Chapter 63 Chapter 63 Jiangu couldn’t hold him back.

"Mr. Furuya, wasn't this document just given to you last night? Did you get any rest last night?"

The hedgehog-haired police officer stood in front of his boss, holding a report as thick as a palm, wondering if he was hallucinating because he drank too much coffee.

After the organization's collapse, the public security did not get a moment's rest. Countless follow-up tasks were still waiting for them to do, and there was also the issue of dividing the fruits of success with other national agencies, mainly the FBI. Fortunately, most of the credit did belong to the Japanese public security, and the organization's headquarters was also in Japan, so they had the right to take the biggest piece.

But even so, the police have been working overtime until the early morning for nearly a month.

There's nothing we can do about it. Team Zero has a team leader who works like his life depends on it. Not only does he work hard himself, but he also makes everyone else work hard.

Whenever someone tries to complain about this, they will be so shocked by Furuya Rei's work efficiency and intensity that they completely forget their original emotions - just like Yuya Kazami now.

The "last night" here refers to 3 a.m., and it was 7:15 a.m. when Yuya Kazami had just finished his breakfast and sat down at his workstation.

Yuya Kazami, who relied entirely on coffee for survival, subconsciously scanned his boss's desk. Seeing nothing coffee-related, he wondered, "I heard Mr. Fūya's pheromone is coffee. Could he be using his own pheromones to boost his energy?" No, pheromones aren't real coffee... Sure enough, working so much overtime lately has started to make him wonder...

Yuya Kazami, who almost slapped himself twice in front of his boss to wake himself up, walked back to his workstation in a daze with the report reviewed by his boss. He looked at the densely packed revision comments on the report and began to make revisions while sweating profusely, completely unaware that Rei Furuya didn't respond to him at all.

Fūya Rei looked at the pile of documents on his desk that needed his signature or verification, and he couldn't remember how long it had been since he had rested.

Three days? Four days?

But he didn't dare to rest.

It's not that the matter is so urgent that he needs to work non-stop, but once Furuya Rei stops for a moment, he can't help but think of the young man with black hair and cat eyes.

No one could feel it more clearly than he did. When he had just realized that he had fallen in love with Scotland, and had just discovered that Scotland was the person he had been looking for, the "cat", the other party resolutely jumped into the sea of ​​fire in front of him, and the endless despair.

Although he has never been afraid of danger and can even be a little "crazy", Jiang Gu Ling always knows clearly what he is doing.

But that evening was the first time that Rei Furuya completely abandoned his rationality. Even in the face of huge explosions and endless sea of ​​fire, he overcame his instincts and just wanted to catch that person.

...He clearly saw the tears on that face and the hand that was unconsciously stretched out to him when he fell into the sea of ​​fire.

But the valley can't be lowered to zero.

That house was the final destination of the police's general offensive. Fūya Rei stayed there all night, watching the fire being put out. However, no matter how he searched the house and was covered in dust, with his hands burned by the residual heat, or the feedback from other rescue workers on the scene, no one was able to find any living creatures inside.

Watching the charred corpses being carried out, Fūya Ling couldn't help but wonder if it was him, but he could only pray that it wasn't him.

How could it be him? How could it be him? With the information he had, he could have walked in the sunshine after the organization was destroyed. There was no need for him to fall at this time.

But... "Cat" never seemed to think about himself.

When Rei Furuya received the information from the "Miyano Sisters" and "Mescal", he actually knew very well who the real information provider was, just like "Cat" had exchanged all his previous contributions for an opportunity for Tennessee.

Although Furuya Rei had noticed some of this tendency before, he trusted the "cat's" abilities too much. From the very beginning, the "cat" gave him the feeling of being selfless, intelligent, cunning, gentle... almost all the beautiful words could be used to describe the other party, so even if he realized that the other party had a negative attitude, he only tried to persuade the other party in a roundabout way.

He didn't expect the final outcome to be so tragic.

The simple autopsy reports at the scene were produced very quickly, and almost every one was immediately handed to Jōgō Rei.

This one is not, this one is not either...this one might be.

The dark-skinned fingers pinched the white report paper so hard that the fingertips turned white.

A subordinate approached Furuya Rei cautiously and asked, "Excuse me, Mr. Furuya...who are you looking for?"

The blond public security officer opened his mouth silently, but suddenly realized that he didn't even know the other person's real name. Scotland, Midorikawa Yui, "Cat"... they were all him, but none of them were the real him.

"Scotland." After a long silence, he could only utter this code name that might have been with the other party for the longest time.

The subordinate was stunned. "Is this the codename member that Mr. Furuya used to gather information and try to incite rebellion and secure approval from the higher-ups?"

Hearing this question, Furuya Rei almost laughed out loud, laughing at his own arrogance and his own ignorance. Why did Scotland need to incite rebellion itself? As long as he admitted to being the "cat," the door to public security would be open to him at any time.

