Chapter 7

"There has also been some news regarding the whereabouts of the missing police officers that appeared last time... It seems that someone has sent them all back, and everyone is safe and sound."

"No, they are not unscathed. They all seem to have been brainwashed and hypnotized. They have lost their memories and have no clue about this case..."

"It's good that everyone survived! At least this is all over, right!!!"

…

In the end, only his beloved Mieko Amahatsu did not come back.

Nobuhara Takuya held the photo in his hand, looking at the cute red-haired girl smiling in the photo, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.

Mieko, why is Mieko the only one who didn’t come back?

She obviously did nothing wrong...

However, the dead can never come back.

At least his colleagues came back alive, so this isn't the worst outcome.

Xinyuan Zhuoye stared at the girl's photo, sighed lightly, and put the photo away.

"Good morning, Officer Nobuhara."

Just as he was immersed in sorrow, a disgusting voice fell into his ears, and Xin Yuanzhuo suddenly became angry.

"What do you mean early? Wait a minute - aren't you home for the holiday? Why are you here at the Metropolitan Police Department?"

"Ah, that's it."

Shigeto Tsujimoto raised his tightly bandaged hand and patiently explained:

"I didn't want to do that, but even if I took a vacation I couldn't escape the fate of the case, so Inspector Furuya just let me come back."

[It's better to come back to the office and sit in the office with everyone watching you than to run around outside and encounter strange cases], these are the original words of Inspector Furutani.

This proposal to search the department was passed almost unanimously by everyone in the department, and he was the only one who voted against it.

It was indeed Matsuda's fault.

I feel like ever since Matsuda-kun came to the department, the entire department has stopped leaning towards him...

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

Considering that his life might be in danger if he stayed any longer, Shigetto Tsujimoto decided to leave as soon as possible.

However, a voice behind him suddenly called him.

"Wait a moment."

"Um?"

Shigeto Tsujimoto stopped and looked behind him warily.

"Although... I hate people like you who don't know your place. But thank you for your help this time."

Xin Yuanzhuo also coughed and turned his eyes away unnaturally.

"Without you, my men wouldn't have come back alive. Thank you anyway."

Even though he hated this newcomer who stole all his limelight, as a normal person with a conscience, he would still say thank you.

Xin Yuanzhuo also doesn't like to owe others things, even if they are people he dislikes.

"You're welcome."

Shigeto Tsujimoto expressed his understanding, but a barely perceptible smile appeared in his eyes.

"Rather, seeing Inspector Nobuhara's troubled expression makes me feel like everything is worth it."

"You guys better get back to your team as soon as possible!!!"

The gratitude that had been well-built up disappeared in an instant. Just as the chair in the other person's hand was about to hit the door, the instinct for survival made Tsujimoto Shigeto close the door and run away.

Officer Nobuhara is still so irritable.

Sure enough, it would be better to talk less to each other next time...

·

"Officer involved, I'm telling you this solemnly. Next time, don't mess with the deputy inspector from the second department next door."

Looking at Tsujimoto Shigetsu sitting at his desk flipping through some documents, Matsuda Jinpei tried hard to resist the urge to reach out and pull his hair, and instead tapped the table with his fingers.

"The other side has complained many times, can't you just stop causing trouble?"

"Ah, it's Matsuda-kun!"

Tsujimoto, who was thinking with his head down, raised his head subconsciously and handed the document in his hand to the other party.

"Just so, do you remember this case?"

"Why did you change the subject again...so what is this?"

Although he was muttering to himself, Jinpei Matsuda still took the case from the other party, and at the same time glanced at the large black bold words at the top.

[Moriyu Orphanage Missing Case]

Is this the cold case from long ago? So how did this guy dig up this old case? ?

"This is an unsolved case. After so many years, no one has found the missing child." Shigetsu Tsujimoto clasped his hands slightly on the table.

"The only information we have is that after the child went missing, everyone only saw an English letter code at the scene, and this person is also suspected to be the suspect in this case."

