Chapter 42 Letting him live a retired life early is imprisonment!
The greater the help received, the greater the cost required.
This is what is known as "fair trade".
Of course, this is not fair, because generally speaking, the price people pay to fulfill their desires usually far exceeds what they desire.
"Here's a piece of advice for you: don't make deals with weirdos." Hanako-kun leaped backward and stood in mid-air.
"What is the price?" Matsuda Jinpei asked.
"A fatal misfortune." Hanako-kun raised her index finger, quite pleased to see the two of them change their expressions.
Even Chika Takanashi, who always does whatever she wants, hesitated this time.
A misfortune that could be fatal...
In the past, she would have picked up the book to taste it and see if her luck was more powerful or if the curse brought by the prop was more powerful.
But now that she knows the truth about the curse of luck, even if she does manage to avoid the misfortune, what about her adoptive father? She doesn't know his situation; he hasn't shown up for so many years, so perhaps he's not doing well. She can't bring him any more trouble.
"Whoever takes this book from me is also bound by misfortune; it's a contract," Hanako explained, handing the book over again.
Luck... Misfortune... Foster Father...
Takanashi Chika hesitated. Actually, there were other ways to get Hagiwara Kenji out of the building. Although it would mean being tied to her, it was much more worthwhile than a deadly misfortune.
Perhaps... she should try to get involved with Kenji Hagiwara.
As I was pondering this, a fair hand reached out from the side and firmly grasped the spine of the book.
"Matsuda-nii!" Takanashi Chinatsu was caught off guard and immediately reached out to stop him.
Matsuda Jinpei, however, held the book and avoided her hand.
"You actually dared to take it." Hanako-kun was caught off guard. He thought that after saying that, there were few people in the world who would dare to take it, since it was practically suicide.
"It's a fatal misfortune, but not a certain death, right?" Holding the book, Matsuda Jinpei casually flipped through a couple of pages and asked Hanako-kun in a nonchalant manner.
Hanako-kun was taken aback: "Are you only asking now?"
"It doesn't matter. If it's a death sentence, then I'll just study this book with Hagi. It was originally meant for ghosts anyway," Matsuda Jinpei said nonchalantly.
Hanako-kun didn't quite understand this person, but still explained, "It's not certain that you'll die, but given a fatal misfortune, do you think you can escape it?"
"I'm not so easy to kill." Matsuda Jinpei puffed out his chest, his face full of pride; after all, he was a policeman.
Hanako-kun quietly floated to Yashiro Nene's side and whispered in her ear, "But I think he has a short life. He doesn't look like someone who will live a long life."
"Hey!" Matsuda Jinpei said, displeased.
Yashiro Nene immediately covered Hanako-kun's mouth to stop him from saying anything offensive.
"Matsuda-nii, how could you actually take it!" Takanashi Chinatsu snapped out of her daze, suddenly feeling both anxious and frightened. The ghost's curse was very effective!
"Are you really going to tie him to you? Going out once or twice is fine, but if he can't cultivate, he'll need you every time he goes out. Even if you don't mind, that guy can't be indifferent." Matsuda Jinpei held the book high to prevent Takanashi Chinatsu from touching it. Although the contract was completed at this point, it was something that the ghost needed, and it was inevitable that it would have some impact on the living.
"But what if something really happens to you?"
Matsuda Jinpei, however, smiled.
Takanashi Chinatsu immediately realized that Matsuda-san was serious. Even if it meant certain death, he would still get his hands on it. He was truly determined to study this book with Hagiwara Kenji.
absurd!
How can a living person be so careless about their life?
Where are his colleagues? Where are his friends? Where are his family?
Does Matsuda not care about any of the people who care about him?
Seemingly sensing what Takanashi Chinatsu was thinking, Matsuda Jinpei muttered, "Don't look at me like that. If I really die, I'll definitely ask you to go back and announce my death, and then train hard to become powerful enough to live with them as a ghost. People have souls after they die, so death isn't the end of everything."
Takanashi Chika was speechless. Don't suddenly say something so terrifying. She didn't want to be some kind of harbinger of death!
