Symbiosis 12
"...How much do you know about Ishii?" Date Kou chose his words carefully. Even if he refused, it was estimated that Kurokawa Chie would follow him. It would be better to go together. After all, he applied for a transfer to Hokkaido for his wife shortly after his marriage, and Kurokawa Chie, who had been working with Ishii Kazuki in Ono Apartment, might know a little more than him. "Ms. Kurokawa?"
"Not much," Chie Kurokawa's eyes flashed with sadness, "Officer Date also knows that Ikki and I only met after he came to Tokyo. We have never asked each other about our past."
She thought for a moment and added, "I once thought that I knew him very well."
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"Scientific Police Research Institute?" Matsuda Jinpei looked up at the sign at the door. "How come I didn't know you knew someone from the National Police Agency?"
"I met a female police officer who works here when I organized a social gathering last time," Hagiwara Kenji knocked on the door with a smile, ignoring the subtle look from Matsuda Jinpei, "Kenji-chan, let her help us find something—"
Before anyone came to open the door, Matsuda Jinpei glanced at his childhood friend with a subtle look, especially focusing on that good-looking face and those affectionate peach blossom eyes, "Be careful, if anything really happens, I can only give you a piece of ice when you get beaten up." Even though he knew that Hagiwara Kenji only looked frivolous on the surface, but was actually quite respectful when facing the opposite sex, it did not affect his cold tone to remind him, "So, what did you send over?"
"Strictly speaking, it's not a gift," Hagiwara Kenji shrugged, "I asked them to compare. You know that Ikki has been looking for Ishii Yamato all those years, right?" Although it has been confirmed that Ishii Yamato and Ishii Ikki are not related by blood, the DNA provided by Ishii Ikki himself will definitely not be found in the system, and the clue of "Saku" alone is too weak to confirm the true identity. "I persuaded Ikki to send all of Ishii Yamato's things for testing and identification. Maybe we can find some clues left..."
"Including the suicide note that said "I'm sorry."
"...Do you think, even though it's a fake family," Jinpei Matsuda was silent for a moment before speaking slowly, "does that guy really regard him as his father?"
"You've also seen his expression when he mentioned Ishii Yamato," Hagiwara Kenji sighed. The relationship between the Matsuda family and his son was very complicated. As a childhood friend, he had also seen Matsuda Jotaro teaching young Matsuda Jinpei boxing with great enthusiasm. It was also because of this that he was even more distressed by the man's later state of drinking to drown his sorrows. "Although I'm not as proficient in psychology as Ikki, we have been friends for so long," he said word by word clearly, "If you can't even distinguish this, it would be really sad."
Matsuda Jinpei snorted, "...That's right," he thought of his father. After recounting Ishii Kazuki's tireless speeches on quitting drinking and the countless times he dragged Matsuda Jotaro to act as the drunk NPC in Ono's apartment impromptu dramas, Matsuda Jotaro was still decadent and gloomy, but at least he was sober more often every day. "I don't want to use that guy's 'rebuilding confidence' tutorial on you," the topic returned to the right track, "So, what did you bring here to compare with the suicide note?"
"I unfolded the lotus in the vase at Ikki's house and found a piece of paper inside," Hagiwara Kenji leaned against the door and could faintly hear the sound of high heels. It was probably because the female police officer she knew had finally finished her meeting and had time to entertain them. "According to Ikki's carefulness, she would definitely not have kept such obvious evidence. I didn't expect to actually find it..."
"What does it say?"
"It was written in pencil. The words should have been written on the previous page." Hagiwara Kenji took a deep breath, "It said 'I'm sorry, she is the same as you'."
"...Then it seems that they are indeed father and son." Matsuda Jinpei was silent for a moment before speaking slowly, "Otherwise he would definitely not have stayed."
He would never keep the last thing that Yamato Ishii had left in this world.
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