The time for departure arrived quickly. As it happened, Sakaguchi Ango was also heading to Europe on business, so the remaining members put their heads together and decided to carve out some time to throw a farewell party for the two of them.
The farewell party itself was extremely casual. The five of them gathered at Lupin, a bar not far from the Mafia's headquarters, ordered a drink each, raised their glasses to the two travelers, and that was that.
"Calling it a farewell party, but really it's just a legitimate excuse for you guys to take a day off, isn't it?" Sakaguchi Ango's deadpan remark arrived right on schedule. Today, he had unusually abandoned his eternal orange juice and ordered a glass of whiskey. The amber liquid swirled in the glass, reflecting the warm yellow lights of the ceiling in its clear depths.
Chapter 152