Chapter 45 Section 1

Two large trucks drove in consecutively.Zhe Lang waited outside the freight company's office, taking a step or two closer to the truck.The two trucks parked neatly side by side. A driver alighted from each of the two trucks.The clerk came forward to exchange documents with them.Zhe Lang watched their movements from a distance. After exchanging the documents with Saga, the clerk pointed in the direction of Zhe Lang and said something.He was probably saying that a visitor has been waiting for you since just now.Saga found Zhe Lang, with a puzzled expression on his face. Saga didn't seem to have any idea of ​​coming over, so Zhe Lang had no choice but to walk over.Saga avoided meeting his eyes, and walked towards the office silently.

"I'm sorry to interrupt you just after you've finished your work." "If you feel embarrassed, go back." "Please listen to me, I won't take up too much of your time." "Forgive me." Saga seemed unwilling to stop. "I want to know about Nakao. I won't ask about the troupe because I've already heard most of it from Hiura." Hearing Zhe Lang's words, Saga finally stopped.He looked around quickly, then stared at Zeran. "What do most things mean?" "As for the reason for the troupe's existence, perhaps it is more correct to say that it is the reason for its activities."

"what are you saying?" "That's right." Zhe Lang also glanced around, then lowered his voice and said, "It's about exchanging household registration." Saga closed his eyes, heaved a sigh of relief, and then opened his eyes again. "Have you seen Mizuki?" "We have contacted. It can't be called meeting..., only I saw her. The matter was talked on the phone." Saga nodded slightly, and sighed again. "Is Mizuki okay?" Saga seemed to have no idea how they were doing now. "still alright." "That's good. Now that you've heard what she said, there's no need to come to me again, right?"

Saga took another step, and Zhe Lang grabbed his right wrist to stop him.His arms were muscular, nothing like a woman's arms. "I hope you can tell me about Nakao. Hiura said, you and that guy are old friends." Saga shook off Zhe Lang's hand, leaned his face closer, and said, "I told you, I won't answer any more questions for you. It's time for you to stop interfering in this matter! I have to endure some things." "Patience? What do you mean?" "I mean, there are a lot of things I don't know. I don't know where Nakao is now? What is he going to do next? I don't know what the guy did. But I think the only thing to do is wait. Because I trust that guy and can only respect his judgment."

"In that case, at least tell me what you know." "This matter has nothing to do with you, it was planned by me and Nakao." "The result of your single-handed planning has turned into today's situation, hasn't it?" "What did you say?" "Sneaking and hiding. Nothing to see the dignity of an ace running back." Before Zhe Lang finished speaking, Saga grabbed his neckline. "Don't speak ill of that guy! Otherwise, I won't spare you!" His arm strength is quite strong, but not as good as a linebacker.Zhe Lang grabbed his wrist and pulled it away easily.He still had confidence in his grip strength, and Saga showed a hurt expression.

"My friendship with that guy is longer than yours." After speaking, Zhe Lang glared at him. Saga rubbed the wrist that was grabbed just now, as if he wanted to retort, but turned around silently, and walked forward. "Mr. Saga, after talking so much, don't you understand how I worry about my friends?" Saga stopped and turned around. "Ex-star players, don't be nervous. I just went to tell the people in the office that I'm going to take a break." Saga grinned. The two entered a coffee shop a few minutes away from the trucking company.The shop seems to also sell set menus, and the tables and chairs are outdated.The two sat facing each other in the innermost seats.

"Nakao and I met on the golf driving range." After speaking, Saga smiled shyly. "Strange, isn't it? I don't think I deserve to play golf. But at that time, golf was played by anyone with a little money, so it was very popular among us drivers." "Mr. Saga feels that he can hit very far." Zhe Lang looked at his arm and said.In the cold winter, he actually rolled up his sleeves. "I can indeed hit a long distance, and I often run to the driving range, but my playing skills have not improved at all." Saga pulled the coffee cup in front of him, and added two spoons of sugar.

