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"Amuro-kun, what are you looking at, so distracted?"

A colleague from the coffee shop walked over, put his arm on Zero's shoulder, and asked with a smile.

Tsugu's body stiffened, controlling the desire to throw the other party over the shoulder, and after a pause for two breaths, he bent his eyes and showed a gentle smile: "I'm sorry, Fujino-kun, I'll go back now." ”

He had just come out to change the ornaments hanging on the door, and the summer had passed, and it was time for the autumn novelty.

Fujino waved his hand and said casually: "Anyway, there are no guests now, so let's touch it." The day is more idle at this time. ”

He stretched his waist as he spoke, and made a comfortable voice: "By the way, did you just see something?" Keep your eyes peeled. ”

Hearing this, Zero looked at the other side of the road again, there was nothing left, it was all ordinary pedestrians, and the boy was gone.

He was inexplicably a little melancholy, and he felt a little uncomfortable. But when facing Fujino, he didn't show it at all, and smiled helplessly: "I don't know, it's gone." Maybe it's the Snow Maiden. ”

White-haired and snow-skinned, cold and dusty, everything around him seems to be covered with a layer of gray compared to him, and the beauty is impressive.

Fujino was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Where is the snow girl from in the city?" But maybe, now that the mountains are not developed, it is possible that the Snow Girl will go down the mountain together. The way you looked stunned just now was really a bit like you'd be bewitched by a monster. ”

"Well, maybe."

Shibuyani bent his eyes, turned around and pushed Fujino into the coffee shop: "Let's go, it's time to prepare the materials for the evening rush hour." ”

-

As a mature and professionally trained MAFIA, Miyama did not hesitate to go directly to Bourbon to talk to him.

First of all, he's not very good at this type of thing, he has to practice it himself.

Secondly, he can be so noticed by Shuichi Akai, because he and Bourbon's range of activities overlapped, so he specially called to remind him that the other party must not be a simple character.

In the end, he wanted to leave a better impression on that person, and he definitely didn't want to mess up when they met for the first time.

With this in mind, Miyama glanced at Bourbon who was standing there again, turned around and went to 711 next door to buy some quick bento and go home.

It's a shame that I didn't get to eat that delicious café, but there will be a chance later. Yushan Chao Lamp was in a good mood and went home with a convenience store bag, but fortunately, the water and electricity can still be used, so you can make do with some food today.

When he opened the doorway of his home, he sensed that something was wrong in the room. He stood in the doorway and paused for a few seconds, first went to the kitchen to put down the convenience store bag, and then went to the living room to look for it.

Standing at the door, he saw a man in black sitting on the sofa, and the other party also heard his voice, raised his hand, revealing a small arm that was half bandaged: "I'm back." ”

Mr. Tsushima's voice is really nice enough.

Such a thought flashed in Miyama Chao Deng's heart, and he stepped forward and stood behind him, squeezing the man's shoulder. The man did not refuse, the book in his hand was folded and placed on his chest, and his eyes were closed to enjoy his service.

Yushan Chao Lantern is a little weak, after all

When he and Sawada Tsunayoshi went to Italy, they did not contact their guardians and did not obtain the consent of the other party.

Over the years, the other party has not taken the initiative to contact him, as if he has disappeared.

When he came back yesterday, he checked carefully, and there was indeed no trace of living in this room, but as soon as he returned, Mr. Guardian also returned, it was really ......

The word "back" does not mean coming home from outside, but "you still know how to go back to Japan."

"Mr. Tsushima." Miyama whispered the other party's name to the lamp, but after the other party opened his eyes slightly, revealing the iris-colored eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, he took back his previous words, "Is the strength still appropriate?" ”

Mr. Guardian pursed his lips and did not speak, and Miyama Chao Lantern also went down his shoulder, until he knocked on the other party's forearm, squatted beside Mr. Guardian's hand, and looked at him earnestly with his head up.

Fortunately, he is still young, and there is no shame in doing such an act.

The man raised his hand and made a gesture to knock his skull, and Miyama subconsciously closed his eyes, but the imaginary pain did not come, and the other party's hand rubbed his head vigorously twice.

