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Everything is going according to plan.

Toru Amuro changed into a suit and drove to the meeting place. The voice of the internal communication of the Public Security Bureau came from the earphone. Everyone in the operations department was in a state of high tension, putting all their efforts into the arrest plan of Grappa. Ikaros, who was helping remotely, was also much quieter than usual.

"Mr. Fūya, Grappa... Grappa forced his way out!" The voice on the other end of the headset was a little flustered, but still reported concisely and quickly: "He stole a car and is now driving towards the ring road!"

"Team one and team two, go over now and surround them from both sides. We still have time!" The blond man directed his subordinates' actions while quickly identifying the nearby roads in his mind. He stepped on the accelerator, changed direction, and rushed towards the road around the mountain.

"Mr. Fūya, Team 2 has intercepted from the other side, and Team 1 is gradually approaching the target!"

The blond man stepped on the accelerator and caught up with a group of vehicles at the fastest speed. His subordinates immediately avoided their boss's car. The car that was being chased in front appeared in the blond man's sight. It was the car that Grappa temporarily stole in order to escape.

"Team Two, block the road ahead!" the blond man gave the order immediately. After a while, Grappa's car was forced to stop. The intersection that had already evacuated the crowd was completely blocked by the police's vehicles. Now Grappa was facing police's vehicles in front and behind, with a mountain wall on the left and a cliff on the right. There was no possibility of getting out.

Toru Amuro was still sitting in the car vigilantly without revealing his identity. He ordered the police officers behind him to get out of the car, raise their guns and move forward. At the same time, he hid his body behind the vehicle to prevent the other party from suddenly attacking and injuring people.

However, unexpectedly, the stopped vehicle suddenly started, then without hesitation crashed through the guardrail and fell straight down the cliff.

Without bothering to hide his identity, Toru Amuro immediately got out of the car to check. The car landed directly in the woods at the foot of the mountain with a huge roar.

"Mr. Furuya!"

Kazama immediately went to the blond man, but saw that his usually calm boss had a pair of purple-gray eyes full of shock. He took a breath and said, "Mr. Fūya, it is impossible for Grappa to be alive at this level. Although we failed to capture him alive and extract intelligence, at least we have solved a very difficult enemy."

"Something's wrong," the blond man frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "This guy won't die so easily. Although he's good at fighting, he's not stupid. He should have a backup plan."

"Notify everyone to go down the mountain and search now. We must find even the corpse."

The police immediately took action and searched the entire forest, but they only found the remains of the exploded car. Neither Grappa nor his body was found.

After confirming once again that Grappa was indeed in the car when it drove down, the blond man frowned and thought about various possibilities. But no matter what, he would die if he fell down from this place. Even if there were people to catch him below, he would be dead as long as Grappa was still in the car, unless there was something else he had not considered.

A day later, Toru Amuro asked Gin about Grappa's situation on the pretext that he had completed the mission but found that he could not contact his partner, but he received the news that the other party was on a mission and would not be back until next week.

At the same time, Toru Amuro received a warning from his boss that the police had deliberately leaked the location of the imprisoned members. It was found that it was Bourbon who did it, and at the same time, it was believed that it was Rum who secretly instigated it. In this incident, Bourbon was not punished, but Rum was given some rights by his boss, and the partnership between Bourbon and Grappa was terminated. Rumors spread within the organization.

———

An antique Porsche slowly drove into the organization's Tokyo base. A silver-haired killer in black got out of the car alone and walked into the organization's laboratory carrying a large black box.

"Just put it here," the researcher with a silver-rimmed jacket spoke coldly but with an imperceptible enthusiasm. But in Gin's eyes, it was too obvious. He snorted coldly and warned:

"Silvani, don't do anything small."

"Don't worry, Gin, this is the best place for me, and here are such perfect experimental materials." Silvani, who finally came back from the United States, kept his eyes firmly fixed on the box, and his tone was slightly smiling when he heard the words.

Gin was too lazy to pay attention to this scientific research lunatic and turned away.

