Chapter 4 St. Valentine's Octet - July 15, 3:10pm

The rain outside the house was getting heavier and heavier, and the big raindrops hit the windows of Liuying Pavilion violently, making rhythmic ticking sounds, as if it was a concert with the theme of rain. Not far along a short corridor from the lobby is a casual lounge, spacious enough to host a dance.The lounge is filled with salon-style ottomans, sofas and mahogany tables.There is a lattice window leading to the balcony on the left side, and half-person-high wall panels are pasted on the other three walls.In the center on the right facing the window is a fireplace, above which are four small landscape paintings.There was also a big-screen TV and a stereo next to the fireplace, which seemed misplaced.There was a thick dark brown carpet on the floor, and pale yellow curtains on the windows.It is said that this arrangement is all preserved as it was ten years ago.

Since Kaga likes black, this place for hospitality is also consciously decorated with dark-colored decorations.For example, the wooden boards here are all made of dark black wood.However, this preference is completely acceptable to ordinary people. As for other decorations, apart from the vertical old wall clock and desk lamps on the wall, the only conspicuous display here is a precious Austrian Bösendorfer grand piano, which is extremely incongruous in this empty hall .Of course, there is a practical reason for this arrangement—since this place also doubles as a place for rehearsals and private performances of the Octet Orchestra, considering the acoustics, only pianos of this size can be placed.Sasebo said that every piece of siding on the wall here has been intricately designed, regardless of material or shape, in order to achieve the best acoustic effect.

There are also four groups of large chandeliers in the shape of lilies hanging from the roof.Especially worth mentioning is the glass ceiling on top.Since today is a rainy day, there is no obvious difference; on sunny days, the entire hall is filled with golden sunlight, making it look extraordinarily bright.At night, you can also watch the moon and the stars in the sky without leaving home, and you can also see groups of fireflies flying in the sky.Of course, there is neither a roof nor a room above the glass ceiling. The second floor here is a quadrangular corridor with lighting function, and the rooms are distributed on both sides of the corridor.Of course, in order to avoid seeing the landscape below from the corridor on the second floor, there is not a single window in the corridor.Although this pattern is very novel and fashionable, it also takes up more building area than the room.

"Did such a big tragedy really happen here? Why can't I believe it's true..." Chizuru carefully observed the elegant decoration in the room, and murmured suspiciously.Then, she cast her suspicious gaze behind the lens on Sasebo's face. From her point of view, the tragedy ten years ago seemed to be a story they made up to add a bit of mystery to the expedition of the Achilles Club.Therefore, the so-called tragedy and so on are actually lies made up by the companions, and this place is just the most ordinary mountain villa.Of course, it was not unreasonable for her to think so.I only heard about the haunted house that I had been to in a secret exploration activity I participated in last year, and those rumors were all made up to deceive people.Ten years ago, I was still a primary school student. Although I heard that this tragedy did happen that year, I was not particularly impressed with the details of the case, the time and place where it happened.Maybe it was a story that happened elsewhere... This kind of thing is not uncommon in the circle of mystery exploration activities.

"The place where the murder happened is not here, but in the room on the second floor where you are going to live. Kaga took advantage of the night to touch the rooms of the octet members one by one and killed them one by one. Although there are not many traces left by the tragedy back then, some can still be found in every room now." Sasebo replied sitting on the soft chair at the back.He crossed his legs leisurely, with a relaxed expression on his face.Then, as at this time last year, he asked everyone: "How is it? Do you want me to show you?" Speaking of which, he also answered the same question last year and today, but he only asked Qianhe from the opposite side. It was replaced by Jimei.

"So, we all have to live in the room where the tragedy happened, right?" Qianhe asked tremblingly as if he had just woken up.In fact, this problem has long been no secret among the students above the second grade, it's just that they deliberately don't tell the freshmen of the first grade. "Of course." Sasebo replied with a smile and nodded.His already small eyes became even thinner, as if to say, it was already too late, it was too late to even escape.I just heard him say unhurriedly: "Since we are here, of course we will let you live in those rooms where tragedies happened. Didn't we come here just to exercise our courage? Otherwise, organize this What's the point of the activity?"

"That's right, otherwise it's meaningless, meaningless." Omura forced a smile on the side, and while sipping the iced coffee made by Sasebo, he echoed flatteringly. "Wow, you guys must be kidding me again..." Qianzuru still didn't take their words seriously, and said with a smile showing all her white teeth.However, the others were serious, and no one echoed her point of view.Especially Shimabara, who is also a first-year student, seemed to have expected something long ago, and kept his head down without saying a word.Only then did Qianhe sense the unnaturalness in the atmosphere, and gradually began to get nervous.

"Huh—" she screamed in shock, "is it true what you said? Did a murder happen in the room we stayed in?" Qianhe still didn't seem to be able to fully believe it, and stared at everyone's face again and again, as if asking for someone's answer.Indeed, for an inexperienced girl, it may be easy to turn the corner if she is told the truth in advance; and asking her to accept this shocking fact on the spot will indeed confuse her. Seeing Isahaya nodded slightly at her, Qianhe finally believed that what they said was true.She closed her eyes almost in despair, put one hand on her chest, took a deep breath and said:

"Although I don't really believe in the words of ghosts, I'm not completely out of ideas. However, I always have a premonition that something will happen if I live here this time." "This is not what we members of the Achilles Club should say! Don't you always boast of being bold? When you come to those uninhabited haunted houses, you just put on your shoehorn and break into them. You are not afraid of entering other people's private houses. , why are you suddenly scared this time?" "Although I said that, but..." Qianhe muttered hesitantly. "Usually, you don't care whether the owners of those houses are good or bad. As long as you hear that there was a story there, even ordinary houses were described as haunted houses by you, which made those younger students panic. Most of the activities are addicted to pursuing such untrue rumors, in my opinion, it is much more meaningful to have a personal contact with a murderous house where a real tragedy happened like this time," Sasebo said.

"That's right. It's more interesting to have some thrills." Perhaps in retaliation for the ridicule he received just now, Shimahara said loudly on purpose, and the words were full of provocation. "Since Mr. Matsuura is timid, why don't you live in the same room with someone? I don't know who will take care of her alone. Anyway, I'll leave the conversation here first. I won't live with her." "What are you talking about? Who needs someone to take care of me? I'm not a child, so I don't need someone to take care of me. I can sleep alone." After speaking, Qianzuru gave Shimabara a hard look from behind the glasses.

