Chapter 76 Chapter 76 "At this point, do you think I still...

After that conversation, the car fell into an unbearable silence for a long time, with only the occasional sound of voices coming from Rei Furuya when he answered a call from the police.

The street lamps emitting cold white light were rapidly pushed backwards by the excessive speed of the cars, and even the spots of light reflected on the retina looked tiring.

The presence of coffee smell around him was still very strong, and in Morobushi Keimitsu's place it had completely covered the mint chocolate scent of Matsuda Jinpei. But perhaps because too many things happened in this short day, Morobushi Keimitsu fell asleep without realizing it.

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"Are you sure you used the right potion? This is the first time brainwashing has caused memory distortion."

"What memory disorder?"

"Subject 1527, we're trying to make him forget his family. The documentation says he has a happy family, right? But after using the reagent, he seems to think his parents are dead and his brother has left. Now he can't even speak."

"Did you secretly increase the dosage again? Let me see...why did you use three times the amount? Are you crazy?!"

"Keep your voice down, keep your voice down. He didn't react at first, but Gin is desperate for him and says he has great potential... Never mind, the effect is almost the same anyway, just pretend you don't know about it. I covered up the fact that you used the wrong potion last month."

"……knew."

"Don't worry, someone will handle the information received by 1527, so it won't be exposed."

In a corner that they didn't notice, a child with a pair of blue cat eyes was curled up on the cold laboratory table, with words in his ears that he couldn't understand, and the bloody scene of that night seemed to still linger in front of his eyes.

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When Morofushi Kagemitsu woke up, they had already entered the Kanagawa area and were only ten minutes away from the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Station.

The moment he woke up, he seemed to still feel the coldness of the laboratory table in his bones, but he found that he was wearing a suit jacket. The smell of coffee surrounded him, so strong that it made him feel uncomfortable.

Zhu Fu Jingguang pulled his coat down slightly to reduce the suffocating feeling brought by the pheromones, then turned his head to look at the owner of the coat.

During the time he was asleep, it was obvious that Furuya Rei had adjusted his mindset. After sensing Zhufu Jingguang's gaze, he took the initiative to explain, "You looked very cold just now, even though I had the air conditioner turned to the lowest setting."

After leaving the summer resort of Nagano, opening the window would make a lot of noise, which might wake up the sleeping Morofushi Kagemitsu. If the window was not opened and the air conditioner was not turned on, it would be very stuffy, so Furutani Rei gave his coat to Morofushi Kagemitsu.

Zhu Fujingguang nodded to indicate that he didn't mind, then turned to look at the back row.

The curly-haired young man sat motionless in a very cool and arrogant posture. His sunglasses made it impossible for Zhu Fujingguang to tell whether he was asleep or awake.

"No," Matsuda Jinpei suddenly said, startling Morobushi Kagemitsu. "He turned the temperature up to the highest setting, and before I could protest, he took off his coat and covered you with it. I almost thought he was going to heat you to death."

Zhu Fujingguang: "..."

It's a relief that you didn't fight again.

After Furuya Rei parked the car, Matsuda Jinpei took Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu straight to where Hagiwara Kenji was. After the young man with semi-long hair knew that he had returned to Kanagawa, he "obediently" went to the place designated by Matsuda Jinpei.

Morofushi Kagemitsu looked at Matsuda Jinpei's face without any disguise. Even after a whole day of running around and wearing sunglasses, it was impossible to hide the superiority of his appearance.

"Zhen Ping, your face——"

"It's okay. I don't plan to stay here any longer," Matsuda Jinpei ignored Furuya Rei's sneer, "and there shouldn't be anyone else where we're going now."

Instead of entering the office building, they walked around the parking lot to a small open space diagonally across the street.

On one side of the open space is a bank, which is now closed for get off work, and on the other side is a green belt. Police officers occasionally eat lunch and chat there during their lunch break, but it is almost impossible for anyone to come there at this time.

"How did Zhen Ping find this place?" Curly-haired police officer has not been here long and does not look like the type to go exploring.

"I was trying to find a place where no one would bother me to smoke," they were almost at the open space when Matsuda Jinpei suddenly lowered his voice and reminded them, "If you need to call me later, call me 'Matsuda', not 'Jinpei'."

After walking around the flowers and entering the open space, the first person they saw was a woman who looked very similar to Kenji Hagiwara.

The man had long blond hair and was wearing a police uniform. He had a serious expression on his face and was holding a large human-shaped object in his hand. Upon closer inspection, it was none other than Kenji Hagiwara, who looked like he had been severely beaten and didn't even give off any aura of life.

"Chisuga Hagiwara, captain of the 3rd Traffic Mobile Squad of the Traffic Department of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters, is this guy's biological sister."

Having said that, she threw the lump in her hand forward without mercy, not looking like a "real sister" at all.

Hagiwara Chisu looked at the curly-haired Matsuda Jinpei and said, "Matsuda-kun, I guessed what happened between you and Kenji. If I had known he had done such a jerk thing, I would never have told him that you were suspected of being here."

