Chapter 58 The Last Mei Group Gurongi

After the meeting was disbanded.

Xun Ichijo also looked relieved.

Kawahara couldn't help but tease: "I thought that Officer Ichijo had already made all the preparations."

"Just barely." Ichijo Kaoru sighed.

If the Metropolitan Police Department really intends to make things difficult for Kawahara, considering Godai Yusuke's insistence, Ichijo Kaoru is already prepared to lobby for him.

But he certainly didn't expect that this was not a one-on-one meeting with Minister Matsukura, but a meeting between the entire Joint Investigation Department and Black No. 2.

Fortunately, both parties were calm and coherent.

Kaoru Ichijo looked at the time and said, "I'll take you back to the cafe."

Kawahara's motorcycle was still undergoing final adjustments at the Science and Police Research Institute, and he didn't want to take the train back by himself, so he didn't refuse.

Then, Kaoru Ichijo, who had sent him there, went back to the Metropolitan Police Department to work overtime.

It's really hard work~
……

09:56pm.

PolePole Cafe.

The store manager, Shi Yu, was cleaning while muttering to himself. He was a little surprised to see Kawahara come back, although he still looked confused and didn't understand the situation.

"You're back. Yusuke said you were missing yesterday and went out to look for you for a long time."

"Oh, I'm back." Kawahara smiled.

"Welcome back, but today it's Yusuke who came back very late. I don't know what he was doing outside." The jewelry store manager muttered again.

"Maybe he went on a date~"

Kawahara chatted and laughed while picking up a rag from the bar to help clean up the store.

The jade store manager immediately exclaimed in surprise.

As the two were talking, the door of the cafe was pushed open with a ding, and the protagonist of the scandal, Yusuke Godai, ran in with some complaints.

"Kawahara-senpai!"

He hurried over and said, "You actually went to the Metropolitan Police Department tonight? Really, Mr. Ichijo didn't even tell me about this earlier!"

The jade store manager was confused for a moment because of his sudden change of address.

And Kawahara had already accepted it quickly, and just smiled and said, "Then you can't possibly break your promise to Kanzaki-sensei again."

Godai Yusuke paused: "That being said..."

The jewelry store manager next to him finally reacted and greeted him: "Yusuke, you're back!"

"Yeah, I'm back!"

Yusuke Godai casually agreed, snatched the mop from his hand and cleaned it, then continued to ask Kawahara: "What did you say at the Metropolitan Police Department?"

Kawahara thought for a moment and concluded, "It's probably that the Metropolitan Police Department has accepted our fight, and they will cooperate if there are any actions in the future."

Godai Yusuke was a little curious: "Cooperation?"

But didn’t they cooperate well before?
After the manager of the Jewelry Shop had his mop snatched away, he saw them talking to themselves and ignoring him, so he tilted his head and had to go to the kitchen to get busy.

Kawahara smiled and said, "This 'coordination' is actually quite important. In the past, we just had to guess each other, but this time, if you want to use the Omniknight Kick, you can already communicate with them about the consequences in advance."

Godai Yusuke was stunned: "Huh? My Knight Kick...what does that mean?"

Looking at Yusuke Godai who was completely unaware of this, Kawahara suddenly put his hand on his abdomen, shocking him and making his body tremble.

"Go to Dr. Tsubaki for a physical checkup tomorrow. If you have nothing else to do in the afternoon, we can meet at the Science and Police Research Institute." Kawahara just patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Eh……"

Yusuke Godai looked at him in surprise and doubt and turned to wipe the table.

Then he touched his abdomen as well.

Is it the belt thing?
……

……

Then early the next morning.

Yusuke Godai got up excitedly and ran downstairs, but Kawahara was no longer in the cafe. Only the manager Shikidama was counting the bill at the bar with a sad face.

"Dad, where is Senior Kawahara?" asked Yusuke Godai in confusion.

"Ah, didn't he go to work?" said the jade jewelry store manager without raising his head.

Yusuke Godai: "..."

Didn’t we agree last night that we would have something to do today?

Although they seemed to have made an appointment in the afternoon...but Kawahara-senpai was able to go to work normally today?!

Yusuke Godai was confused, and remembering what Kawahara had told him last night, he decided to go to Kanto Medical University Hospital by himself.

"Dad, I'm going out!" He immediately shouted to the jade jewelry store manager.

The jewelry store manager who was trying to count the bills finally looked up: "Wait! Yusuke, you're not working--"

"Sorry! I'm in a hurry!"

Yusuke Godai smiled and opened the shop door, but when he ran out he almost bumped into a girl. He apologized and continued running out.

