Chapter 52

The two people and the cat got together to discuss the kitten's fate.

Matsuda Jinpei complained: "What a small creature! How could it get into the toilet tank? You don't want to keep it, do you?"

Kouno Seira was confused: "Ah...Is it not possible?"

The tiny white kitten curled up on a handkerchief that was almost as big as itself, holding its tail. It was furry, soft and cute, and could cause a psychological blow to all primates.

Kono Seira looked down at the cute and well-behaved kitten, then looked up at the curly-haired boy with puffy fur, and couldn't help but look at Matsuda with a look that said "Please, is this really not possible?"

Matsuda Jinpei: “…”

He crossed his arms over his chest and looked away uncomfortably. "It's no use asking me. You'll be in trouble if the old ghost finds you."

Gongye Shengliang immediately smiled and said, "As long as Zhen Ping doesn't tell anyone, no one will know!"

He is a man with a system! If the system can't even keep a cat in check, what world line can he save? He might as well just lie down and be a salted fish!

Matsuda Jinpei didn't know why he was so determined, but he wouldn't choose this moment to throw cold water on him. The standing posture was unique, and he could clearly catch the sparkling excitement in the boy's eyes by lowering his eyes slightly. The sunlight passed through his eyelashes, making the rare golden color as transparent as glass.

"You..." Matsuda Jinpei let out a short, muffled laugh. He squatted down, looked directly into the other person's eyes and said teasingly, "Will a good student also lie to the teacher?"

Kono Seira's tactics are backward.

"Another good student would fight with you in the middle of the night!" he argued confidently, his reasoning was unconvincing.

Seeing Matsuda Jinpei's choked expression with satisfaction, he pursed his lips and chuckled, and suddenly remembered something: "Oh, right, we need to give the kitten a name first."

"That's not that difficult." Putting aside the previous embarrassment, Matsuda Jinpei raised his eyebrows, glanced at the kitten that didn't even have a stray hair on its body, and suggested, "How about Xiaobai?"

“…”

Kono Seira shook his head slowly and firmly, feeling that Matsuda Jinpei's naming skills were not even as good as Hibari Kyouya, the hedgehog with a tube weapon named Komaki.

The kitten's pure white fur is even somewhat transparent in the sunlight. It seems to be only one month old and has just opened its eyes. There is still a layer of blue film covering its eyeballs.

He stretched out his hand, not daring to use too much force, for fear of scaring the young and soft creature. His fingertips gently stroked the white fur on the back of the kitten's neck, and an idea suddenly occurred to him: "Since it was picked up in the toilet, let's call it a beggar."

Matsuda Jinpei's expression was a bit strange. To be honest, he felt that the name Hanako was similar to Xiaobai. "...Hanako-san from the toilet?"

"That's right," Kono Seira nodded, thinking seriously, "But since we are in the toilet of the police academy, we should follow the local customs when addressing people."

"Got it!" He clapped his hands happily, "How about Inspector Hanako? Inspector General Hanako is also fine!"

Before Matsuda Jinpei could complain, the little white cat with squinting eyes let out a short meow.

"Wow, Zhenping, it seems to like it very much!"

Jinpei Matsuda thought to himself that who wouldn't like being promoted to the highest police rank in Japan? Even old ghosts would greet him politely when they saw him.

"But forget about the Metropolitan Police Commissioner. I don't want to beat up a cat in the future." Because his father was once mistakenly identified as a murderer, one of the reasons why Jinpei Matsuda wanted to become a policeman was to beat up the Metropolitan Police Commissioner.

He stood up and rubbed the gray hair on the other side, which felt very nice. "Let's go back to the dormitory first."

Gongye Shengliang gently held up the handkerchief. The kitten struggled weakly for a moment, then slowly calmed down, snoring as if it was sleeping.

A smile appeared in his eyes, "From today on, you will be called Inspector Hanako."

After all, keeping a cat is against the rules, so we still have to cover it up on the way back. Matsuda Jinpei walked in front, unzipping his sportswear, and the light-colored T-shirt wrapped around his body vaguely showed his strong muscular lines. The breeze blowing against his steps blew open the sides of his jacket, just covering half of his vision.

Kono Seiryoshi pulled the zipper all the way to the top to cover his chin, and put his hands in his pockets, carefully holding the soft cat in his arms, whose body temperature was slightly higher than that of humans.

He followed closely behind Matsuda Jinping, and suddenly heard the curly-haired boy in front of him on the right say something awkward: "Don't disappear for so long in the future. People will think something happened to you."

