I finally became a bottle of fake wine

With Belmode and Bourbon watching, Irene behaved honestly after she came out of the bathroom, and she didn't have any communication with Zhongya Nakahara.

After all, you can't overdo it.

Fortunately, Nakahara Chuya himself also focused his attention on the leader of the Yamazaki team, but he didn't pay much attention to Irene's changes before and after.

Irene presented the gift in a regular manner, and left quietly after being greeted by the team leader of the Yamazaki team. The whole process was carried out under the watchful eyes of Nakahara Chuya, and she did not leave Kyoto overnight until she received a signal from Bourbon and Belmode. relieved.

Regardless of whether the mission was a success or a failure, all in all she tried her best.

Even if they failed, Gin and the others couldn't blame her.

only……

Looking at her own image in the mirror with light brown long hair and gray blue eyes, Irene still couldn't help but sigh.

"It seems... this image can't be used anymore..."

I don't know if Chuya Nakahara will react, but for the sake of caution, she decided to give up the identity of Chris DeWinter.

after all……

Just because Nakahara couldn't see it doesn't mean that Mori Ogai behind him couldn't see it, nor does it mean that his partner couldn't see it.

She can only reluctantly give up this low-key image.

When Bourbon appeared in the doll shop again, what they saw was a brand new image with long black hair and blue eyes.

"I haven't seen you for a month, and you have changed your image again?" Seeing Irene's new thoughts, Bourbon couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Look, he hasn't known Irene for long, and he has seen her change her makeup four times, not including the image she used when Mafia was an undercover agent in Hong Kong.

"Yes, thanks to you." A rest area was still set up in the corner of the doll shop, but the tea set used by Irene to make tea was changed.

The black tea was still clear and translucent in the enamel colored teacup, and the wafting aroma was the same as the ones I had smelled before.

Bourbon laughed when he heard the words, without showing the slightest guilt.

He went to sit down opposite Irene and poured himself a cup of tea.

As a friend who had been invited to drink afternoon tea several times before, he already knew that Irene's words were just complaints, not complaints.

"That can't be helped, who knew it would be such a coincidence."

"By the way, where's Chris?" Irene thought that Bourbon and Belmode would appear in her doll shop after completing the task, but Bourbon was the only one who came to her shop.

"She said she didn't like dolls, and the work over there urged her to go back as soon as possible, so she left after finishing the task."

"Hey, so the big star is coming back again?" Irene blinked her eyes when she heard what Bourbon said, thinking that it's a good thing she wasn't organized to become a big star.

Otherwise, there is really no freedom at all.

"So, what was the result? Was it successful?" Irene looked at Bourbon coldly. The other party must have come here to give her an explanation. No matter whether the mission succeeds or fails, there must be a result.

"Well...how should I put it...it's neither a success nor a failure."

As a result, Bourbon put down the teacup in his hand, touched his nose and gave such an answer.

"Huh? What is this?"

"Well... that is to say... the transaction was successful, but the contact failed."

"The Yamazaki group is not suitable to be the partner of the organization." Bourbon said, thinking of the hale and hearty old man in the wheelchair, his purple eyes flashed, "The group leader is too ambitious, and the organization doesn't like this kind of cooperation. object."

"Because cooperating with them is very likely to pit yourself into it."

"That's it..." Irene nodded when she heard Bourbon's explanation, and she also felt that the old man's eyes lingering on her when she was giving gifts before were always malicious.

"Since the cooperation with the Yamazaki group fell through, what are you going to do in the future?" Irene couldn't help but ask curiously after seeing Bourbon, who didn't look anxious when the mission failed. "I remember that you should be the person in charge of the west, the Yamazaki group is not suitable to be an ally, so is there any new partner?"

"It's not urgent, let's take a look at it later, anyway, the BOSS didn't let me find a suitable partner so quickly, so let's take your time and investigate one by one."

"You are really relaxed."

Seeing the relaxed smile on Bourbon's face, as if he didn't care about the organization's tasks at all, Irene was a little envious.

If this kind of task was placed on her head, she would have already started eagerly looking for the next partner by now, and she would not come to Tokyo to drink tea like Bourbon.

"Speaking of which, what about Scotland? I remember you should be responsible for helping him integrate into Yokohama, right?" Bourbon inquired about the situation in Scotland seemingly unintentionally after taking two sips of tea.

"Ah, he...how should I put it..."

After Irene heard Bourbon mentioning Scotland, the expression on her face became a little subtle.

The look made Bourbon nervous.

"To my surprise, he seems to be able to adapt to that city." Erin said and touched her chin.

When she first heard the news from Scotland, she was even a little stunned, thinking that she had lost her sight, but she didn't expect that a good old man who seemed so gentle in Scotland could adapt to such a dangerous city.

"Well, it should be said that I have met a lot of friends who can help."

Scotland, who has a gentle personality and is good at taking care of people, gets along well with the core member Edogawa Ranpo unexpectedly after successfully entering the Armed Detective Agency with Irene's handmade cookies.

According to his words...

"Although he is a willful child who has not grown up, he is surprisingly innocent, so he is easy to coax."

"..."

All right, I believe your words.

Irene, who accidentally discovered that Scotland has the attributes of a guardian, let out a hehe, and told Bourbon the information she had learned.

