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As night fell, a man in black got out of the car alone and walked slowly into the basement of the Tokyo base. The members around him immediately lowered their voices. Grappa was the only member in the entire organization who could achieve such a silent effect.

"Where's Bourbon?" Noel went straight to Bermode who was in the training room, but he smiled and said, "Shouldn't I be asking you this?"

Then, she looked at Noel, who had come to the organization with only a few bandages wrapped around his face, and said in surprise, "Why don't you play house? I really want to know what happens next, Mr. Hostage."

Obviously, after learning about the existence of Natsukawa Sora, this conscientious teacher has been paying close attention to the students' lives and knows even the latest situation clearly. No one would believe that he doesn't have some intention of finding evidence against them.

"The next step is, I don't want to play anymore, I'm going to deal with the relevant people," Noel answered his teacher's question with a smile, looking at the flawless smile, lowered his head slightly closer to the eyes that were like flowing water, bent over and asked softly: "Teacher, do you want to help?"

This time, Noel clearly caught the moment when the pupils in the aquamarine irises trembled, and asked with a little satisfaction and malice in his voice: "Teacher, are you nervous?"

"Stop making trouble, Noel." Bermode reached out and touched Noel's hair that had grown to below her shoulders. His fingertips gently slid across the soft hair and he said with a smile, "You can't even see your face with your hair so long. Tie it up."

At that moment, the plastic master and apprentice tacitly understood each other's threat, and then took a step back from each other, presenting a happy scene.

Noel turned his head away and took a step back, asking again, "Where is Bourbon now?"

"Bourbon, he's in the limelight right now." This time, Bermode didn't keep the secret and kindly suggested, "You'd better make a clear distinction between you and him as soon as possible, but I'm afraid you won't see this busy man until the next meeting."

"So that's it..." Noel murmured, and he soon realized that he had overlooked something.

According to Bermode, being able to meet Bourbon at the meeting means that Bourbon's succession to Rum's power is basically stable, so he is now in the final probation period? Then Rum secretly participated in the kidnapping case but failed, which led to Big Trash's distrust of the other party deepening? Thinking of Rum directly abandoning a core subordinate in order to shirk responsibility, Noel rarely sympathized for a second.

Of course, if the mission had simply failed, it wouldn't have been this serious. It was because Rum had used an undercover agent planted in the Metropolitan Police Department, and the result was not only unsuccessful, but also exposed a lot of traces of the organization... It's really tragic, Noel thought with a schadenfreude.

But if that's the case, Toru is now in a situation where he can't make any mistakes or be suspected of anything, and it's not convenient for him to go see Xiaoguang for the time being, which is really a pity.

"That's a shame, I had a big surprise for him."

When Vermouth heard her student say this, she felt dumbfounded. She knew that the relationship between Bourbon and Grappa was a little delicate, but it shouldn't be so close that they would often exchange gifts. Thinking of the last time Bourbon's information was leaked, causing Grappa to be seriously injured, could it be that Noel was still holding a grudge about this and was preparing for revenge?

Bermode knew that Bourbon was taking the blame for Rum, so she chose to keep silent. For her, it would not be a good thing for Bourbon and Grappa to have too close a relationship.

"This time, the police sent a message that the police officer who saved you was quite powerful. He was found at the head of the organization."

Obviously, there was undisguised sarcasm in Bermode's teasing tone. It was obviously too ridiculous for a codename member to be rescued from a kidnapping by the police, so she couldn't help but have some real emotional fluctuations. Unfortunately, today's students were quite uncooperative. There was not even a trace of emotion in their gray-green eyes, which made Bermode feel a little regretful. She couldn't help but sigh:

“I wonder how this police officer would feel when he finds out that the hostage he rescued is a member of the organization he has been investigating.”

"It would be a shock for the justice police."

Noel responded calmly and turned away without saying goodbye. He seemed to have no respect for his teacher. Vermode looked at him leaving and suppressed the smile on his face.

Something had changed, the woman was keenly aware of this, whether it was the undercurrent of the situation under the shadow of this organization, or the man in front of her who had always been called a weapon.

Noel naturally didn't know what Belmode was thinking, and even if he knew, he wouldn't be interested. He just felt a little sorry that the Five Sakura Group couldn't reunite soon, but compared to this long-forgotten thing, he still had a lot of things to do.

For example, finding a deeply sinful guy in an organization is as difficult as finding garbage in a garbage dump. You can basically find one right away, and there are probably not many that can be recycled. Except for a few that were accidentally thrown away or voluntarily got in, the rest are almost the same kind of stuff. But at this time, this is very helpful for some of the things you want to do.

Noel went around in circles and arrived at his destination, the training ground for lower-level members of the Tokyo base. Looking at the criminals growing one by one, the corners of Noel's mouth curled up slightly under his bandage, and he walked in with murderous aura and coldness all over his body.

