Chapter 228 Winter is Coming · Ending

No matter what, this plan defined by the system as 'rushing to die' was adopted.

I didn't expect that it was the last step that made the final decision. Before setting off, Tsukiyama pulled his black hair twice and complained in his heart.

If I had known that no one could stop me if I acted first and played later, I wouldn't have said so much. Sometimes, Kasugawa Shugo's behavior is really useful.

Although doing this will definitely get him a good scolding afterwards.

He lowered the brim of his hat, covered his face with glasses and a mask, and pretended to be disguised before carefully stepping out of the safe house provided by the public security, and walked towards the safe house where Yutani Mia had stayed the longest before.

At the Public Security Headquarters, the green light on the screen kept flashing. It was not until about 1:00 p.m. that the green light suddenly turned red.

After five minutes of waiting, Amuro Toru reached out with a stern face and called Tsukiyama Chaoli. There was a busy tone on the other end. Less than a few seconds later, a mechanical female voice rang on the other side, politely telling him that the phone he called was turned off.

The entire office immediately took action. On the screen, the dot representing the location of the black-haired man gradually deviated from the previous trajectory and walked in another direction.

They waited until the sun slowly moved to the west. The positioning point that kept changing its position within the city finally settled steadily in one place. It was a low mountain near the city. They had explored the surrounding area countless times before, but did not find anything unusual.

"...How long have you been at point C37?" Everyone in the room was wearing special action clothes, and pistols and other weapons were properly placed in action bags at their sides for easy access. It was already summer, and the conference room was airtight. Even if the air conditioner worked diligently, it could not dissipate the heat in the room.

They all had a layer of sweat on their bodies, but no one wanted to take off their equipment. They relaxed a little and put it on after they had all the news. The elites from all walks of life gathered in this small office. If it weren't for the sweat slowly sliding down their foreheads, they would be like sculptures that could not be smashed or broken.

"......32 minutes and 57 seconds." Someone responded quickly.

After this sentence, there was silence again.

Countless eyes fell on the timetable next to them. The positioning point on the screen moved slightly, but no matter what, it did not step out of this range.

39:57......

39:58......

39;59......

40:00

He has been in this position for a full forty minutes.

The moment the minute jumped to 40, it was as if a bow and arrow was finally drawn to its maximum. In the office, Toru Amuro, who had been sitting next to the screen and looking at the line of numbers, stood up and buckled the gun at hand to the buckle on the side of his belt.

The light click sounded like the first drum of war.

Low-profile vehicles full of police officers ready to go drove towards the hill in batches. The public security did not put all the chips in that place, but distributed the police force in a circle around the fixed point.

As the outermost police force, Kasugawa Shugo stretched out his hand and waved to his friend as a greeting.

Before the second and third laps, the two cars were parked together seemingly casually. The facing windows could not be seen from the outside. Kasugawa Shugo knew that his friend was behind the window of that car, but all he could see was darkness. He complained softly on the phone, "Why are you childhood sweethearts always assigned to the same car no matter how you are assigned?"

"If your leg had gotten better soon, and if you hadn't had a relapse due to the mission the other day, you might have gone up with Furiya and the others." said Hagiwara Kenji. The expression on his face was not as relaxed as the words he said. After saying this, he paused for a while before speaking, "...I thought you would be the one who strongly opposed it."

Unexpectedly, in the meeting room that day, he would be the first to stand up and support this decision.

"......But no one knows Asari better than me." Kasugawa Shugo was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect the other party to ask this at this time. He stroked his chestnut curly hair, as if he didn't know how to start. "I don't know how to describe it... This feeling is just like every time I see you two defusing bombs, you know there must be danger but it's impossible to stop it. You don't want me to stop you on this, right?"

"It's not...not quite the same." The other party thought for a long time, as if he was still thinking about something. "I thought you guys would be so nervous that you would say you were the first batch to go in."

Even at noon today, before Tsukiyama Asari was about to leave, Kasugawa Shugo only packed two hot lunches from outside, and the two of them sat together and ate quietly.

Thinking of this, Kenji Hagiwara suddenly realized that in the past seven years, when Kasugawa Shugo, the guy who always came home with injuries, suddenly received a mission notice, the two of them also said goodbye quietly.

There is nothing else worth saying at this moment, or... there is no need to say anything.

