Let's skip the commemorative photos for now. Hasegawa Yu was wondering why one of Rei's feet was exposed. After covering him with the quilt, he was gently pushed out of the bedroom by Hagiwara Kenji.

After closing the bedroom door, the semi-long-haired man immediately urged, "Yu-chan, how about we go on a villa adventure together?"

It's not nice to wander into someone else's house without permission. Hasegawa Yuu gestured with his hands to refuse.

"It doesn't matter."

Hagiwara Kenji clenched his fist, placed it against his lips, and coughed a few times. Then, in a perfectly articulate voice, he spoke with a slightly high pitch, "This is the organization's safe house. Everyone has the right to use it."

"You-chan is currently in a state of suspended animation. Bourbon, who's in charge of taking care of you, will be very busy. It's not safe for you to stay in the safe house under his name."

He spoke seriously, emphasizing certain words. "Kenji-chan can apply to transfer this villa to my name, so You-chan can continue to live here."

Putting aside its original use, the security and comfort of this villa are indeed much better than ordinary safe houses.

Most importantly, Yu-chan herself is not uncomfortable with this and can live with it.

Hagiwara Kenji wanted to take him back to his house—he could also change the bathtub! But Jinpei lived next door, and Yu-chan clearly still had a "hate" for him.

Kenji Hagiwara sighed, the one who held back this time was Yukunran!

Hearing his voice, Hasegawa Yu raised an index finger to his lips and made a "hush" gesture: Kenji-brother, Zero-brother is sleeping.

The sound was so loud that it echoed in the corridor!

"It's okay, he's a sound sleeper." Hagiwara Kenji leaned against the bedroom door, as if afraid that the people inside couldn't hear him. "If Yu-chan wants to stay, I'll apply."

"I'm a good man, Bourbon will agree."

Hasegawa Yuu who is really moved:?

What is the relationship between good people and consent?

"So now the villa belongs to Yuu-chan."

Skipping over the less important explanations, Hagiwara Kenji went straight to the announcement, "Bourbon is currently recovering from his skin-craving syndrome. He has his own home, so Yuu-chan, remember not to let him live here."

Oh, look at him completely cutting off the back-up plan of the dark-skinned people of the same period.

Hasegawa Yu, who almost failed to follow the man's train of thought: Kenji wants to give me the villa?

"It's not our money anyway, it's free." Hagiwara Kenji winked at him, "It's a wicked villain's thing, so why not give it away for free?"

Is, is that so?

Hasegawa Yu was stunned. The bad guys must be referring to the organization.

"Alright, Yuu-chan, let's start exploring the villa!"

Seeing the young man trying to reason with him, Hagiwara Kenji interrupted him and returned to the original topic, "Exploring your own villa doesn't count as wandering around, right?"

Hasegawa Yu, who was being pushed from behind again, tried hard to turn his head back and made a pause gesture with his hand: Wait!

Hagiwara Kenji closed his eyes, "Ah, Yuu-chan gestured something, Kenji-chan can't see it."

"?"

In the end, Hasegawa Yuu still followed Hagiwara Kenji to explore the villa together.

Looking at the half-long-haired man walking in front, entering each room and inspecting each room, seemingly with some purpose, Hasegawa Yu tugged at his clothes at the arm, motioning him to look back at him:

What is Brother Yaner looking for?

"No."

Hagiwara Kenji denied it, and without missing a beat, he pushed open the door to the next room. "I'm just curious about the function of each room. I've never lived in a luxury villa."

Humph, is Bourbon a wholesaler of hidden cameras and eavesdropping devices?

"look!"

The man with semi-long hair said, like a kindergarten teacher teaching kindergarten children to recognize fruits, "This is the gym."

Not minding the man's childish tone, Hasegawa Yu peeked from behind him and his eyes lit up when he saw the treadmill.

Unable to go out, the problem of morning jogging is solved!

As usual, Kenji Hagiwara took a look around but couldn't find anything dirty, so he walked to the next room regretfully.

