Chapter No. 9-Truth sings a song on the other side

Perhaps, the height of the fifth floor is not considered high.

But to take a person's life, I think it must be enough.

Koga Shie stood on the concrete floor at the top of the building, where there was only a short circle of guardrails as a safety measure on the outside, already as dilapidated as this rather old building.

She did not go to see how it would be downstairs, but only far away to look at the sky.

With the mood to jump here, she is not the first time.

But if it is said to put everything down this kind of awareness, it is still her first experience. After reconciling with Mizuo, she had the idea that nothing mattered anymore, that she could let go of everything, and after leaving the room, she was guided by this idea all the way to the roof.

But she didn't know that she was following a subconscious escape, didn't know that she was afraid of the weight she would have to bear after accepting Mizuo.

She couldn't see the world for a while, she only felt that if she jumped from here she would be relieved and everything would be over.

She went to the guardrail and tried to flip over, but it was a little difficult for her because she was wearing a suit dress.

Just then.

"Is this good, after jumping, it will become ugly, save your life in the youthful sixteen years of age these sayings, are nonsense. "

This man's voice, which was new to Koga Shie only today, took only one morning to make a significant change in the meaning of her life.

She turned her head back and saw Itou Yoshihiro who was walking towards her step by step.

"I don't understand what you're saying."

She wanted to say, "Don't come any closer! "But what came out were very different words.

Itou Yoshihiro obviously understood what he was seeing, so he slowed down a little so as not to irritate Koga Shie.

"I want to say that there was a painter who accidentally got black paint on his painting, so he took a black paintbrush to cover it up, and finally painted the whole painting black, so he pretended that there was no painting, and was happy with himself, you say this kind of self-deception, is not very stupid. "

Itou Yoshihiro stopped at a position about five meters in front of Koga Shie.

"Yes, he's hopelessly stupid. "

Koga Shie knew that the painter he was referring to was herself, and she didn't mind admitting that she was hopelessly stupid.

"No, there is still help, even if the painting is blacked out, you can still paint something on it, right ...... even if it's just some stars or something. "

"......"

"So, isn't it a little early to admit that you've lost, Koga-san? "

"......"

The conversation ended here, and Koga Shie knew that Itou Yoshihiro had come to persuade her to give up the idea of living lightly, but she didn't feel that she had given a reason to give up enough, and she herself had never been one to admit defeat from the beginning, on the contrary, she had lost most of the crucial times in her life, without a doubt.

So what if she concedes defeat one more time here.

The guy who doesn't understand me at all and is still talking to himself here.

Koga Shie wanted to say something to sarcastic this guy who casually interferes with other people's lives, but the part of the brain responsible for language could not give a complete sentence.

The silence seemed to start like this, but in the next moment it was broken by the step of Itou Yoshihiro.

Itou Yoshihiro smiled as he approached Koga Shie and patted her shoulder.

In just a blink of an eye, Koga Shie had absolutely no time to react, Itou Yoshihiro had already reached her, she knew she would be simply laid out and then this suicide jump would have ended in failure ...... that's all.

Although there was no place for regret, there was nothing to be happy about.

"Words can be nice, but death is an ugly and deplorable thing in any case. "

However, Itou Yoshihiro did not do anything to stop her physically, but instead, after leaving these words between her ears, Itou Yoshihiro passed her side and walked straight forward.

If he walked forward, it meant that the front was the very edge of the floor.

Itou Yoshihiro, over the fence railing, jumped from the top of the building.

The police invasion went very smoothly, encountering no decent resistance along the way, or rather, before they came, someone had already helped them to clear out all the resistance that should be dealt with. The police officers divided up the work of arresting, investigating, and protecting the scene, while another detachment in charge of traffic control intercepted the criminal gang that came to support them, as expected.

"The B-team will come up with me, the others will follow the plan."

"Yes, sir!"

The person in charge of this intervention was Dojou Kazuaki, who had been in charge of criminal cases for many years and was very familiar with this type of operation, commanded it skillfully and without delay, and was known as a police officer in the industry.

However, he does not want to promote there is another reason, only he knows the reason, vague words, is to stand too high nowhere hidden, many things can not be done.

In this world, it's not only the "bad guys" who have to hide in the shadows, but also the so-called "good guys".

As the captain, the person in charge, he always walks at the front of the team, in order to make the first judgment to give instructions.

"Did you get in touch with the high school student who reported the crime? "

"No, not yet. The cell phone I used to contact him is turned off, but I'm trying to find out his identity through portrait recognition. "

"Do a good job, don't let anyone around him know about this, and use other excuses to get rid of it, understand? "

"Yes, I understand!"

In order not to cause unnecessary worries and to protect the privacy of the person who reported the case, Dojou Kazuaki always adopted this approach.

"Officer Dojou, a man was found tied up on the fourth floor, and after a photo comparison, he was confirmed to be the suspect, Akao! "

"I'll be right there. "

Even after hearing the news that the ringleader had been caught, Kazuaki's expression didn't change much, while many of the officers around him were already cheering - Akao, who had committed several child trafficking crimes in three years, had fled from Nara to Hokkaido and then to Kyoto, and finally arrested him this time, which was a promotion in anyone's eyes! straightaway, without a shadow of a doubt.

