After eating the ramen, under the somewhat strange eyes of the ramen master, Mary paid.

"Hahaha! Did you see the look in the master's eyes just now? He seems to think that you are eating soft rice. ”

It was getting late, and the two walked side by side on the deserted street illuminated by orange street lamps.

"I'm sorry......" subconsciously tilted his head, and Bai Heqing replied in a low voice.

The money on him was taken away when he came to London, and Mary invited him for the ramen just now.

"Don't care, don't care, anyway, the money will be reimbursed at public expense in the end, don't take it to heart."

Mary smiled and patted him on the shoulder, her gestures full of Western women's openness.

Bai Heqing looked at her like this, and was slightly stunned.

"What's wrong?" Noticing his anomaly, Mary asked curiously.

"You're a lot like a friend of mine in Japan." Bai Heqing replied truthfully.

"Huh?"

"Her surname is Karasuma, and she's just like you...... The character is very heroic. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Bai Heqing, who didn't know how to describe it, used the word "heroic".

"Baihe, you should be praising me, right?" Mary tilted her head to look at him.

"Hmm."

Bai Heqing nodded, and added: "She is a very easy person to get along with, she also likes to use her hands and feet when talking to people, she will do whatever she wants to do, and she doesn't care about the evaluation of others...... In short, a very special person. ”

Baihe, are you really complimenting me?

Listening to his description, Mary wanted to complain about something, but when she saw the slight smile on the corner of Bai Heqing's mouth, she finally held back.

[He should be complimenting me, well, that's right, that's ......]

“……”

Just chatting all the way, the two came to Mary's rented apartment.

It was a very small apartment, with the exception of Mary's own bedroom and bathroom, which were separate rooms, the kitchen and living room were all crammed together, and the balcony was only two square meters of space.

This is an apartment rented by Mary at her own expense, after all, MI6 does not provide accommodation for rookies.

There is no special reason for her to bring Bai Heqing over tonight, mainly because Bai Heqing wants to borrow her landline at home to call the director of MI6.

Considering that it was not appropriate to use an outside payphone, Mary agreed to him.

"Sit down, I'll report to the major about today's situation first." With these words, Mary went straight to her bedroom and picked up the landline in the bedroom.

"Hmm."

Nodding, Bai Heqing sat on the chair placed against the wall next to him.

Listening to Mary's call in the room, he subconsciously looked at the small apartment out of professional habits.

The space is small, but the furniture is very neatly arranged, and it does not give a cluttered feeling, the floor is very clean, and there is no dust in the room.

Preliminary judgment, the owner of this apartment should be a very self-demanding and very self-disciplined person.

On the small balcony, there are also a few pots of green potted plants that have been carefully cared for, adding a touch of vitality to this clean and tidy room.

Self-demanding, but not rigid......

This is indeed in line with Shirakawa Kiyoshi's impression of Mary today.

"You must be reimbursed at my public expense?"

Suddenly, Mary's slightly threatening voice came from the room.

She was probably threatening the superior she called Major......

Thinking of this, Bai Heqing had a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Although Mary is now only a rookie agent in MI6 and still struggling with her meagre salary, he has a hunch that her future will not stop there.

"Alright, so be it...... White River. ”

Finally, Mary hung up the phone and came out of the room and called out to Bai Heqing.

"Give, call."

"Hmm."

Nodding, Bai Heqing got up and walked into the room.

Like the living room outside, Mary's bedroom is very tidy and has a minimalist layout: a bed, desk and wardrobe, all three.

Standing in front of his desk and taking the microphone handed over by Mary, Bai Heqing dialed the personal phone number of MI6 Director Stuart White.

"Who is it?" He didn't have to wait long before an old male voice sounded in the microphone.

"Director White, I'm White River." Kiyoshi Shirakawa said in Japanese.

Behind him, Mary's ears twitched, obviously curious.

As a newcomer to MI6, Mary hadn't actually spoken to her top officer, and hadn't even met a few times.

However, Kiyoshi Shirakawa, who came from Japan, could directly dial the other party's private number......

Tsk, that's why she said that she hates these people with backstage the most!

"Ah, it turned out to be Shirakawa......"

On the phone, Stewart also switched to his not very proficient Japanese, and asked with a smile:

"How's it going to be in London today? Is there any progress on the case? I heard one of my subordinates say that you caused him a lot of trouble today in a bar......"

What Stewart was referring to was naturally Bai Heqing's previous clean-up of the French mafia in the bar.

"I'm so sorry." Bai Heqing immediately replied.

"Don't be nervous, it's just a little thing, I don't mean to blame you, young people always have impulses, it's normal, and that's the same when I was young......

Now think back, in the war period more than ten years ago, I and the old man Hatoyama have known each other, and it has been almost thirty years now, speaking of which, the temper of the old man Hatoyama is not ordinary stubbornness, until the last resort, he never bowed his head to beg for help, this time he actually made a special call to ask me to take care of you, it is really rare, hahaha......"

Stewart said with a sudden smile, clearly in a happy mood.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I said it was I who went away, now back to the topic, Baihe, how is the investigation of that case? Call me tonight, is there anything you need me to help with? ”

"The case is going well, and we have investigated clearly that the antiquities were stolen by the Black Rose after they were brought to London by a transnational theft ring." Shirakawa Kiyoshi explained in a calm tone.

"Black Rose...... Is it the same monster thief who has been operating in the UK lately? ”

As the head of MI6, Stewart obviously knows the code name Black Rose, even if the Black Rose affair has nothing to do with MI6.

"Yes, according to the clues we have found, the Black Rose will be stealing again tomorrow night at the Louvre in Paris."

"White River, do you want to go to Paris?" Stewart understood why Shirakawa Kiyoshi was calling him.

"Yes."

"Hmm...... It's not a difficult thing, and you don't have to worry about the formalities, I'll be able to prepare these things for you tomorrow morning, just ......"

Speaking of this, Stewart paused, he was a little worried, after all, Bai Heqing did not understand the language, and France was not the territory of MI6, if Bai Heqing accidentally caused something after going to France, he would not be able to explain it to the old man Hatoyama......

"By the way, whose landline did you call from?" After pondering for a while, Stewart suddenly asked.

And behind Bai Heqing, Mary, who had been quietly eavesdropping, suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart.

[Something is wrong! 】

"It's an MI6 agent, Mary Sera." After hesitating for a moment, Bai Heqing still told the truth.

"Ah, it's Mary, she's a newcomer with a lot of potential, and in the assessment some time ago, her grades were very good."

To Mary's surprise, Stewart remembered her name.

"The ability is very strong, but the personality is still a little impatient, and it still needs to be experienced, but young people, this is normal."

After complimenting Mary over the phone, Stewart suddenly changed his tone and said:

"Speaking of which, I remember that in Mary's previous appraisal report, she seemed to have written that she could speak French and German......"

[It's over!] 】

The alarm bell sounded in his heart, and just as Mary stepped forward to snatch the microphone from Bai Heqing's hand, Stewart had already said his last words.

"White River, why don't you let Mary go to Paris with you?"

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(End of chapter)