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It is now 4:28...

Four twenty-eight.

Wai Shouyi set the bomb to explode at 4:30 because of the time his daughter was born.

Why did the bomb explode two minutes earlier...?

Chiyoya Hayato stopped walking subconsciously, and looked at the flames spreading out from the window in confusion, arrogantly licking the sign that read "Sotomoriichi Laundry".

The rest of the evacuated people were also suddenly in an uproar, and all kinds of discussions came into her ears with a lingering fear.

"If those young men hadn't persuaded us to come out, this would have been dangerous!"

"What is this guy Wai Shou doing? Is there a bomb maniac hiding among us? This is too scary!"

“…”

This scene was inexplicably similar to the night she blew up a congressman's villa. The same scorching fire caught all her attention.

But it's different from last time.

Everyone knew that it was a show for the Black Organization, and it was a huge performance without any casualties. It was also a rare opportunity for Chiyoya Saori to observe the fire from another perspective.

The fire and heat that he would subconsciously avoid on a normal day became much more pleasurable after he fooled Gin and the organization.

But now, the sky is full of fire...

The freshly washed hair has not dried yet and sticks to the cheeks wetly. The sunlight, which has already reduced its temperature, only gives people a warm feeling.

Chiyotani Saori, however, felt as if her whole body was on fire. The scorching light directly stimulated her brain, and even her memory became blank. Some memories that she had long forgotten appeared before her eyes again.

It was a somewhat dark room, with dark curtains pulled tightly together, blocking the windows tightly.

There were a lot of miscellaneous items in the room. Various bottles and jars and strange things filled half of the space, and the remaining half was occupied by a large bed covered with washed-to-white sheets, on which were casually thrown a few detective story collections and a bottle of mosquito repellent.

The woman with long flax-colored hair lost her usual gentle smile. She hurriedly brought a bunch of unopened bread and mineral water and stuffed them all under the bed.

No, it was stuffed next to her.

Through the gap, only a short sliver of light could be seen, which was somewhat similar to the view that Morofu Jingguang saw through the blinds of the closet.

Her favorite candy jar was also stuffed in, with the colorful transparent candy wrappers she collected every day inside. Under the sunlight, they reflected particularly bright spots of light, like butterflies.

"Saori." The woman's voice was soft, neither fast nor slow, and it made people feel at ease. "Daddy wants to play hide-and-seek with you. You hide here and don't make any noise, okay?"

"Dad is an idiot. He couldn't find me without a clue!" She said proudly, but also a little suspiciously, "Why did he play hide-and-seek with me for no reason?"

"Dad is a detective after all. If he refuses to accept the result, you should give him a chance." The woman smiled and said, "I will reward you when the time comes."

"He will definitely find you this time, so you have to hide well, otherwise you will lose, Saori."

"I won't lose!" She said seriously, "It's a deal."

Chiyoya Saori could tell that her mother probably had something to do, but there was no need to ask too many questions. She had seen the confidentiality rules of psychiatrists too many times.

The woman reached out her hand and gently touched her cheek, her expression becoming more serious: "Mom has one more thing to tell you, remember not to tell anyone else..."

Her mouth opened and closed, but Chiyoya Saori couldn't understand a single word. The harsh noise spread in her ears, blurring her perception of her lip language.

Soon, as the compartment closed, even the ray of light through the gap could no longer be seen.

The young Chiyoya Hayato subconsciously held the sugar jar in her arms and curled up in the small space covered with soft cushions. She was well-behaved and quiet, not making any sound.

Her father is a detective, but she needs to be a better detective than her father in the future so that she won’t be found so easily!

"……Bang!"

I don't know how long it was, but I heard strange noises coming from outside, as if someone was running anxiously, and was flipping over things very roughly. Bottles and jars fell to the ground, making extremely harsh sounds.

Someone was shouting something in a high and low voice, its voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like the devil who seduced the princess in a fairy tale, its strong malice was obvious.

Chiyoya Saori has always been a serious person, almost stubborn. This "game" is a game between her and her father, and no one can get involved.

Although she had vaguely realized something.

She was holding the sugar jar, very quiet.

The sounds of collision and running disappeared, but soon, another strange sound appeared in the space, like a rustling sound like a march, spreading from nowhere and going to nowhere.

