"Hiro, I actually sent my hair samples to more than one testing agency."

The next day, Furuya Rei, who was looking for evidence, said this when he met his friend.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Fushi Jingguang, who was disassembling a sniper rifle, raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Zero is only confessing to me now. Are you afraid that I'll laugh out loud after seeing two identical reports at the same time?"

He added slowly, a smile in his blue eyes, "Don't worry, I don't usually laugh."

Furuya Rei took a deep breath and asked, "Have you come into contact with Granvert in your recent mission?"

Otherwise, why does he have that annoying tone of sunglasses and curly hair when he speaks?

"Is there?"

Zhu Fushiguri placed the disassembled sniper rifle parts on the table one by one, preparing to perform maintenance on each one. "I'm not interested in Hakata's mission."

He raised his eyelids slightly to meet the purple-gray color. He paused for a moment while wiping the gun barrel, then slowly lowered his eyes. His tone and movements remained unchanged. "The next few missions will all take us abroad."

Fūya Ling curled his lips, folded his arms across his chest, and leaned back in his chair.

"I forgot that it's not easy for our Councillor Furuya to go abroad these days."

The black-haired, phoenix-eyed man slowly cleaned the inside of the gun barrel with a gun cloth. He jokingly said, "How about I bring back some local specialties for the respected congressman?"

A chill suddenly spread across Rei's face. "You are forbidden from speaking honorifics to me."

"Okay." Zhu Fujingguang readily changed his tone and said, "So the two test reports are really the same?"

"Hiro guessed it, but there's no need to bring it up again."

Furuya Rei looked away, but still insisted on his point. "Something's not right. I'll find evidence."

"I hope to hear good news from you when I return from abroad."

Zhu Fujingguang reassembled the sniper rifle after maintenance, loaded it with bullets and put it into the bass bag. "Don't worry, if I see any interesting local specialties, I'll bring some back for Zero."

Fūya Ling curled the corners of his mouth, as if the person in front of him would have retaliated long ago if he had not been familiar with him since childhood.

With Scotland's efficiency, several tasks abroad can be completed quickly.

It's a shame I didn't find any local specialties suitable for taking back home as souvenirs. —Scotch

The congressman who received this text message chose to read it but not reply.

Putting the phone back on the table, the blond, dark-skinned man was now sitting in an office in the Capitol.

The weather today is not particularly good. The sky is a foggy gray-blue, and the curtains in the room are half-drawn, making the darkened room even darker.

With half of his body shrouded in shadows, Rei Fūya stared at his phone, which was turned off on the table.

The brand of the young master's jacket and sweatshirt does not exist.

This was the most surprising thing for Rei Furuya.

Once, the boss of the Black Organization gave Bourbon an order like this:

All organizational resources are allowed to be mobilized to find Hiroki Sawada's hiding place in the United States and bring him back, or destroy the server on which the artificial intelligence Noah's Ark depends.

Thanks to Thomas Schindler, who was still alive at the time, everyone in the relevant field knew that Schindler Company had a groundbreaking computer genius who was only ten years old.

Organizations that have always paid attention to this aspect are no exception.

In order to confirm the authenticity of the news, the organization sent people to secretly sneak into Thomas's company and his residence, and accidentally discovered a DNA tracking system.

Unfortunately for the organization, the system cannot be copied and taken away, and its key is probably only known to Hiroki Sawada himself.

So the organization, which had wanted to wait and see for a while, decided to take action.

However, before that, Thomas Schindler died, reportedly accidentally caught in a gang fight in the United States.

Regardless of the media reports, the company quickly replaced its board of directors. A detailed and covert investigation by the organization later revealed that the new board member was merely a front-office figure.

Hiroki Sawada became the real person in charge behind Schindler's company.

Fortunately, the company itself did not have much background in organized crime, and the organization was determined to get this young genius, so they only slightly changed the original plan.

What no one expected was that the day before the operation, the organization's network suffered a full-scale invasion, and Noah's Ark, an autonomously growing artificial intelligence created based on Hiroki Sawada himself, appeared in front of the organization for the first time.

The plan was aborted.

