“……!”

No, no, the blurred scenery is enough, don’t add Akai!

He just wanted some of Amuro Toru's attention and testing, some would be enough, too much would be too much to handle!!

When Jiang Lai heard Hagiwara Kenji describe Akai Shuichi's appearance, he broke out in a cold sweat and secretly glanced at the blond man out of the corner of his eye.

"..." Toru Amuro beside him still maintained the same posture, looking at this side with a smile, his expression unchanged.

But no one knows what kind of fluctuations and thoughts are going on in his heart.

"Well... he should be fine." Jiang Lai put on a mask to cover half of his face, and said naturally, "It seems to be a stomach problem. He took some medicine and took a nap. Maybe he will be fine? He left quickly."

These semi-definite words and expressions indicate that the two people are not actually very familiar with each other.

——We weren’t that familiar with each other to begin with!

"So, it is still very important to take medicine." Hagiwara Kenji continued and nodded.

"Hahaha, yeah." Jiang Lai calmly changed the subject, blinking his warm brown eyes, "I'm ready, shall we go? I've heard about the beauty of Sakura Valley a long time ago, and I'm ready to take pictures~"

The three of them walked towards the Sakura Shrine according to the map distributed by the hotel.

Spring is the season of revival for all things. The sun is not as hot as in summer, and it feels warm and comfortable. Along the way, there are green plants with new buds, and small wild flowers in bud and bloom.

Of course the most common are cherry blossoms.

Jiang Lai raised his hand to catch a falling cherry blossom and said, "Is the cherry blossom growing here an Oshima cherry? It has exactly five petals."

Hagiwara Kenji tilted his head and said, "Oh? Really?"

Amuro Toru looked at the light pink cherry blossom, reached out to take it and said, "Oshima cherry blossoms are pure white, this should be Somei Yoshino cherry blossoms, also known as Tokyo cherry blossoms."

——The light pink cherry blossoms in my hand appear transparent and clear under the projected light. The five petals are gathered together completely, exuding the vitality and hope of spring.

"..." Amuro Toru stared silently at the cherry blossoms in his palm. When the wind blew, they flew away and disappeared from his sight.

"Let's go." Toru Amuro naturally put down his arms and said with a smile, the purple-gray color disappeared into a crescent.

"Yeah, we're almost there." Kenji Hagiwara looked down at the map.

"That's great. We can take a rest at the shrine." Jiang Lai said with a smile and coughed twice.

Amuro Toru considerately handed over a bottle of water.

As Kenji Hagiwara said, Sakura Shrine is actually not very big and looks quite old.

After putting in the change, Jiang Lai's mind went blank for a moment while he was praying. He didn't really have any specific wishes in mind, so he just muttered in a general way: "I hope everything goes well for my family and friends, and they are safe and happy."

Then he realized that he didn't seem to be included in this blessing. But it didn't seem appropriate to modify it, so Jiang Lai let it go.

Anyway, it's just a process and a way to give you peace of mind.

When they went out, each of them took a small wind chime, which was strung together with a red rope. The chimes swung and jingled, and the sound was clear and pleasant.

Jiang Lai thought that he could hang it on the window when he got home, or give it to Kurosawa Akira - after all, it was nominally blessed by the Sakura God.

The three of them walked out of the shrine with great interest. Before they had taken a few steps, they heard screams and cries not far away: "Someone is dead——"

Three people: “!?”

As a policeman, Kenji Hagiwara reacted instantly. He ran towards the direction of the shouting without hesitation, followed closely by Toru Amuro.

...Has any new case happened?

Jiang Lai's reaction was delayed for a second due to low fever, and he also raised his foot to go over. However, the red string of the wind chime in his hand broke unexpectedly, and the small metal wind chime fell to the ground and rolled down the stairs.

Jiang Lai took a few quick steps to pick it up, but a pair of hands underneath picked it up faster than him.

"Ah...thank you so much." Jiang Lai said, raised his eyes and saw the person in front of him, and the corners of his lips under the mask straightened instantly.

"You're welcome." The man with a low golden ponytail in front of him smiled. He handed the item in his hand to Jiang Lai in a gentlemanly and elegant manner, "Your wind chime."

——It’s Samuster.

"..." It's hard to describe Jiang Lai's mood right now, but if Samuster hadn't recognized him, they should not know each other at the moment.

So even though Jiang Lai had a low fever, he still put on a perfect disguise, as if he was treating a kind stranger, and nodded in response: "Thank you."

Jiang Lai raised his hand to take the wind chime, and Samuster's gray-green eyes behind the glasses continued to stare at Jiang Lai.

When the black-haired young man took over the wind chime, a beautiful smile slowly spread across his face, and he whispered, "...Your eyes are very beautiful, young sir. They are unforgettable at first sight."

The sound is pleasant to the ear, but it is like a long piece of candy, wrapping the target in a spider web-like manner.

"..." Jiang Lai paused for a moment, then he took back the wind chime and said with a fake smile, "Thank you for the compliment. But I think brown eyes are very common among us Asians."

