Chapter 152 Yusaku's Speculation

Chapter 153 Yusaku's Speculation

"As a reward for keeping the secret for me, I can tell you that the Ice Devil is indeed me. I also know that the person who told you this news should be the undercover agent who used to be at the American base, codenamed Rye, Rye Whiskey, that is, the special investigator of the FBI, Akai Shuichi, right?"

"What?!" After hearing what I said, Kudo Yusaku's pupils suddenly contracted. This is an absolute secret, why would this child know it?

"Don't be so surprised, Uncle Yusaku. That's the second thing I want to say." I looked at Yusaku calmly. "After ten years in the organization, I have learned a lot. At the same time, it has also given me a deeper understanding of the emotions between people. I don't deny that I have killed countless people and committed countless crimes. But because of this, I understand how important family is better than those people. I don't trust the FBI, especially Akai Shuichi. Of course, this does not affect your negotiations with him. I just hope that you can ask the FBI not to intervene in my field at will, and not to harm my family in order to get the information they want from me. Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Can I take this as a threat?" Yusaku looked at me with some displeasure.

"Okay." I didn't back down at all. At the same time, my eyes became sharp and cold. "I said the same thing to Kudo. Those who try to hurt my family, no matter who they are, I will make them pay a price they can't afford!"

“…” After hearing what I said, Yusaku remained silent.

"Yusaku! Don't embarrass Xiaoxun like this!" Feeling the strange atmosphere, Yukiko hurriedly stood up. "Xiaoxun, how can you talk to Uncle Yusaku like this?"

"Ah, sorry Sister Yukiko, I can't control my emotions when it comes to this issue." After hearing what Yukiko said, I hurriedly apologized. "I'm sorry Uncle Yusaku, I said something I shouldn't have said."

"No, actually I am also responsible." Yusaku said slowly. "I really didn't consider this issue from your perspective. But I can promise you that I won't tell anyone about your affairs. Of course, I can't stop the FBI from doing anything. I can only remind them in a friendly way."

"That's enough, thank you, Uncle Yusaku." I thanked Kudo Yusaku.

"But since you've admitted that you are the Ice Devil, then the Angel of Annihilation should also be one of your family members, right?"

"Uncle Yusaku, please stop trying to trick me." I smiled bitterly and shook my head. "The entire assassin world knows that the Angel of Annihilation and the Ice Demon are a pair. This is especially true for the FBI. I believe they haven't forgotten the battle three years ago."

"Ah, the waltz of reincarnation played by angels, the waltz of death danced by demons. The assassination three years ago still makes the FBI feel ashamed." Yusaku recalled. "Kaoru, did you already have such terrible power at that time?"

"Maybe." My eyes dimmed. "Let's not talk about that anymore. It's all in the past. Please don't ask me any information about the Angel of Annihilation. I won't tell you. The FBI only knows the code name, and there is no record of the person. Don't even think about it."

"...Okay." Yusaku looked at me and his heart softened. After all, I didn't recover my current memory at that time, otherwise this one thing alone would be enough for Kudo Yusaku to hand me over to the FBI. "Kaoru, can't you really tell me your identity outside that organization?"

"I really can't do that, uncle." I said in embarrassment. "This is my last bottom line, and it is also the last line of defense for my family's lives."

"Okay, I get it." Yusaku gave up on me. "So what are you going to do after this?"

"Wait, I need time to complete my plan. Now is not the time to take action against the organization."

"Wait? Can you rescue the Angel of Annihilation?"

"Uncle Yusaku, you are trying to trick me again..." I looked at Yusaku aggrievedly.

"Yusaku!" Yukiko looked at me and immediately got angry at her husband.

"Uh... okay. I was wrong." Yusaku smiled awkwardly.

"Forget it. As long as you don't tell the FBI about my affairs, it's fine for me to tell you." I took a breath and finally decided to trust Yusaku. "As you just said, the Angel of Annihilation is indeed one of my family members. I can tell you that in that organization, I have to save more than just the Angel of Annihilation. There are many people. They are all my family members. At first, I thought I would leave this world with the poison, but I didn't expect that I actually saw hope, became smaller and survived. So I will definitely try my best to let them escape from the shackles of that organization one by one."

