Chapter 27 chapter Five

It was the first time that Himekawa saw the audience of "Good Man" was full. All of them were the guests that Takeuchi tried to call in these three days.Himekawa, Tanio, and Katsura also found all the people they wanted, but they couldn't compare with Takeuchi's network.In the auditorium, there are classmates who have not seen each other since graduating from high school and are nostalgic.They were also invited by Takeuchi to investigate the contact information everywhere.As soon as they heard of Guang's death, this concert has the meaning of mourning her, and the students immediately agreed to come.

Himekawa felt that this time was really suitable for a farewell concert. Looking at the bustling auditorium from the edge of the still dimly lit stage, Himekawa reached out and touched the back pocket of his jeans.He slowly confirmed the hard touch of the knife with his fingertips. "Twenty minutes." Gu Wei came to the side.Himekawa quickly let go of his right hand. "Seeing so many spectators, you will also be nervous, right?" "A little." "Standing here makes it harder to calm down. Go back to the lounge." Himekawa followed Tanio to open the door next to the stage and walked into the small warehouse-like mini lounge.Katsura and Takeuchi who were sitting inside raised their heads.As soon as the door was closed, the noise from the auditorium disappeared abruptly.Himekawa and Tanio found chairs and sat down.

No one spoke. Gathered here today, whether it was a simple rehearsal on the stage or waiting in the lounge, everyone was silent.Himekawa didn't know if it was because of the nervousness before the concert, or because everyone was thinking about Hikari. Will mother come?I haven't seen her in the audience yet. Himekawa turned to Takeuchi and said: "Takeuchi, there is something I want to ask you." "Me? How strange." Takeuchi raised his eyebrows in disbelief. As soon as Himekawa opened his mouth, he got to the point: "There is a little girl who dreams of a rabbit every night. In her dreams, she is always pinched down by a rabbit that looks like an astronaut." Then Himekawa asked straightforwardly: "What do you think is that?"

"Is this a puzzle?" Himekawa shook his head silently.Takeuchi frowned in surprise, and then seemed to realize why Himekawa asked himself such a question, and began to think seriously. "Dream... rabbit... lower abdomen...?" sister's dream.Like a spaceman bunny.My sister used color pens on the drawing paper on the ground to draw a magical rabbit for herself. "Is that girl your friend?" "No. I've only heard it said before." Himekawa lied to him.Hearing this, Takeuchi seemed a little relieved and said: "I can't say it casually, but one of the possibilities is the psychological mechanism of 'rationalization'."

"'rationalization'……" "The girl said 'dream', but it was not a dream. Her lower abdomen was really hurt at night, but she didn't want to admit it, so she thought in her heart that 'it was a dream'. Guwei, you It's happened before, right? Just a week ago." "Huh? Oh... are you talking about the drum?" "Yes. At that time, the inside of the warehouse door was blocked by a big drum, and you couldn't push it open. Although you thought you had exerted all your strength, you actually adjusted your strength unconsciously, because you always felt that the thing inside the door was It's a high-end piece of equipment, it's not good to break it. However, because I didn't want to admit my timidity, I implied that I was 'too heavy to push it'. But in fact, I pushed the door open in no time. right?"

"You've said this before." Gu Wei replied sullenly. Takeuchi looked at Himekawa again and said: "I suppose it should be. That is,." "What about the rabbit? That girl didn't raise a rabbit." "The conceivable possibility is—'replacement'..." Takeuchi stared at the air for a while, and gave an example: "There was a case of the guitar god raping a girl in the United States." That was a case that happened more than ten years ago, and the content is roughly as follows: A white girl was raped, and the girl described the prisoner's appearance to the psychiatrist who was conducting the interview. —that's what she said.Based on the girl's testimony, the police wanted to find someone who matched the characteristics around her.However, no matter how hard the search was, the culprit could not be found.

"During this period, the police found the prisoner through other clues. It is said that the prisoner slipped his tongue to people he knew in the bar." The prisoner is the girl's biological father. "So, the green glowing Afro is—" "Jimi Hendrix." Takeuchi said: "In the room where the girl was raped, there was a poster of Jimmy Hendrix. It was a poster of Jimmy playing the guitar with green lights shining from behind... After the girl was pinned down by her father, she stared straight at the poster. Poster. Father can't do such a thing... He can't do such a cruel thing to himself... The girl's heart is so determined. So she erased her father from the memory of that atrocity, leaving only Jimmy Hendrik The figure of Si. The memory was replaced."

"It was replaced..." The voice of his sister speaking that day rang in Himekawa's mind. "A rabbit... looks a bit like an astronaut..." The rabbit drawn by my sister. On the upright oval profile, there are two large ears.The upper part of the forehead was painted brown, as if wearing a hat, and there were obvious dark circles under the big eyes... No wonder Himekawa felt that he should know, should have seen it. That's not a rabbit.The sister's sad heart replaced the facts. "But Ryo, why did you mention this..." "It's almost time to play." The staff of "Good Man" poked their heads in from the door of the small lounge.