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Did you dream about her?
Yomi Lai Chuan forcefully pushed away Matsuda Jinpei's face, which was leaning towards her. Matsuda Jinpei then pressed his palm against her forehead and pushed her to the other side.
"Seriously," Raikawa Yomi complained, "Idiot officer, let go of him!"
"You're the one who should let go," Matsuda Jinpei said through gritted teeth, staring at the pork belly that Yomi Yomi had just grilled on his chopsticks. "I clearly grilled this!"
"Is this your excuse for stealing my meat?"
"?"
Matsuda Jinpei was completely shocked by Raikawa Yomi's shamelessness. He bared his teeth and asked, "Who's stealing from whom here?!"
Lai Chuan Huang Quan puffed out his chest, speaking with righteous indignation: "You stole from me!"
Matsuda Jinpei: ? ? ?
Matsuda Jinpei was so angry that veins popped out: "You...!"
Matsuda Jinpei kept cursing, but Yomi Yorikawa still fed him the pork belly coated in sauce.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan chewed on her meat with a smug look on her face, her almond-shaped eyes wide open. She swayed her head from side to side, looking extremely provocative.
"Click—"
Matsuda Jinpei's lips twitched twice as he snapped the third pair of chopsticks he had used that night with his bare hands.
As for Kenji Hagiwara, he calmly raised his hand to signal the waiter to bring him a new pair of chopsticks, completely unfazed by the situation.
"Little Witch," a member of the Hagiwara squad called out to her from behind Lai Chuan Huang Quan, "Come on, we just finished a plate of snowflake beef for this table."
Lai Chuan Huang Quan's eyes lit up, and he jumped up from his seat with the dipping sauce dish in hand: "Coming~!"
"Captain Matsuda is so stingy, he actually fought with the girls for meat."
Lai Chuan Huang Quan nodded repeatedly: "That's right!"
Matsuda Jinpei: ...?
He forced a cold laugh from his throat, and the veins on his forehead bulged more and more.
These damned subordinates, who are usually cowardly in front of him, have become bolder now that Lai Chuan Huang Quan has taken the lead, and they even dare to speak ill of him to his face.
Kenji Hagiwara placed a few more thick slices of pork belly on the grill and laughed, "Soft bread is unexpectedly popular with the SMART squad."
When Yomi Lai appeared at the barbecue restaurant with Hagiwara, amidst the cheers of the Mobile Unit members, she blushed and hid behind Kenji Hagiwara.
At first, she was a little reserved, sticking to Kenji Hagiwara wherever she went, acting all coy. But under the lure of barbecue, Yomi Laichuan gradually became familiar with the Mobile Unit members, carrying her dipping sauce as she went from place to place.
“Tch, birds of a feather flock together,” Matsuda Jinpei tilted his head back and gulped down a mouthful of beer. “Fools like to hang out together.”
Kenji Hagiwara raised an eyebrow: "Hey, Jinpei, you've insulted me too with that. And by that logic, doesn't that make you the idiot who hangs out with me?"
Matsuda Jinpei: "..."
Kenji Hagiwara forcefully suppressed a laugh: "So, Jinpei, you're actually the idiot, aren't you?"
"Shut up!" Matsuda Jinpei slammed his chopsticks on the table, annoyed and embarrassed, and said, "Eat your meat!"
Matsuda Jinpei was so angry he was practically bristling like a pufferfish, while Raikawa Yomi successfully livened up the atmosphere. She put one hand on her hip, patted her chest, and said proudly, "Don't worry, this meal is on me! Everyone, eat as much as you like!"
"Oh my gosh! As expected of the little witch!"
"Little Witch is the best!"
"Everyone," Lai Chuan Huang Quan said with a beaming smile, raising his beer glass high, "Cheers!"
The members of the mobile unit also raised their glasses in unison: "Cheers!"
The SM officers surrounded Yomi Raikawa, praising her endlessly, when suddenly someone shouted, "Long live Captain Hagiwara!"
The topic instantly shifted in direction.
