25

"You don't want to come back with me tonight, do you, Noel?"

After a busy day, Toru Amuro finally couldn't help but ask as he looked at Noel sitting still in his passenger seat.

"That's nonsense." Noel lazily lay on the other person's car to show his determination to sleep with you.

"impossible."

Toru Amuro's tone was extremely firm. He didn't sleep well last night and his head has been aching all day. Now he has finally finished all the tasks. How could he let Grappa continue to bother him?

"Is it really not possible, Tooru~"

Noel called his name and looked at him expectantly. Even though he knew the rules of addressing people by their names in Japan, it was difficult for him to pay attention to them. Since they started calling each other by their names, they had been calling each other by their names in a friendly manner. For Rei Furuya, who was a genuine Japanese in all aspects except his appearance, even a pseudonym was enough to make him uncomfortable.

"We are partners."

Perhaps it was because his true appearance was seen that Toru Amuro inevitably softened his attitude, which made Noel, who had learned to hit the snake with the stick, immediately adjust his attitude. Especially since the opponent was somewhat similar to Xiaoguang in many aspects, Noel also revealed a lot of his side in front of Xiaoguang.

Simply put, she learned to take advantage of her status as a minor and started to act coquettishly. Of course, Noel did not admit this.

"I didn't know that partners have to allow the other to stay overnight at their place?" Amuro Toru retorted with a smile.

"This is not normal," Noel said confidently, listing several instances of Codename members spending the night together.

"Even Vermouth and Gin, when they occasionally work together, do they spend the night together?"

Toru Amuro listened with a smile on his face, but the villain in his heart had already taken out his little notebook and started frantically memorizing the intelligence.

Gin? Bermode? Did they really sleep together?!

Of course, apart from those typical opposite-sex combinations, when recording certain same-sex partnerships, Toru Amuro did not show any hesitation. There was no way, the undercover time in the past few years was enough to make him see a lot, although he did not want this breadth.

"After all, the urgent tasks of the past two days have been basically completed," Toru Amuro, who had just finished collecting intelligence, closed the little notebook in his mind and said like a scumbag:

"The remaining tasks are not urgent. You should take a good rest in the next few days. It is more appropriate for us to separate now."

Are you so anxious that you want to report it to the police? Noel complained in his heart, and he also understood that the other party would not take him in under such circumstances.

"Okay." He could only respond, and his tone inevitably sounded a little aggrieved, which made Amuro Toru feel a little guilty.

"Don't you have somewhere else to stay? You should have a guardian, right?"

Toru Amuro did not hide the fact that he knew the other person's age. For an intelligence agent, it would be too fake not to be able to tell the age when the person is right in front of him. He thought of some of Grappa's little habits, and it didn't seem like no one had taught him anything.

"No." Noel responded in a calm tone, which was completely different from his previous expression. However, the emotions he quickly suppressed also showed the other party's concern and vigilance. It was obvious that the situation over there was not simple.

"What about the others?"

Toru Amuro naturally knew what to do and didn't ask any further questions, leaving it at that.

"Wait a minute, I'll make a call." Noel thought for a moment and took out his cell phone.

[Who else could it be besides Morofushi Kagemitsu? ]

Even Xiao Hei was confused. He knew Noel's social network. Who would be willing to let him sleep in the closet?

"Hello, it's me. I have nowhere to live. Can I stay at your house?"

"Get lost!"

This conversation lasted less than a minute, and except for the ringing time, it was only a few seconds.

【You picked the most unlikely person. 】

"Look, no one will take me in except you." Noel looked at the hung up phone, turned to look at Amuro Toru, his tone was flat, but even more pitiful, like a stray animal on the street.

"Was that gin just now?"

When the cold voice came from the phone, Amuro Toru's expression was a little stiff. He didn't expect that Grappa would think of going to Gin first. Speaking of which, since the management of Grappa was previously in Gin's hands, wouldn't the guardian be......

Well, that's absolutely impossible.

As long as Toru Amuro thought carefully, he was sure that Gin would not be the one to teach Grappa to eat breakfast obediently. After all, Gin had never done this before. After all, he was the busiest killer in the organization and it was impossible for him to have three meals on time.

"Forget it," Amuro Toru said helplessly, and quickly said under Noel's expectant gaze:

"You shouldn't be short of money, right? I'll find a shopping street for you to come down and stay in a hotel for a few days."

As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly adjusted the direction to the nearest commercial street and stopped the car at the corner.

【It seems like it’s really not going to work. 】

【After all, your presence there will affect his work.】

Noel accepted his fate and got out of the car. He had only taken a few steps when he saw the other party step on the accelerator and drive away quickly, as if he was afraid that he would regret it.

