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Aragaki Ayase on the side also stared with her eyes wide open, looking at her friend in the light curtain who had a completely different charm from now, and a strange blush appeared on her delicate white face.

"I really want to...lock the future Kirino in the ground..."

"Um, Ayase?"

Feeling that she had heard something that she absolutely could not ignore, Kousaka Kirino turned around to look at her best friend in surprise, but the other person's expression and eyes had returned to normal, and he spoke with ordinary amazement and smile.

"No, I just think that the future Kirino is so beautiful~"

"Tsk, I didn't expect that little girl would grow up to be so beautiful in the future."

Kyosuke Kousaka also blushed as he looked at his "sister" who had a very mature and feminine aura in the light curtain, his eyes a little vague.

I have to admit that the grown-up Kousaka Kirino is right in his sweet spot for mate selection.

What a pity... Kyosuke Kousaka sighed secretly. It was a pity that the woman who met his ideas on choosing a partner was his own sister.

Kyosuke Kousaka, who is in adolescence, thinks that he is just like his peers in that he has fantasies about pretty girls, but he believes that he is definitely not the kind of cruel brother who would attack his own sister only for her beauty when he knows that they are related by blood.

[“Okay, okay~ Then what would my grown-up little Tong want to eat for lunch? It’s a rare opportunity for you to come back, so mom can make your favorite food!”]

[Kousaka Yoshino retracted her outstretched hand and looked at her daughter, who had grown taller than herself, with eyes full of doting. ]

[“No need. I already ate at the fast food restaurant down the street when I bought the ingredients.”]

[Kousaka Kirino shook her head, looking at her mother who was smiling but couldn't hide the fatigue in her brows. She hesitated for a moment, but still spoke.]

[“Honestly, Mom, if you’re too tired, just close this store. Our family is already well off!”]

[“We two siblings have long been able to support ourselves through work, and the money Kyosuke and I send every month is more than enough to cover your expenses even if you buy a car. You can stay at home all day watching TV and shopping, and occasionally go traveling if you’re bored. You really don’t have to work so hard, take a break!”]

[“Hey, mom knows, but I just can’t sit still. If I don’t find something to do, I’ll always feel bored, so I’ll keep this store open.”]

[Faced with her daughter's persuasion, Kousaka Yoshino smiled and shook her head, rejecting it, and continued to sip the cup of tea. ]

[“Really? You always give the same answer no matter what.”]

[Faced with her mother's gentle but tough answer, Kousaka Kirino sighed helplessly and frowned randomly. ]

[“By the way, mom, has Kyosuke come back in the past few months? He hasn’t called me since he was transferred to Tokyo.”]

[Hearing her daughter asking about her son, Kousaka Yoshino paused while drinking her tea, then put the cup down and shook her head slightly. ]

[“No, Kyousuke never came back once, nor did he call, but he kept sending money. I saved it all and planned to give it to the child as a gift for his future marriage.”]

[“Really?! Couldn’t that guy come back to see you once? And he didn’t even call you. It’s just like—”]

[Kousaka Kirino angrily said this and suddenly got stuck, gritted her teeth and cursed. ]

[“…What an irresponsible elder brother with no sense of family!”]

[“Kirito, you can’t say that. Kyosuke has his own reasons.”]

[Kousaka Yoshino once again shook her head and spoke kindly to her daughter, who had a blank expression on her face.]

[“You should have watched the news recently, right? Those murders of unidentified life forms in Tokyo are very serious. Your brother is a member of the police force, and he was on TV and in the newspapers last time. He is working hard to protect the lives of citizens. We can’t ask him to put down his work and come back just because we want to see him. That would be too selfish.”]

[“But it’s been almost a month since the incident on No. 22! There has been no movement for such a long time. Maybe those monsters have been driven away long ago. Isn’t this enough time for him to take a vacation and come back to see you?”]

[“Even if he’s not here, there are still thousands of police officers. Is Kyosuke that powerful? Without him, is there no one who can deal with those unconfirmed life forms? And isn’t that No. 4 also hunting his own kind? It’s okay for him to take a leave of absence for a while. That bastard brother is too cold-blooded!”]

[Kousaka Kirino was very dissatisfied with this and argued with her mother, which made Kousaka Yoshino's eyes flash with helplessness. ]

[“Kyosuke is not what you said, Kirino. That child is actually——”]

[She paused here and looked at the photo frame she had placed on the counter.]

[That photo was taken when Kousaka Kyosuke just entered high school. At that time, he was not as mature as he is now. He was wearing a standard black high school uniform and a hat, and his immature face was full of longing for the future school life. ]

[Next to him was Kosaka Daisuke, who was wearing a suit and had his hand on his shoulder, and himself, and Kosaka Kirino, who had dyed her hair blonde at the time. The family stood under a tree with falling cherry blossoms, and the photo captured the scene forever.]

