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"Report the situation, Grappa." Noel, who had just been driven back to the base by Bourbon and was still in tatters, asked coldly to Gin who was walking towards him. He was simply an example of a ruthless boss of our time.

Although it would be scarier if Gin looked worried.

"They knew the news in advance. There are police officers." The man covered in blood replied hoarsely, then used a dagger to cut open a piece of cloth on his chest. His hand wrapped in a torn bandage took out a square, flat box from the hidden space inside.

"material."

He handed the box to Gin, and inside was the CD that contained the intelligence of the target of this mission. Even in such a dangerous environment, the organization's most loyal weapon still completed the mission perfectly. The CD did not seem to have any damage on the shell, and was obviously well preserved. It was held in the hand wrapped in the tattered and bloodstained bandage, forming a somewhat cruel contrast.

Standing by, Toru Amuro's eyes dimmed. He really didn't expect Grappa to get the data. However, the public security had already obtained the relevant information with the cooperation of Ikaros and dealt with it in time. If the organization believed this data, it would be helpful for them to deduce the next action...

"It's useless now." The killer with long silver hair answered without any emotion, without even looking at the disc. This reaction made Amuro Toru regret Gin's sharpness, but he couldn't help but look at Grappa.

Even if it is true, this attitude is too much...

However, the battered man beside him just hummed, and his hand holding the CD dropped without saying a word, as if he was a dog whose prey he had worked hard to catch was not liked by his owner. However, he knew clearly how many people the other party had killed in the process of hunting...

But afterwards, Grappa seemed to not care and threw the disc to the lower-level member beside him. The other party understood something and immediately took it and left to deal with it. His attitude seemed as if the data was just something he picked up from anywhere and was useless, rather than something he had obtained after a lot of hard work.

This is so strange... Amuro Toru is getting more and more curious about his partner. He is now a veteran core member, but why does he feel that his partner's position in the organization is not as respected as it seems, but is completely treated as a tool? Even ordinary members don't feel this way. He had tried to find out from Bermode before, but was only warned not to ask.

Toru Amuro naturally didn't show it on the surface as a bunch of thoughts flashed through his mind. However, in order to match his character, he still pretended to be a kind person and said:

"Gin, my partner has completed the mission conscientiously. As for whether the data is useful or not, that is the responsibility of the person who is assigned the mission."

"Don't take it out on my partner if your plan goes wrong."

"My home? You sound quite affectionate when you call it that." Gin turned to look at the blond intelligence officer and said with a mocking tone, "I will continue to investigate the failed operation in the United States."

Even so, Toru Amuro had already cleared himself of suspicion in that operation and was not worried about finding out anything. Apparently, Gin was just threatening him, and then continued to say to Grappa:

"The boss wants you to go to the interrogation room."

The man who heard the order nodded in response, then turned and walked towards the interrogation room of the base. He did not say a word to Amuro Toru the whole time, leaving him standing there alone, thinking about something.

———

The one waiting in the interrogation room was Vermouth, which surprised Noel a little. After all, Vermouth should still be COSing the rather busy Arata.

"It's been a long time since I saw you, my student." The silver-haired woman sat leisurely on a chair nearby, obviously waiting for Grappa. She pointed to the opposite side, where the interrogation chair stained with blood was also waiting, which matched her current outfit quite well. "Just sit over there and answer your questions obediently."

Noel naturally would not resist and observed the surrounding environment.

The closed, locked, and soundproofed room was a typical interrogation room design, except that the camera opposite was extremely obvious, and a familiar voice came from the microphone below:

"Grappa, I will be in charge of this interrogation, and Vermode will assist."

The cold voice made Noel feel uneasy for a moment. Aren’t the things you have done in the United States enough to keep you busy? Why are you causing trouble again, Silvani?

Noel, who thought it was the BOSS, was indeed surprised, but this did not make him feel relieved. This big pervert was as troublesome as a certain big garbage.

"Take some medicine before you start."

Noel looked at the plate on the table next to the interrogation chair. The white capsule was not conspicuous among them. It was very similar to the medicine he usually took...

