Chapter 68 Please Walk by My Side

Since it is a social gathering and everyone present is an adult, drinking games are inevitable.

There are only a few popular drinking games, and the number of players ranges from a minimum of two to more than a dozen.

There weren't many people at this social gathering, and when it came to playing games, it was useless for Shenyou Kui to shrink into a corner and drink water silently.

The sharp-eyed Li Yuan stretched out his hand and dragged him out.

Then, when Kamiya Aoi was dragged out, she didn't think much about it, and subconsciously dragged out Matsuda Jinpei who was also sleepy in the corner.

Because it was indoors, Matsuda Jinpei took off his sunglasses. The moment he was pulled up by Kami Yuuki, he turned his eyes away subconsciously and stared at Kami Yuuki with an expressionless face.

Matsuda Jinpei: “…” He did it without hesitation and smoothly. He didn’t believe that Kamiya Aoi didn’t do it on purpose.

In fact, Shen Youkui was just doing it casually, but since it was a drinking game, one more person participating would reduce his chances of getting caught.

I've already caught him...Kami Yuuki ignored the burning gaze from the side and let go of the hand that was pulling Matsuda Jinpei's sleeve as if nothing had happened.

This was not the first time that Matsuda Jinpei was tricked by Shenyou Aoi, and his hands were itching when he saw it.

Hagiwara Kenji, who was very sensitive and noticed that the atmosphere was not right, saw this and laughed as he stepped forward to press down Matsuda Jinpei who was clenching his fists. He also said, "It's rare to see Jinpei so interested. Now that you're here, don't go back. The game is very simple and it's fun to play together."

At this time, Kamiya Aoi was also pressed down on the chair by Tachihara using a similar method.

"Yes, it is a very simple but fun game!"

As Tachihara said this, he sat down in the seat that was originally occupied by Hagiwara Kenji, whether intentionally or not. This way, the only empty seat was the one to the right of Kamiya Aoi.

Kenji Hagiwara didn't pay attention to this detail and walked to the empty seat and sat down.

Shen Youkui glanced at Tachihara who was introducing the rules of the game across from her and frowned slightly.

From his angle, he could see clearly that Tachihara had just spoken when he moved flexibly and casually from the left side of the table to the right side, sitting exactly in Hagihara Kenji's seat.

And there is clearly an empty seat next to Shenyou Aoi.

It was not a mistake. Tachihara was always intentionally or unintentionally increasing the contact and communication time between him and Kenji Hagiwara.

Shen Youkui intuitively felt that something was wrong.

However, he has no information clues yet. Even if he finds out that Li Yuan's behavior is deliberate, he cannot deduce the hidden purpose behind the behavior.

We can only continue to observe. Thinking this, Kamiya Aoi poured a cup of tea for Hagiwara Kenji who was sitting next to her.

Shen Youkui's movements were extremely natural. Except for the people who were observing him intentionally, no one at the table noticed what he did.

"How about we start with the simplest 'first impression' game? Starting with me, everyone will come up with a first impression description in clockwise order, and everyone will vote for the person who best fits the description to drink!" Liyuan suggested.

The first impression game is the simplest game to play at a drinking table. Even if it is the first time for everyone to meet, it can be easily played without any obstacles.

This game was very suitable for opening a social gathering to liven up the atmosphere, so everyone present enthusiastically agreed with Liyuan's suggestion.

Liyuan said, "Well... let's start with me. Then I'll ask a question without hesitation - who has been confessed to the most times? Three, two, one!"

The countdown ended, and in front of Shen Youkui were many hands pointing at him.

Shen Youkui: “…” He inexplicably felt like he was lying in the basement and being swept into a sieve.

Whether in the game or in real life, Kamiya Aoi has always been a otaku and has no interest in expressing her feelings.

But faced with the unanimous choice of almost everyone, according to the rules of the game, even if Shen Youkui has never confessed to anyone, nor has anyone confessed to her, her love resume is as clean as paper.

He has to drink this glass of wine too.

Shen Youkui did not argue. She remained silent for a moment, then picked up the wine glass and was ready to accept the punishment.

But that glass of wine was the "punishment" in the game, and no one knew what painful "seasoning" was mixed into the dark-colored wine.

Just as Shenyou Aoi picked up the cup, two hands reached out from his left and right sides, pressing his wrists and arms from the front and back.

