"What is this?"
"No idea. Anyway, it was something the target had on her. Let's take a look."
Vermouth still looked relaxed as she handed the USB drive to Vodka.
She and Bourbon had not coordinated with each other, yet they had both chosen to conceal Kumeru's appearance. So she guessed that Kumeru's trip to the facility had been entirely his own doing.
Considering Kumeru's recent movements, what he intended to do was obvious.
It made sense. For the current Bourbon, the harder Kumeru cracked down on Rum's forces, the more beneficial it was to him. Even if Bourbon had discovered Kumeru's actions, he would not have stopped him out of consideration for his own interests.
Since Kumeru had already made full use of the information related to Binga and tracked Binga down like a ghost, this had nothing to do with her either way. The situation was not complicated.
Tooru Amuro watched Vodka plug the platinum-colored USB drive into the port without reacting.
Once he got out of this operation, he would have plenty of time to ensure Naomi Argento's safety.
And putting himself aside, Tangze, who had already arrived at the scene, would not tolerate the Organization persecuting other scientists either.
So no matter what they found inside, it would not affect the overall situation much.
He merely offered a bland reminder. "The target is a computer-savvy researcher. Be careful in case she uses the device to trace you back."
"Tch, a virus?" Vodka just grinned and patted the metal wall behind him. "You're saying she can use the network to pinpoint my equipment through all this 'protection'?"
The few of them were currently sitting inside the submarine that had come to pick them up.
—This was the part of the whole affair that annoyed Tooru Amuro most.