Looking at You Xunran who came to his house on time for dinner these days, Zhu Fujingguang really wanted to close the door he had just opened.

The poor door panel made a sound under the heavy weight.

A large dark-skinned hand was pressed against the door, holding a large lunch box. "Hiro, isn't it nice not to have to cook for yourself?"

Zhu Fujingguang, who had feasted on fish for three consecutive days, leaned against the door with one hand and spoke with a gritted teeth, "How many fish do you have left? Has the councillor stooped so low as to rob the fish pond?"

The two looked at each other.

After a while, the latter compromised and said, "Come in."

"I caught seven big fish in total."

After entering, Fūya Rei placed the large lunch box on the dining table. His tone sounded as if he were either incredulous or boastful. "Each one weighs at least 15 kilograms."

Zhu Fu Jingguang hesitated as he sat down. If the two of them ate one piece a day, that meant he would have to help with the meal for another four days!

Can I not have this little one? He will recognize it again after five days.

Zhu Fujingguang folded his hands and supported his chin. He offered sincere advice, "Bourbon, have you considered donating the fish to the organization's cafeteria?"

Bourbon had a look on his face that said, "Don't talk nonsense." There was no cafeteria in the organization.

It was even more impossible for him to share the meals he made with other people in the organization.

So you picked me out to eat? Even if I cook the fish differently every day, he'd get tired of it!

Zhu Fujingguang tried to find someone else who could share the fish feast. "Dogs should be able to eat fish, right?"

Fūya Rei clenched his fist, placed it against his lips, and coughed softly. "Hello prefers watching fish swim in a barrel to eating seafood."

The two looked at each other again.

A few seconds later, the latter considerately opened the insulation cover of the large lunch box and set the chopsticks for the man. "It's cold, eat quickly, Hiro."

Holding the chopsticks in his hand, Zhu Fujingguang chewed each bite slowly, not forgetting to keep his mouth busy with conversation. "Zero last went fishing three years ago, right? I thought you gave up this leisure activity."

Compared to these, Bourbon from the organization would rather do other things and is very busy.

The fact that Youjunran adopted a stray dog was enough to surprise Zhufu Jingguang. If other people in the organization knew about it, they would probably think it was very un-Bourbon.

After all, Bourbon is the only one in the organization who can be as famous as Gin!

However, Zero has not been so aggressive in the organization recently, and is more lively in private than before.

When did this change begin?

Thinking of this, Zhu Fujing lowered his eyes and picked up a noodle with fish meat. "Come to think of it, Zero's cooking skills are almost better than mine. Did he improve secretly behind my back?"

"Given our status, it's safer to cook our own meals. Unless it's necessary, I can't accept eating convenience store packaged food all day like Gin."

Fūya Rei put down his chopsticks and pretended to reminisce. As for when it started... it seemed like it had developed into this state without him noticing.

The same thing happened with fishing. He saw some fishing gear covered with dust in the utility room at home.

Thinking that he would have some free time after morning exercise and dog walking, Jōgō Rei packed up his fishing gear.

"We used to go fishing together a lot when we were kids, don't act like it's something strange for me to go fishing."

After blurting out this sentence, Furuya Ling received a strange look from Xiao Xunran.

“Zero.”

Zhu Fujingguang put down his chopsticks, his expression becoming more serious. "We grew up in the organization's base, training every day. We never left the base before we were given code names."

Upon hearing this, Jōgōu Ling opened his mouth in slight surprise, but did not answer and frowned.

Where did the scene that appeared in his memory, which was obviously of him and Hiro fishing on the river bank when they were children, come from?

Thinking back carefully, the bright smiles on their faces in my memory are indeed not something that children from organizations would have.

However, the scenes of their training in the organization's base when they were young were also vividly recalled by their childhood contact.

Two conflicting memories existed in his mind at the same time, yet it was incredibly natural.

Not to mention the organization's base, the scene of fishing with Hiro seemed as if he had really experienced it himself.

Fūya Ling suddenly realized that he couldn't remember when this memory appeared.

Seeing everyone fall silent, Zhu Fujingguang said worriedly, "Zero, could it be your hallucination..." His tone became more intense.

"No." Furuya Rei interrupted him.

He was convinced that the only abnormality regarding the "hallucination" was the invisible soul crown on his head, and everything else was normal.

Zhu Fu Jingguang stared at him without saying a word.

