A light word, but Toru Amuro was pinned to the spot, unable to move.
"Don't do such a waste of time next time."
As if she felt that what she just said was too cold and blunt, Angstra added.
"I don't even know when I can come back. If I don't come back until the next morning, do you have to wait until that time too? You have to pay attention to your rest..."
His voice was dry, and when he said these words, he did not look at Toru Amuro at all. He avoided his eyes as if he would be burned with a soldering iron.
Toru Amuro remembered that Angstra once said something similar.
That was one of the opportunities for his birth. "Toru Amuro" who was given a pet collar by Gin was waiting for Angstra to return to the safe house. When his junior boss came in and saw him waiting for him, he said the same thing.
Angstra was equally surprised that time and persuaded him not to wait for him any longer.
But there was a joy that couldn't be hidden under the helplessness. The corners of his mouth lifted up. In fact, he was very happy that someone was waiting for him to go back - completely opposite to his reaction this time.
Toru Amuro remembered Angostela's every expression and look very clearly, but this clear memory made him even more painful at this time, especially when he saw that Angostela no longer smiled on her face.
Angstra can't act, and his expression is always like a mirror showing the truest emotions and anger in his heart.
His little boss is no longer happy.
No one can be happy when being deceived, especially if he realizes it.
"Go to sleep, Bourbon, we have to go to Sindora Company tomorrow." Angstra walked towards the bedroom, "The boss said there might be an accident, you have to have a good rest tonight, remember to bring your gun...
"
Seeing his junior boss getting further and further away from him, Toru Amuro, who failed to catch him last time, shouted directly: "Angstra!"
Angstra paused and turned to look at him.
"Angstra, I, I am——!!"
Unable to say the next words, Toru Amuro's eyes widened.
He felt an invisible hand clenching his throat, preventing him from saying the next words.
…
This happened more than once.
After Toru Amuro noticed another person's malice and attempt to take advantage of Angstra, he repeatedly avoided the cat-eye Scotland who was more popular with Angstra, hoping to find his junior boss and expose his undercover identity.
He had even prepared what he said - there is a damn undercover in this body, but it doesn't matter, you still have me, I will be absolutely loyal to you until the last moment of my life.
But he couldn't tell.
Whenever he wants to spit his true identity out of his throat, there is always a force that blocks all his sounds.
Amuro Toru tried several times, but all ended in failure. Not only could he not be able to speak out, he tried various methods such as handwriting, emails, passwords, hints, etc., but none of them succeeded, and he even almost woke up the other one several times.
He quickly realized why, because that was the bottom line.
Angstra is his bottom line. When he discovers Jiang Gu Ling's evil intentions, he can even stop him from breathing and suppress a person's most basic survival instinct. In the same way, his identity as an undercover agent is also Jiang Gu Ling's bottom line.
His mental power is very strong, strong enough to block memories, but he cannot break through that bottom line.
After several times, Toru Amuro didn't insist on trying again. The police had already found a good psychiatrist for him. He was worried that if he continued, his existence would be noticed by those people.
Moreover, he had a vague feeling——
The day he says it may be the day he disappears.
…
"Angstra, I am..."
"I am--!!"
"I am...I am..."
Toru Amuro repeated it over and over again.
However, no matter how hard he tried, he could only call out Angostela's name and stop abruptly before saying that important keyword.
"Please listen to me, actually I am..."
"……I am……"
His brain was buzzing, and the other person was touched the bottom line and would wake up at any time to suppress him.
Toru Amuro raised his hand, trying to make a "zero" gesture to point to the Japanese Public Security Zero Unit, but his fingers twitched and couldn't even move, let alone bending.
Unable to say anything or do anything, Toru Amuro felt like a clown at this moment, performing a funny show that only he knew.
But no matter how funny it was, he still wanted to keep working hard, and he wanted to confess everything to Angstra.
He didn't want to see him sad anymore.
"Angstra, I..."
The vision in front of him gradually blurred into one piece, and Toru Amuro felt that his tongue was numb. He wanted to use his last strength to make a last ditch effort, but at this moment, a hand covered his mouth.
This feeling is vaguely familiar.
A kind of sleepiness came over him, and he tried to raise his eyes, only to see Angostela's red eyes staring at him quietly.
"Stop talking."
"If you feel pain, don't talk anymore... go to bed early."
Toru Amuro's world slipped into complete darkness.
————
Early the next morning, Jing Baiye got up on time.
The chairman of Sindora Company said that his bodyguard would pick him up at 9:30, so he had to make preparations before then.
He wears a set of disposable smart temperature-regulating clothes on the inside, which can keep the person wearing it at the most comfortable temperature. This can be redeemed in the system store. With it, he does not need to wear heavy winter clothes that will affect his movement.
.
Yesterday in the church, Spiatus mentioned to Jing Baiye that Sindora Company invited him to participate in the game test.
——"Sindora Company is very ambitious. He wants to develop super-era IT technology and artificial intelligence. I remember that when you were studying, the chairman tried to pursue your adoptive mother in order to get your custody...
"
——"So this time you participate in the game, you may encounter some accidents. If you encounter them, you can take action. If you don't encounter them, forget it."
——"You mean killing them?"
——"No, Angstra, I don't want you to be on the wanted list... Just make them listen to you, no matter what method you use."
Sindora Company invited Jing Baiye to participate in the game and naturally sent him the written information about the game.
The nickname of the game is "Cocoon". As the name suggests, it allows players to enter a cocoon-like capsule and wear a voyeur. Under hypnosis, the player's consciousness is connected to the computer, allowing players to completely enter a virtual world.
What they see, hear, and feel in the game is just like experiencing it in reality.
It is indeed easy to manipulate, but unfortunately for Jing Baiye, all connected devices are like hands and feet growing on his body - unless he stabs himself out of his mind, there is no way to hurt him at all.
He looked at the weapons in the system's backpack and opened the bedroom door, just as Bourbon came out of the next room.
"Let's go, Bourbon."
"yes."
The blond young man who is about to go on a mission is like a police dog ready to attack.
Jing Baiye withdrew his gaze and left the room with Bourbon.