Miyama opened his eyes and immediately smiled, squeezing onto the single sofa: "I knew that Mr. Tsushima was the best." ”

Mr. Guardian snorted lightly: "Stay away from me, don't get so close, you are not a little girl." ”

Although he said this, he didn't push it, and Miyama held his arm and didn't let go: "If Mr. Tsushima likes it, I can wear a skirt." ”

Anyway, he just talked about coaxing, even if he really wore it, it wouldn't be a big deal, he would treat it as a colorful dress to entertain his relatives.

Mr. Guardian poked him on the forehead, but he went casually, but Yushan Chao Lantern felt squeezed, and ran to the sofa next to him and sat down.

"Tell me, what's the matter with coming back this time?" Mr. Guardian took out the "Complete Suicide Handbook", which had been read for more than ten years but was still brand new, and looked at it pretendically.

Miyama Chao Lantern came back for the mission this time, and the foreign aid he found for himself was Akai Shuichi, who didn't plan to work his parents at all.

He is eighteen years old, and he still looks for his parents whenever he has something, which is too embarrassing.

"There's a little task that I can do by myself." He deliberately said lightly, "You don't have to worry. ”

Mr. Guardian looked at him and was silent for a long time before he said, "Oh. ”

"Aren't you happy?" Miyama asked very keenly.

"Nope." The guardian said, "It's too late for me to be happy if you don't come to trouble, how can you be unhappy." ”

Yushan Chao Lantern became happy, stood up and walked outside: "Then I'll go prepare dinner, we haven't seen each other for a long time." ”

His figure vanished, and the guardian pursed the corners of his mouth, but the next second it quickly smoothed out.

“…… Mr. Tsushima, I forgot, the gas has not been used for a long time, and I haven't found anyone to repair it, so I bought it at a convenience store...... Do you prefer curry pork cutlet bento or fried chicken rice bowl? ”

With a half-white head peeking out from behind the door, Mr. Guardian raised his hand to support his head and sighed heavily.

In the end, Yushan Chaodeng was led out by his parents to dinner, and the guardian didn't eat much as always, watching him eat with a wine glass, and listening to him talk about Italian things.

"I came back and found that I didn't speak Japanese anymore.

I watched a variety show all night last night when I was jet-lagged, and it was almost slowed down. Speaking of Yushan Chao Deng, he couldn't help but complain, he really didn't want to talk to others about these things.

Anyone thinks he's pretending, and after a few years in Italy, he almost doesn't speak his native language...... His language system is still a bit confusing, but fortunately, Japan is a country with a high degree of Westernization, and some words can't remember and speak English without any problem.

……

"What's wrong?" Realizing that the footsteps of the people around him were gradually slowing down, Zhu Fu Jingguang asked with concern.

My friend stopped in front of a restaurant and was looking in.

Zhu Fu Jingguang looked over, glanced around, and didn't find anything noteworthy, and lowered his voice: "Zero? ”

As soon as the former nickname came out, Falling Valley Zero immediately reacted, looked at the restaurant again, turned his head and smiled at the young tamer: "I'm fine." ”

Zhu Fu Jingguang walked to his place, looked over from his angle, and saw two people sitting together eating.

The white-haired one was younger, holding his face in his hands and talking to the man opposite, and his smile was a little too sweet.

Probably forgetting to eat, the man opposite handed the cut steak with a fork, and he opened his mouth to bite it, which can be regarded as a pause.

The man sitting across from him was dressed in black, and his face was also handsome, but he was dressed a little strangely, like some kind of bandage weirdo.

"That person ......" Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at the man in black and said after a moment's silence.

"It's pretty." Zero picked up his words.

Zhu Fu Jingguang: "...... zero。 ”

“……”

"I'm just wondering what the relationship between those two people is, that kid ......"

Realizing that he was getting darker and darker, he closed his mouth. At this time, the man in black over there suddenly glanced this way, his lips hooked a mocking arc, and his dead iris eyes gently swept over the two of them.

The aura of danger lingered around his body for a moment, Zhu Fu Jingguang's body was a little stiff, he reached out and grabbed his friend's wrist, and said in a low voice, "Go." ”

……

Miyama swallowed the food in his mouth, and suddenly saw Mr. Guardian look outside, and also looked at it strangely.

Outside, the city is lit up in the light of day.

