After asking the blond senior to help him deal with the people related to the organization on the bribery list on credit, Hasegawa Yu did not forget to remind the police officers of the Investigation Division.

Due to the principle of organizational confidentiality that Matsuda Jinpei had mentioned, Hasegawa Yu did not dare to reveal anything related to the organization to the police officers, and only gave them the information of the people on the list except those in the organization.

"This was checked for me by a friend." Hasegawa Yuu vaguely mentioned the name of the AI guiltily, feeling that he had concealed too much from the police officers.

But it’s really hard to say.

"My friend is very good at internet technology. If the officers need help in the future, they can just tell him and he will help."

Fortunately, the police officers who took the information did not ask any further questions.

"Xiaoyou, is Yu Kazami also one of the targets?" Megure Jusan suddenly asked this question.

"I can't be sure about that since I haven't met him."

Hasegawa Yu explained: "I remember Inspector Megure said he was a public security officer? If there is a chance for us to meet, I will know, even if we just pass by each other on the street."

[Yuya Kazami, current collapse value is 90%.]

When Megure Juzo was trying to get Hasegawa Yu to pass by where Kazami Yuya was, Noah's Ark announced its collapse value.

【His original Honkai value is 100%.】

Without waiting for the mermaid's question, Noah's Ark was the first to answer. [Since we met him so late, the panel doesn't show when his Honkai Impact Element was reduced. It's possible that it was through his interactions with the police officers during this period.]

Thinking that Date Ko's Honkai value had also dropped to 90%, Hasegawa Yu thought that Noah was right.

New teammates are awesome!

"You said Hasegawa seemed to want to get close to you, but didn't do anything?"

In a secret box, Furuya Rei listened to Yuya Kazami's report and seemed to be lost in thought.

Speaking of which, he still hasn't figured out what the young master's purpose was in approaching the people from the Investigation Section.

Putting aside the fact that the boss had initially assigned him to work for him, people like Hiro Spese were all people the young master came into contact with passively or accidentally.

Only in the investigation class, the young master took the initiative to find them after meeting them, and even maintained the relationship when he was a detective.

Fūya Rei doesn't believe that a fool who studies criminal investigation-related knowledge like a lone book and whose logical reasoning ability is a mess and who is aware of this will take the initiative to become a detective.

If he could solve a case just by singing or playing an instrument, he would believe it.

Moreover, after the truck incident, the young master gradually reduced the frequency of participating in homicide scenes with the Investigation Division.

Why is this happening? Furuya Rei couldn't figure it out.

Intelligence shows that the young master is helping to solve the case in a very normal way. He knows that reasoning is his weak point, so he never makes random suggestions or causes trouble. He is only responsible for helping to find clues.

There is no connection between the cases, they are all random murders.

Rather than being a detective, Rei Furuya believes that he is more like a mascot that provides people with work motivation and emotional value.

After coming into contact with the young master, the case handling rate and the case solving rate of the Investigation Division have increased sharply.

"Mr. Furuya, I have a vague feeling that Megure knows Hasegawa's purpose."

Kazami Yuya hesitated for a moment and expressed his thoughts, "This chance encounter was most likely facilitated by Megure."

"But when I worked with him on the case involving the bribe list, Megure never made any attempt to obtain any information from me."

Fūya Rei leaned back in his chair with his legs crossed, pondering in silence.

Kazami Yuya glanced at the blond man who was frowning in thought. Seeing that he didn't respond, he continued, "If I must say, the people in the Investigation Section 1 are more identified with the identity of police than before."

"...A sense of identity?" A flash of inspiration seemed to occur to Rei Furuya's mind.

"Yes."

Is this the purpose?

Fūya Rei thought of the young master's usual strong trust and great favor for the police's identity.

Because he found that the search class was inconsistent with the professional performance of the police officers he had come into contact with before - they were indeed playing badly and abusing their power, so the young master wanted to change these police officers?

And from the bribery list incident, we can see that police officers are indeed changing.

So after realizing that the police officers were on the right track, the young master let them develop and reduced the frequency of contact?

