Chapter 80 Confessing the Bad News

Seeing this, she didn't have time to think much and quickly opened the car stunt competition exchange shop to check the items. The types of items were the same as Hagiwara and Matsuda had predicted.

In addition to the various Tier 1 car blueprints with the same exchange price as yesterday, there are also snow chains that can be exchanged for 5 points, and 3 Tier 2 car upgrade blueprints, namely Tier 2 tire manufacturing blueprint, Tier 2 car chassis upgrade blueprint, and Tier 2 engine manufacturing blueprint, which can be exchanged for 15 points.

Seeing these redeemable items, Feng Xingshou subconsciously looked at Hagiwara and Matsuda, who had also come over from the driver's and passenger's seats to look at the redeemable items: "If we redeem snow chains with our points this time, can we also redeem a level 1 blueprint, or just redeem one level 2 blueprint? Which one do you choose?"

“We already have the blueprints for the Tier 2 engine, so we don’t need to exchange them. The rest is to choose between upgrading the Tier 2 tires and chassis. Rather than snow chains, let’s see how the Tier 2 tires perform on snow.” Matsuda finished speaking and looked at Hagiwara.

“Under normal circumstances, we would naturally choose the more valuable territory blueprints.” Hagiwara smiled. “But this time, we will definitely choose the Level 2 tire upgrade blueprints, after all, the tires will be upgraded.”

Even if the chassis isn't high enough, which is a bit of a hassle, you can still drive slowly on these snowy roads. As long as you can get on the road, you can continue driving and earning points. Once you have enough points, you can upgrade the chassis.

Matsuda couldn't help but smile when he saw that the junior student had chosen the Tier 2 car tire blueprint without any hesitation after listening to their words.

Today's events unfolded just like yesterday. After selecting the blueprint worth 15 points, the moment their remaining points were cleared, they returned to the highway amidst the game's announcement.

Today's dungeon is more complex than any other. Even Matsuda and Hagiwara, after returning from this dungeon, couldn't help but take out cigarettes, light them, and take a few deep drags to relax.

Aside from being a little nervous while rescuing people and knowing that the price of the wine was a bit too high, Feng Xing Shou didn't encounter any other problems that required him to be nervous or worried. Now that he was back, he immediately opened the level 2 tire blueprint he had exchanged and used it.

After the car's tires were spotless, she walked around the car and said excitedly, "That's right, these are the big tires. It would be even better if they were the kind with two tires side by side."

"Heh... these tires don't look small even on a truck!" Matsuda, unaware of the tragic news about the squad leader and Morofushi Kagemitsu, heard Kazesei no Kami say this and, with a cigarette in his mouth, followed along to look at the upgraded truck.

He shared his thoughts: "Feng-chan! Don't you think this car looks a bit strange right now? It looks a bit like a deformed car with a small-headed dad and a long-legged son? These four wheels are almost as big as the entire carriage."

"Hmm... to be honest, even for a Mazda, tires that big look awful." Hearing his childhood friend's opinion, Hagiwara couldn't help but tease her even though he had something on his mind.

Feng Xingshou didn't know much about cars. After hearing what they said and taking a closer look at the upgraded car, he couldn't understand it: "The body and tires are all black. Even if the body looks a bit small next to the big wheels, it's not that ugly, is it?"

"Having seen what Mazda originally looked like, you don't think this car is ugly?" Matsuda asked incredulously. Even though he wasn't as knowledgeable about or fond of cars as Hagiwara, he still thought it was incredibly ugly! -_-|

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Hagiwara couldn't help but tease Kaze Seishu: "Heh...it seems my Kaze-chan's taste in cars is a bit average!"

"Hey!" Who's his? Can't this guy talk properly? Calling himself "Officer-san"! He's just claiming ownership without even calling himself her boyfriend. How shameless. o(￣ヘ￣o＃) Feng Xing Shou thought to himself, but didn't notice the slight upturn of his lips.

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Seeing that she wasn't really angry, and even seemed a little happy, Hagiwara couldn't help but feel happy too. But after a few seconds of happiness, the voice of Kofuruya telling him those terrible news resurfaced in his ears.

He subconsciously took a deep drag of his cigarette and looked at Matsuda, his gaze hesitant. He knew his childhood friend's personality, just as his childhood friend knew him very well. If Kojinpei found out about the bad news of the class president and Komorofushi...

He would definitely give up on going back to three years ago for the time being, and instead work with himself to change the fate of the squad leader and Xiao Zhufu before considering going back to the time he left.

Knowing that this would delay his return to reality, should he tell him? Of course, as far as the class monitor and Xiao Zhufu are concerned, the class monitor is easy to deal with. Now that they have cell phones, as long as one of them works.

After entering the instance before the class monitor's car accident, even if the instance is far from where the class monitor had the accident, and they cannot travel back and forth within the time limit, or even if the arrival time is not precise enough, they can still contact Xiao Fuya by phone and ask him to come and rescue the class monitor when the time comes.

