Chapter 29 the next day

Maybe it was because I met a strange crow. That night I dozed off on the edge of light sleep and kept having strange dreams. In one of the dreams, I talked like that crow and kept arguing with Kayo-chan.I said "Are you crazy?" Little Kayo flew into a rage and hit me on the head.In the real world, Kayo-chan never hit me once, so even though I knew I was dreaming, it still hit me hard. In another dream, I was locked in a cramped box with the bunnies.The little rabbits sniffled, trying to get under my belly, they were looking for their mother's nipples, I wanted to run away from the little rabbits, obviously I was in a small box that couldn't move - but this is where the dream was strange - I It was running endlessly at the bottom of the dark box.

Running and running, I met Harashyu.Harashyu, not bound by that loathsome chain, called me joyously when he saw me.I urged Harash: You are not tied up, now is a great opportunity, let's escape together!But Harash shook his head and said, "I have to stay here, Uncle. This is my destiny." No matter how much I urged, Harashyu just sat slumped in the dark abyss, refusing to leave.At this moment, I was about to be overtaken by the little rabbits, and I fled in a hurry. The voice of Harahyu saying "Uncle, goodbye" came from behind. I woke up with a start.The office's electronic clock showed three o'clock in the morning.What a nasty dream.Little Kadai's angry face and Harashyu's sad "goodbye" lingered in my eyes and ears as if it were not a dream but a reality.

In a depressed mood I fell asleep again and dreamed again.This time it was Xiaoxi who stood next to me with a sad face, asking repeatedly: "Ah Zheng, you won't die, will you? You won't die, will you?" In the dream, I didn't seem to notice Xiaoxi at all. Sleep soundly.In a dream-like situation in a dream, I am Ah Zheng who is asleep, and I am also Ah Zheng who dreams that I am asleep, so I anxiously look at myself who is sleepy. When he woke up again, the gaps in the shutters of the office had turned white and brightened.Dawn comes early in summer.I stretched and got up, shaking my whole body.When Kayo-chan handles paperwork for a long time, he occasionally complains that "the shoulders are so stiff", which is probably similar to how I feel now.It's so unproductive to wake up feeling more tired than before going to bed.

I drank the poured water and thought with a dazed head.Overall, it was an ominous, or dark, dream.But the third dream was different from the first two, and was obviously a distortion of my memory.That was a long time ago.When I was first adopted by Hasumi Office, Xiaoxi, who was still young, was worried that I would die of loneliness because of missing the previous owner, and secretly came to see me every night.The scene at that time reappeared as a dream.Having said that, why do you still have that kind of dream until now?But after just two nights alone, am I lonelier than I realize? Looking at the clock, it was just past five thirty in the morning.Miss Junko, who got up early, would not wake up until at least an hour later.I wanted to sneak out and see Harashyu.In the dream, the sound of it saying "Uncle, goodbye" made me unable to ignore it.

As I was walking towards the back door, I heard a small sound.From afar—coming closer— It was the light footsteps yesterday morning.In an instant, I stopped, only my ears turned like radar to make sure I heard correctly.That's right, he's coming, the other party is running over.The speed is faster than yesterday, and there is no hesitation in the footsteps. I nimbly passed through the small gate, sneaked between Kobe's bicycle and Hasumi's office building, and looked out as usual.After a while, a little girl ran across on the left hand side of the eight-meter-wide east-west road in front of Hasumi Office.

Although she is a little girl, she is no longer young.Although he is small, he should be in the fifth or sixth grade of elementary school.She was wearing shorts and a T-shirt, and white sneakers on her feet without socks. Her bare calves were slender and slender, and her tanned calves showed the graceful lines unique to little girls of a certain period. As soon as she arrived in front of Hasumi's office, the little girl stopped suddenly, because her body braked suddenly, and the braids tied on both sides of her ears shook like hanging rings.Her braids ended in two tiny red bows, the color of which matched her tanned skin.

The girl "creeped" around the entrance of the office, as if looking for something.I tuck my nose into the back of the bike and hold my breath. If this girl was the one who gave the bunny yesterday, what is she still doing here?Based on my hearing and experience from analyzing intelligence, I concluded that this child was the owner of the "light footsteps".However, I don't understand what she is doing here now?Is it to get the little rabbit back? At this moment, a human voice came from the left. "Ah, it really came." It was Junko's voice.I was so scared that I almost jumped up and nearly knocked down Xiaoxi's bicycle.I gritted my teeth and shrunk my body so that Miss Junko would not find out.