"Look! This is the piano room."

The walls of the piano room are specially covered with soundproof cotton. A low-key and luxurious grand piano stands in the center. In the cabinets in the corner are placed instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars and basses. All of them are professional-grade, so it is no problem to form a band on the spot.

In another corner opposite it is a music workbench equipped with various tools for composing music.

Wow~ Hasegawa Yu's eyes suddenly became brighter, wow!

Wow!!!

Kenji Hagiwara stroked his chin and said nothing, letting the young man walk past him, touch the piano here and there, and look at the pile of musical instruments there and there.

Like a busy puppy with too many toys and not knowing which good one to choose.

Tsk, Xiao Jiangu is really amazing.

Kenji Hagiwara thought to himself that this was a bad idea. This room was like a puppy trap.

What is this? Imprisoning someone while attacking their mind?

Excited, Hasegawa Yu looked at the musical instruments one by one and found that their models and brands were the ones he often used when playing at Oda Musical Instruments Store.

Resisting the urge to settle down, he walked towards the door and said, "Brother Yan, let's continue exploring the villa."

Kenji Hagiwara couldn't help feeling relieved that people at least remembered him.

Very good, the puppy has self-control and knows how to resist temptation!

The next room down is the indoor swimming pool in the basement.

Yeah~ Hasegawa Yu raised his arms and cheered silently, it’s the swimming pool.

He can transform into a mermaid and swim in an indoor swimming pool without worrying about being seen by others!

Hasegawa Yu is eager to try it out, and it’s OK to change the morning run to a morning swim!

“…” Kenji Hagiwara, who still couldn’t find anything unclean, stood behind with a serious expression.

No wonder Xiao Jiangu left the window of the villa. He was sure that he could conquer the man and turn him from being forced to doing it voluntarily.

If he hadn't confirmed that Yu-chan had no feelings for Kokotani, he would have thought he was eating dog food.

Kenji Hagiwara was in a state of confusion. Had he unknowingly become a part of the play between these two people?

Realizing that the young man really wanted to stay here and swim, the half-long-haired man quickly stepped forward and said, "You-chan, it's almost dawn, let's go up first. It's not recommended to swim on an empty stomach."

Alas, I just praised You-chan for being able to resist temptation.

It turns out the temptation is not strong enough!

Okay. Hasegawa Yuu kept looking back as he reluctantly followed Hagiwara Kenji out of the indoor swimming pool and back to the living room.

Unlike at night, there are windows on the living room wall at this time. The early morning sunlight shines through the large area of clean and transparent glass, filling the leisure area of the living room.

Hearing the noise, a blond, dark-skinned man walked out of the kitchen with an apron hanging in front of him.

It suddenly changes from a dark and imprisoned style to a warm and everyday home style.

Hagiwara Kenji's eyelids twitched.

Brother Ling!

When he saw people, Hasegawa Yu almost jumped over, the light in his eyes brighter than the sunlight in the background: You're awake~ I love the piano room and indoor swimming pool!

Facing the scorching orange-gold color, Fūya Rei looked away uncomfortably, swallowing the urge to taunt a classmate, and replied, "As long as Xiaoyou likes it."

"Did the renovations cost a lot of money, Bourbon?" Hagiwara Kenji stood not far away with his arms folded. "Give me a reference price? Kenji-chan also wants to renovate the house."

After being reminded, Hasegawa Yu came back to his senses from his excitement. Yes, if Brother Zero spent a lot of money...

"It won't cost much if we can use the organization's account."

Furuya Rei secretly gritted his teeth, rejecting his offer to help with the "renovation." "Ah, but that's a privilege only a small number of people in the organization can get. Speyside is new, so if you want to do the renovations, you'll still have to pay the original price."

Hagiwara·Seven years after returning, still a newcomer·Kenji was hit by what he said a few hours ago, and his eyelids twitched again.

"But Kabukicho has such a high daily traffic volume, I don't think Speyside would mind such a small amount of money."

