Gin likes me?

It is precisely because of this that the two of them have been making rapid progress.

Because no one wants to be the loser in the next fight, and then watch the other party being smug while they can only stand aside feeling frustrated.

Under normal circumstances, a few days of activities might just end like this. After the confrontation, both sides need a process to relieve their physical and mental fatigue.

But today is different.

Because the duel was relatively short and not that exhausting, Kurosawa Hotaru did not forget why he and Uozuka Saburo had decided on their itinerary today.

"Uozuka, what are we going to do next?"

"Next."

He threw the cigarette on the ground and stomped it out, then took out his cell phone, looked at the time and saw it was 10:21, then nodded.

It was indeed a wise choice to arrange the meeting time earlier today, otherwise, it would be impossible to plan the day at all.

"It's almost time, let's go, Big Sister."

. . .

"Haha, I won!"

The harsh sound of tire friction was heard on the track behind the finish line. Looking at Kurosawa Hotaru, who was nearly a second behind himself before he reached the finish line, Uozuka Saburo jumped out from the driver's seat, took off his helmet, stood on the car smugly, and looked down at Kurosawa Hotaru.

"I told you, just run well on your own, why do you have to compete with me~"

Looking at Kurosawa Hotaru, who also took off his helmet and walked out of the driving seat of the racing car with a somewhat cold face, Uozuka Saburo began to tease and ridicule him without any scruples.

"Just a second late."

While uttering words that she herself felt powerless to argue, Kurosawa Hotaru moved her neck and wrists, trying to use her eyes to calm down the jumping Uozuka Saburo.

But, how could Saburo Uozuka, who had just suffered a defeat in the paintball battle, give up such a good opportunity to jump in the face!

Not to mention, Uozuka Saburo, who knew Kurosawa Hotaru very well, knew that at this time Kurosawa Hotaru just didn't want to admit his failure.

"No, no, no, in a car race, one second is already a huge difference, big sister."

"You know, even though we all got an A+ in the driving performance column in the organization's evaluation, it's still different."

With his right index finger extended, Uozuka Saburo looked at Kurosawa Hotaru complacently.

"Big sister, you got an A+ because your ability is A+, and I got an A+ because the highest rating in the organization is A+."

"Oh, I see."

Looking at Uozuka Saburo with calm and indifferent eyes, Kurosawa Hotaru put on his helmet again and sat back in the driver's seat.

"So that's all you know about the organization, Uozuka. Maybe that's why you're rated A among the organization's elite officers, while I'm A+."

"..."

"What are you standing there for? Are you afraid that you will lose to me this time?"

"Just kidding, there's no way I can lose when it comes to driving!"

. . .

"How about it, Big Sister? Although she is not a famous singer yet, her ability is pretty good, right?"

Walking out of a small theater, where he and Kurosawa Hotaru had just watched a concert with only a hundred people, Saburo Uozuka looked at the moon rising above his head and stretched lazily with a smile.

Today's heart-pounding event was arranged extremely compactly by Uozuka Saburo, who made perfect use of every minute and every second.

Starting with paintball shooting in the morning, followed by track racing, they found a delicious Chinese restaurant for lunch, and in the afternoon, Saburo Uozuka took Hotaru Kurosawa to a famous hunting ground in the suburbs of Tokyo for a thrilling mountain hunt. They then relaxed for a while in the hot spring hotel in the hunting ground, and after eating the prey they had hunted in the afternoon, they rushed back to Tokyo to enjoy this concert which was not very large in scale but was very exciting.

Well, the news about the concert was provided by Akiba Reiko’s good friend, Kinoshita Tamae.

As Reiko Akiba's best friend, although she did not go to study in Eikoku with Reiko Akiba, Menei Kinoshita still knows much more about singing than ordinary people.

"The singing was wonderful. Although there are still some flaws, the good outweighs the bad. If you keep up the good, you will definitely achieve something in the future."

She nodded slightly. Although Kurosawa Hotaru herself had never sung, her ability to evaluate was still very good.

"Many people say so, but it seems that she still has some problems with her mentality that need to be adjusted, so her teacher encourages her to come to these small theaters to sing frequently."

"It should be like this. If you don't face up to your shortcomings and work hard to correct them, you will never make progress."

Looking down at the time, Kurosawa Hotaru slowly turned his gaze towards Uozuka Saburo.

"Are we going to get something for a midnight snack next?"

"No, today's activities are not over yet."

Smiling and shaking his head, Uozuka Saburo did not explain to Kurosawa Hotaru, but just took her to the car.

Kurosawa Hotaru behind her blinked. She didn't ask any more questions, but her flickering eyes revealed that her mood was not as calm as she seemed.

Kurosawa Hotaru can be said to be very satisfied with today's actions.

Every activity allowed Kurosawa Hotaru to have a great time, and she felt that the day passed very quickly.

But this does not mean the end of today. On the contrary, there is still the most important thing that has not been completed for today's date.

Now, it's time to end it.

. . .

"Is this the last place you want to bring me to?"

With his eyes slightly narrowed, he looked through the surrounding glass windows at the increasingly smaller buildings and scenery outside, then turned his head to look across at Uozuka Saburo.

"I never knew you liked making things like Ferris wheels, Uozuka."

“I didn’t know that before.”

Smiling and touching his hair, Uozuka Saburo looked at the scenery outside the glass, his voice sounding a little playful and ethereal.

"It was only after I rode the Ferris wheel with Ayako at night that I suddenly fell in love with this feeling."

"Feel?"

She blinked, and instead of getting angry at Uozuka Saburo for suddenly mentioning Suzuki Ayako's name during their date, she was more interested in the feeling from Kurosawa Hotaru Uozuka Saburo's words.

