"Xiao Zhenping, do you believe in light?"

Seeing the curly-haired young boy's expression that said "I can beat you to pieces", Hagiwara Kenji cleared his throat and said, "There really are incredible things happening in this world."

For example, the collapsed world they are currently in, the big star who traveled through time and space, and... his resurrection.

"If hagi refers to it."

As he spoke, Matsuda Jinpei patted his navy blue Mazda sports car, which was covered with cracks of all sizes. "That's really incredible."

After separating from the other three at the clinic, the two did not go home immediately, but returned to the apartment building near the Metropolitan Police Department.

More than two hours after the incident, the flames caused by the explosion in the apartment building had long been extinguished, leaving only a dark building.

A blue and white cordon was erected outside the dark lobby, standing alone in the snowy night at nearly four in the morning.

There were no other creatures around the apartment parking lot besides them, so Matsuda Jinpei spoke without hesitation, "Was it Noah's Ark?"

He casually fiddled with the buttons on his sleeves, then looked up to find a nearby surveillance camera. His tone was filled with eagerness, "Has that AI evolved to this point?"

"Noah's Ark isn't a physical robot, and I can't understand the code that makes it up. Forget it."

Kenji Hagiwara didn't understand how Hasegawa Yu had cracked the car, but that didn't stop him from speaking up for him. "It can't be dismantled."

"Hasegawa clearly had no other equipment on him except Bourbon's cell phone and pistol."

Matsuda Jinpei leaned into the back seat of the car and picked up the handcuffs that were even more severely cracked. He stroked the cracks with his thumb and said, "It seems like it was hit by some external impact..."

Because he was confident in the young master's shooting skills, he did not take the gun away.

Good news: The young master really doesn't know how to use a gun to escape from a car.

The bad news: his car is a total wreck, so he might as well use a gun.

Matsuda Jinpei put the handcuffs into his pocket and decided to go back and carefully investigate what external impact had caused it.

"Speaking of which, why did Jinpei-chan lock Yu-chan in the car?"

"Bring it back to you?"

“…”×2

Matsuda Jinpei tilted his head inexplicably, avoiding eye contact with Koujunran. "Well, part of the reason is that I don't want him to bother me."

"But Zhenping's mission had already been completed by then."

“…”

Matsuda Jinpei withdrew his gaze from the car body and turned back. His cyan eyes were terrifyingly calm. "Hagi, you're different now."

Hagiwara Kenji, who hadn't tried to hide much in front of Kokunran, looked back frankly, "What's the difference? Will he jump from a building, or will he activate the bomb on his body?"

Hearing the example given by the semi-long-haired man, Matsuda Jinpei almost choked. "Whether it was before or after joining the organization, didn't we all do similar things? Hagi, you were even with me back then."

After thinking about it, he gave an example, "For example, jumping from a high building."

Before being noticed and recruited by the Black Organization, the two had never been bound by any organization and acted according to their own preferences.

The reason why he joined the organization was because Jinpei Matsuda provided him with mechanical materials under the pretext of having free labor, and he also wanted to see if there were any new and interesting things in the organization that he could dismantle... and exchange ideas, so he joined.

As an intelligence dealer who can survive anywhere, Hagiwara Kenji accompanied Yukunran into the organization with an indifferent attitude.

In short, even though they have been members of the organization for more than seven years and have completed various tasks, the two still have not taken loyalty to the organization to heart.

Jinpei Matsuda once said to Hasegawa Yu about the "confidentiality principle", and he himself abided by it depending on his mood.

"Hagi wants to leave the organization?" Matsuda Jinpei speculated. "I've had enough of those annoying flies in the weapons research institute."

"No, let's keep the status quo for now." Hagiwara Kenji denied.

As for the "extreme sports" he had done with Xiao Xunran in the past, to be honest, he gradually became indifferent to the experiences he had back then.

Since recovering more and more memories from the original world, Kenji Hagiwara recalled the memories in the collapsed world. Except for the recent years, the further back in time he went, the more it felt like he was watching a movie from a third-person perspective with himself as the protagonist.

