Chapter 156 Fifty-Eight Weeks (4)
[Shuichi Akai, I have no interest in what's going on in your head that's stuffed with knitted hats and balls of yarn, but if you make a move against Scotland, I'll fight you to the death!]
I am the only one capable of killing Scotland.
The only one who can defeat him is me.
—Bourbon
Akai Shuichi: "..."
He had been wondering why Bourbon was even angrier after he sent the apology message, but as soon as this last message came out, he instantly forgot about the previous angry and abusive messages.
His eyes widened slightly, and he seemed a little stunned.
Did Bourbon actually know that he was planning to attack Scotland?
Shuichi Akai frowned slightly, immediately turned to look out the window, looked around but found nothing amiss, and then checked Cameron's communication devices while he was driving, confirming that there were no signs of hacking.
So how did Bourbon determine that he originally intended to target Scotland?
He only glanced at it from afar, and after weighing the options, he felt it was too difficult and gave up. He was just thinking that if Scotland followed him to America, he would take action then.
Moreover, he didn't tell anyone about this plan. Although the main purpose of targeting Scotland was to help Bourbon, he only intended to tell him after it was successful.
So how did Bourbon know that?
"Mr. Akai? What's wrong? Did you discover someone from the organization?" Camel, who was driving, tensed up instantly when he saw Akai's expression.
"It's nothing." Shuichi Akai said, sitting back down, holding his gun and staring straight ahead at the road, his eyes slightly somber.
Rumors within the organization circulated that Bourbon's intelligence network was all-encompassing, and that his informants were everywhere. Coupled with his brilliant mind and keen insight, some even exaggeratedly claimed that he could see a hundred steps ahead and predict the future to a terrifying degree.
Shuichi Akai originally thought it was just a joke and that there was some exaggeration in the rumors. Although Bourbon was indeed powerful, he was not really that good.
However, now that he knows Bourbon already knew his true identity, Shuichi Akai is starting to have doubts.
If Bourbon is truly such a formidable and unassuming man, then...
Shuichi Akai had a bit of a headache.
So he tricked this capable undercover partner into the enemy's hands, and now the enemy certainly sees him as an enemy as well.
But if you hate him so much, why didn't you find something to use against him to kill him or threaten and control him?
Shuichi Akai couldn't understand it any better the more he thought about it.
There are too many possible guesses, but none of them can be confirmed.
The mysteries surrounding waves seem to be increasing.
Shuichi Akai eventually abandoned his thoughts and focused on his plan to defect and counterattack the organization.
As for Bourbon... let's find another opportunity to probe him properly later.
He genuinely didn't want to become enemies with that man.
*
Bourbon even got a new phone while chasing down the defector Rye.
There was nothing he could do. Even Furuya Rei hadn't expected that after things had come to this point, Akai Shuichi would still say those words to him. He lost control and crushed the phone screen again.
While feigning anger and chasing after someone, he leisurely opened a group chat and chatted with several other people back in China about their matchmaking plans.
Yes, the matchmaking plan.
Honestly, asking four single people and a child to discuss how to matchmake a couple who are having an incredibly difficult time getting together is really asking too much of them.
Although Ida Wataru has romantic experience, it is only his own experience. He is not familiar with most romantic storylines in literary works and can only share his thoughts based on his own and Natalie's experiences.
The relationship between Kou Date and Natalie is not the same as that between Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato; they are completely unrelated and have no comparability or similarities whatsoever.
Aside from gender.
So during this period of time, the group of them, like strategists, discussed many seemingly reasonable but actually absurd methods, and in the end, only a handful of them could actually be implemented.
Actually, everyone was quite confident at the beginning.
Although Furuya Rei has never been in a relationship, he speaks eloquently about it, as if he knows a lot about it. He is very familiar with theoretical knowledge and his logic is very clear.
Once it starts running, many problems, both big and small, will always arise.
Rei Furuya soon gave up. In this game of love, neither Bourbon's direct skills and experience nor Tooru Amuro's gentle attraction and guidance helped Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato's relationship.
Because Wataru Takagi can't do it! And Miwako Sato isn't so easy to deal with either!
Rei Furuya, who only talked about love on paper, was mercilessly mocked by the group, and then it was the next person to move on.
The next person to volunteer was Kenji Hagiwara.
Unfortunately, Kenji Hagiwara is also a "paper lover." Although at first glance you might mistake him for a playboy who has had many girlfriends, he has actually always maintained his single status. He just talks a good game but has never actually done anything.
Moreover, Takagi Wataru couldn't do what Hagiwara Kenji did.
After witnessing the two men's failures, Morofushi Kagemitsu also realized that he really had no way to deal with this.
There is a way, but we can't do it to those two kind, gentle, and hardworking police officers.
Morofushi Kagemitsu occasionally thinks about how the world is predetermined by fate, and he doesn't like the feeling that even love has to be forcibly bound to a plot. So he tries his best to make the two of them more free and have their own will, so that they can truly choose each other.
Of the remaining options, Date Air is the most reliable, and its status is also more convenient. We are currently working on the Date Air plan.
Matchmaking can't be rushed. Aside from love at first sight, dating is a long process, let alone a complicated situation like that of Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato.
Hiroki Sawada, who later successfully faked his death, also joined the group chat. However, most of the time, the adults didn't let him participate in the discussions, only taking him along when necessary, and telling him to focus on developing Noah's Ark at Professor Agasa's house for now.
This is really not suitable for children, really.
As for Matsuda Jinpei... Date Wataru was mainly in charge of Takagi Wataru's side, while Matsuda Jinpei was in charge of Sato Miwako's side.
