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"It's really annoying."

Dr. Murakami, wearing his unchanging white coat, tried not to complain. He was cutting the latest materials in the laboratory when he was suddenly ordered by Gin to go to the United States immediately. As a result, he had just packed his luggage and was notified that he could not go.

"It seems that something went wrong with Grappa, but it doesn't seem that simple." Murakami rubbed his temple and speculated that he had been in the organization for so long and had a very accurate grasp of the delicate balance between the personnel.

"His new medication also needs to be changed. How can we deliver the medicine to him?"

He had no idea what was happening in the United States at the moment, but he prudently chose not to contact them for the time being. His original plan was to find someone to go to the United States, but now it seemed that it was not appropriate.

But soon, he had an idea.

"Dr. Miyano, I heard that you are going to the United States to attend a seminar. Can I ask you for a favor?"

"No." The delicate-looking girl said coldly, without any hesitation, which made Murakami choke for a moment, but he still said without giving up:

"I just want to deliver some medicine to Grappa. I'm a bit busy with the experiments I'm doing right now and don't have any help."

Unlike Murakami, Shirley is the only scientific researcher with a code name. Even though her qualifications are not as good as Murakami's, her status is higher.

"Is express delivery not possible?" Shirley asked in a cold voice, and the content of her words made Murakami stunned.

"I'm just kidding. Give it to me." Shirley took the medicine from Murakami's hand, turned around and left.

"With this kind of personality, no wonder he is called a weirdo." Murakami couldn't help but sigh as he watched the other person leaving.

———

"When did you two become so close?"

After finishing a day's task, Noel wanted to step on the accelerator to the bottom and returned home. Then he found two small figures in the kitchen, working in perfect harmony to cook. Hongshu's movements seemed a little awkward, and Xiaoguang's helpless and doting smile made Noel feel like he was a dog that had accidentally entered someone else's house.

【Obviously, there is no place for you in this family anymore.】

Fortunately, Xiao Hei was hit by the knife.

"Noel, you're back!" Hongshu subconsciously looked outside the door. Seeing that the person coming was Noel, he was a little excited, but he restrained himself because of his quiet nature. He wanted to go over, but stopped because of the flour in his hands. He smiled shyly with some embarrassment.

But obviously, Noel was not good at reading and understanding. He directly understood Hongshu's smile as a provocation, similar to the close-up of the evil smile after doing something bad in the harem competition for favor.

"You came back very quickly today. The rice is not ready yet. Wait a moment and go wash your hands first."

When Morofushi Jingguang saw Noel coming back, he praised him proficiently, saying, "Hongshu has a good learning ability and mastered cooking very quickly."

Obviously, these words deeply hurt Noel's heart. Even the same furry sweater they wore was so eye-catching that he felt a little overwhelmed.

"I want to do it too." Noel couldn't help but say.

"Cooking?" Zhu Fujingguang understood what the other party meant, and said helplessly: "Forget about this, you go to the sofa and stay for a while..."

"Tsk." Zhufu Jingguang's serious and distrustful look made Noel completely break down his defense. He sat on the sofa and didn't want to pay any attention to him, like a self-isolating mushroom.

【Hahaha, why are you so childish! 】

【Shut up! 】

"What's wrong?" Zhu Fujingguang was confused. He really couldn't think that the other party was just jealous. He just thought that something went wrong with today's mission.

"I've already told Tou to send Hongshu back tomorrow." Noel covered his face with his hands so his expression could not be seen, and his voice sounded a little muffled through the gaps in his clothes.

"So soon?" Zhu Fu Jingguang was stunned. He thought Hongshu would stay for a while.

"Why, you can't bear to part with it." Noel didn't like what he heard. He suddenly looked up and looked at Shijian. His gray-green eyes were full of accusations, and his determination to tear down the house if you say you can't bear to part with it overflowed from his eyes.

"After all, it's rare to see you make friends..." Zhu Fu Jingguang replied consciously. He was aware of Noel's thoughts, but that was why he felt a little dazed. How come he was becoming more and more like a child?

"You obviously like the way he looks." Noel felt a little relieved and continued.

"After all, Hongshu is a very well-behaved boy." Zhufu Jingguang smiled and said gently, his sinister nature finally revealing itself.

"!"

Then Morobushi Jingguang spent ten minutes to smooth out Noel's fur before getting him to come to the dining table and sit down to have a good meal.

———

"Ding-a-ling--" The incoming call from the cell phone broke up the happy dinner. Noel took out his cell phone and checked the incoming call. He said:

"I'm going to take a call."

