Ke Xue invades the three-dimensional

"me……"

"It's been pretty good too."

Qian Mu said so.

"I've been imprisoned in the research institute for two years, how could it be good." Of course Zhu Fu Jingguang didn't believe it.

He thought, Qian Mu was alone in a closed and dangerous environment, and the pressure was so great, it goes without saying.

The regular communication between the contact person and the undercover, apart from the important information exchange, is more like incarnation of a bridge, a rope, connecting the person in deep darkness with the bright reality, preventing him from going far, and showing him the way back .

Zhu Fu Jingguang was not worried that Qian Mu would get lost. His little partner was much earlier than him and Ling in terms of self-preparation, and his firm belief was no worse than anyone else.

But he was worried that he would be exhausted. Humans would be afraid of loneliness and being forgotten. Even if this person is very good at psychological adjustment, when the unbearable pressure comes, he can't avoid it.

Especially this person is still the troublesome type who always likes to hide his thoughts. If you don't look him in the eyes and have a good chat with him, maybe he won't know what happened to him until the second before the dam is about to collapse.

But now I can't see his eyes, if I only listen to the voice, there will always be something missing, but there is nothing I can do.

Zhu Fu Jingguang stared at the ground in front of his feet at some point, and his voice gradually became lower and lower: "What did you do in the research institute, have you encountered any trouble, have you been made things difficult by any tricky guy, such as Dr. Alex... ...And other than the report, what you refused to say in the email, now that we have met, tell me all about it."

"...In the research institute, of course, besides experiments, they are experiments."

Qian Mu didn't come here with the purpose of sharing his daily life with his friends, so he didn't prepare any remarks in this regard.

It's impossible to describe it truthfully, but fortunately, after a short pause, Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't detect anything unusual.

"The research institute is located in a very remote suburb, and it is inconvenient to come and go. Fortunately, the area inside is large enough and the scenery is very good. It is also good to relax as yourself in a beautiful place. Usually... not very busy, and the members of the organization are also People, it’s not like you imagined, to be squeezed from morning to night, and not let people out to rest until they have researched results, that would be too miserable.”

"What I studied is written in the information I sent to you. I finally left that place. I don't want to recall it again. Well, when I was locked in, it was not without fun. You know, I met It’s the age of Zhuxing.”

Zhu Fu Jingguang heard this seriously, and quickly attracted the attention of a person with a deep impression: "Zhu Xingda? I remember him. Isn't he a sniper? Why did he go to the research institute?"

"He came to be a guard, and by the way, he will also be our assistant." Qian Mu was telling the truth at this time, "You may not think that his cooking skills are unbelievably bad, and the level at the beginning of the zero can drag him down a few streets. Another colleague of mine once suspected that he was a killer sent to poison us openly."

Zhu Fu Jingguang: "Huh? Ah, I know that Zhu Xing can't cook, but I really didn't expect that cooking can poison people to death... So why choose him as an assistant? I think Zero is more suitable."

"Yeah, I should have known..."

If he had known that Shuichi Akai was a kitchen killer, Qianmu would not have chosen Toru Amuro. It can only be said that a mistake is another version of fate.

Qian Mu mentioned "another colleague" to Zhu Fu Jingguang again, using smooth and natural facts to increase the credibility of the entire description.

"A 12-year-old genius scientist? Awesome, but it's a pity that he was organized... Tsk, he's insane, even the labor force of underage girls is not spared."

The person who was spurned by his friend was still echoing: "Yeah, it's insane, it's outrageous."

"If there is a chance to rescue her... No, why are you talking about other people's affairs again? What I want to know is how are you doing?"

"I've told you that, except for the lack of freedom, the other treatment is very good. It's fine for me to stay for a few more years."

"...You probably didn't, because the treatment was too good to make you fat, right?"

"puff--"

Qian Mu couldn't help laughing, and his reaction was a little bit louder.

Then he mercilessly gave Zhu Fu Jingguang a heavy blow: "Do you think I am you?"

Zhu Fu Jingguang: "..."

This little buddy is real!The fact that he can piss people off casually will probably never be changed in this life.

However, listening to his energetic tone and being in the mood to joke, the problem really didn't seem to be a big deal.

Zhu Fu Jingguang is relieved... no wonder!

