Chapter 59 Section VI

The business of "MUGEN" in 1985 came to an end at 6:00 pm on December 31st.After cleaning, Tomohiko, Kirihara and Hiroe toasted for a while to celebrate.Hiroe asked about his ambitions for next year, Tomohiko replied: "Make a program that doesn't lose to home game consoles." Tong principle replied: "Walking during the day." Hiroe laughed at Kirihara, saying that his answer was the same as that of elementary school students. "Kirihara, is your life so irregular?" "My life is like walking in white night." "white night?" "It's nothing." Kirihara took a sip of Heineken, looked at Tomohiko and then at Hiroe, "Hey, aren't you getting married?"

"Married?" Tomohiko, who was drinking beer, almost choked. He didn't expect Kirihara to bring up such a topic, "I haven't thought that far." Kirihara reached out to open the desk drawer, and took out a piece of A4 copy paper and a flat and slender box from it.Tomohiko had never seen this box before, it was quite old and the edges were frayed. Kirihara opened the box and took out what was inside - a pair of scissors, the blade was more than ten centimeters long and the front end was quite sharp.The blade shines with silver light, exuding a classic style. "The scissors look really high-end." Honghui expressed his feelings bluntly.

"The ones I got from my house before seem to be made in Germany." Kirihara picked up the scissors and let the blades open and close two or three times, making a crisp and crisp sound.He holds the paper in his left hand and cuts it with scissors, moving the paper delicately and smoothly.Tomohiko stared straight at his hands, the coordination between his left and right hands was excellent. Not long after, Tong Yuan finished cutting and handed the paper to Honghui.She looked at the cut paper with her eyes wide open. "Wow! It's amazing!" The paper had become a picture of a boy holding hands with a girl.The boy wears a hat, and the girl wears a big bow on her head, which is very delicate.

"It's amazing," said Tomohiko, "I didn't even know you had this ability." "Take it as a wish for your marriage!" "Thank you!" Hong Hui thanked, and carefully placed the paper-cut on the glass cabinet next to it. "I'm talking about Tomohiko," Kirihara said. "It's the computer age. How much money you can make from this business depends on how you do it." "This store is yours." As soon as Tomohiko finished speaking, Kirihara immediately shook his head. "What will happen to this store in the future depends on you."

"Speaking like this puts me under a lot of pressure." Tomohiko deliberately smiled and avoided the question, because there was an inexplicable seriousness in Kirihara's words. "I'm not kidding." "Kirihara..." Tomohiko wanted to smile again, but his cheeks froze. Then the phone rang.Perhaps out of habit, Hong Hui, who sat farthest from the phone, picked up the receiver. "Hi, MUGEN, hello." For a moment, she lowered her face and handed the receiver to Tong Yuan: "Mr. Jincheng." "What's going on at this time?" Tomohiko said.

Tong Yuan took the receiver to his ear: "I am Tong Yuan." A few seconds later, Kirihara's face became ugly, and he stood up with the handset in hand, while his other hand reached out to grab the sports jacket that was draped over the back of the chair. "Understood, I will take care of it myself. The box and packaging... well, trouble." Putting down the receiver, he said to the two, "I'll go out for a while." "where to?" "I'll explain it later, there's no time." Kirihara put on his usual scarf and walked towards the entrance.

Tomohiko followed him out, but Kirihara walked quickly and didn't catch up until he was out of the apartment. "Kirihara, what happened?" "It hasn't happened yet, but it's coming soon." Kirihara strode towards the official van. "The pirated 'Mario' incident happened. I heard that the Crime Prevention Division will search the factory and warehouse early tomorrow morning." "How did it leak out?" "I don't know, someone may have informed you." "Is the news accurate? How do you know that the police will investigate tomorrow morning?"

"There is a way for everything." When they reached the parking lot, Kirihara got into the van and started the engine.In the bitter December cold, the engine didn't do well. "I don't know what time it will be. Just leave as soon as you get it done. Don't forget to close the doors and windows. Honghui can help me find a reason." "I will go with you." "This is my business, I said it from the beginning." The tires made a sound, and Kirihara started the car, then turned the steering wheel with a rough movement, and disappeared into the night.

Tomohiko reluctantly returned to the store, and Hiroe was waiting worriedly. "Where is Kirihara going at a time like this?" "Large video game contractor. There seems to be a problem with the program of the machine Kirihara has touched before." "But, it's already New Year's Eve." "For video game manufacturers, January is the time to make money, and they just want to solve the problem early." "Oh." Hiroe clearly sees that Tomohiko is lying, but seems to understand that now is not the time to blame him.She looked out the window sullenly.

Then, the two watched TV for a while.Each channel broadcasts a special program of more than two hours, and there is a unit reviewing this year.The scene of the coach of the Hanshin Tigers being thrown up by the players was shown on the screen. Tomohiko thought, how many times he had seen this scene. Kirihara probably won't come back, and Tomohiko and Honghui can't speak a few words.Tomohiko's mind isn't on the TV at all, and so is Hiroe presumably. "Hong Hui, you go back first." When the NHK Red and White Contest started, Tomohiko said. "what?" "It's better this way."

Honghui seemed to be hesitant, but he just said "OK" and stood up. "Would you like to wait?" "Yeah." Tomohiko nodded. "Be careful not to catch a cold." "thanks." "What about tonight?" Hong Hui asked because they had already made an appointment to spend New Year's Eve together. "I'll be there, but maybe a little later." "Well, then I'll prepare the soba noodles first." Hong Hui put on his coat and left the shop. As soon as the order was placed, all kinds of conjectures changed in Tomohiko's mind.The New Year's Eve program was broadcast on TV as usual, but he didn't have the heart to watch it at all.When he came to his senses, the TV show had been changed to celebrate the New Year, and Tomohiko didn't notice that it was past twelve o'clock.He called Hong Hui and said that he might not be able to go. "Has Kirihara not come back yet?" Honghui's voice trembled a little. "Well, things seem a little tricky, I'll wait for him for a while. Hong Hui, if you're sleepy, go to bed first." "It's okay. There will be some good movies tonight until dawn, I want to watch TV." Maybe it was on purpose, Honghui sounded very happy. At three o'clock in the morning, the door opened.Tomohiko, who was staring blankly at the late-night movie, turned his head immediately when he heard the sound, and Kirihara stood there with a gloomy expression.Looking at him again, Tomohiko was taken aback.His jeans were covered in mud, the sleeves of his blazer were torn, and his scarf was in hand. "What's the matter? How did you make it like this..." Kirihara didn't answer, and didn't say anything about Tomohiko here.He looked exhausted, squatting on the ground with his head down. "Kirihara..." "Go back." Tong Yuan lowered his head and said with eyes closed. "what?" "I told you to go back." "But--" "Go back!" Tong Yuan didn't seem to mean to say the third word. Tomohiko had no choice but to leave.Kirihara's posture did not change at all. "Then I'm leaving." Finally Tomohiko said, but Kirihara still didn't respond.You Yan walked towards the door in dismay, and was about to open it when he heard "Yuancun". "how?" Kirihara didn't speak immediately, he was still staring at the ground.Just when Tomohiko was about to speak again, he said, "Be careful on the road." "Oh... um. Kirihara, you should go to sleep too." no answer.Tomohiko gave up, opened the door and left.