7

In the afternoon, Noel drove the car he didn't like back to his residence. Fortunately, the two police officers didn't follow him. If they had seen Noel driving so brazenly, they would have detained him and waited for the guardian to pick him up, which would have been really embarrassing.

After all, the fake certificate that Noel made for himself was in the form of an adult for convenience, but the police officer who had seen him as a child would definitely find out that the age was wrong, and then they would investigate based on the fake certificate. It would be even more embarrassing if the gray industry was discovered and the organization was implicated.

Zhu Fu Jingguang stayed in the house alone for six or seven hours, during which time he explored the house inside and out, and then stayed in the living room with nothing to do. When he heard the sound of the car, he knew that the other party had returned, and he was relieved. If Noel had kept him here for ten days or half a month, it would have been difficult to deal with.

"What are you doing?" Looking at Noel who got out of the car, Zhu Fu Jingguang looked confused.

I saw that the other party was no longer wearing a bandage, but was just wearing a large black coat. He had an astonishing number of bags and packages in his hands, and it was obvious that there were still a lot of them in the car.

"I went to buy groceries," Noel replied. She didn't think there was anything wrong with this conversation, which was like a wife coming home from buying groceries. "Come over and help me move."

Zhu Fu Jingguang was a little stunned, but then he ran over to take a bag. However, he couldn't help but feel the weight in his hand and almost fell down.

Almost forgetting that he was a child, Morofushi Jingguang suddenly remembered and heard a voice from above, "Forget it, I'll do it. Just hand it to me."

"Actually, we can do it in two trips..." Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at the other person who had full bags in his hands and two on his shoulders. Even though the other person's body size was no less than that of an adult, his strength was somewhat astonishing.

"I hate doing the same thing twice." Noel's answer was rather capricious, but his voice was steady. It was obvious that the weight did not affect him that much, raising his estimate of Grappa's fighting power by one level. Morofushi Jingguang looked at the food all over the living room and could not help asking.

"What are you going to do with so much?"

"Cooking." Noel gave the other person a puzzled look. What else can he do if he doesn't cook?

“This is too much…”

"Anyway, you wait a moment, I'll try it first." After saying this, Noel came to the kitchen with the ingredients confidently, leaving Zhufu Jingguang with a worried look on his face.

"Bang——"

Although the explosion in the kitchen was not loud, it was loud enough to make Morofushi Jingguang in the living room rush over immediately. Looking at the boy who was so confident just now standing in front of the dark stove like a dog who had done something wrong, Morofushi Jingguang tried his best not to laugh out loud.

"Let me do it."

【Didn’t you say you cooked before? 】

[I remember learning it in my previous life. I may not be that good at it, but I definitely know how to do it.]

[Is it possible that this is from a comic book, and the character's cooking skills were originally not very good, but after the comic book exaggeration, it became a fried kitchen? ]

[I think you are overthinking...]

[I understand. It must be because it is 1991 now. The kitchen utensils are too different from the ones in 2019 before I traveled through time. When the time of science comes, I will be able to cook! ]

【If you don’t know how to cook, just go and learn! 】

Soon, a fragrance came from the kitchen, which came to Noel, who had been hungry for the whole afternoon, like an alluring fairy. He couldn't help but want to rush in.

[As expected of the man who taught Zero how to cook, this tastes great! ]

[You already know that he cooks delicious food, why do you still want to cook it yourself? 】

[Haha, after all, I am a kidnapper...]

【So you knew. 】

Soon the meal was placed on the table. It was simple and ordinary, but it was the first time in Noel's life that he tasted a meal prepared specifically for him.

[Wow, is this the legendary smell of my mother? ]

[If you have the guts, just say it directly, don’t tell me in your mind! ]

"Do you still want to eat?" Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at the other person eating rice in big mouthfuls, feeling that he was a bit like the Husky in the neighbor's house that had not eaten for a long time.

"Hmm!" At this moment, he no longer cared about his image as a "kidnapper". His mind was filled with the smell of food, making Noel feel unusually happy.

"Can you answer a question for me?"

"Can!"

"Your hand..." Before Jingguang could ask a question, he saw that the boy, who originally looked like a lazy husky, suddenly changed his expression and looked alert.

It doesn't seem that easy, Morofu Jingguang thought silently, and got up to go to the kitchen to cook some more food. After all, Grappa's appetite was a little unexpected.

"You can change the question." Noel said. Although he was reluctant to answer questions about himself, he was very happy to answer other questions, such as those about the organization.

"No thanks," said Morofushi Jingguang, and went to the kitchen again.

[I thought you would be sad? ]

【Why? 】

【Didn’t you say that someone finally cooked for you? But now it seems there is a purpose.】

Xiao Hei's mechanical voice made his originally harmless words seem particularly cold.

[It is right to have a purpose. It is terrible to have no purpose. 】

Noel prefers to be needed with a purpose, so that he can feel at ease doing something.

[And compared to the need to be used as a weapon, the need to be used as an intelligence source seems to be better. ]

He had never thought about being needed as Noel. After all, he was very self-aware. It was Grappa, not Noel, who was valuable.

In the kitchen, Morofu Jingguang felt somewhat regretful. He did not regret using the young man to obtain intelligence, but he regretted being too sudden.