"You're not ashamed, I saw that your hands were still shaking when you spoke just now." Maybe Shimahara wanted to show that he was not afraid, so he stood up emphatically, and satirized the other party with his hands trembling. "How can this happen! Look! Are you shaking?" Qianhe also stood up tit for tat, and stretched out her hand for everyone to see. "Okay, stop arguing, everyone, let's take a good rest first, and I'll show you the way." There was a malicious look in Sasebo's squinted eyes. He stood up from his chair while talking, and walked into the hall. "Why, are you leaving now?" Hirado said reluctantly, stretching his body comfortably on the back of the chair.To be honest, he really didn't want to leave here, and the dawdling movements also showed this point. "No way, these first-year freshmen are anxious to see the room." Sasebo replied with a wry smile. Hirado didn't dare to disobey Sasebo's intentions, so he could only mutter: "Ah! It's a pity that I haven't finished the coffee yet!" Then he got up and followed. "If you want coffee, there's plenty here, at least several liters in the pantry! Otherwise you'll just sit here and drink it yourself." "Don't make fun of me, how can I not go with you?" Although Hirado's voice was loud, he just dragged his lazily steps and walked slowly towards the door. At this time, someone turned to his back and said, "Why don't you listen to Brother Sasebo's introduction first? We don't know how to live here, Hirado-kun." Hirado replied with a smile: "Yes, you are right." He glanced back, and it turned out that Chizuru and Shimabara were standing behind him, two first-year students. "How on earth did the members of the St. Valentine's Octet get killed? Six people were killed in a row in one night. I think they must have been killed with guns or poison?" Qianzuru was standing at the entrance of the stairs leading to the second floor from the hall, while pressing on the dark brown handrail with beautiful wood grain, she turned her head and asked.She doesn't speak as loudly as Hirado, but her voice is not small either.Perhaps trying to cover up her inner timidity, she subconsciously threw her hair back. "It seems that you don't have a good understanding of this case, right? Is Matsuura-kun interested in this kind of adventure?" Sasebo stared at Chizuru and said, "As the owner of this place, I should really ask Please introduce the history of that case well. It is like this, between ten o'clock and twelve o'clock in the night of July 15 ten years ago, those six people were in the room where they lived in less than two hours. Each corpse had a silver dagger stuck in its chest. However, when they were killed, they were not killed by being stabbed into the heart by a sword as in the movie, but each Everyone was stabbed several times by the murderer, so the scene was horrible. After the murderer killed them, he stuck a silver sword in his chest, so a total of six daggers were left at the scene. Although the other person has been sitting dead Uncertain, but judging from the fact that the seventh dagger was not found at the scene, it is likely to have been killed by the same method, but the body has not been found." "In less than two hours? Can you kill seven people with a dagger in such a short period of time? Could it be that this murderer named Kaga Yingji is very tough and has a particularly strong body?" "No, in fact, his body is very ordinary, and he is not strong, but his hands and feet are very long, similar to Hirado and Isahaya. As for why Kaga slaughtered so much, I think the most fundamental reason lies in this Liuying Pavilion .” "What? The reason is this Liuying Pavilion?" Qianhe stopped in doubt, and asked back with his head tilted. "This Liuying Pavilion was built by Kaga Yingji to avoid the turmoil of the outside world and concentrate on composing music. You saw it in the lounge just now. This is also the rehearsal hall he built for the St. Valentine's Octet Orchestra. Therefore He also prepared a separate room for each group member on the second floor here for their own practice. He also carried out soundproofing for each room. As long as the door is closed, the screams from other rooms are completely I can't hear it. The sound insulation of these rooms is so good that you can't even hear the knocking on the door outside, so you can only install a doorbell on the door. Because of this, the murderer could kill seven people in a row in the dead of night Without being noticed by others. No one can know that the murder is being carried out in the next room." Sasebo is like an excellent tour guide, vividly explaining the process of the case.He said the same thing last year.When mentioning the sensational aspects of this case, Sasebo was filled with pride like a child proudly showing off his toys.It seems that he not only bought this Liuying Pavilion, but also bought the stories contained in it. "July 15th? Isn't that Lingtian!" "Yes. That is, from ten o'clock in the evening, Kaga Yingji secretly took the silver dagger used for