Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Timekeeper
Tokita's notepad is filled with schedules for the next three months, and the more crowded the schedule, the happier he is.His time is arranged by the hour, and when he is busy, he is arranged by the minute.
However, these arrangements are not major arrangements.The first is the time for banquet reservations, then the time for meetings, business trips, parties, and phone calls, followed by the convening time of self-government associations and fun groups, and the third is the time for alumni associations, night drinking parties, haircuts, bathing, and bedtime.Even the two or three times of married life every month are all written on it.
Tokita likes to use schedule to restrain himself, even to the point where he has no schedule, that is to say, he cannot live without writing his future schedule into a schedule.After he started working, he was bound by the chains of his work unit, and he could not enjoy the basic human right of freedom no matter what he did.No, in fact, he has become a slave to the chain of time arrangement a long time ago.
From the time he was in primary school, and through private homework, until he was admitted to university, he has been busy arranging time for study, interest group activities, part-time jobs, etc.Working hours originally did not require any special arrangement, but he likes to arrange the working schedule time after time.
In a word, if he does nothing and has no arrangements every day, he will be in a state of confusion, as if he has lost himself.Once the schedule is full, he will feel at ease.
Maybe he was born with a busy life all his life, but only when he is busy arranging the past and the past, and lying in bed at the scheduled time after he is busy with the day's arrangements, will he feel that the day has been fulfilled and meaningful.
However, during the study period, the time schedule in his notebook was basically the time schedule explained by his parents, stipulated by the school, and part-time job.After joining the work, what is recorded on the notepad is the pre-arranged time by the unit and the unit customer.What he arranges for himself are all insignificant little things.
"Brother, you are now tightly bound by the schedule of your unit, what will you do after you retire?" His wife Sakiko asked mockingly.
"After retirement, I will do what I want to do. There are so many things I want to do, and I will be even busier after retirement." Tokita replied bravely.
To be honest, the thought of what to do after retirement makes him feel very uneasy.No matter what kind of work I do now or when I do it, it is all stipulated by my unit.When you retire, all of a sudden, schedules are gone.
A man who has been working by the hour, by the minute, is suddenly thrown into the sea of free time and loses his way and does not know what to do.
For Tokita, freedom is tantamount to imprisoning him in a space-time prison with nothing to do.
The time schedule that Tokita wrote before is generally the time that the outside world has arranged for him, not his own initiative.
He finds it difficult to get rid of the freedom of living together as a couple, going for walks, and getting a haircut once a month.There are still more than ten years before retirement, but he feels terrified when he thinks of retirement.
Nowadays, all units implement continuous holiday systems such as Saturdays and Sundays, holidays at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, and the "May 1st" Golden Week. Tokita feels at a loss about this.Even on holidays, everyone is happy, but Tokita feels uncomfortable.
Every weekend, if he stays at home all day with nothing to do, he will feel so tired to death; he has to wander outside, and there is no place he wants to go.He didn't have the habit of taking a walk, and he couldn't stand taking a walk outside.
When he goes to the cinema to watch movies, he can only watch them for two hours at most; when he stays at home watching TV, he loses interest in watching movies and theaters; , time is also limited.
When there is really no way to pass the weekend, he simply sits in the train around the city and turns around several times in a row to pass the time.
Today, when the average life expectancy of men has surpassed the 80-year-old mark, how will they spend their lives in the time and space prison of doing nothing in the name of freedom during the twenty years after retirement?For Tokita, that would be the scariest.He tried not to think about how to spend the rest of his retirement life as much as possible.Now that I can't even spend weekends, I can imagine the situation after retirement.
A person who has been led by others and dominated by work arrangements for many years has no idea how to use free time.
Liberty is the natural enemy of the man who is led and dominated.Now he is protected within the threshold of the unit that manages him. Once he is liberated from the threshold of managing him in the future, he will face his natural enemy head-on for the first time. For this, he has no victory in his heart. grasp.
For Tokita, retirement is tantamount to saying "Go to hell" to him.Therefore, before retiring, you need to find a threshold to manage yourself anyway.There are still more than ten years before retirement. During this period, I must be able to find a threshold to manage myself in the future.
After Tokita said this to himself, the fear of retirement disappeared.
After World War II, democracy was restored in Japan, and basic human rights were protected, of which freedom was at the core.
However, there are by no means a small number of people in society who hate freedom.They loathe freedom and regard it as their natural enemy.For people who hate freedom so much, they would rather live in a fascist world that does not allow freedom than democracy.
Fascism restricts people's freedom of thought, and uses management models to restrict and suppress various human freedoms such as speech, religion, travel, and residence.
Fascism welcomes people who quickly become conformed to their mold, and they give the members of their fascist organization, that is, people who obey the will of the dictator faithfully, without complaint, and turn like a cog in the machine of the organization, with the greatest respect. limited protection.
The only thing that fascists require is not to have their own thinking and judgment ability, and to obey the dictator's management faithfully.That is, they are like armies, military organizations, corporations, or violent groups with a unified chain of command.
The common feature of the members of these organizations is that they all abhor freedom.Therefore, as long as there is a certain amount of physical strength, the military and violent groups, such as national or illegal violent organizations, are the paradise on earth for those who hate freedom.
People who hate freedom, they obey all the orders of their superiors, and complete the work tasks assigned by their superiors by the hour and by the minute. They are very satisfied and fulfilled by this.
