Jiang Lai hoped that it was Toru Amuro at the door, because that would mean there would be one more helper to hold Akai down, and there would be one less moment to act.
However, reality obviously prefers to go in a direction contrary to people's ideas.
——The person outside the door is Hagiwara Kenji.
Jiang Lai had already adjusted his expression. He smiled and said with a little surprise: "Hagiwara? What's wrong?"
Seeing Jiang Lai opening the door, Hagiwara Kenji's originally serious face relaxed a little: "Hey, Jiang Lai~" He waved his hand, "I heard a loud noise downstairs just now, and I was worried about what happened, so I came up to take a look."
"Oh, nothing." Jiang Lai scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "When I was cleaning the table after lunch just now, I accidentally slipped and bumped into the table, and the dishes fell to the ground. Ah - I didn't expect that I would be so clumsy."
"It sounds like it really hurts." Hagiwara Kenji said, "Do you have any blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicine at home?"
"Yes, I have already applied it myself, don't worry." Jiang Lai replied with a smile.
"Okay, then I'm relieved." Hagiwara Kenji turned to go out, but then stopped and changed the subject, "By the way, last time I brought back some Kanagawa Ashigara tea, it tastes good, I'll give it to you today."
"Thank you, but you're not required..."
"Don't be so polite, let's go and get it downstairs." Hagiwara Kenji naturally put his arms around Jiang Lai's neck and put his hands on his shoulders.
"Okay, thank you very much. By the way, did you go to see your sister?" Jiang Lai walked out of the room and went downstairs with Hagiwara Kenji.
"Well, it's a rare opportunity to have a vacation." Hagiwara Kenji said with a smile.
When the two walked into Hagiwara Kenji's room and the door closed, Hagiwara Kenji's expression suddenly changed. He changed from the casual chat with Jiang Lai just now, and his expression became focused again: "Do you need help, Jiang Lai?"
Jiang Lai was stunned.
"I know there are other people in your family." Hagiwara Kenji said, "You can tell me now what you were not comfortable saying at that time." His idle drooping eyes now have a convincing color, and he is serious and focused, "Don't be afraid, no matter what happens, I will help you."
He placed his warm palm on Jiang Lai's shoulder, conveying silent support and strength.
"..." I have to say that Hagiwara Kenji's observation ability is really sharp. Just through the sound and details, he can guess many things.
However, because he had not been exposed to more content and trusted Jiang Lai, Kenji Hagiwara put Jiang Lai herself in the position of a victim.
Jiang Lai: ...But if you see the man in the room chained and gagged struggling, will you really not arrest me? Wuwuwu! (Hagiwara: pupils tremble)
Jiang Lai: Ah, there is another accomplice in the room. Hagiwara probably won't recognize Keimitsu after he's disguised.
Jiang Lai: But I’m really not a pervert, I was definitely saving people!
Although the public security had contacted Kenji Hagiwara before, asking him to keep an eye on Yuu Komiyayama and cooperate with him to stabilize him, in reality, Kenji Hagiwara's contact with the organization was not close, and if possible, it would be better to keep people who can stay away from the danger zone as far away as possible.
Jiang Lai and the others did not tell Hagiwara Kenji about their thoughts.
And it's really hard to explain! At least I can't explain it this time when I catch Akai, otherwise it will definitely leave a strange impression.
Seeing Jiang Lai remained silent, Hagiwara Kenji blinked his eyes gently: "What's wrong, Jiang Lai? Is it something dangerous that is hard to talk about?" He paused for a moment, "Or... a secret?"
Jiang Lai raised his warm brown eyes, knowing that it would be better to respond calmly than to make up other excuses. So he answered seriously: "I'm sorry, Hagiwara, I can't tell you. But I can assure you - I will be fine, and no one will be in trouble either."
The air was quiet for a second.
"Well, I see." Hagiwara Kenji didn't intend to continue asking questions. He relaxed his posture, turned around and took out a small round bottle from the cabinet next to him, "Kanagawa Ashigara tea."
"Huh, so it really is true." Jiang Lai was really surprised this time. He thought the other party was just using this excuse to bring him down.
"Really?" Hagiwara Kenji's purple eyes were filled with a hint of smile. He stuffed the Ashigara tea bottle to Jiang Lai and said, "Take it and taste it when you get home."
"Thank you. We just ran out of tea at home. The last time we had tea, Natsume-chan gave it to Akira-chan during some gift-giving festival."
They both laughed at the same time, and the atmosphere was as joyful as before.
Hagiwara Kenji walked Jiang Lai to the door, waved, and then said as if he remembered something: "Oh, right."
Jiang Lai stopped.
The other person leaned against the door, folded his arms, and smiled, "I remembered that I will go home again in a while. If you like it, I will bring you more Ashigara tea next time."
"Okay," Jiang Lai blinked and curled his lips, "Well, I thought you were going to ask something just now."
"But Jiang Lai said it's a secret~" Hagiwara Kenji's half-long hair drooped down as he tilted his head, "Since you will be fine, and no one else will be fine, I don't need to get involved."
It is a friendly and respectful attitude.
He put his index finger on his chin and said, "Although I have already noticed it a little bit, but... now that I have confirmed again that Xiao Jianglai is not an ordinary person, I don't know whether I feel more relieved or have more other emotions."
Jiang Lai frowned. He knew that with Hagihara Kenji's observation ability, even under the influence of the friend filter and the little white flower filter, it would be impossible for him to not see anything.
Perhaps I had been able to vaguely sense some characteristics of Jiang Lai that were not common among ordinary people.
Now the two of them finally confessed their feelings quietly.