"Yes, that slow and unhurried feeling where it's useless to rush."

He slowly opened his arms. Although he was in a relatively small Ferris wheel, at this moment, Saburo Uozuka seemed to be embracing the whole world.

"It's an amazing feeling, big sister."

“It’s not like being in an organization normally. It seems like there is a lot of room for movement and freedom of action, but there is an inexplicable feeling of urgency and oppression.”

"When you step on the Ferris wheel and wait for it to start, taking you off the ground little by little, you seem to have erased all your connections with the earth. Watching the familiar scenery and things around you move away from you little by little, you will have an inexplicable sense of freedom, as if you no longer have to worry about anything. Even if you are anxious, the Ferris wheel will not change its speed. It is strange to be in such a small space."

"It's very strange."

Without taking her eyes off Uozuka Saburo's face and eyes, Kurosawa Hotaru slowly nodded in agreement as she listened to Uozuka Saburo's story.

Although the words were obviously meaningless, Kurosawa Hotaru naturally understood what Uozuka Saburo meant.

"Uozuka, you don't like life in the organization, do you?"

"Yes, Big Sister, I don't like life in the organization at all."

Faced with Uozuka Saburo's decisive answer, Kurosawa Hotaru's eyes did not fluctuate at all, as she already understood this.

Kurosawa Hotaru does not have any absolute loyalty or love for the organization. It is more of a habit, as if she has a sense of mission to become a killer for the organization since she was born.

But even so, Kurosawa Hotaru originally thought that she would not have any doubts or hesitations about the relationship between the organization and herself.

Until she met Saburo Uozuka.

"Uozuka, do you regret... coming to the organization?"

Kurosawa Hotaru, who had always been straightforward in asking the information she wanted to get, struggled to change the question she had almost blurted out.

But she forgot that, just as she thought she was the person who knew Saburo Uozuka best in the world, Saburo Uozuka, who was sitting opposite her, was also the person who knew her best in the world.

The firm and resolute words resounded throughout the small space the next moment, causing Kurosawa Hotaru's eyes to tremble violently.

"I have never regretted meeting Big Sister!"

"Meeting the big sister is the luckiest thing in my life!"

“No, it’s the happiest thing!”

642: Resolved and Unresolved Issues

"Big sister, are you having a good time today?"

When Kurosawa Hotaru was in a wavering state, Uozuka Saburo did not stop talking and continued to stare at Kurosawa Hotaru with burning eyes.

"Well, I'm very happy."

Although he was still in a state of shock, Kurosawa Hotaru quickly answered Uozuka Saburo's question.

"That's great."

Smiling and nodding, Uozuka Saburo leaned forward and took the initiative to stretch out his hands and hold Kurosawa Hotaru's hands in his own.

"Big sister, I am very happy today too. I had a lot of fun."

"I'm not a bad talker, but when I'm facing a big sister, I always don't know how to say something to make you happy."

"After my last date failed, I thought about it for a long time, and finally figured out something."

"Sister-in-law."

The palms holding Kurosawa Hotaru's hands slowly exerted force, as if trying to hold Kurosawa Hotaru tightly.

With a plain smile that contained infinite determination on his face, Uozuka Saburo looked at Kurosawa Hotaru and spoke slowly.

"I won't let you leave me!"

. . .

"I'm serious. Next time you come to my house, can you please contact me on your phone so that I can be mentally prepared? Do you know how scary it is to find that there's suddenly someone in your house?"

Looking at Uozuka Saburo with a bad temper, Kimura Ying felt a little relieved in his heart.

Fortunately, after hearing the voice of Saburo Uozuka coming from the living room, I switched the display of my screen immediately. Otherwise, the high-quality movie that I had prepared for relaxation would have been exposed to Saburo Uozuka.

"What does it matter? If you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. Why are you, a grown man, afraid of these things?"

"Please think carefully about what we are doing when you say this. If we don't do anything wrong, haven't we done enough wrong things?"

Looking at Uozuka Saburo with disdain, Kimura Taka twisted his neck and sat down on the sofa in the living room. He blinked at the steaming meals in the takeout boxes that Uozuka Saburo opened one by one and the two boxes of canned beer next to them.

"Come on, Kimura, let's have a nice drink."

The takeout was quickly arranged. Uozuka Saburo opened a can of beer and put it on the coffee table. He and Kimura Taka each opened the pull ring of a can.

"I really troubled you the past two days. You helped me a lot."

"There's no need to say this nonsense. I didn't play any role in the end."

After taking a sip of beer and seeing that Uozuka Saburo was still in a normal attitude, Kimura Taka's eyes flickered and he couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"So, did your date today go through?"

"Is it successful? I think it is successful."

Blinking his eyes, thinking of the last words he said to Kurosawa Hotaru on the Ferris wheel and Kurosawa Hotaru's answer, Uozuka Saburo felt relieved but a little confused.

How should I describe my current relationship with Kurosawa Hotaru?

It seems that it is no longer a simple relationship between big sister and little brother.

"Oh."

Hearing this, Kimura Ying took a sip of beer and put it down, raised his hand to take off the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Come on, the night is still long, let's talk slowly."

. . .

"So, Hotaru, is this what Uozuka-san said to you in the end?"

Shaking the red wine glass in her hand, but not paying much attention to wine tasting, Vermouth looked at Kurosawa Hotaru in front of her in surprise.

When Kurosawa Hotaru returned to her apartment alone today, Vermouth even made the worst plan in her mind.

As a result, after returning to the apartment, Kurosawa Hotaru did not take any extreme actions, nor did she show any sadness. She just calmly invited Vermouth.

Let's have a drink together in the evening.