The sound flowed quietly, from the curtains down, slowly leaped onto the torn papers, then turned around and sat on the edge of the soft sheets, yawning slowly.

The warm crackling sound through the wooden board was actually somewhat hypnotic. She held the jar quietly with her eyelashes drooping.

One of the rules of hide-and-seek is that once you hide, you cannot move, and there is also a time limit.

These unspoken messages were never spoken explicitly in their family.

The time limit was about to expire, but the "ghost" who was supposed to catch the man still didn't show up. The detective who gave her a chance was defeated again.

So——Dad is still a third-rate detective...

【dear!!!】

The customer service representative's scream suddenly woke Chiyoya Sayori. She was stunned for a moment, quickly glanced at the time, and rushed straight to the laundry shop, not noticing that behind her, Matsuda Jinpei and Date Kou were also anxiously squeezing out of the crowd and running quickly.

Although many memories flowed through my consciousness, in reality, only less than a second passed.

Wai Shouyi Laundry has two floors. Washing machines and dryers are placed side by side on the downstairs. Going up the middle staircase is the residence on the second floor.

Every washing machine on the first floor was stuffed with bombs, and it would take a long time to remove them all at once.

At this moment, when she rushed directly to the first floor, she met Hagiwara Kenji, who was defusing bombs with red eyes and sweating profusely. Furuya Rei was nowhere to be found.

At least three seconds have passed since the explosion. If that guy wanted to rush up, he would have done it long ago.

"Toru!" Seeing her coming, the other party yelled, "Furu has already gone up, this is very dangerous, you..."

Damn danger!

Can Rei Furuya still think calmly and remember to protect himself?

Without even saying hello, Chiyoya Saori walked to the sink with a sullen face, picked up the basin next to it and poured it directly on herself.

"Blah!"

The clothes and bandages she had just changed were all wet again. She wiped her face and quickly ran to the second floor.

At the staircase entrance, the first person Chiyogaya Saori bumped into was Furuya Rei.

The blond young man's face was covered in dust, and his eyes were red as blood, perhaps from the smoke or other reasons. He tried hard to suppress the cough caused by the irritation, and held a little girl in his arms.

When he saw Chiyoya Sayori coming up, his eyes lit up and he immediately stuffed the child in his arms into her hands.

"Hiro and Sotomoichi haven't come out yet, you hold her! I'll go..."

"Hold it yourself!" Chiyogaya Hayori was so angry that she almost yelled, "You're full of flammable material and you didn't even get a little water on you and you rushed into the fire?!"

"I..." Fūya Rei was almost stunned by her roar. He had never seen his gentle classmate so cold and cruel. The look in her eyes seemed as if she wanted to eat him alive.

"Go down and tell them not to come up and wait at the window!"

Chiyoya Saori didn't notice the murderous rage she was exuding in a panic. She said this in a hurry and quickly went upstairs.

Furukaya Rei looked at the child in his arms, cursed angrily, and was so angry that he wanted to smash the wall on the spot.

Chiyodani Toru said that he went upstairs without protection, but wouldn't it be dangerous if he just splashed some water on himself?

This is a fire! This is——

This should be what Chiyodani Toru fears the most...

He closed his eyes slightly, suppressing the panic in his heart.

Holding the soft and gentle body of the child in his hands, Fūya Rei hurried downstairs, intending to send the life in his arms to a safe place first.

The second floor of the laundry shop was not small, and Chiyoya Saori had no idea how many bombs Sotoichi had placed inside. Looking over at this moment, the wall opposite the door was already charred black, and the flames slowly spreading from inside climbed up the wooden frame, making it impossible to go down the stairs for a while.

Feeling the suffocating heat up close, the orange-yellow flames patrolled the new territory with their fangs and claws, and the air was filled with the sound of boasting.

Chiyogaya Saori couldn't help but shudder all over, as if the pain of even her scalp was being pulled spread throughout her body in an instant. She bit her lower lip hard, held her breath, and rushed in.

At this moment, she was not worried that Furutani Rei would just rush upstairs and abandon the child. The bomb downstairs had not been dismantled yet and the danger was uncertain. They would definitely take the child and leave first.

Even if Furuya Rei handed the child to someone else and rushed in...

Chiyoya Saori actually thought of this possibility. She cursed, turned around, kicked the door, and closed it cleanly.

