On her first day back in Okinawa, Nao was unusually relaxed.

Sugar tempura, Zhenchu cake, ground bean tofu, soba noodles...... The deep streets and alleys that tourists don't know are hidden in the authentic Ryukyu delicacies. The strong sunlight of the southern islands did not stop the enthusiasm of the teenagers, except for Chi Nunku, who had to take care of his younger siblings and returned home early, the other four of them walked around the main island of Okinawa while eating and shopping.

But apart from Rin, who is familiar with each other, and Kai, who is said to have a loiteration, Nao looks at Kite, who is holding a bowl of octopus sashimi with sea grape bibimbap, and savoring it - why did even this person come with him? Could it be that the vague hostility she felt before was her delusion?

As if sensing Nao's gaze, Mu Hand put down the bowl, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said slowly: "Don't get me wrong, I will come with it entirely because I was asked by Kai Fei's mother, after all, with his character, it is difficult to say whether there will be such a thing as forgetting to go home again." ”

Nao nodded in understanding in understanding what Kide's statement was. Kai's exaggerated wanderlust was given to the Hirako, with whom she corresponded once a week, and she had heard of it even as far away as Tokyo—after all, there were few such middle school students who persistently strolled from after school to night. So no matter how disgusted or disdainful Mu Shou was for her, she couldn't hate this strict teenager who went out at eight o'clock every day and searched the world for his missing members.

And speaking of hostility...... Nao couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly in her heart, the hostility she felt was only a subtle response to words and attitudes in the end, but her sharper observation than ordinary people made her perceive this negative feeling faster and deeper. Although it did make her a little uncomfortable at first, but then she thought about it, what position did she have to ask everyone to praise her? Is it because she is the so-called "dawn of the police world"?

It seems that during this period of the young education class, she was really spoiled by the overwhelming praise...... At the same time as he had a grudge against the wooden hand, he almost lost himself.

"It's a dangerous ......"

Nao let out a soft breath. If she hadn't insisted on "saving herself three times a day" according to her grandmother's teachings, she would probably not have been aware of this high sense of superiority.

Thinking like this, he couldn't help but smile at Kite, who was looking at him expressionlessly.

“......”

The movement of the wooden hand pushing the glasses paused, and a trace of surprise crossed the dark purple eyes.

And Nao, who lowered his head, just missed his expression.

"It's already this time...... Hey, Rin. ”

Pulling out his phone and checking the time, Nao interrupted Rin Heikoba from eating coarse soba noodles.

"Uh-huh. ”

Pingkuba Rin agreed indiscriminately, ate the noodles at a dazzling speed, and took the bowl and drank the soup in one go, then wiped his mouth and raised his head, "Don't worry, I've already planned tomorrow's itinerary." ”

"Plan...... You mean you're going with me too?" Nao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly raised her voice, "What are you kidding! You don't know what I'm going to do there!"

"Don't be angry! Really, my ears are almost deaf......" Pingguchang covered one side of his ear and exaggeratedly plucked, "I just know that we have to go together!"

"I know you're still -" Finding that the diners around him were all looking at him, Nao forced himself to lower his voice as he yelled, "This case is different, even I don't know the specific situation of 'there', the danger and the difficulty of the investigation are unknown, if something happens......"

"That's why I'm going with you. Rin said categorically, her dark brown eyes full of persistence, "I couldn't help it when you were in Tokyo, but now that you're in Okinawa, don't try to leave me alone and take risks! ”

For his insistence, the barrier in Nao's heart couldn't help but be smashed open, but the reason that overcame the emotion still made her sneer.

"What can you do when you go? A layman who doesn't know anything can only drag his feet. ”

"You ......" Rin Hirakoba was choked, his eyes swept over the silent wooden hand and Kai, and forcibly suppressed the fire in his chest, "Okinawa is our home field, even if something happens, there is a way to deal with it." If you go alone, if there is a danger, who will help you out? If you are injured, who will carry you to the hospital? If the same situation happens again, what are you going to do, break another arm?!"

Hearing Pingguba's sharp questioning, Nao subconsciously held his left forearm, and his eyes became cold little by little.

"I don't fall twice in the same place. ”

She said indifferently. But it was only a moment of thought, and the red-haired girl regained her calm tone, as if the previous dispute was all fake.

But in that bland tone, there is a deep power that is irrefutable.

"You know too little, Rin. This is a case, and it is not in the realm of your reach. If you want to get close to the real case, it means that you have to face death, resentment, sorrow, pain, and so on -- can you bear it if you have never seen hell as miserable? If it is a series of vicious cases, the person who is talking and laughing with you one second may die in a state that you can't imagine the next second, so don't you think it doesn't matter?

"But...... It doesn't have to be ......" As if infected by her tone, Rin Hirakuba seemed to be stubborn, but his voice was a little hesitant.

"A prisoner doesn't give up because you're scared, and he doesn't show mercy because the target is someone you know. ”

Nao smiled quietly, but the more creepy it became, "Unexpected tragedies happen at various unexpected times, this is the case, the world I come into contact with every day. ”

She raised her eyes and looked directly into the eyes of the Hirakuba entangled in a complex light.

"And most importantly, I'm an active police officer in the first search squad of the Youth Education Division of the Kanagawa Police Station - you can't stop me, but I can stop you. ”

Rin opened her mouth to say something, but eventually lowered her head in despair.

The red-haired girl slowly got up, looked down at the glowing top of her childhood friend's hair, and gently curled the corners of her mouth.

"Don't follow me. ”

After speaking, she turned and walked out of the restaurant without looking back.