Jinpei Matsuda on the left said, "You are the one who has received the most confessions? I don't believe it."

Hagiwara Kenji on the right said: "Although I think Aoi must have been confessed to many times, but it seems that you can't drink alcohol at the age of 20... Are you over 20?"

Shen Youkui watched with envy, and as the two people on his left and right finished speaking, the girls sitting opposite him looked at each other and revealed a tacit and mysterious expression.

Shen You Aoi: "...So?"

"So," Hagiwara Kenji easily took the wine glass from his hand and turned to the others with a smile, "How about a different punishment? Um, honestly? Who do you think fits Tachihara-kun's description?"

Shen Youkui caught a glimpse of Tachihara looking at him eagerly, as if asking Shen Youkui to choose him.

But perhaps because of the strange behavior of Li Yuan before, Shen Youkui always felt that Li Yuan had other purposes.

So he hesitated for a moment, then turned his back on Jinpei Matsuda and said, "I think... it's Jinpei brother."

Matsuda Jinpei: “…” He just had that extra bit!

[I laughed so hard hahahahaha Song Tiantian’s face turned black hahaha]

[Your cold white skin and dark face are really obvious...]

[You can’t hide the look in your eyes when you want to stab someone.jpg]

[That Tachihara... grass... such a deep foreshadowing_(:з」∠)_]

[So this is when you noticed something was wrong?]

[Don’t spoil the story, don’t spoil the story!!]

Liyuan?

Matsuda Jinpei, who saw the bullet screen clearly, frowned slightly and took note of Tachihara who was joining in the booing.

Then, stick to the core idea that being a man means you can't say no.

Jinpei Matsuda, who was not actually the one who received the most confessions, picked up his glass and drank it all.

The atmosphere of the social gathering was instantly pushed to a climax.

As a result, when the get-together ended, Jinpei Matsuda, who had been confessed to the most times, walked at the end with sunglasses that no one liked, and Tachihara, the organizer of the get-together with a gloomy face.

On the contrary, Kamiya Aoi and Hagiwara Kenji, who had not said much at the social gathering, were surrounded by the girls and walked in the front.

After closing the sliding door of the izakaya, Tachihara, who was covered in dust, looked at Matsuda Jinpei, who was wearing sunglasses and had an unclear expression.

Neither of them spoke a word. They tacitly ignored the noise ahead and walked back home dejectedly.

…

After the social gathering, Shen Youkui wanted to observe Liyuan more closely.

But he carefully checked Liyuan's information, but found no useful clues.

Judging from the information, Tachihara is just an ordinary person. He grew up in Gunma Prefecture and came to Tokyo because he yearned for the big city. After graduation, he took the vocational examination and entered the National Police Academy for training.

But the game cannot waste resources on unimportant details. Senior game strategist Shen Youkui concluded that there must be information worth exploring about Liyuan.

But before Shen Youkui could conduct further investigation, something happened.

I have seen them twice at the social gathering, but the students from the Police Department School next door have gone missing. They did not return to school that night, and there was no news of them the next day.

"The missing person is Sho Oyama, Daiki Igawa. A trainee of the Metropolitan Police Department. He has been missing for more than 24 hours. Are you sure that the last time you saw him was at the social gathering the night before, which was 11:33 pm?"

As one of the participants in the social gathering, Shen Youkui had to accept the recorded questioning according to the procedure.

"Yes." Shen Youkui nodded, and then he asked a question to the police officer who was in charge of taking his statement.

"Excuse me, will Officers Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda, who were in charge of the explosives, be temporarily suspended due to this case?"

The police officer also knew that he was a trainee at the police academy. He shook his head and said, "Neither of them are police officers from the search section. They don't need to be involved in the case and avoid it. Like you, they just need to make a record - oh, they have to go out on the police after making the record."

Shen Youkui said: "So that's how it is, thank you, officer."

The police officer said it was nothing, and then asked a few more questions that were required by procedure. As expected, it did not help the case progress at all.

Next, Shen Youkui can go back to school. He doesn't have to come to the Police Department again until there is progress in the case and it is related to him.

Shen Youkui walked out of the recording room with a calm expression and seemed to be thinking about something. It was obvious that he was still thinking about this sudden missing case.

The two disappeared at around 23:33 on November 4. It is now 13:42 on November 6. If Hagiwara Kenji and Matsuda Jinpei were temporarily suspended for investigation because of this case, then Hagiwara Kenji would have been able to avoid the November 7 bombing.