Because of Matsuda Jinpei's recklessness, Takanashi Chinatsu kept a cold face on the way back and glared at him from time to time.
When Matsuda Jinpei noticed this, he could only smile wryly. Of course, he wasn't reckless, but this book was really important to Hagi.
If you miss this opportunity, you may not be able to get it again in the future.
Back home, Takanashi Chinatsu was fully prepared, opening her mouth wide to complain, but Hagiwara Kenji interrupted her even more anxiously.
"Oh no, Chinatsu-chan, you've been targeted by that perverted lecherous man!"
Chinatsu Kotori was taken aback, and her expression became extremely strange.
What?
What kind of perverted and lewd man is that?
Matsuda Jinpei dared not provoke Takanashi Chinatsu, nor could he hear Hagiwara Kenji's words. Resigned, he walked to the side and carefully scraped some powder from the rhinoceros horn, lit it, and silently calculated whether he had enough money in his card to pay.
Kenji Hagiwara's figure slowly appeared, followed by the other party's excited voice.
"He slept in your bed and was rolling around on it like a pervert!"
"He looks like he's in his thirties or forties, but he's not proper at all, he's incredibly sleazy!"
"And your photo is gone too. He held onto your photo for a long time, touching it, before finally taking it away in his pocket!"
"Boom!"
Chinatsu's world has collapsed.
W-what?
Her lovely, soft bed was slept in by another man? And he even stole her photos while rolling around in bed with her?
Kenji Hagiwara was right, he really is a pervert!
Takanashi Chika rushed into the room. The other person was not only a pervert but also fearless. He didn't even smooth out the wrinkles in the sheets, as if he wasn't worried about being discovered at all.
Damn it!
hateful!
Didn't Gin completely replace all the residents here? Why are there still such perverts?
No, it's possible he's not even a resident here, just a perverted guy who suddenly barged into a girl's room. But do the apartment building security guards just let outsiders in like that? Was Uncle Morino slacking off?
"The sheets are no longer needed." Matsuda Jinpei, his face ashen, helped change the sheets.
It was less of a replacement and more of a violent demolition; the bed sheets were torn to shreds with rough handling.
"And this pillow, I don't want this pillow either, throw away the bedding too, he touched everything!" Kenji Hagiwara also took matters into his own hands, throwing everything that Takanashi Yuki had touched under the bed, and even had the urge to dismantle the bedside table that the other had touched.
Takanashi Chinatsu not only did not stop the two from doing this, but even called to order a new mattress and asked them to deliver it urgently. She didn't want the mattress at all, let alone the sheets and blankets.
In addition to that, there's also the act of filing a complaint!
Without hesitation, Chinatsu Takanashi dialed Gin's number, but before he could speak, she screamed, "Gin, I'm being targeted by a pervert, aren't you going to do anything about it?"
"Who is it? Explain yourself." Gin's voice was filled with murderous intent.
Chinatsuko looked at Kenji Hagiwara.
Kenji Hagiwara immediately said, "1.9 meters tall!"
“1.9 meters!” Takanashi Chinatsu repeated.
"Gray hair!"
"Gray hair!"
"Brown eyes!"
"Brown eyes!"
"I also saw his license plate; it read xxxxxx!"
"The license plate number is xxxxxx!"
Takanashi Chinatsu excitedly repeated Hagiwara Kenji's words one by one. This was the first time in her life that she had been targeted by a pervert.
Of course, there are many perverts in the organization, but at most they want to train her to be a top assassin or dissect her. This kind of lewd pervert is the first one.
Chinatsu was so angry that she didn't even realize that Gin hadn't spoken in a long time.
"Gin, find him for me! Aren't all the people living in this apartment yours? And there are surveillance cameras everywhere. Just find him and give him to me!" Looking at the sheets and blankets scattered all over the floor, and then at her empty bedside table, Takanashi Chinatsu gritted her teeth. She was determined to teach that pervert a lesson herself!
“…Hmm.” Gin’s voice sounded somewhat speechless.
"What's wrong? Don't you want to help me?" Takanashi Chika finally realized something was wrong.
