IF line: If the protagonist chooses to rewrite reality + choose the deceased as a birthday gift.
Is it a Bad End to let each other go...or should we say a True End?
It might be thunder, it might be a knife, so be careful.
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Acupido Town at night.
In a seemingly inconspicuous izakaya, several young police officers who had rarely reunited after graduating from the police academy were chatting.
This is a store opened by a retired police officer and his wife. The store is not big, and they put up a resting sign as soon as they entered, so they didn't have to worry about being disturbed or eavesdropped.
Matsuda Jinpei, who was sitting at the back, was eating side dishes. Next to him was Morofuku Kagemitsu, who was comforting Fengtani Rei, who was sitting on his right.
Feng Guling had the ugliest expression among the four. He declined the beer kindly offered by his boss - after all, he had to drive later - and took a sip of hot tea.
Sitting on the outermost side, Datehang, who used to be the squad leader of several people, also didn’t drink. Seeing Fangtani Ling’s face look so bad, he thought it was because he had some difficult case in hand: “Yes… the mission over there is difficult.
Do it?"
"No." Fangtani Rei noticed that this was a public place and he was surrounded by old friends from the police academy. He shouldn't bring his personal emotions here. "It's not so much that it's too difficult to handle, it's better to say..."
At this point, his face became ugly again.
Datehang was confused after hearing this and couldn't help but look at Zhu Fu Jingguang. Although they were in the police station and the police station, he might know something.
Sure enough, Zhu Fu Jingguang knew: "It's a fugitive from the United States, and FBI agents are here to assist in the investigation."
Cross-border case handling is not uncommon in modern times. Most of them send people over to tell the police the prisoner's appearance and other information. After being caught by the Japanese police, they send it to the office, and the person there is escorted back to their country.
But thinking about the relationship between the two countries and the style of some American agents...
"...They overstepped their authority to investigate?" Datehang frowned.
"No." Zhufu Jingguang sighed, "The leader is a man named Akai Shuichi. ZERO almost had a conflict with him as soon as he saw him."
At this time, Matsuda Jinpei also intervened in the conversation: "I was at the scene. The man named Akai didn't say anything at all, and Feng Gu suddenly became unhappy with him..."
He glanced at the past with his eyes under his sunglasses: "Did you know each other in the past?"
Jiang Guling and Zhu Fu Jingguang replied in unison: "I don't know."
"…………"
Matsuda Jinpei, who felt the tacit understanding between Yu and Zeng, took a sip of beer silently. The squad leader would send him back today, so he could drink. He only took a sip and looked up to watch the small TV in the izakaya.
There was a rerun of a program on the TV. A young man with black hair and red eyes, one eye covered with a bandage, was being interviewed. He was holding a calico cat in his arms and had slight dimples on his face when he smiled.
Fang Guling's hand holding the tea cup suddenly shook, and the water almost spilled out.
"ZERO?" Datehang held the cup steady for him, frowning and worried: "If you are really feeling unwell, ask for a rest, don't hold on."
"...I'm fine."
Jiang Guling shook his head and his eyes fell on Zhu Fu Jingguang beside him.
"Hiro, what's wrong with you?" He noticed that Xiao Tongran's expression was not normal either.
Zhu Fu Jingguang shook his head: "It's okay."
The two of them looked at the TV together.
"The new chairman of the Karasuma Group finally appeared in front of the media..." Matsuda Jinpei looked at the familiar boy, "When I saved his house, I never thought that he was the boss of the Karasuma Group."
"Do you know each other?" Zhu Fu Jingguang was a little surprised.
Datehang, who is also in the search class, explained with a smile: "I know you. Last time when Chloe came to the Metropolitan Police Department to meet with Deputy Director Morohoshi, she even came to say hello to Matsuda Sato. He is a very polite and serious boy."
"I think he just likes my face." Matsuda Jinpei recalled the look in his eyes and said with certainty, "I once asked him out of curiosity and found that he only remembered a few good-looking people, even those who didn't
Talk to him... none of those who deliberately courted him didn't remember."
After saying that, he glanced at Jiangu Ling and Zhufu Jingguang: "He should also like you..."
"...If he can see you." He added.
This is not impossible. One is the chairman of the largest chaebol, and the two are public security policemen who maintain national security. The chaebol firmly controls the national economy.
The Karasuma Group, in particular, is closely tied to the people on livelihood issues such as medicine, education, and housing. If something unexpected happens, society will definitely be turbulent.
Accompanied by his friends, Rei Fukiya immediately forgot about FBI agent Shuichi Akai.
Since they didn't drink, the dinner ended quickly and they left the izakaya together.
The four of them were about to separate, but Datehang saw the pastry shop next door: "I'm going to buy a cake for Natalie. Matsuda, please wait for me here."
Idahang and his mixed-race girlfriend Natalie got married last year. His wife is currently pregnant. He buys her whatever she wants to eat. She especially likes the cakes here.