In the laboratory, Silvani carefully opened the box and looked at the man whose body was folded abnormally inside, covered in blood and wounds. He asked with concern but a cheerful voice:

"Grappa, how did you hurt yourself like this this time?"

———

【Noel! 】

In my mind, a voice full of anger and defeat said:

[You are injured again, and you are still in the lab. That guy is brainwashing you again. Why are you like this...]

【Xiao Hei, long time no see.】

Noel's voice sounded, with a faint smile, as if he was just greeting an acquaintance he hadn't seen for a long time. His calmness made Xiao Hei realize that something was wrong immediately.

[No, you did it on purpose...on purpose?!]

【Not really. 】

What do you want to do?

【Hmm... to see you?】

[After all, this is the only situation you would show up in. ]

Xiao Hei was so shocked that he was speechless. He could never have imagined that Noel, who was extremely resistant to the laboratory, would one day deliberately get himself into the laboratory in order to get himself out. This realization made him so angry that he was speechless for a moment.

[Hahaha, don't be angry, there are other reasons, not just for you.]

Noel explained considerately, and then sighed:

[But I didn't expect it to be able to be repaired like this, it's indeed a soul fragment of a higher dimension.]

[You want to commit suicide again...]

Unexpectedly, Noel immediately denied it.

[This time it really isn't the case. After all, if Tou really died, he would feel guilty after learning the truth from Xiao Guang. I still know that I can't cause trouble to others. ]

[Although there is still a little regret, only a little. ]

Xiao Hei fell silent again. He never knew what he should say or what he would say wrong. He could only watch the human being he had always cared about become like this.

[Xiao Hei, why don’t you talk? We haven’t seen each other for such a long time.]

[Noel, your current mental state is not right...]

[It seems you have discovered it too, Xiao Hei]

Noel seemed to have noticed something and suddenly spoke:

[Come out, you should be here]

After the words fell, there was a long stalemate, and then a cold voice slowly said:

【What's up? 】

[There are things. A lot of things——]

Noel's last tone was drawn out, and he looked nonchalant, but his next sentence suddenly became sharp and he said directly:

【What the hell are you! 】

[Don't you know?] The cold voice seemed to carry a hint of doubt, [I am you, or more precisely, Grappa]

[So I finally went insane?] Noel's tone was a little dazed, and then he muttered to himself: [I felt strange when I was carrying out the mission before. I didn't remember anything when I killed people. I thought it was caused by unstable memory. Now it seems that it was you?]

[Shouldn't you be very clear? It was you who developed a fear and disgust towards killing people, and the pressure created by the guilt and sense of sin made it impossible for you to bear it and wanted to escape, so I came into being.]

Although the cold voice was emotionless, it explained seriously:

[I am Grappa, and I have no feelings about killing people. Isn't that good? You can be Noel, or Natsukawa Sora, and I will be Grappa. It's a clear division of labor, isn't it?]

[Really? It turns out that if you COS a schizophrenic for a long time, you will really become a schizophrenic] Noel couldn't help but complain, [Are we considered the same person? Why do I feel so disgusted by you?]

[After all, you always hate grappa]

[Indeed,] Noel confirmed, then his tone turned cold and he said directly: [Then can you disappear?]

[Shouldn’t I ask you this? Isn’t it because you can’t accept grappa that I came into being?]

Noel fell silent. As the other party said, if his mental will was not too fragile, such an unstable factor would not suddenly appear in his mind. When did the other party appear? He was absent-minded for the moment when he was carrying out the mission. Until the later stage, he even forgot the whole killing process... He had tried to inquire about the process of carrying out the mission from Toru. The overly familiar evaluation reminded him of his past self, the self who had no feeling for life and thought that he was just living in a comic book. He didn't care about anything except suicide. He even thought about killing the protagonist or testing the rules with Xiaoguang.

As expected, this time he fell off a cliff and his car exploded but he still didn't die. What a pity.

How can you disappear?

[Compared to this, I think you should be more worried about when you will disappear]

Grappa asked in a cold voice:

[Don't you realize that you are much more fragile than me who is just a grappa? Your soul is like a glass with many holes. How long can you hold on like this?]

[Who do you think will open his eyes next from this body? ]