Saga said he would go to the practice range twice a week.The time to go is in the morning when there are no people; the strike position is mostly fixed, the second position from the right.Most people don't like the side hitting position where the ball hits the net if it misses a little bit, but Saga likes it because there is a mirror on the right wall so he can check his posture. But from a certain period, a man appeared in the strike position between Saga and the mirror, which is the strike position on the far right.Because it is always the same person, Saga remembers his appearance.The other party seems to be a young man of twenty-five or six years old. Although the two have not talked to each other, the other party must also be aware of the existence of Saga.While Saga is playing silently, he can always feel his gaze.

A breakdown in the men's bathroom at the driving range once prompted the two to start talking.When Saga wanted to go into the toilet, a young man came out.Saga originally planned to pass him by without saying a word, but the other party accosted him: "Ah, I don't think it can be used here." Saga didn't understand what the other person was saying, and looked at his face. "Over there...the toilet with compartments seems to be malfunctioning." The young man said tactfully. Saga was startled.Why does this man know that even if he enters the men's toilet, he cannot use the urinal and must enter the cubicle?

Pointing upward, the young man continued, "There is a shared toilet for men and women on the second floor. It should be usable there." "Oh." Saga replied awkwardly, walking towards the stairs.The words of the young man lingered in his mind. When Saga returned to the batting position, Young was practicing his drive.He seemed to notice that Saga was back, and asked back, "Can it be used?" Saga thanked him: "Well, thank you." Because of that chance, the two introduced themselves to each other.The young man said his name was Nakao Kosuke. "I was shocked at the time." Saga held the coffee cup in his hand and leaned back slightly. "I thought it was impossible for him to know my secret. I thought about it, probably because I looked like I wanted to poop." He said with a smile, but he should have been really surprised at the time.

