Even though he had many doubts in his heart about whether this kind of thing could be published, Scotland still hurriedly put the manuscript into a briefcase out of trust in his superiors, and after a little disguise, he prepared to go out.

It was not too late at this time. If he went to the magazine office, he could probably complete the task Johnny had been assigned before the editors got off work.

After going out, he hesitated for a moment and did not take the bass box containing weapons. However, when he was changing his shoes, he ran into Lei who seemed to have just finished taking a bath.

"Are you going out?" The black-haired young man, who seemed to be a comrade on the surface, showed courtesy to his colleague.

Scotland nodded and raised the briefcase in his hand.

"Johnny asked me to send the manuscript to the editor of the magazine."

"Oh?" Akai Shuichi, who was rubbing his hair, raised his eyebrows, "Did you miss something?"

Scotland: “Hmm?”

Akai Shuichi looked at him and said, "Because this morning, Johnny asked me to bring the manuscript to the magazine once."

His dark green eyes flickered across the document bag in Scotland's hand, and after a brief thought, he asked, "Is he an undercover agent?"

Scotland's heart stopped in an emergency.

But Lei's attitude was so indifferent that he realized that she was not talking about him.

Recalling the title of the article that seemed to have exposed something, Scotland was silent for a moment and nodded.

Lei looked even more confused.

He didn't know what he was thinking, and looked towards Scotland with deep eyes.

"If I remember correctly, I have already submitted this manuscript once."

Scotland smiled calmly.

"That's probably because I forgot something," he said. "Maybe it was an illustration or something."

"Illustration?"

Scotland said naturally, "Yes, I accidentally saw a page with a silver-haired little man in a black hat. I thought it was an illustration of this work?"

It is hard not to think of a Top killer with the same shape when using this description.

Apparently, just like Scotland's instant association with the past, Shuichi Akai also thought of Gin almost immediately and covered the lower half of his face, as if this would help him pretend that he hadn't laughed out loud.

Scotland also laughed helplessly.

The atmosphere between the two seemed to disappear in this smile. Seeing that Scotland had already opened the door, Akai Shuichi hesitated for a moment, but still reminded him.

"The editor's deadline is next Tuesday."

Scotland tightened his grip on the doorknob.

If the deadline is next Tuesday, it means that this is not something that must be done now.

So the reason why the senior asked him to go now was that some emergency had occurred that could only be discovered after he went to the editorial office?

Thoughts raced through his mind like lightning. He looked up and smiled at Lei Yi.

"I see. No wonder the boss is so anxious." He waved his hand as if nothing had happened, and picked up the bass box that he had originally intended to leave in the safe house. "Then I'll leave first. See you later."

…

Because the goal was clear, Scotland didn't stop along the way and hurried to get here before the magazine closed.

Apparently, Lai, who came in the morning, had left a deep impression on the staff here. When they heard him claiming to be the assistant of "Teacher Skylark", the receptionist looked at him suspiciously and said puzzledly, "It wasn't you who came this morning."

"He's probably my colleague." Seeing that the other party still didn't believe him, he added, "He's Mr. Zhu Xing, right?"

This made the other party let down their guard a little.

However, considering that Mr. Yun Que is different from ordinary authors, he is an author who relies on krypton gold to publish his works. The front desk also thinks it is not strange that he has two assistants even though he is not famous yet.

He's probably some rich second-generation guy who came here for fun.

Thinking of this, she went through a group of editors and found the one who was slacking off behind the computer.

"Teacher Hagiwara, Teacher Hibari's assistant is here again." The front desk spirit said quickly.

This stunned Kenji Hagiwara, who had already packed his things and was waiting to get off work.

Although having to get off work right away to come back to work can be considered a worker's biggest enemy, if it is a senior, he or she can forgive it.

Oh no, this is not the senior but the senior's assistant... Doesn't that mean he is a member of that organization?

Kenji Hagiwara responded, stood up from his seat, and with an indistinct expression, he sneaked into the tea room and poured a glass of water.

Since he is not a senior, he deserves only a glass of water. Thinking of the guy who was shrouded in darkness in the morning, Kenji Hagiwara felt that he was giving his senior a face by preparing water for him.

I just don’t know why he came to the magazine society at this time. Could it be that something happened with his seniors?

But if that were the case, they would not send a member of the organization to deliver the message.

Then it's not a big deal.

Thinking of this, he pushed the door and walked into the reception room with the water in his hand. His eyes suddenly shrank when he saw the guy sitting in the reception room.