However, Tokita no longer has that kind of physical strength, nor does he have the courage to emigrate to a completely fascist country.
Across the globe, fascist countries are very isolated in the world and life for their citizens is difficult.
He doesn't want to live in a country where there is not enough to eat. Today's Japan is a country with a developed economy, high education level, and strong management capabilities. It is difficult to find a comparable country in the world.But sadly, the threshold it manages is not a lifetime guarantee.
To sum up, there are roughly six types of people who hate freedom.
The first type is the slaves of each unit domesticated by the unit like Tokita.This can be said to be the majority in Japan today.
The second type, patriots other than the first type, are the slaves of the state.They have devoted themselves to the country and died.Once the war breaks out, this category of people will increase dramatically.
The third type is a person who swears unlimited trust and loyalty to his master, godfather, superior, master, and those he admires and respects.Once this kind of people lose the object of worship and respect, they will be "loyal ministers and not two masters", and become prodigal sons in order to protect their integrity, and then they will wander aimlessly in the sea of freedom.
The fourth type is not people who are worshiped and respected, but people who worship work, animals, beliefs, etc.Once such people for some reason can no longer have illusions about the objects of their worship and respect, they will soon be swallowed up by the sea of freedom.
The fifth species is a subspecies of the fourth species.Instead of sending all their energy to the slaves or objects they love, they absorb the energy they need from the objects they love.Once this kind of people suddenly want to separate from the object of love and love with fantasies due to various reasons such as death, disaster, environmental change, accident, etc., they will only send energy to the object of love and love instead of Then add new energy to yourself, and eventually fall into the quagmire of nihilism.
The sixth type is people who only care about themselves and don't care about others.Because such people are extreme egoists, they never pay attention to everything other than themselves, such as people, organizations, animals, things, etc. They think that they are the center of their own world, and their vision is narrow and short-sighted.Once such people lose themselves, their world will cease to exist.In order to make the objects of their love and loyalty attached to themselves, they put those objects on their own chains, which instead makes them lose their freedom.Although such people are a minority, they are very numerous.
All in all, people who hate freedom extremely have lost their ability to think and judge within the threshold of management.However, they themselves were unaware of this.
They are like the Monkey King running around in the palm of the Tathagata Buddha, convinced that they act freely within the threshold of management according to their own wishes.
Just a few years after Shitian had just passed the 40-year-old life milestone, a major event happened.
Due to the downturn after the bubble economy, Tokita's unit was facing a crisis in its operations. He was fired in order to revive the unit.
When it was suddenly announced that he would leave the threshold of the well-protected unit from now on, Tokita, who had always thought that he would have more than ten years to retire, couldn't help but feel at a loss.
He originally thought that he should be given at least a year or two to prepare for his dismissal, but he suddenly announced that he was dismissed after only one month of consideration.This was a sudden blow to him.
Tokita's notepad for the next month's schedule was blank, which was obviously cruel to him.
"Brother, what are you going to do in the future?" No matter what his wife Sakiko asked, he remained silent.Sakiko is 8 years younger than Tokida, only in her early 35s.Since she dresses well and hasn't had children, she looks like she's in her 20s.
"There is no problem with my life recently, even if I don't have a job for a little longer, it doesn't matter, I can support you!"
Sakiko is a writer whose articles are very popular among readers, and many magazines have asked her to write articles.Not having children is also one of the reasons why her writing is not hindered.
She loves dressing up by nature, and she loves writing that is always ahead of its time.She earns more than working women earn, so her husband's job loss doesn't hit her too hard.
For Tokita, daily expenses after losing his job are not a problem.Because he has savings in the bank and unemployment insurance, even without his wife's support, life will not become very embarrassing anytime soon.
The problem is that after unemployment, the daily time cannot be arranged.Once there is no schedule, he will not be able to live.If he has one or two rest days a week, he can still take the train around the city to pass the time, but since he is unemployed, every day is Sunday, so he can't just take the train around the city every day.Apart from that, he has no other special hobbies.
"Brother, let me tell you, you don't need to force yourself to find a job!"
"why?"
"I want you to be my agent, how about that? I'll pay you and you'll work for me."
"Working for you?"
"Yeah! I wanted an agent a long time ago. Instead of hiring someone else, I'd rather hire you, because you're my confidant! I'll pay you more than the average person. Don't be shy, Don’t many people act as managers for their spouse singers or artists? Well, let’s decide like this!” Tokita did not raise any objections, so he became her manager as Sakiko said.In short, it was transferred from the management of the unit to the management of Sakiko.
From then on, the wife became the master and the leader of the unit, and Tokita became the wife's servant and employee.
A long time ago, Sakiko was casual at home, doing her own way, taking a step back and saying that husband and wife are equal.Up to now, Sakiko and Tokita have become a master-servant relationship, a superior-subordinate relationship.
Shi Tian was hired by his wife to avoid the pain of being unemployed and looking for a job, but it was transferred from the threshold of the unit to the threshold of the wife; both the unit and the wife belonged to the threshold, but the threshold of the latter made people feel a sense of humiliation.
When Tokita agreed to be his wife's manager, he didn't feel humiliated.He believes that in the past, he worked for the unit every day, and now he works for his wife; working for the unit results in working for others; his wife is his partner, and working with his wife is working for himself live.That is to say, the wife earns more money, and can also ensure that the family income exceeds her own income at work.
