The story we started

Today is Valentine's Day.

It was a day when dog food companies and dessert companies were overwhelmed with orders, countless couples went out to show their love to the world, and it was a day when food was distributed free of charge to single dogs on the street. Countless young boys and girls with spring in their hearts gave their chocolates to their chosen significant others, and then had different reactions depending on whether the chocolate they received was out of obligation or destiny. Those who received the chocolate out of obligation shed tears silently, and those who received the chocolate out of destiny embraced the beauty/man in joy. It was also a day when the FFF regiment worked overtime overnight, and the entire army worked without sleep and held high the Olympic flame until dawn.

And they also have potential allies and hunting targets. Allies are divided into levels. Ordinary allies are those who have only received a few pieces of giri chocolate. They have the possibility of being pulled in and becoming comrades. Hardcore allies are comrades who have only received giri chocolate from their mother or sister. They are unconditional hardcore comrades. If they are brothers who have not received even a piece of chocolate, then they are comrades who have shared life and death with each other, and they are all men with the appearance of a leader!

Their targets are those men who have received more than one chocolate from their true love, which is the maximum entropy increase that will cause the universe to collapse. They are all parasites that are not allowed to exist in this world! Scum! Traitors who deserve to be cut into pieces! Enemies who must not be spared!!!

And honorably, today a well-known police officer from Nagano Prefecture has also been listed on this hunting list with an impressive record of destroying the universe more than one hundred times, which is more than one hundred times the maximum entropy increase value of the universe, "One Hundred and Thirty-Two". He is also one of the top wanted criminals with a red letter.

Nagano Prefecture, Police Headquarters.

Kyosuke Kousaka picked up the coffee on his desk and drank it all in one gulp. The aroma of caffeine made his tired brain a little more awake.

"Ugh……"

He turned his head and looked at the chocolates piled on the chair next to him, which were almost as tall as his entire body when he stood up, then he sighed, his face full of helplessness.

pat.

Perhaps his tone of voice was the last straw that broke the camel's back for the already shaky chocolate tower. The box of white chocolates wrapped in a heart shape with a red ribbon on the top of the "tower" fell down and landed at his feet.

"Ok?"

Kyosuke Kousaka bent down and picked up the chocolate box. After looking at the words written on the package, he raised his eyebrows. This was actually a box of homemade True Life chocolate.

"Who gave it to me?"

Kyosuke Kousaka took off the envelope pinned to the box of chocolates, but there was no signature on it, so he simply opened the envelope and took out the letter.

But after opening the folded letter, the content he saw made his expression freeze and his face turn black.

[To Mr. Kosaka.

It's been a long time since I was transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. I really miss you! You must feel lonely and miss me when I'm not here, right? But don't be sad, we will meet again soon! Because there is a recent investigation on the ruins of Kuroyama, I may be transferred back for a while. Officer Sugita and Officer Sakurai also asked me to ask you about this. Valentine's Day is coming soon, so I wrote this letter and sent it back with the chocolates I made by myself. I hope you can feel my joy for our upcoming reunion through the chocolates I made! It's really sweet! Please believe me!

——Respect your Guishan??! ]

"..."

Kyosuke Kousaka looked at the letter and the beautifully wrapped chocolates on the table in front of him with a twitching eye. His mind recalled the memory of the little patrolman who was transferred half a year ago, crying and sniffing, gave him a thumbs up, then cried and hugged him, resulting in a layer of snot and tears on his clothes. He suddenly felt a headache and had to hold his forehead with his hand.

Kyosuke Kosaka really wants to say that you really don't have to come back so soon. I won't feel lonely or sad because you're not here, because the person who you had been investigating for a long time without any clues and recommended to the chief that you be transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters on the grounds that "Kameyama has excellent patrol abilities, works seriously, has a rigorous personality, and should be given a chance to be promoted" and the "culprit" who led to your promotion to Tokyo and forced you to separate from me was me, Kyosuke Kosaka!

If you can still find out the real murderer when he is your boss, then that would be incredible!