"Xiao Jianglai has his own plans, I won't interfere. I just want to say..." Hagiwara Kenji stood up again, his beautiful drooping eyes slightly curved, "--If you need me, I'm always here."
The perfect sunlight illuminated his clean face, carrying with it the genuine trust and care for his friend.
Jiang Lai's lips curled up, but he didn't say "thank you", he just replied softly: "Okay."
Everything will be fine, Jiang Lai thought. Dawn is coming soon.
When he returned to his home again, he heard Jiang Lai close the door. Zhu Fu Jingguang came out of the room and said, "Lai Yi has been given medicine and the gag has been taken off."
"Oh, okay, you need to feed the medicine twice more at 6pm and 9pm," Jiang Lai replied.
"I just had a brief chat with Zero." Morobushi Jingguang shook his phone, "He said he would probably find time to come over on the last day - by the way, I heard Hagiwara's voice just now, is everything ok?"
"It's okay. He guessed that I was not the only one in the room, but he didn't ask too many questions." Jiang Lai put his index finger on his lips. "Was Furuya here on the last day? I was hoping that he could come earlier to watch Akai with us."
"I've been relatively free at school these days, so I'm taking a leave." Zhu Fu Jingguang nodded and said, "I'll take care of Lei."
"Hey? Can you do it yourself?"
"After all, I was once his teammate, so I know him better." Zhu Fujingguang smiled, "Plus some training from the organization... I know how to keep an eye on him."
"I would say that in this situation, we should just proceed according to the villain identity he guessed," said Morobushi Jingguang. "The more gentle we are, the more he will doubt the follow-up."
"...Is that so?" Jiang Lai stroked his chin. "In other words, it is better to use our villain image to show our revenge and torture for the ice wine than to directly say that we want to restore his memory or change his memory."
"Yes," Morobushi Kagemitsu nodded, "because no matter what we say, he won't believe it. The former is just a physical shell, while the latter involves personality and soul. If it was just the former, he could tolerate it."
Whether they are members of an organization or an FBI ace, their endurance is very high. If it is just a simple revenge, the other party will choose to live to the end and wait for the opportunity to give them a sharp counterattack, like a beast that endures humiliation and waits to tear their throats apart!
Rather than choosing death in order to prevent personality memory changes.
Jiang Lai: "Ah... I think I understand." He sighed, "So under the impression of [enemy], it is unrealistic to treat them gently? I was thinking of treating the captives well or something."
"It just so happens that when the treatment started the next day, I felt a lot of pain all over my body... revenge makes sense." Jiang Lai tapped the palm of his right hand with his left hand, "And taking advantage of Hagiwara's visit today, I'll show my evil face."
"Is it okay, Jiang Lai?" Zhu Fu Jingguang gave a half-helpless smile, and when he looked back, he was already wrapped in the cold and hard aura of Scotland, "Otherwise, I can do it alone."
"No problem, it's just the face of an evil person." Jiang Lai put his hands in his pockets and raised the corners of his lips. "I am very good at the effect of the underworld filter."
——I just never thought that one day I would actively turn on the hell filter state!
The door was opened again, and Akai Shuichi did not react in any special way. He lay flat on the bed, and red scratches could be seen on his relaxed wrists - probably from the struggle when he resisted the feeding and medication just now. Even though the handcuffs were covered with soft blankets, they were still very hard.
Jiang Lai's soles made a "tapping" sound when they touched the ground, slowly tapping out some kind of weird music. He walked to the window and looked at the black-haired man lying on the bed with a gloomy face.
Standing on the other side, Morofushi Jingguang still had a faint smile on his face, but his blue-gray raised eyes were cold.
Akai Shuichi lazily raised his eyelids, still knowing how to irritate someone: "Why..."
Before he could finish his words, a powerful force pulled his hair and half-lifted him up!
The chains on his hands and feet creaked, and Akai Shuichi just made a slight hissing sound before he closed his mouth and swallowed back all the sounds.
Jiang Lai pulled Akai Shuichi's long black hair and forcefully lifted up his upper body, smiling brilliantly but without a trace of warmth.
He said in an exaggerated tone, "That was amazing, Lei. Was the noise during lunch intentionally so loud? The police downstairs were even provoked."
Akai Shuichi was grabbed by a wolf, but his dark green wolf eyes still carried a bit of wildness and provocation. He said calmly: "But are you scared just because of this? It turns out that you are such a rat who is afraid of the police..."
The next second, his head slammed against the bed! Although there was a mattress between them, the force was so strong that his eyes were still dizzy. Then the slightly cold hands tightly clamped his neck, squeezing every breath in his throat!
Akai Shuichi did not struggle, and even did not forget to mock with his eyes. He felt the suffocation coming, and when he was on the edge of darkness, his hands suddenly loosened!
Akai Shuichi's body instinctively took a deep breath the next second, and his violent coughing caused the chain to tremble again. He swallowed back the urge to cough, pulled up the corners of his mouth, and said indifferently: "What a pity, we are still a little short."
"It's such a pity to let you die so easily." Jiang Lai lowered his eyes and looked down at him, the arc at the corner of his lips never dropped, "You have to suffer ten thousand times more than that child before he died."
Ah... finally you stop pretending, Akai Shuichi thought to himself. After all, you're here for the ice wine.
"I've prepared new medicine for you, Mr. Lei." Jiang Lai said in a relaxed tone, "You will probably be able to feel the pain tomorrow. I hope you like it." He bent down and patted the other's face, making a crisp sound.
There were still a few strands of long black hair on Shuichi Akai's mouth and cheeks, and he acted as if he didn't care about the threat in Jiang Lai's words.
"I'm looking forward to it." He raised his dark green eyes and raised his eyebrows in reply.