"A—that's what everyone calls him."

"I remember, so this case is also called Case A, right?" Matsuda Jinpei thought.

"What's the problem with this case?"

"This is the orphanage where I used to stay." Shigetto Tsujimoto lowered his eyes, as if he was remembering something unpleasant.

"And the missing child is exactly the one I'm looking for."

…

[Missing Case? ? As expected, we have entered the main plot!!]

[The missing child from the orphanage case, which means that the person involved was separated from his younger brother in that case more than ten years ago! ]

[I bet! ! This A definitely came from the winery! A must be the key reason that caused the separation of Shi Ren and his brother! ]

[Could it be possible that I could see my younger brother appear in the next chapter?! So exciting!!]

[I have a bad feeling. Could it be that Shibuto's younger brother is A? This slightly scaly tone...]

[Yandere!! I can be yandere!!]

[You may not be able to do it in the third dimension...]

[Anyway! It would be nice if my brother could show up!! I really want to see some silver-haired beauty stickers!!]

[I still think that with 73's bad taste, if the older brother is a star of the Metropolitan Police Department, the younger brother must be designed to be a member of the winery for excitement, right? This kind of confrontation between light and darkness is very nice! ]

[Shibuto-chan's younger brother, hehehe... I've already imagined what a yandere beauty looks like...]

[This is so damn annoying, why is the next episode coming out tomorrow? Father, can you please speed up the game?! ]

…

The barrage of comments was pretty close to the truth, but it was also a necessary exposure.

As characters log in and interact, their popularity will grow day by day.

It seems that everyone thinks that Yuma should be the younger brother, but this is very strange... Since Yuma is the younger brother, why does his task column say "older brother"?

Shigetto Tsujimoto looked through his task list again and again, but in the end he couldn't figure out what was going on.

But it wasn't a whim that he mentioned A.

During the time he was investigating Tian Gu Yao, he received a strange text message. And just recently, he received several text messages from the same person.

The photo still showed the morbidly cursive handwriting and the weird red background. Each stroke was extremely heavy, as if the author had put all his strength into engraving the crazy and chaotic mood on this piece of paper.

[Do you remember who I am?]

[You don’t remember what happened back then, you don’t remember anything…]

[You didn't come back.]

[You liar.]

…

This time the other party signed his name: A.

Taking into account the countless precedents, Shigeto Tsujimoto also thought seriously about whether he had done anything immoral, depraved, or emotionally deceitful in the past few years.

The result is of course no.

However, this matter is unexpectedly related to Youzhen.

The orphanage-related events were also the place where he and Yuma landed. When he woke up, he found that he and Yuma Tsujimoto had traveled to the Morisame Orphanage together. The system indifferently threw the task to him and then walked away.

Then, Yuma Tsujimoto disappeared.

The time point is broken at this level, and Shigeto Tsujimoto wakes up again. He has jumped directly to the police academy period, and the mission officially begins. This is the beginning of Shigeto Tsujimoto's road to becoming a star in the Metropolitan Police Department.

It was also at that time that he contacted Youzhen for the first time, but it turned out that the other party had already been doing well in the Black Organization and his points had doubled.

Tsujimoto Shigetsu had long forgotten about anything related to the orphanage and would never think about it again.

Only this strange signature A reminded him of what happened that year.

It would be better to ask Youzhen.

Shigetto Tsujimoto called Yuma Tsujimoto.

"Speaking of which, Yuma, do you have any idea about the missing person A from the orphanage many years ago?"

"A??"

Yuma Tsujimoto was a little surprised, but still answered truthfully:

"After I was taken away by the other party, I woke up inside the Black Organization. I am not very clear about what happened in between."

"Is that so?"

"Why are you suddenly asking about A?"

"Something happened." Shigetto Tsujimoto checked the text message on his phone.

"A sent me a text message, which roughly means that I deceived his feelings. Yuma, what do you think about this?"

