·104｜Exclusive to Jinjiang·104
Administrator, what are you going to do then?
When Mr. Raikawa received the message from Kenji Hagiwara requesting a visit, he was sitting behind the curtains in his dimly lit office, listening to his subordinates report on their work progress.
The organization has begun its search for Morofushi Kagemitsu, and it's estimated that in another ten days to two weeks, they will mark him as "dead" in the Scottish records. However, if Gin hadn't been so distrustful of rye whisky, the organization might have skipped the initial investigation.
Mr. Raikawa flipped through the written report on the table: "How is things going with Morofushi Kagemitsu?"
"He is currently being protected in a secret room specially prepared by the police department. Apart from being unable to move, he is perfectly fine." Not only that, he even had a pleasant conversation with your daughter.
But the middle-aged policeman who was giving the report and was already balding dared not say the second half of the sentence.
Mr. Raikawa placed his ten fingers interlaced on the table: "You should also come up with a plan as soon as possible that would allow Morofushi Kagemitsu to move freely."
It's not a long-term solution to keep Morofushi Kagemitsu locked up all the time. Besides, there will definitely be other undercover police officers who fail in the future, and we can't keep them imprisoned in the safe houses prepared by the police department until the dark forces are destroyed.
“Yes!” the man continued, “The bombing incident that lasted for four years has also come to an end, and all that remains is to hand it over to the prosecutor’s office. As for the role your daughter, Lai Chuan Huang Quan, played in it, I have also arranged for someone to erase it. Apart from a few people on the inside, no one knows that she was involved in the operation.”
Mr. Lai Chuan nodded in satisfaction: "Okay, is there anything else?"
“Yes,” the man stepped forward and handed over another document. “This is Rei Furuya’s promotion application. I believe he has gained enough experience and is capable enough to take on the position.”
Mr. Lai Chuan quickly scanned Furuya Rei's file, which was filled with his achievements over the past four years, achievements that ordinary police officers might not be able to attain even after seven or eight years of hard work.
Sometimes fate is just that unfair. Someone with talent like Furuya Rei is one in a decade. Mr. Raikawa has no doubt that if Furuya Rei were given another ten years, he would definitely become someone who could surpass him.
Mr. Lai Chuan tossed aside the file containing Rei Furuya's name tucked in the folder, picked up his phone to glance at the messages, sighed, and swiveled his chair to look out the window. He tapped his fingers on the computer screen, and the curtains blocking the sunlight were suddenly pulled back.
Sunlight streamed through the one-way glass, illuminating the room in an instant. Mr. Lai Chuan, too, moved from the boundary between light and darkness into brightness, much like his heart, which had finally broken free from the fog and was gradually becoming clearer.
Seeing that Mr. Lai Chuan had not answered for a long time, his subordinates did not dare to urge him, but stood respectfully in place. Mr. Lai Chuan crossed his legs and looked down at the vehicles passing by downstairs.
After a long silence, he sighed heavily and said, "Alright, you can handle Furuya Rei's promotion."
"yes."
After the man left, Mr. Lai picked up his phone and looked at it over and over again. His brows furrowed more and more as reason and emotion struggled within him.
Based on his personal preference, he did indeed favor his son, who was already working at Beika Central Hospital next door, at the same time as him. They knew each other well, came from similar backgrounds, and the boy had a good personality.
But Yomi Laichuan likes Kenji Hagiwara.
Mr. Laichuan suddenly thought of the red-haired Yomi. In the three years since Yomi left, he would occasionally sit by her bedside and help her move around—although he mostly entrusted this task to his trusted subordinates who had to retire early due to work-related injuries.
Red-haired Yomi lay quietly on the hospital bed, like Sleeping Beauty from a fairy tale. When Mr. Lai Chuan stroked Yomi's cheek with his calloused and wounded hands, he couldn't help but wonder if obediently following orders and doing everything step by step was really the result he wanted.
Mr. Lai Chuan's fingers trembled slightly as he held the phone. He deleted and revised the message repeatedly, hesitating for a long time before finally sending the reply.
"Next Wednesday, 2 PM."