The two memories are intertwined, and will certainly be affected by some experiences in the collapsed world - this is inevitable, but it does not prevent the memories of the original world from becoming clearer.

Kenji Hagiwara knew clearly that he was not a Speyside of the organization, or an intelligence dealer wandering in the gray and black areas, but a bomb disposal policeman of the Explosive Ordnance Division of the Metropolitan Police Department's Mobile Team.

A police officer who swore an oath to Sakura.

Being a civil servant has a stable job, who would be so stupid as to become a criminal?

"Well, let's just treat it as a trendy undercover experience." Hagiwara Kenji murmured softly, "Those two guys who disappeared after graduation can't be coming to this organization."

"What?" Jinpei Matsuda didn't hear his deliberately vague words clearly.

"Xiao Zhenping, the concern and care others have for you is a very precious thing."

Hagiwara Kenji, who has also participated in "extreme sports", is reluctant to criticize Kotsuren's behavior. "If you are not someone he cares about, why would he waste his time talking about this?"

Matsuda Jinpei was silent for a moment. "I've seen him even rush up to a stray dog on the side of the road and ask if it's hungry."

Hagiwara Kenji gave him a disapproving look, "Is this emotion fake?

...Why is Xiao Zhenping comparing himself to a stray dog? Is he jealous, afraid that his status will become the same as a stray dog's? "

"Hagi!" Matsuda Jinpei pointed at himself in disbelief. "Me, a stray dog?"

"It was Jinpei-chan who mentioned the stray dog first, Kenji-chan just used it."

Hagiwara Kenji blinked innocently and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about rum."

Alas, Xiao Zhenping will probably have to wait until his memory is restored before he can "wake up".

Considering the childhood friendship between the two of them, who have been together in two different worlds for almost half a lifetime, under his "brainwashing", couldn't the damn collapse value drop to 0% in an instant?

At the very least, it should drop by 50% instantly!

Kenji Hagiwara disagreed. Noah's Ark mentioned some time ago that Xiao Zhenping's collapse value was at 65%. He didn't believe that he couldn't "brainwash" people to below 50%!

Matsuda Jinpei, who was about to face "brainwashing", snorted lightly and let Yukinen go for the time being. He changed the subject and asked, "Why did Hasegawa fake his death?"

"...Well..." Hagiwara Kenji's eyes wandered, "Why don't you ask Bourbon, Jinpei?"

Seeing this, Matsuda Jinpei narrowed his eyes, "Hasegawa couldn't have faked his death on his own. Assuming Noah's Ark helped him, there's no need for him to return to the organization."

"Bourbon did it? But that guy wouldn't do that for no reason."

Kenji Hagiwara smiled without saying anything, but cold sweat broke out in his heart.

Xiao Jiangu, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, he just didn’t say anything.

"Xiao Zhenping, are you going to go back next, or go bomb Rum's territory?" Hagiwara Kenji changed the subject. "Rum's secret plot can't be let go like this."

"There's something strange about you guys." Matsuda Jinpei crossed his arms over his chest, "I'll go back first."

Wait, he'll find out the secret himself.

After returning to his residence, he watched Yu Junran drive away, calculated the time, and made a phone call.

After three beeps, the call was connected successfully.

"Scotland," Matsuda Jinpei called out the codename of the person he was communicating with. "Have you finished talking to Bourbon? Should we chat too?"

"Let's talk."

After the two of them had roughly finished the work on the villa's gate, Zhufu Jingguang said this to Jiangugu Ling.

Seeing the orange-haired young man walking towards the room with anticipation, his figure disappeared around the corner in an instant. Furuya Rei withdrew his gaze and pointed first, "Hiro, when I talked about magic last time, you told me to drink more hot water."

"Well, Hasegawa did drink a lot of water at the clinic, didn't he?"

Zhu Fujingguang shrugged. "And I remember Zero looked up a lot of information as reference for magic. One of them seemed to be called... "Pretty Cure"?

The black-haired, phoenix-eyed man counterattacked with a neutral tone, "It just so happened that we met."

Jianggu Ling: "..."

"I heard that this anime has about 15 seasons, not counting the theatrical version?"

