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Chapter 449 Shuichi Akai's Fake Death Plan

"I'm going to fake my death to escape."

"The current situation is a bit complicated and difficult to handle."

"That's what the deeply sinful man said."

As the successor to the escape-type Newtype, Shuichi Akai is quite an authority in the field of escape. He has been chased and surrounded by the Black Organization many times, but he always manages to escape successfully and even turn the tables on them.

Previously, Vermouth had tried to kill Shuichi Akai but failed, and ended up almost being killed by Shuichi Akai instead.

—That was the "Silver-Haired Serial Killer" incident. Vermouth nearly fell to her death, and the people who saved her were Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri.

"You're faking your death to escape? What's your purpose?"

Chen En leaned against the wall and looked up at Shuichi Akai.

He was surprised that Shuichi Akai had suddenly made this decision, because Shuichi Akai didn't seem to have any reason to fake his death to escape—especially given his obvious hostility towards the Black Organization.

In the cat-and-mouse showdown, Shuichi Akai is able to stand on the cat's side and has no need to fear the mouse's threat.

Akemi Miyano has been sent away, Shiho Miyano is under his protection, Jodie Starling is surrounded by a large number of FBI agents, Hideyoshi Haneda's identity has not been determined, and Masumi Sera and Mary Akai have not yet arrived in Tokyo.

What reason did Shuichi Akai have for doing this?

Faced with Chen En's question, Shuichi Akai thought for a moment, then suddenly asked in return,
"Batman, I have something to ask you."

Do you know the true identity of the person who infiltrated the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department last night and stole information?

Upon hearing this, Chen En replied without changing his expression.
"The Black Organization's second-in-command, also known as Rum's confidant, codenamed Member Curaçao."

"The person who strafed the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department yesterday with an armed helicopter was probably a codenamed member of the Black Organization. I don't know exactly who it was, but I speculate that it was Ireland."

—Ireland? Curaçao?

Shuichi Akai's brow furrowed slightly.
He knew about the Pacific Buoy Project and that the FBI had transferred information about its infiltrators within the Black Organization to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's database—because this information from the FBI had no significance for him to keep secret.

The only FBI mole in the Black Organization is Shuichi Akai, the Rye Whiskey, who has already defected from the organization.

However, he quickly used this to connect with other things.

Since the FBI did this, there's no reason why other intelligence organizations wouldn't provide the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department with information on undercover agents. After all, this is a major global anti-crime project led by the United States, and the targets of the Curaçao theft are the undercover agent list.

Shuichi Akai turned to look at Chen En and asked,
"Batman, I'd like to know one thing: is bourbon whiskey on that list?"

He had already begun to suspect that Bourbon Whiskey was an undercover agent, just like Scotch Whiskey, and had focused his attention on the Japanese Public Security Bureau. Asking Chen En now was simply to confirm that.

Chen En simply replied...

"There should be, but it's not on the list that Curaçao took."

Akai Shuichi:?
What do you mean? You changed the list in the database?!
A hint of surprise flashed in Shuichi Akai's eyes.

From the moment he fled with Akemi Miyano and Chen En hacked their vehicle halfway through their escape, he knew that Chen En was highly skilled in electronics. However, he never expected that even the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's confidential database would be completely useless against Chen En.

This guy's electronics skills are probably several stories high!

—But, does that mean Bourbon whiskey is indeed an undercover agent?

Shuichi Akai nodded slightly.

However, before Shuichi Akai could say anything, Chen En had already turned to look at him and asked,
"Bourbon Whiskey is done for? You want to save him? With your current identity?" Batman Bruce Wayne is one of the world's top detectives. Although Chen En is not Bruce Wayne, since he is also Batman, his detective abilities are naturally not bad either.

Now that Shuichi Akai has gone this far, how could he not figure out what Shuichi Akai is thinking?

—To be honest, he couldn't really comment on Furuya Rei.

Because this guy had previously removed the locator he had installed on his phone and communicator, Chen En was also unable to find Furuya Rei's whereabouts. This guy's current predicament is somewhat of his own doing.

However, Curaçao's ability to escape from the combined attack of Inspector Zenigata and the Japanese Public Security Bureau was also beyond his plan.

Because Ireland has absolutely no connection to rum in the original storyline.

The deployment of armed helicopters to rescue Curaçao was only made after it was confirmed that Curaçao was trapped; it's almost impossible that armed helicopters were prepared for the rescue before the operation began.

Otherwise, Curaçao wouldn't have been chased by Shuichi Akai in the original storyline, resulting in a car accident and amnesia.

From this perspective, Furuya Rei's current predicament is partly due to his miscalculation. If he had predicted in advance that Ireland would use armed helicopters, he probably wouldn't have notified Furuya Rei to go and intercept them.

However, even if he didn't notify him, Furuya Rei would have gone there after the database alert appeared, and this attack was inevitable.

"Is it because of the Scotch whisky that you're helping him out?"

Chen En stared at Shuichi Akai, but Shuichi Akai remained silent.

After a while, Shuichi Akai suddenly spoke.
"It's not just because of that, I also need to investigate some things."

"The fact that the Black Organization's armed helicopters can fly over Tokyo and strafe suggests that there are likely Black Organization agents stationed at the military base as well. Therefore, I plan to investigate the high-ranking officials at the military base."

“I didn’t tell you this before, but I’m going to explain it to you now.”

"Scott Green, Timothy Hunter, and Kevin Yoshino are suspects in a series of murders that occurred in the United States, but in addition to these three, there is one more: Mark Spencer."

"Consultant at Yokosuka Base, former commander of Yokosuka Base."

Shuichi Akai said in a low voice,

"The FBI has already conducted a security review of Mark Spencer. Mark Spencer has no connection to this matter, but given his connections, it's not surprising that he obtained a complete list of FBI members in Tokyo."

“And if Mark Spencer can know this, then the other top executives undoubtedly can too.”

"So, I need to fake my death to escape. As long as I'm dead, even if they're monitoring FBI agents, they won't suspect that the disappearance of a dead person is to investigate whether they have any connection with the Black Organization."

He finally said,
"In this situation, by faking my death with bourbon whiskey, I not only helped him but also achieved my own goal. It was a win-win situation, so why not?"

—Is that really what you think?

Chen En turned to look at Shuichi Akai with some suspicion.

Finally, it was mentioned that...
“Since you want to fake your death using bourbon whiskey, then I have a plan.”

Akai Shuichi:?
You have a plan? Was my plan to fake my death and escape also part of your calculations?

Batman, you're truly unfathomable.

However, Chen En was willing to help.
This couldn't be better for Shuichi Akai.

The Dark Knights of Beika Town would be the perfect helpers.

(End of this chapter)