"Are you sure you can rescue them all?"

"I don't know. But I'm going to try my best."

"So, after rescuing them?"

"After I make sure they are safe, I will start fighting the organization. Maybe I will even cooperate with the FBI." I shook my head helplessly. "If I can destroy that organization and restore my original body, I think I will find a secluded place with my family to live out my life and never show up again. In this way, it doesn't matter whether I am in prison or not. Isn't that right, Uncle Yusaku?"

"What about Maori? What about your mother Eri and Xiaolan?"

"......" After listening to Yusaku's words, I couldn't help but remain silent. After a long time, I gave Yusaku an answer in my heart. "I... haven't seen them for ten years. Now I am very satisfied to be able to stand beside them, watching them silently and protecting them. If possible, I hope they will never find out that I am still alive. Because at this moment, my hands are already stained with blood, and I am no longer the original Maori Kaoru."

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

"Then, I'll go back first, Uncle Yusaku, Sister Yukiko." Dozens of minutes later, I stood at the door of the Kudo family and said goodbye to the Kudo couple.

"Well, Kaoru-chan, remember to come to America to visit us when you have time." Yukiko kissed my cheek again and said to me with a smile.

"Yes, of course." I smiled, showing my little white teeth.

"Xiaoxun, I'll leave Xiaoxin's side to you. As for your affairs, I won't tell anyone." Yusaku assured me at the door.

"Well, thank you, Uncle Yusaku. I won't tell Kudo about what happened today. Please rest assured." I bowed slightly to the two of them. "Then I'll leave first, Uncle Yusaku, Sister Yukiko, see you next time."

"Goodbye, Xiaoxun. Be careful on the road." Yukiko smiled as she watched me walk out and gradually disappear into the dim street.

"Ah..." Yusaku sighed as he watched me gradually disappear. "What's wrong, Yusaku?" Yukiko couldn't help but ask as she saw her husband's worried look.

"No, nothing." Yusaku shook his head.

"Hey? Is it Xiaoxun's matter that is giving you a headache?" Yukiko pulled Yusaku into the house.

"You know, Yukiko." Yusaku said helplessly. "Xiaoxun, he really can't go back to his old self."

"Huh!? Why?"

"How much of the conversation he just had with me do you think is true?"

"How much of it is true? Did Xiaoxun lie?" Yukiko was surprised.

"If you ask me, it's half true and half false." Yusaku leaned back on the sofa.

"What? No way? I don't think Xiaoxun is the kind of child who would tell lies like that." Yukiko said unhappily.

"No, in fact, maybe the lies he told were all for our own good." Yusaku said slowly. "He just didn't want us to get hurt."

"Eh?"

"Let's start with the names." Yusaku sat up straight. "Xiaoxun has been calling us Uncle Yusaku and Sister Yukiko since the beginning. It's the same as it was ten years ago, right?"

"Uh-huh."

"But he no longer calls Shin-chan Shinichi, but Kudo."

"Eh?"

"Yes, I can guarantee 100% that Xiaoxun will never do anything to harm Xiaoxin. But this name indirectly shows that while Xiaoxun and Xiaoxin are fighting against the organization together, he has his own plan, and he doesn't want Xiaoxin to get involved in this plan, in order to ensure his safety. So the name draws a clear line between him and Xiaoxin."

"This..." Yukiko was speechless.

"Secondly, there seem to be a lot of problems with what he said to Shin-chan about how he escaped from the organization." Yusaku analyzed calmly. "I've seen FBI records showing that the Ice Demon was killed by the Thousand Faces Witch, so Xiaoxun's ranking on the killer list should be lower than the Thousand Faces Witch, but now Xiaoxun is alive and well in front of us. In other words, he successfully escaped from the Thousand Faces Witch and created a false appearance to deceive the Thousand Faces Witch into thinking that the Ice Demon was dead. With such ability, I don't think his ranking would be lower than the Thousand Faces Witch. And according to the information I got from the FBI, the fifth killer on the killer list, Liufeng, happens to be a Japanese. If Xiaoxun is Liufeng..."

