Chapter 5 Five Ghosts Behind the Scenes

Chijiang Nayue has a very complicated past.

He is a rootless person from Yokohama, or perhaps he cannot even be called a human being. After all, no one is born from a universal wish-granting machine - a book, right?

Perhaps this extraordinary birth experience destined his life to be eventful and magnificent. Like all extraordinary people, Chijiang Nayue was given a responsibility since he was born.

Become the final savior.

So he was taken back to the mafia by Dazai Osamu and became the only student of the black cadre. In the end, he and his own teacher who became the lonely leader of the mafia regarded each other as straws. If the current Akae Nazuki were to evaluate him, he could say without guilt that he and his teacher changed each other.

Later, the five-year-old Chijiang Nayue was stolen from her teacher by the boss of an organization from another world. She forgot everything about her past and almost died in a daze.

At that time, it was Vermouth who was sent by the boss to monitor him and became the new straw in his hand, giving him rare but unique love.

She was like a beginning, opening the door for him to be loved by the world, and bringing him to the Chijiang couple who later gave him the name "Chijiang Nayue" and a home, making him their child.

Let him be loved.

"Bermode is actually a very gentle and kind person, right?" The black-haired spirit floated lightly, keeping her body level with Amuro Toru who was walking quickly, and suddenly said something shocking that made Amuro Toru slip and almost fall, "I think I called her 'mother' before."

The public security elite's mouth twitched, and he lowered his head and used his collar to hide the movement of his lips while speaking: "Is this also an important event that you 'forgot to tell me'?"

God knows how this little devil could associate the words Bermode and good person together!

Toru Amuro shuddered: That scene was so horrible.

Akajinazuki shrugged nonchalantly. In fact, the main reason why he said that was to deliberately tease Amuro Toru. He wanted to see that serious face fail, and also to hint that he was indeed related to the organization in his "previous life".

Chi Jiang Na Yue had let go of the past a long time ago, but he still remembered that he was now playing his 18-year-old self, so he had to be happy... no, he worked diligently to add bricks and tiles to this thin vest.

He glanced at the flashing "Acting Skill" in the skill list and nodded in satisfaction. What should he be like at the age of 18? Akajina Yue fell into memory again.

The organization's boss, Karasuma Renya, is an old man who is over 140 years old and desperately desires to live longer. Due to her special identity, the young Akae Nazuki was regarded as Karasuma Renya's property and was used as a backup body by Karasuma Renya, growing up quietly in the shadow of brainwashing control.

Even his parents, who loved him and were loved by him, didn't know that Karasuma Renya had given Akae Nazuki a code name - Kahlua, cocoa liqueur.

This was a code name that was only known to Karasuma Renya and Vermode, so Akae Nazuki was not worried that Amuro Toru would find out something he shouldn't by following this code name, because to other people in the organization, Kaluya was a non-existent person.

Akajinazuki hates being controlled and being ordered around. In the past, he lived in his own little world with only his parents and Vermode. In his eyes, people who were not recognized were just a bunch of air, like Mrs. A, who didn't even deserve a name.

He is capricious and disdains any unnecessary sympathy and care. He does not need anyone's cheap sympathy.

However, eighteen years old is a very important life node for Chijiang Nayue.

Akae Nazuki knows that the difference between him and his self in this world is at the age of eighteen. He wants to fill the gap by interpreting his self in this world. In order for Toru Amuro to recognize 'Akae Nazuki', he must first experience the feelings of the other him.

To fool others, you must first fool yourself.

…

As he had just returned from a business trip the day before, Toru Amuro had not yet finished packing his luggage. He could just drag his suitcase and leave Japan again, so he deliberately went to the airport earlier and did not plan to go the same way as Vermouth.

Anyway, it’s enough to just know the mission location.

After finally sitting down in his seat, Toru Amuro, who had been tense for a long time, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He covered his lips and just yawned, when he suddenly heard Akae Nazuki beside him speaking.

"Aren't you curious?" The boy sat in the seat where Toru Amuro bought a ticket. He tilted his head with curiosity and asked, "Why do I have the same code name as you? Why do I know Bermode? And how did I guess the death information of the former boss? You should be very curious, after all, you are an intelligence officer."

Toru Amuro was silent for a few seconds, seemingly trying to organize his words. Then he took out a pen and paper that he had placed in his coat pocket and began to write.

Before boarding the plane, they had discussed that they could communicate in this way if necessary.

Akae Nayuerao approached Toru Amuro who was writing with interest and read out what he wrote bit by bit: "As an intelligence officer, I am indeed very curious about your true identity. After all, the secrets on you are so tempting..."

