It was getting late, so Ichijō Mirai temporarily logged out of FBI Newcomer and into Police Academy Newcomer.
He lies down on his bed and starts to sleep, without opening his eyes for a second, reminding, "Next time I log in to the FBI remember to remind me that I need to fall asleep, thank you."
System: [...]
Ichijō Mirai didn't open his eyes, and it popped a small protest into his darkened field of vision: "I don't need to be reminded, do I?
Ichijō Mirai, even if he was a little dizzy from not sleeping for a long period of time, he could just glance at the blue handwriting to confirm his physical state and determine whether he needed to sleep or not.
And at the most, it would only be a few days at the most without logging in to the FBI, right? Ichijō Mirai definitely remembered that, and didn't need to be reminded at all.
"Well," Ichijō Mirai said, eyes still closed, "here's a little participation for you, alarm clock."
System again: [...]
An alarm clock is an alarm clock, and it wouldn't be a mercy to the intellect not to affectionately call the little fool.
[That,] it stammered, [would Akai Shūichi choose one, or two?]
Whether to inform Ms. Black Swan that she was the next victim, with the FBI close by to protect her and thus alert the murderer, causing him to move on to the next, and the next, and the next, and the next victim more discreetly, or not to inform Ms. Black Swan, and to stay put and watch her enter into a crisis, waiting for the moment the murderer struck to ensure that he would be able to capture her, both... and in the former case, the FBI would be the only one to do so, but the FBI would be the only one to do so.
And in the former case, the FBI may not be able to protect Ms. Black Swan, and in the latter case, the FBI may not be able to catch the killer.
The system felt that this was a rather difficult choice, no matter which way to go, it seemed a bit unjust.
"Why are you asking me, haven't I ever played FBI?" Ichijō Mirai opened his eyes and reminded the system, "Wake up, it's not possible to choose between two paths."
"Criminals like me, FBI, politicians, are creatures that never choose between one or the other, Akai Shūichi doesn't choose to protect the present or protect the future, he chooses to take them all."
"A good adult learns to choose three."
He closed his eyes again, falling asleep in almost a few breaths, "Don't flash me in the eye, get out."
When he woke up again, it was already evening, the sky was a dark red color of burning clouds, people were coming and going outside the dormitory, and there were footsteps in the corridor from time to time.
The footsteps sounded from the end of the corridor to Ichijō Mirai's door, then from the door to the end of the corridor, and so on several times before the sound of new footsteps coming up the stairs, followed by the sound of low chatter.
The visitor was Morofushi Hiromitsu, who lowered his voice, "I brought back two meals."
"Huh, it's still at the door?"
"Well, he hasn't woken up yet," walking back and forth was Matsuda Jinpei, sounding a bit depressed, "Sleeping too long, how long has it been since he's slept?"
And a little suspicious, "He's not out fooling around already, is he?"
The 'things' they were talking about were the new police uniforms that the instructors had been issued one by one. Ichijō Mirai heard the knock on the door, but didn't bother, just as he didn't bother now that he heard the whispers, and continued to sleep with his eyes closed in an attempt to regain his composure.
In the corridor, Morofushi Hiromitsu's voice lowered a few more notches, "No, the instructor just said at noon that the last few days were free, and Mirai-san is still sleeping, and didn't even answer when the gowns were handed out, so she should still be sleeping,"
"...Or had left before noon."
Matsuda Jinpei condemned his uncertain tone, "Don't you think this guy's character is likely to sneak out and fool around!"
Complaining about the instructors' talk of free time, "The time for free time is too general, it doesn't even say for how many days, and the reason is something like 'too much attention from the outside world, there may be the media sneak peeking into the training routine in the last few days, and there will be the general public around the academy, so there will be a few glimpses into the academy training,'"
He said, "This is 'targeting this year's police cadets too much, being photographed in the training routine to send out will probably cause public anger', right? Isn't it?!"
Morofushi Hiromitsu seemed to be smiling a little, "Probably."
There was the sound of carefully lifting the lid of the lunch box.
Ichijō Mirai stood up, went to the bathroom to take a shower first, changed into a new set of clothes, and opened the door, "Thank you."
He offered to take a dinner from Morofushi Hiromitsu and closed the door again, "Goodbye."
The voice outside the door stopped for a few seconds, the two students who were squatting at the resurrection point froze, and only a few seconds later, came the voice of Matsuda Jinpei tapping on the door, "You're actually in the dormitory?"
"Hey, open the door."
"The instructor said you can move freely from today, do you know that? Someone's already gotten out over the wall!"
Ichijō Mirai sat down at his desk and opened his lunch box, "The door was open."
Ichijō Mirai replied to Matsuda Jinpei, "I know now."
And asked with concern, "Did the blonde sneak out, too?"
Why don't you go after Matsuda Jinpei?
He's been 'having a good time', so wouldn't he be a gentleman if he didn't take revenge?
Matsuda Jinpei slapped the door open, and at that, his expression stiffened, and he laughed, "Ahahaha..."
Pretending not to hear, he quickly changed the subject, "The instructors seem to be in a bad mood, and ordered several students to be punished this afternoon, ordering them to clean up or something,"
"Including Matsuda-san," Morofushi Hiromitsu interjected, grinning, "Matsuda-san's cleaning time is in an hour, at six o'clock."
Matsuda Jinpei: "Hey!"
"The freedom of movement without leaving the academy is probably not only because of the outside media and general public's interest in the academy," Morofushi Hiromitsu added, "but also partly because of a new development on the police side,"
Since Matsuda Jinpei was present and unaware of the contents of the safe that Ichijō Mirai had forwarded to Seicho Matsumoto, he tried to be as cryptic as possible, "It seems that Administrator Matsumoto has found physical evidence of an old case that is being investigated,"
"The case involves a portion of the police force, it should be difficult to deal with, and it will take some time before the case is closed with a more satisfactory result."
Matsuda Jinpei had actually heard about it, and responded with a long, "Oh, you mean medical malpractice."
He said excitedly, "I just heard a lot of people talking about it when I came back from the convenience store, all praising the police for being so good this year,"
And pretend that they are not excited, in fact, do not care, "What is it, so long ago the case has only recently turned over to find evidence, only to start the trial part of the police and the officers involved in the case of hooking up, deliberately hiding things,"
Said, as if he remembered something, in the door leaned a little, back against the wall, "but I think things will not be so simple..."
"One of the officers involved in the investigation at the time, a very powerful one, seems to be called, called,"
"Matsuda," Morofushi Hiromitsu observed Ichijō Mirai's reaction, and realizing that he didn't have the slightest reaction and was concentrating on his meal as if he hadn't heard a thing, he interrupted without moving to catch the point, "Convenience store?"
"You jump over that wall and get out."