Akai Shūichi locked eyes with those red eyes.
The cadet was so secretive that even the only time he was seen, he wore a black inverted v-mask, helmet and goggles.
The black mask protects the bridge of his nose, spreading from both sides of his cheeks to his ears, the helmet covers most of his hair, only a few black hairs are exposed from his forehead, and are swaying gently with his movements, and the goggles are transparent, just pressed against the edges of the mask, and have a certain sense of presence.
But when he saw the red eyes clearly, the presence of the goggles was minimized.
It was a pair of red eyes that looked like blood, the pupils were a bit deeper, they were more rounded, but they seemed to be a bit oval, and at first glance, some people might get the illusion that the pupils of this police cadet were changing from the round pupils of a human being to the vertical pupils of a wild animal.
It was obvious that the owner of the eyes was smiling, and the color of the blood was bright, but neither the smile nor the brightness eased the aggressiveness of the eyes.
The main role of the mask and helmet is to cover the appearance, but also has a side effect, that is, after the cluster of those eyes, so that those eyes more obvious, so that the presence of the owner of the eyes stronger, almost like a close-up in the movie camera, took away all the attention, everyone can only see him.
Obviously through the screen, but he is incredibly vivid, as if the next moment will pass through the cell phone screen, raised his gun, or bared his sharp fangs, and the viewer and the sharpness of the life and death of a fight.
The moment he looked at them, Akai Shūichi was certain that those were the eyes.
Even if the guy on the video had black hair.
The police cadet the MI6 agents were talking about was 'Messiah', the latest New York sensation.
But...
From Japanese Police cadet to unruly criminal, from dead to alive, what a difference, right?
Why?
Akai Shūichi realized something: his puzzle was missing not just a few corners, but something close to the core.
Things were more complicated than he thought, and adding the Tokyo police to the mix would have to take into account the attitude of the Japan's side, whether or not they knew that Savior had faked his death and was now in Tokyo.
As for why it's 'Messiah faked his death in the public eye' and not 'Messiah died and Satan disguised himself as Messiah'...
The difference between the two is so great that the person Akai Shūichi met didn't have the anti-human aura that 'Satan' should have.
The man he saw matched the man on the video, and the 'Messiah' at the bank and the 'Messiah' at the crash site were almost identical, as if the same person had appeared at both locations on the same day.
Months of faking his death and being a criminal hadn't changed Savior much.
While thinking about it, Akai Shūichi replied: [It's him.]
[Do you have any information about his relatives in your research?]
Agent MI6: [Relative?]
When he saw this message, he was surprised that the Messiah police cadet in Tokyo and the Messiah criminal in New York were the same person! He was surprised, and realized something, and immediately replied.
[This 'Messiah' is very mysterious, I didn't find out his last name, nor did I find out any information about his family, and all of his personal information has been deliberately withheld from the public...]
It's strange.
How can someone be [widely known] and [unknown] at the same time?
If there is, someone must have done it on purpose.
Akai Shūichi understood this, and while Agent MI6 was replying, he was still watching the video, which was less than ten seconds long, and listening to Ichijō Mirai talking to his classmates in a relaxed and pleasant manner through his headset.
He heard a phrase that sounded so lighthearted that it sounded like a joke, and caught the keyword: 'a friend who doesn't share the same philosophy'.
A friend who doesn't share the same philosophy?
He heard Ichijō Mirai's even more joking words, 'Ah, I guess it's because he's too kind and doesn't share my philosophy'.
With the addition of 'disgusting', it was obvious that the joking remark was a careless attempt to make fun of his own words, 'It's my duty to protect the people'.
Even if you look at this small clip, Akai Shūichi can surmise the fact that someone close to Ichijō Mirai who doesn't share the same beliefs as Ichijō Mirai said something like 'You disgust me'.
The relationship must have been very close, very close, and they must have known each other very well, that's why Ichijō Mirai laughed the moment he saw it.
Moreover, Ichijō Mirai's fellow police officers didn't know about this person's existence, so they inquired about him, and he casually passed it off in a joking tone.
The question then arises: who is this friend who doesn't share the same philosophy as 'Messiah', but is close, knows each other very well, cringes when he hears the statement 'It's the duty of the police to protect the people', and is not known to the police?
Without thinking, Akai Shūichi's mind conjured up a figure with a sharp horn and a devil's tail: 'Satan'.
He lifted his finger, pressed the headset a little deeper, tapped his thumb twice on the cell phone button, and without further hesitation, quickly edited out a message: [Please focus on family members of the same age as him.]
[His older or younger brother...]
Akai Shūichi had no proof.
The moment he saw the video, he recalled Ichijō Mirai's red eyes narrowing for a moment as he carelessly dragged him into the car, then returning to their normal, unsurprised state.
Perhaps it's because the eyes are the windows to the soul, and paying attention to them in conversation often yields unexpected information.
Or maybe it's intuition that catches things that the brain doesn't realize.
In any case, Akai Shūichi's intuition was ringing out as he recalled those red eyes in the car: 'Messiah' and 'Satan' were very close, the closest existence in each other's worlds, and the most hostile in each other's worlds.
Yes...
Blood relatives.
It's a feeling that I can't trace, that has been deeply rooted in Akai Shūichi's thoughts since the car accident, that takes root in every night when he thinks about 'Messiah', and in every frightening dream, and that's so strong that I can't ignore it, like the intuitive ringing of church bells.
The cell phone vibrated, as if coinciding with the vibration frequency of an unknown intuition, and Akai Shūichi looked at the screen to see a reply from MI6's agent: [Do you think he's not an only child, and that he has a sibling who is his own brother?]
[OK, I'll try to investigate.]
[There should be some information about him here at the cemetery, and I'll try to find out his home address.]
There's a difference between a family with one child and a family with two children.
If we find the home where Ichijō Mirai grew up, even if he intentionally altered some of the traces in the house, there is still a good chance that there will be traces left.
Akai Shūichi replied: [Thank you.]
After a pause, he inquired: [There is no name on the tombstone?]
[No,] Agent MI6 took a picture, [There is only one line on the tombstone.]
The photo was sent, and Akai Shūichi saw the vibrant green in front of the headstone, and the line on the headstone, which, unlike other headstones, was not horizontal or vertical, but rather looked like an inscription in the form of script art:
[Mirai].