Chapter 26 Chapter Twenty-Four

All day that day, TV stations across the country broadcast live news of the hostage rescue operation, and the highest ratings reached nearly 90% in an instant, which was an unprecedented situation since the TV broadcast began. In my memory, I also saw the TV broadcast on the way from the home of the Katase couple in Meguro to Ueno Station.Where did you see it?Perhaps on the way to the station, I saw a row of TV screens lined up in front of the electronics store.It doesn't seem to be an electrical appliance store, what kind of store is it? Anyway, I knew that when the big commotion was happening in Karuizawa, it was before I set off for Ueno.I remember standing at the ticket gates at the station to check the passing passengers.I also remembered that the passengers on the bus were discussing the Asama Villa incident enthusiastically, and I still remembered a young man who seemed to be a student, holding a morning newspaper in his hand, and reading about this important event with a frown.His profile is a bit like Tang wood.

But when the train arrived at Karuizawa Station, when I saw a large number of media and police personnel in the station, and when I saw a large group of people excitedly staring at the screen in front of the large TV set in the waiting room, even When a group of young people after skiing flew over the crowd into the waiting room to watch TV, I didn't feel it at all.What I had in mind was publication.Included in Volume 42 of The Complete Works of Marx and Engels.The manuscript criticizes the property, it's really cold, what if the taxis at the station are stopped because of this incident, and I can't get to the villa?

But when I got out of the station and went to the place where the taxis got on, I finally saw the taxis parked—Taikong, and I couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.I got into the car and told the driver to go to Gusu. Dirty frozen snow can be seen here and there.It was 3:30 in the afternoon and the sun had started to set.A round of orange sunset can be seen from the mountain peaks in the distance. On the road to Gusu, the driver was talking about Qianjian Villa while driving. "It started to snow at noon, and it's stopped now, but the temperature will get lower and lower in the future. In this weather, it's okay to freeze the prisoner to death. The founder of the company, named Yanjun. Liang, but we should think about the hostages and see if there is any other way. It’s so cold and deliberately confronting each other, right?” The driver said as he passed the rear-view mirror. Want to wait for me to nod yes.

I whispered "yes", and then he looked in the rear view mirror and closed his mouth.I remembered that I hadn't eaten anything in the morning except for some coffee and milk at Ueno Station.So I must look tired. When turning from the highway to the gravel road, the surrounding suddenly turned into a snow-white scenery.In summer, the fields with large fields of corn seem to be covered with white cream, while the surrounding woods are bare, with thin branches stretching out against the transparent sky. The snow-paved road looked potholed due to the agglomeration of small stones and soil, so the car shook violently when walking.Several times even I clearly felt the slippage, the driver immediately shifted gears and slowed down.

When a couple's villa appeared at the other end of the winding path, the driver murmured alone: ​​"Ah! It's here. I came here once before, but it was at night. I took a female passenger. Yes, yes, it was last summer. Before that, I didn’t know there was a villa in this place.” "Really?" I said. A car was parked behind the villa surrounded by dry trees.It was not the commercial four-wheeled vehicle that Okubo used at work, but an ordinary white vehicle.It can be seen from the license plate number that it is a rental car. I paid the money and got out of the car, and went straight to the entrance.You have to tiptoe on the icy ground, otherwise you will slip and fall.The sun has disappeared, and the shadows of dead trees can be seen in the western sky of the setting sun.

I stood in front of the villa's entrance and rang the doorbell, which rang throughout the building. From the nearby foresttops birds sang, spreading their wings and flying, their mournful calls trailing their long tails in the frozen air.No one came out to answer the door.I counted to ten and rang the doorbell again.There seemed to be a voice in the room, and I heard footsteps coming towards the entrance.Then finally heard the sound of the door chain being lowered. Hinako appeared at the other end of the door.She had no makeup on at all, her hair was disheveled, and her eyes were puffy from crying.Under the light peach sweater that wraps her body tightly is a black mini skirt.She was wearing nothing under the sweater, and her full breasts were clearly visible.

She didn't say hello, just said: "I have a little cold. Xiao Bu came late, and I was just going to lie down and rest." I didn't nod or smile, and went inside silently.When passing by Hinako, I smelled the perfume she had been wearing.My forgotten sorrow pricks my chest again.But then disappeared.I still feel like I'm walking on clouds.I took off my shoes.Voices were heard in the living room.It's like the sound of a TV. Hinako said, "Are you okay? I've been watching TV. Karuizawa Station must be in a mess, right?" "It's okay." I said.

Hinako said: "This morning, Katsuya went to rent a car." Then she shrank from the cold, "There are even police at the place where the car is rented. Really, the town is full of police and media. Just now, it seems that the police are still checking every house. Empty villa. Come in, it's cold outside." I'm finally here.I think.Then there was tinnitus and a slight dizziness.Next has found himself standing in the entrance of the living room. On a leather chair in the living room, Okubo sat cross-legged.He was wearing a green plaid nightgown.That is the nightgown that I have seen Shintaro wear many times.I don't know why Okubo wears Shintaro's clothes.