"Oh, I'm just a ghost, I don't know what you're talking about." He pretended to be dumb for a second after reading it, then spread his hands, "Well, actually considering that you are the only one who can see me, I can answer any questions you want to ask."

Hearing this, the blond, dark-skinned young man leaned back in his chair, his eyes cast towards the translucent ghost hanging beside him, his fingers rubbed the pen twice, as if hesitating whether to continue speaking.

Finally, he picked up the pen again, and the vigorous handwriting fell on the snow-white paper.

——【But as an adult, I cannot tear open the scars on a child out of curiosity.】

Yes, a child.

In Toru Amuro's perspective, this spirit behind the scenes whom he had just met for one day was indeed just an extremely talented child. No matter how evil his personality was, he still retained the innocence of a child in some ways, which made it impossible for him to tell himself to treat the other person as an adult.

Amuro Toru did become more alert after learning about Akae's code name. Logically, at this time he should have used his honey-coated lips and tongue to extract the information he wanted, and used his best language as a weapon to break through the other party's psychological defenses.

Unlike criminal police, public security police are responsible for protecting the country. The interests of the country are above those of individuals, and even sacrificing ordinary citizens for this purpose is allowed.

But perhaps it was because of Scotland that Bermode had just mentioned in the morning - the childhood friend who had been undercover with him in the organization many years ago appeared frequently in his mind that afternoon. Amuro Toru had been thinking about this problem all the way, and finally chose to give the right to confess back to Akae Nazuki.

【I once had a friend. 】

Amuro Toru wrote on the paper, sunlight falling on his golden eyelashes: [If he were still alive, he would probably say this. ]

If the price of peace has to be paid by children, then what is the meaning of our existence?

Just one day of interaction was enough for Toru Amuro to realize how terrifyingly gifted Akae Nazuki was in reasoning. He didn't think that the spirit behind this genius would not be able to discover his identity as they continued to be inseparable, so he seemed very calm when writing this sentence.

Sooner or later he will be discovered that he is an undercover agent anyway, and at the moment it seems that he is indeed the only one who can see Chi Jiang Na Yue, so being a little more honest will make it easier for their future cooperation.

After writing this sentence, Toru Amuro raised his head again, and Akae Nazuki, who was sitting next to him, looked like he had been suddenly punched.

Caught off guard, pain and confusion were mixed together. If Toru Amuro hadn't kept his eyes on the spirit behind him, he might not have been able to read his emotions.

Just when Toru Amuro thought that Akae Nazuki would never speak again, amid the roar of the plane's engines as it took off, the public security elite heard the voice that only he could hear now calmly and coldly say, "I no longer have the qualifications to be called a 'child'."

The boy, who was completely frozen at the age of 18, turned his head. His watery red eyes, which were always filled with a smile, real or fake, since he appeared, now had nothing in them, including the reflection of Toru Amuro.

He just looked at Amuro Toru, his tone sounded somewhat puzzled, and somewhat mocking: "In that case, have your friends ever told you why the world always forces children to grow up? Using poison, razor blades, and gun ammunition?"

While Toru Amuro was stunned for a long time by this sentence, the little devil quickly regained his smiling face and announced happily: "But I like that you didn't show me mercy! So it seems that we can continue to get along well in the future, Mr. Amuro."

Before he knew it, Toru Amuro realized something.

Before this, no matter how friendly Chi Jiang Na Yue seemed to him, there was actually a closed door between them, and all emotions were only on the surface.

Now, that door is gradually opening for him.

—

The combined address given by Bermode was sent after each person and the spirit behind them got off the plane. Amuro Toru stared at the screen of his mobile phone, as if he was trying to see a hole in it.

Chi Jiang Na Yue asked in a subtle tone: "Didn't you say you were coming to New York to catch that Lei?"

However, the address that Bermode sent was the Phantom Theater on Broadway, and it also attached an electronic ticket for a musical that would start at 8pm.

Goldenapple

"First," Akane said sternly, "we must rule out the possibility that Lei defected and joined Broadway and will play the role of an angel tonight."

He paused and looked at Amuro Toru, who was more familiar with Lei: "That can be ruled out, right?"

Amuro Toru sneered: "That's not necessarily true."

"Well, let's just think of it as supporting the traitor's cause." Chijiang Nayue followed his words smoothly and said seriously, "It sounds like he is an undercover agent who loves the entertainment industry."

But Chijiang Nayue remembers this time point, and watched Golden Apple in this theater... Why does the development seem a little familiar?