"I strongly urge you to send me a recent photo of yourself by email. No, you have to record a video directly."

"...As for what?"

"As for, otherwise, I can't rest assured."

Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't ignore his deep intuition, as if he didn't look back at this moment, and if he didn't quickly confirm it, he would definitely, absolutely regret it in the future.

Qian Mu went on to say: "Take pictures of yourself under the noses of those people, and even record videos. You are not afraid that I will be exposed tomorrow when I go back today. Well, don't worry, I am a little nervous, yes, this is not true. Did you just ask you to come out and help me relieve the pressure?"

"I asked you to bring something, did you bring it?"

"Bring it. Boss, you called the name yourself. How could your poor liaison officer not listen."

Zhu Fu Jingguang slandered a slippery cat, but his body was very honest. He lifted the heavy bag that was placed beside him to his lap, and took out a musical instrument from the bag.

There are all kinds of camouflage with joints, but they are probably the only ones with bass.

Zhu Fu Jingguang picked up Bass, and first plucked the strings several times skillfully. The strings slid out did not startle the nearby pigeons, but made some pigeons tilt their heads to look around, and ran to his legs.

"What do you want to hear? When I was waiting for you to contact me in the safe house, I practiced the piano a lot. I can't say that my level is at the top, at least it's much better than before."

Qian Mu pondered: "I don't have anything to listen to, well, let's have a song..."

"—Happy birthday song, that's all."

Zhu Fu Jingguang: "... Today is your birthday?"

"No."

"Then why did you suddenly..."

"I've never had a birthday, but someone said happy birthday to me before, and I thought you might be unhappy if I missed your share, so you should express it on behalf of those people."

"We didn't say it, isn't it because you never mentioned when your birthday is! Everyone else's birthday was celebrated together, but you pretended not to know and didn't mention a word to us."

"Because it's not my birthday, so there's no need to celebrate... It's far away, you don't know this song, do you?"

Zhu Fu Jingguang was speechless, he couldn't understand Qian Mu's inexplicable logic, but he didn't want to celebrate his birthday, but he had to play "Happy Birthday" on a whim...

But then what can be done, he played, how could he not play.

The melody of this song is very simple, just like the simple tune that Zhu Fu Jingguang played when he first learned the bass, he can get started directly without any preparation.

The brisk tune sounded, if it was only three points of gentleness before, but now it was fully played by the man.

Although his friend's birthday has passed, he represents the other four people, and it is the first time they have known each other for many years to wish him a happy birthday, and he wants to express his emotions in the simple and bright music.

"Wish you……"

Zhu Fu Jingguang couldn't help humming.

He was quite satisfied when the sincere performance was finished, but he thought a little regretfully that it was a pity that other people were not here. If everyone was here, the good "Happy Birthday" would not be so simple and deserted.

——Qian Mu said that everything is fine for him, but in fact, he is still very lonely, in a place that no one knows, and misses the friends he can't meet.

"thousand……"

His heart was moved, and as soon as he uttered a word, the fluttering sound suddenly hit his face, and the pigeons sensed that there was another feeder coming from another direction, and immediately flew away excitedly.

Zhu Fu Jingguang raised his hand to cover the tip of the wing that almost poked his eyes, squinted his eyes and waited for a while before he had the chance to pretend to turn his head by accident and look at his friend who was sitting there listening quietly——

"...?"

No one sat behind.

Qian Mu, didn't even say hello, just left?

Zhu Fu Jingguang was stunned for a long time, his heart was inexplicably dull, as if something extremely important slipped under his fingers, and he couldn't catch it in time, and he couldn't watch it go away.

Qian Mu left an inconspicuous letter in the place where Qian Mu had sat. Zhu Fu Jingguang, who was in a complicated mood, waited for a long time until it was impossible for anyone to notice his actions before taking the letter away calmly.

What was left in the letter was still information, but it had nothing to do with research. It was evidence that a certain celebrity was involved in illegal drugs and secretly engaged in power and sex transactions.

It has changed back to the old way, only intelligence, without any information related to the person who collected the intelligence himself.

Oh, and not entirely without digressions.

[Apology for not contacting on time.According to the police department, you should also be promoted. 】

"........."

"Yuan Qianmu, you... are an idiot who refuses to talk properly!"

Meanwhile, the fool himself, whom the fool calls a fool, has walked out of the park.