I thought maybe I just had sex.Imagining that Okubo's bodily fluids might be on Shintaro's nightgown, I thought I would get goosebumps all over my body and feel like vomiting.But no, even imagining me like that doesn't help me.I know my senses are completely numb. The TV was on, but I couldn't tell what was on the screen.It seems to be a house somewhere, and it is only like a snowy landscape, or a scene in a movie or a serial.Or like a still photo, in which a man keeps talking.What the hell are you talking about, I don't know. Coal was burning in the stove.The stove alone was not enough, and a large oil-burning radiator was also lit.It sprays steam.On the dining table there were plates full of food scraps, beer cans, coke cans, empty wine bottles.Glasses with fingerprints on them were all piled up on the edge of the table.There was a mountain of cigarette butts in the ashtray.

As soon as I entered, Okubo looked at me with a wonderful smile, and I sat on the sofa directly opposite Okubo without saying a word. Okubo grabbed the wine bottle on the floor, waved it in the air artificially and said, "Would you like some drink?" I shook my head. There was a telephone in the corner of the room, and the cord extending from the black telephone was severed.I don't know if it was cut with pliers or burned.Severed telephone wires were coiled on the floor. Hinako came over and sat next to me.I turned my eyes around, and as soon as I turned to the telephone line, Hinako argued, "I didn't cut it off on purpose. My foot hooked the telephone line, so it was broken. I just finished talking with Xiaobu this morning. Time. As soon as I put down the receiver, I picked it up with a step. I took a big fall. You won't believe it, really."

