Chapter 61 The First Player
Logically speaking, this episode should have been the home show for the "Police Academy Group", but due to the sudden intervention of Haruto Nishimi, he mixed in too much, occupying nearly half of the shots, and forcibly turned this episode into a "joint show" between him and Jinpei Matsuda.
Matsuda Jinpei's "highlights" are not lacking, but "Cointreau"'s performance is not much worse... In addition, there are more shots of Cointreau before this episode, and there are no shots of "Cointreau" in the first two episodes...
In short, under the influence of all these factors, in the forum, the posts discussing "Cointreau" in the episode "Bomb on the Ferris Wheel" suddenly "overwhelmed all others", and the number even almost accounted for half of the total posts.
Of course, there are posts about Jinpei Matsuda, Kenji Hagiwara, and even Rei Furuya and the Miyano sisters. Among them, the ones about Jinpei Matsuda and Rei Furuya are the most...but the number of discussions about them is slightly less than that about "Cointreau".
Saikai Haruto was very satisfied with this - or rather, he said that this result was much better than what he had expected.
Moreover, most of the public opinions were quite good, which was beyond Xi Haiqing Dou's expectation... Although he couldn't figure out what he had done to cause these readers to mistakenly form the idea that "anything Jun Du did was normal"?
Not to mention, the readers' logic was particularly smooth - even some actions and words that Saikai Haruto himself didn't notice at the time, as well as some of his unintentional actions and words at the time, were "reasonably analyzed" from various angles by them, just like reading comprehension...
No, in his previous life, Xi Haiqing Dou was not as serious and careful in reading and understanding as they are. He was not able to associate himself and think divergently. Of course, he was not as serious and rigorous as they are.
I almost want to divide a look into a fan-shaped diagram to analyze what exactly Cointreau means.
The West Sea Haruto is breathtaking.
But whatever, he just needed to know that this was a good thing for him.
If this happens more often, it means that if he does something that seems "unruly" in the future, the forum will gradually form inertial thinking and spontaneously find various excuses for him.
It was a pity that they didn't quarrel. It was a rare time that his guess was wrong... Xi Hai Qing Dou felt a sense of inexplicable regret in his heart.
Ahem, it's a pity that without quarrels there would be no sustainable "popularity" other than appearing in comics, which is not what he wants to see.
However, readers' discussion on the forum about the criminal and their speculation about whether he might be related to the organization surprised Saikai Haruto a little.
Although according to what he knew about the "original content", the prisoner had nothing to do with the organization, and the bomb was made purely by himself, relying on his own "talent". All he could say was that "if he had a dream, even a bomber would be great."
However, the plot has now changed direction rapidly because of his intervention - after all, the bombs set by the bomber today should all have been made by himself, not by Cointreau; he should have been arrested in a few years, not fallen into the hands of the police today.
In this case, Xi Haiqing Tou is a little unsure whether there will be any changes in the chain reaction - for example, the author suddenly has an idea to link the bomber with the organization. Although this possibility is small, it is not completely impossible.
After all, the outer members of their organization are really worthless.
His visit to Beihu Mall had nothing to do with the organization's mission, but whether other people happened to have accepted any missions... Xi Haiqingdou didn't know that.
After all, he had not been in the action team for many years, and he had not taken many missions in the past one or two months since returning to Tokyo. Unless it was necessary, he would not have the leisure to check what missions others had taken... Naturally, he was a little unsure at this time.
Let's go back and ask Gin and Fūya Rei separately.
It would be fine if it was related to someone else's mission, but if it happened to be someone under Gin's command... then...
Well, then he would go and laugh at Gin harshly - his eyes were getting more and more disgusting, he could even look down on that kind of person. As for the unfortunate fact that he ran into him... Of course he had to blame himself for that, he didn't know to tell him in advance, didn't he deserve it for him to ruin the mission by accident?
It is suggested that you look for the reasons in yourself - otherwise why did he not ruin other people's tasks but only ruined his?
And there is Furuya Rei - of course, this time it should be Furuya Rei who is more anxious than him. After all, Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji are in the open, and "Kendo" is in the dark, so he definitely cannot be the one who is more anxious.
So even though Saikai Haruto wanted to try to get some information out of Furuya Rei, he just needed to wait quietly and "sit back and wait" - Furuya Rei would come to him on his own initiative.
After sorting out his thoughts, Xi Hai Qing Dou closed the forum and went to sleep peacefully.
