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"What does Black Rose mean?"
Just when Mary was confused, Baihe Qing took out the little notebook he had with him and found the two words "black" and "rose" on it.
"I just beat him up repeatedly, and he pointed to these two words before he fainted. I don't quite understand..." Handing the small notebook to her, Bai Heqing asked curiously.
[Can you get information out of this? ]
"Well, this is actually a code name..."
After silently complaining in her heart, Mary told Baihe Qing all the information she got from Jack.
While talking, she suddenly noticed that the handwriting on Bai Heqing's little notebook was very delicate and beautiful, and one could tell at a glance that it was written by a woman.
In addition to many English words with Japanese pronunciation, the small notebook also contains many common expressions used in daily life.
Obviously, the mysterious woman who wrote this little book for Qing Shirakawa had carefully considered the various situations that Qing Shirakawa would encounter in a foreign country.
Mary suddenly became curious about the woman who wrote this little notebook.
Of course, she also knew that now was not the time to ask this...
"Where is the card now?" asked Shirakawa Qing after listening to Mary's explanation.
Black Rose intercepted the cultural relics, and the card also contained the target of Black Rose's next action, so as long as they determined the content on the card, they would be able to find Black Rose.
"Where is the card now?" Mary looked at Jack and asked.
"In, in the hands of our boss..." Not daring to look at Bai Heqing's eyes, Jack shrank his head, his voice trembling.
Their boss had been knocked down by Bai Heqing on the bus before, although Bai Heqing didn't know which one of them it was...
So the two of them returned to the street where the bus was.
Fortunately, the bus was still there and officers from the London Police Department arrived at the scene.
Because of Mary's identity as an MI6 agent, the two men did not encounter any obstructions and easily found the card with black background and white letters from one of the five people.
"France...Paris."
Chapter 401 Sorry, I can't go to Paris with you
According to the information on the card, Black Rose's next target is the Louvre in Paris, France, and the attack will take place tomorrow night.
This also means that if Mary and Shirakawa Kiyoshi want to continue their pursuit, they have to go abroad, and as soon as possible.
This might be a bit troublesome for Shirakawa Qing. After all, he came to the UK from Japan. Now he has to go through a lot of procedures to go to France. For Mary, it is much simpler. After all, she is...
No, it may not be that simple either.
The reason is very direct. To put it mildly... her salary is not very high.
Since entering university, Mary has never asked her family for money. Except when she really couldn't make ends meet, she basically worked part-time while studying to earn tuition and living expenses.
And her way of working is to be a detective.
Speaking of which, Mary is very proud and confident in her reasoning ability. In the past few years, she was a well-known college student detective in London.
Just when Mary's own detective career was flourishing, people from MI6 came knocking on her door.
Her excellent reasoning ability made these people want to recruit her into MI6 and train her to be an excellent intelligence officer.
In the context of the Cold War at that time, this position was still very popular and could basically be said to be a stable job.
So, after discussing with her family, Mary finally decided to give up the "dependent" career of detective and instead embrace the iron rice bowl of MI6.
After a long period of relevant skills training, Mary became a glorious new MI6 agent with excellent results some time ago, but the salary is not high and she has to travel frequently.
This is normal. Newcomers need to gain experience.
So at this point in time, she really wasn't very rich. She could still afford daily expenses, but if she wanted to go abroad...
"Are you still going to Paris?"
It was late at night, and in an extremely remote alley in East London, Mary and Kiyoshi Shirakawa were eating ramen at a roadside stall.
This is a roadside ramen stall run by a Japanese who has lived in the UK for a long time. The ramen chef is a middle-aged man with a shiny bald head.
Under normal circumstances, such roadside stalls are not allowed in the city of London, especially for foreigners.
The main reason is that these roadside stalls do not pay taxes and affect the cityscape. They are of no benefit to the government. Once caught by the London Police Department, they will be taken to the police station for coffee.
But what is abnormal is that this is the East End, a famous poor area in London. Before the subsequent major rectification, it was very normal for such roadside stalls that did not comply with urban regulations to appear in this place with relatively chaotic public security.
In the past, after getting off work late at night, Mary would occasionally come over to have a look and treat herself, after all, the British diet is really rubbish...
"Yeah." Sitting at a small table with Mary, Bai Heqing nodded.
"Those cultural relics stolen by the Black Rose will be sent back to the countries they originally belonged to after a period of time. Baihe, my suggestion is that you don't need to continue chasing to Paris, because it is actually unnecessary." Mary advised.
