Inside the Community Center, the cursed piano.
Asai Narumi started playing the piano, her fingers dancing on the black and white keys, playing a Moonlight Sonata.
Although Baishi Hui wasn't an artist, he could somewhat hear the sadness mixed in this Moonlight Sonata.
He thought for a moment, planning to show off a bit, and said, "From your piano playing... I can hear that you want to commit suicide."
"You're really amazing... You could hear that." Asai Narumi, true to her name, nodded honestly.
She replied while playing, "My revenge is complete, and I have no regrets... From the moment I started my revenge, I was prepared to commit suicide!"
"Don't be in a hurry to commit suicide, it's not too late to die after helping me with a favor," Baishi Hui said.
"I'm very sorry, Azu the Bandit. I don't think... I can be of any help to you," Asai Narumi refused tactfully.
She thanked the other party for helping her but was unwilling to help them commit a crime.
Moreover, she really couldn't accept the other party's disregard for human life.
"Listen to me first," Baishi Hui said unhurriedly. "My accomplice hid the gold in the sea."
"After the commotion dies down, we plan to come back and retrieve it."
"You're a local resident, and if you help, it will be much more convenient."
"Anyway, you can commit suicide whenever you want, so a few extra days won't make a difference."
"..." Asai Narumi hesitated, so much so that even the piano playing paused slightly.
After thinking for a moment, she felt that what the other party said made sense!
Anyway, she could commit suicide whenever she wanted, and a few extra days wouldn't make a difference.
After helping the other party and repaying the favor, she could die a bit more freely.
So, Asai Narumi nodded and said, "Okay."
"I'll come find you after a while," Baishi Hui said contentedly and left the Community Center.
Just as he left the Community Center, he suddenly saw the sky in the distance glowing orange!
Clearly, it was on fire.
That direction, was it the resort villa?
While Baishi Hui was thinking, a sudden call of "Azu-sensei" interrupted his thoughts.
He turned his head and saw Akemi, wearing a fox mask and carrying a travel bag, walking over breathlessly.
"Did you set this fire?" Baishi Hui asked.
"Uh... yes... yes, I set it," Akemi slightly pulled up her fox mask to make it easier to breathe.
"Well done!!" Baishi Hui praised. "A big fire can burn away a lot of clues! This is much faster than cleaning up the scene little by little!"
"I... I learned it from a movie too," Akemi replied shyly, not expecting to be praised.
Seeing Akemi so tired, Baishi Hui took the travel bag and said, "Let's go! The job is done, and if we go back now... we can still sleep for two or three hours. Let's put the gold at your place first."
Saying this, he started walking along the dim road towards the village.
"Okay!" Akemi nodded and followed.
After walking for a while, she gradually caught her breath and asked doubtfully, "That's strange, with such a big commotion happening here, why hasn't anyone come over?"
Baishi Hui was amused by her question and said, "With such a fierce fight happening here, why would they come over? Are they looking for death?"
"Haha, you're... you're right!" Akemi finally realized and was amused by her own question.
Perhaps because the 1 billion yen had been gathered, she felt great at this moment and was skipping as she walked!
Akemi said happily, "Great! We finally got the money together... Now my sister and I can leave the Organization."
Seeing her so happy, Baishi Hui didn't plan to pour cold water on her.
Let's pour it after she's happy for a few days!
So, he said, "Then let me congratulate you in advance!"
"Speaking of which, it's all thanks to your help, Azu-sensei!" Akemi said, stopping and giving a ninety-degree bow, saying with a grin, "Thank you!"
Saying this, she continued to bow repeatedly.
"You're welcome, it's just mutual help." Seeing her being so formal, even giving him continuous ninety-degree bows, Baishi Hui quickly helped her up.
"Um... Azu-sensei, can I ask you for a favor?" Akemi suddenly said.
"What is it?" While speaking, Baishi Hui secretly thought, could she have already guessed that Gin was going to break the agreement?
"Can... can I see your face?" Akemi said with great anticipation.
"?" After hearing this request, Baishi Hui frowned, thinking her request was truly audacious!
