CHAPTER XXXII

Kawashima Esaki was the last part to get on the bus.

Before he boarded the train, he looked behind him as if unintentionally, and through the transparent glass, a man in railway overalls in the hall nodded invisibly, indicating that the passengers and the train had been checked and there were no problems.

Kawashima Ezaki retracted his gaze.

"Okay, I'm ready to open a new branch line of the distillery~"

The system was excited like an elementary school student who was about to go on an outing.,Since waking up from Kawashima, he hasn't returned to the forum.。

Kawashima dislikes him for talking too much, and his chatter is so noisy that he doesn't want to drive him back.

"Anyway, today is the January voting deadline, and I'm a little worried."

The system snorted, knocked on the head, and comforted itself, "But it should be okay?" The last three draws are all random punishments such as '100% wrestling', 'no umbrella when it rains', and 'low sense of presence', and I feel that this time it should not be far from ten, and the impact is not great. ”

Kawashima Ezaki: "It's better for you to talk less than anything else. ”

System: "Okay, okay, I'm silent, I'll tell you ten minutes before the voting results come out, so that you can be mentally prepared not to be caught off guard." ”

Kawashima was noncommittal.

As he was about to get on the train, he saw a train refueler walking on the tracks, wearing bulging navy blue overalls and hats of the same color, inserting the high-pressure water cannon from the railway into the water tank inlet of each train.

I don't know if I haven't been exposed to this job, Kawashima Ezaki has a faint sense of weirdness.

"Sir, the train is about to depart, please get on the train and sit down first."

The attendant saw Kawashima Esaki standing at the door of the train and came over to remind.

Kawashima Ezaki only felt that a certain inspiration flashed through his mind, and he didn't have time to catch it, and with the urging of the flight attendant, his thoughts were interrupted and he found nothing.

"Is that person anything different from usual?"

The young man in a black mask pointed to the railway with his chin.

The flight attendant followed his gaze and smiled politely, "No, sir." The water on the train during the journey is all supplied by the water tank, and the water filler's job is to ensure that the water tank is fully loaded before the train departs. ”

However, there are many water fillers at the station, and I have never seen this attendant in front of me.

Maybe it's new?

She thought so and didn't tell the passenger in front of her.

"Hmm."

Hearing what the flight attendant said, Kawashima Ezaki didn't think much about it.

Because it was relatively late to get on the bus, the passengers inside were already almost seated, and the noisy sound quieted down.

The tired social animal put on headphones and leaned back on the chair to catch up on sleep.

Relatives and friends who went out to play leaned together, talking and laughing and whispering, and when Kawashima Ezaki walked through the aisle, he even saw a tour group with seven or eight children.

"Hey, look."

The girl pushed her friend next to her, and her friend who was looking out the window looked at her suspiciously, "What's wrong." ”

The girl whispered: "Handsome guy." ”

“！”

Kawashima Ezaki didn't care about the gaze of others at all, and found his seat very well. In order to facilitate his movement, he was assigned a position on the side of the aisle, and no one was arranged to sit in the seats inside.

He sat by the window, looking out at the bright sunlight and wondering how the connector would pass on the connector message to him.

Judging from the current situation, except for this train that could not stop halfway, Kawashima did not get any information about the other party, but the identity of "Ganquanyi" had already been investigated by the other party.

Unknown means passive.

It means that the initiative is in the hands of the other party, no matter what he wants to do, he only has the share to accept it.

The young man put his hand on the windowsill of about ten centimeters, and his slender fingers with thin calluses tapped lightly, making a crisp "da-da" sound.

The train moved slowly.

Outside the window, Tokyo Station moves backwards, and gradually, the scenery recedes faster and faster, until at last only lines of different colors remain.

Waiting for the cramped and dense high-rise buildings.

The line of sight suddenly brightened -

The railroad stands tall in mid-air, and below it is a group of squat buildings, almost all of which are built with their own courtyards. Looking further afield, the green farmland stretches endlessly, a bird is parked on a telephone pole, the blue sky is high and vast, and the soft clouds like cashmere float between the sky and the earth, blown by the wind and move slowly.

