In order not to be suspected, Echizen did not stay in the self-built space left by Long Ya for a long time, but devoted all his energy to challenging the work of the eighth prison in District 178, because he realized that only he could become the real manager , it is possible to come into contact with more things that I did not know before, and it is closer to the path that Long Ya once walked in the other world.Finally, on the day when Baishi was allowed to leave the medical room two weeks later, he successfully passed the eighth prison with his own strength, appeared in front of Hades, and completed the assessment in the adventure group.

On the same day, knowing that Echizen was going to complete the last assessment of the training course, the managers who were free all chose to watch the trial, but when they were about to go to celebrate, they found that this junior was no longer in the management Dead, whereabouts unknown.

Echizen was picked up by Nanjiro, and he was taken back to his home before he joined the management department. He saw his mother Rinko, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and Sakaki, who came with the cat.Unable to bear to see Lunzi Po's teary eyes, he found an excuse to hide in the bedroom, intending to search for the old items of Long Ya that might still be in his collection.

While rummaging through boxes and cabinets, there was a light knock on the door. Echizen raised his eyes and saw Sakaki standing at the door with gentle eyes.Compared with his parents, some things may be easier to say to Sakaki, and without thinking about it, he told the whole story about Longya's self-built space.At the end of the talk, he blinked his a little shy eyes, and asked softly: "Uncle, why did Long Ya leave me the authority to enter the self-built space?"

Quietly staring at the reddish cat's eyes, Sakaki did not answer, but raised his hand to caress the delicate face, with cherishment, pity, and a trace of other emotions in his eyes.After a while of silence, he hugged Echizen and sat down on the edge of the bed, and said hoarsely: "I don't know what he was thinking when he was doing this, but I want to remind you that paying too much attention to Long Ya is not good for you, especially You have now completed your training to become a real manager."

Echizen was slightly disappointed that he didn't get the answer he wanted, but he liked Sakaki's warm embrace, and unconsciously snuggled closer into his strong arms, lowering his eyes and whispering: "I know."

Hearing Echizen's forbearance from this well-behaved answer, Sakaki felt a little distressed, lowered his head and touched his white forehead with his lips, and stroked his slightly tense back with his palms to express comfort. "Long Ma, you must be mentally prepared. Long Ya may never wake up. But he still needs you to help him complete his unfulfilled responsibilities. I believe he will not be happy to see you stop because of him. look."

"I've said it all, I know, uncle, you're so talkative!" Dissatisfied frowned, rubbed against Sakaki's arms like a cat, and said, "Don't be nagging like a stinky dad, uncle, it's very annoying." of."

"I said teenagers, is dad so annoying in your mind? Not even your uncle?" Originally, he came up to ask his son and his friends to have dinner, but Nanjiro walked to the door and saw the scene of the two cuddling. With a slight frown, he immediately returned to his usual hippie smiling face, pretending to ignore it and said: "Come on down, your mother made all the things you like to eat today, talk to her carefully, I don't know when we meet next time." When is it?"

Echizen obediently went down, leaving Nanjiro and Sakaki staring at each other silently.Leaning at the door, with a hint of sharpness in his lazy eyes, Nanjiro pulled the corner of his lips first, and hummed softly: "I said Taro, you keep saying that you don't get married because you haven't met the right person. Could it be my son?" , Your nephew is the right one in your mind?"

In fact, Sakaki had heard Nanjiro's footsteps a long time ago, and he didn't choose to remind Echizen, but just wanted to give his friend a hint first, so he still looked calm after hearing this somewhat sharp question, and replied lightly: "At least no one except Ryoma can give you a hint. I feel the same way."

