"No..."

Kenji Hagiwara suddenly got an idea. He stuffed the bag of bread into Matsuda Jinping's hands and rushed out holding an umbrella.

"Hey, Hagi!" Matsuda Jinpei's feet were splashed with water by Hagiwara Kenji's running. He paused for a moment and found that Yujinran had already rushed around the corner.

Matsuda Jinpei hurriedly chased after him, and when he was halfway there, his foot suddenly kicked something.

The thing flew out, hit the lamppost next to it, burst into pieces, and finally fell to the ground.

Oops!

The curly-haired policeman was forced to squat down and put his hand into the sewage pit.

What you touch are small squares painted with bright colors.

——It’s a fragment of the Rubik’s Cube.

Matsuda Jinpei's eyes went dark. He knew how much Hagiwara Kenji treasured this little Rubik's Cube and how he carried it with him every day. But he knew that it was smashed to pieces by Hagiwara Kenji's kick...

The picture is too beautiful to be imagined.

A certain curly-haired man quickly held the bread in his arms, reached both hands into the dirty water to feel for the fragments, and then...

"Huh??" Matsuda Jinpei twirled a bright silver USB flash drive and slowly opened his eyes.

He quickly assembled the Rubik's Cube fragments, and sure enough, the center axis had an extra groove compared to a normal Rubik's Cube.

Put the USB drive in and it fits perfectly.

…

Kenji Hagiwara ran in the rain holding an umbrella, and even though his body was already mostly wet, he did not slow down.

The light blond hair of the man who was covered by the coat just now was slightly exposed, which gave him a very familiar feeling.

And they look alike, is it really his illusion?

"The gentleman in front! Wait!"

He rushed around the corner, shouting loudly, but found that there was an underground parking lot behind the corner and he could no longer find the man.

One step late...

Kenji Hagiwara couldn't help but stand there in a daze. He suddenly felt a little flustered, as if he had missed something very important.

"hagi!"

Not long after, Jinpei Matsuda came over with an umbrella. He held a piece of bread in his hand and put one hand on Kenji Hagiwara's shoulder. He took a few breaths and turned his palm up.

"Here, your Rubik's Cube. It fell when you were running."

Hagiwara Kenji quickly grabbed the Rubik's Cube and weighed it in his hand: "No, why does it feel lighter?"

"Look what I found in there?"

Matsuda Jinpei raised his eyebrows and took out the silver USB flash drive like a magician.

***

When Morofushi Kagemitsu brought Matsue Shigure back to the safe house, he had indeed fallen into a coma, with his face alarmingly hot.

He frowned, turned on the air conditioner in the room to the highest temperature, and then opened the refrigerator.

There are a lot of medicines in it, covering various types.

Gin's words are still echoing in my ears.

Compared to when he was in the organization, Matsue Shigure's physical condition is now worse.

"None of these will work..."

He rubbed his brow, feeling that things were a mess.

Passing by Hagiwara Kenji and the others is the only opportunity for Morofushi Kagemitsu to return Matsue Shigure smoothly.

But he finally chose to speed up and leave quickly.

There was no other reason. After coming to his senses from his initial confusion, Morobushi Jingguang clearly realized that if he did not take over this mission, there would always be other members of the organization who would make the choice.

Rather than handing Songjiang Shigure over to someone else, he himself is the best solution to preserve him to the greatest extent.

Regardless of Matsue Shigure's purpose in following him back, Morofushi Kagemitsu must superficially do what "Youl" should do.

——Capture Matsue Shigure and obtain intelligence.

When Morofushi Kagemitsu first accepted the mission, he intended to take the route of strangers getting to know each other and then further communicating, so as to prolong the battle line, so that he would have a reason to explain if he failed.

However, due to the existence of "Akabane Subaru", Vermode proposed "disguise", and Morobushi Kagemitsu could not find a reason to refuse.

He deliberately made excuses not to close his eyes, in order to remind Songjiang Shiyu to stay awake and not really fall into his honey trap. If the mission fails, he will do his best. Unfortunately, the latter cannot see it now...

He could only take things one step at a time, and Morofushi Jingguang stared calmly at the "Analysis of Akabane Subaru's Behavior" on his mobile phone.

