Floors 20-40 are where people live. Your room and Kitagawa Maaki's room are on the 36th floor, while Matsuda, Conan and others' rooms are on the 35th floor.
Find your room by looking for the room number. After putting your things down but not packing up yet, go to the next door to find Beichuan and repeatedly emphasize to him that if he has any problem, he can call him by phone or knock on the door, and do not break the door violently.
“You absolutely, absolutely cannot just twist off the door handle or break the lock or anything like that,” you repeated.
"I know, I know." Beichuan's face showed obvious impatience. "Compared to this, you'd better take care of yourself."
"I don't want to leave a mess behind after finishing my work." He showed his sharp shark teeth, "--clean up the tail, technician."
"That also requires your cooperation." You insist, because you know that the best way to solve a problem is to avoid it. "I can clean up the technical and electronic things, but I can't control the traces of these items."
Before the other person could get impatient, you had already stood up and left his room, closing the door.
After returning to the house, you first hack into the surveillance system of the required floor and plant the new code. The subsequent surveillance video will be overwritten by the same set of images from the previous few days.
Then... it's your free time. A happy smile appears on your face. Do you still remember watching the sunrise?
You soaked yourself in the hotel's large bathtub early, enjoying the touch of warm water and warm steam. You held your special mobile phone and asked about Xiao Jingguang's situation.
[Are you okay? Is the fever gone? ]
[I'm fine. It's just a side effect of the medicine, don't worry (laughs)]
Medicine? You were stunned.
【Hey? What medicine? 】
[The medicine that keeps my current memory was specially made for me by Huiyuan - after all, it is really inconvenient for children, so I must keep the memory of an adult. ]
...No wonder Xiao Jingguang always seemed to have memories. You thought his intermittent amnesia had recovered. Was it because of drugs?
You typed a few words and deleted them one by one. Finally, you replied to him: [Take care of your health. Take less medicine if possible.]
[Yeah, it's okay. You too, stay safe. ]
【Of course.】
At this moment, another new message appears on your phone, and the sender is Jinpei Matsuda. You startled and raise your hand to click it.
【＃松田陣平＃：Please give me the whereabouts of this person (picture jpg.) around July five years ago, and his movements in the past three months. The reward has been paid to the bank card. 】
"..." You blinked and tapped your fingers nimbly, and soon you dug out his relevant information from the dense data.
This guy is one of the old members of the Tenneng Cult, and... is also in this hotel now.
You are not here just for a trip. You have half-moon eyes. I packed the information and sent it to Matsuda.
After soaking in the water for a long time, you feel warm all over. You stretch your limbs comfortably on the big bed, squinting your eyes and planning to take a nap to be fully prepared to watch the sunrise later.
...For a moment I felt like I was back to my old life.
The observation deck is on the top floor. When the elevator door opens, you are not surprised to see people waiting here - after all, this is indeed the best place to view the scenery.
The best view is probably from the floor-to-ceiling glass in front of you, which faces Mount Fuji. There is a familiar figure leaning against the railing, which makes you pause slightly, and the other person happens to look up and see you.
"...What a coincidence." You smiled.
"Ah, good evening, Watanabe-san." Matsuda Jinpei leaned slightly to the side to make room for you.
...I never expected Matsuda to be here. Doesn't he have no interest in Hinode at all? He even complained about me before.
"Are you here to watch the sunrise, too? I heard it's a beautiful view."
"Well... because someone wanted to see it." He said with dead eyes, "Really, I don't understand, what's so good about the sunrise."
“…Haha.” You walked over.
You are still trying to think of the topic to talk about later, but the other person has already started talking: "By the way... does Watanabe-san usually step on the elevator before getting on it?"
Eh? ? Your daily habit... Because you always watched news about elevator accidents when you were a kid, you developed the habit of testing the elevator with one foot before getting in.
But as you grow up, the time it takes to develop this habit becomes shorter and shorter, and you can hardly notice when you step in. You never thought that the other person could actually observe such details.
Your brief silence clearly gave the other party a hint of the mistake, and Matsuda showed a slightly apologetic expression: "Sorry, does that seem a bit offensive?"
"It's okay, I'm just a little surprised that you could notice such a small movement." You smiled.
"Hmm... a friend of mine had the same habit before, so I remembered it right away."
"Hey? Then we can get to know each other if we have a chance."
"Ha...he's gone now."
“Ah, sorry.”
