Chapter 126: ...... Ten Years Later (ENDS)

Walking out of the supermarket, Ikekawa Na catches a flashing of familiar vehicles on the street corner.

He subconsciously put down what he was holding and walked to the other side of the street, not seeing anything again.

Thinking that he was just mistaken, he turned around and wanted to go back to the supermarket, but when he turned around, he heard the sound of a pistol being loaded behind him.

Without dodging the attack behind him, the person who came was obviously more agile and stronger than him.

A few minutes later, he was dragged into a familiar vehicle with a black hole in his eyes.

"Tempting me by pretending to be like this, you have the audacity."

The familiar smell of tobacco envelops the whole body.

The silver-haired man sneered and grabbed the neck of the man beneath him, and before he could exert himself could notice something, he groped around his neck, but found no trace of □□.

The heterochromatic eyes don't seem to be formed with contact lenses, and even the expressions, habits, and even the movements of struggle when being controlled are no different from the person who once was.

Gin put down his □□, his eyes dark.

It seems that there is no need to explain any more. Ikekawa breathed a sigh of relief. Gin is sharp enough to tell the truth from the fake in just a few minutes of observation, saving a lot of other trouble.

was pulled into the car by the other party, and his trust in the person in front of him made him reach out and press the car window, looking at the other party with a relaxed expression.

The familiar three-piece suit doesn't look much different from the past, but there are some scars on the face that I haven't seen before.

Sitting in the car, Gin took off his black trench coat, and the black turtleneck outlined the muscle outline inside.

Have they been working out every day for the past ten years?

Putting this question behind her for a moment, Ikekawa asked, "Why are you here?" ”

“…… Let me ask you this sentence. ”

The man's voice was hoarse when he spoke, but it didn't look like it was caused by a long absence from speaking, he squinted his eyes, almost greedily looking at his eyebrows inch by inch, "Why are you here?" ”

"It's hard to explain." He frowned, not knowing how to speak for a long time.

It's too difficult to explain to Gin that he came from ten years ago, but it's not okay if he doesn't explain, and Ikekawa Na can only say that she came to this place inexplicably.

The tall, silver-haired man just bit his pipe and stared at him motionlessly.

After explaining, he frowned, endured it for a long time, but still reached out and took the cigarette from the other party's mouth and snuffed it out, and when he came out, it was a familiar sarcasm, "If you smoke less, you can live at least twenty more years." ”

The vodka in the driver's seat stiffened a little because of his actions.

Blocked by sunglasses, it can be seen that his emotions should be extremely complicated, as if he wants to laugh and cry, and after a long time, he said under Chi Chuannai's somewhat puzzled gaze, "Brother, Gelunbai, I just didn't expect to see you again." ”

“……？” He frowned, "What the hell is going on." ”

Under Gin's gaze, Vodka picked and chose to say everything that had happened before.

It is no different from Shuichi Akai's version, and it was also at the end that he was a key figure and did not come out. By the time they broke down the gates of the organization's base, he was already lying on the test bench, losing his heartbeat and breathing, and finally annihilated in the explosion and fire.

It looks pretty miserable, to the point of breaking bones and scattering ashes.

Ikekawa Nai laughed at herself in her heart.

He reached out and pinched the bridge of his nose and asked, "What about you, what's the situation now?" ”

You can't still be an international fugitive, right?

"You go...... The place had a plan prepared before. "It's still vodka," we all broke away from the organization, and now we are mainly active in Europe. As for the company and the like, you leave it to the eldest brother to deal with. ”

Unexpectedly, the former killer turned into an entrepreneur, and Ikekawa Nai glanced at the other party with some surprise.

The sound of the car door opening sounded, and Vodka left the car keys and walked away with a very good look.

The pipe was extinguished and thrown aside, his wrist was heavy, and before he could react, Ikekawa Na was already imprisoned in his arms.

Inexplicably, he felt that the other party was now looking like a big cat with the same hair, he reached out to hold the other party's face, wanting to see Gin's expression at the moment, but he was dragged by the wrist and bit the wrist bone with his canine teeth.

