When I held the key and opened the door to go home again, I felt completely different.
The room was pitch black, and the dim moonlight in the rain could only illuminate a corner of the window.
[If you die, you will die in the real world. If you hand it over to Black, you will be forgotten by everyone in the other two worlds.]
You put your hand in your pocket and feel the pointy detective badge inside, and you flip it open.
"Come in, what are you doing standing at the door?" Amuro Toru urged.
You took a deep breath and walked in. Jinpei Matsuda closed the door at the end, and now this place has become a completely closed space.
"It's just the beginning of this month and the profit this month is only a little, but I can give all my savings to you." You said with a wink.
"Playing dumb won't do any good." Amuro Toru said with a smile, "It's better to be honest - Mr. FBI informant."
"FBI informant?" You were stunned for a moment, "Me???"
Matsuda Jinpei raised his phone. On the screen was a photo taken from above. The photo was blurry, but you could vaguely make out you and the man in the park. You were handing him the cigarette box from the shelf on your side of the store.
Just like a casual help between ordinary strangers, what's the problem? You have a puzzled look on your face.
Matsuda enlarged the picture several times and could see a corner of paper protruding from the back of the cigarette box.
No wonder that person could call out your name, it turns out they have known each other for a long time! Now you suddenly understand.
"You made it easy for me to find it." Matsuda Jinpei said with a sneer, "After I applied for special investigation rights, I worked overtime until 11 o'clock every day to search through tens of thousands of pictures from last month and this month."
"Of course, if you still want to say this is a coincidence," Matsuda Jinpei put away his phone, "the combination of the photos, the rainy day, and the inconsistent excuses cannot be explained by coincidence."
"You guys..." You paused and changed the subject, "Hey guys, who stole my bike?"
Matsuda Jinpei was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that the first question you asked would be this.
"Bicycles are very expensive nowadays!" You said in a sad tone, "I worked hard all day, and you stole the store owner's bicycle without saying a word just for a few cents. How can you be a human being?"
Matsuda Jinpei: “…I didn’t steal it.”
"Don't waste your words on him." Amuro Toru glanced at Matsuda.
"Yeah." Matsuda Jinpei nodded slightly.
Amuro Toru turned his gaze towards you: "You are a smart person—" he said with a smile, "Hand over the USB drive earlier, and you will suffer less."
"I……"
Amuro Toru interrupts you: "If you keep playing dumb, we can give it a try." The smile on his face makes you shudder, "Let's see if we can pry your mouth open."
"..." You were silent for a moment, "Okay, I'll get it for you."
"Very good." Amuro Toru smiled.
He lowered the muzzle of the gun, and Matsuda reached out and grabbed his gun: "What are you going to do?"
"Make him behave himself so he won't run away." Amuro Toru explained simply.
"We are both here, he can't run away. You can watch him take the USB drive." Matsuda Jinpei frowned slightly, "If you hurt his legs, it will slow down his movement speed."
"Oh, okay." Amuro Toru lowered his arms. "I'll go watch him get the USB drive. You go do your thing. Remember not to leave any traces."
You saw Jinpei Matsuda holding a black bag in his hand, and he turned towards the kitchen - was he trying to create an "accident"?
Matsuda Jinpei took a step forward, and suddenly a gunshot rang out from behind him, freezing him in his tracks. He slowly turned his head—
"!!" The sudden piercing pain in your calf almost made you kneel down. You tried your best to shift your center of gravity to your other leg, and slowly slid to the ground against the wall.
"Sorry, I thought about it and decided to shoot him once to be more reassuring." Amuro Toru said with a smile, his purple-gray eyes glanced at Matsuda, "You don't mind, do you?"
Matsuda tightened his grip on the bag strap and replied nonchalantly, "Why should I mind? You can manage your time later."
"Oh, I was wondering if you two had a good relationship and if you would feel uncomfortable at this time." Amuro Toru shrugged.
"It's really funny. You're used to this kind of thing, so why are you uncomfortable?" Matsuda Jinpei sneered and turned his head away. "You continue, I'll go do my own thing."
You sat on the floor against the wall, adjusting your breathing to make it less painful. ——This was the first time you had ever experienced being shot, and you almost burst into tears, but you held it back.
"I'm up." Amuro Toru walked over to you, patting your shoulder with a smile, "No way? You can't stand this little pain?"
“…You try it.” You also raised your head and forced a smile, “I’ll give you one, too.”
"I tried." Amuro pulled you up from the ground, "But you probably won't have a chance to shoot me."
You dare not use force on your left leg that was hit by a bullet, so you put your body weight on your right leg. Amuro Toru thinks you walk too slowly, so he half-drags you along.
"Location?"
"Study, turn left and it's the first room." You panted, "You shot me and you think I'm walking too slowly?"
"Haha, I hate the FBI and everything related to it." Amuro laughed, "So my attitude is rather bad."
“……”This is the same for everyone.
The study is very tidy, with bookshelves piled high with books. You hold onto the bookshelf and pull out a book with a plain cover, The Red and the Black.
When you open the book, you will find a groove in the middle, which is just big enough to hold an ordinary USB flash drive.
Before you took out the USB drive and had the time to take a closer look, Toru Amuro snatched the USB drive from your hand the next moment.
"Did you get it?" Jinpei Matsuda walked in from the study door.
"Here." Toru Amuro shook the USB drive in his hand.
"Here's the USB drive. Can you guys leave now?" you whispered.
But Amuro Toru didn't leave in a hurry. Instead, he squatted down and looked you in the eye. "Now, tell me the password?"
