Chapter 34 Thirty-four Ghosts Behind
When Natalie returned to the room, Yi Dahang was sitting at the table looking down at the screen of his mobile phone. She walked closer curiously and saw that Yi Dahang's fingertips were lingering on the send button of the text message interface for a long time.
She was a very sensitive woman and she clearly noticed that her boyfriend was feeling a little down and hesitant at the moment, so without much hesitation, she gently placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Hang, aren't you going to send it out?" Natalie asked softly, "I think the other party is the good friend you mentioned? In that case, you should ask him in person."
Idahang's fingers tightened around the phone for a moment, then quickly loosened. When he raised his head again, the hesitation on his face disappeared, leaving only a determined smile: "You're right, Xiaona, I should have taken the initiative to ask that guy."
He decisively touched the key and sent the letter in the draft box.
【to:Furiya
What are you guys doing now? Please contact me once in a while! 】
As the second-ranked student in the police academy, Date Kou was well aware that the fact that Furuya Rei, who graduated first, and Morobushi Kagemitsu, whose brother was a policeman, did not openly join the police system and disappeared for a long time afterwards, were all very subtle matters.
They represent that his close friends have either changed their minds and no longer want to be police officers, or have joined a special system, becoming undercover agents who cannot leave their names or information.
This was further confirmed when it was later learned that the police academy's data room administrator had negligently destroyed the information of some graduates.
In the six years since graduation, Ida Ko actually did not completely cut off contact with his friends. It was just that the relationship changed from two-way to one-way. In the past six years, they only met a few times by chance.
This was enough for Ida Kou to understand from the side how dangerous the organization his friends were undercover in was, which was why the two of them had to tread on thin ice and not meet them with their true faces.
It must be said that meeting Toru Amuro on the Linorea was originally a pleasant surprise for Kou Date, but judging from the situation when they met in that corridor last night, Toru Amuro probably boarded the ship with other purposes, which also shows that the Linorea is not as safe as Kou Date imagined.
If there was a chance, Toru Amuro would definitely come to remind Date Kou, but it was already past dinner time and he hadn't seen Toru Amuro on the cruise ship all day.
It is very likely that the other party is currently facing a more difficult situation, or a deeper kind of...'inconvenience'.
Date Ko knew that not getting involved at this time would be the best help to his friend, so he chose to pretend that he didn't know that Amuro Toru and Furuya Rei were the same person, and sent a cryptic reminder text message to his friend's old mobile phone number.
If only Furuya could have the chance to attend his wedding with Morobushi, even if it was under a fake identity, what would that be? Date Kou thought, sighing with regret.
Come to think of it, he seemed to have not seen Morobushi Kagemitsu for more than a year...
I don't know whether those two guys have protected themselves well. Being an undercover agent is not an easy job.
It's really worrying.
"Come to think of it, Li seems to be planning to go out tonight." Natalie said worriedly from behind, "She said that according to the floor plan, the corridor you went to yesterday is the only way to the lower three floors. Maybe we can get unique materials tonight."
Kitada Rei, the freelance writer who wears exaggerated sunglasses, also works part-time at the English classroom where Natalie works.
She is a very outgoing person. Ever since Natalie met her, she has always maintained this personality of being able to chat with anyone and seems to be quite popular.
"No, we still have to stop her from doing this." Idahang frowned tightly, "The Linorea is not as safe as they think!"
More importantly, we must not let Kitada Rei and others interfere with Amuro Toru's actions again.
Natalie sighed, "Yeah, and anyway, the official website has emphasized many times that it is a place that tourists are prohibited from entering... Hang, it was you who brought them back last night. Anyway, Li's room door is next door, so let me go and talk to them this time."
Idahang readily agreed to the proposal, but half a minute after Natalie went out, her short screams and shouts were heard from outside the open door.
"Li!"
The tall police officer suddenly rushed out of the room. At first glance, he saw his girlfriend standing in front of the next door with a terrified look on her face. She pointed inside with one hand and turned to look at him and said anxiously: "Hang, quickly contact the ship's doctor!"
Yi Dahang walked forward quickly and saw a corpse lying in front of the wine cabinet behind the wide open door. The shattered sunglasses in the pool of blood on the ground also proved that the corpse belonged to the owner of this room door, Kitada Rei, whom they had just mentioned.
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The commotion happening above had nothing to do with Toru Amuro, who had already hidden near the restaurant after the lights were turned off. He was listening carefully to the noise outside.
The sound of wheels came from far away and gradually got closer. Amuro Toru immediately guessed the identity of the person who came. He turned around and looked at Akae Nayue for confirmation.
The smart young man behind him then passed him, pulled the door panel and poked his head out, while his voice floated unimpeded into Amuro Toru's ears: "It's the same person from last night."
The fingers hanging by his side moved, but in the end he continued to lie in the darkness patiently and did not make any rash moves.