Although he didn't want to eat it, Noel didn't think he could hide it from this pervert through the high-definition camera. However, his resistance to psychiatric drugs was strong enough, so it wouldn't be a big problem.

After swallowing the medicine, Noel began to speculate about this so-called interrogation. He was afraid that the main purpose was to conduct a surprise check on his mental health. He was really being cautious...

The drug took effect quickly, and he became instantly awake as if his mind was forcibly stimulated. The effect was a bit similar to the enhanced version of the drugs he usually took, except that his brain suddenly started to heat up, which made him feel uncomfortable.

However, afterwards, Bermode came over and fastened himself tightly with the shackles on the interrogation chair, which made Noel have other ideas.

If it's just a brainwashing or a truth serum, there's no need to do this to yourself. Could it have other effects?

The boiling feeling in his brain answered Noel's doubts, as if someone was growling in his head, shouting...

What do you want to do?

Want to...kill!

Was it a stimulant or something that could reduce one's rationality? Noel gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger. He was once again thankful that it was the fragments of Xia Tian and Xiao Hei's help that made him more resistant to these things.

"Don't move." Silvani's order was like a sedative that sobered Noel up a little. Then he asked coldly:

"The signal was aborted in the middle of the mission. What's the reason?"

"The Fujimoto team... had a signal jammer in the environment where they stored data. They were being hunted down after they left, so they didn't report it in time."

Noel answered incoherently. He could feel that his mind was not quite online, but he didn't know why he could hear the question clearly...

"How many people were killed in the process of obtaining the data?"

"I can't remember..."

"Have you taken your medicine well recently?"

This question startled Noel, and he vaguely understood something.

Could this Silvani be testing how obedient he is to his orders? He thought of the brainwashing operation he had first encountered, when Xiao Hei reminded him that in addition to the boss, the other party also gave him the highest authority. Wasn't this obviously a rebellious act?

Could it be that there was something wrong with Silvani? However, he could not think too much at the moment, so he used all his rationality to respond:

"Yes, always eat on time."

"How many bullets did it take? How long does it take to repair it?"

"Except for the six that were actually hit, the rest were just scratched. The repairs were completed within an hour..."

The intense conversation was obviously different from a normal interrogation, and Bermode, who was standing by, naturally noticed it.

"Silvani, do you think this guy whose mind is completely controlled can have any other ideas?"

The silver-haired woman sat lazily aside and said sarcastically, after all, she didn't like this researcher in the first place.

"Grappa's case is special. After all, the surgery requires the preservation of thinking ability. If he is frequently in contact with the outside world, there is still a risk of losing control."

Silvani's cold voice came from the other side with these distortions, and it sounded more like a cold machine than the person on the chair. Belmode was too lazy to pay attention to this annoying guy. She would certainly obey the orders of the boss and cooperate with Silvani, but it would be a bit funny to say that she obeyed the orders of the other party.

No one in the organization except the boss can make the witch obey orders.

The sexy witch walked towards the man who was tied to the chair, casually pinched his chin and lifted it up, looking at his gray-green eyes that seemed to have lost their power, gray and hazy. Even though he was tied tightly to the chair and endured the pain brought by the drug, he tried his best to suppress his resistance.

It's so convincing, no wonder it wasn't discovered for so many years.

With a slight smile, Bermode turned to the suspicious researcher and said, "I think you are overthinking it."

"This is just a tool that does nothing more than follow orders."

———

When Toru Amuro saw Grappa again, he looked normal. He even changed his appearance and wore black clothes. When he saw him, he said:

"Let's go and have dinner."

The blond man naturally wouldn't refuse. Back when they were a team in America, they would often go out to find food and ask the organization to reimburse them after meals. They had an unspeakable understanding about this. These words, which hadn't been heard for a long time, made Amuro Toru feel nostalgic, and he subconsciously took out his cell phone to check restaurants in Japan.

After all, when Grappa usually says "going to eat", he means that he wants me to take him out to eat. If he lets him choose, he will just go to any restaurant he goes to, without considering his identity as a member of a criminal organization at all.

Soon, the two came to a restaurant with a secluded environment and good taste and sat down. However, when the dishes were served, Grappa did not pick up his chopsticks as usual, but fiddled with his mobile phone.