Zhu Fujingguang, sitting on the sofa in the living room, propped his chin on one hand. "Where's the research on Zero? Did you suddenly realize that the 'magic boy' is not to be trifled with, so you let him go again?"

"The factors involved are very complicated." Furuya Rei said slowly, "Hiro, I didn't even know Pretty Cure had 15 seasons."

After he understood the clichés of one movie, he never watched it again!

"You've also been studying magic behind the scenes, right?" The blond man's eyes clearly showed this sentence.

“…”×2

The two of them tacitly skipped the idea of studying magic through anime.

"I'm sure the tail has been cleaned up." Zhu Fushigaku casually brought up the business, "Hasegawa's fake death won't be discovered for the time being."

But if he continues to go out, it’s hard to say what will happen.

Hearing the implication, Furuya Rei resisted the urge to cover his face, "Please, Hiro, can we just pretend this never happened?"

You will regret it when you recover your memory in the future!

Zhu Fujingguang: “?”

After repeated humiliation, the soon-to-be-desensitized Xiaogu Ling took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, I have arrangements."

While Hasegawa Yu went to the apartment to look for someone, Furuya Rei was also busy.

Deal with the boss's questions about artificial intelligence, test the progress of the intelligence in Rum's hands, divert the other party's attention from the Investigation Section, arrange for Yuya Kazami to deal with possible hidden dangers, etc.

The reason why Hasegawa Yu was called was because he received a message that Rum's men were in the apartment building.

The strange man had no code name. He was Rum's confidant kept in secret, and Furiya Zero met him once by chance.

Regardless of this person's identity, his fate today can only be to be hit by the bomb and buried in the apartment building.

Zhu Fujingguang, who was unaware of what Xiao Xunran had done that night, commented sharply, "You had the same expression when you said 'I know what's going on' last time."

So where did the “knowledge” go?

If they knew, they should be sleeping in their warm homes now, instead of chatting about "Pretty Cure" at four in the morning in the living room of a villa with leaky doors and a broken thermostat!

"Give me some time, I can fix the door panel." Furuya Rei tried to make himself sound credible.

"What on earth happened tonight?" Zhu Fujingguang stared at him inquiringly. "Can't you tell me about it due to magic restrictions?"

"I can go test Hasegawa."

"...No, there are no magical restrictions."

Furuya Rei looked at Hiro, who hadn't recovered his memory yet. "I mentioned last time that we used to fish together when we were kids. Hiro, you still remember it, right?"

Zhu Fu Jingguang said nothing.

“It’s about memory.”

After much deliberation, Furuya Rei decided that it would be better to let Kotaniran experience the memory recovery process on his own, just in case it affected anything. "I'll tell Hiro later."

Wait until he understands what is going on in this world.

Zhu Fujingguang glanced at him, confirmed that he was fine, and reluctantly agreed to You Xunran's delaying tactic.

"The living room and the bedroom have separate thermostat systems." Furuya Rei invited, "There's a spare room in the villa, Hiro, why don't you stay and rest?"

Then why do they have to talk in the living room?

Zhu Fu Jingguang decisively declined, "No, I'm not interested in becoming a part of your play."

Fangtani Zero was embarrassed and annoyed: "hiro!"

Tired of the cold wind, Zhu Fujingguang returned to his heated car. As he was about to leave, he received a call, "Glenvert."

Hearing the words on the other end of the phone, his eyes flickered slightly, "How strange that you would choose to talk to me."

While in the clinic, Zhu Fujingguang briefly thought of looking for Granvit.

At the moment, his ability to act is not as good as the other party's.

It's obvious that Furuya Rei and Hagiwara Kenji are hiding something in common. The vague sense of familiarity that emanates from them is definitely not as simple as simply having intelligence cooperation.

Besides, those two people didn't try to hide it at all, as if they wanted them to notice it.

After several conversations, Morobushi Kagemitsu realized that the other two knew nothing about magic.

The only things they have in common are the prolonged time, the memories, and Hasegawa Yu who influences everything.

After a brief exchange of information, the black-haired and phoenix-eyed man hung up the phone, started the car and drove away from the villa.

