"Is anyone home?"
A low voice sounded, followed by a few more knocks on the door.
Creak. Kurozawa heard the sound of Kana's door opening. After that, she came running, stopping in front of Kurozawa's door and knocking.
"Nii-san? Let's go down together and see."
Neither Kurozawa nor Kana had ever told their classmates where they lived. They had never brought strangers home. The only people who knew where they lived were their parents and some relatives.
They both recognized the voices of those relatives.
The person knocking at the door was clearly not one of them.
Kurozawa opened his eyes and signaled Lefty to return. It immediately changed shape and retracted, turning back into a normal left hand.
"I'll get the door."
While answering Kana, Kurozawa also put on his shoes, then got out of bed and walked out.
One after the other, they descended from the second floor where they lived to the entrance hall on the first floor.
Kana had intended to look through the peephole on the door first to observe the person outside, but Kurozawa walked ahead and directly turned the doorknob.
He didn't care who was outside. As long as it wasn't a pair of armed troops, it wouldn't pose a threat to Kurozawa.
After opening the door, a somewhat plump face came into view.
Kana's vigilance immediately dropped to the lowest point.
The person had graying temples and a slightly round figure. They looked very amiable, wearing black-rimmed glasses, with a harmless and kind appearance. They were probably around fifty years old, quite elderly, but their eyes were remarkably bright.
Kurozawa recognized him.
He had appeared in the original timeline.
This person was a nearby police officer, and one of a relatively high rank. In the original timeline, Ryoko Tamiya died from the gunfire of him and some other police officers.
However, this did not mean he was dangerous. The reason Ryoko Tamiya died was because she learned from humans and finally truly learned human emotions.
She was shot dead in a hail of bullets because she was protecting the infant in her arms.
"Is this the Kimishima household?"
Kurozawa looked at the person without speaking, just nodding plainly.
Kana, on the other hand, replied, "Yes, I am Kimishima Kana, and this is my older brother, Kimishima Ryoma."
"May I ask who you are?"
Kurozawa's face instantly darkened.
Although it wasn't a big problem, Kana had revealed everything about their family before the other party even asked, which made Kurozawa feel helpless.
She had always been quite unguarded towards the outside world.
Otherwise, in the original timeline, even after receiving a warning, she wouldn't have continued to emit sensory signals, attracting the Parasitic Organisms.
"Oh, I'm a police officer. Just call me Officer Furuta."
"I'm here to ask your brother some questions. It has nothing to do with you, no need to be nervous."
Furuta chuckled, then his gaze shifted to Kurozawa's face.
It was pretty much as recorded by the law enforcement department: his personality was unusually calm, and he seemed to have little reaction to the events happening around him. Moreover, his appearance was fierce, handsome, and striking, making him highly recognizable.
"Did something happen?" Kana bit her lip, suddenly taking a step forward and standing in front of Kurozawa.
She remembered Kurozawa mentioning going to the police station a couple of days ago and couldn't help but worry that Kurozawa had done something illegal and threatening. At the same time, Kana put one hand behind her back, making gestures to Kurozawa that were difficult to understand.
Kurozawa was slightly startled.
Her small body couldn't completely block his tall figure; she was just making a futile effort.
But for some reason, Kurozawa felt a warm current flow through his heart.
This younger sister, aside from coveting his body, would occasionally move Kurozawa at times.
"Kana, don't worry, I'm fine." Kurozawa patted Kana's shoulder.
Furuta also chuckled and said, "Little girl, I just have a few small questions for your brother. I'm not a bad person."
Kana turned to look at Kurozawa. Kurozawa showed a rare gentle smile, which made Kana stare blankly.
"It's okay, we have a guest. Go make some tea."
A few seconds later, Kana, who had been immersed in that smile, finally came back to her senses. Her face turned red, and she covered her pounding heart, then turned and ran into the house.
Kurozawa was stunned for a moment, then felt a little annoyed.
The charm he added to his voice and smile hadn't disappeared; it was like a magical ability branded on his soul. No wonder the Potential Points he consumed all at once back then made him gasp in surprise.
You get what you pay for.
Kana growing up with her current personality was also related to being attracted to Kurozawa since childhood.
Smiling, most of the time, was an unconscious reaction from the heart. Kurozawa had been deliberately controlling it, but occasionally he would be careless and lose control by accident.
"No need for tea, I'll just ask some simple questions."
That being said, Furuta still entered the room and carefully surveyed the layout.
"Is it just the two of you in this house? Where are your parents?"
Kurozawa replied, "They're on business trips year-round."
Brief and to the point.
Furuta nodded, walked to the refrigerator, pulled open the freezer compartment for a look, and seeing the unusual look in Kurozawa's eyes, he chuckled, "There are many children living alone in the city now, with no parents to look after them. I was just seeing what you two siblings usually eat."
"You're still in school, right? The fridge looks empty. Buy more meat and keep it stocked; you're at the age where you're still growing."
Kurozawa didn't speak.
This kind of casual chat was probably meant to make him lower his guard.
He knew that Furuta was likely here because of the lives lost at the law enforcement agency that night.
Seeing that Kurozawa had no intention of engaging in conversation, Furuta lost interest, then straightened his face and said, "On the 23rd, you saw the crime scene in the underground parking garage. Why didn't you call the police immediately?"
It was only then that he got to the main point.
Kurozawa said indifferently, "I was scared stiff, couldn't move."
Furuta was taken aback, looking at Kurozawa's calm expression, feeling only a sense of absurdity.
Isn't that just blatant lying?
Immediately after, his calm voice became serious and sharp as he pressed on, "On that day, a police officer reported that you were extremely calm and not nervous at all, not like someone seeing a crime scene for the first time."
"Furthermore, you seem to be connected to a missing person case."
"Can you explain?"
The missing person case he referred to was about the thug who had provoked Kurozawa back then. He had already scattered his ashes.
The place where the ashes were scattered probably had wild grass several inches high by now.
Kurozawa maintained a blank face and said flatly, "I am very nervous right now, but when I'm nervous, I get a cold expression. My heart is already pounding like an engine, it's just that outsiders can't tell."
"Also, I don't know anything about a missing person. Before you say things like that, have you considered the consequences of slander?"
Gets a cold expression when nervous. Furuta was speechless, completely disbelieving.
At this moment, Kana approached, carrying hot tea. Kurozawa turned to help her take it.
While Kurozawa was turned, Furuta suddenly reached out and quickly pulled out a few strands of Kurozawa's hair.
After pulling out the hair, he immediately retreated, maintaining a distance, one hand reaching for his waist.
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