Chapter 53

The dormitory dinner that day ended with Seira Kono holding Hanako's tearful cat head and apologizing.

He had a heart attack on the spot, downloaded more than a dozen cat-raising guides from the system database in one breath, and used a cat language translator to give Hanako a ten-minute ideological education.

After changing his clothes, Zhu Fu Jingguang saw two cats with their heads down and looking depressed as soon as he walked out the door. A hint of smile flashed across his upturned phoenix eyes. He scanned the cleaned room and asked gently, "Has Zero gone home?"

"...Yeah, I went to take out the trash." When he heard the bathroom door close, Kono Seiryo raised his head, feeling very guilty. "I'm sorry, Jingguang, I will wash your clothes and return them to you."

Morofu Jingguang shook his head, "It's okay." He walked over and touched the cat's head in Kono Seira's arms without any disgust, and said half-jokingly: "After all, this is the gift that Hanako gave me when we first met."

The kitten meowed spiritedly, and still tried to stretch out its claws to hook onto Morobu Kagemitsu's sleeves.

Kono Seiryoshi: “…”

These ten minutes of ideological education were all in vain!

"If you need any help, feel free to come to me," said Zhufu Jingguang, "It's more convenient for me to be next door."

After hearing this, Kono Seiryo felt even more guilty. Jingguang's dormitory was next to his. While it was convenient, it also meant that he would be more vulnerable to the meowing of cats in the middle of the night. You know, kittens can torment people at any time of day or night.

He secretly asked the system in his heart: [Can it be soundproof?]

Light Ball answered immediately: [If you only want to block the cat's meow, then there's no problem.]

Kono Seiryo finally breathed a sigh of relief, and there was a hint of emotion in his eyes as he looked at Morobushi Kagemitsu. "I will make sure it doesn't cause any more trouble in the future," he promised. The firmness in his tone surprised Morobushi Kagemitsu for a moment, but after hearing the next words, he did not know whether to laugh or cry.

"Did you hear me, Inspector Hanako? Even if you are a kitten, you will be punished if you do something wrong." After saying that, Kono Seiryoshi handed the cat in his arms to Morobu Kagemitsu, his eyes burning, "Come on, Kagemitsu, it doesn't matter how much you stroke it."

"...Do you want me to be the one to punish you?"

The black-haired young man laughed. He held Hanako's soft body with one hand, turned his head and placed the kitten on his shoulder. The two pairs of beautiful cat eyes of similar shape looked at each other.

Zhu Fu Jingguang softened his voice, "Then, from now on, you must listen to your master and don't let him worry, okay?"

Hanako didn't know if she understood it or not, but it clearly liked the scent of the human in front of it and meowed happily.

Kono Seira felt both relieved (seeing that Keimitsu and Hanako had such a good relationship) and sad (the cat he picked didn't like him the most). With mixed feelings, he saved this scene in the system cg collection.

Matsuda Jinpei was not able to catch the midnight snack, but after hearing about Hanako's heroic deeds, he laughed for a long time, holding his stomach, and the kitten's newly emerged sharp teeth rubbed him several times in dissatisfaction. The curly-haired young man did not feel that the kitten disliked him at all, and thought that this was a sign of closeness to him.

Matsuda Jinpei patted the cat's head. His calm expression disappeared immediately after Kouno Seiryo turned around. He quickly lowered his voice and bribed: "Hana, remember to aim for the blond next time. The canned food - ah, you can't eat it now, so remember it and give it to you later."

The kitten was so addicted to drinking milk powder that he buried his entire face in the bowl and ignored him completely.

Matsuda Jinpei clicked his tongue and was about to continue to instill the idea that "the blond bastard must have bad intentions in asking your master to stay away from him" when Kono Seira came back after fetching the water.

"By the way, have you had dinner tonight? I still have a few packs of dried cookies in the drawer." Kono Seira asked casually, put the kettle back in its place, and looked up to see the curly-haired young man happily stroking the back of the kitten's neck.

He couldn't help but smile: "It seems that Inspector Hanako is also very happy--"

After Hanako finished her milk powder, she took her hands off her head and went back to the cat's nest.

Matsuda Jinpei: “…”

Kono Seiryoshi: “…”

Jinpei Matsuda could no longer bear it: "Hey, Hana! That's too much!" He had just agreed to form a united front with him!

The kitten was not affected at all and even purred softly out of comfort.

It was obviously not feasible to reason with a kitten. Matsuda Jinpei held his breath and answered the first question in a muffled voice, "It's okay, I'm not hungry."

Gongye Shengliang understood that it meant not having eaten.

"Here," he couldn't help laughing, "I'm afraid you'll get hungry in the middle of the night and find only screws in the room."

"...Who would be so hungry as to chew on screws?"

Matsuda Jinpei complained, with a hint of unnaturalness in his expression, but he still reached out and took the strawberry sandwich obediently.

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The police academy's schedule is very busy, with educational courses and training taking up most of the time. During the limited rest time, Kono Seira secretly took Hanako out for a physical examination.

The system was more than capable of taking care of the kitten. Not only did no one complain, but no one except them even knew there was a cat in the dormitory.

Kono Seiryoshi had always done well in cultural subjects such as law and foreign languages, and was able to keep up with the forensic investigation and shooting classes. However, the most difficult part was arrest techniques, especially the two days when he took kendo and judo classes. The whole world seemed to have turned gray before his eyes.

