Chapter 128 Main Thread

317.

Chiyoya Hayato finally had a period of time away from the main plot.

After running away from the base that day, she found out sadly that for the sake of the script, she couldn't go back.

After thinking for a long time, Chiyotani Sayori, with her body covered in stains of dirt and water, half-dried herself in the sun, changed into some simple clothes, and went shopping for clothes, then went straight back to the Kuroba residence in Ekoda-cho.

——It also scared my two younger brothers who were playing video games at home.

Kuroba Kaito said exaggeratedly, "Saoori-san, are you cosplaying as Zhenzi? Tsk tsk tsk or the White-haired Witch?"

"Go away, I'm so tired!" Chiyoya Saori pushed his face away with disdain, "You are so old, can't you learn to be more serious like Kudo Shinichi?"

Kuroba Kaito had long been disliked by Chiyoya Saori - perhaps this was something that would happen to every brother with a sister.

Not only was he not angry at all, he was even more amazed, and even looked very serious: "I'm serious! I found out something very serious! Hongshu, come over here and take a look!"

Chiyotani Saori: “?”

Hiroki Sawada, who was dismantling some tools, was called over with a look of disgust: "What are you doing? If you want to get beaten, don't take me with you!"

Kuroba Kaito pointed at Chiyogaya Saori's face and said exaggeratedly, "Look! Saori-san's disguise failed! The thick lipstick doesn't match your current image at all. If my dad saw this, he would definitely scold me!"

Hiroki Sawada: “Pfft——”

Chiyoya Saori put on some shitty lipstick!

The thing that she had finally forgotten was brought up again by Hei Yu Kaidou, causing a cross to appear on her forehead in an instant.

"Black Feather Fight!!"

Bang! Bang!

“Ouch——!”

Kuroba Kaito covered the two hot lumps on his head and squatted on the ground with tears in his eyes: "You are almost 30 years old, why do you have to be so violent? I didn't say anything wrong!"

Sawada Hiroki quickly tried to cover his mouth and whispered, "Brother Kuaidou, are you thinking about getting hungry tonight?"

Kuroba Kaito widened his eyes: "Huh?"

"Saori-san is obviously going to come back to rest for a few days. If you provoke her now, you're doomed." Hiroki Sawada explained calmly.

Kuroba Kaito: “?!!”

He gave Chiyoya Saori a cute and ingratiating smile, "Sister, you should go to sleep first! I'll wake you up for dinner later!"

Chiyoya Hayori: "..."

Sure enough, in comparison, little angel Hongshu is still a little angel!

Chiyoya Saori patted the two of them on the head as a reward. She didn't have the energy to say anything, so she dragged her tired body back to her room to rest.

For the next three days, she stayed at Kuroba's house as a happy bee, and watched the drama in which Hiroki Sawada and Kaito Kuroba played the role of Kaito Kid. With the help of the former, Kaito Kid was like a tiger with wings. The police didn't even know where he was, and everything was over.

"So I was really giving you a big advantage by lending Hiroki to you," Chiyoya Saori commented. "As expected, you should not let him help you next time."

Hei Yu's face, which was trying to take credit for himself, suddenly fell: "Sister, please don't be so cruel..."

Hiroki Sawada smiled and mentioned the hard drive. He said, "The software inside has not been fully researched, but it can be seen that it is related to consciousness transfer. It is a bit like a byproduct when I first developed Noah's Ark."

Chiyoya Saori thought thoughtfully: "Back up the data, and then replace the original one... Hiroki, you should understand what I mean?"

She had no experience in technology and had no idea how to describe a software alternative that would fool the organization.

But Hiroki Sawada quickly made an "OK" gesture.

Chiyoya Saori was even more moved by this talented younger brother!

Then on the fourth day, Chiyoya Saori began to design her own battle-damaged outfit, preparing to go and have a tryst with Coco and the lovely Haibara Ai.

She is now overwhelmed and has not yet dealt with Shinsou's affairs. She cannot take care of Chiyodani Toru's affairs for the time being. Chiyodani Toru is in a coma, so she can also indirectly inform the organization that Shinsou is dead.