[Xiao Hei, Toru seems to dislike me a little. ]

[It seems so...]

Obviously, the opponent's terrifying speed made Xiao Hei a little uncertain. After all, he knew that Amuro Toru did not sleep at all last night.

[It's okay, let's go back...]

【don't want.】

【Where are you going now? 】

Noel was alone on the street. It was eleven o'clock at night and many hotels were still open, but he did not bring his fake identity and was not in the mood to look for those black hotels that did not check age.

Not in the mood...or rather lazy.

[So you're planning on just strolling down the street tonight?]

"I have nowhere to go anyway."

Noel said lazily, "Anyway, let's go have a meal first."

He is now more and more certain that eating is the best way to solve the problem.

No matter what mess happens, as long as I fill my stomach, everything will be fine.

"Let's go have a barbecue first!"

He decided happily, and the image of the meat sizzling in the grill pan came to his mind, and he suddenly felt motivated.

"I noticed a barbecue restaurant doing particularly good business before. The food here won't be bad. It just so happens that there won't be many people here at this time..."

As he spoke, he felt his body gaining momentum and his dry spirit was suddenly injected with warmth. This was the power of food.

【It's up to you.】

【But maybe you forgot one thing, you don’t have a car now. 】

The barbecue restaurant that Noel mentioned is not far from here, but it doesn't mean that you can walk there quickly.

It's embarrassing to say that Grappa has never had a fixed car. Before, his subordinates were responsible for driving. Those cars were basically provided by the organization. When he needed them, he could just drive his subordinates' car to get the job done.

The newly stolen car miraculously lasted nearly three months, the three months that Xiaoguang was kept in service. It was finally scrapped in a car accident a week ago. In the past two days, it has been used as a bourbon truck. And because he has a partner, Gin no longer sends low-level personnel to help, so now he can only stand on the street, feeling the cold wind, thinking about how to get to that barbecue restaurant.

"Looks like I can only take a taxi."

Noel thought for a moment and said.

[Are you sure you want this look?]

At this time he was still dressed in grappa, and Toru Amuro deliberately placed it in a place where there were no cameras.

Pedestrians on the roadside naturally won’t pay attention to this guy dressed strangely. Although it looks weird, the most they will do is stay away from him to avoid trouble. But if you hail a taxi in this outfit, will the taxi driver really stop?

No matter how you look at it, he looks like a wanted criminal.

"Looks like I can only show my true self for a bit."

Just slip into a dark corner, and two minutes later, a brand new Noel appears.

【But something still seems wrong.】

Xiao Hei looked at each other and suddenly said.

Noel smoothed his hair, which had not been cut for a long time and thus slightly covered his eyes. However, he adapted well to this, as having some of his face covered appropriately made him feel safe.

He just took off the organization's black coat, revealing the white clothes underneath.

By the way, he quickly cut the black coat into strips with a razor blade and threw them into different trash cans, which is why it took him two minutes.

Anyway, they were wholesale clothes organized by the organization, and he had countless pieces of the same style.

He then removed the exposed bandages and made sure there was no excess blood on his clothes. After finishing all this, Noel looked like just a clean-cut teenager.

Although it's a bit too refreshing.

Seeing passers-by wrapped in down coats, Noel looked like a wanted criminal, but at least a psychopath.

[At worst, if asked, I can just say I’m Russian.]

Noel thought this excuse was very convincing, so he stood at the intersection and started to hail a taxi. Fortunately, an innocent taxi stopped in front of him not long after.

Fortunately, the taxi driver did not ask too many questions. His numb eyes seemed to hide many stories, and a strange-looking boy did not cause any disturbance in his heart.

After all, in this era, everyone's destiny is fluctuating violently. If you are powerless to resist, how can you have the energy to look at others?

"First, I'll go to this restaurant and eat one night, then I'll go clean up the breakfast shop, then I'll find a hotel to sleep in during the day, then eat again... I've decided, this is what I'll do on the few days when I don't have any tasks!"

Noel sat in the back seat of the car and talked to Xiao Hei about his decision, his tone inevitably sounding a little excited.

He felt that he had figured it out, he was fine, and he could live a very happy life even if he didn't go to see Xiaoguang!

So he did not hide his feelings at all, and soon came to the door of the restaurant he had been longing for, and sat in an empty seat.

"Ah, what a coincidence, why aren't you with your brother?"

A gentle voice came from behind. Noel recognized the person and turned around in disbelief, only to meet the purple peach eyes of a long-haired police officer.

It's you, the weird uncle Kenji Hagiwara!