Chapter 03 3

Furiya Rei was visibly stunned, not expecting such a reply. After half a second, he vaguely replied, "...What?" He subconsciously asked, "Why do you want to drop out of school?"

Why did you drop out of school? Of course, it was to escape the so-called science plot! QAQ

But he couldn't say this directly, so Chao Ri Xi Qiu paused and answered vaguely, "Well, some small things..."

He slowly turned his gaze away, the light particles from the falling shadows of the trees dancing on his eyelashes, his expression seemed a little unclear.

Noticing this expression, Fūya Rei was stunned for half a second. He opened his mouth, his brows slightly furrowed, and he hesitated as if he wanted to say something, but didn't know how to start.

Chaori Xiqiu was thinking quickly at this time, which was why he looked absent-minded. He thought he'd better come up with an excuse to explain it clearly, so that his mind wouldn't invent something related to the main plot.

He had just realized that the rule of "silence is golden" does not work and is easily over-interpreted.

Either he explodes in silence or he is dragged into the main plot in silence. God knows he is just an ordinary passerby with a simple heart and a love for life!

What is a good excuse for dropping out of school?

Chaori Xiqiu was thinking about it.

You say you have no money? Then you have to go to school. After all, attending the police academy in Japan is equivalent to entering the police force, and you can get a salary.

Say he is sick? But there should be a qualified physical examination before entering the police academy, and he doesn't want to be taken to the hospital for another check-up.

He said something happened to his parents? Sorry, he has lost his memory and has no idea whether he still has parents (just a doubt, no offense).

Looking at it this way, the best reason is one that does not involve other people, cannot be resolved in the short term, and does not leave much room for imagination.

Under Fūya Rei's hesitant gaze, Asahi Yuaki knew that he had little time left to think.

His eyes moved and he caught a glimpse of a ripe watermelon with red flesh exposed on the cement ground. His vision focused and some vague and nonsense thoughts emerged in his mind.

Chaori Xiqiu's eyelids fluttered, and she finally spoke slowly, "...I once encountered some things, and at that time I didn't have enough discernment to distinguish between the real and the fake. I don't want anyone to have a similar experience as me again."

The face was solemn. Furuya Rei concentrated and listened carefully, thinking that everything was not going to be easy.

"So I dropped out of school so I could—"

Here comes the most crucial part. Furuya Rei's hanging hands tightened slightly, and his expression became serious.

“—to be able to sell real ripe melons in person.”

Furuya Rei:?

Selling melons???

The condensed aura exploded in his head like a balloon punctured by a needle. After hearing this answer, Furuya Zero's expression was blank for a moment.

"I was once deeply hurt by unscrupulous fake news, so I vowed to fight fake news all over the country! Becoming a police officer is also for the purpose of successfully carrying out the anti-counterfeiting business in the future."

Asahi Yuaki continued to explain.

"But now I've thought it through. It's better to create the real thing than to fight against counterfeiting. I decided to personally participate in the cause of maintaining market order - to open a fair melon stall, not selling raw melons, but ripe ones."

Chaori Xiqiu stared at the watermelon at his feet and smoothly continued with a series of unrelated yet logically self-consistent remarks.

He affirmed to himself: Good, very perfect. He had a reason to show up at the gate of the police academy, and also a reason to drop out later.

Moreover, I am now doing the opposite, changing my attitude and presenting myself as a completely frivolous passerby, without any room for deep thinking.

Such a funny character will definitely not be included in the so-called main storyline of the drama! !

I am so smart. Asahi Yuqiu applauded herself in her heart.

Asahi Yuaki* raised his eyes and gave the conversation a fitting ending: "Although it sounds like an alien, that is indeed my ideal - after all, aliens also have their own persistence." He blinked, "So please, tell me the address to handle the withdrawal process."

Fūya Rei: “…”

Jianggu Ling: "…………"

The scene fell into a brief silence.

After hearing this, not only Furiya Rei was stunned, but the bullet screen also got stuck for a moment, which was rare.

Then, the originally slowly floating translucent bullet screen suddenly became rapidly dense.

【？ ？ ？】

[Officially, what are you doing? Did you accept some watermelon advertisement? ! What the hell is this about not selling raw watermelons and keeping watermelons ripe? (collapse)]

[…Is this some kind of funny instant noodle show similar to the criminal Fuzawa-san? Something that has nothing to do with the main storyline?]

Hahahaha, that's right, he has nothing to do with the so-called main storyline! Seeing the barrage like this, Asahi Yuaki set off fireworks with satisfaction.

[I think this is a very novel way to strike up a conversation. Let's just say that Ling Ling and the audience have a deep memory of this new character that they only met once ()]

[Fuck, this is really profound hahahaha, what an interesting pick-up line]

[The new character's quick, accurate and ruthless moves, combined with the current series of melons and words of dropping out, are actually multiple manifestations of his personality.]

[Oh! He can be handsome when he is serious, but also playful in his daily life. He has a dual personality.]

[I understand. A seemingly unserious character will be shocked when he leaves the stage with a bang at the end. Haha, a large-scale death scene is planned.]

[In that case, the previous words should also have a deeper meaning! After this episode is over, I will go to the comment section to see some analysis by the experts.]

Morning Sun and Evening Autumn:?

Hashidou Sack, how did you force the following explanations?!

If he continued to watch, he would sweat profusely again, so Asahi Xiqiu decisively blocked those translucent bullet screens with his mind.

He held the handle of his suitcase with one hand, thinking to himself: No. I must drop out of school. Now. Immediately.

