Hasegawa Yu had originally prepared himself mentally to wait until all four bottles of whiskey were finished before he could get Furiya Rei drunk.

He even thought about how he would order takeout to buy Blanton's, gin or honey whiskey and have it delivered to his door on New Year's Eve if Ling Ge was still not drunk after drinking all the wine.

You must give a lot of tips.

Fortunately, before Hasegawa Yu started PlanC's encyclopedia to search for other whiskey names, the drunken plan was successful in the first stage of PlanA.

Congratulations!

Hasegawa Yu, who had no idea about the alcohol content but had a surprisingly good alcohol tolerance, glanced at Furiya Rei, who was lying on the bed, half asleep.

He muttered softly, "I'm sorry, Brother Ling. I know that forcing people to drink is something that humans hate, so I won't do it again. Just this once!"

The blond man on the bed had his eyelashes trembling slightly, his eyelids half closed, staring straight at the ceiling without answering.

After apologizing, Hasegawa You squatted on his knees beside the bed, raised his head, and took a deep breath into the air. He smelled a very light aroma of grains and sweet malt, but more of it was the pungent smell of alcohol.

It was the smell of a whole bottle of bourbon that the two of them had just finished together.

Hasegawa Yu didn't know who had a stronger smell of alcohol on him, and he couldn't tell for a moment, but he just felt that the smell was not unpleasant.

He bent down and sniffed himself again, figuring that the more drunk Brother Ling was the source of most of the smell.

All signs matched Hasegawa Yu's findings on drunken humans. He shifted his body and whispered, "Brother Ling."

This time, Rei Furuya responded, "Hmm?"

Hasegawa Yuu planned to make a final confirmation, "Brother Ling, can you give me your right hand?"

The bedroom became quiet.

Three seconds later, the blond man on the bed extended his right hand.

After symbolically shaking the wheat-colored hand, Hasegawa Yu put it back to the man's side, tucked it in with the quilt, and patted it.

"Brother Ling, can you give me your left hand?"

This time the bedroom was quiet for a full five seconds before the person on the bed slowly extended his left hand.

Hasegawa Yuu did the same thing and put his hand back under the quilt, "Zero-kun is a good drinker."

Then he felt relieved. Some humans would do a lot of inexplicable things when they were drunk, and he couldn't handle it with one hand.

Jianggu Ling: "..."

Fūya Rei repeated, seemingly a beat behind the times, "Drinking habits?"

"nothing."

Hasegawa Yu looked away, then turned back the next second, "Brother Ling, you have to answer my questions seriously from now on."

Fūya Rei tilted his head slightly towards the young man, his soft blond hair scattered on the pillow, making him look unusually well-behaved. "Hmm."

Seeing this, Hasegawa Yu straightened his upper body, changed from squatting to kneeling, placed his hands on the edge of the bed, and leaned forward a little.

"Brother Ling, why didn't you become a public security officer, but chose to be a council member?"

Furuya Rei didn't expect him to ask such a question.

It seems that I have always been a public security officer in the past, and only things have changed in this timeline.

The most significant butterfly effect...

"Because I don't want someone from the Karasuma family to be the prime minister." Fūya Rei said half-truthfully.

In fact, on the eve of choosing a task, a subconscious mind in his heart kept telling him to take the path of a congressman.

The feeling was very mysterious, like a warning from the depths of his soul, as if if he did not serve as a member of parliament, there would be consequences in the future that he did not want to face.

Assuming that in the past rounds the organization was the only one that dominated Japan, the only thing that could make Karasuma Renya use the power of the Prime Minister... was that Xiaoyou's identity as a mermaid was discovered?

Thinking of this, Fūya Rei's heart tightened, and his brain automatically stopped thinking about the next possibilities.

“…”

Furuya Rei, who vaguely guessed that Hasegawa Yu's memory of the past rounds was not complete, moved his eyes slightly and fell on the person beside the bed.

At this moment, the blond and dark-skinned man's beautiful purple-gray eyes were misty.

The comfortable and loose home clothes he was wearing were a little messy, and the collar was slightly open, revealing a small piece of sexy wheat-colored skin and collarbone, which made him inexplicably seductive and vulnerable.

Hasegawa Yu suddenly realized what was going on after hearing what Furuya Rei said.

He remembered that in previous episodes, someone from the Karasuma family, who was related to the organization, had served as prime minister, but not this week.

Brother Ling accidentally prevented the organization from expanding.

As he thought about it, the orange-haired young man raised his hand and pulled up the quilt for the man on the bed, "Brother Ling, do you not like the boss... Boss?"

I heard that many human workers are like this!

Only his head and neck were left outside the quilt: "..."

"Yeah." He responded heavily, "I particularly don't like it."

Maybe there were other reasons why Brother Ling chose the Public Security Bureau in previous rounds?

