How to file a resignation with Gin

Hojo Natsuki resigned to his fate and planned to temporarily take in the cat according to the original plan until a responsible new owner was found for it.

He went to a pet supply store near his home to buy cat litter, cat litter boxes, and canned cat food, thinking that it was so dirty that he had to take a bath, so he took pet shampoo, a bathtub, and a low-noise hair dryer. When I saw the price, I knew it would have been washed at the pet hospital just now.

"Your cat is so beautiful." The store manager praised, "It's well kept. I recently got a new scratching post, do you want to take one home?"

Hojo Natsuki: "...haha, no need, thank you."

Still, he unknowingly stocked up on a few more cat toys and came home with a trunk full of cat stuff.

This Maine Coon cat is not afraid of the new environment at all, as if it doesn’t know how to write about stress, it swaggered around the living room, and then jumped onto the sofa.

"Get up." Xia Shu pushed it, "Don't run around, take a shower first."

Maine Coon reluctantly: "Mi."

It is also quite cooperative in bathing, it doesn't run around, it doesn't shake, it doesn't fight with its owner, it closes its eyes when it is told to close, turns around when it is asked to turn around, and it doesn't suddenly shake its hair and shake the water after washing.

However, it was the first time for Hojo Natsuki to bathe a cat, and he was still a little unskilled in the business. After the cat was washed, his own clothes were splashed with water, which made him quite embarrassed.

Then came the blow-drying, and after drying, the Maine Coon cat was majestic and beautiful, and every silver hair on his body was boasting "I'm expensive" pretentiously.

Xia Shu took a few photos of the Maine Coon cat and sent them to Kudo Shinichi.

[Xia Shu: Kudo, I picked up a cat, but there is currently no owner, do you want to raise it? 】

[Kudo Shinichi:? ? 】

【The other party is typing...】

[Kudo Shinichi: Did you pick it up?real or fake?Or are you showing off cats? 】

[Xia Shu: I picked it up, to be precise, I was touched by it, and I insisted on going home with me]

[Kudo Shinichi: Hmm... Looking at the photos, it seems that it should have an owner. Maybe the window was not sealed and ran out and got lost. You can find a platform to post an announcement to find the owner]

Hojo Natsuki thought it made sense, so he sent a private message to a few local bloggers in Tokyo who would post cat-related information on Twitter, hoping to get their help, and successfully contacted two of them. The bloggers all said that the original owner was too careless, He let such a beautiful Maine Coon cat run away from home, and they helped him post lost cats.

The next day was Saturday, Kudo Shinichi and Mori Ran visited his apartment.

These two people are young tamers, and Hojo Natsuki saw them for the first time at Dr. Ali's house.

……

Kudo Shinichi was obviously forced to open the business, and he was listless, not quite awake yet.

He yawned and explained: "Lan saw the cat photo you posted, so I have to take a look..."

Xia Shu: "Oh, then what are you doing here? You don't seem to like cats very much, do you?"

With half-moon eyes, Kudo said in a low voice: "Hey, do you understand, how can you let a girl like Lan come to your house alone? It's too easy to be misunderstood."

Xia Shu was shocked: "Oh, I didn't expect Kudo to be such a person who would consider others."

Kudo Shinichi: "?"

During the short time they were chatting, Mao Lilan had already walked to the sofa and looked curiously at the silver-haired Maine Coon cat curled up in a ball.It raised its eyes to the joyful and curious girl, and quickly closed it without interest, treating her as air.

"I want to touch it." Mao Lilan said hesitantly, "but I always feel that it will bite me."

Hojo Natsuki: "It's okay, it's very good."

Kudo Shinichi dissuaded: "Forget it, you don't know if it has been vaccinated."

Women's subtle sixth sense came into play at this moment, and Mao Lilan didn't touch the Maine Coon in the end, but just took a few photos of it.

"By the way, how does your house look?" Kudo Shinichi asked, "I saw a villa..."

Thinking of this, Hojo Natsuki became more and more frustrated, and explained weakly: "I don't think about changing houses recently."

Kudo: "Why?"

"I accidentally bumped into a car." Hojo Natsuki sighed, "I'm fine, but the car is an antique Porsche, and repairs are estimated to cost a lot of money."

Kudo Shinichi smiled wickedly: "If the other party follows the procedure, you are driving without a license, and you will have to pay a lot of fines to the vehicle management office."

"No, that person seems to be planning to negotiate privately." Natsuki Hojo thought thoughtfully, "...but he found out that I was underage, so he would definitely take the opportunity to blackmail me."

