Gin likes me?

"Ahh! Shut up!"

040: Do you think you are a good person?

"Okay, I won't laugh at you anymore."

Looking at the murderous look of Uozuka Saburo, Vodka wisely gave up teasing this innocent boy who looked like he was about to punch him in the face.

"Sanlang, are you satisfied with your performance just now? Or how would you rate it?"

After carrying Saburo Uozuka into the jeep, Vodka made a detour and drove the car past the bank's entrance, whose rolling door had been opened.

His gaze shifted slightly, and Uozuka Saburo saw the people who had been coming out of the bank one after another under the care of the police, as well as Hagiwara Chisawa who was now standing next to several policemen and seemed to be saying something.

"At least 6 points is a passing score." Shrugging his shoulders, Uozuka Saburo withdrew his gaze and spoke casually.

There was no way. Saburo Uozuka didn't understand how he could come up with such corny words in order to escape from the predicament!

"I dealt with the bank robbers without hurting anyone else. As for me, I only had minor scratches." Picking up the water he had placed in the car, Saburo Uozuka took a sip to moisten his dry throat.

"Although I didn't ask the girl's name, I think I left a deep impression on her. If so, I can manipulate her if I get a chance in the future. It's not impossible for us to become friends."

"Is this how you evaluate yourself?" Vodka raised his eyebrows, came to the car and took off his sunglasses. After listening to Uozuka Saburo's own story, he did not express any opinion immediately.

"Yeah." He nodded slightly, and the relaxed expression on Uozuka Saburo's face slowly faded away.

"Then tell me my evaluation." Stopping at a red light, Vodka picked up the cigarette box, lit a cigarette for himself and took a deep puff.

"It took you about three minutes from the time you entered the bank to the time you solved the problem. From an efficiency perspective, you were able to solve those two robbers who were not ordinary robbers in a complex environment. Your combat skills and awareness are worthy of recognition."

"And when faced with the girl's questioning, you spoke cleverly. You didn't directly tell her what you do, but used an inductive method to make it easy for the girl to come up with her own imagination."

Exhaling a little smoke, Vodka turned around and looked at the serious-looking Uozuka Saburo and chuckled.

"If my guess is correct, the girl from the police academy should have imagined you as someone who also has a police or other government background, but was sent to some evil gang to conduct an undercover operation, so it is inconvenient for you to reveal your identity."

"As for your excuse of falling in love at first sight, although it is a little ridiculous, it is just the right amount of unreal considering your respective ages. After all, you are young people, so it is normal for you not to do something unsafe because of your passion."

"Although I was careless and got ambushed because I didn't guess they had an accomplice, it's not a big deal since it didn't cause any major impact."

"In three minutes, you went from being completely clueless about the situation to successfully controlling three robbers, saving more than 20 innocent passersby, and then leaving a deep enough impression on the target girl to successfully take your position. Your performance can be said to be flawless, if I were to give you a score."

With his mouth wide open, Vodka's tone was clearly relaxed, but the look in his eyes as he looked at Uozuka Saburo did not contain the slightest hint of smile.

"0 points, this is my evaluation of you."

"Sanlang, do you think of yourself as a good person?"

"..." Looking directly at Vodka's cold eyes, Uozuka Saburo pursed his lips and could not say a word.

"During the fight, you attacked the two armed robbers at the risk of exchanging injuries. Were you worried that the robbers would shoot at other people without caring? When you were being targeted by the bank employee, did you still have time to hold the girl and turn around to protect her with your body?"

"If I hadn't known your identity, I would have thought you were some kind of brave and righteous young man from somewhere!"

Silence. At this moment, Uozuka Saburo could only remain silent.

Faced with Vodka's ridicule, he couldn't utter a word in rebuttal.

It was Vodka's naked sarcasm that removed the fig leaf that Saburo Uozuka had always kept for himself in his heart.

Yes, he had already climbed up from the brutal training base by stepping on countless people. He had already learned the skills to take people's lives and was a real killer who had killed people with his own hands!

He can no longer be a good person!

"Besides, what is the task I gave you?"

"...get the girl's name and phone number." Under Vodka's fierce gaze, Uozuka Saburo spoke with difficulty and answered Vodka's question in a somewhat hoarse voice.

"So, are you done?" Vodka asked coldly as he restarted the car while holding the steering wheel with one hand.

"No."

"What the organization needs is not subordinates with absolutely outstanding abilities, but subordinates who absolutely obey the organization's orders!"

"The organization's requirements and orders are everything to us. There is no room for bargaining! If you can't do this, you are not qualified to survive in the organization!"

