Chapter 52: The winery has a terrible corporate culture
After a makeover, Zhu Fujingguang, dressed as a waiter, continued to work diligently according to his current persona, carrying coffee back and forth from the customer table.
It was a time when customer flow was low, so he wouldn't be too busy and could devote his energy to the figure he had been secretly watching as soon as he entered the store.
Do you want to go over?
He asked himself in his heart.
The best choice for both of them is to remain anonymous, not be exposed to the organization's vision, and stay away from familiar companions like they are now.
Zhu Fujingguang also knew this clearly.
Being able to endure loneliness is also a compulsory course for adults.
No matter how close your friends are to you, or what you have experienced together, you should pretend to be strangers when you meet to prevent causing trouble to important people.
As for why I still see her...
During the few days he worked part-time in the coffee shop, he frequently saw the other person appearing around.
Do you have a mission?
One time, Zhu Fushimi Jingguang followed the direction where Fushimi Kyoji left and saw a young man from a distance who looked like Lei from his clothes. He probably knew where the desserts that Fushimi Kyoji packed up were.
When Zhu Fushimi Jingguang came to his senses, he subconsciously wanted to walk towards the seat where Fushimi Kyoji was sitting.
He smiled bitterly inwardly, thinking that he was too used to this apparent part-time job.
The direction he was about to take suddenly changed, and he walked in the opposite direction. When he lowered his eyes, he saw the shop door being pushed open from the outside.
"welcome……"
Zhu Fujingguang's voice paused slightly, and before attracting other people's attention, he completed the rest of his words.
“…Please come.”
The police officer with black curly hair pushed the door open and walked into the cafe, and happened to meet his eyes.
His sharp gaze swept across Zhu Fu Jingguang's disguised face, paused for a moment, and then moved elsewhere. When he saw the person he was looking for, he paused slightly, and the next second he strode towards her.
It's Matsuda...
"Officer Matsuda!" The player heard the sound of the Japanese wind chimes hanging on the door and saw Jinpei Matsuda waving at him vigorously.
...so childish.
Jinpei Matsuda walked towards the player silently.
"You're here so quickly!" Fushimi Kyoki unnecessarily glanced behind Matsuda Jinpei, trying to spot a tall figure who should have appeared with him. Seeing no one, he looked up and asked, "Where's Officer Hagiwara?"
"Ha... When it comes to paying attention to each other, you two are really exactly the same." Matsuda Jinpei laughed briefly for no apparent reason and muttered in a tone that was almost like talking to himself.
"What what?"
The face looking at him was one of pure confusion, and Matsuda Jinpei deeply felt the ease of being an idiot.
Whatever, what to tell her...
Don’t you think there aren’t enough troubled people in the world?
"Hagi has come a long way from home, so it will probably take a while." Matsuda Jinpei sat down in the empty seat opposite Fushimi Kyoki without any hesitation and answered why Hagiwara Kenji didn't come with him. His slightly fast speaking speed made his voice inexplicably vague.
As for him... he took half a day off, so he will definitely come back faster than the guy who has been staying at home all day long.
"Rush from home?" The sometimes surprisingly perceptive slow-witted guy also grasped the key information from the words, but unfortunately, his sharpness in grasping the key point only lasted less than a second. "Well... if it will waste Officer Hagiwara's time, you don't have to keep the appointment."
I just casually marked a place with the idea that I could bring a conquerable character with me later, and maybe get an achievement like a special scene or having dinner together.
"It's not a waste of time." Matsuda Jinpei's attitude seemed to be unconcerned about this minor inconvenience. His gaze behind his sunglasses fell calmly on the person opposite him. "Besides, some things are best discussed face to face."
...Huh?
Fushimi Kyoji tried to recall.
Due to a series of recent emergencies, players seem to have not paid attention to Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda for a while.
Did she miss some plot?
"...Please enjoy your meal, both of you." The waiter approached with a tray and interrupted the conversation between the two. The man's voice seemed to be deliberately lowered, causing Matsuda Jinpei to look at the unfamiliar face twice more.
It was a face he had never seen before.
"Your tone sounds like you're getting ready to settle scores with someone..." Fushimi Kyoji placed the index fingers of his two hands together and separated as soon as they touched.
What Fushimi Kyoki didn't say was that just by looking at the fact that Matsuda Jinpei was wearing a pair of sunglasses and exuding an unhappy aura, he looked more like the boss of a yakuza organization looking to get revenge.
It makes people want to cut off their little fingers and swear to apologize on the spot!
"It's good that you have such awareness." Matsuda Jinpei did not refute, and even crossed his arms across his chest, deepening his aura of not being easy to mess with.
The player declared righteously: "If you don't stop threatening me, I will sue you for threatening the personal safety of ordinary citizens."