"How should I put it... I really didn't expect this kind of development..."

In addition, Scotland has even made drinking buddies.

Of course, the beginning of the story is because once on the road he coaxed a certain bear child who ran into him and met the adopter of the other party.

"I feel like Scotland doesn't need my help at all in Yokohama. He's just like a fish in water." This made Irene, who had been cautious in the port mafia for a long time before getting along well with Zhongyuan, feel that she and the other party are simply not on the same level.

Why was it hell-level difficulty when she entered Yokohama? !

This is not fair!

"Well, it seems that among the few of us who can complete the task the fastest is Scotland." After hearing the recent situation in Scotland from Irene, Bourbon half-joked.

"It seems that I have to work hard, otherwise it is not a good thing to fall behind too much."

After sending Bourbon away, Irene also gained a little motivation.

After all, the two people she knew, one from Scotland and the other from Bourbon, both had their own solutions after accepting such a severe task. On the other hand, she herself...

Still an accomplished doll shop owner.

Irene rubbed her chin and thought about joining an official organization. It is really difficult. After all, at her age, it is impossible for her to directly join any official organization on the surface. Of course, it is possible if it is an organization that is not on the surface. , but why should she join?

"Tsk...how about I open a detective agency?"

At this time, she remembered the signboard called "Maori Detective Agency" pasted on the glass on the second floor of a coffee shop that she passed by when she came back from the Mihua Commercial Building. She thought that it would be fine if she became a reputable private person?

And as an investigator, she has more freedom, and she can get away from time to time to complete the tasks assigned by the organization.

"...So, the answer you gave is this, become an investigator?"

Hearing the late-night harassing phone calls from Irene regardless of the time difference, Gin turned on the bedside lamp, feeling a bit of a long-lost headache.

He took out a Seven Star from the bedside table and lit it, took a deep breath of the cigarette before he woke up.

"Call me in the middle of the night, excited like a five-year-old kid going out for a spring outing the next day."

"The result is to tell me you plan to become an investigator?"

"Well," Irene's voice on the other end of the phone did sound a little excited like a five-year-old child. "After all, I'm stuck at that age, and it's unreliable to be a civil servant, so I just want to become a well-known civilian, so that I can maintain friendly relations with the military and police, and I can even rely on their help from time to time. Power accomplishes certain things.”

Erin was excited about her good idea at the moment. She was sitting on the sofa with a pillow duck in her arms, with her mobile phone between her shoulders and ears, and her hands were free to write and draw on a blank notebook.

"What do I think?"

Although Irene disturbed his good sleep in the middle of the night and made Gin a little irritable, he still calmed down after meditating "This is what he picked up and can't be beaten or killed with a wooden barn". The smell of tobacco gradually soothed his nerves.

He half leaned on the pillow, but began to think seriously about the feasibility of career planning that Irene said.

After thinking about it for a short while, he came to a feasible conclusion.

"I'll tell Rum and BOSS about your idea later, and I'll know if they agree or not, but this idea should work." Gin gave a rare affirmative answer.

Anyway, there are a lot of genius hackers, genius thieves, and genius detectives on the Neon side. As an investigator, Irene is not very eye-catching, and almost all these detectives have their own circles, and many of them are even with the police. With friendly and cooperative relations and special channels, you can get a lot of first-hand information. If Irene can really achieve that level, it will be much easier than climbing up step by step from the beginning at the military and police level.

The main thing is more freedom.

When Gin's slightly hoarse voice came from the microphone, Irene frowned. She had just recovered from her excitement and called Gin directly, regardless of the time difference.

Originally, he thought he would be hung up directly, but he didn't expect Leng to wake him up from his sleep, and he answered his thoughts calmly and rationally.

……

Well, what a papa.

"Well, it looks like I'm bothering you." Irene blinked her eyes, with a slight apology in her tone, but this idea of ​​apology was not received by the person on the other end of the phone at all.

The other side just let out a cold snort, and then hung up the phone directly.

"Hey, I hope he won't be too angry when he really wakes up..."

Irene, who knew why gin was not as lethal as it used to be, looked at the hung up phone and muttered to herself.

She still has the habit of vaguely touching gin because she lived with the other party for a period of time after being picked up.

Although he looks very ruthless and domineering, in fact his nature is also very ruthless and domineering, but during the period from falling asleep to being really awake, Gin occasionally becomes very talkative.

His sane thinking ability is normal, but his personality is completely different from usual.

For example, during this period of time, he will show many friendly gestures that he would not normally show, and even give little Irene affirmative praise and pats on the head.

All in all, in today's words...

It's a bit of a contrast.

If it wasn't for discovering such gin, Irene might have run away from home a long time ago.

After all, who can stand facing a ferocious beast that stares at you with a cold face every day and baptizes it with murderous intent from time to time?

She is not shaking M.

If it weren't for this contrast, she wouldn't have kept in touch with Gin until now, and even gradually learned to smooth the hair in these years of getting along, and gradually became this kind of love with each other by boiling the frog in warm water bit by bit. A normal father-daughter relationship.

In other words, she quite liked gin.

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The third update, complete!

Wait for me to catch bugs after I wake up, okay!