I was framed for taking the civil service exam, so I joined the National Security Bureau

Chapter 264

Nishikawa Jiro frowned slightly and continued to ask:

"So, do you experimenters wear gloves all year round? Especially when you are in contact with these chemicals, do you wear gloves?"

Sakurai nodded, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a hint of pride:

"Of course, this is the most basic professional quality! What is the purpose of asking these questions?"

Nishikawa Jiro stretched out his right index finger unhurriedly, pointed to the bottle of medicine with mud marks on the medicine shelf, and asked suspiciously:

"Then why did I find some mud marks on the medicine bottle of that medicine?"

Sakurai's face changed slightly after hearing this, and a trace of doubt rose in her heart.

She quickly walked to the medicine shelf, carefully picked up the bottle of chemical that Nishikawa Jiro pointed to, and looked at it carefully. Then, her eyes intentionally or unintentionally swept around the warehouse, and finally, her sight stopped on the box where Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui were hiding.

Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui, who were hiding in the box, felt their hearts beat to their throats again. Through the gap, Zhang Xing felt that his eyes intertwined with Sakurai's eyes on the box for a brief moment, but the box he was in was dark, so he was not sure whether Sakurai saw him.

There was another point that made Zhang Xing very confused. Just now, at the moment when the two of them intertwined briefly, Zhang Xing seemed to see Sakurai's underwear in her white coat, which was bright red, but this picture only appeared for a short second and then disappeared.

This made Zhang Xing begin to doubt whether everything he had just seen was just an illusion, but the sense of reality was so strong that even he himself could not be sure what had happened. He wondered if his eyes were broken again?

Of course, Zhang Xing had no time to care whether it was an illusion or a problem with his eyes. At this moment, in addition to nervousness, he was more helpless.

Originally, it would be fine if only Nishikawa Jiro discovered them. After all, he and Geng Jianhui joined forces to fight against Nishikawa Jiro, and the chances of winning should be greater.

Now there is another Sakurai. Although she is currently only an experimental staff member of the experimental base, from her previous conversation with Nishikawa Jiro, it can be seen that she once belonged to the island country's spy organization and received spy training, so her skills must be good.

In this way, the number of people on both sides becomes two to two, and the chances of him and Geng Jianhui winning are further reduced.

But facing such a situation, there is no other way at the moment. Zhang Xing sighed helplessly in his heart, secretly lamenting that he and Geng Jianhui have bad luck.

However, just as the two of them were holding their breath and preparing for a two-on-one situation, Sakurai suddenly turned his eyes away from the box and turned to Nishikawa Jiro and responded nonchalantly:

"Oh, I noticed the dirt mark on the medicine bottle you mentioned the day before yesterday. It is impossible for anyone else to enter this warehouse except Kikuya and me. It is not uncommon for the medicine bottle to be stained with dirt marks. After all, there are often rats running around in this underground base. Once, a rat even broke into and knocked over the medicine bottle. Later, Dr. Lauren organized a comprehensive cleanup of rats in the underground base, and the situation has indeed improved significantly, but even so, rats still appear occasionally."

Nishikawa Jiro thought for a while and frowned slightly. :

"It's normal for rats to appear in the underground base, but the dirt mark on the medicine bottle doesn't look like it was touched by a rat's claws."

Sakurai said:

"What's so strange about this? The rats in the underground base are not ordinary rats. Most of them are very big. I have encountered this situation before. You should stop being suspicious and chase those two people. If you miss this time, it will be difficult to have another chance."

"But..."

Sakurai saw that Nishikawa Jiro was still hesitating, and couldn't help but urge him again anxiously: "Hurry up!"

After hearing this, Nishikawa Jiro finally stopped struggling and nodded to show his agreement. Then he pecked Sakurai's forehead lightly and hurriedly left the medicine warehouse.

Not long after Nishikawa Jiro left, Sakurai also walked out of the medicine warehouse. At this time, Zhang Xing and Geng Jianhui, who had been hiding in the box, carefully climbed out of the box after confirming that Sakurai had gone far away.

When the two came out of the box, their bodies were soaked with sweat, and their clothes were wet and stuck to their bodies. Although the temperature in the underground base was low, they were trapped in the small box for a long time, and they were under great pressure. Their backs were already soaked with sweat.

"It was really dangerous just now!"

Team leader Geng Jianhui sighed with lingering fear, wiping the sweat on his forehead.Beads of sweat formed on his forehead, and he took a deep breath.

Zhang Xing nodded silently, wiping the sweat off his forehead as well, but he kept his eyes focused as much as possible, because when Zhang Xing was hiding in the box just now, he clearly felt that he seemed to have a kind of perspective ability for a moment, otherwise he would not have been able to see Sakurai's underwear.

But after coming out of the box, that strange perspective seemed to have disappeared without a trace. No matter how hard he tried to focus, he could no longer reproduce that magical effect. All the objects around him became ordinary and normal.

Zhang Xing couldn't help rubbing his eyes, and patted his dizzy head, trying to make himself clear and calm.

Geng Jianhui went to the door to look around, turned around, and suddenly asked Zhang Xing hesitantly:

"Zhang Xing, do you think that Sakurai seems to have some problems? Although I'm not sure whether she saw us hiding in the box, her eyes stayed on the box for a long time, which means that she must have doubted the box, but in the end, she not only did not open the box to check, but urged Nishikawa Jiro to leave. Don't you think it's strange?"

Zhang Xing, who was immersed in the inspection, suddenly came back to his senses after hearing the words of team leader Geng Jianhui. He frowned and carefully recalled everything that had just happened.

Indeed, as team leader Geng Jianhui said, Sakurai's behavior was indeed a bit strange at the time. According to common sense, if she really noticed an abnormal sound in the box, she should have checked the box immediately. This should be the most basic reaction of an agent, but she finally chose to urge Nishikawa Jiro to leave. Why?

Is Sakurai trying to protect them? But why should he protect them? Could it be that this Sakurai is one of his own? Is he our intelligence officer lurking in the island nation's intelligence organization?

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