(thud)
At first, Gin thought that bastard Irish was trying to weaken his influence and steal his work.
But Gin soon realized with relief that The Boss still trusted him more: the key assignments remained in his hands, while the tasks handed over to Irish and his subordinates were complicated and tedious jobs that looked highly confidential but were not actually that important—in short, thankless work that took a lot of effort.
In any case, with his workload lighter these past two days, he had plenty of sleep and free time, and Uzo was not around. Gin's mental state really had improved considerably in an instant; even his dark circles had faded.
Looking at it that way, Gin thought, The Boss was not trying to warn him off, but genuinely intended for him to get some proper rest and recuperate mentally.
—To be honest, Gin thought his mental state was perfectly healthy.
It was only that during the sniper incident, Uzo had made him part of the scheme to drive Bourbon to his death, and the email sent to The Boss had given That Lord the mistaken impression that "Gin suffered from face blindness." Then, this time, Anonymous's hypnosis had interfered, making it seem as though something was wrong with him.
In short, Gin did not think it was a big problem: as long as he followed That Lord's instructions, successfully picked up Doctor Utsumi, then brought Uzo along and underwent one or two sessions of the "hot spring recuperation" Doctor Utsumi specialized in, he could firmly insist that he had recovered.
That way, since there had never been anything wrong with him to begin with, he could return to his previous routine.
—Free time was all well and good, but too much of it became boring, and if this