"No, I'll help you find the person. That's all, I'm hanging up." Gin hurriedly hung up the phone, seemingly worried that Takanashi Chinatsu would ask further questions.
Holding her phone, a glint of light flashed in Chika Takanashi's eyes.
Something's not right, absolutely not right!
Logically speaking, given Gin's personality, he would definitely want to kill that pervert even more than she did. And Gin was indeed murderous when he first answered the phone, so why did his attitude change later?
Slowly, a look of terror appeared in Takanashi Chinatsu's eyes.
No, Gin knows that pervert!
If Gin didn't know that pervert, he definitely wouldn't have reacted this way; he might even have a good relationship with the pervert.
Chika immediately wanted to call back, but stopped herself halfway through dialing the number.
Gin could have told her the truth just now, but since he didn't, she definitely won't get the truth if she calls now.
Damn it, I hope she doesn't catch me, otherwise she'll castrate that bastard no matter if he's Gin's friend or not!
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"Achoo! Achoo!" Holding a photo of Takanashi Chika, Takanashi Yuki sneezed twice, but her expression remained very happy.
Chinatsu-chan has grown up into a beautiful, lively, and lovely young woman, just as he had imagined.
Although Gin has a tough temper, he takes good care of his younger sister, otherwise China wouldn't have shown such a bright smile when taking pictures.
The phone rang, and Takanashi Yuuki answered it. Before she could even speak, she heard a curse.
Are you a pervert?
"What do you mean? Why are you suddenly making personal attacks?" Takanashi Yuuki put the photo frame on the table, sat on the bed and reasoned with Gin: "Did you run into trouble on the mission again? Even if things aren't going well at work, you can't just take it out on others. Gin, you weren't like this before."
"I'm taking my anger out on her? Chika just called me and said that a pervert broke into her house." Gin said with a cold laugh.
Takanashi Yuuki was immediately shocked: "What pervert? Gin, didn't you arrange for someone to protect her?"
Gin sneered repeatedly, listing off his details: "1.9 meters tall, gray hair, brown eyes, license plate number xxxxxx."
Takanashi Yuki fell into a long silence.
Ah, this...
It looks so familiar; every feature is so familiar.
Takanashi Yuki stood up, took long strides to the mirror, and stared into thought at her reflection, which resembled a liqueur.
"I told you to approach her, not to spy on her," Gin said in a hostile tone.
Takanashi Yuuki pouted, even sounding a little aggrieved: "I haven't seen her in a long time. Do you understand the feeling of being nervous when you're close to home? I just want to know more about her before we officially meet."
"She now sees you as a pervert."
"Swoosh!" A knife struck him squarely in the chest.
Takanashi Yuuki clutched her heart, and her reflection in the mirror looked somewhat ferocious.
abnormal……
In his own obedient daughter's eyes, he had become a pervert...
"Meet with her as soon as possible, and stop causing trouble." Gin seemed too lazy to say anything more to him and hung up the phone directly.
Takanashi Yuki tossed aside her phone, stood in front of the mirror, straightened her collar, and carefully admired her mature appearance in the mirror.
Liqueur has a nice face, so why is he considered a pervert?
What does "stop causing trouble" mean? He hadn't caused any trouble in the first place, yet he still wanted her to meet him as soon as possible...
Damn it, how could he possibly go there if he became that kind of image in Chinatsu's mind!
No, I need to find the perfect moment to make a dazzling debut!
As night fell, Matsuda Jinpei slept in the guest room of Takanashi Chinatsu's house. Fortunately, Gin did not come to check on him this time.
The next day, Matsuda Jinpei bought a new set of toiletries to wash up, and hissed as he looked at the bruises on his face.
In the end, they couldn't escape it!
Although Takanashi Chinatsu initially forgot to report the perverted behavior, once the new mattress arrived and the new sheets and bedding were laid out, she immediately complained to Hagiwara Kenji about his "self-destructive" actions.
Is it his fault?
That book was clearly very important to Hagi, and when he went to get it, Hagi actually hit him. It's completely unreasonable!