The two police officers present who knew the identity of the person in front of them said: ...
What the hell is going on...
I endured it for a while, but in the end, the feeling of complaining prevailed.
"Are you an 'ordinary citizen'..." He almost laughed after saying that. Matsuda Jinpei's face was ferocious, then calmed down after a few moments. However, it looked a little distorted no matter how you looked at it. He gritted his teeth and said with difficulty, "Don't you have any self-awareness in your heart?"
Fushimi Kyoji recalled carefully and confirmed that he had not revealed his identity as a member of the organization in front of the other party. He just looked at Matsuda Jinpei with confusion.
...This guy!
Jinpei Matsuda felt a little depressed, but more of a speechless feeling.
Let Hagi make it clear.
Others couldn't hear what was said in the deliberately lowered voice, but as he served the desserts to the two of them one by one, Morifushi Kagemitsu could hear the words that Matsuda Jinpei emphasized in the middle.
Morofushi Kagemitsu knew the relationship between Hagiwara Matsuda and Fushimi, and also learned from Zero that he had briefly exchanged information with the two.
But when Matsuda Jinpei asked this question, he couldn't help but feel sad.
He was afraid that Matsuda would expose the truth without any preparation, and he was also worried that this shaky and illusory relationship would disappear like a bubble.
Seeing that Matsuda Jinpei was not going to reveal his cards but was chatting about life, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and silently sped up the orderly movements of his hands.
"Why weren't the three people around you with you before?" Matsuda Jinpei asked casually.
He knew all about the so-called band members, but that didn't stop him from openly mocking his undercover colleague. Jingguang played the bass quite well, and he wanted to laugh when he thought of that bastard Furutani singing.
If he hadn't seen that scene, he would have regretted it for the rest of his life.
"Well... this is a bit complicated."
I didn't think it was something that needed to be kept secret, especially since Jinpei Matsuda made a "hmm" sound from his chest, signaling her to continue.
"The group was explicitly ordered to disband by their superiors." The player said it succinctly, directly summarizing the final result.
Jinpei Matsuda looked at the player who had suddenly become depressed and clicked his tongue in confusion, "Huh?"
"The cold-blooded boy's boss discovered that the band members were commercial spies sent by other organizations to steal company secrets, and he almost personally poured cement on them and sunk them into Tokyo Bay..."
The casual look in Matsuda Jinpei's eyes behind his sunglasses suddenly became serious, and his sitting posture unconsciously changed from relaxed to more serious.
He stared intently at the player reminiscing through his glasses, his voice calm, unable to detect the dryness in his throat. "...Ah, and then?"
Fushimi Kyoji paused as she was about to continue speaking, and her eyes unconsciously shifted to the curly-haired young man from her body movements.
Jinpei Matsuda also realized that his curiosity about this topic exceeded normal limits.
Fushimi Kyoki and Matsuda Jinpei stared at each other for a moment through their sunglasses, then recalled, "Because of this incident, the group was disbanded, and the lead singer was reassigned to another department by his superiors. Maybe... out of sight, out of mind?"
Bourbon, which originally belonged to the rum faction, can only be regarded as being thrown back to its original path by gin.
Matsuda Jinpei: —I didn't notice anything unusual about him at all! Also, could you please elaborate on whether the corporate spy was actually sunk in Tokyo Bay?
The player, completely oblivious to Matsuda Jinpei's inner anxiety, continued, "The group only has me and the guitarist from my original band left. He's probably busy doing market research right now."
Zhu Fujingguang immediately deciphered in his mind the information that Lei was going alone to collect intelligence.
He caught a glimpse of Matsuda Jinpei's folded hands and the frown on his face as if he was about to say something. His heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked with concern, "Sir, do you need the lights lowered?"
Matsuda Jinpei was startled, but Zhufu Jingguang had already turned around and asked the player, "Is this light dazzling?"
In the blind spot that the players couldn't see, Zhu Fujingguang made a gesture to him that was commonly used in the police academy.
After being reminded twice, Matsuda Jinpei sat back down again, still facing Fushimi Kyoki, his sunglasses effectively concealing the direction he was looking.
"Has your company been invaded by some evil forces, or is your corporate culture based on the law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak and the fittest survive?" The relaxed Matsuda Jinpei was in the mood to comment on the atmosphere of the "company" where Fushimi Kyoki worked.
"...Almost? They're really good at exploiting their employees. Think of how Coldboy works so hard for the company, traveling around the country and abroad year-round. I heard from Coldboy's valet that he used to have blond hair, but now it's all white. It's understandable that he'd be so furious after discovering a corporate spy in the company that he'd want to kill someone."
Zhu Fujingguang, who was listening and decoding, said: Should we take someone to get a color blindness test?
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