Police cars were coming and going, and no one knew where the rumor came from. The information that Niuji Mountain was hiding a vicious murderer spread like wildfire, and within a short period of time, all the tourists who came to camp left.

Songjiang Shigure looked around and found that there was not even one person who could change the topic.

The little girl who was hugging his thighs lowered her head and said nothing, like a soft and coquettish cat. Songjiang Shigure was at a loss and didn't know what to say.

He knew that what was about to greet him would definitely not be a good thing, but now he still couldn't help howling in his heart, how cute!

After becoming a little girl, Sulli really became more coquettish than before, which directly touched the psychological state of Matsue Shigure's old father.

System: "What a sin, scumbag."

Songjiang Shigure: "Don't make it sound like I've abandoned my wife and children, okay!"

System: "Then you are just kidding! You are immoral if you only eat without paying!"

Songjiang Shigure: "I am not coaxing you, you are immoral, your whole family is immoral!"

System: "'Dad, I was wrong!' Songjiang Shigure version mp3. Loop."

Songjiang Shiyu didn't expect the system to have this trick, and was so angry that he trembled: "Fuck! No martial ethics!"

Feeling the slight tremor, Huibara paused and raised his head first.

The hood of her red sweater was taken off, revealing her soft brown short hair. The girl's eyes were slightly red, and there was a mark on her lower lip from her own biting.

She pulled Matsue Shigure to sit on the picnic mat next to her and treated his scrapes with the alcohol and cotton pads she had brought with her.

The young man was still covered in dust, even his blond hair was covered in dust. He sat obediently, lowered his head, and let her play with him.

Normally, alcohol would hurt a wound, but the man in front of me didn't even frown.

Haibara Ai only saw the slightly long eyelashes fluttering gently, as if a little nervous about her approaching.

She spoke first: "Have you...thought of an explanation?"

***

How to explain?

Matsue Shigure ruffled Huihara Ai's hair and said hesitantly, "Sorry."

I haven’t thought about it yet.

He didn't know how to tell Haibara Ai about her resurrection without revealing the game's mechanics.

Moreover, he really didn't know what the connection was between this ID card and the previous one...

Only when you progress in the game, everything in the past becomes just a line of unfamiliar background to the player, and sometimes even no background is provided.

System: "Don't ask me. I don't know either. I'm just an unlucky worker who got trapped with you innocently."

Matsue Shigure: "Don't you feel ashamed for being so useless? Don't you want to repent and make progress?"

System: "My useless host doesn't have these emotions, so why should I have them, right?"

Songjiang Shigure: "Yes... I know how to persevere and make progress when playing Candy Crush Saga. I'm nothing like you."

System: “…” I have to admit defeat to the shameless one.

Someone seems to be arguing with the system, but in fact he is so panicked that he doesn't know how to talk and even sits in a restricted position.

"Forget it, let me ask you." Huibara Ai sighed angrily.

Songjiang Shigure suddenly felt as if he had been pardoned.

***

Haibara Ai didn't know how Matsue Shunya caught up with the criminals and successfully rescued Edogawa Conan and the others.

She got news from the police that the people were rescued, but the truck overturned and there was a motorcycle on fire at the scene, which looked extremely dangerous.

She almost threw her phone away at that time. She wanted to rush to Songjiang Xunye and shout, "Do you have any idea about your own physical condition?"

…She was afraid that the reunion after a long separation would become a farewell again.

Haibara Ai originally planned to give him a good scolding when they met, but when she saw that Matsue Xun almost fell to the ground when getting out of the car and had to be helped by the police officer next to him, her anger disappeared instantly, and she was then filled with fear.

Too dangerous...

How can you risk your life so much just to save someone you haven't even seen a few times?

Thinking of A in the organization, he usually watched from the sidelines and protected himself, and nothing happened. But just because he helped Akai Shuichi, he ended up putting himself in an irretrievable situation.

Now, it is true. Normally, he seems to be calm and stable, but when he meets Conan and the others...

Haibara Ai thought about the daily life of Edogawa Conan and began to have a headache about how to separate them.

I have no other thoughts. I am definitely not worried that Songjiang Xunye is biased. I am simply worried that Songjiang Xunye's physique will be killed!

