Chapter 34 Assessment
Chapter 35 Assessment
Although it was not a fatal gunshot wound, the bullet grazed my lung, so I have been lying in bed for the past two months. Strangely, I haven't seen Vermouth come to see me in the past two months, but this also makes me happy to be free, because there is only Shizuru in my ward. So teasing her a little bit every day has become my compulsory course, but at the same time, every time I succeed in teasing her, she will force me to practice holding my breath. This is helpful for the recovery of my lungs. I haven't seen Shiho for two months. I really miss her. I don't know how she is now. And Ling and Taichi. Mary participated in my surgery, which proves that Ling and others knew about my injury. But the operation was successful, I believe they can rest assured.

"Bing, what are you grinning about?" Jingliu came to my bed with a tray of nutritious meals. Seeing me grinning, she couldn't help but smile sweetly too.

"Hmm? Nothing. I was just thinking about Shiho and Ling. I wonder how they are doing." I put my hands behind my head and leaned against the pillow, looking at her with a relaxed expression. "By the way, Sister Shizuka, when can I be discharged from the hospital? I don't think I have any problems anymore."

"Really? Do you really want to see Shiho? Wouldn't it be better for you to be alone with me?" Jingliu looked at me coquettishly.

"Aren't we together every day? Why do we have to be here? Wouldn't it be the same in my room? I don't like the smell of disinfectant in the hospital. It reminds me of... woooo..." Before I could finish my words, Jingliu stuffed a spoonful of porridge into my mouth.

"Don't say those ugly things." Jingliu took the spoon out of my mouth, scooped another spoonful of nutritious porridge, blew it on the side of his mouth, and then fed it to me. "Actually, your body has recovered. Come with me today to do a recovery test and you can be discharged in about a week. People say that it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, but you have fully recovered in just two months. Sometimes I really think you are a monster."

"Haha. Indeed, many people call me that..." I squinted my eyes and the corners of my mouth twitched slightly.

brush!
While we were chatting, the door of the ward opened and a blonde beauty, Vermouth, walked in. She was finally here.

"Ice." Vermouth looked at me with concern while holding a bunch of lavender. "How is your injury?"

"Hehe. As Sister Bei can see, I am very healthy now." I smiled at Vermouth, baring my little white teeth.

"Eh? But you clearly injured your heart. How come it happened so quickly..." Vermouth handed the lavender to Jingliu and looked at me in confusion.

"Jingliu, please go out first. I want to talk to Sister Bei alone."

"Yes, Brother Bing." Jingliu stood at attention and bowed slightly to me, then left the ward maintaining this posture.

"Ice...you..."

I didn't say anything. I just pointed at my ears with my hands. Vermouth understood and came to sit down in front of my bed. Then she gathered her long golden hair around her ears and came closer to me. This is an organization's hospital. Although I didn't find a surveillance camera in the room, who can guarantee that there is no bug in this room? Every time I talk to Jingliu, I will lower my voice. And I have to be more careful when talking to Sister Bei. Not to mention that it is related to my life.

I greedily inhaled the scent of Belmode, and then I said to her with a smile, "Hehe, Sister Bei, you smell so good."

"Eh? Really, you annoying brat." Vermouth was a little distracted by my sudden action, and then her cheeks turned slightly red and she said something to me, and then she scratched the itch on my waist. [What do you want to say? ] Vermouth asked me with lip language while playing with me.

"Ahaha. Sister Bei, I was wrong. Forgive me, forgive me!" I responded to her joke and said to her in the same way using lip language, "Why did the last operation fail?"

[There is a traitor in the organization, an FBI undercover. ]

FBI? Could it be Akai Shuichi? Although I don't like this person, he has some relationship with Mingmei after all.

[FBI? What's his code name? Why did he find out about our actions? ]

[He has no code name, he is a peripheral member. But he has great hacking skills. He found out my actions in this mission and wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of me. In this way, there will be no gold medal members in this base except Margaret. It will be very beneficial for them to investigate the organization. ]

Seeing Vermouth's words, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that it is not Akai Shuichi.

[I see. So, Sister Bei, have you already killed him? ]

[Yes. I didn't come to see you for the past two months because I wanted to find out the reason for the accident in this mission. By the way, how did your wound heal so quickly? According to the location of the wound, your heart should have been pierced. Even if there are some deviations, there will be some scratches. It is a very lucky thing to be alive.] Vermouth frowned and asked me.

[Because my heart is on the right side.] After saying that, I smiled at Vermouth with my little white teeth bared.

"What? You said your... woooo."

"Shh!!!" I quickly covered Belmode's mouth when she shouted in surprise. Then I continued to tell her with lip language, "Don't say it, Sister Bei. This is my life-saving card."

[You... why did you tell me?] Vermouth came back to her senses from her surprise, reached out her hand and touched my right chest, feeling a thumping sensation, she looked at me with a strange look in her eyes.

[Because I believe in Sister Bei. Just like Sister Bei believed in me during that mission.]

"Ice..." There was some fluctuation in Vermouth's eyes.

Beautiful! It seems that I made the right bet this time. Judging from the expression on Sister Bei's face, she will definitely not tell anyone about my heart.

"Hehe. Sister Bei, stop messing around. I haven't seen the gems from the last mission yet. Can you show them to me?" I said in my innocent tone again.

"Ah?" Vermouth's eyes widened slightly. Then she smiled with relief. "Silly. It's been two months. How could I still keep the gem?