After discovering Shinsou's death and Granmani's coma, the organization will inevitably conduct a wave of internal reorganization, and no trouble will be attributed to her in the short term.

The public security department was not wrongly blamed for the explosion. As for Morobushi Kagemitsu, she reported to Yuto Hazuka during the operation (deleting the organization's test data can also be considered a credit), so the punishment for acting recklessly will not be too severe...

Although Chiyoya Saori always fell silent when she saw the #heartbroken# faces of the police academy team through the comics.

This... they really thought too much, she actually didn't even rehearse those details in depth!

Moreover, she only performed these things for the forum at first, intending to hide it from the police academy team!!

As a result, the rescue plan brought about by Furuya Rei's misunderstanding directly disrupted Chiyodani Sayori's original plan.

Who can be blamed for this?

Whenever her conscience ached, Chiyotani Saori would just check the balance of Gao Guang's value and what Morobushi Kagemitsu had done, and she would instantly withdraw her conscience and become a heartless devil.

Come on! Let's hurt each other! After the main story ends,

Well, let’s talk about it later!

Chiyoya Sayori felt that the sky was clear, the rain had stopped, and she was now fine again!!!

"I'm leaving now. You two should take good care of the house. Don't always be so eager to fight Hongshu. Let him fend for himself!"

"Hi--"

"Hey, hey, don't listen to what Sister Saori says! Hiroki, come on!" Kuroba Kaito grabbed his brother's waist and looked at him sincerely with his blue eyes, "We agreed to debut together!"

Sawada Hiroki smiled gently: "Brother Kaidou, do you think Sister Sawaori holds a grudge?"

Kuroba Kaito fell silent.

Is there any need to give an answer to this question?

318.

In the highly soundproofed room, no one sat on the chairs placed there. The three of them stood in the middle of the room, and the atmosphere was inexplicably tense.

"It is said that... twins who are very close to each other can sense each other's state in certain situations."

"Puff, cough, cough!"

As soon as Hagiwara Kenji finished speaking, Matsuda Jinpei choked on his saliva. He pinched his neck and coughed for a long time before he caught his breath. He was almost stunned and said, "Twins can feel each other, this, this is not very scientific..."

Fūya Rei was silent for a moment: "The purpose of the organization is to research an elixir of life that can reverse time and years, and a semi-finished product has been born."

The implication is that the world is not very scientific, and they cannot escape the status quo for the sake of superficial "science".

Jinpei Matsuda's expression froze for a moment. He lowered his head, took out a pair of sunglasses from his pocket, and held them up to his eyes.

He blocked his eyes which were a little out of control for a moment.

The atmosphere fell silent, and Hagiwara Kenji didn't say anything after he finished speaking. However, the other two understood what he meant, and if they continued to infer along this line of thought.

Why did Chiyodani Toru suddenly fall into a coma, just after they organized the rescue operation for Shinsou and caused the explosion at the base?

——Because he felt it.

Kenji Hagiwara seemed to have returned to that afternoon. Chiyodani Toru stood in front of him, his face as pale as a piece of white paper soaked in water. He looked at him and said -

It hurts a little.

The person who was hit by a sniper rifle but was able to defuse the bullet in an orderly manner and even smiled at them after defusing the bullet, seemed to have a distorted concept of "something".

The "a little bit" he mentioned was definitely a severe pain that most people could not endure.

The fact that a man who could endure the poisoning for so many years without changing his expression murmured "pain" was enough to prove how bad the condition of Shinsou on the other side was.

Not to mention that right after that, Chiyodani Toru fell into a coma, adding more weight to the reality that Shinsou was dead.

...And this is not the most uncomfortable point for Kenji Hagiwara.

He had nothing to do in the hospital these days. Apart from organizing, analyzing, and dealing with so much messy data and information, he was also trying to figure out the look in Chiyodani Toru's eyes when he looked at him at the last time.

If Hagiwara Kenji had not been frightened by Chiyodani Toru's expression at that time, he would not have been so flustered that he stepped on the jumping frog toys given by the children.