If you can open the window at this time, you must have a natural and pleasant atmosphere even when the wind blows in your face.

The scenery outside the window is reflected in the dark pupils of the youth.

He breathed steadily.

Quietly wait for someone or something that is about to come to the door.

Meanwhile.

Outside Tokyo Station.

Wearing a black cap, loose white short sleeves, and a black coat open outside, Zero Shibuyani stood on an old parking lot outside Tokyo Station with no one -

This is the only parking lot where you can see the train go away.

After returning to school from Kawashima's teacher's house last night, Zero Shibuyani found the Fuchi train that departed at ten o'clock based on the two information of "ten o'clock" and "ticket".

Separation is imminent.

Even though he knew that he wouldn't be able to see the teacher for the last time, he still came here early.

The train started slowly, and even the surface could feel a slight vibration, and it crossed the elevated railway, like a distant meteor.

After that, until the end of the teacher's mission, Zero was unable to get any news about "Kawashima Ezaki".

Left.

Again. Again.

How many more separations do you have to go through in life?

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the tide rises and falls, day after day, he is always the one left behind.

Fortunately, this time it is not a parting of life and death, the teacher said that he will come back, he said that he will not leave for a long time, and he will not disappear now, he will come back.

"Teacher."

"Looking forward to seeing you again."

Falling valley zero didn't say goodbye, and the explosive pain of separation was washed away by him with the expectation of reunion, and evenly distributed to every day that he hadn't seen each other yet.

Wouldn't that be more bearable, Zero?

The train disappeared from sight, and Zero turned around to leave, when he suddenly found a black Mazda parked in the corner.

The window was open, and the man with the blue stubble on his chin was smoking, and he put his hand out of the window, flicked the ash of his cigarette, and looked at the end of the railroad with deep eyes.

Tokita Ichiro has been quitting smoking for several months, and the hardest time has passed, but Kawashima is gone, and it seems that there is no point in continuing to quit smoking.

"Who's going to hate the smell of smoke on me except that kid?"

The man smiled self-deprecatingly and extinguished the cigarette butt, "It's really ruthless, don't call me on the last day, Lao Tzu is pulling the bottom, and the result is still in the blacklist." ”

"Forget it." Shi Tian sighed, "I chose it myself, and I have to endure it." ”

Mazda reversed and left.

"I didn't expect him to come." Zero took one last look at the empty railroad and pressed down on the brim of his hat.

Tokyo is business as usual.

The traffic is crowded, the Shinkansen back to the police academy is full of people, and the sultry summer atmosphere is several degrees higher because of the crowd, testing people's patience like a steamer.

More than an hour later.

When Shibuya Zero returned to the dormitory and just came out of the shower, he found that Morofushi Keimitsu, Matsuda Jinpei, Hagiwara Kenji, and Captain Date were all crammed into his dormitory. The air conditioner was spitting cold air, but it was far less cold than a few of their serious expressions.

The black-skinned police cadet ignored the dripping blonde hair, and he realized that something very serious was happening.

Wiping his face, Zero put the towel around his neck, sat down cross-legged, and exhaled fiercely, "What's wrong?" It's all this expression, what's going on? ”

Zhu Fu Jingguang was tapping something on the tablet.

His expression was too serious, and the cat's eyes on the top were not as soft as usual, but with a kind of sharpness, Zhu Fu Jingguang turned up the voice of the tablet in his hand and flipped it to Falling Valley Zero.

"The Fukuchi train, which departed more than an hour ago, was found to have planted a bomb by the crew."

"There is no way to force a stop and disperse passengers, and the train still has half an hour to enter the downtown area of Nara City, which is close to Osaka Prefecture, and if the bomb explodes in the urban area, the train will derail at 100 percent speed, and not only the passengers on the train will be in danger, but also the residents of the urban area next to the railway will be destroyed."

The towel slipped off the neck.

The black-skinned police academy student didn't seem to hear clearly, "...... What? ”

"Hiro, what did you say? What train? ”

His face, damp from the shower, went blank, as if his brain could not process such information, or rather refused to process it.

When have the others seen a valley like this?