After this incident, Karasuma Renya was extremely fearful and from then on he changed all the base networks of the organization into local area networks that could not be connected to from the outside; members were not allowed to bring electronic devices into important bases; and a series of experimental research were all moved to places equipped with special signal jammers.

Karasuma Renya did not give up easily. Although the enemy's strength was terrifying, he was only ten years old.

Thus, Bourbon came to America.

With Noah's Ark here, the Internet is unavailable and untrustworthy, and all electronic devices that can be hacked must be isolated, including surveillance cameras on the road and all products with radio functions.

This is definitely the most difficult "finding person" mission Bourbon has ever done.

Not to mention the living environment that has degenerated to that of primitive people, when chatting with the informant, the search keywords set by Noah's Ark were mentioned. If either of them had any electronic products on them, this line would be useless.

Later, it evolved to the point where the voices of the codenamed members involved in the mission were also listed as important monitoring targets.

But the Noah's Ark on the Internet is omnipotent, Hiroki Sawada in reality always has to live, and the artificial intelligence servers always need electricity.

Skipping over the difficult process, Bourbon finally found a clue under the overwhelming defense of artificial intelligence.

Before he could follow up this clue, Kudo Yusaku, who also lived in the United States, interrupted him.

Bourbon didn't know what kind of confrontation had taken place between this annoying guy who didn't attack earlier or later but attacked just when he was about to find the person and the Boss.

In short, the mission was cancelled and everyone kept to themselves.

Oh, and Kudo Yusaku also made it into the top three of his dislike list.

This was not what made Rei Furuya the most angry.

One day, by chance, he saw a unit case in Kudo Yusaku's newly published novel, which was at least 90% similar, but had been deleted and modified, and was created based on the above-mentioned task process.

All of them became material for great writers.

Perhaps during the task, the great writer was secretly pushing something in order to achieve the "novel ending" he wanted.

The boss strictly forbade the organization members to attack the "Baron", so Furuya Zero hired a mercenary under a fake identity.

But he failed to kill the other party.

Later, Kudo Yusaku's son Kudo Shinichi, who was studying in Japan, tried to cause trouble for Furutani Rei several times.

This time, Jōgu Rei handled the clues very cleanly, and the other party could only suspect but not be sure.

Thoughts return to the present.

As time passed, the grudge between Furuya Rei and Kudo was gradually suppressed, and they never had any contact with each other again.

But his experiences in the United States were deeply engraved in his mind.

For example, rich hostile experience against artificial intelligence.

Before the hair test results came out, Rei Furuya had not thought about Noah's Ark.

After the results came out, he had a hunch that something was wrong and suddenly remembered the Garfield doll named "Ararat".

The Bible records that the place where Noah's Ark landed after the flood receded was called Mount Ararat.

Fūya Rei remembered Hasegawa Yu's reaction when he brought up this topic. He was obviously clueless.

No matter what thoughts and metaphors Noah's Ark had when he told the young master this name, it did not prevent him from trying again.

The hair comparison line is completely useless, so Furuya Rei has to start from other channels.

Unexpectedly, this least hopeful clue gave him the biggest surprise.

After all, for a clothing brand that has an official website online, you can also place orders and pay for it. Normally, how could there be any problem?

The results not only revealed that Noah's Ark was most likely keeping an eye on Hasegawa Yu, but also found a clothing brand that the other party had counterfeited that was not available on the market.

There is no need to go to such great lengths with custom orders. This is only the case for things whose origins cannot be clearly explained.

After coming to the conclusion, Rei Furuya suddenly realized what the Boss had said to him that night.

The "novel" thing probably doesn't refer to the magical girl, but Noah's Ark.

In this case, all my speculations about the young master's identity must be overturned and started over again.

Hasegawa Yu may not really be a member of the organization.

Furuya Rei couldn't help but recall Hiro's words "Don't treat him as a member of the organization", and he didn't know whether to laugh.

Isn't this a prophecy?

Thinking of this, the blond and dark-skinned man picked up his phone again.

Unlock, enter the main interface, and click on the mailbox.

The virtual keystrokes of the Seven Crows tune resounded in the silent room.

As the member of the organization who knows Noah's Ark best to some extent, it is impossible for Rei Furuya to not be aware of the other party's existence.

