Chapter 67 Emergency Account Reconciliation in Progress... Matsu/Hagi: ? ...
Haha, the three of them are childhood friends...
In other words, Rei Furuya and the wolf-tailed young man did not fall in love at first sight, but rather grew up together and were most likely already a couple.
In conclusion, my hunch was right; Matsuda Jinpei was indeed outmaneuvered by Furuya Rei back then!
No wonder Furuya Rei didn't even mention his name before easily taking down the wolf-tailed youth. No wonder Matsuda Jinpei went straight to the hotel that day after seeing their rapid progress. So that's what happened.
Matsuda Jinpei had once suspected that Furuya Rei was acting out his own persona, but he only guessed that Furuya Rei and the wolf-tailed youth were good friends who could fool around together. However, after witnessing the two kissing intimately in the street and walking into a hotel side by side, Matsuda Jinpei's doubts vanished in the shocking scene, and a vein suddenly throbbed on his forehead.
Matsuda Jinpei was furious: "Damn it! I knew it! How could someone with such a cold and unapproachable demeanor be so easily won over by Furuya? Childhood friends... Ha, so they were childhood friends!"
Matsuda Jinpei was furious that he had been tricked and didn't realize it for a whole week.
What's most infuriating is that, despite his shock, he genuinely believed it and even agonized over how to act as Rei Furuya's wingman to help him get close to the wolf-tailed youth. If Rei hadn't acted quickly later, he might very well have been racking his brains to advise him!
...Should we be thankful that Furuya Rei didn't go too far in demanding advice on pursuing him? Otherwise, his enthusiastic help after the truth was revealed would have made him look like a clown. Although he does resemble a self-deluded clown now.
When Furuya Rei rushed up to the wolf-tailed youth without any preamble or self-introduction and bluntly stated his intention to pursue him, Matsuda Jinpei genuinely worried for Furuya Rei whether he would be coldly rejected by the wolf-tailed youth, and even whether he would be hurt.
Haha, my apologies, I didn't realize that was just a playful thing between young lovers.
"You're such a good actor, you blond bastard."
Matsuda Jinpei gritted his teeth, cracking his knuckles. "With such good acting skills, why does he like playing a cop so much? He should just go to Hollywood."
He silently added another significant stroke to Furuya Rei's mental record of grudges.
Very well, let's continue with their "no fight, no friendship" trope and meet on the rooftop again. It's not that he doesn't want to get along with Furuya Rei, but sometimes this blond bastard is really infuriating, making his fists itch.
No, Matsuda Jinpei still doesn't quite understand why Furuya Rei would act out his role.
Could it be… Matsuda Jinpei suddenly realized something, and his expression gradually became strange.
Uh, could it be that my words about liking him, making friends with him, and asking Furuya Rei if he knew the wolf-tailed youth made Furuya Rei feel insecure and mistakenly think that I was trying to steal him away?
Before secretly playing him as revenge and pretending to fall in love at first sight, Furuya Rei didn't know him. He also used the excuse of playing a prank on him to avoid introducing him to the wolf-tailed youth. Then, before they could react, he quickly pulled the wolf-tailed youth away from him.
Matsuda Jinpei, who was being closely guarded: ...
Well, that's a reasonable guess. The anger in his eyes faltered, and the cracking of his knuckles stopped.
However, Matsuda Jinpei, who genuinely only wanted to be friends with the wolf-tailed youth at the time, stated—
I'm innocent!
Upon suddenly learning about his childhood friend, Matsuda Jinpei's mind was filled with a series of thoughts, his emotions fluctuating wildly like a rollercoaster ride.
At the same time, Kenji Hagiwara was also stunned after hearing what Jinpei Matsuda said.
"Wolf tail hair? Cold and unapproachable??"
Hagihara Kenji:? ? ?
He was initially quite calm, seemingly just sharing his embarrassing morning moment with his childhood friend, but in reality, he was subtly hinting at something to her—
Poor Jinpei, Kofuyu and his boyfriend didn't fall in love at first sight, but rather developed feelings over time. You were thoroughly fooled by Kofuyu last week!
But, just listen to the adjective that Jinpei Matsuda had just blurted out, and Kenji Hagiwara's mind went blank, his expression instantly losing its composure. He no longer appreciated the rapidly changing micro-expressions on Jinpei Matsuda's face, and quickly used his interruption skill, repeating with a bewildered look:
"Wait, wait, Jinpei, you said—wolf tail hair? Cold and unapproachable?"
Something feels off.
Matsuda Jinpei paused, then nodded: "Yes, wasn't the Nekono Ikuya you met like this?"
He also realized that something was wrong. He had felt something was off when he heard Kenji Hagiwara describe Rei Furuya's boyfriend as having a refined and elegant demeanor.
The young man with the wolf-tail hair he met had a very different demeanor from the refined description.
Kenji Hagiwara slowly shook his head: "No. The Nekono Ikuya I saw had a handsome and elegant appearance, and a clear and bright temperament, like distant and bright moonlight, but not to the point of being described as cold. His hairstyle was not a wolf tail."
Matsuda Jinpei's eyes widened slightly.
"Black hair and black eyes, pure black like ink jade?"
Kenji Hagiwara swallowed hard.
"Black hair and blue eyes, emerald green."
Matsuda Jinpei: (⊙o⊙)!
Hagihara Kenji: Σ(っ°Д °;)っ
They looked at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
Oh no, the accounts don't match up.
