66 Chapter 66
◎How to cheat fate◎
Chapter 66 [Methods to Cheat Fate]
Rei Furuya hadn't been feeling well lately. Everyone in the organization knew that intelligence expert Bourbon had taken over the search for Scotland, but there had been no results.
Rum was very unhappy and had issued him an ultimatum.
Vermouth and the rest of the organization have already been dispatched. Whoever can find Scotland will now be rewarded. This mission is no longer exclusive to Bourbon.
On the public security side, the Metropolitan Police Department had not received any information about Morifushi Kagemitsu. Because this incident was implicated in the murder of a member of parliament, the Public Security Department of the National Police Agency was held accountable.
People really laugh when they are speechless.
Fūya Rei thought to himself that he had leaked the news that the organization was going to take action against political leaders eight hundred years ago, but the security forces were easily penetrated by an illegal assembly organization, and it was impossible to tell what kind of defense force the official had organized.
He looked up various emergency measures and contingency plans, but they were all just rote memos, devoid of any practical application. When staff encountered unusual situations, they had to consult a dictionary-like instruction manual to figure out how to respond.
The police officers on guard didn't even know what kind of enemy they were facing; they just thought they were there to maintain order.
Fortunately, the organization targeted politicians and did not target ordinary people, otherwise the death toll would probably be several times higher.
Given the current situation, it would not be surprising if the Japanese government were to be taken over by a terrorist organization one day.
However, Agatsuma Sayuri, a popular manga artist and writer, stepped forward to search for her missing boyfriend, causing quite a stir online. While many enthusiastic citizens did provide leads, the police investigated each one. Most of the information was just online hype, and of the few tangible reports, ninety-nine percent were false, pointing to the wrong person.
The remaining few still have the problem of vague information and unclear direction.
Over time, the excitement gradually faded. Internet crazes come and go quickly, and there's been little new information these days.
Fūya Rei asked his subordinates to investigate several intelligence sources with vague information, but in the end, due to insufficient information, nothing was done.
The work of the organization and the public security was not going smoothly. He devoted himself to this matter and even had no time to collect intelligence under the pretext of working.
Therefore, no one noticed that since my wife Sayuri announced that she was looking for her boyfriend that day, she has never revealed any progress on the matter online.
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My wife Sayuri set up a desk for herself in Morobushi Keimitsu's single room. When she was accompanying him during the day, she would draw a few strokes in her free time to keep up with her updates.
Her updates are still increasing at a rocket-like pace, but every time she puts pen to paper, she can seamlessly connect to the latest updated content.
However, Agatsuma Sayuri no longer cared about such matters. She was completely focused on Morobushi Kagemitsu, who hadn't regained consciousness. Drawing a few comics was just a way to distract herself from the constant self-blame and guilt.
The fall was so painful that she almost developed PTSD.
Perhaps it was to let Morobushi Kagemitsu rest more, or perhaps it was out of consideration for my wife, Sayuri, so she wouldn't have to both care for the patients and entertain the guests. The family members of my wife's family who knew them well had only visited once, and on weekdays only medical staff came in and out.
Agatsuma Sayuri spent a quiet time with Morofushi Kagemitsu, who had nothing to do with assassinations, organizations, police, and bombs. The only problem was that Morofushi Kagemitsu never woke up.
The wounds were on the body, not the head. Only the excessive blood loss and high fever could have caused the loss of consciousness. But now the fever has subsided, and his face has become rosy, but he hasn't woken up.
In the last few examinations, brain CT scans and blood tests showed normal results, with no drug residues detected in the blood. Doctors were at their wits' end in this situation.
All I could do was ask my wife Sayuri to talk more with the patient about their shared experience, in an attempt to raise his awareness.
"Maybe he'll wake up in the next second, or maybe... it'll take a long time. Talk to him more."
Agatsuma Sayuri looked at the doctor's mouth shape and originally wanted to say something like "can't wake up", but when she saw her expression, she changed her words.
She returned to the ward with some trepidation, and while chatting with Zhu Fujingguang, she drew comics and wrote novels, and she was not idle at all.
However, she felt in her heart that she should not be the one to share the same experience with. Other classmates in the police academy such as Furuya Rei, Morobushi Takaaki, or Morobushi Kagemitsu were more suitable than her.
What else was there in their experience together besides hypocrisy?
Everything was just her insistence.
She repeated it several times every day they were together. Sometimes, when there was nothing left to say, she would imagine the beautiful scenes of the future and draw them for Zhu Fu Jingguang to see.
The man never opened his eyes and couldn't see her paintings, but my wife Sayuri had accumulated a lot of works.
The sweet romance stories she serialized recently have been selling like hotcakes. If Zhu Fujingguang's hospital wasn't closed to the public, the editor would have rushed to the ward to discuss publishing matters with her.
Even when a manga is updated online and published as a single volume, it will be revised and updated with new content. In the past, when this happened, the editor would recommend a few assistants to my wife Sayuri to help her achieve continuous improvement.
This time she kept updating, but there was no movement on the single volume, which made readers so anxious that they rushed to the editorial office offline to urge for a release.
However, after learning about her situation, most readers expressed their understanding and willingness to wait.
What's strange is that readers are waiting, but Rei Furutani, who has always said that he would take active action, has never appeared since that day.
It took a while for my wife Sayuri to recover from her initial grief. This man hadn't contacted her. Thinking about it again, it made sense. Furuya Rei didn't seem to have her contact information.
