Chapter 145 Node

At this moment, on the rooftop.

Zhufu Jingguang hesitantly handed over a tissue, which he originally carried with him to use when on missions.

Right next to him, after cleaning up the traces, the young man sat on the edge of the rooftop. There was no expression on his delicate and indifferent face, but... tears were streaming down his face.

It's been several minutes, and there's no sign of it stopping.

"Ling," Zhu Fu Jingguang asked in a low voice, "Do you want to take a rest?"

Hagiwara Kenji echoed: "Take a break before crying. Crying all the time is too tiring."

Miyagawa Ling said expressionlessly: "I didn't cry."

"What a liar!" said Kenji Hagiwara.

"I didn't cry."

"Yeah, Ling didn't cry." Zhu Fu Jingguang coaxed: "But it's so cold here, can we go back first? If we continue like this, we will catch a cold."

Miyakawa Ling: “No.”

He took the tissue and put it against his face. His tears soaked the tissue and he just covered it with it.

Hagiwara Kenji poked his face and said, "This is so funny, Komiyagawa, can I take a picture of you?"

"cannot."

"Then you have to cry hard, otherwise the paper will dry up and be blown away by the wind."

"..."Miyagawa Ling.

Morofushi Jingguang sat next to him and said in a gentle voice: "Is Ling sad because of what Mr. Akai said?"

Miyagawa Ling's tears flowed even more happily: "He said he had given up on me, and he even called me by my name."

"I have anticipated this situation...but..."

After a moment of silence, he continued, "My tears have their own thoughts."

“……”Didn’t you say you didn’t cry?

I've never seen Ling like this before.

Morofushi Jingguang had a trance-like feeling of unreality.

I thought I was going to die, but after hearing the gunshot, my body became strange, the wound no longer hurt, and I was free from "death".

When I turned around, I saw another Miyagawa Rei and a nervous Hagiwara Kenji.

The news he learned next directly overturned his worldview.

Before I could recover from the absurd reality, I saw Akai Shuichi saying those words and leaving, and then Miyagawa Rei began to cry quietly.

Yes, peaceful... tears.

Miyagawa Ling's emotions were so shallow that he didn't even know how to say comforting words.

"Ling has done a good job." Zhu Fu Jingguang said slowly and firmly: "It's not your fault."

"There is no more trust between Zero and I."

"It's not your fault."

Miyakawa Ling said, "Hmm," "Thank you."

He did not appear to be very sad; on the contrary, he was more reserved than usual.

Morofushi Kagemitsu and Hagiwara Kenji looked at each other and understood each other's meaning. They gave each other space and communicated remotely, leaving Miyagawa Ryo alone and quiet.

After the two left, Miyagawa Ling pulled the paper off his face and looked up at the night sky quietly.

Ten minutes later, Miyagawa Ling stood up and wiped the tears from his face with the back of his hand. The extremely cold touch made his hands tremble instinctively.

"Let's go."

Zhu Fu Jingguang turned around and saw the young man walking towards him. Having been in low temperature for a long time, his face was pale, the corners of his eyes were red, and he looked pitifully broken.

But the moonlight shone on his face like frost, and that slight feeling of brokenness was completely replaced by coldness and calmness.

Zhu Fu Jingguang held his breath unconsciously and stayed there.

As if he had expected this, Hagiwara Kenji smiled and walked over to the young man, hooking his arms around his neck: "You look so handsome tonight!"

The young man's golden pupils slanted and glanced at him: "Isn't that what should be done?"

When they walked to Morobushi Kagemitsu, who was still surprised by Miyagawa Rei's emotions, he was suddenly grabbed by the shoulders.

He turned around and met those bright golden eyes: "Hiro, welcome to the new battlefield."

Zhu Fu Jingguang blinked, and his eyes suddenly became moist.

A new...battlefield?

Even in this situation now, he is still fighting with Zero.

"Death" is not the end, but the beginning of a new battle.

"Yeah." Zhu Fu Jingguang narrowed his bright eyes and nodded vigorously.

"My lines were taken away by Komiyagawa again..."

"Who told you not to say it?"

The three of them left the rooftop together, and at a certain moment, the moonlight made their backs intertwined and remain on the rooftop.

…

"So, you can't tell anyone what I told you?"

On the way, the three of them had already entered into a state of exchanging intelligence.

Miyagawa Ling replied: "Yes, the information you mentioned about the organization's boss will affect the main storyline, so I can't do anything with this information now."

What Morofushi Kagemitsu had said to Miyagawa Rei before was information about the boss of the organization.

After coming back last time, the reason why Morobushi Jingguang didn't say anything was that he was thinking of playing the long game and catching the big fish. He was waiting for the opportunity to meet the boss again.

In order to avoid losing control of himself and saying something he shouldn't, Morofushi Jingguang did not tell anyone the known information.

But now that he has been exposed, he will definitely tell the information before he dies.

At this moment, after hearing what Miyagawa Rei said, Morobushi Kagemitsu was thoughtful: "What if I told Zero at that time? He didn't know the game, and maybe he could have directly changed the progress of the main storyline..."

"It's a possibility." But it's meaningless to say this now.

Miyakawa Ling then said, "You were exposed because there was an undercover agent in the Metropolitan Police Department... I didn't know about it in advance because of the 'main plot'."

