Hasegawa Yu, who was not comforted by his senior, hurriedly tried to remedy the situation by managing his image.

Suddenly remembering that the down vest he was wearing today had a hood, he immediately put it on and let it cover his head.

The brim of the hat was so wide that the face of the orange-haired young man, which was not much bigger than a palm, was completely obscured. In a blink of an eye, only his small and well-defined chin was left exposed.

Clean.

"Senior, let's go take care of those three people first."

Although Hasegawa Yu really wanted to wipe his face clean, he knew his priorities and only whispered, "I hear their footsteps approaching here."

He twisted his fingertips, which were stained with dust, and looked at the faceless "little flower dog". A feeling of regret crossed Hagiwara Kenji's heart, and his eyes unconsciously swept across the young man's rosy lips.

"Well, we need to get down to business first."

There was a hint of resignation in the man's words.

Hasegawa Yu, who was scrambling to brush off any visible dust from his clothes while they were talking, was completely oblivious to this. He waved at him from the corner wall, "Senior, this way!"

"Are they armed?" Hagiwara Kenji walked over and asked.

"have no idea."

Despite knocking out several people, Hasegawa Yu, who had no intention of being searched, recounted his entire experience. "But when they were chasing my car, they didn't pull out guns or shoot tires, nor did they throw bombs."

That explosion was...

"Are there snipers?"

"Um."

Kenji Hagiwara frowned when he received a positive answer.

He didn't say anything else, but looked up and around. After confirming that this area was a sniper blind spot, he stood in the dark with the young man, holding his breath and waiting for the arrival of the other three pursuers.

"Here they come." Hasegawa Yu, who was always alert, was a little nervous. "Senior, what should we do?"

After the young man finished speaking, it took about ten seconds before a figure appeared in the alley ahead.

Having only heard Yu Junran mention it once, Hagiwara Kenji raised his eyebrows when he witnessed the "super hearing" scene for the first time.

I could practice listening skills by rolling the dice at the Rice Flower Building, but today...

"Senior, I have plenty of pepper spray. Do you want some?"

Thinking of the young man's pepper spray, which hurt the enemy by a thousand and himself by eight...three hundred, Hagiwara Kenji twitched his lips and decisively refused, "Not for now."

He took one look at the three people approaching and quickly came to a conclusion, "I'll handle it."

So Hasegawa Yu quietly lifted the brim of his hat with one hand to check the situation, and saw the semi-long-haired senior winning 1V3 very easily, successfully breaking his stereotype that intelligence personnel are weak.

Him: “Wow!”

The orange-haired young man clapped his hands and said with admiration, "Senior, you are so awesome!"

"cough."

He calmly placed his foot on the neck of the pursuer who was struggling to raise his head. Seeing that the pursuer had completely fainted, Hagiwara Kenji retracted his foot and said, "It's okay, it's just an average level."

"But for an intelligence officer, this is a very high level."

Hasegawa Yuu imitated some of his previous movements and gestured to the air in front of him, "Senior, you took care of them all in a flash!"

Fortunately, I can’t see the young master’s beautiful eyes now.

Hagiwara Kenji tilted his head, then turned back, choosing the first half of the young man's words as the starting point for his response, "...these bourbons will also."

Although he didn't want to admit it, Bourbon was better than him in bare-handed combat.

"Four Valley-senpai doesn't know these things."

Hasegawa Yu was puzzled, and worried about damaging the image of the blond senior, so he hesitated and said, "Not all intelligence officers are like you."

Hagiwara Kenji: "?"

What is that Bourbon guy playing at, he can’t do it?

There's no way Gin can't do the seaweed dance!

"I misremembered it." Hagiwara Kenji sneered silently, "Bourbon is indeed a weak guy."

"It's normal for intelligence officers to behave like this."

Hasegawa Yu tried to salvage his image as a blond senior, "Just like snipers are not good at close combat, everyone has strengths and weaknesses."

“???”

Kenji Hagiwara, who had completely forgotten that he initially wanted to pretend to be a non-code member, nodded and said, "Okay, okay, Scotland plays like this too."

He continued to sneer in his heart, but agreed with his words: "You-chan is right."

If you have the ability, keep pretending.

Wait, Hagiwara Kenji suddenly realized, with a young master like this, those two guys can pretend for the rest of their lives!

"Uh-huh."

