Though the supervisor's official rank was not high, his position gave him connections in every direction, and he had heard plenty of news related to Bourbon—apparently, many of that executive's escape stories were privately admired as exemplary cases. Unfortunately, they were far too difficult to replicate, and no one seemed to have successfully learned them.
Supervisor: "..." But neither Bourbon's combat ability nor his personal misfortune was the point—the point was, why had such a lone wolf suddenly come to them asking for a Safe House?
Thinking of who Bourbon's enemies were, alarm bells blared in the supervisor's mind. Without a second thought, he told his trusted subordinate, "Find a suitable excuse to refuse him. Don't give him one."
—Every Safe House and safe base they had was built from the ground up by their Logistics Department.
As members of the Black Organization, they had already developed a mature system for staying hidden... but as long as something had been done, traces would remain. Others were one thing, but if someone like "that executive" followed the Safe House assigned to Bourbon backward to find harmless Logistics Officers like them, what would they do then?
"There isn't a single easy target in the Organization. Asking for a Safe House at such a critical time—maybe this is Bourbon's plan from the start. Maybe he wants to divert trouble to others..."
Though it was only one possibility, the supervisor absolutely did not want something so terrifying to happen to him.
Besides, Bourbon was not the sort whose real identity could not be exposed, forcing him to rely on Logistics Officers' protection just to move about in society. Denying him one Safe House did not count as much of a work failure.
Because of the recent abnormalities involving his trusted subordinate and Calvados,