Chapter 249 The two confirmed they were dating.
Day 25 of the Highway Survival Game!
"Hahaha... Hagi, junior schoolmate finally remembered you. I thought she wouldn't remember you until your kids were old enough to run errands!" At this moment, Matsuda laughed loudly.
Hagiwara gave a forced, bitter smile and sighed with a self-deprecating expression: "Sigh! Who told me to be so unattractive? Kaze-chan actually forgot about me! I've been treasuring the love letters Kaze-chan gave me, yet she didn't recognize me when she saved me. What a pity."
"I'm so sorry, I had my reasons. I encountered some..." Feng Xingshou's face was flushed red. Her mind was blank. Past memories, memories she tried to forget, and memories that had died began to attack her, making her explanation incoherent.
"Tsk tsk, just an apology? Hagi waited for you in the park for a long time, until it got dark before going home," Matsuda continued to tease her.
"A park?" What park? Upon hearing this, Feng Xing Shou felt that things might be beyond her expectations. She hurriedly explained, "It's not like that, listen to me..."
"Hey, you're explaining this to us, not just to Hagiwara?" Morofushi Kagemitsu asked her with a mischievous grin.
One sentence made her ears turn bright red, and Feng Xingshou could only hurriedly say, "Hagiwara, listen to me, it wasn't like that back then, I..."
"What is it?" Hagiwara asked her with a half-smile, but didn't give her a chance to explain. He continued, "I don't care what happened. Anyway, you're my girlfriend now."
"When did I become your girlfriend?" Just as Kazesei was about to ask her a question, Hagiwara took her hand and said, "Alright, now that we've resolved the issue, it's time to go back. Kojinpei probably still has a lot to say to us about Akai Tsutomu-san."
Is this the time to talk about this? Shouldn't we have made things clear first? They clearly recognized me, so why didn't they tell me sooner? Why did they make me lose face so badly today? Feng Xingshou thought to himself, feeling frustrated.
Today's unexpected discovery revealed that she and he were slow to react and, in their panic, were unable to voice their inner thoughts. Thus, the hesitant Kazeki was led out of the dungeon exit by Kenji Hagiwara, who was holding her hand. Of course, before that, Kazeki had put Komatsuda back in his original position...
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After the group returned to the car, a new round of competition began. After about ten days of practice, Hagiwara and the others had mastered the holographic cockpit driving technology seven days ago. Although they hadn't been able to maintain it for long, their operational precision was extremely high.
They started using holographic cockpit driving technology in the competition 7 days ago, which resulted in a very high score in 7 rounds. It can be said that they have gained a lot, which is also the reason why their vehicle was able to quickly upgrade to level 3 or above.
They are currently on the Tier 3 vehicle track, struggling for Tier 4 vehicle parts: "We only need two more Tier 4 parts to upgrade to a Tier 4 vehicle, Hagiwara, give it your all."
"Hagiwara, safety comes first," Fengxing Shou hurriedly instructed from the side.
After hearing this, Hagiwara smiled at Kazesei no Mori and said, "Don't worry, with you in the car, I naturally won't take any risks."
These suggestive words made Feng Xingshou blush again, especially since they were said in front of his friend. Feng Xingshou glared at him irritably and didn't say anything more.
Matsuda and Morofushi Kagemitsu, standing to the side, watched and chuckled to themselves...
They returned early today, and there was still plenty of time left, so before the race started, Matsuda talked about his experience: "When I contacted Akai Tsutomu today..."
This person's reaction was somewhat unexpected. I thought I would have to say a lot to convince him, but when I mentioned the damage caused by the future silver bullets, he immediately believed me.
"Huh? Why?" Feng Xingshou hadn't expected anyone to so easily believe that a person from the future was calling him again. Was Mr. Akai's father so easily convinced? Didn't Bourbon-san say he was incredibly capable? -_-||
Upon hearing this, Matsuda Jinpei smiled and said, "I asked him the same question back then. According to his answer, it was back when Dr. Miyano was researching that drug and had an accident at the research institute where he worked."
