"More or less."
Tangze ran a hand through his hair. After using the Third Eye to confirm there were no other issues with the car, he propped his head up, feeling a headache coming on.
"No matter what their status is or what kind of circumstances they come from, every member eventually has to take on assassination jobs. Sometimes, I really don't understand what the Organization is thinking. Are they really that short on killers, to the point where company presidents and famous movie stars have to murder people too?"
It wasn't as though Tooru Amuro didn't understand what Tangze was questioning, but his tone somehow made him laugh.
"What do you think a criminal organization of this nature should be doing? Most conflicts of interest and disputes can be permanently resolved through assassination. And people like the ones you mentioned, who have no vested interests connected to the victim—even if they appear at the scene, they won't arouse the suspicion of any official organization. That's convenient enough. After all, assassination is merely a means for the Organization, not an end."
Just like Shigeyoshi Tonokuchi's death, neither Kenzo Masuyama, who carried out the operation, nor Chris Vineyard, who appeared at the scene as an accomplice, had any interpersonal connection to the target.
That was also why, despite clearly learning from Kumeru that Shigeyoshi Tonokuchi was about to be arrested, the Organization had still stopped Kumeru—the person most likely to complete the mission efficiently—from doing it. He was Shigeyoshi Tonokuchi's illegitimate son. If anyone looked into it, the connection to his death would be far too easy to expose.
They could certainly be criticized for their lack of efficiency. Not to mention that if someone got unlucky and was exposed like Pisco, the price could be enormous. But in terms of