I don't know if it's because the weather was half cloudy and he didn't wear too much clothes. After sitting under the tree for a long time, Qian Mu felt cold all over his body a long time ago.

Especially when the wind was blowing on his face, he felt a chill in his bones, sweeping across his whole body quietly.

Obviously, it's almost summer.

"I didn't expect it to be so windy outside, I should wear an extra layer before going out..."

He regretted a little, and started to walk back.

The purpose of this trip has been achieved.

Qian Mu asked Zhu Fu Jingguang to meet this time, of course it was not out of longing or other useless thoughts. If possible, he now does not want to meet any one of the idiot five people again.

Just for "confirmation".

Today is the day that in the original script, Zhu Fu Jingguang, as the undercover "Scotland" who exposed his identity, committed suicide in front of the undercover Akai Hideichi.

Because Qianmu kicked him out of the organization early, Zhu Fu Jingguang did not become "Scotland", so he turned his back on the ending of death without knowing it, and went further and further to the unknown distance that the script did not allow.

Walking to this day, Zhu Fu Jingguang finally came to the end - when the night fell and the sun rose again, he also got his freedom and new life.

Qian Mu doesn't need to witness this historic scene with his own eyes, he just needs to stop one step away from the light and confirm that his friend is still moving forward.

The script seems to have been expected, and the tragic change is a foregone conclusion.

The pages of the book, which had been quiet for a long time, vibrated quietly. The text was not reorganized, but it grew wildly like annoying vines, rooted in the huge vein called fate, and engulfed the red-haired youth who were still walking normally in the world.

The passage to the outside world was blocked.

The gap that can supply breathing is blocked.

In the past, it was possible to find the possibility of confrontation and force a way out in a narrow space. Now, it seems that even this breathing space has been squeezed to zero.

Qian Mu stood by the side of the road, calmly waiting for the green light.

[Yuan Qianmu took advantage of Zhu Fu Jingguang's inattention, left a gift and left quietly. He was relieved to have successfully reversed his fate, but he didn't have the slightest joy, because he knew that his power to manipulate the world had begun to get out of control. This consequence is being exposed bit by bit. 】

When the green light came, within a short ten seconds, he took a step and blended into the crowd who were also moving forward.

[He changed the fate of the mortals. Every second these people survive in this world, the influence on the world will increase by one point, and every minute and every second of this is turning into a price, which is continuously fed back to him body.His connection with the other world is constantly deepening, and he is getting farther and farther away from the real world. The moment he is "assimilated" is the most terrifying price. 】

He walked to the middle of the road, and the girl running from the opposite side seemed to be too anxious, and almost bumped into his shoulder.

【Yuan Qianmu wants to develop a new life-saving drug within a year, although he knows it may be too late, but he is still unwilling to give up.He doesn't intend to ask Miyano Shiho to help, he alone is enough, this child is no longer a tool in his heart, but a relative and sister in the true sense.He wants to send her back to a normal life, and Akai Shuichi can take care of her for him. 】

【He doesn't feel anxiety or fear, and his stagnant heart is just a manifestation of a sickness. He knows that he is dying, but he has no intention of saving it. At this time, the ultimate calm is what he needs. 】

[Yuanqianmu was on his way home, and it took him 15 minutes to walk to the intersection, waiting for the red light to turn green. 】

[After 57 seconds, the red light switched to green, Yuan Qianmu stepped forward with his left foot first, and the middle school student in black looked at him curiously, focusing on the red hair exposed under his hat. 】

【Yuan Qianmu walked to the middle of the road, and a anxious girl ran from the opposite side, almost bumping into him. 】

【"Oh, it's really interesting." Yuan Qianmu said something inexplicable, and caught her with his right hand. He subconsciously wanted to use his left hand to contradict the script, but he suddenly didn't have the mood, so he stretched out according to his habit. Right hand, by the way, help her pick up the pendant that fell on the road. 】

[Yuan Qianmu was still very calm when he saw this description in the script in advance.The script is no longer just a prophecy, but has brought all the details of his future actions under control, and he is already an inescapable beast. 】

【—Is it really impossible to escape?Unconsciously, he stopped in the middle of the road and thought, this is not necessarily the case, until the last moment, even he himself does not know what he will do.He was reminded by the siren of a vehicle blocking the road, and then he started to walk again. In the remaining half of the journey, he ran into two people he had found at the entrance of the supermarket...]

