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"I never thought that busy people today would have time to think about grappa?"

After understanding the purpose of the man opposite, Bermode teased, but his aqua eyes flashed a hint of secret scrutiny, and the smile at the corner of his lips concealed his inner speculation.

"I'm very interested."

Amuro Toru's face did not hide his interest at all. Instead, he directly admitted it and asked, "After all, you know so many interesting things."

Upon hearing this, Bermode put down the cup in his hand, with a complicated look in his eyes, "It seems you know everything."

This naturally refers to Grappa's experience as a test subject. Now that Bourbon has finally secured a high-level position, many secrets have naturally begun to unfold to him, such as the organization's goals and the related experiments conducted for this purpose.

And Bourbon's attitude now doesn't seem to show any sympathy for this.

"Yes," the blond man did not deny it, and said with some regret, "So now I really want to meet him, but I found out that he is on a long-term mission."

The man's overly harmless face showed a hint of helplessness, and the regret in his tone was genuine. However, Bermode, who knew what was going on between the two, could not simply understand it on the surface. When Bourbon said that he wanted to meet, the words he heard would usually not be friendly, otherwise those intelligence dealers who had been robbed before would have been too wronged.

Bermode frowned slightly and asked:

"Bourbon, are you still thinking about revenge against Grappa?"

This is a fairly safe guess. Considering the previous feud between Grappa and Bourbon, it is not surprising that Grappa would be more likely to have the idea of ​​immediate revenge after learning that his enemy is just a weapon. However, it is somewhat inconsistent when it happens to Bourbon. Is it just to add insult to injury?

"Revenge?" Bourbon smiled, and the regret in his gray-purple eyes turned into a hint of darkness. He tapped the table with his right hand, paused for a moment, and suddenly said: "Bermode, this weapon shouldn't be used for long, right?"

The top management knew that Grappa's body would not last long, and for this reason, Bermode felt that there was no need for Bourbon to retaliate.

"Just tell me what you want to do?"

For Bermode, a person who has always been a mystic, to say this, it can be seen that she is a little impatient at this time, but Bourbon did not keep her waiting any longer and said:

"So I'm going to propose to that person, how about giving me this abandoned weapon?"

The sweetness in the gray-purple drooping eyes was like a deadly poison, and he slowly expressed his thoughts: "I like this weapon very much."

Bermode was stunned, but heard the other side emphasize again:

“I like it very much.”

The rising ending and gentle tone of voice made Bermode silent for a moment, and then he spoke uncertainly: "I think you should know, Bourbon, that the experiments on grappa's physical properties have been determined to be of no value."

"So, what exactly is your purpose in wanting grappa, Bourbon?" After the witch asked this question, she saw the man was silent, which made the witch, who had been just watching, feel gradually complicated.

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At noon in summer, the sunlight was swaying wantonly, but was severely blocked outside by the curtains. Only a little sunlight squeezed in through the gaps and sprinkled on the table. The reflection of the table illuminated the solemn faces of the six people sitting around the table. The shadows from top to bottom gave people a strong sense of a villain plotting to destroy the world.

A low and slightly hoarse voice spoke:

"It's clear that he has a goal and is taking it step by step, and he doesn't want us to get involved."

Matsuda Jinpei sat on the sofa at one side and expressed his guess expressionlessly, with his hands crossed under his chin, like a filter with a layer of shadow, which once again contributed to the villain atmosphere in the room.

"You don't need to guess. It's written all over his face that he wants to drag the organization down with him." Hagiwara Kenji rarely spoke in such an angry tone, but with a vicious smile on his face, he gritted his teeth and said, "It's not like we don't allow him to do it, but in the end we didn't even give him contact information. He's really grown cocky."

"Norge just doesn't want us to participate in his plan." Conan sat on the chair and said with a heavy face: "So all contact was cut off."

"He knows that we will take him into consideration and that he can't act on his own. If we can't get in touch with him, we will be restricted in what we can do next." Zhu Fu Jingguang knew Noel's thoughts best and sighed, "This is also one of his purposes. If he can't act on his own, we won't be hurt."

Morobushi Kagemitsu never expected that he had tried his best to make the other party realize his importance, but in the end he was used as a constraint by the other party.

Because they couldn't contact each other, they couldn't know exactly what Noel was doing and what action plan he would take. They were worried that a rash action would affect the other party's plan and cause harm to the other party, which would just happen to achieve Noel's goal.

This kind of restraint caused by worrying about each other feels helpless and funny.

"Hahaha, very smart," Ida Hang couldn't help laughing as he watched his peers at a loss. "At that time, I didn't realize that Xiaokong actually hid so many things."

As the squad leader who had been kept in the dark before, Date Ko said that he didn't care much. He just found evidence that Hagiwara and Matsuda were investigating a dangerous criminal organization behind his back and gave it to the two of them, and then pulled them together for a friendly discussion.