decoration in his room, visited the rooms of the band members separately, and then killed them one by one. What kind of black man is he? Prince Yi is clearly a murderous devil, no, a god of death!" Speaking of this, Sasebo moved his face closer to Chizuru with a blank face.She couldn't help but swayed back with a wow, her legs went limp, and she almost sat on the ground.Sasebo took a quick step forward and held her by the shoulder. "Haha——" Sasebo said with a smug smile, "I think your legs are weak from fright, Matsuura-kun." "It's nothing! I just didn't notice my foot slipped." Qianhe hurriedly stood up, straightened her clothes and said, "However, for the victims, today is the death day, right? They occupied their room, There won't be any retribution?" While talking, Qianhe squinted at the top, as if fearing that some ghost would come down from above. "Don't worry! It's the death day, but nothing will happen at all. If they want to make trouble, isn't it possible for 365 days in a year? Didn't you just say that you don't want to be haunted by ghosts?" Believe it, right?" "Yes, I didn't believe it at first." "But I clearly saw that your legs were so frightened that your legs were weak, didn't you?" Shimabara joked gloatingly. "You are so annoying. Didn't I tell you that it was slipping?" Chizuru pouted, turned her head and gave Shimabara a hard look, grabbed the handrail by the wall, and wanted to continue going up the stairs. "Oh! Dangerous! This is..." Several students above the second grade exclaimed in unison.It turned out that what Qianhe used as a handrail to support her body was only a wooden decoration hanging on the wall—she grabbed it with her hand, and with a plop, it broke from the middle.Chizuru screamed and sat down on top of her.Sasebo hurriedly stretched out his hand to support her again, but this time it was too late. "Oops, I broke it. What on earth is this?" Chizuru adjusted his glasses and asked blankly at the French fries-like thing that was folded in half in his palm.It seems that before she fell, she was completely unaware of the consequences of grabbing the handrail with her hands. "Hey, let's go up quickly. Those scary things in the room are already frightened like this before even seeing them. Who knows what kind of frightened they will be after seeing them." Sasebo said sternly, but couldn't bear it. Stop smiling. "Brother Sasebo, this thing can easily be mistaken for an armrest. Although the decoration was like this ten years ago, you should replace it with a new classmate!" Hirado complained on behalf of everyone. Last year, the new classmate named Gao Lai had already caught it once.If it wasn't Gao Lai, then some freshman must have broken it.From this point of view, it is indeed easy to make mistakes.In fact, this is just a small trap with a bit of malice, deliberately introducing a fool for everyone to laugh at. Sasebo pushed aside the curtain hanging on the stairs with his hands, turned around and said, "This is just a joke, don't mind it, and I won't ask for compensation. But from now on, a thick carpet should be laid under the stairs to avoid Broke my ass after falling." After speaking, everyone began to walk up the stairs slowly. It seemed that Sasebo didn't listen to the students' opinions at all. "But what about the broken armrest?" Qianhe asked back while rubbing his buttocks with one hand while holding up the "armrest" with the other. "Give it to you as a souvenir. This is a rare treasure among the decorations of the Firefly Pavilion. However, please don't put it up for auction on the Internet!" "Of course I won't do this kind of thing. I'm not that stupid. Let those who bought this fake thing on the Internet remember my mailbox and settle accounts with me." Perhaps because of the pain from the fall, Qianhe didn't He retorted without showing weakness. A group of people went upstairs to look, and there was a long black corridor on the left and right sides, which looked very dark under the faint dim yellow light.Since the stairway is located on the south side of the building, and the two corridors are distributed on the east and west sides, no matter whether you walk from the left or the right, you must turn to the north.The middle part of the second floor is a square glass patio around which the corridors are arranged.There are several guest rooms side by side on the outside of the east and west corridors. There are no windows in the corridor, so although the place is not small, it looks very cramped. In addition, the two corridors are not connected on the north side. Go to the end from the east corridor and turn right, and you will find a room called "Firefly Room", while the west corridor only leads to a few guest rooms. I can't get through.In short, there is no winding corridor formed here.In other words, if you want to go from the innermost room on the west side to the adjacent firefly, you have to go around the corridor. There are eight rooms in which guests live, four on the east and west sides.When the case happened, only