Kenji Hagiwara was driving, but he hit the nail on the head: "Does the main plot want Komorobushi to die?"

"Maybe it's because..." Morobushi Jingguang himself was very calm: "My death will lead to some kind of development, and this development is very important."

Miyagawa Ling said: "I have already thought about it on the rooftop just now. No one informed me of Xiu's arrival, which means that he will come in the main storyline, so the ghost can't tell me. This is related to what Hiro said about 'development'."

"You were actually thinking about this just now?" Hagiwara Kenji was speechless. He thought the other party was adjusting his mentality...but he skipped the adjustment step directly?

"More than that." Miyakawa said, "I also thought about how to deal with the undercover agents of the Metropolitan Police Department; what the organization leader would do when he found out that Hiro was an undercover agent and the drugs could not control Hiro's thoughts at all; and what the next key node would be."

Morobushi Kagemitsu: "... Has Ling always been like this?"

Hagiwara Kenji understood what he meant and said, "In fact, I often find him scary and feel happy that he is not my enemy."

Sense of happiness?

It sounds exaggerated, but it's a very appropriate word.

Back to the point, Zhu Fu Jingguang asked seriously: "What is a node? Is it also a game mechanism?"

"No, this is a rule I have come up with myself. 'Do not interfere with the development of the main plot'. The main plot can be roughly summarized in one sentence. If we break it down, there are some important people, things, and events in the main plot. People have a fear value bar that can be detected; things, I can now confirm that it is a certain drug from the research institute; as for events, they are divided into ordinary events and 'nodes'. Nodes are important events that lead to the development of the entire line..."

Zhufu Jingguang and Hagihara Kenji: "..."

I just lamented that it was too early.

Kenji Hagiwara glanced at Miyagawa Ryo through the rearview mirror. Tonight, Miyagawa Ryo was calmer and sharper than usual, and the intimidating aura of his masterful planning was fully reflected in him.

"Moreover," Miyakawa concluded, "Nodes will not be events caused by me. In other words, as long as something causes a node to change, I will be shielded from relevant information."

"You are a player." said Kenji Hagiwara.

"The only player." Morobushi Kagemitsu continued.

"That's right." He could only participate in the event, not prevent it from happening.

"But 'players' cannot change the course of the game, they can only participate... Although this is common for games, it doesn't seem right to treat the entire world as a playground." Morofushi Kagemitsu pondered:

"With such a high degree of freedom, shouldn't the players be the ones in control of the entire game?"

Something flashed in Miyagawa Ling's eyes and he said "hmm".

His voice was not loud, but it startled the other two.

"Ling, what did you think of?"

"Komiyagawa is going to direct the game?"

"Don't overreact like that." Miyakawa Ling looked at them and said, "I just thought of this... there's still one more thing missing, the most crucial one."

"What?"

"I'm just one step away from taking control."

Morofushi Kagemitsu's eyes widened, and Hagiwara Kenji almost stepped on the brakes.

This... talking to Ling/Komiyagawa is really a test of one's heart.

…

After seeing Miyagawa Ryo declare that he would rule the world, Hagiwara Kenji and Morofushi Kagemitsu saw a red-faced, unconscious Miyagawa Ryo the next day.

Zhu Fu Jingguang had a headache. He was worried last night. He didn't expect that Ling not only caught a cold today, but also had a fever.

The phone kept ringing, and Hagiwara Kenji took a look and said, "It's Gin again."

It's neither hang up nor answer.

This is the third call.

Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at the thermometer and frowned, "39 degrees, it's still a high fever."

"I don't know if it's a mission or something else..." Hagiwara Kenji was a little worried and it would be bad not to answer the call.

However, looking at Miyagawa Ryo's situation, I won't be able to communicate even if I answer the call.

The call was hung up after a while, and as I got closer, a text message popped up.

Kenji Hagiwara thought it was Gin again, but when he picked it up, he found that it was even more terrifying than Gin.

"It's Kofukudani."

Zhufu Jingguang, who was sitting beside the bed, froze.

"He asked where Komiyagawa was and requested to meet him..." The more Kenji Hagiwara spoke, the more complicated his tone became.

Morofushi Jingguang stood up and said, "I'll go back and reply."

Kenji Hagiwara handed him the phone and patted his shoulder.

Zhu Fu Jingguang shook his head slightly to indicate that he was fine.

【On a mission.】 He sent.

The message showed as read, and Furuya Rei did not reply.

Zhu Fu Jingguang lowered his eyes: "Zero won't give up so easily... He should find a way to find Ling soon."

"I'm starting to get scared." Hagiwara Kenji sighed.

How do you explain it? There is no explanation.

This happened right before Kofuku's eyes.

What's more, Komiyagawa has a passive skill that may appear at any time...

Just thinking about it makes me breathless.

"No matter what, Ling needs to get better soon." Zhu Fu Jingguang said worriedly.

Half an hour later, Zhu Fu Jingguang took a cup and poured water in the living room.

There was a slight movement at the door, and his expression froze. He put down his cup and planned to go take a look. But before he walked over, he saw the door opened and a familiar figure walked in.

“???!” Zhufu Jingguang was stunned.

How did Zero know Ling was here? And how did he break into the house?