First Encounter (V plus more)

The purple-eyed former police officer was the first to stop, ready to accept his fate and face the iron fist punishment from his childhood friend. He smiled harmlessly, and when their eyes met, he flinched for a moment with a guilty conscience, and then looked back at me calmly.

For a moment, both of them fell silent.

Matsuda Jinpei: “…”

Hagiwara Kenji: “…”

The curly-haired young man snorted and laughed: "Not running away?"

The young man with semi-long hair raised his hands obediently: "I won't run away."

Matsuda Jinpei glanced at the people watching the fun nearby, said "tsk", walked up to Yu Junran and took his hand: "Come with me."

The voice of Inspector Megure was heard from far behind, and he seemed to be calling for Jinpei Matsuda to go back quickly. The latter ignored him impatiently and ran away pulling Kenji Hagiwara.

Hagiwara Kenji was stunned for a moment, and then he ran with Yu Junran. The wind passed by his ears, and his steps seemed to have crossed over so many years of loneliness and separation.

The laughter from Riolanda in the earphone almost deafened Kenji Hagiwara.

"I understand, I understand. This is the scene of a young couple eloping!" Her laughter was like a silver bell ringing in a storm. "I heard clearly that you all got along like this when you were young. So, it turns out that the four of you are in this kind of relationship together!"

Hagiwara Kenji: “…”

Who taught her this? Although he knew it was an artificial intelligence that was already unknown how old it was, the childish voice was no different from that of a five-year-old girl. This former policeman almost had a heart attack and wanted to question the Ministry of Education about what it was doing.

As he ran, he took the time to communicate with Yolanda into the headset: "Is this how you get exposed to the dirty adult world, Yoli-chan?"

Yolanda puffed out her chest with pride: "Sharon taught me! She even praised me for learning so quickly!"

The corner of Hagiwara Kenji's mouth twitched, and he took off the headset and put it in his trouser pocket.

Matsuda Jinpei saw his movements clearly and gestured: "Is it okay for me to see and hear you communicating with them?"

"Ah, it's okay, the president will find a solution." As expected, Xiao Zhenping knew that he had cooperated with an organization other than the police. Wow, he won't be hated, right?

Kenji Hagiwara decided to give all the scriptwriting tasks for unexpected situations to Tang Lichu, just like Yolanda. He shrugged and put his arm around Koujinran, whom he hadn't seen for four years, "By the way, is everything okay with Inspector Megure? He and that beautiful policewoman - well, I think her last name is Sato - are anxious to find you."

Matsuda Jinpei's body stiffened for a moment when he was suddenly embraced, but he relaxed after feeling the familiar touch. "It's okay. They'll definitely ask me to write a report if they call me back."

The two young men were definitely much faster than the fat Inspector Megure. After their colleagues from the Investigation Section were left far behind and there were fewer people around them, the two men stopped and laughed together.

Kenji Hagiwara reported in his brain channel.

Kenji Hagiwara: I met Jinpei Kou, please change the plan, Mr. Tang Li!

Tang Lichu, who had already known the news in Yolanda's body, said: ...

Tang Lichu: Got it. Okay.

He himself was feeling depressed because of the script change, but the part of him in Yolanda was extremely happy because he witnessed the reunion with his childhood friend and watched his idol Jinpei Matsuda up close.

Perhaps this is why human joys and sorrows are not shared, Tang Lichu remained silent, even though Yolanda and he are essentially the same person.

But even if they didn't meet, he would have to change his plan. Who could have imagined that Jinpei Matsuda would actually rush down from the Ferris wheel box before it landed?

...This person is really not afraid of being scolded by his superiors.

Speaking of which, Yolanda and Kiyoshi Tsukizono both swore that Hagiwara Kenji would definitely be beaten up by their own little boy, but it seems that didn't happen?

"Huh? Oh, right, brother Jinping didn't beat up brother Hagiwara?" Yolanda realized belatedly and made a puzzled sound.

