Sweeping graves is more about comforting the living who are still standing on the ground than comforting the dead.
There is nothing joyful about this kind of thing. On the way back, everyone was very quiet, with only the sound of the car starting.
Therefore, the words that Kenzo Hagiwara whispered softly seemed particularly obvious.
Hagiwara Kenzo, who had remained quiet since returning from the cemetery, lowered his eyes and murmured, "So... is it true that Xiao Zhenping...?"
Hearing this familiar name, Chisu Hagiwara, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head suddenly. Even Rei Furuya couldn't control his emotions for a moment - fortunately, Chisu Hagiwara was not paying attention to him at all, while Sora Ryo Moroku knew it from the beginning.
This time, it was Zhu Fu Kong Liang's turn to be the background board.
So I am destined to be a vodka, the kind that just drives. Zhu Fukongliang turned a corner calmly and slowed down the speed.
During the "amnesia" process, Hagiwara Kenzo's insight was forcibly suppressed for the most part, and because of his sense of disharmony with the world, all his actions have a dull feeling, and he doesn't look like the sharp bomb disposal policeman in the past.
Seeing his sister made him feel close to her, and seeing Rei Furuya made him feel familiar. But that was all - because he was the one who got into trouble, and his relatives and friends were still alive and well. From Hagiwara Kenzo's self-perception, he did not disappear for seven years, nor did he become confused and lose himself in those seven years.
So whether it was meeting "Furutani Rei" who had just graduated and disappeared not long ago, or his "sister" who he could see anytime, for Kenzo Hagiwara, it was not something particularly exciting.
November 7, seven years ago, seemed to him like it happened yesterday.
Even if he was left behind for seven years, he could quickly learn to use a mobile phone and learn current high technology, so that he would look no different from an ordinary young man.
However, the news of Jinpei Matsuda's death was different.
Just like Morobushi Kagemitsu and Furuya Rei, Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenzo are childhood friends and have grown up together.
For Kenzo Hagihara now, it is as if he simply slept and when he woke up, his sister and classmates were still there, but the childhood friend he had was suddenly gone.
This momentary shock and trance was enough to briefly break through the hint given by Saiki K.
There was no photo on the tombstone, and "Pian Yi Xian Ren" was not supposed to know a policeman who died three years ago. But a figure with black curly hair suddenly flashed in his mind.
That person always has a nonchalant smile on his face, and gets angry over trivial matters from time to time, but he is also very reliable and trustworthy.
They grew up together. Kenzo Hagiwara was only 22 years old, and for more than half of his life, he had a friend named Jinpei Matsuda.
After graduating from the same elementary school, middle school, university, and even police academy, they all joined the mobile unit and chose the career of bomb disposal.
I clearly defeated him... How is that possible? How could it be? I'm still alive?
Suggestions are never so easy to get rid of, but Zhu Fukongliang still has some experience with memory confusion when emotions are aroused.
It was not a very important matter to him whether Hagiwara Kenzo recovered his memory or not. After all, the person was alive and the cartoonist could always make it right. What happened next had nothing to do with him. Morofuku Soryo turned another corner and began to go around in circles on the same road.
Kenzo Hagiwara still wears colored contact lenses, but the emotions in them are unique to the sharp and clean policeman in the past.
His gaze turned to Hagiwara Chisaku who was looking at him in shock and worry in the passenger seat, and then to Furukaya Rei who was sitting next to him.
The memory was confused, but Hagiwara Kenzo could tell who was in front of him. He couldn't help but confirm to his important sister and classmate once again: "So, is it really Xiao Zhenping...?"
Kenzo Hagiwara did not shed tears, as if he had not yet realized the fact. However, seeing his brother's expression, Chisawa Hagiwara could not control his emotions.
If there is anyone who knows his younger brother better than Chizuki Hagiwara, it would only be Jinpei Matsuda, who grew up with his younger brother.
These two have been together since they were little and have only ever been up to no good. Matsuda Jinpei even did something as bad as dismantling her phone, preventing her from contacting her friends.
But Chisawa Hagiwara knew very well that apart from their family, the most important person to these two people has always been each other.
Kenzo Hagiwara is sweet-talking, but he doesn't usually say that. He usually says things in a frivolous tone that don't show his sincerity. Jinpei Matsuda would never say that kind of thing.
Neither of them ever admitted it, but everyone could see it.
