The Calm Before the Storm

A few days later.

This period passed peacefully, without incident.

Neither the FBI, the CIA, nor The Black Organization made any moves.

On the FBI's side, Akai Shuichi was unfortunately arrested for attacking CIA agents, and his whole group ended up neatly packed into the black cells of their friendly rival's Japanese branch.

And because he was "suspected of being a Black Organization executive," he did not even get a pork cutlet bowl after his arrest before receiving the CIA's time-honored interrogation special.

Luckily, their identities as FBI agents were verified in time.

And thanks to Akai Shuichi's status as an ace agent, even the FBI higher-ups did not hesitate to step in personally and negotiate on his behalf.

That was the only reason they were not stuffed to death by their friendly rival's interrogation package.

They were also successfully rescued from the CIA by their superiors that very day.

Still, this incident had thoroughly embarrassed the FBI. Their cross-border operation and shootout with their own people had handed their old rival, the CIA, a huge piece of leverage.

Akai Shuichi, Jodie, Camel, and the others all received severe criticism from their superiors.

If Akai Shuichi's abilities had not been so irreplaceable, if an ace like him had not been so rare, their entire agent team might have been expelled from the FBI over this.

And after accidentally causing such a huge blunder, Akai Shuichi and the others naturally did not dare act rashly over the next few days.

As for the CIA:

After the operation failed, Mizunashi Rena cautiously tested Gin's attitude.

Just as she had expected, Lin Xinyi became her best shield.

Gin did not suspect that the CIA had shown up because she had tipped them off. He only assumed that, like the FBI, they had encountered