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Chapter 16 Section VI

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Although he was working on the computer, he soon realized that there was someone standing beside him, and when he looked up, it was Mr. Muraki. "What's the matter with you?" Mutsumi Wakisaka asked. "The police are here again," Muraki said with a sad face, "I want to ask you something." "Me?" Mumi put her hands on her chest, "Is it Mr. Gasan's business?" "Probably so." "But I'm not familiar with Gasan-san..." "Having said that, there must be some reason why I called you by name! They are in the reception room No. 3, can you go there right away?"

"OK!" Although he couldn't understand it, he turned off the computer and left his seat. When he was walking towards the door of the office, he heard someone calling himself behind him. Looking back, it was Nagakura Kazue who was seated next to him and ran over. "What's wrong?" Mumi asked. Yihui looked around and asked her, "Did you get called by the police?" "Yup……" She immediately put on a sorry expression, folded her hands together in front of her chest, "I'm sorry, maybe it's because I said something weird." "Strange thing?"

"I was also called over just now, and I was asked a lot of questions, but I ended up telling you about you." Mutsumi looked at Kazue in surprise, "What exactly did you ask?" "Well... you'll know it when you see the police, but I'm not saying bad things about you, I'm just answering questions." Mumei couldn't help but get a little nervous when she spoke vaguely, "What? Make it clear!" "You'll know right away!" Kazue said "I'm sorry" again, then turned and left.Looking at her back, Mutsumi murmured, "What the hell is that!"

In the reception room are a man and a woman. Both Mutsumi have met each other. The male police officer was Yukihiro Kayama when he committed the crime, and the female police officer came to investigate when he saw Tatsuro committing suicide. "Sorry to bother you!" said the male policeman named Beiyuan, "Today we are here to listen to the opinions of our colleagues on the case of suspect Jiashan's wounding, and we hope to get your assistance!" The formal attitude seemed ridiculous instead, Mutsumi adjusted her sitting posture, "What do you want to ask?" "The last time I heard from my colleagues that Gasan had been in a state of mental instability before, which may have a lot to do with his criminal behavior. If it was because of this, what made Gasan become like this? If it is the company's office environment If there is a problem, it will also affect the outcome of the trial."

As if understanding what the policeman said, Mutsumi asked, "And then?" "We want to hear your opinion. What is the working environment like in Gasan? Is it easy to be stressed?" "I don't know about that," Mutsumi shook her head, "I basically have no working relationship with him, so I don't know much about it. I think he was appointed as the project leader, so he felt the pressure, right? " "What about the others?" "other people?" "Is there anyone like Gassan who is out of shape and mentally vulnerable due to stress? Has anyone ever talked to you about this situation?"

"This kind of thing..." Mumi wanted to say "no", but suddenly understood what Changkura Kazue meant. "Miss Wakisaka," said the policewoman in a gentle voice, "I heard from a colleague that you are also suffering from tinnitus." "As expected!" - Mumi confirmed her own thoughts, and when the police asked "Is there anyone who is not feeling well recently", Kazue said her name. "What's the matter with you?" The policewoman was still asking. "It's not a big deal," Mutsumi replied bluntly, it would be bad if she was seen as someone like Kazan—"It's just a temporary problem, it's almost fine now."

Bei Yuan looked at her suspiciously, "Really?" "Of course, why do I have to lie?" Mumei couldn't help getting angry. "Have you ever seen a doctor because of your tinnitus?" Bei Yuan asked. "Looked at it, but found nothing wrong." "So I still don't know why my tinnitus is ringing." "Yes...but it doesn't matter, right? I'm all right now." Mumi looked at Bei Yuan's gaze, and her voice trembled because she felt the majesty. In fact, it wasn't majesty, but because his eyes were cold and clear, and she could see through lies. Even if only a little shaken.

"Miss Wakisaka," Kitahara said, "It would be fine if you really don't have tinnitus, but if you still hear tinnitus now, please tell the truth! This tinnitus may be due to something you don't know, or Caused by reasons that have nothing to do with you." Mumei was short of breath for a moment, feeling as if someone had grabbed her sore spot. However, Bei Yuan immediately softened his expression, "However, even though I said so, I still have half-belief." "what?" "Remove tinnitus for others—I wonder if it can be done, but I heard that it can be done depending on the situation, so you must tell the truth! Ms. Wakisaka, what do you think? Leave this matter to Can we handle it well?"

