Chapter 7 intermission

dad, mom.Sorry for making you worry! I am Yukari.Newspapers and TV are saying that after I disappeared, I was killed or something, but I'm actually fine, I'm fine now. I love him very much and am already planning to marry him.We felt: Dad, Mom, you will definitely not agree to our marriage, so we made this bad move and left. It is true that we are still too young and have very little experience in life.However, we do really love each other.Although I don't want to elope, but there is really no other way. I am writing to tell you that we are doing well.In addition, the police arrested a child and said that he was suspected of kidnapping Ms. Kayoko Sakamaki and me.So please take this letter to the police and let them release the child quickly.At least my disappearance has nothing to do with him.

Please don't come to me.I also hope that Dad and Mom can calm down. (Note) This letter has been sent to the Saitama Police Forensics Division for identification, but no fingerprints have been collected.The note is a product of Company K: the envelope is a commercially available brown envelope, and the words on the note and the address and name on the envelope are all typed by a typewriter produced by Company B. Postmarked by Urawa Central Post Office, Saitama Prefecture, between 12:00 and 18:00 on January 9th.No sender's address was left. (Finish) confession transcript January 13, Heisei X Year

Household Registration: Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture X Address: Same as above Occupation: Grade 3 student of X middle school Tel: 0480-23-XXXX Name: XXXIX (Note: Boy A's real name) Born on X month X, Showa X (15 years old) (On January 13, Heisei X, at the police station of Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture, the above-mentioned suspect was interrogated on suspicion of murder. the following statement) Let me continue to talk about the last topic. When I was angry at school and at home, I always suffered from having no place to vent my anger.At first, I used video games to vent my anger, but then the games didn't satisfy me, so I played with fire in the back storage room of the family house, or stabbed insects and small animals with a knife.

But, gradually, I even got bored with these, so I started to attack others.For example, chasing elementary school students on the road, and even chasing and beating those who are not pleasing to the eye, and such things, I did a lot at that time. Sometimes I go out to do this kind of thing at night, but I keep it from my father.However, I think even if Dad knew, he wouldn't say anything about me.Because my father and mother usually treat me as if I don’t exist, and I also treat them as if they don’t exist.My father is being overwhelmed by the company and women's affairs, and this home is just a place for me to spend the night.

The Kayoko Shumaki who I killed had never met me face to face before.At about eleven o'clock in the evening on November 17th, while I was wandering on the road, a bus bound for Shubucho happened to pass by, and the woman happened to get off at Koshinzuka Station. Q: Did you have the intention to kill at that time? Answer: Originally, I didn't want her life, I just wanted to play tricks on her.So, I put on the scary skull mask I bought from the temple fair of Master Tunlong in Tianwangyuan, trying to cover her eyes from behind.As a result, as soon as he got closer, he was spotted by her.

Seeing that she opened her mouth to shout, I thought something was wrong, so without thinking, I pulled out the flashlight from my body and smashed it hard on her head.I really didn't want her life, I just wanted her to keep quiet. With a muffled "bang", the woman fell to the ground. At that time, I was terrified in my heart. This is going to be terrible. If someone finds out, I will have to be sent back to the youth academy. It was very cold that night.While there was no car passing by here, I quickly dragged the woman to the nearby woods, and gave her a pulse. I don't know if it was because her fingers were frozen, and I couldn't figure out whether she was dead. Still alive, maybe because I was terrified at the time.

At the time, however, I assumed she was dead.So, all I could think about was how to hide the corpse. Then, I remembered right away: there was an old wheelbarrow at home, sitting in the storage room, and it hadn't been used for a long time.With that cart, it should be possible to transport the body to hide somewhere else. Although it was dark in the storage room, luckily the trolley was still there.I cleaned up all the garbage and debris on it, and when I pulled it out, I found that the tire was flat, so I took an air pump, filled it with some air, and then pushed the car into the woods.The woman must have died, and it took me a long time to carry the body to the car and transport it to the field.

On the road from Kuki City to Iris Town, even in the middle of the night, there are often vehicles passing by. As soon as I see headlights in the distance, I push the car on the field ridge or on the side road. When those cars pass by, won't notice me. On the field side, there used to be many reservoirs and swamps for irrigation.I used to play here a lot when I was a kid, and I know the terrain like the back of my hand.So, even though it was night, I could roughly recognize the location. Question: Have you ever been bumped by someone on the road? A: Didn't meet anyone. I chose the Iga Marsh, which is called the "Bottomless Abyss".It wouldn't freeze there, even in the depths of winter; if the body were sunk there, I don't think anyone would ever find her.

