To improve the relationship between two people, aside from the two of them making mutual concessions, there was also the option of creating a common enemy.
Now they had one.
Visibly, Bourbon and Vermouth's relationship had eased up quite a bit.
Even when they had to write reports during missions and needed someone to take the blame, they now had someone to dump it on.
That Kusuda Rikumichi... was bound to end up pretty miserable.
Did he think he could get away with offending Old Auntie?
Did he really think the BOSS was some god who controlled everything within the organization?
He was tattling now, showing off his loyalty to the BOSS.
But before long, he was going to suffer...
Fujino thought to himself. From beginning to end, he had regarded Kusuda Rikumichi as nothing more than a clown.
A clown being played by countless people without even realizing it...
Even the BOSS had tossed him over here as nothing more than a disposable pawn.
Used by the BOSS, used by Old Auntie, used by that dark-skinned young man.
Calling him a two-faced turtle would be a little unfair to two-faced turtles—at the very least, they really did get some nice returns.
The meeting with Bourbon ended quickly.
After all, they were all professional intelligence agents. Naturally, they handled matters efficiently.
Still, Fujino was a little puzzled that Old Auntie had not mentioned her own affair with the BOSS.
But after thinking about it, he was no longer puzzled.
Old Auntie was, after all, a traitor.
What was deceiving the BOSS to her?
She even wanted the organization dead!
As Fujino thought this, something suddenly occurred to him.
"By the way, let's go back to the hotel first."
"...?"
Vermouth sent a question mark, silently wondering, *What is this kid