Chapter 5151

The sounds of ambulances and sirens intertwined, coming from far away and getting closer.

Asahi Yuki lay on the ground, vaguely aware of sounds coming from the asphalt road, like the vibrations of a glass ball shaking in a plastic bottle.

Zhu Fu Gaoming squatted beside him, dialing the phone with one hand, his voice serious and earnest.

Anklaus on the side had already put his hands on his head, cooperating as a good prisoner, with a smile on his face that showed he was so happy about going to jail.

Chaori Xiqiu no longer had the energy to complain about whether the car accident was a conspiracy by his teammates who wanted to go to jail. He just wanted to sleep with the ground as his pillow.

The coat covering the clothes does a good job of absorbing the gradually dissipating heat, while at the same time isolating the cold air that is still floating down from above, creating a small warm and comfortable zone that is perfect for the morning sun and evening autumn.

Sleepiness creeps in, and consciousness recedes.

As the sun rises and the autumn sets, the colorful blocks of color in front of my eyes gradually fade away, and everything gradually goes away, only the snowflakes remain in my mind for the last second.

It's snowing heavily in Nagano Prefecture.

-

In the dream, heavy snow was falling.

The young man with fox eyes received a new mission order - to survey the current status of a certain research institute, recover drug resources, and eliminate drug researchers.

The organization has been researching new drugs, and all the codes of related drugs start with [Silver Bullet]. The difference lies in the code after that.

The drug research institute at the center of the organization studies [Silver Bullet 01], and the codes of the other institutions scattered around and conducting independent research are 02, 03...

This time, the young man with fox eyes is going to deal with the [Silver Bullet 04 Research Institute] - the one in charge of drug research at this institute is the Kitamura couple.

The data showed that the Beicun couple had two children, a boy and a girl, but more detailed information about the children was not recorded - it is not known whether it was because the organization did not care or because the Beicun couple deliberately concealed it.

The young man with fox eyes narrowed his eyes and scanned the task list from top to bottom.

He leaned against the wall behind him, stroking his flip phone with his fingertips, and fell into a brief moment of thought.

After a while, the young man with fox eyes opened the cover of his mobile phone with his fingertips and quickly tapped something on it.

As time passed, the words on the screen became a little blurry in my memory, and in the end only the suffix was clearly visible.

That was a code name - [Nightingale].

The following images are intermittent, like a broken kaleidoscope, each piece reflecting a different scene: heavy snow, fire, collapsed buildings, and everything burning.

The silhouettes flashed by one after another, freezing on the crying and resentful face of the gray-haired boy from Beicun in the winter night.

There is also an inconspicuous scene at the end where the girl in the wheelchair is protected and taken away. The camera zooms out and you can glimpse the Sakura Medal at the end.

The snow that never stopped fluttered down, drowning the overlapping images. The world of consciousness once again fell into a seemingly endless blank.

-

“Ding ding—ding ding—”

The rhythmic electronic sound echoed in his ears. Chao Ri Xi Qiu's eyelids trembled up and down, and he slowly opened his eyes.

There was darkness before my eyes.

Asahi Yuqiu: “!”

What, did he become blind after the car accident? No, please give him another 500 years of sight.

He hurriedly raised his hand to touch it, and it seemed that he had torn off a lot of things in the process. When he frantically touched the area around his eyes, he found the problem:

It wasn't that he was blind, but his face was covered with layers of watermelon leaves, completely blocking out the light.

Chaori Xiqiu: "..."

What the hell, what kind of blindfold and suffocation play are you doing again, Watermelon-kun! !

At this moment, there was only one line of words in Chao Ri Xi Qiu's heart: pervert, I'm done with you.

He silently brushed the watermelon leaves off his face and finally saw the scene inside the house clearly.

This is a ward, painted in the traditional blue and white color scheme.

Treatment equipment was placed next to the bed, with tubes of different colors hanging on the ground. Many of these tubes had been torn off by his violent struggle just now, and were scattered all over the ground like noodles.

At the very edge, there was a hospital logo on the ward door, surrounded by a few small words: [Tokyo Metropolitan Central Hospital].

Tokyo? Asahi Yuaki blinked. She had been in a car accident in Nagano Prefecture, but she was transferred to Tokyo for treatment.

The medical care level of the Metropolitan Central Hospital should be excellent. I wonder who insisted on transferring me to another hospital... By the way, where did the medical expenses come from?

While he was thinking, there was a sound of the ward door opening suddenly, and someone walked in from outside, followed by voices.

"—You're awake."

