Chapter 50, Eleventh Reading (2)
Rei Furuya looked at Kenji Hagiwara, who was standing dejectedly outside the door, raised an eyebrow and smiled, "What's wrong? Hagi, had a nightmare?"
The young man with medium-length hair looked up, his gaze sweeping over him for a couple of seconds before he spoke seriously, "Kiruya, did you stay up all night again?"
Jianggu Ling: "..."
Rei Furuya's smile vanished: "...Wait, is this the point?"
"How is it not the point? No matter what, health is the most important thing. You still have a fever, right?" Kenji Hagiwara stepped forward with a dark face and reached under his bangs to touch his forehead.
"Hmm? You didn't seem to have a high fever?" He paused, his eyes a little confused. "You seemed to have a fever on graduation day... I think? Oh no, my memory is starting to blur, damn it! Wait, let me check my notes again—"
"...You even took notes?!" Furuya Rei was shocked. He immediately stopped Furuya's hand from taking out his phone, took a step back, and sighed, "Come in first, then we'll talk."
Kenji Hagiwara withdrew his hand and walked in, his eyes sharpening again: "No, actually I still have a slight fever. Did you take any medicine?"
“I’ve already eaten.” Rei Furuya closed the door, turned around and looked helplessly into those darker purple eyes. “Hagi, are you so sure that it really happened and wasn’t just a nightmare?”
This is no longer a test; it's skipping all the confirmation procedures and going straight to the final sanctions.
"Although many memories have become increasingly blurred, the memories of November 7th and the last day are still very clear. The feelings I had at the time and the conclusions I drew were also very firm. Coupled with my understanding of Kofuruya, it's hard to believe that all of this was just a nightmare, right?"
Kenji Hagiwara pushed Rei Furuya's shoulder to make him sit down in a chair, then turned on the desk lamp and shone it on the blond youth's face. He slammed his hand on the table with a "smack," adopting the posture of a police interrogation, and leaned closer to stare at him with a smile.
"So, tell the truth! Furuya!"
Jianggu Ling: "..."
Rei Furuya couldn't help but laugh and raised his hands in surrender, saying, "Okay, okay, officer, I'll confess everything."
Rei Furuya: "But let me ask you something first, did Hagi go to see Matsuda before he came?"
Kenji Hagiwara: "Because I couldn't help but throw up on the bed when I took Jinpei home, he was sleeping at my place today. After confirming that Jinpei was just drunk and asleep, I came over directly."
Rei Furuya: "Pfft... It seems incredible, but that guy doesn't actually drink much at all."
Kenji Hagiwara: "Jinpei is actually a good kid. So, you can't let anyone else know about this? Now, explain yourself properly. Why didn't you tell us about something this big? Don't you trust us?"
Rei Furuya: "Of course there are reasons, I will explain slowly, but don't tell Matsuda and the class president yet."
Kenji Hagiwara: "So, Morofushi knew too..."
Kenji Hagiwara: "Now I finally understand why Kofuyu worked so hard before, and I finally understand the reasons for many of the strange things."
Kenji Hagiwara: "So, how many times did you start over? How many times did you save me when I knew nothing? I can't remember, but it seems like I've experienced many unscientific dangers, and I seem to have brushed shoulders with death many times. Was Furuya secretly helping me every time?"
Rei Furuya: "No, actually it was only three times."
Kenji Hagiwara narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
Rei Furuya's expression remained unchanged: "Really, it's not that exaggerated, Hagi, you're overthinking it. Once was during our police academy days, once was on November 7th, and the last time is the one you remember now."
Kenji Hagiwara stared straight into his eyes: "Really? I feel like you deliberately omitted a lot of things to avoid worrying me."
Rei Furuya immediately changed the subject: "It's a complicated story, let's start from the beginning. Actually, I was transported here when I was 29 years old..."
Half an hour later.
"..." Hagiwara Kenji was so overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information that his eyes went blank and he became mentally disoriented.
Then he suddenly slammed his fist down: "So, Kofuya's earlier statement that the wolf fang necklace was an apology to Kojinpei for knocking out his dentures on the first day of school must have been a memory from a previous reincarnation. After all, I immediately felt something was wrong when you said that. In my memory, it was clearly Kofuya who stood Kojinpei up twice, and only on the third day did he get his dentures knocked out in that fight."
"...I didn't expect you to let it slip here." Rei Furuya sighed. "Hagi, you're too perceptive."
"Hehehe, after all, Kofuruya isn't really that wary of us." Kenji Hagiwara smiled and winked.
"But I never expected that Kofuruya would actually join that legendary Zero Group. Does the Zero Group even exist? I'm really curious about the Zero Group's training for undercover investigators. Is it very tough?" Kenji Hagiwara pondered, stroking his chin. "They must train them to the highest level of special forces, right? Like counter-terrorism tactics? Counter-reconnaissance? Ambushes? Sniping and all sorts of marksmanship training that ordinary police officers don't get to experience? And surveillance, intimidation, and other gray-area methods?"
Jianggu Ling: "..."
Kenji Hagiwara blinked, his joking expression turning into one of shock: "No way, it really exists? Wow, even though I already knew about the Public Security Bureau's modus operandi, and that you guys, Furuya, were infiltrating an international criminal organization, I'm still a bit shocked."