He thought that if the instructor was really conquered by him, he would do his best to take care of him.

His identity must not be exposed, and they all have only one goal...

Zhu Fu Jingguang took a deep breath and turned around with a fearless attitude.

So the first step is to take off Matsue Shigure's wet clothes, and then find a way to help him cool down!

***

Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda hurried to the Café Poirot.

However, due to Rum's suggestion, he had no way to take the initiative to go out and look for the person, so the blond policeman who was secretly investigating the case became extremely annoyed.

Even the words "welcome" have a subtle chill to them.

Jinpei Matsuda was shaking a wet umbrella at the door. "Where's Matsue? I remember Miss Enomoto told me that he's been in the store recently?"

The indoor air pressure dropped instantly.

Toru Amuro took the two of them to a secret dressing room, and after making sure that no one was around, he briefly told them about the disappearance.

"I will find a way to deal with this matter." Amuro Toru slowed down her tone, "I will bring him back."

Having said that, Toru Amuro was actually unsure.

Even Bermode was able to get the news, but he received nothing at all, which means that the organization was deliberately preventing him from getting this information.

Are you worried that he will have a connection with Matsue Shigure and become disloyal to the organization?

Hagiwara Kenji's wet bangs fell down, blocking most of his expression. He clenched his fists and said in a muffled voice, "Why?"

"I just heard about Songjiang being kidnapped in the hospital, but a few days later, he was taken away by someone else..."

"There are so many of us, and yet we can't protect anything!"

Kenji Hagiwara seems to be attacking in a divergent manner, but in fact, he is more self-blaming.

The scene of them passing by each other on the road just now kept flashing back in his mind, playing frame by frame.

The man with long blond hair hidden under his windbreaker and a face that looked somewhat similar to him...

No——rather than being similar to him, it would be more accurate to say that he is similar to Subaru Akabane!

Jinpei Matsuda stood aside with a cold expression.

He looked into Amuro Toru's eyes and asked, "Is it related to that organization?"

Toru Amuro paused, but couldn't avoid the two men's burning gazes: "You better not interfere, I——"

"Now, no one can escape." Hagiwara Kenji interrupted him, "Matsue is seeking revenge on that organization, and he will definitely not let it go."

"Zero." He lowered his voice, and his usual nonchalant temperament was restrained, reflecting an exceptionally cold sharpness, "I will not let Xiao Zhenping and I off!"

Matsuda Jinpei simply said: "After seeing the diary, Hagi and I actually had the idea of ​​changing departments, but we just didn't make up our minds."

Their instructors and friends are all fighting to destroy that organization. How can they just stand by and watch?

There is more than one way to join the police force except attending police academy, as long as they can demonstrate their worth.

"...I understand." Amuro Toru rubbed his brows, "I will report it when the time comes."

Special times call for special treatment. At least for now, Toru Amuro has to admit that the actions of his two contemporaries were less restricted than his.

So, Toru Amuro picked and chose and told everything he knew about the matter.

"Something happened on the road just now." Kenji Hagiwara closed his eyes and his voice became a little hoarse.

"Now we are not completely clueless. Check the parking lot surveillance, which shows that it happened during that time period."

If this was true, then he was just a little bit, just a little bit away from rescuing Matsue Shigure.

If the instructor was awake at that time, in a state of coercion, listening to their voices gradually fade away...

Kenji Hagiwara felt despair from the bottom of his heart.

***

At this point, I can no longer stay in the coffee shop.

Jinpei Matsuda and Kenji Hagihara left first to investigate the surveillance, while Toru Amuro stayed in the cafe until the end of his get off work day, and visited Kogoro Mori as usual. Finally, he calmed down and dressed up to reunite with the two.

"I locked the time to half an hour, and there were five cars coming in and out."

Hagiwara Kenji said: "To be more specific, we need to borrow police officers from the traffic department, or directly use the power of the public security department."

Amuro Toru nodded and sent a message to Kazami Yuya: "I will make arrangements now. The people in the organization are cunning and changeable, and they may have some tricks up their sleeves."

