I always feel like she's up to something bad...

He stood there, unable to hold back, and opened one eye.

The dark green eyes looked straight at Hoshino Aoi, and the gaze was so sharp as if it could see through her, but it did not cause the expression on Hoshino Aoi's face to waver in the slightest. Instead, when she heard the noise, she came out of the kitchen and looked around at the two of them, a hint of doubt showing on her face.

"What's wrong? Why are you two standing at the door? Are you planning to go shopping together?"

"yes."

"no."

The two people who spoke at the same time but gave completely different answers looked at each other. I don't know what he saw from Hoshino Aoi's face. After pausing for a moment, Akai Shuichi immediately changed his words:

"It seems I misunderstood Ms. Garcia's intention. In that case, I will respectfully obey your order."

Hearing this, Hoshino Aoi immediately knew that he understood why she followed him out, but she herself had no hidden thoughts, so in response to his understanding, she just curved her eyebrows and said with a smile:

"Come to think of it, Mr. Okiya has been here for so many days, but I haven't had the chance to get to know you properly. Today is a good opportunity for us to have a good chat."

As for the content of the conversation, it was naturally mainly about the intelligence of the Black Organization.

Shuichi Akai naturally understood what Hoshino Aoi meant.

He originally didn't care whether she went with him or not, and now that he heard her say that she wanted to exchange information about the Black Organization with him, of course he readily agreed.

But after they got in the car, he couldn't help but glance at her and chuckled:

"You should have guessed the identity of that person, right?"

He was referring to the figure that flashed by in the news reports.

After all, the face on the other person was so familiar that he could see it in the mirror every morning and evening when he washed his face.

So that person must have been sent by the Black Organization to investigate the situation.

As for who the other party is...

Shuichi Akai had some vague guesses in his mind, and the behavior of 'Middles' added another favorable weight to this guess.

"Is it Bourbon?"

He asked casually while starting the car.

As for his guess, Hoshino Aoi just curled the corners of her lips nonchalantly and said nothing.

However, Shuichi Akai also got the answer he wanted from her silence.

"It's really him..."

He murmured, and then, not knowing what he was thinking of, he suddenly hummed.

"But apart from him, there's probably no one else in the organization who believes in my abilities so much."

He put a little emphasis on "believe", so that people can hear the hidden meaning in his words at once.