During the movements, the man's gaze kept falling on his face, and his dark green eyes were like the vertical pupils of a beast in the dim carriage.

"Go back with me." He let go of his wrist, which had been bitten out of a light imprint, and quickly made a decision.

"Wait." Ikekawa Nai hurriedly spoke, "I ......"

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw the silver-haired man's gaze move downward, and he saw the clothes on his body that obviously did not fit well.

The dark green eyes narrowed, and Gin, who was very keen in various places, looked at him with an ugly expression, "Where did the clothes come from?" ”

His fingers unhurriedly rubbed a strand of black hair in his hand, and his careless gaze revealed danger.

Ikekawa opened her mouth.

"You can try and lie in front of me." Words came out of his mouth, the rough fingertips covering the gun's cocoon grinding against his wrist bones like warnings.

“…… Don't use the same trick you used to interrogate traitors to me. Ikekawa raised her voice and looked away under the gaze of the other party's dark green eyes.

It's hard. Ten years later, Gin is doubly difficult, the desire to control has skyrocketed, and the ability has steadily improved.

His expression fell in the eyes of the other party, and it was estimated that it was not enough to see it at all, if it was ten years ago, he could still pretend to be one.

And the world doesn't give him the assistant and housekeeper who works hard to deal with the day-to-day, and he has no excuse to fool the problem around.

After a moment of silence, the only conclusion reached was that now he could only 'explain truthfully', Ikekawa Na cleared her throat and said in a low voice: "...... Shuichi Akai's. ”

As soon as this sentence came out, the atmosphere in the car dropped by 180 degrees.

The wrist that was held hurt, Ikekawa Nai frowned and before she could speak, she was forcefully pulled by her shoulders, "Shuichi Akai? ”

Gin spit out these four words word by word, and the original carelessness has long since disappeared: "You really have the ability." Go back with me now. ”

"Nope." Seeing the same persistence flashing in the silver-haired man's eyes as Shuichi Akai at that time, Chikawa Nai's eyes widened slightly, and immediately refused, "I'm afraid he has something to do with the fact that I came to this world inexplicably, I have to find a way to go back...... Rest assured, I have my own plans. ”

"Your plan is to be raised at home by a man twenty years older than you." Accented on a few keywords, Gin still spoke unceremoniously, "Or is this what you were going to do after you left the organization?" ”

“…… Who plans to live with him? Ikekawa gritted her teeth and retorted.

What does the first sentence mean, and why does it sound like this...... Odd.

And Shuichi Akai in this world is really not twenty years older than himself...... Wait, he's 24 years old, and his world Akai Shuichi is already 31, another ten years......

Rounding up is indeed twenty years old!

Ikekawa Nai felt a sore tooth, and thought in her heart that it was no wonder that Akai Shuichi was left by his colleagues to question.

"Anyway, I have a plan, you let go first." The clenched hand didn't let go, and the silver-haired man pulled him hard to that side.

Losing his balance in the somewhat narrow back seat, he leaned forward and reached out to press the window next to him to stabilize himself.

In the next second, my neck was cold.

"Is this your check-in fee?" Gin sarcastically said.

His voice had long since lost its initial calmness, as if it was suppressing anger.

Ikekawa Nai subconsciously reached out to cover the back of her neck, but was easily stopped again.

The gland was bitten and a little red and swollen, so when the pheromone stabilized, he didn't cover it with anything, and even blocked it with a turtleneck and tie when he went out.

Even though the interior of the carriage is dim, the reddish imprint on it is still clearly visible.

“…… It was an accident. "Ikekawa Na has no confidence.

He felt that as a member of the organization, it was a bit embarrassing to be coaxed by an FBI to fight back without suspicion, and even his voice was weakened.

Gin laughed.

The sneer was low in the enclosed space, and he casually pulled the black trench coat he had taken off and threw aside, wrapped the person in his arms with one hand, and pulled out the □□ on his waist with the other hand, aiming at the door position on the other side.

The sound of the car window being knocked on soon rang out.

The unlocked car door was pulled open, and the FBI stood outside the door, his expression calm as if he didn't see the muzzle of the gun aimed at his forehead: "Are you done talking?" ”

Shuichi Akai?

