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Grappa returned to the organization's headquarters in early fall.

His return was not surprising to the members of the organization, after all, he was only on an overseas mission. However, for the senior executives who had been secretly following him, his itinerary became increasingly secretive over the course of two months, and they began to realize his real mission.

Therefore, no one in the senior management would take the initiative to contact Grappa, which would be a troublesome act. Otherwise, the suspicious boss might think that he had ulterior motives. As for the other members, it goes without saying that staying away from Grappa was an unspoken rule.

Of course, this is better for Noel. He is too lazy to deal with boring temptations. This time he just needs to deal with his things, and then go to the garbage yard. He will probably stay there for a long time.

Thinking of this, Noel looked at the surrounding environment and actually felt a little reluctant, especially those members in the base who were scared terribly by him. He was afraid that he would never have the chance to tease them again in the future. Noel sighed imperceptibly and was about to go to the archive room, but someone blocked his way.

The blond man, who had already made a report in advance, came forward in front of everyone's surprised gazes. He stopped in front of the man in black and said with a smile:

"Grappa, welcome back."

At this moment, all the members in the base could not help but prick up their ears. You know, before, it was said that these two had completely broken up and become mortal enemies. What was going on now? They were getting along again? !

Thinking of this, a small number of people became excited and quietly moved a little closer.

Okay, let me take back what I said before. Noel looked at the undercover police officer and felt deeply troubled. What was there to be nostalgic about in this base in Bourbon?

Noel's silence did not deter the other party. The gentle and harmless man narrowed his gray-purple eyes slightly, and seemed to carefully examine the other party's face without the bandages. He smiled and said, "Why, are you finally willing to expose your face to the outside world?"

"So free, Bourbon?" Noel responded sarcastically, but no one noticed his slightly stiff body. After all, in the perspective that only Noel could see, there was no malice in those gray-purple eyes, only gentle concern and subtle guilt, like tiny stars scattered in them. This made Noel swallow the words he was about to say back, and complained in his heart:

I am sure that Xiaoguang not only said everything that can and cannot be said, but also added an exaggerated and beautified filter.

Thinking of this, Noel could only sigh in his heart. For a moment, he didn't know how to face this former male idol, the man who now made him feel complicated. After all, he was used to the vigilance and caution in his eyes. Being treated like this suddenly made him feel a strong sense of violation. That's why he pretended not to understand when the other party proposed to talk last time, and this time......

"I have something I want to talk to you about." He smiled very nicely and said directly.

As expected...Noel's heart sank, and he could hardly control the expression on his face. He felt something was very wrong.

He didn't believe that the man in front of him couldn't guess that he was secretly working undercover for the garbage inspection industry. At this moment when all the senior executives were busy avoiding suspicion with him, he suddenly approached him. Did he think his position was too secure?

However, he has always been very bold in the animation, and from time to time he even performs tasks as a public security officer. Although he has never done so in reality, he definitely has the potential in his bones.

For example, driving that car to... Noel paused, a trace of confusion flashed through his mind. In the summer memory, in the original book, Toru Amuro had done... what?

But no matter what, he didn't believe that the golden fox in front of him would be so careless, unless he had made some preparations. Could it be that he felt that he had collected enough information and was ready to give up?

This shouldn't happen. We just climbed to the top...

"What, are you going to reject your former partner?"

Perhaps Noel had been silent for too long, the blond man spoke again, his body leaning forward slightly, silently breaking the social distance, his pair of gray-purple eyes looking gently at the man in front of him, the worry in his eyes revealed to him without any disguise, yet there was a hint of strength hidden in it, obviously, he discovered the man's evasion.

This made Noel, whose mind was wandering just now, feel a little guilty, but he could only lean forward and to the right to hide the blond man's expression.

Damn it, those men in black who followed me are still there.

The gray-green eyes seemed to casually glance across the glass in front of him, observing the angles of the two men in black behind him. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they did not try to move forward to explore.

