Shuichi Akai did not immediately agree to return to Japan.

After receiving the reply of "I'll think about it," Hasegawa Yu suppressed his slight disappointment and nodded in understanding. "Then Mr. Akai, take your time to think about it. It's getting late, I'm going back to my room to sleep. Good night in advance~"

Akai Shuichi: "...Good night."

At midnight, the moon hangs alone in the night sky.

Perhaps it felt too lonely, so it sent its bright moonlight into human homes to see if there was anything new.

Hasegawa You woke up thirsty in the early morning and wanted to go to the kitchen to get some water. He tiptoed out of the bedroom in the dark and was suddenly startled by the figure sitting in the living room.

“!!!”

【Don't be afraid, Xiaoyou. It's not a ghost.】

After calming down temporarily by Noah's voice, Hasegawa Yu jumped three feet away, almost jumping back to the bedroom, swallowed his saliva and looked carefully.

Moonlight squeezed in through the balcony curtains that were one-third open and fell on the man sitting on the sofa.

There were two bottles of whiskey and a whiskey glass on the coffee table, and an open book next to it, seemingly greeting Akai Shuichi who was drinking and reading in the moonlight.

"Good evening, young master."

Hearing the familiar voice, Hasegawa Yu's pounding heart finally calmed down.

“…”

This human is really going to scare the fish to death!

Turning on the lights in the living room, Hasegawa Yu let out a sigh, "Mr. Akai, why don't you turn on the lights?"

As the orange-haired youth walked out of the bedroom door, he noticed the movement and, in a fit of malice, deliberately kept silent, pretending to be innocent. "Professional habit."

Hasegawa Yuu glanced at the things on the coffee table. "Mr. Akai is a sniper. Won't reading in the dark damage your eyesight?"

He put his hands on his hips and glared, "Can you please draw all the curtains? They're very effective in blocking out the light. And Mr. Akai doesn't have to pay for the electricity bill, so there's no need to save me a little bit of electricity."

Even if you turn on a night light!

It's hard to say whether books are just for display most of the time. Facing the young man's concern, Akai Shuichi felt a pang of conscience. "I won't scare the young master next time."

Upon hearing this, Hasegawa Yu puffed up his face and decided not to pay attention to the man for a minute. He turned and went into the kitchen to get some water.

One minute later.

After satisfying his thirst, Hasegawa Yu came to the sofa and sat down, "Mr. Akai, why don't you go to bed?"

Noticing the bottles of bourbon and rye whiskey on the coffee table, he became curious again, "Has Mr. Akai been out yet?"

Where does rye whiskey come from? Brother Xiuyi just said at dinner that there are only bourbon and Scottish.

Akai Shuichi avoided the above two questions and asked instead: "Did I leave any information for the fifth game?"

"Yes," Hasegawa Yu said bluntly, "I can only give it to you after Mr. Akai recovers his memory."

Akai Shuichi sighed noticeably, "Even if I knew who the young master's companions were, it wouldn't work."

"Let's put things one way and do another. This won't work." Hasegawa Yu said firmly.

Knowing people and knowing the future are different.

As Xiuyi mentioned in the fourth episode, it must not be given unless the memory is restored.

Who knows if after reading the information, Shuichi Akai will suddenly come up with some other ideas, which will bring unknown hidden dangers.

Seeing this, Akai Shuichi no longer mentioned anything about the fifth round. His green eyes drooped slightly, and the cold aura around him suddenly weakened a lot. He extended an invitation for the second time tonight, "Young Master, would you like to try some whiskey?"

Unlike at dinner, Hasegawa Yu, who subconsciously wanted to refuse, hesitated.

What if Brother Xiuyi has something on his mind and is drinking here in the middle of the night without turning on the lights? It would seem a bit too much to refuse him.

"Okay." Hasegawa Yu agreed, "But don't drink too much, or you'll feel uncomfortable when you wake up tomorrow."

Your face might get swollen!

A dark light flashed across Akai Shuichi's eyes, "No problem."

So the man in the knitted hat got up and went to the kitchen to get a new whiskey glass.

"Young Master, if you've tried bourbon, how about trying rye this time?"

Hasegawa Yu has no objection.