When Chao Ri Xi Qiu heard this, he shuddered subconsciously and almost thought that the other party was going to follow up with the classic sentence "Congratulations, you have become a girl"!

He turned around and saw a light gray-haired man walking into the ward - he still remembered this man, a potential customer who was suspected of being in love with watermelon rinds, a psychologist working at Shinichi and Ran's school, Kazuhisa Kitamura.

By the way…could the crying boy with light grey hair in the dream just now be the younger version of this guy in front of me? It seems possible that Kitamura Kazuhisa is the boy in the Kitamura couple's family.

A thought flashed through Chaohi Xiqiu's mind quickly, causing him to pay attention to the window a little slower.

It was not until Kitamura Kazuhisa walked to his bedside that he lifted the curtains and caught a glimpse of the lush green leaves swaying outside the window.

The trees are thick and strong, with luxuriant branches and leaves, and the golden sunlight is extremely dazzling. Behind the overlapping branches is the cloudless blue sky.

"…It's summer already? I've been in a coma for half a year?" Chao Ri Xi Qiu was a little surprised. He still remembered that he had the car accident in a snowy winter.

"It's autumn. To be precise, it's early autumn after summer." Kitamura Kazuhisa answered, holding a notebook in his hand. "-By the way, it's already early autumn three or four years later, and you've been in a coma for several years."

Morning Sun and Evening Autumn:?

For a moment, he thought the person in front of him was joking, and it was a prank after waking up from various surgeries, and the moment he woke up, he was told that he had traveled to the future N years.

But he soon came to a clear-headed realization: the relationship between him and the man in front of him was not yet at the level of joking with each other.

Asahi Xiqiu raised her hand and touched her hair. The length was still within the range of short hair, and the edges were a little frizzy - probably because of the regular care in the hospital, so the haircut was not particularly good.

Kitamura Kazuhisa noticed Asahi Yuaki's actions. He held the notebook in one hand and picked up the remote control on the bedside table with the other arm and turned on the TV in the room.

The TV made a short "beep" sound and then suddenly lit up.

At this time, the latest news was being broadcast on TV: the police and private detectives jointly cracked a large-scale gang theft case, and the reputation of "Sleeping Kogoro" became famous again.

Asahi Yuaki was originally skeptical, but after seeing the specific date on the news on TV*, she finally put her faith in the news.

…OMG, I was actually in a coma for several years!!! Should I say it’s a good thing that I didn’t wake up and enter the cyber age?

Perhaps noticing the dull way Asahi Yuaki was staring at the TV, Kitamura Kazuhisa smiled with some meaning, and he said slowly, "It's been a bit long, isn't it? It seems like this is beyond your plan."

Chaori Xiqiu: "..."

What plan? Another plan that he himself doesn't even know about!

Faced with this question, Asahi Yuaki wisely and decisively chose to skip it. He looked at Kitamura Kazuha and asked, "Aren't you the psychiatrist of Teitan Elementary School? Why are you here?"

"Actually, I've only been a psychiatrist for a year or two," Kitamura said with a smile. "I'm working in this hospital now."

He said slowly and suggestively, "In a place with all the facilities like this, it is more convenient for me to do some special research."

Chao Ri Xi Qiu paused and tentatively asked, "Drug research?"

Kitamura Kazuhisa just smiled and didn't reply.

Could the person in front of me really be the light gray-haired boy in my dream? The Kitamura couple are in drug research, so is this the son following in his father's footsteps?

Recalling the meaningful special research that Kitamura Kazuhisa had just mentioned, Asahi Yuaki thought to himself: Brother, brother, you won't use me as an experiment, will you?

Asahi Yuki is not sure what kind of drug research Silver Bullet is, but just from the name, it feels like it's not something serious...

Because the concept of silver bullets is usually associated with medieval werewolves, vampires, witches, etc.

Correspondingly, if I were to make a blind guess, the characteristics would be transformation, immortality, and permanent appearance?

I always feel that these are all very mysterious, and it is more likely that half-baked drugs cause people to go crazy.

Chaori Xiqiu's mind was full of wild ideas. He thought for a moment and finally decided to give up thinking. Thinking was too tiring and not suitable for someone like him who had just recovered from a serious illness.

So he asked the most pressing question: "Is my store still there?"

I don’t think he would use it to pay for medical expenses! But since it was a long-term lease of the store, I don’t know if he could use it as collateral.

The money in his bank card - although he had received a large sum of money from the student assassin Hyacinthus before, after studying in Hawaii and renting and renovating a shop when he returned, there was not much left. This should not be enough to pay for the medical expenses for a few years.