"...That can't be true." Fūya Rei held his forehead with his hands and couldn't help muttering, "What kind of idiot is he?"

What does the professionalism of police officers have to do with him?

The young master himself obviously knows that being a policeman is just a profession and how to do it depends entirely on the individual.

"Did a policeman he knew save his life?" Furuya Rei tried to understand the idiot's train of thought.

Have you ever received any great help from the police officers you met in the past, so you want to "give back" to the police community?

But why did he glance at Yuya Kazami and then leave? Was he trying to confirm something? Furuya Rei tried hard to connect with the idiot's train of thought.

Hate the police? Want to see if the cooperating officers in the bribery case abused their power?

Yuya Kazami's disguise when he was in the public security department was pretty good, and with the young master's ability, it was probably impossible to see through him.

Furiya Rei gave up all his thoughts of ulterior motives - many facts in the past proved that sometimes he just over-complicated the behavior of fools.

It's not that he just wanted to take a look at someone.

"Mr. Fūya?" Fumihiro Fumihiro couldn't hear his murmurs clearly.

"It's okay." Fūya Rei's eyes fell on the watch on his wrist.

It's almost time for the young master's gun training.

Furuya Rei usually has work as a member of parliament, and is only free after the evening. Most of the time, Hasegawa Yu is practicing alone.

It is true that they can practice at night, but the good boy thinks that it is too late after the training and it is not safe.

Fūya Ling... couldn't bring himself to say that he could send someone back every day - although he almost always sent the young master back every time he went out with him, so he let it go.

The blond man stroked his cuffs. I just happen to have some time today, why not go and take a look?

"Kazami, is there anything else you want to report?"

Yuya Kazami sat up straighter, "No."

So Furuya Rei stood up and prepared to leave.

The chaotic images that suddenly flashed through his mind made him sway uncontrollably.

"Mr. Fūya?!" Yuya Kazami stretched out his hand, wanting to help him.

"...I'm fine." Furuya Rei waved his hand away and shook his head.

His mind was clear, as if the unclear images were just illusions caused by his low blood sugar.

Here it comes again, more than once recently.

Furugaya Rei said goodbye to Kazami Yuya and left the box, with no sign of abnormality on his face.

What are these images...?

Could it be related to the memory of fishing with Hiro when I was a child?

"The policeman I knew abroad?"

Inside the training ground, Hasegawa Yu, who was surprised that his senior would come today, heard his question and said, "Hmm."

"I think Xiaoyou really likes the police." Furuya Ling pretended to be confused. "The police in our country are just like that. They are not worthy of Xiaoyou's affection."

"No." Hasegawa Yu denied the second half of his conjecture. "Even if there are indeed bad police officers in the Metropolitan Police Department, it won't stop me from liking the police. The behavior of an individual cannot be extended to the entire group."

"Why?"

The blond man hid the inquiry in his eyes. "It's strange that an organization member would like a police officer. The Japanese police are rotten from top to bottom."

For some reason, he felt something strange inside when Rei Furuya expressed his opinion of the Japanese police.

"Because I came to... came to..." Hasegawa Yu almost bit his tongue and swallowed the few words he said about the human world, "The police officers I met were really nice."

The police officers in his original world are all amazing humans! They sparkle like gems!

Of course, the police officers in this world are gradually revealing the gems' original appearance.

"From the very beginning, they have helped me so much along the way, and when I think of them, I can't help but extend that filter to the entire community."

Hasegawa Yu couldn't help but curl his brows, that was the expression he would have when recalling a close friend, "So, being a police officer naturally gives me a good impression!"

"Hmm... Before you know a person's true character, your initial impression can be around 70."

If it weren't impossible, Fūya Ling would have suspected that the young master's favorability was based on a 1,000-point system.

It really makes people jealous.

He hadn't done anything, but there might be people who were as bad as him, and just based on their profession, the young master could have such a high opinion of them.

"Eh, is that so?" Fūya Rei sighed lightly, "I'm a little curious about my initial favorability rating in Xiaoyou's heart."