the southmost room on the west side was vacant, and the other seven rooms were inhabited.There is a small silver plate on the door of each room—corresponding to the status of the musician of the former owner. The door is completely marked with C, D, E, F, G, A, B, H several numbers. Counting from the south on the east side, there are four guest rooms G, A, B, H and Kaga Hotaruji's private study, and then there is the hotaru room.There is another bedroom at the back of the study, but it does not face the corridor.The current owner, Sasebo, lives in this small bedroom just like the original owner.In the Firefly Room next to the bedroom, there are countless specimens of fireflies collected by Kaga Yingji from all over the world, which can be called a firefly showroom.Among the several rooms on the second floor, Yingying Room is the largest.However, this room has not been opened yet. When Sasebo bought this villa, all the firefly specimens there had been lost. It is said that he is collecting and trying to restore the original appearance.Sasebo originally planned to spend a lot of money to buy unique firefly specimens from all over the world. However, there are still a few species that have not been obtained because they are extremely precious.According to Sasebo himself, in order to fully reproduce the true colors of Liuyingkan back then, the most difficult thing is how to gather the original firefly specimens, which is also the fundamental reason why the fireflies cannot be restored for a long time.He plans to basically gather these specimens around this autumn, but now close the firefly room to prevent guests from entering. "It has been announced just now, and I will repeat it again. The arrangement of the rooms on the east side, that is, on the right side, is as follows: A is Omura, B is Matsuura, and H is Isahaya. E is Hirado in the west, and D is In Nagasaki, the innermost C is Shimabara. I don’t distinguish between relatives and distances, and the arrangement is completely based on the crime scene of the year, so please rest assured.” Sasebo explained the accommodation arrangement for the night in a simple and clear manner, and then led everyone along the corridor on the east side to the study of Kaga Hotaruji at the innermost side. The thick white-painted door opened with a heavy sound. "This is the study that Kaga used. This is where he was found after the incident." This is a room about twenty tatami mats, and the interior is slightly dark.But after turning on the light switch on the wall, the lights distributed in the four corners illuminate the room very brightly. Along with the sound of rain outside the window, the nervous and rapid breathing of Chizuru and Shimabara could be faintly heard. This is really a black room, as if it will sting the eyes, what enters the eyes of everyone is black.The ceiling is painted black, the walls are also black, and fluorescent paint is shining everywhere. Black, black, black... I didn't know until here that the black painting on the corridor and the gate has been carried out considering the feelings of the guests. Some adjustments.There are many still life oil paintings of vases, fruits, jugs and the like on the walls of the room, but no matter which ones are in dull colors. On the contrary, the daily necessities in the interior are extremely simple. Except for some necessary furniture such as chairs, tables, and bookcases, there are only record players, CDs, music scores, and a few photo frames. Compared with the spacious interior area, the arrangement seems empty. .This place is like a venue for a daily necessities exhibition, and there is no sense that anyone has lived here.On the other hand, the still life in the oil painting hanging on the wall looks lifelike, like a real object pasted on a three-dimensional canvas.Moreover, the distance between each painting and the position of up, down, left, and right are also extremely accurate, as if they were measured with a ruler before hanging up. "Brother Sasebo, did Kaga Hoteji really live in this room before his death?" Shimabara seemed to feel that not only the place lacked life, but also lacked a sense of warmth.After he turned his head and looked around, he couldn't help shivering.Even this person, who claims to be from the north and is the least afraid of the cold, felt as if he had entered a mourning hall when he entered this room, and his spine felt chills. "The layout here is completely in accordance with the appearance of Kaga Yingji before his death. From here, there is a simple bedroom. The layout there is the same as here, mainly black. In fact, not only here, but even when he was in Tokyo. His apartment is furnished in the same way. Kaga Yingji is very careless about other aspects, but only for music, he has a kind of morbid pursuit of perfection. In addition, he is a rare genius. It makes him have almost no needs for life, which is too simple and dull." "Oh, so he is still this kind of person!" Shimabara said in surprise.Then, he asked cautiously: "Can I touch it?" After