When the message "sent" popped up, Mr. Lai Chuan subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. After making so many mistakes, he should finally make the right choice this time.
...
This time, Kenji Hagiwara only pleaded for an hour before Mr. Yomi Raikawa agreed to his marriage proposal. However, his expression was serious and grave as he nodded, making it unclear whether he was acting voluntarily or under duress. To an uninformed observer, it might have seemed as if Kenji Hagiwara had coerced Mr. Raikawa.
But before Kenji Hagiwara could even prepare a ring, his long-awaited proposal was indefinitely postponed—Yomi Raikawa had been deemed by the central system to have fulfilled her wish, and the body created for her by the Time and Space Administration was about to be retrieved and destroyed.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan must return to his original body within two days.
At first, Yomi Yorikawa was unwilling.
Think about it: the body she's currently using is immune to heatstroke and colds, allows her to overeat, and possesses healing abilities more than ten times stronger than humans. Moreover, the fact that her body doesn't age is a game-changer for anyone, regardless of gender.
When the administrator informed her that her body was about to be taken back, Lai Chuan Huang Quan huddled on the sofa with a pillow in her arms, and the tooth mark of Hagiwara Kenji was still imprinted on the back of her shoulder hidden under her white shirt.
She pouted, "Do I really have to go back to my own body?" She wasn't very willing.
"Or would you like to continue your mission in the next world?"
Lai Chuan Huang Quan muttered softly, "I don't want to, I want to be with the second-year graduate student."
"And if you don't switch back to your original body, it means you won't be able to grow old with your second-year graduate student."
Upon hearing this, Lai Chuan Huang Quan remained silent.
The administrator's words were like an arrow piercing her heart, while at the same time painting a beautiful picture for her—to walk hand in hand with Ken Hagiwara through half a lifetime, slowly growing old together.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan curled her toes, blinked her almond-shaped eyes twice, and said reluctantly, "Then, then I'd better go back to my own body. What will happen to this body after I go back?"
"It will be taken back by me immediately, and destroyed after the Administration Bureau checks and confirms it."
Lai Chuan Huang Quan lowered his gaze to the coffee table in front of him, his eyebrows arched, his sky-blue almond eyes shimmering, and his tear sacs feeling a little sore.
The administrator gazed at his beloved daughter from across a dimension, instinctively softening his tone: "Huang Quan, congratulations on completing your mission. From today onwards, you are free."
He thought Lai Chuan Huang Quan would be happy, but the little girl, who was curled up on the sofa hugging her legs, suddenly burst into tears. She tried to hold back her tears by pursing her lips tightly, but in just seven or eight seconds, large drops of pearly tears slid down her face.
The administrator was stunned. He wasn't good at comforting people and didn't know why Lai Chuan Huang Quan was crying. In his understanding, Lai Chuan Huang Quan should be crying tears of joy, but she was sobbing, and her aggrieved appearance made her look like she was heartbroken.
The administrator's eyes widened, his jaw tightening. He swallowed several times before asking uncertainly, "Huang Quan, why are you crying?"
He wasn't a good father; he could never understand why Yomi Yorikawa was crying. The difference between him and Kenji Hagiwara in this respect was as absurd as trying to catch an airplane with a tractor.
Fortunately, there's Matsuda Jinpei, who, together with Mr. Raikawa, forms a bumbling police alliance of [outstanding, handsome, but clueless straight men who can't even coax Yomi].
Lai Chuan Huang Quan sobbed, wiping away his tears with his sleeve: "Dad."
She sniffed hard and took a deep breath: "Then what will you do? I'm so rebellious. When I was alive, I was always arguing with you and running away from home."
Lai Chuan Huang Quan became increasingly distressed as she spoke, even managing to sniffle. Wiping her tears and snot away with a tissue, she stared at the administrator through the virtual panel with her red, swollen eyes: "I'm leaving like this. What are you going to do? Will you never see me again or talk to me again?"
She frowned and cried as bitterly as she recalled the day Hagi and Matsu died: "You old bastard, why don't you just accept the red-haired ghosts in the afterlife?"
