Chapter 37 Believe Me

"I say...I say!" Zuo Gu Zhenyou curled up his body, unable to bear the pressure, and shouted: "The USB drive is indeed with me!"

"Hand it over."

She didn't dare to raise her head, she choked and said incoherently: "If you promise not to kill me, I will tell you!"

Miyakawa Ling smiled and said, "Miss, I think I have made it very clear just now. As long as you hand over the USB drive, I will not touch you. But... if you play any tricks..."

"No!" Mayu Sakugu's spirit was on the verge of collapse: "The USB drive is right here--"

At the same time, Kenji Hagiwara discovered that even though he pressed the switch, the secret door did not open.

He pressed it again, but still no response.

He thought of Zuo Gu Mayu's position just now, and suddenly understood something.

The slender woman huddled under the desk in front of the bookshelf, terrified to the extreme, but her body clearly blocked the switch of the secret door.

She secured the mechanism so that the door could not be discovered or opened from the inside.

Hagiwara Kenji was stunned for a moment.

He just said those words... just to calm her down and encourage her to go out.

But now...looking at her expression, it's obvious that she takes it seriously.

The despair and fear of the past few days reached a peak at this moment, crushing her nerves.

But she decided that since she was not going to survive, she should just forget it.

If you die, then die. Protect the USB drive that was bought with so many lives.

"——The USB flash drive is under the bed in my bedroom. You can go and find it. I didn't lie to you." Mayu Sakugu said.

Miyakawa Ling stared at the woman. She buried her head between her legs, so her expression could not be seen clearly.

He squatted down and held out his hand to the woman: "Come, come with me."

Zuo Gu Zhenyou's body trembled violently. Two seconds later, he sobbed and said painfully, "Okay."

Mayu Sakugu slowly crawled out, her head shaking slightly, and she seemed to be unsteady, but when Kenji Hagiwara saw her movement, he immediately understood what she meant.

——Mr. Officer, don’t come out and don’t protect me.

"Why am I so unlucky..." the woman murmured in despair, raised her feet and walked towards the bedroom.

That is the room farthest from the study.

"Wait a minute." But Miyakawa Ling suddenly called her.

Zuo Gu Zhenyou turned his head stiffly.

The young man glanced at her calmly.

This glance made Mayu Sakugu's pupils dilate to the extreme.

In the sight, the young man bent down, and his slender fingers pressed the switch accurately.

Discovered!

It was discovered so easily!!

"Boom..." The door of the secret passage was opened.

Zuo Gu Zhenyou fell into despair.

"It seems to be hidden here..." Miyakawa Ling took two steps back, looked up with a smile.

In the bright light, he and the person standing inside made eye contact.

"..." Miyakawa Ling's smile froze on his face in an instant.

Second year of research? ! !

Why is he here?!

——Did he see everything just now? !

Miyakawa Ling's face turned pale, and his eyes flashed with panic that only he realized.

He just killed that man... No, it was an illusion of killing that man, and it was seen!

What will the second year graduate students think?

Will Kenji... tell Zero?

If Zero knew...

No!

The worst thing now is that I am being monitored by the organization!

The organization must not be informed of the existence of the second grade student!

Miyakawa Ling's brain was working rapidly. On the surface, his tone remained the same as before, without any change: "Do you want to find the USB drive yourself, or should I search for it?"

At the same time, he eagerly signaled with his eyes that Hagiwara Kenji should not speak.

Kenji Hagiwara looked gloomy and nodded.

Mayu Sakugu who was standing next to them had a blank mind and did not notice the expressions of the two people. She only knew that everything was over.

Unexpectedly, in the end, not only did she die at the hands of this thing, but it was also obtained by the bad guys!

Why is this happening?

The woman was not crying this time, but she looked even more sad than before, with a blank and unfocused look in her eyes.

Miyakawa Ling walked quickly to her and said, "Forget it... I'd better go find it myself. That would be more interesting."

"Help..." Zuo Gu Zhenyou had just uttered a cry for help when he was knocked unconscious.

Then, Miyakawa Ling looked at the third person left in the room.

The thief was so scared that he ran outside in a hurry, but he couldn't be faster than Miyakawa Ling. Miyakawa Ling first fired a shot at the ground, then rushed over and knocked him unconscious.

"Bang."

The thief fell to the ground.

Now, the only ones awake in this room are Miyagawa Rei and Hagiwara Kenji.

After calming himself down, Miyagawa Rei walked towards Hagiwara Kenji.

Hagiwara Kenji looked at him.

The dark-haired classmate looked at him with the same eyes as before, and the worry in them did not seem fake.

However, the person on the ground had a kitchen knife stuck in his chest, and his blood had dyed half of the room red.

Under such circumstances, Kenji Hagiwara did not show any guilt in front of his friend.

He felt no guilt, nor pain, but was nervous and uneasy just because he saw him.

Should I be glad that the other person still cares about me?

Or, are you trying to find reasons to convince yourself that your friend still has a reverence for life in his heart, but has to hide it?

There were only two meters between them.

Only two months had passed.

