Beihu Zunhao Hotel, Room 1407.
Behind the door stood a black-haired young man holding a salute. Judging from his natural curls and the fact that he was wearing black sunglasses indoors, it was not difficult to tell that he was Jinpei Matsuda, one of the twin aces of the Metropolitan Police Department's Mobile Group's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squad.
When the door card is swiped, a crisp "beep" sound is heard. After hearing this sound, Matsuda Jinpei winked at the corner of the house, and Yin Dahang, who was hiding behind the corner, made an "ok" gesture.
As for Mr. Kenji Akihara, another ace of the explosive ordnance disposal team, he was holding a video camera and aiming it at the door. He planned to record the scene of Fujiwara Yu being pranked, so that when Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu came back, they could also appreciate the "miracle" together.
When the door opened, things turned out differently from what the three people in the room had expected.
A purple figure suddenly rushed into the house and punched Matsuda Jinpei in the face as he jumped out from behind the door and prepared to fire a salute. Then something white and stained with red spurted out of Matsuda's mouth, rolled onto the soft carpet, and fell into Yin Dahang's eyes.
These were Jinpei Matsuda's dentures, which had been worn for six years and were knocked out again.
After seeing the appearance of the person he had beaten, Fujiwara Yuu widened his eyes and said in disbelief:
"Why is it you?!"
The one who responded to him was naturally not Matsuda Jinpei who covered his mouth, but the laughter of the other two people, which was so rampant that the tenants next door came and smashed the door.
"Hahahahahaha, Matsuda you really are——"
This was Yin Dahang's hearty laughter. He slapped the wall so hard that he almost shook off the non-existent wall dust.
"Pfft, Xiao Zhenping, your...hahahaha, your dentures fell out again, hahaha!
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The one who was even more outrageous was naturally Kenji Akihara. As Matsuda's childhood friend, he laughed so hard that tears were about to flow down his face. But even though he laughed like this, he did not forget to save this wonderful scene, and he must show it to Furuya Rei, the first person who knocked dentures flying, in the future.
Matsuda Jinpei was inconsolable at the moment. Not only was he caught off guard by a punch, but his dentures were also knocked out. He looked at Fujiwara Yuu, who looked innocent, speechlessly, and his words were a little shaky:
"Fuji, are you serious? Don't you know how expensive it is to see a dentist in Tokyo? You have to pay for this, or I won't let me sleep today!"
"No...how did you get here?" Fujiwara Yu knew that his punch was a bit too hard. It was because he mistakenly thought that a bad guy had sneaked into his room, so the force must have been a bit too strong.
Yin Dahang bent down, picked up the pitiful denture, and handed it back to Matsuda Jinpei. He waved the unused salute in his hand and responded with a smile:
"Of course we're here to celebrate your birthday, otherwise we wouldn't have sneaked in here."
"You guys are capable of doing such a thing as prying open a hotel room door. I really don't know whether you are police officers or criminals." Fujiwara Yu held his forehead feeling a little helpless. He knew without a doubt that Matsuda must have done such a technical job of prying open the door. This guy might even enjoy it. He probably had never dismantled the hotel's electronic lock before.
Matsuda Jinpei carefully wrapped up his dentures and put them in his pocket. He took off his sunglasses and grinned:
"Hey, haven't we done enough of this kind of thing? The door to the police academy rooftop is almost broken!"
This doesn't seem like something to be proud of, does it?
Fujiwara Yuu kept his complaints to himself and didn't say them out loud. He looked at the birthday cake on the coffee table with a sincere smile on his face. He reached out and gently pressed Matsuda's shoulder:
"Thank you for celebrating my birthday. I will reimburse you for the dentist's visit."
"Hey, can you please stop saying such corny things? Do we need to be thankful for the relationship between us?" Matsuda Jinpei glared at Fujiwara Yu with his half-moon eyes and slapped him on the back with his hand, then distanced himself. He really didn't like standing next to tall people, as it would make him, who was only 1.8 meters tall, look very "petite".
"Okay, then let's cut the cake and eat it. I just happened to buy some wine."
Akihara Kenji took the black plastic bag and found that it was full of strong foreign liquor. He took out the bourbon whiskey and said with a smile:
"Isn't it a bit unreasonable to drink without snacks? Fujiwara-chan, come with me to the convenience store downstairs to buy some snacks like shredded tuna. I forgot my wallet."
"Oh well."
Yin Dahang and Matsuda Jinpei were both stunned when they heard this. According to Akihara Kenji's personality, it was impossible for him to let the birthday boy pay the bill. Moreover, they came here together by subway and both saw Akihara take out coins from his wallet.
Why lie? Did he want to talk to Fujiwara alone?
The two of them tacitly agreed not to expose Akihara Kenji's lies and decided to ask him after the birthday celebration.
The elevator of the Beido Zunhao Hotel was moving very fast. Not long after Fujiwara pressed the down button, the elevator arrived at the fourteenth floor and the door opened. He stepped into the elevator and closed his eyes, just like usual.
But today, Kenji Akihara was standing next to him, so there was a little difference.
Kenji Akihara noticed that Fujiwara Yu closed his eyes after entering the elevator. He did not open them until the elevator door opened when they reached the first floor. He found this interesting and strange.
When they were still students in the police academy, they often came into contact with elevators. At that time, Fujiwara Yu never had the habit of closing his eyes and resting after entering the elevator. And judging from the wrinkles on his hands in his trouser pockets... he was clenching his fists.
Is it necessary to clench your fists while closing your eyes to rest? And is he doing this on purpose to avoid being discovered?
Is Fujiwara afraid? Why does he have a fear of elevators?
Kenji Akihara slowed down his pace and followed behind Fujiwara Yu. The two of them went to a convenience store and bought some of their favorite snacks. On the way back, he still didn't ask his questions.
It wasn't until he took the elevator up again and saw Fujiwara still with his eyes closed that he couldn't help but speak:
"Fujiwara, when did you start to develop a fear of elevators?"
His tone was completely different from his usual one, and he didn't even call himself "Little Fujiwara".
Fujiwara Yuu knew it would be difficult to hide it from Akihara Kenji, but he hadn't expected him to find out after just one sight. Although he didn't want them to worry about him, hiding some things would only lead to people's suspicions.
He shrugged helplessly, pointed to the fire escape after walking out of the elevator, leaned against the door and whispered about some things that happened to him in the United States.
"When I was in the United States, I was kidnapped once. My memory of the kidnapping is very vague, and I can only recover some of it through dreams."
"So, your fear of elevators is due to the kidnapping?" Akihara Kenji frowned, his face naturally full of worry. He didn't expect that Fujiwara had encountered such a thing. This was something he didn't expect.
Fujiwara Yu nodded, and now when he talked about this, his tone was still very relaxed:
"Well, I don't remember much about my daily life, but that kidnapping case has never been solved. I can't remember who was kidnapped with me. I just remember that the kidnapper was wearing a black goat's hood."
"Then...how did you escape? You can't remember?"
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