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【Righteous Seekers】

December 8th.

I met an unexpected person.

Dongyang Road is full of people at any time, so it is not lively.

At night, it is a paradise in the mouth of Qianshan.

Behind the crowd, there is a hidden crisis.

"Hey, Arbor, where are you?"

"I'm ...... Beiquan Road here. ”

I was on the phone talking to Tongzhou from the 'Hong Kong Association'.

"It just so happens that there's a game hall near you called the Power Game Center. Newly opened. ”

"Ah...... It seems like I'm right in front of this store. ”

Because its signboard is particularly eye-catching, I unconsciously walked this way.

"You go straight up to the second floor, go to the innermost room, knock on the door and say my name. The shopkeeper has something to hand over to you. ”

"Ah...... I know. ”

It's very weird, and according to the news, someone is going to trade guns on Dongyang Road. However, this is the work of the police, and it should have nothing to do with the 'Hong Kong Association', and the main place where the 'Hong Kong Association' is active should be Harbour City.

I was asked to come to Chisugi City in the name of investigation, but I was not arranged to be involved in the gun trade, but I just kept 'meeting people' and getting things. The person I want to meet now is the third person I have met today, and they all handed me an envelope and told me not to open it.

So I don't know what it is at all.

I was confused, and since I had all come here, I had to walk in.

Power Game Center

The sign in English, flashing with colorful lights, looks like a casino in the United States.

Hmm, there are so many people beyond imagination, as soon as you open the door, you immediately feel like a crowd.

I carry a black shoulder bag, and when I go to a crowded place, I unconsciously protect my bag.

The sound is very noisy, it is simply full of human voices.

Not only the sounds of the crowd, but also the machines in the arcade, the two mixed together exacerbated this feeling of headache.

The eardrum is about to explode.

I grumbled inwardly and looked around on the first floor.

Good guys, where is the stairs up the stairs.

How do you go upstairs?

I was so irritated that I couldn't even find the staircase entrance.

After pacing back and forth, I gave up my resistance and stood like an idiot in the middle of the arcade.

……

It's noisy, like leaving.

……

Odd?

Strange feeling.

It was like someone was staring at me.

As a member of the 'Hong Kong Association,' I have more or less the ability to 'counter-reconnoitre'.

I jerked my head back, trying to find the source of my sight.

But it doesn't seem to be that much trouble.

There was an unexpected person standing in front of him.

"Long time no see, Arbor."

After a brief silence, the man in front of him broke the deadlock first.

“…… Renqing River? ”

After all these years, he is still the same.

I like to dress all in black, and there is never any other color on my body. It was as if the words 'it didn't matter' were written on his face.

"What are you doing here......

"Play, this is a game hall."

He pointed to the ground.

"That's just as well."

"It doesn't sound like you're here to play."

"Ah, indeed, I hate this noisy place."

"Really?"

It doesn't look like he cares.

"Ah, by the way, do you know how to go upstairs?"

I asked.

"Turn west here, then take two steps and turn east, and you can see the elevator."

“……”

Wait a minute, let me think about which side is the west. Although I occasionally use the term "south", it is limited to familiar places and used as definite expressions, such as "woods to the south" and "playground to the north".

"Uh...... Dare to ask if you are really a southerner? ”

I twisted my head in embarrassment.

"A native of the South. Forget it, I'll take you there. ”

As he spoke, he walked to the left-hand side.

It turns out that this is the West.

I see.

Following Qinghe, I walked upstairs.

"Qinghe, you don't have a bag on your back, don't you usually even have to carry it to the bathroom?"

"I showed it to Lianwen."

"Ahh She's there too. ”

It's a familiar name, it's been a long time since I've heard it.

"How are you doing?"

"It's still the same, it's the same as when you were there."

"Yes, but you look the same way."

"What about you? How is everything. ”

Since then, I have rarely been in contact with them. In addition to being far away, more importantly, I don't know how to get along with them.

"Ah...... There's quite a lot going on. ”

"Music, are you still doing it?"

Hear him say that. It occurred to me that I hadn't even told them about 'giving up music'.

"For some reason, I'm not doing it."

I replied.

"Really?"

His tone was so calm that I thought he would be taken aback, and I still vividly remember what he said to me at the time:

- Definitely have to get in.

"It's a shame."

He said.

"Huh...... I'm sorry. ”

I say.

"What."

"In the past, I always felt that I had to apologize to you."

"What are you talking about? The past has long been forgotten. ”

He shrugged, looking unconcerned.

I walked to the innermost room, which was quite quiet, in stark contrast to the noisy description downstairs, with a sign on the quaint wooden door that read 'Room'.

"You're here, then I'll go back."

I didn't even tell him what I was going to do, and I didn't say that this was the destination.

But he knew it all.

He's always like this, indifferent to everything, but always the first to see how things are changing-

Then choose to do nothing and interfere with nothing.

So many years have passed, and our encounter is so short.

A man came to the game hall alone and walked up to the second floor, the innermost room, which was completely unreasonable.

But he didn't ask.

Why did I come back to Chisugi City?

He didn't ask.

He obviously doesn't know anything, but he always intermittently bursts out some "creepy" words, as if he has seen through everything.

That's why I hate him. It's not so much that I hate it, but that I don't agree with his style. 】

I know something, but I choose to ignore it

If on the street, he encounters someone who faints on the ground in a 60-degree heat, he must be the one who chooses to ignore it. Even if he was asked why he didn't help, he would say, "I don't know what happened to him, maybe he was lying down for some purpose." ”

It's very much his style.

If a weak person is violated, he will definitely choose to ignore it and excuse himself in the name of "the weak are also guilty". If public opinion condemns a bad person whose sins are unforgivable, he must not be in the queue of condemnation. When asked about his position, he will definitely stand on the opposite side and show his wisdom with some crooked reasoning, as if he is different from the public is wisdom.

I'll never be able to let go of what he did to Love Wen during his sixth-grade spring outing.

I also can't understand why since then, his relationship with Lianwen has increased in value.

It only proves that Lianwen is an overly kind person.

While I'm grateful to him, I really don't agree with some of his approaches.

Or rather, I don't agree with his 'principles'.

I took a deep breath and felt a little unpleasant. Then he knocked on the door.

There was a "Please come closer" from inside, and the source of the voice appeared to be a woman.

It was precisely because I didn't want to be like him that I chose to give up the path of music and join the HK Club.

If I have to say that the personal reason is that I am tired of art.

It doesn't achieve my ideals, it doesn't bring the 'justice' I want.

I opened the heavy door.

This is the justice I seek.