Reborn with Hokage Kobe, Japan

On the rooftop, Sato Megumi looked at the sky in the distance with dull eyes, and the cigarette in his hand had long been extinguished.

She is mentally depressed and not as high-spirited as she used to be at the Kobe Metropolitan Police Department.

Am I correct?

Megumi Sato feels that something is not normal about herself recently. She feels that when she is blindly pursuing a certain goal, the familiar things around her are gradually moving away from her.It feels like she no longer recognizes herself. Sometimes when she wakes up in the morning and looks at the slovenly woman in the mirror, Sato Megumi can't help but think, "Who is this ugly monster with red eyes?"

Perhaps because she was too focused on the blood girl, Megumi Sato could no longer see herself clearly.

But she just wanted to avenge her comrades and colleagues who died. Every night when she lay in bed late at night, she would think of the miserable death of those comrades, and the heart-lung-breaking cries of their relatives. It was like a curse hanging around her.She was forced to the point where she felt as if her head was stuck in a pool and was about to suffocate but she couldn't pull it out. Her desperate desire to breathe overwhelmed everything else.And this feeling translated into reality is the desire for revenge.

To be honest, she was a bit mentally weak during this period, and what was even worse was that something like Hiroto Maga was not the first time, nor would it be the last, and she didn't know how long she could hold on mentally.Maybe she had a nervous breakdown before she could find the blood girl. After all, she was relying on her vengeful anger to get to this point, and her pride and bottom line were already bruised.

"Boss, so you are here."

Shindo Hikaru finally found Sato Megumi, who had been missing since the morning. Although he knew that she had not opened the SKR agency headquarters, he was still a little worried after all.Sato Megumi's recent mental state has become more and more trance-like. Shindo Hikaru knows that the intelligence torture of the SKR agency is not suitable for people like Sato Megumi. She looks tough but is actually very delicate in her inner emotions. She is the kind of person who can easily resonate with the weak. .

It is precisely because of her delicate inner feelings and her ability to resonate with the weak that Megumi Sato hates the bloody woman who bloodbathed the Kobe Metropolitan Police Department so much, and vows to avenge her dead comrades at all costs.So sometimes if people's empathy is too developed, maybe that's not a good thing.

Sure enough, Sato Megumi, who was sitting on the edge of the rooftop, raised her head after hearing this and revealed a pair of dull eyes. Her energy seemed worse than yesterday.

"Juice, do you want to drink it?"

He reached out and handed Sato Megumi a can of juice drink, while Shinto Hikari left himself the bitterest black coffee.

"……thanks."

Megumi Sato reached out and took it, but she didn't open it or drink it.At this time, she was still immersed in her own spiritual world, staring blankly at the world that was already riddled with holes.

Shindo Hikaru sat next to Sato Megumi. He didn't speak and just stayed with her quietly.

The world seemed to have become quiet, with only the howling cold wind blowing.

It was already the end of winter in December, and there was light snow in the sky.

Falling snowflakes fell on the roof.

Megumi Sato raised her head and looked at the sky, with a glimmer of light in her eyes. She said, "Ah... it seems this year is a white Christmas."

There was a hint of relaxation and nostalgia in her tone, because when she was a child, she often bet with her brother whether it would snow on Christmas this year, and the loser had to do something for the other party.She remembers that the last time she made a bet with her brother was when she entered the Kobe Metropolitan Police Department. He told her with a smile that she should be a good police officer to protect the weak and punish the evil party, so as not to let the tragedy that happened to them happen to others again. .

It was with this belief that Megumi Sato joined the Organized Crime Division. At that time, she was high-spirited, capable, never sloppy, and extremely courageous and capable. It seemed that there was nothing in the world that made her hesitate. She was determined to stick to justice and fight against evil. The faith never wavered even a little bit until something extraordinary appeared.

After a long silence, Sato Megumi finally spoke.

"Hiroshi Minaga's DNA test came out this morning. There is nothing special about it."

"I know, I also received the report."

"The superiors are unwilling to give up and plan to conduct more in-depth testing."

Megumi Sato said in a heavy tone, and as she said these words, her energy became weaker.

Shindo Hikari also fell silent at this time. He expressed sympathy for Hiroto Minaga's experience, but he would not feel too much pity or guilt like Sato Megumi.

"This is not your fault, boss."

Shindo Hikaru said.

"But I personally participated and watched all this happen. This made me feel less like a policeman and more like a cold-blooded executioner. This is wrong... I used to do this to protect the weak and punish the evil. The police officers who joined the SKR agency also wanted to prevent the recurrence of the bloody girl incident. Only those who want to protect more innocent people are willing to abide by the rules of the SKR agency."

"But now I not only arrested ordinary innocent people into the SKR agency, but even tortured him with chemicals. Facing his screams and begging for mercy, I took everything for granted like a cold-blooded killer. Can you understand? I woke up from a nightmare last night and realized that I had forcibly tortured an innocent citizen and even lynched him...I...vomited..."

Sato Kei's expression changed, and she suddenly lay on the ground retching.

"Hey, boss, are you okay?"

Sato Megumi supported her body with one hand and waved her hands with a regretful smile on her pale face: "I originally just wanted to find the blood girl and stop her before she caused more damage, but now I want to find her." The blood girl is a minion of the evil party at all costs - I even regard the experience of Hiroto Maga as his personal misfortune. As a police officer, I have lost my qualifications, and as a human being, I may be even more unqualified."

"Kuanto Minaga made me realize that what I had lost was not only my long-standing belief in justice, but also made me understand that as long as a person is blinded by hatred, everything about you will undergo tremendous changes. And I cast Those sins cannot be liberated by a few words, nor can I be liberated by putting all the responsibilities on Kuan Ren and blaming his bad luck."

"People have to be responsible for their own actions after all, but luckily maybe I still have a chance..."

"No, boss, I don't think you are at fault."

Shindo Hikaru suddenly said: "Boss, you should know that I came from the Intelligence Bureau and joined the SKR agency. In my previous job, intelligence was everything, and I had to be 100% suspicious of all suspected characters. Today, you are The guilt that Kanto Maga has is just because you are not used to this job, and you were unlucky to meet Kanto Maga who is indeed innocent."

"In the intelligence community, this kind of thing does happen occasionally, but more often it is caused by enemies who are stubborn and silent. The intelligence knocked out of their mouths can save many of our own people, and how many of our own people can be saved? Let this country reduce the loss of interests. As the saying goes, kindness to the enemy is cruelty to one's own people. For the sake of more national interests and group interests, sacrificing an individual or even his life is not an unacceptable outcome."

"We are all adults, not children, and there is no such thing as absolute justice in this world."

"The innocent people who died are certainly pitiful, but we also saved more people, restored more national interests, and made outstanding contributions to protecting Japan's tranquility. Take Hiroto Minaga as an example. Who knows if he is Really innocent? This matter is so involved, even if he is innocent, he has to be drugged to make sure, and if he is not innocent, he has to be drugged to dig out a deeper shady story!"

"If the humanity we lost today can save more people, then we should be willing to bow to the darkness, but at the same time we dedicate ourselves to the light."

The wind was howling.

Snowflakes fell on the two of them.

After a long time.

Megumi Sato smiled sadly and said: "You are overly rational and consequentialist. People cannot remain rational forever, Hikaru."

However, Shindo Hikaru said seriously: "Regardless of rationality or emotion, results are everything, boss."

There was one thing he didn't say yet.

Don't do anything stupid, boss.

otherwise.

No one can protect you.

……