Kitahara's voice reached Mumi's heart like water soaking into dry sand. These people knew the cause of their tinnitus, and they also said that they might be able to eliminate it. "What do you think? Are you still insisting that you don't have tinnitus?" Bei Yuan asked her again. Mumei took a deep breath and admitted, "Can it really stop my tinnitus?" Early the next morning, Mutsumi came to the company and went to the reception room before going to the office-this was requested by the police.I went to have a look. Yesterday's female police officer was in the room with a tall man, but Bei Yuan was not there.

A tall man in a sweater and jacket, not like a policeman, named Yukawa.Hearing that he is an associate professor of physics at Teito University, Mutsumi just felt puzzled—what are physicists here for? Yu Chuan took out a square machine the size of a cigarette case, with a small switch on it, and an extension cord with a metal piece the size of a fifty-yen coin at the end of the cord. "You take off the sticker on the back of the metal sheet and stick it behind your ear, either left or right." Hearing what Yukawa said, Mutsumi stuck behind her right ear. "Hold this with your right hand," Tang Chuan handed the machine to Mumi, and then walked to the laptop not far away, "You press the switch and say something casually."

Mutsumi pressed the switch and tried to say "Hello". Tang Chuan looked at the computer screen, nodded to indicate that it was all right, and then walked back to her side, "You can turn it off normally, and press the switch when you hear tinnitus." "Is this going to stop the tinnitus?" "No," Tang Chuan tilted his head thinking, "I don't know what will happen, but if it goes well, maybe you won't worry about it anymore from tomorrow." "What's going on? Please tell me!" "Wait until the truth comes out!" Tang Chuan said with an expression of "I won't say it yet". Hiding the machine under her clothes, Mutsumi left the reception room.When I arrived at the office, several colleagues had already arrived, including Kazue Changkura.As soon as Mumei returned to her seat after seeing the police yesterday, she asked anxiously, "How is it?" "Nothing special." Mumei replied.Although she was a little dissatisfied with Kazue, but on the other hand, if she was asked, she would say that, and if she could use this to eliminate her tinnitus, she would also be her benefactor in a certain sense. "Morning!" Mumi greeted Kazue, "Morning!" Kazue greeted Mumi with a smile. "What? What's the good news?" Kazui asked. "Nothing. Why do you ask that?" "You look happy." "Ah? Really?" Mumi sat in her seat with a strange expression on her face, maybe that's why she was looking forward to the usual annoying tinnitus in her heart today, and was full of curiosity about what would happen. On the same morning as usual, familiar colleagues came to work one by one and sat in their respective seats.Two men in overalls perform a routine check on a printer next to the wall. After a while, the bell for starting work rang, and Mutsumi nervously started the first routine action of the day—starting the computer. Now I have tinnitus almost every day, when I first started working, when I was having lunch, and on the way home—probably so.Although I am worried that one day it will affect my work, but so far there has been no problem, and I don't know when I will have tinnitus today. Mutsumi touched the device hidden under her clothes - no problem, you can press the button at any time.But what happens when you press it?What's the plan for that scholar?What kind of device is this? Just as I was thinking about this and about to start working, it seemed that the sound of bugs flying around began to ring in my head, without rhythm or rhythm—it was an annoying sound that made Mutsumi's thoughts mess up. After pressing the switch on the device, the sound did not disappear, and the bugs in her mind were still flying around. Mumei closed her eyes and gritted her teeth. At this moment, the sound suddenly disappeared.At the same time, Mutsumi heard the commotion of people around her, including a woman's scream. Mumi opened her eyes and looked around. About ten meters behind her seat, there was a man who looked like a copier maintenance worker, twisting a man's wrist. "What's going on?" Mumi was completely confused about the situation for a moment, and it wasn't until a long time later that she realized that the man in the staff uniform was the police officer Kitahara.
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