Can the face under this mask be casually seen?
"No!" He refused without even thinking.
"Please! Just let me take one look!!" Akemi grabbed Baishi Hui's arm and shook it coquettishly.
"Absolutely not!!" Baishi Hui still refused.
"Stingy!!" Akemi pouted unhappily and said, "We've worked together so many times, can't you just let me see?"
"No." Baishi Hui refused decisively.
"Alright... then... having a drink to celebrate, that should be okay, right?" Akemi then changed her suggestion.
"That's fine." Baishi Hui nodded in agreement; anyway, he could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk.
"Great!! Then let's walk faster!" Akemi was happy like a child, she grabbed Baishi Hui's hand and walked towards the guesthouse where she was temporarily staying.
Akemi's guesthouse was near the sea, in a relatively secluded location.
As soon as she returned to the guesthouse, she couldn't wait to take out two cans of beer from the refrigerator.
After opening the beers with a fizz, Akemi handed one can of beer over. After Baishi Hui took the beer, he looked at her with a puzzled expression.
He always felt something was off... Akemi seemed a bit too proactive?
"Cheers!" Akemi didn't notice Baishi Hui's vigilance. She initiated a clink with her beer and then started drinking heartily!
Baishi Hui felt she was acting strange, so he raised his beer can, covered the opening with his lips, and pretended to take two sips.
"Ah! So refreshing!! A beer after work is the best!" Akemi put down her beer can and said with a look of satisfaction.
"Yeah, yeah!" Baishi Hui nodded and echoed a couple of words, hoping he was just overthinking.
After chatting briefly, he frowned and looked out the window, saying, "Do you smell... a strange odor in the air?"
"Since leaving the Community Center, this smell has been there... and it's getting stronger!"
"Strange odor?" Akemi sniffed carefully with her nose, chuckled, and said, "Oh, that! I smell it too!!"
"It should be coming from the resort villa... Does a fire produce such a smell?" Baishi Hui expressed his confusion about this.
He didn't often burn down people's houses, so he couldn't judge if the smell was normal.
"This... it's the smell of drugs being burned! I smelled it before when I was at a nightclub," Akemi said with certainty.
"I see!" Baishi Hui nodded in understanding.
Immediately after, he realized something, looked sharply at the resort villa, and a terrible thought arose. He said uneasily, "Wait a minute!! So... there were still drugs stored in that villa?"
"Uh-huh!! There was a lot!" Akemi nodded vigorously. She spread her hands and gestured, "Such a big warehouse was full of drugs!!"
"I think there must have been several hundred tons!!"
"With the mayor's ability, could he quietly get so much stuff?"
"There must be someone behind this! I wasn't comfortable leaving it to the police!"
"So I set them all on fire and burned them completely clean!!"
Saying this, she showed a smug expression!!
After hearing this, Baishi Hui's eyes widened.
His hand pointing at Akemi was trembling, and he said excitedly, "You... you you... you..."
Due to being too excited, he stammered for a moment.
With this fire, hundreds of tons of drugs were ignited, and toxic gas was spread across the sky of the entire island!
Baishi Hui finally understood why Akemi had been acting strangely since earlier!
She wasn't being malicious, she was high as hell!!
No, not just her, but also the other people on the island.
Tomorrow morning, everyone will have to queue up to the rehab center.
"What... what's wrong with me?" Akemi tilted her head in confusion and said adorably, "Did I... not do well enough?"
"That's right... if it weren't for you, Azu-sensei, I wouldn't have been able to gather 1 billion yen so quickly."
"I have no way to repay you... I can only thank you with my body."
Saying this, she shyly took off her jacket, revealing her smooth shoulders, unbuttoned her top, and revealed her cleavage.
"..." At this moment, Baishi Hui suddenly felt that accepting Akemi's thanks was more important, after all, it was her sincere intention.
Moreover, for a girl, how much courage does it take to make such a decision? If he refused... how much face would she lose!
Everyone saw it, she did it voluntarily... it has nothing to do with me!!