Everyone He Knew Was Already Dead

As an Organization Cadre, Vodka did have a slight tendency to give off Killing Intent when provoked.

But at the same time, he was also very rational in this regard... Specifically, whenever he faced someone he believed he could not kill, or was not allowed to kill, Vodka almost never gave off Killing Intent. He had an excessively clear understanding of himself.

...So Jiang Xia felt that, at present, there were probably two ways to make this block of vanilla ice cream willingly give off Killing Intent.

One was when he was Uzo.

At such times, only by making Vodka clearly feel that his life was about to end could this overly cautious big man erupt out of survival instinct and unleash Killing Intent toward his true self.

The other was relatively simple.

—Have Vodka face Jiang Xia's various Personas.

Based on experience so far, whether it was Matsuda Jinpei's puppet—the cannon-fodder Cito—or the cat puppet Jiang Xia was currently using, it was easy to draw out what he wanted from Vodka. One was a disposable Double, while the other was a cat that looked very weak. The contrast made Vodka seem like a giant.

...By that calculation, now that he had acquired the new puppet, getting Vodka's Killing Intent did not seem difficult either. The only regrettable thing was that Vodka, that scummy Organization Cadre who bullied the weak and feared the strong, refused to give off even a little Killing Intent when facing Uzo.

Personas were convenient, but Vodka usually operated alongside Gin, and Gin was, after all, an Organization Cadre who was theoretically very elusive. When Jiang Xia's true self was not around, it was inconvenient for his various Personas to come see him.

Come to think of it, the next time his true self went to