Gin likes me?

"If it is true as Master said, that Rum needs me to be a cadre guarding the Neon Region, then he will continue to train me and constantly increase the resources allocated to me." Feeling his stubbled chin, Uozuka Saburo's mind was full of thoughts.

"But that's not necessarily true." His eyes flickered slightly, and when he thought of Kurosawa Hotaru, who had just contacted him, Uozuka Saburo became even more uncertain.

Rum knew how devoted Uozuka Saburo and Kurosawa Hotaru were to each other. Even during the two years they were apart, there was no distance between them. Their regular contact was so close that even Vermouth, who was taking care of Kurosawa Hotaru, couldn't stand it.

From the beginning to the end, Kurosawa Hotaru's goal has not changed, and Rum also knows what he means. In the end, he will definitely go to Kurosawa Hotaru and serve as her deputy. So if the resources of Japan are tilted to Uozuka Saburo, then what will the situation be like when Kurosawa Hotaru returns to Japan?

"Oh, so annoying. It's really too much effort to think about such things. I should think about something interesting during this precious time."

He checked the time on his phone. It was only about 9 o'clock. The assassination plan was scheduled to take place at 23 p.m., so there was still a lot of time for Uozuka Saburo to waste.

"Today is Tuesday. Chisu is going to work as usual. As for Ayako, well, she doesn't care about school classes." With a plan in mind, Uozuka Saburo dialed a number on his mobile phone with one hand.

"Hey, Ayako, yes, I'm back~"

325: Is there something wrong with your vision?

"Hee hee~"

"Well, why are you so happy?"

Listening to the laughter lingering in his ears, Uozuka Saburo shook his head helplessly, withdrew his gaze from the surrounding shops, and looked with amusement at Suzuki Ayako who was holding his arm and strolling leisurely on the street.

"I'm just very happy." Suzuki Ayako tilted her head cutely. Her hair was longer than before, and the smile on her face had not faded since she saw Uozuka Saburo.

"I just left Neon to complete a mission, and it didn't take long." Poking Suzuki Ayako's nose with his finger, Uozuka Saburo said helplessly.

Even though they have known each other for more than two years, when Suzuki Ayako is around him, she always looks lively and never tired of it.

But come to think of it, after all, they are both only 20 years old, but because of their own life reasons, they are much more mature than people of the same age.

"Then I would be worried too, because this is Mr. Uozuka's first time to carry out a mission abroad, and the danger level must be higher than at home." Suzuki Ayako pretended to bite Uozuka Saburo's finger but did not bite it. She looked at Uozuka Saburo with a smile and spoke her true feelings.

Suzuki Ayako was really worried about Saburo Uozuka's mission this time.

After two years of getting along, although Suzuki Ayako was not very clear about the more specific secrets, she had already learned a lot of information about the organization that Uozuka Saburo belonged to, and she also made some discoveries about the organization's style of doing things and the general rules of task assignment.

For an organization that spends most of its time focusing on developing in Japan, the sudden dispatch of Saburo Uozuka to carry out a mission abroad is itself a very unusual thing, not to mention that Saburo Uozuka left so suddenly. He just sent a simple notification message to himself and disappeared without any contact in between.

You know, Suzuki Ayako, who just learned from the specially set ringtone that she had received an email from Saburo Uozuka, stood up directly in the classroom, found an excuse and left the classroom.

"That's true. This mission is quite troublesome, but I still handled it well~" Shrugging his shoulders, Uozuka Saburo acted very pleased with Suzuki Ayako's concerns.

After all, having someone who cares about you like this feels completely different.

"I can now say that I have truly become a cadre-level person in my own organization. How about that? Isn't that awesome?"

"Oh~ As expected of Mr. Uozuka!~" Looking at the smug look of Uozuka Saburo, Suzuki Ayako would certainly not fail to show her support. She cooperated very well and clapped her hands lightly, her eyes full of admiration and worship.

But in her heart, Suzuki Ayako felt even more helpless.

She had never given up the idea of ​​luring Saburo Uozuka out of the organization, so she didn't care at all about Saburo Uozuka's performance in that organization.

