Chapter 72 Chapter 72 "So you really have lost your memory! ...

Hiro...are you calling me?

If Qingchuan Masaya's usual feeling when he first met Shin Kanae was simple and pure positive emotions such as intimacy and security, then when he saw this blond young man, his emotions became more complicated than one level.

He didn't know what kind of past he and the other person had, but he could feel his current mood: intimacy, love, sadness, despair... These emotions seemed to have penetrated deep into his bones and could not be completely washed away along with his memory.

And this kind of emotion only appeared in Qingchuan Masaya's mind when he recalled the name "Furugaya Rei".

The identity of the person in front of me is actually very obvious.

But such a judgment standard is too unreliable, so Qingchuan Masaya originally wanted to ask, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Furuya?"

But when he thought of the blond young man's "Hiro" just now, and combined it with the "Zero" of Furuya Rei, Aokawa Masaya unconsciously shouted "Zero".

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Qingchuan Masaya began to regain his rationality. He realized belatedly that he might have recognized the wrong person, but he found that the other person's expression had changed.

The address sounded light because of Qingchuan Masaya's uncertainty, and there was a rising tone at the end of the words that represented doubt, but it instantly lit up the purple-gray eyes that were filled with uneasiness because Qingchuan Masaya had been silent for too long.

Furiya Rei must have rushed in from somewhere; even with his clothes and hair tidied up, he still looked a bit dusty. But his expression brightened, and his blond hair, which had been a bit dull just a moment ago, now shone like the sun.

Qingchuan Ya also had a lot of questions in her mind, such as who I was, what was the relationship between us, and the fact that our skin and hair color didn't look like we were related by blood...

But after seeing Fūya Rei's current expression, Qingchuan Masaru did not choose to ask immediately, always feeling that those questions would ruin the joyful expression of the person in front of him.

The blond young man took two more steps in his direction, and the faint smell of coffee, which had just been obscured by the scent of trees, began to be detected by Qingchuan Masaya.

It smelled nice, mellow and rich, somewhat aggressive but not annoying to him... but at the same time, he felt a slight discomfort in his stomach.

Qingchuan Yaya hadn't noticed any signs of stomach problems in the past two months. Could it be just an allergy or intolerance to coffee? He could tell it was probably pheromones, not actual coffee. Besides, food allergies and intolerances generally wouldn't cause such noticeable physical discomfort at the slightest whiff.

Not knowing what he saw on Aokawa Masaya's face, Rei Furuya stopped approaching him.

Just when the two were at an impasse, another sound of footsteps was heard. This time, Qingchuan Masaya recognized it as Shinpei Kana.

Before the curly-haired officer even turned the corner, he spoke first: "Masaya, why is the watermelon here so big? The two of us may eat it all—"

The last few syllables were swallowed back at the sight of the unexpected blond young man.

Fukitani Rei and Kana Shinpei looked at each other.

Masaya Aokawa could see that the two of them knew each other. Compared to Rei Furuya, of whom he knew nothing, Masaya Aokawa subconsciously walked towards the familiar Shinpei Kana first, wanting to ask about the situation.

As a result, his movement caught the attention of Rei Furuya, and the other party's attention immediately shifted from Shinpei Kana to him.

The blond young man's expression and body movements were tense, as if he was silently waiting for judgment.

After Qingchuan Masaya stood beside Kana Shinpei, he said to the curly-haired officer who also looked a little nervous for some reason: "Shinpei, do you know this person?"

Qingchuan Masaya noticed that as soon as he finished speaking, the light in Furuya Zero's eyes that had lit up because of the word "zero" instantly went out.

Shinpei Kana: "..."

The expression on the curly-haired young man's face quickly flashed through confusion, bewilderment, and enlightenment, and finally settled on disbelief.

He put down the watermelon, grabbed Qingchuan Masaya's wrist and ran out, his voice revealing his collapse: "So you really have lost your memory!!"

Qingchuan Yaye, who was dragged for a long distance like a whirlwind, had no idea what was happening. He felt his body being dragged away, but his soul was still standing there with a blank face.

He hadn't exercised to this degree in the past two months, but even being driven at such a high speed, Qingchuan Masaya didn't feel any strain at all. This made him doubt his original identity even more: there were mainly two types of people who could get to know the police: either criminals or fellow police officers, and he didn't know which one he was...

Seeing Furuya Rei following him from the corner of his eye, Aokawa Masaya patted the back of Kana Shinpei's hand that was holding his wrist with his free right hand: "Shinpei, what are we running for?"

Although they are still on the outskirts of the forest and the fourth person has not appeared here yet, there is no guarantee that no one will come. Qingchuan Masaya does not want to be misunderstood as a drama of escaping from a wedding, robbing a bride, and eloping, or a police officer bravely chasing two criminals.

If the curly-haired young man didn't explain, he would arbitrarily link Furuya Rei with Shinpei Kana's "crazy pursuer" - Aokawa Masaya knew rationally that Furuya Rei was certainly not that person, but that didn't stop him from subconsciously feeling that doing so might have unexpected results.

Being asked this question, Kana Shinpei choked for a moment, and said with great regret: "Who am I doing this for...!"

However, when he turned around, he also found Fūya Rei not far behind him. He probably didn't want to continue the meaningless race, so he stopped.

The blond youth's eyes never left Aokawa Masaya. But after running closer, he looked away rather awkwardly, turning his gaze to Kana Shinpei, who was holding Aokawa Masaya's wrist. His eyes were heavy, and a storm seemed to be brewing in his purple-gray pupils.

Shinpei Kana loosened his grip.

The next second, Qingchuan Ya watched the two men fighting each other.