Seeing Miss Junko, the girl turned around and wanted to run away.Junko hurriedly approached her. "Don't run! I'm not angry. Auntie thinks someone will come to see the situation. She has been waiting since yesterday." The girl maintained a posture that she could escape at any time, and turned to look at Miss Junko.She looked more scared now than the bunny in the box yesterday. "Auntie is taking care of the little rabbits now, all five are healthy. Want to see them?" Hearing Miss Junko's words, the girl turned around like a bullet: "Can I watch it? Really?"

Junko nodded with a smile. "Well, yes. Those rabbits are so cute. Are you raising them?" The girl bowed her head and remained silent. "Auntie's house is in the apartment next door. Do you want to come together? Ah, by the way, you can't go into a stranger's house. Wait a minute, Auntie will bring the rabbit." Junko ran back to the apartment.I peeked from the back of the bike, praying that the girl wouldn't take the opportunity to escape, but my worries were unfounded.The girl stretched her neck to look in the direction where Junko was leaving, expecting her to bring the rabbit.

Was it really because of the parents' order that the rabbits that were born too much had to be thrown away?Having said that, how could Miss Junko expect that the girl Lingzao would come back here? Junko came back holding the cardboard box.The girl ran up to the box, looked into it, and smiled happily.I quietly emerged from behind the bicycle and walked to Hasumi's office. Sister Chunzi saw me and said to the girl: "Hey, are you afraid of big dogs? Are you not? Then you look back. The first one to find your little rabbit is that wolf dog. It seems that it also I want to say hello to you."

"I have experienced the same thing myself." Sister Junko said with nostalgia. The girl sat between me and Junko-san, side by side in front of Hasumi's office.The cardboard box containing the rabbit lay on the girl's lap. "I remember when I was in elementary school. My cat gave birth to kittens. Because there were too many cats, my dad told us to throw away the kittens. My sister and I were afraid that the kittens would catch cold, so we put them in a towel. Well, weeping and throwing them to a nearby shrine, put up a sign saying 'please adopt them'. But we are still very worried, and we go to see them almost every hour. I think people who like animals have no choice but to When she was so distressed that she abandoned the animals, she would definitely do the same thing. So Auntie kept an eye out yesterday to see if anyone was wandering around the Hasumi office, but no one came after waiting all day. I wondered if the other party would Come here early in the morning just like when you left the little rabbit, and get up early to watch." It turned out to be such a thing.This kind of psychology is really unimaginable to me who have never had a pet. Sister Chunzi yawned and said with a smile, "Because of this, Auntie is so sleepy now." The girl shrank her slender neck and said, "I'm sorry..." "You don't need to apologize. But, can you tell auntie, why did you put the little rabbit in front of Hasumi's office? Mr. Hasumi's family is traveling now and won't be back in two or three days. Do you know?" The girl opened her round eyes: "I don't know. I thought someone was at home." "Really? There is a notice posted next to the doorbell, but the notice is very small, you didn't see it. Mr. Hasumi's house is not an ordinary company, but a detective agency, do you know that?" The girl nodded, with a serious face, and subconsciously hugged the box tightly. "I know." "And do you know what a detective does?" "Ok." "That's very strange. Why did you put the little rabbit in the detective agency?" Junko patted her forehead and laughed happily. "I see! I really convinced you. You want to ask the detective to help find the person who adopted the rabbit, don't you?" It doesn't seem to be the case.The girl hung her head while holding the box, and said nothing.Instantly, Junko's smile also shrank. "Isn't it?" "..." "Is there any other reason?" The girl is blinking, her eyelashes are very long.From a close look, I noticed that the bow on the girl's braid was tied awkwardly, and the bow on the right was completely upside down.Did she tie it herself? Junko stretched out her hand, put it on the rabbit's cardboard box, and said softly to the girl: "If you want, Auntie will take the responsibility to take good care of these rabbits. You can rest assured. However, if you have something on your mind, can you tell Auntie? Auntie is single and has no contact with the school at all. Report. It’s just that Auntie is very concerned about seeing you so depressed. If there is something bothering you, maybe Auntie has to tell your parents. Of course, if you don’t want to, Auntie will agree to you, Say nothing." I feel the same way as Junko-san.However, the information I have obtained tells me that these rabbits do not seem to belong to this girl, but were brought out from the breeding hut of Chengdong No. 3 Elementary School. Therefore, my worries are more specific than Miss Chunzi.I