He had confirmed that as long as he didn't mention anything related to the young master, the artificial intelligence would not monitor him and Hiro all the time.

Now is the best time to report this matter to the Boss.

As the wheat-colored fingertips tapped the keyboard, lines of characters appeared on the screen.

The light reflected from the mobile phone screen fell into Jōguchi Rei's eyes, making the light in those purple-gray eyes become increasingly flickering.

"Buzz—"

At this time, the phone vibrated one after another with new messages received.

When Fūya Rei glanced over, it was already afternoon.

It’s almost time for the young master to ask me for help with various study problems every day.

He stopped typing and switched the interface to see that, as expected, all of them were new messages from Hasegawa Yu.

“…”

Fūya Rei's eyelids drooped slightly, and he answered the young master's questions in order.

「I think I understand. Is this how you understand it, Senior?」

[Yeah~ Today’s learning goal has been successfully completed! ]

【Puffhead fish spinning in circles.jpg】

Where did you find these weird emoticons?

Rei Furuya stared at the unidentified abstract creature on the screen that looked neither human nor mermaid nor fish, and frowned.

If anyone says that she is Ariel, Disney will sue her for defaming the image of the princess.

It took Jōgōu Rei a while to answer the young master's question. Seeing that no one had sent any new messages, he switched his phone interface back to the mailbox.

The half-finished situation report was still lying there.

never mind.

With one thumb pressing the delete key, the content entered in the mailbox disappears quickly and the interface returns to a blank space in an instant.

Exit the mailbox and think about it, there is no rush.

People always have to be lazy occasionally. Being active won't earn you more money. He is not the lucky charm like Gin.

Hasegawa Yu, who is very active and rarely slacks off, sneezed several times in succession.

Wow, does anyone miss him super much?

Rubbing his nose, Hasegawa Yu continued the topic that was interrupted by the sneeze, "What does Noah want to tell me?"

Noah's Ark, who had been struggling for a long time before speaking, made up his mind and patched up the merman in advance. "Just in case, Xiaoyou, be prepared for Bourbon to find me."

"ah."

Caught off guard by this news, Hasegawa Yu was stunned, "It's clothes...?"

[Not entirely.] Noah's Ark paused for a moment. [I had a very unpleasant 'exchange' with this treacherous and insidious human, which has led Bourbon to become very familiar with how to deal with me.]

"What? Something like this happened between Noah and the senior..." Hasegawa Yuyou spoke more quietly after hearing his adjective.

No wonder Noah dislikes his senior so much.

Strictly speaking, there's no real right or wrong in this "communication." Xiaoyou, don't worry about me; just get along with Bourbon normally.

We can’t delay the mermaid’s studies.

Bourbon is still useful as an answering machine.

Seeing the mermaid's expression, Noah's Ark knew what he was thinking and sighed with relief, "I just don't want Xiaoyou to be completely clueless."

Although the mermaid's acting was terrible and Bourbon would definitely notice something was wrong, Noah's Ark still chose to say it out loud.

As for the hair testing... he has cut off this path anyway, so let's not talk about it for now.

Based on his understanding of mermaids, Noah's Ark was afraid that if he told them, they would stop taking baths.

Fish just love to bathe, what's wrong with that? Even the ocean resists going on a night swim.

It’s all Bourbon’s fault!

"Hmm..." Hasegawa Yu said cautiously, "Can I know what the communication is about?"

"No need to mention the inconvenience Noah."

【……】

Recalling his past brazen illegal activities, Noah's Ark, wanting to maintain his image in the mermaid's eyes, coughed softly. [A slightly unusual game of hide-and-seek.]

"?"

[I was hiding from people, while Bourbon was looking for them. Both sides used some unusual methods.]

“???” Hasegawa Yu blinked in confusion. Being able to play hide-and-seek together, does that mean their relationship is good or bad?

It sounds like... hide and seek is really unusual.

"Is the senior good at finding people?"

[Just barely enough.] Noah's Ark snorted.

So Hasegawa Yu stopped asking about hide-and-seek and instead asked, "That time at the Beika Building, Hagiwara-senpai told me that Furuya-senpai had hallucinations. Does Noah know anything about this?"