The headset had been put into his pocket, and Kenji Hagihara could not hear Yolanda's voice.

Then Matsuda Jinpei suddenly asked seriously, "Are you okay, Hagi?"

Hagiwara Kenji: ...?

For a moment, he didn't react to what You Xunran had misunderstood. His expression was blank for a moment, and then he suddenly realized.

It turns out that Jinpei Matsuda didn't beat him because he thought he had some sequelae from the organization's experiment!

At this moment, he suddenly received a communication from Yue Yuanqing on the channel in his brain.

Tsukizono Kiyoshi: It would be best if we could tell Jinpei that the experiment Toki went through was not very optimistic, and we need the police's help to rescue Toki.

Kenji Hagiwara was stunned for a moment and decided to answer Jinpei Matsuda first.

"Ah, you know about the experiment... Of course I'm fine, do you want me to check on you, Jinpei-chan? From my perspective, four years have passed since I woke up from a sleep, and the members of the organization responsible for us don't seem to have any intention of hurting us." He moved closer to the curly-haired police officer he hadn't seen for many years, and almost hung on him. "Although his physical strength may have faded a little, if we fight for a short time, Hagi might be able to beat Jinpei-chan down."

Matsuda Jinpei felt the weight on his body, seemed to be relieved, and raised the corners of his mouth: "Is that so? Then I feel relieved. You said it yourself, fighting or something--"

A powerful fist swung over the next moment.

Yolanda, who heard all this in the headset, laughed so hard that the professional headset almost leaked the sound.

"I told you that Hagiwara-nii won't be able to escape this punch!"

Later, the childhood friend seemed to have finished his conversation, and Tsukizono Kiyoshi received a worried inquiry from Hagiwara Kenji in his mind channel.

Kenji Hagiwara: Regarding Toki, is he okay? Is there anything I can do?

Yue Yuanqing thought for a moment and replied to him.

Yueyuan Qing: He has temporarily lost his memory now, we have to wait for him to remember his past memories.

It was getting late, and Tang Lichu's real body picked up his mobile phone and took a look. The attention from all parties was continuing to grow.

The task previously issued by the APP [Accepting the indigenous Hagiwara Kenji and expanding the organization] has been successful. He temporarily skipped the reward for this task and scrolled down to the attention level.

As the Self-Help Society has attracted a lot of attention recently, the total has reached 500%.

Among them, Matsuda Jinpei's attention has reached 90%, most likely because of Hagiwara Kenji, Tokiwa Hiiragi and Tsukizono Kiyoshi. It can be said that in addition to his daily field work and bomb disposal tasks, he has devoted all his energy to finding clues related to several childhood friends.

Following closely behind is Kenji Hagiwara with 85%. Although he is already a half-member of the Self-Help Society, this former police officer with high emotional intelligence is keenly aware of the many secrets that may be hidden underneath and is always ready to find out.

The attention of Furuya Rei also increased to 60%, perhaps because the information obtained by the Self-help Society was much more than he originally expected, and it also involved his friend Hagiwara Kenji from the police academy. And Morobushi Keimitsu also had 35% attention, mostly due to Weimar, and a small part came from Tsukizono Kiyoshi and Tsukizono Akiko who appeared at the previous gathering of the four members of the police academy group.

Date Kou's attention level is higher than Morobushi Keimitsu's, at 55%. Even though he obtains less information, since he does not have as many things to care about as the undercover Morobushi Keimitsu, he has more energy to pay attention to information related to the Self-Help Society.

In fact, the third most popular person after Hagiwara Kenji and Matsuda Jinpei is the FBI undercover codenamed Ley, Akai Shuichi. Perhaps because Yolanda's "joke" on his computer was so memorable, he spent a lot of time to find out who hacked his computer at that time.

Shuichi Akai provides 75% of the attention.