When he woke up the next day, he was in a good mood because he had a good sleep, but at the dinner table, Miyano Shiho's face looked unusually dazed and a little listless...even the look in her eyes when she looked at him seemed a little strange.
Xi Hai Qing Dou couldn't help but look at her twice more: "Little Shirley, did you not sleep well last night?"
"Were you scared yesterday, or are you not used to being separated from Miyano-san?"
This is a bit depressing... He thought that after playing all day yesterday, Shiho Miyano's attitude towards him would become better? After all, didn't the comic also say that her impression of "Cointreau" has changed a little?
"Or did you come home too late yesterday and didn't get enough sleep? Ah, I remember that scientifically speaking, 14 years old is an important stage of growth and development, and it is best to maintain 8-10 hours of sleep every day..."
Xihai Qingdou suddenly fell into deep thought.
When it comes to "raising a child" - although Miyano Shiho is smart, precocious and independent and is not an ordinary child at all, in the eyes of Haruto Nishimi, there is no difference between him and a "real 14-year-old child" - although Haruto Nishimi has no experience at all, scientific data will never go wrong.
If children don't get enough sleep...it seems to cause a lot of problems?
At least when he was a teenager, the "Cointreau" alias caused a lot of trouble due to lack of sleep. Several times he almost killed people who disturbed his sleep... Later he even developed the ability to "fall asleep in three seconds anytime and anywhere."
Miyano Shiho was silent for a moment, but in order to prevent him from continuing to talk endlessly, she interrupted him and said, "No... It was just an ordinary nightmare."
Her eyes wandered a little.
But that nightmare was a little... weird, which is why she is still a little uneasy.
She actually dreamed that Cointreau had combed his long hair into a side ponytail, was wearing a kitchen scarf, and was cooking for her and her sister in the kitchen very seriously, with a "gentle and virtuous" expression on his face, and even the poached eggs on the plate were in the shape of a heart, which was very "girly"? Even the atmosphere was extremely "warm".
After dinner, she even "kindly" offered to send her to school, looking like a perfect Japanese classic housewife... What's even more ridiculous is that she didn't even notice that it was wrong, and when they walked on the street, someone praised them as a "harmonious family of three" -
Then he suddenly woke Miyano Shiho up.
What kind of a messed up dream is this?! Even if her impression of Cointreau has changed a little, it shouldn't cause her to have such a horrible nightmare, right?!
As a result, now whenever she looks at Jundu for even a second, she can't help but recall the "househusband Jundu" in her dream. For a moment, she felt her scalp tingling and even got goosebumps.
She never thought that having a good memory would become a burden for her one day.
"Really? Otherwise, why don't you go to the lab today and stay in your room to rest? Do you need me to ask for a leave for you?"
He suddenly spoke, and no one knew what he was thinking of. There was an inexplicable light flashing in his golden eyes, and he looked eager to try.
How to put it - Xi Haiqing Dou always feels that if a "parent" has never experienced things like "asking for leave" or "skipping classes" for his children, his "parent career" must be flawed and imperfect.
Even though Miyano Shiho has already "graduated and started working", he cannot be considered a real "parent", but if we use an equivalent substitution, it's almost the same.
Miyano Shiho's eyes shuddered, and she quickly stopped him: "No! There's nothing wrong with me. I can go to the lab normally. I haven't been there for two days, and there's a lot of experimental data waiting to be processed."
Stop! Cointreau is definitely not a "house husband"!!
"Okay then... I'll take you there." Xi Hai Qing Dou could only stop his thoughts with regret.
What should I do next?
After sending Miyano Shiho to the laboratory, Haruto Nishimi touched his chin, turned the car around, and drove to another secret base of the organization.
***
Inside the underground training ground.
The huge, empty space was filled with incandescent lights. Even though it was underground, it looked brighter than under a clear sky.
In the shooting range, a tall man with blond hair, black clothes and a black hat was holding a DSR-1 sniper rifle in his hand, aiming at the moving target in his sight without distraction.
The long hair was not covered at all, but was softly pressed down by the hat, hanging on the man's back and shoulders, without causing any obstruction to his vision.
"Bang!"
800 yards. 10 rings.
"Bang!"
850 yards. 10 rings.
"Bang!"
950 yards. 8 rings.
"Bang!"
950 yards. 10 rings.
"Bang!"
1000 yards. 9 rings.
——This is the organization's secret underground training base in Tokyo. Above it is a floor built by the organization to cover up its tracks, and below it is a huge training ground used for training the organization's action members.
