Chapter 72: You’ll Meet a Soft-Hearted God on a Snowy Day [Achievement 4]…
Furutani Rei, who happened to arrive at the villa, rescued the two classmates from the smile trap of their childhood friends.
Five minutes later, five people sat opposite each other in the spacious, bright and warm living room of the villa.
Hasegawa Yu was completely awake while the blue-eyed senior went to open the door, and was now taking sips of tea from the cup.
Zhu Fujingguang, who had just returned from a business trip abroad for half a month, glanced at several colleagues who seemed even more abnormal than that night at the clinic.
After a while, he ignored the other three people, looked at a blond colleague, and asked silently.
Receiving the signal from Xiao Xunran, Jiang Gu Ling looked back at him innocently and gestured for them to go to the room to talk together.
Zhu Fujingguang glanced at the other three people again - mainly two colleagues with curly hair and one colleague with semi-long hair.
Seeing this, Hasegawa Yu asked kindly, "Senior, is there anything I can help you with?"
"...No." Zhu Fujingguang stood up.
Fūya Ling followed up, "Xiaoyou, Scotland and I are going to the room to discuss something."
"Okay."
After watching the two walk into the room, Hasegawa Yu turned back and saw the other two seniors showing relieved expressions, "?"
"Keep it up, Yuu-chan." Hagiwara Kenji gave him a thumbs up.
Since he was being blamed, he might as well take it and not suffer any loss. Matsuda Jinpei was ready to make a move. "Xiaoyou, do you usually use a camera to record your beautiful life?"
I can’t watch the fun of the blond bastard because the squad leader is busy investigating the class and it’s inconvenient for him to watch. Only Master Jing is left!
Hagiwara Kenji nudged the black-haired girl with his elbow. "Do you think Morobushi won't notice?"
He turned around and said, "Yu-chan, ignore Jinpei's nonsense."
Jinpei Matsuda, holding his stomach, looked regretful.
He bets that artificial intelligence can do this without being noticed.
Hasegawa Yu blinked, "The relationship between the seniors is very good."
Although they called each other distant code names, it felt like the atmosphere was very good when Zero-ge was with them.
"Brother Yan'er, Brother Zhenping, did you know Brother Ling before the world collapsed?"
The two people who were unable to say the word "know each other" frowned slightly and looked at each other secretly.
After trying a bunch of similar words and failing to find the right words, Matsuda Jinpei uttered a "tsk," and said, "The blond bastard and I had a fight before the world collapsed."
Hasegawa Yu was helpless, the seniors really loved fighting.
"Because we disagreed with each other's certain philosophies," Matsuda Jinpei chose his words carefully. "Our relationship was pretty much the same as it is now."
Hasegawa Yu touched his chin. It was normal for a bad guy and a policeman to have different ideas.
"Didn't Brother Zhenping arrest Brother Ling?" he asked curiously.
"...He disappeared after I graduated from the police academy." This time, Matsuda Jinpei didn't say anything bad about his blond classmate. "None of us can find him."
Hasegawa Yu suddenly realized, "Is that so?"
"Come to think of it, Komorobushi also disappeared after graduation."
Hagiwara Kenji winked at the young man, "We all guessed that he went undercover, probably for the Black Organization."
"Wow~ It's a real undercover policeman!" Hasegawa Yu was a little excited.
It sounds super cool.
"This world..." Hagiwara Kenji almost bit his tongue as he started to speak.
Damn it, trying to imply that Kouya attended police academy through their childhood relationship doesn't work.
"nothing."
Under the waiting gaze of the orange-haired young man, Hagiwara Kenji swallowed what he was about to say, "What do you think of Bourbon, Yu-chan?"
"Assuming the world retains its memories after restoration..."
"Call the police and send him to prison. I believe that Brother Ling can use his abilities to make amends and reduce his sentence." Hasegawa Yu answered immediately.
This way you can walk on the road openly in the future.
"This can't be the retribution for the blond bastard being too cruel." Matsuda Jinpei said with a half-moon eye.
Hagiwara Kenji: “Well…”
Xiao Jiangu obviously knew something about the inside story, but refused to reveal it to him.
Kenji Hagiwara sighed. Sometimes he really wanted to learn from Jinpei and beat someone up.
