Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen

I leave the store at half past eight. The moon was covered by clouds, but luckily the rain stopped in the evening.I took a flashlight to illuminate the wet mountain road, and paid attention to my feet as I walked up step by step. The observatory designated by the other party is still some way away from the top of the mountain, but the winding road around the mountain ends here. If you walk along the small mountain road that ordinary mountaineers don't know much about, it will take less than an hour from the store to the observatory. In fact, I would have liked to have more time to draw up a plan, but unfortunately there is no way.

In the slanted shoulder bag are the one million that Ms. Hosoya gave me, the long-bladed kitchen knife I took from the kitchen, a set of clean clothes and sneakers, and a few others Trivial items.Also, in the pocket of my slacks is my usual folding hiking knife. After receiving Shioni's call, Ms. Hosoya immediately went to the station to collect the money. During this time, I told Chie the general story and told her to go out.I don't know if it was caused by too much sleep or the drugs, but Chie looked a little dazed, submissive like a poor little girl. If Nachi saw it, there would be chaos, so I sneaked Chie downstairs from the open-air stairs.

I stopped Hosoya-san who wanted to call a taxi.It was decided to let her drive the car in the shop because it would be more convenient for her to have a car during the few days she was taking care of Chie.Usually we try not to use the car in the shop for personal affairs, but the situation is different now after all. When I told her that I was planning to walk up to the observatory, Ms. Hosoya seemed a little surprised.But she didn't ask the reason, but told me to be careful with a serious face. Of course, it is impossible for me to drive a car with Mao Maotou's eye-catching trademark printed on it to kill people.Even if you act hastily without adequate preparation, you still have to be careful to exclude witnesses, fingerprints, footprints and other traces.

Although I can't talk about a plan, I still have a rough script in mind. Sit in the passenger seat of Shiomi's car and assassinate him inside the car is the most ideal way.Unprepared, close to him can poke deep, and the body can be transported directly to any place.So I can only hike to the observatory. How to deal with the aftermath is also a big problem.Did people and cars sink into Osaka Bay?Or should the car fall from a certain cliff to the bottom of the valley?I thought of a bunch of methods common to movies and novels.The final conclusion is that it is the best solution to make people think that he was killed because of a money dispute with a hooligan by taking advantage of the current situation.

If so, it would be easy.Just find a place on the street that looks like a hooligan would do this kind of thing, and leave the body and the car there. That being said, things don't necessarily go according to script.If you want to kill someone in a car, you have to arrange to exchange money and negatives in the car, but the other party may not be obediently fooled. The most important thing is to maintain a calmness that can be flexible and adaptable no matter what happens. I arrived at the observatory at 9:25 according to my calculation. Turn off the flashlight, take out the kitchen knife from the bag, wrap it in a towel and insert it on the back of the belt.The splattered blood might get in my hair, so I wore a black beanie.

The night mist that resembled light rain filled the air, and the only light and the light of the vending machine were hazy. In this season, when the weather is good, there are often cars parked around for lovers to watch the night view.However, on this gloomy night, there was only one car parked on the opposite side. According to what Ms. Hosoya heard on the phone, the car Shio saw was a silver-gray RV, and the first number on the license plate was eight. I couldn't confirm whether it was that car.It looks like silver, but the color is white. Besides, there are more than 30 minutes before the appointed time.

Perhaps it was indeed the car driven by the couple who hid here for the sake of a world for two.Even if that was the case, Shiomi would have parked the car far enough away, so it shouldn't be a problem.It would be better to say that someone else was present, but it could be a good excuse to trick him into trading in the car. With that in mind, I approached the car. The car seemed to have been turned off, and the car exhaust in the fog was pungent.I'm not afraid, I'm so calm that even I feel incredible.The tension that filled my whole body even made me feel refreshed. I squatted behind the car and turned on the flashlight.The body is indeed silver-gray, and the four-digit number of the license plate begins with eight.