speaking, he reached out and touched the record player.There was also a very old celluloid LP on the record player. "You have to be careful, this is completely arranged according to the original state of the year, and many of the items are very precious." When Shimabara heard this, he was so frightened that he was at a loss, and his outstretched hand retracted halfway. "Especially the daggers hanging there. In two senses, they are very precious items." On the wall next to the window is a low cabinet with a wooden and fabric model of Scottish bagpipes.The scabbards of several short swords were exposed from the dark red checked cloth bag, which looked like bagpipes.In the scabbard was a silver dagger.However, although there are many bagpipe pipes standing side by side on the bagpipe model, there are only eight scabbards with cloth bags, and only the rightmost one with a dagger actually inserted, and the remaining seven scabbards are all empty. "It is said that this is a gift Kaga Yingji received from a nobleman when he held a charity performance in the UK. It has been a few years ago. Originally, the remaining seven scabbards were all daggers, but they were used by him ten years ago. The murder weapon was used. Six of them were stuck in the chest of the victim, and the whereabouts of the other one is still unknown, which is one of the basis for inferring that Kyoko Komatsu has been killed. Here is the remaining one." "Are these daggers real?" Qianzuru asked with surprise just like when he saw those high-end cars in the garage just now. "Of course it is true. That's why I said that whether they are antiques or murder weapons used in the case, they are all very precious items." Sasebo took a step forward, pulled out the dagger from its scabbard, and held it in his hand.The blade is about twenty centimeters long and is made of pure silver.The reflection of Sasebo was reflected on the blade, as if showing off its sharpness. Everyone suddenly felt a chill down their spines. "Only the one in my hand was not used to kill anyone at the time of the incident, while the other seven have become murder weapons in the case. This sword can be regarded as evidence of this period of history. The victims It was these swords that pierced his chest that killed him." Sasebo raised his hands and said to the crowd. Chizuru just silently stared at the dagger in his hand.Not only Chizuru, even Shimabara and several other classmates who had been here before also stared at the dagger intently as if they were subdued by the magic power of the dagger.Everything else seemed to disappear in their eyes, and only the rhythmic knocking sound of raindrops outside the window came from their ears. "Just like the Japanese swords forged by Master Muramasa of Japan are the most famous, these short swords are also carefully crafted by well-known British craftsmen. Even when I saw the cold light on the short swords, I couldn't help but tremble with fear. " After Sasebo confided his feelings, he put the dagger back into the scabbard.He finally heaved a sigh of relief as if he had been relieved of a heavy burden, and he could see that his palms were full of sweat. Sasebo left the low cabinet, turned around and faced the table next to him, and said, "Hoji Kaga was sitting on this chair and was arrested by the police that day. It is said that when the police opened the door, he was lying on the table. , humming beautiful Western music incessantly, with a sluggish expression, dull eyes, and no reaction after being twisted by the policeman's arm, the whole person has collapsed." It was a desk made of mahogany that gleamed black. On the desk were a ballpoint pen and a room assignment chart that seemed to be drawn by Sasebo.Perhaps this table is not only placed here for viewing, Sasebo seems to often write something here. Everyone admired his courage. There is also a photo of a beautiful woman in a frame on the table. The woman in the photo is handsome and pleasant. She is about 27 or 28 years old, her red lips are slightly parted, and she is looking ahead with a smile. The hair like a black waterfall is bright and long, the eyebrows are thin and curved, and there is an inconspicuous mole under the corner of the right eye. "This photo is of Kaga Hotaruji's lover, right?" Shimahara noticed the photo at a glance and asked impatiently.The students above the second grade had already inquired about it last year, so no one said anything. "No, there were no photographs on the table before." "So, it must be Brother Sasebo's girlfriend?" Chizuru asked curiously. Her tone was almost exactly the same as last year's Jimei. "No, you guessed wrong, she is my own sister." "You have her picture on the table, Brother Sasebo must like this sister very much, right?" Shimahara asked with a slightly teasing tone.I thought this sentence would liven up the atmosphere and at the same time win the favor of the host to some extent, but unexpectedly the answer I got made everyone unhappy. "Of course I like her. Unfortunately, my sister passed away