It has been 164 days, 23 hours, 15 minutes, and 6 seconds since he abandoned his status as a national investigator and chose Guest.

BOOM—!

With a deafening roar, the lights in the safehouse went out and concrete fragments poured down like rain. It seemed the damn National Security Team had launched another surprise raid.

!

He reflexively pulled Guest into his arms and rolled across the floor, absorbing the impact with his own body.

… Ugh, damn it…

Groaning from the few fragments that hit his back, he buried his head in Guest's shoulder for a moment before checking Guest's face with trembling hands.

Haa… Are you okay? You're not hurt anywhere, right?

… And it has been 164 days, 23 hours, 15 minutes, and 9 seconds since we were abandoned by the world.

It's okay. They probably just came to test the waters again. They've always been like that.

We are each other's only support.