[Xiaoyou, the memory of the four-week goal has returned, and it's still five minutes later.] Noah's Ark suddenly spoke.
He reminded softly, as if he was afraid of disturbing anyone, "I suggest Xiaoyou return to her room before answering it."
Receiving memories does not affect the external time, but Noah must have his reasons for saying that.
Hasegawa Yu chose to obey, "Kenji-nii, Jinpei-nii, I want to go back to my room."
"I know the way. I'll take You-chan back~"
As he spoke, Hagiwara Kenji leaned over excitedly and wrapped him and the blanket in his arms, "Let's go~"
Hasegawa Yu: "Wait——"
"There's no outsider here, so don't worry about it, Yuu-chan."
Seeing the young man's thoughts, Hagiwara Kenji made his point, "And Kenji-chan thinks it's more convenient to carry the baby and save time... Didn't Yu-chan tell me to be generous?"
hold head high?
Hasegawa Yu was confused. Was this what he meant by being generous?
During the brief period when the young man was stuck in the bug, Hagiwara Kenji had already put him on the bed in the bedroom and said cheerfully, "We have arrived at the final destination. Kenji Rickshaw is happy to serve you."
"Thank you, Brother Kenji." Hasegawa Yu came back to his senses and thanked him subconsciously.
"Wouldn't it seem strange to say thank you for such a small thing?"
The semi-long-haired man was clearly looking down, but when his violet eyes with slightly drooping corners looked over, it made people feel as if they were being looked at pitifully from below by some furry animal.
"Ah, I'm used to it..." Hasegawa Yu paused and smiled at him, "Then Mr. Rickshaw, I'll call you again next time if I need you."
Hagiwara Kenji put his index and middle fingers together and stroked his forehead, then gave a playful wink. "I'll be waiting for your orders at any time."
If there is one, there will be two, and there will be three. It’s the same as touching Yu-chan’s hair!
Seeing the bedroom door closed from the outside, Hasegawa Yu lay back on the bed and found a comfortable position for himself, "Noah, I'm ready."
[Hmm.] There was a faint sigh in the ending of Noah's Ark.
The next second, memories of the four surrounding scenes came flooding back.
Having learned from the death lesson of the third round, Yu successfully went back to the original place in the fourth round and avoided the explosion trap set by the American man.
The gang that Meiyin belongs to is almost spread across most of the United States, and Si Simuyou doesn't want to waste the opportunity to go back on the game by hiding.
"Let's hire someone experienced to lead us!" he suggested. "With Noah, the American man won't be able to find us."
[Okay.] Noah's Ark didn't want the mermaids to live a life of constant hunting, so [I'll see who I can hire.]
"How is Akai Shuichi?"
Siwanmuyou explained, "He has a bad relationship with the organization and won't reveal that I faked my death. Last time, when he knew I faked my death, he didn't kill me to complete the mission issued by Meiyinman."
"I heard he's very capable."
After listing them one by one, the orange-haired young man gave his final summary, "My intuition tells me it's okay!"
Noah's Ark was still a little worried, but after several conversations he was convinced.
"Young Master, do you want to play a game?"
Akai Shuichi, who had not yet seen through the truth, was still deceived by the young man's deceptively clever face. "My mercenary fee is very expensive."
"Does Mr. Akai agree?"
"I agree." Akai Shuichi, who was curious about what the young man wanted to do, thought for a moment and accepted the task.
Rather, the fact that he comes to see people means that he has this tendency.
With the addition of Shuichi Akai, Shuushoumeyou successfully got rid of a series of pursuers sent by Meiyinnan and found a safe place to stay.
After a period of almost 24-hour daily interactions, not mentioning all the misunderstandings and speculations as well as the various little dramas in his head, Shuichi Akai finally saw through the orange-haired youth and realized that he was a fool, and his mood was extremely complicated.
He had originally planned to hand the person over to the American man after satisfying his curiosity, since he had only received the deposit as the mercenary fee.
Now I am even more curious about how a fool faked his death right under the organization's nose.
"What are your plans next?"
Changing his mind again, Akai Shuichi suppressed the chaotic and unclear images that had appeared in his mind in the past few days. "With such a big commotion, there's no way the organization hasn't received the news."
