Volume 1 Beginning Chapter 30 What is a coincidence?
Nan Ling now wants to travel back in time and beat himself to death for madly provoking Amuro Toru.
After waking up from that slightly excited state...
I'm really regretful. I'm already reflecting on it seriously.
Why do I have to keep stepping on Toru Amuro's weak spots over and over again?
I just wanted to scare him a little bit.
Why did you mention Zhu Fu Jingguang? You will definitely be hated, definitely!
Nan Ling buried his head deeply in his hands.
I am so bad. Why am I so bad?
Now that I think about it, it's a remarkable level of self-control that Toru Amuro was able to resist hitting him.
If a fight really breaks out, Nan Ling doesn't think he can beat him. He might even have trouble running.
I feel like I'll get punished sooner or later if I keep going like this...
But it was really fun, and he couldn't help himself, so he let himself go a little...
No, no, no, I have to endure it, otherwise how can ?
I must reflect on this and never behave like this again the next time I see him!
Nan Ling made up his mind.
…
It turns out that there is no coincidence in this world.
Nan Ling thought with a blank expression.
He just wanted to buy a book...
Why did I run into Bourbon in the bookstore? Didn’t we just meet last night?
And this person is actually working! He is working as if nothing has happened!
Nan Ling felt that his soul of complaining was about to explode.
Should we say that he is worthy of being called the working emperor?
After yesterday's heart-wrenching reflection, Nan Ling now wants to turn around and run away when he sees Amuro Toru's face.
I think I reflected too much last night. Now my mind is still filled with the sound of the Heart Sutra and the Pure Heart Mantra...
Nan Ling felt his head buzzing.
…
Toru Amuro also saw Nan Ling.
...Why is Chat so listless today? He has been standing in front of the bookshelf without moving for at least ten minutes.
Is there something wrong with that bookshelf?
Come to think of it, it's incredible that such a dangerous person would appear in a place like this so naturally.
Because he was not out as a member of the organization today, Nan Ling did not wear all black, and he changed the mask into a scarf large enough to cover his face.
All in all, it feels ordinary and everyday.
...Although Toru Amuro doesn't think so.
"Sir, do you need any help?"
Nan Ling shuddered, glanced at him secretly with the corner of his eye, and then quickly looked away.
My goodness, Toru Amuro is standing right next to him.
What to do? What to do? What to do?
How on earth should I face him?
"…I'm fine, thank you."
Nan Ling replied stiffly.
Ahhh, isn't that a bit too inhumane? Will his character collapse? So what should I do? Surprised? It doesn't seem right, and I don't like it at all. Shocked? No, no, no, this is a bit ooc. Happy? Excuse me, he really is not happy at all! I can't act it out at all!
——The inner and outer appearance form a sharp contrast.
Toru Amuro felt that something was a little bit wrong with Chat today.
He spotted Chat and wanted to come over to talk to him and see if he could get some information back.
But I can't really tell what's wrong. If I have to say...
It seems like you are a little afraid of him?
No, no, no, how could this be possible? He remembered Chat's arrogant attitude yesterday very clearly. How could such a person be afraid?
Amuro Toru denied his intuition.
Then he fell into deep thought again.
So why is that?
Toru Amuro couldn't come up with a conclusion, so he simply gave up thinking.
Anyway, this is his last day in Paris. The reason he didn't leave today is that the contract he signed with this bookstore was for one month, and today is the last day.
He thought that nothing would happen if he stayed for just one more day... right?
——It really coincides with Nan Ling’s idea.
In short, the two people, each with their own thoughts, fell into an awkward silence.
“…”
“…”
"I say, what's your name?" Nan Ling's voice was muffled by the scarf and sounded unclear.
So Amuro Toru said, "Hmm?"
Nan Ling: “!”
Wait, what am I talking about? This isn't the way to find a topic! How embarrassing!
Nan Ling responded immediately: "Nothing."