was careful not to exhale loudly, so as not to frighten the little girl, and sat quietly. The girl bit her lip and blinked even more.Soon, she confessed in a very low voice: "These rabbits are not mine." Sister Junzi seemed to be taken aback, but it didn't show on her face, she just touched the girl silently. "It's the rabbit from the school's breeding shed." "From your school?" The girl nods. "Chengdong No. 3 Primary School." Sister Chunzi asked an unexpected question: "You can bring them out by yourself, how did you do it?" Although it didn't seem suitable for the current situation, the girl showed a somewhat proud expression. "I am good friends with the head of the breeding section. I have carefully looked at the locked place and learned how to open the door. It is summer vacation, but if it is daytime, it is still possible to be seen, so I sneaked into the school early in the morning and opened the door. Lock the rabbit out." "It's amazing." Sister Junzi said in admiration.Then she asked, "Why did you do that?" The girl lowered her head abruptly, looking both ashamed and frightened.However, beyond these emotions in her answer - if my ears are not mistaken - there is more obvious anger. "—if you leave them in the breeding hut, they will be killed," answered the girl. This time Junko was really frightened and couldn't hide her surprise. "Killed? By whom? Did anyone say to kill the rabbit?" The girl nodded vigorously. "This happened before, when I was in the third grade. The rabbits and chickens that were feeding the hut were all killed." "What grade are you in now?" "Fifth grade." "So, it was two years ago..." Miss Junko murmured.At this moment, I suddenly remembered the dream I had last night. Kayo-chan was arguing with me who spoke in a strange tone-this part was a real "dream", but the scene where Kayo-chan spoke angrily was something that actually happened.Kayo, who was rarely angry, clenched his fists with a look of resentment that could not contain his anger—— Yes, that was two years ago.The animals in the breeding hut of the third elementary school were tortured and killed by the people who invaded in the middle of the night.At that time, Xiao Jiadai talked about this matter with the criminal police who are familiar with the police station in the jurisdiction, and I listened from the sidelines.When I met Harashu yesterday, the knowledge about pets being regarded as objects flashed across my mind, which was also learned from the conversation between Xiao Jiadai and the criminal police at that time. (No matter what the reason is, it is unforgivable to drive out the irresistible small animals.) Little Kayo was furious. (The murderer is probably a mentally twisted person. This is not something that can be ended by saying "I'm sorry, this is a prank". The murderer must be found and severely punished.) Sad to say, incidents of killing or injuring school animals are happening all over Japan.But in the town where we lived, this was the first time such a thing had happened, and the shock was even greater. "I was the head of the breeding section in the third grade, and it was really sad at that time." The girl continued. "I named all the rabbits that were killed. As long as I called, they would come to me. But their necks were all broken and their ears were cut off. I—" The girl's voice gradually choked up.Junko patted her arm to comfort her. "Has the culprit who killed the rabbit been caught?" The girl shook her head violently as if tossing her braids. "No, nothing can be found." That's right—the reason why Kayo-chan was so angry at that time was because the search didn't make any progress. After all, the police are busy and pets are treated as objects. "In this way...you must be having a hard time." Sister Junzi said, looking at the girl. "Then, you brought them out because you were worried that the rabbits would be killed again? However, after the incident two years ago, no animals in the hut were killed again, right?" "That's because after the incident, the breeding hut has never raised animals and has been empty." "Oh, it's like this..." "These rabbits have only been in our school for a week. During the swimming class last week, the teacher on duty cleaned the breeding hut and told us that there were too many rabbits in the No. I will never let something like last time happen again. But—" The girl's words are consistent with the information I heard last night from the black cat born in the first grade of Chengdong No. 3 Elementary School. Sister Chunzi said sadly: "So it's like this... Auntie understands your feelings." The girl hugged the cardboard box tightly. "But, since the teacher said that, is it safe to keep it in the breeding hut this time? Because you took the rabbit away secretly, the classmates who love the little rabbit like you may be so worried that they can't sleep at night." The girl lowered her head and shook her head stiffly all over her body: "It's not safe. It's not safe at all!" "Why? How do you know?" "I heard." The girl raised her head and looked at Miss Junko as if asking for help. "The night before yesterday, I heard the