Chapter 6 Chapter One

The first time I met Onitou Masumi and Shinoyama Kaoru was among the crowd in Shinjuku.I will never forget that it was the night of September 12, Showa 28. Just after eight o'clock on Saturday night, the East Exit of Shinjuku Station was crowded with people.There are company employees who come home from get off work, men who seem to be good at handicrafts, young people who are going to college, people who are idle, etc. Various characters intersect. Eight years after Japan's defeat, Shinjuku, which was once burned to ruins by air raids, has now completely replaced board houses with real buildings, and is truly on the road to revival.

"You don't have eyes when you walk, you bastard!" Suddenly, the man's angry howl resounded all around.Eiji Kashiwagi looked over and saw a boy in a uniform with a stand-up collar and a girl in a sailor uniform sitting on the ground surrounded by four hooligans. It seemed that the teenagers and girls accidentally bumped into them and were pushed to the ground.The hooligan seemed to be lucky, and started to provoke the two of them. The pedestrians around were afraid of getting involved, and walked away quickly, pretending not to notice.The four hooligans are all around twenty years old.He smiled and looked down at the young girl in front of him.That expression is like finding a fat prey.

The boy helped the girl to stand up, patted the dirt on her collar, and stared at the four hooligans in front of her. The boy is tall and looks very gentle.Probably in the second or third year of high school? The girl next to him also looked the same age as the boy. She was short in stature and looked very quiet. One of the gangsters picked up two student ID cards that had fallen to the ground.It must have fallen out of the pocket when the boy and girl bumped into them. After reading the student ID card, one of them immediately changed his expression. "Hey, is it Masumi Onitou? What's the relationship with Senichi Onitou?"

The boy and girl were silent. "If you have something to do with Guitou Xianyi, we can't just let you go like this. Last month, our companion was loved by that guy's younger brothers, so how can we not give a gift in return?" The young man glared at the four of them: "I am Masumi Onitou. I am the son of Senichi Onitou." The girl looked at the boy in amazement.The hooligans chuckled to themselves. "Hey, I've heard that Guitouxianyi has a child, so it's you. Then please come with us." Just then, Kashiwagi came to them.Seeing the giant Kashiwagi, the hooligans showed nervous expressions for a moment.

However, there was still a hint of leeway on their faces.Mostly because of the advantage in numbers. "Don't make such a fuss when you bump into it. The other party is a high school student, so can't you forgive them?" "It has nothing to do with uncle, right? If you don't want to get hurt, just get out of the way." One of the hooligans said so, and took out the dagger from the inside of his clothes and shook it.Cypress sighed. "Let me tell you, your brains have been burnt out by the summer heat. Do you want me to take you to the Shinjuku Office to cool down?"

The hooligan retracted the dagger in a panic. "—Are you a policeman from the Shinjuku Bureau?" "I belong to the Ogikubo Bureau, but the Shinjuku Bureau has a lot of acquaintances. I can tell them to let you cool down in the detention room for one night." The four hooligans became dejected and obedient in a blink of an eye. "It's especially annoying when four of you get together. Hurry up and return your student ID card and leave." Kashiwagi raised his jaw, and the gangster immediately threw his student ID card on the ground and ran away quietly. "thank you very much for your help."

The boy who called himself Onitou Masumi bowed deeply, and the girl next to him also bowed her head. "No need to thank you. Although I'm not on duty now, I'm still a policeman. But then again, you are high school students, right? Why are you still in this place at this late hour?" "We watched "Forbidden Games" directed by Rene Clement at Musashinokan, and we were very moved. After watching it, we didn't go home immediately, but went to the coffee shop to exchange thoughts. Before we knew it, it was already so late It's..." "It's okay to be excited after watching a movie, but you will be scolded by your family if you don't go home quickly. It's rare to have such a fate. Let me call a taxi to take you back."

Kashiwagi stopped a taxi with an "Empty Car" sign on it, let the teenager sit in the back seat of the car, and sat in the passenger seat himself. "I haven't introduced myself yet, have I? My name is Eiji Kashiwagi, and I belong to the Security Section of the Ogikubo Bureau." "My name is Onitou Masumi." The eyes of the boy who spoke in this way appeared to be very rational, and the image of the tensed mouth seemed to show some kind of strong will. "Xiaoshan Kaoru." The girl whispered.Judging from her braided hair, it gives people a typical atmosphere of a good family.

However, for some reason, his face looked a little lonely. The school badge of "City Straight" is pinned to the right chest of their uniforms.Jozhi Gakuen High School is a prestigious private school located near the National Station on the Chuo Line. "Are you two students in the same grade?" "Yes." The boy replied. "In the second year of high school, in the same class." Just about to ask if the two are dating, but Kashiwagi quickly shut up.Judging from the intimate posture of the two, it was obvious that they were dating, but a certain serious atmosphere felt between the two of them sealed Kashiwagi's questioning.

"Let's go to Xiaoshan's house first. After all, she is a girl, so it's better to go home quickly." "From here, Guitou Jun's home is closer, so let's send him back first..." Before the girl finished speaking, the boy immediately said: "No, let's go to classmate Xiaoshan's house first." Xiaoshan's home is a two-story building in the quiet residential street of Ogikubo, Suginami District.The area surrounded by brick walls is very vast.Let the girl get off the car in front of the main gate, the girl bowed deeply to Kashiwagi, said "thank you very much", waved slightly to the boy and said "thank you" to him.

The dimples that appeared on her face at that time seemed to remain in Kashiwagi's heart like an afterimage.Afterwards, the taxi continued towards Onitou Masumi's house near Nakano Station on the Chuo Line. What a nice girl, Kashiwagi said.The boy smiled shyly. "I may be laughed at by you as a mere high school student, but I have decided to marry her in the future." "How can I laugh at you. You seem more stable than half of the adults in the world. You can do it." Thank you, said the boy. "However, I don't know the details because of the different jurisdictions. I have also heard of your father's name. You should be expected to inherit your father's business, right?" The boy shook his head. "Perhaps. But even if he let me inherit, I would object." "She, that...does she know your family background?" "Well. Even so, I decided to date me." What a nice girl, Kashiwagi said again.Cherish it well. Arriving in front of Guitou's house, the boy got off the driveway, thanked him and bowed deeply. Kashiwagi said "goodbye" and let the taxi start.Turning his head, he could see through the rear window that the boy was waving to himself by the side of the road.Kashiwagi also gently waved goodbye. Cypress's heart was as warm as a lighted lamp.