"Why exactly?"
"Why did Teacher Si follow the manager of the bakery?"
"Shouldn't the unknown incident be investigated..."
Toru Hojo sat alone at the table and looked through the files, trying to find the answer.
As a criminal police officer, his intuition told him that Section Chief Si Long Er's behavior last night must have been for some dangerous reason.
What caught his attention was a murder case file. The victim in this murder was Si Longer's sister Si Saori.
Suddenly, a name in the suspect list made Beitou's eyes suddenly tighten.
Hisashi Hanamura!
Hanamura Bakery, pickle sandwiches…
In just a moment, Hojo had already figured out the cause and effect of the matter.
Is that so? !
Teacher Si wants to do something like this...
I glanced at the time in hindsight, it was almost time for the G3 group meeting.
Hojo gathered his mood, stood up and left.
Countermeasures team G3 base.
"Is this the so-called evidence that the victims have superpowers?"
Si Longer threw a plastic bag containing items on the table, turned around and put his hands on his hips, "It's like a trick to coax a child!"
The contents in the bag are exactly the evidence collected by Glacier in previous incidents - tennis balls turned inside out, horse racing tickets predicted in advance, photos that traveled through time, etc.
"Honestly, I'm very disappointed in you..."
Amid Si Ryuuji's scolding, Ozawa Orange and Hikawa Makoto's expressions became stiff, and Ozawa even became aggressive and had the tendency to retaliate.
But as the prosecutor, the other party had the ability to decide whether the G3 group could survive with one sentence. Although he was aggrieved, Ozawa still restrained himself.
At times like this in the past, Toru Hojo would definitely not miss the opportunity to ridicule the G3 team.
But today, he just silently watched everything in front of him in the corner.
Remove all bias and look at the facts objectively…
Mr. Si, you seem to have deviated from your motto as a police officer.
Around eight o'clock in the morning.
The polepole carries the rich aroma of coffee as usual.
"I didn't expect Mr. Tsugami to be a Yajituo. It seems like he's just..."
But Nai paused, not knowing how to describe it, and gradually fell silent again.
"I told you, Kana-chan, just call me Xiangyi. Mr. Tsugami is too formal." Xiangyi waved his hands sheepishly, and then leaned closer to the table with his arms, "But I didn't expect you, Kana-chan, to be Asian too." Jituo! Oops, why didn’t Ryuusuke-senpai tell me earlier?”
"Kana just woke up recently." Ryusuke Higashino explained while holding his cup of coffee.
"Eh? That's it. So, can I be considered a senior? Haha~" Xiangyi narrowed his eyes and raised his head and laughed.
But Nai nodded in agreement.
"I really want to ask Mr. Tsu...Shouichi for advice. Why can you accept that look calmly and fight at the risk?"
"Ah, Kana-chan, are you worried about such a thing?" Xiangyi frowned and replied seriously: "Actually, I was scared at the beginning and couldn't control that power. I don't know if I have hurt anyone else before. …”
"Don't worry, I woke you up the only time you lost control."
"Nani, it turns out that Ryuusuke-senpai beat me up at that time... Oh, go on. Later, I found out that there were still many people who encouraged me, including Shinoji, Misato-sensei, and Ryuusuke-senpai."
"And I often think that everyone has their own place. It should be very happy to be able to eat delicious meals in a safe place every day. This freedom should not be taken away by those guys."
"Is this the reason... Mr. Shoichi fights for this reason?" Kana slowly lowered his head in confusion.
But is this the same reason she wants to do? No, there's no way, she can't be as pure as Mr. Shoichi.
So why should she persist?
If my father was still alive, maybe I wouldn't have to worry so much...
Kana turned his head and saw the shrubs outside the window. The branches that had been pruned before last winter were already sprouting green shoots at the broken stubble.
Suddenly she realized that although her father was gone, she had already become an adult who no longer needed to rely on others. Although the process of inheriting the family restaurant was very difficult, she had been working hard and attentively.
Dad, you also hope that I can continue to live strong.
The moment the green buds outside the window grew into her heart, Kana seemed to have made up her mind.
"Mr. Ryusuke, I've decided to do it. So whether it's cooking or fighting, please teach me, please!"
"In that case, let's start by doing the things at hand first." Ryusuke said with a smile: "Now don't break the cups and dishes because of those things. You know, every time you go to buy these It’s very troublesome.”
Kana blushed and nodded silently.
Xiang Yi finished his coffee and stood up to say goodbye, "Ryuusuke-senpai, it's time for me to go work in a bakery, bye!"
…
night.