Even when Hiroki is not present, he does not like to receive calls from the organization when Keimitsu is present.

Upstairs, Noel answered the phone and asked uncertainly:

"Shirley?"

Both had each other's mobile phone number, but had never called each other.

"Grappa, are you free tomorrow?"

The girl's cold voice came, her tone was so cold that no emotion could be heard.

"I'll bring your medicine to you from Murakami."

"OK, I'll get it tomorrow." Noel didn't expect Murakami to ask Shirley to bring it over. After all, the areas they were responsible for were quite different.

"By the way, will you be in the lab all day tomorrow preparing data?"

"Um."

"I came to see you. I have something to ask."

"Can."

[Are you planning to have Shirley do the drug testing? ]

After Noel hung up the phone, Xiao Hei couldn't help but ask.

[After all, she's better at this than at those labs, isn't she?]

[Indeed, and given her personality, she will definitely keep it a secret for you once she knows the whole story.]

Xiao Hei strongly agrees with Noel's behavior of approaching the red team.

【......】

【What's wrong? 】

[I was just thinking, if we follow the main storyline of the manga, Shirley must become Haibara Ai, right? ]

Noel asked, but the other party did not answer, so Noel continued to ask on his own:

[Does her sister, Miyano Akemi, have to die? ]

[How much adjustment can the main plot accept? ]

Xiao Hei did not answer the series of questions, but just said one sentence at the end.

【It must be reasonable. 】

【Is it reasonable...? 】

———

The organization has laboratories in several countries, and the United States is no exception. It is just a large pharmaceutical company on the surface. It also frequently sends people to participate in many seminars and is quite famous in the academic community.

Noel has always been famous as Grappa, and because of his physical condition, he has the right to enter all laboratories under the organization, so he has a smooth journey and soon arrives at Shirley's location.

"Long time no see, Shirley." Pushing open the door of the basement laboratory, Noel found his target.

"Grappa." A girl in a white coat stood in the middle of the laboratory. When she saw the person coming forward a few steps, she handed the medicine in her hand to him.

"What else do you want to talk to me about?"

Shirley couldn't understand this. She thought the boy hated her enough and should not want to see her.

"I have something to ask of you." Noel looked at the people around the laboratory, lowered his head and whispered to the girl's ear, "Can you clear out the idle people first?"

"Okay." Shirley found it difficult to reject the man in front of her. Was it because of a sense of indebtedness? There was nothing she could do about this girl. It was unreasonable to ask a fifteen-year-old girl to be ruthless.

"You guys leave first."

Obviously, Shirley, who has the code name, has considerable power among the scientific researchers, not to mention the newcomer Grappa. Even the staff who focus on the laboratory must have heard of this person's reputation, although it is a bad reputation.

Soon, there were only two people left in the huge laboratory. Noel simply looked around the laboratory to make sure there were no cameras, then turned and walked to the door.

“Crack—”

The door was locked.

"What do you want to do?"

Although the current situation could easily be misunderstood, it is clear that the two are no longer among them.

"I just want to ask you a favor," Noel came to the girl and sat on the operating table beside her, his gray-green eyes level with her emerald pupils, "Can you help me check the composition of the drug?"

Noel picked up the new medicine he had just received and shook it, making a crackling sound.

When Shirley heard this, her green pupils shrank, and she quickly thought of something and said:

"Do you think there's something wrong with Murakami's medicine?"

"No, his medicine does meet the organization's requirements." Noel took out a pill from the medicine box. The white sealed capsule had no decoration and looked inconspicuous.

"I just think it has some other effects on my brain," the boy said, pointing to his head.

"I remember checking your brain once before." Shirley retorted first. Murakami was indeed an expert in the field of mental health, but his previous statement was that drugs had the effect of stabilizing the mind. However, the girl was not a naive character. She did suspect that the boy's mind might be manipulated, but she did not expect that this point would be raised by the boy himself.

"Can you help me check it again in detail?" Noel asked while sitting on the operating table.

"Why do you think I will agree, and why do you think I won't report it?" Shirley asked puzzled.

"There's nothing I can do. I'm all alone and helpless." Noel waved his hand, and seemed to have already determined that the other party would agree. He took off his coat and mask and revealed his face.

Of course, this was not the first time Shirley had seen this, but from a woman's perspective she had to admit that it was a bit of a shame for Grappa to cover up his face every day.

"Of course, I'll pay the price,"

"For example, you can use me once without any conditions," the young man with gray-green eyes was like a venomous snake at this moment, gently tempting the girl, "Anything is possible, without any principles?"