"This is impossible. Xiaoxun's escape from death was all thanks to that drug called A69. Didn't Mr. Akai say that it was a deadly poison? Cases like Xiaoxun and Shinnosuke are definitely accidents. If it is really as you said, then how could Xiaoxun be so sure that this drug would not poison him to death, but make him smaller?" Yukiko said unconvinced.

"This is what I don't understand." Yusaku frowned and thought. "The news I got from Akai at that time did prove that the ATPX-4869 that the organization was researching was a poison that killed people invisibly. According to the fragments of records he brought back, all the people who were given the drug died without exception. That's why I didn't tell Akai about Shin-chan at that time, and I couldn't tell him about Kaoru. There are many fanatics of biochemical experiments among the FBI, and I'm really afraid that they will send Shin-chan to the dissection table." At this point, Yusaku had to complain about the FBI.

"But this also indirectly shows that the examples of Xiaoxin and Xiaoxun are very rare, and there is no guarantee at all. If Xiaoxun really planned all this before taking the medicine, how can he guarantee that he will not be poisoned to death? So, my guess is stuck here, but from what Xiaoxun just said, he is sure to rescue his friends in the organization, unless he has already counted his own death. Otherwise, how did he get the confidence?"

"That's why everything that Kaoru said just now is true." Yukiko continued to defend Kaoru. "Because he was chased by the Thousand Faces Witch and had nowhere to go, he took the medicine to commit suicide, but the medicine made him smaller, so he escaped from the Thousand Faces Witch and came here. Doesn't this make sense?"

"...Maybe you're right." Yusaku stroked the hair beside his wife's ear. "Anyway, although Xiaoxun's words made me find a lot of doubts, there are a few sentences that I can be sure of, that are true."

"What?" Yukiko asked in confusion.

"To completely destroy that organization, and if anyone dares to harm his family, he will make them pay a huge price."

"Yusaku..."

"Xiaoxun, that kid, can no longer turn back into the Maori Xun he once was. Instead, he continues his unfinished work as Mingya Xun. I also believe in him. After he destroys that organization, he will definitely take his family and friends away from here, to a place where no one will disturb him, and live out his life there."

"Yusaku, stop talking." At this point, Yukiko already felt a little reluctant. A child who had been abducted for ten years, when he stood next to his father and sister again, he couldn't tell them that he was still alive. He could only watch them silently and protect them. How much determination is needed to do this?

"Finally, Xiaoxun lied to us because he didn't want us to doubt him. He also wanted us to keep a distance from him. Otherwise, we might be dragged into this. I think I understand his intentions. As for the FBI, maybe someone in the FBI did something that he couldn't forgive, so Xiaoxun targeted them. Maybe this person is the "Youjie" he mentioned. That is, Mr. Akai. But since I promised him, I won't tell anyone about him."

"Yeah, that's right, we have to fully trust Xiaoxun~" Yukiko was very satisfied with Yusaku's attitude. After stretching her body, she took her husband back to the room to rest. "Hey, Yusaku, tell me about the Waltz of Reincarnation and the Waltz of Death?"

"That was a murder case, there's nothing good to hear about it." Yusaku frowned and said dissatisfiedly.

"No... I want to know about Xiaoxun."

"You really are... just hoping that the world won't be in chaos..."

The voices of the two gradually disappeared in the living room. The lights here also went out with the sound of the bedroom door closing. Soon, the hall became quiet. However, a few minutes later, the window on the first floor was quietly opened by a young figure. With the help of the moonlight, only a faint pale gold could be seen jumping into the living room and coming to the sofa where Yusaku and Yukiko had just talked. He lifted the carpet under the coffee table and silently took out a shining micro-machine from it.

"I'm sorry, Sister Yukiko, Uncle Yusaku, for the safety of Shiho and the others, I had to resort to this method. Please forgive me." I put the small machine in my hand back on the necklace and took off the eavesdropping headphones on my ears. "At the same time, I also want to thank you, thank you for your trust in me." I bowed slightly towards the direction of the bedroom, and jumped out of the window again. I closed the window gently, without disturbing the night of the Kudo couple. The next second, the peaceful night sky once again returned to its former tranquility.

(End of this chapter)