Chapter 168 Organization Status
Chapter 169 Current Status of the Organization

I walked to the area where Mary's office was located. I saw that the lights in the rooms next to it were off, but the light in Mary's office was still on. I gently pushed open a gap and saw the situation inside through the crack of the door. Mary was the only one in the office. At this moment, she had let down her long golden hair and combed it into two ponytails again. Lavender hairpins were tied to her golden ponytails on the left and right. She was sitting at her desk, staring at the medical records on the table. Maybe it was because my appearance today brought back some memories for her. After all, in the organization, my information as IceWine is death. This is definitely a huge blow to Mary, Taichi and others. Having lost their most important family, their longing for me is definitely not less than Shiho.

With a smile on my face, I pushed the door open and slowly walked in. Hearing the movement at the door, Mary raised her head and looked towards me.

"Hey? Little brother, why haven't you rested yet? And you haven't taken your crutches yet. The injury on your foot hasn't healed yet." Mary immediately responded to her duties as a doctor and reminded me softly, while at the same time using the volume of her voice to cover up her emotions just now.

"Oh, it's okay. I'm used to this kind of minor injury." I shrugged. "But, speaking of which, Mary, is it really okay for you not to rest so late? You still have a day of work tomorrow, right?"

"Eh?!" Mary was slightly surprised by my address, because this address and tone were too familiar to her. "Little brother, you..."

"Huh? Why, are you surprised?" I smiled.

"Could it be... Could it be, that's not possible?" Mary's body began to tremble.

"Ah, don't you believe it? Then this is for you." I raised my hand and threw a necklace to her. Mary caught the necklace and stretched out her hand to see a black wing falling into her hand. In her world, she had only seen two wing necklaces, one was the right wing, which came from her eldest sister Sherry, and the other left wing belonged to her eldest brother, IceWine.

"Bing...Brother Bing. Could it be...Brother Bing, is it you? Is it really you! Brother Bing!"

"Well... you don't recognize me just because I changed my hair color, Mary?" I reached out and lifted my pale golden hair, revealing my whole face, and smiled at Mary. "I'm sorry, Mary, I made you worry for so long. I'm still alive."

"Bing...Brother Bing! Wuuuu..." Mary was about to rush towards me, but stopped halfway, just covering her mouth and sobbing.

"Well... come over whenever you want, it's nothing... huh?!... Heh, this girl." Before I finished speaking, Mary rushed over, tears streaming down her face. The longing that had been hidden deep in my heart burst out all of a sudden. Tears wet my shoulders in the next second.

"Brother Bing... it's really Brother Bing... It's great, Brother Bing is still alive. Woohoo..." Mary kept repeating while crying. She held me tightly with both hands, afraid that if she let go, I would disappear. "I'm not dreaming... Brother Bing, it's really you, right?"

"Ah, it's me." I stroked Mary's head with my backhand and smiled.

“Wuuuu...Brother Bing, it really is you, but why have you become like this?” Although she was excited, Mary quickly calmed down.

"Well, it's hard to explain." I said helplessly. "But it's okay, I'm here now. I'm sorry, Mary, I made you worry for so long, I'm back." I gently apologized while stroking Mary's still trembling back.

"Yes...Yes! Welcome back, Brother Bing!"

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

After hugging me and crying for a long time, Mary gradually calmed down. After returning the necklace to me, Mary stood up and wiped the tears from her face, but she didn't know what to say.

"Okay, come on, Mary, let's find a place where we can talk." I smiled at Mary's attitude, and then walked out.

"Wait a minute, Brother Bing." Mary stopped me, "I'll get you a wheelchair."

"Ah, no, it's just a minor injury... Okay, I'll wait for you." Seeing Mary's determined look, I couldn't help but shrug and agreed with Mary. I watched Mary pushing a wheelchair excitedly. But it was also good this way. It was supposed to be like this when the doctor and the patient met, and it wouldn't arouse suspicion.

Mary pushed me to a coffee shop not far from the Mihua Hospital. After confirming that no one was following us, we walked in together. "What can I do for you, sir?" a waitress asked us.

"Coffee and ice water, thank you." Mary replied. After the waiter placed the two drinks on our table, Mary and I started to talk formally.

"Brother Bing, why did you become like this? Why did the organization say that you would defect? ​​And they also announced that you were dead? What happened?" Mary asked me a barrage of questions just as I got to the point.

"Well, don't be so anxious, Mary. You asked so many questions at once and I can't answer too many of them." I took a sip of the ice water in the cup and said slowly. "That day I called you to come back because I was planning to defect. I also blew up the research institute where Shiho was, in order to conceal my tracks and escape death." I said with a fixed gaze.

"Then...Brother Bing, what about you now..." Mary was puzzled

"That's not important. What's important is that I'm still alive. The changes to my body were something I didn't expect. Also, you can't tell anyone about my situation, not even Shiho and Taichi, let alone Ling. Do you understand?"

