Chapter 2 Chapter One

To Toru Takeo, that phone call was like getting a boat when he wanted to cross a river. The contract with the security company has been suspended for two months, and the contract was not renewed because the results of the medical examination report were not good.The uric acid level is out of the specified range. "If gout attacks, it will be difficult for us." The person in charge of the personnel department said.Takeo insisted that as long as he pays attention to maintenance, the value will drop soon, but the personnel in the personnel department did not listen.However, after thinking about it, probably this matter had nothing to do with the uric acid level.The company's performance has not improved, and the management is anxious like ants on a hot pot, perhaps determined to cut expenses.

Takeo Toru immediately started looking for a job, but couldn't find it.His only strengths are his bulk and his title of "ex-police officer."If you want to say that you are suitable to do it, you can only be in the security industry.But his nearly fifty years of age has become his weakness.Some people in charge also said, even if you are only two or three years younger. Regarding the reason for resigning from the police position, Takeo can only say that it is family reasons, which may also be difficult to leave a good impression on people.In fact, the truth is that he has worked in the local police station for nearly ten years, but because he euphemistically reminded his boss not to sexually harass female subordinates, he was hated by his boss and wanted to send him to a police station in a remote area.With a fever in his head, he simply handed in his resignation.Takeo didn't explain these things in detail, so the company would naturally suspect that something went wrong with him and he was dismissed by the police station.

It was hard to find jobs other than security, not to mention that he was particularly troubled by transactional jobs, and looking at the numbers on the ledger was like reading from heaven. Should I just go back to my hometown?he began to think so.Takeo's hometown is Miyazaki, and his brother inherited the chicken farm from his grandfather.My brother said before that he hoped he could come back to help share the work and take care of his parents. But he was still very depressed.I left my hometown when I was eighteen, and even if I go back now, I don't even have a close friend. Just then, he received a call.

The caller was a woman named Tong Gongling.He was still a little confused just hearing the name, but when the other party mentioned Kaiming University, he suddenly realized. "Ah, it was at that time..." "I want to ask you something, can I meet?" Tong Gongling said. "Yes, yes, but, do you know that I am no longer working in the security company?" "I know, I asked the company." "So it has nothing to do with work?" "No, it's related to work. We'll talk about the details when we meet. In short, I want you to protect someone."

"Protect..." He couldn't help but tighten his hands on the microphone. "How is it? Can we meet?" "Okay. Where is the best place to meet? School?" "Well, it would be a great help to me if you could come to the university." Tong Gongling proposed the date and time of the proposed meeting, Takeo agreed, discussed some details, and hung up the phone. Takeo clenched his fists.It is certainly a pleasure to have a job, but what he sings in his heart is the word "protection". When he was a policeman, Takeo basically worked in the Security Section.Because of his strong physique and three-stage judo skills, he is often assigned to protect important people.Opening his body to protect the lives of others, this job strongly stimulated his sense of mission and justice.He even felt that this was his vocation, and for a while, he seriously dreamed of becoming a Security Police.

Signing a contract with a security company is also out of such a hope: not only to be a security guard, but also to take on the task of protecting something, if possible, it is best to protect someone.In fact, he has indeed been responsible for a lot of such work.As soon as he heard the news of a famous overseas artist's visit to Japan, he felt itchy in his palms, wondering if it was his turn to do another task. He flexed his right arm vigorously and grasped the raised muscle with his left hand. Still need to exercise, Takeo thought. Kaiming University is a well-known comprehensive university, and the Faculty of Science is particularly excellent, producing many outstanding researchers.Tong Gongling is from this university.

Takeo met her two years ago.She commissioned Takeo's company to send something from Tokyo to New York, or rather, to escort the person carrying it.The company dispatched three security personnel, including Takeo. The thing seemed to be placed in a small leather bag, and the client did not explain the contents of the bag.The person carrying the purse was a middle-aged man, Tong Gongling was with him and was responsible for taking care of him. Takeo and others went to Narita Airport with them, and then only Takeo went to New York with them.Arriving in New York, after handing over the middle-aged man to the people waiting there, the two immediately set off for Japan.Although they returned together, because Tong Gongling was in business class and Takeo was in economy class, the two did not talk on the plane.After saying goodbye to her at Narita Airport, Takeo returned to the company and reported that the mission was completed.