The black trench coat draped over her body blocked her vision, and she was pressed hard into her arms, and her vision was completely blocked, and Ikekawa Na could only distinguish it by her voice.

"If you're done talking, can you let him go?" Akai glanced at his watch, "Frozen food will become stale when re-thawed, I have to go back and put them in the refrigerator quickly, after all, you know, he is picky about food." ”

Feeling the hand on his waist tighter, Chikawa Nai struggled unsuccessfully, feeling that the other party's words were more strange than the one who was kept at home just now.

Gin's voice was cold: "You're idle." ”

He looked down, ripped off the hairband used to tie the hair of the person in his arms, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Locator." The FBI was a real eye-opener. ”

The headband was thrown out of the car, and the pendant on it smashed to the ground, flashing an unusual reflection.

"If it weren't for this hair rope, I'm afraid I would have had to look for a needle in a haystack right now." Shuichi Akai didn't show any unusual expression on his face, he leaned over and reached out to prop himself up on the seat in the back seat, "And ......"

In the dim carriage, the man's gaze fell on Gin, and he looked very cold, "If it were you, I'm afraid it would only go further." ”

Gin is noncommittal.

When Ikekawa finally pulled off the black trench coat that blocked the view on her body, she only felt that the atmosphere was weird.

The two seemed to be facing each other, but their eyes kept falling on him, their expressions dark, not knowing what they were thinking.

The headband he had been wearing for a day today was thrown on the street, rolling in dust, and the strange reflection clearly indicated that there was a locator in it.

"I don't think it's a good occasion for a conversation." Halfway through, Shuichi Akai slowly exhaled and stretched out his hand to Ikekawana, "Come out first." ”

The latter did not reach out, but dodged slightly behind him.

He glanced down at the locator on the ground, and the meaning was self-evident.

Behind him, Gin sneered, not letting go of the hand that wrapped around the other party's waist.

The eyes of the two were the same obsession, and they were amazingly hot. Ikekawa Nai stared at them, and quickly turned her face away, understanding for the first time that ten years was not simply a number.

For a long time, it became an attitude that the two of them were now unwilling to let go.

Ikekawa Nai's expression calmed down, he reached out and pulled down the arm around his waist little by little: "...... I'm not going to go with any of you. ”

"I'm going back, and I'll find a way back." The chaotic thoughts of the past two days were suddenly straightened out, and he took a deep breath and looked serious, "This is not my world in the first place. ”

This sentence is not a discussion, it is a declaration that the other two can hear the meaning.

Ikekawa Na never thought that she could get a compromise between the two, and Gin's desire to control was on full display since ten years ago, but Akai Shuichi was different.

He had always been accustomed to hiding these desires under the surface, as if he had been asked what style of carpet he wanted in the morning, and in fact he had already decided on his own the option of 'must buy a carpet' that indicated his permanent residence here, and he was given only this small choice of what material to make.

In other words, Akai took 'he'll stay here for a long time' as a sure fact.

If he wants to go back, he will have to rely on himself.

The hand of the man in front of him at his side suddenly tightened, and the person behind him did not use his arms to encircle him anymore.

After saying this, there was silence in the small space.

Shuichi Akai looked at Nai Ikekawa's still young face, and there was a surge of emotion in her dark green eyes.

For the first time in just now, he looked away from the young man and looked at Gin behind him. On his face, Shuichi Akai caught the same look as himself.

The hand hanging at his side slowly clenched.

Ten years is a long, long time. Even Judy, who had studied the organization's case for a long time and seen countless photos of Columbeth, did not recognize this sudden person when she saw it, and only called it the word 'boy'.

Those things have long faded out of many people's memories, but they definitely won't include him.

He continued to live in a world without Na Ikekawa for ten years. Just like everyone else, work, live, and have dinner with colleagues and friends. Then he held a cigarette pipe, and when he looked back at a certain time, he saw a figure on the corner of the street in a trance.

Ten years have passed, and the occasional flashing picture is still clear, and the people inside are still young. Because in this world, he will never grow old again.

But suddenly, the original illusion became real.