Frankly speaking, Dojou Kazuaki is very happy, if you choose the path of promotion, perhaps within a year or two he can sit in a very high position, after preparing enough capital can easily retire, full-time care of the children at home ...... but, if you choose this path, he desperately want to find out, want to do that thing The first thing you need to do is to find out what you want to do, and you will never have the chance to do it again.

So, between the easy and the hard, he chose the latter.

--Anyway, let's get this over with first, promotion and all that will come later.

The police have a natural hatred for criminals for a long time, and it's a great pleasure for everyone to have Akao, who has been at large for three years, in prison.

What's more, Dojou and Akira's youngest daughter was one of the victims this time.

The only person left on the roof was Koga Shie.

Until ten seconds or so ago, there were two other people here.

However, the other person, Itou Yoshihiro, jumped off the roof of the building before Koga Shie.

Koga Shie froze for half a day before realizing what was going on, rushing to the edge in a hurry, but hesitating to look down, not having the courage.

-- What , this is.

-- What the hell is he doing up here.

--Isn't he here to persuade me to live ?

--he has no common sense at all, jumping before someone who wants to jump ......

--mood and all that is ruined... ...nasty guy.

In the end, she lost to curiosity and leaned down to look downstairs.

But she didn't see the sight she thought she saw.

There was no bloody scene.

There were no bodies.

Itou Yoshihiro did not appear on the cold tarmac, he was nowhere to be seen.

I can't tell which is illusion and which is reality. Could it be that Itou Yoshihiro, who just came to persuade her not to jump from the building, is actually just her own illusion because of the fear of death?

This is not impossible, she knows she has always been such a bad and cowardly person.

--This world is really, really annoying.

"What is there to see on the road? "

Then, Itou Yoshihiro, who suddenly appeared from the window, scared Koga Shie so much that she almost fainted on the spot.

I don't know what technique he used to get into the room several floors below the rooftop.

At this moment, he is looking up at Koga Shie with a bland face, such an expression is obviously forced out, his forehead is still left with cold sweat is the best proof, never rehearsed, no pre-set plan of high ultra-hazardous action, he did so unthinkingly, and then successfully survived.

Only this guy, who is a pseudo-god of his world, can have such guts and ability.

"I'll take away Mizuo first, and if you don't treat me to a meal, I won't return it to you."

He smiled as he finished asking for payment from Koga Shie, and retracted his head back into the room, only to stop midway and peek out the window again.

"By the way, if you look at it from this angle, you can see clearly under the skirt oh, even if it is a suit skirt, black lace is very suitable for you ...... awwww. "

A slight wail from Itou Yoshihiro, who was probably beaten by Mizuo - it was really too much to say such things openly in front of her daughter.

However, how good, Itou Yoshihiro these few words, indeed, make Koga Shie happy smile.

Koga Shie's heart seemed to be taken on a roller coaster ride by Itou Yoshihiro, and when she returned to the starting point, all the heavy things had been thrown away.

"What are you looking at, there's a charge! "

Feigning anger, she had escaped from those negative feelings. There was no clear evidence or reason, but Itou Yoshihiro could be sure that it was true.

Then, his mission would come to an end here.

It wouldn't be long before the police found out about this place, and it wasn't a good idea to confront the police with Itou Yoshihiro's identity, and there would be a whole lot of problems that could arise, and there was a certain chance that even getting out would be difficult.

"You two, just wait here, maybe the police will find you first, or maybe Koga Shie will come back first, about me, if you can not say anything, then it is best, and if you have to say something, then it does not matter, in any case, you do not force yourself. "

"Also, tell that guy Ziongzong that he owes me a favor for this ...... That's about it, so goodbye, two little sisters? "

Itou Yoshihiro's speech is a bit fast at the moment, it is not difficult to detect that he is in a hurry, so the two loli in the room did not do anything to make things difficult for him.

"Well, thank you very much for today, uncle! "

"Thank you for your help, uncle!"

Without hesitation, she said something that hurt Itou Yoshihiro very deeply.

Uncle?

Uncle?

That's not how this disguised character!

...... Well, forget it.

At least this disguised character is a casual guy.

"I hope the next time we meet will be ordinary and interesting, goodbye. "

Itou Yoshihiro got out of the window, leapt to grab the drainage pipe, and down the drainage pipe agile speed to the ground. If he were alone, it would not be difficult to perform this kind of work at height. Its speed is reflected in the fact that when the two startled lollies ran to the window to see him, he had safely landed on the ground and ran away from the building a short distance.

In the eyes of the children, he was like an all-powerful god.

Itou Yoshihiro, who played the role of a knight, a savior, and a superman, left a deep mark on the hearts of these two children.

"Officer Dojou, Team C found two little girls and a lady, and rescued and protected them successfully.

"Well, that's good."

Although the investigation was going well, Dojou Kazuaki's mood was getting irritated, and he went to the entrance of the building to smoke quietly in order to avoid affecting others by himself.

