Chapter 54 Five Shotas

"Anyway, that's what happened."

After asking A to go to the room to change clothes, Scotland spent a few minutes skipping the self-introduction and "explaining" what happened not long ago in a different way: "The child is just a relic of my personal mission. I need him to stay with me until the mission is completed."

As soon as Bourbon heard this, he knew that his friend didn't want Ley to know that A was likely the organization's experimental subject. It was not difficult for him to guess why Scotland did this.

That child looked like a fugitive, and he was talking to Scotland about a 'new' master. It was not hard to conclude that there was someone controlling his life. Bourbon believed that Ley had probably discovered this as well.

On this basis, if Lei discovered that A had escaped to the organization's laboratory, no one could guarantee that Lei would not send this little experiment subject back. At that time, Scotland, who was the first to pick up A but did not send him back, would be suspected by the organization.

Therefore, it is necessary to arrange a suitable identity and "plot" for A.

Ley, who was sitting opposite the sofa, didn't look like he believed Scotland's explanation. But when he was about to ask something, the door of Scotland's bedroom opened, and the boy, dressed normally, walked out.

Because she was worried that Lei might come back early, Scotland chose to buy the goods at the nearest store, so she did not choose carefully. The child was wearing the usual red short-sleeved shirt and black shorts, with a bright yellow stick smiley face painted on the chest, and Scotland's newly bought plush slippers on his feet.

Ignoring his special temperament, A at this moment looks like just an ordinary five-year-old child.

Scotland also quietly relaxed a little: Fortunately, he still remembered what the child said at that time and did not choose white and green clothes.

The strange thing is that the child himself did not seem to think that the clothes were ordinary. He secretly pulled the hem of his short-sleeved shirt while walking, and occasionally reached out to cover his exposed arms, looking very uncomfortable.

"What's the problem?" Scotland asked doubtfully.

"It's not covered." Chi Jiang Na Yue showed appropriate awkwardness and said 'honestly', "My arms don't feel safe."

He really didn't make this up.

In Chijiang Nayue's memory, the research base had never given these experimental subjects any normal clothes to wear. For the convenience of research, they all wore tight jumpsuits that could not hide anything. Not to mention during experiments, they were basically stripped down to a pair of shorts. When Chijiang Nayue recalled it, he just felt terribly cold.

The only difference from the other subjects was that he, as Subject A at the time, was additionally dressed in a snow-white straitjacket that made it impossible for him to move, and was handcuffed to a metal chair.

The culprit is Akajyo's abnormally excellent recovery ability. A test subject that won't die easily can do more, right?

Anyway, this is exactly what A should have thought. He is used to being experimented on, but not used to wearing ordinary children's clothes.

——After all, when he was stolen from the Yokohama world, he lost his memory when he was almost five years old. He didn't remember what his mission was, nor did he remember that there were many people who loved him in Yokohama in the other world.

In the eyes of Chijiang Nanyue, who didn't know Bermode and the Chijiang couple at that time, he was abandoned by everyone.

When the adults in the living room heard this, their expressions changed instantly.

"Put it on first." Bourbon, who was closest to the child, was the first to move. He handed the short-sleeved jacket that he had been wearing on his arm to the child a few steps away without changing his expression. He showed a standard Bourbon salesman smile, as if he was deliberately trying to get closer to the child. "I'll take you to buy a new one later."

Bourbon had a good figure, and the short-sleeved jacket that fit him was almost covering the fingertips of Chijiang Nayue, who now had short arms and legs. However, the child still took it and put it on, and said thank you in a cheerful and polite manner.

Just as Ley was about to speak, Scotland inadvertently took a step forward, blocking his line of sight, and Bourbon, who was behind him, simply squatted down and suggested to the child: "Let's go to the balcony to get some fresh air?"

Chijiang Nayue had already begun to feel infinite sympathy for Lei, who was still a member of the organization in the eyes of his friends, but he did not show it on his face and held Bourbon's hand very cooperatively.

Sorry, Lei, this is all due to the script and he definitely didn't mean to do that.

When there were only two people left in the living room, Ley's voice sounded slightly questioning: "What do you mean, Scotland?"

"Excuse me, didn't I tell you? That's my job." The man who usually looked gentle, polite and easy to talk to did not back down and emphasized, "Do you need me to repeat what I meant?"

Lei said solemnly, "But this is our shared safe house now. I am qualified to know whether the kid you brought back will affect our mission."

He emphasized "we".

"I hope you remember, Ley."