However, after becoming his wife's manager, he realized that the two of them had quickly changed from a husband and wife relationship that could grow old together to a master-servant relationship.That is to say, a wife is still a wife, but it is not the relationship of a wife.Her attitude towards him had also completely changed.
First of all, what she called him.In the past, he was called Big Brother, but now he is called Tokita.
The second is what Shi Tian called her.
"From now on, you will be my manager, so don't call me Sakiko or 'Hey, you' anymore!"
"Then, what's my name?"
"Call 'Mr.'."
"Sir?" Tokita didn't know what to say next.
"Yes, brokers usually call me 'sir.'"
"But we are husband and wife!"
"It's not about being a couple. When we go out, most people don't even know we're a couple. So it's not appropriate for an agent to call me 'sir' and 'hey, you', right?"
"As you say, I'll call you 'Sir'!"
"Ah, you said 'you' again!" So Tokita began to call his wife "Sir".After a long time, he was called "Mr." at home.
The third is that the previous regular married life has also changed, and the time is arranged by his wife.It was originally a sexual life between husband and wife negotiated on an equal footing, but now Tokita is a male prostitute for the hostess.
The fourth is that although Tokita's notepad is still full of schedules, those are all arranged by his wife.Since he was hired by his wife, he had no choice but to do it.Admittedly, before he lost his job, there was also his personal schedule.
During the period of not being unemployed, in addition to working hours, he has at least a period of free time when he is away from get off work.During this period of time, although I still cared about the unit in my heart, I was not in the unit.The difference is that since he was hired by his wife, because he and his wife live under the same roof all day long, they have to be controlled anytime and anywhere.
He liked a controlled life, but he felt a kind of humiliation in his wife's control, and it was a humiliation he had never felt while working.
In front of others, whenever Sakiko greeted him, she just said "Hello" and didn't even call her name anymore.
After being hired by his wife, Tokita finally realized that he was not only a broker, but also a watchdog for his wife.
Whenever she follows Sakiko out to meet people, she never introduces herself as her husband.If it is in a work situation, this is justifiable and reasonable.What is embarrassing is that in front of people who know that the two are husband and wife, Sakiko is the same, and does not treat him as a husband.
On one occasion, while eating with some of the people who interviewed her, she accidentally dropped her fork on the floor.At this time, she could just call the waiter, but she didn't call, and ordered him without even signaling: "Hey, come and change it for me!"
At this time, the interviewers who knew that they were husband and wife were all surprised, but Tokita pretended to be nonchalant, picked up the fork from the ground according to her instructions, and changed it for her again.
Logically speaking, that's what the waiter should do, but she doesn't ask the waiter to do it, but dictates to Shitian.Tokita couldn't help but have a stiff face, but she couldn't let her notice it, because a watchdog has no personality at all.
Shortly thereafter, Sakiko began to do things that even the watchdog couldn't tolerate in front of Tokita.
The articles written by Sakiko are well received by readers, the magazines that published her articles are very popular, and the number of magazine agencies that reserve manuscripts from her is also increasing day by day.Maybe it's because she is still a beautiful woman who looks like a fairy, so whenever there is a major event that people pay attention to in the society, even the TV station invites her to participate in the program.Her comments were insightful and well-liked by the audience.
After participating in the TV commentary program, Sakiko became the darling of the times.She is currently a freelance reporter turned TV commentator, very popular with TV viewers.
She has stepped into the TV stage from the original limited text stage. With the expansion of her network, her stage includes not only the political and financial circles, but also the art and sports circles.Since she is a master of communication, she will be surrounded by many people wherever she goes.At the same time, more and more dinner parties and receptions were invited to her.
The men who often gather around her are not all purely working, and some are coveted by her beauty.Therefore, because some people did not know that Sakiko and Tokita were husband and wife, they flirted with Sakiko in front of Tokita;
Sakiko was naturally charming.There are many men she rejects, and when she flirts with them again, they become easygoing again and continue to approach and socialize with her.
This is how Sakiko cleverly used those men to consolidate her position and gradually expand her scope of activities.
As Sakiko grew in popularity, Tokita's presence became less and less important.Recently, Tokita has become worse than a watchdog.Even if they are guard dogs, they will always be within the owner's field of vision, but Tokita seems to be completely absent from Sakiko's eyes.
Even if Tokita was traveling with her as a manager, Sakiko would not answer him at all under normal circumstances.When telling him something, he just gestured with his eyes or bossed him around.
Therefore, he often needs to concentrate all his nerves on her face, otherwise he will miss her silent orders.Once she missed her silent order, she would reprimand him loudly in front of others without any scruples.
As a husband, Shi Tian was stepped over and over again by his wife like a stone on the side of the road.Although he could not tolerate such humiliation, he did not ask her for a divorce.The reason is that they have already drawn up a schedule for the next period of time.
Sakiko's schedule is densely packed on Tokita's notepad.If you break up with her, those schedules will disappear from the notebook later without a trace.Because after the divorce, it is difficult for him to work out his own time schedule, then he will be in the boundless ocean of time.
Tokita cannot live without someone giving him a schedule.That is to say, after divorcing his wife, he cannot live on.So even if he was humiliated by his wife's schedule, that humiliation gradually became an important factor in his survival.That is to say, this humiliation is a kind of bait that his wife gives him as a watchdog.
