Chapter 28 Twenty-eight Ghosts Behind

"Mr. Amuro is a very powerful detective. I was introduced to him last year and commissioned him." The woman who called out Toru Amuro's name earlier was the other woman in the team besides Natalie. She wore a pair of big sunglasses on her nose and introduced the two parties enthusiastically, "Mr. Amuro, these are my colleagues. We all won tickets, so we came to play together."

"Mr. Amuro, is there any new case?" She approached him and asked in a very familiar manner.

Chi Jiang Nayue didn't pay much attention to the pleasantries. He just looked with interest at the sunglasses that took up almost two-thirds of the woman's face - seriously, why would someone wear such exaggerated sunglasses when going out - and then glanced at the people around him with a lack of interest.

Of course he knew Natalie, and he also knew that she was probably currently working as a teacher in an English speaking classroom. These people were obviously not very familiar with Ida Hang, and it was obvious at a glance that the so-called colleague in this young couple was only referring to Natalie.

There were two other men walking side by side with Date Kou behind. One with an earring was being attentive to the woman in sunglasses, while the other in a black sweater was looking down at his cell phone. Chi Jiang Na Yue Piao walked over and took a look openly.

Oh, Tetris.

"What a retro taste in games." The young god of games couldn't help but complain as he returned to Amuro Toru's back, "It's been a while since I've seen someone using a smartphone to play Tetris to kill time."

Amuro Toru, who had gradually become accustomed to and adept at multitasking, remained calm and continued to chat with the person opposite him with a smile. During the conversation, he even pretended to be unfamiliar with Date Kou and chatted with him for a few words.

Logically speaking, Natalie Laijianmen had met them when she was in the police academy, at least that was what Chijiang Nayue remembered.

The reason for the meeting was that Hagiwara Kenji went to invite Date Ko to a social gathering on the next day off, but was told that the other party was going on a date with his girlfriend. The five of them did not feel awkward after being left alone. After just a few glances, they reached a consensus with a vote of four to one - to follow the class leader's date.

The only vote of rejection was cast by Chijiang Nayue himself. At that time, he was still obsessed with improving his various skill data and wanted to be on standby in the training room 24 hours a day. How could he have the American time gate to peek at the NPC's date (in his eyes)?

"This is not peeking, this is learning from the class leader, Xiao Nayue." Hagiwara Kenji explained to him seriously at the time, "Look, among the six of us, only the class leader has a partner. Doesn't this explain something very well?"

[It shows that you don't want to fall in love in the first place.] Chijiang Nayue pointed out sharply, [Also, don't bring me along.]

Matsuda Jinpei came over with an exaggerated expression and bumped him with his shoulder: [Hey, what do you mean...aka you, are you dating someone behind our backs?]

[What you said is disgusting.] Furuya Rei covered his stomach and pretended to be weak, [I'm going to vomit, I'm going to vomit, who said we are you?]

After seeing enough of the excitement, Morobushi Jingguang rested his chin on his hand and smiled as he explained to his friend: [aka probably means that he just avoided a group of people who came to confess their love at noon today.]

The other three people looked confused. Hagiwara Kenji chewed over the word: [Team One?]

[Yeah.] Morobushi Jingguang was trying to hold back his laughter. He cleared his throat, [Because Aka didn't remember the names of anyone other than us. He always said "who" to everyone who confessed to him... Well, I remember there were a few people who often came to watch our morning classes.]

[So now they have understood that Aka is too lazy to get to know him, so they just take confessing to him and being rejected as a way to exercise their courage.] Morobushi Kagemitsu, who looks good-tempered but is actually quite bad-tempered, has a harder time holding back his laughter as he talks, [There are male students in the team at noon.]

[As expected of a little devil, he’s popular with both men and women, hahahahaha——poof! ]

After punching Matsuda Jinpei, who was laughing the most arrogantly, Akae Nazuki still nodded and agreed to the proposal to follow his squad leader.

However, except for Hagiwara Kenji and Morofushi Kagemitsu, no one in their group of five was following them seriously, so it was normal that they were discovered by Date Kou, who was always ranked third in comprehensive subject scores (the top two were Akae Nazuki and Furuya Rei).

The memories end here.

In short, after discovering that Natalie did not recognize who Amuro Toru was, Akae Nazuki was only slightly interested in this small difference in the parallel world for a second and then looked away.

"I have worked with Amuro before, and his reasoning ability is indeed very strong." The person who was speaking became Date Kou, who first made a polite compliment and then introduced his girlfriend beside him, "This is my girlfriend Natalie Raimamon."

The woman with short light blonde hair smiled gently. One could easily tell from her face that she was of mixed race.

"If I hadn't won the boat ticket, I would have been planning to take my parents to Hokkaido to meet Xiaona's parents in the next two days." Date Kou's personality was as cheerful as his tone. He said very naturally, "But it seems that I am lucky to meet you here, Amuro."

After these words were spoken, only Natalie glanced at her boyfriend in surprise. The other three people who were not familiar with Ida Ko did not think there was anything wrong.