That gaze was too cold, like the blue will-o'-the-wisp floating in a cemetery, dim and ready to envelop him at any time, with a defensive tone.

Kenji Hagiwara seemed to see disappointment in it...

For him, for them.

"I think he seemed to have guessed something from the fact that I and Jinpei separated." Hagiwara Kenji spoke slowly, as if he was considering or talking in his sleep, "but I'm not sure to what extent Toru could guess."

Never doubt how much a police officer who is well versed in psychology and extremely sensitive can reconstruct from clues.

It was not until everything happened that Kenji Hagiwara realized a truth belatedly - understanding the other person's thoughts and memorizing the script does not mean that he can become an actor with outstanding acting skills, not to mention that he did not understand Chiyodani Toru's thoughts.

When it comes to himself, Kenji Hagiwara cannot hide his true intentions at all - this is the flaw that was revealed to Toru Chiyodani.

Jinpei Matsuda suddenly sneered, which was particularly clear in the quiet compartment and also attracted the attention of his two companions.

He simply spoke and added bluntly: "And Chiyodani Toru knows that we have all met Saori, and that she and Zero are in the same organization..."

"That's why he never mentioned premature weaving—right?"

He took over his sister's dream of becoming a policeman, but the woman with shining eyes fell into darkness in an unknown place. Chiyotani Toru had the same complicated emotions as her and subconsciously chose to escape.

Or maybe you try to numb yourself with work.

The uncontrollable analysis swirled in his mind, squeezing his already tired brain even more blank. The curly-haired man pulled a stool from the side and sat down, looking at the floor with his head down. No one knew what was in his turbulent heart.

As fate would have it, except for Date Kou, the other four had met Shinsou on different occasions, and had used this information to "care about" Chiyodani Toru in some covert way.

They have been friends for so many years, who doesn't know who? Just like they know that Chiyodani Toru likes to be alone and hide all kinds of things, the other party must also know that they are not the kind of people who are content with what they have.

A slight sound came from Furutani Rei's throat. He felt as if his heart was falling from a great height, producing an extremely trembling feeling of weightlessness.

He realized it.

"So...if Saori is in danger and you, Furuya Rei, don't react, that tells me something."

Jinpei Matsuda suddenly raised his head and met the blond man's purple-gray eyes through the gap in his sunglasses.

He said firmly: "Either you are completely unaware of the whole thing and it was the organization that did it to her; or you have your own ideas and don't intend to tell him - after all, we all know the character of "Furuya Rei" very well."

He appears gentle and cold on the surface, but is actually very unruly, extremely protective and reliable.

The first possibility is not impossible, but why did Hagiwara Kenji follow him all the time that day? Why couldn't Matsuda Jinpei and Morofushi Kagemitsu get in touch?

When the police investigate a case, they don't always start with evidence. Sometimes they can reverse the situation with a flash of inspiration.

Chiyodani Toru is definitely a good policeman. His efficiency in solving cases makes it difficult for all media to find any points to attack him.

The blond man held his forehead in some pain, his purple-gray eyes were filled with an inexplicable emotion that finally turned into five simple words: "How could this happen..."

If it is empathy, then after Chiyodani Toru sensed that something was wrong with his sister, combined with their detached attitudes, would he have any other thoughts?

If he could really feel the pain that Shinsou was feeling... then wouldn't what they did indirectly have caused Chiyodani Toru to fall into a coma?

Not only did they kill Shinsou, but they also killed their own companions?

Isn't this ridiculous?!

This guess was so outrageous that Furuya Rei subconsciously wanted to deny what Hagiwara Kenji had said at the beginning; this thought made him a little embarrassed, because his uncontrollable brain began to recall his previous memories and even found many doubts.

In fact, Chiyodani Toru's concealment was not perfect: for example, at the beginning, everyone including the information said that Chiyodani Saori was dead, but only Chiyodani Toru firmly believed that she was still alive in this world.

...and he knew she was not living a good life, so he had to find her as soon as possible.

Although he had never experienced a fire, he still developed PTSD, and is still affected today.

