The plane touched down slowly, bringing Mao Akai and Rei Furuya back to America after a few months away.
Before they even walked out of the terminal, they sensed the tense atmosphere in the air. "There are plainclothes agents in the airport," Mao Akai murmured, leaning close to Rei Furuya's ear. She had spotted a blonde woman—Jodie Starling, an FBI investigator and her brother's ex-girlfriend. The striking investigator wore a sharp suit and watched the passing crowd with meticulous concentration.
Mao Akai guessed that they had stationed personnel at every airport where Vermouth might possibly appear, hoping to stop her from leaving the country. Over a dozen hours had passed since Mao Akai and Rei Furuya received their orders, which meant these FBI agents might have been guarding the airport since the previous day.
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