Hasegawa Yu, who couldn't understand why the Honkai Value had suddenly dropped, put the question aside and stopped embarrassing himself. "Senior, let's go this way."

Confused by his smile, Kenji Hagiwara subconsciously followed his footsteps.

The orange-haired young man avoided the area near the windows when walking.

Seeing this, Hagiwara Kenji's eyes flickered slightly. He glanced at the dark scenery outside the window and collected his thoughts. "Xiaoyou, are you remembering something lucky?"

7? Was there anything around you that reminded you of the lucky number 7?

“I was lucky to meet my senior.”

Hasegawa Yuu, who was walking in front, looked back and said without hesitation: "Luckily, I was able to meet you at Nagoya Port."

If we hadn't met in advance, Hagiwara-senpai's collapse value would still be 100% today.

Kenji Hagiwara thought of the post on the fishing technology forum that he could not find any inconsistency with.

If the fishermen hadn't been there, he probably wouldn't have met Hasegawa Yu at the pier.

But the newcomer looked clueless, so why did he sigh like that?

"I'm truly flattered, Xiaoyou." Hagiwara Kenji raised his hand to his chest and said with a slightly exaggerated tone, "I'll take it seriously."

Met an opponent.

But the newcomer's "sweet words" were all sincere and without any water in them. Compared with his own, they were hundreds of times "sweeter".

Things that are too sweet can cause tooth decay.

Kenji Hagiwara doesn't want to get cavities.

"But that's what I thought."

Hasegawa Yuu glanced doubtfully at the man with half-long hair, then looked him straight in the eye and said seriously, "Senior Hagiwara, you have to believe that you are worthy."

Kenji Hagiwara couldn't help but touch his face.

No, he must pry the newcomer away from Bourbon.

At this moment, a waiter carrying a tray walked towards the two of them.

Hasegawa Yu was so busy talking to someone that he didn't notice anyone else around him.

Seeing the waiter, Kenji Hagiwara wanted to reach out, but then he thought of something and ultimately did not make any move.

"I'm very sorry, sir."

The waiter who accidentally spilled wine on the orange-haired young man's clothes apologized profusely, "Just in case, there are spare clothes prepared for the guests in the banquet lounge. How about I take you there to change?"

It was really uncomfortable to have wet clothes sticking to his body. Hasegawa Yu tugged at his suit jacket and said, "It's okay. You lead the way."

He turned his head and said, "Senior..."

Hagiwara Kenji checked the time and said, "I'm with Xiaoyou."

The waiter chose a path close to the inside of the banquet hall, where there were not many windows and the direction was exactly opposite to the windows that Hasegawa Yu wanted to avoid.

Hasegawa Yu followed without worry. The waiter led the two of them through several turns in the corridor and finally arrived at a lounge. "Please come in. The clothes are on the hangers over there. I won't disturb you."

The floor-to-ceiling windows in this lounge were open, and a translucent gauze curtain hung in front of the window, fluttering gently from time to time with the night breeze blowing in.

There was a floor-standing clothes rack next to the sofa, on which hung several suits and dresses of the same style, which were exactly the spare clothes the waiter mentioned.

Just as Hasegawa Yu was about to pick it up, Hagiwara Kenji, who was closer to the hanger, stepped forward first and asked, "What size do you wear, Yu? The styles of clothes here are pretty good."

An inexplicable sense of crisis came over him. In an instant, Hasegawa Yu felt his scalp tingling, his pupils shrinking, and he rushed towards the man standing next to the clothes rack, "Senior, be careful!"

A bullet pierced the air, passed through the open window and the translucent curtains, and disappeared into the thick carpet.

With Hasegawa Yu's hearing, he only heard a slight sound as it tore through the gauze curtain and pierced through the carpet, nothing else.

Several minutes passed without a second round of bullets. It seemed that regardless of success or failure, the sniper had chosen to disengage and retreat.

It's impossible to catch up.

Looking at the bullet hole on the ground beside him, Hasegawa Yu's pounding heart slowly calmed down.

The half-long-haired man who was thrown to the ground at the critical moment did not make a sound and lay there quietly.

"Senior?" Hasegawa Yu's heart tightened. He supported himself on the ground with his hands, stood up, and knelt beside the man to check the situation.

He met a pair of unusually calm purple eyes.