After rubbing his bruised cheeks, Matsuda Jinpei finished washing up and went to the living room. He saw that the TV was on and there was no one on the sofa.
"Watching TV again? Are you watching the morning news?" Matsuda Jinpei helped change the channel.
Kenji Hagiwara, still annoyed by his appearance, knew that Jinpei Matsuda was blind and deaf, yet he still mocked him sarcastically: "Oh, isn't this old man Matsuda? You're still alive today, huh?"
"I've just been having a bit of bad luck on a regular basis. Maybe Hanako-kun is just exaggerating," Matsuda Jinpei explained helplessly to the air.
Kenji Hagiwara got even angrier: "Are you out of your mind? You dare to accept a death sentence!"
He's so angry!
He's dead, so be it. The dead can't be brought back to life. What does it matter if he can cultivate or not? Maybe after a while his obsession will dissipate and he'll be reborn.
As a result, Kojinpei actually dared to take that book!
Now his obsession is impossible to dissipate; he will keep his eyes on Kojinpei even if it kills him!
Kenji Hagiwara couldn't help but punch Jinpei Matsuda repeatedly. His death had already saddened his parents enough. They had treated Jinpei like their own son, and now that he was gone, wouldn't they be grieving again? And what about Uncle Jotaro? At least his parents had his sister to comfort them, but how could Uncle Jotaro cope all by himself?
You idiot Jinpei, aren't you going to consider any of these things?
“I’ve thought about it. I’ll bring Dad over in a while and we’ll settle down nearby,” Matsuda Jinpei suddenly said.
Hagiwara Kenji was stunned.
"And my uncle and aunt, let's bring them all over. Although I don't have the money to buy a house right now, I can rent a place for the time being. Once things stabilize, I'll sell the house in my hometown and buy a house here permanently." Matsuda Jinpei had already thought everything through. Although housing prices in Tokyo are high, his uncle, aunt, and father are still earning money and have some savings, so they should be able to afford it.
Kenji Hagiwara, however, caught the key point: "What do you mean by 'things have stabilized'? You mean after you die?"
Although they couldn't hear each other, the childhood friends had a perfect understanding, and Matsuda Jinpei's words actually matched: "I may not die, but whether I live or die, it's never wrong to move here to stay with you. People can't live in the past forever, but Hagi, you can definitely create a new future with us."
Humans and ghosts living together... Matsuda Jinpei chuckled, "That might be quite interesting."
Of course, all of this depends on Kenji Hagiwara's hard work in training. Even if he can't appear for long periods of time, he can at least appear occasionally. After all, they are different from Chika; they weren't born with the ability to see ghosts.
"Hagi, you have to do your best!" Matsuda Jinpei stretched out his fist into the air, as if to bump into Hagiwara Kenji.
But this time, the tacit understanding between childhood friends disappeared.
Kenji Hagiwara didn't even touch him with his fists. Instead, he threw left and right hooks at his head. Although it sounded nice, he didn't need Matsuda Jinpei to sacrifice himself like this. He was willing to risk his life for something like this and take a punch from him!
"Bang"
"Huh?" Kenji Hagiwara glanced at his fist, then at his childhood friend who had been knocked back, and suddenly turned his head toward the direction of the rhinoceros horn.
Takanashi Chika had already lit a small piece of rhinoceros horn incense. Seeing him looking over, she smiled sweetly and said, "No need to thank me too much."
"Kijinpei!" Kenji Hagiwara immediately looked at his injury with concern.
"Ouch." Matsuda Jinpei covered his left eye, gritted his teeth, and said angrily, "You really hit hard, hagi."
Kenji Hagiwara was initially feeling guilty, but when his gaze fell upon the "Ghost Cultivation Manual" not far away, he immediately regained his composure.
"Shouldn't I have hit you? At least you won't die from my hit, but misfortune might follow."
Matsuda Jinpei, who was originally furious, suddenly deflated like a balloon that had been punctured by a needle, and nervously scratched his head.
Although...but...
He felt it was a great deal!