Hasegawa Yu, who was thinking about something, took the initiative to bring the topic back to the main point, "The person I knocked out is nearby, I'll go..."

It was hard to change what he had said, so Hagiwara Kenji put it aside for the time being. "Yu-chan, tell me the exact location and I'll send someone to take them away."

After describing the locations of the remaining pursuers to his senior with the help of Noah, Hasegawa Yu, who felt that everything was almost explained, immediately squatted down and took out a small mirror and wet wipes.

Start wiping your face carefully.

After finishing his phone call with his men, Hagiwara Kenji turned around and saw this scene. He suppressed his laughter and said, "Is Yu-chan licking his fur?"

Hasegawa Yuu, who was concentrating on adjusting his appearance in the mirror, corrected him seriously without even looking up, "Senior, I don't have any hair."

He only has scales.

Looking at the small orange-haired young man squatting on the ground, Kenji Hagiwara couldn't help but feel itchy.

He obeyed his heart and raised his hand, reaching out to the fluffy and soft hair.

[Xiaoyou, Hagiwara Kenji is going to do something to your hair.]

“!”The idol’s hairstyle must not be messy!

Without even bothering to wipe his face, Hasegawa Yuhu protected his head and jumped up, unconsciously taking a half step back.

With his hand still in the air, Hagiwara Kenji looked at him.

“…”×2

"I saw dust on the back of Yuu-chan's clothes."

The man with semi-long hair slowly lowered his hand and said calmly, "I just wanted to help Xiaoyou take it away."

Hasegawa Yu turned his head hard to look at his back, and sure enough, there was a small gray mark in the corner of his eye.

"Sorry, Senior, I overreacted."

After learning that it was a misunderstanding between him and Noah, he immediately apologized, "I just don't want anyone touching my hair."

The Crown of Souls is also on it.

"It's okay." Hagiwara Kenji smiled and raised his hand again, shaking it. "Shall I help Yu-chan brush off the dust now?"

He couldn't take pictures of the dusty area, so Hasegawa Yuu turned around and said, "Thank you, senior."

Kenji Hagiwara lowered his eyes and cleaned the dust off the man's clothes properly. His big hands stroked the equally fluffy and soft down vest without making any extra movements.

"Okay." He withdrew his hand and let his arm fall naturally at his side.

Tsk, I refused for the second time. It seems like he really doesn’t want me to touch him.

After all the pursuers were taken away and Hasegawa Yuya sorted out his appearance, the two went to the explosion site of the black Toyota together.

[Xiaoyou, tell Hagiwara Kenji about your encounter with the crow.]

On the way, when the mermaid was half a step behind the man, Noah's Ark spoke.

Upon hearing this, Hasegawa Yu blinked, not understanding why, but did as he was told.

"Crow?" Hearing the young man's words, Hagiwara Kenji paused slightly, and a thoughtful look flashed across his violet eyes.

"It gives me the hairs on my back."

"Eh~ Is this the instinct of a small animal? Didn't Yuu-chan just say she has no hair?"

Hasegawa Yu puffed up his cheeks and said, "Senior, don't tease me. These two hairs are obviously not referring to the same thing."

So cute.

This time, Hagiwara Kenji couldn't help but chuckle a few times, and quickly cleared his throat to cover it up, "Okay, I get it."

Did the Boss intervene?

Kenji Hagiwara knew that these pursuers could not cause much trouble, so he did not care when he received Hasegawa Yu's call for help, and he did not care whether the other party was implicated by him.

Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened again.

Kenji Hagiwara recalled the conversation they had in the cafe some time ago, in which his boss mentioned the need to pay attention to and report promptly any "new and interesting" things happening around young people.

Novelty…Does “super hearing” count?

Hmm...but what does this have to do with him?

After a few breaths, Kenji Hagiwara happily decided to ignore the boss's order.

The boss mentioned Bourbon, not Speyside.

But I still need to politely ask Boss about this matter today.

What was his secret purpose? Was the Boss eager for something "new and novel"?

Many thoughts and guesses flashed through his mind. In reality, Hagiwara Kenji stood in front of the car that was burned to the point that only the rough frame remained.

The fire was still burning quietly inside the car, which was almost unrecognizable. Black smoke was floating into the sky, and a strong pungent smell lingered in the air.

Hasegawa Yu waved his hand in front of his nose and didn't get too close to the car.

Just as he thought he was disgusted by the smell, Kenji Hagiwara looked up and searched for possible sniper points nearby.