The reason why Sakiko didn't ask Tokita for a divorce was because she was very comfortable with him.They have changed from a husband and wife relationship to a master-servant relationship, and then to a relationship between the master and the watchdog, but their sex life is still very harmonious.
Sakiko often proposes sex to Tokita at her own will.Only at this time, Tokita will feel that he has regained his rights as a husband.But as far as Sakiko is concerned, she regards him as a tool for sex.For mature women, there is nothing more satisfying than having a man with a harmonious sex life around them.
Regrettably, her sexually harmonious husband gradually drifted away from her as she got a new boyfriend.In fact, a long time ago, Tokita felt that she had another man whom she was interested in, but he was unable to find conclusive evidence.
When Tian really believed that she had another boyfriend, it was when the two hadn't had sex for a long time and had sex again.That's because her body posture at that time was completely different from the posture when she was with him before. She nonchalantly assumed a posture she learned from some man, or she assumed a posture that didn't think about her at all. The male prostitute Tokita is in a comfortable and uncomfortable position.
What's more, when she was having sex, she inadvertently leaked the truth.That is, when she reached the peak of pleasure, she called out "Hua Tim, Hua Tim", but she didn't seem to realize it at all.That is to say, Sakiko is using Tokita's body to have sex with a man named "Hanato".
In an instant, Tokita felt as if someone had poured cold water all over his body, but he still endured without being noticed by Sakiko.
Tokita figured out the identity of "Hua Tim", whose full name is Hana Tim Tatsuhiko, a film critic who often appears around Sakiko recently.
Hua Tim is 39 years old and was originally a singer.But Shi Tian couldn't remember what song he sang, and he had no clue about his experience.Although it is not clear what he does, Tokita knows that he has published books on film and art criticism, and is often seen on TV and art magazines.
Although Hua Tianren is frivolous, his slightly melancholy noble face reveals reason.He often pays attention to the eyes of others, especially pays attention to and likes Sakiko.
Tokita firmly believes that Tatsuhiko Hanato is Sakiko's lover.By quietly staring at the expressions of the two when they met, he found that the two often exchanged glances and glanced at each other.Tokita and Sakiko have been husband and wife for many years, and they fully understand the meaning of that kind of glance.The two of them would exchange glances unscrupulously in front of everyone, and the lust in their eyes was more explicit and promiscuous than their words and actions.
When Tokita and Sakiko were in love, the two sides also exchanged eyes like that, and sometimes they didn't avoid people's eyes.Through facial expressions and eyes, you can negotiate where to spend the night that night.Doing that in front of others not only adds to the excitement, but also stimulates the pleasure of sharing a secret in full view.Now, Sakiko shamelessly played that kind of happy and lascivious game with Huatian in front of her face.Undoubtedly, Sakiko has completely forgotten that the trick she is playing with Huatian now is the secret game she played with Tokita back then.No, maybe this is because she wants to show off herself in front of Shitian!
Seeing the expressions of Sakiko and Hanata, something seemed to move in Tokita's chest.If it is a woman, it is the first time to feel the movement of the new life of pregnancy in the body, which is called "fetal movement".
However, men do not have fetal movement at all.Tokita didn't know what was moving for a moment.However, when he saw through the secret game between his wife and Hua Tim, he realized in the depths of his consciousness that it was "fetal movement".
In order to determine the source of fetal movement, the more concentrated the consciousness, the more obvious the fetal movement will be.When he knew that the source of the fetal movement was his hatred for Hua Tian, he couldn't help but turn pale with astonishment.
Tokida realized the hatred swimming in the depths of his consciousness like a flame, and that was the murderous thought. "I'm going to kill Huatian", the thought of killing Huatim came from the depths of Tokita's consciousness like a fetal movement.
Before that, Tokita also had someone he hated, and someone he hated, but he never thought of killing him.He was at a loss for the first time that he had murderous intentions in his heart.
The idea of killing that sprouted in Tokita's heart quickly unified with Tokita's own perverse and incredible feelings, and it became a conclusion that was kept in his heart.
Hua Tian took away his wife.Although Tokita, who had his wife taken away, was a little careless, but now he has linked the humiliation and anger he has given to himself for a long time against Sakiko with Huatian, who has the hatred of taking his wife away.
Shi Tian's heart is full of love and hatred, and this is his motive for killing.Of course, his hatred is not simply the hatred of taking his wife.Before Huatian took his wife away, Shitian had accumulated an unbearable humiliation in his heart, and now Shitian put that humiliation on Huatian.In other words, Huatian is the person who combines the resentment of Shitian and his wife.
After Sakiko had a secret relationship with Huatian, she didn't seem to have any intention of divorcing Tokita at all.
Hua Tim is a married man, and the two of them are now happily playing the game of extramarital affairs between adults.
An incredible phenomenon happened.At the beginning of the relationship between Sakiko and Huatian, she did not have sex with Tokita at night as scheduled.Shortly thereafter, their sex life returned to normal and regular, but during sex, she assumed a body position that she had learned from Huatian.
When she goes out at night and wants to have sex with Huatian outside, she will have a fixed saying: "Tonight, you go back first!"
To Tokida, her manager and entourage, she always speaks in a commanding tone, never giving reasons.On the contrary, Tokita never asked the reason, because the watchdog has no right to ask.
"Do you want me to pick you up?" Shi Tian asked, and it was already considered home.