After Kenzo Hagiwara's "death", Jinpei Matsuda even wore a black suit and black tie instead of mourning clothes. He also kept sending text messages to Kenzo Hagiwara for four years, even though he knew no one would receive them. In his last moments before his death, he was thinking about Kenzo Hagiwara.
Morobuchi Sora Ryo never cares about other people's emotions and thoughts, and Hagiwara Chisou is very qualified to comment on this because she herself is a victim.
Chitose Hagiwara was very excited, happy and shocked that his brother survived. But after learning about this, the first thing Chitose Hagiwara thought of was not to inform his parents that his brother was still alive, nor to worry about his current situation.
The first question that popped into her mind was how she should tell her brother the news that Jinpei Matsuda had passed away.
She hesitated, not knowing how to speak, and even thought about hiding it. But Chisaku Hagiwara knew she couldn't do it, so when she saw Kong Liang bringing Kenzo along, Chisaku Hagiwara didn't refuse.
The news of Jinpei Matsuda's death should not have been hidden from Kenzo Hagiwara.
This was the third time Hagiwara Kenzo spoke. I don't know if it was an illusion, but the black colored contact lenses seemed to have a slight blue tint around them. This time he used a name: "...Sister? Kouyanagi?"
Furiya Rei suddenly released his clenched fist and looked away. Hagiwara Chisou even lowered his head, not daring to meet the gaze of Hagiwara Kenzo.
No one answered Kenzo Hagihara, so he looked at the black-haired police officer reflected in the rearview mirror of the car.
The familiar cat eyes made him dazed for a moment, and Hagiwara Kenzo asked hesitantly: "...Xiao Zhufu?"
"Yes." Morobuchi Sora was the first to speak. "Three years ago today, on November 7, Officer Matsuda Jinpei died in the bombing case."
Zhu Fu Kongliang looked at the pair of clean black eyes in the rearview mirror and asked, "Do you have any other questions?"
Hearing this answer, Hagiwara Kenzo was calm and peaceful: "Is that so?"
"Can you tell me more specifically?" he continued.
Morofuku Soryo glanced at Chisawa Hagiwara and Rei Furuya, who remained silent, then retracted his gaze and said simply as if reporting a file: "Seven years ago, Officer Kenzo Hagiwara died in a bomb disposal operation, and Jinpei Matsuda chose to transfer to the First Investigation Division. Three years ago, he died in the line of duty in order to obtain the bomber's clues about another bomb and protect civilians."
Zhu Fukongliang's voice was clear, but he seemed particularly indifferent when he was narrating this incident.
Hagiwara Chisaku couldn't bear it: "Kenzo..."
But her concern and good intentions were rarely rejected by Hagihara Kenzo. Hagihara Kenzo lost his usual frivolous smile, but his tone was still gentle, making it difficult to tell the emotion in it: "Sorry, sister, Xiao Furuya, maybe I need someone to calm down for a while."
Morofuku Sora stopped the car naturally and said to Hagiwara Chisu, "Chisu, we've arrived at your apartment."
Hagiwara Chisaku froze, looked at Hagiwara Kenzo for a long while, then put down his hand and replied, "Remember to contact me later."
At this time, Furuya Rei also chose to get off the bus. Shidong said, "My rental house is nearby, but it's not convenient to park there. I can go back by myself. Sorry for the trouble today."
The two of them watched as the bright Bentley drove away again. Hagiwara Chisawa glanced at the blond waiter, and recalled what his brother had just said about Kofuku. He pursed his lips and said, "I will pretend I didn't hear what happened just now."
Furuya Rei nodded to Hagiwara Chisawa with gratitude.
When there were only two people left in the car, Kenzo Hagiwara still did not show any pain. Instead, he looked through the rearview mirror in the car with a suspicious and calm look at the pair of blue cat eyes that were not looking at him but staring straight ahead.
"Xiaozhu, no, Kongliang, can I call you that?" asked Kenzo Hagiwara.
Zhu Fukongliang curled his lips and said, "Of course."
"Well, Kong Liang, can you answer two questions for me?" Hagiwara Kenzo's eyes at this moment were like a medical instrument that could see through a person and dissect him. He calmly asked the first question: "Is it related to you that I am still alive?"
Zhu Fu Kongliang raised his eyebrows, suddenly interested, and asked curiously: "Why are you asking me?"
Hagihara Kenzo answered calmly: "It's just my intuition."
Hagiwara Kenzo didn't even care about the answer to this question, and asked the third question: "Then can you tell me, Xiao Zhenping, is he still alive now?"