Chapter 71 Please Walk by My Side
In an ordinary two-story house in Meguro District, Tokyo.
A woman in a dress with long chestnut hair hanging down to her waist is talking on the phone.
"...Yes, I found a good target. If the test fails, I hope you can hand him over to me completely."
Not knowing what the answer was, the chestnut-haired woman brushed the hair around her ears and narrowed her beautiful eyes. "Of course, you can come anytime. You know the location."
After saying this, she ended the call.
Putting down the phone, the chestnut-haired woman turned around and looked at the young man who was typing on the computer keyboard at the dining table in the semi-open restaurant.
She has short, fluffy silver hair, delicate features, and a cold expression.
It is Kamiya Aoi who has gone mad and is missing in the Metropolitan Police Department, and is about to be found by Furuya Rei.
"How is it? Did you find any useful clues?"
The chestnut-haired woman walked in slowly, and from the tone of her questioning voice, it seemed as if she was Kamiya's companion and was also worried about what he was doing.
"No." Shen Youkui replied coldly, "Unless you are willing to tell me where you took them."
The chestnut-haired woman smiled and said, "This is against the rules of the game. You lose."
Upon hearing this, Shen Youkui glanced at her expressionlessly.
Half a day ago, Kamiya Aoi, who was accused by the Metropolitan Police Department and listed as a major suspect in the missing case, went to the Metropolitan Police Department for investigation in accordance with the procedures.
Looking at the scattered things on the table, they could only be called "waste parts" - but they became the key evidence to accuse him of a crime.
Shen Youkui glanced at the game achievement panel in front of him, and while the countdown for the limited-time achievement was triggered, he slowly asked a question to the policeman opposite him.
He said, "Officer Aoki, were you the one who took my statement last time?"
When Officer Aoki heard his question, he looked at him quietly for a while.
Then Officer Aoki, a man of medium build and ordinary looks, who would not be even glanced at if thrown into a crowd, stood up and raised his hand to turn off the camera that was recording.
"Yes, I was the one who took your statement last time. Why don't you call me senior this time?"
With the countdown of the limited-time achievement hanging in front of her, Shen Youkui already has a clear answer in her mind as to the identity of "Officer Aoki".
"If you are really my senior, I don't mind continuing to call you that."
Since she has only been accused and not convicted, Shen Youkui's actions are not restricted.
Changing to a more leisurely sitting position, Shen Youkui looked at "Officer Aoki" leisurely, ready to listen to what he wanted to say by turning off the camera.
"Officer Aoki" didn't let him wait too long, and said with a sense of malice: "Call me sweetly 'senior' again, and I will reveal a very important piece of news to you."
Shen Youkui: "..."
He couldn't think of any "important news" that he could only get by cooperating with his bad taste.
Shen Youkui was speechless for a moment and was about to refuse when suddenly something occurred to him: Wait... since I'm asking him in this way, does that mean that the message is related to him?
Let's use simple logic to infer: the malicious intent is directed at him → looking forward to his reaction after receiving the news → the contrast between his reactions before and after being maliciously targeted and hearing the news is the more interesting part.
It has something to do with him, and he also has to be able to react in a very different way before and after he learns the news...
The boy with fluffy silver hair and a gentle and gullible look raised his eyes and spoke in a calm tone, but there was a frightening indifference in his forest green eyes.
"You want to attack the people around me?"
Those eyes, which looked without any extra emotion and dark and gloomy in the dim light, made "Officer Aoki" smile sincerely.
"You're smarter than I thought... and you look a lot like an old friend of mine."
Bermode, who disguised himself as an ordinary policeman, did not expect that this trip to Japan would bring him such a surprise.
She thought that the child in front of her had no idea how cute his pretentious and cold face was.
And that kind of innate indifference is really just like her "old friend".
As absinthe with a mysterious identity, Bermode rarely wants to show off.
But she admitted that she really wanted to bring Shen Youkui to that person to show off.
For this, she might have to pay a small, insignificant price.
"You were careful not to mention the name, which is a good habit. However, you and I both know who that person is - Kenji Hagiwara, an ordinary bomb disposal officer in the explosive device not far away. Right?"
The worst thing to do during a negotiation is to let the other party know your cards first.
In other words, the other party thinks they have a handle on your cards.
Shen Youkui felt that Vermode was not threatening her, and that what she really wanted to say was yet to come.
So he lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment, as if he was being held hostage, and compromised: "What do you want to do?"
In terms of her acting proficiency, Kamiya Aoi has already reached the level where she can make a seamless debut in the entertainment industry just by taking off her theatrical helmet.
Even the "Hollywood actress" in the game, who is extremely good at playing other people, Bermode, could not tell that he was pretending.
So Bermode smiled and said, "Follow me, and you will know the answer."
Kamiya Aoi's eyelids twitched - he had heard this sentence once, but the person who said this to him that time was not Vermode, but Gin.
Comparing the two plots, the difference lies in the disappearance of the police in training, while the similarity... is that both subtly occurred within two days before Kenji Hagiwara's death.
There is also the BE round, where he discovered clues while investigating the whereabouts of the bomber for a limited-time achievement.
Considering that Vermode just mentioned Kenji Hagiwara's name...
Shen You Aoi understood.
Looking across the virtual achievement panel in front of him again, Shen Youkui had a premonition.
Uncovering the truth behind the death of Kenji Hagiwara is the key to completing the limited-time achievement.
“Limited-time achievement: [The Last Minute], description: One day, one hour, one minute. This is a battle for only you. Limited time: [24:00:00] (the countdown officially starts at 0:00 p.m.)”
"Okay, I hope you keep your word."
After making the decision, Shen Youkui's attitude became very decisive.
Vermouth smiled again. Although he still looked like an ordinary man, his smile had a peculiar charm that made people feel that the person in front of them was actually very beautiful.
However, Shen Youkui turned a blind eye to this. He thought for a moment and added: "No - I can't pin my hopes on something you don't necessarily have. Well, since you know my talent is in calculation, let's make a bet."
"You either remove your disguise now or record a statement of all the evidence of your crime and send it to me. I will upload it to a private server with a domain name that only I know and set a timer."
"Within one day, I will find out what you are going to do. If I do it, don't attack the people around me and don't bother me anymore. If I don't do it,
Shen Youkui paused as Bermode's eyes became more and more interested, and continued calmly and calmly: "...No matter what you want to do, I will not stop you. At the same time, I will let you do whatever you want."
Bermode: "I have to say, boy, you made an offer I couldn't refuse. So, I agreed."
Shen Youkui nodded, stood up, and looked directly at the camera that was turned off. "Then you can start recording your statement now."
Meanwhile, at Tokyo International Airport.
A man with silver hair hanging behind him, a tall figure holding up a black windbreaker, and a temperament so cold that people dare not look directly at him walked out.
A retro-looking Porsche had been parked outside, waiting quietly.
When getting in the car, Gin took out his cell phone from his pocket and took a look at it.
What is displayed on the mobile phone screen is a message encrypted with a unique code.
It was because of the appearance of this information that Gin changed his original destination.
Before seeing the message, his destination was Beihu Park, but now——
"Vodka, go to Meguro."
The author has something to say:
I'm so sorry uh-
There are too many lines to wrap up. I wrote it many times but overturned it every time. I felt that what I wrote was too messy and I couldn't express it.
I'm really sorry that everyone has waited so long. I decided to write a little more transition and slowly tie together the foreshadowing.
I will post as much as I write next_(:з」∠)_