Not only do I not feel sad and lonely because of your absence, I feel so happy, okay? ? Finally, no one will pester you with questions during the afternoon break, wasting your remaining rest time. When you are handling a case, there is finally no one chasing you and asking you questions, making you jump on the edge of high blood pressure. When you are fishing, there is finally no one standing next to you and saying, "Look! Mr. Kosaka, I caught another one. This fish is so big! It should be about 30 kilograms - hey, hey, hey? Mr. Kosaka, where are you going with your fishing rod!? Don't go! Help me pull it."

...Jiang Gan! How could I resist pulling out my gun and shooting him at that time!?

Every time he thought of these things, Kyosuke Kousaka felt his blood pressure soaring, and the hand holding the gun was eager to try to demonstrate his 100% accuracy skills on the human body other than unconfirmed life forms.

"Ah~ But...Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department?"

Thinking of the Metropolitan Police Department and the city where he had stayed for more than a year and left countless memories, Kyosuke Kousaka's eyes were slightly dazed, and many scenes floated up from his memory, like fish in the sea jumping out of the sea to breathe the air, every breath was so vivid and clear.

"Time flies so fast. Two years have already passed so quickly."

Kyosuke Kousaka looked towards the transparent glass cabinet behind him, on which were placed many framed photos. They were all memories of his time in Tokyo and the people he met.

There were photos of himself being pulled out of the light music club because the performance was not good enough, photos of himself taking a group photo with everyone in the bellissimoricordo restaurant, photos of himself and Natsume Mika taking a group photo with her who attended her violin concert, photos of himself taking a group photo with everyone in the laboratory at Jonan University, and photos of all the members taking a group photo on the day when the Metropolitan Police Department's Unconfirmed Lifeform Search Headquarters was disbanded...

Every time he sees these photos, Kyosuke Kousaka recalls the memories they represent, like the twinkling stars in the night, each one is so shining, illuminating and warming his heart, making him unable to help but smile.

And finally——

As he looked at each photo, the smile on Kyosuke Kousaka's face gradually faded, until the last photo, his smile had completely disappeared, as if it was an illusion.

"..."

He looked at the photo at the edge of the glass case, lowered his head slightly, and remained silent.

The photo was of myself wearing a windbreaker and looking speechless, with a furry arm hugging my neck tightly. A young man wearing a large rabbit doll costume, smiling with his teeth showing, was holding a camera with his other hand inside the doll costume and taking the photo using the selfie function.

In fact, if you look closely, he is in every photo I took in Tokyo, but now that I think about it, this is the only photo of the two of us in the same frame.

The names of the two people in the photo were written in the blank space next to the photo, and there was even an emoticon at the end.

——"General Ashikaga Yoshiteru (Zaimokuza Yoshiteru) (crossed out) ↙Silly white-haired rabbit/invincible sharpshooter police officer (Kousaka Kyousuke) o(*^＠^*)o??!"

"The guy who makes people feel lonely after leaving..."

Kyosuke Kousaka looked at the letter written by the little inspector in his hand and smiled gently, but this time the smile seemed a little lonely.

"Actually, it's not that there isn't one."

……

Kyosuke Kousaka walked out of the police station wearing a windbreaker, carrying a large bag of his true love chocolate in one hand, and wearing sunglasses and a mask on his face. He walked on the street with the suspicious image of a wandering movie vendor, attracting the attention of all passers-by.

He has his own car, but today he just wanted to take a walk and check if there were really people in black robes and holding torches attacking couples on the street. After all, Falun Gong is a global terrorist organization, and no organization knows how wide their sphere of influence is or how many members they have. Therefore, the responsible Officer Takasaka resolutely chose to search for these people alone to guard the peace of the world.

"Yeah! That's weird, isn't it?"

"Really? Just for such a small matter..."

A young couple holding hands walked past Kyosuke Kousaka. When they saw him dressed strangely, they cautiously took a detour, as if he were some suspicious person.

"..."

Looking at the genuine smiles and joy on the faces of the two people walking away behind him, Kyosuke Kousaka pulled at the mask covering his face, revealing a silent smile underneath.

Such a beautiful smile was exactly what he wanted to see, and it was also the greatest reward he received after participating in the battle with the unconfirmed life form.

