Chapter 10 Chapter nine

The school was made of stone, and it was icy cold.Whether it's walls, floors or ceilings, everything is smooth, straight, and hard.It's almost like a prison - no, it's already... Totally a prison. Miyuki is imprisoned. Few students remained. Numerous parents, teachers, school officials, policemen, lawyers, and inexplicable adults yelled at each other, their voices bounced and amplified, and turned into vibrations that impacted the body, not just heard.It's so noisy, it's so annoying. Decency, morality, law, and discipline are none of Miyuki's business. — Sayoko is dead.

However, despite losing her best friend, Miyuki couldn't immerse herself in gloomy and sentimental emotions.Just like when she realized that Xizi was dead again, she only felt an irreparable sense of loss, so empty.As if wrapping an empty bento box in a cloth towel and holding it in my arms with great care. There was an uproar. Although Takao Sugiura, the Black Madonna, was arrested, the police did not arrive immediately.The teachers saw the opportunity and interrogated Sugiura.Miyuki thought, this should be the job of the police. Because at that time, Sayoko's twisted body was still lying behind the chapel.Thinking of this, Miyuki felt like going crazy.However, the teachers, who were unaware of this, ignored the strong claims of the detective and Iksan, and did not take good care of the body at all.The communication between the staff was not perfect, and the school was in a state of panic in a blink of an eye.All the staff under the principal acted to suppress the students. At this time, the police arrived in large numbers, and the chaos reached its peak.

Miyuki was banned from contacting the police, and was confined again to a room in the faculty building.Sugiura seems to be imprisoned in a torture room.Yishan set off for Tokyo one step earlier, while the detective was left behind, seemingly also under house arrest in the faculty building.The eccentric detective seemed so fed up with the utterly stupid teachers that he obeyed almost resignedly.To Miyuki's surprise, even Bi was ordered not to go out. The school seemed intent on rejecting police involvement outright. —Are they stupid? It is impossible for a country ruled by law to allow them to be so lawless.

However, the school also understands this, but they still deal with it like this. They are ready to fight with their backs.Even the ex-chairman Shibata, who looked like a model young man, put on a miserable face of an operator. The reason is simple, because it is a fact that students sell sex. Sugiura's confession—confirmed Miyuki's reasoning, and her speculation was surprisingly accurate. First of all, it is true that students sell prostitution.But Sugiura refused to reveal his name, and kept silent about his relationship with Bi.So if there is any part of Miyuki's reasoning that cannot be proven, the only thing is whether Ai is involved in it or not.

Even so, the school insisted that there was no such thing as prostitution. Miyuki thought at first that Bea was still exerting influence.No matter how much evidence there is, how many witnesses there are, as long as Bi says white is white, and black is black.This girl is a witch with magical powers to enchant people... She thought so. However, in fact it is not always the case. Although the principal, the head of affairs, and the head of academic affairs were still flattering on the surface, after hearing Sugiura's testimony, Miyuki felt that their attitude towards Ao had changed a bit, and they always felt a little alienated.Shibata would be so distressed, not like him at all, could it also be due to doubts about Bi?

Miyuki's mood became complicated. With Sugiura's confession, the principal and Shibata also have to admit that what Miyuki said really happened in the school.In this way, no matter how opportunistic and conservative the school personnel are, they will definitely find out the truth.Although Sugiura didn't say it, the situation was like silently identifying Ao. Ninety percent of Sugiura's confession is in line with Miyuki's reasoning.In this case, the remaining 10% is unreasonable and will fail.If this is a logical deduction, then including Bi's participation, all the facts should be completely consistent.Therefore, Miyuki believes that if there are prostitution organizations and devil worshipers, and Xizi really committed suicide, then the prostitution organization--devil worshipers, and Xizi really committed homicide, the prostitution organization--the devil As expected, the central task of the worship group was Bi, and Bi was the culprit who killed Xizi.

Those people at the school still have some brains, and they should have thought of this, and they must have thought of it.However, this conclusion is the worst conclusion for them. Just finding out about prostitution was bad enough. However, if the prostitutes are ordinary students, it is enough to punish those students. The school can also show a strict guiding attitude to eliminate discipline.As long as the crime is reduced to the individual responsibility of the students and an apology is made for the lack of supervision, the school can also keep the face of the school to the society.Or we can resort to the policy of mourning soldiers, saying that because some students are indiscreet, the majority of kind-hearted students are affected, and they are treated with undue contempt, and the school deeply regrets it.

but…… Weaving Bi is a character that cannot be cut. Zhisaobi is the granddaughter of the founder of the school, the sister-in-law of the chairman, and the daughter of a bigwig in the financial world. She is not someone who can be cut off easily. If you want to cut, you must cut even the weavers together, which requires great awareness.The problem is, the academy simply can't cut itself off from the weavers.The two are not so much in collusion, it is better to say that they have been one from the beginning. Bi's scandal is fatal. From the standpoint of the school, we cannot easily admit this fact.Admitting this matter is tantamount to suicide. If it can be done, the school should bury this matter even if it is hidden.It's...not for Bea, whether Bea wants it or not, it's for the academy.However, the problem is not simply behavioral deviations, but serial killings.This cannot be suppressed, or perfunctory.

Therefore, although the school knew it was true, it still denied it and refused to hand over Sugiura to the police. This was just to delay time and prepare a countermeasure.They know very well that they cannot hide from the sky, but they still resist. Now that Bi can not be questioned, not exposed, and keep safe, it is not due to her own magic power, but thanks to the weaving writer's magic power—political power. Even so, it is impossible for the police to obey all the time, so it is only a matter of time before all the facts are exposed in broad daylight. - Yes, it's just a matter of time.

Will the end come today or tomorrow?Or right now?The situation is clearly so urgent, but many related people are listless, probably because most of them have given up struggling. Bi seems to be sensitive to this atmosphere.In Miyuki's eyes, with the passage of time, the confident smile that always hangs on her cute doll-like face has gradually become weaker.Of course, that might just be Miyuki's wishful thinking, or it might be an illusion caused by her desire to do so.Miyuki might have hoped that Ao was human like herself, and would be annoyed and frustrated. ——How is she feeling now?