The boss probably doesn't want too many people to know about the young master.

So is the sniper Scotland or is he Gin?

"Well, each one of them is a little troublesome."

"Is it because the sniper is so hard to catch?" Hasegawa Yu cautiously took a step closer to the man. "Senior, be careful of the car exploding again."

The flames are terrifying!

Scarier than ghosts!

“It’s really hard to catch.”

Hagiwara Kenji turned to look at the orange-haired young man who obviously knew nothing and sighed softly, "You-chan, are you really not considering living in Kabukicho for a long time?"

At least don't let him work for nothing.

"Huh?"

Hasegawa Yu didn't understand why the man suddenly brought up this matter again. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Senior, I have a lot of things to do in Beika Town. It's not convenient for me."

He needed to keep an eye on the police officers' Houkai values, and also find a way to talk to Senior Morobushi about the matter of the Mion man. He might be able to get some clues by asking Senior Furuya about the matter of Akai Shuichi.

However, apart from the first one, the remaining two items seem difficult to complete.

Thinking of this, Hasegawa Yu emphasized in a serious tone, "There really are a lot of things."

Hagiwara Kenji thought he was referring to studying every day, "It doesn't take long to drive from Beikacho to Kabukicho."

"Well."

Hasegawa Yu's eyes wandered, and he scratched his cheek with his fingers. "I don't want to drive alone unless someone is with me."

Hagihara Kenji: "...?"

Is this the young master's unique way of acting like a spoiled brat? Wanting someone to accompany him to and from school?

After going through his schedule, Kenji Hagiwara regretfully discovered that he was unable to do this at the moment.

"I'll take the young master back to Beika Town first."

"Senior, why do you call me the same as Senior Matsuda?" As he said this, Hasegawa Yucai realized that the other party's address to him had changed.

From the ordinary Xiaoyou, to the slightly more intimate You-chan.

Is that a good thing? It is.

Hasegawa Yu, who is often called Yu-chan by fans, skipped over this point and corrected the other name the man was calling her, "Young Master, that sounds really weird."

"It fits, doesn't it?"

Before the orange-haired youth could object, Hagiwara Kenji changed the subject, "Speaking of address, Xiaoyou should also change the way she addresses me."

"There's not much age difference between us. There's no need to keep using honorifics."

"Ah." Hasegawa Yu was slightly stunned, then tentatively called out, "Hagiwara?"

Hagiwara tossed his car keys up and down in his hand, looking dissatisfied.

Seeing this, Hasegawa Yu tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Kenji...Kenji-nii."

A compromise, perfect!

"..." Yan Er glanced at him, and after a few seconds he spoke slowly, "Get in the car."

Hasegawa Yuu followed him with his eyebrows curved, calling out again, "Kenji-nii~"

"What's the matter?" Hagiwara Kenji inserted the car key without distraction and stepped on the accelerator.

When the light turned red, the front wheel overshot the line a little bit.

It's not a big deal.

He's a member of a criminal organization anyway.

"It's okay, I just want to get used to screaming, hehe~" Hasegawa Yu's golden eyes were shining, and he looked visibly happy.

What's the big deal? It's just a name. Kenji Hagiwara, with his hands on the steering wheel, glanced at him.

The green light came on, and the black Mazda Rx-7 started forward a little slowly.

About half an hour later, the car arrived safely at Beika Town.

In the afternoon, Kenji Hagiwara, who knew the young man's general itinerary, dropped him off on the street outside the karate training class.

"Goodbye, Kenji~" Hasegawa Yu stood outside the car and waved to people, "Be careful on the way back~"

Hagiwara Kenji, whose driving skills are unmatched by many in the organization, replied calmly, "Yeah."

After watching the black sports car disappear at the end of the road, Hasegawa Yuya prepared to go to the training class.

Noah's Ark, who quietly added Hagiwara Kenji to the list of targets for surveillance and was collecting intelligence on the investigation, reported the latest developments to the merman: [Hagiwara Kenji, current Honkai Impact 55%.]

"Yeah! One more happy thing today~" Hasegawa Yu excitedly.

It basically started to drop slowly after meeting Xiaoyou. Noah's Ark explained it in detail. "It only dropped 5% at first, then fluctuated, before finally settling at 55%."

Unable to figure out anything, Hasegawa Yu clenched his fist and said, "That's a big step forward."