"I, understand." Although there were still all kinds of distracting thoughts in his mind, at this moment, Uozuka Saburo could only listen obediently to Vodka's teachings.

Yes, maybe I have always thought too simply. I am in a criminal organization that is terrifyingly powerful. How can I live long if I still have naive ideas!

Just like what Vodka said, I have to figure out what I am now.

"How about it, does your master's performance look pretty realistic~?"

My current identity... Hmm?

He suddenly raised his head and looked at Vodka in disbelief, who was grinning evilly at him and acting so mean that he wanted to punch him in the face.

"Are you scared? It seems you are still too young~"

"Master, were you pretending to scare me just now?" Staring blankly at Vodka, Uozuka Saburo felt that his young heart had been greatly traumatized.

How could this man be so shameless?

Blink! Blink your sister!

Uozuka Saburo swore that if he really couldn't beat Vodka, and now the steering wheel of the car was in his hands, he would definitely have a good practice with him!

"Haha, I prefer this kind of practical teaching. It will make a deep impression on you, right?" Vodka laughed and nodded, throwing the cigarette butt out of the car window.

"Also, although my attitude is partly acting, do you think what I am about to say is just for acting?"

"..."

041: Who bullied you!

He was being controlled. Saburo Uozuka could only say that he was being controlled tightly by the man in front of him who was looking at him with a strange smile!

Calming down and thinking carefully, he realized that ever since he left the bank, Vodka's every word and action had been controlling the conversation between the two.

Saburo Uozuka fell into the trap set by Vodka from the very beginning.

"As expected of an elite cadre with a reputation as a wine expert, it seems I still have a lot to learn from you, Master."

Looking at Vodka with subtle eyes, Saburo Uozuka couldn't help but start to feel annoyed with his own performance during this period.

Why? I have only known Vodka for less than a week, but I have such trust in him!

If it was said that Uozuka Saburo lacked vigilance, that was something he himself could not agree with.

Even in front of Kurosawa Hotaru and the Miyano sisters, Uozuka Saburo always behaved very honestly and cheerfully, but after all, Uozuka Saburo was also a man who had "killed" his way out of that hellish training base!

How could it really be as harmless as it appears?

However, facing Vodka, who was more dangerous than himself and should have required him to be more vigilant, Uozuka Saburo was unable to remain cautious.

What does this mean?

This means that the person next to you is better at pretending to be a good person than you are, bastard!

"You even fooled me, Master. Don't you feel guilty at all? I am your student."

After figuring out the problem, Uozuka Saburo looked at Vodka with a reproachful look and tried his best to act more natural.

"Okay, don't be so wary of me. You can't even pretend." Waving his hand in disdain, Vodka just glanced at Uozuka Saburo and then turned his gaze to the road.

"I'm scaring you to make you improve. If you want to remain tepid like before, when will you be able to get the title of a winemaker and become a cadre?"

"Master, are you worried whether I can become a cadre?" He scratched his hair in confusion and found that he really couldn't hide anything in front of Vodka.

"Of course. Do you think that becoming a cadre and having a good reputation is enough? You still need to work hard, constantly contribute to the organization, and achieve annual performance! Being a cadre is just the beginning. Your ultimate goal is to become a cadre among cadres and the boss's right-hand man, don't you understand~"

"Otherwise, how can I trust you to take care of Mingmei and Shiho?"

"Are you really not hiding your purpose at all? Even if you can lie to me and say it's for the good of me, your disciple, that's fine." Staring with a pair of dead fish eyes, Uozuka Saburo complained unhappily.

He was helpless and terrified.

Although he should have been on high alert, Saburo Uozuka found that he couldn't help but let down his guard in front of Vodka.

This made Uozuka Saburo feel a little self-destructive. Instead of going through so much trouble to hide it, he might as well just be more casual and show it.

Anyway, as long as I don't show any bad attitude towards the organization and don't do anything bad to the organization, the elite cadres in the Vodka organization can't do anything to me.

"I said yes, but you don't believe it?" Vodka reached out and knocked on Saburo Uozuka's head, and also made a displeased sound.

"Alright, although this is not credible in the organization, I really have no plans against you, so you can relax."

"I'm just trying to scare you, just to remind you of the environment you're in now." Vodka lit a cigarette and threw the cigarette box and lighter to Uozuka Saburo, his tone suddenly becoming a little indignant.

"If you ask me, it's that little girl you call Big Sister who dotes on you too much!"