Hasegawa Yu, who hadn't noticed the man's tone, scratched his head and didn't ask any more questions.

"Xiaoyou seems to be very concerned about whether I am a public security officer or a council member."

Fūya Rei rolled over and lay on his side facing the young man. "Xiaoyou, would you prefer me to be a public security officer?"

Because of his actions, the distance between the two of them was instantly shortened a lot, enough for them to clearly see every detail on each other's faces.

Hasegawa Yu was tired of kneeling, so he simply sat cross-legged on the ground and rested his chin on his arm on the edge of the bed.

Looking closely, Brother Ling is as handsome as ever today!

Hasegawa Yu suddenly had thoughts that had nothing to do with the current situation.

Will the appearance of a villain with this appearance in a detective comic featuring a high school student really not affect the immature teenage readers?

As the orange-haired young man changed his posture, the two were only about a head's distance apart, and Fūya Rei could almost count how many eyelashes there were on the young man's eyes.

He moved his fingertips lightly and quietly hid it back under the light sheets.

"Being a police officer does have some advantages for me. But I'm communicating with people, not with professions, so no matter what Brother Ling's profession is, it won't affect my relationship with him."

Hasegawa Yuu didn't forget to answer and said without hesitation: "I don't like bad guys, but that doesn't stop me from liking the current Zero brother."

He added a qualifier.

Even though he knew that the "like" the young man said was very simple, Fūya Rei's heartbeat still uncontrollably quickened.

He shifted his body and lay back down, stretched out his arms and placed them across his forehead, closing his eyes. "Is that so?"

Hasegawa Yuu tilted his head.

"Brother Zero."

"Um?"

"If you want." Hasegawa Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Can you always be a good villain?"

Upon hearing this, Jōgō Rei lowered his arms but did not open his eyes.

After a while, he whispered, "I do."

Hasegawa Yu's eyes lit up, and he raised his head from his arms. "Then it's a deal!"

He poked the blond man's shoulder with a finger, "Zero, come on, make a pinky promise."

Fūya Rei half-opened his eyes and raised his hand in coordination with him.

Two little fingers, one white and one black, are hooked together.

Hasegawa Yu: "Hook your finger, hook your finger, the liar wants, wants..."

"You have to swallow a thousand silver needles and cut off your little finger." Jiang Gu Ling added.

Wanting to change this "punishment", Hasegawa Yu was anxious, "Oh, no. Brother Ling, let's do it again."

Fūya Rei pulled his hands back under the quilt, as if he was about to fall asleep.

Seeing this, Hasegawa Yu let out a sigh of helplessness and muttered, "Wait..."

He swallowed the words "The World Restarts" and said, "...After that, Brother Ling must reform himself. I believe you can walk in the sunshine with honor!"

Jianggu Ling: "..."

When Hasegawa Yu didn't get a response, he spoke cautiously, "Zero-nii?"

Fūya Rei's breathing became steady, the aroma of bourbon surrounding him, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep under the influence of alcohol.

"Senior?" Hasegawa Yu changed his address.

“…”

"zero?"

Fūya Ling let him shout for help without even a trembling of his eyelashes.

After thinking for a moment, Hasegawa Yu called out in a light and quick voice, "Zero."

"..." Fūya Rei's hands curled up unconsciously under the quilt.

As if to make sure that he was really asleep, the other person in the bedroom finally became bolder.

In the darkness, Fūya Rei only felt the breath of the young man gradually approaching. The two people's breathing was entangled with each other, which had already exceeded the normal social distance that the young man usually strictly maintained.

Fūya Rei's muscles tensed, and he was glad that he was covered so that only his head and neck were exposed.

"Happy New Year, Brother Ling. I wish you good dreams every day in the new year~"

After leaving these words, the young man's breath began to move away, footsteps were heard, and then the bedroom door was closed from the outside.

One minute after Hasegawa Yu left, Furiya Rei on the bed opened his eyes, sat up, and touched the area where his bangs were with his fingertips.

This is the place where the young man's breath just blew.

He held his forehead with mixed emotions, "Why can only one person commit a foul?"

Isn't this really a test from God?

Rei Furuya fell back onto the bed, so what exactly was Xiaoyou doing?

On the other side, Hasegawa Yu, who had returned to the room, was fiddling with his fluffy bangs in front of the mirror.

"It's amazing." He murmured.

How did Ling Ge manage to keep his bangs from falling apart even when he was lying down, even without any hairspray? He even managed to keep them in place from beginning to end, without a single hair change.

Want to learn!

This way, you no longer have to worry about your bangs getting messy while dancing during stage performances!

Hasegawa Yu pondered, could it be that Brother Zero was born with this ability?

The next day, Fūya Rei woke up to the occasional rustling noise.

He instinctively wanted to touch the gun under his pillow, but then he remembered that if there was a real invasion, he couldn't sleep so soundly.

Is it Xiaoyou?

