Chapter 96 Extra

Gin noticed that Asahi Yuaki's behavior was a little strange recently. Specifically, he would disappear for a short period of time during the mission and then reappear, get up in the middle of the night to use the computer when he was resting in the safe house, and hide things in a secretive manner.

"..." Gin recalled the suspicious scenes he had seen before, and his dark green wolf eyes narrowed slightly.

Could it be that Asahi is turning against us?

Recently, the organization's intelligence was suspected to have been leaked because the police always "happened" to intercept the organization's secret transactions. The upper management believed that there was a hidden high-ranking undercover lurking in the organization.

Based on the clues found, the organization discovered the code name of the guy - [Nightingale].

Gin suspected that Asahi was the Nightingale... or at least had some connection with her.

He watched the rising and falling of the sun without a word.

At the end of a mission, Chaohi Xiqiu went out alone for a short while. When he came back, he had a backpack slung across his shoulder, with the zipper tightly closed.

Gin glanced over and saw him tapping the steering wheel with his fingertips, pondering internally.

That bag was most likely filled with suspicious items. Asahi was so brazen and confident, probably because he knew that he would never ask any more questions - in fact, this was how they always got along.

They have been partners since childhood, but the boundary is very clear. They never cross the line.

"..." Gin looked ahead. It was his turn to drive today. He looked very calm.

Although he suspected that there was something wrong with Asahi Yuki, he did not do anything extra. He did not report it to his superiors, nor did he record it in the report book. He was just a little surprised at the other party's choice.

Now Chaori Xiqiu is already the famous J of Clubs, the most competitive knight of the King, and you know who in the organization... How much did the other side offer to poach him?

Thoughts flowed freely, but came to an abrupt end with a sudden gunshot!

There was a loud bang and something exploded on the car window, and a white circle was clearly visible on the bulletproof glass.

Gin reacted very quickly and turned the steering wheel. He looked through the rearview mirror with sharp eyes and saw a dark light armored vehicle following closely behind him: "...someone is catching up."

"Ambush?" The co-pilot Asahi Xiqiu straightened his back, put half of the fox mask on his face, turned over and pulled out a modified submachine gun from the guitar bag in the back seat.

"It seems that the tail was not cleaned up." Gin said calmly with a sigh, "Their car is stronger than ours. We won't have an advantage in a head-on collision. I have to speed up."

"OK." Chaori Xiqiu answered quickly and in a steady voice, "Open the sunroof later."

Gin replied, "Wait, turn the corner. Then fight after you turn the corner and go uphill."

There was no need to explain further, as the two of them always worked in perfect harmony. Although the incident happened suddenly, they still managed to shake off the pursuers very smoothly.

Chao Ri Xi Qiu leaned forward flexibly, mounted the modified submachine gun on the sunroof of the car, and took advantage of the curve to fire several shots at the pursuing car, "bang" bursting the opponent's tire!

The enemy car lost its balance and crashed into the guardrail on one side while turning at high speed, making a loud clanging and harsh friction and collision sound.

But they still had enough energy to retaliate and fire back, and a stray bullet grazed Chao Ri Xi Qiu's arm and got stuck in the car.

Chao Ri Xi Qiu came down from the sunroof and threw himself back into the passenger seat.

Gin stepped on the accelerator and completely got rid of the pursuers behind him. He smelled the faint smell of gunpowder and blood in the air, and with the corner of his eye he saw a dark mark slowly soaking into the sleeves of the person next to him - it was blood.

Asahi Xiqiu was holding her bag in both hands, staring blankly at the blood-soaked part of the bag.

It was at this time that Gin finally asked, "What is that?"

He spoke calmly, guessing in his heart: If the previous inference is correct, the package might contain some information handed over by Asahi to the police.

Maybe the other party won't answer - but it doesn't matter, he is just asking casually.

"Oh no, it must have gotten dirty."

To Gin's surprise, Asahi Yuaki actually opened the zippered bag in front of Gin.

Gin narrowed his eyes and subconsciously stared at the past!

——Then he was dazzled for a moment by the colorful cards in the cloth bag.

Gin:?

There were many colorful cards that children liked, with many cartoon pictures printed on them.

Chaori Xiqiu pinched one of the laser-coated cards with a look of heartache. It was already stained with blood.

"My rainbow bread card..." Asahi Yuki muttered, half of the fox mask on his face fell on his legs, revealing his softened golden eyes, "This is a limited edition!"

Gin looked at a pack of colorful cards in silence and slowly typed a question mark.

...The thing that the other party has been secretly collecting is actually this???

Although Gin had always been vaguely aware of the childish mentality beneath Asahi Yuaki's mature appearance, this was the first time he had seen these sparkling collections directly.

After that, he finally understood what Asahikawa's strange behaviors were:

He disappeared briefly during the mission and reappeared to buy the popular bread rolls.

While on standby at the safe house, I got up in the middle of the night to use the computer to purchase the first batch of color cards online.

The behavior of hiding things is also hiding these miscellaneous things.

Gin: “…”

Well, he was overthinking it before.

After that, Gin did not associate [Nightingale] with Asahi Yuaki - until the King of Clubs finally discovered the Knight's betrayal.

When Gin looked at the evidence belonging to the "Former Knight", his first reaction was that the transmission of this information must have affected his ability to steal the colored cards and bread.

Oh. Or maybe all those childish behaviors in the past were just pretending.

After this, [the former knight] was sentenced to "death". The King of Clubs, who was in power at the time, did not order the execution, but instead cleared his memory and threw him out.

Gin no longer saw the sunrise and sunset.

He went from a two-man mission to a one-man mission, and nothing seemed to change much.

After completing another mission, Gin passed by a bakery on the street. Through the glass window, he saw elementary school students in school uniforms holding freshly baked bread in their hands.

The child's face was filled with a happy and satisfied smile, and his eyes were shining as bright as stars.

At this moment, Gin suddenly remembered a question he had once asked himself: Is Asahi's childish behavior a disguise for transmitting data, or is it real?

As he watched, he came to the answer in his heart: Perhaps Asahi used that process to convey information, but those seemingly childish behaviors were actually based on reality - because the former knight had the same smile as the child in the window.

A knight from a famous organization, but his soul is actually that of a child.

Gin withdrew his gaze from the past and continued to walk forward, his leather boots hitting the ground silently.

But within the organization, that person could never liberate his true self... and now, the former knight has had his memory erased and thrown out.

In a sense, the "punishment" bestowed by the organization after the trial might just help Chao Ri Xi Qiu realize his life ideals?

No matter what Mr. K imagined and planned, the knight who had organized the group would never come back.

Gin saw through everything early on.

This seemed to be a secret known only to him.