(blushes)
Besides the knit cap, the sunglasses were another reason.
Hashimoto Maya's eyes were slightly larger than Akai Shuichi's, and his eye shape was less sharp. This made him look far younger than his actual age, like a fresh graduate with "easy to fool" written all over his face.
Compared with his line of work, that appearance was highly deceptive. Hashimoto Maya was therefore happy to use that face to fool people everywhere, lowering his targets' guard, and rarely covered it with sunglasses.
At the moment, the passengers' luggage had not yet been sorted. In his haste, Hashimoto Maya could not find suitable disguises, so he casually created a hat and a pair of sunglasses.
With his hair and eyes covered, only the lower half of his face visible, and that highly distinctive knit cap on top, even Irish had to admit that he did indeed easily remind people of the "Silver Bullet" the organization hated.
Irish felt slightly guilty toward this subordinate. Besides, compared to Curacao, who was ostensibly there to welcome him but was actually monitoring him, Hashimoto Maya was clearly one of their own.
So he sarcastically retorted, "The two of us grown men aren't like you, staring at our own faces in the mirror every day. What's wrong with not noticing? Besides, Hashimoto and Akai Shuichi are both English-Japanese mixed-race. It's perfectly normal for some features to look alike. You're in intelligence, aren't you? Haven't you seen plenty of people with similar faces?"
By then, Hashimoto Maya by the roadside had also spotted the car.
Seeing Irish in the front passenger seat, Hashimoto Maya looked around briefly, then strode over.
The moment he got in, he sensed that something was off about the atmosphere in the car and cautiously asked, "...What's wrong?"
Curacao tossed him a