"Is he... Mr. Hibari's assistant?"

After a while, Kenji Hagiwara heard his own voice echoing in the reception room, with a slight tremor.

He turned around and locked the door at lightning speed, placed the cup of water in his hand at the perfect temperature in front of the other person, and sat opposite, leaning forward, showing a strong desire to communicate.

It was Scotland who regained his composure after a brief pupil tremor. He stroked the edge of the paper cup, turning it as if he was tasting fine tea, and pointed the patterned side towards Hagiwara, smiling slowly.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Midorikawa. I hope you will take care of our teacher from now on."

…

…

"Come to think of it, has Vodka always been taking care of Gin?"

I secretly sent a text message to Scotland when no one was paying attention, hoping that he would receive my telepathic message and get ready when he saw the absurd title of the book. Looking up, Tsunayoshi Sawada and Vodka were chatting casually.

It's not like these two had never been alone together before, but that was in the early days when Gin had just brought him back to the organization. He wasn't very familiar with either Gin or Vodka, and he had to pretend to be a novice - actually this was not very difficult. He followed the example of the ninth grandfather and sealed himself for a short period of time. The suppressed flame affected his daily life, and naturally he became clumsy.

Even so, Gin doesn't need to pretend, he thinks he is a useless little guy who can do nothing.

When Vodka heard Johnny asking him about his eldest brother, his heart started beating again.

But at least he remembered what to say and what not to say, and the sunglasses stayed on his face obediently to hide his expression, so you couldn't tell that this person was yelling that his CP had given him some sweets again.

Vodka just thought for a moment, as if he was recalling the specific year.

"I have been following Big Brother since I was very young," he said. Seeing that Johnny Yingjia seemed a little puzzled, he added, "Big Brother is very good. If it weren't for Big Brother, I don't know where I am now."

After all, although Vodka can do things and can be considered a useful horse, he still needs a good mentor, right?

Seeing that Johnny finally wanted to know more about his big brother, Vodka hesitated for a while and started to recite the parts of his past experiences that he could talk about.

In Vodka's words, although his elder brother is as harsh as autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves to his enemies, he is as gentle as spring breeze to his own people... although this spring breeze may be the kind of spring breeze that is just as strong as spring but still carries a biting chill.

But in general, the eldest brother is good to his own people. Although Vodka has a complex relationship with the organization because of his parents, if there is no eldest brother, he will probably be like Shirley's sister Miyano Akemi at most, and can only mix among the low-level personnel without code names.

It was only because Gin was willing to help him gain points that Vodka slowly developed various skills based on Gin's needs, from flying a plane to lighting cigarettes for his big brother, and step by step he reached his current position.

Listening to his description, Sawada Tsunayoshi tilted his head.

"Are you different from Gin and Vodka?" He gestured. "Because you mentioned parents, where are Gin's parents?"

Vodka never expected that his ancestor would ask such a fatal question.

With a distorted face, he looked around to see if his elder brother was around, then he lowered his voice and came over.

"No, Big Brother never mentioned anything about family matters." He whispered, "Big Brother seemed to be a hired mercenary before. After being brought back to the organization by Boss, he was directly placed among our group of people."

This group of people actually refers to the second generation of members of organizations like Vodka.

However, even Vodka didn't want to go into more details. He paused, and in order to highlight how warm the eldest brother was to his own people, he gave an example.

"By the way, isn't this Namimachi the place where you and your elder brother first met?" he said, "This is the house you used to live in. Do you want to go and take a look at it?"

Seeing the brown-haired young man's suddenly confused expression, Vodka felt very pleased with himself as if he had done something.

"Yes, after you left, my brother had someone buy the house."

Sawada Tsunayoshi: …

Sawada Tsunayoshi: ???!

Before Vodka even realized what he had said, he was trembling with excitement about another possibility.

The man in black sunglasses turned his head and stared at Johnny Shoujia, who had a strange expression on his face for some reason, and suddenly grinned a slightly scary smile, with a scary degree of about 0.5 piano.

"Speaking of which, Johnny, you didn't bring any change of clothes, did you?" He shook the shirt he pulled out of the closet, smiling in a way that only CP fans can understand, "Here happens to be a shirt that Big Brother doesn't want anymore. I can make it into pajamas for you. Do you want to wear it?"

This is the legendary boyfriend pajamas!

Although he had no idea how the topic had jumped to this point, and Vodka's expression was subtly strange, Sawada Tsunayoshi glanced at the weather outside and stood up grimly, supported by his super intuition.