"Yes." Mary affirmed. Although I have left the organization, in her heart, I will always be her direct superior, no matter how I change. Mary was also very obedient and did not continue to ask, because she knew that as long as I was still alive, it proved that I had arranged everything properly, and all she had to do was to obey my orders and execute them completely. "Okay, put my affairs aside for now, you should also understand what I am thinking now, right?"

"Yes, although it's a little confusing, but now that Brother Bing has left the organization and survived, it proves that all this was planned by Brother Bing." Mary concluded. "So, Brother Bing, what do you need me to do?"

"Well, tell me about your current situation in the organization first. Is Shiho okay?" I said slightly seriously.

"This..." Mary hesitated.

"Huh? Is there something wrong?" My heart skipped a beat.

"No, it's not a big problem." Mary frowned and responded, slowly telling me what happened in the organization after I left. "After learning that you, Brother Bing, defected and were killed by Vermouth, Taiyi and I were immediately transferred out of your management and directly under Vermouth. The order we received was that Taiyi left the base in the United States and was sent to an IT company as a consultant, while I was assigned by Vermouth to continue working as a doctor at the Mihua Hospital. After so much time, I haven't received any orders from Vermouth for us to return to the organization."

"...In other words, you and Taiyi were completely exiled to the periphery?" I frowned.

"Yes, not only that, after you, Brother Bing, blew up the research institute, the organization even moved its base to another place, leaving only a ruin. And where exactly the organization moved to, even I don't know."

"What? You lost contact with Shiho?" My heart tightened.

"Yes, I told Vermouth at that time that I got the order from Brother Bing to take good care of Sister Shirley as his assistant. But Vermouth said that as Brother Bing's last wish, everything about Sister Shirley should be left to her. So I... I'm sorry, Brother Bing." Mary felt a little guilty.

"No, it's okay. After all, Vermouth is a gold medalist, and you can't resist her." I said slowly. "Where's Gin? Any news?"

"Yes, before I was transferred out of the organization, I once saw Gin and Vermouth quarreling, and the content seemed to be related to you, Brother Bing."

"Me?" My brows furrowed again. Could it be that Gin still has fantasies about Shiho?
"Yes, although it's not clear, it seems that Gin was yelling at Vermouth, saying something like 'Are you going to kill that kid so that I can never raise my head again?' And Vermouth also said something about Sister Shirley, roughly meaning that if Gin dares to cause trouble for Sister Shirley again, Vermouth will definitely make him have an ugly ending." Mary answered truthfully.

"I see..." I pondered. Mary and Taichi were sent to the periphery. I guess Sister Bei did this to keep them away from the organization and give them a normal life. As for Shiho, if it is really as Mary said, then the chance of Gin wanting to touch Shiho is almost zero. I just don't know how long she can last. If she is keeping Shiho under surveillance to repay me for sparing Gin's life, or because she blew up the pharmaceutical research institute, it is understandable. Maybe for Sister Bei, keeping Shiho by her side and taking care of her personally is much better than giving someone a chance to hurt her. And the hatred for Shiho's parents and herself... Alas...

"Brother Bing?" Seeing me in a daze, Mary asked me at the right time.

"Hmm? Ah." I came back to my senses. I don't want to think about it for now. As long as I can confirm that Shiho is safe in the next few months, it will be enough. "What about Ling? How is Ling?"

"I don't know. Ling is still in Italy. I believe Vermouth will not tell her the news of Brother Bing's death right now."

"Yes, that's true. But we have lost our main channel of contact." I said calmly. Judging from the current situation, I think it will be difficult to get intelligence about the organization from Mary. "Can you still contact Taichi?"

"Yes, Taiyi hacked into Japan by connecting to the satellite network through hacking technology and successfully linked to my office phone. I still have contact with him. But for safety reasons, I have never dared to contact him actively."

"Well. Let's keep it as it is for now, and save the opportunity to contact him for a very critical moment." I reminded him. "Next time Taichi calls, remember to tell him tactfully not to worry about me anymore. And always be prepared for what is about to happen in the future." I didn't plan to let Taichi directly hack into the organization's network to help me find out about Shiho, that would be too dangerous, so it's better to maintain the status quo for now.

"Yes, I understand." Mary accepted my order.

"Well, this is my cell phone number." I took out a pen and paper from my necklace, wrote a note and handed it to Mary. "Write down this number and keep in touch. If you get any information from the organization or if there is anything urgent, call me. Don't let Taiyi contact me for now. If there is a very urgent situation, I will ask you to contact him."

"Yes."

"Well, let's keep it like this for now. By the way, if the hospital has a holiday soon, remember to let me know." I relaxed.

"Eh?"

"Hey, when you're on vacation, I'll take you home to find Jingliu." I said with a grin.

“Eh… Ehhhhhh?!!”

(End of this chapter)