The waistcoat jumps sideways, please Ke Xue stay away from me!

"But since the beginning, the light seems to be getting weaker and weaker. Can the flashlight last?"

"No problem. Although it is issued by the school, the battery life and durability are very good. It can be used for about five hours when fully charged, which is just enough...?"

The battery indicator on the inside of the flashlight was very small. Qingzhu Youyang once again saw that only the thin line was displayed and then reluctantly accepted the fact that the flashlight was about to run out of power.

"...It's not a big problem, it's okay."

Seeing Qingzhu Youyang changing his words, the three of them felt a little bit subtle.

Hagiwara Kenji: It doesn’t look good...

Zhu Fu Jingguang: Is this the flashlight I’m carrying? That’s too bad.

Qingzhu Youyang: Ah...did Jingguang still use it that night? My fault is that I saw the exact same arrangement and took it out without even looking at it.

"...Jingguang, if you turn off the flashlight now, what will happen to you?"

"Okay, I'm not afraid of the dark."

"...I'm sorry. In order to prevent accidents, I'd better save some power first. If you're scared, you can hold me and Kenji."

Qingzhu Youyang turned off the flashlight and began to carry the two of them forward in pure darkness.

I hope that unknown object is not something scary, like...

bomb.

The red light flashed in the dark environment, and the words "I am a bomb" were just affixed on it.

"..."

"what happened?"

Kenji poked his head out from behind and saw flashes of red light. His experience with Matsuda Jinpei made him immediately recognize it as a bomb.

Hagiwara Kenji, who was about to step forward to check, was stopped by Aozu Matayo.

"...It's not your turn to come up. It's my turn to check."

After letting the two of them stand and wait, Qingzhu Youyang turned on the flashlight again and looked forward.

There is still a five-minute countdown... It seems that it has just been started, so someone has really discovered it.

"Five minute countdown."

Hagiwara Kenji also came to check after hearing that there was still time.

"Five minutes. This is the simplest kind of bomb. Half a minute is enough to dismantle it."

"Nonsense, you haven't received professional training yet. You can't put a little explosive in such a big box with nothing to do, and you don't have tools. You..."

Hagiwara Kenji searched in his clothes and took out the simple version of the tool.

"Of course I brought the tools, otherwise Jinpei-chan wouldn't be able to dismantle everything with his hands. He would take the tools from Hagi every time."

"...one degree of guilt."

Seeing that Hagiwara Kenji was about to attack directly, Aozu Matayo stopped him first and looked at the box bomb in front of him.

The bomb was attached to the ground and there was no way to throw it away.

There is probably an exit in the distance, but we don't know the power of the bomb yet. If it all collapses...or if there is still one in the distance, tsk.

"Tear it down, there is no other way now, right?"

Qingzhu Youyang was silent, it was indeed like this now...but no matter what, it was not their turn to do it now.

"I'll take it apart, you two, stay back."

With that said, he immediately snatched Kenji's tools, and his proficiency was as good as Matsuda Jinpei's.

After watching Aozu Matayo's deft bomb disposal, Hagiwara Kenji also returned to Morofushi Kagemitsu's side.

"It's not far enough, so back away."

Although Qingzhu Youyang tilted his head and held the flashlight, his eyes fixed on the bomb and continued his work, the distance between the two was obviously not enough.

"I don't know what the range will be if it suddenly detonates. At least you two can't retreat if anything happens."

……

Fortunately, no mistakes were made, and the time on the bomb stopped at three minutes.

Qingzhu Youyang wiped his sweat and then stood up.

The two people in the distance also strolled over after seeing the light rising up.

But why is this box bomb attached to the ground? If it's very shallow, you can throw it away... Qingzhu Youyang dug some of the soil around the box bomb and carefully looked at the underground link. At this glance, he directly saw the wire hidden in it and tied with insulating tape.

Wait, in this case... Qingzhu Youyang looked at the display screen with red light on it again.

Detonation countdown: 30…29…

……

"Don't come here! Run away! The bomb restarts the 30-second countdown!"

...I should have thought of it earlier, that person should have been watching nearby or set it up to dismantle it and restart it.

Having said that, Qingzhu Youyang quickly inserted those small tools around the box. After throwing the flashlight away, he lay down and wanted to throw himself on the bomb to ensure that the range could be minimized.

Then he turned sideways and saw the two people running back. One of them picked up the flashlight.

"...Why are you coming back? Didn't I let you run away?"

"We can go out together, why do you want to stay? Let's go out together."

"...Let's go, this is the instructor's order, let's go!"

The two of them remained unmoved, and Qingzhu Youyang felt the stubbornness of Thorny Head.

Seeing that they were not going to leave if he didn't move, Qingzhu Youyang could only get up, and then run as far away as possible with the two people who were now willing to move.

boom! Fiery red fireworks and violent explosions came from behind, spreading towards this side.

Now I can see clearly without using a flashlight, but the tunnel has indeed been affected, and large chunks of soil are constantly falling downwards.

I don’t know if the tools just inserted around the box worked. The range of the explosion was not as large as expected. The tools that were originally intended to explode were inserted into my body at the moment to strengthen the body to further reduce the explosion range...

The passage in front of them also gradually fell with clods of earth. While blocking the road ahead, a piece of earth hit them right in the middle of the three people. As they separated, Qingzhu Youyang was also hit by a piece of earth and fainted.

……

When the aftermath of the explosion ended, Qingzhu woke up again.

It hurts. He touched his back, but fortunately it was just swollen... There was also a break. Let's talk about it if he can get out alive.

"...Kenji? Jingguang?"