Miyuki couldn't imagine it at all. Miyuki always thought that Bea was acting, but maybe Bea was actually very scared. Just when she was thinking this way, Miyuki found herself feeling pity for Ao without realizing it. It's incredible. When she felt that Bi was too strong and inviolable, Miyuki even felt that she was scary.When Miyuki's testimony was not accepted at all, she also felt that Bi was very hateful, and even became jealous of Bi's disparity in status.Bi's fearless acting skills made her unhappy, and facing Bi Chuchu's pitiful appearance, she even felt an inexplicable guilt, but... Miyuki deeply felt that when people live in this world, they really either look up to others or look down on them.Did Bea finally come within Miyuki's line of sight? ——It's not just that. — Bea still doesn't look like a murderer. Although it is impossible to judge a person by appearance, Bi's ethereal appearance still rejects the doubts of others.When the situation becomes unfavorable, Bikongling's temperament seems to be more effective. —Even so, is this girl still an angel? Miyuki thought so too. that day... Sayoko's parents arrived with the police. They cried, roared, collapsed, and wailed. Miyuki couldn't look directly at them. Miyuki's parents also came at night, but Miyuki was not allowed to meet them. At that time, Miyuki only heard the principal and others say nastyly outside the door: ——It's okay, don't worry at all. —This matter must be dealt with quickly and carefully. ——Ling Qianjin is an important witness. —she had nothing to do with the crime. ——We will contact you immediately after we find out the facts. ——Please trust our academy. Miyuki couldn't believe that her parents believed that.It's true that Miyuki herself is okay, but it's not that she doesn't need to worry, she doesn't want others to judge her situation without authorization.But Miyuki doesn't resent or despise her parents, she thinks the academy probably didn't contact her parents and asked them to come right away.The school must have said the same thing when they were driven back. So her parents even ignored the school's rhetoric, worried about Miyuki and came to see her, which made her very grateful.Both father and mother are kind people. When Miyuki entered school, her parents must have bowed and bowed to ask the school to take Miyuki in. Moreover, the president of a mere small fishery company cannot contradict a noble academy backed by a chaebol. It is helpless.Instead, Miyuki thought of her grandfather, who should have been completely uninformed. ——Won't Bea want to see her family? Miyuki thought about it several times. Weavers have not yet visited the Academy. Afterwards, Bea remained alone.The comrades she used to drink the spider servant were separated, and her soldier Sugiura was also arrested, and her academic ability, conduct and faith were all useless.Now Zhisaobi is left with only her family background, financial resources, political power - and her appearance, which are dry and tasteless backup. The next day, almost all of the remaining students were sent back to their parents, which the police protested loudly.If the suspect is not handed over and the eyewitness testimony cannot be asked, there is no way to handle the case - Miyuki thinks the police are absolutely right. In response to the police protest, the school argued that ordinary students who had nothing to do with the crime could not be left unsuspecting.They said that although the suspected murderer has been arrested, no judgment can be made before knowing the details. If the police can keep more than 100 students in the school absolutely safe, it is not impossible to consider keeping the students, but if they do No, it would be too dangerous for students to stay. This might also be true, Miyuki didn't quite understand.But this is definitely not the school's sincere words, and normally, this kind of delaying tactic is impossible to work.This is also because the academy is backed by the Shibata Zaibatsu, and it is possible to bargain like this. Miyuki thought to herself: Where is Bi now?What is she thinking?Facing the end of the curtain, is she trembling with fear alone?or…… ——Is she nonchalantly drawing up her next plan? But there should be no other way. Then came the morning of the third article. It's still the same outside, noisy. Are the police finally on the move? As long as any piece of evidence is found, Sugiura will be handed over to judicial officers immediately.If Sugiura's fingerprints are detected in Sayoko's body, or if they match the fingerprints detected when Kozo Honda and Oryo were killed, it will be a signal to close the curtain. Staying in a room without windows, Miyuki couldn't