three years ago, and this is her portrait." Sasebo replied in a low voice.After speaking, he reached out and flipped the photo frame gently on the table.Shimabara lowered his head in shame as if he had caused a catastrophe. In fact, many people present have heard Sasebo mention that he lost his mother when he was young and grew up under the care of his sister who was five years older than him.In his eyes, his elder sister is the embodiment of a loving mother.When he passed the entrance examination into middle school, his father had another good friend, and he lingered in that woman's house all day long, and he didn't even want to go back to his own house.His father died of pancreatic cancer when he was in his third year at university in Sasebo.With no other relatives to rely on, the siblings are alone and dependent on each other, struggling to survive.Before graduating from Sasebo University, my sister never mentioned it to him. In fact, after his father died, that father's friend sniffed into the house more than once, forcing his sister to hand over the few books left by his father. Poor inheritance, but also shamelessly pursued his father's death insurance money.Because of her unreasonableness, Sasebo's elder sister suffered mentally and mentally, and mental problems soon appeared.The photo on the table was taken at that time.Although she was smiling all over her face in the photo, it was a forced forced smile. At that time, she was exhausted physically and mentally, and signs of aging that did not match her age had begun to appear on her face. Just as Sasebo became rich overnight by participating in the MLM activity of the game software "Legend of Holy Grace" three years ago, when he was about to move out of the old house and start a new life, his sister suddenly fell ill.She was going to the hospital that day, and the tram platform was very crowded because of rush hour.At this time, his sister was in a trance, unfortunately slipped and fell on the railroad track under the platform while waiting for the train, and was run over by an incoming tram and lost her life. "Sasebo has a deep affection for his sister, and sincerely hoped that she could live a good life, but unexpectedly suffered such misfortune. For this reason, Sasebo couldn't help crying when he mentioned his sister. Don't look at him acting abnormally in front of us Calm down, in fact, he has suffered a lot in his life. He was looking forward to the moment when the siblings could enjoy life, but his sister passed away. For more than two months, he has not recovered from this blow Come on. It's natural to say it, because he loves his sister so much." Hirado, who is familiar with the inside story, once said this to everyone.He also told everyone that since Sasebo suffered this misfortune, he has no other relatives, so he devoted all his enthusiasm and energy to this Liuying Pavilion.Perhaps the museum was bought to fill the vacancy left by the traumatized soul?It's not hard to see this from Sasebo's unusual affection for Liuyingkan. However…… "I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have asked these things." Shimahara felt deeply guilty and bowed down to apologize to Sasebo. But Sasebo smiled generously and said, "It's nothing, it's been several years." However, behind his smiling face, there is also the mournful expression of his sister in the photo. "So there are no photos of Kaga Hotaruji's family hanging here?" Hirado who was standing behind him asked knowingly in order to change the embarrassing atmosphere at the scene. "Oh, you mean the photos of the relatives of the Kaga family, right? Kaga Yingji was at odds with his parents and brothers back then, and the relationship was very cold. In addition, I am unmarried, so I don't want to hang any family photos here. However, he He does not belong to the common homosexuals in the circle of musicians. He once had a sweetheart of his own, but the relationship between the two was only secret and the relationship was not made public. It is said that the only female violinist Kyoko Komatsu in the Octet Orchestra was lover." "What? Komatsu Kyoko? Isn't it the Komatsu Kyoko who has been missing since the night of the incident? Is there any evidence left in this museum that can prove the relationship between the two?" It was like a withered flower was suddenly poured with water, and the originally dull atmosphere was swept away.After hearing this question, Sasebo was also invigorated, and he replied: "No, there is no evidence to prove the relationship between the two people, but this matter has long been an open secret in their circle. Why, Shimao Mr. Yuan is actually very interested in this kind of scandal?" "No, no." Shimabara murmured, "However, I really want to hear it. Just like participating in secret exploration activities, I have always been very interested in this kind of lace news. In short, these news can satisfy everyone Often called voyeurism and curiosity." What Shimabara said was straightforward and undisguised, and even Sasebo, who had