The air in the room had begun to distort as it heated up. Flames and broken furniture were everywhere, black danced with red, and smoke came from nowhere and passed by.

The fact that the little girl was rescued by Furutani Rei means that she must have been near the door, and there are only two reasons why Sotomoichi failed to hold her.

Either the little girl was not unconscious and escaped to the door on her own; or Morofu Jingguang sent her to the door.

Let's put the former possibility aside for now; she had to find someone as soon as possible.

Chiyoya Saori squinted her eyes as she searched in the chaos, and was actually somewhat glad that she was wearing a pair of glasses that could barely block out the dust.

"Morifushi Jingguang!" She put her hands to her mouth and shouted with all her might, "Where are you?!"

"Give me a reply!"

The only sounds were the crackling of flames and the sound of something breaking.

Even though she kept moving, the thin strands of flames still climbed up her clothes and onto her body. Chiyoya Saori slapped them with her hands while moving deeper.

The plot had already been disrupted, and she didn't know in which room on the second floor the two were talking. At this moment, she couldn't hear Morobushi Kagemitsu's voice, and Chiyoya Sayori was even more anxious.

[Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up! ] She couldn't help but mutter, her hands moved more vigorously, and she even slapped her arms red without paying attention.

She grabbed a corner of her shirt with one hand, using it as a temporary insulation layer, and pulled down the curtain of the burning isolation room. Finally, she saw Morobushi Kagemitsu and Soto Morikazu in the room further inside.

The brown-haired young man had already fallen into a coma by this time, his face covered in gray. His hands were still tightly grasping Wai Shouyi's collar, his veins bulging, and it was obvious that he was using a lot of force.

A wardrobe pressed down on Morobushi Kagemitsu's waist, making him unable to move, and he soon fell into a coma under the thick smoke.

Seeing this, Chiyoya Saori quickly restored the situation.

The explosion should have occurred in the room outside, but several people were in the room inside and were temporarily blocked, so no direct casualties occurred and they saved their lives.

When the fire broke out, Morobushi Kagemitsu chose to send the little girl to the door first, and then came back to pull out Wai Shouyi, who was desperate. During the struggle, the two probably caused the closet to overturn, and they were both pinned down and unable to escape for a while.

Most of the gases in the smoke are heavier than air, but they still float upwards under high temperatures. The reason why Morobushi Jingguang fell into a coma was simply because he inhaled too much thick smoke. While he was lying prone, he had not yet reached the most critical moment.

But if it was a little later, or the rescuers were unable to move the heavy wardrobe, one can imagine what would have happened.

In times of danger, Morobushi Kagemitsu chose to turn around and save his enemies without hesitation. This is his unique charm and is admirable.

Even though the plot had changed this time because of the advance, he still acted in the same way, as firm as a ray of light.

But as a colleague who was familiar with him, Chiyodani Saori felt for the first time how Morofushi Kagemitsu and others felt when she passed away.

It was so painful, so painful that it felt as if someone was pulling my heart and making it fall heavily.

I wish I could just drag him up and beat him up!

Chiyoya Saori quickly squatted down and began to move the scalding closet. She didn't feel anything when her fingers touched the flames, but the next moment she felt an extremely obvious stinging pain that lasted for a long time.

She had cursed so many times in her heart that even the customer service staff shut up and dared not say a word, in order to relieve her uncontrollable mental reaction.

"Bang!"

The huge wardrobe that was opened made a loud noise when it hit the wall, and the flames instantly rose a lot higher and attacked the white ceiling.

The air around was scorching hot, and the sweat on his head seemed to be dried up in the next second. Even breathing was extremely difficult. Chiyotani Hayami untied the wet bandage, roughly wiped the dust off Morobushi Kagemitsu's face, and patted out the flames on his body.

God knows whether the falling wardrobe caused any serious damage. Chiyoya Saori asked the customer service while doing so, asking them to quickly check Morobushi Kagemitsu's body.

[Is this guy seriously injured?] She shouted in her heart, [Hurry up!]

The Q version of the customer service said in a panic: [It's definitely not serious! There is no way that an important character in the plot will have any serious sequelae. At most, he will have to stay in the hospital for a few months and his respiratory tract will be burned...]

How many months?!

Chiyoya Saori almost rolled her eyes.

They are only half a month away from graduation! Let Morobushi Jingguang have his graduation ceremony in the hospital or will it affect his employment later? What kind of outrageous plot is this!