As for Gin and Curacao, their combined attention accounted for 95%. What surprised Tang Lichu was that Vermouth had heard of one of his aliases from somewhere, or maybe the Self-Help Society, and became interested in it, contributing 5% of the attention.

The trouble with the APP's attention level is that it does not show the task's attention to a single alias, so Tang Lichu has to guess which alias of his has been noticed by those characters whose attention has increased.

Considering that his vest appeared in the Black Organization, it is most likely Weimar, or it could be Tsukizono Akiko, codenamed Mint Julep. After all, they are the only two people who are actively carrying out missions in the organization openly.

Of course, another possibility is that the boss asked her to investigate the cause and effect of the bombing of the APTX-4857 experimental area of ​​​​the organization. However, Tang Lichu guessed that if it was related to the organization's mission, the attention that Vermouth contributed would most likely not be just 5%.

After all, Vermouth is a core code member controlled by the Black Organization, and disobeying the boss is something that no Black Organization worker is willing to do.

After all, what you lose accidentally is not your money or your job, but your life.

In this way, the total attention is exactly 500%.

Tang Lichu chose to click on the side quest list.

[Host Tang Lichu, please choose:]

[Branch quest: January Garden Mingzi Chapter - Lost in the Fog City]

[Branch 3 Yolanda Chapter - Artificial Soul]

[Branch 4 Fritz - Once Existed]

Tang Lichu was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Fritz was referring to the pseudonym Fritz Liman that Yue Yuanqing often used to refer to others.

He had already decided to choose Yueyuan Qing's branch quest this time, not for the purpose of obtaining any information, but simply to experience the deep emotions and indelible bond between childhood friends.

After all, Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda are really very good people.

——Their feelings towards Yue Yuanqing almost made Tang Lichu envious, even though Yue Yuanqing was clearly played by himself.

Tang Lichu quickly selected branch line four.

Tang Lichu opened his eyes and received Yue Yuanqing's memories of the past five years. Having already experienced a branch quest, he was quite familiar with it.

The air under the night sky was cold enough to make a thinly dressed child shiver. The moonlight was bright and clear, but it could not give others a moment of warmth. The night wind blew on my face, and the coolness aroused trembling and loneliness.

Perhaps every child has thought about running away from home during their rebellious period, which is why Yue Yuanqing sat on the side of the road to rest, tired and hungry.

Of course, Tsukionno Kiyoshi knew how ignorant he was. His parents were gone, and it was not easy for his sister to take care of the three siblings alone. Even that annoying Akai Shuichi could throw his siblings to his mother and improve himself to prepare for finding his father.

But sometimes I just feel unhappy for no reason.

He is six years old this year. Logically, he shouldn't complain that his sister is only concerned with taking care of his brother who is still breastfeeding, and he shouldn't feel resentful because no one came to the four parent-teacher conferences in the first grade of elementary school. He knows that his sister has to take care of his brother, that she has to go to school, and that she has to work part-time in the middle of the night and use the Internet to do things that are not allowed.

But he would feel lonely, sleeping alone in a 30-square-meter house, enduring the heat in the scorching summer with no one to chat with and relieve his boredom. He just wanted to find someone to talk to.

But like a curse, he was always unconsciously ignored by his classmates. He came alone and left alone, and was as unknown as air.

So - he thought - I am not important to my family anyway, and even more useless to the school, so I might as well leave and reduce some of my sister's workload.

The six-year-old child has simple ideas. He believes that a lot of expenses can be saved after he is gone, so his sister won’t have to work so hard.

People passing by seemed not to have seen him and walked straight past him without even glancing at him. Yue Yuan had gotten used to this early in the morning.

Except for his sister, brother, his sister's friend Shuichi Akai and his mother Mari Akai, no one else realized that he was a person rather than a shadow when they first met him.

This is why Tsukizono Kiyoshi has always believed that Akai Mari is definitely not an ordinary person. After all, two years ago, when he asked her how she discovered herself, the woman who had just given birth answered "breathing."

...Who would use breathing to determine if there are people around? !