a long history in the world, couldn't help being very surprised.He said generously: "Well, since you all want to know, I'll satisfy your voyeurism today and tell you the details. As I said just now, the two of them had been having an affair long ago. This The violinist Kyoko Komatsu was only one year younger than Kaga. She was married and had a child at the time. However, because she and her husband got married while they were studying, the emotional foundation before marriage was not yet solid. The relationship has become flat, so she had an affair with Kaga a year before the case happened, and she separated from her husband because of this." "Wow! It seems that things are really complicated!" Hearing this, Chizuru who was standing beside Shimabara couldn't help but screamed and interjected.She is a woman after all, and of course she has no lack of interest in such sensational topics. "According to the 'relevant people' I know, before Kyoko Komatsu met Kaga, the relationship between her husband and wife was very weak. Her husband is also a music university graduate, but later gave up music and became a general manager of a company. Kyoko Komatsu became famous as a violinist, and she flew around the world all year round to perform; in addition, her husband’s family belonged to an old-fashioned family with conservative ideas, and her parents-in-law and her husband’s three relatives and six acquaintances all respected her. The daughter-in-law who doesn't fit in with the family doesn't have a good face... Those related people also deeply sympathize with Komatsu Xiangzi's experience." "It seems that you are quite familiar with this period of history. So, you must have done many investigations on the background of the other victims, right?" “不，因为小松响子和加贺属于情人关系，因此我才额外多做了一些了解，不知道是否因为两个人有了这层关系，听说案发当天第一个遇害的就是小松响子。而其后第二个被加贺杀害的是同为小提琴手的松任光延。原因在于，警方鉴定后认为，松任兆延穿的睡衣上留下了小松响子的血迹。” “原来如此，看来正是由于找到了小松响子的血迹，警方才大胆推断小松响子也已经遇害，对吧？”平户突然大声插话道。看来今天的这个话题他以前也没听说过。他又接着说道，“我对小松响子之死至今还存有疑问。为什么她的房间里找不到任何血迹？只凭少了一把短剑，警方就敢认定她也已经被杀？对此我感到十分不可思议。另外，加贺生前最为喜爱的那把意大利著名小提琴制作大师斯特拉迪瓦里的名琴也同时失去了踪迹，通常情况下，警方应该首先怀疑这位小松响子就是凶犯才对啊。” “你的怀疑当然不无道理，我当初也是这样怀疑的。不过，据我最近获得的消息，事情的真相就是这样。这只是其中的一个疑点。据说案发当晚这一带突然下起了暴雨，紧临别墅的这条叫萤川的小河水位急剧上升，警方怀疑小松响子是否已经跌入河中而被水卷走；当然，她身受重伤侥幸逃生的可能性的确也存在。最终的结论是生死不明，并未明确提及她也在被害人之列。” “照这么说，她还隐名埋姓生活在哪儿也未可知，就像电视剧里常见的突然失去记忆等情况，都有可能发生吧？” “这倒是恐怖剧的上好题材啊。不过，从那以后就再也没有听说过她的任何消息。由于她的夫妻关系并未影响到案情，因此我也没有再做更深一层的了解，其实我也并不想过多地卷入其中。至于其他几位被害人，除了他们的经历外，我并没有做过更多的调查。不用说，我对加贺的一切经历确实下工夫做过一番研究，至今已经完全谙熟于心。” 说着，佐世保用中指按住自己的眉心，那副样子谁见了都会以为他要好好发挥一番，把加贺萤司自出生以来的经历背诵一遍。 “就算小松响子夫妇之间的感情早已破裂，难道她会毫不顾及自己和孩子的亲情，毅然决然地投进加贺的怀抱？”也许是想让佐世保把更多的隐私说出来，岛原急不可耐地又问了一句，语气十分尖锐。 佐世保歪着脑袋回答道：“我想，小松响子只和丈夫分居，最终并未正式离婚，也许正是夹杂进太多的母子间的亲情，让她始终未能迈出最终的一步吧？婆家也算是名门望族，只想息事宁人，并不愿把事情弄得尽人皆知。” 话说到这里，已经变成了佐世保个人的推测。听者的目光中明显失去了热情，看来，岛原对哪些话题感兴趣，对哪些话题又不甚关心，从他的反应上便可一目了然。 “结果，他们夫妇之间并没有闹到离婚那种轰轰烈烈的地步，对吧？”平户露出略显失望的表情问道。 “不过，按照法律规定，从警方宣布失踪后，再过七年其家属才能得到此人的死亡证明，这段时间内她的丈夫只能苦等消息，也不允许再婚，对吧？”背后传来沙哑的声音问道。至今为止一言不发的大村不知触动了哪根神经，多余地说了一句。众人听了后谁也没有回答，一时场面陷入了尴尬中。大村只好换了个问题继续问道： “佐世保大哥，这么说来，这间书房的里面就是加贺萤司的卧室吧？” “噢，你想看看卧室？不过，这间房间现在我在住着，到底还是不太方便让你们参观吧？我的生活习惯和加贺萤司完全不同，满屋子乌烟瘴气，不太雅观。好容易让你们对流萤馆留下的好印象，我可不想因此而付诸东流啊。” 佐世保仍和去年一样，嘴角挂着笑意加以回绝。这副表情平时很难从他脸上看到。看来，虽然过了整整一年，那间卧室依然尚未清理得足以让人参观。以佐世保的性格来说，此事实在处理得不够圆满。照理说，别的房间还有的是，不知为何他偏偏选中在这间卧室里住。况且，作为原主人的卧室，最能说明其当年的生活情景，更应该照原状加以保留才是——大家心里都留下了这个疑问。 “那么，我就带领大家到期待已久的作为杀人现场的那几间客房看看去吧——” 佐世保最先带领大家来到的是东侧最靠南的那间屋子。在发生过杀人凶案的七间客房中，唯有这间这次没有安排任何人入住。佐世保原先打算把这七间出过事的客房逐个让众人参观一遍，但考虑到要花很多时间，加上二年级以上的学生去年已经参观过一遍了一一如果有人想看其他住人的房间，随时可以互相拜访一一因此只选定了这间编号为C的房间重点加以说明。 房间的门上挂着写有“C”的标牌，房门打开后，一股久未流通的空气带着温热的气息迎面扑来。房间还算宽敞，面积大约有十二三张榻榻米大小。墙面上铺设着一层暖色调的木板，地毯是淡棕色的。这里的色调显然不同于走廊和刚才看过的书房。从一层的酒廊也能看出，原来的主人并未想把自己对颜色的喜好强加给客人。加贺萤司自从出道以后，在圈子里就以“孤傲的天才”这个评价著称，但是从这些小事上来看，他也许并非完全像人所说的那样，依然相当体谅别人的感情。 一面墙上靠着张床，床的对面放着旧式风格的书架和化妆柜，床上的用具一应俱全，摆放得整整齐齐，让人感觉与饭店整理过的房间无异。与此相反，书架上的乐谱和几本书籍却显得杂乱无章，从未用心整理过似的。床边的小桌子上还胡乱地摆着用旧了的咖啡杯，放立体声唱盘的盒子上还散落着几张CD唱片。整个房间里除了床上略显整洁以外，简直就是住过人后未曾清扫的样子。 “萤光室内乐团的中提琴手羽咋博就是在这个房间里被杀死的。”佐世保向众人介绍道。 “你说什么？怎么又出来一个萤光室内乐团的人？死的不是圣瓦伦丁八重奏乐团的成员吗？”千鹤似乎以为自己听错了，满脸惊讶地问道。其实，作为一名一年级学生，对于两个乐团之间的关系不理解也十分自然。那些二年级以上的学生早已听说过多次，因此并不感觉有什么奇怪。另一名一年级学生岛原第一次接触凶案的现场，正在睁大双眼仔细地到处观察，根本无暇询问这些问题。 “实际上，圣瓦伦丁乐团只是加贺萤司组织的一个专门演奏自己作品的临时性组织，而这些成员原来分属于加贺萤司成立的萤光四重奏乐团和另一位叫松任光延的小提琴手组织的塞克斯顿四重奏乐团。其实这个八重奏乐团就是由两个弦乐四重奏乐团的人员合并而成的。除去加贺本人，其余七位成员的职业都是某歌剧团的团员，因此这两个四重奏室内乐团也很难称得上是个独立的组织。唉，其中的关系太复杂了。总之，他们之间就是这么一种你中有我，我中有你的关系……根据后来警方的调查报告，住在这个房间的羽咋博由于体格最为健壮，因而遇害前的反抗也更为激烈，最终身上的伤口也最多。可以说，他死时的状况最惨不忍睹。” “最惨不忍睹？” “是的。刚才提到过的那位松任光延身体孱弱，顶多也就和松浦君差不多，因此被杀害时基本上未作任何抵抗，便被凶手在胸部连刺两剑而当即毙命。可是羽咋博由于拼死反抗的缘故，结果胸部、腹部、背部均被刺中多处。据事后的统计，当时他全身共有二十三处伤，但在挨到第十八下时，就已经气绝身亡了。也就是说，在他死后凶手又在尸体上连刺了五下才罢休。据此可以断定，加贺在刺杀团员们时精神状态已经极不正常，是在异常亢奋的状况下犯下了杀人罪行。当然，当时这个房间里被害人留下的血迹也就比其他房间要多得多，可以说到处都飞溅着死者的鲜血。” “当时凶手就已经发疯了吧？” “不过，其中还有微妙之处。凶手当时的心机仍然很缜密。这位羽咋博的房间是凶手最后才闯进来的，如果从房间排列的顺序来看，这间房间应该处于中间位置，可是凶手却是最后一个杀害的羽咋。也就是说……” “我明白了！也就是说，凶手把身体强壮的留在最后一个来杀，我看一定是这样。这么安排的话，即使遭遇对方的顽强抵抗，让其夺路逃出这个房间的话，整个馆内也只剩下凶手和他两个人，总还会有周旋的余地。我说得对吧？”千鹤得意扬扬地抢先回答。 “你说得完全正确。看来凶手并未完全发疯，而且算计得还很周到。后来加贺把最后一位被害人，也就是住在这里的羽咋博杀害以后，就离开了这个房间，带着满身的血迹回到了自己的书房。其后他的行动很难认定，可是当别人在三天后找到他时，他已经把自己反锁在书房里。闻讯赶到的警察强行把书房的门打开后，只见他已经伏在桌上，嘴里还反复哼唱着一句歌词——'萤永远不会停止'。” “这句话到底什么意思？什么叫做'萤永远不会停止'呢？” “这可就不知道了。”