Chapter 60: The outsider who made outrageous speculations seem normal was actually the one who made them even more outrageous...
As the top student at the police academy, Rei Furuya was the one who stood out from the undercover training through layers of selection.
Since graduating from police academy, Kitagawa Ryusei has rarely engaged in actual combat.
The work of the Criminal Planning Division is a battle of wits, while the work of the Special Investigation Team makes it difficult to even meet the perpetrator.
But this absolutely does not mean that his physical skills have declined.
The outstretched fist was firmly contained by the palm.
Instead of withdrawing his hand as usual, Kitagawa Ryusei used the momentum to push upwards, using his waist with unimaginable resilience to propel his legs and kick Furuya Rei in the shoulder.
Originally, it was just a tingling sensation in the tiger's mouth, but the moment he was kicked, half of Furuya Rei's arm went numb.
Compared to Rei Furuya, who received more systematic training than fighting, Ryusei Kitagawa's fighting style was developed little by little from scratching and biting among children in the beginning.
Less than a year of training at the police academy couldn't fundamentally change this obvious personal style.
Rei Furuya should have realized this long ago, but Ruki Kitagawa never treated those fledgling police academy students as enemies and went all out in actual combat training sessions.
Judo, wrestling, Sanda, grappling...
The more comprehensive Rei Furuya's learning was, the more complex Ryusei Kitagawa's integration of it became.
Each time he makes a move, he abandons technique and defense in exchange for unexpected effects and greater destructive power.
The opponent is constantly dodging and is still distracted by other things, which displeases Kitagawa Ryusei.
"Are you still going to be distracted at a time like this?"
Alarm bells rang in his mind, and a sense of crisis enveloped him. Rei quickly rolled to the right to dodge the attack that was about to strike.
He had just gotten up when he saw Kitagawa Ryusei slam his fist into the ground where his face had been.
The clenched fist had distinct knuckles, and when it slammed into the ground, it didn't hold back, making a sound that made people lean back when it hit the ground.
If he hadn't dodged, Rei Furuya could have foreseen the disfigurement of his nose bleeding profusely and his jaw dislocated.
Similarly, Kitagawa Ryusei's hand must be in pain as well.
"Ryusei, are you serious?!"
Kitagawa Ryusei really wants to cook something for him right now.
He turned around, his whole body half-levitated, his lower leg strike failed, he landed and spun around, bringing up his other leg to fly up and chop down.
This forced Rei Furuya to raise his forearm to defend himself.
During the few days that Rei Furuya was escaping, Ruki Kitagawa's patience also reached its limit.
He didn't know what the guy was worried about, but he gave him time to calm down.
If Furuya Rei can't calm down and insists on squatting in a corner biting his handkerchief while occasionally instigating a few of his peers to flirt with him, then Kitagawa Ryusei wouldn't mind kicking open the door and personally prying the other person's mouth open.
He had experienced countless battles, been interrogated by the enemy, and suffered countless fatal wounds in his life, but this was the first time he had been subjected to emotional abuse.
It really did take a beating to vent my anger.
Kitagawa Ryusei's hook punch grazed past his golden hair, carrying a sharp gust of wind. He said coldly, "Fight back."
Rei Furuya steadied himself and looked at Ruki Kitagawa with a complex expression.
Immediately afterward, he paused in his dodging motion and changed direction to face the attack head-on.
This was the first time the two had fought hand-to-hand; they were both extremely skilled in martial arts, and their movements were so fast it was dazzling.
Nobody cares about the rules in the ring.
They were more like venting.
Kitagawa Ryusei showed no awareness of defense during the fight, and Furuya Rei didn't dare to really hurt him, so he mostly dodged, allowing Kitagawa Ryusei to gain the upper hand.
Finally, he almost completely wrapped himself around the blond youth, forcefully pushing him down onto the training room floor.
Both of them were in a sorry state to varying degrees.