Amidst the continuous praise, a few whispers broke out as everyone quietly discussed when their captain would finally win over the little witch.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan remained in the same position as before, her mouth shaped like a horizontal [3]. She was smug and seemed oblivious to the whispers below. But her face had turned from white to red, like a ripe red tomato.
Matsuda Jinpei glanced expressionlessly at the farce behind him. The beer glasses on the table had been emptied. He flicked the metal cap off the beer bottle with his thumb and said indifferently, "Look at her smug look. She's practically wagging her tail in the air."
Kenji Hagiwara just smiled and put the small, thick slices of pork belly into the plate prepared for the soft bread: "It's quite energetic, what's wrong with that?"
Matsuda Jinpei glanced at Hagiwara Kenji and said disdainfully, "You just keep spoiling her."
Kenji Hagiwara: "Jinpei, don't you always spoil the softie too?"
"Huh?" Matsuda Jinpei frowned, looking at Hagiwara Kenji with an expression that said he was an idiot: "What nonsense are you talking about? I spoil her?"
Kenji Hagiwara said lazily, "Judging from how many times the soft bread has bounced around on your sensitive spots, if it were anyone else, you would probably have already lost your temper and completely turned against them."
Matsuda Jinpei paused in his pouring, feigning composure: "I'm doing this because she's a girl."
Kenji Hagiwara raised an eyebrow: "Oh."
Matsuda Jinpei: "..."
Matsuda Jinpei rolled his eyes and said nothing more. He picked up his glass, tilted his head back, and as the cold beer slid down his esophagus, his sexy Adam's apple bobbed back and forth.
Kenji Hagiwara rested his chin on his hand and stared at him for a while before suddenly speaking, dropping a bombshell: "Jinpei, have you ever dreamed about soft bread?"
"Pfft—cough cough cough!"
Matsuda Jinpei spat out a mouthful of sake, and his violent coughing drew the attention of the riot police officers.
Meeting Yomi's questioning gaze, Kenji Hagiwara quickly stood up, patting Jinpei Matsuda's back to help him catch his breath, while laughing and joking with the team members, "Jinpei just choked. You guys eat, don't worry about us."
Matsuda Jinpei coughed incessantly. He glared fiercely at Hagiwara, but then Hagiwara explained in his ear, "In the entire SWAT team, and even the entire Metropolitan Police Department, only the two of us have a subtle sense of déjà vu about Yomi Yorikawa. So I can only ask you."
Matsuda Jinpei wiped the beer slurred from his mouth with a tissue and asked, "So you dreamed about it?"
"Just last night, I dreamt that soft bread was crying."
Matsuda Jinpei rolled his eyes: "Is this why you've been so absent-minded all day?"
Kenji Hagiwara didn't answer, but smiled and continued to press on the previous topic: "Have you ever dreamed about it?"
Matsuda Jinpei lowered his gaze and raised his hand to refill his beer. His Adam's apple bobbed, his eyes deep, as if he wanted to say something, but after a long silence, he finally uttered only a cold, "No."
...
“Mr. Furuya, we have reviewed it again, and there is no problem with Yomi’s growth path.”
Inside the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Bureau, Rei Furuya sat wearily in a swivel chair, his fingers interlaced, staring at the documents spread out on the table in front of him, lost in thought.
The Ministry of Public Security has collected all of Lai Chuan Huangquan's graduation photos from elementary school to high school from his classmates, and most of his teachers and classmates also have an impression of him.
—A girl with a withdrawn and rebellious personality.
This is their assessment of her.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan failed to get into university and became unemployed after graduating from high school. Her parents also died in a car accident, leaving her all alone with no friends.
With a complete growth path and perfect supporting evidence, Lai Chuan Huang Quan's identity does not seem fake.
Based on the available information, Rei Furuya can only speculate that Yomi Rikawa is backed by some hidden organization. Could it be some underground research force, like the Umbrella Corporation in Resident Evil?
Rei Furuya had already checked Yomi Lai's phone, and her contacts only contained the phone numbers of three people—Rei Furuya himself, and his two colleagues who worked with him in the Mobile Squad.
