The operation ultimately ended with the FBI killing a peripheral member who was only half a step away from earning a liquor codename, yet was terrifyingly formidable.
Vermouth truthfully reported the situation and submitted it to the Boss for review.
Communicating with the Boss took time, and while she waited, she simply let Bourbon go.
This matter no longer had anything to do with Bourbon.
After all, in every sense, he was still an outsider being kept in the dark.
Letting him leave would instead remove one obstacle.
As for Mizunashi Rena, the young woman codenamed Kir, she naturally had to stay behind.
That was the Boss's decision.
After all, Kir had already been captured by the FBI once.
They could hardly just let her return to her original post, could they?
What if the FBI had turned her?
Thus, Kir entered a period of probation.
The Boss had even specially assigned several peripheral members to assist in watching Kir.
As for the location, it was naturally this abandoned warehouse.
Until she cleared herself of suspicion, Kir was to remain under house arrest.
At least, that was what the Boss's email, as relayed by Vermouth, meant.
The organization's peripheral members were spread across the world. Before long, three or five men in black arrived and stood by to guard Mizunashi Rena.
These people were elites on roughly the same level as Kusuda Rikumichi.
But compared with Kusuda Rikumichi, they were smarter. They said nothing, did whatever the executives told them to do, and were thoroughly respectful toward them.
There really was nothing to fault.
"So, what about my matter?"
After leaving the warehouse and getting into the car outside, Fujino suddenly asked about joining the Alcohol Company.
Vermouth was a little surprised. "Why are you suddenly so proactive?"
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