A "member of the organization" is being hunted by a man with beautiful voice, so the organization must send someone to investigate.
There is no way to conceal a faked death.
Akai Shuichi wiped his sniper rifle and said, "Compared to Vermouth, I'm more looking forward to Gin's arrival."
It’s a good opportunity to compete with that person.
Sichuan Muyou thought about the candy jar that was only one-sixth of the way to the full collection, and said, "Just hide quietly."
After collecting all the candy jars, he would just leave this world.
The organization can't hunt people across the world.
Akai Shuichi, who had never been hunted for so long, was like: "..."
"Our lunch today is still canned food."
"Huh?!" Siwanmuyou's eyes widened. "Can't you try a different flavor? Even white people's rice tastes better than Mr. Akai's canned food!"
"no."
"Woo."
So the two of them stayed in this still safe safe house for a while.
The first codenamed member sent by the organization to check the situation was Vermouth, who had lived in the United States for a long time.
No one knew that Akai Shuichi was hired by Shuushoume Yuu, and since the latter had rich experience in dealing with the situation, and with the real-time monitoring of Noah's Ark, Vermouth was unable to find the whereabouts of the two.
But the fact that Sishumuyou faked his death was exposed.
After the news was passed back to the organization and they realized that Noah's Ark might be involved, Bourbon was sent to the United States again.
Unlike the congressmen who cannot easily travel abroad, Bourbon in previous episodes is a public security officer with unrestricted movements and does not have a Soul Crown on his head.
As one of those who also understood the young man's foolish nature, he quickly realized that something was wrong with the young man's hiding.
"Bourbon found out about me being around you."
Akai Shuichi, who said this, was very calm, "It's been a long time since I heard such sarcastic words."
"Mr. Akai and Mr. Furuya know each other?"
"He hired me to kill Kudo Yusaku by mistake."
Akai Shuichi didn't hide it, "The mission failed, and Kudo Yusaku's injuries are unknown. Anyway, I was unlucky afterwards, and he had a hard time with it."
This is where friction arises between them.
The main reason was that he underestimated Kudo Yusaku, and Bourbon also concealed some information in the commission.
"Just tell Akai-san to Furuya-senpai that I hired you."
After roughly understanding the feud between the two, Zhou Siyu looked straight at the man, "It's the kind of employment relationship that can be terminated at any time."
"ho?"
Akai Shuichi raised an eyebrow in surprise. "It's indeed difficult for me to deal with the organization alone. If you say that, young master, I'm really tempted."
"Then we will start terminating the employment relationship today."
Siquanmeyou didn't hesitate at all, and didn't force it at all, "The reason I hired Mr. Akai was originally just to get you to help me escape from the pursuit of the Meiyin male gang."
Now that the organization is involved, the danger level has increased again.
He didn't want anyone to lose their life because of him.
"..." Akai Shuichi looked at him deeply.
After a moment, the man in the knitted hat raised his lips and said, "It seems that the young master underestimated me."
He pointed at the location of the jar of candied sugar and said, "I can still stay for a while until that glass jar is full. After all, my hostility towards the organization has not been for a day or two."
As time goes by, only five or six pieces are needed to fill the konpeito jar.
After being together for so long, Shuichi Akai naturally noticed the difference in the young man, but he said nothing.
After a moment of nervousness, the surrounding Muyou quietly observed his expression to confirm something, and decided to believe him, "Thank you, Mr. Akai."
Mr. Akai is strangely reassuring.
As a result, Mr. Akai, who said the cool words, fainted without any warning the next day.
Si Si Mu You was shocked when he encountered such a situation for the first time.
The two are currently on their way to a safe house and their whereabouts may be exposed at any time.
Fortunately, Noah's Ark had previously had a conversation with the organization, which made the organization restrain its actions.
However, Bourbon is still active in the United States, investigating something. Moreover, Akai Shuichi's presence seems to have attracted Gin.
The silver-haired killer only targets mercenaries who have repeatedly crossed him, and generally ignores those around him.
Now that Shuichi Akai has accidentally fallen into a coma, Shuusume Yuu, who is unable to judge his physical condition, has to carry him to a small clinic with great effort.
