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[And most importantly, this thing is quite hard, not soft.]
However, not eating would lead to starvation, and Akizuki Kozo was waiting to see Zhuge Cong die suddenly, so naturally he wouldn't choose to starve himself to death.
【"Um!?"】
[Akizuki Kozo picked up his tray and sat down on the edge of the bed. After picking up the cup from the tray, he noticed a note underneath.]
"Enjoy the potatoes slowly."
[Akizuki Kozo carefully turned to face the wall, opened the note, and saw this sentence written on it.]
[Akizuki Kozo poked at the mashed potatoes in the plate with a spoon, then picked it up with his hand. A button and a 30-second countdown timer were visible at the bottom of the mashed potatoes, or rather, the mashed potato chunks.]
[Akizuki Kozo knew this thing was a time bomb.]
[Akizuki Kozo took a deep breath. Then, a prison guard suddenly approached again, making Akizuki Kozo think he had been discovered. It turned out to be a false alarm; they were just letting in another prisoner.]
[Akizuki Kozo glanced at the prison tag 1145 on the prisoner's uniform, then looked at his own prison tag, which was also 1145. Akizuki Kozo quickly realized something.]
[It was obvious someone was trying to get him out. Thinking this, Akizuki Kozo's gaze towards the prisoner who had been brought in became strange.]
"The idea is to have this prisoner die as Akizuki Kozo, so that the real Akizuki Kozo can sneak out."
"This doesn't seem like Hydra's style, since they can bring people here directly."
"If it wasn't Hydra, then there's only one possibility: it was that guy Shinomiya Un'taka who did it."
Looking at the prison uniforms of Akizuki Kozo and the newly arrived prisoner on the screen, Tadano Jinto thought of this scene of someone taking someone else's place to save another.
If someone dies in place of Akizuki Kozo, then the real Akizuki Kozo can be rescued.
The prisoner also sensed Akizuki Kozo's strange gaze, but before he could ask a question, Akizuki Kozo suddenly sprang into action and threw a punch at him.
[The scapegoat, caught off guard, was stunned by Akizuki Kozo's punch. Akizuki Kozo then slammed his head against the wall several times.]
[The scapegoat went silent after a few screams, presumably unconscious. After all, although Akizuki Kozo was charging at someone with all his might, his own strength wasn't enough to actually kill someone in just a few blows.]
[Despite the commotion, no prison guards came to investigate. The only guard who passed by was the one who handed Akizuki Kozo his meal tray; he was also an accomplice, throwing a key into Akizuki Kozo's cell as he passed by.]
[Then, Akizuki Kozo quickly placed the mashed potato block on the wall. Thanks to the special properties of the mashed potato block, it could stick directly to the wall, which saved Akizuki Kozo a lot of trouble. After pressing the countdown button, Akizuki Kozo immediately used the key that the prison guard had handed him to escape from the cell.]
[Akizuki Kozo walked openly and honestly through the prison, mentally counting down the seconds as he went.]
[Soon, a prison guard spotted Akizuki Kozo openly and immediately reprimanded him.]
"Hey, which cell are you in? How dare you escape? Put your hands on your head and squat down right now!"
[Akizuki Kozo ignored him completely. Seeing this, the prison guard pulled out his baton and rushed over. He swung the baton but missed Akizuki Kozo. Instead, Akizuki Kozo grabbed him and delivered a groin kick, sending him sprawling to the ground.]
[Then, Akizuki Kozo forcefully kicked the prison guard several times in key areas of his head and neck, and the guard instantly died.]
【"Bang."】
The next second, a huge explosion rang out, instantly blowing the cell where Akizuki Kozo had just been to smithereens. Amidst the billowing black smoke and the blaring of alarm bells, Akizuki Kozo smiled excitedly and quickened his pace, rushing downstairs.
[Just as Akizuki Kozo was about to go downstairs, he saw the approaching prison guards and was startled. He immediately turned around and tried to run back upstairs, but was blocked by two guards.]
[Akizuki Kozo, who initially thought he was about to be imprisoned again, discovered that the two prison guards hadn't arrested him but instead put a white hood over his head and then held him up on either side of him. Akizuki Kozo, unsure of where he was being taken, suddenly felt a release, and then felt himself being thrown out.]
Hearing the car start, Akizuki Kozo knew it was a car arranged by his people who had broken him out of prison. Those two prison guards were probably the ones who had initially given him the food tray, the bomb, and the keys.
"Now that Akizuki Kozo has escaped from prison, he'll probably go looking for trouble with Zhuge Cong again."
Yu Ishigami said, looking at Kozo Akizuki being thrown into a car and taken away in the light screen.
"Not necessarily, no, it should be said that it would be very difficult to cause trouble for Zhuge Cong."
Kaguya Shinomiya shook her head and said.
"Can you explain this, Kaguya?"
Shirogane Miyuki looked at Shinomiya Kaguya, who was shaking her head, and said, after all, Shinomiya Kaguya was Shinomiya Un'taka's sister.
And Shinomiya Un'taka was the one who managed to get Akizuki Kozo out of prison.
Kaguya Shinomiya should know something about Untaka Shinomiya's plans.
"If it was really Shinomiya Un'taka who broke Akizuki Kozo out of prison, then he wouldn't have let Akizuki Kozo cause trouble for Zhuge Cong again."
"Because if Akizuki Kozo were to cause trouble for Zhuge Cong, it would mean that it would be revealed that the person who died in prison was not Akizuki Kozo but a scapegoat, and in that case, Shinomiya Un'taka's plan would be in vain."
"Shigong Yunying is also involved in military technology, but he is obviously very bad. Compared with Zhuge Cong, he is like a god in the sky and a ditch in the sewer."