[I also found out about this at the same time as Xiaoyou.]

Noah's Ark doesn't care what happens to Bourbon after he suffers from hallucinations. [Normal people with mental illnesses would know to seek help from a psychiatrist, so don't worry, Xiaoyou.]

If Bourbon doesn't go looking for it, he's abnormal.

"That's right." Hasegawa Yoshinoya nodded and put away his worry about his senior.

A normal person who knows how to see a psychiatrist came to visit again after a few days.

"Senior, would you like to know the name of the piece I played at Oda Musical Instruments last time?"

Hasegawa Yuu arched his brows. "It doesn't have a name yet. I just improvised it for you, senpai. Isn't it good?"

As he spoke, he puffed up his cheeks and said in a tone that sounded both complaining and coquettish, "I didn't have time to ask you about your impressions that day because you left."

“…It sounds good.”

I had considered this possibility, but when it came true, I felt... quite a subtle feeling. Rei Furuya showed a look of surprise.

"Sorry, I had something urgent to do at the time. I didn't realize that this song was created especially for me by Xiaoyou."

"snort."

Hasegawa Yuu closed his eyes and turned his head away. After a few breaths, he quietly opened one eye and gave the blond man a look. "I guessed it a long time ago. If you like it, I'll record it and send it to you."

"I will keep it well." Fūya Rei said seriously.

Pulling out the electronic piano, the orange-haired young man kept muttering, "The sound quality of the Steinway is really great, it's a pity I didn't record it."

The piano hasn't been in the store recently, otherwise he could have borrowed it.

Hasegawa Yu added in his heart that he didn't mean to say that the electric piano was bad. Any instrument that can play notes is the best treasure!

"I think as long as Xiaoyou plays it, no matter what instrument she uses, she can play the best music and make people like it."

"Where's the senior?"

Jiangu Ling was slightly startled.

Hasegawa, who had set up the electronic piano, didn't hear a response. He looked up at the man, waiting for his answer, "Do you like it, Senior?"

Knowing full well that the young man's question contained no hidden meaning, Furuya Rei's eyelashes twitched imperceptibly, but he smiled and said, "Of course."

"Hehe~"

Hasegawa Yu's mouth curled up in satisfaction, and he reached out to click the recording function on his phone, "I'm starting."

The next second, rhythmic notes surrounded this not-so-big living room.

Fūya Rei closed his eyes, and this time the scene of the first time he heard it did not appear in his mind.

Those scenes that he didn't see clearly but felt were very important.

When the song ended, the blond-haired, dark-skinned man's expression remained unchanged. "I'm a little curious about what inspired Xiaoyou to improvise this song."

"Hmm..." Hasegawa Yu touched his chin and hesitated for a moment, "I played it based on my feelings about you, Senpai? Or my impression of you?"

The orange-haired young man also looked a little uncertain. "It's just a hunch!"

"But this piece seems to be about an undercover police officer."

Fūya Rei narrowed his eyes, a dangerous aura emanating from him. "In Xiaoyou's eyes, am I an undercover police officer?"

Hasegawa Yu did not answer immediately.

He thought of the Public Security Bureau's Rei from the first and second rounds.

Maybe the music is also influenced by memories?

Hasegawa Yu opened his mouth, "Senior..." Why did you choose to be a member of parliament?

Fūya Rei looked at him quietly, his purple-gray eyes calm, as if there had never been a ripple.

"Nothing." Hasegawa Yu swallowed the words he wanted to ask for some reason.

He changed the subject and said, "It's just intuition! Intuition is hard to figure out. How could the senior be an undercover police officer?"

The undercover police officer definitely belongs to the red team, but the senior doesn’t have the collapse value.

Have you thought of anything?

Furuya Rei's eyes rolled slightly, "Alright, but it's very offensive to say someone is an undercover police officer in the organization. Xiaoyou, be careful next time."

"Huh?!" Hasegawa Yu opened his eyes wide. It turned out that the bad guy would care about this.

He made a zipper motion to his mouth and said, "Thank you for the reminder, senior. I won't say it again."

The people in the organization are so sensitive.