Chapter 247

At the FBI Tokyo branch, several people were holding a meeting.

"Akai Akai Shuichi, headquarters sent a message expressing great dissatisfaction with Vermouth's escape this time. Tomorrow you will come back with me to explain the detailed situation to the top brass."

James turned his head to look at Jodie, and after a long while, said in a deep voice: "I'll leave Tokyo to you, Jodie."

"Okay." Jodie's expression was calm as she nodded in agreement.

The meeting adjourned, and Jodie walked out of the conference room with a graceful gait.

Just as she turned the corner, Akai Akai Shuichi called out to her.

"Jodie, where... where did you go last night?"

There was an indescribable expression on Akai Akai Shuichi's face.

"Why? Why are you asking me this?"

Jodie turned back, looking at him through her black-rimmed glasses.

Akai Akai Shuichi hesitated for a moment and said: "Only a few of us knew the route for transporting Vermouth, so I was wondering if..."

"What, do you suspect I leaked the secret?"

Jodie looked at her former boyfriend and felt very strange.

They once trusted each other and could live and die together, but now it had reached the point of suspicion.

Akai Akai Shuichi looked away involuntarily.

But he still said: "I asked people at the branch, and you left shortly after we set off, and Vermouth's escape process was very strange; if no one had helped, it would have been impossible to do..."

"So you suspect me?"

A wave of indescribable disappointment surged in Jodie's heart.

"Have you forgotten my hatred for the Black Organization?"

There were faint tears in the woman's eyes.

Akai Akai Shuichi didn't dare to look into her eyes, only saying softly: "People always change..."

Jodie shook her head, her short golden hair shining brilliantly in the light of the setting sun.

A few tears flew out of the corners of her eyes with that shake.

She suddenly smiled, looked at Akai Akai Shuichi, and said: "I know you want to find out who leaked the secret, but you asked the wrong person; I was with Master Akaso last night."

"That Onmyoji? What were you doing with him?"

Akai Akai Shuichi's eyes widened in surprise.

Jodie opened her red lips to say something, but the madness of last night suddenly appeared in her mind, and she couldn't help but blush slightly.

She had only intended to go through the motions at first, but that man seemed to have magical powers that made her unable to stop.

Seeing the unprecedented shyness on Jodie's face, Akai Akai Shuichi felt his heart sink for some reason.

"You, did you... with him? No way, right?"

Jodie smiled slightly, raised her index finger to her red lips, and said in a strange tone:

"That's a secret; secrets make women more beautiful, you know!"

After she finished speaking, she turned and left resolutely, leaving behind only a free and graceful back.

Watching her back, Akai Akai Shuichi couldn't help but cover his chest.

Damn it, why does it feel so heartbreaking?

"No need to investigate her anymore."

James's voice suddenly sounded from behind.

"Why?" Akai Akai Shuichi turned back.

"You should know that we have always had people watching the Onmyoji's residence. Jodie did indeed go there yesterday... and didn't leave until dawn."

James said faintly.

Akai Akai Shuichi felt a sweet taste in his mouth, and his chest felt terribly blocked.

"She, it must have been because of something else. Right, she's handling the aftermath of the Ferris wheel incident, it must be because of that, that she went to consult Akaso Kaze..."

Akai Akai Shuichi didn't even believe his own words.

A man and a woman, locked in a room in the middle of the night talking about a case, and talking all night long—only a ghost would believe that.

"Right, did the surveillance personnel have any other findings, like someone coming or going?"

Akai Akai Shuichi wanted to find some evidence to support his completely unreasonable judgment.

James looked at him with a strange expression, hesitated for a moment, and said: "According to the surveillance report, when Jodie left the Onmyoji's residence in the morning, she seemed to be somewhat uncomfortable."

"Didn't you notice just now? Her legs seemed a bit weak..."

*Pfft.

A soft sound rang out from the side.

James turned his head to look and was shocked.

"Oh no, call the medical staff quickly, Akai is vomiting blood."

Jodie left the FBI branch building and sped all the way to Akaso Kaze's house.

As soon as she entered the door, she threw herself into Akaso Kaze's arms, a look of madness in her eyes.

"Akaso-san, I only have you now; love me just like last night, don't let me have any time to think about anything else."

Looking at the teary-eyed expression in her eyes, Akaso Kaze felt a surge of pity.

He smiled gently and brushed the short hair by the woman's ear.

"Okay, I will make you forget everything; from now on, your life will only have me!"

Soon, Jodie's frantic shouts and cries rang out in the room.

Opposite, in another room, Vermouth lay on the bed, listening to the sounds outside, the expression on her face constantly changing.

Evening, Beika Town Game Center.

Looking at the freshly printed funny photo stickers, Akaso Kaze couldn't help but laugh: "Jodie, these photo stickers of yours are really funny."

Looking at the photo stickers in her hand, Jodie had a novel feeling.

After an afternoon of madness, she was pulled out the door by Akaso Kaze and came to the largest game center in Beika Town.

As soon as they entered, they took a few photo stickers.

Jodie had seen childish things like photo stickers, but she had never played with them.

However, when she took the photo stickers handed to her by Akaso Kaze and saw the photos with the magical girl background, she suddenly felt that these photo stickers weren't that childish after all.

Turning her head and noticing the two-person sign on the machine next to them, Jodie pulled Akaso Kaze toward that machine.

"It seems there's a two-person one too? I wonder what it's like."

A few minutes later, Jodie's two large eyes turned into a pair of little beans.

This machine was actually for wedding dress photo stickers.

Looking at herself in the wedding dress in the photo, and the handsome man with a gentle smile beside her, Jodie felt a warm feeling surge in her heart for some reason.

【Ding, Jodie has developed favorability toward you; current favorability is 1.】

Huh?

Akaso Kaze had black lines on his forehead.

Things have already progressed to this point, and only now is there favorability?

Could it be that some secret positions can still be unlocked?

Turning his head to look, Jodie had already run away, standing in front of a monster-fighting machine.

"3, 2, 1, GO."

The game screen flashed, and Jodie's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly; she immediately grabbed the game gun in front of the machine and aimed it steadily at the center of the screen.

"Bang bang bang..."

Monsters appeared on the screen one after another, and were constantly eliminated, all hit with a single shot.

Jodie suddenly threw the gun into the air, made a clean and neat turn, caught it steadily again, and continued to shoot without hesitation.

"Bang bang bang..."

The sound of the gunshots and the sound of the monsters being eliminated rang out and fell almost simultaneously; not a single shot missed.

The accuracy of her marksmanship made the surrounding onlookers sigh in admiration.