To be more specific, when Chiyodani Toru was fighting with the instructor, he suddenly stopped and was nearly hit by the wooden sword. He made the excuse that he had low blood sugar, but he couldn't explain why he was limping. And even when Furugani Rei lifted up his trouser legs, there was no clue.

During that time, Shinsou went to warn Chiyodani Toru, which indirectly messed up the Canadian whiskey mission, and he seemed to have a fight with Gin and was injured.

This matter was not a secret in the intelligence team, and when Furuya Rei first started investigating Shinsou's data, he happened to remember it...

It seemed that for a moment, he couldn't think of any other possibilities.

Fūya Rei felt that his vision was getting dark, and his whole body seemed to have taken on physical characteristics, becoming numb and stiff, without even the strength to raise his hands.

He recalled how he looked when he met Shinsou. At that time, Furuya Rei didn't know the truth yet, but felt pity for Shinsou, thinking "Chiyodani Toru is already standing in the light and has a bright future, while her sister is trapped in a conflicting organization, so sad."

In fact, not really.

They don't know how much blood and tears Shinsou shed while lurking in the organization, nor do they know how she endured the entire process of her vision loss, physical deterioration, and being abandoned and tortured step by step by the organization.

They didn't know that Chiyodani Toru had to endure two kinds of suffering alone, and even had to feel the double pressure of mental and physical pressure from chronic poison, and had to pretend to be nothing when dealing with them during the day.

It turns out that they just don’t know it.

After his senses were overturned by Shinsou's true identity, his self-righteous ideas were once again overturned by Chiyodani Toru.

Chiyodani Toru could feel the pain his sister was going through, and he himself was poisoned. So how did he stick to his job day after day and maintain a normal state without being discovered by those around him?

How cruel he is to himself!

In a trance, he seemed to have spoken out his last thoughts because Kenji Hagiwara spoke.

The man with semi-long hair leaned against the wall with his arms folded across his chest, and said with his head slightly lowered: "Toru has looked thinner and thinner over the years. His uniform has never changed its size. I even think he has put on a few extra clothes inside to maintain his appearance of normality."

"Well, you should probably remove the 'I think'. That guy has lost so much weight that he can hardly even hold up his uniform - how jealous must the girls who have lost weight be of him?" Hagihara Kenji said in a sarcastic tone.

"He wants to hide it from us, from everyone, maybe even to his death, and take the secrets that the damn organization wants to hell!"

——Chiyodani Toru was clearly aware of his own abnormality.

"That guy...that guy...he doesn't want to live anymore."

Matsuda Jinpei's voice was extremely low, and one could almost hear a slight sob. The sunglasses on his face became his last line of defense, but they still couldn't hide his distorted expression. The curly-haired young man propped up his head, making his already messy hair even more messy.

"What should we do? What can we do?" He asked in a daze, his eyes sweeping across the report that had been thrown on the ground at some point and was ravaged beyond recognition. "Saori, Toru... do we owe it to the Chiyogaya family?! Or did they do something wrong and bump into us?!"

One is between life and death, and the other is in a coma. No matter how powerful they are, they cannot stand before the god of death... to bargain.

"It was that organization. It was that organization all along."

Hagiwara Kenji still stubbornly corrected Matsuda Jinpei's words. He was unusually calm at this moment, as if all his emotions had been burned out during these few days of accompanying the patient.

He was still obsessed with finding out why Chiyodani Toru had his ears pierced, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find any other clues, just like no one knew why Chiyodani Toru started wearing metal glasses, and sometimes was too lazy to wear them.

It was as if he was using tiny details to express his rebelliousness, telling everyone that he was not as restrained and well-behaved as he appeared to be.

Digging this iceberg was so tiring that Kenji Hagiwara didn't know where to proceed.

"never mind."

Furiya Rei felt like his lungs were equipped with an old bellows, panting and panting, barely providing heat for his body's activities, and making his voice hoarse: "All we can do... is wait."

When Chiyotani Toru wakes up and confirms these conclusions, their absurd rescue operation will come to an end, and the regret of having backfired will be nailed in their hearts.

