I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

"...Hahaha, sister Hanyu is drunk, ignore her! There are still a few rounds, and the big loser will be revealed, let's continue...continue..."

Araki Sousuke rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, winking wildly at Atsukai and Ludou.

In the voice channel of the team that does not exist, the two launched a fierce "discussion on self-help".

"Her wine taste is so bad, why didn't you remind me before coming..."

"Who knows, the old lady always said that alcohol would damage her precious brain cells and affect the progress of her research, and she never drank... blame Araki-kun who put the cups indiscriminately..."

"Is it still useful to say this now? Hurry up and stop her before she goes crazy... You are the CEO and CFO of our company..."

"Hey, it's off-duty time, no matter how long the title is, it's useless, please ask yourself."

On the other hand, Higashino Kohei, who had drawn the clown several times in a row in one night, had become the "big loser" of this round of games.

"Ugh, is this clown eyeing me tonight?"

Higashino Xinghei slapped the clown card that had been with him all night on the table.

A cruel fate awaits him.

"Gudong."

"Really, do you want to do this?"

Higashino Kohei swallowed, looking at the ten hero cups lined up in front of him.

Sousuke Araki and Ryoma two before the two were happily adding sake, beer, vodka, energy drinks, kidney function drinks...

The ultimate punishment, [Spiral Ascension Alcohol Package].

At the same time, Ryoma's phone rang before the second.

"I'm drinking with my friends... what?!!!"

Just when Higashino Xinghei was mentally preparing to "accept punishment", Ryoma hurriedly took out the remote control and turned on the TV in the box.

"...Breaking NewS, in an apartment in Shinjuku, a violent explosion suddenly occurred, causing a fire..."

On the TV screen, on the screen labeled "Emergency News" was a small apartment building with thick smoke and flickering fire.

"At present, the fire has spread to the apartment next door. The fire brigade and ambulance are on the scene to carry out rescue work... We will continue to pay attention to the further situation... This is the scene brought to you by NHK International Channel, reporter Shado Nord report."

A foreign male reporter with blond hair and blue eyes and a ponytail was reporting outside the cordon in front of the apartment.

Behind him, several fire trucks and ambulances are doing intensive rescue work.

"Hey..."

Looking at the inexplicably familiar apartment on the screen, a chill suddenly rushed up Araki Sousuke's back, making him numb all over.

"Lucky Ping!!!"

When Ryoma's shout sounded two days ago, Higashino Kohei had already rushed out of the box without saying a word.

...

An apartment somewhere in Shinjuku.

In late July, Tokyo has entered the hot summer, and it is raining torrentially, accompanied by rumbling thunder from time to time.

The original old but clean apartment building has become charred and black after the fire is extinguished, and there is hot smoke in the rain.

A number of police cars, ambulances, and fire engines are scattered in the parking lot below the apartment building.

The evacuated people and surrounding residents gathered outside the cordon, watching the fire scene and discussing it.

"Boom boom boom..."

A black and white locomotive, with an angry roar, broke through the rain curtain, cut through the cordon, and stopped downstairs with the screech of brakes.

"...Sir, this is the scene of the fire...you can't go in..."

Several staff members wearing reflective vests are placing no-entry seals at the stairs.

"...the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable..."

The person who got out of the car was a man who was drenched in heavy rain and drunk, and the phone in his hand was still on speaker.

"Lizi..."

Regardless of the obstruction of the three of them, he rushed into the burning black stairs with thick smoke still in the air.

"... Reiko!!!"

Shouting someone's name, he sprinted upstairs along the route that he would never forget no matter how drunk he was in the past.

It was Kohei Higashino who rushed back after seeing the news and calling Reiko Shirazumi but no one answered.

Higashino Kohei came to his house after walking through the burned-out stairs and corridors.

The normally solid iron door was lying weakly on the outside of the corridor.

The surrounding walls, centered on this apartment, exhibited an arc-shaped crack, as if a strong explosion had occurred from within.

"Reiko!!! Answer me!!! Where are you..."

Higashino Kohei rushed into the room without stopping.

"Xingping, from today onwards, this is our home."

Looking at the strange yet familiar "home" in front of him, no matter how many injuries he suffered, he was slightly taken aback as long as he returned here to the "home".

"Well, even though it's just a temporary site before saving enough for the down payment, it still needs to be cleaned up..."

The apartment that the two of them took care of and watered with love on weekdays has completely turned into a scorched place like hell at this moment.

"Xingping~ Why don't you ever smile, you have to learn to smile more, the neighbors are terrified when you see moving gifts at your door."

The smell of charcoal mixed with the smell of burnt paste, and a lot of water droplets left after the fire was extinguished...

The cherished and familiar things in memory have become broken, blurred, and difficult to recognize.

"Reiko...answer me...where are you?"

Higashino Xinghei didn't miss any corner, ran back and forth in the small two-bedroom room manically, but didn't find the beautiful figure in his heart.

"... not here... well... great..."

No one was seen in the room, Higashino Kohei relaxed and ran out the door again.

"Sir, please calm down... The accident investigation after the fire and the scene cleaning are going on here, you can't come in for the time being..."

In the corridor, the three firefighters who followed saw Higashino Kohei, and immediately stepped forward and surrounded him, intending to take him downstairs.

"Get out of the way, I'm not free right now..."

"Uh..."

"Oh..."

"uh-huh……"

As soon as the hands of several people grasped the crazy-looking Higashino Kohei, they felt a sharp pain between their legs, and then clamped somewhere and fell to the ground weakly.

Higashino Xingping's face was as dark as water, like a wounded lone wolf, he ran downstairs quickly.

"Xingping..."

A tall figure blocked him outside the door on the first floor.

"calm down!!"

The person who came skillfully patted the whip leg that attacked between his legs with his hands, pressed his shoulders with both hands, and "boomed" him against the wall.

It was Sousuke Araki who was chasing after him, also soaked all over.

Not far away, Ryoma Er was standing in the heavy rain with a serious expression, asking some police officers what they were doing.