I’M Really Helpless In Tokyo

"...Ahahahaha, sister Hanyu is drunk, don't care about her! There are still a few rounds, the big loser will be announced, we continue...continue..."

Araki Sosuke touched the back of his head awkwardly, winking frantically at Hou Hailudou.

In the non-existent team voice channel, the two started a fierce "self-help discussion".

"She has such bad wine, why didn't you remind me before you came..."

"Who knows, the old lady always said that alcohol would damage her precious brain cells and affect the progress of her research. She never drinks... It's all to blame for the Araki-kun who put the cups indiscriminately..."

"Is it still useful to say this? Hurry up and stop her before she goes crazy... You are the CEO and CFO of our company anyway..."

"Hey, it's off work now, no matter how long the title is, please ask for your own blessing."

On the other hand, Kohei Higashino, who has drawn the clown several times in a row, has become the “big loser” of the game.

"Uh, ah, is this clown staring at me tonight?"

Kohei Higashino slapped the Joker card that he had spent the night with him on the table fiercely.

What awaits him will be a cruel fate.

"Gudong."

"Really, do you want to do this?"

Kopei Higashino swallowed and looked at the ten hero cups lined up in front of him.

Sosuke Araki and two former Ryoma are happily adding sake, beer, energy drinks, kidney function drinks...

The ultimate punishment, [Spiral Ascension Alcohol Package].

At the same time, Ryoma's phone rang before the second.

"I'm having a drink with a friend...what?!!!"

Just when Kohei Higashino was mentally prepared to "accept the punishment," Ryoma hurriedly pulled out the remote control before the second and turned on the TV in the box.

"...BreakingNewS, an apartment located in Shinjuku, suddenly exploded and caused a fire..."

On the TV screen, the picture marked "emergency news" is a small apartment with heavy smoke and flashing fire.

"At present, the fire has spread to the apartment next door, and the fire brigade and ambulance are carrying out rescue work at the scene...Further information, we will continue to pay attention... This is the scene brought to you by the NHK International Channel, reporter Chateau Nord Report."

A blond, blue-eyed, ponytailed foreign male reporter was reporting outside the cordon in front of the apartment.

Behind him, several fire trucks and ambulances are undergoing intense rescue work.

"Hello..."

Looking at the inexplicably familiar apartment on the screen, a chill suddenly surged onto Araki Sosuke's back, making his whole body numb.

"Xingping!!!"

When Ryoma's shouts sounded before the second, Higashino Yukhei had already rushed out of the box without saying a word.

...

An apartment somewhere in Shinjuku.

In late July, Tokyo, which has entered a hot summer, is raining torrentially, accompanied by rumbling thunder from time to time.

The old but unpretentious apartment building, after the fire was extinguished, has become pitch black and exudes hot residual smoke.

A number of police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks are being scattered in the parking lot below the apartment building.

The evacuated people and the surrounding residents gathered outside the safety line, watching the fire scene and discussing.

"Boom boom boom..."

A black-and-white locomotive, with an angry roar, broke through the rain, cut the cordon, and stopped downstairs with a harsh brake sound.

"...This sir, this is the scene of the fire... You can't go in..."

Several staff members wearing reflective vests were placing no-entry seals at the stairs.

"...The call you dialed is temporarily unavailable..."

The man who got out of the car was a man whose body was soaked in heavy rain, and the phone in his hand was still hands-free.

"Lizi..."

Regardless of the obstacles of the three, he rushed into the dark, smokeless stairs.

"...Lizi!!!"

Shouting someone's name, he dashed upstairs along a route that he would never forget no matter how drunk he was in the past.

It was Kohei Higashino who hurried back after seeing the news, calling Bai Shui Reiko and no one answered.

Across the blackened stairs and corridors, Higashino Kohei came to his door.

The iron door, which was quite solid on weekdays, was lying weakly on the outside of the corridor at this moment.

The surrounding walls, with this apartment as the center, present an arc-shaped crack, which seems to have experienced a strong explosion from the inside.

"Lizi!!! Answer me!!! Where are you......"

Higashino Kohei rushed into the room without stopping.

"Xingping, starting from today, this is our home."

Seeing the strange and familiar "home" in front of him, no matter how many injuries he has suffered, he can heal as long as he returns here, he was taken aback.

"Well, even though it's just a temporary site before saving enough down payment, it must be cleared out..."

The apartment that the two of them took care of and watered with love on weekdays has completely turned into a scorched place like hell.

"Xingping~ How come you never laugh, you have to learn to laugh more, the neighbors are scared when you see the moving gift at the door."

The smell of coke is mixed with the scorching smell, and the large amount of water droplets remaining after the fire...

The things that are cherished and familiar in memory have become fragmented, blurred, and illegible.

"Lizi... answer me... where are you?"

Higashino Kohei ran wildly in the small two-bedroom room without letting go of any corner, but he didn't find the shadow in his heart.

"...Not here...well...that's great..."

No one was seen in the room, Higashino Yukihei looked relaxed and ran outside the door again.

"This sir, please calm down...The investigation of the accident after the fire and the cleaning of the scene are now going on here. You can't come in for the time being..."

In the corridor, the three firefighters who followed saw Higashino Kohei and immediately stepped up to surround him, intending to take him downstairs.

"Get out of the way, Laozi is not free now..."

"Uh..."

"Oh..."

"uh-huh……"

The few people just grabbed the crazy Higashino Kohei with their hands, they felt a sharp pain between their legs, and they knelt to the ground weakly.

Fortunately, Higashino's plane was dark as water, like a wounded lone wolf, ran downstairs quickly.

"Xingping..."

A tall figure blocked him outside the door on the first floor.

"calm down!!"

The visitor skillfully slapped off the whip that hit him between his legs with his hands, pressed his shoulders with both hands, and "dumped" him on the wall.

It was Sosuke Araki who came after him and was also soaked.

Not far away, Longma was standing in the heavy rain with a serious expression before the second, asking several police officers what.

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