Recently, Tamazawa Shuxin had been suffering from sleepless nights. The bizarre encounter of that fateful day had been too stimulating, leaving him gripped by a deep sense of crisis. What troubled him now was how to bring up with the other two that he wanted to return to Kasukabe. With an irritated scratch of his head, he muttered, "What excuse can I even use? And on top of that, I'll have to cut off all contact." Recalling the incident at the hospital, his gut told him there was something fishy going on.
"Cut off contact? Who cut off contact? The moment I get back, I hear you rambling on about nonsense again, Tamazawa." Matsuda Jinpei strode right up, placing a hand on Tamazawa Shuxin's forehead. "You don't have a fever." Tamazawa Shuxin wanted to snap back, but figured it wasn't worth it—this impression of him was already too deeply rooted in their minds, so he stopped struggling. Taking a deep breath, Tamazawa Shuxin said solemnly, "Jinpei, Hagi, I've decided to move back to Kasukabe. On one hand, I want some peace and quiet; on the other, I want to go back and spend time with my family."
In reality, Tamazawa Shuxin planned to rent a separate apartment once back in Kasukabe, which he could easily afford with his royalties. "Is that so? Are you sure you aren't going back just to change your phone SIM card, change your address, and then drop off the radar?" It was phrased as a question, but delivered with absolute certainty. Those violet eyes seemed to see right through ev…
Chapter 31