Chapter 59, Eighteenth Week (3)
"I'm not going to the virginity-exploding class anymore. This time, I'll try the First Investigation Division," Kenji Hagiwara said, revealing his plan.
Although Furuya Rei's face still showed disapproval, his furrowed brows relaxed slightly.
Kenji Hagiwara laughed: "Did you think I was going to say something like I'm quitting being a policeman? Of course I won't, because you would never agree to that. Even if we were to try it, it would be a last resort."
Rei Furuya glared at him seriously and said, "I know the First Investigation Division invited you before graduation, but you clearly agreed to go to the Virginity Explosion Team with Matsuda. You two are childhood friends who grew up together. Now you're suddenly separated and saying..."
"Zero, are you underestimating me?" Kenji Hagiwara also became serious. "Or are you underestimating Jinpei?"
"...I didn't, I'm sorry." Furuya Rei's imposing aura suddenly weakened, and his previously serious, droopy eyes instantly became incredibly pitiful.
Kenji Hagiwara reluctantly climbed onto the hospital bed and sat down beside him, shoulder to shoulder: "You clearly know all this. I don't believe you didn't think of this method. You've only been unwilling to try it because you didn't want to go against my wishes and completely change my future. But what I'm saying now is my truest and strongest desire, Furuya. What you should respect more is my current thoughts and decisions."
"This is the best solution I can think of. So what if we work in different departments? We're all in different departments, we're all in the same boat, and it won't affect our relationship. Oh wait, I can be with the class monitor once I get there." Kenji Hagiwara smiled.
"Moreover, my greatest strengths are not bomb disposal, but observation and communication skills. The First Investigation Division is actually the most suitable place for me. As for Kojinpei, he is the least likely person to object. It is precisely because I don't want to see Kojinpei get implicated and die because of me that I am even more determined."
When talking about Matsuda Jinpei's death as a result of his involvement in the conflict, Kenji Hagiwara's expression showed barely suppressed pain and sorrow.
“This isn’t your fault, it’s not because of your involvement, it’s just that Matsuda’s fate was originally set that way. At most, it was just brought forward by three years because of the butterfly effect.” Furuya Rei quickly explained and comforted him. “This is clearly the fault of the world and the system. What we need to do is change this future that has been determined by fate.”
Before he could continue, Kenji Hagiwara stopped him with a smile, his tone firm: "I know, I understand. Don't worry, I'm not really taking all the blame on myself. I'm just stating a fact. The fact is, I don't want to see Kojinpei die because of me anymore. I want to end this cycle here."
Kenji Hagiwara sighed at this point, "When I decided to go to the Virginity-Breaking Group with Jinpei, I thought about it for a long time. After hearing Jinpei say that all he had was the accelerator, I thought that sometimes in life, you have to step on the gas and take a risk. But now that I've discovered that the road ahead is a cliff, and I've tried so many times that I really can't step on the gas and rush over, isn't it only natural to step on the brake?"
After he said that, Rei Furuya really had no way to refute it.
Just as Kenji Hagiwara couldn't refute his repeated risks to save everyone.
"Don't worry, I'm actually quite looking forward to it, because the uniforms of the First Investigation Division are much better looking than those of the Explosive Virginity Unit, and I can finally stop enduring the pain of wearing a nearly 80-pound bomb suit." Kenji Hagiwara chuckled and winked at him.
Rei Furuya looked helpless. Even though he knew Furuya was trying to make him relax, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Alright, alright, then it's confirmed. Since you didn't immediately object to the idea that this method is not feasible, it means that it is indeed very likely to succeed, right?" Kenji Hagiwara's voice had completely returned to its relaxed and cheerful state.
Under normal circumstances, no one would feel uncomfortable chatting with Kenji Hagiwara.
"Honestly, it could have been a very simple thing, but you gave up trying completely because you were too worried and too serious. That's so typical of Furuya." Kenji Hagiwara couldn't help but sigh. "We really can't let you do whatever you want on your own. I can finally understand how worried Morofushi and the class president were before. I used to trust you quite a bit."