Remember, the organization's Grappa has a bloodthirsty impression.

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After submitting his evidence and plan to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Kenji Hagiwara saw the news about Jinpei Matsuda and Conan, and then drove all the way to Natsukawa's house. It took less than 20 minutes.

It was rare for him to realize so clearly that he had missed something, and he also realized so urgently how much he longed to know the truth. The complex emotions that surged up at that moment made him, who was usually good at dealing with emotions, feel confused. In the end, he just made a quick decision to look for a trusted colleague first instead of chasing after a guy who was definitely nowhere to be found.

The door of Natsukawa's house had been opened. Obviously, Xiao Zhenping's mood did not seem so calm. After a moment's thought, Hagiwara Kenji pushed the door open and walked towards the stairs.

He knew some of the layout of Natsukawa's house. Upstairs was the bedroom. Hagiwara Kenji pushed the door open decisively and saw his familiar young friend standing in the shadows, wearing sunglasses and looking like a deep and cold boss. On the bed was a person who had just fallen off a horse but was sleeping like nothing had happened...his good friend at the same time.

"It's the drug-induced drowsiness. Noah said the effect of the drug will last for a day."

When Jinpei Matsuda saw Kenji Hagiwara coming, he took out his phone and handed it to him. On the screen was a conversation with Noah's Ark, the hacker master who had been hiding in the White Alliance. He pointed at the boy on the bed and said, "The crime accomplice should be the glass of juice on the table in the living room. Apparently, the person drank it without any suspicion. There will be such a day for Kagemitsu."

The last sentence, even Matsuda Jinpei who started out as aloof, couldn't help but feel a bit confused. Among his peers of the same year, Morobushi Kagemitsu was the undisputed first choice when it came to prudence, otherwise he wouldn't have been secretly picked by the Metropolitan Police Department to take part in a special job before he even graduated.

So, what on earth did the other person go through to end up here like this?

After a moment of silence, Hagiwara Kenji spoke first, "As for Sora, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch him for a while. As for Kagemitsu, he must have taken the same drug as Conan during his contact with the organization, and then he became like this. As for why he lives with Sora, we have to ask him carefully about this."

"About this...I really want to have a good chat with you guys."

A calm but overly youthful voice came from the bed, causing Hagiwara Matsuda to turn around and look at the pair of cat eyes that were still a little misty. Hagiwara Kenji sneered and asked, "How long have you been awake?"

"I woke up after you came in, Hagiwara," Morobushi Kagemitsu stood up and rubbed his temples to refresh his brain, which was still somewhat dormant due to the effects of the medicine, and explained, "I heard everything that happened later."

As for why it took a while for him to speak, even if he had been away from his daily life for four years, an undercover agent would have the instinct to make sure that the situation was safe before revealing himself. Obviously, the two people on the opposite side also realized this quickly. The originally tense atmosphere relaxed a little because of the familiarity that came naturally. Hagiwara Kenji couldn't help but sigh:

"It seems that I didn't put enough Xiaokong medicine. Didn't I say I would sleep all day? I was going to take more photos to send to a certain top student."

Such slightly teasing yet resentful words made Matsuda Jinpei unable to help but glare at the other party. Obviously, this was more like imitating the curly-haired guy who had a conflict with a dark-skinned guy when he was still in the police academy.

Morobushi Jingguang cast a rather nostalgic look at the interaction between the two, then coughed twice and said, "I have done drug resistance training, but Noel doesn't know it. Although I think it should not be difficult to guess, but is it a characteristic that he always ignores small details? It's quite cute."

The last uncertain words drew shocked and complicated looks from the two colleagues. As Morobushi Kagemitsu didn't notice anything wrong, Hagiwara Kenji swallowed his complaints and asked with gritted teeth, "Compared to these, my dear Kagemitsu Dana, please explain to me the name Noel, your situation, the specific reasons for your physical changes, the information related to the organization, and the White Alliance, Beth, Noah's Ark, etc."

A bunch of questions were thrown out continuously. Under Morobushi Keimitsu's slightly guilty look, Hagiwara Kenji pretended to be indifferent and said, "After all, you have hidden a lot."

Following Matsuda Jinpei's nod and his frank, threatening look that showed a serious resistance, Morobushi Kagemitsu sighed and said, "It's a long story..."

"It doesn't matter. I've already applied for leave, and Xiao Zhenping has also applied for leave. I asked the Superintendent of Police for it."

"Okay," Zhu Fujing looked around and guessed, then said, "Noel is Xia Chuankong's real name. His code name in the organization is Grappa. You should know this code name."

Opposite him, both Hagiwara Kenji and Matsuda Jinpei did not hold back their expressions. The former struggled to force a stiff expression and felt like his back teeth were about to break.

I know. Of course I know.