No one could have imagined that somewhere underground in this city, there would be such a place that had been arrogantly existing in the dark.
The area on the right was a little more lively, while the empty shooting range on the left was currently occupied by only Gin.
"Brother is awesome!"
Seeing Gin put down the gun, Vodka immediately reached out and carefully took the six-kilogram sniper rifle in his hand to the side. He also handed the water and towel in his hand to Gin and gave him a wave of sincere flattery.
"As expected of you, Big Brother. There aren't many people in the organization who can achieve such results! Big Brother, do you want to take a break?"
Gin picked up the mineral water bottle in his hand, tilted his head back and poured the water straight into his throat. As his throat rolled, the water level in the bottle dropped rapidly in a few seconds and disappeared. Because the speed was too fast, a small amount of the transparent liquid slid from his lips along his neck and finally disappeared under the collar covering his body.
He rolled up the towel and wiped his forehead and neck casually with it a few times, then threw it back to Vodka - shooting, especially with a heavy sniper rifle, has always been a physical activity. Even Gin sweated a lot after training for several hours.
Although he didn't say a word the whole time, anyone with an eye could tell from his movements, his slightly wrinkled brows, and the somewhat gloomy atmosphere around him that he was clearly not in a very good mood.
Even Vodka shut up and stopped talking.
Xi Hai Qing Dou, however, leaned lazily against the fence in front of him and said tactlessly: "Hey, Qin, I haven't seen you for a few days, how come your shooting skills have started to decline? You haven't even broken the record."
"I'm saying, are you getting old and your energy declining? Or are you losing motivation because you don't have any opponents? Then you better be careful. I think Lei and Canada's shooting skills are pretty good. If you continue to decline, be careful that they will surpass you one day and you will be beaten to death on the beach as the front wave."
Gin's face became increasingly colder, and the atmosphere around him became increasingly gloomy, but Saikai Haruto spoke more and more casually and relaxedly, with a smile on his face, looking relaxed and comfortable - as if he didn't feel any change in the atmosphere at all.
Vodka looked at Gin, then at Saikai Haruto, opened and closed his mouth, but finally closed it obediently and took a step back, not wanting to get between them.
—— Cointreau dared to say these words to Big Brother, and he was not afraid of Big Brother getting angry, but he was afraid! Cointreau had the ability to extinguish Big Brother's anger, but he didn't have that ability.
The consequence of interrupting casually is to become the big brother's "punching bag", so he should just close his eyes and be his little brother.
"Is that what you came here to talk about?"
Gin glanced at him, his brows filled with impatience, but he didn't get angry - after all, although what Saikai Haruto said was unpleasant, Gin also felt that his performance this time was not perfect.
Although he knew that there were some reasons behind it, not performing perfectly and not making any progress meant that he had not met the standards he set for himself, no matter how many reasons there were.
"Lye and Canada... Oh, Ley has some talent, but he's still a little short of being able to 'beat me to death on the beach.' As for Canada... I can't degenerate to Canada's level no matter what I do. But you, Cointreau, how much of your original level are you still at? You won't be unable to even lift a gun in a few years, will you?"
Besides being sarcastic, the tone even seemed to carry a hint of disappointment.
Even though Saikai Haruto's words were harsh, they sounded like "facts" to Gin...so naturally he wouldn't get angry with him.
This made Vodka unable to help but look at Xihai Qingdou with admiration - he actually dared to scold his eldest brother and didn't let his eldest brother punish him, Jundu is really powerful!
Xi Haiqingdou ignored Vodka's eyes. After hearing what Gin said, he was not annoyed. Instead, he smiled and said, "I'm not like you. I don't rely on shooting to make a living. Even if my skills decline, I can still make a living in the organization."
Even though he knew that Gin couldn't stand his attitude which he considered "scrappy", and he also knew what kind of answers he wanted to hear and what kind of answers he hated to hear, Saikai Haruto still didn't intend to continue talking in line with what he said. Instead, he deliberately said what Gin didn't want to hear.
Anyway, he feels that he is living a pretty happy life now.
Seeing the man beside him narrowing his eyes dangerously and about to get angry, he patted Gin's shoulder and lazily leaned over: "Okay, okay, I admit that I'm a little lazy, but I wasn't idle all those years in Europe, right? I finally came back, so shouldn't I take some time off? You insist on sending me on a mission. Aren't you afraid that I'll really die suddenly one day? You're really cruel, Gin."
