It was just dawn at this time, and the morning light shone through the clouds and gradually fell on the two of them.
Hoshino Aoi and Akai Shuichi were walking one after the other. Perhaps because it was still early, there were not many people on the road. Only the sound of their footsteps echoed slowly under the sky.
“When did you come to America?”
Suddenly, Shuichi Akai's voice broke the silence.
Aoi Hoshino, who was following closely behind him, paused for a moment, but did not ask him why he spoke to her in such a familiar tone, nor did she continue to play dumb. Instead, she simply raised the corners of her lips and responded to his test.
"I just came here last month."
After saying this, Hoshino Aoi seemed to be worried that her hint was not obvious enough. After pausing for a moment, she looked at his back and whispered:
"I was slightly injured before, so I didn't come here immediately, but now it seems that it's not too late."
Hearing this, Shuichi Akai didn't expect her to admit her identity so quickly, and he couldn't help but stop walking towards his car.
After a moment, he turned around, his dark green eyes fixed on the woman in front of him who had followed his footsteps and also stopped in her place, and said with a serious expression:
"I thought you already knew my true identity."
If he was not sure about her identity before, he was now completely sure of her identity.
Middles.
He was once a 'colleague' in the Black Organization.
Now that her identity is known, the matter between the Black Organization and Pramya has been concluded.
Perhaps she planned it herself, and while escaping death, she threw the blame on Pramya, thereby leading the organization to target Pramya?
so……
"Did Pramya irritate you?"
He said it calmly. From his tone alone, one couldn't tell that he was in a state of deep thought. He kept wondering what her purpose was in bringing him here.
Hoshino Aoi also knew that he must be thinking about her purpose at this moment, so she just answered his casual question casually, as if Pramya's death was just a trivial matter.
Of course, for both of them, Pramia's death was indeed a trivial matter.
"Well, she hurt someone important to me, so of course I have to teach her a lesson."
Hoshino Aoi said nonchalantly:
"If I hadn't been so short on time, I would have taken care of her myself."
Is time limited?
Shuichi Akai captured this word keenly.
"Is it because of Scotland?"
Because his true identity was discovered by the Black Organization, he had no choice but to give up solving the Pramya issue himself and turn his attention to "Scotland"?
Akai Shuichi's face was full of thought.
He betrayed the organization because of Scotland, and then, after escaping death, he took the initiative to contact the FBI...
And Akai Shuichi has not forgotten the "Xiao Kui" that came out of "Scotland".
So the two of them actually knew each other.
However, the organization did not learn about Scotland's identity issues through her.
From this point, it can be seen that, at least in her heart, 'Scotland' is more important than the organization.
But it was impossible for Akai Shuichi to trust her immediately, after all...
"Scotland isn't here, so what's your purpose in coming here and getting close to Judy?"
As Akai Shuichi spoke, his slender hand reached for the pistol in his arms.
However, despite his vigilance, Hoshino Aoi still had that light smile on her face, as if she was not afraid at all. She just looked at him with her eyebrows bent, and whispered:
"Aren't you curious about how your identity was exposed?"
Seeing Akai Shuichi pause in pulling out his gun, Hoshino Aoi chuckled and continued:
"There's an undercover agent in the FBI, and I have a way to lure that nail out. So are you sure you want to arrest someone as useful as me now?"
"…What do you want?"
Shuichi Akai knew that there was no free lunch in the world, so if they wanted to get what they wanted to know from Aoi Hoshino, they would have to pay some price.
I just don't know what she wants...
He looked a little serious, while in contrast, Hoshino Aoi looked relaxed and happy.
“What I want to do is simple.”
She said with a smile:
"If I can help you catch that undercover agent hiding in the FBI, can I apply to become a non-staff member of the FBI?"
Seeing Akai Shuichi's expression was obviously stunned, obviously he didn't expect her to put forward such a condition. Hoshino Aoi curled her lips and said helplessly:
"Actually, I attended the police academy for a while before, but I was assigned to the Metropolitan Police Department. That's when I met Scotland. Afterwards, some things happened..."
Recalling how she almost did something to hurt Morobushi Kagemitsu under the control of the system, even now, Hoshino Aoi is still filled with anger when she talks about it.
And at this moment, that real anger also added a lot of authenticity to her words.
"The organization asked me to steal the undercover list in the archives, but I had already become friends with Scotland and the others at that time. I also analyzed some things and figured out that Scotland would become an undercover agent in the future, so..."
She sighed softly:
"Just in case, I fooled the organization for a long time, so long that they began to doubt my loyalty. Therefore, they specially found Vermouth, saying that she would assist me in completing the mission, but in fact, she disguised herself as me and directly accessed the archives to retrieve information. This also led to my identity being exposed, and I could no longer stay in the Metropolitan Police Department."
"so?"
Akai Shuichi's brows moved slightly, but he didn't say anything. He just gestured for her to continue.
Seeing this, Aoi Hoshino didn't hesitate and said half-truthfully according to her character in the anime:
"You know, people like us who have lived in darkness for years, when we occasionally encounter sunlight, will fly towards it like moths to a flame. Of course, I am the same. Otherwise, why would I risk my life to save him, and why would I leave the organization for him?"
She didn't say the word "like", but the meaning was very obvious, so obvious that Shuichi Akai even believed what she said.
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