"Let's not talk about that. What did you think of the piano music recording I played for you last time, Hiro?"

Zhu Fujingguang didn't answer immediately. He continued to stare at the man for three seconds before changing the subject. "No."

Is it necessary to listen to it live to see the effect? Furuya Rei pondered.

Seeing this, the black-haired man with phoenix eyes stood up, took out a signal jammer from the cabinet in the living room and turned it on.

"The clothing brand that doesn't exist in this world is indeed a suspicious point, but has there been any movement on the 'magic and pet' that Zero mentioned? The bug is still on the doll, right?"

"That song about the 'Seven Seas' that Zero mentioned last time can't be used as evidence either. There are so many countries in the world, it might have come from some unknown island."

Suspecting that You Xunran's "hallucinations" were getting worse, Zhu Fujingguang couldn't help but sing a different tune, trying to make him sober up.

In the worst case scenario, what if the "crown" Zero mentioned was always his hallucination?

Seeing this, Furuya Ling had to tell what he had been hiding, so that Kokunran would not think that he was really crazy.

There are many people who are crazy about organization, but he is definitely not one of them.

"I can't even get the cork out of that ordinary candy cane."

The blond, dark-skinned man pulled a USB drive from his pocket, unplugged the adapter, inserted it into his phone, and clicked on the video inside. "I tried many methods later... This video is the answer."

Zhu Fujingguang looked at the invulnerable, fire-proof, and waterproof candy jar and puppy doll in the video, and remained silent.

He could tell the video was not fake.

When the video progress bar reached the bottom, the black-haired, phoenix-eyed man raised his eyebrows and said, "Wow."

There was one thing that Rei Furuya didn't say, that although the puppy doll could not be broken no matter what, it would get dirty.

After various experiments, the puppy doll was extremely dirty, so he took it home, washed it, and put it back.

Judging from the young master's reaction, he probably didn't notice this.

If the puppy doll could talk, it would have complained to the young master long ago. Rei Furuya regretfully excluded it from the options of magic and pet.

As for the bug, it was left there intentionally.

Of course he was also monitoring, but it was better than nothing.

"In that case, let's create a situation for Hasegawa Yuu where he'll have to use 'magic,'" Morofushi Kagemitsu returned the USB drive and phone. "In a life-or-death situation, we can always find some clues."

He shrugged and spoke coldly in a gentle tone, "Unless there's magic like 'time reversal.' But if he can always avoid the murderous traps we set, it would fully explain the problem."

After hearing the suggestion made by You Xunran, Jiang Gu Ling gently stroked the USB flash drive in his hand.

"..." Zhu Fujingguang was really surprised. He looked at him and said, "Zero, you... don't want to do this?"

Bourbon from the organization actually hesitated.

A dark light flashed across the eyes of the black-haired and phoenix-eyed man. Could that newcomer actually have such an influence on his good friend?

"Let's talk later."

Furuya Rei put away his USB drive and phone, avoiding the question. "Noah's Ark is by his side, and the boss is watching him from the shadows."

I'll still make excuses.

Zhu Fujingguang slowly narrowed the curve of his lips, "When will Zero report the AI issue to the Boss?"

"Very quickly." Furuya Rei paused for half a second, his purple-gray eyes looking calm and composed. "Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Meeting those eyes, Zhu Fujingguang put aside some of his thoughts, chose to believe the other party, looked away and said, "Okay."

When he looked away, Furuya Rei half-closed her eyelids, hiding the various emotions in her eyes, "Yeah."

The conversation ended here, and the signal jammer was turned off and put back in place.

After a brief silence at the table, the blond, dark-skinned man picked up the lunch box and said, "I'll go heat up the food."

"I don't have any plates at home." Zhu Fujingguang lied with his eyes open.

"It's okay, the lunch box is microwave-safe."

"Actually, I have a strange sense of déjà vu when I think of the fishing scene Zero described when we were kids. How about Zero tell me more about it?"

“It’s better to talk while eating.”

“…”

Hasegawa Yu is currently in a car rental company, not knowing that the big fish he caught and sent to his senior's hook has caused him a little trouble.

He plans to go to Kabukicho.

In order to avoid being detained by two unreasonable seniors, Hasegawa Yu prepared his own means of escape this time.

Although Mr. Matsuda rejected his proposal, it did not stop him from implementing it himself!

At least you have to get your phone back first.

After renting the car, Hasegawa Yu nodded with satisfaction, "Let's go!"