When there are only the two of them, the objects that "others" can refer to are very limited.

Gongye Shengliang was startled, but did not point out the other party's usual arrogant behavior. "Yeah." He responded, crooked his eyes and smiled, "Thank you, Zhenping."

Matsuda Jinpei was about to refute, but the words circled in his mouth and he swallowed them back. He could only scratch his hair to cover up.

He muttered in a voice that only he could hear: "...sly top student."

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The police academy dormitory is a single dormitory. After saying goodbye to Jinpei Matsuda, they locked the door.

He first put Hanako on the bed, and then he got out some ingredients to make a simple cat bed. He bought a bowl of rice soup from the cafeteria, and sent a text message to Kenji Hagiwara who was going out today, asking him to buy some cat food for kittens.

Kenji Hagiwara was considerate enough not to ask the reason and just replied with an emoticon that winked and made an OK sign.

It took more than two hours to finish all this. The kitten slept a lot and started snoring lightly after drinking the rice soup.

Kono Seiryoshi lay in bed but did not feel sleepy at all.

He leaned against the wall, his chin resting on the pillow, and called out to the system with a hesitant tone: "What are the requirements for this mission?"

The light ball came on call and quickly went online, saying earnestly: "Although I am very pleased with the contractor's efforts to complete the task, but for the sake of physical and mental health, you should relax more. How about treating it as a vacation in another world?"

"..." Kono Seiryoshi was in a complicated mood, "Do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

Where did the system that told him to save the world in a cool tone when they first met go?!

[Hey, I'm not kidding.] The light ball flew in front of him, [This is indeed a very special copy. The existence or disappearance of the contractor will not affect the continuation of the world line. Just let everything go.]

Gong Ye Shengliang slowly typed a question mark and asked tentatively: "Then how will I die in the future?"

The light ball is stuck: […Insufficient permissions, unable to query.]

Kono Seira remained silent.

"If it doesn't work, you can upgrade it."

The light ball tried to explain: [The underlying meaning is that we don’t need to do anything, the mission will be completed naturally when the time comes.]

"Why does it sound weird?" Gongye Shengliang frowned and unconsciously tightened his grip on the pillow.

This is like saying that he cannot decide his own death.

Although most departures in the world are unexpected, the feeling of knowing that you will leave but being powerless to change it is obviously more difficult to accept.

However, he also knew that further questioning would not yield any results, so after instructing the system to look after the cat, he closed his eyes and rested.

Although Kono Seiryoshi was not very sleepy, he was very tired after morning exercise and cleaning the playground, and soon fell into a light sleep. This sleep was not a restful one, and all kinds of strange fragments floated in his mind. Not only did he not feel relaxed, but he felt even more tired.

A series of regular knocks on the door woke him up from his illogical dream, followed by a familiar polite voice, "Yuki, are you there?"

The Chinese character "如" is rarely used in a name, but the Romanization is very common "yuki". Not many people in the police academy call him that.

When Kono Seira got up and opened the door, he saw the other two classmates.

Morofushi Keimitsu and Furutani Rei, who also broke off the relationship, stood outside the door, one on the left and one on the right, holding takeout food and a few cans of beer in their hands.

"Zero and I just came back from shopping," the black-haired one said in a gentle voice, with blue eyes slightly raised and a natural smile as he spoke, "Do you mind if we come over?"

The other young man with light blond hair had dark skin, and his casual clothes could not hide his serious demeanor. He looked at Gong Ye Shengliang with a hint of disapproval, "Didn't you go to dinner again?"

Facing the gaze of the true top student in both literature and martial arts, Furuya Rei, Kono Sei felt so guilty that his voice lowered a few degrees, "...I accidentally overslept." As he said this, he turned sideways and hurriedly let the two people in.

Before closing the door, he looked left and right, and after making sure that no one was around, he quickly locked it.

Now is the rare free time. Most of the students who have been bored in the boring police academy for so long have gone out shopping for entertainment. For example, Kenji Hagiwara is attending a social event and the class monitor is dating his girlfriend. On the contrary, there are only a few who stay in the dormitory quietly like them.

His vigilant look attracted the attention of the other two.

After taking the still-hot barbecue takeout out of the thermos bag, Morobushi Kagemitsu couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry, I saw Instructor Onitsuka driving home before I got here."

Fūya Rei arranged the plates and chopsticks, and when he inadvertently glanced at the furnishings in the room, he paused slightly, but didn't say anything.

