latelenovela Chapter 105 The Showdown is Underway
Chapter 105 The Showdown is Underway
At this time of day, the Yogi Building would be almost deserted, and after observing from the rooftop for a while, Shuichi Akai easily and without hindrance boarded the elevator.
However, just a few seconds after the elevator started running, it stopped on the 13th floor of a shopping mall.
The rooftop is on the 15th floor, meaning that the elevator was stopped on the 13th floor after only one floor.
At this time, all the mall staff should have gone home...
Shuichi Akai frowned seriously; his keen intuition told him that things were not so simple.
The elevator doors slowly opened—
Gin, holding a gun and with an excited smile on his face, said to Shuichi Akai, "Rye, long time no see."
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"Seriously, what's the point of hanging so many panes of glass neatly from the ceiling?" Kaito asked quietly in the darkness, carrying a pane of glass. "And what's with those two people in the elevator over there?"
"Don't worry about it, they're about to start fighting. It's not good to get involved. After you've finished hoisting these pieces, you guys should leave quickly. I'll transfer the 100 million yen to your card later." Bai Yexiu stepped on the second-floor railing and successfully hoisted a piece of glass.
"Honestly, do you think I'm some lowly person? Why are you asking me for help with money? Just think of it as me and Grandpa Terai practicing setting up a high-altitude trap."
"Young master, you should take care of my old back..." Butler Terai's resentful voice came from behind them.
"Hey! Grandpa Terai, keep your voice down! People will hear you..." Bai Yexiu and Kaito simultaneously lowered their voices and made a "shh" gesture to the butler Terai.
Vodka's ears twitched as he stood by the elevator door. He looked suspiciously toward the source of the faint sound he had just heard, but the entire floor was dark and he couldn't see anything.
Jundu disappeared as soon as he arrived on this floor, and I don't know what he was doing.
Vodka was deep in thought.
Gin had obviously noticed some noises, but he was facing an even more powerful person—Shuichi Akai—and had no time to care what Cointo, who had mysteriously disappeared as soon as he arrived on the floor, was doing. He just hoped that Cointo wouldn't cause any strange trouble this time and disturb his duel with Rye.
—Several minutes ago—
Vodka tried to maintain a speed that was fast enough to avoid being stopped by the police as he drove toward the Daiki Building.
After quickly bandaging the wounds on his neck and the back of his hand, Bai Yexiu took out his phone and sent a message.
Gin was also very vigilant at this moment. His tone was stern and carried an air of authority that left no room for refusal. He clearly did not want this opportunity to hunt down Shuichi Akai to be disrupted in any way: "Kundo, what are you doing? You know I don't want any random people to get involved in this operation."
Bai Yexiu naturally understood who Gin was referring to as "a bunch of random people." He continued sending messages, saying, "Anyone who checks their email will know that Vermouth isn't coming this time. I'm just preparing for my revenge plan. I can't let this injury go to waste."
"You'd better not bother me, or my Boreta will leave a few holes in you," Gin threatened menacingly.
"Alright, it seems you really do think of me as some kind of despicable person." Bai Yexiu stared at Qin Jiu resentfully.
"That's true."
"??"
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—Let's go back to the present—
"Mission accomplished!" Kaito put his hands on his hips and looked at the more than 10 neatly arranged glass panels hanging from the ceiling with a sense of accomplishment. Meanwhile, Grandpa Terai was bending over behind Kaito, rubbing his back to relieve the soreness.
"Are all your magic tricks performed so quickly? Is there some kind of secret?" Bai Yexiu had just finished securing the last piece of glass.
"I was wondering why you've become so childish. You were probably trying to trick one of those two down there, or maybe both of them. Why don't you tell me the whole story? Maybe I can even give him a special gift of my own." Kaito leaned closer to Byakuya, trying to coax him with a hint of gossip.
"Don't pry into my business." Bai Yexiu quickly pushed Kaito towards the stairwell, eager to get rid of him. However, Kaito continued to mutter under his breath, "How is it prying? Besides, you still haven't told me how you got these injuries. Don't you want me to prepare a special gift for that person? Hey! Hey..."
Bai Yexiu chased the two of them away and closed the stairwell door, sighing that the world was finally quiet.
With preparations complete, the two people at the elevator entrance were practically at the point of fighting, their tense exchange echoing throughout the entire floor.
……
“It seems I was right to follow that suspicious boy. I’ve been waiting a long time for this opportunity to speak with you face to face.” Shuichi Akai was still standing in the elevator, pointing his gun at Gin as well.
"Perhaps we can make a bet on whose head gets a hole punched first," Gin sneered.
Both guns fired bullets simultaneously!
Shuichi Akai used the bag carrying his sniper rifle on his back to block Gin's bullet, while Gin gracefully dodged to the side—
Neither side was injured.
The next second, both sides charged at each other and began to fight back and forth.
With Gin no longer obstructing the elevator, the doors slowly closed, and the lights inside were taken back, plunging the floor back into darkness.
But this obviously did not hinder the fight between Gin and Shuichi Akai. On the contrary, the fight became more and more intense. Meanwhile, Hakuya Xiu was watching with great interest from the second floor, holding a handful of small stones he had grabbed from the gravel ground next to the Daiki Building and throwing one at Shuichi Akai from time to time to distract him.
While Byakuya Xiu possesses night vision, Akai Shuichi and Gin are not necessarily so. They fight in the dark relying on their senses, and Gin's senses happen to be inferior to Akai Shuichi's, putting him at a slight disadvantage. However, with Byakuya Xiu occasionally throwing small pebbles to distract Akai Shuichi, Gin quickly gained the upper hand.
Shuichi Akai could feel that during his fight with Gin, small, pebble-like objects would hit him and interfere with his senses in the dark. Fighting in the dark was already very unstable, and he was now at a disadvantage because of these small pebbles.
Could it be that vodka was throwing stones to distract him? I've been an undercover agent in the organization for so long, and I've never seen vodka do that...
Shuichi Akai crossed his arms and took the full force of Gin's kick, staggering back several steps to create distance between himself and Gin. Seeing that the time was right, Shiroya Xiu pulled out his pistol and aimed it at a piece of glass directly above Shuichi Akai.
Splash!
After the sound of shattering glass, shards of glass fell without warning, drenching Shuichi Akai from head to toe.
Gin heard the commotion, sneered, and understood everything.
Cointreau can be frighteningly naive at times.
Because Gin had started his attack again, Shuichi Akai had no choice but to ignore the cuts caused by the broken glass and continue fighting.
Bai Yexiu's smile never faded. He weighed a small pebble in his right hand, then finally threw it away.
Because of the interference, Shuichi Akai took a step back to the side, and then there was another sound of glass shattering. The shards hit him, and he was injured on the back of his hand again.
Having to fight Gin while also being wary of small stones and shards of glass that might fall at any moment makes things even more difficult.
Shuichi Akai understood that continuing like this would do him no good, so he might as well—