He just didn't believe that he could be pulled into the main plot even if he was far away from the place where the story took place—!

While Asahi Yushu was thinking deeply, Furuya Rei was also restarting his brain.

This was one of the rare times in his life over twenty years that he fell into a state of speechless silence, not knowing how to respond.

Sell ​​melons, keep them ripe, drop out of school. These extremely normal words put together to create a strange effect, just like colorful luminous mushrooms grown by eating nuclear waste water.

For a moment, he thought the person in front of him was teasing him, just like the teasing he had experienced before, being discriminated against, and experiencing verbal and physical violence because of his different skin and hair color.

However, that string of words didn’t seem to have any bullying effect. It was neither Japanese-style bullying nor American-style bullying… After all, who would use words like dropping out of school to sell melons to intimidate their classmates? ?

What's more, the other party had just rescued him. In the critical moment, he threw himself towards the gangster without caring about his own safety and pulled away the sharp knife.

Considering that this is a police academy and that he had just witnessed the extraordinary person in front of him, Furuya Rei did not rush to draw a conclusion or answer. Instead, he used his rational mind to think deeply about the deeper meaning behind the other party's bizarre remarks.

The more he thought, analyzed, considered, read and understood, the more he discovered——

There is no point in dissecting it.

...How can a greenhorn-like statement have any deep meaning? !

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Fūya Rei didn't answer for a long time, Asahi Yuki called out, feeling a little uneasy.

Could it be that this is a place where there is no return, a mainline area that cannot be escaped due to special settings? No way, no way, can't even dropping out of school be allowed these days?

Yay, I want my money back and reincarnate again, and enter the invincible comedy series!!!

The mood is like a heavy rain. Out of courtesy, the smile on his face did not fade, but his eyelids were slightly lowered, and his thoughts flickered in the light and shadow.

Fūya Rei was sensitive to the slight change in the atmosphere and subconsciously looked back.

At this moment, he caught a glimpse of the smile that didn't reach his eyes, and the aura that made people involuntarily tense spread in the space again.

The doubts that had been suppressed in Rei Furuya's heart a while ago resurfaced.

...Is this person in front of me really an ordinary police academy freshman?

Rei Furuya has sharp senses and a very fast-moving mind. He has strong observation and thinking abilities.

He noticed that the man in front of him had a hand with distinct joints resting on the suitcase handle, and there were several faint long scars on the inside of his right wrist. They did not look like the marks left by injuries in normal life.

At the current distance, he couldn't tell whether there were some delicately placed copulas on the hands, but just looking at the swift and timely grasping posture before and the subsequent sharp removal of the remaining blades, it was enough to judge that the opponent had received special training.

Then... Furuya Rei pondered further. Was the question asked by such a person at this moment really purely about dropping out of school?

No, I'm afraid that's not what he meant. Furuya Rein thought. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to say so much.

So what is this actually a temptation? ...Or a hint?

He had heard some rumors: some seniors from special institutions would infiltrate the team at the beginning of their enrollment, observe and assess the freshmen on the spot, and use them for future work arrangements.

Speaking of which, the person in front of me didn't seem to acknowledge his identity as a freshman, nor did he reveal his name. Everything seemed very mysterious.

Fūya Rei's mind was running at full speed. He opened his lips slightly, but did not rush to ask further questions. Instead, he objectively answered Asahi Yuki's question: "Building No. 2 in the southeast direction is the student information input point. If you want to apply for withdrawal, the location should also be on the first floor of the building, next to the new student affairs office."

Fūya Rei turned his gaze back to Asahi Yuki, his eyes flickering with a shrewd exploration. He smiled and added: "...if you really want to drop out of school."

How could this be false? Chao Ri Xi Qiu did not dare to leave any ambiguity, he immediately nodded and replied: "I want to leave."

He is leaving. After hearing this, Furuya Rei was certain. This guy is definitely not a freshman in the police academy! After all, no freshman in the police academy would drop out of school for no apparent reason on the first day of school, and be so sure of leaving.

The words were so accurate, I'm afraid he had planned it all along - or, in other words, the person in front of him was not a freshman at all.

Fūya Rei reviewed all the doubts he had just encountered, and unconsciously recalled the last word the other party mentioned, "alien".

——'Even aliens have their own persistence.'

Furugaya Rei blinked. From childhood to adulthood, he had been treated as an alien because of his skin and hair color, but he still gritted his teeth and walked here, wanting to become a member of the team that could protect what it could protect.

He knew that he would face more questions and challenges in the future. Maybe the road would be difficult to walk, and maybe he would be on the road for the rest of his life.

But... now that I have made the choice and made up my mind, I must keep going forward.

Even if they are different species, they have their own ideals, right?

Furiya Rei pondered over those words again, and suddenly felt that these words were probably what the person in front of him really wanted to say - perhaps, it was the encouragement and affirmation given by the elders to the younger ones, hidden under smiles and secrets.

“…” He raised his head. The pink cherry blossoms of spring were floating in the air, and the azure sky above was endless, spreading out in front of him.

Fūya Ling raised his eyebrows slightly, and seemed to let out the stale air accumulated in his chest. Then he said calmly: "I understand."

Asahi Yuaki was holding her suitcase and was about to go to the place where Furuya Rei pointed out to handle the dropout procedures. Before she could say goodbye, she suddenly heard such a response.

He paused, and then a huge question mark popped up in his mind.

……Understood?

Uh, understand what?

Wait, he himself doesn’t even know what there is to understand!!!