Gin didn't buy it, and sneered, "If God really takes away your misfortune one day, I will really go to church to worship him."
He then took the hand that was on his shoulder down again.
This guy is the evil that lasts for a thousand years in the saying "Good people don't live long, but evil lasts for a thousand years". He keeps saying this every year, but he never dies. He looks sick, but every time Gin sees him, he is still alive and well. In the early years, Gin would occasionally worry about it. After so many years, he has seen through it. Maybe one day he will die and Saikai Haruto will still be alive.
But the content of what he said... Gin frowned slightly and did not make any comment.
He suddenly remembered one thing - Xi Haiqing Dou hurried back from the European branch, and when he came back, even he did not get the news in advance.
This was certainly not because Saikai Haruto hadn't informed him in advance.
Although they seem to be arguing when they meet and talk, and their relationship seems to be very bad; but this is how they always get along with each other. They have been partners for nearly ten years. If their relationship was really bad, they would have parted ways long ago... Although they don't have much contact, their relationship is much closer than many people think.
In the eyes of most people, the relationship between the two of them is bad. On the one hand, it is because when Saikai Haruto and Gin broke up, Gin's face was extremely ugly, even to the extent that his face changed on the spot when he heard the name "Cointreau". This made many people think that the two of them had completely torn their faces apart back then, and the rumors became more and more outrageous.
On the one hand, after learning about this "rumor", Saikai Haruto deliberately did not clarify it after remaining silent for the past few years. Instead, he vaguely created a kind of "ambiguous relationship" between him and Gin that was "sometimes close, sometimes distant" - after all, his and Gin's status in the organization was getting higher and higher, and he couldn't let the big boss at the top think that their relationship was too close, which would easily lead to factions within the organization and "forming a party for personal gain", right?
After figuring out what he was thinking, Gin frowned and didn't quite agree, but he didn't refute or clarify anything outside...so the "rumor" that they were not getting along continued to spread.
Then again...given their relationship, it was obviously not normal that he didn't get any news when Saikai Haruto returned from Europe.
At least under normal circumstances, this guy would definitely not miss such a great opportunity to get up in the middle of the night and rush to the airport to pick him up.
There are only two explanations - his return was an emergency action; or the boss indicated that other people should not be notified in advance.
Of course, these two explanations can actually be considered as one.
In addition, this guy has been slacking off since he came back, and hasn't completed many missions. The boss also lets him do nothing and doesn't say anything to him...
Gin knew the kind of person his partner was. He was really lazy, but when he was serious, he would not be slow in completing tasks. He would even be quite fast. His efficiency was sometimes even higher than his. This was also the reason why Gin was able to partner with him for so many years even though his health was so poor.
Gin had heard a little about the years he spent in Europe. Originally, Europe had always been in a state of chaos, especially Southern Europe and Eastern Europe. However, Saikai Haruto managed to consolidate the organization's territory there in just two or three years... One can imagine how busy he was there in those years.
Gin could now roughly guess why he had so much free time after returning from Europe. On the one hand, it was probably because the organization granted him a "vacation"; and on the other hand... the boss was probably beginning to feel a little uneasy about him and wanted to "suppress" him.
Of course, such a thought seemed somewhat disrespectful to the BOSS, so Gin thought about it for a moment and then suppressed it again.
While Gin was still silent, thinking about the meaning of his words, Saikai Haruto had never expected that he would have so many thoughts in his mind... and he had already laughed out loud at Gin's words.
Gin goes to church...what kind of hellish joke is this?
Especially since these words were said by Gin himself, the joke became even funnier. At least Saikai Haruto couldn't help but laugh.
"Hahaha, Gin, how come you've become so joking now? Are you sure you're not going to the church to tear it down? Be careful or you'll be kicked out by the priest before you even get in." Xi Hai Qing Dou couldn't help laughing, "Oh, by the way, do you remember the time when we were on a mission in England a few years ago and you pretended to be a church staff? That photo... I still have it, hahaha!"
It's not that they haven't gone to church before—but not to worship, but to go on missions.
Gin came back to his senses from his thoughts. His brows, which had been slightly relaxed, were wrinkled again because of his anger. His face was dark and the veins on his forehead were throbbing.
He lifted up Haruto Nishikai, who was about to lean against the railing with a smile: "Get out of the way! Cointreau! Can you be kind? If you can't speak, I can shut up your damn mouth."
He knew it, he shouldn't give him any good face!
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