"Just spend money to buy a lesson, and then drive after getting a driver's license."

Hojo Natsuki complained: "But driving is so simple, you don't need a driver's license..."

Kudo Shinichi sneered mercilessly: "But you hit someone else's car."

Natsuki Hojo: "..."

so annoying!

He quickly thought of a way to fight back, and said coldly: "Kudou, I've already got the ticket you asked me for, and it's still too late to change my mind."

Kudo Shinichi's attitude immediately changed 360 degrees, he removed his hippie smile, and said seriously: "Natsuki, you are the best underage driver I have ever seen."

Natsuki Hojo: "?"

"Based on your driving skills, that person must have deliberately touched the porcelain." Kudo Shinichi continued to talk nonsense against his conscience, "If you need, I can help investigate his motives."

"...You really can switch between two faces freely."

Hojo Natsuki walked to the closet, rummaged for a while, and called Kudo Shinichi over, quietly watching Mao Lilan who was taking pictures of the cat, and handed over the two tickets like an underground party joint.

"Dorabega Paradise, the first day of opening." He said, "There should be quite a lot of people."

This amusement park has been marketing since half a year ago, and the concept map has been uploaded and forwarded countless times, easily capturing the hearts of little girls, and Mao Lilan is no exception.

Although Kudo Shinichi was nervous, and the other party kept this matter in mind when he mentioned it a lot, but it was hard to get a ticket, and even the tickets in the scalper's hands were quickly snatched up, so he had to find Hojo Natsuki for help.Xia Shu thought that this was not easy, so he immediately wrote a proxy shooting software, and easily won the first-day park tickets that were sold in limited quantities.

Kudo put away the tickets, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Thank you."

"Actually, I think you'd better not go." Hojo Natsuki thought thoughtfully, "I always feel like something will happen."

Kudo Shinichi said indifferently: "What danger can there be in the amusement park..."

Mao Lilan noticed the change between the two, and asked curiously: "What are you talking about? Is it Xia Shu's new invention?"

"Ah, yes." Kudo Shinichi was interrupted, so he turned around, put one hand in his pocket, and pretended to walk over naturally, "He made weird things again..."

Near noon, Hojo Natsuki had dinner with the two of them, and it was already two o'clock in the afternoon when they got home.

...It's already afternoon.

He thought of Kurosawa's warning before leaving yesterday, took a deep breath, and pressed the call button.

The call was connected in a second, and there was a clear wind noise on the other end, one after another.

"Mr. Kurosawa..." The other party didn't speak, Hojo Natsuki said hesitantly, "I'm sorry I hit your car, you can find my line account number by searching your mobile phone number, please take a photo of the maintenance bill, and I will send the money to you as soon as possible ..."

"Child." Kurosawa said lightly, "No one taught you that you have to apologize for hitting someone's car?"

Hojo Natsuki: "...huh?" He repeated blankly, "So, I'm very sorry?"

Kurosawa didn't speak.

So Hojo Natsuki felt restless, he often dealt with people older than himself, only Kurosawa felt very dangerous to him, and subconsciously wanted to escape.

I don't know why, he is as guilty as a child who has done something wrong, and it is difficult to keep calm in front of the other party.

The silence lasted for a while, and Hojo Natsuki suddenly felt blessed, and tentatively asked: "Then when are you free?...I... treat you to a meal?"

It's never wrong to treat a guest with an apology, right?

Kurosawa responded noncommittally: "Yes."

Hojo Natsuki wondered if it would happen, so he smiled awkwardly and asked, "How about tomorrow? Afternoon or evening?"

"I'm not free tomorrow."

"If it doesn't work tomorrow, it's only next week." Natsuki Hojo bites the bullet and said, "I have to go to school from Monday to Friday, can I go to school next Saturday?"

He didn't participate in any departmental activities after class, and he went home at five o'clock in the evening, but he had an ostrich mentality when facing Kurosawa, and he procrastinated as long as he could. .

"Yes." Kurosawa asked without questioning, "Which middle school do you go to?"

"...Didan High School."

"understood."

After the other party finished saying this sentence, the communication ended.

For the next week, Natsuki Hojo continued with his daily life as an ordinary male high school student, but he felt an inexplicable sense of anxiety every day, which gradually aggravated over time.

He felt overwhelmed and decided to discuss the matter with Mao Lilan.As for why he didn't find Kudo Shinichi, because he was sure that the other party's rough nerves would never understand this feeling of suffering, and he might even laugh at it.