"No!" Sakiko replied nonchalantly.
"I see." Tokita nodded in agreement in his heart.When Tokita walks in front, Sakiko will go back to meet Hana Tim.However, whenever she meets Huatian at night, she must have sex with Shitian after she returns home.Sometimes when having sex, she would involuntarily say, "Oh, it's better to be at home!"
The word "home" that she inadvertently said "it's better to be at home" has a very profound meaning.
The first is that she still considers Tokita an integral part of her family.That is to say, Tokita is not her husband, but an object in her comfortable living room, a kind of bedding she uses for the night.
Second, she compared Tokita and Huatian, that is, like tasting two dishes, comparing her husband and her extramarital lover.If Shitian is the food she often eats, Huatian is the fresh food that she has never eaten but wants to eat.In the past, when she had sex with Tokita, she usually didn't use a shower to rinse her body, but washed it with warm water first.But since she had a relationship with Huatian, she took a shower outside before returning home.Once home, she will have sex again with Tokita, who spends the night with Sakiko, who still has the smudge of the previous man on her body.If you don't know, you don't know, even if you know, you need to follow her orders.For a husband, this can be said to be a great humiliation.
Needless to say, Sakiko was to blame for all this anger and hatred, but Sakiko was his source of supply for his timing.If Sakiko is lost, Tokita will lose the time arrangement that supports his life, and it will be tantamount to saying "Go to hell" to him.
Shi Tian, who was deprived of his wife by Hua Tian and became his wife's bedding, began to formulate a plan to kill Hua Tim.
If Hua Tim is killed, Shi Tian will be the first person to be suspected.Because this is the murder of a husband who has lost his wife, and it is a typical case of a love triangle.
It doesn't make much sense to do that if you're arrested afterwards.Shi Tian has read many mystery novels at home and abroad, and he knows how to preserve crimes.
However, he also realized that there is no crime of preservation in reality.When committing a crime, the criminal must show clues.Although it is written in the novel that people who escaped after committing crimes were preserved, those were carefully arranged by the author in the novel according to needs, or they escaped by luck.
What's more, Tokita is the person the police believe has committed criminal acts.Starting from the clue of the murder motive, he will be arrested soon.It is difficult to escape the judge's investigation with conventional methods.Fake it as an accident or suicide, and it will be very difficult to search.
However, it is not easy to fake it.No matter how the criminal imagines that he can escape and how he pays attention to security measures, he will not commit crimes when he is in danger.
Shi Tian believes that the key is the probability of winning after committing the crime.Even if you are arrested after committing a crime, if the court thinks that there is room for a lighter punishment, it will give you a lighter sentence, so the execution may be suspended.Shi Tian suddenly thought of a good way, that is, if he does not escape after committing the crime, his sentence can be reduced.
If you can get a reprieve, in fact, you will not be sentenced to imprisonment.Isn't it also a legal preservation crime to be sentenced to a suspended execution after murder?Tokita began to investigate the basic situation of Huatian.There are four members in Huatian's family, his wife is 38 years old; two daughters, the eldest is 13 years old and the youngest is 11 years old.Since Hua Tian joined the film critic circle, he has often appeared in the art propaganda and reporting circles as a well-informed person in the art world.
Now, the only person who has a specific relationship with Huatian seems to be Sakiko, and they eat from one restaurant to another.The relationship between Huatian and Sakiko is very secret. If Huatian dies due to a crime, the police will definitely find out the relationship between the two of them.
One day, after Sakiko tells Tokida "you can go back", Tokida decides to follow Sakiko secretly, only to find out that Sakiko went to a big hotel in the center of Tokyo to secretly date Hana Tim.
Since then, Tokita has followed Sakiko several times, only to find that every time they go on a date, they change hotels.And Huatian always arrives first, and Sakiko arrives later.Then they made a date in the room that Huatian booked under a pseudonym.In addition, the time when they left the hotel and went home was different.
One night when they were going on a date, I followed Sakiko into the hotel, and then hid in a place where no one would notice, observing when Hua Tim left the hotel.When he was leaving, he went up to him and said "I want to say a few words to you", and Hua Tian, who was wronged, would definitely agree.
Afterwards, let Huatian get in his car, drag him to an inaccessible place and kill him, and then go to the police station to surrender himself.This is Tokita's plan of action for himself.Tokita believes that there must be room for a lighter punishment for the revenge of taking his wife, and surrender will definitely be a major reason for reducing the sentence.
During the careful and careful drafting of the action plan, Tokita couldn't help feeling surprised that he had a fulfilling and colorful life during this period.This plan is the most important schedule that Tokita made for the first half of his life by himself!This is the timing of the killing.Such a major time arrangement was unprecedented in his first half of his life.Tokita learned from the past life rules that Sakiko and Huatian's date date is generally the first Friday and the third Friday night of each month, and the third Friday will be due to other temporary arrangements. The situation changed to Thursday.
There is generally no major change in their dating time, and both parties do not date at other times.This may have been arranged according to Hua Tian's intention.
Tokita, who always works according to the schedule, finally decided on the time of action, which is the first Friday night of the next month.That night, Tokita was going to kill Huatian, and at the same time wrote this arrangement into the schedule on his notepad.
"Brother, what made you so happy recently? You seem to have changed!" Sakiko said to Shitian, she hadn't called Shitian with the word "big brother" for a long, long time.