Say what you want, I suppose. Hinako poured wine for herself and me.I don't want to drink anyway, so she hands Okubo a glass.Okubo was as comfortable as the master of the house, and took the wine glass from Hinako. Hinako took a sip of the wine and said, "It's not very tasty, it's a bit hot. That's probably why the taste goes away." Then Hinako looked at me and said, "Where did Xiaoxin and I go that night?" "What did he say?" I asked back. Hinako smiled. "How would I know." "It's a place Hinako has been to," I said. "Don't tease me, where is it?" "Let me give you a few hints. 1. It is a place where Nikaido often goes. 2. Hinako heard unbelievable things there. 3. It is the place where two people's secrets were born. In this way, it is where?" I feel that my voice sounds so far away, it doesn't sound like my own voice, it seems that someone in the distance is unconsciously chattering in a lowered tone. Hinako looked at me, and so did Okubo.Four eyes pierced through me.I felt the hallucination of pain all over my body, just like when I was pierced by a wooden arrow. The balcony beyond the window was a mess.There is a long summer table and some chairs, which is nostalgic. But they were all dirty and dusty, buried in the dry leaves that fell in the fall.The mouth of the balcony has blown snow and has frozen.There are several thick ice branches hanging from the railing. I think back to the days when Hinako had baked blueberry pie on that table, covered with a doily.It is a day when I listen to the cicadas singing and the green grass floating in the air.When the sun sets, you must smell the fragrance of the trees.Moments I thought would last forever.The smell of cold beer foam, the sound of glasses and plates interlacing, and the sound of wind rustling leaves in the evening.Beautiful black butterflies fluttering in the sun, the sound of bees and bugs as they fall asleep. Those days are all over, and they are no longer mine. "Don't you know yet? Ms. Hinako." I said, trying to smile, but what came out of my mouth was a sharp laugh.It was hysterical laughter.I was startled too, but couldn't stop. "I went to Gora with the teacher." I said with a smile, "to the small hotel where Hinako's father often goes. We entered the room where Hinako shared secrets with the teacher, and then I shared a new secret with the teacher. .I want to tell you, so I came here. I want to let Okubo know about it, so..." Hinako looked at me like she was looking at a drunk stupid woman, that was the first time I saw Hinako look at someone like that.I stopped laughing.Said to stop, but there was still that sickly smile on the corner of his mouth. I said, "Okubo, I have some good news for you. Mr. Katase and Ms. Hinako are brother and sister. They are related by blood." Okubo sipped the wine slowly, savoring it carefully, his eyes caught my attention."So?" he asked. I opened my mouth halfway and felt the joints in my jaw disjoint.The TV heard the sound of a helicopter flying in the air, maybe it was the sound of a helicopter flying over the house at all. Hinako suddenly stood up from the sofa and walked to the dining table.She pulled up a chair and sat down with her back to us. "I knew about that a long time ago." Okubo said calmly, "You think I don't know. It's a pity, I've heard it from Hinako. Let me tell you how I felt when I heard it. I think, that's great." Time stood still and the heart stopped.Everything stops, it's over.I felt that all the things, people, and scenery in front of my eyes had become an empty gray painting. I wasn't particularly surprised.Okubo, like a gentleman, was careful not to drop the hem of his nightgown on the floor.As if changing a different person, elegantly change the posture of crossing your feet. "I wouldn't say that it happens everywhere, but considering Hinako's father is a person with a title, it's not a particularly rare case. Isn't it? If there are rare things, it should mean that he knows After being related by blood, the two are still officially married. Although this is very Hinako's style, brother and sister are brothers and sisters. The mysterious joy of offending taboos does bring a burst of pleasure and fun, but once that disappears It will be very difficult if it is not. The current Hinako proves this." "You don't understand!" I moaned under my breath. Okubo smiled and said: "What Hinako and Mr. Katase share, um, how should I say it? If I want to say that there is only happiness between the accomplices. Men and women share important secrets together, and then they are sexually attracted bonded together. Of course there are some that last forever, but things like that are destructive in themselves." "Why? Because people who live with secrets are generally mentally unstable, full of anxiety and fear. As long as one side continues to have strong sexual needs, a certain balance will be maintained. But the spirit It can be said that the more you have sex, the more you feel dissatisfied, the more you feel empty and lonely. When I met Hinako, she was like that, and I felt it right away." Hinako, who had been looking out the window, suddenly turned to look at Okubo.Okubo looked at her quietly with that overly obvious eyes.An almost imperceptible but quite attractive enigmatic smile swelled on the thick lips. Hinako's expression was soft.She sat and held out her hand to Okubo, and Okubo did the same.The fingers of the two are intertwined. "It's stupid to have sex in front of other people." Okubo let go of Hinako's hand, stood up and walked to the dining table.Picking up a cigarette next to the ashtray, tilting his head and lighting it with a lighter. "I also heard from Hinako that she made love and caressed Shintaro several times in front of you. I can more or less understand that doing this can bring depraved pleasure, but it is too stupid. That kind of thing is nothing more than It’s just the other side of loneliness. If I want others to see me having sex, I will go to the middle of the desert and look at the stars in the sky and masturbate. After this is over, I will shoot myself in the head and kill myself. That’s enough pornography." "That's enough, Katsuya." Hinako said, "Xiaobu must have been frightened. I heard this from Xiaoxin, so I was frightened." I stared at Hinako without saying a word.Hinako avoided my gaze. "Also, Ms. Fumiko. You are really a weirdo." Okubo sat lightly on the dining table, puffing a cigarette and said, "You are the kind of person who affirms that life is full of gratitude, but you are just sensitive. But because there is no Trained to think well, that's why I became like that." Speaking of this, Okubo flicked his cigarette ash with that indifferent and confident gesture. "I don't think you're gay by any means, or both. No matter how much I hear about you from Hinako, I don't once think you're that kind of person. You're just dreaming It's just that kind of perverted sex. While having a physical relationship with Katase-san, at the same time yearning for Hinako's body. This idea is quite attractive, but for me, it's not stylish. Listen to Hinako When it comes to your business, I'm sorry, I only feel that you are mentally naive." "Katsuya! Stop talking." Hinako interrupted him in a low voice, then said to me in a panic, "Xiao Bu, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that." There was a bang in my ears, and I couldn't hear the words that followed.I felt a knot in my throat and felt like I couldn't breathe for a moment.Obviously couldn't hear what Hinako was saying.But strangely, the voice of the male anchor coming from the TV was clearly heard. At that time, what was broadcast on the screen was like a balcony of a building, and the commando wanted to break into the bedroom from the roof.The male anchor said so repeatedly.A member of the mobile team appears on the balcony and digs holes around the building from which water flows.The mobile team began to throw gas bombs into the room, and the sound of the loudspeaker overwhelmed the sound of the relay. "Everyone, put your hands on your heads! Come out now! Don't resist! Everyone, put your hands on your heads!" I stared blankly at the screen.In this way, the tension in the throat gradually eased.Then all that was left was tinnitus that lasted for a while, and a heavy pain like swallowing a lump of lead. Hinako said something to Okubo, Okubo's mouth was bent downward, and he nodded slightly.Hinako stood up, and Okubo also jumped off the table. Hinako stood and picked up a cigarette, and Okubo lit it for her.Hinako took a shallow breath, then frowned, coughed, and her body trembled.Okubo snatched the cigarette from Hinako's hand and extinguished it. Hinako touched her forehead with her hand.Okubo pushed it away and touched it with his own hands.The two of them didn't know what to say. Hinako walked up to me and said something.I didn't hear a word she said.My ears are bleeding.It feels like the blood vessels in the brain are swollen with nowhere to go. After a while, the two walked out of the living room side by side.I don't know where they go.