The sound of the engine starting could be vaguely heard fading away, and Jōgō Ling managed to repair the door panel using the materials available in the villa.

At least there won't be any air leaks.

Let’s deal with the rest during the day. Fūya Ling put the tools scattered on the ground into the toolbox.

Looking at these tools, something suddenly flashed through his mind.

“!!!”

On the other hand, it takes time to fill the bathtub with water. After Hasegawa Yu finished preparing for the bath, he strolled around the room idly, killing the last bit of time.

Because the sound waves were controlled within a certain range, the hidden cameras and eavesdropping devices in the room far away from the villa entrance remained intact.

Hasegawa Yu found them one by one and crushed them.

[Bourbon is a pervert! ] Noah's Ark gave the conclusion.

Brother Ling said he would never do such a thing again.

While using sign language with his hands, Hasegawa Yu went to rummage through the bedside table. He heard the sound of a bug operating there.

Huh?

Looking at the drawer full of various furry props, Hasegawa Yu took them out curiously, which looked like the headdresses that fans gave him during the autograph session.

The orange-haired young man picked up the headdress and was about to put it on his head.

[No!] Noah's Ark almost screamed, [Xiaoyou, put it down quickly! This is different from ordinary headwear.]

Hasegawa Yu obediently stopped putting it on, looked over and over, and couldn't see anything different about the dog-ear headdress in his hand. He looked quite satisfied.

Noah, look, there's still a tail.

He has worn all kinds of accessories at book signings and concerts, including lace eye masks, head and face necklaces, breast necklaces, thick cat and dog paw gloves, and veils shaped like wedding dresses.

There's really nothing special about this furry headdress, Hasegawa Yu doesn't understand.

Noah's Ark felt his code was about to turn red, and once again emphasized, "Bourbon is a pervert!"

Because the artificial intelligence was too excited, Hasegawa Yu did not close the first drawer after finding the bug, but instead tried to open the second drawer.

"etc!"

The bedroom door was opened from the outside without any warning, making a bang.

Hasegawa Yu, who had his back to the door, shuddered, his eyes widening a bit, and he stopped mid-pull of the second drawer, "?!"

"Xiaoyou, there are unclean things in this room."

Fūya Rei, who had rushed to the room after a 100-meter sprint, didn't care about anything else and pushed the person out the door. "Wait a few minutes, I'll take care of it."

“???”

Without having time to say a word, Hasegawa You looked at the closed bedroom door with confusion and gestured: Brother Zero can catch ghosts?

He then turned pale with fear, his hands dancing like shadows: There are ghosts in this world! ?

No. Noah's Ark said with absolute certainty, "The only unclean thing is definitely Bourbon."

Yeah, Hasegawa Yu turned around at the door, wanting to listen to the noise inside but not daring to: Will Brother Ling be okay?

[What could possibly happen to him?] Noah's Ark sneered, [Let's destroy the body and cover up the traces.]

Hasegawa Yu gestured slightly with his hands: Noah, we must give the bad guys a chance to reform.

Noah's Ark slowed down his tone and said, "Then I'll try to look at Bourbon with new eyes."

The new perspective is that Bourbon is a pervert!

Hasegawa You scratched his head, worried that something might happen to Ling while catching ghosts. He mustered up the courage and was about to listen to the noise in the bedroom when the door opened.

A box appeared out of nowhere and he held it in his arms. He smiled and said, "I've taken care of it. Come in, Xiaoyou."

Hasegawa Yu carefully poked his head in, glanced around the room, turned around and gestured: Is there anything dirty in the bathroom too?

“It’s gone now.”

The fingertips of Rei Furuya, who was holding the box, curled up slightly, but his expression remained calm. "I think the bathtub is almost ready. I'll go get Xiaoyou some clean clothes. Xiaoyou, go take a bath directly."

Hasegawa You nodded to the man and felt relieved: Brother Ling, are you okay?

Furuya Rei continued to smile, "I'm fine, I'm fine."

Seeing that the person finally entered the bathroom, at the bedroom door, a blond and dark-skinned man squatted down holding a box of 18X items.

Help, SOS!