"After all, no one should think that Mr. Saga is not a man, right?" "I think so too. In fact, I have never been suspected for decades. Even my current colleagues in the company hardly know about it. Only the president and my immediate superiors know. Before I tell them, they No, they don't seem to think I'm a woman even after I tell them." "Then why did Nakao find out about this?" "I also found it incredible, so I tried to ask him as if nothing had happened. In the end, his answer surprised me. He said it as a matter of course, because you should not be able to use a man's urinal." "Nakao found out that you are a woman?" "Yeah. I didn't tell him about it before that. I was too surprised, and I forgot to say haha, and asked him why he knew. As a result, he said, I don't know why I knew, probably Intuition." "intuition……" "I realized after meeting him that Nakao does have that ability. He can see through a man in cross-dressing, a woman in cross-dressing, a woman with the heart of a man, and a man with the heart of a woman. Although often There are men who boast that they will never be fooled by trans people, but this is not true. Those men just haven't seen real trans people. There are people in this world who are completely different genders, like I am the same. You don’t think the scent of ‘Cat’s Eye’ is a man, do you?” Zhe Lang had no choice but to nod his words. "Because they are invulnerable, no one finds them. Because no one finds them, everyone thinks they don't exist. That's how it is. But Nakao has discovered the existence of such people and has the ability to see through them. He seems to have been from a long time ago. It has that ability." "From a long time ago, do you mean... from college?" Saga shook his head. "I heard it was a long time ago. It may have been in middle school, maybe it has been in elementary school." Zhe Lang thought to himself, it can't be that early.If Nakao had this ability early on, he should be able to see through that Mizuki's heart is a man.Could it be that his special ability didn't work on Mizuki alone?Or did he know that Mei Yue was a man at heart, or did he let her be his girlfriend? "It's unbelievable." Zhe Lang couldn't help muttering. "I didn't believe it at first. But in the process of interacting with him, I gradually realized that he didn't seem to be lying, nor was he bluffing. After all, when he saw Xiangli who worked in a hotel in Roppongi, he saw right away that he was a man." "Why does he have this ability? Because of his keen intuition?" Zhe Lang said to himself, and Saga stared intently into his eyes. "I haven't told anyone about this, but I've said so much anyway, even if I tell you, Nakao shouldn't have any objections. There is a secret behind his ability." "secret?" Saga leaned his elbows on the table, leaning slightly towards Zhe Lang. "His mother was originally a man." "Huh...?" This unexpected sentence made Zhe Lang think that he had heard it wrong.Saga nodded, a smile appeared on his face, but his eyes couldn't be more serious. "You've investigated a lot about us, too. I mean, you know what that means, don't you?" "In other words... is his mother a woman in body and a man in spirit?" "I can say that. Gender Identity Disorder, if you use the popular term." "I didn't know that before." Zhelang remembered what Risako said at some point, Nakao's biological mother abandoned the family, and the current mother is the object of his father's remarriage.The mother who left home must be a woman with gender identity disorder. "Why does Nakao know that his mother is that kind of person? Is this what he knows intuitively?" "I didn't ask him in detail about this matter. He didn't want to talk about it. However, I think a mother like you has something to do with his intuition." For Zhelang, this is the first time he has heard of all this.He thinks that he had a close relationship with Nakao in college, how much does he really know about his friend.Between the quarterback and the running back, there have been countless eye contacts, but I have not received his important message.Zhe Lang was angry at his negligence. "I think Nakao cares about the gender awareness of men and women because of his background. That's why he congenial with me. At that time, I was already preparing to set up a theater company. Of course, at that time I didn't think of using The troupe is exchanging family registers. I just thought it would be great if we could convey something to people who have the same troubles. Nakao also agreed with this idea, so we decided to hold an event together.” Their encounter seems to have led to the birth of the "Golden Boy Troupe". "Is the household registration exchange going smoothly?" Hearing Zhe Lang's question, Saga shook his head. "Still struggling. As you may have heard, strict conditions must be met for a successful exchange. Time assistance is also important. Because there are many problems that ten people cannot solve, a system is needed. Nakao is trying to build this system .” "The tail disappeared..." "To be honest, I have a headache. However, I can't rely on him all the time, so I have to take over this matter." "Can't you get in touch with Nakao?" "I have no way to contact him here, only he often calls me. No matter what I ask, he always says: You don't have to worry." Hearing this sentence, Zhe Lang was temporarily relieved.I don't know where and what he does, but at least he's still alive. "Have Mr. Saga and Hiura Mizuki met?" "I've seen her a few times. Nakao brought her here during the theater performances." "She also seems to be planning to exchange household registration." "She seemed very interested when she heard that there was such a method. I also tried to find a suitable partner for her, and finally found a man who matched the conditions. But before I told Mizuki, Nakao stepped forward to stop me." "why?" "I don't know. Nakao said, it's better to wait for a while. He didn't give me further reasons, but he must have a negative attitude towards Mizuki's exchange of household registration." Zhe Lang crossed his arms and pondered.Why is Nakao holding a negative attitude?Is it really repulsive that the old lover wants to live as a man?However, it doesn't make sense for a man who takes gender issues so seriously to change his mind for personal reasons. "When did that happen?" "Probably last September." Togura's murder occurred more than two months ago, so it is not the murder that changed his mind. "By the way, he often said at the time, could what we did be wrong? What he meant was not that our actions were illegal, but whether what we did was simply the reflection of things in the mirror, Essentially it hasn't improved at all -- that's about what he said at the time." "The reflection in the mirror..." Nakao's lonely expression suddenly appeared in Zhe Lang's mind. There is one more