boss has personally ordered that Curacao will take over as the head of the Tokyo Intelligence Group again. He has the highest authority in the Tokyo Intelligence Group."

This is equivalent to sending Curacao back to the position that was originally removed by Rum, and by the way, it also brought an epic strengthening.

Originally, Curacao had limited resources available to the Tokyo Intelligence Group, and there was nothing that could be done about it.

After all, there is a boss like Rum, and most of the intelligence resources of the Tokyo Intelligence Group are in Rum's hands.

Now Curacao can fully utilize the resources of the Tokyo Intelligence Group, and its status is even higher than before.

"What about Binga?" Yuanshan Fei still remembered that when Curacao was dismissed, it was Binga who took over Curacao's position.

Binga is still doing a mission now, and before the mission is completed, his position has been removed?
Vermouth did not say much about Binga's subsequent arrangements, although she already had some guesses in her mind.

Rum was attacked and kidnapped. The chances of rescuing him are really low.

In addition, the senior officials involved in the rescue, whether it was Toyama Tobi or her, Vermouth, had no good feelings towards Rum.

Not having a favorable impression on people in the organization means that when carrying out certain tasks, there are opportunities to directly kill them.

Karasuma Ren'ya must have acquiesced to Rum's death. As for Binga, he was probably there to take over Rum's position as the head of the general intelligence team.

Seeing that Vermouth didn't say anything, Toyama Tobi stopped asking questions and nodded at her: "If that's the case, then I can accept it."

As he spoke, Toyama Tobi turned around and looked at Curacao: "Let's get all the people in the Tokyo Intelligence Group moving.

Let's put the intelligence gathering task aside for now and find Rum first.

The gunners from the munitions unit will also cooperate with your actions. Please contact us at any time if you find anything."

"I understand. I'll arrange it right away." Curacao nodded. She was very familiar with the work of the intelligence team.

Now it's just like going back to my old business.
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In a corner of Tokyo, Binga killed the last enemy with a dagger and looked around.

This is a secret base of the CIA, and it was also where the undercover agent Kiel brought them here "unknowingly".

In this secret base, Binga suffered a strong counterattack.

If it weren't for luck and strength, Binga and his team would probably have suffered a serious setback this time.

(End of this chapter)