41

In the white laboratory, the lighting was dim, the boy and girl were standing very close to each other, and there was no romantic atmosphere at all in this environment.

After all, the girl in the white coat has emerald eyes full of clarity and sharpness. As a scientific researcher, she seems to have a machine-like rationality. Even if she has a soft heart, it is strictly armed by this thorny shell. The sensibility that occasionally appears is like a flower in the cold.

"Tsk, it's really useless?" Noel felt a little frustrated when he saw the other party's look, and simply lay on the laboratory table and muttered:

"It's a shame not to show my face when I clearly said so."

"through?"

"My partner is just an ex."

Noelse had no awareness of tarnishing Bourbon's image, and said bluntly, "There was a mission before that required intelligence."

"Don't learn random things." Shirley frowned slightly and said in a cold voice, mentally putting Bourbon, a codename member she had never seen before, on the blacklist.

"Oh~" Noel responded obediently, looking like he was obeying her.

"You haven't said you agree yet?"

"Okay, I agree."

Shirley was silent for a while before responding. For her and her sister, it would be a rare opportunity to have a code name member to protect them. After all, although she had a code name, it was of little practical use.

"Then I'll leave my body to you~" The young man curled his lips when he heard that, then closed his eyes, looking like he was ready for you to do whatever you want with him.

[I wanted to complain before, what's wrong with your choice of words! ]

【What's wrong? 】

[What's wrong? This is really problematic! You were not like this before!]

[What are you talking about, Xiao Hei? I don’t understand. ]

Noel smiled and played it off. He just felt that such words would bring some unexpected benefits in some aspects, so he used them. After all, he was essentially a person who would do anything to achieve his goal.

The inspection lasted for the whole morning, and rumors were flying everywhere. There was no other way. The two of them blatantly called out all the members who had stayed for so long. Grappa had always been a terrifying existence in the eyes of other members. And the way she looked that day, no one would think that Shirley would do it voluntarily. She looked ugly, and even if she had a cold personality, some people would still look at her. No one dared to offend Grappa when he took action, but rumors and scandals would definitely spread.

So that night, the rumor had reached Japan, to Gin.

"Shirley and Grappa, that's impossible?" Vodka felt that this story was not very authentic, and obviously, his elder brother Gin didn't believe it at all. He just sneered twice and called Grappa.

———

"Hey, Gin, what's up?"

Apparently, Grappa, who was no longer under Gin's control, had started to act arrogantly.

"Shirley, what did you do to her?"

Gin didn't think Grappa could easily let go of his hatred for Shirley, the experimenter. After the two of them had been together for a whole morning, he could only think of something else. Of course, he didn't think Noel would really do anything to Shirley, but there were obviously more than one way to make someone collapse...

"I didn't do anything. I just asked her for some help." Noel had already learned the principle of telling lies as long as they were true, so he replied with a smile.

"Is it gin?"

Another voice came from the other end of the phone, making Gin frown.

"Bourbon?"

"Yes." Noel admitted it generously without any hesitation.

"Now that your partnership has ended, are you still working together?"

Gin naturally knew this, after all, he was the one who sent the text message himself.

“Just a last get-together.”

Gin's intuition told him that this gathering was not simple, and he couldn't help but ask.

"Where are you going?"

"Hotel."

Gin was silent for a while, and before he could say anything, he heard the other side quickly say:

"Anyway, I'm hanging up now. Bye, don't disturb us."

“Beep, beep, beep—”

"That kid Grappa actually hung up on you again, brother!" Vodka, who always respected Gin, couldn't help but speak, but he saw that his brother seemed a little distracted.

"Brother?"

"Shut up and drive."

———

"It seems that you have become braver in front of Gin now." Toru Amuro was driving and spoke when he saw Noel hung up the phone.

"It's none of his business anyway, but some things still need revenge." Noel leaned on the co-pilot seat, squinting his eyes lazily.

Amuro Toru smiled and said nothing, but he understood Grappa's transfer in his heart. After all, the only one in the organization who could compete with Gin was Rum. However, as a member of Rum, he did not receive similar news. This could only mean one thing, that Grappa now belonged only to the BOSS.

Is it to cultivate what Grappa calls new organizational top management?

Although it seems to be the case at the moment, Toru Amuro is a little confused about this. After all, based on his understanding over this period of time, Grappa is not very good at developing connections and other relationships. He exists more as a simple killer of the organization. Although he is much stronger than other people in the action team, he is still positioned as a weapon.

But no matter what, Grappa has greater value like this, and even if they are no longer partners, he cannot take the initiative to alienate the relationship between the two, so he is very happy to go to the hotel he mentioned with the other party.

