Police Confession 6
“Pah—”
Kenji Hagiwara rubbed his head and climbed up, with a dazed Jinpei Matsuda on his stomach. The latter's eyes rolled back as he stood up, and he fell unconscious on Rei Furuya beside the bed. The dark-skinned young man groaned, but he was not awake yet. He just kicked his limbs in dissatisfaction, and made Keimitsu Morobushi who was sleeping on the floor scream hoarsely.
"Wow, this--" Hagiwara Kenji's head was still aching. After the graduation ceremony, they went out for a drink together as agreed before. From the izakaya to Hagiwara Kenji's apartment, they made a lot of fools of themselves. Furuya Rei slammed the table and angrily recited the law, Morobushi Keimitsu crawled in the dark, Matsuda Jinpei kept mumbling while hugging a trash can, and Date Kou called his girlfriend for half an hour without realizing that his phone was not unlocked. "It hurts, it hurts--"
"Pfft, cough, cough—" The muffled laughter coming from the door called Hagiwara Kenji back to his confused mind. He turned around and saw Ishii Kazuki leaning against the door frame with his hands folded, his face buried in his hands, his shoulders shrugging, and Date Kou leaning against the wall like a sculpture at his feet. "Handsome guys have all become...haha...pfft..."
Hagiwara Kenji smiled bitterly and smoothed his messy hair with his hands. He didn't need to look in the mirror to know what a horrible appearance he made. He only needed to look at Matsuda Jinpei whose fur stood up on the ground, and Furuya Rei and Morobushi Kagemitsu who had turned into will-o'-the-wisp boys to understand. The only one who could remain decent last night was probably Ishii Kazuki who couldn't drink. "How much did you film, Ikki-chan?" He trusted the character of his peers too much. Not only did they film, they also made backups and maybe even edited out some ghost videos. He yawned, got out of bed and planned to go to the bathroom to clean himself up, but he almost tripped over something on the ground. "Hiss... Ikki-chan, come here for a moment..."
"Not much, just enough for 30 minutes when you get married," Ishii Kazuki was still wearing an apron. Hearing what Hagiwara Kenji said, he was stunned and a little shy, "This is not good... Kenji," he glanced at his classmates lying on the ground, "There are so many people..."
"...Come and give me a hand." If he was usually energetic, Hagiwara Kenji would definitely joke with him, but now he was a little uncomfortable with the hangover. He smiled bitterly and put his hand on the shoulder of Ishii Kazuki who came over. "Also, move Jinpei away from Kofutani. He's almost suffocating under the pressure."
"I've already told you," Ishii Kazuki's cynical tone was his trademark. Although he was still complaining, his hand holding Hagiwara Kenji was very steady. "Don't drink so much. God knows how hard it was for me to drag five gorillas back. Matsuda even stole the human trash can. I have to return it later..." As he spoke, he sighed again, "It's not like we won't see each other anymore. Even if we're not in the same department, we can still get together for a drink. Zero-chan and Jingguang, you and Matsuda are as close as conjoined twins. The squad leader has a wife, and you bully me, a lonely man..."
"Every day, no one is worry-free~"
Have you ever made people feel at ease?
Kenji Hagiwara could feel Ishii Kazuki's ribs breaking under his palms. His body was unexpectedly thin, and there was a mixture of burnt and rusty smells. An ominous red stain spread across the ground. Jinpei Matsuda was squatting beside him, the light in his eyes flickering with the up and down movements of his palms. He had taken off his sunglasses and thrown aside, just waiting for his turn.
The sweat on his forehead slid down onto his eyelashes, and his vision became blurred. Kenji Hagiwara still remembered how he and Jinpei Matsuda rushed to the rooftop only to find it empty. His heart, which had settled down at first, sank to the bottom when his childhood friend unconsciously glanced at the railing.
They pulled the rope to lift Mu Cang up, praying with all their might that their friend's cervical vertebrae were strong enough. A few minutes of hypoxia was enough to cause irreversible damage to the body. There was not enough time to wait for professional rescue, so they chose the lesser of two evils. They just dealt with Mu Cang's injuries hastily and started cardiopulmonary resuscitation. If they brought him up now, the survival rate would be higher.
"Ishii," Matsuda Jinpei seemed to be mumbling something. It had been a long time since Hagiwara Kenji heard his childhood friend make such a sobbing sound. The curly-haired young man had been determined to be a tough guy since elementary school, the kind of man who would not shed tears when bleeding, and would not pray to Buddha when something happened. "Hold on—"
Instead, it was Hagiwara Kenji who couldn't hold on first. The moment he lost strength, he fell backwards. Matsuda Jinpei immediately took his place, praying with all his might for his heart to beat again.
Kenji Hagiwara collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath. The door to the rooftop opened at some point, and their classmate with blond hair stood at the door. The night wind blew up the corner of his white coat behind him - the rescue had finally arrived.
Furutani Rei walked forward quickly, and just like they had done before, he stared motionlessly at Ishii Kazuki's closed eyes, his mouth corners tightly drawn, not revealing any emotion of separation.
The man in the white coat stopped Jinpei Matsuda's actions and waved his hand.
——Not only a stretcher but also a body bag was handed over.
The light in his eyes went out.
Water Plant Work Group (Exclusion of Dissidents Version)
【Feiquan】I received the video
[Feiquan] Wait until dawn, I will release it as scheduled
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