Xia Shu: "Lan, I have a serious question, it's best not to tell Kudo."

Mao Lilan said seriously: "Okay, I will keep it a secret."

"That's right." Hojo Natsuki carefully chose his words, "I met a person, and when I communicate with him, my mood fluctuates a lot..."

Mao Lilan paused, smiled understandingly, did not interrupt, and continued to maintain a listening attitude.

Hojo Natsuki continued: "I'm going to meet him this weekend, but I've been worrying about it since Monday, I suspect..."

——Did you do something wrong to Kurosawa in your previous life, which made you feel guilty when you saw him?

Mao Lilan smiled: "It's normal to have this kind of mood."

Xia Shu was puzzled: "...Really?"

"Sometimes I also..." The girl rested her slender fingers on her knees, lowered her head, and said shyly, "As long as you care about it, it will be like this."

Natsuki Hojo: "..."

He took Mao Lilan's reaction into his eyes, thought that he didn't mean it at all, and said weakly: "...well, you may have misunderstood, I don't think I like that person..."

Mao Lilan: "Don't worry, I won't tell Xinyi."

Xia Shu: "...that's not what it means!"

When the lunch break bell rang, Mao Lilan picked up his backpack and asked, "Do you want to eat lunch together?"

Xia Shu was too lazy to continue explaining, and said perfunctorily: "No, thank you."

He dragged his heavy feet back to class, the weather was drowsy, and he was half asleep and half awake all afternoon.

When school was over, there was a circle of people around the flower bed at the school entrance, mainly girls in twos and threes, as if they were watching the excitement.

Natsuki Hojo didn't pay much attention, and continued to walk forward, but the crowd dispersed like Moses dividing the sea, and a silver-haired Maine Coon cat came out Shi Shi.

Xia Shu: "..."

He was stunned: "...Why are you here?"

Maine Coon: "Mi."

Thinking about it carefully, the family lives on the third floor, which is not too high, and there is a big tree outside, so it is quite normal for a cat to jump up and down.

"...Is this how you ran out from the last owner's house?" Xia Shu said helplessly, "You can't run around in the future. Go home."

The silver-haired cat swept its tail and followed his footsteps. The students around became more and more curious and whispered.

When crossing the road, Hojo Natsuki bent down and picked up the cat. After all, there was a lot of traffic at the intersection, so it was still too dangerous for a kitten.

For some reason, the cat kept staring vigilantly at an ordinary black Honda on the side of the street, almost unable to hold its paws, and was so nervous as if it had seen a ghost.

Hojo Natsuki attributed the abnormality of the silver-haired cat to being frightened by the car horns one after another, so he didn't pay much attention to it, and hurriedly crossed the road holding it while following the silver fur on its back.

……

Next to the car on the street, a black-haired man with a guitar bag opened the door and sat in the co-pilot.

He has cat eyes with slack at the end, thin and sharp outline, dark green pupils, very similar in color to the silver-haired man in the main driver's seat.

"You are really afraid that I will not be exposed, so you just choose a place with a lot of people to connect." Akai Shuichi flipped down the light shield, and threw the USB drive into the central storage box, "Bourbon has been a little restless lately..."

He quickly shared the information, but when he turned around, he found that Kurosawa was staring at the road in a daze, a little speechless, but he was used to it.

Akai Shuichi and Kurosawa are partners, and both of them wish to be untied as soon as possible. Although they have known each other for many years, they still never want to say a word to each other except for the necessary communication at work, and they have zero communication in private.

Kurosawa basically ignored his words, just listened to it perfunctorily, and could not get into his head to see his mood.

But at present, this kind of absent-mindedness who is too lazy to pretend is the first time it has appeared.

So Akai Hideo raised his eyebrows, followed his gaze, and found that it was the young man he had seen before.

It was a black-haired boy in a high school uniform, with fair skin and a delicate appearance, holding a majestic silver long-haired cat in his arms.Akai was sure that Kurosawa was watching him, because the other's eyes drifted subtly as the boy crossed the road.

Akai Shuichi recalled with difficulty, and fished out a name from his unclear memory: "He is... Natsuki?"

Hearing this, Kurosawa suddenly turned his head, his eyes were like poisonous snakes, and he locked on Akai tightly, as if he was about to open his white fangs in the next second.

He lowered his head to hide his hostility, and asked casually, "You know him?"

"He is your task?" Akai Shuichi took the cigarette on the center console, knocked it out, and then touched the lighter in the inner pocket, "About two years ago, the technical department invited him to come over as a junior A consultant for a month, I asked you, but you are not interested."