Tokita felt that his murder plan might have been discovered by Sakiko, and couldn't help but be taken aback.
"I'm not happy, I'm the same as before." Tokita replied in the tone of his master.
"Really? That's good. But, don't do anything bad behind my back, you know?" Sakiko cast a suspicious look at Tokita.It had been a long time since she cast such a gaze on Tokita.That kind of look is not the look of looking at the dog, but the look of the wife suspicious of her husband.
Tokita could see from Sakiko's eyes that she was a little jealous of herself.Sakiko is jealous of her husband who she treats like a watchdog, is there such a thing in the world?Tokita was surprised and disturbed.
However, Tokita cleverly concealed his surprise and uneasiness in front of Sakiko.His important time schedule made him feel the meaning of existence. It would be too ridiculous to reflect his anxiety and surprise into the eyes of Sakiko who does not treat himself as a human being like others.
The day when Shi Tian planned to kill Hua Tim was coming, and the day finally came.
Just this one night.
"You can go back today!" Just as Tokita estimated, Sakiko still told him as usual to explain her work.
After hearing this, Tokita pretended to go back, then turned around and followed her.Sakiko didn't notice that Tokita was following her at all, she didn't seem to have even dreamed that Tokita would follow and monitor her.
After sending Tokita back, Sakiko usually takes a taxi to go to a certain restaurant to have a date with Huatian, so it is not difficult to follow Sakiko.You can guess which restaurant it is based on the direction the taxi is driving.
时田最终确认，咲子进的是新宿西口的一家饭店，此前，咲子与花添曾去过那家饭店几次。饭店的对面、两侧各有一个停车场。
此前，时田曾在那里埋伏过三次，知道花添每次都是从正门出来。
时田隐藏在大厅内便于观察电梯前庭的那个角落里，耐心等待着花添从电梯内出来。
以往的情况是，在这里等大约两个小时，咲子先出来离开，过一段时间后，花添才出来离开。
奇怪的是，这天晚上已经过去了两个小时，却未见到两个人中有一个人出现在大厅里。两个半小时过去了，还不见人影。
大厅内的客人越来越少了。如果在大厅里呆的时间过长，将会引起店方的怀疑。
三个小时就要过去了，仍未见到两个人的身影。时田心中感到百思不得其解，是不是今天晚上比以前都要兴奋，从而时间拖长了。
当时田想像着她们二人在饭店的房间中干那种极尽无耻下流的勾当时，不由得周身热血沸腾，怒不可遏。现在他才亲身感受了小说上写的、人们说的男女通奸之事，他打算立即赶到现场，将那对相互搂抱在一起的奸夫淫妇抓住。
就在此时，时田的手机突然响了。贴耳一听，竟然是咲子的声音。
“大哥，请你马上到P饭店2214号房间来一下。”那声音显得极其紧张。
“到底是什么事呢？”时田从手机中感觉到，好像她知道自己就在这个饭店的大厅里等着一样，不由惊慌失措起来。
“不要管那么多，请你马上来。拜托啦！”她这一次说话的语气与以往完全不同，好像是万般无奈近乎哀求的语气。
“知道了，我马上就到！”时田立即从大厅的沙发上站起身，飞快地跑进了刚好打开着的电梯间里。
时田来不及考虑，自己来得过于迅速会引起对方的怀疑。那完全是因为咲子的声音太过惊慌失措，使得时田不容犹豫。
当时田站在2214号房间门前一按门铃，“是大哥吗？”房间内立即开始问。
“是我。”时田也用以前夫妻间常用的说法回答。The door opened.
“快，请快进来。”咲子着装很整齐，但头发却乱蓬蓬的，脸上的胭脂之类也没有了。
也许这是一个送酒菜到房间的服务性饭店，室内放着一辆铺着台布的流动服务车，上面杂乱无章地堆放着留着残羹剩菜的餐具。
再往床上一看，时田不由得惊呆了。只见花添身上仅穿一件饭店内备用的浴衣，很随便地躺在上面，像一个“大”字一样。床单上满是褶纹，枕头掉在地板上，好像是此前刚刚行过苟且之事。一看便知道花添的睡姿与常人不同。
"What happened?"