Kitagawa Ryusei placed his hands on Furuya Rei's collarbone, completely suppressing him, and the anger in his eyes had mostly dissipated.
Sweat slid down his chin as he lowered his head, dripping onto the corner of Rei Furuya's eye and then flowing down his cheek.
"Have you calmed down?"
This time, it was Rei Furuya who spoke to Ruki Kitagawa.
Both of them sustained some injuries, with Rei Furuya having the most.
Apart from a small bruise on her jawbone, Kitagawa Ryusei barely touched her face.
Kitagawa Ryusei also had many abrasions on his elbows and knees, and his finger joints were swollen.
But he showed no intention of getting up. With that subdued gesture, he lowered his head and asked, "So, are you willing to speak properly now?"
The reason given—that they are worried about the threat from the Black Organization—does not stand up to scrutiny at all.
Rei Furuya is a competent and excellent police officer. Right after graduation, he accepted the appointment as an undercover investigator with his faith in the cherry blossom badge. He can only feel gratified and supportive of his colleagues who share the same ideals.
but--
"Ryuu, was your oath to the cherry blossom badge at the graduation ceremony sincere?"
...
The moment the words left his mouth, Rei Furuya hoped that he would face the wrath of Ruki Kitagawa.
Even if a punch comes right at him, he'll still be able to laugh.
Rei Furuya stared intently at his expression, not wanting to miss a single detail, revealing a subconscious reaction that only occurs when gathering intelligence.
But Kitagawa Ryusei didn't need him to observe at all.
He chuckled, as if annoyed: "If I answer no, are you going to take the handcuffs out of your pocket?"
Rei Furuya's face tightened, his eyes dark and unfathomable beneath his lashes.
I don't know what that sentence means.
Kitagawa Ryusei was very clever; he only needed one sentence to guess the general outline of the matter.
He got up from Rei Furuya, sat on the ground, and, still angry, kicked the blond youth in the shin.
"Tell me, what did you find out?"
The youth's response exceeded all of Rei Furuya's expectations.
Consequently, all his preparations were disrupted.
“Too…” Furuya Rei opened his mouth only to find his voice was incredibly hoarse. After a long pause, he continued, “Too ordinary.”
"An ordinary orphan living in Yokohama, who was sponsored by kind people and went through school step by step, and miraculously entered the professional group of university."
The few photos he could find of the young man from different periods of his life were flat and lifeless, devoid of any soul.
With just one glance, Furuya Rei could see the disconnect between the person in the data and this young man who was so close to him.
Superficial experiences on paper cannot nurture the soul of the person before you.
The mystery that used to fascinate him has now turned into unknown danger.
"Never handled a gun, never traveled abroad, and has none of the family and friends that Ryusei once mentioned..."
Rei Furuya remembers all the things Ruki Kitagawa had said to him about the past.
It was precisely because of these drastically different experiences and the young man's open and honest attitude that he never thought of hiding anything that he fell into an endless dilemma.
Perhaps there's some hidden reason? Like the witness protection program...
He didn't know who he was making excuses for.
Rei Furuya got up from the ground and sat down next to the young man. What followed was not as difficult as he had imagined:
"I've checked... You don't have any close personal relationships with strangers, your interpersonal relationships are simple, and there have been no accidents in the operations you've been responsible for..."
Even every task was completed exceptionally well.
All of this proves that Kitagawa Ryusei is an excellent policeman.
I shouldn't have doubted him.
After hearing what he said, Kitagawa Ryusei turned his head and stared intently at his profile. After a long while, he finally laughed out loud: "Zero, I haven't even said anything yet, and you're already defending me."
“However,” Furuya Rei continued, “I still can’t explain your background, your skills… your source of income.”
"So, Ryusei, is there anything you want to say?"
Neither of them spoke immediately after the words were spoken, and a silence fell over the training room.
Rei Furuya sat quietly, his eyes lowered, his gaze fixed on the floor, waiting for Ryusei Kitagawa's response.
Not long after, a rustling sound came from beside me.