Even though we now have a certain understanding of Grappa's situation, he is an undercover police officer lurking in the organization. Choosing this path means that he accepts that individuals can be sacrificed for the public, even if this individual is himself. It does not mean that he will sacrifice innocent people without hesitation, but during his time in the organization, he also took innocent lives. He once saved his enemy with his own hands while in the police academy. That is the kindness of Morobushi Kagemitsu, but it is not the principle of an undercover police officer. The public interest is.

It is not easy for Morobushi Kagemitsu to balance his relationship with Noel, treating him as a child while also treating him as a code member of a criminal organization.

In the living room, Noel couldn't help but look at his hands. He had removed the bandages while cooking, revealing his fair palms. His fingers were not slender and weak, and could hold the weapon tightly, but they did not have any ropes. He did not have the thick rope at the base of the thumb that was often used to hold a gun, nor the roughness on the fingertips that would be left when holding a knife tightly. This was too abnormal for any member of the organization, so he rarely took off his gloves and bandages.

【Actually, there is nothing wrong with telling him, it is just an experiment.】

As Noel was thinking this, he saw the policeman prepare a few more dishes and bring them up, and also cook another pot of rice.

[Or tell him some other information to make up for it? ]

"I met some weird people when I was shopping." Noel suddenly thought of Kenji Hagihara and Jinpei Matsuda, and felt that it would be good for the people in front of him to have information about An Hao at the same time. After all, he didn't pay much for this meal, so naturally he couldn't swallow it. So he decided to give the other party another piece of information as meal money.

"Who?"

"Two nasty police officers asked me why I didn't go to school," Noel decided to be more obvious when seeing the other party's puzzled look.

"One has peach blossom eyes and talks a lot, and the other has black curly hair. His voice is quite nice, but his personality seems terrible."

It was difficult for Zhu Fu Jingguang to ignore such obvious clues. His expression darkened and he sighed heavily, saying, "I didn't expect you to have already found these people."

"ah?"

"I will not contact them, nor will I contact anyone in the police department, rest assured,"

"Please don't do anything to them."

The cat-eyed policeman's eyes dimmed, and the other party's identity as a code member was once again clearly revealed to him.

"I..." Noel finally realized that he had said the wrong thing. Apparently, the other party thought that he had found out about his friend and used this to threaten him.

【Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei! 】

【This is your own pot, take responsibility for it. 】

The mechanical sound of Xiao Hei seemed very cold at this moment, and Noel's heart felt as if he had arrived in the Siberian Mountains of Eastern Russia, where it was freezing cold.

[I don’t know how to explain…]

Noel rarely showed weakness, and seeing the other party's cold expression, he felt a little panicked.

[Why don't you stop explaining first, so as to avoid making things more confusing. Just make it clear that you won't hurt them.]

What Xiao Hei said was extremely truthful. After all, grappa was just a bottle of wine. Even though Zhu Fujingguang knew from their interactions during this period that this person was very different from the rumors, he also understood that he was definitely not an innocent child. This situation would only make things worse.

"I won't hurt them." When saying this, Noel tried his best to make his expression as sincere as possible, but the effect might not be satisfactory, after all, it was a very unfamiliar and unpracticed expression.

"Is it okay for me to live here forever?" Morobushi Jingguang changed the subject, as if he believed Noel's promise.

"I bought this house using another identity, so the people in the organization don't know about it." Noel said immediately, "The owner of this house is named Xia Chuan, and I was originally his only son Xia Chuan Kong. I think this is because I'm always sick at home."

"I made some special changes today. A distant cousin has moved in. His name is Hikaru Natsukawa."

"It seems like you've been hiding a lot of things from them?" Although it was clear from the fact that he concealed his own death that Noel was not that loyal to the organization, it was obviously more than that. It was obvious that this identity had been prepared for some time.

"Of course, I defected before." Norse had no idea how much psychological impact her words had on Morobushi Kagemitsu. Norse said without disguising, "After all, Japan does not have ID cards, and the management of household registration was not strict in the 1990s, so it was easy to infiltrate. If it was later, it would probably be very difficult."

"It's easy to hack into. It sounds like you have good computer skills."

"Of course, firewalls are very easy to break into these days, and Japan's household registration system only requires..."

Apparently, after being praised, Noel seemed to have forgotten his mind. He talked about how to hack into the official firewall in front of the active police, and even wanted to demonstrate it himself. Zhu Fujing Guangsi had no intention of stopping him. He just listened to him complaining about how rubbish the system of his unit was until he realized something and gradually fell silent, then he spoke out:

"What would you like to eat tomorrow morning?"

"ah?"

Noel looked confused, not understanding why the policeman asked this question, after all, he had just threatened the policeman with his friend in front of him.

"Then I'll take care of it. Do you have any tasks tomorrow?"

"Um......"

"When?"

"night."

Today's conversation ended with Noel being led by the nose by Zhu Fu Jingguang the entire time. It was not until he lay in his locker and went through Xiao Hei's review and analysis that Noel realized that he was indeed a little too young in front of this policeman.

[I must be more vigilant tomorrow. I was indeed careless today. 】

Noel reflected seriously, then took the medicine and fell asleep instantly.

When he climbed out of the closet the next morning, the smell of rice from the kitchen quietly squeezed into the closet, and Noel suddenly felt his eyes a little wet.

"Xiao Hei, I think I have a mother."