"..."

"Oh, it's really interesting."

Qian Mu smiled and commented.

The reckless girl looked up, and was about to apologize to the passerby who kindly picked her up, but she was surprised by the pale and indifferent face under the brim of her hat.

Qianmu leaned over, picked up the plush pendant that fell from her hand to the ground, and returned it to her.

"Be careful when crossing the road." After saying that, he went forward.

Step by step, the hustle and bustle of the road seemed to be shielded far away. During this period, he seemed to have indeed thought about it involuntarily.

When you come back to your senses.

"Dudu!"

At the red light, the driver who was blocked honked his horn impatiently, urging the guy standing in a daze in the middle of the road to get out of the way.

"Excuse me."

Qian Mu finally walked to the opposite side of the road, and he will have to walk straight for more than 20 minutes. Akai Shuichi and Miyano Shiho should have come out to look for him. He can stop by the supermarket to buy some ingredients for the evening.

Scripts detailed enough to tell him ahead of time where to meet people would be handy at least some of the time, wouldn't they?

Not long after, Qian Mu was at the entrance of the supermarket and saw the "two people who came here", one big and one small.

Compared to him who blatantly cheated, these two people were looking for them aimlessly, and they could only be anxious while sitting at home, so they simply came out to try their luck.

"This is the nearest large supermarket to our home. Although we may not be able to meet him just in time - at least we can buy some more things to go back. I don't think there is any tea in the kitchen, and the dishcloth should be changed. You can also buy some children like it. Sweets." Akai Hideichi said.

Miyano Shiho held the man's hand indifferently: "I'm not a kid who likes that kind of thing, please give me coffee, thank you."

Akai Shuichi was talking: "You haven't reached the age where you need to consume a lot of caffeine, girl, don't stay up too hard, your brother knows you..."

Say who will arrive.

They also saw the red-haired youth not far away.

No matter when and where, no matter what he looks like, the red-haired youth will be the most eye-catching one in the crowd.

The slight difference is only the moment when the bystanders see him, their own mood changes.

"..."

Akai Shuichi paused invisibly, then walked towards him naturally.

Miyano Shiho didn't need to be dragged by the man anymore, she had already stepped forward with a cold face, and her small body just carried an aura that no one dared to provoke.

"Brother! Where have you been? I know you didn't go to the research institute, so don't lie."

"Ah, where did you go..."

"Don't pretend to be stupid! Unless it's something that you absolutely can't tell me, you promised me that you would tell me the truth. Don't you mean what you say?"

"It's really something that's inconvenient to talk about...Okay, okay, I'm going to see my old friend, and I'll be back after the meeting. After all, I still remember that Rye will come today."

Akai Shuichi said seriously: "Thank you for remembering that I will come and visit the door at the appointed time, but the owner is not there, even I will feel a little embarrassed."

Qian Mu glanced at him, and there was a little blood in his eyes and face, a little fresh: "You should be happy, because this is a manifestation of not treating you as an outsider. However, you have consciously turned around at home. , it seems that he doesn't regard himself as an outsider."

"That's one person and half, each other." Akai Hideki pursed her lips.

【Yuan Qianmu's prejudice against Akai Shuichi disappeared a long time ago. Although he thought he would not care about it, the birthday surprise they prepared for him last time really touched his silent heart.Because it means that there are two more people in this world who can remember his birth and think it is a good thing. 】

[Letting Zhu Fu Jingguang play the happy birthday song is also out of a similar mentality.At least let the idiot I saved after so much hard work remember this well, Yuan Qianmu thought for a moment. 】

[Yuan Qianmu and the two who did not meet by chance entered the supermarket, and discussed what to eat for dinner while shopping.Miyano Shiho didn't want to drink the health-preserving soup that Akai Shuichi planned to show off his skills, and Yuan Qianmu didn't want to, so he proposed...]

Well, the hard script has analyzed him so thoroughly, talking about things that he doesn't care about at all.

——The dinner spoiler is even less necessary.

The three of them walked into the supermarket, strolling around the merchandise area leisurely as if they were still in a nursing home.

Miyano Shiho quietly started to drink two cups of coffee a day, but Qian Mu still found out.