"No, I refuse." He sternly refused the strange and perverted smile of Vodka, ignored the other party's sudden drooping look, and straightened his collar, "I thought I could buy some clothes temporarily."

Vodka felt slightly lost for a moment, but when he heard these words, he stood up again.

"So do you want to buy the same one as Big Brother?"

Sawada Tsunayoshi: Huh?

Vodka realized his gaffe and coughed.

"What I mean is, why don't you stay here with big brother and leave this little thing to me." He showed his standard eight-tooth smile, "Big brother's clothes were all bought by me, Vodka, you can definitely trust me in this regard."

Tsunayoshi Sawada thought the vodka was weird and it looked like something was wrong.

He seemed quite reliable when he was with Gin, right?

He hesitated and was a little hesitant.

But if it is to clear up some doubts that may still exist in the suspicious Gin's heart, reducing the frequency of going out is the right measure.

And what Vodka said was probably right. After all, even he himself hadn't bought clothes himself for a long time.

Forget about the time in Japan, most of the new clothes he bought were brought to him by Shirley and her sister as thank-you gifts when they went out, and when he was in Italy, Andrea was in charge of most of the time. If we go back to Italy earlier, his reliable Mist Guardian, who even studied fashion design in order to choose the right suit for him, bought all his clothes in large bags.

But if he gave it to Vodka, he was actually a little worried that his clothes would turn into the same black color as Gin's.

He hesitated for a moment, and then saw Gin walking in from the door.

"Johnny got added and left."

Sawada Tsunayoshi: “Huh?”

The young man with long silver hair glared at him with one hand in his pocket.

"The fire of life," he said simply, "Mr. agreed."

Speaking of this, he is no longer sleepy.

Sawada Tsunayoshi sat up, his eyes bright.

"I thought it would take some time," he said (rabbit-twisting.jpg).

Unexpectedly, Gin didn't refute and just said "hmm".

"There's an experiment going on tonight," he said, meaning the timing was perfect.

That was indeed the case, so Sawada Tsunayoshi thought about it and contacted Bourbon to send him clothes and find out about the situation at home, and then left happily with Gin.

Gin glanced at the silly rabbit beside him who seemed easy to understand, and pulled down the brim of his hat, unable to make out his expression in the darkness.

However, Tsunayoshi Sawada deliberately lagged behind the other person by half a step. Thinking of Vodka who left alone, he was not as excited as he appeared to be.

It was good to be close to the "fire of life", but Vodka's departure made him feel heavy in the heart.

If he was just cleaning up the room for him and Gin, there was no need to leave in such a hurry.

But Vodka seemed to be calculating that time was running out, and it was hard not to wonder if he had other tasks.

What could be more important at this juncture?

Of course, it was the missions during the day and the undercover agents who seemed to have stuck their heads out.

Thinking of this, he felt a little heavy.

I just hope Scotland can understand his hints and make preparations in advance between running away early and finishing up.

Even if the other party couldn't understand the meaning conveyed by his title, he would be able to meet the contact person at the magazine office - if his guess was correct, the two public security elites would be able to analyze the situation face to face, which was better than being completely ignorant.

I just don't know where they will start with vodka.

Sawada Tsunayoshi's mind was so distracted that he didn't notice that Gin, who was walking in front of him, stopped and bumped into the guy in front of him with a thud.

"pain……"

The brown-haired young man covered his face, which had just had close contact with the back of Gin's head.

Gin glared at him expressionlessly, probably noticing that he was distracted.

Sawada Tsunayoshi shrank his neck and muttered something, like a bad student who was caught by the teacher for daydreaming in class.

Gin didn't bother with him. After verifying it himself, he took Sawada Tsunayoshi into the place they had been to once.

This time they went straight into the lowest floor. After getting out of the elevator, Sawada Tsunayoshi and Gin went through a lot of tests and finally arrived outside a round room with transparent walls.

Inside the room, a glass cover covered something. Many researchers in white coats kept examining everything. In a corner, the monk who had once left a deep impression on Tsunayoshi Sawada sat on the ground with a guitar on his lap, which inexplicably added a touch of Buddhist nature to the technological scene.

Sawada Tsunayoshi: ...?

He slowly moved his head to look at Gin, his eyes widened.

Gin had expected his surprise - in fact, he himself also thought it was quite outrageous. Not only himself, but everyone else felt the same way. Didn't you see that apart from him and Johnny, no other code members came tonight.