Hasegawa Yu looked around, raised his arm and made a "Collect!" gesture like an orchestra conductor.

The two of them kept silent.

No matter what Brother Ling's original intention was, I could feel the sincerity behind it.

Hasegawa Yuto gestured seriously to the blond man: Wait until Brother Zero cures his skin hunger and start to have a correct view of love!

He understood that Ling Ge's situation was just like the perverted Stoka who kidnapped him before. He was paranoid and mistook his obsession with his appearance and singing for love, so he wanted to possess him.

After coming to his senses, he regretted and broke down crying.

Hasegawa Yu added: "Is hallucination serious? This cannot be neglected. Please treat it."

What’s more, Brother Ling has more than one problem in his brain!

Jiang Gu Ling Mo Ran has a very healthy mind. It seems that your concern and my concern are different.

After a few seconds, he uttered dryly, "I will actively...treat it. Thank you for your concern, Xiaoyou."

Before Hagiwara Kenji could laugh at his misunderstood colleague, the orange-haired young man approached him again:

If you need it, I have many economical and affordable villa soft decoration plans, and I guarantee that the effect will be no worse than this villa!

Hagiwara Kenji, who has no recent renovation plans and lives in an apartment, mused, "Hmm...Okay, I'll come find Xiaoyou if I need you."

Are there any vacant villas nearby? Would you like to buy one?

Hasegawa Yu glanced at the sky outside the window and asked: "Does Ling have any sportswear? I want to go to the gym and work out for an hour before coming back for breakfast."

For some reason, Fūya Rei, who hadn't prepared any clothes for the young man to go out, took a deep breath and said, "Yes, but it might be a little bigger."

Hagiwara Kenji shot a glance towards the blond-haired girl.

To be honest, he never found the unclean things that Noah mentioned about his Ark.

After the two walked out of the bedroom, Fūya Zero, showing his professionalism as an intelligence officer, quietly climbed out of the window, and entered a room earlier than the two through the window without leaving any trace, took away the unspeakable box, and then hid it in the room he had "inspected".

"How about taking a day off occasionally? I'll bring back some more going-out clothes for Xiaoyou this afternoon."

The blond, dark-skinned man blinked. "I remember there's a riverbank connecting to the sea nearby. How about changing today's morning exercise to fishing?"

"There aren't many residents around here, so it's okay for Xiaoyou to go out for a walk."

“Okay,” Hasegawa Yuu readily agreed.

So, Furuya Rei found a thick down jacket and hat for the young man, and after helping him put on a simple disguise, he ignored a certain lingering colleague and said, "Let's go."

There was no one on the riverbank on a winter morning, but fortunately there was no sign of ice on the river, so the fishing activity went smoothly.

Hasegawa Yu sat between the two of them, put his fishing rod aside, and stared at the river.

Let’s leave today’s big harvest to him!

The other two did not hold much hope of catching any fish. After all, the weather was cold, making fishing more difficult than in warm seasons.

"How many fish do you and Kenji plan to catch today?" Hasegawa Yuu gestured excitedly.

"Just a few?" Fūya Ling tentatively lowered the standard, fearing that his expectations were too high and the young man would be disappointed if they were not met.

"My skills are average, one or two will be enough." Hagiwara Kenji, who had a similar idea, held his chin with one hand, "Where's Yu-chan?"

We've all come out to fish, but how come these two humans don't have any pursuit at all?

Hasegawa Yu looked very confident: a whole bucket!

“…”×2

Is it likely that if I buy fish from the seafood market now, release them secretly, and then pretend to catch them? Furuya Rei pondered.

Hagiwara Kenji glanced at the fish barrel at their feet, which had a capacity of at least 80 liters, and offered encouragement, "Wow, we can have a full fish feast today."

Hasegawa Yu patted his chest and said: Just leave it to me!

Twenty minutes later.

Looking at the big fish swimming around in the fish bucket, the two of them said: "."

While they were studying whether fish also had morning exercises, Hasegawa Yu put another big fish he had just caught into the fish bucket.

