Chapter 54: The Winery [CG: Covered by the Explosion...
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Walking out of the coffee shop, the player caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in the corner.
In the shadows formed between the buildings, a young man with black curly hair leaned against the wall, a cigarette between his teeth, his eyes gazing aimlessly into the distance, as if waiting for someone.
Eh?
It seemed like I saw someone who left early.
Fushimi Kyoji approached.
The closer I got, the more I could see the other person's face clearly. His brows were furrowed for some unknown reason, and he unconsciously revealed a thoughtful look.
Jinpei Matsuda rarely wore sunglasses, but pinned them to his shirt pocket. Without a layer of obstruction, players could easily see his eyes, and their own figures appearing in them.
"Oh! We caught a police officer smoking in public." He extended his open hand toward Jinpei Matsuda, not caring if it was brushed away. He then clenched his hand, making a microphone gesture, and pointed it at Jinpei Matsuda. "Oh! It seems to be the outstanding bomb disposal officer who appeared in the newspaper not long ago and was praised by name. I didn't expect he was such a person in private."
"Hey..." Matsuda Jinpei said, unable to bear it any longer. "Stop it."
He just held it in his mouth without lighting it at all, so it doesn't count as smoking.
A hand with the palm facing upwards was stretched straight in front of him. Matsuda Jinpei looked impatient, but seeing that the other party didn't seem to be giving up, in order to avoid being pestered any further, he took out his wallet with a sour face.
"How much?"
The player was surprised that Matsuda Jinpei would actually compromise. He quickly raised his index and middle fingers in front of him and said, "Two thousand yen."
Humph, you seem to be familiar with the fines for smoking in public places.
When he opened his wallet, he was immediately stared at by curious eyes. Matsuda Jinpei ignored them and took out a 2,000 yen note.
It is totally unimaginable how she normally carries out her missions in that criminal organization.
Wouldn't such an eager gaze be exposed immediately? Just for a moment, he felt the skin on his hand was getting slightly warm.
Probably no one would send a fool to carry out such a mission.
Jinpei Matsuda took out the money, but did not hand it to the other party immediately. Instead, he held it between two fingers. When he moved to the left, the person's gaze followed him. When his hand moved to the right, his burning gaze looked in the opposite direction without hesitation.
After playing this left and right for a long time, Matsuda Jinpei chuckled indistinctly, and clenched his hands slightly. The two thousand yen note was folded in half in his hand and put back into his pocket.
Eh! ?
Matsuda Jinpei's sudden movement made the player blink subconsciously, and his attention shifted from his hands to his face.
"I will hand this fine over to the Metropolitan Police Department when I return."
How could this happen...
"Are you dissatisfied?" Matsuda Jinpei raised his voice in his chest, "Hmm?"
Matsuda Jinpei saw her right under his nose, turned his head away, tsk- ...
...Without even pretending, she started asking him rudely why he hadn't left yet.
And he just heard a very infuriating "tsk", right?
"Ah." Matsuda Jinpei responded casually without giving a direct answer.
It's very strange...
It didn't look like there was any work that needed his attention, yet he chose to leave early. If a player hadn't approached him, he probably wouldn't have taken the initiative to talk to him.
"Officer Hagiwara is nearby, isn't Officer Matsuda with us?" The player completely didn't understand the meaning of Matsuda Jinpei's actions, so he simply asked other questions.
"No."
Jinpei Matsuda took off the sunglasses from his shirt, flicked his wrist, and placed the sunglasses across his nose. Now players could only guess his mood based on his tone.
"Hagi will feel comfortable when they are alone together." And some words will be easier to say.
"Besides, we're not conjoined twins. There's no need to tie the three of us together every time we do something."
He said some very free and easy lines!
Fushimi Kyoki mused, "It seems like Officer Matsuda has always been very decisive."
Matsuda Jinpei remained noncommittal, his gaze downcast behind his sunglasses. "Ah, after all, if you don't explain things clearly, those idiots won't understand."
Fushimi Kyoji looked left and right, trying to find out who else was the idiot in Matsuda Jinpei's story.
"I'm talking about you." Matsuda Jinpei pointed out sarcastically.
Wow!
I have a very bad impression of her!
Digging out the previous conversation, the player asked: "Does Officer Hagiwara have anything to say to me?" Moreover, Jinpei Matsuda also knew.
Matsuda Jinpei didn't mind telling her in advance. He said simply, "The time a bomb was planted in the apartment."
Seeing that the player still didn't understand the situation, he raised his hand and pressed his brow.
"No one would ignore the life-saving grace."
Especially when the other party has such a sensitive identity...
Fushimi Kyoji immediately responded, saying nonchalantly, "It's just a mere favor to save my life. Just repay me by working like a slave for the rest of your life."
Matsuda Jinpei was a little speechless: "It's easy to say that you exploit others."
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"That's so thoughtful, Jinpei..." Hagiwara Kenji was stunned at first, then a complicated bitter smile appeared on his face.
Did you notice his dilemma and give him some space to be alone?
"So, Officer Hagiwara has been troubled by this matter lately?"
Hagiwara Kenji clearly hadn't gotten used to unconsciously leaning in when talking. He spread his hands in front of him, surprise in his eyes. "So direct. Hmm... should I confirm or deny this?"
Although his reaction seemed as if he was startled by the player, Kenji Hagiwara remained calm, and even his voice did not change noticeably.
"Just like Officer Matsuda said..." the player said darkly, "He puts on an attitude that can confuse women, but actually starts to silently change the subject he doesn't want to answer."