“他突然变得怪怪的，连一点儿反应都没有。唉，大哥，你看怎么办？”平时把时田当看家狗对待的咲子，好像哀求时田似地说。她似乎一点儿也没有怀疑时田为什么会来得这么快。
时田已经知道发生了什么事情，即在行苟且之事的高潮期突然引发了心脏病或者是脑出血，也就是所谓的“腹上死”。
被突发事变吓得惊慌失措的咲子，不知如何是好，也不知道时田正埋伏在楼下的大厅内监视自己，便匆忙打电话向时田求救。
“有人看到你进这个房间了吗？”时田问。
“不，我认为没有人看到。”
“饭店的人知道你来这个房间吗？”
“不知道。因为我是先给花添打手机询问房间号码，然后就直接到这里来的，所以我认为饭店不知道我到这里来。”
“那就是说，除了我就没有人知道你今天晚上到这个房间里来了，对吗？”
“对，没有人知道。”
“这就好啦，你要马上离开这个房间，而且今天晚上你就不要再到这里来了，把这里发生的事情统统忘掉。剩余的事情都由我来处理。要记住，离开房间时，不要让任何人看到。”时田干净利落地吩咐咲子。咲子好像一点主意也没有一样，顺从地不断点着头，主仆地位完全翻了个个儿。
一向被咲子认为是一只看家狗或者是路边的石头块那样的时田，现在已经完全掌握了她的生杀予夺之权。时田探头观察了一下外面的走廊，说：“现在正是时机。幸好附近有一个太平门，你顺着太平门那里的楼梯往下下一点，然后从别的楼层坐电梯下去。记住，中途见到人千万不要有一点儿慌乱表现，要显得很自然，啊！”
时田再次确认走廊上没有人之后，咲子才离开了房间。之后就轮到时田离开了。也就是说，两个人之间要间隔一点时间，等咲子到达安全区之后，时田再离开现场。
时田为这一意想不到的变故吓了一跳。如果按通常的方法进行，现在花添应当是死在了自己的手上。花添的意外突然死亡，不但不需要时田动手费力，而且还避免了不少麻烦。
对此，时田并不十分满意。因为这一变故，扰乱了他的阵脚，背离了他的时间安排。也就是说，花添的突然死亡，使时田精心拟订的计划落空了。
就在时田根据时间推算自己该离开房间时，他突然感到床上面有什么情况。回头一看，只见花添已经缓过气来，茫然地望着四周。刚才花添可能是病情一时发作而陷入了假死状态。
花添好像一点儿也不知道他自己发生了什么情况，他的意识还没有完全恢复。他尽管发现了原本不应该在房间内的时田，不过那只是一股散乱的目光。
时田反射性地将身体转了过来，捡起掉在地板上的枕头，把它捂到了尚未清醒过来的花添的鼻子上，然后用全身力气往下压。花添只是稍微挣扎了一下，很快就不动了。
好容易才从假死状态苏醒过来的花添，这一次才真正坠入了死亡的深渊。
时田确认房间内没有留下与自己有关的东西之后，便按照咲子走的路线离开了。
第二天，媒体即开始大肆报道花添死亡的消息。很明显，各大媒体都猎奇性地报道了花添死时的情形，说是在性交过程中突然死的，并推断说，花添的女伴身体强健，但没有人怀疑到咲子。
警方对花添死因的判断是无犯罪行为。事件发生一个月后，刑警也没有找过时田。因此，时田认为他已安然无忧了。
自从该事件发生后，时田与咲子的关系出现了逆转。在公开场合，时田依然是咲子的随从，但咲子的时间安排则全部是时田拟订的。咲子要做什么事情，必须先通过时田这一关。
咲子对时田的安排更是唯唯诺诺，惟命是从。现在，时田是主人，咲子则是服侍他的女佣人。被时田拯救于危难之时的咲子，被时田抓住了致命处，不得不向时田低头。
不过，主仆关系的逆转并非只因为这一方面。更重要的是，咲子改变了对时田的看法。这就是，咲子正处于进退两难、一筹莫展之际，时田马上出现在她的面前，为她拟订了应急措施，做出了准确判断。她喜欢做时田的妻子，她认为跟着时田才能使自己幸福。
现在，所有的时间安排都由时田一个人独揽了。
就在时田将花添事件完全置于脑后的一天，突然有两个不相识的人来找他。
一个是中年人，风度而沉稳；另一个人三十过半，精明强干，只有一只胳膊。两个人都是新宿派出所的，前者姓牛尾，后者姓青柳。他们二人就是管辖花添所死的那个饭店的派出所的刑警。
在作了相互介绍之后，姓牛尾的中年刑警就直截了当地切入了正题。
“在您百忙之中，突然来打扰您，实在是对不起。老实说，我们正在对一个月前在辖区饭店内死亡的花添达彦一事进行调查。请问，您知道花添死亡一事吗？”牛尾刑警用平和的目光看着他。
“听到过他的名字。他是一个年富力强的电影和文艺评论家。据报道说，他的死因是无犯罪行为。”时田很平淡地回答。
“我们有一点搞不清楚，正在进行询访。”
“你这样说的话，我可能帮不上忙，因为我与花添之间没有任何交往。”
“和尊夫人也没有任何关系吗？”
“我不清楚内人跟别人的关系。”
“您不是尊夫人的经纪人吗？”
“在工作方面，我跟他们没有什么特别交往，宴会等场合都由内人本人与他们交换名片。”时田不露痕迹地为自己设下了一道防线。
“依您所说，我们可以认为您完全不了解尊夫人个人的交友情况。”牛尾刑警语气平和，而且很有耐性地说。
“我们是夫妻，但我们相互尊重个人的私生活。”时田本打算敷衍一下就了事，哪知道竟被误导到了他讳莫如深的方面。
“从花添的遗体与现场情况确认，他应当有一个女伴。我们正在查找那位女性。我们认为尊夫人可能就是花添的女伴。”