He has always been a sane, uncontrolled, trustworthy companion.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Matsuda Jinpei was a little worried, stood up and said, "I'm going to buy something to drink, and by the way, I'm going to get the map of the Fukuchi Line, now that everyone is paying attention to this matter, I will definitely find the best of both worlds." ”

- They don't know that the teacher is also in the car!

In the morning, he saw Kawashima-sensei get into the car.

The police cadet's heart was beating fast and heavy, and he could hear the sound of "dong dong dong" in his ears, he covered his fingers, which were slightly paralyzed by excessive tension, took a deep breath, and calmed himself down through the cold air.

"Yes, Matsuda is right, there is still half an hour, we can find a way, you saw the news from the Internet, right? If the information flows out, the Metropolitan Police Department will also know, no problem. ”

Zero muttered to himself, got up to get the computer, and his foot slipped a little, only to find that not only his fingers, but his whole body was shaking.

"Zero, seriously, are you alright? You're panicking right now. ”

Kenji Hagiwara and Date Hang were right next to him, and the two of them reached out to support him.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm going to get the computer. ”

“…… Feed. ”

Over there, Zhu Fu Jingguang, who had been paying attention to the news of the Fuchi train, also had a dry voice, he licked his lips and looked at the side face of the young man who was captured in the photo.

Because it's a snapshot, the picture is a little blurry.

In addition, the young man was still wearing a mask, and his black and silver gradient hair was permed on his forehead, covering his eyes a little, so he was not very familiar with him, and he couldn't recognize him at all.

But, but—

"Just kidding, huh?!"

Zhu Fujingguang clicked on the photo, zoomed in and enlarged, the young man was exposed outside the mask, and the vaguely visible eyebrows and eyes were clearly -

"Why is the teacher also ?!! in the car?"

"What?"

-

Rewind the clock to fifteen minutes ago.

Kawashima Ezaki waited drowsily, and he even wondered if the connector had been arrested on the way here, or that the police had lost some key information, or that the mysterious organization was deliberately playing tricks on him?

Kawashima didn't know anyone else in the group.

The only people who know the name are Gin and Chianti, with whom he has had some skirmishes.

Very good. This account is counted on the head of gin, no one should have an opinion, right?

Just when Kawashima Ezaki was extremely bored and looked down at the time with a pair of sleepy eyes, a frightened cry suddenly came from the carriage in front of him, followed by a series of hurried steps.

The conductor who was supposed to be preparing lunch in the dining car ran to the front of the car with a pale face, as if he wanted to tell the purser or the captain something.

Kawashima Esaki's intuition was this.

The information given by the connector.

The flight attendant was distracted, wearing high heels, and crooked his foot halfway, not noticing Kawashima Esaki who was following her.

She found the purser at the place where the two carriages met, and whispered to her with a pale face and a cold sweat on her forehead, "Bomb, bomb." ”

The purser saw the masked man on the back, twitched the corners of his mouth, and showed an extremely distorted smile.

Pull people aside.

"What did you say?"

The flight attendant's legs were weak, and he came here completely by willpower, and was supported by the purser, and most of his body weight leaned on her. She still remembers not being able to cause a commotion, and whispered, "There's a bomb, in the dining car, in two bags of potato chips, I saw it when I was tidying up, what to do, what to do, what to do, what to do......?" ”

The purser was also a little flustered, but she couldn't show it, especially with a passenger standing on the side, not knowing how much she heard.

"Calm down, you go to the police first, and I'll take a look at the dining car."

Wait for the flight attendant to leave.

The purser, who looked to be in his forties, was polite and much calmer than the average young man, smiled at Kawashima Ezaki.

"Sir, this is an urgent matter, no matter what you have just heard, please do not reveal it, this is also for your safety."

Kawashima also laughed.

The lower half of his face was still hidden behind the mask, so all he could see was a pair of beautiful crooked eyes.

"Yes, but I asked to come with you to the dining car to check it out."

Without waiting for the purser to refuse, he continued, "I'm very good at defusing bombs, maybe the police explosives team will have to rely on me to teach you in the future, why don't you try it?" ”：，，