Nao had been gone for a long time, and the silence still permeated the table where the few people were.

Rin Hirakuba's fists clenched and loosened, then clenched again, finally slamming his fist on the table before the other two could not help but speak.

"Damn-!!!

"Heikoba-kun—"

The wooden hand dragged out his voice, and said in a threatening voice, rather soothingly, "This is a public place, if you are so excited, you will be punished for eating bitter melons-"

"Ah, the bitter gourd spared me...... Now is not the time to talk about this!"

Pingguchang scratched his head a little frantically, "What should I do, let her go alone, that guy will come by himself!"

"How do you know?"

"Didn't you just say that! This case is so dangerous, she tried every possible way to separate from me, and it was clear that she wanted to break into the ...... alone."

"So-say," Wooden Hand interrupted, lifting the frame rather calmly, "how did you know she was in danger?"

"Eh, but ......," Hirakuba blinked dumbfounded.

"Hah...... It seems that Saotome-san is also quite hard. ”

Wooden hand sighed.

"Are you stupid, she obviously deliberately scared you!" "Jia Fei, who has not made a sound, said lazily with his cheeks lazy, "Although it sounded very strict at the time, but if you think about it carefully, she couldn't have predicted whether there would be danger, and she said it so realistically, what a tragic death, what a tragic death...... Only a fool like you would believe it!"

"Ahh

Pingguchang slapped his palm, and the expression on his face changed from the previous haze, but it became more hideous.

"That guy...... I was deceived by her......"

"It's not necessarily a lie, at least one of them is right. Mu Shou showed a sinister smile no matter how she looked at it, "She's a registered active duty police officer, and she's happy to let you watch the case or drive you away from the scene, let you go when you're in a good mood, and enter your house to search when you're in a bad mood, it's really good." ”

"Even though I said that, I was uncomfortable at all. Pingguchang put his elbows on the table and rubbed his face in a bad mood, "You don't know that guy's character, if there is really no danger, she won't stop you - it used to be like this, if it wasn't for me and Zhinian to solve the siege, the grass on that guy's grave is estimated to be one meter high." ”

"Hey, Rin, I've been listening to what you said about the past, what the hell is that 'old thing'!" said Kai as he knocked on the table.

"Don't you know? It was quite a famous event at the time. Eishiro should know, right?"

"If it's the one I said before, it's quite famous. ”

Kide reminisced for a moment and explained to Kai, "I guess it was in the fifth grade of elementary school, but for some reason, a group of delinquent teenagers from middle school gathered together to attack elementary school students, and many of them took weapons - at first it was a wheel battle, and then it became a one-to-many big melee. Surprisingly, instead of having stage fright and begging for mercy, the schoolboy knocked down a lot of the delinquent teenagers - and in the case of a broken hand. I didn't see that scene, but I heard from a senior who was at the scene that the broken arm bones of the elementary school student penetrated the skin, and his face was covered with blood, and with the fierce green eyes, he was like a demon. ”

"That's cool—" Fei Fei stumbled, "How much willpower does that take?!"

"So I'm interested in her. Mu Shou pulled the corners of his mouth on one side and moved his gaze to Pingguba, who was caught in a memory, "So, Pingguba-kun, what happened at that time?"

"Ahh ”

Heikoba came back to his senses as if he was awakened, and let out a long breath, "Little Natsu is Saotome Natsu, Nao's own sister." That's all I know, and the guy didn't want to tell us - she had already killed most of us by the time we arrived. But the rest are red-eyed guys, with daggers and clubs and all that. Nao fell at the same time as me and Zhinian appeared, and if we hadn't arrived, she would have been hacked to death......"

The black-haired boy smiled self-deprecatingly: "Originally, I wouldn't have been so strict, and it's also because we were too sharp at the time, and we learned a little ancient martial arts and fought everywhere - Zhinian was already very gloomy at the time, and I also had blonde hair, so those guys targeted the only girl among us, I'm afraid it was also premeditated to bully Natsu...... It was obviously a mistake we made together, but that guy didn't say a word and carried it all by himself, if it hadn't happened later, we would have been kept in the dark. ”

"So you're still obsessed?" Fei pouted, "You let a girl get beaten for you, so you want to make amends now?" You're too naïve, aren't you?" ”

"It's not just that. ”

Pingguba snorted, hooked his finger at Kai, and said in a low voice: "Do you know where Nao is going to handle the case this time? Black God Island! Although there are only more than fifty households on that island, the children of five families are all bad teenagers who beat Nao at that time, especially those bad leaders, named Youji, also live on that island! Although they were all honest to death in front of Nao later, but everything is in case, how can I let her go to that kind of place alone!"

"Sounds dangerous!" said Kai with emotion, but there was a completely different, excited light in his eyes, "You really can't let her go alone. Rin, why don't you go with you too?Even if something happens, there are only five people on the other side, and there are three of us plus Saotome, so we won't lose anyway, right?"

"Hey, we're not going to fight! and the boat to Black God Island only makes one trip a day, and if she finds out we're on board, it's only a matter of time before we're thrown off. ”

"That's right. Ah~ah~,Whether it's a fight or a case,,I really want to see what Saotome is capable of......"

Listening to Pingguchang's frustrated words, Kai also lay on the table listlessly.

Mu Tei looked at his subordinates, his dark purple eyes flashing.

He gently hooked the corners of his mouth and lifted the left side of the frame with his right knuckle, and the lens on one side reflected a dazzling light.

"Kai-kun, Pingguchang-kun, I have a way......"