As if he knew what the Godfather was going to ask, Gin nodded.

"Is it what I thought?" Sawada Tsunayoshi still didn't give up and asked tremblingly.

Gin looked at it and said "hmm".

So the Godfather put on a mask of pain on his face.

After a while, he came to Gin's side and tried to observe what was inside the glass cover.

However, that thing is like a beautiful woman wearing a mask. Before the full picture is revealed, only the cover on the outside can be seen.

So Sawada Tsunayoshi tilted his head and decided to ask a question.

"Is it the [Fire of Life] this time as well?" He gestured, "The kind with gemstones?"

Gin nodded and shook his head.

Under the suspicious gaze of the brown-haired young man, he nonchalantly began to explain science.

"Master Tongshan has successfully resonated with the third- and second-level derivatives," he said, "so this time the Boss approved his request to speak directly with the Flame of Life."

In other words, what is about to appear before them is the true essence of the so-called "Fire of Life" in the organization.

Sawada Tsunayoshi became a little nervous, and his eyes unconsciously turned to the center.

There seemed to be a flame beating in his chest. From the moment he entered this room, the fire in his body seemed to be unsettled. As the blood flowed, it became more fierce than usual, as if it was about to burst out from his body.

Boom

Boom

Boom

Someone stood up from the corner, holding his guitar in his hand, and slowly stepped into the fully prepared testing site.

The glass cover was opened, and the elevator gradually raised the "Fire of Life" that had been hidden for a long time, falling into the brown-haired young man's eyes that seemed to be burning with flames, leaving an astonishing full picture.

"This is..."

"This is the Fire of Life." Belmod, who had arrived from nowhere, said slowly, "Are you surprised? It's not as beautiful as you imagined."

She walked over to Sawada Tsunayoshi's side and pointed at the glass that separated the inside and the outside, tracing the square appearance of the "Fire of Life".

Sawada Tsunayoshi closed his eyes, concealing everything that was wrong with his expression.

"Yes." He said with a hint of obsession, "I never thought that the [Fire of Life], which is derived from ruby, would be just an ordinary-looking slate."

Inside the room, the master had already taken his stance and began to chant scriptures rapidly.

Sawada Tsunayoshi tried hard to retract his gaze and turned to look at Vermode on the side.

“Is this the [Fire of Life]?” he confirmed again.

Bermode chuckled: "Yes, this is the [Fire of Life]. So, are you disappointed?"

Sawada Tsunayoshi closed his eyes. At that moment, he thought about a lot of things, from the fire that continued to burn in his body to the ring that he had destroyed, to the myth passed down in the history of the Vongola family - that the Vongola ring came from the stone slab that is the cornerstone of the world, and finally returned to peace.

He raised his hand with a cold expression and pressed it against the glass like Vermouth, as if he was touching the stone slab inside through the glass.

"No." He answered Bermode softly, switching back to Italian to better show his feelings from the bottom of his heart, "It is very charming, very... the power of life."

…

On the other hand, just as Tsunayoshi Sawada expected, the Vodka car did not return to Namimachi, but went to another intelligence exchange center of the organization.

After saying a specific code word to the bartender, he skillfully walked through the dark alley and finally knocked on a closed door with a specific knocking method and code.

Even he was a little tired after walking all the way, and everyone present was trustworthy, so Vodka sat down calmly, took off his hat and fanned himself.

"How's it going? Did you find anything?"

Sitting in front of him was a hooded guy, who was the organization's undercover agent planted in the police station.

After the incident, Gin mobilized people to thoroughly investigate the matter, including sending secret agents to find out what the police were doing.

The other party had not been there longer than him, and spoke after confirming each other's identities.

"I found out." His voice was a little low, and he sounded like he was not in a very good mood.

This made Vodka a little nervous, and he couldn't help but frown and lower his voice.

"Why, is it really coming for us? Has the information been leaked?"

However, the other party paused and sneered in a sinister manner.

"Yes, the intelligence has been leaked," he threw out a stack of documents with official seals from his hood and stood up abruptly, "What the hell is that a whorehouse of the Shanzui Group over there has been exposed! Do you know what the cops are doing? They are going to crack down on pornography and illegal publications!"

——When Mad asked someone to inquire about this, he mentioned that his cousin was arrested in the Shanzui Group. No wonder the cops had such strange expressions at the time... Now everyone in the other department knows that his cousin was arrested for soliciting prostitution!