[Looking at this photo, a hint of sadness flashed across Kousaka Yoshino's eyes, and then she continued.]

[“…Kyosuke has never been cold-blooded or irresponsible. On the contrary, he didn’t come back because he was too kind-hearted and too responsible.”]

[“Ah…Mom, just keep making excuses for that guy like you did before.”]

[Faced with her mother who had been trying to excuse her brother for who knows how many times, Kousaka Kirino could only express her helplessness as always. ]

[“Okay, let’s leave it at that for now, by the way!”]

[Kousaka Yoshino smiled, and suddenly seemed to think of something, so she bent down and picked up a box wrapped in a blue scarf from under the counter and placed it on the counter top.]

[“Kirino, you will probably pass by the post office when you leave later, right? Then please help your mother send this to your brother.”]

[“That’s no problem. What is this?”]

[Kousaka Kirino reached out to take the box and asked in confusion.]

[“This is the bread that mom made recently. I want Kyousuke to try it too…”]

[“Bread? It’s not curry fried noodles again, is it? He must be tired of it——”]

【Click.】

[The box fell at the feet of Kousaka Kirino, and the cloth belt loosened due to the impact, revealing the bread in the transparent box inside. The fresh curry sauce and noodles made people's appetite increase. ]

【"……well?"】

[Looking at the box that fell at her feet, Kousaka Kirino stretched out her hands and was unable to react for a moment, her expression blank and she made a puzzled sound. ]

[Then, Kousaka Yoshino, who was smiling in front of her, suddenly fell to the side without any warning.]

[“Mom, mom!? What’s wrong with you? Don’t scare me! Someone help me!!!”]

[The frightened Kousaka Kirino quickly ran around the counter to her unconscious mother, squatted down, shook her body and shouted, and kicked the box on the ground to the side. ]

[The box hits the edge of the counter and bounces off, and the neatly stacked curry bread inside falls into a messy pile.]

……

【“——”】

[Bending over and rolling to avoid a fish that was thrown at him at a speed of 500 kilometers per hour as a dart, Kousaka Kyosuke stood up and immediately took out a new bullet from his pocket and was about to load it into the revolver. ]

[But at this moment, he suddenly felt his brain go blank and his heart stopped beating. ]

[The bullet in his hand fell on the beach due to distraction. Kousaka Kyosuke stumbled forward a few steps and put his hand on the beach to avoid falling. ]

[He looked at the scattered bullets on the beach in front of him in confusion, his heart full of doubts.]

【This feeling...what happened? 】

10. Two-in-one changes in two places

"Mom!?"

Even though he knew in his heart that what was in the light curtain was what would happen in the future, when he saw his mother fall, Kousaka Kyosuke still almost lost his mind and couldn't help shouting out. sangbook.com

"?"

After hearing the shout, the people who were still in the health room couldn't help but look towards the bed in the corner covered by a curtain, but there was no movement from there.

"call……"

Kyosuke Kousaka took a deep breath, told himself in his heart that it was a matter for the future, and forced himself to calm down.

In contrast to his calmness, his younger sister, Kousaka Kirino, was already calling home in a panic. She only calmed down when she heard her father's steady voice coming from the other end of the phone. The majesty of the pillar of the family was undoubtedly revealed.

"Mom is fine, don't worry, Kirino."

Kosaka Daisuke looked at his wife, nodded, and handed the phone to her.

Yoshino Kosaka, who took the phone and talked to her anxious daughter, did not notice that a hint of gloom flashed across her husband's eyes after he handed her the phone.

As a policeman, especially a front-line elite detective who often visits various crime scenes, Takasaka Daisuke has long developed extremely strong observation skills. Although he is not as good as his future son, he is much better than ordinary people.

He keenly noticed the gloomy look in the eyes of the "wife" in the light curtain when she looked down at the photo of her son taken more than a year ago on the counter. When he thought about the fact that he was the only one in the family who had not shown up, as well as the nature of his own job, Kousaka Daisuke had a very bad judgment in his mind.

But he remained calm on the surface, and in his heart he was more concerned about what would happen to his family in the future.

The results have been seen, but Daisuke Kosaka wants to know how the process works and whether his children will suffer a lot after he leaves?

"a……"

Especially his own son. In fact, Daisuke Kosaka had always been confused about him in the video and the light screen before, because the gap between the future "Kyosuke Kosaka" and the current Kyosuke Kosaka was too huge, and there was almost no similarity. If it weren't for that face, no one would connect the two of them together.

Are they really the same person?

But now, Daisuke Kosaka felt that he should have found the reason. The reason why his son would become like that in the future might be because of himself.