However, it also seemed as if there were countless unknown things between them.

These things are enough to make Kenji Hagiwara feel that the current Miyagawa Ryo is a stranger.

"Hide, and leave here after a while after I leave." Miyagawa Ryo gestured with his fingers, and at the same time, he looked at Hagiwara Kenji without blinking, wanting him to believe him.

This is the best choice now.

Before Miyagawa Rei entered Mayu Sakugu's house, he did not realize that someone was following him.

However, he was not sure if there was anyone monitoring his situation at all times, checking his location, and tracking him down at some point while he was doing such an important task as finding the USB flash drive.

Are there eyes from the abyss staring at Mayu's deceased house?

He can't gamble.

The safest way is to let Hagiwara Kenji wait here. After he handles the scene, transfer any spies outside and then let him leave.

As for another more extreme method...

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"Host, these undercover agents are not the 'ordinary NPCs' in the game, but the 'Red Team NPCs'. They are different from ordinary NPCs. Even if they don't stay by your side, they can't be seen by the Red Team."

Not long ago, before the undercover game in Chianti, Miyagawa Ling and the system were passed.

"Why? Is it related to the 'main storyline'?" he asked.

The system said: "Correct! The Red Team NPC is still alive and will definitely bring news to the Red Team, affecting the progress of the main storyline. Therefore, after the Red Team NPC becomes a game experiencer, it can no longer be seen by the Red Team and can only be seen by unrelated personnel."

Miyagawa Ling understood, that is to say, after the Red Team member faked his death, he would actually be dead in the eyes of everyone on the Red Team.

Only unrelated people, such as his family, neighbors, and passers-by on the street who have nothing to do with the organization, the police, etc., can still see him.

So... Miyakawa Ling made a decisive choice at that time and let several undercover agents understand the agreement and stay by his side.

And they agreed without hesitation.

·

Obviously, the police will be the "red NPC" of the game.

Miyagawa Rei couldn't "kill" Kenji Hagiwara like he did to other people and let him live in the safest way.

This is not only because, after Hagiwara Kenji faked his death, all the "Red Side", that is, the police, would not be able to see him and would think he was dead - including Matsuda Jinpei.

It's also because of Miyagawa Ling's own selfishness.

Second year of graduate school, we are friends.

He has his own life and his own beliefs, and the path he is taking now is the future he has chosen and desires the most. Miyagawa Ryo does not want Hagiwara Kenji to become a ghost who can only live in the sun.

Miyagawa Ryo has always known that although Hagiwara Kenji became a policeman because policemen would not be unemployed, his awareness of this path was no less than anyone else.

Kenji is a very good policeman.

Wouldn't it be unfair if we lost everything we had in the past just because we knew ourselves?

Kenji Hagiwara had no idea of ​​Miyagawa Rei's complicated thoughts. He looked at the two people on the ground.

"You won't die." Miyakawa Ling gestured again.

Although... he also knew that these words were not convincing at all since Hagiwara Kenji saw him kill someone first.

but……

Please, trust him.

Hagiwara Kenji was silent for a while, and then Okimiya Gawa Rei gave him a playful and cheerful wink.

Miyakawa Ling was stunned.

But then he saw the half-long-haired classmate take out a transparent bag from his pocket.

Inside is... a USB flash drive!

Kenji Hagiwara put the thing in his palm and didn't hand it over or put it away. He just looked at Miyagawa Ryo.

He gave the choice to this good friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Both of them knew the importance of USB flash drives.

Now, he wants his friend to choose whether to take it back to the organization or leave it to the police.

——Under his gaze, his black-haired friend walked up to him and stood still in silence.

The current appearance of Miyagawa Ryo was clearly reflected in Hagiwara Kenji's eyes.

Perhaps it was the effect of the light, his face looked even paler than it did during the day, and his lips were completely colorless.

Those eyes that were like the sun in the past were now pure black, like the long and silent night after sunset.

He was a little nervous, his eyelashes trembling slightly, but he stretched out his hand firmly, as if saying: Believe me.

He did not take the USB drive, but gave the choice back to Kenji Hagiwara.

Trust him and give it to him.

Or, take the USB drive with you and leave.

A sudden strong emotion made Hagiwara Kenji's vision blurry. Without hesitation, he handed the USB flash drive directly to Miyagawa Ryo - take it, Komiyagawa.

Miyakawa Ling took the USB drive.

Kenji Hagiwara narrowed his eyes, and then, with his warm and strong arms, he gently embraced Miyagawa Ryo.

He couldn't save her, couldn't care for her, but everything he wanted to express was contained in this embrace.

Miyagawa Rei was stunned for a moment, then he gently hugged Hagiwara Kenji back.

He couldn't explain it, couldn't tell it, but what he wanted to say was also contained in this response.

After a moment, they let go of each other.

Then, they passed each other.

Miyagawa Rei made a sound of searching for something.

Amid the noise, Kenji Hagiwara covered his footsteps, passed by the two fainted people on the ground, and left the room without looking back.

——Leaving the place where I could see Miyakawa Rei, this was trust and also the unspoken tenderness.