big brothers I didn't know say in the playground that they wanted to kill the rabbit in the third elementary school. I really heard it!" The little rabbits are fine, Auntie will take good care of them, and will not tell anyone about it—after Chunzi made her promise, she let the girl go home.When she was about to leave, the girl told us her name, which was Yukari Takamachi. An hour later, Junko settled the little rabbit in the apartment and took me for a morning walk.Junko-san looked tired and lifeless. "Ah Zheng, what should I do?" Junko-san staggered along, smoothing her unkempt hair with her free hand. "I don't have a child, so I don't know what to ask for at a time like this. If I want to call the police suddenly, I really don't have the energy to do it." I sorted out what Yukari said in my head and fell into deep thought. Yukari said that she overheard a conversation between a junior high school student in uniform and another junior high school student or high school student in casual clothes at the playground the night before.The two sat in front of the loud-sounding video game console, and instead of playing games, they just talked. However, Yukari did not hear the whole picture of the "Killing Rabbit Plan".She only heard words such as "the third elementary school", "rabbit", "kill again", and "recently" intermittently during the conversation between the two teenagers.Even in fragments, the words are scary enough.And because Yukari was too worried, she couldn't help stealing the rabbit's mood, and I can understand it.She's done the best a child can do. However, when I was listening to Yukari's lobbying, I was really concerned about why she appeared in the playground the night before and what she was doing there. I think Junko is the same. , Yukari may feel blamed and keep silent.So it is difficult to find the right time to ask. However, Yukari was more careful than Junko and I thought. She noticed Junko's embarrassing expression and explained: "My family runs an amusement park, and it's my father's shop." It is a store called "Yumeen Takamachi". "Takamachi is my family name. It's on the same side as a supermarket called 'Life' in Gochome." Junko suddenly laughed.I was taken aback. "It turns out that your family opened that store! Auntie became obsessed with 'VR Kombat II' last year, and would go there three or four days a week to play." Yukari said "Thank you for your patronage" to Junko, and then explained in a lonely way that because her father opened a video game store, she didn't get along well with the school teachers and the parents' association. "Primary or junior high school students also came to the store, and they said it was not good for the children. My father was very angry, saying that this was simply asking for trouble for my business, and there was a quarrel." This is a tricky question.If the parents owned a fish store or laundry, there would be no such problem. Yukari said that those teenagers talked about it around eight o'clock the night before yesterday.After seven o'clock, a junior high school student in uniform came alone, and an hour later, a junior high school student in casual clothes came to look for him.At that time, Yukari's father was busy getting change and prizes at the counter, and she hid behind his father's back for dinner.There were many people in the store, and my father was very busy, so he didn't seem to hear the conversation of the boy sitting by the counter with the game console. "Because eating alone is very lonely, so sometimes I will eat in the store, and most of them eat rice balls from convenience stores." Junko was taken aback and asked, "Is your mother helping out in the shop too? So you're too busy to cook?" As a result, Yukari replied with the most embarrassing expression so far: "I don't have a mom. My mom divorced my dad when I was in first grade." Yukari has an older sister who is two years older, and her mother and older sister left together, probably the couple each took a child.Although I personally have many opinions on this kind of thing, it is someone else's housework after all, so it's better not to say anything right now. The night before yesterday, Yukari was eating onigiri from a convenience store, and overheard the conversation of the boys. She was so frightened that she hid behind the counter stiffly.She felt that she couldn't be caught by the teenagers and that she heard their conversation.At around 8:30, the boy in plain clothes left first, and another 30 minutes later, the boy in uniform also left.Yukari is determined to follow them. "I thought that if you saw his uniform, you might be able to know the identity of that person from the name tag or school badge." Unfortunately, the boy in the uniform had nothing of the sort on him.It's just that he rode a bicycle to the playground, and he rode that bicycle when he returned.Yukari saw the bike's name written on the back of the pedals in white paint. Although the paint is peeling off, the word "Todo" is indeed written on it. This boy named Fujido intends to kill the rabbit who just came to the third elementary school in the east of the