Rei Furuya turned to look, and Ruki Kitagawa propped himself up on the floor, picked up his coat, and the sound of the fabric rubbing broke the silence.
He rummaged in his pockets for a long time, took out his wallet, and sat back down next to Furuya Rei.
Kitagawa Ryusei took out a bank card from his bag and casually put it into Furuya Rei's hand: "This is my source of income. It's my salary card from before I became a policeman."
Furuya Rei was puzzled and shifted his gaze to his palm.
The black background with gold patterns made the bank card shimmer under the harsh white light of the training room.
Falling Valley Zero:! ! !
He stopped pretending to be aggrieved, stopped looking down, and immediately opened his eyes wide: "At a time like this, don't make yourself a suspect!"
Kitagawa Ryusei ignored him and only selectively answered the simplest question.
He never shortchanged himself in terms of living conditions. The fact that he was able to move without hesitation after his house in the Asai villa area was destroyed was entirely due to the wages that Kitagawa Ryusei had saved up.
"...Do you remember when I told you before that I had been hiding many things that ordinary people couldn't understand?"
At this point, Kitagawa Ryusei glanced over, his voice carrying a hint of danger: "I remember Zero-kun's answer back then was that when I want to say it someday, you will try your best to understand."
"Is that not true?"
The sound of Rei Furuya swallowing could be clearly heard as the eye lash struck him squarely between the eyebrows.
Following Kitagawa Ryusei's words, he could easily recall when this had happened.
—On the day of the police academy sports meet, the young man, who had just begun to experience romantic feelings, was delighted that the person he liked also liked him.
It turned out that things had already started to show signs of trouble back then. He unconsciously pursed his lips and replied, "Yes, I remember. So, does Ryusei want to tell me now?"
It wasn't until now that Furuya Rei realized that he might not know Kitagawa Ryusei as well as he thought.
Actually, Kitagawa Ryusei didn't know where to begin, so he just picked a random angle: "...I'm not quite sure what my resume was made into, but it wasn't because of the witness protection program."
"I'm not an undercover agent from a gang—although I never thought I would become a police officer, I think I'm doing a pretty good job."
He looked into Rei Furuya's eyes, his expression solemn:
"I don't actually belong to this world."
The only answer that can make an outrageous guess seem normal is an even more outrageous one. Compared to the truth, the idea of a gangster infiltrator is almost endearingly plausible.
Kitagawa Ryusei was prepared to be questioned.
"It's hard to understand, but that's the truth."
The young man looked serious and continued, "I am indeed an orphan and have never been to school. I was taken in by someone and support myself by working. All the knowledge I have acquired is for the purpose of working."
"Due to some unexpected events, my superpowers sent me to this world and inexplicably assigned me the identity of a police academy student."
"The document you found is mostly true, except for some concealed details and falsified academic credentials."
Jianggu Ling: "..."
Before Furuya Rei could even feel sorry for the young man's experience, he realized that he hadn't actually understood what he was hearing.
But this didn't stop him from keeping his promise and trying to understand: "...a superpower that doesn't belong to this world?"
Even though Japan is a country where shonen manga is very popular, the impact of manga reflecting reality is still hard to resist.
So, has he forcibly broken down the dimensional barrier?
"You can think of it as time travel, except there was an accident at the time, and I don't remember how I got through the first few days."
Otherwise, the moment Kitagawa Ryusei arrived in this unfamiliar world, he would have tried to go back and would not have stayed for even a second longer.
Not to mention, following orders to enter the police academy and encountering Rei Furuya.
Rei Furuya... Rei Furuya hadn't come to his senses yet, his expression utterly bewildered and innocent.
The last time he showed this expression was when he discovered that the entire Whiskey Team had been infiltrated.
"I know this is hard to understand, but if you need evidence..."
Kitagawa Ryusei flicked his finger and pulled out a small knife from somewhere on his person, placing it into Furuya Rei's palm.