The gentleman with a low blond ponytail chuckled. "No, I don't mean eye color. Besides, even if they are the same eye color, there are differences." He shook his finger. "There are no two eyes in the world that are exactly the same. Their quality can vary greatly."

"Generally speaking, children's eyes are tender and bright, young people's eyes are colorful, and old people's eyes are dim but deeper." Samuster said, "Just by looking at the eyes, you can roughly tell a person's age, character and major life experiences."

“……”Is it really that magical?

But I can feel this guy's obsession with his eyes.

Jiang Lai maintained a fake smile despite wearing a mask.

Samuster paused for a second and looked at Jiang Lai: "But you are different."

His tone was serious and biased, mixed with some ambiguous meanings: "...your eyes have the colors of youth, young adulthood, and old age at the same time. They do not belong to any time or space, but they participate in every time and space."

Samuster stared at him, his gray-green eyes focused on Jiang Lai.

"——It points to the past and leads to the future."

“…”

Jiang Lai blinked his eyes lightly, without any special reaction to Samuster's words. The cold and low fever made him a little drowsy, and he just felt that the other party was talking in a mysterious way.

"Hmm... sounds good." Jiang Lai replied vaguely, "I should go find my companions. Goodbye."

"Please wait a moment, young sir." Summers smiled gentlemanly. "I feel like I have a connection with you. How about getting to know you?"

He stretched out his white right hand and said, "Hello, I'm Samuel Jones, you can just call me Samuel."

"..." Jiang Lai actually still felt a little repulsed by this pervert in his heart, but the other person's social skills were perfect at the moment, and it would make him seem suspicious if he resisted him for no reason.

So he also stretched out his hand, intending to just pretend to shake hands with the other party.

However, before Jiang Lai raised his arm, a hand inserted from the side blocked Jiang Lai's movement!

"Hello." Amuro Toru suddenly appeared and said with a smile. His figure separated Jiang Lai and Samuster, and he joined from the diagonal side in an unclear protective posture.

Jiang Lai was slightly stunned, and then he realized that Amuro Toru was keeping a distance between himself and Samuster. Was it a kind of protection?

Maybe it was because I was a good friend of Hagiwara Kenji, and the mysterious neighbor and familiar friend he mentioned, that made him curious and concerned, Jiang Lai thought.

Samuster's expression did not change when he saw Amuro Toru. He naturally withdrew his hand and said with a smile, "What a coincidence."

The two looked at each other, and for an instant they seemed to be back on the top floor of the hotel, full of confrontation and coldness. However, their current situation and identities were completely different from those at that time.

As a result, the confrontation between the two was quickly resolved, and each of them acted as if nothing had happened.

"Are you friends?" Samuster adjusted his glasses, with a tentative look in his eyes.

"We just met not long ago." Amuro Toru once again drew a line in the sand. He smiled and said, "My roommate for this trip."

Amuro Toru hinted to Samuster: "They are just casual acquaintances, and it will be useless to use him as a threat in the future."

However, Samuster's expression turned a little playful after hearing this: "Oh? Did we just meet?"

Jiang Lai, who was behind Amuro Toru, noticed that the other party glanced at him lightly, and vaguely felt that there was a certain probability that the other party recognized him - knew that he was the mysterious sniper that night.

Although the other party has no definite evidence.

“……”What a trouble.

Before they exchanged the next sentence, Jiang Lai tugged at Amuro Toru's sleeve: "What's going on over there?"

"Ah, there was a case." Amuro Toru turned around, "Hagiwara is handling it at the scene. I saw you haven't been here for a while, so I was worried that something might have happened, so I came back to look for you."

"Ahem, my wind chime broke, so I picked it up." Jiang Lai coughed softly a few times and raised his eyes again, "Then let's go find Hagiwara."

"Well, by the way, you should drink some water later." Amuro Toru said considerately. He turned around and prepared to leave, with no intention of continuing to pay attention to Summerst.

Jiang Lai himself didn't want to pay any attention to the pervert, but Samuster took a step forward, as if he was going to take the initiative to move forward.

“……”It’s never ending!

Before the other party could speak, Jiang Lai took out some toilet water from the bag that Amuro Toru held for him, sprayed it on himself, and then sprayed it on the slightly stunned Amuro Toru!

Then Samuster's steps beside him suddenly stopped.

Good job, Jiang Lai thought. It seems that the information collected from the dark web is correct. Samuste hates the smell of floral water very much and usually hides his nose to avoid it.

At this moment, although Samuster did not make any drastic movements, his feet did subconsciously move a few steps to the upwind distance.

Jiang Lai: Perfect! Floral water is simply the designated anti-wolf spray!

He was still fantasizing in his mind, "What if this pervert installs a filter in his nose? Then the toilet water might not be effective anymore."

A lot of it was sprayed at once, and the air was filled with the smell. Of course, the more serious thing was that the two of them looked like the toilet water had turned into spirits (?)

Amuro Toru, who smelled of toilet water, had a stiff expression: "E-Era...?"