As if he could guess what Asahi Yuki was thinking, Kitamura Kazuhisa's lips curled up subtly, as if he saw through everything and told the person in front of him to stop pretending. He said, "The medical expenses have always been regularly deposited."

The organization's care is too obvious, thought Kitamura. This doesn't seem like a "traitor who was executed long ago" at all, but more like a play performed for outsiders, and it's not being performed seriously at all.

It's okay to fool others, but don't fool yourself. Who would pay money to the rumored betrayer? And he paid it all over the years. This must be the treatment for hardworking members!

Kitamura Kazuhisa felt that he understood everything.

When Asahi Yuqiu heard Dr. Kitamura's reply, she was stunned for two or three seconds.

What? Someone pays for my medical bills regularly? He is the best person in the universe!

In this regard, the first person that came to Asahi Yuaki's mind was the friend with the crow head. If I remember correctly, this friend was the dumbest and richest (?).

Thinking of the phone, Asahi Xiqiu propped herself up and sat up on the bed: "My phone...?"

Kitamura Kazuhisa pointed to the bedside cabinet next to him, indicating that the other person's cell phone was in the drawer.

When Chaori Xiqiu opened the drawer, she saw a brand new and beautiful mobile phone that was different from the previous ones.

"Three months ago, a man with long silver hair wearing a black windbreaker and a top hat brought it to you," said Kitamura Kazuhisa.

Hearing this description, Asahi Yuaki immediately recalled the image - the big brother of the Kuroshiko Society, a first-level salesman codenamed Gin!

It turns out that he is a good person! He even gave me a new mobile phone. Chaohi Xiqiu was very touched.

The Heishan Society also has feelings, and the Heishan Society also has righteousness. Next time we meet, I must give each other more snacks.

Kitamura Kazuhisa was standing nearby. He had already put down the medical records he was holding and was putting his hands in the pockets of his white coat, looking very serious.

He wasn't standing here by coincidence...

For several years, Kitamura Kazuhisa has been trying to find a way to treat the other party. He planned to wait for the other party to wake up, and then stand in front of the other party with the arrogant attitude of a superior, letting the other party know that times have changed, and this time, the other party's life is in his hands.

However, from the time he woke up until now, the fox-eyed young man had not shown any nervousness at all - no, the only time he showed nervousness was when he was talking about the topic of the store.

Kitamura Kazuhisa didn't believe that the other party could be so calm. He felt that it was very likely that the other party had forgotten about him again... Damn it.

He gritted his teeth and tried to keep calm. His face was solemn as he continued to stand quietly by the side.

But after waiting for a long time, the fox-eyed young man in front of him still didn't look at him. The other party was now focusing all his attention on the new mobile phone, playing with gusto.

Kitamura Yijun couldn't hold it back any longer. He raised his chin, and his light grey ponytail drooped slightly backwards: "...Do you know who I am?"

Hearing the words of the person next to him, Chao Ri Xi Qiu raised his head. He subconsciously wanted to reply "doctor", but he felt that this didn't seem to be the correct answer.

After all, if the answer is really "doctor", then isn't this the same as "Master, what do you do for a living?"

This should be an IQ test after a car accident! Or -

Another meal in the morning and autumn in the evening.

Or maybe this was the beginning of me being transported into another world by a dump truck.

Because just now when I woke up, the conversation between me and the person in front of me was really like a human-machine NPC! Doctor Kitamura was like an introducer in the opening remarks of another world.

Kitamura Kazuhisa watched the changing tangled expressions of the morning sun, evening sun and autumn, and his heart finally relaxed with satisfaction.

He saw Chao Ri Xi Qiu wanting to say something but stopping himself, and finally tentatively uttered a word.

"...I want to sign a contract with you and become a magical girl?"

Kazuhisa Kitamura:?

His expression was broken for a moment, but he quickly adjusted himself.

"What?" He smiled.

When Chaori Xiqiu saw the other party's statement, he knew that his previous guess was wrong - the person in front of him was not a magic elf!

He took a detour and turned his thoughts back to the very beginning. Taking this opportunity to ask the question, he asked the original question of identity in his mind.

"Do you have a sister or younger sister?"

As soon as these words came out, the smiling light grey-haired man in front of him suddenly turned gloomy. His black eyes were brewing storms, rolling up the waves of the storm.

It was as if a nuclear bomb exploded in Kitamura Kazuhisa's mind. He did not expect that the person in front of him would suddenly bring up the past that he was unwilling to reveal. He clenched his hanging hands tightly, and his whole body was sharp.