In her opinion, Black Rose would return the cultural relics anyway, and it would be a complete waste of time for Bai Heqing to continue chasing her.
"No."
Although he understood what she meant, Bai Heqing still shook his head and rejected her.
"I have to bring these artifacts back with my own hands."
"Why?" Mary asked puzzledly.
However, Shirakawa Kiyoshi did not answer her question immediately.
He looked down at the marks on the small table in front of him and after a long silence, he spoke.
"Bringing back the stolen cultural relics in person is the mission I must complete on this trip."
Mary was very smart. After hearing Bai Heqing's somewhat puzzling words, she reacted immediately.
"Is this... the task your master gave you?" she asked tentatively.
Japan is a typical country of aristocratic politics. According to the information obtained by the major, Shirakawa Kiyoshi seems to have a close relationship with one of the families.
She had already guessed that Bai Heqing's trip to London might be a "merit book" specially given to him by the head of this family.
The Japanese side has probably already prepared everything relevant and is just waiting for Shirakawa Qing to bring back the stolen cultural relics to build momentum for him.
And if he fails to bring back those cultural relics, it will be an intolerable failure not only for Shirakawa Kiyoshi himself, but also for the family standing behind him.
"Yeah." Bai Heqing nodded, agreeing with her guess.
“Ramen is here~”
Just then, the ramen chef came over with two bowls of ramen and placed them on the table.
"I'm sorry." Mary was silent for a moment, picked up the chopsticks, and said, "I can't go to Paris with you."
Putting aside the economic issues, if Bai Heqing was going to Paris next, MI6 would have no reason to monitor him anymore, and she would naturally have no reason to stay with Bai Heqing anymore.
"No need to apologize." Bai Heqing shook his head gently and said, "You have helped me a lot today. If it weren't for you, the case would not have progressed so smoothly."
"polite."
Mary replied, took a big sip of the ramen in the bowl, and then let out a long sigh of satisfaction.
It tastes delicious after a hard day's work.
"But come to think of it, Baihe, you actually surprised me today." Mary said suddenly.
"Why do you say that?" Bai Heqing asked. He took the chopsticks and chewed slowly.
Compared to Mary's slightly heroic eating style, he was much more gentle.
"Because you were so ruthless when you were dealing with those mafia gangs in the bar this morning. I thought you were a very cold-blooded man. I didn't expect that you would actually help old grandfathers catch cats and bring lost children home. I was really surprised..." Mary said with a smile.
Maybe because she was thinking that they would soon be separated, she spoke more freely.
Um. "
Hearing her words, Bai Heqing's hand holding the chopsticks suddenly paused, and he opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something.
"Your feelings are not wrong. Normally, I don't want to do these things."
"Hmm?" Mary looked at him curiously.
"For me, helping those elderly people and children is actually a very troublesome thing besides my normal job duties."
Shirakawa Kiyoshi replied honestly.
"It's just that someone wants me to do this, and I don't want to disappoint her."
In this sentence, Shirakawa Kiyoshi used the feminine word "she", which reminded Mary of his little notebook that was obviously written by a woman.
Mary was a little curious, but after hesitating, she didn't ask.
"There is an old saying in the East that a gentleman is judged by deeds, not by heart."
After slurping up the ramen in the bowl, Mary smiled and said, "No matter what you think, Baihe, at least you did it, didn't you?"
At that time, Mary didn't really realize that Shirakawa Kiyoshi was not really kind, but someone wanted him to be kind, so he behaved that way.
Such people can easily go astray.
Chapter 402 Let’s go to Paris together
After eating the ramen, Mary paid the bill under the somewhat strange look of the ramen chef.
"Hahaha! Did you see the look in that master's eyes just now? He seemed to think you were a gigolo."
It was late at night, and under the light of the orange street lights, the two walked side by side on the deserted street.
"Sorry..." Bai Heqing replied in a low voice, turning his head away subconsciously.
The money he had with him was stolen as soon as he arrived in London, and the ramen meal he just had was also treated to by Mary.
"Don't worry about it. The money will be reimbursed by the government in the end. Don't take it to heart."
Mary patted his shoulder with a smile, and her every move was full of the openness of a Western woman.
Bai Heqing was stunned for a moment when he saw her like this.
"What's wrong?" Mary asked curiously, noticing his abnormality.
"You look a lot like a friend of mine in Japan," Shirakawa Kiyoshi replied truthfully.
"Ok?"