grasp the situation at all. There was a knock on the door. "coming." Although she was like a prisoner, Miyuki was not a suspect, so the room was not locked, but Miyuki always locked it from the inside just in case. When I opened the door, the old woman was standing there. "Student Wu, the principal invites you to go over." Miyuki said "I'll prepare right away". Said to be ready, but also just put on the coat. The old woman was extremely haggard, looking as if she might collapse at any moment. Even so, the old servant still said to the lamb: "Does it matter? Take heart." Miyuki thought to herself that she should be the one to encourage.And she was right, the old woman stumbled twice on the hard corridor. In the reception area of ​​the principal's office, besides the principal, the purser, and Shibata, there is also a lady in a kimono. When the principal saw Miyuki, he showed an extremely strange expression. "Student Wu... come here, you can go down now." The old woman bowed silently and closed the door of the room. Miyuki walked up to the principal with a somewhat stiff movement, waiting for instructions. The principal sighed, and introduced Miyuki by the way: "Ma'am, this is Miyuki Wu. Classmate Wu, say hello." Miyuki saluted tremblingly, then looked at the woman. - Good... terrible people. "I'm Zhisuobi's mother, are you Wu Miyuki?" the woman said, "...you seem to have encountered a lot of terrible things, have you calmed down yet?" "Uh... yes." The posture is dignified and elegant, and the attitude is resolute. There is no trace of guilt in the eyes, sincere and powerful. Miyuki doesn't have any guilt, and she has nothing to be ashamed of, just look back... No, Miyuki lowered her gaze. "Student Wu, what's the matter? The woman said she wanted to hear what you had to say no matter what, so she came here specially. Why don't you talk like usual? Or...do you have any guilt? Hey, I I'm asking you!" "Principal, it's all right. Miyuki-san must be tired after so many things happened. Miyuki-san, please sit down..." The Purser said "Yes" and moved out the chair.As soon as Miyuki sat down, Shibata said, "Don't be nervous, Auntie is very gentle." The woman spoke: "May I hear your opinion, Miyuki-san?" "An opinion...?" "Don't worry. Just say what you see and feel as you think. I won't blame you, don't worry." "But……" ——How does this teach people to open their mouths? Just go and talk to Bi directly. Does the so-called fear and fear refer to this kind of feeling?Miyuki lowered her head. "Student Bi, she..." "You don't have to care about her. Although I am Bi's mother, I am also the daughter of the founder of the academy. Now I stand here as a representative of the weavers." "what?" "Even if you are a child, if you make a mistake, you make a mistake. If your behavior exceeds the scope of discretion, you should be punished. If Bi really did something evil and hurt the reputation of this long-established academy, you must be punished." She. And she also caused you a lot of trouble, right?" ——Is this really... mother and daughter? I always feel... so cold and merciless.Although I understand what she said, it is impossible for ordinary people to give up so simply. Miyuki missed the opportunity and hesitated, the principal sighed deeply again, lazily, and complained: "Ma'am, look, she has hesitated like this again, what this girl said is not worth believing at all. so……" Just as the headmaster sighed and spat out weak abuse, a woman's clear and clear voice sounded like iron: "Principal... don't you have any sense of people?" "what?" The headmaster wrinkled his forehead and looked at the weaver's wife. "This girl is not a child who can tell lies and fool adults. Can't you see it? You can still be the principal with your appearance." "Excuse me, ma'am, if what this student said is true, then Miss Bi..." "That child...can confuse people's hearts. You can't even see this, but you have been working as a teacher? When Bi entered school, I should have clearly explained to you that you must not just because she is a weaver Treat her differently. Those who should be corrected should be corrected, and those who should be reprimanded should be reprimanded... Didn't you listen?" ——to confuse people's hearts? Is that what mothers say? "Miyuki-san, can you tell me please?" ——It's such an annoying sight, I can't refuse it. Miyuki explained intermittently and with careful choice of words. The group that blasphemed Christ, known as the prostitution of the Black Mass, and the disputes it caused, the spells cast to resolve the disputes, and the occurrence of several murders proved the success of the spells.Asada Yuko's betrayal and death, Sayoko's participation and suicide