佐世保摇了摇头说道，“完全弄不懂这句话到底什么意思。据我的分析，其中一定暗含着解开加贺行凶真实动机的钥匙。不，岂止是我，当时警方就是这样认为的，结果历经数年也未得出最后的结论。当然，你们各位如果有时间，也可以做些探寻。也许就在这座楼里，还能发现其中深藏的秘密。” “萤……萤……”千鹤在口中反复地叨念了两三遍后，接着问道，“如果可以认定加贺萤司实施过杀人暴行后一直把自己关在书房里，那也就是说，其后的三天三夜里他没有吃过任何东西，对吧？” “正是这样。因此他才会在被警方拘捕后的次日因体力衰竭而死。据知情人说，加贺在临死前已经瘦得只剩下皮包骨，看样子就像一位享尽天年的老人。” 佐世保说话的声音显得神神秘秘，不由自主地微微一笑。看来，由他来把这些吓人的故事亲口告诉给大家，对于他来说，似乎是一种享受。 “那天他把自己关在书房里干了些什么？” “据说是在为自己的新作品谱曲。那是一部专为圣瓦伦丁八重奏乐团而谱写的作品。如果再晚几天逮捕他的话，这部作品也许就能全部完成了。不过……” “不过什么？”千鹤迫不及待地追问道。 “书房里只留下了很少几张他新完成的草稿，而几个月以来写出的作品绝大多数已经找不到了。” “噢，这又是一桩下落不明的案子。也许就是被那位下落不明的小松响子带走了吧？” “案发后的一段时间里，外面的确能听到这种传闻，可是不久后这个猜测便烟消云散了，因为加贺新谱的这首曲子并未在公众中出现。他的整部作品都是围绕其中的第一乐章而展开的，因此，如果出现了以其他曲名出版的类似作品，内行人应该一听就能发现。” “那么是否存在加贺的亲属把这部作品偷偷毁灭的可能性呢？” “不，我想这并不可能。警方也已经调查过这种可能性。他们曾经怀疑，是不是存在加贺发生精神错乱后，自己亲手把乐曲点火烧毁，或者遗弃的可能性，因为以前曾经发现有位作曲家这么做过。那位作曲家并没有杀过人，只是在被送进精神病院后，把自己辛辛苦苦谱写完成的乐谱全用来当手纸了。” 床边的小桌子上放着一副眼镜和一个记事本，衣柜里的衣架上还挂着几套西服，看上去像是这里一直有人住的样子。 “佐世保大哥，这些衣服都是被杀害的这位羽咋博的遗物吧？”似乎已经惊呆了的岛原突然回过头来问道。他想伸手摸摸死人穿过的衣服，可是刚伸出去一半的手又急忙缩了回来。 “不，我把这座别墅买下来时，案件已经过去了好几年，房间里的物品基本上都被死者亲属处理过了。我虽然想尽办法把原来的家具都弄到手，但是大部分小件物品已经无法再找回来了，只好参照原样重新购买了一批。我总算弄到了当时房间的照片，就完全按照照片的样子重新进行了布置。因此，虽然说不上一切都是按照原样恢复的，但基本上已经真实地重现了案发当时的情景。” “照这么说，这里的部分摆设可能就是原来的东西，对吧？” “是的，大部分是我背着死者家属偷偷地购买到的。架子上的这架小提琴就是真的。其他的还有……比如这副眼镜也是原物，是羽咋博生前戴过的。”说着，佐世保就像对待一件珍贵的易碎品似的，小心翼翼地捏住眼镜腿，把眼镜拿在手里。“可以说，当年放在小桌上的这副眼镜曾经见证了这场惨案。” 佐世保说完，头凑近了镜片，就像观看西洋景似的。不知他是否能透过镜片，看见当年羽咋博与挥剑刺来的加贺萤司进行殊死博斗的最后的身影。 “你还真肯下本钱把这里的原物全弄到手啊！” “好容易才实现了梦想，要不把物品照原样全弄到手，那就没什么意义了——若只是弄些似是而非的物品来凑数，我岂能甘心呢？总之，弄到这些东西可真费了我不少心血。我想，如果把弄到这些物品的经过拍摄成电视剧，作为激励他人奋斗的典型，甚至都是绰绰有余的。片头再配上一首中岛美雪演唱的歌就更完美了。” 佐世保的脸上满是自豪和得意的笑容。说实话，他这种努力和敬业精神真值得大家钦佩。只不过他构思的这部电视剧决不可能被播出。 “果真要把你寻找这些物品的经过在电视上播放，那麻烦可就大了，死者家属们还不得气歪了鼻子，一个个找你算账来？” 大村把这句谁也不肯说的大实话说出来了。好在佐世保已经第二回听到这句话，总算忍住了，去年头一回听到他这么说时，佐世保的鼻子倒是已经气歪过一回了。 “这里的窗户是双层的吧？”千鹤又有了新发现，向佐世保问道。 虽然这里是当年的案发现场之一，但由于现在是白天，加上屋里收拾得比较干净，因此并没有给人以阴森的感觉。除了那些让人联想起被害人的物品外，还算得上是个很舒适的房间。 就连胆子比岛原更小的千鹤，此时看来也已经习惯多了。只见她慢慢走近窗边，掀开窗帘往外看了几眼；可是那个挂着死者衣服的柜子她却装着没看见。 “刚才已经告诉过你了，窗上的玻璃是为隔音而专门设置的，目的是为了让住在这里的团员们随时可以在房间里进行练习。桌子旁边不是还摆着乐谱架吗？你们看，这墙壁有多厚实！” 佐世保边说边握紧拳头在旁边的墙上重重地捶了几下，能听到比普通的墙壁更沉闷的声音。 “正因为有了这种加厚的墙，所以连隔壁也听不到这里的声音，不仅是墙，连房门都是加厚的。” “这可够奢侈的，连我们大学的吹奏乐俱乐部都没有这种待遇，练习场地周围什么隔音的装置都没有，一旦他们开始练习时，吵得周围一片都不得安宁。” “你们S大学的交响乐俱乐部我倒是听说过，怎么连吹奏乐俱乐部也有啊！”岛原深感意外地问道。他一贯醉心于谈论那些流行的黑人扭胯舞之类的东西，和交响乐之类的一点儿也挨不上边。不过也许他在S大学有什么好朋友，这些传闻多少听说过一点吧。 “噢，有倒是有，只不过水平很一般。因为连个正经八百的地方也不给他们，只能自己找个空旷地方乱吹一通就是了。” “加贺之所以在房间周围加装了隔音装置，为了便于团员们练习固然是主要原因，其次，还因为他极度的神经质。”馆主佐世保又把话题引了回来，说道，“他不但在客房四周加装了隔音设备，而且整个流萤馆的每个房间全都带有隔音功能。只要把房门一关，各个房间都能成为一个独立的世界。当年的一些音乐评论家甚至认为，加贺演奏的音乐中带着一种鬼魂般的阴森气息。这种气息并不是靠身体语言就能表现出来的，而是从寂静中流淌出一个个轻轻的乐符，缓缓地渗入听众的心扉，让人从心灵深处感受到的。那种赋予听众的紧张感特别打动人心。遗憾的是，我还未曾亲耳聆听过他的演奏，而他留下的这些CD唱片听起来感觉又和现场演奏差得太远。不过，我打听到有人拥有他现场演奏的录像，前几天好容易才把它弄到手。我看完后，果然连后背都被冷汗湿透了，感觉他的演奏确实让人心惊肉跳。至于原因是什么——我认为他在演奏中的专注非比寻常，让人觉得他似乎要永远不停地演奏下去，所以这才使人觉得可怕。” 说到这里，佐世保的脸上也露出了带着鬼魂气息般的表情。 “这位加贺真可算是孤寂清高的隐士啊！” “也算是神经过敏的多愁善感之人吧？警方和社会舆论都认为，正是由于他过于敏锐的感觉失去了平衡，才导致其走上极端道路，最终因情绪失控而杀人。” “不是有句名言，说是天才和什么只隔着薄薄的一层纸吗？不过，既然他的人生如此华丽，我们对他也没什么好怕的，对吧？” 千鹤的脸上露出放下心来的表情。 “果真是这样吗？”佐世保带着诡异的笑容反问道。 “你的话到底是什么意思？”千鹤不解地问道。 “你们请看这里。”说着，佐世保掀开门口卷曲着的地毯的一端，木地板上露出了一片霉斑似的黑色的污迹。 “哟！”千鹤惊叫了一声，像是突然被堵住了喉咙似的。岛原也满脸疑惑地弯下身来注视了好久。 “这些全都是当年的血迹吧？”千鹤战战兢兢地问道。 佐世保只是轻轻地撇了撇嘴角，缓缓点头说道：“当年的地毯已经无法继续使用，这些都是我重新更换过的。而木地板还是原来的。不用说，上面留下的都是当年的血迹。” “留下它真是……自己也不觉得太无聊了吗？”千鹤露出一副批评的神色，瞪眼直视着佐世保。她摆出的刚毅不屈的样子和眼里射出的逼人的光芒，不由得让人想起那位死去的对马继美。 “喂喂，这有什么好大惊小怪的，我们举办的这种探秘活动，不总是要和血迹打交道吗？地板上留下的血迹只不过是当年渗透进地毯后留下的一小部分，其实量并不很大。就像那句著名的古训所言，名刀总是要带血的，对吧？当然，不仅仅是这个房间留下了血迹，虽然多寡不同，但在每个房间里都能找到。” 佐世保带着天真无邪的笑容看着两位学生。也许是因为他的笑容看起来过于亲善，充满了和蔼，反而让人感觉害怕，以为是在威胁别人时披上的伪装。众人不由得暗暗希望，这些血迹不会是故意抹上的什么颜料，来吓唬大家的吧……如果真把当年的血迹保留下来的话，那也太过分了吧？去年住在这里时也曾希望这些都是假的。难道，佐世保还有别的企图……“这样一来，这里才真正像是个名副其实的惨案之馆啊！”岛原说道。与被佐世保的笑容吓坏了的千鹤正好相反，岛原的一对小眼睛眯缝得更细了，也许是在千鹤面前故意装出样子让她看吧？ “大家千万别误会。其实血迹这些东西是真是假是次要的，更要紧的是想让人感觉到这座馆保留下的微妙而独特的氛围。因此，我尽可能地按当时的模样进行了保留。”佐世保说。 “你这话就像长崎君所说的那样，让人越听越不明白。我这里有个问题想请教你，究竟是因为这座馆里存在着太多的异常，才导致了案件的发生，还是因为发生过案件，这座馆才显得异常？”岛原挑衅似的看着佐世保的双眼说道。也许正因为年轻气盛，他才敢这么说。他所说的内容借用了平户的说法，但是他误解了平户的意思。 “这座流萤馆中潜藏着一股杀气，就像七个人在这里被杀时那样。这种杀气并没有直观地显现出来，而是一点点地渗进人的心扉，最后才让人感觉到惊悸不安，属于那种很难明确说明的'只可意会不可言传'的感觉，在不知不觉中让你真正体会到……总之，到了要回去的时候，岛原君也就自然而然地领会到了。”佐世保脸上带着谜一样的笑容说道。接着，他便匆忙结束了参观，率先走出了房间。 “是吗？这段时间里我倒想好好体会体会。”见到佐世保说得那么自信，岛原也不敢再说多余的话，老老实实地答应了下来。 “佐世保大哥，平时你常到流萤馆来吗？”千鹤又叫住了他问道刚才她一时被血迹和被害人的遗物震慑住了，现在才慢慢缓了过来，因此口气也恢复了正常。 “嗯？”佐世保猛地转过身来。 千鹤又接着说道：“不管这座馆建得如何漂亮，这里总归是十年前的杀人现场啊，再加上你总是独自一人，不会……” “噢，我每年不过来这里几次罢了。就算我对这里非常喜欢，也不过偶尔来这里感受一下气氛罢了，从没想过要在这里一直住下去。生活上也有诸多不便，更没法把女孩带到这个杀人现场来过夜。就算把人带到这里，干完了事她们马上就想走，我又不愿干那种强迫别人的事情。” “说得对啊！”平户在一旁起哄。 对于佐世保这种赤裸裸的表述，千鹤一时不知所措。 “就算我把人带来时什么也不说，到底也瞒不住，对方马上就能察觉出这里有什么不对劲。刚才我不是说过了吗？这座房子能让人感到某种异常，对方凭直觉就能感受到。那样一来，做好事的心情便没有了。”也许佐世保真的有过这样的经历，他边说脸上边露出了苦笑。 “看来你还真带女孩到这里过过夜吧？行啊！佐世保大哥什么事情都敢干啊！”平户呵呵大笑着打趣道。 “我也是年轻人嘛！” “现在不也年轻着吗……干脆你就躺在酒廊的地上，给我们表演一回，还能替我们解解乏呢。”平户肆无忌惮地耸耸肩，缩着脖子说道。 “你这家伙还是这副德行啊！去年来时也是这样。好好，算了，不再跟你废话了。我想你也总该知道吧，接下来我们还有个节目，所以先别把行李搬到房间去。” “节目？那又是什么？”岛原和千鹤正准备去看看自己的房间，听到这番语后不约而同地抬起头问道。 “试试大家的胆量，这是每年夏天都必过的一关。”佐世保神秘地眨了眨眼睛说道。 “佐世保大哥，这里请法师来驱过鬼吗？”千鹤满脸认真地问道。理所当然，她得到了否定的答复。 “看来佐世保对这座别墅还真有感情。你看！到处擦得连一点儿灰尘也没有。去年来这里的时候，我还以为是新装修的呢。我看他一定很仔细地清扫过一遍了。”大村就像一位挑剔的婆婆在检查媳妇干完的活似的，伸出食指在壁炉边上摸了摸，佩服地夸奖着。 “我看也是。佐世保还说加贺萤司这个人神经质，我看他本人的神经质程度一点儿也不比他低。他还在读大学时，我就去过他的住处好几回，房间里每次都千干净净的，显得非常整洁，东西收拾得井井有条，车子也总是擦得锃光瓦亮。活儿能干成这样，那非得有一股热情不可。”平户偷偷朝里面的厨房瞥了一眼后回答道。 酒廊里见不到佐世保