No, it should be said that the better Uozuka Saburo behaved, the more depressed Suzuki Ayako felt.

Doesn't a good performance mean that Uozuka Saburo will receive more attention in the organization?

Suzuki Ayako, who already knew that it would be very difficult for her to abduct Uozuka Saburo from that troublesome woman, Kurosawa Hotaru, felt really powerless.

It's not easy for me to take the initiative to say anything, but Uozuka Saburo's performance is booming!

When you were chatting with him alone, didn’t you also say that you didn’t feel a sense of belonging to the organization? Then why do you work so hard to show yourself?

It’s all because of that silver-haired woman, right?

Unable to mention the depression and grievance in her heart, Suzuki Ayako originally thought that these two years were a blessing from God to her!

But she never expected that the biggest imaginary boss in her mind, Kurosawa Hotaru, left Uozuka Saburo, and was surrounded by more strange girls!

The policewoman who works in the public security department in Tokyo but always pesters Uozuka Saburo! And the two sisters who have some connection with the organization and are recognized as sisters by Uozuka Saburo! Oh, and there is also a little girl from the music school who has no relationship with Uozuka Saburo but calls him uncle Uozuka Saburo and acts so intimate!

And... there's also a medical student who is a boy but looks as delicate and pretty as a girl, and who spends Uozuka Saburo's money every month!

Ugh! How abominable! There is no shortage of good men in Tokyo, why do they all have to surround a killer?

Damn it! It’s so damned bad!!

"What's wrong, Ayako? Are you feeling unwell?" Just when Suzuki Ayako was a little absent-minded, a broad and strong arm gently but steadily rested on the back of her shoulder, and Uozuka Saburo's concerned question came to her ears.

"No, I'm just a little tired these past two days and didn't rest well."

Turning her head to glance at the arm on her shoulder, Suzuki Ayako blinked, and when she looked at Uozuka Saburo, a gentle smile appeared on her face again.

Yes, there is no point in thinking about anything else. Suzuki Ayako has been deeply addicted to the sense of security and pampering brought by Uozuka Saburo, and there is no possibility of letting go.

Just as Uozuka Saburo and Suzuki Ayako said during their entanglement period, "Feelings change with time", Suzuki Ayako is now even more in love with Uozuka Saburo and cannot extricate herself.

"Then you should have a good rest. Are you completing your homework while dealing with the affairs of your group?" Looking at Suzuki Ayako with some blame, Uozuka Saburo knew how much the real value of this girl who seemed as gentle as a girl next door had increased through her own efforts in two years.

If people used to joke that Suzuki Ayako was a small rich woman, now we can remove the small word.

This is the reason why Suzuki Ayako voluntarily handed over many industries after she felt that if she spent more time on the family business, it would affect the time she spent with Uozuka Saburo.

Anyway, for Suzuki Ayako, she just wanted to show her abilities in front of her parents and lay the foundation for her to be with Uozuka Saburo in the future.

And this result has been achieved perfectly. Her ability has been witnessed and recognized by Suzuki Shiro and Suzuki Tomoko. What makes Suzuki Ayako even happier is that Uozuka Saburo is inexplicably also highly regarded by her parents, and they even always ask her to invite Uozuka Saburo to their home for dinner.

"Hehe, I get it~" Suzuki Ayako put her arm around Uozuka Saburo's arm which was originally on her shoulders, moved herself closer to Uozuka Saburo, and said with a smile, leaning close to Uozuka Saburo's side.

"Let's go, let's go to the front. There is a clothing store there that I wanted to visit before. After buying clothes, we will go to eat. Mr. Uozuka has something to do in the evening~"

"Okay, let's go. If you like any clothes, I'll buy them for you as a gift."

"Then I have to make a careful selection~"

326: Welcome, the new Mr. Vodka

"How is it, are you feeling okay?"

Taking a cigarette out of the box, Saburo Uozuka handed it to Kogoro Mouri who was sitting next to him. After seeing the other party light up the cigarette and take a long puff, he also lit one with a smile.