Here he could not be blamed for being irresponsible, because everything that needed to be done by him was over, and all that remained was to wait for the rest to come.

All of the suspects suffered varying degrees of injury, but none of them were fatally wounded, the serious ones were basically broken arms and legs, the most seriously injured was a guy who called himself Watanabe Gogou, crushed fractures, multiple soft tissue damage, muscle tears - in such severe pain and suffering, but still laughing and joking with the police It made Dojou wonder what kind of person could have beaten such a monster to such a sorry state.

As for Akao, he was a man who disappointed Dojou. He had neither superhuman intelligence nor amazing fighting ability, and was in the end only an ordinary man with good luck who had avoided the police for three years and then was arrested today when his luck ran out.

However, what really kept him quiet was the fact that his daughter, who was in kindergarten, Dojou Mei, was still unaccounted for.

Has she been transported away, or is she hidden somewhere here?

If it is the former, then traffic control is still in effect.

If it's the latter, wait a few dozen minutes and you'll get results.

But if neither was the right answer, what should he do, where should he look?

There was no clue.

If this did happen, he knew he would be shaken and in an extreme panic.

So, before the results came out, he could only smoke a cigarette silently and wait, containing himself so as not to make any absurd moves.

In the empty public restroom, Itou Yoshihiro removed his disguise and changed back to his Ziongzong appearance.

The things that should be resolved have come to an end, but his nerves can not relax, for two reasons, one is that if he relaxes, his body is expected to immediately collapse, fainting in a public toilet is bad no matter how you look at it. The second is that he still needs to meet and greet as Ziongzong, as well as condole with the two little sisters who have something to look forward to from him.

He thought this and walked towards the outside, but accidentally bumped into a man head-on.

Even if he didn't focus on walking, he wouldn't be unaware of the presence of others. However, the man standing in front of him now, before colliding with Ziongzong, was like air, so Ziongzong didn't feel it at all and thus bumped into him.

---Is it my illusion?

The other person's appearance reflected in Ziongzong's eyes, not someone he had seen or had an impression of.

"I'm sorry I bumped into you."

"No, it's okay, don't worry."

The man in his forties smiled affectionately.

"Besides, it's not good for a middle school student to carry around something so dangerous, so let me confiscate it for a while. "

The middle-aged man was holding Ziongzong's nine-section whip, which he had concealed from all of Ziongzong's senses, and had stolen it from under Ziongzong's nose.

--When did he do it?

By the time Ziongzong noticed, it was too late.

"What do you want to do?"

Ziongzong was quite shaken by the ease with which his important weapon had been taken away, but did not show it, only took two cautious steps back and thought about his response.

Now is not the time to cry out like a child, "Give me back my nine-section whip."

"What's wrong, this look, curious, when did I take it~"

The man didn't answer Ziongzong's question, but circled around.

'Let's make a bet, if you can find out the true identity of a person, I will return this dangerous weapon to you.'

--So, the real purpose is to use me to investigate something that you can't do yourself?

Ziongzong speculated about this strange man's intentions, while also actively thinking about ways to retrieve his nine-section whip right here and now ...... But, his The intuition told him that it was dangerous to make a move on this man.

There is a possibility of endangering your life.

He was an unpredictable man.

'What is the real identity of the man?'

Reason and nature both made Ziongzong choose to give in.

"Aren't you going to ask why I'm forcing you to do this?"

"If I ask, will you answer?"

"After you said that, I found that I really won't answer your question, because ......"

the middle-aged man stopped in the middle of his sentence and trailed off with a deep voice.

"So, the guy you're investigating is about the same age as you, and he recently did something big that made the newspaper, so can you understand who it is? "

"Situ Qilian, right?"

The middle-aged man smiled with satisfaction, then pretended to be confused and spread his hands.

"Who knows."

"My bet is about who he is, not what his name is. "

"So, I'll see you next time, I'm Mr. Kagurashi."

"According to my intuition, when you want to see me, I will naturally appear."

He turned to leave, then remembered something else and kept his back to Ziongzong, raising a hand with a digital camera in it.

"For the sake of your life, please don't come out after me, wait for five minutes, or as long as you like. "

After saying this, the middle-aged man who called himself Mr. Kagurashi left through the entrance and exit.

"......"

Ziongzong really wanted to treat this inexplicable thing he had just encountered himself as if he had run into a psychopath.

Then just walk out as if nothing had happened.

--"For the sake of your life, please don't come out after me, wait for five minutes, or as long as you like. "

. The words were like a sharp dagger against Ziongzong's throat, making it impossible for him to dismiss what had just happened as a hallucination.

The pocket with less weight of the nine-knuckle whip made him reasonably unable to find half a reason that could convince him.

--First of all, this guy, who is tentatively called Situ Qilian, has offended both black and white, right?

--And then, I have nothing to do with this Situ Qilian, why would I be so unlucky, unbelievable, to be involved in the investigation of him?