“…”

"Yuuma?"

Noticing the other party's strange attitude, Tsujimoto Shigetsu also became a little more serious.

"Or is it that Yuma can't tell me about A?"

"Not really."

There was silence for a while before Yuma Tsujimoto's voice was heard again.

"I'll tell you later, and then I'll come find you."

"Okay, that's fine too."

The call was disconnected.

Shigetsu Tsujimoto's fingers brushed the edge of the hearing aid and his eyes narrowed slightly.

As expected, A and Yuma are somewhat connected.

He also knew that Yuma must have a lot of things he didn't want to tell him, but Shigeta Tsujimoto didn't care.

Anyway, he will be able to find out in the end. Action-oriented people always make their own decisions.

"What are you thinking about?"

A thick notebook was hit on his head. Tsujimoto Shigetsu, who was thinking seriously, raised his head in confusion and realized that it was time to get off work.

Matsuda was actually still accompanying him to look up information.

What a patient and good junior.

"I'm wondering whether to have five-meat fried rice or Chinese fried dumplings for dinner. It would be really delicious if we had both together, right?" said Shigetto Tsujimoto with a headache.

"…What else can you think about besides eating??"

After getting an answer that was not much different from what he had imagined, Jinpei Matsuda twitched his lips and held his forehead helplessly.

——But speaking of it, since I have such a patient and kind younger generation, it shouldn’t be a big problem to be honest with him about some things.

"By the way, Matsuda-kun, I remember you have a day off tomorrow, right?" Shigetto Tsujimoto suddenly asked.

"Yeah, is there any problem?" Jinpei Matsuda asked in confusion.

"Can you help me?" asked Shigetto Tsujimoto.

"I want to visit the orphanage in question. Can you go with me?"

"You're going to an orphanage?"

Matsuda Jinpei was stunned for a moment, but at the same time he felt somewhat relieved.

"I didn't expect you to tell me this. I thought you would go there alone."

"Even if I don't tell you, you will come to me when you find out I'm not at the Metropolitan Police Department," Tsujimoto Shigetsu analyzed.

"Then the news that I went to the orphanage to investigate will surely spread throughout the Metropolitan Police Department. Maybe Matsuda-kun will even bring everyone in the Investigation Division to use office cold violence against me and illegally detain me in the Metropolitan Police Department."

"By comparison, if I only tell you, Matsuda-kun, at least you will be the only one who will persecute me, which is more cost-effective."

"…You are still somewhat self-aware."

Matsuda Jinpei pushed up his sunglasses and thought slowly.

"Of course you can, but before that, you have to make three rules with me."

"Three rules?" Shigetsu Tsujimoto had a bad feeling for some reason.

"To prevent you from doing the same thing as last time and leaving me behind to chase the bomber!"

Matsuda Jinpei moved closer and raised three fingers solemnly.

"First, you cannot leave my side without my permission. Second, you cannot investigate anything dangerous or approach any suspicious person. Third, if you encounter anything wrong, you must tell me immediately and you are not allowed to hide anything from me. Are these three rules ok?"

Taking into account the opponent's extremely unreliable character, Matsuda Jinpei decided to restrain him.

After all, it involves the other party's missing family... and so many years have passed, so it is difficult for Jinpei Matsuda to ask the other party not to investigate.

However, Shigeto Tsujimoto's mentality was like riding a roller coaster, and he even dropped the ballpoint pen in his hand onto the table without realizing it.

"Well... don't you think this sounds like something a wife would say to prevent her husband from cheating? It's not that serious, is it, Matsuda-kun?" Tsujimoto Shigetsu was extremely shocked.

"Inspector Tsujimoto Shigeto, just tell me whether you agree or not?" Matsuda Jinpei's face suddenly turned dark.

"Okay, okay, okay, I agree, isn't that enough——"

I just hope nothing serious will happen this time. I feel like I have filled up all the flags...