Chapter 25 Section VII

To be precise, it is not a "hospital". That place is called "Toyama Psychological Clinic", and it is an institution that specializes in treating children with emotional disorders or mental patients, as well as severe drug addicts. drug addict.My ears are as high as the Rockefeller Building. As always, I cannot enter a medical facility.The following process is a summary of what I heard after the event. The person we are looking for is Yamada, who is in charge of affairs there.He was a well-dressed gentleman who was said to have "a very pleasant voice". He remembered Minyan's appearance, and also remembered meeting him.As soon as Kayo-chan took out the photo, he recognized it immediately.

However, he said the names were different. Kayo-chan, Okumura who was traveling with him, and Miss Youhui who insisted on traveling together, all three of them were surprised.Mr. Yamada was also very surprised. He took the documents and rummaged through them. "It's the face, it's just that the name is Mr. Toshihiko Udagawa." The signature in the "Guarantor" column of the "Consent to Hospitalization" is Min Yan's handwriting. "Udagawa is his colleague's surname, Mr. Uno used a pseudonym." Xiao Kayo said, his heart was pounding nervously.

"But why did he do that?" Ms. Youhui murmured. Mr. Yamada did not hide his nervous expression. He said that he never knew about President Aizawa's murder. "I seldom read social news. Even if I did, the newspaper photos are too small. If the name is different, I wouldn't notice it at all. I didn't expect him to do such a thing-this was my negligence. It was still too reluctant gone." "reluctantly?" Okumura asked aggressively, and Mr. Yamada explained the reason: "It happened around October last year. Mr. Udagawa—that is, Mr. Toshihiko Uno— came to visit our institution. He said that he wanted his friend to receive treatment and wanted to confirm the cost."

His friend's name is "Ito Akemi", and he is a patient recorded in the hospitalization consent form. She takes drugs. "To be honest, the fees we charge are quite expensive. Although there are outpatient treatment or psychological counseling, in principle, severe patients must be hospitalized. Especially for the treatment of drug addicts, it is not only necessary to wean them off their dependence on drugs, but also to take care of them until We will not repeat the same mistakes until we fully return to society, so hospitalization is even more necessary." Mr. Yamada relayed that Toshihiko replied, "It's okay, I'll trouble you."

"The advance payment is 2.5 million yen. In less than a week, Mr. Uno paid the money in cash and handed over Miss Ito Akemi to us." However, he has one request. "Due to the special nature of this institution, many patients will not be hospitalized with their real identities, and sometimes artists will come to seek treatment. We have long been used to some strange requests. But the conditions proposed by Mr. Uno are very different." He said: Please tell Akemi Ito that this is a public hospital and the expenses will be fully borne by the state, please rest assured.Also don't tell her I paid for it.

"That's why when collecting the necessary documents and fees, it is necessary to avoid Ms. Ito and do it outside the hospital. Mr. Uno seems to intend to carry out this lie thoroughly. He also told Ms. Ito many times not to worry." Mr. Yamada also said that the two of them did not appear to be close, and he felt that there seemed to be something else hidden between them.After speaking, he pressed his lower lip tightly. "I didn't expect him to commit murder and robbery just to pay for hospitalization..." "No, he borrowed money to finance the expenses, and the murder didn't happen until long after that."

Kokayo categorically clarified.Miss Youhui asked again: "Miss Akemi Ito doesn't know about Toshihiko's case, does she?" Mr. Yamada nodded: "She probably didn't know. No newspapers, no TV, just—" "only?" "Mr. Udagawa—that is, Mr. Uno, hasn't shown up for a long time. Ms. Ito is lonely and worried." Tomoe-san stared at Kayo-chan as if seeking encouragement, and said: "Can I see her?" Afterwards, Xiao Jiadai reported that the girl was very beautiful, and said that she had almost recovered. The meeting point is in the clinic atrium.Akemi Ito was sitting on a bench on the grass, knitting a sweater.

"This is Mr. Udagawa's sister, Ms. Tomoe. These two are friends of Ms. Tomoe, Ms. Hasumi and Mr. Okumura." Mr. Yamada introduced Kayo and his party in this way. In order to meet her, Kayo and Miss Tomoe told a fib. "Hello, I'm Minyan's older sister, Youhui." After introducing herself, Ms. Youhui said, "Minyan has gone on a business trip abroad and was supposed to be back in about a month, but because of the extended work, there is no way to return home now. He called me last week and said he had a friend who was being treated in this clinic and asked me to come and visit him. I’m so sorry for being so abrupt.”

Akemi Ito—I heard that she is only eighteen years old, and I decided to call her "Xiaomei" because she is only one year older than Xiaoxie—she stared at Miss Youhui intently, and then smiled like a blooming flower . "So that's the case, that's great! I thought Mr. Udagawa had forgotten me... Although it's really cheeky to think so, and speaking of it, it's strange that he would pay attention to someone like me, but I'm still very sad... So he went to A business trip abroad. Is he okay?" Miss Youhui couldn't answer, so Xiaojia answered for her: "Yes. I heard that he is very worried about you."

"He is really alien. If he has a girlfriend, he should have said no." Okumura continued, but Xiaomei shook her head. "It's nothing like that. I'm not Mr. Udagawa's girlfriend. I don't have the qualifications." Then she looked up at Miss Youhui: "Didn't Miss Youhui hear from Mr. Udagawa?" "Well, he didn't tell me the details, I only know your name." Xiaomei confessed to everyone: "I stay in this kind of place, you should also guess that I will be addicted to drugs." She said she and Toshihiko met in Shinjuku.This is a nicer way of saying it. In short, Min Yan was her soliciting target at that time.