"Being too nervous will cause big problems. Besides, I believe in him, and I believe in you... and there is nothing different. The only difference between us and him is that we are police officers and he is not. But everyone has the right to make their own choices. No matter what... I will unconditionally support all his choices."

After all, that's me. Kasugawa Shugo grumbled in his heart, then he smiled, "Why... I'm still here, I'm so awesome, I can definitely make sure you all get out of there safely."

"Don't brag, you lame superman, after this trip you'll probably have to be confined to a hospital bed by Officer Takeda for several months to recuperate with that leg..."

"We'll leave in eight minutes." Matsuda Jinpei's voice rang out from beside Hagiwara Kenji, who paused for a moment before speaking, "It's rare...

that I actually feel a little nervous." "Hehe, how dare you say that to me." Kasugawa Shugo raised an eyebrow and said, "But when I think about the fact that I can have almost half a year of vacation after this trip... well, and now that I don't have to hide my identity, Keimitsu can probably bring me food every day."

"You'd better stop exploiting him. And if you really have to ignore your appetite for several months like you did during your previous recuperation, you will probably be chased by Takeda-senpai and made to run around the General Affairs Office every day..." Although he said this, Kasugawa Shugo didn't know what kind of physique he had. The little fat he had gained before quickly became thinner due to the high-intensity and intensive missions in the past half month, and it seemed that he would soon return to his previous state.

"You bastard." Matsuda Jinpei muttered beside him, frowning, and this time he was not wearing semi-permanent sunglasses. The black curly-haired police officer wanted to say something, but soon this sentence was replaced by an unconscious chat, "After the celebration banquet is over, you will be subject to dietary control."

"Why is that--" The voice on the other side suddenly dropped.

Hearing this voice, the man with semi-long hair couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, I guarantee that we will prepare more than ten plates of curry for you at the celebration banquet, so that you can have a good meal before you can control it."

A low laugh came from the other side, and it lasted for about half a minute. Kasugawa Shugo put his hands on his clothes and said, "I don't want this, change it to other dishes. In fact, I have never really liked curry... Even if I like it, I'm tired of eating instant curry with rice and bread every day at my dad's place."

"Then you..."

"I thought I should eat it before, but I didn't understand why I should eat it. Now I don't want to eat this..." Kasugawa Shugo pouted and announced like a child, "Let's change the curry to sukiyaki. With such a great contribution, it's not too much to let the superintendent treat us to a buffet of Kobe beef, right?"

"......You are really asking for too much." The voice of Jinpei Matsuda came from there, with a slight smile. But soon, his smile subsided. The eight minutes that always seemed long in the past were particularly fast today, as if they passed by in a hurry without having time to say anything.

"Hagi, it's time to go."

Kenji Hagiwara responded in a low voice.

The car they were in started slowly, and then moved slowly to the front. When it was about to speed up, Jinpei Matsuda, who was about to hang up the phone, suddenly heard a fast voice coming from the other side.

"Look here--"

The two of them subconsciously looked to the left because of this sentence, and saw that the window of the car where Kasugawa Shugo was suddenly lowered a little, and in the palm-wide gap in the middle, Kasugawa Shugo tried to raise his head to show his round eyes, winked at the two of them, and then waved to the outside like a little seal.

"Have a good trip."

"It will definitely be smooth." Matsuda Jinpei smiled, "Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

After saying goodbye, the phone was quickly hung up, leaving only a busy tone.

Kasugawa Shugo put his phone back in his pocket, touched his chest, which was actually beating because of nervousness, and took a deep breath. As a front-line police force responsible for rescue and encirclement, it would take at least an hour for them to reach that place.

He simply cast his eyes outside the window, trying to divert his attention.

Outside was a bustling commercial street with heavy traffic. There was some kind of activity going on nearby. He saw many parents with their children, and everyone had a smile on their face.

The chestnut-haired man's expression softened a little.

Sometimes he found it difficult to explain why he became a policeman. If he said that it was just to help Tsukiyama Asari find his missing relatives in the background of his character setting, it seemed that he could not fully explain it. Only when he saw such a scene during the mission, he would understand why he was doing it.

Maybe Amuro Toru, the first in the police academy who had always been complained by them for being too serious, was also feeling the same way? After all, he is a guy who treats this country as his lover.

Thinking of the other party's workaholic attitude, Kasugawa Shugo twitched his lips. He narrowed his eyes and was about to look away, but he saw a girl in the crowd looking around with a confused expression.