Still taking the same route as yesterday, Toru Hojo was hiding nearby, watching a figure riding a bicycle on the road.
Hisashi Hanamura lamented that he lived another day after meeting that person, but at the same time he became more and more uneasy.
Even though he was ready to die as an apology, his instinctive fear of death was still there.
Arriving at the secluded bridge again, Hanamura passed by on his bicycle as if his hands and feet were carrying weights.
The moment they passed the bridge, a masked figure in black suddenly rushed out from behind the trees on both sides of the bridge. He strangled Hanamura Hisashi's neck from behind and dragged him off the bicycle, dragging him to the grass by the river. .
Hanamura Hisashi struggled instinctively, but he was unable to resist when someone choked him from behind. The other party came with the purpose of killing him!
His legs fluttered feebly, and his movements became increasingly weak.
coming!
"Stop!" Toru Hojo, who had been hiding in the dark, was troubled in his heart, but he rushed out immediately to stop the tragedy in front of him.
The man in black panicked for a moment, but quickly calmed down and continued to strangle Hanamura. Even if Hojo tried hard to separate them, there was nothing he could do for the moment.
"Sergeant, stop!"
After Hojo shouted like this, the man in black trembled all over, and finally slowly let go of his hand.
"Plop!" Hisashi Hanamura's body collapsed like mud. In just a few dozen seconds, he was unconscious due to lack of oxygen even if he was not dead.
Toru Hojo's expression changed, and he quickly fell beside the purple-faced Hanamura. After detecting that Hanamura had suffered cardiac and respiratory arrest, he immediately started chest compressions and artificial respiration.
The man in black on the side took off his black mask, revealing the face of Si Long Er.
"So it was you who drove the car last night." He looked at Hojo with complicated eyes, "Why you? Why did you come to stop me? Do you know what he did?"
With Hojo's efforts, Hanamura Hisashi gradually recovered his breathing and heartbeat. Then Hojo gasped and stood up, lowered his head and replied: "I know that he was Saori-san's former boyfriend and a suspect in Saori-san's murder."
Si Ryuuji stepped forward and grabbed Hojo by the collar, "There is no doubt that he did it. He killed my sister to vent his anger at being dumped. In the end, he escaped because of lack of evidence, and he even disappeared and came here to drive." He bought a bakery. He was the one who killed him, so I decided to kill him and I don’t regret it at all!”
"He's still making kimchi sandwiches that were exclusive to Saori before he was alive. This guy doesn't deserve to have anything to do with my sister!" Si Longer's expression became more and more excited, "It's all because of him that Saori...!"
"This is the so-called prejudice... Look at the facts objectively. This is what you taught me." Toru Hojo and Shi Ryuuji looked at each other, "But you violated your own creed in the end."
"So you want to say that you kept my creed in the end?!"
Toru Hojo was speechless.
"I'm sorry..." Hanamura, who was lying on the ground, regained consciousness at some point and hoarsely made a weak voice: "I...will go...surrender, I'm sorry..."
"Surrender yourself?" Si Ryuuji suddenly laughed sadly. Hojo saw that a middle-aged detective who was originally so ambitious seemed to have lost everything in an instant, and was aging visibly to the naked eye.
When a loved one is killed, he only gets delayed justice. As a policeman, Si Longer is even more aware of the price of this kind of justice.
No matter what, I can't get my sister back!
"Go back!" Silong turned around and left, turning to look at Toru Hojo, "Hojo, I will never do police work again. I will teach you one last thing."
"As long as people live, they will never be without prejudice. Even the purest people in the world will have hatred and anger."
…
Tsugami Residence.
"bias……"
"Is there any prejudice against God?"
Douma was sitting on the sofa, opposite a man who had given up his real name and assumed the pseudonym Tetsuya Sawaki.
"You have felt the hearts of many people, right? What is your next wish?"
"Please give me part of your power." Sawaki Tetsuya replied: "The humans you love should not have those abilities. Give me the power to release those abilities."
"What do you want those powers for? Are you planning to become my enemy?" God said calmly, with no emotion on his aloof face.
Sawaki Tetsu didn't know how to answer, but God spoke again: "That doesn't matter, just go and realize all your wishes!"
Douzhen raised his right hand, and the mysterious mark on the back of his hand glowed.
Zemu Tetsuya only felt dizzy for a moment and fell to the ground. When he came back to his senses, there was already a mark on the back of his hand that was the same as Douzhen's, which represented Douzhen's power.
"In this case, you will no longer be Tsugami Shoichi." Toma said sadly.
"I have given up that name long ago..."
Zemu Zhe also turned and left, and Douzhen quietly shed a tear behind him.