Date Wataru is responsible for guiding Takagi Wataru's growth, mainly to make him stronger and more confident, so that he can boldly try to pursue true love, at least to start, and not to give up completely.
Matsuda Jinpei was in charge of... causing trouble.
Yes, causing trouble.
He wanted to warn others that he was going to steal Sato Miwako away, but he couldn't actually make that a possibility. He just wanted to scare the others with a misunderstanding and spur Takagi Wataru to take that step and become stronger, determined not to give up even when facing an opponent like Matsuda Jinpei.
Matsuda Jinpei: "?"
Matsuda Jinpei strongly resisted going through his own love triangle and "white moonlight" storyline, and was ridiculed by his friends for who knows how many times.
Of course, jokes aside, they wouldn't actually let Matsuda Jinpei go through that scene; even pretending to act wouldn't be appropriate.
Besides, the storyline can only continue if Matsuda Jinpei is portrayed as the heroic, sacrificed "white moonlight" (ideal character). The lively and energetic Matsuda Jinpei is even bothered by Sato Miwako.
Actually, Matsuda Jinpei's fate has changed too much now. I don't know which butterfly flapped its wings, but Date Wataru and Takagi Wataru both joined the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division ahead of time, and Takagi Wataru also met Matsuda Jinpei ahead of time.
Therefore, Takagi Wataru has witnessed firsthand the exceptional abilities of police officers like Matsuda Jinpei, Hagiwara Kenji, and Date Wataru, who are far superior to others. He is also aware of Sato Miwako's excellence and popularity, and understands that the possibility of his relationship having a future is almost nonexistent. As a result, he doesn't even dare to speak to Sato Miwako, let alone pursue her.
Their love story is a very important plot point, a necessary route, which is why the final convergence of the timeline was so powerful, almost approaching the program error and crash that occurred during Morofushi Kagemitsu's death.
But it's very, very difficult to change that now. Not to mention Matsuda Jinpei's death, even Morofushi Kagemitsu's death has passed.
Matsuda Jinpei has been transferred back to the Explosives Division from the First Investigation Division.
However, during the time he joined the First Investigative Division, he did get to know Sato Miwako fairly well, but it wasn't to the point where they had any romantic feelings for each other.
Although Matsuda Jinpei is paired with Hagiwara Kenji, he and Sato Miwako are colleagues in the same office and naturally spend a lot of time together.
In addition, both Sato Miwako and Matsuda Jinpei are outstanding and straightforward people. They have actually argued and bickered with each other many times. Many people think that they have a good relationship and are even wary of Matsuda Jinpei, who suddenly appeared and took away their policewoman from the First Investigation Division.
Matsuda Jinpei felt that the plot had completely fallen apart and there was no possibility of it being possible. Now that he had left the First Investigation Division and returned to the Explosives Unit, it was even more impossible.
Kenji Hagiwara, however, said that there was still a chance to salvage the situation.
Kenji Hagiwara: [Although Miwako-chan said that Jinpei-chan has a very arrogant temper and a foul mouth, and speaks very rudely.]
Matsuda Jinpei: [?]
Kenji Hagiwara: [However, Miwako-chan also said that she doesn't really dislike Jinpei-chan. She said that as long as he doesn't talk, Jinpei-chan is actually a very serious and responsible police officer, and is fundamentally kind and gentle. It's just a pity he has a mouth.]
Matsuda Jinpei: [...]
Matsuda Jinpei: [What were you guys talking about???]
Rei Furuya suddenly popped up: [By the way, Matsuda, do you remember the day before your near-death experience, when I said someone described you as being like a Shiba Inu and a Doberman Pinscher divided by two? That was the future Inspector Sato who said it.]
Matsuda Jinpei: [???]
Date Wataru: [Actually, I think Matsuda's storyline might be almost over? Even now, many people still believe that Sato has special feelings for Matsuda.]
Matsuda Jinpei: [Huh? Seriously? Are those guys blind?]
Date Wataru: [Do you remember when Sato's attitude towards you started to improve?]
Matsuda Jinpei: [Has your condition improved?]
Kenji Hagiwara posted a series of cat emojis that made people laugh so hard they rolled on the floor.
Date Wataru explained helplessly: "[It was when you were playing with her deceased father's belongings, those handcuffs. There were several people around at the time. Everyone knows that Sato's attitude towards you improved a lot after that incident, and many people became wary of Sato's special feelings for you from that moment on.]"
Matsuda Jinpei thought for a moment and finally remembered.
It was the day after Furuya Rei and Morofushi Hiromitsu finally escaped safely from Rum's castle. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against the wall to relax and smoke, but Sato Miwako, who was passing by, said that he was not proper and that he had been sleeping in the office for days and was dirty and unseemly.
So he casually took the handcuffs she was holding and retorted with a sarcastic remark, only to unexpectedly learn that they were actually her father's keepsake and that she had always carried them with her as a talisman.
What happened back then? Why did others think their relationship had improved?
He's forgotten so many things that have happened recently.
Oh, I remember now.
The short-haired woman, hands on her hips, frowned and glared at him: "You're probably going to say that since I've been carrying this kind of thing around, I can forget about taking another step forward, right?"
She said irritably, "Anyway, you'll just tell me to forget those sad things from the past and move on, right?"
Matsuda Jinpei recalled what he had said.
“No, why should I forget?” He was wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette, and said nonchalantly, “Whether you move forward or not is your own business, but if you really forget, then your old man is really dead.”
Seems fine, right? Isn't this a normal answer?
Death is not the end; forgetting is.
Forgetting is the second death.
Being forgotten by everyone is the true and final death.
It's as if they never existed.
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