"Well..." Hasegawa Yu scratched his cheek with his fingers, and his answer was not as straightforward as before.

Fūya Rei narrowed his eyes imperceptibly and said in an ambiguous tone, "Very low? After all, you're a member of the organization."

"No." Hasegawa Yu glanced at the blond man and hesitated for half a second, "About 60."

He could sense that his senior was a gray gem, so even if he had no Honkai value and was a bad guy in the organization, he would still have a good impression of him.

He believed that human beings with shining souls would not remain covered in dust forever.

And... Hasegawa Yu looked at the blond senior again. The senior in front of him was very similar to the police officers of the Investigation Division 1, and was also gradually revealing the original appearance of the gem.

Maybe the senior will become a good or bad guy!

Thinking of this, the young man smiled suddenly, and the light in his orange-gold eyes flowed, and even the cold and hard training ground seemed to be dyed with the bright and brilliant spring light by him.

"But now, Brother Ling has a favorability rating of around 85 with me~"

Fūya Rei couldn't help but open his eyes wide for a moment.

There were traces of inexplicable emotions spreading into his heart, and from this point, they wrapped around his entire body, making it impossible to escape, but also making him indulge in it.

Reason kept telling me about the doubts about the person in front of me and the boss's orders, but emotions were clamoring to break down all the dams built by reason.

After a few seconds of silence, Bourbon from the organization heard himself asking, "What about those people from the Search Section 1?"

"It's not much different from Rei-nii's." Hasegawa Yu said thoughtfully, "Rei-nii will be taller."

After coming to the Honkai world, apart from Noah, the person he has known and interacted with the longest is his predecessor.

The favorability value cannot be quantified. Hasegawa is just giving an example to make it easier for seniors to understand. It’s okay to give a rough range, but it’s hard to say in more detail.

"That's it." The orange-haired young man nodded.

But the one with the highest favorability is Noah!

Oh, even if the favorability is the same as that of the Investigation Class, he added more.

Rei Furuya pulled Bourbon back and thought calmly.

Okay, then there's only one question left.

Furuya Rei/Bourbon looked at the young man in front of him. How could he keep someone who didn't belong to this world?

This concludes the discussion on favorability.

In the next few days, Hasegawa Yu's life was very peaceful.

It was so calm that the strange behavior of a certain blond senior became abrupt.

"Move to another house?" Hasegawa Yu was confused. "This safe house is pretty good."

"Xiaoyou, don't you want a bigger bathtub?"

Furuya Rei hadn't forgotten his reason for switching safe houses. "It would be more comfortable to take a bath in a large bathtub, like a double one."

Double! Big bathtub!

Hasegawa Yu's eyes lit up.

He used this specification in his original world, which was just enough to soak the entire fish tail. It was perfect.

At the critical moment, a radar on Noah's Ark beeps, and the mermaid has to speak up to regain her sanity. [Xiaoyou, the organization's safe houses never have bathtubs this large.]

What does this black guy want to do!

Hasegawa Yu struggled to come back to his senses from the temptation of the large double bathtub, "Thank you, brother Ling, but I'm used to living in the current safe house. The bathtub is also very good. The small one makes me feel safe."

Jōgō Rei raised his eyebrows, the young master was obviously moved.

"What a shame."

The blond man's eyelids were half-closed, and his tone was filled with regret. "This is a high-standard safe house that is quite rare in the organization. I want to keep it for Xiaoyou."

Woo, stop talking!

Hasegawa Yu racked his brains for words to refuse, "If I live in a bigger house, I'll want more, an indoor pool and so on, so for now, this is fine."

"Indoor swimming pool?" Fūya Rei was slightly surprised, but then said calmly, "It's not impossible to expand it."

Hasegawa Yu's eyes widened: "?!"

Is the organization's safe house of such high standards?

Indoor swimming pools are basically only available in villas.

The organization is rich.

Hasegawa Yu is eager to try it out. This is an indoor swimming pool!

I can transform back into a mermaid and swim without being seen!

【Xiaoyou.】

Noah's Ark gritted his teeth. [The area where the villa is located is generally far from the city center, making it inconvenient for daily travel without a car. I searched for a lesson so that I could rush there in time if anything happened.]