He suddenly smiled: "Does Mr. Tsushima want balloons?" It's okay, I'll buy it for you later! ”

Outside, a man wearing a doll costume selling balloons happened to pass by, and he was immediately surrounded by children.

The guardian retracted his gaze and looked him up and down: "Then please." ”

"Yes." Miyama bent his eyes towards the lamp and said, not seeing a man in a dark blue sweatshirt pulling a man with blonde hair to walk quickly past here.

-

It was still early to return home, and Yushan Chao Lantern went back to his room.

At first, it felt a little strange, but my body was used to it. He turned on the light, looked at the room that seemed a little childish to him now, and lay down on the bed with his limbs outstretched.

This is where he lived until he was 14 years old, with his middle school textbooks still on the shelves, and half-built Lego on the table, which has been placed in a box by the housekeeping staff to prevent dust.

Everything feels like it happened yesterday, but he hasn't been back to Japan for four years.

Mr. Tsushima is the same, no different from four years ago, no, no different from eighteen years ago.

Miyama got up from bed, cleaned up the things on the table, and took out his computer from the box.

After opening the document, solemnly type the words "How to conquer Bourbon" in the title bar.

After writing it, he looked a little silly, but he didn't delete it, and still wrote it down.

He wanted to get to know Bourbon, and by the way, he used the other party's power to enter the group and get some information about that organization, which was his purpose.

Want to that guy...... Make friends.

Miyama paused for the lamp, his fingers kept jumping on the keyboard, and he even found the flat mirror he had worn in the drawer, adding a little atmosphere.

……

Pressing the last enter, looking at the full two pages of the document, Miyama breathed a sigh of relief.

The plan looks perfect, and it's just a matter of seeing how he carries it out.

-

The first step in the plan, of course, was to track Bourbon.

…… It does seem to be a little perverted, but it's an essential upfront data collection.

He didn't worry about Japan's private detectives, and he searched the Internet for several reviews and said that they were not good, including a detective named Maori Kogoro, who was the one, and it was said that he could only be entrusted with finding cats.

Miyama Asama thinks that the name Mori Kogoro seems to be a little familiar, but he thinks that maybe it is his own delusion. This name is also too popular, eight out of ten people in the previous generation have this kind of name, it should be his delusion.

And because

In order to make his request more detailed, Yushan Chao Deng planned to go into battle himself.

He needs to observe Bourbon's movements and have a basic understanding of the interpersonal relationships around him before he can start to make friends with them.

Even if it was a little later, he at least had to find out where the other party lived, and then go to the neighborhood to rent a house and forcibly create a chance encounter. If it's accidentally discovered, there can be an explanation.

Yushan Chao Lantern knows that his appearance is conspicuous and the chance of being found is also high, so he is more careful.

Unfortunately, he failed the next day, because he didn't know where Bourbon was going to be found, so he squatted near the café, and he didn't see Bourbon come out at nine o'clock, so he had to get out of the car and go to the store.

He ordered something to eat casually, the waiter put away the menu and put down the tissues, respectfully asked him to wait, Yushan took off his sunglasses and asked as if unintentionally, "Didn't the blonde guy in your store come today?" ”

The waiter seemed to have long been accustomed to being asked where the handsome colleague was, and said with a smile: "Amuro-kun is off today, if you want to see him, just come tomorrow." ”

"Amuro...... What's his name? Miyama looked up at the lamp and continued to ask.

"Amuro is written as 'transparent' as 'transparent'." The waiter didn't notice anything wrong and said very kindly, but when he saw Miyama's face, his eyes widened slightly, "...... Snow Girl! ”

Miyama wrote down Bourbon's name and looked at the waiter who said something strange with some puzzlement: "What Snow Girl?" ”

"Haha, nothing. It's rude. Fujino took a few steps back, turned and returned to the console.

Talk to your colleagues

After the meal (), I ran to the locker room and took out my mobile phone to send a message to another person: I seem to have seen the 'Snow Girl' just now!

Because Bourbon and Amuro didn't come to the café to work today (16)()(16)『Come [].See the latest chapter. Complete Chapter'(), Yushan Chao Deng sat in the café and finished the ordered meal.

The taste is average, not as good as the evaluation on the Internet, but the waiter is really handsome.