city-not only that, but also said "kill again".In this way, he may also be one of the prisoners two years ago. However, Yukari cannot speak out about it, nor can she discuss it with anyone.She didn't have any evidence to prove her words, and she didn't know the boy's true identity.It's hard to say whether adults will believe her words. In this way, to prevent the rabbits from being killed, they can only take the rabbits for refuge.So she decided to plan to take the rabbits away by herself and send them to Hasumi Detective Agency. "When the incident happened two years ago, the police couldn't catch the prisoner. At that time, the classmate who is now the head of the breeding department and I planned to ask the detectives. Later, the classmate's parents discussed and said that they would help us to find out, because I lived in the same town, so I explained it to Hasumi Detective Agency, and they sent someone over. I heard it was a female detective, and she said that she absolutely wanted to find the murderer." That should be Kadai.But this is the first time I've heard of it. "Later, the classmate's parents still didn't hire detectives. It is said that some people in the parents' meeting objected to finding the murderer, and the classmate's parents were also said to be pushy, and they were said in a bad way. I heard that the Hasumi incident The detectives at the institute feel very sorry." As a detective, sadly, unlike a police officer, you can do nothing without a commission. "I remember that female detective said that she likes animals very much, and that she will definitely find the criminal. I think she must take good care of the rabbit, so she brought it here." In terms of results, Yukari's judgment was correct.Although Xiaojiadai is in Taiwan, there is still Junzi sister.God is on Yukari's side. "Here, it's here, Ah Zheng." Junko took me to "Dream Garden Takamachi".This is a small store located in a shopping street, the storefront is only three meters wide, and the signboard decorated with musical notes and heart symbols on the name of the store is dirty and old.At this time, the iron gate was still pulled down; two large pieces of paper were posted on the left and right sides of the iron gate, stating that the business hours were from 11:00 am to 2:00 am, and that no minors were allowed to enter after 6:00 pm. Like the spooky gatekeeper. Junko looked around and around the house.Maybe she wanted to see what kind of character Yukari's father was.Unfortunately, "Dream Garden Takamachi" is still immersed in sleep at this time. "My father won't get up until ten o'clock in the morning, so I can move around freely in the morning." I remembered what Yukari said. "Mengen Takamachi" is a remodeled first floor of an ordinary two-story house used as a storefront. From the small storefront, it can be inferred that the layout of the store seems to be quite deep.For homes on the second floor, you may have to walk across the side of the house and enter through the back door.Next to the warning sign on the left side of the iron gate, there is a small red mailbox.On the nameplate of the mailbox, only the names of Yukari's father and her were written. Miss Junko murmured: "It seems that we can only wait until Xiao Jiadai and the others come back. I also have to be careful not to let the landlord find out the origin of those rabbits." Then, he took me away. No matter how legitimate the motive is, Yukari, who is in the fifth grade of elementary school, should still have the fear and guilt that comes with doing something she shouldn't do.Even if this is not the case, I heard that Chengdong No. 3 Primary School has already caused a commotion over the disappearance of the five newly adopted little rabbits.Because it was the summer vacation, the rumors did not spread like wildfire, but this was only before everyone recalled the memories of the brutal incident two years ago.It won't be long before things are bound to spread and cause an uproar.At this time, the general public is sensitive to similar cases, and it may attract the media to come to interview.In the future, as she witnesses and hears about these changes, Yukari will definitely feel more uneasy.Compared to the little rabbits who are already protected, I worry about Yukari's future. And I am also very concerned, why did that crazy crow know about Yukari and her transfer plan? That night, around half past eleven, I left the house.When we arrived at Chengdong No. 3 Primary School, Einstein was still standing on the iron fence of the main entrance, as if he was waiting for me. "Yesterday's dog. Sure enough, you are here again." It said so at the beginning. I look up to Einstein.The crow is a bird with a large body, especially the large and abrupt beak, and the color is also black, which can arouse fear in others. "Now, Einstein, you saw a little girl bring the rabbits out of the breeding shed yesterday morning, didn't you?" Einstein shook his neck slightly and silently looked down at me.It felt like every time it vibrated my neck, it was like analyzing my words word for word. "Not only that, but you also know that the