It wasn't until he saw Gray Crow... no, Angstra, the codename member of the organization, that Shuichi Akai relaxed.
Mr. Morohoshi committed suicide too suddenly, and then he was set up with such a time bomb by Gin at the training ground. To be on the safe side, he did not contact the FBI people, and also destroyed the mobile phone used to communicate with his colleagues there. Anyway, he
Remember Judy's and James' numbers.
He knew that his loss of contact would make Judy panic, and she might want to look for him in Hokkaido, but James would not let her come over casually, and would wait for him for a week or ten days first.
There was a bug on the electronic collar, so Akai Shuichi couldn't ask Miyano Akemi too much to avoid arousing suspicion. He only asked some things about Angstra - after all, he was about to go to him and find someone to ask about his general history.
The situation is normal.
Compared with the photo when he was nine years old, Angstra has grown a lot taller, and his complexion is still sickly pale. Perhaps he has suffered more injuries over the years. He has wounds in his eyes, neck, wrists and other places.
Put on a bandage.
He was very young, a fourteen-year-old boy who had not lost his childishness, and his cheeks were round and soft like a child's. It made Akai Shuichi feel like he was re-encountering the unlucky child who was almost killed and eaten by a female ogre five years ago.
The FBI undercover made a preliminary judgment: It looks much friendlier than Gin, but...
"Angstra, he has a bomb around his neck. You'd better stay away from him and let other people in the organization who know how to defuse bombs come over."
Toru Amuro gave the blond mixed-race man who escorted him to the river bank an evil look.
The FBI undercover agent silently added to his preliminary judgment in his mind: the people around him were extremely unfriendly, and they didn't even want to hide it.
Akai Shuichi recalled the entire process of arriving at the safe house. The other man with short black hair and a mustache on his chin had a slightly better attitude, but was more wary of the troublesome "gift wrapper" on his neck.
"It's okay." Angstra turned back to comfort Tohru Amuro, and then looked at him again.
The boy from this organization did not wear black clothes. There were cartoon patterns printed on the chest of the light-colored sweatshirt. The brightest and most vivid color on his body was his eye.
"I'll help you dismantle it now, don't worry." Angstra seemed to be in a good mood.
"How do you want to defuse it? You don't have the tools to defuse bombs." Shuichi Akai asked with interest.
When he was first put on the electronic collar, he checked it once, and he did it openly and openly next to Gin.
Most people's first reaction to being loaded with something like this is panic. It's normal to grab, pull, and fumble around. Being too calm will make people suspicious.
This was also the reason why he beat someone up in front of Gin at the training ground: any father and son with normal feelings would not be able to remain calm when the son faced an enemy who had cruelly hurt his father.
He has taken over the identity of Zhu Xingda, so he should assume this identity properly and show the appropriate anger and impulse.
Since he had personally inspected the collar, he knew exactly where the bomb, bug, and locator were placed. It was difficult to remove it from the outside and could only be removed from the inside.
"Just take it off."
Angstra stretched out his right hand to him, but Akai Shuichi did not avoid it. His fingers touched the outside of the collar, and then extended his index finger to the inside.
This electronic collar does not fasten tightly around the neck, you can barely insert a finger into it.
Akai Shuichi's expression remained unchanged. He quietly observed Angostela's expression and felt the other person's cold fingers pressing on his carotid artery.
"..."
This was a feeling he had never experienced before when he was put on this collar. Shuichi Akai felt that his life was now completely in the hands of another person. The other person could kill him or save his life at any time.
Click.
He heard a crisp sound and his neck suddenly relaxed.
Angstra waved his hand suddenly to the right, and the electronic collar he removed flew out of his hand, and exploded just before it fell into the river.
boom--!
The violent explosion caused a huge splash of water. The two of them moved to the side in time, but they were still splashed with a lot of water.
"The bomb is more powerful than I thought." Akai Shuichi calmly commented on the bomb that was attached to his neck just a second ago.
"After all, most of the time it's used to punish... Amuro?"
Angostela didn't say anything, and Toru Amuro came over. He was standing far away just now, and the water splash only wet his trousers.
"Your clothes are all wet. Do you want me to give you your coat?"
"..."
Shuichi Akai, who was all wet, glanced at him. This man who stabbed him from the safe house to the road could actually have such a gentle tone.
"No need." Angstra smiled, and then showed an embarrassed expression: "But I may have to get your car wet later, I hope you don't mind... I will pay for the cleaning cost.
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The other two people in the distance also came over. Miyano Akemi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the collar was removed: "That's great."
She took out a towel from her bag and handed it to Angstra: "Wipe it quickly, it won't be good if you catch a cold." She turned to Akai Shuichi again, "Sorry, Zhuxing-kun, I only have one on me.
Dry towel, you..."
"Thank you." Angstra took the towel and wiped her hair and face.
"...It doesn't matter to me." Akai Shuichi, who was even more wet than Angstra, said calmly.
While they were talking, Shin Midorikawa kept his eyes on the horizon. It was only when Angstra returned the towel that he asked, "What's going on with this collar?"
"That's a tool used to punish codename members who make mistakes."
Angstra looked at the water surface. Since the explosion occurred completely on the water, the water surface returned to calm after the splash, and there were no traces of the explosion there.
"This countdown is fake. The bomb will only explode when the collar is removed, leaving only about one second for the bomb disposal person to react and throw it somewhere where it will not affect him or others."
He added: "Gin used this for his men at the time."
Hearing this, Midorikawa Xin and Amuro Toru looked bad. Miyano Akemi added: "I have heard about this... Gin is quite suspicious. Even if his subordinates have not made any mistakes, in order to control and monitor them conveniently
Just put the collar on."
"He was suffering from paranoia, just to prevent undercover agents from appearing around him." Angstra muttered disapprovingly.
"But there will be an explosion when the bomb is detached... What should we do after his men are cleared of suspicion?" Midorikawa Shin asked with a frown.
"Not only does he hate undercover agents, he also hates trash. He won't regret it when the trash is blown up because he didn't react in time." Angstra looked at them and showed a happy smile: "Don't worry, I like you very much, no.