attempt.A crime committed by Sugiura pretending to be the Black Madonna.The evil deeds and retribution of Kozo Honda.Weaving is Ryo's act of intimidation and its consequences.Haitang's disaster and Sayoko's death.A mountain of dead bodies... At the center of these events is Aoki who flickers and disappears. A lot of people died... too many people died. Mrs. Orisori stared at Miyuki with clear eyes from the beginning to the end. Every time Miyuki met her gaze, she would not open her eyes. "...There is no evidence." "No, this is just my conjecture. So if I'm mistaken, for Bi, she...uh..." "Do you think it's enough to make a mistake?" "Principal, please restrain yourself." Mrs. Orisaku stared at the principal, "Speaking of which, according to Yuji's words, this Miyuki student has been very fair from the beginning, and carefully stated that maybe her speculation is wrong, please investigate the school , and then began to testify, didn’t you? You were there at the time, right?” "Yes, that's right, but, if you make a mistake..." "It should be right." "Huh...but...this..." "What's the matter? What's the point of being so flustered? You'll know when you call Bi. Yuuji, can you call her?" "Auntie, can you?" "Of course. Whether it's a family member or a daughter, a crime is a crime. Although Bi is still underage, if she really does such a horrific act, she must be allowed to atone for the crime as soon as possible. The longer the matter drags on, the better The more trouble you are causing. Has it caused you trouble?" "Yes, but Bea..." "It's not good for the Origrapher if the people of the Origrapher continue to cause trouble for the Shibata Zaibatsu and Shibata-related companies. The same is true for this academy. Although the academy was founded by my father Orisaku Ihei, it is actually running It is the Shibata family, and there is a scandal about Shiliang. Speaking of which, if the academy is closed for this reason, it will also violate my father's behest. The scandal of the weaver writer, please let the weaver writer settle it himself. For everything, just ask I knew it myself." Shibata hesitated for a moment, then said, "I see." "Miyuki-san, I'm really... sorry." Mrs. Orisaku said gently, nodding slightly to Miyuki. ——Bi she... lost her last backing. ——If she is abandoned by her family, she will have nothing to rely on anymore. ——Is this... really good? Miyuki wanted to say something, but couldn't find what to say, and couldn't greet her properly, so Shibata took her out of the principal's office. "Excuse me..." Miyuki didn't know what to say to Shibata. Shibata walked half a step before, he turned his head and said with melancholy eyes: "Don't worry, Auntie is a fair and impartial person..." Then he looked at Miyuki as if he had come back to his senses, regained his appearance of a model youth and said: "Um... I'm sorry, Mr. Wu, I made you suffer so much. If I thought about you earlier, maybe Watanabe My classmates won't suffer misfortune. When I think of this, I really don't know what to say. This is... my responsibility..." Although he was smiling, his eyes were serious. "Ah, uh..." Miyuki didn't want this kind of apology, so she spoke again, but she still didn't know how to address Shibata. Shibata said, "Maybe I will ask you some questions later, you must be bored in a room without windows," and sent her to the chairman's room. "You can stay here for a while, you haven't seen the sun for two days? If you are here, you can see the campus, you can drink tea or something... Oh, there is tea there. Before I come to you, please stay in the Here." "But, uh, that..." "I know you won't run away." After Shibata finished speaking, he turned around.Of course Miyuki didn't intend to run away, on the contrary, she felt very lonely and restless, just... ——He won’t understand unless he speaks out. Miyuki felt that Shibata was by no means a bad person, he was just dull. Miyuki was left alone in an extraordinarily luxuriously decorated room. ——Is that really good? What Miyuki wanted to ask Shibata was not about herself, nor about Sayoko. It's about Bee. For example, when encountering an inexplicable situation, she tried to make assumptions and try to understand, but the assumptions she made were confirmed one after another—Miyuki believed that this was a very correct way to understand the world.But why is the aftertaste so bad?Why does it feel so unbelievable? It doesn't make sense. Assume that, at the stage of forecasting, the forecast itself is correct. But the prediction itself messed up the thread and led to different results—is it possible?Shibata said that if Miyuki's deduction was accepted early, the tragedy could have been avoided, but is