Late at night, at the back door of the orange house.

"Click!" With such a sound of the latch turning, Qian Yu opened the door, only to find that the light was not turned off.

"Huh?" Qian Yu frowned, but after glancing at it, she found a reason why the light was still not turned off.

On the sofa in the living room on the first floor, the restless look on his face had not completely subsided, and Gray Yuan Ai stared at him upright.

"Is something wrong?" Qian Yu did not close the door, but directly took off his shoes and walked into the living room. "What time is it, and you haven't slept yet?"

"It's 1:26, why did you come back so late?" Gray Yuan looked at Chiba, but then noticed the door that was not closed.

"There's something going on over there, maybe the FBI or the Police Agency or something," Chiba shook her head. "Don't worry too much, the main target is Sister Hotaru and the members of the organization."

At this moment, the door that had been partially covered was pushed open again, and in the obvious strange gaze of Gray Plains, T70, who had only steel bones left in his body, walked in wrapped in a long trench coat.

"You...... Went out to fight? Ash Yuan said to Chiba as he stared at T70, who had taken off his trench coat after closing the door, revealing the only remaining steel skeleton.

"No, I went to see the kidnapping scene and was set on fire," Chiba shook her head. "And then the guys who fled the place seemed to have used napalm, and they set the whole warehouse on fire. The skin and sound system are burned out and need to be completely reloaded, but the armor box ......"

"How long will it take to live like this?" Gray Yuan Wai interrupted Qianyu's self-talk.

"Huh?" Only then did Qian Yu realize that the situation that Gray Yuan had been waiting until now was a little abnormal. "I don't know...... Is something wrong? ”

"In the future, will our lives be like this?" Gray Yuan asked again. "Every now and then, you disappear like this suddenly, and then come back with a worrying scar in such a worrying way, at such a worrying time."

"......" Qian Yu was silent, because he probably realized what Gray Yuan meant.

When he was in Hokkaido, Gray Hara once said that the future of the two of them was decided by Chiba, and Chiba originally chose to go abroad to Northern Europe if there was too much danger at home, away from the conflict between the organization and the FBI and the National Police Agency.

But after the decisive day, he really thought that he didn't need to do it anymore: the core of the FBI was completely destroyed, Interpol was opened by Yusaku Kudo, and the National Police Agency had even put the entire anti-organization front led by Toru Amuro under the control of the members of the organization, and the offensive and defensive momentum had been completely reversed.

But now, after he re-intervened in the battle between the organization and the unknown hostile forces in this way, the sense of security that Gray Yuan Ai had managed to regain collapsed once again - of course, Chiba could fully understand Gray Yuan Ai. Although he does not hesitate to intervene now, even he himself does not deny that such an intervention would bring additional risks to himself.

What's more, it will also bring risks to Gray Plains, but she is innocent in the whole incident, and all her risks are caused by Qianyu's current behavior.

"That'...... What do you need? After a long silence, he finally spoke again. Tell me, I need to at least know what to do. ”

After the same long silence.

"No, I'm just asking if this life will continue." Ash Yuan finally sighed and shook his head. "If there really needs to be that, I want to ...... At least for now, I think it's acceptable. You...... You can do whatever you want, it's your freedom. ”

"But...... No matter what I thought, you've left only one answer to this question," Qian Yu smiled wryly. "It shouldn't be okay to change it...... When the antidote comes out, it's no problem to go anywhere. ”

"But what is the difference between you and my slave if I tell you to do something? I hope you're an assertive person, not a ......" Ash Yuan Wai stopped talking at this point, stood up, and turned his back to Chiha. "I'm sorry, but I was abrupt...... I shouldn't have said anything like that. Excuse me if I didn't see me, I'm sorry to bother you. ”

With that, Gray Plains Mourning stood up and left.

"......" Qian Yu stood there, staring blankly at the ground where Gray Plains was originally standing.

……

[Are you there?] - Chiba Tachibana

[Of course, what's wrong?] —Fujiwara

[If you end this case, and then the organization suddenly has trouble, such as a conflict with the FBI, and then Belmode encounters a more difficult situation, will you still help?] - Chiba Tachibana

"......" Fujiwara, who was lying on the bed, frowned slightly. This ......"

"It doesn't look like a question this kid would ask," Hotaru, who leaned half of his face out of Fujiwara's head and sniffed his nose against his hair. "Right?"

"Well, he's going to help whenever he wants, right? So with his character, it is impossible to mention this kind of problem at all, unless ......" Fujiwara pouted. "Unless, for some reason, he falters."

"The only one who can shake him is that little girl, right?" Hotaru nodded—because her nose was on top of Fujiwara's head, so the action had in fact turned into a dribble hit on the back of Fujiwara's neck. "Gray Plains mourning."

"She's scared, so she wants to coerce Qianyu to get out of this matter?" Fujiwara immediately guessed eight or nine.

"I'm afraid it's possible, but it's definitely not going to be a coercion," Hotaru corrected Fujiwara's idea of error. "She's not that kind of child."

"But Qian Yu now knows that she is scared, so no matter what, he must consider the idea of Gray Yuan Ai - in this sense, even if there is no coercion, it already constitutes a de facto coercion." Fujiwara leaned his head back in remind.

"Forget it, don't think about it, let him wait for a long time, right?" Hotaru acquiesced to Fujiwara's idea, just reminded him like this.

"But how do I answer him?" Fujiwara's fingers hesitated for a moment on the keyboard before asking. "His innermost needs are obviously contradictory to that girl. If he is allowed to give up on the organization like this, I am afraid that with his character, he will feel guilty. ”

"But if he really lets her continue to be in danger like this, he will be even more unhappy, so let them pursue their own freedom, that kind of old master can be stored in the bank, and then come out to work when they are really needed." Hotaru muttered quietly.

"You don't say that to him, do you?" Fujiwara suddenly smiled and looked back at Hotaru.

"Well...... The income of commercial orders and doctors is actually quite considerable, so of course I would like to live a comfortable life instead of licking blood with a knife or something. "Hotaru didn't deny her own smuggling." Okay, okay, hurry up and get back to him! ”

[Trust me, you will fall in love with a peaceful and peaceful life.] Although it is uneventful, it is also safe, and there is no need to watch every day with vigilant eyes at every passing policeman and the day of the unkind person. —Fujiwara