Seeing this smile, Kyosuke Kousaka found it hard to imagine that just a year ago, the smiles on everyone's faces here had been taken away, the light of hope had been completely swallowed up by despair, and darkness had enveloped everything.

If the couple saw his true face under the mask and sunglasses, they would probably regret it. After all, they missed the opportunity to meet the great hero who fought against unidentified life forms that they could only see on TV news and in newspapers. It would be even better if they could get an autograph or a photo with him. You should know that Kyosuke Kousaka's autograph and photos can even be sold for a high price of one million yen in some circles, and they are the kind that are out of stock.

After the incident of the unconfirmed life form ended and the search headquarters was disbanded, the police announced the name list and photos of the main members of the original Unconfirmed Life Form Search Headquarters. All of them greatly broadened their careers and promotion paths because of their exploits in fighting against the unconfirmed life forms, especially Kyosuke Kousaka, who was mainly responsible for wearing armor and fighting against the unconfirmed life forms. His fame is now no different from that of Captain America's Steve Rogers. He is still a real-life living superhero. You can imagine how popular Kyosuke Kousaka is among young people now. In the Metropolitan Police Department, countless new police officers regard him as a role model and strive to achieve his goal.

The chocolates he received today were just those sent to the police station by his fans in Nagano Prefecture. If it were in densely populated Tokyo, the amount would probably be several times higher.

However, Kyosuke Kousaka seemed very calm about the honors he had received and the position of Metropolitan Police Department director that was almost within his reach. He did not feel any excitement or joy in his heart.

Because he believed that these honors did not all belong to him, and he had never been a hero, but just the one who survived to the end.

The real hero has never been Kyosuke Kousaka, but someone else.

But that person never came back.

Kyosuke Kousaka stopped and had unknowingly reached a high slope.

He looked down from the high slope, and from his height he could see the brightly lit town at nightfall. Many dark lights gradually lit up, adding a faint brightness to the pitch-black night. Except for all the couples who went out for the night, many people returned to their homes.

"Ok?"

A piece of white suddenly fell in front of his eyes. Kyosuke Kousaka subconsciously reached out to catch the white. When it fell into his open palm, it melted in an instant, and a cold touch spread from his palm.

He looked up and saw countless white flowers falling from the dark sky, as if they had put a layer of light makeup on the night. The street lights around the ramp lit up in sequence, illuminating the way ahead for Kyosuke Kousaka.

"It's snowing."

Kyosuke Kousaka took off the mask on his face and exhaled gently. The hot air turned into white mist and dissipated in the air.

I guess after tonight, the whole town will turn into white tomorrow...

Just like that day.

"..."

Kyosuke Kousaka closed his eyes, feeling the touch of snowflakes falling on his face, and gently closed his open palm.

Guided by this touch, his memory went back to the snowy night of a year ago. It was the same at that time. In the world shrouded in darkness, snowflakes were flying everywhere, hitting his face as cold as a whip. The air was so cold that it could freeze his lungs. Everything was buried in this pure white.

——And there was that cry that seemed to resound throughout the entire world, so sad and heartbreaking that it seemed as if the world itself was roaring together.

【"——————Taimu Seat!!!!!!!!!!!!"]

"..."

Even after a year, that roar that shook the world is still ringing in my ears, and that heart-wrenching pain is still clear without fading at all.

Kyosuke Kousaka opened his closed eyes and looked in the direction of the Kuroyama ruins.

That was the battlefield a year ago, where the final battle between the unconfirmed life forms No. 4 and No. 0 took place. The final outcome of that battle determined the future of this world, whether it would move towards the future or be swallowed by darkness.

Fortunately, the world won, and the future of humanity continues.

Kyosuke Kousaka stared at the endless mountains at the end of his sight with dim eyes, lowered his head, and slowly clenched his hands into fists.

It has been a year. Humanity has been away from the threat of unconfirmed life forms for a whole year. If the time when unconfirmed life forms appeared in this world is also counted, it will be two years.

Two years is only two-thirds of a high school student's study years and one-third of an elementary school student's school life. Even if it is an animation series, it will only be out to the second season at most, and it may not even be as long as the shooting period of a science fiction movie.