Qingzhu Youyang sat on the wasteland and called to the two of them in the darkness.

"sany? Hagi is still here."

Kenji had just been looking for the two of them and the exit, but there had been no response. Now Qingzhu Youyang's answer can at least make him feel more at ease.

After Aotake Matayo and Hagiwara Kenji met up, Kenji turned on the flashlight and searched for Morofushi Kageko with Aozu Matayo.

So the figure who just took away the flashlight is Kenji... luckily it wasn't damaged.

Finally, the two found Zhu Fu Jingguang in the corner.

"Hiro?"

After seeing the light, Kagemitsu looked up and saw Aozu Matayo and Hagiwara Kenji.

"..."

Then the flashlight automatically turned off, and Qingzhu Youyang followed the position he saw before and arrived at Zhufu Jingguang's side.

The collapsed earth made the already not wide space even narrower.

Hagiwara Kenji was the first to start searching. Until now, he has not shown any symptoms of hypoxia, which proves that there is still a gap, although no light shines in.

Darkness + small space, Jingguang’s childhood nightmare reappears.

Yanji noticed something the moment he saw Jingguang's face, but Qingzhu Youyang didn't know.

Jing Guang... was trembling all over now, curling himself into a ball and unable to pull away at all.

You still have to know what happened before... Qingzhu Youyang touched Zhu Fu Jingguang with his hands and stared at it seriously.

【…】

Fast forward a bit, all the way to that day.

[A murderer came into the house. Young Jingguang hid in the cabinet, opened a gap and saw his dead family members. After moving his eyes, the murderer suddenly appeared in front of the cabinet with his face close to his face. Later, Jingguang fainted... again When I woke up, I didn't know what happened, but that person was gone, leaving only Jing Guang and his brother Gao Ming. 】

[Later, I also separated from Zhu Fu Gaoming, and suffered from aphasia during that time. I only know that the man has a tattoo of a goblet, and nothing else is known. 】

...So I have an indelible fear of small places and darkness. However, after becoming an adult and becoming a police officer, I have tried very hard to restrain myself, at least not to the narrowness and darkness.

The place where Morofushi Kagemitsu is staying now is very clever. The place above has been dug for a long time by Hagiwara Kenji and Aozu Matayo and turned into flat ground, but this happens to be the kind of small place that is almost completely enclosed.

I think Jingguang must be very scared when he opens his eyes again and finds himself back in that small, dark place again...

There is no way to bring the people inside from the outside, and the soil next to it can only be brought out by the people inside.

In this case... there is nothing we can do.

"Kenji, can you help me get a flashlight?"

Hagiwara Kenji didn't know what Aozu Matayo wanted to do, because he never opened it when he wanted to, but he still took it with him.

"Just leave it to me."

Qingzhu Youyang sighed helplessly after getting the flashlight. The remaining power was really... This kind of flashlight will automatically turn off when it runs out of power, but there is a button next to it. If you press it at the same time and turn it on again, it can be turned on for another 30 seconds. .

I saw it on the flashlight instruction manual found under the cabinet on the second floor.

Qingzhu Youyang turned on the flashlight and shined it into his own eyes.

As for light... one would be enough. He covered his left eye again. After all, he had to go out later, and he would definitely be able to go out.

Zhu Fu Jingguang, who had been silent and motionless despite the two shouting just now, carefully and slowly raised his head after feeling the light source, looking at the light source with blurred eyes.

The light is indeed effective, but it will disappear soon. I don’t know what will happen then... and the state of the scenery is not right.

Thinking of this, Qingzhu Youyang moved the flashlight closer to his right eye, letting the light enter the eyeball more intensely.

The intense light penetrated his eyes, making Qingzhu Youyang uncontrollably want to close his eyes, but he resisted the urge to blink and continued to look directly at the bright light.

The eyes that had become pure black in the darkness had slowly turned brown, then golden, and had begun to glow golden.

"Jingguang, what do you see now?"

"..." Zhu Fu Jingguang was still just looking at him blankly behind the circle of light.

"You are not alone now, you just locked yourself up. Kenji and I are both here, and no one died or disappeared."

"Although we are in a small place now, as long as we step out, open the door and walk out, there is a wide world outside."

Under the illumination of the white light of the flashlight and Qingzhu Youyang's words, Zhu Fu Jingguang finally raised his head higher, almost eye level with the squatting Qingzhu Youyang.

However, thirty seconds later, the scene fell into darkness again.

Zhu Fu Jingguang subconsciously wanted to shrink back in, but Qingzhu Youyang grabbed him and forced him to look at him.

Qingzhu Youyang tilted his head and brought his right eye closer to Zhu Fu Jingguang. His golden eyes glowed faintly, illuminating the situation of the two of them at this moment.

"Hiro, look into my eyes and tell me, what do you see now?"

Zhu Fu Jingguang's eyes changed from dull to a little blurry. After opening his mouth several times, he slowly said:

"……Light?"

"Yes, it's light, just like Hiro's name says, it's light."

Zhu Fu Jingguang stared blankly at the eye in front of him and tried very hard to open it, but the drooping eyelashes still covered most of it.

Even this can't stop the light from the eyes, it's just a remnant. The golden color flowed in the eye sockets, as if it was telling something. The water light swirled, and the line of sight came to the bottom of the eyes again. With the tears left uncontrollably due to looking directly at the bright light, they slowly downwards, and the other party gradually appeared. His entire face, and because of the dissipation of light, only the eye remained.

Golden light makes people feel warmer and gentler than white light, and is more deeply rooted in people's hearts.

"It's light... So Hiro, come out, we are waiting for you."