But in fact, Toru Amuro heard what he asked.
Name? People in the organization are curious about other people's names?
Don't they always call others by their code names?
"What's the point of asking my name? Don't we have code names?"
"Ah..." Nan Ling was a little embarrassed.
I didn't expect he heard it clearly.
" Well ... When I see you normally, like today, I can't call you by your code name. Wouldn't it be easy to arouse suspicion?" Nan Ling made up a reason that sounded reliable.
"I see."
Nan Ling: “Hmm…”
Amuro Toru: “…”
Sure enough, it’s a cold reception again!
Amuro Toru would definitely not tell me his name. Just based on his wariness towards me——
— — "Amuro Toru, my name."
Amuro Toru thought about it and felt that what Chat said made some sense.
The main reason is that it is not my real name after all. So it doesn't matter if I tell him. After all, he is here to get information. How can I continue to get information if I just let it go on like this?
Wait.
What did he hear?
Nan Ling couldn't believe his ears.
Hmm, I feel like the awkward atmosphere has eased a bit. That's great, Amuro Toru is definitely a good person.
But he seemed to have dug a hole for himself...
As expected, Toru Amuro then asked:
"Then what should I call you?"
Nan Ling paused.
He would need his own name to whitewash himself later, so he absolutely could not say it. But his ability to make up names was close to zero...
"Just call me, um...77."
Amuro Toru:?
"Even if you want to deal with me... your fabrication is too perfunctory. And isn't this name more suspicious than just calling it Chat?"
Nan Ling felt like an angry hash mark appeared above his head.
If you could make up a name yourself, would you come up with something like this?
"What should I do? I don't have a name. How about you come up with one for me?"
The two people who were at loggerheads last night could now chat as if nothing had happened. Nan Ling felt that it was a little unreal.
But I was the one who provoked him yesterday... No, it was Toru Amuro who followed him first... No, that was because I took Scotland away... So it's still my fault.
As for today... he didn't know what Amuro Toru was thinking, but he would not provoke him again.
It can be said that a strange harmony has been achieved temporarily on the surface.
no name?
Strictly speaking, Nan Ling was not lying. The original body really did not remember his own name.
Amuro Toru raised his eyebrows.
There is a problem.
So he decided to start asking questions: "Do you like the number seven? It seems that in the West, 7 is indeed considered a magical number."
"Then why shouldn't I call myself 777? Or just Seven Sevens?" Nan Ling complained.
"Of course not. 77 was my number when I was doing experiments before."
To be precise, it is the number when it was "experimented on".
Experimental subject 077... only a little over a year had passed, but it already seemed like a distant memory.
When he came here, he didn't remember the original owner's name. The organization would not specifically remember the names of a group of children, so they simply gave each of them a number.
His mark is on his left shoulder. It's a tattoo.
Maybe the organization is worried that the chance of infection will be higher if a soldering iron is used.
Of course, these things happened before he traveled through time, so for him it was nothing more than a small tattoo.
Before Toru Amuro could figure out what experiment required the numbering, he noticed Chat's unusual condition.
The grey eyes softened in a rare way, and there was even a hint of... nostalgia?
Toru Amuro thinks that 77 must be a very important number to Chat.
Very good, intelligence +1.
"Okay, 77." Amuro Toru felt that this name was quite childish. "Forget it, I'll just call you Seven. It sounds a little more normal."
"as you like."
Nan Ling didn't care at all.
"Oh, by the way, you'd better leave here and stop hanging around in my territory."
Nan Ling originally thought that Amuro Toru would leave overnight, but he didn't expect to see him again today. He just wanted to chase him away.
"I'm on a flight tonight."
"That's good. By the way, your boss is watching you. He probably thinks you're slacking off."
Amuro Toru was startled and quickly looked back.
No...the boss is still sleeping behind the counter.
etc.
Toru Amuro quickly turned his head.
But Nan Ling had disappeared in the crowd.
