Rum: "…"
Some people are born to be angry.
But this was Ichijō Mirai, and the first time, Rum's blood pressure spiked, and the second time, Rum's blood pressure fluctuated, but after the first three times, he found himself familiarly adapting to it, except for the usual feeling of rising blood pressure, and empty surprise.
"I thought you were loyal to that gentleman."
Why else would you want to join the organization?
It couldn't have been, "Hey, it's rare that an organization invites me to join before I've even touched a car, good riddance!" Right?
...I don't think so, right?
However, those acts of killing, apart from 'I am loyal to that gentleman, but I cannot control my bloodthirsty nature, so I go out to play regularly, and clean up after myself so that that gentleman does not worry too much, and only retain the most basic blood pressure rights of that gentleman', can indeed be explained by 'Organization leader? None of my business, organization purpose? None of my business, I will kill, you are unlucky to meet me'.
Rum was surprised, and Ichijō Mirai was even more surprised, "Why do you think I'm loyal to that gentleman?"
He wondered, "Is it something to be taken for granted to give loyalty to a retard?"
Rum again: "..."
He was beginning to be sure that Ichijō Mirai really wasn't loyal to that gentleman, and that it was a case of 'I'm the organization's bad luck, take that, here comes the bloodshed'.
There's just one thing: Can you stop saying 'retard' when you talk about him?
For the members of the organization, this kind of evaluation is quite shaky, and even the sense of class shaped by the organization is cracking. For a codename member like Rum, who was loyal to that person, but whose loyalty varied from being loyal when facing that person to being disloyal when not facing that person, and who had his own petty thoughts, it was also a bit awkward.
Rum could only say: "It was the gentleman who said that."
He was about to say that it was the gentleman who said that Ichijō Mirai was loyal, but he stopped in mid-sentence.
Because he didn't really say that, he didn't say 'Ichijō Mirai is loyal to me even though he's a madman', he just said something as if it were a casual remark that could be extracted by an intelligent person as a sign of loyalty without explicitly saying it.
Rum decisively chose to run away, partly because when he was reporting to that gentleman, he had keenly extracted the message 'Crazy is crazy, but he's loyal to me, I care about him, and he's a young and impetuous child who has no self-control, and this time he's too loyal to me so he's gone a bit over the top, but after all, he's just being nice, so don't take it personally, I'm going to have to ask for it, Rum'.
He continued: "..."
Ichijō Mirai looked at Rum's colorful expression, and realized, "Oh, you're even coaxing and knocking."
Even as brothers, the relationship between the first and second-in-command was always a bit more subtle, so he wasn't surprised, but just smiled and said, "Sure enough."
Sure enough, the second-in-command was stupid.
Ichijō Mirai, always impatient with fools, inquired, "Is this the end of your last words?"
As he asked, his hand was still on Rum's shoulder, shaking lightly without any dangerous weapons.
Rum felt the chill of a knife at his neck and said, "Wait, wait!"
His face was still changing, only it was no longer a colorful black, green, green, and red, but a variety of complex emotions.
Finally, he gritted his teeth, gauging Ichijō Mirai's expression, "You're upset with that gentleman because your parents..."
Here, he paused cautiously.
Ichijō Mirai raised his eyebrows, his expression unchanged.
"Because your parents' deaths were related to that gentleman," Rum continued, "or because..."
He watched Ichijō Mirai's expression more carefully than he had just done, and spat out the key words between his teeth, "'Reversing the flood of time'?"
Huh?
Even though the fool is very stupid, but not stupid when it comes to important matters, stomping on his legs and dying is still quite wise, Ichijō Mirai nodded happily, "The latter."
Rum's thoughts spun as he managed to compose himself and said in a definitive tone, "You took APTX-4869, developed by Miyano Elena."
"Well," Ichijō Mirai nodded casually and raised an eyebrow again, "it seems that gentleman didn't tell you about the second-in-command."
Rum had deduced it himself.
"The A-drug is a top secret of the organization, only some of the people involved know about it," Rum said, "I only know the basics, and that gentleman won't tell me about the latest developments,"
He paused and lowered his voice to speculate, "Since you loathe that gentleman because of the A-drug..."
"Side effects have already appeared?"