"Brother Ling, this is hangover soup."

Hasegawa Yu, who had gotten up early, brought a bowl to the blond man who had just arrived at the table. "I made this according to the recipe I found on the encyclopedia. Brother Ling, please see if it's drinkable."

"The buckwheat noodles are cooking in the kitchen. They'll be ready soon~"

Fūya Rei was worried, "Xiaoyou, is your hand okay?"

One-handed operation is another matter. The mermaid is afraid of fire and the sound of the stove being lit, and there is no induction cooker in his apartment.

"Hmm... no problem." Hasegawa Yu scratched his cheek with his fingers, "The kitchen will be a little messy, but I can tidy it up!"

Fūya Rei secretly observed him and saw that his hands had no new wounds. He was relieved and said, "Then I'll go to the kitchen..."

"Wait!" Hasegawa Yu blocked the kitchen door, "Brother Ling, drink the hangover soup first."

The two looked at each other.

A few seconds later, under the watchful eye of those orange-gold eyes, Rei Furuya returned to drink the hangover soup.

He drank it all in one gulp and gave his evaluation, "Is this your first time cooking, Xiaoyou? You did a great job."

"Hehe~"

Furuya Rei stood up again, "Then I..."

"etc!"

Hasegawa Yu pushed the blond man back into the chair with one hand, "Zero, take a good rest the day after your hangover. Leave everything to me."

Furiya Rei, who wasn't drunk at all, tried to struggle, "I don't think I'm seriously injured..."

Hasegawa Yu was suspicious and looked at his expression carefully.

"Really." Furuya Rei sat up straight, thinking of something, "Instead of cooking, why don't you help me with something else, Xiaoyou?"

Hasegawa Yutaka, who wanted to make amends for getting him drunk, offered a nod. Even before he heard the details, he patted his chest and agreed, "Leave it to me, brother Zero!"

Ten minutes later.

After giving the orange-haired young man a disguise to go out, Furuya Rei squatted down and said to the little white Shiba Inu, "Hello, you'll be back after a walk around, okay? Don't run around, lead the way, and remember to bring the other person back as well."

Harry wagged his tail, his blue puppy eyes looking smart and reliable. "Woof woof!"

Yu Hasegawa, who was holding the leash, said:?

Why tell it to the dog?!

Ignoring the minor issue of the suspected incorrect person being told, Hasegawa Yu, who didn't know the way, followed Haro out to walk the dog.

Furuya Rei stood at the door of the apartment, watching Yiyu and Yigou walk away. "Leave the housework to me, Xiaoyou, don't worry. Just take your time strolling outside with Haro."

Hasegawa Yu always felt something was wrong and fell into confusion.

"Woof woof!"

"Hello, you feel something is wrong too, right?"

"Woof!"

"Ah, aren't we going this way? Then let's take another route."

"Woof woof!"

Twenty minutes later, after strolling around the apartment, Haro successfully brought himself and the mermaid back home.

Received a piece of dried meat as a reward from the blonde owner.

The air in the apartment was filled with the aroma of soba noodles. Hasegawa Yu washed his hands and sat down at the dining table, having long forgotten that he had felt something was wrong twenty minutes ago.

On the table in front of him, besides a small bowl of buckwheat noodles, there was also a small bowl of vegetable salad that he would eat every morning.

Glancing at the food in the salad bowl, Hasegawa Yu cleared his throat and said, "Brother Ling, do you have any juice?"

Fūya Ling raised an eyebrow, pretending not to notice his expression as if he was planning something else, "I'll get it."

While the blond man walked into the kitchen, Hasegawa Yu quickly took out his mobile phone and searched: Can dogs eat Brussels sprouts?

After receiving a positive answer from a specialized pet community forum, he whispered, "Hello."

On the floor beside the dining table, Harry, who was also preparing to eat his breakfast, pricked up his ears. "Woof?"

When Jiang Gu Ling calculated the time and took out the juice slowly, the orange-haired young man happened to be feeding the last Brussels sprouts in the salad bowl to the little white Shiba Inu squatting at his feet.

Suppressing the smile on his face, Fūya Rei said "Oh~" meaningfully, "So Xiaoyou is a picky eater?"

Hasegawa Yu, who gives the impression of being a good eater, tried to defend himself, "I can eat broccoli, carrots, and celery, but I can't stand Brussels sprouts!"

How could there be such a disgusting vegetable as Brussels sprouts!

The smile on Fūya Rei's lips faltered. "Wait, wait, why is celery included in the examples?"

Because they are dishes that some people don't like to eat? He can eat them, but he doesn't really like them.

Hasegawa Yu blinked and changed his tone, "I can eat all the vegetables except Brussels sprouts."

Furuya Rei calmly sat down and said, "Let's have breakfast."

"Brother Ling, you can also have the celery in my bowl. I haven't touched it yet."

"……Need not."