"It's not bad. It's more acceptable than I thought."

Nodding slightly, Kogoro Maori glanced sideways at Uozuka Saburo who was sitting next to him and smiling, feeling a little helpless.

Although you don't need any words of comfort in this situation, you can't smile so obviously!

"Well, I wasn't used to it at first, but I got used to it gradually. After all, sometimes it's necessary to do this, and we can't avoid it."

Patting Kogoro Mori's shoulder gently, Uozuka Saburo had a smile on his face and said something in a very calm manner that moved Kogoro Mori.

"I know. I will get used to it slowly." Nodding seriously, Maori Kogoro understood what Uozuka Saburo meant, and realized that on his current path, he could not avoid such things. He could not just shirk and hand it over to Uozuka Saburo to deal with once he encountered such a situation. Doing so would not only easily miss the best opportunity, but would also likely cause more danger.

Moreover, the other party was obviously a young boy who was much younger than himself, but he was able to face death so calmly. Such awareness made Maori Kogoro feel inferior and yet yearn for it!

What he didn't know was that these words were just polite remarks that Uozuka Saburo thought were appropriate to say at this time.

After all, killing people has become a daily activity for Uozuka Saburo.

This is his profession, but he doesn't have so many ideas.

What makes Uozuka Saburo feel most fortunate is that under the current operating policy of Rum, most of the targets that need the action team to take action are the current or former partners of the organization, or those who wanted to cooperate with the organization but were rejected and then had evil intentions.

People like this basically do not have a clean background, so Uozuka Saburo is more straightforward when taking action.

As for the future... Let's talk about the future later. If Uozuka Saburo really needs to kill some people with complicated identities, Uozuka Saburo has no good way to refuse. After all, he is not a good person.

"Your marksmanship is getting better and better, Mr. Maori. I thought you were very talented in this area."

"I'm still far from it. I only practiced in the training ground before. It was my first time in actual combat that I realized that many situations were completely different from those in the training ground. To be honest, if I hadn't known that you, Mr. Kurosawa, were holding the gun for me, I wouldn't have pulled the trigger so easily."

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Kogoro Mori was not very satisfied with his performance.

During the two years of training, Kogoro Maori felt that his qualities in all aspects had indeed improved greatly, but if he were to answer himself, he would say that he was best at close combat and close-range pistol combat in the complex terrain of the city.

Although Kogoro Mori is also insisting on training in medium and long-range sniping, he is not so outstanding compared to other aspects.

The most embarrassing thing for Kogoro Mori was that under the deliberate arrangement of Saburo Uozuka, he felt that he would become a long-range sniper and observer in Saburo Uozuka's mission positioning.

This gave Kogoro Mori a headache. He didn't think this choice was the most appropriate one, but at this stage, he didn't want to discuss this judgment with Saburo Uozuka.

Because he could sense that Uozuka Saburo himself was very busy with his work, and the time he could spend in contact with him was limited. If he wanted more intervention from Uozuka Saburo in helping the Tokyo police eliminate undercover agents and evildoers, he would have to perform more comprehensively.

"Try harder." With a plan in mind, Maori Kogoro's state of mind became more determined.

"Okay, don't be so serious. You performed really well today. Let's take our time with the rest of things." Patting Kogoro Mouri's shoulder, Uozuka Saburo spoke to comfort him.

“Although I hate to say this, we still have a lot of work to do, enough for us to become more skilled and focused in it.”

"I understand." Kogoro Mouri nodded slightly and smiled.

He felt that the choice he made two years ago, and coming to Uozuka Saburo was truly the right one.

"Let's talk about something happy. How is Xiaolan doing lately? I haven't seen her and Sonoko for a while."

"Xiaolan, she's pretty good. She's very obedient and studies very hard." When talking about his daughter, Kogoro Mouri felt a lot more relaxed, and the smile on his face became even gentler.

"It's just that it's annoying to have a brat around all the time."

"Uh, haha, I heard from Sonoko that it was a little boy named Kudo, Mr. Maori, don't be like this, they are only 11 years old, isn't it too early for you to start worrying now?"