"Is there a password?" Matsuda Jinpei was stunned.
"Of course, this kind of thing usually doesn't have a password or will be automatically destroyed if the password is wrong." Amuro Toru looked at you with a smile, "You think I don't know, right?"
"..." You choose to remain silent.
"Tell me the password," Amuro Toru tilted his head and said, "By the way, let me remind you that I will test the password on the spot. If you dare to say a wrong one——"
"I'll let you know what 'death is a luxury' means." Amuro Toru spoke word by word with a malicious smile on his face.
“……” You opened your mouth, but no sound came out.
"Let me do it," Matsuda Jinpei said helplessly, "Don't scare him to death."
He walked over and squatted down: "Tell us the password, okay? This matter itself has nothing to do with you. If you tell me, I can let you go." His eyes were firm, "You will survive, I swear."
Come on, even if Matsuda really wants to let you go, Amuro Toru will definitely give you another shot. You think.
"..." You whispered, "Did you take an oath when you were a police officer?"
What? Matsuda was stunned.
"It's the last sentence, which you once vowed to do."
[I solemnly swear... not to be afraid of anything, not to be hated by anyone, to perform my police duties according to my conscience, and to be fair and just.]
Matsuda was silent, then said: "...they didn't do it first."
“So you’re the same as them?” You smiled.
Matsuda stared into your eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "Verbal tactics are useless to me, so just speak quickly - I will talk to you while I am in a better mood."
“…”
You hesitated for a moment, "I don't remember, the password is written on a piece of paper."
"Then go find that piece of paper."
"In the kitchen," you winked mysteriously, "there is a carp on the cutting board. You cut open its belly with a knife and find a piece of paper inside. On it is written -"
"What?"
You paused deliberately: "——Great Chu Xing, King Chen Sheng!"
Matsuda: “…”
"I'm scared so I want to liven up the atmosphere," you said quickly in the silence, "mainly because I forgot where I put it. Can you give me a cigarette while I think about it?"
"..." Matsuda took out a cigarette from the box, "Don't you know how to smoke?"
"Yeah, that's why I want to give it a try, so I don't have any regrets." You took the lit cigarette and said with a smile, "I can't wait for you to teach me again."
Matsuda's expression was a little complicated, but he said nothing. Instead, he helped you stand up: "...Now let's find the password."
"Hmm...it seems to be in the cupboard." You walked to the table with a cigarette in your mouth, opened the drawer with your back to Matsuda, and pretended to search for it, letting the cigarette in your mouth fall into the drawer.
The spark from the cigarette butt easily ignited the toilet paper with words written on it. Matsuda realized something was wrong when he saw the light.
Although the other party quickly put out the flames, half of the numbers had already been burned.
"——I think I'm more afraid of being forgotten than dying." You raised the corners of your lips and smiled.
Matsuda didn't understand what you meant.
Besides, I am a police officer after all, and I know very well that I cannot give in to evil forces. You silently said in your heart.
"Now, no one knows the full password." Your eyes lit up.
The day you discovered someone had entered your room, you destroyed the card with the password and instead wrote it down on a piece of toilet paper that would be easily destroyed.
And now it really comes in handy.
Amuro Toru laughed softly and took you back to the living room, where a fruit plate was placed on the table. He picked up a fruit knife beside him.
"The human brain is very powerful. Even if you don't remember it specifically, it is deep in your mind," Amuro Toru played with the knife. "Now, give you some time to think about it slowly. I will make a cut in you every minute, so... I advise you to think as quickly as possible."
"Let me see how determined you are." Amuro Toru snorted, "Do you want to try the feeling of peeling it off piece by piece?"
"……"Why is this black thing so scary!
You suddenly said, "Mr. Amuro is so nice to his lover."
They were loyal to the country before and to the organization now!
"?" Amuro Toru frowned, "Don't be so talkative."
He puts the USB drive in front of your eyes. "Here, think about it. I'll start the countdown now."
The small rectangular USB flash drive appears in front of you at a close distance, and now you finally have time to take a good look at it.
Wait—you notice something is wrong.
This USB flash drive is not the one you put in. The side of this one is too smooth, while the side you put in has scratches from a hard object.
Your brain is working at full speed, and many fragmented pieces are now being pieced together in an orderly manner.
——You may understand.
The countdown reached the last 5 seconds, and the cold blade was already pressed against your arm. You swallowed and said in a staccato voice: "8...89741..."
This is a random string of numbers you made up.
Amuro Toru stared at you with a raised eyebrow, “Are you sure?”
"Yeah." You nodded. "I...have never received any torture training. I don't think...I can handle it..."
But Toru Amuro still pressed the knife down, blood gushed out immediately, and you bit your lips with trembling teeth.
"I'll give you another chance." He smiled.
"It's really 89741!" You look like you want to cry but can't. "I've told you everything, just give me a quick death."
Amuro stared at you for a few seconds: "Smart move." He smiled, then said in a deep voice, "If it's wrong--"
“It should…it should be correct.”
"Very good." Amuro Toru nodded.
Matsuda Jinpei turned on the computer, Amuro Toru plugged in the USB drive, quickly entered the password, and a densely packed data document appeared in front of him.
——Sure enough, any string of numbers should be able to open this fake USB flash drive.
At this moment, there was a rustling sound at the door. In the silent room, the sound of the key being inserted into the keyhole and twisted was very clear.
Amuro Toru narrowed his eyes, raised his hand and pointed the gun at the door.
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I will update after I finish writing the thesis! This chapter is also 3500+!
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