It was Kenji Hagiwara who broke the silence first. He rubbed his temples, still looking confused: "Jinpei, could it be that you're mistaken, and what you saw was actually Furuya's friend?"
Matsuda Jinpei was furious: "No, I'm certain their relationship is definitely not just a simple friendship!"
“But,” Kenji Hagiwara hesitated, “what if Kofuya and his friends are playing a prank on you, deliberately making you misunderstand their relationship?”
Although it sounds strange and not in line with Rei Furuya's personality to let a friend misunderstand that he and another friend are a couple, what if?
"This is the only thing that's not a misunderstanding. I'm certain that the blond bastard and the wolf-tailed youth can't possibly be just friends!" Matsuda Jinpei declared firmly.
Oh, so sure?
Kenji Hagiwara looked surprised.
"Ahem." Matsuda Jinpei suddenly coughed awkwardly, and said in a rare, hesitant voice, "Well, hagi, I, I accidentally saw them kissing, and then... then I saw the two of them go straight to a love hotel."
"It's not a camera trick!" he emphasized, preemptively silencing Kenji Hagiwara's doubts.
Regardless of what happened at the hotel, the kiss he saw was definitely not a staged one.
Kenji Hagiwara: Huh? That's amazing!
The loading icon above his head started spinning.
Matsuda Jinpei was annoyed by his childhood friend's blunt questioning and retorted, "Maybe Hagi, your information is wrong. Furuya himself wasn't present when you saw the so-called 'Furuya's boyfriend,' was he?"
"How could that be?!" Kenji Hagiwara was equally certain. "Morofushi also confirmed it, so surely even Morofushi wouldn't lie to us?"
That's true.
Matsuda Jinpei was immediately persuaded; he still held a good reputation for Master Jing.
It's pointless anyway, why would Master Jing lie to them about this?
But this creates a conflict between their statements, and both sides sound very true. What's going on?
Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Ken exchanged a bewildered glance, both seeing a tangled mess of thoughts in each other's eyes.
What's going on? Why don't the accounts match?
Haha, you can't be right on both sides. Actually, it's Rei Furuya who's playing both sides, right?
Kenji Hagiwara pondered, "Jinpei, do you think it's possible that what we were actually seeing was the same person, just wearing a wig and colored contact lenses or something?"
He stumbled upon the truth.
Matsuda Jinpei scoffed, "Hagi, why would you rather believe we saw a person than believe that the blond bastard really did something awful?"
"For example, he secretly had his cake and eat it too!"
"He said it! Kojinpei actually said it out loud!" Kenji Hagiwara was startled.
In fact, Matsuda Jinpei didn't believe that Furuya Rei, who was usually serious and earnest, would be so promiscuous in matters of the heart. He was secretly inclined to believe Hagiwara Kenji's guess.
But that didn't stop him from verbally refuting her, because it was such a rare opportunity to verbally attack Furuya Rei's image, how could Matsuda Jinpei let it pass by?
Although Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda are often teased for being so close they seem like one person, they are not truly one person and cannot share a single brain. Their skills don't lie in drawing; they can only describe things verbally and cannot know how different the person they see is from the person they perceive. The only difference is that wigs and colored contact lenses cannot be used for disguise.
So, by a twist of fate, they pointed directly to the truth.
Strangely, Kenji Hagiwara, who first suggested the same person's guess, began to hesitate: "That can't be."
Kofuya isn't that kind of person, is he?
Although he said he couldn't, Kenji Hagiwara's expression showed hesitation.
Matsuda Jinpei, who had already largely believed it, stubbornly retorted, "How is it impossible? The blond bastard looks like a womanizer."
That's a bit like blatant lying. Just because blond and dark-skinned people are popular in Shinjuku and Shibuya doesn't mean all blond and dark-skinned people are good at manipulating emotions.
At the same time, Matsuda Jinpei gave Hagiwara Kenji a strange look. Huh, why is Hagi hesitating? Could it be that he really doubts Furuya's character?
It's quite a strange thing that, even though it was Matsuda Jinpei who witnessed Furuya Rei going to the bar, falling in love at first sight (which is questionable), taking her away for a date, kissing her in the street, and then going to a hotel, and even though he should have been more shocked by Furuya Rei's image, at this moment he is more likely to believe that there was a misunderstanding.
This might be due to the intuitive nature of those who are drawn to each other and their trust in each other's friends.
Quickly say thank you to Matsuda Jinpei.
But Kenji Hagiwara also had something to say.
Because there was another piece of information that Matsuda Jinpei didn't know, which was the riddle spoken by Morofushi Kagemitsu that had puzzled him not long ago.
Kenji Hagiwara has a good memory, so he can recall Morofushi Hiromitsu's affirmation when he asked Rei Furuya about his love life, and Morofushi Hiromitsu's question when he said that he knew about it because Jinpei Matsuda witnessed Rei Furuya falling in love at first sight.
Morofushi Kagemitsu's questions echoed in his ears: "Did Matsuda say what the person he saw looked like? Male or female? Long hair or short hair? What was the scene like?"
Morofushi Kagemitsu said, "You don't understand, Hagiwara. This matter is very complicated."
Then, Morofushi Kagemitsu ignored him and immediately made a phone call. Then, on the weekend, Morofushi Kagemitsu went to see Nekono Ikuya, Rei's childhood friend and Rei's boyfriend.
Key point: Zero is not present in the trough!
Hagihara Kenji:…
Hagiwara Kenji:! ! !
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