The pain of losing my sister, the feeling of helplessness, and the emotion of not knowing whether to be grateful or hate flooded over me.

Asahi Xiqiu looked at the expression of the person in front of him and was very worried that the other person would suddenly go crazy and snatch his phone and throw it away... or pack him up and throw him away.

There is a 99% chance that the boy who suddenly broke down when his heart was touched is the boy in my dream!

——Good boy, it turns out that you, my friend, are the real beauty, strength and tragedy.

Chao Ri Xi Qiu sighed inwardly, and then added: "Haven't you seen her in all these years?"

Kitamura Ichi-Fan let out a strange, dragging laugh. He glanced at the fox-eyed young man on the hospital bed and said, "...Why, do you regret letting me live?"

My sister is dead, died in the fire in the snow on that winter night. If I want to see her again, it can only be in dreams or after death.

Kitamura Kazuhisa naturally thought that the person in front of him was being weird to him.

After hearing Kitamura Kazuha's reply, Asahi Yuki had a huge question mark in his heart. What does this have to do with whether the opponent is alive or not? How could he be so broken?

Chaori Xiqiu paused for a moment and continued, "I guess you didn't see her, so you probably don't know where she is. I'm not sure at the moment."

As Asahi Yushu spoke, Kitamura Ichiha's expression gradually froze. His brain worked slowly, processing the words into fragments.

...What does that mean? Is Aoi still alive? Is his sister still alive?

When the laboratory caught fire, he didn't have time to see his sister, and there was no possibility of finding the body afterwards. If Aoi is still alive, it is indeed possible.

Kitamura Ichihashi's body trembled. This news was so shocking to him that he couldn't stand steadily as usual.

He staggered as if drunk, holding onto the IV pole beside him with one hand.

After a long while, he finally uttered an almost inaudible sound from between his teeth: "...Why?"

Why did they go to all that trouble to save him and his sister? If Aoi was really still alive, why didn't they tell him from the beginning and let him escape with his sister?

Too many questions crowded in his mind, and Kitamura closed his eyes. He thought: There was a reason why the man in front of him let him go. Perhaps it was for his own drug development ability, and his sister was a handle he had.

But even so, Kitamura Kazuhisa's heart still lit up when he heard the news that his sister was likely still alive.

He didn't care if he was being used, because objectively, it was the people in front of him who had saved them and let them go. If his sister was still alive...

I would venture to guess that perhaps the rumors of betrayal were false, but the rumors of discord were true, Kitamura Kazuhisa thought.

Perhaps the organization thought that the person in front of them was just cooperating in the betrayal, but in fact, the person in front of them was using the acting to show his true emotions.

Is it because of a power struggle? Does the person in front of you want to usurp the throne and become the boss?

He knew the formula of the medicine his parents had developed. Over the years, he had continued to conduct experiments in secret... Speaking of which, he had actually discovered something after conducting in-depth research on the watermelon rind he had taken from the person in front of him last time.

There is a certain substance in those watermelon rinds that can react with [Silver Bullets] and offset some of their effectiveness.

If we study it in depth, we might be able to find an antidote from the watermelon rind.

This must not be a coincidence, but the result of careful consideration! It turns out that this guy had already hinted at me from the very beginning.

This time, the other party took the initiative to mention the news about his sister. Is it a new hint and emphasis?

Kitamura Kazuhisa thought further and further away, his expression changed from hard to soft, and then returned to a certain toughness again.

He pursed his lips, the strange expression on his face had long gone, turning into a gentleness that was hard to tell whether it was real or fake: "...What do you need me to do?"

——No matter what the person in front of him needs, as long as he can see his sister again, he is willing to make it happen.

Whatever it is.

Kitamura Kazuhisa was ready, he looked straight ahead.

Asahi Xiqiu was sitting on the bed. He had just used his new mobile phone to search for the situation of his own store and found out that it had only been closed in recent years (plus there had been a number of cases and accidents nearby), but had not been reclaimed or mortgaged, so he felt relieved.

After hearing what Kitamura Kazuhisa said, Asahi Yuaki responded with conscious care.

"Can you take me back to the store after I'm discharged from the hospital? I don't have time to explain. Anyway, the Autumn Festival is coming soon, and I have to catch up with this wave of watermelon promotions!"

Kitamura Kazuhisa: ...?

Rising Sun and Setting Autumn: The beautiful first day after waking up starts with selling melons diligently!