"Has Jinpei even said that? Oh, and words like 'confuse women' sound too ambiguous." Hagiwara Kenji widened his droopy eyes slightly, trying to clear up the misunderstanding with an innocent expression.
His shoulders relaxed slightly, and the dejection that didn't suit him was wiped away. "Well, Zhen Ping-kun is always more decisive than me, in every aspect."
Whether it's graduating from the police academy and joining the drug handling class, or other...
"In terms of popularity, Officer Hagiwara is definitely more popular than Officer Matsuda."
Hagiwara Kenji laughed: "I'm glad that my charm can be recognized by Fushimi-chan."
He seemed to have completely relaxed, abandoning the emotions that were bothering him. His aura was relaxed, and he was as casual as if he was taking a walk with a friend.
Only Kenji Hagiwara knew the answer. On the side that the players couldn't see, he curled his hands slightly and spoke carefully.
"Fushimi-kun and your friends are members of some illegal organization, right?"
Fushimi Kyoki nodded first, then suddenly looked at Hagiwara Kenji.
“!”
Kenji Hagiwara sensed the gaze beside him, but did not react in order not to disrupt the words he had prepared.
"Fushimi-chan's friend probably carried more than just an instrument. ... The weight of a normal gig bag wouldn't normally leave a mark like that on the shoulder."
He calmly stated the doubts he saw, carefully concealing the identities of Furuya Rei and Morobushi Kagemitsu.
If you know your identity at the same time from the beginning and then work backwards, the process will be very easy.
"And... something I haven't mentioned before: discovering the bomber's true intentions and successfully stopping them is beyond the capabilities of ordinary people."
Hagiwara Kenji paused.
He didn't want to come across as too aggressive and put the players under pressure in this one-sided conversation.
But it seems unavoidable.
"I'm sorry," was all he could say. "I wasn't trying to press any questions or pry."
Players know.
Otherwise, she would have typed out a police station tour or something like that by now.
"I just can't stop thinking about the risks and the price that Fushimi-chan will have to pay for helping me."
When it comes to criminal organizations, most of the words that come to mind are bloody, violent, dark...
Hagiwara Kenji's speech slowed down.
At the same time, he slowly stood still, no longer deliberately avoiding the player's gaze, and leaned down slightly so that their eyes could be level despite the height difference.
"Can you tell me why?"
He was clearly the one making the oppressive move, but his tone sounded like he was the weaker party.
In other words, by using a silent and gentle approach, one can deliberately reduce the pressure on others, create an atmosphere where it is easy to open up and reveal one's true thoughts, and reduce the tension caused by revealing the hidden identity earlier.
"I think Fushimi-chan wants to live as an ordinary person in public, with a suitable job and carefully hiding his other identity."
There were so many questions in my mind that I wanted to ask, but they were suppressed, and I only asked those questions that were not important and did not get to the point.
"So, why do this?"
Kenji Hagiwara knew clearly that there was nothing about him worth exploiting, and he didn't think that players were interacting with him with any purpose.
Perhaps it may seem a bit cold to think so. At that time, the relationship between them was far from enough to make it worth the player to risk "losing the peaceful life of an ordinary person" and make a sudden move to save him.
police.
criminal.
The naturally opposing identities of the two parties made it impossible for him to calm down. He could no longer tell whether he wanted to get an answer or was resisting knowing the real reason.
"Is it that anyone in the apartment whose life was threatened by a bomb would do that if the circumstances allowed, or is it just him?"
"Yes."
Not a second of hesitation or delay.
As he unraveled the mystery, expressing his doubts and analysis bit by bit, the man who had been silent the whole time spoke for the first time, holding back all the unspoken words in his throat.
She gave her answer decisively, as if she didn't need to think.
The clear green eyes that flashed from beginning to end reflected his slightly stunned expression.
[*cg·The heartbeat covered by the explosion]
The young man with medium-long hair who was not wearing an explosion-proof suit had a serious look on his face, and his hands were constantly moving to dismantle the complex wiring inside the bomb.
On the other side, the player quickly searched through dozens of magazines scattered on the ground to find the address of Kenji Hagiwara's apartment.
'During work hours, my phone is set to vibrate mode and will only ring when I receive calls from certain contacts, so that I can respond immediately.'
Dial the number over and over again.
While defusing the bomb, Kenji Hagiwara glanced at his ringing cell phone.
Boom——!!!
The sky full of flames, flying debris and thick smoke from the explosion almost occupied the entire field of vision.
The screen gradually moved downwards, and a young man with medium to long hair standing below the apartment where the explosion occurred pleaded for mercy to the player as if showing weakness. His eyes never left the person in front of him, and there was lingering gentleness in his eyes.
"*(...Thank you so much for giving him the opportunity to humble himself to his friends by not wearing a hazmat suit.)"
"*【Hagihara Kenji】 Your favorability has reached 65. You will automatically enter the current character's HE path. CG will not affect your game progress!"
"*cg has been included in the achievement!"
The cg is finished and time starts to flow again.
Hagiwara Kenji's loss of composure only lasted for less than a second and soon disappeared completely.
Is the player’s answer the one he expects?
He couldn't tell the difference either.
What is certain is that it must be the best answer.
Although it was many days later than Matsuda Jinpei.
He thought.
The next time he met with his colleague who was undercover in a criminal organization, he was finally able to tell Kofuruya what his attitude towards Fushimi was.
“*(…That’s fine.)”
【Achievements·Unknown Selfishness】
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