Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

Chapter 1352 Photos from 2 Years Ago

Gin snatched Vermouth's phone, held it in front of Cohen, and coldly asked, "Who is this guy? Where have you seen him before?"

Cohen stared at the photo for a long time before saying, "It's definitely true, I've seen this person before."

Rena Mizunashi's tense body suddenly relaxed; she knew she was doomed.

However, Cohen then stunned her: "Two years ago."

Two years ago?

Cohen continued, "This is the man in the photo Rum sent me two years ago."

"Huh?" Chianti was puzzled. "Why would Rum send you photos?"

Cohen explained casually, "The warehouse where we agreed to meet was being monitored, so the meeting was called off, and we avoided an FBI ambush. Afterwards, Rum sent me a photo via email, saying that Rye and this guy were FBI agents and that we should shoot them on sight."

“What a nostalgic time!” Suddenly, Rum’s voice, altered by a voice changer, came through the radio, and everyone immediately listened.

Rum's voice, processed to conceal his emotions, said, "The lord found out about this and criticized us, saying we were being too high-profile."

However, he did offer some praise for sending the man the FBI was desperately protecting to his death.

Although my intention was to capture this person alive, there were still many questions I needed to ask.

Amuro Tooru looked thoughtful; he noticed something strange about this whole affair.

If this person is so important, why would the FBI send him to the front lines to participate in a mission to ambush the organization?

Shouldn't such an important person be kept in the rear and protected?

Or is it that they knew this person was important, which is why they sent him out to act as bait?

However, they only learned from Cohen halfway through that he had met this FBI agent.

How did the FBI find out in advance?

No, judging from the current situation, rather than the FBI wanting to protect this person, it's more accurate to say they don't want him to fall into the organization's hands.

Rather than using this person as bait from the beginning, Amuro Tooru preferred that they only found out halfway through that there was someone in the organization who knew this FBI agent.

The fact that the FBI doesn't want this person to fall into the organization's hands suggests that he may be involved in very important intelligence.

He recalled what Vermouth had just said: this person was a subordinate whom Shuichi Akai trusted implicitly...

Wait, if he remembers correctly, the person in charge of transporting Rena Mizunashi was this agent named Camel, right?

Rena Mizunashi...Kir...Shuichi Akai, who was supposed to be killed by Kir, is actually still alive...

A sudden realization flashed in Amuro Tooru's eyes. So that's how it is!

His deep gaze swept over Rena Mizunashi.

Rena Mizunashi suddenly felt a chill down her spine and instinctively turned her head to look, only to see Bourbon talking to Vermouth.

Her heart sank slightly. Had he figured something out?

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On the other side, at the Kudo residence.

Shuichi Akai said with a heavy expression, "I'm sorry, Camel, but to succeed, some sacrifices are necessary."

Judy and the others covered their faces, their bodies trembling, looking like they were crying bitterly.

No, their expressions were less like sadness and more like they were trying to suppress laughter.

The clicking sound of the machine still echoed in the study.

The scene shifts to Kamal, who is wearing a white cloth and sitting in a chair with a sullen face.

His once relatively long hair had now been completely shaved off, resulting in a half-inch hairstyle.

Shuichi Akai: "I hope you won't blame me."

Carmel kept his eyes closed, his expression one of having seen through life and death: "I understand."

Yukiko Kudo turned off the electric clippers and said to Camel with a smile, "Look, don't you look much cleaner and more handsome now? It's like you're a completely different person!"

Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.

It's true that when Carmel had long hair, he looked rather fierce, but now that he's shaved his head, he actually has a somewhat refreshing look.

Seeing the crowd laughing heartily, Carmel blushed with embarrassment: "But everyone's laughing, aren't they?"

Just then, James walked over, his smile fading slightly, and said, "It's good that you're back safe and sound, but weren't you shot in the back?"

"Thanks to the photocopy paper," Carmel said.

"Copy paper?" James looked puzzled.

Carmel nodded.

At the service center on Umi-zaru Island, he found two packs of photocopy paper and used tape to make a makeshift bulletproof vest by binding it to his body.

Don't underestimate this piece of paper; when it's thick enough, it can stop a bullet.

Wasn't there another type of paper armor in history?

Judy picked up Carmel's clothes and asked, somewhat puzzled, "But your clothes had holes in the front and back, and you bled so much."

Yuya laughed and said, "This isn't blood, it's plasma."

Judy was taken aback: "Blood plasma?"

Yuya said, "The baseball cap that Agent Carmel is wearing, like Mr. Akai's knitted cap, is an invention made by the doctor. It contains two bags of blood plasma."

“We asked him to take out the blood plasma and stick it to his chest and back, but water got into his hat and caused the mechanism that would have made the blood plasma pack explode to break.”

Judy was even more puzzled: "I can guess that the blood pack on my back was blown up by those people, but what about the one on my chest?"

“I fired that shot,” Shuichi Akai said. “The instant those people opened fire.”

Everyone looked at Shuichi Akai in surprise.

Carmel strapped the flashlight to his chest and used it as a target for Shuichi Akai, so that even from a distance, he could clearly see where his target was.

Yuya said casually, "Because the timing of the shot was so good, both blood packs on both sides exploded at the same time. I thought the bullet had really pierced through the photocopy paper."

Theoretically, using a sufficiently thick paper bulletproof vest is feasible, but Yu hasn't personally tested it and doesn't really know the result.

When I saw blood gushing out from both the front and back, I thought it had been pierced through.

If even he thought so, Gin and the others who were near Camel at the time must have believed it even more.

Carmel touched his chest with lingering fear: "At the time, I also thought I had been shot. The impact of the gunshot made me cough up blood."

James suddenly realized: "I see. Because they want to know what Carmel looks like, so they won't shoot him in the head but will aim for his heart, right?"

Shuichi Akai nodded. Yes, all of this could only be accomplished with this as a prerequisite.

James raised a question: "But if you had fired at them directly before they hit Carmel, wouldn't that have forced them to retreat?"

Yuya countered, "No, if they did that, they would absolutely do anything to kill Agent Carmel."