The wrist that was sprained during class two days ago is still aching slightly. They didn't get enough rest at night, and in the morning, Instructor Onizuka saw that their formation was sloppy, so he added another lap. Their physical fatigue made their mental state not good either. When Kono Seiryo came to the cafeteria to get lunch at noon, he seemed to be sleepwalking.

He was sipping soup with a spoon while daydreaming, and he noticed that the dining table, which had been bustling and noisy just a moment ago, had suddenly become quiet.

No one had the habit of not talking while eating. Usually they would chat while eating, but now everyone kept their mouths shut. Even Matsuda Jinpei and Furuya Rei, who were always noisy at the dinner table, were rarely silent and looked at him with the same indescribably complicated look.

“……!”

What a terrible pressure!

With a bad feeling coming to his mind, Gongye Shengliang asked hesitantly, "What, what happened?"

The five people's eyes met in mid-air, and it was Hagiwara Kenji, who was the best at adjusting the atmosphere, who spoke first: "Actually... we were just talking about the midterm exam coming up soon."

"I heard that this time Instructor Onitsuka will personally conduct the assessment, and it will be very strict." He paused, no longer hiding the worry in his eyes, "Xiao Gongye, are you okay?"

Hagiwara Kenji put it very tactfully, but to put it bluntly it means - you probably won't pass.

The squad leader Yi Dahang also realized the seriousness of the situation. He looked mature and intimidating, and looked more like an instructor than the instructor. Yi Dahang pondered: "It's not good, Gongye. If this continues, you may become the first student to be held back in all the years since the police academy was established."

Kono Seiryoshi's expression was blank.

"Plop", the spoon in his hand fell.

"Hahahaha, I'm just kidding." Date Ko laughed heartily. Before the others could breathe a sigh of relief, he stood up and patted Kouno Seira's shoulder encouragingly. "You'll just be expelled."

The other four people: “…” Don’t speak halfway, squad leader!

"Class monitor," Hagiwara Kenji looked at the gray-haired boy opposite him who had been petrified into a statue, and hesitated to speak, "Let's eat first."

It took Gongye Shengliang a long time to recover from the shock. He picked up the spoon stiffly, and before he looked up, he saw a new set of tableware being handed to him.

Morofushi Jingguang tried hard to find words of comfort in his mind: "Although Instructor Onizuka is strict, he is not unkind... Besides, aren't your grades in other subjects very good?"

There will be no problem taking everything into consideration - although he wanted to say so, unfortunately, the midterm exam results were calculated separately, and the arrest technique score accounted for the largest proportion.

Morobushi Kagemitsu was silent. "...There are still two weeks left. If we prepare with all our strength, we should be able to pass it."

Really, Jingguang? But you sound like you don't believe it yourself.

Gongye Shengliang looked over with tears in his eyes.

The moment their eyes met, the black-haired young man was startled and avoided his gaze awkwardly.

Kouno Seiryoshi: "..." Jingguang! Why don't you dare look me in the face!

He felt even more sad.

"There are still two weeks left. Isn't that plenty of time?" A slightly arrogant voice attracted his attention. Matsuda Jinpei raised his eyebrows and smiled confidently, "I'll give you special training."

Hearing this, Fūya Rei tightened his grip on the chopsticks, glanced at the other person casually, frowned and said, "In that case, I'll come too—"

"Your set won't work," Matsuda Jinpei interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "It's all very rigid, all standard moves from the textbook. If he could learn it, he would have learned it long ago."

After being shot for no apparent reason, he had to admit that it was indeed the case. "..."

He nodded with difficulty.

Having been trained by his father, a boxer, and believing that he had no rivals in fighting since he was a child, Jinpei Matsuda casually said something that would have made his instructor furious: "What's the point of arresting, judo, or kendo? In the end, isn't it enough to just knock the criminal down?"

Gongye Shengliang figured out something from his words: "In other words...Zhenping wants to train me to fight?"

As soon as he said this, he was stunned.

You know, the last person named Hibari Kyoya who couldn't stand it and gave him a devilish training was so angry with him that he just walked away and ignored him for a month!

Kono Seira looked at Matsuda Jinpei and suddenly felt that their friendship was in jeopardy.

He had no appetite in the first place, and he finished his meal with a heavy heart, and went to put away the plates with everyone else. He did not notice that the two people behind him were secretly competing with each other.

When the evening classes were over, Kono Seiryoshi went back to the dormitory to check on Hanako. The kitten's fur was much shinier than when he first picked it up. It had played with the cat toy created by the system for a whole day and was now sleeping soundly.

He took a deep breath and nervously knocked on Matsuda Jinpei's door.

A voice from inside responded, "The door is not locked, come in directly."

Kono Seiryoshi muttered to himself, "Sorry to bother you," and as soon as he opened the door, he saw a black-haired curly-haired young man sitting on the ground with his back to him, fiddling with something.

Matsuda Jinpei turned around and saw him looking so nervous that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. He was amused and speechless: "Are you going to learn how to fight in uniform?"

It's not impossible, but the fabric is not elastic enough, and a novice can easily hurt themselves before knocking down others.

Kono Seiryoshi was surprised to find that his uniform had not been changed yet, so he hurried to unbutton his shirt, but he was stopped just after he unbuttoned two buttons.

With an anxious and embarrassed "Come back after you're done", he was locked outside the door in a daze.

...Hey, what happened just now?