Selling prostitutes is also the so-called "Liu Ying".Of course, she wanted to earn money to buy drugs. "I ran away from home for a long time. I ran away from home when I was fifteen, and then I have been wandering. It is probably not difficult to guess why people like me get addicted to drugs." Almost all are men.In the colorful but ruthless metropolis, the man who approached with a kind face showed his true colors within a month. During the conversation, Xiaomei began to use "he" to refer to Minyan.Xiao Kayo compared Xiaomei's tone when she said "he": just like when a child said "Princess Moon". During the narration, Xiaomei touched the half-knit sweater on her lap from time to time. "He was very different from the beginning. When I called him up in Shinjuku, he looked at my face carefully and asked me: 'When was the last time you had a good meal?'" Min Yan is a young man who grew up in the city. He should have been in contact with women on this street a long time ago, and he doesn't find it unusual.However, he fell in love with Xiaomei, because she was too young, too distressing, and—— "I don't think I'm overthinking. Mingmei's appearance and feeling are very similar to Miss Youhui..." Xiao Kayo said. That day, Xiaomei and Minyan broke up after eating.Xiaomei thought: "What a strange guest", but he came again the next day. "He invited me to dinner and let me stay in a hotel... It's just me alone, and it's a very good business hotel." This went on for a while, and Min-yeon learned that she was addicted to drugs. "He told me to get off the drug and not to do it again. I told him it was impossible. I was not alone and if I tried to escape I would be killed. Then he told me he knew a family It's a very good hospital, as long as you live there and treat slowly, avoiding the limelight." (I have no money.) (It’s a public facility, it doesn’t cost money. I heard it from a client, it seems to be a very good hospital. I will find a way to help you with the procedures, let you live in, let’s escape this street together, okay ?) In this way, Minyan brought her into the Toyama Psychological Clinic.However, the cost is out of pocket. That's why he borrowed money.The purpose of using a pseudonym should be to prevent Mingmei from being able to find him if the "public hospital" lie is exposed. He intends to be completely invisible. "He made an appointment with me and would visit me occasionally. But he hasn't come for a long time, I'm so worried..." Little Kayo could only forcefully smile and play sloppy. "Is he nice to you?" "very good." "It's like a white knight." Minmei was taken aback when Kayo-chan said that. "How do you know? That's my nickname for him." Since she will run away from home, Mingmei's family situation can be imagined; but she said that she still has a cherished souvenir. It was a copy of Through the Looking-Glass with a worn cover. "It was a Christmas gift from a neighbor who loved me very much. The 'White Knight' is the character that appeared in it. I thought that as long as I came to Tokyo, I would meet the real White Knight. The white powder knight; and he said: 'then I'll be your real white knight'. He said he was going to be like Alice's white knight and keep me safe until I became queen. I asked him why he was treating me so good--" "How did he answer?" "He said that as long as I get better, he can be relieved. I don't quite understand, but no matter how many times I ask, he just laughs and doesn't answer." When saying goodbye to Xiao Kayo and his group, Xiaomei held up the sweater that was 80% finished, and said with a smile: "I knitted this for Mr. Udagawa, I wonder if he will wear it?" Miss Youhui replied: "I think he must like it very much. It's the color that Shedi likes." That sweater is light blue. "Do you think that kind of person is likely to commit robbery and murder?" Okumura said angrily after leaving the clinic and returning to the car. "Toshihiko Uno is definitely not someone who would kill for money." While waiting in the car, I was shocked when I saw Miss Youhui who came back.Her face was bloodless and her eyes were red. Knowing what has happened so far, one can understand why she shed tears.There are too many reasons.However, her current distraught appearance makes people feel that there is something else hidden. Kayoko also noticed this. "Minyan said, if Mingmei is reborn, I can also be freed. This sentence is very intriguing. Miss Youhui, can you guess the reason why Mr. Minyan sacrificed for her so much?" After a while, Miss Youhui finally spoke.Her voice was so weak that it seemed to disappear at any moment. "It's all my fault." She put her hand lightly on the bad leg. "This leg is the aftermath of a car accident when I was a child. We were practicing riding a bicycle—I was very slow and couldn't ride well. When the accident happened, Minyan was helping me push the bicycle." The scene seemed to be playing before my eyes. "——When I came back to my senses, the truck was already in front of me." I thought of the word "responsibility" and the young man who kept blaming himself for causing his sister to behave badly. "It's not Minyan's fault. It's not anyone's fault. I'm just unlucky. But that child has been in pain. Seeing him like that makes me sad too. Words alone can't understand the other person's true heart, I know Every time I say 'you don't mind', Minyan pushes himself tighter and tighter. That's why we keep living apart." For Toshihiko, it's like living on eternal probation.No matter how sorry you are, you can't get back to the way you were. "Perhaps Mr. Toshihiko is also looking for a way to save himself." Xiao Kayo murmured. "At this time, he met Mingmei. He knew very well what would happen to her if he didn't lend a helping hand, so he wanted to save her. Mr. Minyan may feel that as long as he rescues Mingmei for free, he can relieve her somewhat. He feels guilty about you." In a sense, Mei is a stand-in. (He said that as long as I get better, he can also be relieved.) After escorting you to your destination, please watch me go.In this way, you can be encouraged. "So, although he is short of money, he feels happy in his heart and is saved because of his embarrassment. He feels that he is also relieved while being tortured. Is it possible for him to rob for money?" Hearing Okumura's words, both Kayo-chan and Miss Tomoe raised their heads.There was fear in their eyes. It was Miss Youhui who spoke first. "Then, who is the real prisoner? Where is Minyan?"