While Yue Yuanqing was having all sorts of random thoughts, he suddenly found a child about his own age squatting in front of him.

"Do you need help?" The child in front of him waved his hand, his purple eyes smiling brightly, which made Yue Yuanqing stunned for a moment.

"You... can see me?" He blurted out this sentence without any context.

"Eh????" The purple-eyed child in front of him was shocked. "Why are you asking that? Wow, are you a ghost?" He hurriedly lowered his head to check.

Yue Yuanqing then realized that his words seemed to be a little misleading. He paused and said, "I'm not..."

After seeing the shadow of the boy in front of him, the purple-eyed child finally breathed a sigh of relief: "You scared me to death, I thought you were a ghost who was still obsessed with something."

Yue Yuanqing smiled sheepishly: "Because everyone says that my presence is very low, so I am surprised that someone actually noticed me."

"Oh, is that so?" The purple-eyed little boy smiled widely. "Then can I be friends with you? I think it's really cool to have a superpower like 'not being noticed'!"

Yue Yuanqing was flattered and opened his eyes wide. He wanted to say something, but finally uttered, "Ah, okay, but that's not a superpower."

"It's obviously a very powerful special ability." The dazzling little boy in front of him stretched out his hand, "My name is Kenji Hagiwara, and my two best friends like to call me Hagi, you can call me that too!"

Yue Yuanqing grabbed the boy's hand, and the boy pulled him up. After standing up, Yue Yuanqing smiled and introduced herself like him: "My name is Yue Yuanqing, my sister's friends call me Yue Yuan, you can call me that too..."

He felt a little awkward, his voice became smaller and smaller, and he felt a little embarrassed, but he had no friends and couldn't tell Hagiwara Kenji how his friends usually called him.

"But calling you by your last name is so strange. Can I call you Qing?" The boy with purple eyes came to the rescue at the right time, acting like a spoiled child. "Is that okay?"

"certainly!"

Hagiwara Kenji suddenly patted his shoulder and said mysteriously: "Qing, look over there, that curly-haired boy and the chestnut-haired boy sitting next to him, they are my best friends, can you go and scare them?"

"...Hmm?" Yue Yuanqing had never thought that his presence could be used in this way. "Let me try?"

The curly-haired little boy was concentrating on repairing a machine, and the chestnut-haired little boy next to him was handing him tools. Both of them were top-notch pool boys, and although they have not grown up yet when they were little, we could already get a glimpse of how popular they would be with girls in the future.

Look, now there is a circle of boys and girls surrounding them, some are attracted by the disassembly and assembly of the machinery, and some just want to see their faces.

Yue Yuanqing walked into the crowd of spectators with some trepidation and eagerness, squatted down, and suddenly said, "Hello, classmate—"

"Wow, there's actually someone sitting here!"

"When did you sit here? I didn't notice you at all!"

The little boy squatting beside Yue Yuanqing sat down on the ground. However, the curly-haired boy who was closest to him was repairing a machine without shaking his hands. He said in a speechless tone, "He just came over. How come you didn't feel it? You are too lame."

"Hey - Matsuda-kun -"

The curly-haired kid seemed to have a sharp tongue. The kids who caught his attention would leave with their shattered pride. Tsukizono Kiyomoto was enjoying the show. The chestnut-haired kid next to him pulled him and said, "You're awesome! Are you a ninja? Were you also specially trained by the Black Crow?"

Yueyuan Qing was at a loss for a moment, and the child seemed to understand his mind immediately and smiled: "Sorry, sorry, I just said it casually. Hagi and you have become good friends just now, right? Then I want to be friends too! I am Tokiwa Hiiragi, Jinpei always likes to call me Toki, you can call me that too. Hello, Qing! Oh, by the way, this is Matsuda Jinpei, even though he looks so sharp-tongued now, he is actually a very nice person!"