Shocked by Sakaki's calmness, Nanjiro laughed out, slowly walked into the room, and locked the door tightly with his backhand.His smile slowly subsided, he looked back into his condensed black eyes, and said: "Ever since I sent Ryoma to the management department, I know that the Echizen family is considered to be the last, and it doesn't matter who he will be with in the future, as long as he is happy. But... Are you a little old for him? I don't want you to call me father one day, I'm afraid I will be struck by lightning while walking on the road. "

Facing the ridicule from his friend, Sakaki's expression did not change, and he looked at a frame of photos placed by the bed in a blink of an eye.Looking at the young man in the photo holding up the US Open trophy and smiling proudly, he said, "All I want is company. Since you said it doesn't matter if it's anyone, why bother that it's me?"

In the confrontation of words, Nanjiro has never been an opponent of Sakaki, but he was speechless after hearing this.Frowning slightly, he stared at his friend's undisguised love eyes for a long time, he shook his head helplessly, and said, "That's right, as long as Ryoma can accept you, what can I say? That kid has been unruly since he was a child... If it wasn't If something happened to Long Ya, I wouldn't force him to go to the management department... just one thing, when he is still a manager, he can't."

"You don't need to tell me, I know." The corners of his lips raised slightly, and Sakaki got up and walked over to pat Nanjiro on the shoulder, saying: "Go down, don't show any clues in front of Ryoma and Rinko. Not the right time. Besides, I want to tell you that Ryoma is getting more and more concerned about Long Ya, maybe you should consider whether to keep hiding it from him, or tell him everything about that year, including your suspicions."

It's not that Nanjiro didn't know about his son, on the contrary, he knew everything about it, so after listening to his friend's reminder, he sighed heavily and said, "Don't worry, let's see if that kid can find out with his own ability. Let’s talk about the extent... Besides, there is no progress there, and now I tell him that it’s just an extra headless fly, so it’s better to let him concentrate on the work at hand.”

"Alright, I don't want him to get involved in some things too early. It's not good to know too much before he has decided. Don't be like Long Ya back then..." I sighed back, probably thinking of something bad in the past , Sakaki frowned slightly, and said: "Okay, let's go, the mother and son will become suspicious if you delay for too long."

After dinner, Echizen left with Sakaki, but the destination was not the management department, but the hospital where Ryuya lived.Sitting on Sakaki's car, Echizen stared down at the kappa necklace on his chest for a while, and suddenly said softly, "Uncle, I want to go see Long Ya alone."

With a quick glance at the side face, Sakaki didn't speak, and stared straight ahead without squinting, with a condensed expression, but his fingers holding the steering wheel tightened slightly.Parking the car at the entrance of the hospital, he touched Echizen's hair and said, "Go, I'll wait for you here. Don't delay too long, you know there are rules."

With a low response, Echizen got out of the car and walked into the hospital, and went to the top floor on the familiar road.It was almost midnight, and the hospital was very quiet at this time, and even a little sound could be heard very clearly. As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he heard a burst of intermittent conversations.He raised his eyebrows suspiciously and followed the sound, and saw that the man in black who was in charge of the security work was still standing at the door of Longya Ward, motionless like a log, but the conversation was still going on, so he couldn't help but quicken his pace, walked over and asked in a low voice: "Who's in there?"

"The four team leaders of the management section have just arrived." Knowing that Sakaki has always been laissez-faire with Echizen, the guards didn't make things difficult for him, and said softly, "Chief Sakaki has instructed that there is no time limit this time, but don't go too far and let us not Easy to explain."

Unexpectedly, Tezuka and the others would be here, Echizen was slightly taken aback, not planning to go in for the time being.Signaling the guards to step aside, he stood at the door, holding his breath and listening to the occasional voices coming from inside.

"Captain, I haven't seen you for a long time. The four of us are here today to bring you good news. Your younger brother has finally passed the qualification and will officially become a manager from tomorrow." Gentle and soft tone It was Yukimura's, and with a slight smile, he reported his intentions concisely as before.

Atobe stood at the place closest to the hospital bed, his eyes fell on the opal held by Long Ya's left hand for a long time, the self-blame in the dark blue eyes faded a lot, and became more complicated.After Yukimura's voice fell, he remained silent for a while, and then said: "Captain, the cat's eye in your hand was obtained by your brother's hard work... Don't worry, I will protect him well and will never let him be harmed." any harm."