Without waiting for Ichijō Mirai to speak, he said sharply, "That gentleman values this drug so much that the labs dedicated to researching the weakening side effects continued even when the drug's progress was halted, but those labs are classified and he'd never tell you about them... I know some of them."
He spoke rapidly, and Ichijō Mirai listened patiently, waiting two or three seconds afterward before asking politely, "So?"
So there's no need for you and me to work together!
This is obviously not accept this reason attitude, Rum choked, did not expect, can only be repeated to emphasize: "Because it involves the most confidential part, the organization of those laboratories to guard very strictly, even if you really find the intrusion into the laboratory staff can immediately start the self-destruct procedure..."
"You need me to help you..."
His emphasis paled.
Ichijō Mirai listened patiently nonetheless, and when he was done, he was just about to give another polite 'oh' to remind him that the time for last words had begun to count down, when he caught a word that was repeated again and again, "'Top secret'?"
"The organization's top secret is drug A?"
"...Isn't it that gentleman's location?"
Wait a minute, so...
"In fact, I'm quite fond of you, your attitude is very good for the first time, I like it," Ichijō Mirai immediately became serious, "I don't have a deep grudge against you, and killing you will cause a lot of trouble, the organization will completely treat me as an unstable bomb, and may even make secret deals with the officials, so why should I do that?"
"just come all come, 'I' and in the mission arch fire, you know me, I and soft heart and kind, can not bear to reject their own, so I can only frown agreed,"
He does not care whether Rum can understand the difference between the two self-proclaimed 'I', anyway, no matter whether you can understand will feel that this is full of nonsense, then self-concerned righteously, "but now, I have some intolerance,"
Said and sighed, a look of some sad feelings, "the first time we dealt with, we are still harmonious and loving colleague relationship, the second time is you and I live and die."
"Why is that?"
Rum: "..."
Rum's face went numb, he had only faced Ichijō Mirai's hypertensive side, but not this guy's brazen side, and for a while he wanted to say something, and then he wanted to say something, and then he wanted to say something.
He wanted to say, 'Even if it's a sudden change, it's too sudden. How can you say those words so suddenly? Do you really think that anyone will believe those words? Even if 0.001% of them believe it, they are all idiots.' He also wanted to say, 'What do you want to do? Why did you suddenly become enthusiastic and cheerful when you talked about that gentleman's position, which is not top secret? No way? No way? You don't want to knock on that gentleman's door, do you?!'.
Ichijō Mirai ignored Rum's colorful expression again, and after finishing his sentence, he asked enthusiastically, "Are we friends now?"
"Yes, yes."
"Then, dear friend," He said expectantly, "will you tell me the whereabouts of the dear boss?"
"I don't mean anything, even if I were crazy, I wouldn't kill the boss, killing the boss would be a big problem, the organization would treat me as a destabilizing bomb, and I would be wanted by the officials, so why would I want to do that?"
Rum: "…"
You just said the second half!
It's exactly the same! The tone of your voice hasn't changed!!!
You're trying to kill the boss!!!
As a member of the organization, as a member of the organization who has been working for the organization since his father's generation, as a member of that man's inner circle, as the second-in-command of the organization, Rum couldn't stand this kind of treachery even if his life was in danger, and he was furious, "...It needs to take some time..."
A little bit of anger.
But we're all angry in the heat of the moment, and that's okay.
"I don't know exactly where it is, and parts of the organization are off-limits to me," he stammered as he carefully peered at the cheerful Ichijō Mirai, 'but really, if I do everything I can, I'm sure I can help you find it,' he stammered again.
He stammered again, and took a deep breath, "I'm sure the gentleman will understand if I let the crisis go for a while, if I take a step back and let it go.
Besides, Ichijō Mirai is so loyal, what's wrong with a visit!
He said he won't kill the chief, so what! Can't you be a little more sympathetic to young kids!
With this in mind, Rum finished his sentence, which would be punished by that gentleman, and added to his previous respectful address to that gentleman, "I'll be able to help you find that gentleman."
"I have been secretly probing this experience, found some clues, touched the key point, just a move will definitely be detected, so did not move," He lowered his voice, "I'm sure you'll be punished."
He lowered his voice, "That gentleman...."