Yue Yuanqing was a little stunned. He didn't know how Tokiwa Hiiragi knew the content of his conversation with Hagiwara Kenji. He couldn't have heard it clearly from such a distance. It was impossible that this kid could read minds.

But he still didn't ask his question, just smiled: "Hello Toki, I'm Tsukizono Kiyoshi. Hello Matsuda-kun..."

Matsuda Jinpei curled his lips and said, "We are not friends, so don't call me in a fancy way. You can call me Matsuda or Jinpei."

He pushed the model in his hand forward: "Want to play together?"

The boy who was just despised by Matsuda Jinpei for "not being able to put together even the simplest model" made a face and said to Tsukizono Kiyoshi, "Want to play with him? He will really despise you for being stupid. That guy has a bad personality and is also a freak. Only Hagiwara-kun has a good temper and can tolerate them."

Normally they would not watch Jinpei Matsuda disassembling and assembling models. It was only because Kenji Hagiwara would smooth things over, and Jinpei Matsuda's movements were indeed neat and beautiful enough, that they would gather around curiously to admire him.

As a result, Kenji Hagiwara had only been away for a while when this guy drove away the crowd with his usual heart-wrenching words.

Yue Yuanqing blinked at a loss. The boy who spoke said "huh" impatiently, turned around and ran away.

He was stunned for a moment, then slowly lowered his head to look at the model.

His third brother Yue Yuanliang especially likes these things. The little ball who is just over three years old can dismantle things at home in a very good manner, although he can never put them back together. Only his sister works to support the family. They can't afford to buy new appliances and furniture every time, and they also don't have enough money to find someone to repair them every time. As a sensible second child, he learned the skills of assembling appliances without a teacher. Therefore, although his ability to disassemble is average, Yue Yuanqing is very good at putting things back together.

As for Jinpei Matsuda and Kiyoshi Tsukizono, they keenly sensed in the other person a troublesome little destroyer who was just like their own younger brother.

——It feels a little familiar.

He squatted down and quickly restored the model that Matsuda Jinpei had disassembled, and his speed was almost catching up with the speed at which the other party was disassembling things.

Kenji Hagiwara who was following behind:!

He was surprised as if he had grasped a life-saving straw: "Wow, Qing-chan is good at assembling things! Just like Xiao Zhenping is good at disassembling things! Come on, come on, we are saved. I won't be spanked by my sister today!"

Tokiwa Hiiragi next to him instantly broke into an extremely brilliant smile, and even Matsuda Jinpei's eyes showed joy.

The purple-eyed boy asked hopefully, "Qing, you can definitely put the disassembled microwave back together, right?"

Yueyuan Qing:......?

What? Did you dismantle the microwave at home?

Yue Yuanqing thought for the first time in a long time whether his sister would have any problems after he left. Of course, he didn't think that his sister would come to see him or be anxious and sad because of his departure. The reason for his thinking was simple:

——In three years, will his younger brother, Tsukihara Ryo, also dismantle the microwave oven at home like the curly-haired boy in front of him?

Yueyuan Qing briefly mourned for her sister who could only tinker with computer programs, knew nothing about mechanical structure, and couldn't even assemble an atomizer by reading the instruction manual.

However, after no longer having to pay for his food and tuition, the sister should have enough money to find the cheapest repairman to fix the home appliances that were dismantled by her brother.

As Hagiwara Kenji dragged him toward Hagiwara's house, the lively little boy with purple eyes jumped up and down excitedly and said, "Ever since Uncle Matsuda found a brother for Jinpei-chan, I've really wanted to find a brother too! Can you come to my house and be my brother?"

Yue Yuanqing was greatly shocked.

Were all your brothers adopted?

Let me explain to a six-year-old here that people run away from home because they subconsciously sense some danger ()

After all, children are like kittens, and some of their intuition is really accurate (who knows, my sister has helped me avoid danger four times, the most recent one was when my mother wanted to take the whole family to Beijing for a trip five days ago, but my sister refused to let her go.