"If we dig a little deeper, we will eventually find clues." Matsuda Jinpei exhaled slowly, "Besides, didn't the instructor say... we are friends after a long separation?"

"It would have been better to just kidnap and treat the case as missing, but the instructor called back. No matter how you look at it, he was not completely unprepared."

They never knew what Matsue Shigure was thinking from beginning to end. The only thing they knew for sure was that he was not as simple as he appeared.

Even Songjiang Xun, who was cheerful and optimistic at the beginning, often showed his sharp side.

"And this." Hagiwara Kenji opened his palm, revealing the USB flash drive inside. "This is the thing hidden in the Rubik's Cube."

"Seven years ago, Instructor Songjiang gave it to me," he whispered, "and explained in his diary that it was a graduation present given to him by Senior Akabane."

"Want to watch it now?"

Amuro Toru took the USB drive and inserted it into the computer.

***

Nine years ago, the students who had been trained hard for six months at the police academy graduated successfully, also under the inspiring speech of the Police Commissioner.

The police cadets celebrated with each other, took pictures, or made plans with a large group for a final social gathering, or mourned the passing of their last leisurely days alone.

Police academy students with good popularity can receive tons of greeting cards, but some have nothing from start to finish - the latter is too tragic to be elaborated on.

My partner who disappeared after helping me take graduation photos is as elusive as ever.

Matsue Shigure thinks he has good relationships with people and is definitely not like the iceberg that is Akabane Subaru. It is estimated that no one will write a greeting card to him except him.

He first went back to the dormitory to quickly pack up his things, and then happily went to the classroom to rummage through the drawers.

Unexpectedly, when I turned everything upside down, I found only a greeting card and a simple-looking Rubik's Cube.

The greeting card was also simple, with black words on white paper and "Happy Graduation" written in sharp handwriting. Even if there was no signature, he knew who sent it.

"Damn it! Can I disassemble a hundred of these Rubik's Cubes? That's too perfunctory!"

If it were any other time, Songjiang Shigure would have definitely taken direct action and demolished everything that could be demolished.

But graduation means that the novice protection period is coming to an end, and the NPCs will be replaced when you officially play the game.

It's better to keep it as a farewell gift.

The player said he wanted to take the Rubik's Cube apart, but in the end he still threw the complete Rubik's Cube into his bag.

He casually stuffed the only greeting card into his pocket, and then stuffed the greeting card he wrote into the empty table next to him.

***

There was a folder and an audio file in the USB drive, with no notes.

"Shigure-kun, if nothing unexpected happens, once this Rubik's Cube comes into your hands, you will definitely dismantle it immediately, and it is inevitable that you will find this USB flash drive."

The voice in the audio was calm and smooth, like someone reading a report.

"First of all, allow me to apologize. I took the graduation cards from other classmates in your drawer and put them all in the box at the back of the classroom."

"After all, I can't hand you a greeting card and say happy graduation in person, so that you won't throw my things aside."

"As for the graduation present, if I only gave you a Rubik's Cube, you would probably accuse me of being perfunctory, so the real graduation present is in the folder."

"Then, I have something very important to tell you."

There is a five-second gap in the audio, as if the speaker is making a serious decision.

"I am not a pure policeman."

The speech speed in the audio gradually increased. The seemingly taciturn police academy student was actually a formal member of a transnational criminal organization.

He entered the police academy only to go undercover in the police high-level to obtain intelligence after graduation, so as to completely turn the officials into running dogs of the organization.

"…But now I've changed my mind. Being a bomb disposal officer is also good."

He made a light decision to betray the organization and instead focused his attention elsewhere.

"Perhaps it would be a better choice to keep it a secret, but just consider it as my rare irrationality. I want to give you the right to choose——"

"In the cherry blossom forest that we are familiar with, I have buried all the evidence of my crimes, as well as information about the top leaders of the organization, including the leader. You can dig it out and hand it over, and I will cooperate.

As for the USB drive I gave you last month, the information inside is enough for you to pledge your allegiance to the police."

"If you keep silent..." The cold voice had a hint of laughter for the first time, "then the debt of my dinner to you will be written off?"

"Just kidding, thank you for being my accomplice."

"At least I won't let you get hurt before I die."