"What's wrong?"

“Crack—”

Suddenly, the sound of a camera was heard, which made the blond man pause for a moment. Then he heard the person opposite him say, "Why do I feel like your appearance hasn't changed at all in these years?"

"Even if you say so, it's not polite to take photos without permission."

“Oh, I deleted it then.”

"Will you be so obedient?"

"will not."

"For an intelligence officer, appearance is a confidentiality rule."

"Forget it. You'll be recognizable in Japan with your appearance."

"......" The blond man couldn't find any words to refute for a moment, and could only think about how to get the other party to delete it, but he didn't know that the other party had already sent it.

———

"Brother Xiaoguang, hasn't Brother Kong come back yet?"

A group of children gathered around Morobushi Jingguang and asked seriously. Judging from the empty cake cups on the table, they could tell that they had been waiting for a while. Originally, Morobushi Jingguang wanted to find an excuse to let the children go back first, but this group of children clenched their fists firmly and said that they must wait until Noel came back.

Wouldn't it be better to use this perseverance to study...

On my side, I was a little worried because I hadn't been able to contact Noel, although it was not uncommon for him to turn off his phone while on a mission.

"bite--"

The text message that suddenly came from the mobile phone instantly attracted the children's attention. Morofu Jingguang opened the text message and found it was a photo.

"Is it Brother Kong? Is it Brother Kong?" Ayumi asked first with bright eyes.

"Is he coming back?" Conan couldn't help but come over and ask, his excited tone was no different from that of these children.

"What on earth has Kong been doing that we can't get in touch with him for so long!" Yuan Tai's tone was a little impatient. Although he should be the one who wanted to stay on the road longer the most, after all, he enjoyed the snack he just had the most.

"Finally, is there any news? Just now, he didn't even answer Brother Xiaoguang's call. I thought something had happened to him." Guangyan breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked expectantly:

“I want to see what he said!”

Morofushi Jingguang looked at the photo on the screen and was slightly stunned.

In the photo, the blond man had a mysterious smile on his face, and his gray-purple pupils showed a hint of danger as if he had caught something. The dim light made his baby face look a little spooky. No matter how you look at it, he is definitely a qualified code name member.

It was Zero. Morobushi Jingguang was confused after not seeing the face for so long. However, he soon thought about the situation rationally:

Obviously, Zero had returned to his country, so the reason why he couldn't contact Noel today was because he was on a mission with him? In any case, Morobushi Jingguang was a little relieved, after all, he had a natural trust in his childhood sweetheart.

Now it seems that he is having dinner with Noel. The photo must have been taken by Noel secretly? It seems that he was discovered. The two of them seem to have a good relationship, but it can be seen that Zero is very alert. But this restaurant, candlelight dinner???

"Is it Brother Kong?" Conan, who was standing nearby, keenly sensed that something was wrong with Morobushi Jingguang's expression and asked cautiously.

"Well," Zhu Fu Jingguang turned off the screen, rubbed his temples with a headache and said to the group of children:

"My brother probably won't be back tonight."

"Huh? Why?"

The children's eyes were obviously filled with disappointment, and each of them looked like an eggplant hit by frost.

"He's busy dating." Morobushi Kagemitsu's concise answer caused the living room to fall into silence. Even Haibara Ai, who had not participated in the discussion just now, was obviously frightened. In the end, Conan reluctantly opened his mouth to confirm:

"Brother Kong?"

Zhu Fu Jingguang nodded.

"On a date?"

Morofushi Kagemitsu nodded again.

"Wait, how could this be, ah, this..." The detective was completely confused, repeating incoherently, looking stupid with his eyes wide open.

Haibara Ai realized something. Seeing the smile on Morofushi Jingguang's lips, she sighed in her heart that this was another black-hearted guy, and decided to watch the show.

The other children continued to reorganize their worldview until Ayumi asked cautiously:

"What kind of sister would Kong be dating?"

Morobushi Jingguang pretended to think about it for a few seconds, then said, "Short light blond hair, creamy chocolate skin, very cute."

Obviously, this statement comes from the heart.