She bowed solemnly to Matsuda Jinpei and said, "I apologize to you for not raising my brother well."

Jinpei Matsuda remained silent, while Kenji Hagiwara, who was standing opposite him, lowered his head, and his overly long hair blocked most of his expression because of the light.

"I didn't mean to leave him here to cause trouble for Matsuda-kun," Hagiwara Chisuga had probably never apologized like this before. His words were a little awkward, but his attitude was sincere, and he seemed truly guilty. "But after Kenji heard the news from me, he drove all the way from Tokyo like he wanted to get into a car accident and die on the road. So I knew that Kenji and Matsuda-kun would meet sooner or later. Rather than having something uncontrollable happen later, it's better for me to be nearby so that I can at least calm him down."

After saying this, Hagiwara Chisu took the initiative to leave the open space, indicating that she was about ten meters behind and that they could call her if they needed anything.

Furuya Rei and Morobushi Kagemitsu exchanged a glance, and when the latter was about to speak, Furuya Rei spoke first: "Matsuda, call me if you need anything."

Matsuda Jinpei nodded slightly.

When only Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji were left in this semi-enclosed space of less than ten square meters, Matsuda Jinpei finally spoke up: "What's going on?"

The sentences were short and emotionless, so cold as if the person in front of him was a complete stranger.

The young man with semi-long hair finally raised his head. Only then did Matsuda Jinpei realize that his face was shockingly pale, but there was an abnormal blush at the corners of his eyes and cheeks: "...Xiao Zhenpei, I missed you so much."

Matsuda Jinpei looked at him expressionlessly, as if he couldn't understand why the person in front of him was acting differently than he had on the phone a few hours ago. "If you've gone through all this trouble just to say these meaningless words, then I'm leaving."

"Come back to me, Jinpei." Hagiwara Kenji's voice was so trembling that even the tone changed.

He stepped forward and shook Jinpei Matsuda's hand.

Hagiwara Kenji's force wasn't strong enough; Matsuda Jinpei even noticed the hand holding his wrist was trembling slightly. However, he seemed oblivious to the situation and shook it off cleanly. "That email made it very clear. Because of your past, I can tolerate many things, but I do have my limits, Hagiwara."

"...But Jinpei-chan, do you think you can still leave me?" Hagiwara Kenji said these words with ease, and even had his usual sweet smile on his lips, but his face became paler as paper, and the redness at the corners of his eyes looked like bloodstains under the dim light. His originally passionate and beautiful purple eyes were now dark and dull, staring at Matsuda Jinpei.

Matsuda Jinpei just looked back quietly, as if the threat from the person in front of him was just a piece of wet paper to him, which would lose even the most basic shape with just a slight touch.

Under his attitude, Kenji Hagiwara gradually couldn't even keep smiling.

After a while, tears silently wet the cheeks of the half-long-haired young man.

Tears fell to the ground one after another, and were quickly evaporated by the remaining summer heat. Despair, pain, regret, self-loathing...all kinds of negative emotions spread like black dots in his eyes.

Kenji Hagiwara has a gorgeous appearance, and his performance does not seem awkward at all. Instead, it has a unique sense of poignant beauty.

“对不起，我又说错话了，小阵平。”他再次往前一步，试图把曾经的恋人抱进怀里，却被毫不留情地一拳揍在脸上。

Compared to Chizuki Hagiwara, who is a woman, Jinpei Matsuda, who has been practicing boxing since childhood, has greater strength. This ruthless punch caused traces of blood to seep out of the corners of Kenji Hagiwara's lips.

But Hagiwara Kenji smiled, as if he had grasped some hope. His dark purple eyes lit up instantly: "You can hit me as many times as you want, as long as you don't leave my sight and don't treat me as if I don't exist—"

"This punch marks the end of the line between you and me." Matsuda Jinpei interrupted him, not intending to leave him with any regrets. "I will return to the Metropolitan Police Department, but don't even think about doing anything unnecessary."

The curly-haired young man spoke in a calm tone, unlike Hagiwara Kenji's previous bluffing. Rather than a threat or an order, it would be more appropriate to define it as a "statement", as if Hagiwara Kenji would definitely follow this sentence - if he violated it, then this time he would really never see Matsuda Jinpei again.

Hagiwara Kenji stood bewilderedly opposite him, blinking gently as another tear fell to the ground: "I really know I've done something wrong, Jinpei... When I wake up every night and find nothing around me, I know I'm wrong..."

He murmured, "I shouldn't have betrayed your trust, and I shouldn't have foolishly treated you as..."

Tennessee, who used to be so good at sweet talk, now only knows how to say that he was wrong over and over again. He can't even say a word to defend himself. He can only choke up and say: "But one thing has never changed. I really love you, Matsuda."

Matsuda Jinpei, who had remained expressionless ever since he met Hagiwara Kenji, finally showed his first expression when he heard this.

A very faint smile played on his lips.

"At this point, do you think I will still believe you?"