Yes, the guy called Situ Qilian how good, the key is not related to these myself, how so unlucky to be involved, obviously whether Situ Qilian or just the middle-aged man Mr. Kagurashi, to Ziongzong are complete strangers.

As long as the nine-section whip is given up on it.

That way the investigation does not have to do, all kinds of relationships are broken, a clean break.

However, one pound nine of the whips is Ziongzong can not easily put down the weight.

-- Hey, say something, uncle heart.

-- Inside:Damn

-Yeah, it's really unpleasant, so this time you're allowed to say foul language. Come on, say it all you want!

-- Uncle Heart: ****! ****, ****. ****? ***!!! **************************!

Venting does not get to the root of the problem, Ziongzong in the heart to draw up a few courses of action after pretending that nothing happened back to the scene.

The matter of Situ Qilian can only be done slowly.

He wants to use Situ Qilian as bait to reveal the true nature of the guy who calls himself Mr. Kagurashi.

The police work has come to an end, the officers have a sense of relief on their expressions, but only Dojou still look sullen.

Ziongzong just a glance at the scene, then noticed that the key van has not been completely checked, just randomly in each car a few boxes to see, most of the boxes have no signs of opening.

--If I'm right, maybe ......

"Hey, that high school student over there, this place is not allowed to enter! "

"I reported this case to the police, and I'm the one who provided many clues, so please let me in."

"You?"

"Yes, what's the problem?"

"Like you ......"

"What's the matter? What's the noise?"

"This kid said it was him. ......"

"You're Uesugi-san, right?"

"Yes, I am."

"I only heard your voice on the phone, but I wasn't here when you came to report the crime, so I'm sorry. "

Noticing a small argument between Ziongzong and the police officer, Dojou Kazuaki intervened at the right time, and although he had a bad expression until just now, he was speaking gently at the moment, worthy of his profession.

"No, it's nothing."

"Then, as a clue provider, you are not normally allowed to enter the scene, so what is your special business here? "

If it were normal, Dojou Kazuaki would have shown more enthusiasm for the high school student who had provided an important clue, but he was having a hard time just maintaining the normal courtesy.

"Officer, have you searched the boxes in the van?"

"Yes, it's some strange office stationery, these vans are used to interfere with the analysis, right? "

So, not only did his tone gradually become a bit casual, but his attitude also became more and more obvious, showing the impatience of "Don't bother me if you don't have something important. "

"Have you checked all the boxes? "

Not taking Officer Dojou's casual attitude seriously, Ziongzong continued to ask serious questions.

"All of them? Such a detailed investigation will have to wait until all the goods are shipped back to the station, and in any case, the manpower here is ......"

"What if there are children mixed in one of the many boxes? "

"......"

Kazuaki was dumbfounded.

In the next second, he had already rushed to the van, giving orders through the intercom while checking all the boxes with a speed that was so fast that it felt crazy.

-- How could the thinking get stuck in such a simple place.

-- The more it concerns people close to you, the easier it is to be unwise.

-- Emotions this thing is really complicated ......

Ziongzong lamented forward, not long after, he saw Dojou Kazuaki hugging a four or five-year-old child, eyes wet, and got out of the van.

And at the far end of his sight, accompanied by Koga Shie, Yuuki and Mizuo were running towards him.

--Congratulatory.

Didn't manage to make everything as perfect as planned, but it's not a pity at all.

Because this current result is not bad.

Seeing Ziongzong's appearance, a very complicated expression appeared on the faces of Mizuo and Koga Shie at the same time, one was happy and surprised mixed with dissatisfaction, while the other was more torn.

From Koga Shie's standpoint, Uesugi Ziongzong is the person who helped her daughter, the person who largely facilitated their mother-daughter reunion, the person who once served herself as a guest ...... as a prostitute, the person who would have had an unclean relationship between the two if she hadn't made her intentions clear.

One had deliberately shown winks to this junior high school student.

This was a very embarrassing established fact for Koga Shie, and if Mizuo had known about it, she felt she would have broken down on the spot.

As the distance between Ziongzong and this side narrowed a little, Koga Shie's heartbeat became more and more intense, as if it wanted to crash directly in the chest cavity as desperately as it was beating.

-- No ...... can't come over again ...... what ...... is going to be broken ......

And Mizuo side, not much better than her mother, she is now both trying to use all her strength to hold Ziongzong at once, and want to kick Ziongzong directly out of the earth.

——Saying you want to help me but where are you when I need you the most, if there is not the man called Itou Yoshihiro……

— Even if you argue that you called Itou Yoshihiro, I will not easily forgive you ......

-- If you have time to call for help, why don't you come yourself... ...

- Even if you are watching from a distance is better than not showing up at all.

--So what do you want to do now?

--I don't know how to be nice to you.

Yes, this precocious child is completely caught up in her own girlhood and can not extricate herself.

So the most normal of the three is only Uesugi Yuuki, decisively and resolutely broke away from the trio, and poofed into Ziongzong's embrace.

"Brother!"

"I'm sorry I'm late."

"It's okay, I'm glad you're here. "

Yuuki smiled heatedly and comfortably buried her head in Ziongzong's chest and rubbed it around.