Feeling that this scene was strangely familiar, Rei Furuya fell into deeper silence.

Maybe some stupid fish got together for a meeting and got wiped out.

There was confusion, but Hagiwara Kenji chose to applaud, "Wow, Yuu-chan is amazing!"

Hehe~Hasegawa Yu showed a slightly smug expression.

After glancing at the young man for a while, Furuya Ling uttered a regretful voice, "What a pity! It would be great if we could catch some hairtail."

Hagiwara Kenji: "?"

What is this guy doing?

Cutlassfish?...Hasegawa Yu thought, Brother Ling said that this river connects to the sea, so it is normal for cutlassfish to appear there.

Thinking of this, he turned his head and winked at the blond man on his left: Brother Ling, do you want to make a wish?

I can lend you my fishing luck temporarily. The orange-haired young man gestured slightly: "My lucky number is 7. Maybe a hairtail will appear in 7 minutes!"

Fūya Ling simply couldn't bear it anymore. What should he do since the puppy was too honest?

But now that he had said this, he could only close his eyes and say, "Then I'll just make a wish that I can catch one before I finish work and go home for breakfast."

There was still an hour until breakfast was scheduled, so it didn’t matter if the hairtail didn’t show up within seven minutes.

Seven minutes later, Furuya Rei's hook moved on time.

He sat there staring at the river, not knowing for a moment whether he should pull the fishing line.

Hasegawa Yu urged: "Brother Ling? The hairtail is about to eat the bait and run away!"

Fūya Rei slowly reeled in his fishing line.

However, he gave the fish a chance to escape, but the fish still held the hook and refused to let go.

A lively and silky hairtail is added to the fish bucket set meal.

Kenji Hagiwara, who witnessed this scene, remained silent.

It's magic... No, Yu-chan said he doesn't know magic.

The half-long-haired man, lacking crucial information, paused and offered a reason. "It's really rare. The chance of catching a hairtail in a river is slim. It must have swum from the sea."

Hairtail is a marine fish. In winter, it will swim to deep water areas to avoid the cold as the water temperature changes. The water depth is generally around 80-100 meters.

In short, the possibility of appearing in the river is really small.

Besides, it is even a question whether the river is 100 meters deep.

Feeling curious, Hagiwara Kenji looked at Furuya Rei in a corner where the young man didn't notice.

Furiya Rei ignored him and concealed a sigh, "Xiaoyou is indeed very lucky."

7...It seems that the 7 big fish caught some time ago were also Xiaoyou's work.

Hasegawa Yu shook his head.

Fūya Rei suddenly recalled the strange sight of city lights before dawn on the same morning when he caught seven fish. With artificial intelligence, this is easy to do.

That day was November 22nd. Was it a special day?

Clues from the past surfaced in my mind: a song that seemed to purify the soul, a profound musical talent, exceptional hearing, long hair that appeared for no apparent reason beside the bathtub, songs about the ocean, a love of baths and water, and the cracks at the door of the villa, as if struck by some kind of impact...

Last night at the foot of the apartment building, I used the strange word "same kind" when talking to Matsuda...

Fūya Rei recalled the shell necklace. If it wasn't a magic transformation device, then were the things stored inside pearls?

"!" Fūya Rei suppressed his shock and held his forehead helplessly.

Was he an idiot? He hadn't noticed all these clues.

When Xiaoyou wrote the mission report for Nagoya Port, she even included the "quarrel" with a passing cat.

Fish are afraid of cats.

Fūya Rei's eyes were blank.

He had never thought about it, and normal people usually wouldn't think about it either. He was able to think about the direction of magic thanks to the Soul Crown.

It turns out that Xiaoyou's world not only has magic, but also non-humans.

Judging from Xiaoyou's performance, the ethnic group he belongs to should be small and unknown?

Fūya Rei guessed that it made sense for mermaids to know magic, and that they might be divided into male and female... and the male and female would decide who could use magic.