"That's why Shinomiya Un'taka recognized Akizuki Kozo's abilities and assigned him to be in charge of developing weapons technology after rescuing him, instead of letting him foolishly wear armor and cause trouble for Zhuge Cong again."
With Kaguya Shinomiya's explanation, Miyuki Shirogane and the others understood.
It means that Shinomiya Un'yō kept Akizuki Kōzō in captivity and imprisoned him, preventing him from showing his face.
After driving for a while, the car stopped, and Akizuki Kozo felt his hood being pulled off.
[After getting out of the car, Akizuki Kozo looked around at his surroundings. The place resembled a huge warehouse, with an airplane parked in the center. Not far from the airplane was a luxurious dining table, where an expensively dressed man sat, surrounded by several tall, burly bodyguards.]
[Akizuki Kozo also realized that the guy at the dinner table was the one who had gotten him out of prison.]
[Actually, Akizuki Kozo didn't want to stay in prison either, but his plans and ideas required it, and he couldn't find someone he could trust enough who also hated Zhuge Cong to do it.]
This led him to his final imprisonment, so naturally, Akizuki Kozo wouldn't refuse the chance to be released after achieving his plan.
【"Clap clap clap."】
"Welcome, welcome."
[Watching Akizuki Kozo put down his knife and fork and applaud, Shinomiya Un'taka then stood up and walked towards Akizuki Kozo, who, surrounded by four of Shinomiya Un'taka's subordinates, gradually approached him.]
"Don't you know to unlock his handcuffs? It makes me look so rude."
[Shinomiya Un'yō looked at the handcuffs in Akizuki Kōzō's hands and said to his subordinate beside him.]
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Upon hearing this, Shinomiya Un'taka's subordinates took out keys and unlocked Akizuki Kozo's handcuffs.
"I never expected my subordinate to be so rude, leaving Mr. Akizuki with such a terrible first impression."
"Alright, get down, get down."
After seeing that the handcuffs had been removed, Shinomiya Un'taka waved to his four subordinates to leave, then spoke to Akizuki Kozo.
"My name is Shinomiya Un'taka. I'd like to do business with Mr. Akizuki. Please have a seat."
"How about some sashimi?"
As Shinomiya Un'taka spoke, his men placed the prepared sashimi in front of him and Akizuki Kozo.
"You seem to have a grudge against Zhuge Cong."
[After taking a bite of sashimi, Shinomiya Un'yō said, "I've seen the news about Akizuki Kōzō's attack on Zhuge Cong, and I'm quite interested in it. After all, I don't have much affection for Zhuge Cong either. If Zhuge Cong really died, Shinomiya Un'yō might even applaud it."]
"I saw what you did to Zhuge Cong at your Monaco concert. You challenged him in front of everyone, that was just... wow, brave. I admire you."
"Your actions have touched me, so I cannot bear to see you locked up in prison. Putting you in jail is a waste of your talent."
"But I don't think you should have just rushed up and tried to kill Zhuge Cong. If you ask me, you should have targeted his assets; that's what you should have done."
[Shinomiya Un'yō's words here indirectly revealed his thoughts, and Akizuki Kozo wasn't stupid; he knew that Shinomiya Un'yō had probably gotten him out of trouble so he could help with research and development.]
[Then he would use this to make a fortune and surpass Zhuge Cong. To be honest, Akizuki Kozo wasn't that interested in money; he only cared about whether he could get revenge on Zhuge Cong.]
[Furthermore, Akizuki Kozo felt that it would be faster to kill Zhuge Cong than to attack his assets, since Zhuge Cong wasn't solely reliant on military industry, and the military industry now constituted a very small portion of the Zhuge Group's business.]
"You and I are similar in many ways. The only difference is that you lack resources, while I have abundant resources."
[Shinomiya Un'yō said this without batting an eye. He, Shinomiya Un'yō, didn't possess even half of Akizuki Kōzō's talent, but of course, he wouldn't say things like "I'm inferior to you."]
"So I propose that I be the investor, the backer of your investment; I want to fund you."
[Upon hearing this, Akizuki Kozo laughed and then spoke to Shinomiya Un'taka.]
"Okay, I accept your offer."
[Akizuki Kozo raised his glass and clinked it with Shinomiya Un'taka's, but whether Akizuki Kozo truly intended to work for Shinomiya Un'taka was something only he himself knew.]
[However, Shinomiya Un'taka naturally wouldn't completely trust Akizuki Kozo.]
The two scheming individuals briefly reached a consensus: to exploit each other for their own benefit.
"Such a combination can indeed achieve something in the short term, but only in the short term. If it goes on for too long, it will just disappear."
Houtarou Oreki rubbed his bangs and said.
"Akizuki Kozo probably wants to use Shinomiya Un'taka's resources to benefit himself and try to make things difficult for Zhuge Cong. He might even create the Whip Chain Armor 2.0."
"And Shinomiya Un'taka should also know that Akizuki Kozo is not someone you can work with for long and thinks about using him as much as possible."
Before Chitanda Eru could even finish reading it, I was curious and blurted it out first.
“That’s a great explanation. And I was wrong. I thought it would be the Hydra organization that came to rescue Akizuki Kozo, but it turned out to be Shinomiya Untaka.”
"I'm standing here," said Fukube Satoshi, leaning back in his chair.
"But the biggest problem now is not that Akizuki Kozo and Shinomiya Un'taka are practicing their skills, but that Zhuge Cong is suffering from palladium poisoning caused by the mini arc reactor on his chest."
"Previously, I saw that Zhuge Cong's blood toxin content had reached as high as 58 percent."
Chitanda Eru blinked her big purple eyes and said.
"I don't know. It depends on how Zhuge Cong resolves the current predicament."