It becomes a reality that can be touched, talked to, and even embraced. Like a gift that spans ten years, and the other end of the thread that binds the gift is firmly pulled in his hand.

Who wants to let go of their hands again.

Gin was the first to break the standoff.

He pinned his □□ back to his waist for Shuichi Akai and replaced it with a handkerchief.

"You...... Not?! Suddenly covered her mouth and nose, Ikekawa Na immediately realized something, and quickly hit the attacker behind her with her hand crutches.

The people outside the car were obviously a little surprised by this change, but soon, after he reacted, he immediately leaned down.

The attack on the crutches was easily blocked, and even though he tried to hold his breath, he still inhaled a lot of anesthesia, and he stepped on the back seat with his foot to get up, and his other hand, which was still free to move, struggled towards the door.

Under his incredulous gaze, Shuichi Akai reached out and pressed his ankle to suppress the last bit of resistance from the other party.

The struggle weakened, and Ikekawa fell softly backwards, her black hair covering the expression on her face.

was helped by the FBI, and Gin didn't show the slightest expression of surprise.

“…… I didn't expect you to do it. After a moment's pause, Shuichi Akai spoke.

Ikekawa Na, still frowning when she fell asleep, reached out and slowly smoothed it out, then put her coat over the other party.

"Because I don't need to be like you, wearing that skin of vanity." Locking the person who had fallen asleep firmly in his arms, Gin sneered, "Thankless." ”

Hearing this, Akai Shuichi glanced at the headband on the ground: "I don't want to do this. ”

Reluctant peace is better than endless vigilance.

"Your skin has fallen off." Gin sneered, "When you wake up, you don't want to see any good looks on him." ”

The dark-haired man's thoughts were dark, and he stood up and looked around, as if thinking about something.

He still didn't look determined, Gin was not in the mood to say much to the others, he lit a cigarette in the carriage, and his voice was hoarse: "Do you dare to bet?" ”

“…… What to bet on? ”

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When Ikekawa wakes up, she finds herself sleeping in a hotel suite.

He was resistant to the antibiotics, so he woke up much earlier than expected, and perhaps because of this, there was no one else in this suite.

Pulling back the curtains, he looked outside, and it wasn't a familiar view, but he probably hadn't left the city where Shuichi Akai lived.

A thought sounded in his head: he had to get out of here.

The clothes are well worn, the shoes that are soiled in Ocean Paradise are taken to be washed by the hotel waiter, and there is only the number plate of the dry cleaning room on the shoe cabinet. Ikekawa put on her hotel slippers, checked that there was no locator on her body, and immediately pushed the door and left.

At night, the hotel corridors are silent, and the sensor-based lights only come on as you pass by.

With her heart beating uncontrollably, Ikekawa stepped on the thick blanket and immediately searched for the best place to hide in the neighborhood as she left the hotel door.

As he walked faster and faster, his scalp tingled with inexplicable fear, and he walked through the winding alleys until he finally saw an exit that glowed with a little light in the distance.

According to the architectural context here, after going out, you will leave the safe city after walking for a while. He needs to find a place to stay first, and then find out the 'rules' of the city's gray areas.

Thinking about her future plans in her head, Ikekawa Na walked around the corner and paused.

After a moment, he took a step back uncontrollably, his pupils constricting.

On the road outside the exit, there is a black Porsche. The silver-haired man leaned against the car, a little scarlet between his fingertips.

Cigarette butts were all over the floor, and he had been waiting for a long time.

"You've lost your bet." Scarlet fell to the ground and was torn out with the soles of leather shoes.

Gin exhaled a thin puff of smoke, and his scattered expression was a little gloomy.

This sentence is not for Ikekawa Na. His gaze fell behind the other man, deeper into the alley: "As long as you don't hold it tightly, he will soon disappear without a trace." ”

“…… Good. Akai Shuichi's voice came from behind.

His dark green eyes showed the same expression as the man in front of him.

In the dimly lit street, the man finally made up his mind and turned his head to look at the person who had realized that something was wrong and wanted to leave from the other side.

"That's what you want."

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(End of chapter)