Both of them put on simple disguises before going out. The doctor in the small clinic had nothing to do with the organization, so it was no big deal for them to stay for a short while.
It was at this time that Kudo Shinichi, who had restored his memory of the original world, contacted Noah's Ark and said that he had something to ask Sichuan Meyou.
Si Si Mu You still doesn't know about the memory problems of several people. He is suddenly invited to hide in Kudo's house, and he is a little confused.
Especially entangled with Shuichi Akai who is still unconscious.
Upon learning that the person who had assassinated his father and caused him to recuperate for several months was also coming to the Kudo residence, Kudo Shinichi said: ...
If I don't recover my memory...
Things are different now, just bear with it!
But the most important point is that his father is also at home, there is no way to hide it!
"Since today is Christmas Eve, let's let him go." The novelist said this, and I don't know what new novel script he was planning in his head.
After sending his abnormal "amnesiac" father back to his room, Kudo Shinichi hurriedly asked the questions that he cared about most, such as people who came back to life in this world, people whose personalities changed drastically, etc.
Unfortunately, Noah's Ark only had a vague understanding of these situations, and the surrounding viewers knew even less.
"Damn it, so the key to restoring normal social order lies in the organization?" Kudo Shinichi murmured as he sat on the small sofa in the living room.
Of course he was very happy that his beloved childhood sweetheart could come back to life.
But the world has also become very strange.
It has been about a week since Kudo Shinichi recovered his memory. During this time, he returned to Japan and found that the personalities of the people he used to know, including the members of the First Investigation Division, had changed drastically.
Solving cases is hindered, the detective's identity is hostile to most people, and criminals in Beika Town are more numerous than in the original world.
Combining the information about the world of collapse, Kudo Shinichi quickly concluded that the Black Organization played an indispensable role in the formation of this kind of social atmosphere.
Before the world collapsed, Kudo Shinichi had just become a small girl when Ai Haibara, who had finally escaped from the organization, came to him; he met James, a man who looked like an FBI officer; and Judy, an English teacher with many suspicious characters, also came to Teitan High School.
Before he could investigate all of this clearly, Schindler's company held a press conference for "Cocoon". Suzuki Sonoko took the Junior Detective League to play together, and of course he went along.
This is when everything started to fall apart.
Kudo Shinichi stopped recalling, his eyes flashing slightly. He had planned to defeat the Black Organization and get the antidote in his original world, but now that he was in a new world, the difficulty had increased a little.
Besides, in this world, their family has contact with the Black Organization and knows more intelligence than in the original world, and he has not become smaller!
"There's 100% more than one person in our situation."
Kudo Shinichi quickly outlined his plan. "Haibara Ai must still be in the organization. We need to find a way to contact her and see if her memory can be restored. Also, there's the Investigation Section..."
"Before the world collapsed, the FBI must have come to Japan to investigate something. I need to go to the FBI and find someone... Usually, organizations like this have undercover police agents, but how can I find out who they are?"
Kudo Shinichi shrank into his chair, folded his hands and rested his chin, lost in thought.
"That Mr. Akai seems to be from the FBI." Ran Mouri, who was sitting next to him, whispered.
Seeing the high school detective's gaze turning towards her, she fell into reminiscence, "One snowy day, I was holding Shinichi... Conan's hand, and we met him coming out of a phone booth. At that time, I felt that Mr. Akai looked very familiar."
"Now that I think about it, I think we met in New York. Shinichi, do you remember the Silver-haired Killer incident?"
Mao Lilan spoke out her memory, "When Shinichi went upstairs to help me pick up the handkerchief that flew away, I met Mr. Akai downstairs wearing an FBI uniform."
Kudo Shinichi: “!”
Thank you, Dad, for letting Mr. FBI go!
After a while, the FBI man, who was about to fall into a coma forever, woke up.
After regaining his memory, Shuichi Akai sorted out his confused mind, but did not agree with Shinichi Kudo's idea.
"Individual power cannot defeat an organization, let alone an enhanced organization in this world."
Shuichi Akai coldly stated the truth, "I know of a Red Army undercover agent like me, but even if he can recover his memory, what can he do? How can he influence the FBI and Japanese public security forces who are corrupted from within?
We don't even know how many undercover agents the organization has planted within the police force of this world."