He went back to investigate the cause of death of the couple, but because the scene was completely burned, he could not find any clues and had to leave it at that. However, he did not make any discoveries at the research institute.
However, when he went to Japan to investigate the incident involving the couple, he also investigated their itinerary during those years. In the process, he learned some things, including that the couple was researching a drug and had made some progress, which led to their recruitment by the Karasuma Research Institute.
"Karasuma Research Institute? So Dr. Miyano and his wife died in an accident at Karasuma Research Institute? And their orphans were raised by the organization after their deaths." Hearing Matsuda Jinpei say this, Morofushi Kagemitsu was quite surprised.
Because of Rei Furuya, Hiromitsu Morofushi also paid close attention to information about Dr. Miyano and his wife, and learned a lot about them from the organization, including things like the Hell Angels and their orphans being adopted by the organization...
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When Morofushi Kagemitsu asked this question, Matsuda and Hagiwara's expressions also became somewhat unusual: "Hmm! It seems that this Karasuma Research Institute has a close relationship with the organization!"
"What kind of existence is this Karasuma Research Institute in your Japan?" Kazesei asked curiously upon seeing this.
Seeing her curiosity, Hagiwara replied, "As far as I know, Karasuma Research Institute belongs to one of Japan's top zaibatsu (financial conglomerates). You can imagine the influence of the Suzuki Group in Japan now, but more than 40 years ago, before the death of the great capitalist Karasuma Renya, the Karasuma Group's influence in Japan even surpassed that of the Suzuki Group."
"Although Karasuma Renya is a Japanese name, he was not a member of the Yamato people. Before the Meiji Restoration, his family was a conservative old aristocratic family, which could also be called a lord or a large landowner."
At that time, they still used the surname Wu, which was originally a member of the nobility, and they never intermarried with the local Japanese. It wasn't until after the Meiji Restoration that they began to actively intermarry with the West. They are likely a mix of people from the Central Plains and Westerners.
The Karasuma family has a history of several hundred years in Japan, but a tragedy occurred at an auction of his estate more than 40 years ago, not long after Karasuma Renya passed away.
Following that tragedy, the Karasuma family seemed to have been implicated and offended many people, since many people lost their lives in the tragedy, including many prominent figures and celebrities in Japan.
It seems that the Karasuma family members were being retaliated against by the forces behind the victims' families, as they gradually died or disappeared due to various accidents. The Karasuma family's businesses in Japan also declined and were sold off one after another.
The car company that paid that person was originally a property under the Karasuma Zaibatsu. Morofushi Kagemitsu glanced at Kazesei no Mamoru with a somewhat complicated look in his eyes. He thought of Bourbon's speculation about the backgrounds of Gin and Kazesei no Mamoru, and these words were somewhat meaningful.
"It seems very likely that the Karasuma Group is an enterprise of the organization. So, did the organization exist all these years ago?" Feng Xingshou never expected that he could be involved with the organization in any other way. Hearing this, he did not connect the Karasuma family's affairs with himself.
He said something out of curiosity, then thought for a moment and continued, "More than 40 years is too long. If we include 2025, and if Karasuma Group really belongs to the organization, then wouldn't it have existed for half a century by 25 years?"
However, during the years I lived in Zhongzhou, I had basically never heard of the Karasuma Group. I guess the Karasuma Group will really disappear completely along with the organization in the future.
"According to the internal investigation by the Public Security Bureau, the existence of the organization before my incident was confirmed to have been at least more than half a century." Morobushi Kagemitsu did not know how long the organization had existed, and could only answer with what he knew.
However, he also realized from Feng Xingshou's reaction that she was indeed unaware of the relationship between the organization and himself. After spending the past few days together, he had come to understand Feng Xingshou's personality well and knew that she was not good at hiding her expressions or pretending.
