While Asakawa Yu and Haibara Ai were having a long talk, in an apartment building on the other side of Tokyo...

Shuichi Akai was leaning against the railing of the balcony, staring at his phone in deep thought.

The full moon hung high in the sky, its silent light illuminating the surroundings while also bringing a touch of chill.

Under the deep darkness of the night, Shuichi Akai stared at his phone in silence.

When he couldn't help but glance at his phone screen again, a cold message lay there quietly, making him want to look at it again.

Starting in the evening, his phone began to receive some messages inexplicably. Normally, Shuichi Akai would have just treated them as spam and deleted them without paying any more attention.

However, this time the situation was beyond his expectations.

The reason was simple: the person in the text message he had been searching for was the 'lover' he had been looking for!

Gin!

Shuichi Akai had no idea that he had just set foot on this land and hadn't even had a chance to start searching before he had already discovered his whereabouts.

This is...it's almost as if someone is deliberately leading him there!

But now, he has no other choice!

Because he knew this was an opportunity! An opportunity to find Gin, or even capture him directly, or at the very least, to inflict some losses on Gin!

However, the most suspicious point now is: who exactly sent this text message? And why would he send himself this text message?

After receiving this text message, Shuichi Akai's cold and lonely heart couldn't help but start beating again.

Furthermore, to avoid arousing suspicion from others, he didn't even tell his colleagues at the FBI, fearing they would tell him not to act rashly and thus miss a golden opportunity.

Asakawa Yu had actually anticipated this. Someone like Akai Shuichi would definitely be unable to resist checking out the news about Gin after learning about it.

If not, then all is well. If the news is true, then it's a golden opportunity to severely damage the organization!

After this matter is over, Shuichi Akai will have headquarters investigate who the original owner of this account is, to find out who it is.

Logically speaking, besides Judy and her friends, there shouldn't be anyone else who knows this number, but that's just how it is...

Just as his thoughts were racing, a text message that had been stored away for a long time caught his attention.

Then, inexplicably, Shuichi Akai clicked on that text message again.

"My Lord, if I can leave the organization this time, will you be my real boyfriend and date me?"

The words flowed silently from the phone, stirring up certain memories for Shuichi Akai...

But just as Shuichi Akai was still immersed in the sadness of the past, a white light suddenly flashed in his mind, and with a click, he instantly realized something!

Shuichi Akai squinted at the text message, remaining silent for a long time, but his heart was filled with turmoil.

Yes! That's another possibility!

Besides these few people who know my contact information, isn't there also her?

But she's already...

At this moment, the previous conjecture resurfaced, like a pebble thrown into a lake, creating ripples!

From this moment on, all my previous guesses resurfaced in my mind once again.

What made him most suspicious were the two people he had seen at the train station and the shopping mall before.

If he relied on a vague sense of familiarity before, then this time, Shuichi Akai could never forget it.

But it was at this moment that Shuichi Akai calmed down once again, a faint sadness rising in his heart, along with an inescapable sense of sorrow.

Hehe~ Even if that person really is her, so what?

People's hearts will eventually change, whether it's hers or mine...

The image of her from before flashed through my mind again. At that time, she was smiling so happily, without the lingering sadness she had before. In its place was a hopeful outlook on life.

And the one who brought all of this to her must have been the man beside her...

Shuichi Akai, leaning against the balcony, gazed at the bright night sky and silently spoke.

I don't know why, even though there's no evidence, Shuichi Akai is certain that the woman he saw back then was the same woman from back then. Maybe it's just... a feeling?

"Alright, since you've found the life you want, then let's keep living in the sunshine with hope..."

Shuichi Akai took a deep breath, exhaled the smoke from his mouth, and then placed his hand on his phone and tapped it.

Then, a window appeared above the message: [Delete this message?]

Looking at the delete button so close to his eyes, it was such a simple little thing, but for some reason, he just couldn't press it.

He understood that if he deleted the text message, then there would truly be no connection between the two of them anymore.

"Hu~~"

Taking another deep breath, Shuichi Akai ultimately decided against pressing the delete button. Instead, he saved the message and then turned off his phone.

"Hehe, I really am...sigh~~"

This sound seemed to be Shuichi Akai mocking himself, reflecting his powerlessness at the time, and also ridiculing his inability to sever ties with the past.

"The twin skyscrapers of Nishitama City, huh..."

As if to divert his attention, Shuichi Akai turned his gaze back to the text message sent to him.

Just as he finished reading the information and was about to put his phone down, a sudden vibration from the phone immediately drew his attention back.

His phone was being rapidly formatted, and no matter how hard he tried to stop it, it was to no avail.

"What? What happened?"

Before Shuichi Akai could do anything else, the phone had already wiped all the data and information off its contents at lightning speed, leaving only the most basic functions.

In other words, at this very moment, everything on Shuichi Akai's phone, except for the data and information he had previously backed up, including the text message he had just received and the one she had sent him earlier, had disappeared!

The evening breeze ruffled Shuichi Akai's hair, leaving only silence and a sliver of unvented anger...

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