"Hey?" I said disappointedly. "Really? I didn't even see the mission target. What a loss. Wuwuwuwu." I covered my face and pretended to cry.

"Okay, okay, stop being childish. Sister Bei will give you a gem later." Vermouth touched my head and smiled happily.

"No. Sister Bei, please give me a few bottles of perfume. I just ran out of the bottles I have."

"Haha. Fine. But Bing, you are really something. That is the best perfume that my sister brought back from France. I gave it all to you." Vermouth said angrily. "Hehe. I knew that sister Bei treats me the best." Seeing Vermouth like this, of course I took the opportunity to act like a spoiled child.

"By the way, Bing. When can you be discharged from the hospital?" Vermouth suddenly asked me in a different tone.

"Hmm? About another week. Jingliu said I'm basically recovered. All that's left is some recovery tests. What's wrong?"

"Well. Someone has been waiting for you for half a month. And I also need you to recover quickly to help me. Judging from your performance last time, you have fully met the requirements to be my assistant." Vermouth winked and smiled at me.

"Waiting for me? Gin is back?" Ignoring her next words, I became confused about the person who was waiting for me.

"Ah, now you dare to call him by his name? Yes, he is back."

"Isn't it three years? It's only been more than two years." I asked puzzledly.

"Who knows. I asked him about it that day. He just said, 'That kid better get better soon. I don't have that much time to waste with him here.' Then he left angrily."

"Huh? Does that mean he's leaving again?" I asked puzzledly.

"I think so too. It seems that his work in the United States is not going well." Vermouth gathered her long hair again and sat up. "Well... you should have a good rest, Bing. I will send the perfume to your room in a week, just as a gift for you to recover from a serious illness. You have to get well soon." Vermouth bent down and kissed me lightly on the forehead. Then she turned and left.

Not long after she left, Jingliu came in again. "Bing..."

"Haha. It's okay, Sister Jingliu. Sister Bei just chatted with me." I put my hands behind my head and leaned back on the pillow, looking at the ceiling. Gin, who did you meet in the United States? Confronting the FBI or finding the traitor of the organization? Haha. But since you are back, I will let you see the results of my training.

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

A week later. I changed back into my own clothes and returned to my room with Jingliu. Through the recovery training, I learned that the injury did not leave any hidden diseases, and the recovery was very good. I can now train and go on missions like before. In two months, how much training has been left behind?

Not long after I returned to my room, there was a knock on my door. It was Vodka. It seemed that Gin was looking for me very anxiously. I just came back.

"IceWine. Long time no see." Vodka greeted me coldly.

"Ah. It's been a long time since we last met, Uncle Vodka. Where's Uncle Gin?"

"Brother is waiting to test you at the pistol training range. Hurry up and go over there." Vodka led me to the elevator. But he didn't get in the elevator with me.

"Huh? Why aren't you going, Uncle Vodka?"

"Ah. I will not participate in the assessment that Big Brother gives you. I will go to the sniper range to prepare the test equipment for you, if you can come alive." Vodka said with a cold smile on his face.

I got on the elevator with doubts about what Vodka said. Just now Vodka said that if I can survive. Does that mean he will shoot me during Gin's assessment? And he didn't take the same elevator as me, so would he be attacked before I got out of the elevator?

Ding dong.

The elevator reached the third floor. I concentrated all my attention and didn't dare to be careless. After all, the person I was facing was Gin.

Sure enough. The elevator door just opened. With a bang, a bullet flew towards my forehead. Since I was prepared before the elevator door opened, although it took a lot of effort, I dodged the bullet without any injury.

"Not bad, kid, you've passed the test in terms of analytical ability." Gin's unique cold voice reached my ears. As expected, Vodka's words before I entered the elevator were the beginning of my assessment.

"Huh... Uncle Gin. Your way of greeting is really unique." I pretended to wipe the sweat from my forehead and said lightly.

"Didn't I tell you not to call me uncle?" Gin's long golden hair fluttered in the wind. In an instant, Gin's powerful murderous aura rushed towards me like his bullets, and I released my aura as quickly as possible to prevent Gin's murderous aura from breaking my will. Compared with two years ago, I can now skillfully control my murderous aura, whether it is releasing or restraining, it is much better than when I first came. Just like now, I just let my murderous aura protect myself from being overwhelmed by Gin's aura, instead of releasing the murderous aura completely to fight against Gin.

Unlike Gin. Wherever Gin goes, he is always surrounded by a faint murderous aura, which is why no one wants to get close to him. I completely restrain my murderous aura, as if I were an ordinary person. But once it is fully released, not to mention Vodka, even Gin will be stagnant by my murderous aura. I am not releasing all the murderous aura now, just to confuse Gin and make him not pose too much of a threat to me.

"Sorry, Brother Gin, I forgot." I smiled at Gin in the same cold manner.

"Hmph. As a gift for you that you forgot." Gin raised the gun and pointed it at me again.

boom! boom! boom!
Three shots were fired, but I didn't dodge because from the angle of Gin's shooting, these three bullets would fly past my hair from the top, left and right of my head. If I moved a little, I would be scratched. If I moved too much, I would be shot in the head.

"Excellent ballistic judgment and reaction, with a strong murderous aura. You have already passed these tests." Gin put down the pistol and said to me coldly.

"Thank you for the compliment, Brother Gin." I walked out of the elevator with an expressionless face.

"Hmph. Don't be so quick to thank me. Your test has just begun. Come here!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)