Matsuda, who was standing nearby, suddenly added, "There's something you all wouldn't expect."
"What's up?"
"Judging from your mysterious expression, is something special?" Hagiwara and Morofushi Kagemitsu asked curiously.
Feng Xingshou looked over, puzzled.
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Unexpectedly, Matsuda said, "After I briefly described the information provided by Akai Bourbon, Furuya, and Akai Sana to Akai-san's father, he actually deduced from the code at the initial scene of Haneda Koji's murder, provided by Akai-san, that the code actually hinted at the name Karasuma Renya."
"He deduced that in less than 20 minutes of your call?"
"No wonder Akai admires his father so much, saying that if his father were alive, the organization's secrets would not be a secret to him at all."
"That's amazing!"
Upon hearing this, the three looked on in disbelief, and then praised it in unison.
After praising them, Feng Xingshou looked at the three of them from left to right and asked in surprise, "Didn't any of you suspect anything?"
"What do you suspect?" Hagiwara secretly looked at her through the car's screen, while the other two also looked at Fuusei and asked.
Feng Xingshou hurriedly replied, "Since Mr. Akai Shuichi's father deduced that the code refers to the name Karasuma Renya, and the research institute where Dr. Miyano and his wife died is a research institute under the Karasuma family, doesn't this show that the organization is inseparable from the Ulan Group?"
Following this pattern, the Karasuma Group's once massive business suddenly vanished without a trace, with family members either dying in accidents or disappearing—how suspicious! Could Karasuma Renya be the organization's boss? Is it possible that he didn't actually die?
They've been secretly researching things like silver bullets. Just think about the miraculous rejuvenating effects of those silver bullets. If Karasuma Renya had taken that drug and lived, wouldn't he look incredibly young now? He could blend into the crowd so that undercover police officers from various countries couldn't find him.
"I'm not interested in who the boss of the organization is. We are survivors on the Survival Highway now. Let real people worry about real things. Our main concern is to take care of our own safety."
Now that everything has been investigated, we can send Kojinpei and Komorobuchi back to their original era. Hearing Kazesei no Kami ask Hagiwara this, the three of them were slightly taken aback, then smiled, and then Hagiwara actually said something like that.
Upon hearing Hagiwara's words, Matsuda and Morofushi Kagemitsu hadn't reacted yet, but Kazesei-no-Kami was taken aback. Sending them back to their original time? Hearing this, a thought flashed through her mind: What about you? Shouldn't Hagiwara also return to his time?
What should she do if he goes back? She can't drive. Just as this thought flashed through her mind, she quickly shook her head. No, she couldn't trap Hagiwara in the survival game just because she wasn't good at driving.
At the same time, as if he had guessed what she was thinking, Hagiwara said to her, "Of course I'm going to stay with my girlfriend and make sure I train you to be a racing expert before I go back. And you have to wait for me in the future, Fuu-chan, and don't change your mind. If you fall in love with another man, I won't forgive you easily."
"I won't!" Feng Xingshou was so taken aback by Hagiwara's words that he forgot his worries and anxieties about the future and shouted out those words in a huff. Only after he finished speaking did he realize what Hagiwara meant.
She felt a slight sense of relief, but also felt very sorry for him. It was all because of her that she had delayed him for so long. She was so sorry... At that moment, she had no idea that she had already acknowledged herself as his girlfriend.
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While the two were flirting, Matsuda looked at Morofushi Kagemitsu and asked, "Having gathered so much information about the organization today, what are your plans?"
"I'm one of the survivors in this vehicle now, so let Zero worry about the practicalities!" Morofushi Hiromitsu looked out of the car and replied to Matsuda.
If it were just the Silver Bullet crisis, with Zero's abilities and all the future information provided to him, he could definitely change the future of the Silver Bullet. But here, there are so many dangerous things like the Survival Game. If we don't investigate thoroughly, it might cause even greater damage to the world.