The timing was so coincidental that it was hard for Kamiyakui not to think too much. He even wondered for a moment if there was a bug in this round of Matsuda Jinpei, and he failed to rewind and retained the memory of the previous round.

This missing case is also related to him, and the purpose is to correct the explosion that caused the death of Kenji Hagiwara.

Although she did have such a thought, Shen Youkui quickly rejected the idea.

Because Jinpei Matsuda is definitely not someone who would endanger other people's lives for his own selfish reasons.

Confused, Kamiya Aoi even doubted whether he had done it himself, or it was just an illusion that he had forgotten - after all, once Hagiwara Kenji was suspended, he would be the biggest beneficiary and would no longer have to find a way to correct the plot.

"Hey, why haven't you left yet?"

After cleaning up the recording room, the police officer walked out and saw Kamiya Aoi standing in the corridor in a daze, so he walked up to him and called him.

Shen Youkui said: "Senior, didn't the surveillance find any clues about their disappearance?"

The police officer looked at him and sighed, "According to the regulations, we cannot disclose the details of the case. But you are a classmate after all, so it is normal for you to be worried... You are right. The surveillance footage shows no clues about their whereabouts."

"Because they left the monitored street on their own and disappeared. The last time they were photographed was 00:15 on the morning of the 5th."

The police officer frowned in confusion as he finished speaking.

"You left the monitored street by yourself?" Shen Youkui was also confused. Such behavior was really out of the ordinary.

"Well, it seems that one of them answered the phone first and then left, and then the other one followed." The police officer sighed and said, "Don't worry, we will do our best to find them back."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You can go back first. We will contact you if we need anything else."

Shen Youkui did not move. He looked at the police officer in front of him and asked slowly, "Senior, is it okay for you to tell me the details of the case in such detail?"

The policeman in front of me was wearing a uniform. He was thin but not weak, and his face under the brim of his hat was also very ordinary. He would not attract any attention if he saw him on the street.

He said "It's not allowed according to the regulations", but he told Shen Youkui all the key information of the case without any nonsense.

Although Shen Youkui could have used the excuse that she was a police candidate and a classmate of the missing person, Shen Youkui had never met those two people before the reunion, let alone whether they had any friendship.

The police will definitely know this most basic information during their preliminary investigation.

So, why did he say this?

The police officer and Kamiya Aoi looked at each other for a while, then smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's a good thing to pursue the truth and get to the bottom of things, but excessive suspicion is neurotic. Why am I telling you... wasn't it you who asked first? And you kept calling me senior to try to get close to me. I won't tell you any more information from now on, hmph. Are you going to leave or not? If not, I'll leave."

After the ordinary police officer finished speaking, he glanced at Shen Youkui while holding the notebook, straightened his police hat, and walked along the deserted corridor.

Shen Youkui also turned around and left, but as soon as he turned out, he was slapped on the shoulder.

Liyuan approached him carelessly and asked in confusion, "Aoi-chan, where have you been? The senior just came to ask you to take a statement and looked for you for a long time."

Take notes?

Shen Youkui was stunned, "Someone has already taken notes for me."

Tachihara: "Ah?? But there's no one there."

The police officer's smiling face and the empty corridor flashed through Shen Youkui's mind. Then a name came to his mind.

Almost at the same time, three people in different locations, such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, an underground bar, and a dim port, paused slightly, their eyes focused on the void in front of them, as if there was a light screen there that no one could see except themselves.

[Fuck! It’s Sister Bei! It’s Sister Bei!]

[Oh my god, any case related to the winery is not easy... I'm afraid these two people are going to be in trouble.]

[Where the dream begins (not)]

[In front, this is where the nightmare begins (inner tone)]

[…Tachihara, you have thick eyebrows and big eyes… there won’t be any problem…]

[I understand... Sister Bei said that she was the first to discover Kui Kui Zi. Is this the place she was talking about?]

The author has something to say:

Kui Kui: Do you have any memories of the previous round?

Song Tiantian:?!

Hiro:?!

zero:?!

Kui Kui (talking to herself): This game has a bug, restart it again (restarting it mercilessly)

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I'll post what I've written first. I still have two chapters to finish this week. I originally wrote four chapters, but I deleted and rewrote them, so I'll post two chapters first.