“Originally…?” Furuya Rei choked.
Kenji Hagiwara smiled and said, "Now, in my eyes, Furuya is a fraud, the kind with a lot of criminal records."
Jianggu Ling: "..."
For a fleeting moment, he dreamt of the scene where Conan Edogawa called him a liar.
However, he couldn't bring himself to reply with a smile, as confidently as before, saying, "You have no right to talk about me like that."
“However, I can understand you.” Kenji Hagiwara looked at the slightly guilty blond youth, patted him on the shoulder and laughed, “After all, that’s the nature of your job. It’s better to do it this way. It’s okay to keep doing it this way. In any case, your own safety and the mission are the most important.”
"After everything is over, I will work with everyone to supervise you in every way to help you get rid of those bad habits," he said earnestly.
Rei Furuya couldn't help but ask, "What bad habit?"
Kenji Hagiwara held up his fingers and began to count: "For example, staying up all night, lying, and—"
Rei Furuya covered his face with one hand and grabbed his hand with the other to interrupt him: "Okay, we'll talk about that later. Leave those things to my future self. We have more important things to do now."
Kenji Hagiwara looked up: "Oh, right, I also have something important to tell you."
Rei Furuya: "Don't tell Hiro about this."
Kenji Hagiwara: "Don't tell Jinpei about this."
The two spoke at the same time, froze at the same time, and then looked at each other with complicated expressions.
Rei Furuya: "No! How can we keep this from Matsuda?!"
Kenji Hagiwara: "No way! How can we keep something like this from Morofushi?!"
Jianggu Ling: "..."
Hagihara Kenji: "..."
The atmosphere became a little awkward for a moment.
Rei Furuya couldn't help but laugh: "If the class president were here, he'd definitely be yelling right now about why we didn't include him in our games again."
Kenji Hagiwara smiled and shook his head helplessly: "Okay, okay, then let's both be prepared to be criticized by everyone."
“But even if we’re going to tell you, we can selectively tell you only a part of it.” Rei Furuya discussed it with him seriously. “Once we tell everyone the truth about most of the things, there won’t be any problem with hiding the number of reincarnations. There’s no need to let everyone know the specific number and feel pressured and pained.”
Kenji Hagiwara's eyes sharpened: "So this is what you've always thought and done, right?"
Rei Furuya, however, was no longer guilty or afraid. He looked directly into Furuya's eyes and smiled, "But I know Hagi can understand, right?"
Hagihara Kenji: "..."
Kenji Hagiwara sighed helplessly and ruffled his hair: "Okay, okay, Hagi-chan is an accomplice now. If we get caught, everyone will definitely scold us."
Rei Furuya secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Good, he succeeded.
Currently, only Hiro and Hagi truly possess memories of their respective five different reincarnations.
However, Hagi has now promised to only tell everyone that he experienced one save/load, and Hiro has also promised to only tell everyone that he experienced one save/load at the police academy, even if he is honest. So now the explanation to everyone is that he experienced two loops before, and this is only the third loop.
Hagi was afraid of the pressure Matsuda would feel if he found out. Anyway, a solution had already been found, and he would only tell the others the truth at the last moment if this failed.
Hiro's situation is quite simple. Just like Rei Furuya couldn't possibly reveal the specifics about Bourbon, many things are simply beyond the reach of ordinary police officers like them. Both of them hoped that the three people could continue their lives, which should have been lived in the open.
As for Furuya Rei... they probably both thought that with them watching over him, they would definitely not let him do anything reckless.
"It's dawn." Kenji Hagiwara glanced at the sky outside the window, then at the wall clock, before getting out of bed. "Everyone should be awake by now. I'll go buy breakfast and then we can discuss this together. What would you like to eat, Furuya?"
“A sandwich will do.” Rei Furuya said, then got out of bed with him. “My fever has completely gone down. Let’s go buy it together, and then we can go wake everyone up.”
Finally, Rei Furuya and Kenji Hagiwara returned to the dorm with the breakfast they had bought. Then, they woke up the other three people and went up to the dorm rooftop with the breakfast.