After that, he never saw Tong Gongling again.Why did she hand over the entrustment to herself who is no longer working in the security company this time? Takeo has no idea. On the appointed day, Takeo put on a suit and headed to Kaimei University.The original scruffy beard was clean-shaven, and he just went to the barber shop yesterday, and he looked full of energy. When he arrived at the school gate, Wuwei called Tong Gongling while looking at the solemn and solemn gatepost. She answered the phone right away, saying that she would come to pick him up and let him wait there. Takeo stood by the gate, watching the students come and go.These students all look smart and have confident expressions.And maybe a little bit of the "whom I am" conceit.

Not long after, a car stopped beside Takeo, and the driver's window was lowered. "Mr. Takeo." Takeo still had a memory of the woman driving the car.She has a long face and a high nose bridge. She is a beautiful woman.He greeted and walked over. Long time no see, Tong Gongling said with a smile. "haven't seen you for a long time." "You don't seem to have changed much." "You are too kind." "Great, I'm relieved now." Tong Gongling nodded in satisfaction.The corners of her eyes drooped slightly, and she always looked a little sleepy, but there was a cold light in her slightly opened eyes, as if she was observing the other party.From the first meeting, Takeo felt that she was an opponent who could not be taken lightly.

"Get in the car, please," she said. "The place I'm taking you to is still some distance away." "OK." Takeo went around to the passenger side, opened the door, and got in the car. Tong Gongling was wearing a black trouser suit, with her slender legs stepping on the accelerator pedal. "You contacted me, and I was a little surprised." After listening to Takeo's words, she raised her chin. "I think so." "why me?" She paused for a beat: "The details will be discussed later." Then she continued to drive. Understood, Takeo replied.