it true?At least for now, Miyuki believes that the actions she has taken will not help to quell the tragic events that are happening now.On the contrary, she felt that her actions caused the event to develop into the current situation or induced the event to become like this. ——If Bi is not the culprit... Isn't it a big misunderstanding that Miyuki can really be sure of her thoughts? cannot.Could it be that Miyuki went all out to prove it because no one believed in her?The evidence is that everyone believes in Miyuki now, but Miyuki feels a heavy responsibility and panics.She felt very heavy, and even wanted to retract all the words she had said before. ——If Bi is not the culprit... For example, can Miyuki be sure that no one else overheard their conversation in Yuko's room?Can she be sure that there is no one else lurking on the roof of the building where Sayoko jumped off?Even if Bi said she was lying when she passed out, could she have been forced to give false testimony by someone? Speaking of which, regarding the relationship between the beholder and the spider servant, it goes without saying that Miyuki didn't even check it carefully.Miyuki couldn't help saying: "If Ao is not the culprit..." "impossible." "Wow!" Miyuki was so frightened that she almost fainted. The voice came out suddenly. "Well, nice scream, you're very talented!" The chairman's large chair rotates. There, the detective, with a face that looked like a ceramic doll, was sitting deep in a chair majesticly. "Detect, detect..." "Yes, that's me! Girls like to scream, but as far as I'm concerned, I prefer the 'Wow!' or 'Oh!' kind of screams. You're so simple and nice!" Detective Said, stood up, and stretched his hands upwards vigorously. "You, have you been there?" "I'm sleeping, and I can only sleep. I'm so bored. This chair is too big and soft. It's not suitable for work. It's for sleeping! Come and sleep here too." The detective said, stepping on brisk footsteps, left the chairman's seat, came to the reception area where Miyuki was, rudely poured the remaining tea in the teapot into the cup next to it, and drank it all in one gulp.The cold tea spilled a great deal on the table, but the detective didn't mind at all. "What a bad tea. By the way, you are..." "My, my name is Wu, Wu Miyuki. Ah, uh..." "It's useless to tell me the name, Miyoko-san. Speaking of which, you give that girl called Squeaky or Pretentious..." The detective half-closed his eyes. "...Oh, you are a friend of that girl's corpse. Hey, it's pitiful, but no matter how regrettable it is, the corpse won't come back to life. You have to live more actively. Huh? You're quite active." It was inexplicable, but Miyuki felt encouraged. Although Miyuki didn't say anything - exactly the opposite of Shibata. At this time, Miyuki realized that Miyoko seemed to be referring to herself, and Zuozuo seemed to be referring to weaving. "Student Bi... Zhizuo, Classmate Bi..." "That little girl called Wall or Ceiling is a manipulated puppet, and she's done a lot of bad things. So..." When the detective said this, he paused for a moment, then rudely sat down on the reception chair and crossed his legs.Even so, he still looks very handsome. "...you don't need to worry, just go to see that... woman in kimono, right?" "kimono?" Is it Bea's mother?But what does "that" mean?Miyuki felt that her heart seemed to be seen through, and she couldn't help but tighten the skirt of her uniform. "I don't know why, there is no murderer. I'm so bored. I wanted to solve it before the nagging guy came over, but I found it troublesome." The detective said, opening his eyes wide. "A long-winded guy?" "Yes, but I asked him to come here. How can I be angry if I'm the only one involved in such a shameful incident." "Is... the detective's companion?" "Detective? Stop talking stupid things, okay? In this world, when it comes to detectives, I, Enogizu Reijiro, are the only ones! You are the only one who has learned from gods, right? What that guy wants to say is the god of death, or the devil ?” "A demon?...a kind demon?" "Not kind and eloquent," said the detective, standing up. The devil... is coming? "Listen well, this world always goes with the flow, so you don't have to feel guilty. Because let it go with the flow, I have already seen through it, but in order not to let it go with the flow , I don’t know why, but I need that person anyway. You can ask him for details!” After the detective finished his inexplicable words, he declared loudly "I'm going to sleep" and returned to the chair.Although she didn't understand what he was talking about at all, Miyuki felt a little relieved. Less than a minute after the chair turned around, there was a