Under the bright indoor lights, the violet color that should have been transparent inexplicably appeared much darker, and the movement of his eyes seemed as if a demon was about to break the seal and come into the world.

Lying on his back, Kenji Hagiwara casually glanced at the bullet-pierced gauze curtain. "The sniper must have determined the timing of his shot based on the shadow reflected on the curtain."

Hasegawa Yu stared at the man who had no visible wounds and pursed his lips.

He started to stand up, but was grabbed by the wrist.

"Did Xiaoyou know that there would be a sniper early on?" Hagiwara Kenji stopped the man and asked a question, but his tone was firm.

Hasegawa Yu did not answer immediately.

There is always a big difference between theory and practice.

"I'm a little curious how Xiaoyou knew that."

The hand that easily circled the wrist was covered with thick calluses. Even though Hasegawa Yu had been studying the relevant knowledge very hard during this period, he still couldn't easily tell the reason for the formation of the calluses.

At this moment, he only felt that the hand was very big and the palm was very hot.

"It's obvious that Xiaoyou never took out her phone from the beginning to the end after she got together with me."

The semi-long-haired man lying on his back on the ground moved his gaze from bottom to top to the orange-haired young man, but he did not show any weakness at all.

He added the second half of the sentence in a calm tone, "It seemed like I suddenly understood it after just sitting there for a while."

Hasegawa Yu's heartbeat, which had just calmed down, started beating faster again.

Kenji Hagiwara, who clearly felt the pulse, smiled. Taking advantage of his current position, he used his other hand to support himself on the ground and sat up, leaning forward. "I am different from Bourbon."

Hasegawa Yu looked up at him.

"That guy is extremely suspicious and pays more attention to logic and evidence..."

Hagiwara Kenji changed the subject, "Hmm, maybe that's why you're under so much psychological pressure that you're hallucinating? You're always overthinking."

The man with semi-long hair chuckled, as if mocking Bourbon's hallucination, but also as if it was just a casual smile. "Compared to Bourbon, I'm better at finding what I want from people's emotions."

Hasegawa Yu frowned slightly. Senior is suffering from hallucinations?

"In this respect, Xiaoyou and I are very similar, but she is a pure intuitive type." Hagiwara Kenji tilted his head, "Ah, I don't hate intuitive types."

"I can let you know from whom Xiaoyou learned about the sniper. In exchange, how about you come to my side?"

Hagiwara Kenji looked him in the eye, his violet irises radiating a highly saturated color. "If Bourbon can teach you, I can too."

Hasegawa Yu finally spoke, "Senior."

Hagiwara Kenji smiled and waited patiently for his reply.

"Did you deliberately walk next to the clothes rack because you knew there would be a sniper?" Hasegawa Yu stared at the man.

Before knocking the man down, the senior's body was already making evasive movements.

Hagiwara Kenji, who was indeed deliberately testing the waters, blinked.

He originally thought he would just get a simple scratch or something, but he didn't expect the young man to pounce on him immediately.

"I'm angry."

After receiving the tacit agreement, Hasegawa Yu puffed up his face and said, "This behavior is very dangerous. We can't see where the sniper is. What if the senior really dies?"

He repeated each word slowly, a rare hint of amusement in his orange-gold eyes, "I'm very angry."

"?" Kenji Hagiwara didn't understand. He was not angry about the secret being discovered, but was angry because he was worried about his personal safety.

After making his angry remarks, Hasegawa Yu pulled away the other person's hand that was holding his wrist, pressed his shoulder and pushed him back, "One more thing, seniors, please pay attention to social distance when talking to others."

The orange-haired young man was angry but he didn't forget to remind him earnestly, "Fortunately, there was no one else in the room, otherwise your posture just now would be easily misunderstood. Senior, you don't want to be infected by unfounded rumors."

“???”

Confused, Kenji Hagiwara watched as the man stood up, took the suit from the hanger, quickly changed his clothes behind the screen, opened the door and left.

"Goodbye, senior."

Oh, and don’t forget to say goodbye to him.

Still sitting on the ground, Hagiwara Kenji rubbed his chin, "You didn't answer my question, Xiaoyou."

Does this mean that he is allowed to dig out the secrets of the source of the intelligence channel?

On the other side, Hasegawa Yu left the lounge. Although he was angry, he still felt relieved.

The mermaid was so scared that she almost thought that Ararat’s existence was going to be exposed.