Yes.

Hasegawa Yuu dropped his head instantly.

Forget it, his villa in the original world also has an indoor swimming pool, so he doesn’t envy the one in the collapsed world!

"But this safe house is conveniently located."

Hasegawa Yu, having recovered from the frustration of losing the large double bathtub and indoor swimming pool, refused again, "Zero knows I'm directionally challenged. If we move to another place, I'll have to familiarize myself with the route all over again."

Furiya Rei looked at him deeply.

His heart was beating so fast but he always managed to come back to his senses, as if someone reminded him in time.

Fūya Rei, who thought the puppy was particularly easy to kidnap, fell into deep thought.

Well, I still need to move to another villa and expand the swimming pool anyway, so there’s no rush for now.

"Well, it seems that this safe house will have to remain empty for now."

Hasegawa Yu, who had no idea that he had escaped, breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that his senior had finally given up on tempting him.

However, this was not the only strange behavior of a certain blond senior.

"Brother Ling wants me to help him with what model of piano to buy?"

Another day of gun training ended. Hasegawa Yu immediately perked up after hearing the request. His arms and wrists no longer hurt, and he asked, "Brother Ling, do you have any favorite brands?"

“The budget is sufficient and there is enough space.”

Fūya Rei skillfully pulled out a tablet filled with piano information. "It doesn't matter what brand it is, I prefer something with good sound quality."

"Oh!" Hasegawa Yu took the tablet and looked through the information on it, and asked casually: "Can Ling brother play the piano?"

"I only know a little guitar." Furuya Rei paused, "There's someone who can play the piano. His playing level is very similar to Xiaoyou's, and so are his preferences."

Noah's Ark: [? ]

Hasegawa Yu said decisively: "Then I recommend the Steinway D-274 model."

This is almost a standard piano in music schools and professional concert halls. It is a bit of a luxury to have it in an ordinary person's home, but if you have money, you don't have to care about such trivial matters.

"Okay, I'll remember that." Rei Furuya took back the tablet, "Let's just choose what Xiaoyou said."

"Why doesn't Brother Ling just ask the person who plays the piano?" Hasegawa Yu was puzzled.

"I wanted to give him a surprise."

Furuya Rei's gaze slowly fell on the orange-haired young man, and even his speech speed was slow, "Before that, he can't know about this."

Is he a very important friend of the senior?

Hasegawa Yu touched his chin and wondered if his relationship with his senior had become closer.

His predecessors never discussed such topics with him, so he felt strange during this period.

Hasegawa Yu suddenly realized, so that's it, he understood!

"After the piano is delivered, I'll ask Xiaoyou to come and take a look when she's free."

"Okay, okay~"

[How did Bourbon meet his important friend who loves music?] Noah's Ark objected, [Xiaoyou, you should be more cautious.]

"But I haven't lost anything."

Hasegawa Yu reassured the AI, "The range of human friendships is amazing. My bodyguard was once the heir to the Italian Mafia."

"Look, a mafia heir and a celebrity don't get along, right? But Wu has been my bodyguard for almost seven years now."

[…? ]

Sensing Noah's lack of understanding, Hasegawa Yuu smiled and said, "It was a magical encounter. Three years after my debut, I unexpectedly ran into the injured and unconscious Takeru while performing a concert in the United States. Later, for some reason, he came to apply for a bodyguard position."

At that time, Nan Hao rejected Awu without even looking at his resume. After a lot of trouble, Awu was finally hired.

What about his family's property?

"I have no objection to my staff having part-time jobs," Hasegawa Yuu said as a matter of course. "The Italian Mafia is also legal."

Noah's Ark was silent. He remembered that the mermaid's agent's family also had some political background.

Plus, there are gang member fans... Is the mermaid a gang member capture tool? The kind with the ultimate special attack.

Most importantly, even though they are surrounded by gang members, the mermaid and the police can still maintain a very good relationship.

Noah's Ark seemed to have realized something. Could this be the legendary darling of both the black and white worlds?