hissing snoring sound, and he seemed to really fall asleep.Miyuki should have snored when she came in, but no one would have thought that someone would sleep in this kind of place, so she didn't notice that it was snoring. Miyuki looked out the window.A solid building looks useless even if it is devoid of human presence.A building is a building only if it is inhabited, and a building that is not inhabited will become a ruin.But this structure is so unshakable that it can't even be a ruin, it's almost like... a ruin is still a ruin. — Bea now... What are you talking about with her mother? There was a knock on the door, and the door opened quickly. Shibata was there, and behind him was the dejected... Weaving Bi. With a serious face, Shibata said in a low voice, "Student Wu, can you please talk to Bi?" "Why do I?" "This is... Bi." Having said that, Shibata pushed Ao into the room through the half-open door.Like the air, Bi was pulled in front of Shibata without any resistance, lowered her head, and entered the room without a sound.Then Shibata pulled Miyuki to the corridor, and whispered in her ear: "Actually, Wu, Bi still said she didn't know anything. But Auntie—Bi's mother didn't believe her words, and Auntie almost fully supported her." Wu’s reasoning. But I also know Bi very well, and I think she is a little pitiful. Of course, I also believe the outline of the incident you said, Wu. So I want you two to talk to see if we can get a compromise Opinion. Bea's mother would accept it if possible. So would you please talk to her directly?" "Why...is this happening?" Although this person is kind, he is really weak. On one side are those who expose the crime, and on the other side are those who have been exposed. How do you integrate opinions?Did he want a half-assed answer of "I did half of it and I didn't do the other half"? A voice from the other end of the corridor said, "Representative!" "Actually, the police—no, the head of the Chiba Headquarters and the detectives from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department have brought a large number of police officers here. I advocated that the matter should be handled by the police from the beginning, but until now...the truth has not been found , leaving the full power to them, I am really uneasy. And... there is Bi's matter." Shibata looked at Ao's back worriedly. —too greedy. Shibata Yuji is a greedy ghost, he wants to let truth and belief coexist. What Miyuki said seemed to be true, and Shibata wanted to believe her words.On the other hand, he can't abandon the principle of guarding the academy and his belief as an operator.In addition, there is a feeling of wanting to trust an old acquaintance, Ao. Truth, belief, mood—these are never things that can go together at the same time. Some beliefs will succumb before the truth, and some emotions will be suppressed under the belief. But Shibata couldn't let go of any one of them, so he only dealt with it half-way. It's just that Miyuki couldn't express it well, but she didn't have anything to say to Pi either.The detective told her not to worry, but Miyuki has no evidence to conclude that Ao is the perpetrator.No, she didn't mean to make such a judgment.And Bi's mother doesn't believe her daughter's words, but accepts Miyuki's words, what is she thinking?Miyuki really didn't understand. Shibata said: "Student Wu, please." There was a noisy voice from the other end of the corridor, probably because of an argument with the police. "Representative, Acting Chairman!" The voice came.Shibata looked bitterly at the other end of the corridor. "Here, Bi, talk to classmate Wu, just like what you said to Auntie just now..." Bea lowered her head stubbornly. Is it acting?or is it true? The voice calling Shibata sounded for the third time, this time very close.The Dean of Academic Affairs came running down the corridor. "Acting chairman, it's not good. I heard that the fingerprints taken from Sugiura's personal belongings match the fingerprints taken from the study of the Orisaku mansion... The police demand that Sugiura be handed over to them immediately." "Where's the lawyers?" "It's gone. And, uh, I've heard there's some nasty criminals who might be lurking around." "A vicious criminal? Is the police here for this?" Shibata bit his lower lip lightly and said, "I understand, I'll deal with it." Then he patted Miyuki on the shoulder, and concluded with disgusting words: "No matter what happens, do your best." It seemed to push Miyuki into the chairman's room again. After Shibata showed a pleading expression, he quietly closed the door. "...What do you want me to do!" Miyuki yelled at the door. The sound bounced off and disappeared shortly