girl wants to hide the rabbit in a safe place. In this way, you must also know about the killing of the rabbit two years ago?" Einstein flapped his wings vigorously, twisted his neck deftly, and looked at the breeding hut on the other side of the campus. "The incident two years ago, me, saw it." "See? Then do you know who the prisoner is?" "I only see shadows. It's dark, human figures. At night, my eyes can't see very well." It says it can't see clearly, although it's not completely invisible. "When I saw it, I didn't know that the rabbit was dead. I didn't know until the sky became brighter in the morning and I went to have a look." "Do you go to the breeding shed often?" Einstein flapped his wings. "No! Me, as soon as I went to the hut, I would be thrown stones by humans and driven away. They thought I wanted to eat rabbits." Crows will eat anything and will attack small animals.I would have seen TV news reports that towns populated by crows had very few ditch rats. "But, I don't know how to eat rabbits. Isn't it human beings who kill rabbits?" Then it spread its wings abruptly, "If you can jump over the gate, would you like to go to the breeding hut with me?" After finishing speaking, it flew up quickly. I barely skipped the gate, walked across the campus, and came to the breeding hut.The playground of Chengdong No. 3 Elementary School is covered with high-drainage materials made of rubber, just like ordinary new schools. My feet are very excited to run on it. The slender wooden posts of the breeding hut are surrounded by fine-grained barbed wire, and the roof is covered with tin sheets, which is quite simple.There is only one entrance and exit, which is a single door installed towards the playground, and this door is also made of barbed wire.The handle of the door could have been padlocked, but it is now empty and the wire mesh door is slightly ajar. It smelled of little rabbits, but also of the children who had been in and out of it: clothing fibers, rubber soles, food, disinfectant, and so on.Human beings themselves do not seem to notice that they are always contaminated with and emit various smells in their daily life. "When the incident happened two years ago, how many figures did you see?" Einstein stopped on the tin roof of the hut and tilted his neck: "One. You, why ask this?" "Is there really only one?" "There's only one. Kill the rabbit, the chicken, and the chick." I squint my eyes in the damp night wind.Yukari heard two teenagers talking about killing the rabbit—from their conversation, it can be speculated that the two men might be the criminals two years ago—but Einstein witnessed only "one" criminal. Could it be that the last incident was done by one of the teenagers, and this time the two are planning to do it together?Or is it just one of the two teenagers who kills rabbits for fun and the other just listens to him? — neither stopped nor advised him, nor mentioned it to anyone. "The girl from yesterday morning kept talking to the rabbit," Einstein said. "Girls are very scared, much more scared than rabbits." "Did you see that around here?" "Because someone approached the breeding hut, me flew over. Because, I thought someone was coming to kill the rabbit again. But, it was a girl. She picked up the rabbit and put it in the box. Tell the rabbit: don't be afraid, don't I'm afraid--" Einstein brilliantly imitated Yukari's voice. "She said: It's dangerous to stay here, let's go somewhere else. She looks like she's about to cry. If an adult finds out, she will be scolded, right?" "It should be." I nodded. "You, why are you looking for that girl? Looking for the girl who hides the rabbit?" "I also said yesterday that I am not looking for a rabbit, nor am I looking for a girl. Besides, I already know which family she is from, and I know that she took the rabbit away to protect the rabbit. She is a good child. The child Knowing that someone was looking for an opportunity to kill the rabbits, I hurriedly rescued them. And I came here to find and arrest the murderers who wanted to hurt the rabbits and those who killed the rabbits the year before last.” Einstein stared at me intently.Looking up from the ground, I couldn't make out him—or was she? ——The figure blended into the darkness, only the pair of dark pupils reflected the only light in the school building, staring at me with light. "The night of the incident two years ago, was it also like this? The prisoner entered the breeding hut by the lights of the school building?" "There is no other light." Einstein replied in the darkness. "That figure didn't bring a flashlight. So I couldn't see clearly. When that figure was running away, I saw something flashing and flashing two or three times, but I didn't know what it was. " "That's it..." "Humans, why do you want to raise rabbits in this kind of place?" Einstein said.It was a questioning tone.I did not answer, silent. "This kind of place is very dangerous. I knew it from the beginning. Humans, there are many guys with abnormal brains. Rabbits can only be killed silently. But why should the rabbits be kept in this place? Even if they are killed, Do