Kono Seiryoshi leaned against the door with his back, saying in a sad tone, "Jingguang, you don't understand. I am no longer the person I used to be."

He is now a single person with a cat, which is not allowed by the police academy discipline!

Morofushi Jingguang nodded in agreement with his words: "I see, so does the new officer Kono want to eat beef belly or beef tongue?"

"Beef tongue!"

Kono Seira's worries were swept away, and he happily returned to the empty seat left by the two. In front of Morobushi Keimitsu and Furuya Rei were two glasses of beer, and in his own glass was orange juice.

He took a sip of the juice first, then asked curiously, "Why don't you ask Zhen Ping to join us?"

"I asked him, but he said he had to go to the repair shop in the evening and asked us to eat first." replied Rei Furuya.

"Is that so?" Kono Seiryoshi felt really sorry for Matsuda Jinpei. The grilled meat wouldn't taste as good after being cooled.

Zhu Fu Jingguang smiled and was about to say something when he suddenly felt a slight pressure on his trouser legs as if they were hooked by a nail.

He looked down in confusion.

A little white cat had crawled under the table at some point, as if attracted by the smell of barbecue. Its pink paws dug into his trousers and feet, and it even wanted to climb up.

Morofushi Kagemitsu: "..."

He calmly patted the room's owner on the shoulder and motioned for him to look over. "Yuki, can you explain?"

"What's wrong?" asked Furuya Zero in confusion.

Then the next second, after seeing the kitten under the table, his expression turned into the same silence as when he was a child.

Under the two fixed gazes, Kono Seiryoshi's smile gradually disappeared.

He put down his chopsticks, felt guilty and sat down obediently, and recounted what had happened in a low voice, not daring to raise his head.

After hearing the explanation, Morobushi Kagemitsu couldn't help but laugh: "So the reason you're so afraid of being discovered is because... um, Hanako."

"Is it okay to keep such a small cat in the dormitory?" Fūya Ling held his chin and thought seriously, "Food is easy to solve, but the dormitory is not very soundproof. Will anyone notice the cat meowing in the middle of the night?"

"Huh?"

Kouno Seira looked up at Furuya Rei in surprise, "Rei actually agreed? I thought you would insist that I send Hanako away."

The light-blonde young man turned his gaze to the beer glass beside him deliberately, and a barely perceptible blush appeared on his face. "...I'm not that rigid."

"That's right." Kono Seira chuckled. After all, it was Zero who had made an appointment to fight with someone in the middle of the night not long after school started!

Having received his friend's approval, he breathed a sigh of relief and tried to pick up Hanako, who was still clinging to Morobu Kagemitsu's pants. He stretched out his hand and tried, but failed.

"……?"

Kono Seiryoshi refused to believe it and tried to pull Hanako's claws off again.

The kitten's harmless nails were still scratching at the fabric of its pants, and it meowed in dissatisfaction as if protesting his brutality.

“…”

After being rejected on the first day of raising a cat, Kono Seira silently turned his gaze to Morobushi Kagemitsu.

The innocent black-haired young man who was shot broke out in sweat: "Even if you look at me like this..."

The breath suddenly became closer, so close that he could almost count the eyelashes of the person in front of him. Zhu Fu Jingguang was stunned and forgot what to do for a moment.

Judging from his appearance, Seiyoshi Kono doesn't seem like someone who is easy to approach.

Golden irises do not remind people of warm sunshine or sweet honey. On the contrary, they are more like settled wine, clear and transparent with a unique sense of coolness.

As if it had discovered some treasure, after the initial flash of surprise, the pair of golden eyes curved into a crescent shape.

"Kagemitsu's eyes look like a cat's."

Kono Seiryoshi returned to his original seat, nodded as if convinced, and sighed: "There is nothing we can do about this."

Furuya Rei hid his eyes, but recovered in an instant and said to the young child calmly, "You're mistaken for a cat mother, Hiro."

Zhufu Jingguang slowly came back to his senses and gave a helpless smile to the little guy who clung to him as soon as they met. He looked at the barbecue on the table and thought with some distress: "Hanako is too young to eat it——"

Halfway through the conversation, I suddenly felt a warmth on my legs.

Zhu Fu Jingguang froze.

It can't be... such a coincidence, right?

He lowered his head silently. The kitten seemed to know that it had done something wrong and meowed weakly at him.

Zhu Fu Jingguang looked up at the two people's inquiring eyes, with a subtle expression, "Hmm..."

He said tactfully: "It seems that I am more than just a cat mother."