thing that needs to be confirmed with Saga, Zhe Lang asked: "To what extent does the police know?" "What are you referring to? The exchange of household registration? Or the murder of a man in Banqiao District?" "Both." "About the exchange of household registration, the police probably don't know the most important thing. At most, they only found out that the 'cat's eye' Kaori is not the real Saeki Kaori. Maybe they even know that the owner of that name is a woman with a man's heart. I don’t know. The police are probably also investigating our theater troupe, so they may deduce that the real and the fake Xiangli met through watching a theater. However, they probably never dreamed that the fake Xiangli is actually a man, and the organized household registration exchange system exist." Mochizuki has met Xiangli, a female publicist, several times in "Cat's Eye", and Zhe Lang is sure that he has not seen through that he is a man. "How did the police find out that he was related to the Golden Boy Troupe?" "That's not easy. They found the ticket stub of the performance at Xiangli's home. Xiangli thought that he had dealt with all the things that might be clues, but he was very secretive." "But the police just found the ticket stubs..." Zhe Lang said, Saga frowned and shook his head. "Unfortunately, the police seem to have found two identical ticket stubs. In other words, he went to the theater with another person. And the two tickets were followed by fingerprints, one of which was of course Xiangli's fingerprints. , and several other fingerprints were also found in Xiangli's home. So the police made a deduction. However, that is not a deduction at all..." "They thought Xiangli was surrounded by men." "That's right." Saga nodded and drank the water in the glass. "The detective named Mochizuki showed me the photo of Kaori, and asked me if I had seen the woman in the photo. She should have gone to our performance, maybe with a man... His tone seemed to be Said, there must be no audience for a performance by a small troupe like yours anyway, of course you will remember everyone's appearance. Alas, although what he said is true." "Then how will Mr. Saga answer?" "I replied that I seem to have seen it, but I can't be sure. But I don't know if the criminal policeman believes my words." "About the man Miss Xiangli dated, do you think the detective knows his name?" "I can't be sure. He didn't mention it in particular, but I don't think it's possible he wasn't interested in the man." Mochizuki must have thought it was the man who killed Akio Togura. "The man Karori-san is dating is... Nakao, right?" Saga shrugged slightly. "If you think that Kaori is Nakao's affair, then you are wrong. The two of them are not in that kind of relationship, and Nakao loves his wife and family very much. But the person who came to the theater with Kaori is Nakao, or should I say, It was Nakao who brought her to the theater." "Do you know the reason for Nakao's divorce?" "I didn't ask, he just told me he was divorced. I think he will tell me why sooner or later, so I won't pry him." Tetsura remembered Nakao's ex-wife Ritsuko Takashiro's frightening expression.Nakao said that he loves her, if so, why must divorce?Ritsuko also gave the impression that she was hiding something that was not humane. "Mochizuki Detective and the others only asked you these questions?" "No," Saga finished, scratching his jaw.He has a little beard growing on his chin, probably the effect of the hormone injections. "They said, if there is a list of people related to the theater troupe, or organizations such as fan clubs, they hope I will let them see those lists." "Did you let them see it?" "How could I let them see it." Saga leaned back. "If you let them see it, Tateishi's and his names will also appear in it. The police will probably take a blanket investigation and find out that the household registration exchange system is also a problem sooner or later." "Fortunately, the Mochizuki detective retreated despite the difficulties." "Just like when you came here, I told him that he has the obligation to protect personal privacy. The police didn't have any evidence to prove that the troupe was related to the murder, so they had to leave." "But any amount of evidence can be fabricated, and they can still get a search warrant." "Probably. So, I destroyed all the materials related to the troupe." "Destroyed? Even deleted all the data in the computer?" "Yeah. I thought they might come up with this trick, so I didn't leave any documents. Just two clicks of the mouse, and all the evidence disappeared. Inspection agencies such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office often seize several suspects from the suspect's home or office. The relevant information of ten corrugated boxes, but I don't think this kind of thing will be done again in the future." Saga only seemed very happy when he said this. "But if the information disappears, you will be very troubled, right?" "You don't have to worry, I have moved to another place, the Internet is very convenient. Besides, considering the current situation, the troupe's activities have to be temporarily suspended. In addition, the exchange of household registration has to be suspended for a while." After speaking, Saga stared at Zhe Lang. "You are the first and the last person to see those extremely confidential materials." "I'm sorry, it's my strength." Zhe Lang bowed his head and apologized. "Have you been to Tateishi's house?" "I have been there, and the company has also gone." "Yeah, is that guy doing well?" "He seems to have integrated into the workplace smoothly." "That's good. There is no one around that guy who can confide in him, so he always has to be on full alert. I think he must be very hard. Like me, as I said just now, some of the bosses know my true identity. But , There is no such person around Lishi. The boss of the company he worked for hired him because he thought he was a 100% man. " "I think so." "So in order to continue to hide his true identity, he has to suffer a lot. Since he can't take a bath together, when the employees travel to the hot springs, he seems to use the cold as an excuse. Alas, although he has a penis, but It’s not necessarily that you can’t wear clothes at all.” Zhe Lang listened and thought, Saga probably saw Tateishi's lower body. "Even if you get a man's household registration, you still have to live in fear." "This may cause a psychological burden. That's why I often think about Nakao's words recently. Is what we do simply the reflection of things in the mirror, and the essence has not improved at all." Then, Saga sighed leisurely. "I hope everyone can be happy." He murmured and looked into the distance. Zhe Lang looked into his eyes, thinking of the eyes that a mother would show.Of course, he couldn't tell Saga about it.