Scotland looked at Ley's face and spoke in a slightly cold tone. Perhaps because the person they were talking about was not far away, he lowered his voice and said, "We are now a team only because of the mission. In fact, you don't trust me, and I don't trust you, right? Then, there is no need for me to tell you everything about myself."

"Master?" The kid over there poked half his head out of the balcony door at the right time, looked at the two people talking in the living room, and called out that title very naturally. Scotland vaguely felt that the kid's face said "looking at the excitement". "Mr. Bourbon has something to talk to you about."

Maybe he was seeing things, Scotland thought.

Thinking that Lei was still by his side, he could only raise his voice slightly and pretended not to care: "I understand... Also, just call me by my code name as before, there's no need to call me that."

The child fluently changed his words: "No problem, ご主委!"

Scotland was almost scolded. He looked at Lei's real gaze and felt his scalp tingling. He resisted the urge to hold his forehead and said, "Forget it."

As he spoke, he walked towards the balcony and paused for a moment when passing by Lei.

"In an organization, you can survive longer if you reduce your curiosity. Besides, you are not an intelligence officer." Scotland calmly imitated the cold tone of his childhood friend. "Happy cooperation."

Not long after he walked onto the balcony, Lei in the living room also turned around and went back to his bedroom.

On the balcony, facing the teasing look of his friend, Scotland's mouth twitched. He realized that Bourbon's request to find him was just a step provided by his friend to help him escape from the conversation.

He turned his attention back to the child who had been standing there daydreaming after he was called over.

"So, why do you call me that?" Scotland half-knelt in front of the child, trying not to make his tone sound like an interrogation, and chose to be honest, "You can see that I don't really like it."

The child who called himself Experiment No. A looked to be no more than four or five years old, which is the age when one has a strong desire and ability to imitate. It is gratifying to see such a young child speak logically and clearly, but Scotland heard words from him that these children were not exposed to.

Either he was influenced by the surrounding environment, or someone taught him to say so.

Scotland didn't believe that a child who could detect him from such a long distance and run to his side without anyone noticing would not see his resistance to the title.

Come to think of it, was it intentional?

He was thinking: Come to think of it, the kid called out his code name when they first met, and then confessed that they had met before, so it was obvious that he was here for him.

But what good was there in calling him that embarrassing? It wasn't like he was some pervert who liked being called that by little boys.

Wait, that's not what he thinks, is it?

"Why?" The child showed obvious confusion for the first time, and asked puzzledly, "Isn't this a normal name?"

In order to let the child relax while being questioned, Bourbon chose to lean against the railing and wait quietly for Scotland to ask, concentrating mainly on the screen of his mobile phone. But when he heard this, he still quickly glanced over and found that the child was actually serious.

"Who told you that?" Scotland also had a headache. "No one would call someone like that under normal circumstances."

The child opened his mouth and was silent for a while.

"That's what I called you. The original master liked it that way." The young child looked at Scotland without blinking, his eyes clear, as if he was just looking for an answer. "So, is that wrong? You didn't say that because you want to regret it, did you?"

Scotland choked and denied it decisively: "Of course not!"

Whoever taught this child to call him "master", that person did not have good intentions. In that person's eyes, this child might be his or her property, so he or she would naturally regard himself or herself as the "master".

This is really...

"You don't need to call anyone that." Scotland said softly, "Like I said, you can just call me by my code name if you want, or my name. My name is Midorikawa Hikaru*."

According to Scotland's conjecture, the child himself may not know the various meanings given to these words by society. To him, both 'master' and 'ご主様' are just titles referring to the previous user.

It turned out that it was not intentional. How could he have guessed such an outrageous direction before?

Scotland breathed a sigh of relief.

After hearing this, the child's eyes changed slightly. Scotland didn't notice it, but Bourbon on the opposite side narrowed his eyes imperceptibly.

Chijiang Nayue took in all the reactions of the two people.

He really knows them. So far, Scotland hasn't shown any suspicion, but Bourbon has been looking at his phone. If nothing unexpected happens, he is watching the surveillance videos on the tea table.

Both of them got his script smoothly, good!

At this time, Scotland smiled gently and asked kindly, "Now it's my turn to need an explanation, right? About the fact that you promised me to stay in the room and not run around before I left."

...It’s not good now.

Chi Jiang Na Yue broke out in a cold sweat. Based on how familiar he was with his good friend, Scotland was really angry when this was mentioned.

He showed a genuine guilty conscience on his face, lowered his head and apologized weakly: "I'm sorry, I just don't want to be locked up in the room alone anymore."

Bourbon and Scotch were stunned and looked at each other over the child's head.

What does this mean?