After all, these two people whose physical skills are inferior to mine have to be made aware of who is protecting whose safety, right? Of course, as for Morobuchi and Kotani, they both insisted that they did not know that Xiao Banzhang escaped the disaster by not participating. As for whether this was the reason or they did not take action because one of them was undercover and the other was in an abnormal physical condition, it is up to you to guess.

Conan, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but complain in his heart:

This isn't a lot... this is like a bunch of nuclear explosions hidden inside.

The detective looked at the five people sitting at the table, and his originally confused mood finally calmed down.

It turns out that these are the five most dazzling people at that time that Officer Sato mentioned.

After finally completing every piece of the puzzle, Conan couldn't help but sigh at the coincidence of fate. Who would have thought that after so many twists and turns, he would find that everyone was connected in the end.

"At present, we only know that the other party is carrying out a long-term mission that requires going abroad. The confidentiality level of the mission is not accessible to ordinary members, so... zero?"

Ever since Morobushi Kagemitsu finished telling the story of his encounter with Noel, the blond man had been silent. This time was a bit too long, so long that everyone couldn't help but secretly worry.

Furutani Rei is perhaps the most emotionally sensitive of them all. His overly sensitive feelings to the people around him due to his childhood experiences and the cautious execution of his missions in the organization over the years have given him the ability to guess people's hearts, but at the same time, he has to suppress himself too much. Just like he used reason to suppress all emotional expressions at the first moment, even when he is with the people closest to him and who he trusts the most, he still looks normal.

This made Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't help but reach out and want to pat the other party, but he heard the other party slowly say:

"We can't let him lead us," Amuro Toru suppressed his emotions with reason, thinking about the other party's style of action, and said, "We must take the initiative."

"Even if we do nothing, he will not care about his own safety at all. The result will be the same whether we act or not."

Bourbon, who has a long-term collaboration with Grappa, has a deeper understanding of Grappa's reckless behavior, to the point of being heartbroken.

Zhu Fu Jingguang frowned slightly, thinking about something, then nodded and said, "That is indeed something Noel would do."

"This kid..." The others who didn't have direct knowledge of Noel's style as Grappa were somewhat angry, but then they calmed down and continued to analyze the current situation:

"Is it certain that he was sent to another base for a secret mission?"

"Regarding his mission, even as a high-ranking official, I cannot know the details because he is under the jurisdiction of the organization's boss. However, after the exposure of Mizuno Renna as an undercover agent, the organization's boss was obviously angry and sent Grappa out at this critical juncture. In addition, Gin was recently punished for this matter."

"Then his mission should be related to eliminating traitors."

At this point, Toru Amuro's heart trembled.

That's right, because the boss of the organization trusted Grappa very much, he asked him to kill Hiro whose identity was exposed. But who could have thought...

"If that's the case, then Noel's safety should be guaranteed." Hagiwara Kenji said, "It looks like he is very trustworthy."

"But, Norco needs to kill a lot of people, and they are all undercover agents who are working hard to fight against the organization..." Conan couldn't help but said: "Norco will definitely not accept it, so I think he will definitely do something, definitely."

The detective's azure eyes showed unhesitating trust. After confirming the other party's identity and experience, this trust was embedded in his heart like a gem that would never be covered by dust.

"I think so too," said Morobushi Jingguang. "That's why I'm contacting people from official agencies in various countries. If Noel wants to save them, he can't do it alone."

"Indeed," Yi Dahang said, "but if this is the case, we really can't interrupt his plan, otherwise it might affect those undercover agents. So we can only do it after we come back?"

Thinking of this, the room fell silent again.

"Do you think Noel could have guessed this?" Matsuda Jinpei's words only prolonged the silence. Even Matsuda had not expected that the childish and dangerous kid back then would turn out to be such a troublesome person.

"It seems that no matter because of the opponent's safety or the safety of those undercover agents, we still can't act, right? Hahaha," Yi Dahang thought of the child who snatched meat from him in the barbecue restaurant. At that time, he thought that the opponent was very good at taking advantage of his small size to snatch the meat in the gap. Now it seems that the opponent is still so good at using various conditions to make arrangements. After all, he and others are the best graduates of the police academy, but now they have no way to break the deadlock. It feels quite funny.

"If we wait for him to come back, then I am now in the top of the organization and I am the most convenient person to approach him." Amuro Toru seemed to have thought of something and said, "I have an idea. Although I can't be sure of success, I can try it as a backup plan, but..."

"Just what?" Matsuda asked.

"Maybe some of them are perverts?" The blond man thought of the private rumors in the organization and said uncertainly, but his eyes unconsciously looked at his childhood friend with a little guilt.