Chapter 9 Chapter 8 A Bear Hug

"It's strange, no one answered." Kagu Shihiko said after putting back the phone receiver, "Enoshima's grandmother said that she left by train at 7:30 in the morning, so she should have arrived in Biezhuang." Kagu looked at the watch, The time is after eleven noon. "Maybe the two of you are out shopping." "But, what if..." "Well, just to be on the safe side, I'd better inform the police over there and ask them to go to the Biezhuang to have a look." "yes." Gao Chengyasuzhi rang the doorbell again, but no one came out.Why didn't Dianzi Xiangsaka come out?It can't be that he left, the car in front of the door is still parked.

— had to wait. —Whose car is that? Dianzi does not own a car, so whose is it? Could it be... Possibly the murderer's.definitely is.The murderer has come and is inside now. Just as he was about to rush in, he suddenly remembered taking out that toy pistol from his backpack, it might be useful to hold it.Then he put the backpack aside and tried to open the door. The unlocked door opened. Hearing the doorbell ring, Pine moved in a hurry.Picked up the shotgun and went to hide behind the bathroom door. Just after hearing the sound of the door opening, a male voice said, "Edo, cheer up."——It was Takashiro's voice.

Gao Cheng's mind went blank.It was Edo Koyuki who fell on the ground, wearing a gray coat and a red hat—why is Koyuki here? While thinking about it, Gao Cheng picked up Xiaoxue and put it on his back. Although Xiaoxue's face was pale, she was not dead yet, and she was still breathing weakly. ——There is help. Gao Cheng immediately flew to the phone and called for emergency rescue, and the call was connected soon. "Someone is injured, please send an ambulance as soon as possible, the address here is..." Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt someone behind him, and then he was attacked on the back of his head.

Gao Cheng fell to the ground, "Where is the address? How is it? Hello? Hello?" and other urgent voices came from the dropped phone receiver. The person who knocked down Gaocheng picked up the phone receiver and put it back in place. Pine put the shotgun in the hand of the unconscious Takashiro, and walked to the mirror in the bathroom. The face in the mirror looked pale, with disheveled hair, bloodshot eyes, and a little red on the chest of the shirt. --Blood?Where did it come from?By the way, it must have been stained with blood from the head when he picked up Dianzi. While thinking, I heard a voice coming from a distance.

He froze. —It sounded like a siren. --Policemen? —Maybe he didn't come here, maybe something happened somewhere. But when the siren sounded louder, it stopped suddenly. The sound of a car parked outside. --come here.is here. ——It’s too fast, what should I do? — Escaping through the back door?No, the car has already been seen, and if it flees in a hurry, it will definitely be suspected.If Gao Cheng insists on his innocence, and there is a suspicious car, then the police may believe his words. — Absolutely not. At this time, the doorbell rang. Songmu finally decided to switch his situation with Gao Cheng's.

He returned to the living room, took back the shotgun from Takashiro, and walked to the gate with it. "Takashiro Yasuyuki?"——two police officers with guns. "No, my name is Songmu, not Gaocheng. Gaocheng is inside." Songmu explained hastily.Probably the police originally came to arrest Gao Cheng based on the cigarette butt, "I just wanted to inform the police that something big happened inside." The police entered the house. Gao Cheng, who was next to the phone, was trying to stand up while pressing his head. Song Mu said: "That person is Gaocheng. When I came, he was holding a shotgun. After wrestling with him for a while, I finally got the shotgun and knocked him unconscious."

"Is it Takashiro Yasuyuki?" "yes." Two of the police officers escorted Gao Cheng away.Gao Cheng was taken away without knowing what happened, as if he still hadn't woken up from a coma, and he didn't resist at all. "The girl is still alive. I will call an ambulance immediately." After checking Xiaoxue, the policeman said and ran out, probably planning to use the radio to contact her. ——Still breathing? Pine was stunned. ——Xiaoxue hasn't died yet?It's over.Since she was motionless, she was presumed to be dead.It should have been confirmed long ago, but I only care about Dianzi...

His mind felt blank. ——If she narrowly escapes... impossible.She lost so much blood, it was a serious injury, and I couldn't wait for the ambulance to arrive, so I probably couldn't wait to get to the hospital. He tried hard to think that way. "Ah, there is another person in the bathroom." As soon as he finished speaking, a police officer entered. The police officer who had wet his trousers came back and shook his head and said, "It's a young woman, but she's dead." Then he asked Song Mu who had been standing all the time, "I want to ask you some details, first from your name." He took out a notepad from his pocket.