Matsuda shook his head at this: "I guess Furuya will have a tough time. He'll find out all the details about the organization, including the identity of the boss and such. It won't be easy to completely eradicate the organization."
After all, the Symbiotic Cult has its eye on that drug. Unless its existence is completely eliminated, it's unlikely the people behind the Symbiotic Cult will allow the organization to perish. It's not just those in the Symbiotic Cult who desire immortality; many others who fear aging and death will also be after that drug.
This topic ended abruptly because the racing season has begun again...
Just like the past 7 days, with the holographic cockpit technology, Hagiwara still glides smoothly on this Class 3 racetrack, no matter how dangerous it is, it is no challenge for him.
In a short period of driving skills competition, he quickly went from driving steadily to the end, and as usual, he received the highest score reward. This score reward, together with the remaining score rewards from the previous exchanges, allowed them to finally redeem the remaining two Level 4 car parts.
Upon returning, the three immediately donned full gear, covering themselves completely before leaving the vehicle. They then used the two newly acquired level 4 upgrade blueprints to craft and use them. Once all ten parts were collected and the vehicle's parts were all at level 4, the entire vehicle was successfully upgraded to level 4.
Having gained experience with level 2 and 3 vehicle upgrades, all four of them were well aware that the game's vehicle upgrade pattern was basically that each upgrade would double the original vehicle's area while adding a new layer of space to the vehicle, and on top of this new layer of space...
The system will create the same areas based on the functional zones of the first floor. For example, after the first floor has a living room, bedroom, laundry room and other areas, the second floor will add five rooms and public areas such as corridors. When upgrading to the third floor, the third floor will also follow the same pattern.
Therefore, they estimate that this upgrade will add a fourth floor. Considering the increased space due to the star rating, the interior of the vehicle can now be used as a medium-sized base...
Sure enough, after the Tier 4 vehicle was upgraded, they went up to check and found that, as they had guessed, the Tier 4 vehicle did indeed have an additional fourth layer of usable space, which was still divided into five areas and corridors, just like the second and third layers.
The upgraded and star-leveled space expands significantly, making the entire interior extremely spacious. In fact, aside from the first level, the other three levels are completely empty and useless. Of course, this is only in the game; in reality, this vehicle has many other uses…
After completing these tasks, the group quickly returned to the temperature-controlled car interior in the extremely low temperatures, and immediately took off their heavy clothes upon arrival.
As soon as Feng Xingshou placed the thick clothes on the sofa in the living room, Hagiwara took her hand and touched it. Only after confirming that her hand was not cold did he breathe a sigh of relief: "Are you still cold?"
"It's okay, I only leveled up for a short time, and I'm wearing thick clothes, so I won't get cold at all." Feng Xingshou felt a little flattered by his caring attitude, but also felt a bit embarrassed, especially since his friends were around.
Hagiwara, being shameless, didn't feel embarrassed at all. Seeing Kazehoshi's blushing face because of his actions only made him more attracted, especially to her bright red lips, which made him somewhat restless.
Perhaps it was some thought in his mind, or perhaps it was just going with the flow, but he pushed Feng Xingshou back to his room and then instructed him, "After all, you were hit in the face by such heavy rain and snow just now. Just to be on the safe side, you should take a hot shower and change your clothes so you don't catch a cold."
"Hmm! Okay!" His collar and cuffs, as well as his face, were indeed wet from the snow and rain. It would be good to take a shower and change his clothes. But after Feng Xingshou finished showering and changing his clothes,
When she came out, she saw Hagiwara sitting on the sofa in her room waiting for her. She was taken aback and asked in surprise, "What are you doing in my room?"
"Where am I if I'm not in your room?" Hagi was quite surprised to see her ask that. And shamelessly, he said, "We just started dating, so we definitely need to spend more time together!"
"Aren't you going to drive?" Oh no, I hadn't had a chance to refuse before. If I refuse now, will he think I'm playing with him? Feng Xingshou felt very uneasy. -_-||
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