Coming out of the store, Miyama Chao Lantern knew that there would be no progress today, and after struggling to go home and wandering around the neighborhood for a while, he still made up his mind to go home.

In the morning, Mr. Guardian disappeared again, and he didn't leave a note saying that he was going to come back, and it is estimated that he will not come back again in a short time.

Yushan Chao Lantern accepts this well, after all, it has become a habit for Mr. Guardian to disappear, and he will disappear for a few days from time to time, and he can't be contacted.

But as long as he needs to, such as the school has a parent-teacher conference, or something else that requires the guardian to come forward, even if he doesn't say it, the other party will show up on time.

The two are not related by blood, and Mr. Tsushima has been good enough for him.

Miyama lowered the brim of his hat and walked back along the side of the road.

Just then, he suddenly heard a piercing scream.

"Hey—"

Miyama looked up at the lamp, and there was a person running towards him, and several people were chasing him behind him.

The people around have long since dispersed, and there is only one person who must pass through Yushan Chao Deng.

"Get out of here!" The robber yelled viciously at Miyama towards the lamp.

Yushan moved half of his body away with an expressionless face, but the road was still not wide, as long as the other party didn't avoid it, he would definitely be hit.

The people around him exclaimed, and Yushan raised his arm towards the lamp, and no one could see his movements, and the robber was thrown to the ground, grinning in pain.

When he wanted to get up and run, the people behind him finally caught up, raised his leg and kicked him with agility, and then he was completely knocked down and couldn't get up again.

The woman who lost the bag arrived a little later, and the young man who held him down handed the bag to the woman: "Is there anything missing from Diandian?" ”

Knowing that such a situation required someone to call the police, he looked up at the man standing next to him who had given the first blow to the robber.

A little gray hair peeked out from under the hat, and a pair of sunglasses covered half of his face, but it didn't affect others to know that he was definitely a beautiful person.

The blonde young man was slightly stunned, and subconsciously showed a smile to him: "Please call the police." ”

Yushan Chao Deng recognized him one step ahead of him, and his ears were a little red when he heard him speak, but he still pretended to be nothing: "Yes, I know." ”

The patrol arrived in less than five minutes, and the robber got into the police car with the young woman who had lost the bag, and thanked them for their help as they left.

Originally, they should have gone too, but there were no more people in the police car, and considering that they were just righteous and brave people, only the contact information of the two was recorded.

Yushan Chao Deng was very scheming to let the other party register first, and when it was his turn, he wrote down the other party's phone number very smoothly.

After seeing the police car leave, Bourbon turned to look at Yushan Chao Deng, and said with a smile: "If it wasn't for you just now, I wouldn't have been able to catch him so quickly." ”

So gentle.

Yushan Chao Deng suddenly couldn't speak, he felt some sweat in his palms, nervous can't do it, he is worried that he will speak

() His voice trembled, and he just nodded, "Yes." ”

…… It's terrible.

Yushan Chaodeng is deeply embarrassed that he can only say such cold words, his personality is this kind of nervousness, the colder he looks, and he can't change it.

He hadn't thought about meeting Bourbon so soon, and he hadn't had time to rehearse what he was going to say after the meeting.

It's over, and it's definitely going to be hated.

This first sight was too bad.

Yushan Chao Deng fell into deep self-loathing, but fortunately, the sunglasses blocked his eyes, not revealing his emotions at the moment.

Bourbon, who was standing in front of him, was still just as gentle, and was not angry at his reaction, he bent his eyes and smiled: "I still have some things, let's meet again next time I have a chance." ”

Yushan Chao Deng couldn't find any reason to stop the other party, so he could only say goodbye to the other party like this.

His good mood was gone, and he walked back a little dejectedly, and he didn't see the blonde young man who had just separated from him looking back at him, his gaze deepening.

-

Probably a blessing and a curse, although the first meeting with Bourbon was a bit of a failure, but after that, the plan for the Miyama Pilgrimage went very smoothly.

Originally, because of that unpleasant first meeting, Miyama wanted to pose towards the lamp, but the smile in the sun came to his mind again.

My heart was beating unusually, and the idea of meeting that person was at its peak.

I want to have further contact.

Even if he dreamed of Bourbon sitting next to him and smiling and calling him 'to the lamp', he couldn't calm down when he woke up.

