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Kir leans against her car, her arms folded across her chest, with her expression utterly unfathomable, betraying none of her thoughts.
Not that there's anyone around to look at her expression. The camera recorder hidden carefully is facing outwards, the same direction as her eyes, and basically records whatever she sees instead of her own face. The road at the 7th left curve of Raiha Falls is fairly empty aside from her and her car - so not to arise Akai's suspicion. Gin and his Porsche and Vodka are a bit further away. Even if her face is anything other than neutral or impassive, no one would know.
As she waits for Akai, she wonders if he'll actually show.
They've worked out a plan, of course - a very clever and logical but also outrageous and daring one. If everything goes according to his prediction, then they shall pull this insane scheme off, fooling Gin and everyone else in the organization. It's a plan that relies heavily on Gin's actions - he has to decide to order Kir to kill Akai instead of doing so himself, he has to stay far away to watch instead of being here with Kir, he has tell Kir to aim at the head, so the bullet wound would match the one on the corpse of Kusuda Rikumichi. That's a lot of conditions to rely on. Even if all those seem the most logical decision for Gin to make, there's nothing guaranteeing that Gin has to always be logical.
She told him that her own undercover mission for CIA the comes first, which means that if the plan goes astray for whatever reason, if Gin decides to do something differently and that affects the whole plan - when it comes down to it, keeping her own cover will be her top priority. Which means that she might have to kill him.
It wasn't something she said out loud at that time, but when she emphasized to him that her own mission for the CIA comes first, the look they exchanged with each other showed that he did indeed catch her message, even if the little detective might not have. If things didn't go the way you predicted and I have to actually kill you, I will.
When he said he was about to say the same thing, with a very on brand smile of his, the way he looks at her says clearly that he's quite confident in his predictions of Gin, but if things did go wrong for whatever reason, then she shall of course do what she has to do. There was a certain air of confidence on him and sharp thrill in his eyes that seemed to indicate that he's very, very certain that Gin would do just exactly as they predicted and needed. She, of course, didn't exactly share that confidence and thought that things could in fact go wrong in many different ways, although she also knew that he's actually the kind of man who has the talents and skills to back his confidence and maybe even arrogance up. So she decided to take a chance with this plan - plus, she'd already made it clear to him (even if they didn't say it out loud, she knew he got her meaning) that she would kill him if the situation required, if his predictions were inaccurate.
When the whole 'let the organization rescue her' plan went exactly like Akai sketched out, every move of Gin's exactly how he predicted, Kir's confidence in this plan increased somewhat. Perhaps there was a reason Akai was able to be that confident when it comes to predicting Gin - perhaps he really knew him that well, as his confidence seemed to show. She thought the rumors about Rye and Gin she'd heard, back before Akai's cover was exposed, and wondered just exactly how well did Akai know Gin.
At the very least, enough to put his life on the line for a mission that requires Gin's actions to be exactly the same as he predicted.
But still, even if Akai considers Gin a predictable factor in the whole plan - for argument's sake, Kir thinks to herself, let's assume that - she thinks he must also knows that there's one other variable that's far, far less predictable than Gin, in this whole plan.
And that's Kir herself.
If she decided to betray him and tell Gin that he tried to recruit her for his plan and she pretended to go along but in fact was planning to lure him out and turn him to the organization and then kill him, that'll buy her more trust in the organization. They'll think that she not only killed him, but also she successfully misled him into thinking she's going along with his fake death plan and then double-crossed him. And this way, she would be able to bring his actual corpse back instead of setting a fire to make sure Kusuda's body is unrecognizable, and this could ensure that nobody ever tries to doubt that he's actually dead, and also there will be no risk of someone accidentally running into him and discovering he's alive.
The boy's the only one who knows the plan, and none of his colleagues are in on it. Whether she decided to betray him and actually kill him or not, tomorrow they would all think he's actually dead. And as long as she utilizes Kusuda's body, she could also misled the boy into thinking everything went according to plan - at least temporarily.