[Wait.] Noah's Ark stopped, [Xiaoyou's memory fragment from the third round appeared...still five minutes later.]

The artificial intelligence did not mention the word death this time. Hearing what it said, the orange-haired young man carefully parked the car on the side of the road.

In five minutes he will definitely be driving on the road...

Hasegawa Yuu looked serious, "Car accident?"

Then you have to finish reading the memory quickly to warn others.

【no.】

Noah's Ark, who had first received the memories from the third round, said thoughtfully, "The memories from the third round are very different. It's better for Xiaoyou to have a mental expectation."

"These are all things I've been through, come on." Hasegawa Yu patted his chest, "Don't worry, Noah."

【good.】

The next second, the memories of the third round came flooding back.

In the third round, the mission experience in the Beika Building is almost the same as in this round.

The difference is that after the mission is over, the only person who stays with the third round's top police officer to pick up Emori Tetsunosuke is Rei Furuya.

Later on, in the third week, after several contacts with Hagiwara Kenji, Yu encountered a killer sent by Emori Tetsunosuke.

[The timing is perfect.] Noah's Ark from the third round said: [We can use this opportunity to leave.]

"Indeed." The puppy doll clasped its furry paws around its chest and nodded in agreement. "The people in the organization are too dangerous. We've already learned everything about the assassins from the Di Ai Group. It's best to leave as soon as possible."

Yuu hesitated, "Should we tell the officers of the Investigation Division and Furuya-senpai?"

[Of course not!] Noah's Ark decisively dismissed his idea, [You can't let others know about your death escape.]

"All right……"

Seeing the mermaid like this, the puppy doll's radar started dinging, "Xiaoyou, you're not falling in love with someone here, are you?"

"Those mermaid princesses are all love-brained, and the mermaid prince is probably no exception..."

"Mr. Ichisuke."

Yuu Sanjuume puffed up her cheeks and angrily interrupted him, "I can't and will never fall in love before I graduate from my idol career."

"This is disrespectful to the fans who have loved me for so long, and also disrespectful to my profession as an idol. I will never let them become fans of an idol whose reputation has collapsed!"

"I'm sorry." The puppy quickly apologized. It was the first time he saw the mermaid angry. "I, that, is..."

"It's okay, I'm a bit fierce too."

A mermaid's anger comes and goes quickly, and she can be appeased by just an apology.

San Zhoume Yu softened his tone, "Mr. Yijie doesn't understand the entertainment industry, so it's normal for him to make such speculations."

"And it's almost time. The concert I was preparing to perform before the car accident in my original world was going to be my last as an idol."

The orange-haired young man had a soft expression on his face. "After that, I'll still be a star, but I won't be an idol anymore."

"Then... can we leave now?" the puppy puppet asked tentatively, "As long as there are humans around, we can collect konpeito in America."

"Yeah." Yu agreed to leave in the third week, then remembered something, "Don't use the term 'love-brained' to describe mermaid princesses. That's clearly pure love!"

"Okay, okay, pure love."

In this way, with the help of Noah's Ark and the help of Jiang Shouzhe to send a killer, San Zhoume You left the organization and went to the United States.

【I will take you to see a man who is my creator.】

Noah's Ark's voice sounded a little nervous. [Hiroki is also looking forward to Xiaoyou's arrival. ]

After hearing the other party's talk about artificial intelligence, Yuu in the third week showed an amazed expression, "The technology in this world is so advanced!"

"So can I see Noah's hologram later?"

"Is this the key point?" The puppy doll said helplessly.

After changing one means of transportation after another and repeatedly checking for pursuers, the three non-humans finally arrived at the location of the human Hiroki Sawada.

"Hello." The teenage human greeted them. "This is the first time I've seen Noah bring friends back."

"Hello~"

In the third week, Yu looked at Hiroki Sawada, and then looked at Noah's Ark, which looked just like him and was projected by holographic technology, and exclaimed, "Wow~"

He excitedly said, "It's the other world version of Silly Girl!"

One person, one artificial intelligence, and one doll:?

"When I was learning Chinese, in order to understand the language more quickly, I specifically looked for TV dramas from that country and practiced listening without watching the subtitles."

Yuu, after playing the third week, explained sheepishly, "That year, there happened to be a hit drama in this country called 'Magic Phone.' The heroine, Silly Girl, was a high-tech phone from the future. She traveled through time and space to the present day, possessing a true human form and the ability to transform... In short, it was super cool!"