After driving for about ten minutes, the car came to an unnaturally white building.A sign hangs at the entrance: "Institute of Mathematical Sciences, an independent administrative corporation". Wu Wei got out of the car and walked into the building under Tong Gongling's guidance.There is a security door in the lobby.She said "here" and handed over a pass, which seemed to be for visitors.The pass was hung by a strap, and Takeo hung it around his neck. Go through the security door and into the hallway.Tong Gongling finally stopped in front of a door.She knocked on the door, and a hoarse male voice answered, "Please come in." Tong Gongling opened the door and said, "Mr. Takeo is here." "Please come in." She urged Takeo to enter the house with her eyes.Takeo said "excuse me" and walked into the room. This appears to be a conference room.Several couches surround a huge table. The man sitting in the middle stood up. He looked about the same age as Takeo, but with a completely different build.The man was thin and thin, with a sharp chin.The most different thing is the demeanor, rational and intelligent.Takeo thought, compared with him, his face might be similar to that of a gorilla. The man came over, looked at Takeo from head to toe, and asked, "Has the value dropped?" "what?" "The value of uric acid. Has it dropped to the normal value smoothly?" This was beyond Takeo's expectation, and he couldn't help but be tongue-tied. "It's come down. Well, it's normal now." After this answer, he asked, "How do you know that..." The man smiled. "Since there is important work to be entrusted to you, of course a series of investigations will be done in advance." "Did you ask the company?" If this is the case, it cannot be forgiven under any circumstances.Takeo thought.Just leaking personal information. The man seemed to be aware of his thoughts, still smiling and shaking his head. "The company didn't tell me the reason for not renewing your contract. But the record itself is left on the computer. I asked someone to take a peek at it for me. There are experts in this field in the research institute." It appears to have breached the corporate network. Wuwei turned to look at Tong Gongling: "Is this gentleman the object of protection?" "It's not me." The man replied, and then asked Tong Gongling, "Have you told him the details?" "Nothing has been said yet." "Oh." The man looked at Takeo again and nodded, "It was Tong Gong who recommended you. I hope your interview goes well." "Is there... an interview?" "Yes. I just want to say hello to you. Then, please." The man said to Tong Gongling and left the room. Takeo was looking at the door, and Tong Gongling signaled to the sofa: "Please sit down. Although bodyguards do not sit down in principle, it has not yet been decided whether to hire you." Most likely it will be.Takeo said "Excuse me", and sat down on the sofa. Several documents lay on the table, one of which had a mugshot of Takeo attached.The small print next to it should be his experience.This may have been obtained from that security company as well. "You didn't ask," Tong Gongling asked while sorting out the scattered documents, "Who was that just now?" "Is it better if I ask the last sentence?" Hearing his question, the corners of Tong Gongling's mouth softened. "This is where your strengths lie. You don't want to learn about unnecessary things. This is one of the reasons why I recommend you." "Because it's pointless to understand people who are not the object of protection." "But some people can't hold back their curiosity, right? Do you remember what you did last time?" "Of course I do. Send a man with a purse to New York." "Not once did you ask what was in that bag. You didn't seem to want to know." "The company told us that it was a very valuable item. More precious than my life." "Don't you want to know what that is?" Takeo shrugged. "As long as it's not a dangerous item, whatever it is." Tong Gongling nodded. "This attitude is very important. If you really want to know, but you have to suppress your curiosity because of work, then, from our side, it will still be a little disturbing." It seems that this time the work is also very sensitive.Probably to protect "something" that cannot be seen. He remained silent, but Tong Gongling said, "It's a prime number." "Eh?" "Prime numbers in mathematics. For example, 2, 3, 5, etc., except for 1 and itself, numbers that cannot be divisible by itself. What is stored in that bag is something that records a certain prime number. However, that prime number The number of digits is very large. Even with supercomputers, it cannot be easily calculated. Did you know that such prime numbers are now often used in the field of information encryption.” "I've heard of it. But I don't know how to do it." Even if he explained it, he probably wouldn't understand it. "To decode the encrypted information, you must use that prime number. In short, it is a very important thing. You must also take precautions when transporting it. That's why I entrust your company to be responsible for the protection." "I see." Wuwei nodded, looking back at Tong Gongling, "And then?" She smiled, tilting her head slightly. "You don't seem to be interested." "It has nothing to do with my life. Can't it?" "No, that's fine. That person will be here soon." She took a note from the inside pocket of her jacket and put it on the table. Takeo reached for the paper.A name was written on it: "Habara Madoka." "This is the person we want you to protect. It reads 'UHARAMADOKA'. She basically lives in a room somewhere in this building and only goes out occasionally. When she's out, we want you to keep her close. Wherever she goes You can't take your eyes off her anywhere, and protect her from all dangers." Only one point, Tong Gongling raised her index finger. "Just one thing to watch out for. Just make sure you don't get interested in her. Don't ask all the questions about her, like why she's here, what she's doing here, etc. Got it?" "You can't ask about things that are necessary in terms of defense?" "I'll tell you if I think it's necessary. I forgot to mention that I'll be with her when she goes out. Is that