In fact, he had discovered it a long time ago, but he thought that he should not be too strict with the child, so he waited to see if she would consciously adjust her intake. As a result, the little girl still failed his trust, and she was extremely unconscious in this regard.

"Brother, the coffee beans at home are gone..."

"I knew."

"..."

"If you go back and look carefully, you can also find that the coffee machine is also broken."

"!?"

"Don't guess, I didn't break it, who used it too often, didn't know the coffee was always spilled, and always forgot to unplug the power in time?"

Miyano Shiho was stunned, and finally she was speechless by Brother Qianmu.

Akai Hideichi clenched his fist and coughed: "The juicer at home is still working, so stop drinking coffee and replace it with freshly squeezed juice."

Qian Mu sighed softly: "I originally wanted to propose that too, but Zhibao's will doesn't seem too strong, so there's nothing I can do. Sigh, so soon, what I said won't work anymore..."

Miyano Shiho: "...I don't drink coffee anymore, juice is juice. But brother—you have to drink it with me! You don't like to eat fruit very much recently, it's okay if you don't eat it directly, then replace it with juice! "

Qian Mu: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Miyano Shiho's skeptical eyes flashed, and she was sure that Qianmu had agreed seriously, and she immediately became happy, but she wanted to add another layer of insurance: "Then Rye will be the supervisor, I can't control brother, only you can do it." Can."

Akai Shuichi also said seriously: "Okay, I solemnly accept your commission."

Qian Mu didn't say anything about it, as long as they were happy.

When he reached the fruit and vegetable section, he asked, "What's for dinner?"

"I brought soup..."

"reject!"

"Well, I refuse too."

Akai Shuichi: "..."

It's a bit sad to return to the bloody ace sniper.

The corners of Qianmu's mouth moved slightly, as if he was smiling, but there was nothing that could be called pleasant.

His eyes swept over the vegetable racks, thinking of the cold feeling when he walked outside, he suddenly had a good idea.

"Do you want to eat hot pot?"

"Okay." Miyano Shiho wouldn't say that the weather is getting hotter, she doesn't want to eat hot food, she thinks whatever Brother Qianmu wants to eat, Akai Hideichi agrees.

However, Qian Mu said: "It's not the Japanese-style hot pot that you have eaten, I mean...the kind of heavy spicy and heavy oil, the taste of Chinese people."

Two people: "!"

The tea-haired girl who grew up in Japan was shocked, and the British pondered for a moment and said it was not impossible.

"It's okay with us, but this kind of greasy, spicy food...does it matter if you eat it?"

"Okay, just eat a little less." Qian Mu smiled, "I wanted to try it a long time ago, so why not try it once. Well, there is no such kind of butter base in the supermarket, and the Chinese material store should have it , let’s go take a look after we’ve bought the groceries.”

The goal was set, and the efficiency of the next action immediately increased. The three quickly bought all the materials, went home to prepare, and ate the novel Huaguo version of hot pot that night.

"........."

Miyano Shiho and Akai Hideichi were silent for at least three seconds facing the bright red oil soup boiling in the pot like hell.

This color, this taste, at first glance, is a double damage to the tongue and stomach, they may not be able to accept it, let alone Qian Muge/Ketor who has always eaten lightly?

The first reaction of the two was to stop, but when they saw the red-haired young man's excited expression, they swallowed the words on the tip of their tongues unconsciously.

Qianmu has hardly shown any special "interest" in any food. Conversely, his rejection of red ginger is only superficial, and he will eat it in the end.

But hot pot is different, and he really wants to try it.

When I was young, I often saw a large table of people surrounded by a hot iron pot, and a pair of long wooden chopsticks soaked in the oily soup. The food picked up was stained with red, and it bumped into his eyes who could only watch curiously. It was as if the eyes were scalded, becoming hot and burning.

——I didn’t have a chance when I was in school, but now I don’t find a chance to taste what it tastes like, I always feel it’s a pity.

In front of the two people whose brows were furrowed into a ball, hesitant to speak, he readily stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat floating on the oily surface.

Same as in memory.

When the overcooked slices of meat were picked up, they were red and shiny, and before they were put into the mouth, the body seemed to be on fire.

Qian Mu watched as a drop of soup fell down the chopsticks, splashing small oil splashes in the pot.