The only troublesome matter is with Morofushi. He's surrounded by Kaze-chan's accomplices. Even if the FBI catches him first and Furuya second, there's no way to save him unless we help him break through the organization's encirclement.

It can stop him for a while, but it can't stop him from being killed or injured in the pursuit, or from choosing to end his own life again. In such cases, it would be easier if he had help. Kojinpei is not only good at fighting, but also at disassembling and assembling bombs.

He has strong reasoning and insight, and can also perform adventurous driving skills well. With him around, I have more confidence in rescuing little Morofushi...

If I don't tell him, even if I successfully solve those problems, if Xiaozhenping travels to the future and has memories from other timelines, he'll definitely beat me up if he finds out I didn't tell him this time!

o(╥﹏╥)o It's such a dilemma!

Just as Hagiwara understood Matsuda, Matsuda also understood his best friend. When he saw him smoking heavily and not saying a word, and even the fact that a junior schoolgirl had developed feelings for him made him unhappy, he knew that Matsuda must have encountered something difficult.

And when he feels troubled, he doesn't confide in me, which means that the trouble is probably related to me. Really, why can't he just say what's on his mind? Why is he so conflicted? This is really unlike Hagi!

Matsuda, who prefers to face difficulties head-on and forge ahead bravely, saw him like this and simply slapped him hard on the back, saying irritably, "Just say what you want to say. You don't suit this kind of expression that makes my fist itch."

"Cough cough..." Hagiwara choked on the force of the slap, coughing several times before recovering. He looked at Matsuda with a frustrated expression and complained, "So..."

You hit me so hard, I almost lost my breath."

"Hmph! Just say you don't want to get beaten up." Matsuda smiled, but his hands clenched into fists.

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Feng Xing Shou, standing to the side, looked completely bewildered. Weren't they just talking about upgrading tires? How did it suddenly turn into a fight? Aren't they good friends? Why are they fighting?

Besides, isn't Officer Sang breaking the law by fighting? What should I do? Try to break them up? How? Who should I talk to? Would telling them directly that fighting is illegal work? Or should I wait until they start fighting before trying to break them up?

Just as Feng Xingshou was at a loss, not knowing what to do, and because some Chinese people inherently like to watch the excitement and want to wait and see before making a move, she didn't immediately interrupt to dissuade him.

"Tsk! You still have such a strong grip. I'm not like Furuya, I don't want to get beaten up by you!" Hagiwara rubbed his back and said helplessly before taking a deep breath and looking at Matsuda.

With a particularly serious and solemn expression, he continued, "Jinpei, during today's dungeon, I learned some bad news while talking to Furuya. The situation was urgent at the time, and I didn't have time to tell you."

"...What is it?" Seeing his serious expression, Matsuda's smile faded, and he even frowned, thinking about what kind of news would be bad for him. Then, somewhat stunned, he asked Hagiwara, "Could it be that my old man finally died from alcohol poisoning due to excessive drinking?"

Upon hearing Matsuda's words, Hagiwara's expression went blank for a moment before he reacted. He glanced at his childhood friend speechlessly and retorted, "With your boxer's physique and your ability to get drunk after just a few drinks, no matter how much he drinks, it won't harm his health!"

If he had a high alcohol tolerance, his decadent daily routine of drinking until he was drunk every day, from elementary school to university, would probably have ruined him long ago, and he would have been in the hospital to treat alcoholic liver disease!

Kojinpei's father is still very healthy and active, and his health hasn't suffered from any problems. This is all because his father has an extremely low alcohol tolerance; a few cups of the weakest Japanese sake will make him drunk...

"Ahem! You said it's bad news, and he's the only relative I have left, so naturally I'd think of him first!" Matsuda asked, a little embarrassed, though his eyes were half-moon shaped. "So what's the bad news you're talking about?"

Feng Xingshou also looked at Hagiwara with a curious expression. After all, she wasn't there when Hagiwara was talking to his friend, so she didn't know what they were talking about.

Hagiwara, being stared at by the two, subconsciously took a deep breath and said while extinguishing the cigarette in his hand, "I heard from Kofuruya that the squad leader and Komorofushi are both dead."

"What? The squad leader and Jing Danna?" Matsuda looked incredulous upon hearing Hagiwara's words. "Even in 2014, they would only be 29 years old, right? Why would they die? Did something go wrong at work?"

Matsuda recalled that before he entered the highway game, the squad leader had just been transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department's major criminal cases department, and the public security work in Morofushi was even more dangerous. Thinking about the situation he had encountered, he subconsciously believed that it must be because of his work.

"It was indeed because of work that Morofushi was there, but the squad leader was staying up all night keeping watch. He didn't have enough energy to go down and rescue a pedestrian who had been in a car accident. He was hit by the car and died from his injuries..." Hagiwara simply told the two of the information that Furuya Rei had told him, and he did not hide the fact that Morofushi Kagemitsu's matter was related to the organization that Fuu-chan's brother worked for.