Did Xiaoyou not see this? Furuya Rei tried hard to recall the scene when he opened the bedroom door.

At most, I should have only seen the first layer of the bedside table?

Rei Kotani, who was about to become desensitized to the idea of imprisonment, was once again on the verge of shock.

First, destroy this box of corpses!

Thinking that Kenji Hagiwara would arrive at the villa soon, Fūya Rei turned around and decided to hide them in other rooms first.

“Crash—”

Not realizing that there were some unspeakable adult products missing from the bathroom and the room, Hasegawa Yu soaked himself in the bathtub and immediately transformed into a fish tail.

Comfortable!

He leaned contentedly against the edge of the bathtub, his entire tail immersed in the water, looking very comfortable.

Alive!

Under the illumination of the bathroom light, the beautiful, round orange fish scales seemed to dye the entire pool of water a dazzling orange-gold color.

Not wanting to let something filthy contaminate the mermaids, Noah's Ark didn't hesitate to change the subject. [Matsuda Jinpei's Honkai value dropped to 59% tonight.]

Hearing the name, Hasegawa Yu slid his upper body down and sank into the water, leaving only a string of gurgling bubbles on the surface.

Due to the movement, part of the fish's tail fin floated above the water.

After a few seconds, the light and soft tail fin curled up and sank to the bottom of the bathtub.

Seeing this, Noah's Ark paused for a few seconds, skipping over Matsuda Jinpei's story and moving on to other topics. "Those four seemed to have been discussing a lot of things behind each other's backs tonight."

The translucent orange tail fin raised a small angle above the water surface, as if in doubt.

[There's a jammer.] Noah's Ark proactively explained, [I don't know the content of the conversation, but those two pairs of children started at least four different conversations.]

He’s so busy, Noah’s Ark thought. He doesn’t chat with me in the clinic, but has to have a private chat behind my back.

Kenji Hagiwara's purpose of coming to the villa was probably to talk to Bourbon.

The orange tail fin emerged from the water and swayed gently, as if it didn't care about the content of the conversation between the four seniors.

“Dongdong——”

There was a knock at the bathroom door.

The orange tail fin brushed back under the water.

"Xiaoyou, I hung my clothes on the door handle." Fūya Rei's voice sounded outside.

Hasegawa Yu raised his hand and scratched the water surface, making a noise to show that he knew.

The footsteps outside the door gradually faded away.

[Xiaoyou, take your time, don't fall asleep. I'm going to check on Hagiwara Kenji.]

“Crash—”

Hasegawa Yu: I know~

When Hagiwara Kenji arrived at the entrance of the villa, the first thing he saw was the cracks and dilapidated door. "Wow."

"You-chan is amazing."

How is this done?

After shutting himself up and quickly tidying himself up, Fūya Rei looked as usual, "Come in first and we'll talk."

Kenji Hagiwara stepped into the unheated living room and cast a questioning look at the blond man.

"As long as the room has heating."

Jiang Gu Ling Ba remained motionless, not even mentioning the fact that the thermostat had been damaged. "What's wrong with a grown man getting some cool air in the living room?"

Hagihara Kenji:?

If you have the guts, say this to You-chan!

The cold wind with snow below zero degrees passed through the airtight door, making a whistling sound.

Hagiwara Kenji said with a forced smile, "Councilor Furuya, please don't forget to take us with you when you become rich. The top student in the police academy can't be so stingy, right?"

"A public servant going into the private sector to find a job?" Furuya Rei looked him up and down. "That would make it easier for you to make friends with women."

Hagiwara Kenji: "No matter how much you go into the sea, Kenji-chan has never done anything like imprisoning Paly."

Furuya Rei: "What about Glenlivet snatching people in the street?"

Is Xiaoyou a stray dog? Kidnapped instead of bought?

The two met each other's gaze.

"."×2

"The idea of imprisonment was first proposed by Hiro." Furuya Rei was definitely not trying to shift the blame.

"It was Jinpei who made the decision to bring the person back. I had no idea about it at all." Hagiwara Kenji was telling the truth.

“…”×2

Forget it, the four of them are the same, so don't let anyone off the hook.