Before that, wanting to bring Grappa back to the Public Security Bureau in advance... Amuro Toru's expression darkened. Unless he took the risk of being exposed and did it himself, there was basically no possibility of taking Grappa away by force.

How did Akai Shuichi do it?

Just as Toru Amuro was highlighting Akai Shuichi's name again in his mind, he suddenly heard the co-pilot Grappa suddenly speak:

"We're here. It's the hotel in front."

Looking at the hotel flashing with colorful beams of light in front of him, Amuro Toru twitched his lips and asked:

"Lover's Inn?"

"Yes."

"I'm beginning to wonder what the hell this gift you're talking about is."

"Don't worry, it's very serious. You will definitely like it."

Noel felt guilty for a few seconds about bringing his idol lover to the hotel, but he definitely didn't have any other intentions. He just wanted to be close to her because of the good sound insulation and the fact that the waiter paid attention to privacy. After all, his gift was not suitable to be seen.

Amuro sighed, but didn't say anything. Although he was very good at all kinds of flirting due to his character, he couldn't do it since the other party was a minor...

"I'm not interested in minors..." he could only say helplessly in the end.

"Ah, how do you know?" Noel looked at Amuro Toru in shock and asked.

"?"

Noel did not explain, and quickly pulled the other party to the room he had prepared in advance.

"What is this?" At this time, Toru Amuro and Noel were standing on both sides of the bed in the room, looking at the boy who was sleeping on it.

The boy looked to be no more than ten years old. He was lying on the bed, fully dressed, sleeping, or rather unconscious.

"How is it?"

Toru Amuro slowly raised her head and looked at Noel with a complicated expression, almost scolding him out of hand.

Punishment can be real punishment.

Trying to calm himself down, he also listened to Grappa's explanation:

"The man I bumped into accidentally before seemed to be a kidnapper. He also wanted to kidnap me, so he killed me and found his hostage. I don't know how to deal with it."

Noel put his hands up and said with a very natural expression, but he didn't know that in his mind, Xiao Hei was giving him crazy suggestions.

"Then we found out that this boy was actually the adopted son of the president of the Sindor Company. No wonder he was kidnapped."

Toru Amuro nodded. As an intelligence officer, he knew very well that the adopted son of the president of Sindora Corporation had been reported in the news.

"I wanted to exchange some money, but the company I bought was about to go bankrupt."

The man knew this and had even been paying attention to it. He was also curious about who the hacker who launched the attack was.

"Anyway, I'll give it to you. See how he plays the drums. He seems to be quite smart."

He is indeed very smart and a true genius.

[Next time, memorize it yourself. Don’t ask me to write the inscription.]

[I have a bad memory, no! ]

[But your excuse is too coincidental.]

[It doesn't matter, as long as the other party believes it. ]

"I see. So you want to give it to me?"

[Ha, he believed it? ]

Of course, Toru Amuro wouldn't believe it, but his way of understanding it is as follows:

He had known for a long time that Grappa had a certain bloodthirsty tendency, and before that, he had heard from Gin that Noel had a habit of hunting powerful prey and had once tortured a bomber to death.

Of course, Gin told Bourbon all these things because, as Grappa's partner, he was a strong enough prey himself, and the organization still cherished the code members.

Fortunately, for some reason, Grappa never had any intention to kill him. Was it because he often took him out to dinner later? Bourbon thought uncertainly.

Therefore, it was most likely not a coincidence that Grappa encountered the kidnapper. Of course, the possibility that he was interested in the encounter was not ruled out, but who would believe the sentence "the other party wanted to kidnap me"? Obviously, Bourbon and Gin fell into the same misconception.

As for why he gave it to himself, Toru Amuro simply felt that the other party was not interested in the weak child. Even though he knew the value of it, he didn't have any thoughts about it, so he just gave it to himself as an intelligence officer.

"Noel, does anyone know about this?"

"What, you want to tell Gin about it? It's no use now."

"How could that be, my partner." Hearing that no one knew, Amuro Toru's pupils shrank slightly and he responded with a smile.

"It's the ex."

"Anyway, if you find this kind of talent again, I'd be happy to accept it."

"After all, I want to see the scenery up there." Bourbon did not hide his ambition.

"Okay." Noel agreed nonchalantly, but in his heart he approved of Xiaoguang's plan.

But this also shows how well childhood friends understand each other... Damn, why do I suddenly feel a little unhappy?

【How about you try knocking on a corner? 】

[This is not good...]

[There is no law that prohibits prying into someone else's childhood. ]

【Can’t I have both...】

[I underestimated your ambition.]

And Amuro Toru looked at the boy lying on the bed again, and suddenly thought of something and asked:

"He was drugged. How did you bring him in?"

"Oh, that one." Noel pointed to the corner of the room where a black suitcase stood.