After carefully going through all the apps on Lai Chuan Huang Quan's phone, it was found that she only exchanged emails with Hagiwara Kenji and had not used any other social media apps.
Moreover, judging from the content, Yomi Laichuan and Kenji Hagiwara seem to have a close relationship.
“Mr. Furuya,” Kazami Yuya appeared in the office at the right time and said, “A new document: Yomi Yorikawa once claimed to be Hikaru Midorikawa’s girlfriend.”
Rei Furuya frowned and asked, "Is there anything special about this Hikaru Midorikawa?"
Kazami Yuya pursed his lips, swallowed, and whispered, "Mr. Furuya, you might know this Midorikawa Hikaru."
Rei Furuya narrowed his eyes slightly: "Hmm? Explain yourself."
“Mr. Furuya, you are from the National Police Agency, and you were recently promoted to take over this job, so it’s understandable that you wouldn’t know. Midorikawa Hikaru… is an undercover agent sent out by the Public Security Bureau, and his real name is Morofushi Kagemitsu.”
Falling Valley Zero:! ! !
Damn it, how come this strange woman is entangled with everyone important to him? Right now, it seems the only person he hasn't crossed paths with yet is Date Wataru, who works at the local police station.
Rei Furuya ran his fingers through the blond hair, gritted his teeth, and slammed his fist heavily on the table. Sweat beaded on his forehead, soaking his bangs.
Rei Furuya leaned back in his chair, clenched his fist under his chin, and after thinking for a long time, finally dialed the phone number of his classmates for the first time since graduation.
The dial tone from the receiver irritated Furuya Rei. He sat in his swivel chair, turning his body from side to side and slapping his feet on the tiles.
About ten seconds later, the person on the other end finally answered the phone.
"Oh, that's rare, Furuya, what made you think of calling me?"
Kenji Hagiwara's distinctive voice came through the receiver, and his familiar tone made Rei Furuya sigh with slight relief. Rei Furuya rubbed his temples and said slowly, "Hagiwara, is it convenient for you to talk now? I have something very important to discuss with you."
"Don't worry, when I saw it was you calling, I deliberately made an excuse to find a quiet, secluded corner." The sound of a lighter clicking came from the other end of the line. Kenji Hagiwara exhaled a smoke ring and chuckled, "Where have you been working lately?"
Rei Furuya did not answer.
Hagiwara continued, "Kurofushi contacted me a couple of days ago, so I guessed you were at the police station. Did you run into some trouble? Otherwise, why would you think of calling me?"
Rei Furuya said seriously, "To make a long story short, I have something very important to discuss with you. It's about that woman who's been getting really close to you lately."
Rei Furuya had intended to give Kenji Hagiwara some advice, telling him to be careful of Yomi Yorikawa, and also to ask him about that woman. However, after Furuya finished speaking, an eerie silence fell over the other end of the phone.
Anxiety began to fester, and Rei Furuya paused for a moment, holding his phone, before finally breaking the silence between them.
He asked softly, with a tentative tone, "Hagiwara?"
Kenji Hagiwara: "...So you're that police chief who bullies the weaklings."
Jianggu Ling:...?
Rei Furuya: "Wait, I might not have heard you right. What did you say I was?"
Kenji Hagiwara snorted coldly and said indifferently, "You're the bastard who finds someone to grope the back of a soft-faced woman, aren't you?"
Jiangu Ling:? ? ?
"I'm going to tell Kojinpei about this perverted Furuya."
Jiangu Ling:? ? ? ? ?
"Wait a minute, Hagiwara, let me explain!!" Furuya Rei gripped his phone, nearly collapsing, but he quickly recovered: "No! I have something more important to tell you this time!"
"Jinpei~" Hagiwara's voice came from the other end of the line, as if he had taken the phone away from his ear: "I'm telling you, Furuya, that guy actually..."
Rei Furuya: "Kenji Hagiwara, you wait a minute!!"
He roared with all his might.
[Author's Note]
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