"Here I come." Chijiang Nayue's voice rang out again.
As Toru Amuro heard these words, he silently threw a round ball out through the crack in the door.
A few minutes later, Toru Amuro, wearing a gas mask, came out of the small room where he was hiding. At this time, two unconscious men were lying on the ground outside. Their white coats were very conspicuous. The incorporeal little devil was squatting beside them, pretending to accidentally slap one of them.
Since both of them were researchers of the organization, Toru Amuro also pretended not to see it.
Anyway, the little devil can't touch them, and it's not like they're really fighting, right?
"They look familiar, if you look at it this way." When Amuro Toru leaned over diligently to drag the two men into his hiding place, Akae Nazuki suddenly said, "I've seen them before."
Amuro Toru paused as he was about to close the door again. He looked up at the boy who had his head down and his expression could not be seen. He lowered his voice and asked, "Didn't you see their faces yesterday?"
"Even I can't remember the faces of every piece of trash I've ever seen. Rather, why should I remember this stuff?" Chi Jiang Na Yue spread his hands and said innocently, "Anyway, he's not an important character. I only met him once when I was very young, beside the old man, cough, the former boss."
He pointed at the brown-haired man, who was the more stable one in the conversation last night.
Although Akae Nazuki didn't say it explicitly, Amuro Toru thought of a bad idea: If these people were really doing human experiments, why did Akae Nazuki "meet" him when she was a child?
"Oh, don't think about that irrelevant thing, take action, take action!" The little devil who loves to slack off shouted righteously, "Hurry up."
Amuro Toru rubbed his forehead: “Really…”
The blond young man closed his eyes, and when he opened them again a few seconds later, the color in his eyes had already turned a little red.
"I don't think I prepared such an ugly stubble in advance." 'Amuro Toru' lowered his head and opened the small box at hand, rummaging inside, and said to himself, "Then how about disguising myself as that hypocritical guy?"
[…When did you give them code names too?] A familiar voice of complaint immediately came to his mind.
That's right, the one who is using Toru Amuro's body now is Akae Nazuki. In the plan they have discussed, Akae Nazuki, who has a vague impression of the lower three floors, is responsible for disguise and infiltration, and will hand it over to Toru Amuro to act when they arrive at the destination.
This was the result that Toru Amuro protested against. Otherwise, according to Akae Nayue's idea, as long as all the witnesses were killed, it would be considered infiltration.
They had originally planned to modify the plan to infiltrate in person after surveillance, but after careful consideration, if such an action occurred and they encountered other people on the road, Toru Amuro would be in danger. It was a quick but unsafe method. Naturally, this plan was rejected by Akae Nazuki in subsequent discussions and changed to the current one.
"It's not important, it's not important." Chi Jiang Na Yue was in a good mood and hummed the song again. It was a rare opportunity to touch the real thing, and he was in a good mood. "I'll start!"
Toru Amuro was not surprised at all that Akae Nayue knew how to disguise himself. After all, the boy's partner and godmother was Vermouth, so it was normal for him to do this.
A few minutes later, a person who looked exactly like the brown-haired man on the ground emerged.
…
When the bearded man woke up, rubbing his eyes, he found that he had just been sleeping soundly on a trolley full of lunch boxes.
"Don't get too obsessed with your research. How about I come alone tomorrow? You look like you need more rest."
His companion laughed and joked: "I didn't call you because you were sleeping so soundly. You can leave now."
The bearded man was stunned, but didn't think anything was wrong.
Once these researchers devote themselves to a project, they always forget to eat and sleep. This is one of the reasons why they came to pick up food in the middle of the night. Yesterday, his inspiration was interrupted, and the bearded man immediately returned to the project after returning. Not only did he stay up all night, but he only slept for two hours during the day, and there were dark circles under his eyes.
"Sorry, sorry, let's go." He shook his head embarrassedly and replied.
The two of them pushed the food cart and returned to the corridor leading to the lower three floors without any obstruction. The bearded man was about to open the door, but his brown-haired companion stepped forward and took the initiative to open the door. He pressed the code on the door with skillful movements and joked, "Let me do it. You look so sleepy. I was really worried that you would slip before you drank the coffee."
"How is that possible?" The bearded man did not refuse and replied with a smile.
The last bit of doubt in his mind about his own sleep and his companion's wakefulness also dissipated after the wall in front of him opened smoothly.
Really, he must have been obsessed with research, right? Why did he think this guy was weird? It was obviously him. The bearded man breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's right."
After entering the elevator, my companion suddenly said, "I have a new idea."
"But I still need to verify it, you know." The other party shrugged, "Please accompany me to the archives later. I want to see if anyone has gotten there first."
"Of course no problem!" The bearded man nodded in agreement.
He saw his companion smiled and said happily, "Well, thank you in advance."