okay?" The object of protection seems to be a rather troublesome figure.But he was ready for a difficult job.Otherwise, the other party would not have specifically handed over the entrustment to Takeo alone. Understood, he replied. At this time, there was a knock on the door. "The door is open." Tong Gongling replied.Takeo stood up and faced the door. The door opened and a young woman walked in.She looked less than twenty years old, with long hair, short stature, wearing a plaid shirt, and a pair of slender legs sticking out under a short denim skirt.The eyes are large, with upturned tips, reminiscent of cats. Takeo was a little surprised.He thought he was protecting an elderly woman. Tong Gongling stood between the two of them. "This is Mr. Takeo Toru. He wants to be your bodyguard." She then turned to Takeo and said, "This is Ms. Habara Madoka." Please take care of me, Takeo bowed his head in salute. Madoka Habara's big eyes were fixed on Takeo, and then her gaze moved up and down, as if examining his whole body. how?Takeo asked. "Two steps," she said.The voice is a little nasal. "what?" "Take a few steps around. Until I say stop." She pointed to the floor and drew a circle. Takeo looked at Rei Tong Gong in bewilderment.She nodded slightly and told him to follow suit. Takeo had no choice but to walk slowly around the sofa.After walking around, Yuan Hua gave a "hmm", nodded and said, "It doesn't hurt when you walk, right?" Pointing at his body. "It hurts? Where?" "Waist. Right waist. You have back pain, right?" Her assertion took Takeo by surprise.She was right, back pain had plagued him since his youth. "how do you know?" "You can tell at a glance. Your body is out of coordination. How is it? Can you run? In case something happens, bodyguards who can't run are a problem." Her words made Tong Gongling look worried. Takeo patted his chest confidently. "No problem. Indeed, low back pain is my old problem, but I usually pay attention to it." Yuan Hua let out an "um" in his nose, and then pointed to Wu Wei's mouth. "It's good to pay attention to yourself, but it's better to see a dentist as soon as possible. The cause of physical incoordination has to do with the bite of the teeth." Takeo's hand involuntarily touched his chin.He had never thought about the problem of occlusal teeth. Yuan Hua put down his hands, and said to Tong Gongling: "This person is fine." After speaking, he turned around, opened the door, and walked out of the room.Takeo blankly watched her leave. Tong Gongling looked at his expression and showed a wry smile. "You seem eager to ask about her." "Ah, no, such an idea..." Although it was vague, Tong Gongling was right.Who is this girl? "You passed her interview. What, do you accept this job? If you accept—" Tong Gongling reminded her of the salary.That was a much higher number than Takeo expected. There is no reason to refuse.I accept, Takeo replied. Takeo's work started the next day.Although it was work, he spent the whole day in the hall of the institute.After asking, I found out that Yuan Hua basically even ate meals in the institute.Before dinner, at around six o'clock in the evening, Tong Gongling told him that he could go back today. "How often does she go out?" After hearing Takeo's question, Tong Gongling shook her head. "It's very casual. Sometimes I go out for several days in a row, and sometimes I don't go out for more than a week. I don't know until I go out. Should I tell you from the beginning?" "No, it's okay, it's not too late now." Takeo thought very openly: How happy he would be if he could get paid just for waiting. But such good things did not last long.The next day, Takeo went out with Yuan Hua for the first time.The destination Tong Gongling drove to was a large shopping mall.Yuan Hua visited a few shops inside, tried on a bunch of clothes, and played with countless trinkets.As soon as she moved, Takeo and Tong Gongling followed.Of course, at the same time, pay attention to whether there are suspicious people around. Shopping with a little girl is a hard job.But as a job, it doesn't feel so hard.While following Yuan Hua's movements with his eyes, Wu Wei secretly wondered.Why is it necessary for her to hire bodyguards?Just a normal girl you see everywhere.If it's a wealthy lady, you still need to be careful, but if that's the case, you won't spend the night in the research institute. But Takeo forbade himself to continue thinking deeply.On the one hand, the other party has made it clear that he is not interested in Yuan Hua; on the other hand, he also feels that this has nothing to do with him. He had only one memory of that day, though.After shopping, when Tong Gongling drove the car out of the three-dimensional parking lot, Yuan Hua said, "Wait." Tong Gongling stepped on the brake. "What's wrong?" Takeo looked back at the back seat.Yuan Hua pointed out the window with his finger. "There's a guy that's a pain in the ass." Looking up in the direction she pointed, a man was standing on the third floor of the three-dimensional parking lot, leaning out to smoke a cigarette.He was fiddling with the phone in one hand and a cigarette between the fingers of the other.When smoking, the ash falls from time to time.On the aisle directly below, customers who drive to buy things come and go. "Leave it alone?" Tong Gongling said. "No. There are children passing by below, if the soot flies into the eyes, it will be bad." Yuan Hua glanced around, said "just right", opened the car door, and got out of the car. Takeo didn't know what she was going to do, so he got out of the car too.Not far away was a man with many balloons, which seemed to be given to children for free.Yuan Hua walked over, said a few words, and took a red balloon. "What is this for?" Yuan Hua didn't answer Takeo's question, and walked straight to the multi-storey parking lot, as if saying "you'll find out later".The man smoking on the third floor was still preoccupied with playing with his mobile phone and didn't even glance at them. Yuan Hua stopped.The height difference between here and the third floor is about ten meters, and the straight-line distance is similar. She tilted her head and moved