[Xiaoyou can use me as a shield if necessary.] Noah's Ark paused for a few breaths. [If I tell them the name 'Noah's Ark', those people will stop pursuing Xiaoyou.]

"Noah's Ark?"

[Well, this is my...real name.]

Noah's Ark, having decided to use Ararat as his own name, waited anxiously for the young man's reaction. "Of course, Xiaoyou can continue to call me Ararat if you want."

"I understand!" Hasegawa Yu clenched his left fist and tapped the palm of his right hand. "Does Ararat also have multiple identities like Hagiwara-senpai?"

He called out the AI's real name very naturally, "Noah's Ark... Noah, a name that carries hope, it sounds very nice."

【……Fool.】

"?" Hasegawa Yu was unconvinced, "I successfully diverted the dangerous topic!"

Noah's Ark is helpless. [What is Xiaoyou going to do? ]

"I won't abandon Shimotani-senpai to anyone else." Hasegawa Yu patted his chest and promised, "And Noah, I won't hand you over either."

"There's an old Chinese saying that goes, 'Everything will work out when the time comes.'" The orange-haired young man was very optimistic.

Noah's Ark sighed, "I understand."

He will intervene himself depending on the situation.

But before that, I should talk to Hiroki.

Someone stopped Hasegawa Yu before he returned to the banquet hall.

"Hasegawa." The previously unseen Morobushi Kagemitsu appeared from the corner. "Where have you been?"

He secretly looked at the young man and changed his clothes.

Hasegawa Yu was about to answer when Hagiwara Kenji, who had caught up with him at some point, spoke first: "Xiaoyou was with me the whole time, Scotland-chan~"

Seeing the newcomer, Zhu Fujingguang's mouth curved upwards, "Speyside."

Hasegawa Yuu opened his eyes wide, "Senior, do you have a code name?"

Hagiwara Kenji spread his hands towards him.

Thinking that the other party had indeed never admitted this, the orange-haired young man puffed up his face again, turned his head away and sulked.

"...Didn't Xiaoyou say she didn't know this man?"

Morofushi Kagemitsu withdrew his gaze from Kenji Hagiwara, whose clothes were wrinkled, and ignored his words.

"We got to know each other after exchanging names." Hasegawa Yu also didn't look at the person and answered honestly, "But now I really want to not know each other."

"I won't do that next time. Can Xiaoyou get to know me again?"

"snort!"

“…” Zhu Fu Jingguang raised his eyebrows and his eyes moved between the two of them.

"Hey, aren't you the kid from the dock?"

A voice interrupted the three of them.

Fisherman B, who happened to pass by and took a quick look at the people gathered at the corner of the banquet hall entrance, walked towards them and said, "You're attending this banquet too."

Hasegawa Yuu, who recognized the person, greeted him politely.

Fisherman B glanced at the three of them, then said, "It's boring here. Kids, do you want to go to another party with me? It's also hosted by the Di Ai Group."

Catching the key words, Hasegawa Yu pricked up his ears.

No wonder he didn’t find anyone from the Di Ai Group here, it turned out there were two banquets.

"Will it trouble you?" Hasegawa Yu was a little tempted.

"It just happened," Fisherman B waved his hand. "Just consider it your reward for letting me get lucky and catch that big fish early. It really rained later that night, and my old bones can't stand it."

So Hasegawa Yu went to see the other two.

"Go ahead." Morofushi Kagemitsu didn't expect Hasegawa Yu to find a way to get in there on his own. "I'll take my leave first."

Hagiwara Kenji glanced at the fisherman B for a second longer and said, "Goodbye, Xiaoyou~"

Hasegawa Yu always felt that there was something strange about the two of them. He remembered that he had to pretend that he didn't know the Scottish senior, so he had to swallow his doubts.

Fortunately, the question was answered quickly.

He met the two people he had separated from ten minutes ago at the banquet that Fisherman B led him into.

Not only that, Hasegawa Yu also saw a familiar blond figure.

"We meet again." Hagiwara Kenji blocked the young man's view of Bourbon, "What a coincidence."

Hasegawa You couldn't help but glare at him, but he didn't go around him to look for someone.

Since I have to pretend not to know the Scottish senior, I am likely to do the same with the Furuya senior.

The lighting in the new banquet hall was much dimmer than the first one, and there was a strange and eager atmosphere in the hall.