I stood up and walked around to the passenger seat while keeping a safe distance. Something is wrong. It's impossible for the people in the car not to notice me, but I can't feel the other person's gaze.Yinbi was still growling lowly, but there seemed to be no one in the dark car.Not only that, but some more fundamental anomaly seemed to be wafting from the car as a whole. I approached cautiously, using a flashlight to illuminate the interior of the car through the glass. Sure enough, no one. Did Shio Jian get out of the car and hide in the nearby grass, waiting for an opportunity to attack me?Could it be that the jealousy that Chie stole from others drove me crazy, and she also planned to kill me?As the thought flashed through my mind, I realized that what appeared to be a shadow in the faint circle of light was actually a dark stain.The driver's seat cushion was stained mottled.

In order to take a closer look, I didn't dare to heighten my vigilance carelessly and went around to the other end. Then clip the flashlight under your arm and put on the gloves you prepared in advance. Through the glass, you can see that the car key is still inserted.The doors were unlocked.When I pulled it away, the small light also turned on, and a disgusting stench suddenly hit my face. There was an astonishing amount of blood.Not only the seat cushions, but also the rubber pads under the car were about to overflow with a puddle of blood.With so much blood, even I knew there was no way that man was still alive.As I had planned before, that person should be sitting in the driver's seat and was stabbed several times in the chest and abdomen.The blood sprayed on the glass was still wet, and it should have been less than an hour since the tragedy.

The disappointment inside me was stronger than the fear. I stood there blankly, half thinking seriously, could it be that my clone unknowingly came out of my body and killed Shiojian? That is of course impossible. I feel extremely lost.No, it's not just lost, it's even like losing an irreplaceable treasure by malicious fraud. The power accumulated in advance has nowhere to vent.Emotional dependence, my lily heart, was suddenly taken away.What should I do? If Shiomi's corpse stayed here, I would definitely pull out the kitchen knife from my waist without hesitation and stab him repeatedly.It is absolutely necessary for me to kill Xiaoer.In order to end my feelings for my mother, in order to reborn, in order to spend the future hand in hand with Chie——