I managed to safely transport the body to the edge of the swamp, and then put her into an old wooden boat parked on the shore, and then I rowed the boat to the middle of the swamp and pushed her down.The body sank in an instant until I was completely out of sight. When I was pulling the cart home, the phone rang suddenly, which startled me.At first I thought that I was being followed, maybe it was the cell phone of the person behind me ringing?I was completely hopeless at the time, thinking that I must have been discovered by the police. I sat down on my buttocks, but after waiting and waiting, no one came, so I took out the flashlight and looked around, but I didn't even see anyone.

The mobile phone rang again, and this time I realized that the sound was coming from the cart.I got up and took a photo with the flashlight, and saw that a mobile phone had fallen in there.I realized: it had fallen from the woman I had killed, stuffed it in my pocket, and took it home. I was finally relieved that no one had discovered the hidden body.It seems that going out to hang out is really harmful but not beneficial, so for a while after that incident, I didn't go out much. However, the cell phone kept ringing every day.The woman's friend sent a message asking her to reply immediately. I planned to ignore her at first, but she kept on going.

At that time, the news had spread about the woman I killed.Whereabouts unknown or something (at this time. I just know her name is Kayoko Jiumaki).So, I called back the woman who sent the message to find out what she was up to.In order to test her, I didn't say a word on the phone, but she seemed to be convinced that Miss Shumaki was still alive. So, at her request, I designated a meeting place for her.Then, I went to the park and wanted to ask her what was the matter, but was seen by passers-by.In a panic, when I was running away, my clothes were scratched by the fence, and my mobile phone was also left at the scene. I did the same thing when I killed another woman (Miss Yukari Tatada).Although I didn't dare to go outside for a while, but seeing that the patrol work of the self-police regiment gradually relaxed, I felt that I should be fine.I slipped out again at night, and on the road, I saw a woman riding a red bicycle. This time I planned to kill her, and after I was done, I carried her to the Iga Marsh with a cart. (The following content is omitted) ... It was a small, stuffy room. He took out a rough note and spread it on the desk.Because word processors are not allowed, it can only be written by hand.He always writes with too much force, and his handwriting is also very sloppy. For him, the word processor is really a good helper. But now, he seemed to be bound by his hands and feet.I haven't written for a long time, and the old calluses that disappeared several years ago are now resurrected in situ like a lizard's tail. The aching fingers reminded him of the past.Tears flashed in his eyes, but there was no sentimentality at all, only pain and regret in his heart—animal, I have fallen into this field and been locked up in such a dirty and broken place. Only with a pen can he express the strong unwillingness in his heart. He squeezed the pencil tightly and was about to start writing when suddenly there was a clear and crisp sound like a broken bone—bastard, the pen lead broke.He didn't have a pencil sharpener at hand, so he had to use his thumbnail to remove the wood chips around the lead.Although the refill has become shorter, it is a bit difficult to write, but there is no need to worry that the refill will break again. "Your respect..." He just wrote two words, and he turned his stomach against this kind of cliché, so he used the pitifully small eraser to erase the words with difficulty.After wiping, the sticky notes were black, dirty, and matted. But it doesn't matter, it's not a love letter anyway. "Long time no see." That's fine. "Dad, are you okay?" Suddenly, his eyes were dimmed, as if the fluorescent light had suddenly gone out.He gently massaged his eye sockets with his fingers, and when he looked up, he found that the fluorescent lights in the room were really flickering. "Are the lights almost worn out..." Beast, is this implying his own future? ... He laughed wryly until he bent down with laughter, and at this moment he was shaking violently all over, as if suffering from a fever. "Hey! ... Quiet! ... Quiet! ... Be quiet! ..." A deep, stern male voice came from outside the cell door.The peeping hole was opened, and he felt a gaze full of hatred suddenly shot from behind. "Go to bed. You have to get up early tomorrow." He didn't answer.There was a thin quilt and a blanket beside him, but the quilt was as hard as raw meat flattened with a stick, and the yellowed blanket was filthy.He knew that as soon as he got in, his whole body would be covered with the smell of sweat and semen, and it was really hard to sleep in it. The peephole was closed again, and the surroundings were once again dead silent.There was snoring from next door, and the cellmate on the other side was humming a little tune.It's the song "Return to Busan Port".Although this song was not suitable for singing on such an occasion, and it was a little out of tune, the sad melody touched his heartstrings. The people next door chanted over and over, like a tape being played on repeat. "Dad. Is Mom okay?" How about writing like this?This wonderful way of writing must be able to make the other party feel the extremely heavy pressure in their hearts.Thinking of this, he temporarily forgot about the pain in his fingers and immersed himself in the memories of the past. "On the hill where I used to play..." Humming nursery rhymes, he couldn't help laughing again. 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Hehehehehehehehehehe Hehehehehehehehehe Hehehehe! ... " This time, he laughed quietly, no one could hear her laughter.Although this made his diaphragm feel uncomfortable, but instead, there was a kind of stimulating pleasure. Anyway, there is no entertainment in this place.

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