"I'll go in and have a look too."
Matsuda Jinpei expressed interest, and the two entered the pastry shop together.
Zhu Fu Jingguang watched his friend enter the next door. He turned around and was about to talk to Jiangu Ling, but found that he was gone.
"...ZERO?"
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Rei Furuya is on the second floor of the izakaya.
When he first arrived, he noticed this place because the mailbox on the first floor was full of advertising paper. It was obvious that the owner had not been here for a long time.
The door in front of him was closed. He looked at it. By some strange coincidence, he took out the unlocking tool from his pocket and chose to break into the house privately when he had no mission.
The room was dark.
Only the lights from the bustling streets filtered through the window, and he saw the words posted on the window -
XX Detective Agency.
...the first two words were torn off?
Jiang Guling felt a little strange. Seeing that there was no one inside, he pressed the light switch.
The light fell and he could clearly see the interior layout.
"ZERO?"
At this time, Zhu Fu Jingguang rushed up, and Jiang Gu Ling turned back to him in the bright detective office, and met his friend's blank and speechless face.
"Is there something wrong here? Why did you suddenly..."
Zhu Fu Jingguang's tone was tactful. Although the police often operate illegally, they would not break into a passing house just like this.
Jianggu Ling did not answer and continued to observe the room.
This place hasn't been cleaned for a long time, but it can still be seen that the owner has decorated it exquisitely, which is in line with his taste.
In fact, Rei Fukutani once wanted to be a detective, which was his second dream career after the police. When he needed to conduct investigations anonymously, he would often use the identity of a detective to get close to the other party.
At this time, Jiang Guling saw the red sticker on the wall.
On the left is [luck in wealth], on the right is [bring in wealth], on the top is [luck], and in the middle is a cute lucky cat.
The cat’s face is round and looks soft.
This sticker is incompatible with the whole room, but Rei Fangtani likes it very much, and it seems that this is more appropriate.
...If he had a detective agency, he would arrange it like this, right?
"ZERO? What's the problem here?"
Zhu Fu Jingguang shouted again.
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The two of them were on their way back.
Zhu Fu Jingguang has tried his best to restore the door lock and clean up the traces. He hopes that the homeowner will not find out. If he does find out...
...Anyway, there is no surveillance nearby, so I probably can't find it...
The person who picked the lock glanced at the red light opposite, recalling the party just now in his mind: "That izakaya is good, we can invite the squad leader and others there in the future."
"Um."
Zhu Fu Jingguang, who was sitting in the passenger seat, smiled and recalled just now. As he was thinking about it, he suddenly discovered a bright spot.
"ZERO, have you noticed that there is a lot of wine in that izakaya?"
"I discovered it," Rei Furuya said, "In addition to Japanese sake, there are also many foreign wines."
There were so many foreign drinks in the Japanese izakaya, and he noticed this anomaly as soon as he entered.
But it was just a few extra bottles of wine. No matter how suspicious the police were, they would not ask questions about such a trivial matter.
"There's gin."
"Vodka."
"Belmod."
"Calvados."
"..."
The two of them seemed to be in a memory competition, counting bottles one by one.
"And a few bottles of whiskey, scotch, bourbon, rye whiskey and..."
Zhu Fu Jingguang paused when he said this, and an unpopular wine name popped out of his mouth.
"Angstra Bitters."
There was a sudden silence in the car.
Something flashed past, but it was just a passing cloud, and there was no impression deep in their memory.
Rei Fangtani came to his senses first: "Is this a relatively unpopular bar? It will only be used in bars to add flavor to alcoholic drinks, and there will be no izakaya."
"...Well, you are right."
The sight of the scene also slowed down, and he looked out the car window.
A crow flew over the wall.
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Paris, France, the sunshine is perfect in the afternoon.
A detective welcomes his guest in his detective agency.
"...you said you want to find your cat, dog and wolf?"
The detective is a little confused. Forget cats and dogs, why are there wolves? Can wolves be pets?
The young man nodded: "It doesn't matter if you can't find them. After all, I let them go myself..."
The detective was even more confused: "Let him go by himself?"
"Well, because they were not adapted to the environment, I didn't know how to raise them, so... I let them all go."
"So you regret it now?" the detective asked.
The boy didn't speak. He just looked into the detective's eyes: "Your eyes are so beautiful, as blue as the blue lagoon... By the way, can I know your name?"
"You need your real name, not a false name used during the investigation."
The detective was stunned. He felt that the boy's eyes were strangely serious.
The boy is an Asian with black hair and red eyes. I don’t know if he is injured. One of his eyes is wrapped with a bandage.
The detective took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to the young man in front of him.
"Avenir Dupin."
"I happen to have the same surname as the famous detective in the detective novel. Avenir is my real name."
He looked at the boy and saw that he was fluent in French, but he still introduced the meaning of the name.