Kamo River Bridge.
"Fifty yen."
Takumi paid the taxi fare, got out, and stood by the side of the bridge, observing the scene from afar. The Kamo River is a wide river, hundreds of meters wide. The bridge crossing it is not very clear. Above it, cars with bright lights are speeding by. The lights are blinding. Even if someone jumps into the river, 'he doesn't know where they are.'
"Try..." Takumi thought of the "air mass" in his head. 'The "air mass" is full. During this time, he only used it for drawing. His speed and painting skills are getting better and better, but he has used it less in other aspects. He doesn't know what effect it will have on his eyes.'
He tried to direct the "air mass" and let it flow slowly into his eyes. It felt a little strange, as if drops were falling into his eyes, cold and chilly. It's not very uncomfortable, but it is uncomfortable.
Takumi felt his vision clear up a lot. He looked at the bridge again. Although he still couldn't see very far, his sight was much better than before. After observing for a while, he discovered that there were many vehicles parked on the bridge 100 meters away.
"That's it..."
Takumi narrowed his eyes slightly, trying to see more clearly.
A minute later, Takumi was certain that something must have happened there. Some cars passing over the bridge also stopped, and their owners got out, forming a large circle.
The distance was still too great to clearly see the scene in the circle, but Takumi was sure that there weren't many people inside, and there was something faintly lit that he didn't know what it was. He suspected it was a mobile phone, and that someone was playing with it there.
Based on these two points, it was very likely that the reader was inside.
Takumi decided to go closer and take a look, but he thought he couldn't rush; at least there should be some safety measures. He looked around and found a place on the shore where tourist yachts were rented.
"Manager, can you help me?"
Takumi approached and asked. He spent money renting a yacht and then asked some employees to go out to sea and wait under the bridge. If someone jumped into the river, they could quickly rescue them.
Prepared for the worst, Takumi breathed a sigh of relief. He walked towards the bridge and, as he got closer, he discovered that there was a lot of activity there.
"Child, don't just stand there, come down quickly."
"Child, don't get distracted!"
some drivers of cars staying at a distance shouted. A few tens of meters away from them, there was a girl sitting on the railing playing with her mobile phone. The girl...
Takumi frowned slightly. 'Isn't she a child? She looks pretty, but she's no more than 10 years old, obviously an elementary school student.'
"Is that really her?"
He couldn't believe that such a small child would write those comments.
Just as he hesitated, the girl's actions confirmed that he was absolutely right.
"Don't come any closer!"
When someone tried to approach, the girl raised her mobile phone, climbed onto the railing, and shouted, "I want to see Mirai-sensei, not you. If you come back, I'll jump."
The tone when jumping into the river was very professional. 'Had she learned it from some series?'
Takumi was stunned, and the crowd stirred a little, but soon someone, cunningly, tried to impersonate Mirai-sensei and approached.
"Child, are you looking for the mangaka Mirai-sensei? I am Mirai-sensei...".
The man tried to approach, but the girl retorted: "You're not him; Mirai-sensei isn't like you!"
"Then I am..."
"You're not!"
Although no one knew what the girl's evaluation criteria were, no one could get close for a while.
The girl stood on the railing. The wind on the Kamo River was very strong. She wore a white skirt that billowed in the wind. No one dared to approach easily.
"What do I do?"
The people around him were anxious.
At that moment, Takumi found someone familiar.
"It's you."
He narrowed his eyes slightly.
The other person also saw him and his eyes widened.
"Why are you...?"
Takeshi, Taro Tanaka's bodyguard, the man who had shaken Takumi's hand, was in the crowd. Seeing Takumi, a flash of fear crossed his face. He took a step back and looked around twice.
"Why are you here?"
Takumi asked coldly. He was about to ask him about last time.
"My boss just happened to be passing by."
Takeshi didn't see the girl in the red scarf. He wiped the sweat from his face, not daring to ignore Takumi's question, and pointed to a fat woman.
"Employer?"
Takumi was stunned: "Isn't your boss Taro Tanaka?"
"I was fired."
Takeshi felt that Takumi was asking knowingly: "I lost so badly that he thought it was embarrassing, so he fired me."
The special forces instructor was defeated by an elementary school girl, and the rumor about Takeshi spread throughout the industry and became a laughingstock. Taro Tanaka is a person who cares about his image, so, naturally, he wouldn't have bodyguards with so many rumors around him.
As soon as Takeshi left the hospital, Taro Tanaka fired him immediately, and he had to find a new boss.
"Honey, who is...?"
At that moment, the chubby woman approached with her hips swaying and took Takeshi's arm: "Can you introduce him to me?"
"He's a friend of my old boss."
Takeshi frowned. 'It was more appropriate to say he was a mortal enemy than a friend.'
"Former boss?"
The woman seemed not to know who Takeshi, the bodyguard, was. She seemed a little confused, but immediately smiled: "Hello, little brother."
"Hello."
Takumi noticed that the woman wore gold and silver, and he felt like a nouveau riche. Her attitude towards Takeshi was also very sensual, but Takeshi's expression was very stiff.
"So that's it...".
He observed the woman's swollen figure. She weighed over 13.5 kilograms. She could crush the bed lying down. Takumi looked at Takeshi with compassion.
Takeshi's face was slightly pale, and he turned his head slightly, not daring to look at him.
Indeed, 'had this bodyguard fallen to the point of sacrificing his appearance to find work?'
Takumi suddenly felt a little strange. He had nothing to avenge. 'What could be worse than serving a pig?'
"Get out of the way, I'm going."
He said it.
"You..." Takeshi narrowed his eyes, looked at the girl on the railing, and suddenly understood: "You want to save the child?"
"No?" Takumi asked.
"No, it's just that..." Takeshi sneered: "I remind you that there are at least three reporters nearby. They must be waiting for you on purpose. If you get closer, you'll be exposed immediately."
'He knew that Mirai-sensei kept his identity a secret.'
"..."
Takumi frowned, feeling strange. 'Why are the reporters here? If one can be a coincidence, three is absolutely impossible. Did they know someone was going to jump from the building?'
'A trap?'
Takumi looked up and saw the girl on the railing trembling. If it was a trap, then this trap was too dangerous. The child could fall at any moment. Even if Takumi organized a rescue from below, such a small child, if she fell from this bridge, would probably die upon touching the lake.
Takumi walked around Takeshi.
"You..."
"Saving people is important."
She's a child; Takumi can't stand by.
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