Such a frank and straightforward attitude made the two behind her instantly petrified.

--Am I too entangled and complicated?

Mother and daughter both thought of the same thing at the same time, what they have never lacked is the tacit understanding as mother and daughter.

When Yuuki finished making out with Ziongzong, Koga's mother and daughter had been waiting for a long time.

Is it okay to use the word "make out"? I think it's okay, there's no problem, because it's just a literal meaning, there's no derivation or indirect meaning or anything.

"It's great that you're all okay. "

This sentence is too shallow for Ziongzong's current position ...... because no one knows that Itou Yoshihiro and he are actually the same person, so such simple words made Mizuo a little upset, no ...... she was already upset before. From Mizuo's point of view, she would prefer Ziongzong to behave a little more perfectly, rather than letting the guy called Itou Yoshihiro steal most of the credit, and only then could her thanks to Ziongzong seem more natural ......

This is really just a little girl having a meltdown.

Then, Ziongzong noticed behind Mizuo, Koga Shie face unnatural expression, nervous to the face of all the muscles are tense tight as if the girl talking about marriage for the first time to see her mother-in-law as stiff.

So, Ziongzong, who understood the reason, took the initiative to talk to her.

"I'm Ziongzong Uesugi, nice to meet you. "

The phrase 'nice to meet you' apparently saved Koga Shie from the terrible abyss of suspicion, and the ice on her face melted in an instant.

"Uh, ah, I, I'm Koga Shie ...... I'm Mizuo's mother, please enlighten me as well."

Ziongzong and Koga Shie smiled heartily, no one but the two of them could understand the meaning of it.

"This time, it's really a lot of trouble for you, thank you very much for your help. "

Crossing over beside Mizuo, Koga Shie took a step forward and bowed to Ziongzong very sincerely.

Such an easy bend carried too much weight for Koga Shie, making Ziongzong unable to say "No, I didn't help much." This kind of polite words to excuses, he just quietly stood in place until Koga Shie straightened up, complete acceptance of this thanks.

"Hey, you come with me for a moment. "

Before Koga Shie and Ziongzong spoke, Mizuo took Ziongzong's hand and ran to a secluded corner.

"What's wrong with ...... suddenly run up at once? "

"......"

Some words are too embarrassing to say in front of others.

This is a complex feeling that desperately wants to express but is embarrassed.

Neither Yuuki nor Koga Shie came after them, which is a unique tacit understanding between women.

Ziongzong quietly waited for Mizuo to speak, he knew that this tangled little girl to sincerely say some words need to brew some courage.

"The dead lolicon, how do you also come here? "

As a result, Ziongzong waited for half a day for the words, but this is the taunt that starts with "dead lolicon".

Even her eyes that looked like she saw something dirty and disgusted with what she saw were as if she wasn't pretending.

"......"

Ziongzong didn't know what to say for a moment.

His heart stopped beating for a second, missed a beat, although more than half can guess that this is in that what, professional saying is arrogant, but the mood is still very difficult.

After all ......

-- I kindly risked my life and went to save you, but once you see me, the first thing you say is Lolicon, how are you also here. You're just a brat.

--you're a bratty and inexplicable little girl, and you're happy to call me that lolicon or something all day long, even if you don't say it, even if I don't know what this lolicon or something really means, but you think I can't tell from your tone of voice from your eyes from your expression that it's a derogatory term?

--Loli con, opening and closing the mouth are loli con, and still dead lolicon, at least also called a lolicon adults or something better sounding well ......

Ziongzong before all the worry about Mizuo turned into resentment, like a flash flood, like a flash flood The crazy dike ...... his cacophony level rose several levels in a row, from the calm theoretical cacophony type mutated into hot-blooded machine gun type cacophony. The actual fact is, no matter how crazy this cacophony is, that is only the inner world only Ziongzong a person know the cacophony, reason is still in good operation, how capricious and childish Mizuo, Ziongzong in front of her still have to try to make a look worthy of relying on to do.

Furthermore, if you are really a lolicon, in front of the loli also ask the loli to call a lolicon for lolicon god, this is already beyond the realm of perversion, it is simply worse than playing in the sister's room to do perverted things to sister's game of perverted sister control!

"Do you still need to ask, as a dead lolicon duty, obviously to save the loli well. "

Ziongzong half crouched, lowered his line of sight to the same height as Mizuo, parallel to each other to give people a much better feeling.

"I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get the job done. "

Surprised by Ziongzong's calm and collected attitude, and Mizuo was stuck with the words for a long time before replying ......

"You think I'd be happy if a lolicon came to my rescue, I'm not a pervert, I don't have that kind of bad habit. "

It seems to be unwilling to put down face to compromise.

Ziongzong thought he should use a bitter trick to play the pity, so he thought of a way to make himself look pathetic, but before he could think of a way, the conversation had taken a turn for the worse.

"Why did you come to my rescue, Lolicon? "

Maybe it was because she understood that she had gone too far, or maybe she was finally willing to let go of the high attitude she was putting on, anyway, Mizuo finally asked the first question according to his own heart.