In order not to affect the young man with cat eyes, the two of them even tacitly fought further and further away.

Qingchuan Masaya: "..."

For some reason, these two seemed to hold a great grudge against each other, and the more they fought, the more obvious their emotions became.

At this moment, Qingchuan Masaya's phone vibrated. It was an unknown number.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Aokawa Masaya? My name is Morifushi Takaaki, and I'm... that child's older brother."

A deep male voice came from the receiver. Although it was slightly distorted by the radio waves, Qingchuan Masaya could still hear the slight tremor in it.

Although he had clearly lost all his memories and didn't know who his relatives were, he could hear the feeling of "home" in these words.

His lips moved, and he suddenly became speechless, his eyes showing signs of moisture at that moment.

Originally, Furuya Rei had a slight advantage in the fight with Kana Shinpei, but he couldn't help but be distracted to pay attention to Aokawa Masaya from time to time. When he saw the upturned corners of his eyes suddenly turned red, he paused for a moment, and then was punched hard in the face by the curly-haired young man opposite him.

Shinpei Kana originally wanted to continue fighting, but he found that Rei Furuya's attention was on another side. He followed his gaze and was also stunned.

Unable to hear Qingchuan Masaya's answer, Zhufu Gaoming's voice became more nervous, even though he was trying his best to control his tone: "Excuse me, is it convenient for us to meet?"

The young man with cat eyes took a few deep breaths before finally speaking: "Okay."

Then he told the name of the hotel where he and Shinpei Kana were staying and said they could meet there later.

This time it was Zhu Fu Gaoming's turn to pause for a few seconds before replying, "See you later."

After hanging up the phone, Qingchuan Masaya looked at the two people who had stopped moving and asked, "Can we talk properly now?"

His words were soft and calm, yet the other two could only nod subconsciously.

Because they had to go back to the hotel to wait for Morobushi Takaaki, the three of them talked as they walked - they even went back to get the watermelon - it was mainly Furuya Rei who was talking, Aokawa Masaya was listening quietly, and Kana Shinpei was holding the watermelon with a look of doubt on his face, thinking "Could it be that I'm the one who has lost my memory?"

Through Rei Furuya's narration, Aokawa Masaya learned that his real name was Morobushi Kagemitsu. Seventeen years earlier, he and Rei Furuya had stumbled upon a large criminal group operating in that wasteland. To protect Rei, he was captured by the criminals. Rei Furuya, under the influence of psychotropic drugs and struck by a head injury after falling into a ravine, lost his memory. Since then, the police and the Morobushi family have lost all leads and are unable to find any trace of Morobushi Kagemitsu, but the Morobushi family has never given up their search.

Fūya Rei added that since he still hasn't recovered his childhood memories, what he just said was told to him by Morifushi Takaaki not long ago. He met Morifushi Takaaki when he came to Nagano.

Shinpei Kana - oh, he just got three seconds from Furuya Rei to explain that this person's real name is actually Jinpei Matsuda - said at the right time, "This is all information known by his brother, so what's your role?" and almost started a fight again.

Morobushi Kagemitsu would not dislike Furuya Rei as much as Matsuda Jinpei, but he could indeed wait until he met Morobushi Takaaki to ask about the information the other party had said.

What he wanted to know more from Furuya Rei was what happened after that, what Morobushi Takaaki didn't know: what happened after he was taken away by the criminal group? How did he and Furuya Rei meet again? What happened between them... and why did he end up in Kanagawa with all his memories gone?

They were almost at the hotel entrance.

It was almost evening, and customers in groups of three or four walked into the soba noodle shop through the curtain. The voice of the shop owner welcoming customers and the sound of boiling noodle soup seemed full of the atmosphere of life, but the three of them stood between the noodle shop and the forest, and rather than the aroma of steaming food, they were first touched by the green wind.

The blond young man looked at Morobushi Kagemitsu, his purple-gray eyes reflecting the sunset, filled with Morobushi Kagemitsu's feelings and emotions so complex that Morobushi Kagemitsu couldn't fully distinguish them for a moment: "I was desperate the moment I learned that you had lost your memory, because you forgot me. But then I thought, maybe this is a good thing... Hiro, you have too much pain in your past. From a public perspective, regaining your memory can provide more information. But I also have selfish motives, I..."

What was selfishness? Fūya Rei couldn't say it out loud, and his expression was even sadder than that of Morufushi Kagemitsu, who said he had "too much painful past".

The young man with cat eyes half-closed his eyes. His past included Furuya Rei... Was the past with Furuya Rei painful?

The curly-haired young man couldn't stand this atmosphere anymore. He nudged Shigetani Rei with his elbow and said to Morobushi Kagemitsu, "Hiro—don't glare at me, you golden-haired bastard. I'll call you Hiro Danna. You can figure it out on your own. If you need me to, I'll tell you everything I know. Also, you must be curious about your relationship with this guy. He's your 'crazy pursuer.'"

There was a hint of sarcasm in the last part of his words, and it was obvious that he just wanted to liven up the heavy atmosphere.

Unexpectedly, the blond young man whom he dubbed "crazy pursuer" did not get furious as Matsuda Jinpei had expected. Instead, he just looked at Morobushi Kagemitsu steadily, with a gentle but determined smile on his lips: "Yes, I am Hiro's pursuer."

Matsuda Jinpei: “…”

The cat's eyes widened silently, and the heartbeat, which had never completely calmed down since meeting Furukaya Rei, showed signs of accelerating again. Facing Furukaya Rei's burning gaze, Zhu Fushimi Kagemitsu actually had the urge to avoid him.

Before he could figure out how to answer, he heard an elegant male voice coming from behind them: "...Suitor?"