[Yuan Qianmu can't eat spicy food, let alone greasy food, but for the sake of a wish buried deep in his memory, he still puts the meat slices in his mouth and savors them carefully. 】

[The most irritating feeling is on the tip of the tongue, which is a bit like a scalding pain. After a while, the pain that cannot be tasted will ease and become a tingling pain, and then the salty and hemp will be brought to the taste buds.Not long after swallowing it, his stomach began to cram, followed by an allergic reaction that was painful...]

"So that's what it smells like."

Satisfied, Qianmu suddenly let go of his chopsticks.

The meat slices were smashed back into the boiling oil pan, and the oil droplets that flew out fell on the table, but luckily no one was burned.

"...Brother?" Miyano Shiho was puzzled but thankful, "Aren't you going to eat?"

Qianmu's wrists hung in mid-air for a long time before he put down his chopsticks, forced himself to swallow the fishy smell that rushed to his throat, and said in a relaxed tone, "I've tasted it, so I don't need to continue eating. Let's go out for a big meal, I treat you."

Miyano Shiho and Akai Hideo looked at each other, and the latter was completely puzzled.

But the little girl somehow found a strange sense of familiarity, as if the brother Qianmu who acted as he wanted two years ago and thought about it every day was back again.

But, it feels different...

Where is the difference?

Miyano Shiho didn't find the answer until the end.

……

It's hard to believe that time flies so fast.

A few months passed, and Akai Shuichi also saw Ketor's "unpredictable" side.

It was obvious that the three of them were sitting together eating in harmony, it was still yesterday, but in the blink of an eye, the peaceful young man at the table who smiled at them—the smile was absolutely real, changed without warning.

Qian Mu still stayed with Miyano Zhi, but he went home less and less frequently. In the end, it was Akai Shuichi, who came to the door after finishing his mission, who came more and stayed the longest.

Miyano Shiho was his assistant, but he suddenly refused to let Miyano Shiho go to the research institute. I don't know how to apply to the superiors. The superiors even allowed the talented scientists who have shown their strength to temporarily leave the organization's control and return to ordinary people's schools. go to school.

Of course Miyano Shiho had resisted with unprecedented anger.

Let her, who has mastered the knowledge of junior high school at the age of five or six, go to junior high school again, and get along with little ghosts who are completely different?What a joke!

She just wanted to stay in the laboratory, and she would never come out until she had solved the problem that was related to Qian Muge's life——Qian Muge knew that she was in a state of disquiet, so why did he drive her away?She can obviously help him!

However, it was useless to resist, Qian Mu didn't discuss this matter face to face with her at all, and arranged everything by himself.

He came back when she got angry and caught a cold, cooked her a bowl of familiar rock sugar pear soup, and told her to ask Rye to come and help her if she had something to do, but when he mentioned the key issues, he didn't speak, just used her He stared at her incomprehensibly.

No matter how much dissatisfaction and grievance Miyano Shiho had, they all collapsed in that strange eyes, and were replaced by intangible fear.

She wrapped herself in the blanket and stopped looking at the man sitting by the bed—it wasn't out of anger, really, she just didn't dare to look any more.

I can only use "man" to refer to him. He seems to fall from noon to the dull dusk in the blink of an eye. Know when the real night will come.

Miyano Shiho only knew that it was coming soon.

Soon, soon soon--

"do not worry."

This is what a man would say to her, and perhaps to himself, every time.

He kept repeating in a low voice: "I will not die, I will not leave easily, trust me."

"I will Survive."

"My life is not so easily taken away."

If he hadn't become "like this", there might still be some persuasiveness in Shen Shen's words.

Miyano Shiho had no choice but to ask Akai Shuichi for help. He promised her that he would find Brother Qianmu and bring him home.

Akai Shuichi had actually found him a long time ago.

Qian Mu didn't go to any hard-to-find places, he just returned to "Ketor"'s research institute, where he was the only one.

Akai Hideichi went to that research institute to look for him, even quite a few times, but he concealed this discovery after careful judgment.

Because Akai Shuichi can fully understand Ketor's choice.

His time is running out, and his condition is becoming more and more difficult to control. Even if he will be resented by the little girl, this man will take her away from the darkness before the time goes to zero.

——I just don’t know what a heavy price he paid for it.