As a result, what did I do?I jumped into the bloody car and stepped on the accelerator regardless of the slippery soles.I clenched the direction badge and turned in a panic, not knowing what to do with my beating heart, while driving down the mountain as fast as possible along the winding mountain road with many curves.In other words, I directly carried out the original plan of action to kill Shiomi, as if I really killed Shiomi with my own hands. I have no other way. Although I knew that the hooligans I had planned to plant had preempted me, but I was told to do nothing, leave the car here, and go down the mountain foolishly, I really couldn't do it. During the 20 minutes of Mercedes-Benz around the mountain road, there was not a single car on the road. On the way, I couldn't bear the nausea-inducing stench, so I rolled down a third of all the windows.I sat on the chair cushion like a blood-sucking sponge, so the wet clothes clinged to my hips and back, and my white gloves were stained black. I tried to choose small roads as much as possible, and after driving on ordinary roads for a while, I got on the expressway towards Osaka. My skin was wet with blood, and I was gradually intoxicated with a certain sense of victory as I breathed in the smell of blood while driving.In this bloody car, it is not difficult to believe that he killed Shiomian.I even felt that the touch of stabbing the kitchen knife into Shiomi's ribs was still clearly in my hand. "Very...very...very good!" I yelled, and slapped the steering wheel with my gloved hands. I got off the expressway at Minatomachi, because as soon as I left -R Namba Station a little bit, the area was unexpectedly deserted. After driving to the road next to the railway, there is an area full of low-rise office buildings with a height of only four or five floors at most. At this time, people and cars hardly pass by. From time to time, fluorescent lamps erected on utility poles appeared, making the streets look like black-and-white movies. I drove at a low speed to look for the location of the abandoned car. I was surprised when a police car suddenly appeared on the right side of the narrow intersection in front of the vending machine that was shining brightly in that area. In fact, there was no collision, but both sides slammed on the brakes, and then I crossed the intersection first based on the principle of left first.I stared straight ahead and drove slowly, but I always felt that wearing a woolen hat in this weather would arouse suspicion. After driving for a while, I started to break out in a cold sweat.If the cops stop me for a roadside inspection, I'm done. Criminal cases that will be reported often occur in this area, so the police patrol is also very hard. It is absolutely impossible to continue wandering on the road and encounter the same police car again. So I drove back to the road next to the tracks with a better view, and continued walking in the opposite direction of the station.Cross the level crossing at any place, and this time turn slightly in the direction of the station. When a large open space surrounded by barbed wire appeared on the left ahead, I drove the car into it without hesitation.Fortunately, there is no fence or anything like that at the entrance. I walked in small circles in the clearing, trying to illuminate my surroundings with my headlights. Although there are weeds growing wildly, this place is not an untied open space, but rather a construction site where half of the basic work is completed and abandoned.A large number of cement pipes and miscellaneous building materials are left to be exposed to the wind and sun, and there are also prefabricated houses for construction sites. There should be a lot of places in this area that have been redeveloped, but they can't find a way to use them, just because they can't see far at night, so they didn't find them immediately. Among the waste materials piled up in one corner, refrigerators, electric kettles, plastic clothes storage boxes and other items were also mixed for some reason. On the side, a dark-colored RV and a dark-colored station wagon were parked opposite each other.The surrounding weeds are as high as the car windows, so it can be seen that the two cars must have been abandoned. Just what I want. I locked on a direction at random, pushed aside the grass with the bumper on the front of the car, and went deep into it cautiously. I rolled up the window and turned off the car, and got out of the car.Take out the shoulder bag from the back seat and lock the door. I took deep breaths of the grassy outdoor air again and again. The blood has dried up like a paste, sticking to the skin together with the fabric of the clothes, mixed with my sweat and smelling bad.If Yohei sees my appearance now, he doesn't know what expression he will make.The sudden generic thought made my lips twist and look like I was crying and laughing. Hat, shirt, trousers, underwear, shoes, after I took off all my clothes, I used the twenty small towels in plastic bags brought from the store to wipe my face, hands, and body.Twenty items are not enough, but there is no other way.I plan to use the incinerator in the store to burn the dirty laundry, so I crumpled it up and stuffed it into a garbage bag. After putting on the replacement clothes and clean sneakers, I feel more comfortable. Miss Hosoya should still be waiting for the result, I have to call her quickly, it's already past eleven o'clock. This place is close to the railway, so if a tram passes by during the call, she might hear it, but I decided to call directly regardless. "Is the manager all right! Why is it so late?" Hosoya-san's voice was harsher than ever. "I'm sorry, I just contacted now, but I didn't show up. I wasted my time waiting until now. I was nervous for a long time, and now I'm exhausted." I don't even have time to feel the guilt after lying.It's already reached this point, and I'm still dominated by the feeling that I really killed Shioni, and acted according to the previous plan. "How did that happen...how did it happen? Isn't he in a hurry to ask for money?" "Who knows, maybe he's found another way." Miss Hosoya seemed to think for a while, and finally said in a low voice: "In short, our side has fulfilled the agreement, and we can't do anything more now. I think he will raise some conditions soon, so we can only wait for a while." From now on, I will never receive messages from Shiomi again. After a long time, Miss Hosoya and Chie will naturally forget about it with peace of mind.Thinking of this, I had a question for the first time, is that really the blood I saw? I put the phone to my ear and couldn't help but look back at the car in the overwhelmed weeds. I didn't kill people, so I don't know.Theoretically, the possibility that Shio Jian killed the chasing gangster and drove away in the opponent's car cannot be ruled out 100%. I thought like waking up from a big dream, if this is the case, I would be wiping the ass of the criminal I saw. I almost fell into a panic in an instant, but I still tried to calmly ask: "How is Chie doing now?" "The medicine took effect, and she slept soundly. She also ate all her dinner, and her body will definitely get better soon." I once again ask Miss Hosoya to take care of Chie for a few more days as planned.If you haven't received a single message during this period, then you should be able to confirm that Shiomi is indeed dead.Although I am very concerned about the negatives that I did not get back, there is nothing I can do about it. "Is the store manager still on the observatory?" She asked as she was about to hang up the phone. "Yes, I'm going down the mountain now." "Then, please be careful on the road. It's useless to think too much, I'd better take a bath tonight and have a good rest." "I will, thanks." I checked the time again, it was almost twelve o'clock. Although it is a bit dangerous, if you sprint with all your strength, you should have time to catch the last train from Namba.