"How long will it take?" The man paused, he looked around, and didn't see anyone who looked like the girl's parents, then he felt something was wrong. Another policeman in the driver's seat quickly responded to the question, "An hour and a half."

Kasugawa Shugo frowned, quickly took off his bulletproof vest and conspicuous straps, and put his hands. The gun was put on his waist, and he changed his combat uniform, leaving only the trousers and short-sleeved shirt that could not reveal anything. "I'll be back soon. If you need anything, use the headset."

The police officer in the driver's seat responded.

The chestnut-haired man walked through the crowd and easily came to the girl who was walking in the opposite direction of the crowd. He coughed twice and tried to make his voice as soft as possible. "Hello...?"

The girl with two ponytails stopped and immediately took a step back like a sensitive little animal. Her round eyes looked at the man who suddenly appeared in front of her with vigilance, as if she was ready to run away at any time.

"Do you need help?" Kasugawa Shugo simply squatted down and put himself and the other person on the same plane. When asked this question, the timid girl seemed to remember the grievance of wandering around for half a day. She shook her head first, then hesitated and nodded hard, and her eyes were wet with tears.

"I, I came to find a stationery store." The girl pinched the corner of her clothes, and her voice was so low that Kasugawa Shugo had to get close to hear it. "I have an exam today, and I forgot to bring a pen... They are unwilling to lend it to me."

She said in a low voice, sniffed hard, and wiped her eyes hard with the back of her hand to wipe away the tears.

"Are you from the Children's Palace?" The chestnut-haired police officer looked around and immediately remembered that there was a Children's Palace about a kilometer away that had been around for some time. Many parents would choose to send their children there.

It stands to reason that there should be many places selling stationery near the Children's Palace, but the prices in such places should not be cheap. Looking at the obviously old clothes on the other person, Kasugawa Shugo blinked and searched around, but did not see any sign of a stationery store.

In this commercial district that is completely occupied by various shopping malls and hotels, there is no room for any small shop to survive.

"There doesn't seem to be a stationery store nearby..."

The girl lowered her eyes, her lips stammering. Before she could say anything else, she felt a slight blur in front of her eyes. The man who was squatting in front of her took out a click pen from his chest pocket and held it in front of her, "Can I use this?" "

Yes!" After responding, the girl with bright eyes realized that she was too excited just now. She lowered her head, grabbed the hem of her skirt with her hands, and whispered, "Thank you..."

Kasugawa Shugo couldn't help laughing. He lowered his head and glanced at the watch on his wrist. Seeing that it was not even five minutes, and there was still a lot of grace time, the man said, "Can you go back alone?"

"I can... um..." Hearing this, the girl's face flashed with some hesitation. She pursed her lips and looked around, as if she realized at this moment that she had walked too far and couldn't even see the most conspicuous fountain and tree at the entrance of the Children's Palace. "I can look for it myself..."

The man with chestnut curly hair couldn't help laughing. He was about to say that he could take her back to the Children's Palace first, but changed his mind when he turned around and saw the camera flashes flashing from time to time in the bustling square.

If he was accidentally photographed walking with this girl, those omnipresent guys would not believe that they were just showing the way...

"Can you wait for me here?" Kasugawa Shugo looked at his watch again, and after confirming in his earphone that everything was going well and there was still a lot of waiting time, he said to the girl in front of him, "I have something to do now, but I can ask a friend to take you back."

"No... I can go back by myself." The girl pursed her lips and said in a low voice without confidence.

"Well... do you know where you are going?" Seeing the other party's completely unconvincing expression, the chestnut-haired police officer lowered his voice.

The girl looked around, held the click pen in her hand tightly, which had some scratches on the side due to long-term use, and stopped talking again.

"Just wait a moment, I promise it won't take more than five minutes." Kasugawa Shugo smiled, "Just stay here and don't wander around, I'll let him pick you up right away, okay?"

"Well... wait a moment!" The girl's original response was interrupted by a hurried shout. She raised the pen in her hand and whispered, "I... how am I going to return this pen to you?"

"Well... let me think, how about a week later? Or at this time, I'll wait for you at the gate of the Children's Palace, you should be able to see me when you come to class." Looking at the girl nodding her head vigorously, Kasugawa Shugo's eyes melted into a gentle smile. He stretched out his hand and waved at the other party, "How about a hook?"

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