two steps to the left.Then, as if he had timed it right, he let go of the balloon. Seeing the red balloon go up.Not only that, but also drifted obliquely forward under the push of the wind.As if sucked, the balloon flew straight towards the man on the third floor. The balloon floated to the man's left hand, as if it had touched a cigarette butt, and exploded into pieces with a "bang" instantly.Startled, the man leaned back. Something fell and hit the ground.It's a cell phone.Probably the man dropped it while frightened.When he looked up again, the man's face was twisted and he disappeared.I'm afraid he came downstairs to pick up his phone. "That mobile phone is probably broken. Hmph, it's your own fault." After Yuan Hua finished speaking, he walked towards the car. Wu Wei and Yuan Hua returned to the car, and Tong Gongling asked, "Is this comfortable?" Although she didn't get out of the car, she kept paying attention to the situation outside. "Well, sort of." Yuan Hua replied bluntly. Tong Gongling started the car.She neither asked nor commented on what Yuan Hua had done. Of course, Takeo didn't ask anything.The three of them returned to the institute without saying a word on the way. After that, Yuan Hua also went out from time to time.As Tong Gongling said, sometimes she goes out a lot, and sometimes she doesn't move for a period of time.There are various places to go out, such as watching movies, shopping, and going to beauty salons.However, she is always alone and has never met her friends.The only one I have ever seen is my grandmother who lives alone in a single-family house in the suburbs.The name plate on the front of the door reads "Xu Ze", which should be from the mother's side.Takeo hadn't talked to her, but she was a short, elegant old lady. Although Takeo always followed Madoka Habara as a bodyguard when he went out, but he still didn't know who she was.However, after spending time together for a long time, I began to discover some things.Strange phenomena always occur around Yuan Hua. That was when I went to my grandmother's house.There is a river near grandma's house, Yuan Hua and grandma walked along the river.Takeo distanced himself from Tong Gongling and followed behind.Suddenly a gust of wind blew away the wide-brimmed hat grandma was wearing.The hat fell into the river and drifted with the waves, more than ten meters away from the shore. Yuan Hua left grandma behind and trotted along the river, as if trying to get the hat back.Takeo chased after her, feeling that she was doing useless work.How can there be such a coincidence that the hat can be taken back. Yuan Hua ran more than 20 meters and stopped.Surprising things lie ahead.I don't know if there was a slight change in the wind direction, but the hat in the river actually drew a curve, slowly approaching Yuan Hua.Same as that balloon, as if sucked. She picked up her hat and went back to her grandmother.The little old lady took the hat and thanked her with a smile on her lips. there's one more thing.When I was walking in the park after shopping, I saw some teenagers playing with paper airplanes.But none of their paper airplanes flew well.One of them just landed at Yuan Hua's feet.As soon as she picked up the plane, the owner of the plane also ran over. Yuan Hua said a few words to the boy, sorted out the shape of the paper airplane, looked around, and threw it out.The paper airplane flew in the air as if it had gained some power, circling slowly and gracefully.Not only that, the paper airplane returned to Yuan Hua and the others beautifully.She grabbed the plane and handed it to the teenager.The boy's eyes were wide open, unable to speak a word.The other children were also dumbfounded. Yuan Hua smiled and walked away, followed by Wu Wei and others.Walking halfway, Takeo looked back suddenly, the boy was still throwing the paper plane, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't fly as far as before. In addition, there is such a thing.It's time to go to the beauty salon.When Yuan Hua cut his hair, Takeo was waiting outside the shop.Looking up at the sky, the direction of the clouds gradually became weird, and it didn't take long for it to rain.That beauty salon doesn't have a parking lot, so it takes a long walk to get to the parking lot.But none of them had an umbrella. Takeo walked into the store and told Rei Tong Gong who was sitting on the waiting seat to buy an umbrella.She shook her head and said it wasn't necessary.Takeo asked why, she said that even if she bought it, it would be a waste, and let him go back to work. Although he was puzzled, Takeo returned to the old place, watching the continuous heavy rain.It has entered October, the temperature is dropping, and it is unbearable to be soaked all over the body. But an hour later, the rain gradually weakened and finally stopped.But the sky was still dark. As soon as the rain stopped, Yuan Hua pushed open the door and walked out.Her hair is cut short. Tong Gongling also came out.The two walked silently, both at a fast pace, as if there was a tacit understanding.Takeo hurriedly followed. As a result, the rain stopped until the three of them walked to the parking lot.Takeo felt relieved and sat in the passenger cab.As soon as I fastened my seat belt, raindrops fell on the windshield.Before even a shout, the rain became heavier and heavier, and finally turned into a downpour.Tong Gongling hadn't even started the car yet.Then, it rained heavily until late at night. None of this is a miracle, maybe it just happened by chance.But it's not just these things that Takeo finds strange, but also the usual attitude of Rei Tong Gong, one of the witnesses of the phenomenon.For ordinary people, if you pick up your hat, you have to say "Great", right?Paper airplanes fly so beautifully, do you always say "I didn't expect that"?Cleverly avoiding the heavy rain, you have to say "thank you", right?But they are always silent, it seems that these things should have happened. what the hell is it?Takeo wanted to ask several times, but he swallowed the words when he reached the tip of his tongue.The reason is obvious: it is forbidden to ask all questions related to Yuanhua.