These words didn't sound like a promise, but more like a provocation. Hearing this, the other three people frowned slightly and raised their heads to look at each other.Inhaling lightly to hold back the slight discomfort in his heart, Baishi stepped forward and looked at Longya's tightly closed eyes, and said, "Actually, I don't think your brother needs our protection, captain. He is very strong and very strong. Brave, even the most difficult area 178, he passed without anyone's guidance, so you don't have to worry."

"Yes. Although there are still many things he can't compare to you, I think he will catch up with you soon. He has always caught up with you and surpassed you." After receiving Shiraishi's words, Tezuka bowed slightly, With respect in his eyes, he said: "Captain, he will definitely do all the duties you failed to do for you, and so do we. I hope you recover sooner and lead us again."

I always felt that Shiraishi and Tezuka's words meant something against him, and Atobe's eyes showed a little displeasure, and when he wanted to refute, he heard the door being pushed open, and when he looked up, he happened to see the slightly red cat's eyes under the bright moonlight.Unexpectedly raising his eyebrows, he said in a deep voice: "I knew you, a brat, would definitely come today, why is it so late, where did you go?"

"Father took me home." Without thinking about bickering with Atobu, Echizen went straight to the edge of the bed, condescendingly looked down at the thin and handsome face, and stroked Long Ya's hair with his fingertips.Looking at the four pairs of concerned eyes in a blink of an eye, he straightened his body, bowed deeply, and said: "Senior, thank you for taking care of me all the time, and thank you for coming to see Long Ya." After speaking, he turned his head to stare at Long Ya again. , frowned and said: "Even if I'm not as good as you now, one day I will surpass you. You just wait for me, and I will investigate all the crap you did!"

Hearing the words in an accentuated tone, as if declaring war, the four of them frowned again, and a trace of hidden worry appeared in their eyes.Finally, Yukimura stepped forward slowly, held Echizen's thin shoulders from behind, and said with a smile: "Ochizen, at this time, you don't need to say such unsightly things. The captain may not be happy to hear it."

"Why should I want him to be happy?" Cursing his lips to express his dissatisfaction, Echizen turned his head and stared at Long Ya, raising his voice slightly as if he wanted to tell him, and said: "At that time he tricked me into fishing for oranges in the sea, and he left without telling me. Have you ever asked me if Gao was happy? He hasn't heard from him for so many years, so he really thinks he's dead..."

At the end, Echizen's voice was choked with sobs, which made the four of them feel uncontrollable pity besides worry.Putting his chin down on the soft black hair, Yukimura sighed silently, and said softly: "Okay, little thing. You passed all the assessments, it's time to be happy, don't blame the captain anymore, he also has difficulties of."

The more I watched, the more I felt that Yukimura's every move was an eyesore. Atobe pressed his lips and took a step forward, pulled Ochizen to hug him, and said: "Visiting time is limited, if you have anything to say, please speak quickly. When my uncle goes back, those guys are still waiting for you to celebrate in the management department."

"Then let's go out first. Anyway, we've already said what we need to say. Let the two of them talk." Seeing a trace of coldness in Yukimura's amethyst-like eyes, Shiraishi nodded to Ozuka, pulling each other one by one. Then the two went out.When he reached the door, he turned around and called Echizen, blinked playfully, and said, "Little thing, don't cry."

"Who would cry for him..." muttered, and when the door closed, Echizen squatted down in front of the hospital bed.Unceremoniously stretched out his hand to pinch Long Ya's face, he stared for a while, his eyes slowly changed, and his tone became nasal: "Bastard...you really don't plan to wake up again? You...stay What does that space mean?"

But no matter how much he asked, and how many things he said that he would never say on weekdays, Long Ya would not give the slightest response, and lay down quietly.Finally, Echizen couldn't help but leaned over and hugged him tightly, buried his face in his neck, and sobbed softly: "Brother... didn't we agree...to be together forever?"

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