It actually dropped by 10%.

Soon, your Honkai Value will be on par with the police officers!

【Also, the collapse values of Megure Jusan and Takagi Wataru also fluctuated slightly. 】

After holding back for a while, Noah's Ark, who found a certain "second-year graduate student" quite displeasing, tried to divert the merman's attention from him, with the percentage fluctuating between 49% and 51%.

Hasegawa Yu stopped going upstairs and said, "I won't go to the training class today."

"Noah, did the officers encounter something?"

50% is an important watershed.

[Working on the case as usual.]

Noah's Ark sneaked into the two people's phones and observed them while the collapse value was jumping back and forth. [What's more special is that they want to investigate the bribery list.]

Hasegawa Yu scratched his head, "Where are the officers?"

When the Noah navigation system found the two police officers, Hasegawa Yu, who saw them from afar, was about to greet them when he saw a truck driving towards the two people with their backs to it.

His pupils shrank slightly and he shouted loudly: "Be careful!"

"bump--"

The front of the truck rammed into the roadside store without mercy, crushing everything in its way with its tonnage.

"Xiao, Xiaoyou?" Megure Jusan, who had just been standing at the door of the store, was thrown to the ground and was surprised.

"Officer Megure, are you okay?" Hasegawa Yu, his heart pounding, looked him up and down.

The orange-haired young man who hadn't shed a tear when he received the memories of being shot in the head in the first and second rounds, and being killed by a bomb in the third round, now had tears in his eyes. "Ugh, that really scared me to death."

"Oh, I'm fine." Megure Jusan hurriedly comforted him, and then looked at Takagi Wataru on the other side, "Takagi... Takagi?!"

Hasegawa Yu's tears suddenly fell, "Officer Takagi?"

Fortunately, after being sent to the hospital, a professional doctor examined him and found that Takagi Shigeru was unharmed and had simply fallen asleep.

Hasegawa Yu, who was still frightened, breathed a sigh of relief as he sat beside the bed. "I'm glad you're okay."

"Thanks to Xiaoyou for saving us in time."

Megure Jusan held his forehead with one hand and said, "Don't cry, Xiaoyou, don't you usually pay attention to your image?"

"I didn't cry."

Hasegawa Yu sniffed, looking at the people with red eyes, "Being hit by a truck hurts. The officers almost died. Who would care about their image?"

Noticing the officer's movements, he stood up and wanted to call a doctor, "Officer Megure, go check it out too. It's not good if he has internal injuries."

"...I'm fine." Megure Jusan shook his head, and countless chaotic scenes flashed before his eyes.

Noah's Ark looked at the collapse value jumping back and forth again in the background and seemed to have realized something.

The next second, Megure Jusan also fainted.

Hasegawa Yu was horrified, "Doctor!"

Fortunately, Megure Jusan was just sleeping.

"Really?" Hasegawa Yu, who wanted to trust the professionals, couldn't help but feel anxious and asked, "Then why didn't you faint on the way to the hospital?"

Everything was normal, and the doctor, unable to find out what was wrong, was embarrassed. "Maybe he fainted because he was tired from working on the case and frightened."

[Xiaoyou, their collapse value has dropped to 49%.]

Noah's Ark gently reminded the equally frightened mermaid, "It might be caused by the reduction of the collapse value."

Hasegawa Yu let the doctor go and sat back down beside the bed.

[It's very likely that they will also remember something. ]

Hasegawa Yu pursed his lips, "Yeah."

An hour later, the two police officers woke up one after another.

"Inspector Megure, Officer Takagi, how do you feel?" Hasegawa Yusaku stepped forward.

"No problem." Megure Jusan blinked slowly, then turned to look at the person in the next bed, "Brother Takagi?"

Takagi Wataru didn't answer, but sat blankly on the hospital bed. He didn't come to his senses until a hand waved in front of him, "Xiaoyou."

Hasegawa Yuu became even more worried, "Officer Takagi, what is this?"

"……five."

After accurately stating the number on the young man's hand, Takagi Wataru paused and asked, "The head of our Investigation Section 1 is Date Dai... Date Kou?"

"That's right." Hasegawa Yu looked at him strangely, "Officer Takagi, the doctor will be here soon, please wait a little longer."

"Haha, I'm really fine." Takagi Wataru took a deep breath.

But didn’t Brother Ida… die in a car accident a long time ago?