"Because it's already agreed upon, isn't it?"

Ziongzong gently put his hand on Mizuo's head, so Mizuo was finally convinced that the Ziongzong she saw in that room and the words she heard were not her own illusions, but the truth.

---"Let me do it all, so don't cry."

This big hand on her head was warm and made Mizuo feel very comfortable, the little coziness she was seeking, she could be satisfied with just this.

"Don't be too complacent, you hot-blooded fool. "

The disgusted look was gone, and Mizuo's face was full of smiles.

As victims, Yuuki and Mizuo were taken away by the medical staff accompanied by Koga Shie, and after the medical examination, there must be forms to fill out and statements to assist the police. And Ziongzong didn't go along, he stayed at the scene as a tipster for emergencies.

So, he walked around and then, noticed the prideful lion that was giving him a hard time.

'Haven't we met somewhere before?'

Before Ziongzong could say anything, Watanabe Gengou was already curious to talk. Despite the severity of his injuries, Watanabe Gogou was not immediately taken to the hospital because of his non-life-threatening injuries and his own request, but sat on a bench in handcuffs, watched by two police officers, waiting to be taken to the police station by a police car for investigation.

'No, I think you have the wrong person.'

Ziongzong put his hands in his pockets and smiled as he dismissed Watanabe Gengou's speculation.

"Really, you give me the feeling that you are similar to a cowardly bamboo . "

--The cowardly bamboo ...... is really an apt description, you've been said that way, Itou Yoshihiro.

"I'm not really happy about the resemblance to such a person. "

Ziongzong just hope that such a troublesome guy will not appear again ...... at least, not as an enemy.

"No no, that guy, then, I still quite like him, after all, he is still quite interesting, special weapons, unseen fighting style, I like novelty. "

"Shut up, Watanabe Gengou, you're going to die if you don't talk, right?"

Ziongzong silently remembered the name Watanabe Gengou.

"I don't think he'll die, even if he's sentenced to death, it won't be a death sentence, so he won't die. "

"Not going to die?"

Watanabe Gogou's relaxed attitude angered Dojou Kazuaki, and his rhetorical question was clearly angry, but Watanabe Gogou did not care, but spoke more freely.

"You need to catch up on your legal knowledge, officer, in Japan, there is no death penalty for crimes like mine, and people like me can get out after a few years in jail, so don't forget about me when the time comes. "

He closed his eyes and spoke fluently, as if reciting a text.

"There are 12 articles in the current Japanese Penal Code that contain the death penalty, namely, Article 77, paragraph 1, the crime of civil disorder; Article 81, the crime of causing foreign trouble; Article 82, the crime of assisting foreign trouble; Article 108, the crime of setting fire to existing buildings; Article 117, the crime of explosion; Article 119, the crime against existing buildings; Article 126, paragraph 3, the crime of subverting trains, etc. Article 127, aggravation of the crime of threatening traffic; Article 146, death by poisoning of waterways; Article 199, homicide; death by robbery; Article 241, death by rape by robbery. "

Watanabe Gogou's words were full of jargon compared to the casual words he used earlier, and he was saying all sorts of awkward words and phrases as easily as a person who specializes in law.

"Do you think I will be sentenced to death? "

Dojou Kazuaki didn't answer.

"Don't be too discouraged, there's still time."

He licked his split lip with his tongue, and the scar that had already been made appeared again in crimson blood. He looked up at the ceiling and closed his eyes, just as he had just recited the rules of the criminal law, and despite the blood still coming out of his lips, he recited them again quickly.

"The death penalty is included in the legal penalties stipulated in four articles of the special law, and is applicable to the following kinds of crimes. Article 1 of the Penal Code for the Suppression of Explosives, the crime of using explosives; Article 3 of the Law Concerning Dueling, the crime of death by dueling; Article 2 of the Law Concerning the Crime of Aircraft Hijacking, etc., the crime of death by hijacking an aircraft, etc.; Article 2, paragraph 3 of the Law Concerning the Crime of Aircraft Hijacking, etc., the crime of causing an aircraft to fall to death; Article 4 of the Law Concerning the Punishment of Hostage-Taking, etc., the crime of killing a hostage. "

"My memory is okay, right, officer."

He stuck his tongue out at Dojou Kazuaki, his face full of disdain and pride, completely ignoring the handcuffs restraining his movements and the guards guarding him.

"By the way, I'll give you a little more knowledge, Officer. "

"Among the bullshit laws, only Article 81 of the Penal Code provides that the death penalty for the crime of causing external harm is an absolute legal penalty, while the death penalty for other crimes is only an optional penalty. --Do you know what that means? Hey, this Japan, it's a lenient country."

"This is a kind place that would rather spend the tax money of your victims and law enforcement to feed us than to kill us. -- What do you think about that, officer?''

Dojou Kazuaki blinked and seemed to think for a moment, then abruptly drew his sidearm and put it against Watanabe Gengou's forehead.

"Can your law save the dead? "

This question was like a scythe, cutting the sharpness that Watanabe Gengou had shown just then in an instant.