"When you have a daughter, you will understand how I feel, Mr. Kurosawa."

"Haha, in that case, I may have to wait a long time before I can have such a feeling." He laughed so hard that he fell back and forth, but finally, in the face of Mouri Kogoro's increasingly unfriendly eyes, Uozuka Saburo stopped smiling.

"Well, we've been waiting for so long but there's been no movement. It looks like they haven't found anything over there. So let's end tonight's operation here and we should evacuate."

"Well, goodbye, Mr. Kurosawa."

"Well, bye, Mr. Mori." With a smile and a wave of his hand, Uozuka Saburo and Mori Kogoro naturally separated and quickly blended into the crowd in both directions.

"Hey, Damen, I've taken care of that guy. Well, that's it. No need to thank me. It took less than an hour. I'll just treat it as a digestion after dinner. Okay, of course there's no problem. I'll call you in two days, and then we'll go for a drink."

With a smile and a nod, Saburo Uozuka hung up the phone, pulled the hat on his forehead, and walked slowly on the brightly lit and colorful neon streets of Tokyo.

Turning left and right, and seemingly wandering around for almost half an hour, Uozuka Saburo finally arrived at the door of a bar on the top floor of a building and slowly pushed open the door of the bar.

"Oh~ You are such a rare guest. You haven't been here for a long time."

"Haha, it's been a while since I've been here. Before, I could only come here with my master. After all, you only provide services to people with wine names, right?"

"That's true. If others can't do it, why can't you? Isn't it a matter of time, just like now?" Smilingly, he handed the prepared cocktail in his hand to Uozuka Saburo, and the bartender standing behind the counter smiled and gestured for him to come in.

"Although I know you prefer beer, this cup is a gift from me to you today. Please try it as a celebration for you."

"Welcome, our new Mr. Vodka~"

327: Do you remember what I taught you?

After chatting for a while with the bartender, who was in charge of the organization and only allowed cadre-level talents to enter the bar, Saburo Uozuka slowly left the bar with the drink given to him by the other party and came to a semi-enclosed small booth on the northwest side of the bar.

"Huh~ It's been a long time since we last met. I can't say that. We were drinking together half a month ago. Why, did you miss me?"

Placing the wine glass on the small wine table in front of him, Uozuka Saburo looked at the man in front of him with amusement.

To be fair, the man sitting opposite Uozuka Saburo is definitely the most outstanding man in appearance that Uozuka Saburo has ever seen.

He has sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a high nose bridge, sharp and energetic cheeks, and a slightly thin lips that when pursed together, the faint sadness is enough to bewitch the soul. If the owner is in a good mood and a shallow arc is revealed, the women who are staring at him will be addicted to it and unable to extricate themselves.

In addition, the opponent is 184cm tall and has a body that is not very strong but definitely well-proportioned, in the words of Saburo Uozuka.

"I still think that if you work at Tokyo's most upscale male escort parlor, you might earn more per month than you do in the organization, Kimura."

Looking at Kimura Taka in front of him with emotion, Uozuka Saburo picked up the wine glass with a smile and took a sip of the wine that the bartender gave him.

"Hey, hey, do you want to start a quarrel right away?" Glancing at Uozuka Saburo unhappily, Kimura Taka, who was lying on the sofa in the booth, sat up slightly.

"You should look for the reason in yourself. There are only three men in this bar besides us, and no women. Why are you posing here? Is it that the women in the organization can no longer satisfy your evil taste?"

"Oh, you are a big and strong man, how can you know that girls need to be pampered? Do you know what the game of love is? Do you know how to gain a sense of accomplishment and happiness from interacting with girls?"

"Well... use your face to trick them into bed?"

"...People like you should be alone for the rest of your life! Alone for the rest of your life!!"

"Oh, you're the one who said that. Even if I don't understand, it doesn't matter. I usually have girls to play with during my breaks. I don't envy you!"

"...Ahh, damn it, this is what makes me the most angry. Why would so many girls like a guy like you!!!"