Akai Shuichi looked at Okiya Subaru in silence. He suddenly realized that Okiya Subaru's psychological trauma regarding Uzo seemed even greater than he had imagined.
Was Uzo really that frightening?
Akai Shuichi could not help recalling the black-clad figure he had seen through the broken edge of Building B not long ago... His Aura had indeed been quite powerful, but it did not seem terrifying enough to inspire that kind of fear.
Come to think of it, there was no need to rush this—since Uzo had already noticed something unusual about "Okiya Subaru," he would surely ask "Okiya Subaru" out to "work" before long. When that happened, Akai Shuichi could go in Okiya Subaru's place and naturally learn more about Uzo.
So for now, Akai Shuichi merely recalled Okiya Subaru's descriptions of Uzo and did not dwell on them further.
—Thinking too much now might instead affect his judgment.
He turned to the real Okiya Subaru and resumed the main topic. "As for these two weeks before you leave..."
At that, Akai Shuichi paused.
—Actually, the safest approach would be for him to play Okiya Subaru throughout those two weeks.
But Akai Shuichi was busy. Besides keeping an eye on Uzo, he was also watching Vermouth. He occasionally had to conceal his identity and contact some of the organization's Peripheral Members in an attempt to gain more information, and he also needed to find time to study disguise techniques so that he could master the method of disguising himself as "Okiya Subaru" as soon as possible... Most importantly, while doing all of this, he had to avoid the organization's eyes and ears and keep them from finding any trace of "Akai Shuichi."
Therefore, this method of "playing him throughout" was not very realistic.
Akai Shuichi sighed.
"I'll handle anything