At that time, the FBI headquarters notified several agents in California, including Kurosawa and Akai, asking them to protect this talented boy who was still studying at Caltech.

With Kurosawa Jin's style, he naturally dismissed such tasks.Several people shirked each other, and finally Shuichi Akai took over.

Akai will remember him because Hojo Natsuki is a very normal person, gentle and appropriate, polite, without the pride of a genius, and completely different from the weirdos in the technical department.

Kurosawa was expressionless, but his fingers holding the steering wheel gradually closed: "I have no impression."

"Going to work with him again?" Akai asked, "Why did he go back to Japan and get relegated to high school instead?"

Kurosawa: "It's none of your business."

Akai Hideo was used to his partner disrespecting him early on. After all, he himself was the same, so he didn't care about Kurosawa's cold face. He nodded and said, "I brought the things here."

He got out of the car and nimbly blended in and out of the crowd like a fish. He still felt that Kurosawa was too abnormal this time.

Having partnered with Kurosawa Jin for so many years, Akai Shuichi saw for the first time that the other party had a vigilant look similar to that of a cat protecting food—when he hesitated to call out the name 'Natsuki'.

It seemed that as long as he showed affection or familiarity with the boy, Kurosawa would pounce on him and bite his throat fiercely.

Akai kept an eye out, decided that the time was right, and asked other colleagues about it.

……

Soon it was Saturday, and Natsuki Hojo was worried about two things.

One is to take the initiative to touch his Maine Coon cat.Despite posting lost cats on various platforms, the owner of the cat has not contacted him for more than a week. On the contrary, many people have expressed their intention to adopt if they cannot find the owner.

But those people don't live in Tokyo, so it's not convenient for them to come back for a return visit.Hojo Natsuki thinks that since he has kept it for a few days, he still has to be responsible for the cat.

He decided to wait for the owner of the cat for another week, and at the same time posted a dynamic line to clarify the situation, looking for an adopter for the Maine Coon cat in advance.

The second is... to go to Mr. Kurosawa's appointment.

Hojo Natsuki has never been so reluctant in his life. He has been anxious since waking up. He compared several clothes and arrived at the restaurant 15 minutes earlier.

When Kurosawa arrived, he had already practiced his speaking skills several times, and he was not as nervous as before.

However, when Kurosawa sat in front of him, the sense of oppression hit his shoulders again, making Xia Shu dare not raise his head to meet his gaze.

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Kurosawa." He said kindly the compensation plan that he had considered long ago, "About the repair fee and period..."

Kurosawa stared at him casually, and responded from time to time to indicate that he was listening.

But Hojo Natsuki suspected that he didn't take it to heart at all.

When he finished his statement, the sommelier came over with a trolley to introduce them to the table wines. Kurosawa shook out the tablecloth and placed it under the white porcelain plate.

Hojo Natsuki wrung his fingers and asked cautiously: "...What do you think?"

Hazel paused: "..."

Not listening, just paying attention to the nervous look on the child's face.

So cute.

He licked his back molars.

Kurosawa said, "Okay."

So Hojo Natsuki let out a long breath as if he had completed an important exam, and the big stone in his heart fell.

He didn't speak anymore, it should be easy for him to find a topic, but he couldn't think of what to say at all.

So Xia Shu and Kurosawa sat opposite each other in silence, only the sound of silver tableware and plates colliding on the table, as if the two of them just joined the table.

After a while, Kurosawa took the initiative and said, "Seeing your line feed, are you looking for an owner for the cat?"

Xia Shu: "!"

Yes, pets are a safe topic.

"Yes." He said happily, "I picked it up at the edge of the flower bed at the gate of the community before. It's very obedient and smart. Do you want to watch the video?"

Kurosawa: "No need."

Xia Shu: "..."

Embarrassed again.

"If you can't find it." Heise stopped holding the knife in his hand, raised his eyelids, and said, "I can keep it."

Xia Shu: "..."

He gasped in horror—Mr. Kurosawa, you don't look like a caring person!

Xia Shu's request is written as follows: [Caring, economical conditions are fair, can afford the cat's feeding and treatment costs, there is a certain space at home for the cat's activities, and can accept regular home visits in the first year (once every two months, half a year) Once in the next three months)...]

"I live in a big place." Heisawa said slowly, "I have money and can afford it."

"...and." He nodded, "You can come and see it every week."

Hojo Natsuki choked: "...?"

Kurosawa's tone was flat: "Every day is fine."

Natsuki Hojo: "..."

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