But Fūya Rei couldn't laugh. His purple-gray eyes, which usually made countless people blush and their hearts beat faster when he used the honey trap, were now painfully smoked by the harsh environment at the scene of the explosion.

The last rays of sunset sank into the horizon, but the midsummer heat had not subsided much. Coupled with the residual heat, the other people present were already sweating profusely. Only Fūya Rei felt the chill spreading from his heart to his whole body.

Once all the autopsy reports were in, it was confirmed that two bodies might be connected to Scotland, but more specific identification would require further investigation. Furthermore, many of the bodies had been dead for some time, making it a difficult task to produce results in a short period of time.

Without any definite information, even Rei Furuya can only wait.

He didn't want to believe that Scotland had truly perished in the flames. Even after watching him fall, instantly engulfed by the soaring flames, he couldn't help but wonder if this was just a clever, almost demonic, way for the "cat" to escape, just like the scene between Akai Shuichi and Miyano Akemi that day.

But the "cat's" previous actions and attitudes, as well as the tears that flowed along the upturned corners of its eyes before falling... all these details were telling Rei Furuya: No, this person really doesn't want to live anymore.

At first, he couldn't understand why Scotland was so determined to die, until the public security contacted the Italian Military Security Intelligence Agency (AISI) last week. During the exchange of information, he learned that Mescal had contacted AISI more than a week before the organization's collapse.

Furuya Rei made the decision almost instantly: "I want to see Mezcal."

His reasons were very convincing. In his mailbox, there was information that "Mescal" had given to the Japanese public security, so it would be only reasonable for him to communicate with him about this information, right?

No one could see the selfish motives of the blond policeman.

During those chaotic and ambiguous days, the sensitive Rei Furuya had become jealous of Mezcal—even if he hadn't realized at the time that the feeling, like being soaked in lemon juice, was actually jealousy—but the calm Rei Furuya could actually see that Scotland didn't have a particularly deep affection for Mezcal. So, besides preparing intelligence for the Miyano sisters, who grew up together, why would he specifically prepare intelligence for Mezcal...

It is very likely that Mezcal and Scotland reached some kind of deal, or Scotland owed Mezcal a favor.

Furiya Rei had a hunch that the answer he had been looking for might be in Mescal.

When the video call was first connected, Mescal's expression was extremely cold: "Whatever you got, it's fake. I have never passed any information to the Japanese police—"

But after seeing the face of the person opposite him clearly, he was stunned. After several seconds, he smiled sarcastically: "Who would have thought that the organization's most sought-after intelligence expert, Bourbon, the Scottish lover, would actually be a Japanese public security officer? Judging from his rank, he should be quite high."

Ignoring the information, perhaps unable to handle the ridicule from someone with inside knowledge, the blond youth, always adept at stabbing others with words laced with poison and blades, didn't offer any counterattack. Instead, he went straight to the point: "The information was sent from Scotland in your name. After preliminary verification, it's basically true."

Mezcal's pupils constricted and his eyelashes trembled uncontrollably.

After a long moment, he finally spoke: "Scotland, are you still alive?"

His heartbeat uncontrollably quickened, and above the drumming sound, he could barely hear his own voice. "...It's still unclear. We're desperately searching for him. So, I hope you can tell me about him. In exchange, I'll help you with AISI."

This was a complete lie. Furuya Rei had already been preparing to incite Scotland to defect, and now that he had reported that Scotland was the "cat" who had been providing intelligence to the Public Security Bureau and connecting Tennessee, the Directors were also supportive of continuing the search for Scotland. After all, he was a huge intelligence repository for the organization.

In addition, Furuya Rei actually did not completely give up the intelligence channels accumulated during his time in the organization. Even if it was a gray and shady method, and he wanted to turn the entire Tottori Prefecture and Tokyo upside down to look for him, there was still no clue.

Mezcal, however, covered his face with his hands as if he had suddenly lost his temper, and shook his head: "I don't know why Scotland did this either."

Fūya Ling closed his eyes slightly and sighed: "Think about it carefully."

After ending this video call, which was quite long but in which only a few words were exchanged, Fūya Rei realized that his death sentence might be issued soon.

Just now, Mescal seemed to refuse to answer the question about Scotland, but when he raised his hands, his seemingly helpless hand movements were actually using the smallest amplitude to sign to Fūya Rei: [email].

Scotland's secrets are not suitable to be exposed to the public security and AISI.

Realizing this, Furuya Rei's heart sank completely.

Mezcal's email arrived faster than expected. Fūya Rei had no time to think about the fact that Mezcal's situation at AISI was generally good, or what attitude and negotiation methods the public security department would use in dealing with AISI next. He just looked directly at the text.

The first sentence is:

【Scotland is the organization's most important experimental subject.】