The hospital is located on the private territory of my wife's family. My wife Sayuri also lived in the residence here during the period of accompanying her. She never went out to eat or drink. I'm afraid that this public security officer would not be able to find her whereabouts.
My wife Sayuri then thought of asking Hiroki Kashimura to try to contact Rei Furuya. After asking, she found out that the child had actually gone to the United States.
"What is he doing in America?" My wife Sayuri was shocked.
She knew that Hiroki Kashimura's parents were divorced, but his situation in Japan was different from that in the original story. He had his own "career," partners, and mentors and friends with whom he could discuss and grow. He had no reason to leave such a good environment and go to the United States.
It seems that Asami was studying at the hospital run by my wife's family in her spare time, and she was able to explain this matter to my wife Sayuri.
"His father was in a car accident some time ago, and during that time, Hiroki Kashimura was often in accidents at school. We decided that not becoming Thomas Schindler's adopted son would be a huge change in his fate, so we had no choice but to send him to America."
"Just watch him get into trouble?"
"Of course not. We have arranged a 'housekeeper', a 'nanny' and a 'bodyguard'. The family also has a living fund to provide living security for minors like him."
Although Hiroki Kashimura went to the United States, he had no worries about food and clothing, and his mother no longer had to worry about her child being unable to survive on his own.
"Will this change fate? Will there be no more accidents that will force him to become that person's adopted son?"
The medical student shook his head. "It's hard. It's like..."
He opened his mouth, then continued, "Just like my father's story, some things can't be changed. But with us here, he won't be imprisoned by Schindler, nor will he be forced to write code from morning till night."
"We will save his life, just like you saved mine."
When Asami said this, Agatsuma Sayuri's heart started pounding. Asami's death point hadn't arrived yet, and in the original work, his death was his own choice, not the result of the main plot.
But what about Hiroki Kashimura? In the original work, he was adopted by Schindler and forced to work day and night until he built Noah's Ark and committed suicide, which is the premise of "The Phantom of Baker Street".
"You... I mean, how much does my wife's family know about fate?"
Ma Sheng thought about how to explain it, and finally concluded with one sentence: "You know, we all know."
This is quite a subtle statement. Agatsuma Sayuri knows she hasn't told my wife's family anything. Furthermore, the original work has been serialized for over 30 years. Not to mention that Agatsuma Sayuri can't remember it all, she hasn't even read it all.
Furthermore, there are many discrepancies between the anime, manga, theatrical version, the setting collection, and some interviews with Gosho Aoyama. Some of these were simply improvised by the author during the serialization process, without any consideration of the connections between the previous and subsequent episodes. Readers will find these discrepancies upon closer inspection.
"I know that Hiroki Kashimura will die in America."
"No, Sayuri, you know that Hiroki Sawada will jump off the building."
Masashi smiled and made a gesture of jumping off a building with his hand, but his other hand stopped him halfway.
"If he can jump, we can save him, right?"
Agatsuma Sayuri returned to Morobushi Kagemitsu's ward thoughtfully, her mind still on the action demonstrated by Asano Minami.
The scene after Sawada Hiroki's jump from the building was not depicted in the original work, but was described through news reports and oral accounts. What if the situation were related to Morofushi Kagemitsu?
But the scene where Zhu Fujingguang shoots himself in the chest is in the original work, and there is even the scene of the blood-stained Lei holding the gun and Bourbon coming forward to listen to the heartbeat.
[No, that's not right. In the scene, Morobushi Kagemitsu holds his gun against his phone, right where his chest would be. But the next second, the perspective switches to Furuya Rei's.]
Who says that the gunshot was made by that gun?
Who says that the blood on Lei's body is Zhu Fu Jingguang's blood?
Who said Bourbon couldn't hear Zhu Fujingguang's heartbeat?
That's right, the idea that had always been in Sayuki Agatsuma's mind was now beginning to take shape.
Filming requires scenes of character death, but it doesn't mean actually killing an actor to sacrifice to the gods. Instead, a person's "death" can be shown through editing.
Thinking of this, the girl placed her hand on the man's and whispered softly, "Jingguang, I've figured out how to save you."
But I need your cooperation.
"So, when will you wake up?"
What would happen to the protagonist's fate if he couldn't start the main storyline? Perhaps he could escape his predetermined fate?
But my wife Sayuri didn't dare let Morofushi Kagemitsu be the one to try.
If the result of escape is also death, then doing so is no different from waiting to die.
Morofushi Kagemitsu was unable to eat and was receiving intravenous nutrition. The room-temperature fluid flowing into his body made his hands, at the end of his blood circulation, cold. Rarely, my wife Sayuri's hands seemed even warmer.
She wrapped her hands around the hand that was close to hers, feeling distressed and tender, and gently kissed his knuckles.
Even though their relationship was filled with lies, when Morifushi Jingguang was with her, he was indeed acting as a boyfriend. Or rather, he was a boyfriend who was more like a boyfriend than a real couple, a boyfriend who only appeared in dreams.
At that time, these hands were so strong. They held her hand, helped her carry things, picked her up, hugged her, and protected her. They had never been so cold.
Their relationship may be a cold lie, but his heart is full of passion.
The girl's tears slid down her cheeks, slightly cooler than her body temperature, and fell into his hands.
The hand twitched slightly.
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