He was forced to board the Time and Space Administration's ship because of Lai Chuan Huang Quan, which prevented him from even finding peace in death. Yet, for her sake, he had to part ways with her.
Mr. Lai Chuan's wishes are filled with the word "fulfillment".
Though they are still alive, they will never see each other again.
But the administrator sighed and breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, Huang Quan, I'm just leaving temporarily. I'll be back by your side."
Lai Chuan Huang Quan asked in confusion, "Huh? But how are we supposed to meet?"
The administrator smiled, his eyes peaceful, like a landscape reborn after a disaster. He looked at Lai Chuan Huang Quan, his eyes filled with loving affection: "Don't worry, according to your timeline, I will die suddenly in the office from overwork on a rainy night six years from now. At that time, I will come back and take the place of myself in this timeline."
...?
The crying faded into the wind, and Lai Chuan Huang Quan froze, even forgetting to breathe. Her eyes widened, unable to believe what she had just heard. The only sound in the silent room was the ticking of the second hand. Lai Chuan Huang Quan slowly lowered her head, as if processing what the administrator had said. The next second, she looked up at the virtual panel and grinned: "You stinky old man! Don't talk about your impending death so casually, you bastard!"
Suddenly being yelled at, the manager frowned, feeling both aggrieved and confused. He genuinely didn't find it strange, terrifying, or absurd that "a father casually tells his only daughter, 'I will die in the office in six years.'"
He even felt that he was sacrificing himself for his country, a fearless hero. When he said he would die suddenly at work, there was even a hint of pride in his tone.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan pouted, his crescent-shaped eyes widening in disdain for the administrator: "Dad, are you really an elite? You seem rather dim-witted. Where will my dad go if he dies now? Or will he just die like that?"
The administrator paused briefly, choosing to ignore the first half of Lai Chuan Huang Quan's sentence: "If he dies, he will be extracted by the Time and Space Administration and become the past me." The Administration would never be willing to let go of such a big fish.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan, resting his chin on his hands, said, "I see..."
“Alright,” she stood up from the sofa, stretched, and then said seriously, “Since I’m about to return to my original form, I can’t delay any longer. I have to get everything done.”
She changed into the delicate little dress given to her by Kenji Hagiwara, took out Jinpei Matsuda's large sunglasses from the drawer to cover half of her face, and then took out the bank card hidden in the deepest part of the drawer.
With everything prepared, Lai Chuan Huang Quan, hands on hips, eagerly declared, "Alright! Ready to go!"
Administrator: "What are you planning to do?"
"You stinky old man, guess what it is!"
"...Go buy a car for that brat Hagiwara?"
“No, that’s not true,” Lai Chuan Huang Quan pouted. “Dad, you’re really stupid. If you were a second-year graduate student, you would have guessed it right away.”
"..." You're not even married yet, isn't it a bit too early to be siding with outsiders?
Lai Chuan Huang Quan changed her shoes and stood up from the entryway, fixing her hair in front of the mirror on the wall. She didn't explain, but instead took out her phone and dialed the numbers of two ace operatives in the mobile unit: "Second-year graduate student, what time do you get off work today?"
"Five o'clock? Okay, I'll wait for you. I'm going to eat my way from Beika Street all the way to Beika City!"
"Jinpei, are you free right now? How about we have a good meal together today and tomorrow?"
"Of course I know you can't eat that much, just help me stand in line... Hehe, then hit me, you stinky gorilla, nyah nyah nyah~!"
"I love being a second-year graduate student the most, mwah~!"
On the other side of the world, an administrator with an infinitely long ellipsis hanging from his forehead interlaced his fingers, staring at the screen with crescent-shaped eyes, and fell silent.
He thought Lai Chuan Huang Quan had something important to do, and had even planned how to apply to the Administration Bureau to postpone the destruction of her body. So this was all she had to do before returning to her original body?
How could a high-ranking police officer like him, one of the few S-class officials in the Time and Space Administration, have such a… daughter!
[Author's Note]
Huang Quan: (Feeling wronged) But food is really important...
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