"My name is Kenichiro Matsuki. The thing is..." Pinewood speaks out what Takashiro has done as if he had done it himself. "When the invitation to Noriko Kosaka - the woman who died in the bathroom - came, Takashiro had already arrived, and the two victims had already been killed. "Yes, as I said just now, when I was fighting with Gaocheng who was holding a shotgun, the shotgun didn't seem to be loaded. Gaocheng just used it to fight, but during the entanglement, I snatched the shotgun and knocked him unconscious. Just when I wanted to When the police are notified..."

"So that's how it is." After the policeman nodded, he looked at the pine tree and asked, "The clothes are wet, why is that?" "Ah, it became like that when I rescued Miss Mukasaka in the bathroom. But that's not okay, she's already..." "But, it's strange." The policeman scratched his head and said, "The clothes of the man named Gao Cheng didn't get wet. When he killed the woman named Xiang Saka, it should have become soaked." "Oh, perhaps the clothes have been changed." "Ok." "That man is undoubtedly the murderer. He is a pervert. When I came, his expression was not normal."

"Well, if that man is really the murderer, since the gun was fired, there should be a smoke reaction when checking his clothes, so it can be judged quickly." ——Smoke reaction? Pine was stunned. ——Why did you forget this too.Yeah, of course the smoke response will be investigated due to the use of the gun.Actually forgot this. "However, if the man has changed his clothes, it is useless to check his current clothes." "Yeah. In that case, there are probably clothes from before changing in this room." "Oh." The officer looked around, but at something else. "This is the tape recorder I mentioned just now. It was prepared by the woman named Xiang Saka to threaten Takashiro." The police officer picked up the miniature tape recorder on the table and said, "Maybe it recorded her conversation with Gao Cheng. If it is true, it would be decisive evidence." After speaking, he pressed the rewind button. ——There shouldn’t be such a thing. Pine sneered in his heart.The tape recorder was just brought by Dianzi to deceive Xiaoxue. Dianzi had no plan to record that conversation, because it was an accomplice and it was impossible to record it. Although I think so, I feel that there is an ominous premonition. The strap seemed to be fully used, humming and rewinding. - Nothing was recorded, but why the need for a rollback? ——Could it be... ——No, it shouldn’t be like that.Dianzi should trust me, so it's impossible to do that. —Maybe some music tape. At this time, the rewinding procedure was completed, and the policeman then pressed the play button. Sure enough, I heard pop music or something.And the police officer probably felt very disappointed when he found out that the tape was not evidence. But after a while there was a noise, and then a faint female voice could be heard from the tape recorder. When Pine noticed whose voice it was, fear seemed to seep into his body from the ground. "The first thing to say is that this serial killing incident is not what you want to do,"——It was Dianzi Xiangsaka's voice. "Ah, yes." The policeman murmured. --Have? —Did Noriko press the record button? --why? Pine's legs couldn't help shaking, and he couldn't stand still. Noriko's voice lit up in Songki's ears like a ghost awakened from hell. "You just continue to kill people because you have to. Is this the truth, Mr. Matsuki?" The officer said "ah" and hit the stop button. "I just said pine wood." Rewind the tape a little and listen again in the same place.The female voice clearly said "pine wood" and not "high city".There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. The officer then turned up the volume of the tape recorder. "Silence is tantamount to admitting it. The cause is the poisoning incident of Nishida Rika that happened during the school celebration..." Pine doesn't want to listen anymore, stop it. "...Everyone loves her. Then, who killed Nishida? I also learned the truth about the poisoning incident based on something Ejima Koyuki said." The officer then hit the stop button. "Did you hear that? Anyway, it wasn't Takashiro who was talking to that woman, but you, Mr. Matsuki." The constable stared sharply at the pale pine. "May I ask you to go to the police station for detailed questioning? And this tape." Pine has long lost resistance and is at the mercy of the police. --why?Why did Dianzi record the conversation? It seems that Dianzi gradually understands Dianzi's thoughts.While Noriko was deceiving Koyuki, she must also be deceiving Matsuki, and would quietly hide the roll of tape. If Matsuki does not obey her wishes in the future, she may plan to use it as a tool of threat. That Dianzi must do that. ——Why didn't I think of it? — that tape should be disposed of before the police arrive. —It's over.Anything is also recorded in the tape.Because I thought it was just acting, everything was said. The pine wood was brought outside like a sheep, and the sun was shining brightly. Suddenly breaking free from the policeman's hand, Songki ran straight forward. "Pine." "Don't run away." "Hurry up." The voice behind gradually faded away. Before I knew it, I was on the road. At this time, there was an object emitting white light roaring and rushing towards him. A few seconds later, human legs could be seen under the front wheels of the stopped giant truck, and bright red blood spread on the road. On the truck that knocked Matsuki Kenichiro down, it was written: "Kumagaya Transport".