You can see Hagi while you're alive, and you can cultivate with Hagi after you die. Everything from birth to death is perfectly arranged. Isn't that a great deal?
"Alright, I have to go to class now. Matsuda-nii, you're going to the police station too, right?" Takanashi Chinatsu stepped in to smooth things over.
"Hmm." Matsuda Jinpei rubbed his eyes and got up to leave.
Kenji Hagiwara glanced at the burning rhinoceros horn incense sticks beside him.
"Hey, second-year graduate student, watch the house! If that pervert comes over again, take him down!" Takanashi Chinatsu made a big fist gesture.
Kenji Hagiwara stood up instantly, his tone resolute: "Don't worry, I will never let him do anything reckless again!"
"Then Matsuda-nii, take me to school!" Takanashi Chinatsu grabbed Matsuda Jinpei's arm again.
Just keep trying to appease her, she'll appease this person and that person, she'll appease you and then you, just ignore her, she has her own rhythm!
After getting in the car, Takanashi Chinatsu obediently fastened her seatbelt and said to Matsuda Jinpei before he drove off, "Could you take me somewhere before I go to school, Matsuda-nii?"
“Okay.” Matsuda Jinpei nodded and agreed without the slightest hesitation.
According to Chika Takanashi, Matsuda Jinpei drove to the suburbs, and the further he drove, the more remote the area became.
"If it weren't you sitting in the car, I would have really thought I was going to be kidnapped," Matsuda Jinpei joked with her.
Takanashi Chika smiled at him, pretending to be playing on her phone while actually quickly sending messages.
"What kind of remote shrine is it this time?" Matsuda Jinpei asked. He no longer doubted the Higurashi Shrine from last time, but he was very curious about what China was going to ask for this time.
"Let's stop here," Takanashi Chinatsu suddenly said.
As soon as Matsuda Jinpei stopped the car, Takanashi Chinatsu pulled him out.
"Matsuda-nii, come with me quickly, over here!"
Matsuda Jinpei followed her. The bushes around them were already very tall, and they grew very lush in the summer.
He was helplessly following her through the bushes when he suddenly felt a gust of wind behind him. Just as he was about to turn around, a handkerchief was covered his mouth, and he immediately sensed something was wrong.
He struggled for a moment, but his consciousness gradually faded as the drugs on the handkerchief seeped into his body. His last sight was of Chinatsu Takanashi's apologetic eyes.
It's China... Why?
"Is he a cop?" Lai helped to knock the man unconscious and reached out to support Matsuda Jinpei's body so that he didn't fall to the ground.
"Yes, that's why I came to you." Takanashi Chinatsu said helplessly.
Although Bourbon and Scotland are also her people, the people in the organization are unreliable after all. If she asked Gin, he might help her, but just thinking about him helping to protect a policeman makes her scalp tingle. It feels out of character.
After much deliberation, Chinatsu Takanashi ultimately chose Rai.
After all, it's an FBI agent. Although not a Japanese police officer, it's still much more reliable than a purely organized group.
"If you don't want to hurt him, why do you want me to drug him?" Ray didn't understand.
“Because his job is dangerous.” Takanashi Chinatsu sighed heavily.
That could be a fatal misfortune!
Go to work? Are you kidding me? Defusing bombs is dangerous enough as it is. We could trust the technology before, but with bad luck on top of that, any mistake could be fatal!
According to Hanako-kun, it wasn't impossible to avoid death, so of course she had to do something.
"Matsuda-nii, don't be angry with me. I did it all for your own good." Takanashi Chinatsu clasped her hands together and bowed devoutly to Matsuda Jinpei. She had no choice; she couldn't just watch him die.
Lei still didn't understand, but he didn't press for details. He simply asked, "What do we do next?"
“I have arranged a place for him to stay temporarily.”
"Imprisonment?" Lei's eyes were subtle.
Chinatsu Takanashi objected, "What nonsense! How could I possibly imprison Matsuda-san? I just want him to retire early!"
Ray: ...
I understand, it means imprisonment.
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Author's note: What imprisonment? We're supposed to learn from Chika's high EQ! This is clearly letting him retire early!
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