Whenever he thought of the future tough guy who remained unshakable even when on the verge of life and death several times, without a trace of fear of monsters and death in his eyes, and his son who now felt hesitant and laborious even to kill a fish, Kousaka Daisuke's rock-like face couldn't help but soften a little, and his heart was touched faintly.

A trace of guilt and relief flashed across the corneas of his eyes with fine wrinkles. The heart that had been strictly demanding his son's growth since he was born twitched, and for the first time, he felt an emotion similar to "heartache".

[“Kuuga! It’s you!?”]

[“Taku!”]

[Biran put his hands in front of him to block the oncoming flying kick, but his body also retreated several steps under the force of the kick, and his feet left conspicuous marks on the beach. He then looked at Zaimokuza in front of him and shouted in shock and anger.]

[Its luck is really not very good today. ]

[Originally, it was swimming peacefully in the river, singing a song, dreaming of finding a lucky Lindo to perform surgery on as the first goal of the game, and also imagining how it would look like when it was promoted to "go". ]

[As he thought about it, Biran laughed unconsciously, and the laughter mixed with bubbles floated from the gills to the surface of the river. ]

【Then he was suddenly robbed by a fishhook! 】

[It was a disaster from the sky. Because it was laughing so happily, it didn't notice that there was a floating fish hook in front of it. Its open mouth just caught the fish hook in the gap between its sharp teeth.]

[When the severe pain came from his mouth, Biran struggled subconsciously, but a huge force came from the other side of the fishing line, which was not inferior to it at all, and even stronger, and pulled Biran over directly without any reaction.]

[When he was about to be pulled to the surface of the river, Biran, whose teeth were hooked and in unbearable pain, tried to cut the fishing line with the blade of his arm, but the force of the fishing line increased again, pulling his whole body up, and his movements were completely deformed.]

[The force from the hook was so strong that it almost thought it had encountered a ghost. It was the stupid rhino that it had always laughed at and died at the hands of its old enemy a month ago and had resurrected, wanting to drag it to heaven to be with that idiot with strong limbs and a simple mind.]

[When his body broke through the water and he saw the two people holding fishing rods and looking speechless on the shore, Biran's heart burned with rage and he immediately determined the starting goal of this game.]

[It's decided to be you! 】

[——Then, it hit the jackpot.]

[Just when he was about to go ashore and cut the two bastards into pieces, six bullets accurately shot into his eyes completely deprived Biran of his vision. When he stepped back due to the severe pain in his eyes, a red fist hit him in the face and knocked him out of the water and onto the shore.]

[After reluctantly removing the bullet and repairing his eyeball, Biran's brain almost crashed when he saw the familiar red figure.]

[Biran never expected that he would get off to a good start in the literal sense. One of the two targets he chose first turned out to be the biggest obstacle in the game, Kuuga, the enemy of his clan! ]

[This luck is simply indescribable, comparable to the will-o'-the-wisp boy who was killed by the car's door opening, although he was not innocent at all. ]

[“Since I happened to run into you, let’s settle all the old and new grudges together!”]

[Biran's tone was as cold as the water several meters below the surface. The blade of his raised right arm reflected the sunlight, but it was completely different from the warmth and was extremely cold.]

[“I will definitely be the final winner of “Kikiru”. No matter if it’s you, Kuuga or Daguba, you can’t stop me!”]

【Since it said this in Japanese, Zaimokuza also clearly understood what it meant.】

【“Daguba?”】

[Hearing this name he had never heard of before, Zaimokuza was a little stunned for a moment, who was that? ]

【“——!”】

[Before he could think carefully, the sharp sound of the air being cut made Zaimokuza's heart tighten, and he kicked an eel that fell out of the fish guard and was struggling on the beach forward.]

[A dark silver blade flashed, and the eel's head was cut off by the arm blade. The blood from the cut sprayed on Biran's terrifying face. It rushed towards the retreating Zaimokuza, waving the bloody blade.]

【boom! 】

[“Wow!”]

[A bullet shot from behind accurately passed Zaimokuza's ear and hit Biran who jumped up, and then hit the opponent's right eye again. The severe pain made it jump up and pounce on Zaimokuza, and the action was completely deformed. ]

[“Hey!”]

【Zaimokuza did not miss this opportunity. He kicked Biran in the chest after his right foot ignited into flames. This all-around kick without a somersault sent Biran flying backwards, and he rolled several times on the beach before stopping.】

[“Tsk! We’ve run out of bullets.”]

[Kousaka Kyousuke opened the magazine of his revolver, and the six bullets inside had all been fired. He spat inwardly, raised his head and shouted to Zaimokuza who turned his head to look at him.]

[“Zaimokuza, I’ll go get my weapons and hold this guy back for a while!”]

【“OK!”】