After confirming that the rye, which was much spicier than bourbon, was within the tolerance range for his throat, Hasegawa Yu held the wine glass and thought of something.

"Mr. Akai was supposed to call me by my name during dinner, so why is he calling me Young Master now?"

Akai Shuichi said in a gentle tone, "Oh, I think it would be more interesting to call you that in private, don't you think, young master?"

Hasegawa Yu: “I don’t think so.”

Weird.

Akai Shuichi: "..."

Akai Shuichi poured bourbon whiskey into his empty glass. "Young Master, it seems you're not used to the taste of rye. How about bourbon? Its top note is a bit sweeter than rye."

The aftertaste is just as spicy though.

Hasegawa Yu, who drank two high-proof whiskeys mixed together without realizing it, still had no objection.

As the liquid in the two bottles of whiskey gradually ran out, Shuichi Akai became much quieter.

Hasegawa Yu, with clear eyes and no blush on his face, began to persuade him, "Mr. Akai, if you feel dizzy, go to bed quickly. You've already drunk too much."

If you drink any more, it will be dawn!

He thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Akai, if you have anything on your mind, just tell me. I promise I won't tell anyone else!"

Akai Shuichi, who didn't drink mixed drinks but was a little tipsy: "."

What a mistake! The young master could drink so much, which was totally different from his usual self.

"Um."

After a few seconds of silence, Akai Shuichi, who had cut his losses in time, spoke, "I've thought about it. We'll go back to Japan in a few days."

Hasegawa Yu: “?”

Could it be that Brother Xiuyi drank so much alcohol late at night because he was worried about returning to Japan?

"Mr. Akai." Hasegawa Yu hesitated. "It's okay if you don't want to go back to Japan. There's no need to force it, really!"

At most, I can just postpone my return a little bit, and I can also communicate with my seniors online.

Akai Hide's skin jumped, "I didn't force it."

He emphasized, "I am very sober and don't mind returning to Japan at all."

Hasegawa Yuu glanced at him and said, "Okay."

Akai Shuichi: "..."

Three days later, after finishing all the matters in New York, the two returned to Japan.

"That's all."

Hasegawa Yu brought him back to the villa and said, "For various reasons, I asked Mr. Okiya to come with me to the villa."

Having received the inquiry message from the orange-haired young man in advance and agreed, Furuya Rei still looked sarcastic.

"Compared to other places in Tokyo, the rent in Beika-cho is actually very cheap. If Mr. Okiya is not used to living with a group, I can help you find a new house."

Haro, who was joining in the fun at the feet of the two people and the fish, barked out in response, "Woof!"

"I'm afraid there's nothing I can do." Akai Shuichi pushed up his glasses. "I've already put my money in a bank deposit."

A vein popped out on Jiang Gu Ling's forehead.

Knowing that he hadn't been to the bank in the past few days, Hasegawa Yu gave him a glass of water and said, "Mr. Okiya, are you tired from the journey here? Have some water."

Stop talking!

It is forbidden to deliberately provoke Brother Ling!

Feeling the mermaid's protective intention, the blue veins on Jōguchi Rei's forehead disappeared in an instant.

At the dinner table a few days ago, because Hasegawa Yu's head was turned away from Furuya Rei when he handed water to Akai Shuichi, he did not see the mermaid's expression that was secretly warning a certain FBI agent.

It turned out that the real situation at that time was like this. He thought Xiaoyou was the same as usual and didn't care at all.

Fūya Rei put his fist to his lips and coughed lightly as if to cover it up. He gave a serious suggestion, "I remember there's an empty room at the end of the corridor on the second floor."

The farthest from Xiaoyou's room.

Akai Shuichi narrowed his eyes without leaving a trace.

Hasegawa Yu raised his hand, "I'll take Mr. Okiya over."

Since the other three people who had also received the news in advance happened to be out for something and had no objection, the decision to live together was made.

After returning to Beika Town, Hasegawa Yu found time to meet Kudo Shinichi.

He had already sent all the information about the fourth and fifth rounds to the other party, but he had never had time to talk in detail.

After learning that the situation in this timeline was much better than that in the message, Kudo Shinichi suppressed his urge to cause trouble for the organization, so as to avoid the tragic developments in the fourth and fifth rounds.