What else can they do? There is nothing they can do.

But what if Chiyodani Toru can’t wake up?

Fūya Rei thought about his childhood, when he was still waiting for information about his predecessor's survival; about the various issues in the organization that were in chaos and needed his urgent attention; about the punishments that had not yet been issued by the Public Security Bureau...

There was still so much for him to deal with.

Toru Amuro can't stop, and neither can Bourbon.

There is only Rei Furutani.

If Chiyodani Toru doesn't wake up, he doesn't know what he will do.

He closed his eyes slightly, but the melody of the nursery rhyme he sang at that time inexplicably echoed in his mind.

"It's late today," he heard his own voice say, "Since there's no way to solve this problem right now, let's deal with other things first."

Matsuda Jinpei kicked the stool, dissatisfied with his perfunctory ending: "Furutani Rei, you...!"

"Alright, alright, let's all go and rest first. Fūya-chan is probably exhausted from running around these days." Hagiwara Kenji tried to smooth things over. His purple eyes swept over the two exhausted men in front of him, and finally he just made a gentle promise, "Leave Toru to me."

The blond man turned around silently, pushed the door open and left, stopping when he passed Chiyodani Toru's ward.

The sleeping man was so thin that it seemed that a gust of wind could sweep him away along with the blanket. Apart from his hair color, he looked exactly like Shensuo, and even his small movements while sleeping were almost the same.

He even felt like he was back in that pure white cottage, sitting in front of Shinsou and humming a farewell song.

[In the late spring of March, the sky is cloudless... cherry blossoms... cherry blossoms. 】

After graduation that day, a few people took photos and then had a small gathering under the cherry blossom tree. Hagiwara Kenji chewed the fragrant cake and teased Chiyodani Toru.

"Hey, Toru, how are you going to make everyone remember you? For example, you want to raise your achievements to the level that they can be engraved in textbooks - you have to be the Superintendent of Police, right? Why not let Xiao Zhenping beat you up first so that you can get used to it?"

Matsuda Jinpei was furious and threw a bottle cap at Hagiwara Kenji: "I told you to put this matter behind you, why are you still bringing it up!"

Next to him, a black-haired young man in a neat uniform shook his cup with a youthful pride: "Not really, I can work smoothly until retirement. With my ability, I should be able to become the top detective in Japan."

"It doesn't seem easy, after all, I have to compete with the detectives for jobs." Date Kou stroked his chin and said, "I heard from my seniors in the Metropolitan Police Department that there are more and more detectives recently, and Tokyo is very dangerous."

Chiyotani Toru thought for a moment: "Then I'll prepare for both situations. I'll either become the No. 1 until I retire, or I'll do something big and sensational. That way I'll be remembered, right?"

At that time, Furuya Rei complained: "You sound like you want to be a bandit, Chiyodani-kun."

Chiyodani Toru smiled and replied: "If you don't want to live a dull life, then you must die a spectacular death."

Hearing what he said, Morobushi Kagemitsu and Matsuda Jinpei, who were sitting next to him, slapped him on the head at the same time: "What an unlucky thing to say!"

Chiyotani Toru: 'QAQ! '

Furiya Ling couldn't bear to watch: "... Come on, you can use this trick to deal with Instructor Onitsuka, but let's forget about it!"

Chiyotani Toru immediately retracted his pitiful expression and calmly drank a sip of water: "Oh, it's okay then."

Still feeling that he had hurt her, Zhufu Jingguang wanted to apologize: "..."

Matsuda Jinpei was almost speechless after being mock-cried by Chiyodani Toru: "..."

Several people were immediately amused by his dramatic gags, and the topic immediately shifted to other places. No one thought that those were Chiyodani Toru's true thoughts.

…

Looking back now, and looking at his companion lying motionless on the hospital bed, Furutani Rei feels as if he were in another world.

"...Didn't you say you wanted to die a spectacular death, you bastard?" He whispered, eventually revealing his unconcealed sobs, "Then jump off the bed and hit me now!"

Even if it's for early weaving.