Nearby, the two waited for Vodka to open the package and confirm its contents.
"You're early," Gin said.
Chi Feichi hadn't expected Gin to initiate a conversation. He was slightly surprised but quickly regained his calm. "You guys are early too."
Gin didn't continue the topic but looked at the glass in front of Chi Feichi. "You don't drink?"
Chi Feichi replied as if it were a matter of course, "Don't drink and drive, don't drive and drink."
Vodka looked up at Chi Feichi speechlessly. This answer...
He was starting to suspect that this 'July' wasn't quite right in the head!
Gin sneered lightly, finding it amusing. "A bounty hunter who doesn't even abide by the law cares about traffic rules?"
"If you meet traffic police on the road, you can calmly accept inspection if you haven't been drinking. If you have, you can only drive away and flee," Chi Feichi sipped his non-alcoholic cocktail. "If you meet a strict traffic cop, it takes a lot of effort to shake them off. It's asking for trouble."
"Being able to disguise yourself is indeed a good advantage," Gin pointed out the key issue.
If one couldn't disguise themselves and appeared suspicious, they would be investigated even if they hadn't been drinking. In that case, driving away would be the only option.
Vodka finally opened the box. He put the printed paper saying [This is a mysterious document] aside, took out the envelope, and couldn't help complaining again, "You really are busy enough to be met everywhere..."
"You guys are busy enough too. I'm just occasional," Chi Feichi said.
This had to be clarified. He definitely didn't want to be seen as a model worker.
Vodka: "..."
Knowing everyone is busy, why bother with a Cheetah Delivery box? There's something wrong with you!
"However, it is surprising," Gin said in a low, careless voice. "I thought July only delivered people to the National Police Agency."
Chi Feichi drank his mocktail on his own. "If you don't probe me, we can still be friends."
Gin sneered. "I don't need friends."
Feichi: "..."
Listen to what he's saying!
Chi Feichi replied calmly, "I was just being polite."
Vodka: "..."
Listen to what he's saying!
Forget it, forget it. I feel like I can't intervene in this confrontation. Better just confirm the item...
"Aniki, the envelope shows no signs of being opened, and the contents are correct."
Seeing Vodka put the item away, Gin stood up, preparing for one final probe. "If we..."
Before he could finish the sentence 'say we didn't receive the item', a young man from a group settling their bill, who had drunk quite a bit, laughed and drawled loudly, "Non-alcoholic cocktail, huh—"
Chi Feichi looked over. Is tonight an unlucky time to go out? Even this can attract ridicule...
Seeing the balding middle-aged man turn to look at him, the young man couldn't help but whistle.
Vodka felt a wave of refreshment. Mocking and whistling was exactly what he had wanted to do earlier. So comf—
Pew—
Fire flashed from the muzzle of the silenced PPKS. A bullet grazed the young man's cheek rapidly.
While the others hadn't reacted, Chi Feichi put away his gun, casually grabbed the glass he had been drinking from on the bar counter, turned around, and left.
What's wrong with a non-alcoholic cocktail? What's wrong with it?
Making sarcastic remarks is one thing, but whistling is absolutely intolerable!
Vodka: "..."
Should I be glad I didn't whistle to provoke him just now?
Otherwise, we would have had to fight before getting the item!
"Let's go." Gin called Vodka in a low voice and left, also taking the glasses they had used.
Only then did the young man touch his cheek. Lowering his hand and seeing the bright red blood on it, he screamed, "Ah—!"
In an instant, the screams and chaos were shut behind the door.
Outside the bar, a silver car had already driven off.
After seeing the car window flash by, Vodka saw that July had torn his face off again, revealing a shiny bald head. A patch of ghastly white bone was exposed on the forehead, looking as if he had used too much force when tearing his face and ripped the skin right down to the bone. "Aniki, I seem to have seen..."
"Fake." Gin got into the car without any delay.
Someone using a firearm would definitely attract police investigation.
July was wearing a disguise, and the car probably wasn't his, so naturally, he didn't worry about being traced.
But they had been talking with July. Since they couldn't accept a police investigation and had to leave early, they could easily be mistaken for accomplices. If they didn't leave the area soon, it would be troublesome if the police caught up.
Fake?
Vodka also got into the car and drove away quickly, his mood still subtle. "Just how many faces was that guy wearing..."
Haido Town.
Outside a quiet park, Chi Feichi stopped the car, let Feimo out, checked his disguise in the rearview mirror, and saw the white bone on his forehead. "Using separators really is prone to problems. I accidentally tore this layer off too."
Feimo flew around for a lap. "Master, there are no suspicious people nearby, and no cameras pointing this way!"
Chi Feichi tore off the face, changed his clothes, and cleaned the car.
He burned the disguise and clothes, abandoned the car with his backpack, and left. He then drove his own car from nearby.