He brought up the serious matter, "Since they are going to sacrifice people for immortality, Karasuma Renya will definitely not give up the voyage so easily."

No one mentioned in the messages they left to him that Hasegawa Yu was a mermaid, and they all attributed the mermaid-related matters to magic.

Therefore, Kudo Shinichi assumes that in this timeline, Hasegawa Yu must never use magic again, and they must use the power of science to stop Karasuma Renya.

"Brother Ling and the others also think so about this matter."

Hasegawa Yuu, who had dropped by to bring the latest news to the high school detective, sat up straight. "Zero-kun found out that Karasuma Renya secretly spent a huge amount of money to buy another cruise ship."

However, if the cruise ship was blown up again, Karasuma Renya would definitely notice something was wrong, and they would have no choice but to board the ship secretly to prevent it from sinking.

Hearing his words, Kudo Shinichi's expression suddenly became much more serious.

"Um……"

Hasegawa Yu suddenly hesitated, "Brother Zero and the others asked me to tell Shinichi that they hope Shinichi can stay on the shore and give advice through Noah from behind."

Kudo Shinichi jumped up and down, "I don't agree! Are they bringing up the issue of minors again?"

"After all, this round is different from the previous ones. It would be bad if Shinichi's people were accidentally implicated." Hasegawa Yu tried to comfort.

No red team characters can die in this round, otherwise the mission will fail.

Compared with the organization, the fighting power of the Mori family and the Kudo family is much lower.

Even with the protection of Kyogoku Shin, who is no different from a Saiyan, the human body cannot withstand the invasion of artillery fire.

Although he was angry, Kudo Shinichi quickly sat down and thought calmly for a moment, "I know, I will stay on the shore."

Hasegawa Yu glanced at him worriedly.

Kudo Shin's eyes narrowed. "It's true! Can't we contact him through Noah? If you had completely blocked me from this matter, I would have sneaked onto the cruise ship."

When it comes to something as big as restarting the world, he still understands the principle.

"Don't worry, I'll help Xiaoyou keep an eye on Mr. Akai. He hasn't recovered his memory yet, right?"

Hasegawa Yu's eyes lit up, "Yeah."

Kudo Shinichi turned his head and said "huh" softly.

They clearly have each other's contact information. Those hateful adults must have sent Xiaoyou here on purpose.

After Kudo Shinichi's matters were settled, Hasegawa Yu returned to the villa.

After saying hello to the puppy stuffed animal on the bedside table, he took out the candy jar from the secret compartment of the bedside table.

Haven't seen it for many days!

Gazing at the different colored candies flashing in the glass jar, Hasegawa Yu sat on the ground, leaning his head sideways on the bedside table, and was in a daze as usual.

【Xiaoyou? 】

"It's okay." Hasegawa Yu came back to his senses and put away the konpeito candy jar.

May the Ocean Goddess bless you and hope everyone can return safely this time.

On the day the new cruise ship set sail, Karasuma Renya called some codename members on board as usual.

As always, Jinpei Matsuda refused to play the cruise game, and no one doubted it.

Unlike previous rounds, Furuya Rei does not have to board the cruise ship due to his status as a member of parliament.

Based on this, the two will change their appearance and secretly board the cruise ship under other identities.

Before going out, as if sensing something, Fūya Ling stopped in front of the mirror and looked at himself in the glasses.

In the reflection in the mirror, the blond man's head has been motionless since it appeared. The Soul Crown with a very low presence is now emitting a faint blue light, which can be missed if you are not careful.

Seeing this, Fūya Rei's eyes darkened, and then he turned around without hesitation and set off for the cruise ship.

Hasegawa Yu, who had changed into a new disguise, looked around at the people on both sides with a hint of worry, "Seniors, are you really going to board the ship as brothers?"

Won’t a fight break out halfway?

"Um."

Fūya Rei ignored the sour look from his colleague and said, "The identity check for this cruise ship is very strict. These are the only two identities left that can be easily replaced."

Who knew that it happened to be a pair of brothers.

Fūya Rei smiled and said, "Brother, please give me your guidance~"

Matsuda Jinpei, who had failed miserably in the rock-paper-scissors game and failed to claim the title of older brother, frowned and gritted his teeth, "Ah, more guidance, please."

As for the title of "brother", he would never call it to the blond bastard!