Asahina stared at his back with eyes wide open, and quickly turned to ask the jewelry store manager: "Uncle, who is that person?"

He must be an employee of the store!
The store manager, Shizuyu, said weakly, "He, Godai Yusuke, is an employee who doesn't work in our store!"

"what……"

Nana Asahina immediately showed an admiring look: "He's so handsome, just like the male lead in a TV series, and the male lead in yesterday's movie... I'm so glad to be in Tokyo!"

Upon hearing this, the Jewelry Store Manager looked at her: "..."

……

11:25am.

Chiyoda-ku office building.

Although Kawahara was absent from work for a whole day without any reason and lost contact, he still came to work as usual the next day.

Because of his outstanding abilities and innovative ideas, the company was reluctant to lay him off (for fear that he would leave for a rival company), so after receiving an effective explanation, they simply deducted his bonus as a warning to others.

Just as Kawahara was slacking off and waiting for lunch, his cell phone suddenly rang.

He picked up the phone without even looking at it, but from the other end came Xun's anxious voice - ["An unconfirmed life form has appeared!"]
——Then let the fifth generation go.

Kawahara thought subconsciously when he heard this, but he soon realized that he had already agreed to fight with Godai Yusuke yesterday, and even picked a debut stage name...

He came back to his senses from his daze, frowned and asked, "What's the general situation?"

[“According to eyewitnesses, the criminal was walking around the street with a sickle-like weapon. So far, 58 people have been killed!”]
"……so much?"

Kawahara came back to his senses: "Is it just the beginning?"

Xun's hurried voice came from the other end: "It should be. The criminal attacked people in the station. He has appeared in two places so far. We received the report half an hour ago and have just completed the statistics of the number of victims."
Half an hour ago... Even if we assume that the crime started an hour ago, the other party was killing people almost non-stop.

This is even more violent than the previous Gurongi who played games slowly.

This Gurongi seemed very anxious.

Kawahara hesitated for a moment - the criminal was holding a sickle weapon and killing people in the station. He seemed to have some impression of this plot. It seemed that the killing rule of this Gurongi was fragrance?

but……

Something still seems to be wrong.

"The opponent's killing rules..." Kawahara said.

[“The first time he appeared was at Tokyo Station, and the second time was at Shin-Nihonbashi Station. We preliminarily speculated that the criminal might have relied on a certain railway line to commit the crime! I have just notified Godai to set off. Is it convenient for you?”]
"Okay, I'll leave now."

[“Goshiro has already gone to Shibuya Station, so I may have to ask you to go to Shinjuku Station!”] Kaoru Ichijo continued.

The locations where the criminal committed the crimes both times were stations with heavy passenger flow and many intersecting railway lines.

The Metropolitan Police Department was unable to determine the opponent's next stop for a while, and could only target some stations with large passenger flow based on the opponent's hasty killing behavior.

After hanging up the phone with Kaoru Ichijo, Kawahara sneaked out of the company and went to Akihabara Station to wait for the train.

But when looking at the line maps at the station, Kawahara always felt that something was vaguely remembered.

The Gurongi holding the sickle was undoubtedly the last member of the "Me Group" that escaped the night before. The other party was so decisive in killing while playing the game, probably because he was influenced by him - if he didn't upgrade quickly, he would die before the finish line.

In fact, except for the "Go Group" which has necessary additional game rules, the Gurongi of other groups only need to complete the number of tasks within the specified time.

It’s just that most low-level Gurongis like to learn from high-level Gurongis to increase the difficulty of the game for themselves, as if that makes them more advanced.

No matter how anxious that guy was, he still followed the example of the superior group and added rules of the game to himself.

——Very arrogant.

Kawahara narrowed his eyes slightly, and his gaze suddenly fell on a railway line.

He seemed to remember the arrogant Gurongi who swaggered down the street with a sickle in his hand and killed people - he used his scent to contaminate passengers on the Sobu Main Line as his target.

Although she gave up the more complicated and troublesome additional rule of "fragrance" because of her hurry this time, it seemed that she still chose the same passenger line as last time, and even rushed directly to the station for large-scale harvesting this time.

His arrogance remains the same as before.

So after going from Tokyo Station to Shin-Nihombashi Station, the next destination should be Bakurocho Station in Chuo-ku!

Kawahara decisively gave up going to Shinjuku Station and took out his cell phone to call Yusuke Godai.

Then Sawatari Sakurako answered: "Hello?"

Kawahara: "..."

Okay, okay, this fifth generation guy still hasn’t bought a mobile phone!
……

(End of this chapter)

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