But too many things happened in those two years, and too many regrets were left behind. Too many people lost their lives because of it. Many people who are still alive have not been able to get over the pain left behind by the unconfirmed life forms, and still cannot find their own smile.

This includes Kyosuke Kousaka.

To this day, he still returns to the battlefield between himself and the unidentified life forms in his dreams. He feels the tension during the battles, the pain he suffered in every battle, and finally the pain and powerlessness when he lost his best friend... Those emotions and experiences have always been with him, binding him to the past.

Therefore, every time he woke up from his bed, he would feel confused, looking at the sunlight shining through the window in front of him, and the tiny dust floating in the light. This sense of security was familiar to Kyosuke Kousaka two years ago, but now it always makes him feel unfamiliar involuntarily, and then question whether he has really ended the war with the unconfirmed life forms.

He actually understood that those horrible and dark things had gone away after the battle a year ago, and everything was over.

The one who is really unwilling to move on is actually Kyosuke Kousaka himself. He has always bound himself to the past, unwilling to leave that scarred past and truly move towards a new future.

Otherwise, I should have agreed to her confession at that time and embraced my own happiness.

Kyosuke Kousaka smiled bitterly, raised his lowered head, and was about to set out on the road back home again.

tread.

He stepped onto the road that had been covered with a layer of white snow at some point in time, and was about to walk down.

——But after that, Kousaka Kyosuke could no longer take even a small step. Not only that, his body seemed to be under a spell and could not move at all.

After a long while, he spoke quietly.

"How can it be……"

Kyosuke Kousaka slowly raised his trembling right hand and took off the sunglasses that covered the upper half of his face, revealing his equally trembling eyes.

pat!

His left hand that was holding the sack loosened unconsciously, and a large amount of true chocolates suddenly leaked out of the sack that was not tied with a rope, and slid a long way on the road covered with frost and snow.

But Kyosuke Kousaka no longer cared about all this. His eyes were fixed on the slope below, without any sign of moving.

Because there was a person standing at the bottom of the ramp.

This may sound strange. Why would Kyosuke Kousaka, a man who is recognized by everyone as a great hero, be so shocked and even lose his mind when standing at the bottom of the slope?

But if there were people who were familiar with that person present, no one would be surprised by Kyosuke Kousaka's reaction, because even they would be shocked.

It was just because the figure was wearing a brown windbreaker, his tall and upright figure was like a flagpole, and his short white hair fluttering in the wind, making him look like a tall green pine soaked in snow.

The figure looking forward seemed to have heard Kyosuke Kousaka's voice and turned to look at him on the slope. Because the distance was too far, Kyosuke Kousaka could not see what the man looked like.

But even without seeing his face, Kyosuke Kousaka could recognize who it was just by looking at his back and hair.

Just because they had trusted each other with their backs in each other's most difficult moments, put their lives in each other's hands, and protected each other's lives, how could they still feel unfamiliar with each other's backs?

But how is this possible?

Because that person has already... has already—

It's never coming back!

The white-haired figure turned his head again and walked towards the road ahead.

"and many more!"

When Kyosuke Kousaka saw the familiar figure walking away, his expression suddenly changed. His feet, which had seemed frozen, regained the ability to move and he quickly ran down the slope, leaving clear footprints on the snow-covered slope.

The sack of chocolates was just abandoned here, feeling lonely and even a little pitiful.

"Wait a minute! You--Wow!?"

Kyosuke Kousaka saw the figure walking into the corner of the road while running. He shouted anxiously, but accidentally stepped on a smooth stone and fell down. Kyosuke Kousaka reflexively put his hands in front of his face to prevent scratches.

After rolling to the bottom of the slope, he immediately stood up with his hands. His strong physique ensured that he suffered almost no damage. He looked around while panting.

His sharp eyes immediately locked onto the road ahead. At the end of the road, the familiar figure in white turned around and walked into another corner.

"!"

Kousaka Kyosuke gritted his teeth and immediately ran to catch up. He only hated himself for suddenly thinking of walking back today. If he had driven, he would have caught up with him long ago!

But besides his excitement, he also felt a kind of indescribable fear and confusion. Why did he appear here? No, why could he appear here?