night.

Those who had experienced the thrilling events during the day had already fallen asleep, but there were a few who could not sleep. They could only stare in the darkness, replaying what had happened during the day over and over again.

Zhu Fushigi Jingguang even pulled the timeline forward to the time when he first learned about Hoshino Aoi's "death" from his colleagues.

He had asked his colleagues who were at the scene at the time, so although he did not see the situation at the time, based on other people's descriptions and some of his own filling in and speculation, Zhu Fujingguang was able to roughly restore the scene at that time.

There's no way Hoshino Aoi could survive.

Unless there was another person present at the time.

But based on Morofushi Jingguang's understanding of the organization, the person who disguised himself as Hoshino Aoi and sneaked into the archives room, if he guessed correctly, should be Vermouth.

But this is very strange...

After all, if two 'Hoshino Aoi' appear at the same time, even a dumb person would know that there must be something wrong with one of them, right?

And Vermouth is obviously not someone who would sacrifice herself for others and help others to the forefront even at the risk of being caught.

So in her original plan, Aoi Hoshino should not have existed.

In other words, Hoshino Aoi ran over on her own initiative, carrying Vermouth on her back.

Then her purpose could not be to assist Vermouth in completing the mission, but rather to prevent her from completing the mission.

In this case, how could Vermouth's departure be to help her companions and lure the police away?

Zhu Fujingguang thought, her departure, or more precisely, her escape, right?

Is it really possible that she, after escaping the police's pursuit, will come back and help Hoshino Aoi escape?

And even if it was really possible, how could she take her away from a closed room in front of everyone?

Especially judging from the bloodstains left at the scene, Hoshino Aoi was seriously injured at the time.

Even if she wasn't seriously injured, judging by the amount of bleeding, it was impossible for her to be fine.

Otherwise, they would not have immediately assumed that she was dead.

Of course, after knowing that she was not dead, Zhu Fujingguang once let the matter go.

After all, the result is that she is not dead, so what is the point in investigating why she is not dead?

No matter what, they just need to know that their friends are alive, isn't that enough?

But ever since he had that absurd guess in his mind, he suddenly began to feel that it was not enough.

He wanted to know how many times she had died to get to this situation, and he also wanted to know if everything was really as he had guessed...

But when he picked up the things he thought he had let go of, Zhu Fu Jingguang realized that he had never really let go.

He even still remembers how he felt when he came out of the training camp and thought he could finally get together with his friends, but ended up learning the news of Hoshino Aoi's death from Hagiwara Kenji.

He had experienced that feeling of his mind being blank, as if everything was unreal, once before, but when he felt it again, he still couldn't get used to it.

And he didn't want to get used to this feeling.

So what about Hoshino Aoi?

Is she used to it?

I guess you're used to it, right?

How else could she have planned that explosion?

Zhu Fu Jingguang stared at the ceiling without blinking, as if something there was attracting him. Until his eyes began to feel sore, he crossed his arms across his forehead, hiding the complexity in his eyes.

Like everyone else, Morofushi Kagemitsu also didn't think that Gin would help her hide her identity. And given Gin's personality, he wouldn't report it so easily unless he was really sure of her death.

At least he would investigate carefully.

But apart from the news of his confrontation with Pramya, Zhu Fujingguang did not hear any news about the traitor.

Not only was there no news from her, Zhu Fujingguang also hadn't heard any news from himself.

He realized something was wrong at the time, so after Miyano Akemi was taken away by them, he specifically asked about this matter.

As expected.

Everything was planned by Aoi Hoshino.

In order to help him escape smoothly, she also specially asked someone to find a male corpse.

Although Akemi Miyano probably didn't know what happened later, Keimitsu Morofushi could guess the answer he wanted to know.

I'm afraid that just in case, she deliberately disguised the male corpse to look like him?

Because in Gin's eyes, he was also killed in the explosion, so naturally no one would come to the Metropolitan Police Department to inquire about information about him.

In order to prevent this matter from being discovered, the bomb she used must be of extremely dangerous type.

After all, only in this way can we ensure that the male corpse will be blown beyond recognition and no human form can be seen at all.

But what about her?

How did she escape after being so close to the explosion?

she……

Did he really escape?

Zhu Fu Jingguang didn't know.

He even wondered if he was really too tired, which was why he thought of such an incredible thing. But he knew that there were two such things...

That's two lives...

Regardless of whether it was a real death or a fake one, it was still two lives...

If he doesn't figure it out, is he still qualified to call himself her friend?

And if his guess about Hoshino Aoi is correct, then it shouldn't be a big deal to add a little more fantasy to this world, right?

for example……

This world is not the real world.

They may have been living in an illusory world from beginning to end, and even their fate was being manipulated by others.

And the squad leader might have died a year ago.

So this accident happened only after he escaped that one.

As for him...

Zhu Fushigi Kagemitsu knew very well that if it weren't for Hoshino Aoi, he would probably have died when his identity was exposed three years ago.

Perhaps he died at the hands of Rye who came to pursue him, or perhaps he let him go because they were both undercover agents, but considering the safety of his family and friends, he chose to commit suicide.

In short, he shouldn't be alive now.

After all, there was an undercover agent inside the Metropolitan Police Department, so his exposure was only a matter of time, and his choice was an inevitable result. Only Hoshino Aoi was the accident, and the price was her "death".

So what about her first 'death'?

Could this also be the price she paid?

Zhu Fujingguang thought about it and felt that he needed to check what happened on November 7, seven years ago.

Among them, Hagiwara Kenji, Matsuda Jinpei, and Date Kou are the main characters...