Chapter 36 Matsuda, No Longer Suffering from Insomnia
Could it be that the junior schoolgirl saved him and him by exploiting a game bug, but what price would she have to pay? Although he had this thought in his mind, he didn't ask. After all, the junior schoolgirl's unscientific storage ability was already a secret he shouldn't know, let alone deeper privacy...
"I like to eat all kinds of delicious food and I'm not particularly picky about food. It's just that I always feel like I'm not full if I only eat rice as my staple food. I have to have some noodles with it to feel full. By the way, bread doesn't count as noodles in my eyes!"
"The noodles I'm referring to are staple foods cooked with flour..." Feng Xingshou wasn't good at reading people's expressions and didn't notice the changes in their expressions. After sitting down, he obediently answered Hagiwara's question, never expecting that she had already collected information about his dietary preferences...
Because the three of them had agreed to take Matsuda back tomorrow, they wouldn't be driving this afternoon or tomorrow morning. So they really enjoyed drinking a few cans of beer to celebrate their safe return, and then had a big meal.
After the three of them finished cleaning the table, they saw her walking outside the car, looking a bit bored and aimless. Kenji Hagiwara, suppressing a laugh, prompted, "Kaze-chan, don't you think you've forgotten something?"
"Huh! No?" Feng Xing Shou was taken aback by his question. She quickly recalled whether she had overlooked something. After thinking for a few seconds, she suddenly remembered that before organizing the supplies, she saw the two of them smoking and was thinking about getting them cigarettes.
Thinking that Hagiwara was reminding her of this, she hurriedly took out the storage box and looked for the cigarette storage box inside, saying, "Cigarettes, right! I had forgotten about it if you hadn't mentioned it."
"..." Matsuda Jinpei looked at Hagiwara in surprise. Based on his understanding of Hagiwara, he shouldn't have asked a woman he liked for a cigarette.
"I only recently started smoking, and I'm not that addicted. I only smoke one cigarette to relieve stress at work." As expected, Kenji Hagiwara explained somewhat helplessly when he realized she had misunderstood.
Upon hearing his explanation, Matsuda, who had been increasingly smoking to suppress his negative emotions after believing he had died in the explosion, said: 'Thank you! I was offended.'
"..." Feng Xingshou, who was rummaging through the cigarette storage box, was truly confused. If it wasn't about cigarettes, then what could it be? He couldn't remember forgetting something! -_-||
Seeing her troubled expression, Hagiwara suppressed a laugh and reminded her, "Have you forgotten about the treasure chest from the racing game we cleared today?"
"Ah..." Feng Xingshou only remembered after being reminded, and couldn't help but let out a soft cry, a little annoyed: "How could I forget? According to our speculation, this might also be a reward for upgrading car parts!"
"Heh... why don't you hurry up and open it to take a look?" Judging from the value and importance of the car parts, the game's reward this time is probably an upgrade blueprint for the car chassis and related materials! Kenji Hagiwara had already roughly guessed what was in the third-place reward chest.
As expected, after opening today's bronze treasure chest, Feng Xing Shou obtained a level 1 car chassis upgrade blueprint, 80 units of gasoline, two buckets of udon noodles, 1000 grams of bananas, 500 grams of Dongpo pork, 20 units of black iron, 10 units of rubber, 10 units of electronic components, and 10 units of bronze.
After using the blueprint, the processing plant showed that a full 100 units of black iron were needed to complete the upgrade. She originally thought she had enough black iron materials, but after choosing to upgrade the car chassis, she found that she only had 60 units of black iron left.
This was the first time she realized that the cars in this game were money-devouring beasts. It seemed that no matter how many materials she collected, it wouldn't be enough to build one. Fortunately, this time she only needed black iron. If she had added other materials, she really didn't know if she could have completed this upgrade...
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Meanwhile, Matsuda Jinpei silently observed as he carried the bronze treasure chest from the Wind Star Guardian, opened it with a crowbar outside the vehicle, and began studying the blueprints and upgrading the chassis.
He trusted Hagi completely and never doubted what she said, but he was also curious about the high-tech scene she described, so he watched with extra focus this time and thus clearly saw how incredible the scene was.
It made him truly feel the presence of cutting-edge technology all around him, and he was also shocked by the technological level of this road survival game and the level of civilization it represented.
With such a huge technological gap, even if all the powerful nations on Earth united, could they really resist the game's organizers? Just look at the scene of a car chassis being upgraded in just a few seconds.
It appears to be made of pure iron, with no visible signs of processing. Anyone would have similar suspicions, right? After all, if even an ordinary car can be made to this extent, what about various weapons?
Feng Xingshou didn't have that much of a strategic vision. After the upgrade was completed, he immediately walked around the car. However, this time the upgrade was only for the chassis, so there was really no visible change on the outside.
Seeing her curious expression, Kenji Hagiwara reminded her, "Kaze-chan, you can get in the car and take a look. You can feel the difference between a high-end car chassis and a low-end car chassis just by getting in and sitting in the car."
"Really?" Although Feng Xingshou asked this question, her actions showed that she believed the other party's words. She immediately opened the car door and got in... It was during this process that she really felt the difference. She immediately got out of the car and said to the two of them with surprise, "It is indeed different."