Fisherman B led the man in, gave him a black wristband, and told him to choose the activities he was interested in, and then left.

Without having time to see what was going on at the party, Hasegawa Yu lowered his head and fiddled with his bracelet, still ignoring Hagiwara Kenji.

He is still angry!

Fūya Rei, who was always paying attention to the developments on the field, also noticed the arrival of the orange-haired young man and the annoying Speyside.

Thinking of the text message his friend sent him, he stood up from his seat, avoided the crowd and found the two people in the corner.

"Speyside." Fūya Rei crossed his arms over his chest, a red bracelet faintly visible on his wrist. "Why are you still here?"

"There's plenty of time. This is my free time."

Hagiwara Kenji, who wore a bracelet of the same color as him, said frankly: "Bourbon-chan, I will definitely do what I want to do."

"What you want to do is to keep pestering the people I bring with me?"

The intelligence database was updated to show that Bourbon, the number one poacher, appeared next to the newcomer and sneered.

At least it involved clues about the Magic Crown. Although his feelings towards Hasegawa Yu were in a complicated state, it didn't prevent Furuya Rei from separating him from Spese. "Can't you see he doesn't want to pay attention to you?"

"Because I did something wrong." Hagiwara Kenji snapped his fingers, "So I'm asking Xiaoyou to forgive me~"

Jiang Gu Ling's forehead jumped, who asked you why the newcomer didn't want to pay attention to you!

Hasegawa Yu, who was standing between the two of them, looked around. What was going on? It seemed that this was not the atmosphere where he could interrupt.

The orange-haired young man hesitated to speak.

"What does Xiaoyou want to say?" Hagiwara Kenji asked proactively.

Fūya Rei's gaze also turned to him.

Hasegawa Yuu didn't care about anything else, "Hagiwara-senpai didn't even ask for forgiveness, that's not even asking for forgiveness!"

"Gomennasa, sorry, Désolé, sorry..." He said sorry in five or six different languages in one breath. "If it's embarrassing in your native language, you can just pick a foreign language to say it."

Hagiwara Kenji looked at him quietly, then lowered his eyes after a moment and said, "I'm sorry."

"Forgive me, senior." Hasegawa Yu's tone softened instantly.

A slightly surprised Rei Furiya took a casual glance. Regardless of whether it was true or not, there were not many good shows on Speyside.

As if to change the subject, Hagiwara Kenji said, "Does Xiaoyou know all those foreign languages? Your pronunciation sounds very pure."

When talking about this, Hasegawa Yu raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a slightly proud expression, "I know them all. I went there specifically to learn them."

Normal communication is no problem at all, it took him a lot of effort.

Hagiwara Kenji, touched by his cute little expression, suppressed his laughter. "Specially? Normally, a person wouldn't use so many languages."

"Most of these foreign languages are learned for people who like me."

Hasegawa Yu pursed his lips and smiled, a gentle emotion appearing in his orange-gold eyes. "They have come all the way to me just to see me for a few hours or even minutes, so it's only natural that I should spend some time learning their language."

Especially during autograph sessions, the time a fan can spend chatting with him is very short, and asking for help from an interpreter would waste a lot of time.

Since it can save the translation time, why doesn't he do it?

they?

The first thing that came to Rei Furuya's mind was the various girlfriends that the heir (to be determined) had met abroad.

Foreign cultures are open and understanding.

Although the newcomer doesn't seem to be the one who will open up.

Fūya Ling pondered. Someone who could make a newcomer show such an expression must be a very important person. Could it be the "Xing Luo" that he hadn't found?

In contrast, Hagiwara Kenji didn't think so much and just said in an ambiguous tone, "Eh...then 'they' must be very important to Xiaoyou."

"Yeah." Hasegawa Yu nodded solemnly.

"...What are you all doing here?"

After searching around, Zhu Fu Jingguang finally found a few people and came over. He also had a red bracelet on his wrist and said, "The mission is about to begin."

Hasegawa Yu was cheerful on his own, "Are you seniors going to do a large-scale joint mission?"

"No~" Hagiwara Kenji retorted in a cheerful tone.

"I understand." Fūya Rei coughed lightly.

"." Zhu Fujingguang couldn't help but look at his friend and Speyside again.

I always feel that there is something wrong with these two people.