Chapter 20 Section VI

"What was that incident before?" On the way to Omiya Station, Tanio rarely showed a worried expression. "I'm asking about the one you just told Officer Kumajima." "Oh, it's nothing. When my relatives died before, Mr. Kumajima happened to be the policeman in charge of the investigation." "The deceased relative...? Father?" Himekawa didn't tell anyone that he had a sister. "But Liang, it's not because your father is sick..." "It's not my father." Although a little hesitant, Himekawa also adopted the method of Tanio just now, and got away with it.

"It's a distant relative." The closer we got to the station, the more people there were. "Why did Hikaru move that Marshall speaker from the stage to the stage?" Takeuchi faced the front, as if talking to himself: "The power went out, it should be dark, why did she..." "That's enough." Gu Wei stopped him in a low voice: "It's meaningless to talk about that now. After all, there is no doubt at all, and the scene was not unnatural." The two swapped positions in the waiting area of ​​the orchestra's practice center. "Now that I think about it, aren't accidents like this? When I see the scene of a traffic accident on TV, I often wonder why such an accident happened."

"But today Hikari's accident is really..." "Accidents can happen in any situation, and people have died after dropping a banana at their feet." "What is that?" "It seems like a year ago. There was a mother-in-law in Australia who wanted to eat a banana, but she accidentally dropped the banana on the ground. At that time, the tip of the banana brushed her foot and drew a wound. As a result, the mother-in-law died a few days later because of the wound. Complications and death." "seriously?" "Why did I lie to you?" Gu Wei snorted heavily.

Hearing what Tanio said, Takeuchi put his hands in his pockets as if discouraged, shrunk his body and sighed and said: "However, it's only after nine o'clock. What should I do? Should I go home directly or go to the dance hall to sit down and talk?" "The dance house is on the other side, but I don't care if I have to walk back. Anyway, I'm the only one when I get home. I will definitely think of all kinds of memories with Guang." "That's right, where is Liang?" "I...I want to be alone." "That's it." The three fell silent, and finally all walked towards the station.

It is a happy thing that Yanwei and Takeuchi no longer make various speculations about Hikari's death.Although they are not policemen, in a way, they are opponents that Himekawa needs to guard against more, because the moment Hikari was killed, they were all in the same orchestra practice center, maybe they noticed that Himekawa didn't notice of a vulnerability.It would be great if time just passed by like this. I hope that after a long time, their memory of today will also fade, and they will no longer be able to remember the details. However, things are not that simple.The person who noticed Himekawa's loophole was Tanio.

"...Mmm." Gu Wei stopped abruptly, and Takeuchi, who was walking behind him, had no time to brake, and bumped into his back just like that.Himekawa also stopped. Tanio stood in the middle of the sidewalk, staring at the void as if thinking about something. "What's wrong with you?" Takeuchi looked at Guwei. Gu Wei shook his head and said, "Nothing." "How could it be nothing, just tell me." "It's nothing." "Say!" "Nothing... no, wait... that..." After finishing speaking, Gu Wei was silent again.Takeuchi glanced at Himekawa, who tilted his head slightly, showing a puzzled expression.

"Takeuchi...can you recall?" With a somewhat bewildered expression, Gu Wei turned to look at Takeuchi and said.At this moment, the headlights of the turning truck at the intersection slammed directly into Tani's face, making him look like a different person for a moment. "When you entered the warehouse—that is, when you pushed open the door blocked by the big drum and entered the warehouse, didn't you flick the light switch at first? You flicked the switch." "Huh? Ah, it's very dark inside, of course I want to turn on the lights. But because of a power outage, the lights—"

"It's not on, I know that. What I want to ask is, which side was the switch facing at that time? That is, when you touched it, was it facing up? Or down?" "How can I remember, it was so dark at the time." "How many times have you switched it?" "several times?" "that time?" "You want me to recall? It's impossible, I just dialed a few times." "Is it an even number? An odd number?" "I can't remember." He said that he couldn't remember, but Takeuchi was overwhelmed by Tani's appearance, and finally crossed his arms and thought about it seriously:

"First I stuffed my body into the crack of the door... my right hand stretched out towards the wall... papa... no, papa, papa... huh? papapa... ah, that's right, just papapa." Takeuchi raised his head and said: "Three times, I remembered, it was three times." Oops—Himekawa's whole body stiffened. "Three times? Hey, isn't that..." Gu Wei stared at Takeuchi with sharp eyes. "" Himekawa felt a damp and cold uneasiness sweeping through his body, and he managed to hold back the trembling of his knees. "The lights are off? What do you mean?"

"It's simple. At the same time I turned on the main power in the office, did the lights in the warehouse come on? That is, the light switch was ON at the time. You switched it on and off three times, so before you flipped it, the switch was on... " "OFF?" "right." The eyes of the three quickly intersected. "Do you think someone will turn off the lights and tidy up the warehouse?" It seemed that Tanio was not asking Takeuchi or Himekawa, but himself.