When I first got on the bus and sat down, I could feel it shaking noticeably. Shifting my weight slightly inside, I could hear some metallic rattling noises, like it was under excessive weight. This time, however, the bus didn't shake at all, and even moving around inside, there wasn't a single rattling sound!
-_-|| After all, every time I got on the bus, the shaking of the bus reminded me that I was overweight and a fat aunt, so the impression was naturally very deep.
"That's normal. The car chassis is like the main beam and load-bearing pillar of a house, or the keel of a ship. It's the center of gravity that supports the entire vehicle. The better the quality, the more stable the car, and it can also indirectly improve the performance of other parts of the vehicle." After having lunch together.
Matsuda Jinpei wasn't so unfamiliar with Kaze Seishoku anymore. Seeing her happy expression, the experienced car repairman immediately explained the role of the chassis in a vehicle to her in Chinese. However, after finishing, he couldn't help but yawn: "Yawn..."
"Well! Jinpei, the vehicle upgrade is now complete. Go to the bed in the back compartment and get some sleep!" During their conversation, Kenji Hagiwara had already briefly recounted their experiences to each other.
Matsuda learned that Hagiwara had committed almost every crime under Japanese law in the past few days. Hagiwara Kenji also knew that Matsuda had been working overtime for several days in a row since being transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department in order to catch the bomb culprit, and had not returned to his rented apartment to rest at night.
Yesterday, the 6th, I first encountered a woman attempting suicide, and then I met the mysterious bomb maker mentioned in the text message. I spent a lot of time dismantling a particularly dangerous chemical bomb. He himself is the captain of the □□ disposal team.
It's clear that although bomb disposal often seems to be completed in a short time, it's actually extremely exhausting. Plus, Matsuda was transferred to the Major Crimes Division, Section 3, which deals with serious and major cases. After working overtime for several days in a row, he must be very tired, not to mention that today he was solving word puzzles and defusing bombs...
If he didn't have that slovenly face, his dark circles would probably be even worse than when he first arrived and stayed up all night. Now that he had some time, he naturally told Matsuda to go back to the car and rest.
A break is needed, and even Feng Xingshou's driving instruction and practical training are scheduled to be suspended.
For Matsuda Jinpei, seeing Hagiwara still alive and well by his side, just like four years ago, began to heal the immense trauma of losing his dearest friend, and the various negative effects that resulted from it also began to slowly disappear.
The sudden sleepiness he felt at that moment was a reaction to the fact that his long-term insomnia, caused by the trauma of knowing that his best friend was still alive, was improving. In the past, he would only feel sleepy when he was exhausted.
He knew perfectly well why he was feeling sleepy. Even though he was now in a road survival game with unknown depths and an uncertain future, he was still very relaxed and his heavy heart felt lighter.
Therefore, he did not refuse, but yawned again and said, "Okay! Then I will go to sleep for a while. If I am not awake before the dungeon opens at night, wake me up. I also want to see what the night dungeon is like."
“OK!” Kenji Hagiwara indicated that he understood.
Matsuda Jinpei then returned to the sofa bed in the back of the car to rest.
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After letting Matsuda go back to the back of the car to rest, Kenji Hagiwara began to lower his voice and teach Kazesei Mori various driving theories, traffic rules, lane changing rules, and so on, from outside the car.
As for trying to drive? Because Matsuda was sleeping in the car, in order not to wake him and to ensure that we could take him back accurately tomorrow, we did not have any actual driving practice.
They had a rare, relaxed afternoon of rest. As it was getting dark, the two of them prepared dinner together, but at Hagiwara's decision, they didn't wake Matsuda up for dinner.
Instead, they prepared his dinner and stored it in his spatial backpack while it was still hot, so that he could sleep a little longer and eat it when he woke up.
After dinner, the two of them took a walk outside the car to digest their food so as not to wake Matsuda, and only returned to the car after it was completely dark...
Back in the car, Kazeki was already familiar with Hagiwara. Having experienced sleeping next to him once, he wouldn't feel as resistant a second time.
But now there was a strange man, a young and dashing handsome man with captivating eyes, whose profession seemed very prestigious and respectable to her. She became reserved and, without saying a word, chose the passenger seat to rest after getting in the car.
On the other hand, even though he knew that what she said in compartment 72 was probably just to relieve her tension and fear, Kenji Hagiwara was still a little bothered that Kaze-chan was too close to his childhood friend with the slick face, and that something ambiguous might be going on.
After all, that guy's outstanding appearance and his cat-like personality made him both lovable and infuriating. Even my older sister was attracted to him. If it weren't for the fact that my sister didn't like younger men and had no intention of developing a relationship with men younger than herself, she might have actually reciprocated his feelings.
Knowing full well the charm of his childhood friend, he naturally wouldn't give the woman he liked the chance to fall for another man. So, being the considerate man he always was, he deliberately pretended to be careless this time and didn't let her sleep on the more comfortable sofa bed.
However, not wanting her to suffer alone, Kenji Hagiwara quietly lowered his voice and told her that it wouldn't be right to wake up Jinpei. Using this excuse, he returned to the driver's seat to rest. Fortunately, after the body and chassis were upgraded this time, the driver's seat in front was more spacious.
After adjusting the car seat back to its maximum distance, his long legs could be stretched out, no longer suffering from cramped legs as before. In this way, the two gradually fell asleep, especially Feng Xingshou, whose biological clock was very punctual and whose sleep quality was good, he fell asleep almost instantly...
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