Anyway, the plan is already made, as long as it goes according to the previous plan.

Yushan Chao Lamp stalked listlessly, and in less than a week, he almost figured out the other party's life.

Because Bourbon is a member of that organization, he doesn't follow the mountain at night.

The unified perception of the mafia all over the world, the task is done at night. He hasn't joined the organization yet, so it's not a good thing to get over easily.

In addition to this, Bourbon's daily life is very regular.

The coffee shop is closed every Tuesday and Saturday, and he also opened his own detective agency, which looks very depressed, and he hasn't seen any customers in the mountain for a week, so I guess this is the reason why the other party will work part-time in the café.

Under normal circumstances, I start my morning jog at 5 a.m., go out to work at 7:30 a.m., go to the office when I break from the coffee shop, eat my own lunch box at noon or go to the Chinese restaurant next door for fast food. The café closes at eight o'clock in the evening, and the detective agency is open until twelve o'clock.

Other than that, although he has a popular face, he doesn't have many friends. The colleague at the coffee shop seems to have a good relationship with him, but he doesn't socialize outside of work.

I don't usually see him hanging out with anyone, but I don't know about it when I call.

If it was according to the previous situation, he should have been able to try to contact the other party, but unfortunately.

Miyama lifted his backpack up and walked towards his new apartment.

He had several bags of his new clothes in his hand, and he had just returned to his old mansion and brought Mr. Tsushima's gift to the apartment.

Mr. Guardian's aesthetic is very good, and the clothes in his wardrobe were all prepared by Mr. Guardian in the past, that is, after arriving in Italy, he began to learn to come by himself.

But he's used to that style, and there's no difference between Italy and Japan.

But Mr. Guardian gave him something, he was still happy, and the new coat he was wearing now was given by the other party, and the version of the neckline was irregular, and there were some fancy metal.

He liked all the bells and whistles, and in order to show off the new clothes his guardian had given him, he had even made a trip to the supermarket.

Yushan Chao Lantern passed through the corridor, too lazy to put down the pile of things in his hand, and then had to pick them up again, so he had some difficulty touching the keys to the house from his pocket.

After touching it for a long time, he realized that he should have thrown it into his bag casually, so he could only put down all the things, and then squatted to continue looking.

At this moment, the door next to him suddenly opened.

"Huh?" The blonde young man dressed in everyday clothes had only opened the door by a small crack, and when he saw the Yushan Dynasty Lamp, he was a little surprised, "Yushan-kun? ”

It seemed that he didn't know why the other party was here, and Miyama stiffened and raised his head to look over.

"Hello." He said.

As I said before, except for the initial meeting, his plan was very smooth, not only tracking, but also renting a house near the other party, which was done smoothly.

Although he has moved here now, he has not dared to meet the other party.

As soon as he saw Amuro, he was nervously speechless.

"You actually live here." Bourbon didn't care about his coldness, and said softly, "Ah, your name is what I saw before, I'm sorry. ”

"No, it's fine." Yushan Chao Deng also stood up and greeted each other politely.

"My name is Amuro, Toru Amuro." Bourbon didn't feel embarrassed at all, and introduced himself with a smile, "The tenant here was learning guitar before, and it was a bit noisy, so it's great that he moved away." It's nice that the new neighbor is you. ”

"Yes." Miyama replied, but he didn't think it was good to say that, "I mean ......"

Bourbon laughed, and very naturally reached out and touched his head: "Come to my house in a few days, I will invite you to a meal, which can be regarded as a pick-up for you." It's not early today, good night. ”

“……”

Miyama looked at him, and the door next door closed, and the warm light projected from it disappeared.

He raised his hand to cover his face: "It's too bad to be a stalker, it's too bad." ”

……

Zero closed the door, looked down at the hand that had just touched his new neighbor's hair, and sighed softly.

And he had just been hiding in his other hand, which had not all come out, holding a small-sized photo.

If you look at it, you will find that the person in the photo is the white-haired boy just now.

The neckline is very special, with a metal pendant. He looked down at what he was doing, his expression serious and beautiful.

Falling Valley Zero took two steps and used a magnet to fix the photo on a wall not far away.

There are already quite a few pictures on the walls, frontal, sideways, and hidden.

But without exception, all of them are Yushan Morning Lights.!