Noah's Ark was silent for a few seconds. "I found it in my search. This world also has it."

Yu gave him a thumbs-up and said, "I recommend watching it. To some extent, Noah and Silly Girl are the same kind~"

Noah's Ark was silent again for a few seconds, "Okay, I'll take a look when I have time."

One person and one puppy doll were laughing beside them.

After a brief acquaintance, Yuu started his life in the United States.

Since he had to go out frequently, he did not live with Hiroki Sawada, who needed to hide his tracks.

As time goes by, winter is approaching in the United States.

During this period, Yuu met three high school students headed by Kudo Shinichi.

We met on the beach in Hawaii.

After receiving the message, Kudo Shinichi took the initiative to come forward to say hello, and was very curious about where the artificial intelligence knew this person.

"He's a super handsome guy!" Suzuki Sonoko covered her face and said in a fangirl tone: "What a face suitable for collection. I really want to keep you at home so that I can see you every day."

In the third week, Yu felt a chill on his back and didn't answer for a while.

"Sonoko!" Ran Maoli, wearing a pair of riveted boots, stopped her best friend. "He's Noah's friend, have you forgotten?"

"Okay." Suzuki Sonoko regretted.

"Mr. Kyogoku will be jealous again." Ran Mouri shook her head.

"Hehe~ I just like it when Zhen gets jealous of me."

Kudo Shinichi didn't pay attention to their conversation, trying to find out something from Yuu. "You have an aura that's very similar to Aunt Sharon. Are you a star?"

"Usually, 18th-tier celebrities don't have this kind of aura, but if you have a face like that, there's no reason not to see it on TV."

"That's strange."

Yuu opened his eyes wide in the third week, without any sense of danger, "You are so amazing, I haven't said anything yet."

"......?" Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but look at the orange-haired young man again, and was not easily fooled by his clever face.

This guy, is he not an idiot?

He couldn't help but twitch his lips when he remembered that he once pretended to be a lost high school student in order to test the other party.

Very good, indeed, an idiot.

Fortunately, Noah's Ark was there, and the three of them did not do anything out of line to Yu in the third week.

But after that, Kudo Shinichi began to frequently visit the house to find someone to observe nearby, and Mao Li Ran would follow from time to time.

Compared to the former, Yuu in the third round is more adapted to getting along with the latter.

Because he could vaguely feel that this gray-faced Miss Gem had much less "gray" on her body than others.

But Ran Mouri is Kudo Shinichi's girlfriend, and in the third round, Yu rarely talks to her and only maintains a normal social relationship.

"You're really strange." Kudo Shinichi didn't give up digging out the secrets of the orange-haired young man. "Your singing seems to have some kind of magic."

"That should be called infectiousness."

Yuu good-naturedly corrected the younger high school student in the third week, "And thank you for the compliment on my singing."

Kudo Shinichi could tell that he was thanking him sincerely: ...

During my time in the United States, I never fell behind in collecting konpeito, and in a blink of an eye, the pile was two-thirds full.

"Not bad." The puppy doll was quite satisfied with this. "This way I can return to my original world quickly."

"Mr. Ikki, just treat it as a trip." Yuu smiled helplessly, "Others haven't had this experience yet."

"Others won't turn into weak puppy dolls!"

Everything is going smoothly.

Until one day, Mao Lilan avoided Kudo Shinichi and went to find the third round of Yu.

"Mr. Hasegawa." The high school girl looked hesitant. "I mainly want to ask Noah something."

In the third round, Yu didn't ask any more questions and considerately gave up the conversation space to each person and the artificial intelligence.

After that, Mao Lilan avoided Kudo Shinichi and looked for Noah's Ark several times.

But with Kudo Shinichi's ability, how could he not notice this?

After realizing that the orange-haired youth was unaware of the true situation, the high school student talked with Noah about something and they parted on bad terms.

The atmosphere between the three people made San Zhoume You worried, "Noah, are you okay?"

"fine."

The holographic AI projected into the room told the mermaid not to worry. "I just...remembered something after returning to the United States and meeting Hiroki. And Ms. Maori also happened to remember something after interacting with Xiaoyou."

Third week Yu:?

Is he some kind of fish-shaped memory reminder?

Before the mermaid could figure things out, he accidentally met someone on the street.

It's the mercenary Shuichi Akai.

