The next day, 9:40 in the morning.
Fujiwara Yu arrived at Shin-Osaka Station at 5-chome, Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku 20 minutes in advance. It takes 4 hours to take the JR train from here to Kofu Station in Yamanashi Prefecture, which is quite a long journey.
As usual, he got up early and must have had breakfast, but this did not prevent him from running to the beverage store near the station to buy a cup of iced lemon tea. However, drinking iced drinks in this weather was still quite cold for his hands.
He stood outside the convenience store at the station entrance, sipping the lemon tea in his cup while observing passers-by, trying to find the student that Yuge Masami had asked to pick him up.
Black middle-parted curly hair, pass. Granny gray buzz cut, pass. Light flaxen middle-parted straight hair, get.
Since the hair color and hairstyle were the same, he carefully confirmed that the other person was also wearing old-style black-framed glasses, which matched the man in the photo. It was definitely him.
Just as Fujiwara Yu was about to step forward, he noticed the man with glasses smiling at him, but his eyes were not on him. He subconsciously looked to the side, and after seeing the two people walking out of the convenience store, the iced lemon tea in his hand almost fell to the ground.
This familiar light brown straight long hair and the iconic droopy eyes are exactly the same as someone else's. Isn't this Akihara Kenji's biological sister Akihara Chisawa? Why is she here?
"Qiansu, why did you buy beer? We're not going on a picnic, we're here to protect our client."
This familiar voice, wait, could it be this?
The man who came out of the convenience store carrying two heavy plastic bags was none other than Yokomizo Shigego, whom he had met once before. He glared at Akihara Chisuga with dissatisfaction in his half-moon eyes. With his rigorous and serious personality, he naturally felt that drinking during work was extremely incompetent behavior.
Akihara Chisu, who was as carefree and cheerful as her own younger brother, smiled and came up to Yokomizo Shigego, and directly helped him to straighten his slightly raised collar, while her eyes were fixed on the other's shy and awkward expression. When she met someone familiar, she would occasionally reveal her little devil side.
"Mr. Shigeo of the Yokomizo family, didn't you iron your collar? It would make you look less slovenly."
"Isn't it because someone stayed in bed that I didn't have time to iron? Besides, don't change the subject. I'll ask you again why you bought beer." Yokomizo Shigeo had to be alert every time he talked to Chisu, otherwise she would easily change the subject.
Akihara Chihiro pointed at his casual attire, his face full of a "you already know the answer" expression:
"Of course I bought it to drink. I'm not going to Yamanashi Prefecture for work, I'm going there for tourism, okay?"
"...You can only drink one can. We'll talk about the other cans when you get back." Yokomizo Shigego was clearly defeated. He could never win an argument with Chisu. He took a bottle of mineral water from a plastic bag and handed it to the man with glasses standing nearby, saying, "Here, your water."
The man with glasses took the water, unscrewed the cap, and took a sip. He thought about the reason for gathering here and asked:
"Brother Jugo, do you know Officer Sosuke Takashi of the Osaka Police Headquarters? I forgot to ask for his photo, and I don't know if he's gathered here yet."
"No, I don't have any dealings with the Osaka police."
Fujiwara Yuu, who had been watching silently from the side and slurping down his iced lemon tea, threw the empty cup into the trash can marked with beverage bottles at the entrance of the convenience store. He took the initiative to speak:
"Excuse me, I'm Sosuke Takashi, the man you've been waiting for. Thank you for your guidance, Mr. Gotoda."
The man with glasses was none other than Gotoda Manabu, who was commissioned by Yuge Masami to pick him up. As a student of Mr. Yuge, he was naturally also an outstanding violinist, but he was not very famous in the country, which was also related to his low-key style of doing things.
He had a purple side-parted hairstyle and a single earring on his left ear. The only thing about him that made him look like a policeman was the formal gray suit and the black tie tied neatly across his chest.
Is this guy actually a policeman?
Akihara Chisuku didn't show any surprise on her face. Instead, she frowned and looked serious. She stared at Takagi Sosuke's face for a while, and suddenly said something that startled the latter:
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"Have we met somewhere before?"
Fujiwara Yu didn't expect that Akihara Chisuke had such a good memory. His image after dyeing his hair was different from before. Not only had his temperament changed, but his age had also successfully erased the childishness that remained from his police academy days.
Logically speaking, she shouldn't be aware of her own identity. Could it be that she relied on a girl's sixth sense?
Although he felt a little uneasy, Fujiwara Yuu still appeared calm and pretended to be reminiscing for a while before giving a positive answer:
"Sorry, I remember this was our first meeting. I have a good memory so I shouldn't be wrong."
He is now somewhat glad that his voice is more stable than it was five years ago. Even if the timbre does not change at all, it can give people a completely different feeling during conversation.
Akihara Chisu didn't catch any trace of lying, nor did she dwell on this issue. She gestured with her hands to show the height difference and said jokingly with a smile:
"Then I must have remembered it wrongly. After all, such a tall and handsome guy is still easy to recognize."
"Please restrain your smile and don't scare people... Hello, I'm Shigego Yokomizo, and her name is Chisuga Akihara. We are both police officers at the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters. Thank you for your guidance." Shigego Yokomizo said a little jealously, but he knew Chisuga's character very well. Although she was very outgoing, there were very few people she could truly classify as her friends.
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