Vodka had originally been waiting for Uzo's true nature to be exposed so he could be demoted to some remote place.
But the more he listened to Jiang Xia's explanation, the more reasonable it sounded—he even felt that all of this was Irish's fault. To avoid exposing his identity, it had been necessary for Uzo to take such risks.
Gin, however, noticed something else. He frowned. "How did you know about the message Irish sent?" Which executive had this guy secretly contacted now? He hadn't heard of anyone particularly unlucky lately.
Jiang Xia looked up at Miyano Akemi, who was tugging Gin's hair while settling a personal grudge, and smiled. "My eyes are everywhere."
"..."
That was as good as saying nothing.
But they were surrounded by Riddlers. It was only a matter of time before Uzo picked up that habit too, and Vodka and Gin had grown used to it. They began thinking it over themselves and immediately thought of Hashimoto Maya.
—That "new subordinate temporarily assigned to Irish" Uzo had mentioned, could he actually have been secretly in contact with Uzo all along?
Vodka: "..." Irish was too miserable. Never mind getting smashed up so many times; the confidant he had spent years cultivating had evolved into a Confidant-turned-threat not long after meeting Uzo.
At the same time, he suddenly became wary.
First, a subordinate poisoning his superior in the cabin. Then Irish putting on a live performance of getting stabbed in the back by his subordinate... Vodka had studied Uzo for a long time and believed he had finally seen the truth—this brat Uzo was definitely trying to turn Gin against him! Even while traveling, he never forgot to trip him up. How could there be such a sinister, scheming person in the world?!
Vodka immediately made