The other party recognized the former mission target at a glance, but in the third round, Yu did not understand the twists and turns behind it and was completely unprepared for him.

The fake death was discovered by Shuichi Akai.

"I haven't paid attention to the organization for a while, and it seems something very interesting has happened."

Akai Shuichi sighed, "Few people can escape from under the organization's nose unscathed."

In the third week, Yuu failed to understand his various temptations, but instead became more wary of him reporting his fake death to the organization, and he didn't understand what he was trying to say with his roundabout mumblings.

“Let’s speak English!”

Akai Shuichi:...?

He seems to be a smart guy, and he is capable of escaping from the organization. Why didn't he understand what I said?

Is it because I have been in the United States for too long that I can no longer understand Japanese English?

But Yu's English in the third week is a very pure British pronunciation...

Akai, the British-Japanese hybrid, Shuichi, frowned, feeling that he shouldn't have done that.

Fortunately, this half-blood had a rather ordinary relationship with the organization, so he was too lazy to tell the organization the secret of his fake death.

"My employer for this order is not dead yet, young master."

Decisively skipping the question of "not understanding" English, Akai Shuichi said meaningfully: "I hope you won't run into him in the United States."

"Shannan Haozhen is still in the underground city of the Diai Group. He has no channels to cause trouble." Noah's Ark immediately went to investigate the matter.

There was not only Yamanami Hiroma at the dock of Nagoya Port, but also a Miyin man. The former was the killer hired by the latter. To some extent, he was indeed Shuichi Akai's employer.

"It seems he is still alive." Noah's Ark found news about a cruise ship exploding in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It happened on the day the mermaid went to Nagoya Port.

It is probably the work of Scotland.

At the moment, Scotland probably doesn't know that there are survivors on the cruise ship that should have been sunk at sea.

The conclusion is that Noah's Ark tells mermaids to be careful when going out recently, after all, the headquarters of the gang that the American-sounding man belongs to is in the United States.

"Okay." Yu agreed after the third round.

But he was still discovered by the beautiful man. The other party didn't know that the orange-haired young man was already dead in the eyes of the organization, and hunted him down as a member of the organization.

In the third week, Yu didn't want to implicate Hiroki Sawada and divert the attention of irrelevant people to innocent humans, so he didn't hide in Hiroki's place.

After trying hard to avoid being chased for a while with the help of artificial intelligence, Yu in the third week was accidentally killed in an explosion designed for him.

Before his death, the mermaid still had many things to figure out, such as some things that Maoli Ran and Noah remembered, and how Shuichi Akai, whom he had never met, discovered that he was faking his death. These gray gems seemed to have secrets.

Achievement achieved: [A world shrouded in fog.]

Hasegawa Yu suddenly opened his eyes and shuddered with fear, "Fire is truly terrifying!"

Noah's Ark remained silent, quietly observing his reaction, clearing his throat and speaking with some awkwardness:

[Schindler's 2024 AI Noah's Ark is at your service. Is there anything I can help you with?]

Damn it, he had wanted to tell the mermaid about Hiroki and himself, but he didn't expect it to be exposed in the weekly memories first.

"Ha ha."

Hearing that this was a line adapted from "Silly Girl", Hasegawa Yu laughed out loud, and the fear of being enveloped by the flames gradually faded. "Thank you, Noah, I don't need it for the time being."

"But the third round is really different."

Those people I met in the third round, I haven’t met in this round yet.

But in the third round, he still didn't get to know Matsuda-senpai, and his relationships with Hagiwara-senpai and Morobushi-senpai were very ordinary.

There was no collapse value in previous rounds. Compared with the perception of this round, Hasegawa Yu vaguely realized that after Ms. Mori and others came into contact with him, the "collapse value" might have been reduced.

Unlike the young high school students, none of the adults we met this week looked like they were remembering anything!

"Or does it have to drop below 50%?" Hasegawa Yu didn't quite understand what these gray gems would remind him of, but it shouldn't be any bad.

"I'll tell Xiaoyou what I remember." Noah's Ark spoke slowly. "Before that, Xiaoyou, a traffic police officer is coming."

[It seems that parking is not allowed on the roadside here.]

“Huh?!”

[Also, Xiaoyou, you don't have a driver's license for this world.]

“!!!”

After realizing that he had been driving without a license, Hasegawa Yu was horrified, "My idol record is tarnished!"

QAQ How could this happen!