Matsuda Jinpei has always loved the rooftop. They would occasionally eat, chat, or sleep together there. They were used to it and didn't find it strange.
It wasn't until Rei Furuya and Kenji Hagiwara revealed the concept of a save loop and the fact that they would all die that things changed.
Immediately, a chorus of coughs erupted.
"Wait, wait, you guys aren't kidding, are you? Is this some kind of graduation prank?" Date Wataru's pupils dilated in shock, and he almost dropped the breakfast in his hand.
"Am I still asleep? Am I still drunk?" Matsuda Jinpei touched his forehead.
Morofushi Kagemitsu didn't say anything, but silently put down the rice ball in his hand and stared sharply at his childhood friend who hadn't discussed this development with him at all.
The blond youth blinked his innocent, droopy eyes and whispered, "I originally planned to fool Hagi, but he was too perceptive. I failed, so I confessed. In the end, I decided to work together with everyone."
Kenji Hagiwara, who had actually been successfully fooled more than once: "..."
He resisted the urge to expose Furuya Rei and began to explain the matter slowly and seriously.
Rei Furuya and Kagemitsu Morofushi also confessed some of their secrets.
All three of them were like this, and Date Wataru and Matsuda Jinpei also realized that this was no joke.
They believed it, of course, but they couldn't process such a huge amount of information at once, and their eyes were a little glazed over.
After Furuya Rei gave a long speech about his "Lorentz Butterfly VS Laplace's Demon" plan, even Morofushi Kagemitsu and Hagiwara Kenji started to stare blankly.
Sorry, but police academy students really don't study relativity or quantum mechanics.
However, putting aside those theories, it's quite clear what needs to be done in the end.
Although Rei Furuya wasn't actually sure whether this career-changing future counted as a blue butterfly capable of altering the world line.
He always approached things with a serious determination to succeed, but he also rationally understood that the chances were slim and had long been prepared for the worst.
So he can't help but think, if it doesn't work, what should he do next time?
"Seriously, if you're really worried, then let's make a deal." Matsuda Jinpei suddenly yelled, then reached out and slapped Shiruya Rei hard on the back, almost knocking him to the ground.
"Ouch, couldn't you be a little gentler, you big gorilla? You almost knocked my soul out of my body!" Furuya Rei said irritably, then turned curiously to look at the curly-haired youth. "What agreement?"
Matsuda Jinpei raised his chin and laughed, "If any of the five of us really dies in the future, the rest of us will have to wear women's clothing to attend his funeral. How about that? Isn't that enough to prove our resolve?"
Jianggu Ling: "..."
Rei Furuya couldn't resist and immediately leaned back in a tactical move.
What? What did he just say? Wear women's clothing to attend the funeral of a close friend?!
Rei Furuya turned to look at the three people next to him and saw three equally dumbfounded faces.
Only Matsuda Jinpei wore a half-moon eye expression, as if it were no big deal.
Date Hang was the first to recover, laughing heartily in a loud and robust voice, "Great! This is a good idea! It's really interesting! So it's a deal then, no one is allowed to die!"
Looking at him, Furuya Rei couldn't help but imagine the two-meter-tall, muscular squad leader wearing a pink dress attending his funeral, and couldn't help but laugh.
But Rei Furuya still objected: "No, no, this is too reckless."
However, the objections were ineffective.
Morofushi Kagemitsu and Hagiwara Kenji, two people who are actually quite cunning and like to cause trouble, naturally agreed.
Kenji Hagiwara suddenly realized and threw himself at Jinpei Matsuda: "I see, so this is also a reverse flag, as expected of Jinpei! You're amazing!"
Morofushi Kagemitsu was still suppressing a laugh: "It is indeed a very interesting idea, and I agree."
Rei Furuya had no choice but to compromise in the end: "Fine, then nobody is allowed to die."
So, on the last day before graduation, the five of them actually made this strange promise on the rooftop of the police academy.
I hope that day will never actually come true.
No, we absolutely must not let that day come.
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