With the mission imminent, this was not originally a good time for a conversation. But there were still several hours until the wedding truly began, and until the hard battle after it ended.
Stung once again by the intimacy between Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi, Hitoshi Shiratori ultimately chose to use checking the deployment as an excuse to leave the preparation room.
"Actually, I know my chances aren't very good." Watching the couples and newlyweds passing by, Hitoshi Shiratori said, "The two of them are getting closer and closer. Takagi may indeed be the person better suited to Sato."
"Mm, their personalities do suit each other quite well." Tangze nodded in agreement. "Officer Takagi is indeed young and a little reckless, but I think what Officer Sato needs is exactly that kind of straightforwardness. It's not a question of who is better."
Objectively speaking, Hitoshi Shiratori far surpassed Wataru Takagi in every way.
Setting aside everything else, his family background alone was difficult to match.
Hitoshi Shiratori was the heir to the Shiratori Group. Choosing the path of a police officer had been the unexpected twist in his life.
But feelings were not something that could be measured through comparison. Still, with such a vast gap laid out before him, Shiratori, who had lost despite having so much more, probably felt especially like a defeated dog.
"I understand what you mean." Sensing that the high school student was trying to comfort him, Hitoshi Shiratori gave a helpless laugh. "I admit that when I began pursuing her, perhaps there was an element of following the crowd. But to me, she truly was different. She was the person who changed my entire life."
Miwako Sato was a famously beautiful police officer. In the First Investigation Division, where the gender ratio was severely