"In the course of the mission, the perpetrator resisted so hard that he had no choice but to shoot him. "

Dojou Kazuaki read out the cold lines in an emotionless tone, and his focused eyes made it clear that he was not joking.

"Officer, I'm sorry, but I'm the one who lost, right? "

Watanabe Gengou raised his handcuffed hands, his comical attitude was not at all like he was scared, he was not afraid of any threat and flirted boldly.

'No, go to hell.'

Dojou Kazuaki pulled the trigger.

"Over there! Come and help!"

"Hasn't the ambulance come yet?"

"It's on its way, sir!"

Loud and high-pitched shouts brought Ziongzong back to reality from his daze, busy officers running around, a police officer running over and pulling him aside to take a statement, leaving him out in the cold after the incident, no one coming over to talk to him or tell him whether he could leave or stay on.

"Dad, the car!"

"Well, it's a police car."

Dojou Kazuaki, who was busy helping his daughter carry her around on his shoulders, had a hard time. He took the time to walk up to Ziongzong and handed him a business card.

"Dojou Kazuaki, nice to meet you. "

"My name is Ziongzong Uesugi, nice to meet you. "

Dojou Kazuaki shook Ziongzong's hand briefly, and the rough and strong hand did feel like a police officer.

"I haven't thanked you for this incident, thank you so much for providing such a valuable clue. "

"Thank you! "

The little girl sitting on the broad shoulder of Dojou Kazuaki repeated adorably.

"You're welcome, I'm trying to save my family too. "

"Then, if you have nothing else to do, you can go back. If there is something you need afterwards, I will contact you through your cell phone number, and I think it is better to keep your other family members from knowing about this as much as possible. "

"Yes, then I'll be grateful to you."

Before leaving, Ziongzong took one more look at Watanabe Gogou's side. Dojou Kazuaki's gun was not loaded, but the killing intent of that shot was actually transmitted to Watanabe Gogou, which made him be quiet for a long time, but after a few minutes, he started talking to the guards around him again.

--This kind of guy might be the type that can live for a long time unexpectedly.

Afterwards, as promised verbally, the aftermath of the incident was indeed perfect, and Ziongzong asked both the Yuuki and Mizuo families to help keep it a secret, so that the matter remained airtight to the Uesugi couple for a long time.

On the night of the incident, Ziongzong went out after dinner on the pretext of going to a classmate's house, and his real destination was the hospital. Just into the hospital, he felt his body loose like it was about to fall apart that way. His nerves were already tense and he could no longer hold on.

"Nurse, please."

He didn't even see whether the person in front of him was a nurse or not, but it was indeed a nurse, and a head nurse at that.

It is the most horrible in this hospital, called the head nurse of the yaksha.

The head nurse who reacted quickly, grabbed the back of Ziongzong's neck and lifted Ziongzong up as easily as a bunny, and then carried him on his shoulders.

"Nah, doctor, there's a guy who calls me nurse who may be suffering from visual impairment and neurosis. "

Just as the title "Nurse" describes, the image of Nurse can make a crying three-year-old child fall asleep immediately, and is an existence that has nothing to do with the beautiful description of "Nurse".

"Well, chief nurse, let's put him in the hospital bed first. "

However, Ziongzong was saved without any problems, and then again, she was a head nurse leve.

The ceiling of the hospital, is clean white. Slightly thick sterilized water smell, the sense of rejection of the hospital, generally from childhood, right. Doctors in white coats, white masks, and sometimes, with a box of glasses. Where they are, there is usually this pure white decoration, and the smell of sterile water. And when small children are brought to such places, the only memories left are usually of pain.

People always run away from pain and loathe it, so they don't like hospitals.

Little do they know that the pain here is the pain that ends the pain.

The children just resist the direct pain and use crying to escape.

Ziongzong feels that the present self, too, is not much different from the young one. The 15-year-old self criticizes the past self, and the 15-year-old self will be criticized by the 16-year-old self and the 17-year-old self ...... later. As he grows up, he slowly changes, but change does not mean maturity. He only knows that his previous self could not solve this time perfectly, and whether his future self can do it, that is just a pointless speculation.

Although not obsessed with perfection, but when quiet, began to be more serious, those deficiencies will be like a lingering mosquitoes like stalking his thinking will not let go.

The nutrient solution in the hanging bottle, drop by drop, fell.

Ziongzong is well aware that he is overworked, good thing he did not suffer any substantial, direct injury, otherwise it would not be able to muddle through from the Uesugi couple.

Then, in the next few hours, he needed to find a way to get his own nine-section whip back, his own things are ultimately his own, was stolen by others openly and honestly also put words, do not get back really say.

So, had to call the guy tentatively called Situ Qilian, as a person who owes money, misses until the heartbreak of the lover, longing for his mother and father, like this genius-like guy hanging in the heart, to pull out his real information.

--Can it be done.

Ziongzong feels that it is a joke to let even the police can not do things to himself.