After laughing, his expression gradually turned serious again. His gaze towards the blond youth was very complicated, and the sadness in his eyes finally leaked out.
This was a future for Rei Furuya that he had never imagined.
Mingming was such an outstanding, hardworking, and conscientious person. He graduated first in his class from police academy and joined the legendary Zero Group of the Public Security Bureau, which supposedly controlled the entire nation's police force. His looks, personality, abilities, and even family background were all top-notch. He should have had a bright and promising future. He could have definitely become the most dazzling star in the police force of this era, instead of going undercover in an international criminal organization, getting his hands dirty, and having to walk the line between the law and the underworld every day, living with death in his side. After losing all those close to him, he had to continue to struggle alone in the darkness, carrying everything on his shoulders, and in the end, he himself collapsed in the darkness before dawn...
Even now, he has to desperately try to change their inevitable fate of death from the malice of the world in this endless cycle of terror.
Beneath his nonchalant words, the extent of his despair and suffering is something no one can fully comprehend.
"You've really worked so hard." Kenji Hagiwara couldn't help but step forward and give the blond young man a tight hug.
“Zero.” He murmured the name with a sigh, his voice trembling slightly.
Rei Furuya paused for a moment, his fingers, which were hanging on his legs, clenched into fists and then gradually relaxed.
My heart feels warm and cozy.
Oh dear, I'm feeling a bit touched and happy.
It's true, it's precisely because his friends were all so good that he found it even harder to accept their fate of death.
Rei Furuya couldn't help but smile and pat Kenji Hagiwara on the back to comfort him.
“It’s okay, it was all worth it. This is the path I chose, and I will never regret it,” he said earnestly.
Kenji Hagiwara looked up at his face, at his determined eyes, at his expression that remained as pure and radiant as a boy's, no matter how much despair he had experienced, and was completely speechless.
Yes, of course he knows.
He knew how strong and determined Furuya Rei was, so he couldn't even offer any words of comfort, because anything he said would be futile.
What Rei Furuya went through and what he endured is something that probably no one can truly understand, and even helping him is difficult.
All he could do now was give this weary time traveler, who had been trekking through the darkness, a hug.
*
October 1st.
Eight o'clock in the morning.
The nameplate on the door of dormitory 155, which reads "Furuya," has been removed, indicating that the room's occupant is about to move out and the room will welcome the next batch of freshmen.
"Oh? So Zero had a fever. I didn't even know." Morofushi Kagemitsu leaned against the door with his arms crossed. Although his eyes crinkled into a gentle smile, it made Furuya Zero stiffen and almost tremble.
Kenji Hagiwara chuckled, gave Rei Furuya a wink, and then turned and ran off: "I'm going to pack my bags too! Contact me by phone if you need anything!"
Jianggu Ling: "..."
Rei Furuya walked over, took his childhood friend's hand, and placed it on his forehead. He obediently said, "I'm sorry, but I actually knew I wouldn't have a fever this time, so I didn't tell Hiro. Last time it was so bad because I was so tense for too long and then suddenly relaxed. This time it's just a low-grade fever that's not serious. I'm all better now, and I can hardly feel it anymore, right?"
Morofushi Kagemitsu carefully examined the area for a while, confirming that the temperature on his forehead was indeed normal. Only then did he retract his imposing aura and sigh helplessly, "Really, Zero is always like this. Looks like you didn't get any rest last night."
Rei Furuya blinked innocently: "This is because of the special circumstances. I don't usually do this. After all, maintaining physical health and mental well-being is also part of the mission. I usually ensure at least a standard scientific sleep cycle of 90 minutes."
"But you always have an absurd number of things to do, right?" Morofushi Kagemitsu pressed him down on the bed with a dark face. "Alright, no protests allowed. Go to sleep. Leave the rest to me. We can still manage to move after Zero wakes up from his nap this afternoon."
Rei Furuya lay down on the bed and covered himself with the blanket.
"Okay," he replied obediently.
*
Five o'clock in the afternoon.
After reluctantly saying goodbye to all their classmates, Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda got into the car to go home.
Kenji Hagiwara stared blankly at the scenery rushing past the window.
In fact, he still hasn't fully processed everything.
Or rather, it's hard to accept that future.
When will you be home? Mom and Dad have prepared a big meal for you! It's all your favorite dishes!
Oh, and let's invite Matsuda too. His dad definitely won't care. His parents said they'd like to celebrate your official becoming police officers together.
--elder sister】
Kenji Hagiwara stared at the emails for a while, then turned to look at his childhood friend.
Matsuda Jinpei was still not fully sober, and he was asleep with a frown on his face in the seat next to him.
Will they all die in just three years...?
Yes, police officers may not go bankrupt, but they may die in the line of duty.
"bite--"
Kenji Hagiwara snapped out of his daze and opened the new email, only to be instantly stunned by its contents.
This is a list of all the bombs and dates you encountered up to December 25th.
——Xiaojianggu]
Hagihara Kenji: "..."
Hagiwara Kenji: "???"
After being shocked that Furuya Rei remembered the exact time and process of all the bombs, Hagiwara Kenji scrolled down a couple more times but still couldn't reach the bottom, and he was shocked again.
Wait, he's only been on the job for two months, right? Why has he been through so many bombs?!
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