It is enough for her to act out tragic stories alone to gain some sympathy. There is no need for her peers to act along with her.

If all of this is secretly guided by the plot, then it is clear what the other party wants.

Chiyotani Hayato roughly pulled Soto Moriichi away, carried the unconscious Morobushi Kagemitsu on her shoulders, and walked quickly towards the window.

She squinted her eyes, trying not to let her dry eyes lose their function in the blur and step on something. At the same time, she said coldly in her heart: [Aren’t you the best at sales? Understand?]

The Q version of the customer service said "Hey" somewhat awkwardly, and stammered: [It's just a little... well, you know? ]

[Hurry up!] Chiyogaya Saori's expression at this moment was even colder than Gin's.

The Q-version customer service stopped talking and quickly went back to the mall. For the first time, it saw the permissions that the host had actively given it. The full highlight value was like a granary, making it want to drown in it.

Ah this...

After thinking about Chiyoya Saori's methods for several months, the Q version of the customer service hesitated for a moment, but still did not do anything too extreme.

The windows had long been shattered by the heat wave of the explosion, and were now empty, reflecting the clear sky outside, which seemed like two different worlds from the room.

"Toru! Hiro!"

The shouts of Matsuda Jinpei and Date Kou were heard from below, but soon, Furuya Rei also shouted at the top of his voice, and the resentment and fear in his heart could be heard through the window.

Chiyotani Saori's hair was all curled up. She stuck her head out to take a look, then without hesitation grabbed Morobushi Kagemitsu's collar and threw him out.

Matsuda Jinpei and his companions were not stupid. After they found that the door to the second floor was completely closed and could not be opened, they had only one option: to go to the window as she had instructed them in advance.

Soon, they also responded to her idea, took out the class flags they had brought with them for cleaning, and prepared to pick up people.

Chiyoya Saori watched as Morofushi Kagemitsu landed on the flag, and the cherry blossoms on the flag seemed to touch his chest. The sleeping young man was calm and even his wrinkled brows gradually relaxed.

It's all right.

"Toru, come down!" Matsuda Jinpei looked up and shouted at her, "Hagi has almost dismantled the bomb! You come down first!"

Chiyoya Saori did not go down immediately. She kicked away the lampshade that almost fell on her, patted her sleeves, pulled off all the remaining bandages, rolled them up, covered her mouth and nose with them, then turned around and went back to the room.

Fortunately, there were no other flammable materials around the outer guard, and it was lying on the ground at this time, and could be considered to be intact.

His face was filled with pain and regret, and he was too addicted to the smoke to wake up.

Chiyoya Hayori watched quietly, and her tense and anxious mood relaxed, and her heart suddenly felt numb.

Compared to the righteous "Chiyodani Toru", she herself is actually not that kind, and she will not risk her life for justice.

She cherishes her life, is very afraid of death, and will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals.

Therefore, Chiyoya Saori's own wish is to become a detective rather than a policeman.

And now...

As long as Chiyoya Saori showed exhaustion and left, the executioner who put Morobushi Kagemitsu in danger and cost her countless high points would disappear in a sea of ​​fire, and no one would hold her accountable for her mistakes.

Even Gai Shouyi himself longed for death.

Even the audience on the forum...

With the reversed blackened version of Chiyodani Toru as a shield, she showed an unbearable side. Even the readers would not blame her for anything, and would even feel more hurt because of it, crying and confirming that the original Chiyodani Toru would never come back.

She could have used this opportunity to reveal a little more of the cruelty of the script without losing anything.

But if she doesn't save...

Chiyoya Saori shook her dizzy head and squatted down.

"Saori."

It seemed like someone was calling her.

The man in her memory rubbed her head with one hand, unceremoniously messing up her well-groomed hair, and said, "You said you like Sherlock Holmes, right? A fictional great detective? Tsk tsk tsk."

"That's better than you." She retorted angrily at that time, "When will we stop taking commissions to find cheating cats? Dad, I want to handle big cases!"

The man raised his eyebrows in a frivolous manner: "You still want to learn from Sherlock Holmes? You are still not better at cases... Then do you know what he said?"

What did he say? A lot.

But when Chiyoya Sayori thought of her companions who were anxiously waiting for her outside the window, she could only think of one sentence for a moment.

—For the public good, I am happy to die.