He covered that hand, their hands clasped together, the difference in skin color obvious.
The young man pressed the blade against his heart.
With just a little force, it can pierce through that thin shirt and skin.
"what you do?!"
Rei Furuya was startled, then snapped back to his senses, pulling his hand away and flinging the knife aside. When he looked up, his eyes were filled with shock and anger: "This is no joke!"
But the instigator didn't care. He raised his hand and grasped Furuya Rei's trembling hand, which was still shaking with fear, and coaxed him gently: "It's okay, you won't die."
"Special ability, do you remember?"
"It is called the [Taraxata Heaven]. Its simplest function is to passively trigger the 'Thirty-Three Heavens' when one is near death, which has the effect of bringing the dead back to life."
"..." Furuya Rei frowned. He tried his best to be serious, but he couldn't help feeling a sense of unreality: "So it's not an invulnerable superpower, right? You still bleed and are on the verge of death."
They don't think they'll die, so they underestimate the danger and harm.
He felt as if he had uncovered a corner of the unknown side of Kitagawa Ryusei.
Kitagawa Ryusei didn't speak up to defend himself, nor did he seem to think there was anything wrong with it. He simply stared silently at Furuya Rei.
His eyes held only calm and indulgence.
A deeper sense of powerlessness instantly overwhelmed the absurdity in his heart. Furuya Rei took out the silver handcuffs he hadn't even used in the fight and threw them aside along with the knife.
He didn't want to get up for the time being, so he pulled Kitagawa Ryusei close to him while their hands were clasped together.
The distance between the two disappeared, and a hand rested on the back of Kitagawa Ryusei's neck.
With a firm press of your fingertips, you can feel the thin calluses clearly.
None of this was as unbelievable as Furuya Rei's experience.
Compared to differing stances, differing worldviews were already an incredibly amicable outcome for him.
"I have thought about it..."
Rei Furuya regained his voice and nuzzled his head against the young man's neck: "If you really are an undercover agent, I'll lock you up and report you missing to the police department."
"Three years later, the family members can apply to the court to declare the missing person dead."
In this way, no matter what Kitagawa Ryusei's motives were, he would have no way to commit illegal or criminal acts...
Unfortunately, Kitagawa Ryusei didn't believe him at all: "Bourbon might do that, but Zero-kun..."
"Our upright Mr. Zero will only send me to prison until I'm released, right?"
"As for me, I did think that if Zero-kun didn't believe me, I would pack you up and take you back to my own world. Anyway, I don't care about any organization. I stayed to be a policeman because of you."
"Once you're on my turf, Zero will have no choice but to believe it all, and there will be absolutely no chance of escape or refusal."
Jianggu Ling: "..."
Yes, that's exactly what it looks like.
The sight of Kitagawa Ryusei emanating a faint black aura made it hard not to make certain associations with him.
There's also the fact that the other party possesses exceptional police skills and seems completely accustomed to crime.
At this point, Rei Furuya finally couldn't contain his curiosity any longer: "Ryusei, what kind of job did you do in your original world?"
He was still holding the exaggerated salary card that the young man had "handed over."
What kind of job has no age limit, pays well, and exposes you to the darkness and danger of the city?
At the same time, it can cultivate physical skills and knowledge like Kitagawa Ryusei, as well as a sense of responsibility towards work and the city.
Mercenaries? Or secret agents?
He could guess that it probably lay in the gray area between black and white.
Putting aside the fantastical worldview, the fact that Rei Furuya didn't understand his partner well enough after being together for so long is a dereliction of duty on his part.
He wanted to understand Kitagawa Ryusei better.
"..."
Meeting those inquisitive, grey-purple eyes, Kitagawa Ryusei, who had promised to answer every question, fell silent for a moment: "..."
After a long pause, the young man turned his head away and blurted out a single word:
"cough."
"...Port Mafia."
"..." Furuya Rei blinked.
Sorry, he seemed to have some tinnitus just now.
What about the port?
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