"!" Doctor Utsumi froze, then brightened in surprise.
Of course he had heard of Uzo, though only through rumors—come to think of it, Doctor Utsumi had drawn some inspiration for his methods of winning over underlings from those very rumors.
But lately, for some reason, Doctor Utsumi had secretly felt that rumors related to Uzo seemed to have become fewer.
At first, he had thought Uzo had gone abroad, or perhaps been stumped by some troublesome assignment, leading to this result.
Yet unexpectedly, he had met the man himself today.
And the real Uzo looked...
Doctor Utsumi: "..." Nothing much, really.
Peers tended to belittle one another, and Doctor Utsumi had always been a proud man.
He could not help appraising the Men in Black before him in his heart: Too young. And far too good-looking—he even wore sunglasses when going out at night. Was he not conspicuous enough already? Someone like that was not suited to being a mastermind behind the scenes.
But on second thought, Uzo had indeed created many terrifying stages of death and remained uncaught to this day—at first glance, that might not seem so legendary. But Doctor Utsumi had tried it himself, especially these past two days, when Jiang Xia had noticed him repeatedly. Only then had he realized that it was far from as simple as he had imagined.
That left Doctor Utsumi conflicted in his assessment of Uzo: on one hand, he thought the man was quite formidable; on the other, he felt that he himself was no weaker in certain respects.
Still, no matter what, Uzo was not his enemy today, but his friendly forces.
Doctor Utsumi: With an executive like this helping him, Jiang Xia's death could not be far off. He had never expected to find such a helper...