The cocktail bar on the 20th floor of the Kuro Building.
Akemi looked at Gin, who was staring intently at her, feeling a chill run down her spine, all her hairs standing on end.
She didn't know why, but she always felt like he wanted her dead!
Even when she lowered her head, she could still feel her body trembling uncontrollably, having the urge to turn around and leave!
Just then, Vodka came over.
He placed a large suitcase beside Akemi and said, "There are a total of four hundred million inside. Count it."
......Akemi looked at the large suitcase, not knowing how she was supposed to count the four hundred million all by herself.
If she had to count it bill by bill, it would probably take a lot of time, right?
Next time, she'd have to bring a money counting machine.
But... even if she brought a money counting machine, counting this much money would probably still take a lot of time, wouldn't it?
She really didn't know how the gangsters in movies counted their money.
"No need. Given the Organization's scale, they wouldn't embezzle my mere four hundred million." While lost in thought, Akemi gripped the handle of the large suitcase and tried to push it—it was very heavy!
Thinking about having to pay a 200 million yen handling fee to get rid of that batch of maple leaf gold coins through the Organization's channels, she felt a pang of pain!
A handling fee of nearly thirty-five percent... truly expensive.
But Akemi had no choice, because other places were even worse, taking at least half as a handling fee!
She quietly started calculating.
The previous 25 million yen, plus this 200 million yen, totaled 225 million yen.
She had already completed one-fifth of her 1 billion yen goal.
Thinking of this, Akemi couldn't help but feel a bit dazed.
At the time, she had impulsively agreed to the deal with Gin.
Afterward, she regretted it immensely, not knowing how she could possibly get so much money.
With such a large sum of money, if she had just worked diligently, she didn't know how long it would take to earn it.
Yet now, in just one month, she had already gotten over two hundred million!
As long as she worked a little harder, the one billion yen would be reached very soon!!
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little excited.
But at this moment, Vodka said impatiently, "Hey, Miyano Akemi! Hurry up! How come a month has passed and you still haven't gotten one billion yen?"
"I... I'm already making money very quickly!!" Akemi retorted.
"Heh." Vodka sneered and said, "I just spent less than an hour and earned two hundred million from you! Are you as fast as me?"
......Akemi found that she was actually unable to refute his words.
"I'll give you another month!" Vodka said impolitely, "If you still can't get one billion yen within a month, the deal will be voided!"
Akemi immediately became anxious upon hearing this and quickly said, "One month? That's too short."
"Alright, then I'll give you another half a month." Vodka chuckled coldly and said, "One and a half months isn't short, is it?"
"Only half a month? That's still too short." Akemi wanted to say something more, but Vodka impatiently shouted, "This isn't okay, that isn't okay. Stop rambling, I think you should just give up."
"Even when given a chance, you're useless!!"
"Just stay in the Organization obediently!!"
Looking at the cursing Vodka, Akemi was at a loss, not knowing what to say for a moment.
She nervously clenched her fists, calming her flustered emotions.
And at this moment, the silent Gin spoke up and said, "I heard that you've been causing trouble for the Ni-san Society recently?"
Akemi didn't understand why Gin suddenly spoke, but she still nodded and replied, "Yes... However, they've been busy with internal conflicts recently and don't seem to like cash transactions much; they're basically bartering."
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but feel a wave of depression, thinking that the information she had spent so much time gathering was completely useless!
Gin took a sip of his drink and said expressionlessly, "Do you know Moon Shadow Island?"
"Huh? I haven't heard of it." Akemi shook her head; she had never heard of this place.
"You haven't even heard of this? It's near Tokyo." Vodka didn't hide his contempt at all and said, "There's a family-run drug trafficking group there that has been smuggling for over twenty years, and their scale is getting bigger and bigger!"
"They all sell their goods directly to the local gangs, but those guys are very cautious and basically never leave that island!"
"If you can deal with them, let alone one billion yen, even one billion US dollars wouldn't be a problem!!"
Akemi wasn't stupid; she immediately understood after hearing this.
They were trying to use her as a pawn.
She immediately gave a bitter smile and said, "You're overestimating me. How could I possibly take down this criminal group all by myself?"
Vodka chuckled and said, "Aren't you working with Azu the Bandit? With his help, you can definitely handle it!"
"I'm just running errands for him... With all this money here, I only get tens of millions." Akemi sighed deeply and started to play the victim.
"That guy is audacious; not only does he dare to use an RPG on the street, but he also dares to break into the Metropolitan Police Department to snatch people. Is there anything he wouldn't dare to do?" Vodka said in an admiring tone.
He took out a file from his pocket and threw it directly to Akemi, saying, "This is intelligence about that island, considered the Organization's support for you."
......Akemi hesitated for a moment, but finally took the file, then picked up the large suitcase and left.
Looking at Akemi leaving, Vodka chuckled and said, "Brother is still the smartest, letting this stupid woman attack the competitors!"
He paused, then said with some worry, "But... can that woman persuade Azu the Bandit to go? I always feel like she's a bit clumsy and unreliable."
Although Gin ignored him, Vodka continued talking to himself, "That island is troublesome. It's full of their people, making it hard to act."
"Hope Azu the Bandit can be a bit more capable!"
"But... whether they succeed or not, it's a good thing for us!"
Evening, at the Mihana Sakura Hotel
Akemi, wearing an flight attendant uniform and pulling a slightly smaller suitcase, arrived at the door of Room 02 on the 19th floor.
She pressed the doorbell and said with a smile, "Hello, Technician No. 34 is here to serve you!"
She didn't quite understand why the other party had set up this code.
Her identity could clearly be confirmed through the peephole...
However, considering that the other party was an experienced senior, Akemi obediently followed along.
Click, the door opened.
Akemi pulled her suitcase into the room.
She looked at the eyes hidden beneath the red mask; they didn't have the kind of chilling gaze that Gin had, and she didn't feel her body trembling or the urge to escape.
Baishi Hui led the other party to the living room and gestured for her to sit down.
Akemi didn't sit down. Instead, she immediately handed the suitcase to the other party and bowed in apology, saying, "I'm really sorry, I could only exchange those gold coins for 400 million yen."
As she spoke, she looked apologetic, feeling that her methods weren't resourceful enough and that she had lost 200 million yen in handling fees!
"It's okay, you can never earn all the money in the world! Earn a little less this time, earn a little more next time!" Baishi Hui plopped down on the sofa and held out his hand, saying, "Where's the book report? Let me see it."
Compared to money, he was more concerned with quality education, which could prevent him from being screwed over by incompetent teammates in the future.
"It's here." Akemi hadn't expected Azu-sensei to care more about the book report. She quickly took it out of her pocket, presented it to him with both hands, and said nervously, "It might not be written very well... Please give me more guidance, Azu-sensei."