"Spoil me?" His hands were shaking as he lit the cigarette. Uozuka Saburo looked up in surprise. He never expected Vodka to say such a thing.

The big sister dotes on me? Kurosawa Hotaru dotes on me? Isn't that the opposite of what I mean?

A faint smoke lingered before his eyes, and Uozuka Saburo fell into memories.

Scenes from the past emerged before his eyes: when Kurosawa Hotaru was in solitary confinement, he took the trouble to save food for her; when she trained too hard and got injured, he begged for a note from the instructor with a flattering smile and went to the infirmary to bring medicine for Kurosawa Hotaru; when Kurosawa Hotaru was in a bad mood, he gritted his teeth and accompanied her in training to change her mood.

Even when Kurosawa Hotaru came for the first time... Ahem, anyway, Uozuka Saburo felt that his skill in making brown sugar water had been getting better and better over the years!

The more I think about it, the more confident Uozuka Saburo feels!

As expected, it should be Hotaru Kurosawa who is being spoiled! I have always been doing what a "big brother" should do!

"Are you still surprised?" Vodka glanced at Saburo Uozuka unhappily, and curled his lips with a disgusted expression while holding a cigarette in his mouth.

"If that little girl hadn't been showing it very clearly that you could only be her assistant from now on, do you really think that you could skip the classes arranged by Pisk just because you wanted to?"

"The talent of that little girl is already recognized within the organization, and as the only person who is close to her, you really have benefited a lot from her." Vodka flicked the ash from his cigarette and spoke jealously while driving.

"I won't tell you much. You can go and ask around. Since our organization started to train its own talents, which base was there? Which 'graduation assessment' was conducted by two people together?"

"Yes, is it because the big sister went to say hello?" After blinking, Uozuka Saburo's voice suddenly became a little dry.

"What else? I think even you don't know about these things. After all, that girl is so cold and doesn't seem like the kind of person who would say such things to you." Vodka raised his eyebrows and looked at the somewhat gloomy face of Uozuka Saburo. He took a puff of his cigarette and didn't say anything teasing or mocking.

"So I really envy you, Sanlang. You won't suffer any loss if you call her Big Sister."

"...Um."

. . .

On the way back to the base, Uozuka Saburo and Vodka didn't talk much.

After parting with Vodka at the entrance of the building, Uozuka Saburo walked quickly towards the classroom in Area C.

Just as he walked to the classroom door, Uozuka Saburo ran into Kurosawa Hotaru who had finished studying and was about to return to the dormitory.

"Big Sister." After shouting subconsciously, Uozuka Saburo stood there motionless.

"Well, let's go back first." Nodding slightly, Kurosawa Hotaru wanted to bypass Uozuka Saburo and return to the dormitory first, when a big hand suddenly pressed on his shoulder.

He raised his eyebrows. If it was someone else who did this to him, Kurosawa Hotaru would have thrown the other person to the side and pulled out the dagger from his waist and put it against that person's throat.

Turning around and looking at Uozuka Saburo who was holding his shoulder with his hand, Kurosawa Hotaru closed his eyes slightly and noticed that there was something wrong with Uozuka Saburo's mood.

The confusion in her eyes was instantly covered with coldness. Before Uozuka Saburo could react, Kurosawa Hotaru raised her hand and grabbed Uozuka Saburo's collar to bring the two closer together.

"Uozuka, tell me!"

With her eyes fixed on Uozuka Saburo's eyes, Kurosawa Hotaru was at this moment like a female leopard ready to pounce because of anger, exuding a fierce aura all over her body.

"Who bullied you?"

042: No one can take the fish grave away from me

"Uh, no, big sister, why would you think so?"

Kurosawa Hotaru's reaction also exceeded Uozuka Saburo's expectations. He never thought that just because he was a little depressed, Kurosawa Hotaru would be able to sense it so keenly.

The surging murderous intent in Kurosawa Hotaru told Uozuka Saburo that if a name really came out of his mouth, that person would definitely have a very sad life in the future.

To be honest, Saburo Uozuka was very touched.

Although after four years of living together day and night, Uozuka Saburo is still quite confident in the relationship between himself and Kurosawa Hotaru, it's just that Kurosawa Hotaru has always been too calm.

Saburo Uozuka knew that this was indeed Kurosawa Hotaru's character, but he also wanted to see Kurosawa Hotaru change his attitude slightly because of his reasons.

And today, after hearing Vodka say a lot of things that were confusing to the authorities, Uozuka Saburo, who realized how much Kurosawa Hotaru took care of him, got carried away and went to find the silver-haired girl who had always been by his side.