Akai Hideichi could only watch all this happen in silence, doing all the useless little things.

When a man's appetite shrinks and he can't eat a few mouthfuls of food a day, he will bring wine and refreshing side dishes, use the key he took away in front of the man to open the door, and drink with the man who has become more silent than him.

When the man fell asleep quietly in the laboratory, every time he opened the door, his heart trembled unavoidably. After carefully confirming that he was only asleep, he gently took the man upstairs to the bedroom.

As if he knew the future of this failed experimental subject, Belmode asked him more and more about Ketor's recent situation.

Akai Shuichi wasn't sure about her intentions, whether she was impatient to wait, or wanted to quickly remove the useless failed products, or sent Ketor to the laboratory to squeeze out the last use value while he was still alive... All I can do is procrastinate, try to procrastinate as long as possible.

Fortunately, Ketor's desire to survive is getting stronger and stronger as time goes by. He seems to be able to survive until now thanks to his unyielding determination to win or lose.

Akai Shuichi was relieved, but at the same time couldn't hide his heavy heart.

It is undeniable that he has regarded Ketor as a family member, a brother, and a partner.

He resolutely left home to join the FBI and ventured into the organization in black, originally for the sake of the missing family members. In the organization, he accidentally met two other beings who could be regarded as family members. Let him watch one of them disappear without a sound.

It is not his style to wait and see helplessly.

someday.

Akai Shuichi finally got in touch with his superiors and colleagues who had lost contact for no reason.

Not busy looking for the specific reasons why he couldn't get in touch, he exchanged information with his superiors and quickly made a very risky plan that must succeed.

He must keep his promise and bring Ketor and Miyano Shiho out of the dark abyss after the successful conclusion.

——I hope there is still time... No, I must catch up.

……

In the afternoon, Qian Mu slowly woke up from the darkness.

The place where he fell asleep should be the laboratory, but now he is on the bed in the bedroom, with the quilt still covering his body.

Akai Hideichi has been here, and there is a thermos cup with hot water in advance on the bedside. He should have left not long ago.

"..."

"Lunch break, overslept."

I've been getting more and more slack lately.

Qian Mu had to condemn himself.

Obviously I am very energetic during the day and night, but at a certain point in the afternoon, I can't help but feel sleepy, which wastes so much time.

The same is true for Akai Shuichi, who usually has constant tasks and still has time to run to both sides, which is even more exaggerated than when he was in the nursing home.

Qianmu told him many times not to use it, he felt much better, no fatigue, no anorexia and insomnia, the only problem was lethargy...

Is it, um, probably because winter is coming?

Very reasonable.

So, it's already November...

With his eyelids closed, he somehow fell asleep for a while, and then, relying on his indomitable willpower, he sat up straight, put on his pajama jacket, and got out of bed.

He had to finish the matching test that was not completed in the morning, and draw a few more tubes of blood for backup while he was in good health. In short, there were a lot of things to do, so he had to hurry up.

Just as he was about to leave the bedroom, the mobile phone that had been left on the bed suddenly rang.

"Jingle-jingle-jingle-"

The piercing ringing of the bell was loud in the silent room, seeming to overwhelm it with arrogance.

Qian Mu didn't really want to answer it, but then he thought that there were only a few people who knew his mobile phone number, and there were even fewer people who would call directly, maybe there was something important.

So he walked over slowly, picked up his phone, and saw a strange call.

A completely unimpressive number.

Being lazy, he immediately didn't care about it, but before he could hang up, the call was automatically connected.

A warning flashed in Qianmu's mind inexplicably, and the ominous premonition that surged up at this moment instantly surpassed that before, warning him fiercely.

He frowned and wanted to hang up the phone, but an extremely strange male voice rang out unexpectedly.

"Li Qianmu?"

After the distortion of the current transmission, this voice is still deeply condescending and arrogant, as if looking down on something that can be thought of is an honor.

Or, as if to an insignificant object.

"Your uncle said you went to an island country, why haven't you contacted your family for so many years?"

"..."

"Forget it, I don't care what you do in the island country, now that you're back home, I've already arranged a suitable partner for you."

"..."

"You are already 24...26 years old, you will have a drink at the end of this year, and you will have a healthy child next year..."

"Li Qianmu, did you hear that? Call me back."