When he is what, CIA? FBI? or omnipotent guy?

think about it, so it can only be a step by step, it is not possible, he still has an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth the bottom card available ...... just, before that need to exercise themselves a good deal.

Someone knocked on the door of the ward, it was the nurse, right?

The actual fact that even a simple infusion has a ward bed treatment, Ziongzong felt that this is really luxurious, in the past , usually sitting on a chair.

Ziongzong did not think much, said please come in.

The person who opened the door and came in almost made Ziongzong roll off the bed and hit the floor to death or, immediately, strangle himself with the tube used for infusion.

"It's a lot of work, Ziongzong and Itou Yoshihiro, isn't it? "

Uesugi Yui, a third year high school girl with a ponytail, wandered over to Ziongzong's bed and sat down very naturally, as if she were at home.

Ziongzong, on the other hand, had long been so unnatural that he wanted to twitch.

--Why does Yui know the name Itou Yoshihiro ......?

-- Did Yuuki tell her? No way, there is no way that Yuuki could have seen through Itou Yoshihiro's identity ......

"Uh ...... what are you talking about, sister Yui, and, how did you know I was here ......?

"What are you saying? ...... Do you want to peek at my underwear on the hospital bed like you peeked under Koga Shie's skirt from several floors away? "

This sentence, turned into the Eiffel Tower, snapped through Ziongzong's chest, and suddenly turned into a very bloody and juvenile scene.

Ziongzong really want to black out before his eyes and faint.

Even if you know, this is too much to know ！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！

Even the things that have seen the inside of Koga's purple suit skirt are known? This is simply the intelligence of the agent level!

--I don't know how she knows, but she seems to know all the details.

Ziongzong really want to directly ask her how she knows, but this obviously will not give him a useful answer, the world did not shout stand still will stop the robbers, did not say tell me will be able to hear the secret. So he could only look at Yui in silence, staring at her face, looking at her eyes for a while and then glancing at her nose, and then he found that it was actually quite interesting to do so.

The fact that Ziongzong was suddenly silent made her feel uncomfortable, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

"Well, it's my fault for following you without permission. "

The speed of confession and the degree of self-awareness exceeded Ziongzong's imagination, and while he was still thinking about how to break the confusion, the answer came out by itself, which was simply a blatant act of backwardness.

"But you are doing such a dangerous thing alone, don't you think one more person to help will be easier, even if it is only a companion in spirit. "

Ziongzong still felt that something was wrong, he did not feel that Yui's stalking skills were so good that he was unaware of it.

But ......

"So, if you get into trouble again, call me for help."

The frank and sincere look of Yui did not seem to be a lie.

However, Ziongzong, who was used to acting alone, was still hesitant to do so, and felt that he had to give Yui a clear answer at this moment, and that trying to muddle through with verbal vagueness was bound to lead to bad consequences.

"You have no choice, if not, I will let you and Mizuo know that Itou Yoshihiro is your impersonation, oh yes, and Koga Shie also have to tell! "

That's not really a terrible threat.

But as an opportunity to accept it, that was more than enough.

''Well, then, I can only accept that.''

Ziongzong extended his right hand to Yui in a handshake gesture.

The sister who was once just an ordinary person to him now had a lot of mysteries that he wanted to figure out.

'Same to you.'

The two of the members of the Uesugi family made a verbal agreement here that was not known to anyone.

Although he didn't know what his life would be like in the future, Ziongzong felt that today would be the most life-consuming day of his life, especially what Yui had just done, which was just about to kill him. The perfect battle plan that had come to fruition was suddenly reduced to nothing, and was revealed in front of his eyes, Ziongzong felt that he was really deflated to the point that his heart was dripping blood ......

After sending away Yui with a grayish look, Ziongzong also just dumbly counted the drops of one, two and three drops falling from the infusion bottle and froze.

Sometimes, good things don't always come in pairs, but bad things like to team up.

"Meow."

A cute little cat gently butted open the unlocked door with her head, trotted in, and then made a merry leap onto hospital bed.

Such a thing is nothing in itself, but a cat is here.

But.

But.

But this cat, Ziongzong know, is the day he registered to save the incredible very powerful kitty.

But it's not really a serious development.

But.

But.

This cat, with a small black and white striped lingerie in its mouth, is obviously a girl's small lingerie.

It seems to be a bit of a problem, but it should be okay, right?

But.

The cat with a small lining in its mouth, meowed again, put the small lining on Ziongzong's head, followed by a quick jump to the ground, cushioning the soft landing, a smooth roll, agile to hide under the bed.

This is indeed very bad ah, but also not to the point of hopelessness, right?

But...

But.

When Ziongzong took off the small underwear from his head, that is to say, still in his hand, the second year student of the East Constitution High School, Katagiri Mai, the cold and harsh Katagiri Mai, the Katagiri Mai who could kill a bear with a fierce look, the Katagiri Mai who had her hands over her skirt and her face red, the Katagiri Mai who was nervous and anxious, the Katagiri Mai who was chasing the kitten all the way to the fast walk, came into this room.

Be grateful Ziongzong, the black-and-white pattern of the small underwear, you are not on the head, but only in the hands.