As long as one could find the channels, there were plenty of forces smuggling guns in Japan. However, the guns he wanted not only required no criminal record but also had to be new. Very few people had access to new guns, and reputable ones were even rarer.
It was a pity that smuggler died just like that...
Back at the apartment, Feichi and Feimo squatted in front of the computer, opening a document to chat by typing.
Chi Feichi began inspecting the firearms. The PPKS was placed back in the bathroom ceiling as usual.
He cut along the seam of the headboard to place the new handgun and some bullets.
He tampered with the bottom drawer of the bookshelf in the study, wedging the sniper rifle and the remaining bullets inside.
Finally, a pile of miscellaneous parts remained in the backpack.
Perhaps he couldn't create gadgets as easily as Professor Agasa, but as long as there were enough parts and materials, piecing things together wasn't difficult.
In the room, the sound of typing on the keyboard and the occasional low hum of an electric drill intertwined, not stopping until 7:30 in the morning.
Chi Feichi stood up and walked to the computer. He grabbed Feimo and slipped a thin black cord around the crow's neck.
Hanging from the cord was a black plastic pendant about the size of a coin, hidden amidst the black feathers, lightweight and concealed.
Feimo was startled. He was just chatting with Feichi about Chi Feichi's demonstration of killing living things. Being suddenly lassoed like this, he almost thought Chi Feichi wanted to murder his own pet. After realizing Chi Feichi had just put something on him, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Master, can you give a heads-up before acting next time..."
"Sorry." Chi Feichi put on a necklace himself. The cord was metal, hanging a ring pendant with a black-and-silver spliced design.
Feimo didn't feel a shred of sincerity in Chi Feichi's apology. After being speechless, he got curious again. "What is this?"
"Communicator," Chi Feichi picked up the ring pendant. With a push of his fingers, the ring split from the middle into two interlocking rings. Under pressure, they combined again into a single ring, but the originally chaotic black and silver pattern became black on the outside and silver on the inside. "The switch is here."
A very faint sound, almost inaudible, came from the pendant on Feimo's neck: "The switch is here..."
Birds have sensitive hearing and don't need loud volumes.
"The communication range is about two thousand meters, but beyond one thousand five hundred meters, the signal will be affected. Your communicator has a spare battery installed, so it should last a long time. Feichi follows me every day, so he doesn't need this for now." Chi Feichi restored the ring on the necklace, tucked it under his collar, and then picked up the newly made lighter, putting it in his pocket.
This was a miniature taser, with a separate compartment storing some ether inside. Of course, it could also be used as a lighter. With an anti-security detection coating added to the inside, it was a must-have artifact for home, travel, and kidnapping.
Locking the remaining parts in the drawer, Chi Feichi went out to find a bottle of low-alcohol liquor and sprinkled a little on himself, giving off a faint smell of alcohol.
"Clean up the documents you made. Time to go back."
"Okay!" Feimo hopped on the mouse, deleting the chat document on the computer. "Master, I want to go see my injured subordinates later."
"Go ahead," Chi Feichi agreed. "I should be at the villa all day today. If I need to go out, I'll notify you in advance."
By the time they returned to the villa, it was already past eight in the morning.
Chi Shinnosuke sat at the dining table. Hearing Chi Feichi enter, he glanced up, then looked down to continue reading the newspaper. "If you haven't eaten breakfast, join me. Where did you go last night?"
"Went out with a former classmate." Chi Feichi sat down and grabbed a newspaper as well.
"Found a girlfriend?" Chi Shinnosuke asked.
"Not yet," Chi Feichi flipped through the newspaper. Besides current affairs and gossip, there were quite a few cases. Yesterday alone in Tokyo, there were two armed robberies, one murder, and three attempted murders. Reading it made one feel this world was hopeless. "How long are you staying this time?"
"About ten days," Chi Shinnosuke paused, then suddenly asked, "Did you take your medicine?"
Chi Feichi: "..."
Taking medicine... I almost forgot about that after leaving the hospital...
Chi Shinnosuke looked up and stared at Chi Feichi, his tone leaving no room for argument. "Dr. Fukuyama said the medicine cannot be stopped."
Chi Feichi replied casually, "I know."
Taking medicine is impossible. I'm not sick.
Only then did Chi Shinnosuke withdraw his gaze, softening his tone. "Tomorrow I will announce your appointment as a group consultant. If you have time, go to Hokkaido, meet the person in charge there, and deliver a document for me on the way."
"In the next couple of days?"
Chi Feichi thought for a moment. He only looked for bounty tasks every day and had nothing else to do. "Sure, I'll go tomorrow."
"Good. I'll have Darcy accompany you," Chi Shinnosuke turned to the bodyguard standing behind him. "Darcy, I don't need to say more about the protection work. Remember to supervise him to take his medicine every day."
Chi Feichi: "..."
Alright, it seems Chi Shinnosuke is serious about 'taking medicine'. It probably won't be easy to brush it off in the future.