To bring down the organization is extremely difficult compared to the original world. Why would a high school kid join in the fun?
"Things always have to be done step by step."
Kudo Shinichi, who had never revealed any information about his original world to the FBI, retorted, "And not all police officers are corrupt, otherwise social order would have collapsed completely long ago."
"Mr. Akai is the FBI. Are you going to allow the organization to grow like this?"
"This is not something a high school kid like you should worry about."
When Akai Shu met him for the first time, he made the reality clear, "Before you think about defeating the Black Organization, you should first find a way to restore your father's memory."
"Or, can you guarantee that you will survive the process of defeating the organization?"
Si Zhou Muyou, who had been sitting quietly on the side, looked around and suddenly said, "Then let's try all the methods that can bring down the organization one by one."
As soon as the words fell, the living room became silent.
“Crackle—”
Only the wood in the living room fireplace continued to burn, making a slight crackling sound.
The orange-haired young man sitting farthest from the fire slowly sat up straight. He looked a little tired as he had been running around recently, but his orange-gold eyes were still as bright as ever.
He calmly explained his own experience in replaying the game, "I can try for you. Even if I die, I can still save you."
"This is my fourth round, and with this one, we have four chances to do it again."
Siquan Muyou knew that Noah's Ark was restored to him by the remaining energy of the god who sent his soul to this world.
So logically speaking, as long as the energy is not used up, the retracement node can be moved forward after some research.
[I can only start the save and rollback when Xiaoyou dies.]
Noah's Ark was silent for a moment. [Even if you want to go back further, you can only go one node forward. Otherwise, the energy will not be enough to support multiple rewinds.]
If you die in this round and don't want to rewind, I can send you back to five minutes before the explosion trap in round three. Any further than that, and so on.
But in this case, the mermaid will have to re-recognize, contact, and change Shuichi Akai whom she met in the fourth round.
Kudo Shinichi opened his mouth in astonishment, "No..."
"A friend of a friend is a friend." Shizume Yuu said as a matter of course, "Shinichi is Noah's friend, so I want to help you."
"And Mr. Akai."
He turned to look at the green-eyed man who had just woken up. "Before coming to Japan, I had contact with several seniors in the Investigation Division and the organization for a while. Perhaps there is an undercover police officer among them that Mr. Akai knows."
No wonder those humans seemed like gray gems to him.
The orange-haired young man smiled brightly, "I've seen many gems like Mr. Akai."
After a long time, Akai Shuichi sighed, "Young Master, your math is not very good. This is three chances."
In the last week, no matter how the situation develops, he must send people back to their original world.
"Yeah, you're so bad at math, and you still want to try for me." Kudo Shinichi came back to his senses and said helplessly: "How can there be such an idiot as you."
"Noah won't die with me. He can pass the information back for me. Why doesn't it count as one time?" Siwan Muyou puffed up his face and retorted.
"But you have to use these up before next autumn. Don't be reluctant to use them."
Siquan Muyou reminded, "I can only stay in this world for one year. This is the contract I made with God."
Even if the game goes back, time keeps moving forward.
"I understand." Kudo Shinichi took a deep breath, "Thank you, Xiaoyou."
Akai Shuichi walked up to the orange-haired young man and said, "Let's make another promise."
"What?"
“Sunk costs don’t factor into major decisions.”
Akai Shuichi looked intently at the young man who was looking up at him. "No matter what happens to me or anyone else in the future... as long as you survive after your rewind, you must continue on your path. Don't make any rash decisions."
"When necessary, sacrifices are normal. Don't forget your main mission, which is to be resurrected and return to your original world."
"...Ah." Siwanmuyou was stunned. "Of course I remember my mission."
Sister Sha Luo and Xing Luo, and so many fans are waiting for him.
Snowflakes were falling outside the window, covering the streets and rooftops.
Inside the warm room, everyone remained silent. The people around him pursed their lips, "Mr. Akai is so serious."
He glanced at the snow outside the French window, then looked at the fire in the fireplace. "Today is Christmas Eve. Can we talk about these things another day?"
Si Si Mu Yu couldn't give an answer immediately.
"Mr. Akai, have a happy Christmas Eve."
“…”
"...Merry Christmas Eve, big star."