"It's okay." After a long silence, Matsuda Jinpei said calmly, "Actually... I just thought of him."
“You don’t notice a person’s little habits when you are with them because you are already used to them. Even if that person leaves, you still can’t recall anything because you can’t see them anymore.”
He smiled and said, "Until you meet another unrelated person who does the little habit that person often does, you will suddenly feel strange and familiar, and then you will suddenly realize... Oh, it turns out that someone who once liked to do this."
“……”At this moment you don’t know what to say.
"Excuse me, why do you have this little habit?"
"It may be a little embarrassing to say it out loud, but I guess I was afraid that the elevator might fall down unexpectedly." You scratched your head.
"Haha," he laughed heartily, "That seems to be the character of that guy... I guess he has the same mentality."
You wanted to change the subject, but Igarashi, who had a casual aura similar to Hagiwara, popped up in your mind, so you half-jokingly said, "So you make friends with people who are similar to him?"
"To be precise, I became friends with him because I like this type of friend. So I will definitely be attracted to the same type of people in the future." Jinpei Matsuda tilted his head slightly and replied.
"But... definitely not a substitute friend. Every person is unique. If you think of them as a substitute, then it's disrespectful to everyone." Matsuda exhaled, "whether it's a new friend, an old friend, or yourself."
He leaned half of his body against the railing, holding onto the white fence with his arms: "I will probably never forget those two... bastards who didn't say goodbye properly."
"..." You blinked and put on a relaxed look, "This is life. Everyone can only accompany you for a part of the journey. You will say goodbye to old friends and make new friends." You patted his shoulder, "--No one can always walk by your side."
"That's right." Matsuda Jinpei nodded, "But... you will find that some memories and joys belong only to that one person."
"There will still be conversations, fights, companionship and arguments in the future." His eyes reflected the bright light above his head, "But, the only thing that belongs to you and him is that one period -"
“Unique and unrepeatable.”
You looked at his expression and couldn’t help but say, “…I’m sorry.”
"Hmm?" He looked amused. "What are you apologizing for?"
"..." You pursed your lips and then smiled, "Because I seem to have brought back some bad memories of yours."
"No, it's not like that. I was the one who brought up the topic first." Matsuda waved his hand casually, "Besides...recalling things might be a good thing. At least it means - I haven't forgotten them."
"..." You paused, looking up and glimpsing the light bursting out in front of you, "...The sun is about to rise."
"Yeah." Matsuda Jinpei also straightened up and looked at Mount Fuji standing in the distance.
The hope of a new day is flourishing, the morning sun's rays burst out from the sea of clouds, illuminating the snow-white mountains with golden and red waves.
When the sun rises over the top of Mount Fuji, against the backdrop of the undulating mountains, the new sun is like a ruby with brilliant light, generously scattering the most dazzling light in the sky to the world.
The crowd around you gasps in delight and praises you, and you can’t help but murmur, “How beautiful…”
"..." Amidst the exclamations, the silent Matsuda seemed like a discordant note in the crowd.
You turn your head to look at the person next to you, and the bright light illuminates Matsuda's profile - you see him take a cigarette out of his pocket with his right hand.
You wanted to remind him that smoking is not allowed here, but he didn't seem to have any intention of lighting up. He just kept the cigarette in his mouth and silently watched the sunrise over Mount Fuji. His expression showed that you didn't understand.
"Well..." Matsuda's voice was still charming, "Maybe I can understand that girl a little bit... She is really beautiful."
His gaze was directed towards Mount Fuji opposite, tiny points of light were crushed in his dark eyes, and a few ripples made you think that he was crying - but no, it was just an illusion created by light and shadow.
The other person's expression was very calm at the moment, and his eyes were also calm. The cigarette in his mouth seemed to be ignited by the fiery red morning glow. He took out the cigarette and threw it into the trash can on the side.
"Maybe the previous idea was wrong."
"What?" you asked.
"It's the kind of mentality that treats dawn casually, because to me, it's just a confirmation button for working overtime all night."
Matsuda laughed softly: "But now, I think... maybe every tomorrow is the beginning of a miracle for the world."
“Tomorrow and future are simple words. But they are rare and beautiful.”
"It's just that we are always uncertain about these simple things, so we might as well live well today." Matsuda Jinpei smoothed the corners of his clothes that were blown up by the breeze. "After all, although the sun rises every day, there will never be a sun like today."
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