As for the rest, it's probably not much different from their world. Xiaoyou can be a human idol, which means she has lived in the human world for a long time...

"Bourbon!"

The more he thought about it, the more he drifted away. He was startled and suddenly came to his senses.

"It's rare to see you in a daze." Hagiwara Kenji gave him a meaningful look, "We've caught a lot of fish, let's call it a day and go home."

Fūya Rei stood up silently, packed up the fishing gear at hand, and also collected Hasegawa Yu's.

Seeing that no one cared about him, Hagiwara Kenji narrowed his eyes as he took action himself.

"Xiaoyou, do your feet hurt after walking outside for so long?" asked Jōgō Rei worriedly.

In the fairy tale, the mermaid traded her singing for legs, but Xiaoyou... well, Xiaoyou is not mute.

Hasegawa Yu, who wanted to ask Brother Ling if he was ill, shook his head in confusion: I didn't exercise too much today, so it doesn't hurt.

We were out for an hour in total, ten minutes in the car, and forty-five minutes sitting on the riverbank with two other people. Hagiwara Kenji: "?"

"Ahem." Furuya Rei picked up the packed fishing gear and said, "Xiaoyou, how are you going to eat these fish? Do you like sashimi?"

Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps, mermaids... mermaids should also eat fish.

Just watch and cook, Rei-kun. Hasegawa Yu, who is not sure about the blond senior's cooking skills, gestures: I can eat it all.

"Then fry the hairtail fish, and steam the remaining fish and make fish soup."

Furuya Rei quickly listed today's menu. "Let's have fish noodles for lunch. I made it last time and it was...well-received."

Although the fish noodles given to Hiro were made for the first time, Hiro ate them all.

Eating it all is a compliment to the chef!

Hagihara Kenji:? ?

They are so active, but they haven’t even had breakfast yet.

Something is wrong with Xiao Jiangu.

Okay. Hasegawa Yu looks forward to: I will eat whatever Zero cooks.

"Then let's go."

Suddenly, Rei Fūya became full of energy. He put the fish bucket and other things into the trunk of the car, opened the door, sat in the driver's seat, and stepped on the accelerator.

Hmm...some seasonings are out of stock at the villa, so I have to go to the supermarket to buy them. I also need to buy clothes for Xiaoyou to wear when she goes out...

Do mermaids need sea salt for bathing? Can sea salt bath bombs be used? Can mermaids eat human food?

Thinking of this, Jōgō Gōra frowned slightly. It was a mistake. Except for the day they first met, he had hardly ever eaten with Xiaoyou. What was the mermaid's diet?

Outside the car, two people who didn't have time to get in watched silently as the white Mazda abandoned them and gradually drove away.

Hagihara Kenji:.

Hasegawa Yu: OO?

The former did not call out to anyone, and the latter was still recovering his voice.

"What happened to Brother Ling?" Hasegawa Yu asked in confusion.

"Maybe he's had an attack." Hagiwara Kenji sneered inwardly, his expression very intimidating, "Bourbon probably didn't take his medicine today."

Something was wrong, something was extremely wrong. The annoying blonde onion spirit must have analyzed some information that he was not aware of.

It would be fine if they just left him behind, but this information was so important that they even left Yu-chan behind!

Hasegawa Yuu was even more worried: "Will Kenji not contact Ling? Is this really okay?"

Hagiwara Kenji smiled: "It's okay, we can just see how long Bourbon's illness lasts."

A minute and a half later, the white Mazda reversed in a straight line at the speed of a 100-meter sprint and stopped steadily in front of the two people.

Hagiwara Kenji stood by the driver's window and said, "Bourbon, remember to take your medicine when you get home. Yuu-chan and Kenji-chan are very worried about you."

Hasegawa Yoshinobu nodded.

Fūya Rei rarely responded with a sarcastic retort. While in the car, his mind wandered to who knows where. He didn't forget to say, "Sorry, Xiaoyou. I didn't mean to. Get in the car."

Will there be any results if I search on Wikipedia for how to carefully raise mermaids artificially?