after. became quieter. What's going on with all your strength? You don't shed tears when you see the coffin. Suddenly, the back contracted. — sight. Someone is watching. - Bi. With Bi behind her, Miyuki felt goosebumps all over her body. She turned her head tremblingly, and her vision slowly rotated. The angel was still standing facing the ground. The black hair lost its elasticity and stretched straight down. There was no expression, and it looked like he was crying. Her slender shoulders trembled slightly, and she was crying. Was it her mother's words that hit her?Or are you afraid because you have lost all your backing? or…… ——Is she really wronged? Miyuki took a step forward. "Weaving... Weaving as a classmate." no answer. Bee did something bad, the detective said. But the detective knew nothing about Bea. If Bea had nothing to do with the incident... If she was deeply hurt because of unwarranted injustice... Well, at that time... Miyuki desperately made assumptions in order to recover her nearly collapsed self.Could Miyuki have committed an irreparable mistake because of excessive wishful thinking? So…… Miyuki approached Ao's side. "Bi... Bi classmate? Ah..." She... didn't cry? —is she laughing? "Ha ha ha ha ha." Bea is laughing. Weaving Bi is smiling. "Student Wu." "what?" "Student Wu, at that time..." The immature voice with undeveloped vocal cords, "...you said you didn't believe in God, right?" "Student Bi, you..." "Hehehe, very good." "You...you really..." Bi - is the spider's servant. Miyuki froze for a moment. Bea looked up gently. The angel is standing there. Straight black hair, pale snow-like skin. A frozen Miyuki was reflected in the big eyes. On the eyes are slender eyelashes that are so black that they shine. A beautiful girl who is obsessed with sex. —no... not at all... any changes. "... At that time, I liked you very much. Although everyone said the word "comrade" casually, after all, they were just having fun. No one really doesn't believe in God." Miyuki stepped back. Bea smiled and took a step. "...The students in this academy are all blessed girls. They think that even if they play with fire a little, they can still deal with it. They don't go to places where there is no way out, and they think that nothing is irreparable. That kind of Blasphemy with pre-prepared retreat is not blasphemy at all. It is not a black mass, nor is it a Sabbat, it is just a vulgar game. It is not a devil worship, but a deviation of behavior. Almost all comrades have prepared a place for God in their hearts ..." "The location of God?" "Yeah. A place to go back to, conscience, love - call it what you want. No matter how obscene you commit, there is a place to go back to... Prepare a place to escape so you don't think it's真正的自己——这根本是骗人的。我憎恨神，所以我的心中没有神。所以我可以毫不在乎地说谎，也可以杀人。麻田夕子那种人，我绝对不会放过。” ——是她杀的，是这个女孩杀的。 “是你……把夕子同学……” 碧以清澈悦耳的声音笑了。“是我把她推下去的，就像你所想像的。” 接着她轻飘飘地移动到门前。 她阻断了美由纪的退路。 “你、你为什么要把夕子同学……” 碧突然以严峻的语调不屑地说：“那种半吊子的行为不能原谅！” “你、你把别人牵扯进来，还……” “我打从一开始就三番五次地声明，她们只要有一点不愿意，没有坚定地决心，就不要成为同志。可是没有任何人退出，夕子同学似乎也非常乐在其中。所以我判断大家都已经下定决心不再当人，要污蔑神了。我把每个人都当成我的同志，可是那都是假的。夕子骗了我，她根本没有下地狱的觉悟，只是觉得好玩……” 碧把一双大眼睁得更大。 “如果不是真心冒渎神明，为什么做得出那种事？那种神经才教我无法理解。要是怀了孕，就要毫不踌躇地堕掉——连这点觉悟都没有，却做出那种事，根本是完全不把这个世界放在眼里。如果心里还有一点道德伦理，还有一点身为人类的感情和爱情……就绝对不能够做出那种事，不对吗？” “是……是啊，所以……”所以夕子已经决心罢手了。因为她还有人类的情感，所以才想要脱离。 “所以怎样？”碧说，走近一步，“吴同学……你应该了解吧？” “我、我不了解……我才不懂！” “你不是不信神吗？” “可、可是恶魔也……” 美由纪倒退一步。 背后……对了。 ——侦探在后面睡觉！ 只要把侦探叫起来，他就会…… 动弹不得，美由纪吓坏了。 “……我应该说过我也不信恶魔！”美由纪大叫。 侦探没有起身的迹象。 碧笑了，然后她说：“我让你……看过证据了吧？” 证据，诅咒，成堆的尸体。 “那、那些都是碰巧的！如果不是碰巧的话——对，那只是杀人事件罢了啊！是人干的！凶手都抓到了，我看到了。那不是什么黑圣母，是杉浦隆夫。是厨房一个不起眼的中年男子干的！” “是啊，连我都被吓到了。那天晚上……那个人的模样……” “吓到？……” “因为我也没想到他竟然真的会杀人。那个人是虫，没用的爬虫。所以我想试试他究竟派不派得上用场，只是想拿他来吓吓你们罢了。可是他……一批上死人的衣服，立刻就成了真正的恶魔。真有趣，实在是悖德到了极点。” “真正的恶魔？……死人的衣服？” “对。他穿上我赐给他的忌讳衣物后，才能够舍弃人的身份。我命令他把本田老师叫出来，教训他，把他打昏，然而他却把那家伙给杀了。所以……那是恶魔干的，恶魔是站在我这边的。” ——原来是这么回事！ 当时，侦探一扯下那件女性和服，杉浦就突然停止抵抗，变得温和。简直判若两人…… So…… 那件和服才是施加在杉浦身上的诅咒吗？杉浦隆夫被碧的咒术操纵而杀了人吗？ 那么溃眼魔…… “你总算明白了吗？我能够随心所欲地使唤恶魔。只要我希望，无论是什么事，使魔都会替我完成。我只是心想叫她们死，不管是川野弓荣还是山本纯子，每个人都死了。” “骗、骗人……” 漆黑的发丝宛如吸收了黑暗，白皙的肌肤近乎死白。 空虚的瞳孔倒映出僵在原地的美由纪。 眼睛上黑得发亮的修长睫毛，被恶魔附身的美少女。 这个女孩不是天使。 这个女孩…… ——是恶魔。 “我是在诅咒中降世的恶魔之子，恶魔站在我这里。只要我遵照古老的仪式召唤，奈落之王随时都会为我效命。” ——不要。 “杉浦绝对不会供出我，警察没办法逮捕我。不管校长还是母亲，只要和我作对，都一样会被赐死。蜘蛛恶魔之灵，我以神圣复活和堕入地狱之人的苦恼，召唤、命汝至此。回应我的欲望，为了逃离永恒的痛苦，汝须遵从此一神圣仪式。贝拉多、贝洛阿多、巴尔宾、噶布、噶波尔、阿嘎巴，起来，站起来……” 碧露出天真无邪的笑容，一步一步地逼近美由纪，那张仍然充满稚气的可爱脸庞，让美由纪感觉到无比恐怖。 "stop!" “不要。如果你不了解我的心情，那么你也是个碍事者。去死吧！你、校长、柴田叔叔、母亲，我要把大家全都杀了。” "no, do not want……" “你怕吗？不信神的你，这种时候会依靠什么呢？谁会救你呢？吴同学？” 碧不断地逼近过来。 “没有任何超越者能够拯救人。喏……” 碧兴高采烈地把手伸向美由纪的脖子。 Hehehehe.不要、不要。柔软的手无声无息地…… 美由纪用指尖确认背后的障碍物。 是理事长席的大办公桌。白色的、纤细的手指…… 碦哒一声。 瞬间，碧的视线越过美由纪。 "Who……" 她往后跳去，美由纪回头。 “吵死啦！这叫人怎么睡嘛？喂，你，水无月同学！你应该相信的超越者不就在这里吗？这个蠢货！” “侦……侦探先生。” 侦探背对窗户照进来的夕阳，揉着眼睛灵敏地站起来。 侦探开口道：“如果你是魔法师的话，就变头驴子还是小鸟来看看啊，变不了吧？