Three for One

Of those two possibilities, either way, it meant Jinbo Daixiong had come into contact with information he should not have.

Put simply, he knew too much.

In any case, Vermouth felt that according to the organization's usual principles, people like that should not fall into the hands of the police.

Jiang Xia happened to be giving a statement right now, giving him an absolute alibi regarding the "mysterious person." Even if something happened to Jinbo Daixiong, as long as the police did not suspect Jiang Xia, the organization would not purge Uzo over concerns like "he might leak secrets after being arrested."

Besides, if the organization wanted to investigate that "mysterious person," they would definitely discover that Bourbon had meddled with things—if Jiang Xia really were still just an ordinary Peripheral Member, he could only take the blame. But he was actually Uzo now. If this blew up, Bourbon, the true culprit, would definitely be the one in trouble. Perhaps Bourbon would outsmart himself, only to end up digging his own grave after all that effort.

Vermouth indulged in that fantasy for a few seconds.

Then she used reason to suppress the plan of deliberately making things worse.

...Though she wanted to see Bourbon suffer, Uzo had weaknesses too. He would not hold up well under an investigation by the organization.

And this time, Cool Guy and Angel were both staying at the same hotel... Better to wrap things up as discreetly as possible while maintaining efficiency.

When Jiang Xia finished his statement and headed out,

he happened to see a figure wrapped in Killing Intent pass through the corridor ahead of them, calmly walking toward the corner.

—At some point, Vermouth's outfit had changed from that of a passerby into a police uniform. Her gender had naturally changed