you want to raise it again? Is it fun if the rabbit dies?" Einstein was angry. "So me, I think that girl is right. Rabbit, you can't stay in this kind of place. It's good for that girl to take the rabbit and take it to a place where it will never be found again." So before it knew my purpose last night, it wanted to protect that girl——Yukari? "Me, I hate humans." Einstein said softly. So why are you still settling in town by yourself?I was about to ask, but dismissed the idea.What I thought of last night——the conjecture that Einstein was raised by humans should be correct.So even if Einstein wanted to go back to his compatriots, he couldn't go back. Most social animals are very vigilant. Birds are one of the representatives. Once they leave the group and have been raised by humans, they will not easily accept their companions even if they come back.In the human world, this situation is called "difficult to return to the wild".In particular, crows are considered to be particularly intelligent among birds, so this taboo may be even stronger. "That girl's name is Yukari. No matter what happens to Yukari, she will never bully the rabbit." After I said this, I turned my back to Einstein and walked towards the main entrance. I want to take a short detour and go back through "Yumeen Takamachi".It seemed that just passing through the door of the house where Yukari slept peacefully would give him a little comfort. The iron gates of the adjacent shops have been pulled down, and when the lights are turned off to go to sleep, only "Yumeen Takamachi" is still brightly lit, shining with an unusually cheap pink color.I found that the signboard, which looked shabby during the day, was even more desolate when the lights were lit.The name of the store was arranged with small light bulbs on the signboard, but because the light bulbs were damaged, "Mengyuan Gaoding" became "Mengkou Gaoding". Even so, there are still customers in the store.About three or four—all young men.No, it should be a teenager.It may be that the air conditioner was turned on, the store door was closed, and the space inside the store was filled with cigarette smoke, making it a misty place, but teenagers could still be seen sitting in front of the video game machines, or leaning against the counter to chat. There were three bicycles parked on the sidewalk in front of the store, arranged in a haphazard manner, almost occupying the entire aisle. It would be more appropriate to say that they were thrown or thrown there. I get closer to the bike and look behind the pedals.In an instant, even I was taken aback by accident.Because I saw behind the pedals of the bicycle parked on the side of the road, the word "Todo" was written in white paint. I decided to wait.Although the night is long, "Mengyuan Takamachi" is only open until two o'clock in the morning.It's not too much work to do the staring.And before I stare, I go around behind the bicycle of "Todo" and pee on the tire.Sorry to bring up such an unfashionable thing, but it's a necessary means. While waiting in the corner of the sidewalk, I looked up inadvertently, and found a small potted plant next to the handrail on the second floor above the signboard. Inside was a slender plant that looked like a sunflower.Maybe Yukari was the subject of observation for writing a summer homework observation diary. I remembered the summer when Xiaoxi also planted sunflowers.What are you doing now?Did Xiaoxi go to that "Museum of Hired Workers"?Did Kayo-chan eat delicious food?I heard that Taiwan is hotter than Tokyo, has the director lost his head? I imagined the trip to Taiwan by myself, and almost an hour passed without realizing it. The automatic door of "Dream Garden" made a shrill opening sound, and two people walked out from inside.I pricked up my ears. The one who came out first was a tall and thin boy with unusually slender hands and feet.He was wearing a white T-shirt, knee-length jeans, and plastic slippers.Although they are slippers, they are not the traditional slippers Junzi wears when she is walking, but are completely black, with a sole about five centimeters thick. The other was wearing white baggy trousers, as well as heavy plastic slippers.However, he boldly bares his upper body and is tanned all over.His short-cropped hair was dyed blonde, and there was something gleaming in one ear, probably an earring. While I was watching, the shirtless boy wearing one earring raised his hand gently to the other person and said "Bye", and the boy in the white T-shirt also raised his hand in response.Then, the boy in the white T-shirt took out the key from his jeans pocket and inserted it into the lock on the bicycle closest to the road. It is the bicycle of "Todo". I walked out quietly.靠我现在的脚程，是不可能追上他的；但若是追踪我刚才撒下的自己的尿味，那就再简单不过了。少年一离开，我便立刻展开追踪。 少年踢开脚踏车支架，踩上踏板。就在这时候，我嗅到了与自己的气味不同的强烈臭味。 是血，而且是新鲜的血的气味，从少年的身体传来。 我忍不住一惊，倒退一步。穿T恤的少年踩起脚踏车，他用几乎无视于周遭的粗暴骑法把车骑下马路，逐渐加快速度。我惊愕地目送他。像他那种骑法，就算是年轻力壮的狼狗也追不上。 我的鼻腔充塞着血腥味，嗅觉已经麻痹，无法用来追踪少年了。至于那是什么血，遗憾的是，今晚似乎无法追查了。 我无精打采地走回家。有兔子的小学不只城东第三小学，其他小学也有。到了明天，哪里的兔子被拿来血祭的消息就会传开来了——虽然那种事我一点都不想知道。我这么想着，入睡了。 但是我太天真了。我完全认定那些血是某处的兔子的，一点都没想到那会是“人”的血。