But before thinking about these things, we still have to figure out the biggest problems right now...

***

Matsue Shigure was frightened by Haibara's sad stare. The expression in this little girl's eyes was so complicated that even a fan-shaped diagram with a 10-point scale could not fully express it. It would require a 100-point scale.

After a while, Huibara Ai spoke, marking the official start of this open and honest discussion.

The little girl hesitated for a while, and asked directly, "Do you know my identity?"

Now that his vest has fallen off, there is naturally nothing to hide.

Songjiang Shigure nodded and said obediently, "I know."

It was Shirley, his good goose.

Huiyuan Ai pursed her lips and continued: "What do you remember about yourself?"

The two of them sat facing each other, one with a red hood and the other with a black hood. With the messy food placed beside them, they actually looked a bit like brother and sister traveling together.

Matsue Shigure synchronized her movements and also pursed her lips.

He was thinking: "...Tong, how should I say this? I am just Songjiang Xunye now, right?"

System: "Don't reveal the game, but you have to think it through. If you spread out everything, you have to consider the blank background in the middle."

Matsue Shigure: “!”

He thought of that boss who was like a dragon without a tail and always made a mistake. If he said something about his background being checked, wouldn't that lead to more serious consequences?

How can I say this!

After a while, Songjiang Shiyu just said carefully: "I am currently working at the Polo Cafe. You know my name. As for other things..."

He couldn't reveal his identity as a public security officer, nor his identity as an instructor. Songjiang Shiyu only realized it now, and it seemed that he had nothing to explain.

"I see."

Before Matsue Shigure could finish his card, Haibara Ai interrupted him.

Next question: "Is this the first time you've used those techniques since leaving the organization? Be honest."

Songjiang Shigure whispered: "No, it's not." and used it several times.

For some reason, he felt a little guilty when he saw Haibara Ai's suddenly expressionless face.

Huiyuan Ai stared at him: "Does this happen every time you use it?"

It was like returning to a nightmare from the past, bleak and restless with deep fear and anxiety, but I could only be trapped in the corner in front of the computer, like a bird in a cage, at the mercy of others.

Even if there is an opportunity to break free from the constraints by force, there will be a price to pay.

Does this happen every time?

Haibara Ai suddenly didn't want to hear the answer.

***

Matsue Shigure was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Haibara Ai had almost figured out the mechanism of the Cutting Card after only seeing it once.

This kind of thing cannot be kept secret. After all, this world is so dangerous. Knowing technology is better than knowing nothing. What's more, he may need Haibara Ai to help cover for him in the future.

He nodded gently, and then explained: "It won't last long, and there are no side effects. In short, it's no big deal."

He thought about it and added "really".

This time, Huihara Ai was silent for a long time. Her fingers were pinching the picnic cloth, and her joints were a little white.

"Then...will you always be here?"

The pair of sky-blue eyes that sparkled with tiny glimmers looked at Matsue Shigure.

The rain in Songjiang is silent.

"Everyone, if this game is over, what will happen to them?"

System: "I don't know, but after your accident, the entire game might be deleted and taken off the shelves."

Matsue Shigure: “…Is that so?”

"Then I can buy the game company, right?" he said seriously. "As long as I buy the game, they will exist forever."

System: “Ah?”

The rain in Songjiang drops big drops of money.

Feeling that it was a solvable problem, Matsue Shigure showed his usual smile: "Do you even need to ask? I will definitely be watching you all the time, um——Ai-chan!"

Haibara Ai suddenly threw herself into his arms, hugged his waist tightly, and buried her face in his chest.

She said in a choked voice: "Yes, I'm sorry... Songjiang..."

Wait, wait, what's there to be sorry about?

Songjiang Shigure was a little confused, but without the game experience points and other data to judge, he could no longer "see through people's hearts" as before.

But seeing how sad Xiao Ai looked, he didn't know how to get her to explain it in more detail.

Matsue Shigure tucked the little girl's coat, patted her back gently, and couldn't help but ruffle her soft short hair.

"I am here."

"good……"

"It's afternoon now. Are you hungry? Do you want a sandwich?"

"Get lost!"

Matsue Shigure was almost injured internally by a punch from Haibara Ai.

