"Okay Asakura, what happened last night?"

"My younger self did an unexpected job is what happened, I originally backed off from that gem until later, and I unfortunately didn't have time to get my younger self to back off or be in the area before Snake and thus what happened last night, thanks for not hitting me by the way"

"Oh you're welcome however...IF YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN I WILL SHOOT YOU NO MATTER THAT YOU'RE AN ALLY! I'm serious Asakura, what you did was dangerous and stupid, you knew I was there and had a shot on Snake and yet you decided to get in front of me anyways and take care of him yourself. I get that you know Snake, I do but I'm a sniper for a reason and while you may be extremely hard to kill you yourself have admitted that it's possible what if Snake had managed that last night huh?"

"I'm sorry, I wasn't completely thinking about Furuya's recent death, all I could think about was my younger self being more reckless because of me which almost allowed him to get killed by Snake"

"How is your younger self by the way?"

"He's out of action for a bit but ultimately he'll be fine with time"

"That's good to hear"

"So...I think we may need to work together again at some point, if only for me to actually remember how you work as a sniper because that might have been part of the problem, for some reason I forgot that you were the best the FBI had, your disguise didn't help matters either"

"That makes sense then...are you planning on revealing yourself to the PSB and FBI soon?"

"I might...by the way the whole we're from the future thing is still secret right?"

"Oh yeah, no one can know about that right now if ever, that knowledge is just too dangerous"

"Understood"

"By the way if you see Furuya..."

"That's not going to happen though considering..."

"The Organization is known to send imposters out to check depending on the circumstances, as such if you think you see Furuya don't even think about trailing them to try and find out if it's actually him, try to find out how he survived what Kazami reported"

"How do you know this?"

"Becuase the Organization sent Furuya out disguised as me a few times in both timelines, Vermouth was also disguised as me a time or two as well now that I think about it"

"I see...I'll keep that in mind then"

"You'd better"

"So...three left huh?"

"Yes, only three of us remember the future and what happened, we must keep ourselves alive at all costs Asakura, that's the only way to defeat the Black Organization once and for all"

"I'll do my best to stay alive then, as should you and Kudo"

"Don't worry, we know what's at stake, we'll keep ourselves alive I promise"

"Okay"

And so over the next several months the FBI and PSB start actually working together occasionally to deal with Black Organization issues which actually had Akai working as a sniper for the PSB while there were also FBI snipers on the same mission, that night they were dealing with Curacao and Akai knew that he would have to be the one to deal with the bombs since he had already been told by Kazami that only Furuya had experience in the PSB with disabling bombs, Akai had also decided that it was time to reveal himself to his fellow agents, it was a bit later than the original timeline but other issues had come up including two different Furuya impostors that had both been Black Organization members, however their disguises differed vastly due to just how damaging the bullets had been. It took a bit of work but eventually things ended the way they originally did, just without Furuya, and with Asakura helping instead since KID was sidelined once again due to injuries, but this time it wasn't because of Snake that he got those injuries, no instead the injuries had come from a combination of bad timing in construction work and one of KID's escape methods backfiring at the wrong time, KID saved the workers and a few other civilians but had gotten burned in the process, bad enough that the next note that he had sent said that he would be out of action for a little bit healing from injuries and Asakura had told Kudo and Akai in private that he had sent that note, sedated his younger counterpart and then got his younger self to the hospital where he was still currently undergoing some treatment, mainly physical therapy but also some burn treatment still needed done too

"Haruto...thank goodness you were here, your experience as a sniper really helped with that helicopter like thing that they had, and your bomb experience..."

"I know, that was a V-22 Osperay by the way in regards to the helicopter, I still don't know how I managed to take that thing down in that we forced the enemy to retreat and dealt with the bombs as well"

"We got lucky"

"We did, by the way the FBI is heading to PSB headquarters, it's the safest place for Jodie and Camel to find out about my survival"

"So you're telling them then?"

"I have no other choice in the matter, for reasons I can't get into yet I just can't wait any longer, by the way how has the PSB been what with..."

"The two impostors?" (sighs) "it hasn't been easy that's for sure, and a hidden ally has kept us from being killed at least twice by warning us about the impostor before they got us, actually getting injured once protecting me, it was just a flesh wound fortunately but still..."

"I see...did the person who saved you give a name?"

"Yes, but unfortunately there haven't been many leads with that name"

"What name did they use?"

"That's part of the problem, the name is so strange that it's hard to trace"

"What's the name?"

"Hattoruba Kaishin"

"Hattoruba Kaishin? I agree that's a name that's so strange that it's hard to...trace..." (thinks) "NO...WAY, it's not possible, not after all this time, there's simply no way it could be him, he would have informed the three of us sooner if it was, I may have been a few days late but that's to be expected, he's MONTHS late...and yet...we're the only two who know that code name, the name of the three detectives and one thief who helped us even if two of them were really only deeply involved in the end of things what with Kudo doing his best to protect Hattori, though it helped that Hattori mainly stayed in Osaka and thus off their radar for the most part"

He suddenly snaps out of his thoughts due to Kazami

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine...just...do you have a possible address for this Hattoruba?"

"No, at least not a real address, the one he gave was a dead end"

"I see...guess I'll just have to wait and see if they show up again won't I?"

"Yes you will, now then come on I'll give you a ride to the PSB and then make sure that the room is soundproof and just the four of you FBI agents"

"No...I want you involved too, at least in explaining the Haruto identity"

"Okay I can do that"

An hour later and the five of them were in the private room

"You wished to speak with us Kazami?"

"Actually it's mainly Haruto who wanted to speak with you guys but I have some things I need to talk to you about as well"

"Haruto...you're that sniper that recently joined the PSB aren't you?"

"Yes, though actually, Haruto isn't my true name, and neither is another name that I go by either"

"Oh?"

"Yes, agents Jodie and Camel you two know me by another name, and James we are so going to be discussing payment and other agreements once this conversation is over with"

"Wait, you can't speak so casually with our boss, even if you are a PSB agent"

"Except Haruto isn't a PSB agent, and like he said his name isn't actually Haruto, I think it's time to take off the disguise Akai"

"Agreed"

And with that a few moments later one Akai Shuichi was in front of Jodie and Camel once more