Amuro Toru and Akae Nazuki on the opposite side also heard the hidden meaning of Date Kou's words, and the former tried especially hard to hold back the smile on his face.

In Amuro Toru's impression, the class monitor is not the type who would reveal his family situation to a stranger he has only met a few times. He said this probably because he wanted to tell him that his life is stable so that he doesn't have to worry.

That's enough. Being able to see his only living friend living happily is enough for Toru Amuro.

However, Akae Nayue's face darkened for a moment - the main world's Date Kou almost had a car accident just before he planned to return to Hokkaido to meet his girlfriend's parents. If he hadn't saved him in advance, Date Kou would have died that year.

And now, the car accident incident in this parallel world seems to have also changed.

Chijiang Nayue thought about it for a while, and then realized the difference between the two worlds in this matter.

The Linorea in the main world sank many years ago, so Date Kou and Natalie in the main world did not draw a ship ticket on this day, but instead had a car accident.

However, the Linorea in this world met the 18-year-old Akae Nazuki at the same time gate, and finally returned early without any accident, so the couple changed their plans and came safely.

Then, they have one more clue to the secret of the Linorea they want to explore: the reason why this cruise ship did not sink in this world may be because of Akae Nayue's boarding eight years ago.

...As for the speculation about Date Kou's life or death, it would be better not to let Amuro Toru know.

Akae Natsuki glanced at Amuro Toru, whose purple-blue eyes were mixed with a hint of joy, and then turned her mind away as if nothing had happened.

Anyway, there was no way that Toru Amuro could have known that Date Kou would get into a car accident today, so there was no need to let him know that he almost lost his last good friend.

Now that he is here, he will not let anything happen to Brother Hang again.

"It's decided."

When Toru Amuro heard the little devil, who had been silent for a long time for some reason, speak, he was startled. He pretended to glance at the boy casually and questioned him with his eyes.

Chi Jiang Na Yue smiled brilliantly at him and said, "Let's call them the Sunglasses Girl, the Earring Man, and the Tetris Cube!"

...Naming skills need to be improved.

Toru Amuro's eyelids twitched twice: Rather, it is because he does not take the other three people seriously that he gave them such a random nickname. Should he thank the little devil for his nice attitude towards the class monitor and Natalie?

After a round of pleasantries that Akae Natsuki didn't hear, the woman in sunglasses was still as enthusiastic as ever. She invited, "Mr. Amuro, can we go to the restaurant together later? I have a new book that I need to collect materials for, so I'll have to trouble you, Mr. Amuro."

"Since you know it will cause trouble, don't say it." The spirit behind him had already laid back on top of Toru Amuro's head, still mumbling something.

Akae Nazuki didn't have a good impression of these people. He saw subtle things in them that he was not convenient to tell Amuro Toru directly.

Hearing this, Toru Amuro was a little surprised. It was the first time he saw the little devil express his dislike so directly.

Unfortunately, there were many people around, so he couldn't ask directly. He could only remember it in his mind with regret and prepare to ask later.

"Of course." Toru Amuro finally smiled and happily accepted the invitation.

Just as the group was about to enter the cabin, Chijiang Nayue sensed a familiar scent.

A man walked out slowly from another corridor. He was wearing a black windbreaker with a grey shirt underneath. His long blond hair flowed down like a stream and he wore a pure black vintage hat on top of his head. His eyebrows and eyes were covered by the brim of the hat, revealing only his tightly pursed lips and a neat jawline.

Amuro Toru obviously also caught a glimpse of this person's appearance with his peripheral vision. His muscles tensed for a moment, and then quickly relaxed, forcing himself not to look at the other person.

The visitor was naturally Gin.

Gin is a standard killer who can instantly detect any gaze directed at him. Amuro Toru doesn't want to meet him here.

Then Toru Amuro also realized something and shifted his gaze to the spirit behind him that was floating down from behind him and approaching.

Since Akae Nayue would recover some of her memory every time she encountered something exciting, then after seeing Gin...

...After seeing Gin, the fragmented memories before her death flashed across Akae's eyes again, but this time they were much clearer and more complete than last time.

He saw the same deck, with the moon and stars hanging above his head. He and Gin stood face to face in the night, standing on the edge of the deck.

At their feet, a thick pool of blood spread out, coming from the corpses dressed in black that could be seen everywhere on the deck.

Chijiang Nayue saw that the young man confronting her was in tattered clothes, with long hair stained with blood. He looked at her with wolf-like eyes, and his body was covered with scars, obviously he had been through a fierce battle.

Then came the sound of someone talking, panting, with a faint smile - it was Chijiang Nayue's own voice.

[Actually, I think your long hair looks better with a hat.]

Akae Nayue, who was originally hovering around Gin openly, relying on the fact that she would not be seen, reflexively looked at the top hat on Gin's head with extremely complicated feelings.

Why is it that no matter which world he is in, he always likes to say dirty words to Gin?

Akajiang Nayue shed a handful of bitter tears for Gin.

The next second, he was stunned again.

"Who is it?" Gin's deep voice sounded.

The target... seems to be the direction where Chijiang Nayue is.