Akai Shuichi may know Gin inside out, but Rye and Kir were hardly familiar with each other. Just because he figured out she didn't actually kill her father that doesn't mean he could be sure she won't betray him, agreeing to fake his death but actually planning to kill him. The circumstances are hardly comparable, and the importance of her father to her and him to her also differ greatly, plus she isn't the same person as she was a couple of years ago, after being in the organization for a few years. He must know all this - he's too smart not to. If he's confident that he could accurately predict Gin's behavior, if he's sure that he truly knows Gin that well - then he must also know that the biggest remaining uncertainty is therefore her.
And she knows that regardless of how much he knows about Gin, he hardly knows enough about her. It'll be a huge gamble for him to come here tonight - and what he's gambling on isn't just Gin's actions - maybe even isn't mainly Gin's actions - but her trustworthiness.
Gambling, of course, isn't just about risks and also rewards, and the reward is clear - the FBI no longer has their own undercover spy, and if she successfully gets back into the organization, and also takes the credit of killing him, she can be their eyes inside the organization and also pass information back to the FBI as well. It's probably a huge enough reward in his eyes, if he decided that the risk of his own life is worth it.
She continues to wait - steadily, patiently, expressionlessly.
She's thought about the possibility that he doesn't come - perhaps he changed his mind about the rewards being worth the risk or decided that he couldn't trust her completely, or had certain doubts on his own assessment of Gin. It's a very real possibility that she has to consider - he'll be putting his life in her hands if he comes here tonight, and they both know it.
Gin may be extremely predictable to him, but she is hardly so.
Despite Gin's threats at her, Kir thinks that he could hardly just kill her if he doesn't show. Because from Gin's eyes, Akai thinks Kir is an organization member, and Akai has no obligation to come meet an organization member when the whole thing looks suspiciously like a trap - which it does. Very much. Sure, Akai is probably the kind of man who's bold enough to walk into a trap knowingly because he thinks he can survive, and hence it won't be too surprising if he shows, but they should also know that someone like Akai Shuichi does everything with a reason - and if there's no good enough reason to come here tonight, it also wouldn't be too surprising that he doesn't show.
If he doesn't show, she thinks that can hardly be pinned on her. Gin would remain suspicious of her, but even he should be able to see that Akai's not the type of person to be so easily lured into an obvious trap. She doesn't think he'll kill her over him not showing - because how is that under her control - but he will probably remain very suspicious of her, and that'll make her life in the organization quite difficult, if he plans to constantly keep an eye on her.
Even though Akai said he would come, until he shows up, she will never be sure. And she will continue analyzing the different scenarios in her head, and will probably have to find a way to pass information back while under constant suspicion and possibly even surveillance from Gin.
Or she might just have to not pass information for the time being, and stay low until the suspicion's passed, and continue to wait for a chance, an opening.
But of course, those are for the future. If she doesn't get killed immediately - and she thinks she won't, even if he doesn't show up - she can always come up with a more concrete plan later. Right now, what she should focus on is the act they're going to put on if he does show up. Even if she can't be sure if he would.
And then, he arrives.
Alone, all by himself, ready to pull of this act with her. The bullets in her gun right now are actually blanks, she knows, just like she also knows that he can't actually be sure of that. Not until she actually fires.
Even if his face doesn't show it - after all, Gin's watching, as they both know (or, to be exact, she knows, and he must've guessed Gin would) - she knows how much trust he's putting in her right now, by coming here all alone, according to the plan they worked out. If she was a double agent, if she's been turned, or even if she just decides that she can't risk her own mission - he would be dead very soon.
But he's still here.
After she shoots at his lungs, Gin, as Akai predicted, tells her to shoot him in the head, to ensure that his life comes to an end. She steps foward, and raises her gun at him.
He smiles - the kind of smile that somehow doesn't seem out of place on him even if he's going to be "dead" very soon, the kind of smile that's slightly mocking, but also slightly impressed at how a worthy opponent has outsmarted him. And then he says, "To think that you went this far ..." something that Gin and Vodka would interpret one way, but he knows that Kir would understand the hidden, actual meaning.
She smiles, as well, and replies, "I'm also surprised that I managed to come this far," with her own double meaning that she knows he'll get.
Then she fires the shot.