“你怎么能这样说呢？有什么证据吗？”时田耐着性子问。
如果花添与咲子的关系被证实的话，顺理成章地将要祸及时田自己。不，千万不能自乱阵脚。不是已经确认花添是在性交过程中突然死亡，其死因是无犯罪性死亡吗？时田在心中思考着。
就在此时，青柳刑警站起来向屋外走去，牛尾刑警接着对时田说：“虽然没有确切的证据，但根据调查结果，尊夫人应是当事人之一。”
“我刚才已经说过了，我跟花添之间没有任何关系。”
“说实在的，花添死的那天晚上，饭店方的电话记录簿上显示，那个房间曾向外面通过好几次电话。最后一次电话是……”牛尾刑警话还没有说完，时田的手机响了。牛尾刑警稍事停顿后说：
“是您的手机响了吧？给您打电话的人是青柳刑警。他呼叫的是从花添所在房间内打出的最后一个电话号码。”时田听后，脸色有些苍白。
“这，这是怎么回事呀？即便花添所在房间往外打的最后一个电话号码是打给我的，那也许是打错了，或者我把手机借给了别人。这不能作为证明我与花添有关系的证据。”时田在苦苦辩驳。
如果说出那是妻子打给自己的，那就等于承认花添死亡时，自己妻子在场。
“您与花添之间为什么就不能有关系呢？您刚才不是说，花添的死因是无犯罪行为吗？”时田发觉牛尾刑警平和的目光变得有些犀利，并直直地盯着自己。
“那也是从我妻子的角度出发。如果说我与周刊杂志上报道的花添的死因有关的话，那将会给我妻子带来多么大的牵累啊！”
“您不是说你们双方都相互尊重各自的私生活吗？因此，您与花添之间有交往关系，那又有什么不可以呢？”牛尾刑警用挖苦人的口吻说。时田一时无法回答。
牛尾刑警好像乘胜追击一样说：“最初我们认为犯罪行为缺乏，后来发现花添死亡前有性交痕迹，但又找不到那个女性。为了慎重起见，进行了尸体解剖，将死亡原因鉴定为窒息死亡；此后又发现他的肺泡内有细微的羽毛，也就是说，花添在死亡之前曾从鼻孔中吸进去过羽毛。不过，对死者的室内进行检查后，并没有发现有小鸟之类的痕迹，却发现枕头内的填料是羽毛。那么，枕头内的羽毛又是怎样吸入肺内的呢？我们所能想到的，就是把枕头压到鼻孔上隔断空气窒息前吸进去的。”牛尾刑警停顿了一下又继续说：“这就是说，我们最终判定，花添的死亡不是因性交中脑出血等病突发的突然性死亡，而是有人把枕头放到他的鼻孔上按压的窒息死亡。也就是说，在性交中突然死亡之后，有一个人用枕头将花添捂死了。这个罪犯，这个离花添距离最近的人，应该是陪伴花添的那个女性。若根据从花添所在房间打出的最后一个电话号码推测，陪伴花添的女性，可能性最大的就是您的夫人了。”
“即使陪伴花添的人是我内人，但我内人也不一定就是真正的罪犯。”时田很强硬地反驳。
“您说的很有道理。女性也有女性可能犯罪的手法，当然这并不是说尊夫人就是罪犯。目前，最后一次电话的内容是有决定性的。经解剖得知，花添有轻度脑出血。我们完全可以这样认为，花添由于性交的极度兴奋引起血压升高，导致异常情况发生。此时，尊夫人感到束手无策，就向她的丈夫您打电话寻求帮助。您接到电话后说了两次'如果……'，不，我这样说并不是我的设想，而是完全有这种可能性。这一点，当时的电话记录就是最好的证明，你说对吗？”
“这不能作为证明。即使，即使妻子给我打电话，我也未必会到现场去！”时田说话已经有点失去了理智。
“喂，从您郑重其事加以否定来看，您一定到过现场。事实上，您所在的位置应当比尊夫人的位置更靠近花添。我问您，当处在进退两难的尊夫人向您求救时，作为她的丈夫兼经纪人的您能不赶去吗？当您看到花添因脑出血神志不清，又全身瘫痪不能起床时，就用枕头捂住花添口鼻将其杀害了。您有杀害花添的动机，那就是花添夺走了您的夫人。”牛尾刑警一针见血地说。
“一看饭店里保存的最后一次电话记录，就知道是我，那你们为什么，为什么不马上就来呢？”时田问。
“请您听我往下说。确实像您说的那样，即使是尊夫人陪伴了花添，即使接最后一个电话的人是您，那也只能是重大怀疑对象，并不能据此把您和尊夫人当成罪犯。”稍加停顿后，牛尾刑警又接着说：“这一个月，我们对你们夫妻进行了观察。从中发现，在花添生前，尊夫人对您完全是一副主人模样，您则是像奴隶一样顺从的随从。在花添死后，你们二位的关系出现了180度的大转弯。也就是说，您不能不承认您抓住了尊夫人的把柄，尊夫人的把柄无非就是花添之死，仅此而已。在尊夫人处于为难之时，您不但救了她，而且还抓住了她的把柄，于是双方的地位就发生了根本性改变，您说对吗？”
"wrong."
“怎么不对？”牛尾刑警用锐利的目光看着时田，牛尾刑警的表情由平和变成了严峻。
“也许是因为那起事件的缘故，此后，夫妻之间的恩爱又重新恢复了。”时田想这样说但又没有说。因为即使说了，牛尾刑警可能也不会明白。
“我想再问您一个问题。您也看出来了，就是您不用枕头捂他，他也没有救了。可是您为什么还要往神志不清、奄奄一息的花添鼻子上压枕头，给他最后一击呢？”牛尾刑警更进一步问。
“这是时间安排，因为这已列入了时间安排。”时田回答。
时田所说的话，牛尾刑警都能理解。只有这句话，却怎么也理解不了。
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