***

"Bang."

The car door was casually slammed shut. Several people who had not returned to their alma mater for a long time stood at the school gate, looking at the lush cherry trees inside, feeling a little nostalgic.

"It's been a long time since I last came here." Hagiwara Kenji said with emotion, "I always feel like it was the day of the graduation ceremony."

"It's been seven years, and this area hasn't changed much." Matsuda Jinpei curled his lips, "As for Japan's economic development, tsk."

"It's good that it hasn't changed." Yi Dahang pointed ahead with some nostalgia, "That's where we often climbed over the wall, right?"

"The gap has not been filled yet. I still remember that one night when we were turning over, Matsuda accidentally fell down and scratched off the brick."

Matsuda Jinpei was so angry that he said, "There's no need to talk about this past!"

Hagiwara Kenji laughed: "I remember that. Xiao Zhenping mistook Instructor Songjiang for a white-haired ghost. Not only did he fall down, but he also screamed in fear. Hahaha!"

"Hagi, are you looking for a fight?" Matsuda Jinpei reached out to hit him. "He didn't make any sound, he just stood there staring at us. It was scary! And the moonlight was so bright, and his hair was so light. How can you admit your mistake and blame me?"

"I remember that Rei and Keimitsu reacted the fastest at that time," Date Kou recalled, unable to help laughing. "When they heard Matsuda's screams, they decisively turned around and ran, without being caught at all."

"But what's the use? Everyone will have to review it the next day." Hagiwara Kenji touched the Rubik's Cube in his pocket with some nostalgia, "The small array has doubled the level."

The problem of students climbing over the wall late at night is always a problem that cannot be stopped. The dormitory management is simply unable to control it, so there will be responsible instructors who will stake out the place late at night, and if they catch them, they will be scolded and punished.

However, compared to Onizuka Hachizo who would take revenge on the spot and even roll up his sleeves to beat people, Matsue Shigure liked to settle the accounts after the fact, and the fines were huge. Even typos in their homework would be treated as old accounts.

Several people were so dizzy from the punishment that they tried to appeal but were suppressed by force. Although he looked weak, Matsue Shigure was actually a very capable fighter.

It's simply horrific.

During the six months they spent in the police academy, they wrote the most self-reviews of their lives and also learned the most profound lessons of their lives.

Suddenly, no one answered the call and everything fell silent. Matsuda Jinpei let out a sigh, "Forget it, it's all over. Let's go in and look for Instructor Onizuka. I wonder how his class of students is doing."

"Class leader?" Hagiwara Kenji looked at Date Kou who was standing beside him in a daze and waved his hand in front of him. "What are you looking at?"

Yi Dahang came to his senses and looked at the people coming and going on the street. When the green light came on, the figures on the road had already squeezed together and turned into many blocks of color.

He waved his hand and walked towards the guard room first: "It's nothing, I just felt like I saw someone I know, but it must be an illusion."

Matsuda Jinpei followed him and couldn't help but complain: "How can there be so many acquaintances for us to meet? It can't be that someone has come back to life again, right?"

"I haven't confirmed yet whether Xunya and the instructor are the same person."

Kenji Hagiwara didn't know what he was feeling. He thought of the young man with the bright smile. No matter what his private identity was, he seemed to be enjoying life very seriously.

If it really was Instructor Songjiang, and he had forgotten them after becoming like this, was there any need for them to remind him of the past pain?

He shook his head and followed his companions.

***

"Yuy, what are you looking at?" Vodka turned and asked the man next to him.

The man was wearing a dark grey cap and a slightly stiff face under a dark mask - it was obvious that he was in disguise.

He was carrying a guitar case and looked like a wandering musician. Even his turn was graceful and unhurried.

Vodka curled his lips and continued, "I'll take you to see the assigned accommodation first. If you want to change, you can apply for it yourself. Also..."

"Be quiet, Vodka."

The man spoke, his voice disguised: "I can temporarily not tell Gin that your bedroom is filled with videos of celebrity idols, causing you to lose the mission information and give up the mission."

Vodka stumbled and was shocked: "???! How did you know?"

"How should I know?" The man chuckled, his slightly slanted blue-gray eyes narrowed slightly, "I just know."