我不晓得你有多厉害，可是想要赢过我，可能还需要修行个四百万年的魔法吧！我才不怕什么恶魔哩……” 侦探眯起眼睛看着碧。“……什么？根本不是恶魔嘛。” 侦探把眼睛眯得更细了，碧以充满憎恶的眼神瞪着侦探。 美由纪被宛如不同世界的两个生物包夹在中间，屏息僵住了。 侦探突然露出悲伤的表情：“那并不是恶魔啊，你……太可怜了。” “可怜……” 碧伸长纤细的脖子，稍微抬起端正的脸庞，凝视了侦探一会儿，没有多久就像断了线似的，浑身松弛，盯着侦探摇摇晃晃地后退，来到门边。 “……你是在可怜我吗？” “我没办法赞扬一个骗子啊。” “……你是在瞧不起我吗？” “我同情你。” "it's the same." 碧反手抓住门把。 "Hey." 侦探出声的刹那，门“啪”一声打开了。碧仿佛没有一点重量，被外头的风给吸出去似的离开了。侦探说“你已经没有地方可以去了”，踏出一步，但他发现一名巨汉正塞住门扉似的挡在那里，停下动作。 开门的是那个人，美由纪的心跳莫名地加速。 配合心脏的跳动，世界忽明忽暗。也无法看清男人的轮廓，只有听觉变得敏锐无比，连自己的呼吸声都听得一清二楚，甚至觉得刺耳。 ——碧呢？ 开门的男子望着碧的背影，呢喃：“那不是织作家的女儿吗？”然后他望向室内，一看到侦探，就发出又高又哑的声音来：“喂！礼二郎，你这个大呆瓜，跑到这种地方搞什么鬼！” 侦探原本摆出就要开跑的姿势，闻言又重新站直，双手叉腰，神气兮兮地说：“啊，是你，箱子男！你干吗在这种节骨眼开门？人都给跑掉了不是吗？” “跑掉？那是织作家的女儿吧？难道连你也说她是凶手吗？喂！” “哼，我才懒得跟你说明。” “你能向什么人说明什么鬼？我跟你认识了二十年，从来没有一次听懂过你在讲什么屁，混蛋！” “那是因为你是颗豆腐脑！” “闭嘴啦！说起来，她干吗要逃？你对人家做了什么吗？” “我会对那种小鬼头做什么！” “谁知道你会做什么来？不过就算她跑了也不必担心，她离不开这栋建筑物的。这所学校里塞满了教师、律师和警察。而且千叶本部在怀疑织作家的女儿，不会放她走的。” ——警察也怀疑碧了？ 男人笨重地走进房间。“理事长不在吗？嗯？这是学生吗？你是这所学院的学生吗？” 男人有着一张下巴宽阔的国字脸，鼻子很尖，眼睛细小，胸膛宽阔，手臂粗壮。他穿着敞领上衣和外套，黑色的鞋子穿得都磨损了。 ——这个人就是侦探说的……恶魔？ “花子同学，这种人就是叫做刑警的野蛮笨蛋。” “花子？” “对。看啊，多么丑陋的国字脸！” “啰嗦，你这个人来疯。要我在你那张轻薄的脸皮上踹个五脚吗？不管这个……” 男人转向美由纪。 侦探找来的似乎不是这个人。 男人不知为何犹豫了一下，开口说道：“……你就是那个目击证人的学生吗？我是东京警视厅的刑警。” 男人取出警察手册打开，出示给美由纪看。“我是木场刑警，正在搜查溃眼魔的事件。” “也叫笨蛋修。” “你闭嘴！你是……呃，花子同学吗？” “我叫吴美由纪。” “根本不一样嘛！你这个笨蛋，不要再随便乱叫别人的名字了。你是吴同学啊。呃，千叶的警察说的话完全不得要领。不晓得他们是想抢功，还是真的不明白，完全听不懂他们在讲什么。而且他们在那边跟校方不知道吵些什么，僵持不下。所以我想直接询问你们。” “溃眼魔……” “嗯，溃眼魔现在潜伏在这一带。” “这……一带？” 溃眼魔。对现在的美由纪来说，溃眼魔与头上长角、有尾巴的恶魔没有什么两样。所以她听到溃眼魔是实际存在的。就觉得好像发现了想象中的生物一般。 “加上今天，大搜索已经连续进行四天了。警方从四面八方进行搜山，溃眼魔那家伙不可能突破包围网，他一定还潜伏在这附近。” 木场刑警把一双小眼睛眯得更细，用力抿嘴。侦探漫不经心地看着他说：“失手了哪，很不甘心是吗？” “噢，我太大意了。那家伙……在我面前杀了女人逃走了，我不能就这样放过他。” “哦？你生气了吗？” “混账东西，那家伙杀了五个人哪！噢。” 刑警好像决定不再理会动不动就插嘴捣乱的侦探，指着接待区，要美由纪坐下，自己也坐了下来。 “我是偷偷跑过来的，没时间胡闹。听千叶那些家伙说，溃眼魔袭击的被害人全都和这所学院有关系。但是之前进行共同搜查，也开过好几次会，却一次都没有提到这件事。我实在相信。” "that is……" 美由纪简单地说明事情经过。 但是刚才与碧之间发生的事，她说不出口。 碧告白出一切了， But…… ——简直就像一场梦。 并不是多久以前的事，就发生在刚才而已。 然而美由纪心中已经被一种想法支配，认为刚才发生的事一定是某种误会。意思从非日常猛烈地往日常摆荡回来。这代表她刚才的体验有多么地脱离常轨。 悸动平息了。 刑警苦涩地说：“又是诅咒那一类的吗？可恶，我最痛恨这种的了。这根本是京极的工作嘛……” “我叫他来了。” “叫他来？你吗？” “对，就是我。这个事件里有另一个造物主，世界不需要两个神。换言之，我不好出手，所以我叫他过来。” “别说得那么不可一世的。你这家伙，有哪一次派上用场吗？” “总比你有用吧。” “混账东西，你给我闭嘴。” 看样子，这两个人就是这种关系，彼此咒骂是他们之间的常态。 不管怎么看都不像是朋友，但是刚才刑警说他们认识了二十几年，美由纪实在是难以想象。 “可是……总觉得不明不白哪，连个平野的平、川岛的川字都没出现啊。”刑警露出严肃的表情，歪着头纳闷着。 然后他显露出近乎痛苦的懊恼。 at this time…… 一阵小跑步声从走廊传来，开着的门边出现一个长相松垮的男子，探头望进理事长室里面。好像不是警官。 “木场兄！原来你在这里。你也过来一下，已经没办法了。” 刑警慵懒地仰望来人。“干吗？那跟我们无关吧？” “并不是无关啊，千叶本部开始主张说绞杀魔和溃眼魔是相同的一连串事件了。” “那有什么不好吗？也不会碍到什么啊。” “当然会了。喏，溃眼魔的动机。” 刑警在眉间和鼻子上挤出一堆皱纹说：“我刚才从这个女孩这边听说了，说是卖春哪。” 似乎也是刑警的马脸刑警不等木场全部说完，抚平稍长的头发说了：“跟我们这边的搜查内容完全不同对吧？川岛新造的供词……会不会全都是假的？” “不是假的，我不是调查过了吗？”木场刑警不悦地说。 马脸刑警以独特的动作走进来，不客气地打量着侦探和美由纪，说：“可是这里的状况和川岛的供述完全不合，这太奇怪了吧？” 侦探以他一贯的态度问刑警说：“川新怎么了吗？”但木场连看都不看他一眼。 “别吵啦。所以呢？” “所以说……如果这两起事件是相关的，那么绞杀魔事件应该由共同搜查本部来接手，由千叶东京联手调查才对吧？可是那样的话，形式上必须由警视厅来接管才是，本部长会是你们那边的大岛部长吧？” “哪里接管还不都是一样，那种怪东西就送给千叶吧！”木场刑警吼道。 马脸挥挥手说：“不行的。不管怎么样，溃眼魔的搜查本部和绞杀魔的搜查本部都必须合并才行。千叶的人员会重复……” “喂，很复杂欸。凶手现在怎么了？不是已经抓到了吗？” “听说被关在这栋建筑物的一个房间。就算是现行犯，但一介学校法人把嫌疑犯逮捕监禁起来，也太胡来了。这是违法行为，是人权问题。千叶那些家伙似乎默许校方这么做，但轮到我们接手的话……” “我说加门兄啊，如果是决定要交出凶手，要我们护送还是警戒，我就过去。可是我们是来这里捉溃眼魔的。我刚从这个学生那里听到原委，总算了解千叶那些人在讲些什么了，不过这完全不同的案子吧？那个织作小姑娘杀掉学生，而被抓的凶手杀了教师，就是这样。可是，溃眼魔就是溃眼魔……” 木场用食指指着自己的小眼睛说，“我不知道什么卖春、冒渎、诅咒的，可是最早的矢野妙子好像没有被诅咒哟。而高桥志摩子怎么说？难道她也是被诅咒的吗？” “可是其他的被害人有共通点……” “那么川岛喜市那边也有啊。青木联络我说，麻纪阿婆就像之前古董商所推测的，是被喜市教唆的。那不是诅咒。” 马脸说：“是啊。” “所以，那个小姑娘跟绞杀魔就交给千叶吧。如果那个男的是真凶，人也已经被捕了，只要被逮捕，迟早都会招供的。东京那边的人等到这之后在行动也不迟。”木场说道，盘起胳膊。 远方传来吵闹声。 “嗯？已经吵完了吗？有行动了吗？”马脸刑警说道，站了起来。 “怎么了？不寻常哟。” 气息逼近过来。 众多的脚步声在走廊上回响。 石子地、墙壁、天花板都在鸣响。 好几名警官跑过门的另一头。 混在警官当中，一名丑陋的巨汉跑了过去。 木场看到他，从室内大叫：“喂！矶部！怎么了？发生什么事了？” 跑过去的男人折返，一边蹒跚，一边将膨胀的脸孔从门边探进来说：“你们在干吗？现在可不是玩耍的时候！” “我们又不是在玩，我在问你发什么事了？” “绞杀魔从监禁房里跑掉了！” ——杉浦……逃走了？ 他想要干什么？ “你说什么？再说一次！是逃走了吗？” “当然是逃走了！难道人会凭空消失吗！” 男子说完，又摇晃着庞然身躯跑走了。 木场猛地站起来，另一名刑警也追上去，侦探也慢吞吞地站了起来。 “我们走吧，女学生！” “走……去哪里？” “是啊，去这所学校最适合自杀的地点。” “最……最适合自杀的地点？” 他在说什么？ 适合自杀的地点？ 难道杉浦要自杀吗？美由纪虽然不太明白，但说到最适合自杀的地点，就是小夜子跳楼的…… ——校舍的屋顶吗？ “就是那里，他人在那里。” 侦探这么断定，但美由纪什么都还没有回答，也没有时间问理由或思考。美由纪站起身时，侦探已经离开房间，催促说：“太慢了太慢了，快点过来。” 侦探的步伐很大，而且跑得很快。 沉重的脚步声在四周反弹，后面跟着美由纪轻巧零碎的脚步声。 “侦、侦探先生！” “什么事？女学生？” “请解释给我听！” “不需要解释！” 警官忙碌地赶过美由纪与侦探。她和侦探没有被责骂，也没有被阻挡。 玄关大厅挤满了乌合之众。 校长的声音传来：“门是锁上的！是谁说什么不管对方是谁，把门锁上加以监禁是犯罪的？我为了学生的安全，不顾你们的咒骂，还是慎重地上了锁啊！人不可能跑掉的！” “那门为什么开着？人不就逃走了吗？” 我不知道，是你们这些警察开的！开什么玩笑，是你放走的，这是帮助逃亡！竟然血口喷人，诬赖我是罪犯，给我修正！这所学校竟然如此蛮横无理，根本不是法治国家该有的学校！——谩骂叫嚣、冷嘲热讽漫天飞舞。 侦探斜眼望着他们，仿佛看到什么脏东西似的绷起脸来，不屑地说：“女学生，彻底蔑弃那种东西吧……” 看样子，他已经放弃记住固有名词，决定以属性来称呼。 “……没有人品，发生事件时，就不会被分派到什么好角色。小角色们觉得无聊，所以才会像那样气呼呼的。在生气之前有事要做，去做该做的事的话，就没空乱生气了。” 侦探灵巧地避开彼此叫骂、扭打在一起的刑警和学院职员，超过他们的时候，大声叫道：“你们这群笨蛋！” 但是那群人本来就在彼此叫骂着“笨蛋”、“白痴”，根本没有人注意到有个人把他们摆在一起诽谤。场面一片混乱。 ——找到了！在后面，绕到后面！ 怒吼声，楼上又有好几名警官跑下来。众人一团混乱，有半数跑出玄关，剩下的跑过走廊。柴田站在楼梯上，极为慌张忙乱。柴田背后是杉浦的妻子——美江，一名千叶的警察正搂着她的肩膀。 “女学生，快出来，会被笨蛋们围住！”侦探说道，走出玄关。 两人来到中庭，背后是教职员大楼。 左手边是单人宿舍，以及古老而巨大的圣堂。 接着是礼拜堂、厨房与餐厅。正面是圆形喷泉。 喷泉对面是三栋宿舍，宿舍后方是果树园。 温室、菜园。通往校门的路。 右手边是老旧的校舍。 学校形同铜墙铁壁，堂皇有如神明冷彻真理的具现。如此坚牢的构造物对人类来说，实