Even after returning to Japan, the big trash guy had no intention of letting these people leave. He was like a shadow, less than five meters away from me every day, which was really annoying. The only thing to be thankful for was that the big trash guy's camera was not turned on, which showed that he was obviously very busy recently.

But now is not the time to think about these things.

Noel pulled his thoughts back to the present moment, looking at the blond man in front of him who was so close to him that there was an ambiguity between them. He wanted to immediately take out the phone that he had not dared to call before and ask for help.

Xiaoguang, please take care of your child who has no masculine virtues! How could he just come over so easily?

"Bourbon, is that enough?" Noel still had to put on a show, and quickly grabbed the other person's collar, saying with a mild anger: "I thought it was obvious that I was annoyed with you."

As he spoke, Noel pushed the man away with force, then flexed his wrist and said, "I'm very busy now. I don't have time."

"That's a pity." The blond man quickly stabilized his body, without showing any trace of anger on his face. He shrugged and tilted his head and said, "I thought you would want to talk to me about what happened before."

Who would have thought...

Noel felt helpless in making complaints, so he turned around and left. The two men in black immediately followed him, ending this farce which was somewhat embarrassing for Noel.

The blond man looked at the other person's leaving figure with a hint of solemnity on his face. Having already met the BOSS, it was natural for him to not realize that the two men in black following him were the servants in that yard.

Having just become a senior executive and having access to some of the organization's laboratories, he also vaguely guessed the situation of these people. Thinking of the experiments on Noel's hypnosis control that the White Alliance had found out, he gradually clenched his fists.

We must act faster...

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"Boss," Noel half-knelt in front of the man who seemed to be always superior, with the same respect as before, "The mission has been accomplished."

"You did a great job." The man had a smile on his face, as if the several times he pressed the switch of the drug during the process was just an illusion. Rarely, there was a hint of appreciation on his face, as if it was the first time he regarded the person in front of him as a reliable subordinate rather than a cold weapon. He even asked the other person to stand up and patted him on the shoulder to express encouragement.

Noel obeyed silently.

"Then it's time to take a break. Just stay with me for the time being."

If anyone had a basic understanding of the subtext at that moment, they would have known that this was a basically undisguised deprivation of power. If someone knew the inside story, they could have guessed that it was to keep Grappa's last few years alive in front of them to prevent the secret from being leaked. But here there are only people who have been completely brainwashed, a suspicious and neurotic boss, and a person who has already made all the preparations and just got what he wanted.

"yes."

The boss was quite satisfied with the answer without hesitation, and then he glanced at the collar around the man's neck.

The pure black collar locked around the beast's neck had no intention of being taken off even though it was going to be kept by the beast. Or perhaps it was precisely because it was going to be kept by the beast that there was no need to take it off.

After all, trust is broken the moment one discovers that the other party has not been completely brainwashed.

But he was also very satisfied that the other party did not bring it up without knowing what was good for him, so he talked about what happened next.

"Since everyone has been notified, you will be in charge of receiving them in three days. After all, you are already very familiar with this place, right?"

As he spoke, he looked towards the hall. This was where he stayed most often and it was also the largest reception room in the entire courtyard. It had an absolutely safe soundproof environment and defense devices. The doors and windows that looked classical were made of special metals that were strong and soundproof enough. At critical moments, it could serve as the most suitable safe house to ensure that no living creatures could get in.

Those who were able to attend the meeting this time were all important figures in the organization, as well as senior executives from the headquarters. The organizational industrial transformation plan that he had prepared for a long time would also be officially announced and implemented here. Thinking of this, he even felt a hint of excitement after a long time.

Of course, the experiment of pursuing immortality cannot end here. He will hide it deeper and use some extended results to trade with the government, or even conduct some secret cooperation. Japan has just experienced an economic bubble a few years ago, and the organization has enough money. It is very feasible no matter how you look at it.

"Don't betray my trust, Grappa."