Chapter 6 Chapter Five

Some things can be taken away by money; some things can be diluted by experience; some things can be submerged by time... some things can never be erased. Thirty years ago. When all the on-site photos were spread out on the table, I couldn't help but gasped. The protagonist in the photo is a fifteen-year-old female student. If it weren’t for the badly damaged student uniform on her body, I couldn’t connect “her” with those bright and bright girls on the street. .This is the most tragic corpse I have seen since the end of the war—one eye was destroyed, the body was covered with burns and bruises, a piece of flesh was gouged out at the base of the thigh, and the face covered by gravel was swollen and blue...It was devastated and horrible.

I put away all the photos on the table and stared at the haggard and resolute woman opposite: "So, Mrs. Watanabe, what do you need me to do for you?" "Find them! Use your strength to find them!" The woman's eyes were red, and she said in a voice that almost burst out of her teeth, "Punish them! Punish these bastards who killed Xiaochun! I Let them apologise with death!" "But you said just now that the police have closed the case, right?" "Yes, because the murderers are all minors, and because the father of one of the main criminals is one of the leaders of the bad society 'Nioh Group' here." The woman bit her lower lip and lowered her head, expressing resentment The expression clenched his fists, "Although one of them was caught, the police dared not even announce the details of the case due to pressure! The remaining four disappeared together after the incident. I want you...I want you Use your strength to find them and avenge Xiaochun!"

"...Sorry, I can't take this case." After thinking for a long time, I closed the case file and pushed it back in front of her. "Why? Miss Maple, aren't you a psychic detective?" The woman raised her head and looked at me with eyes so sharp that she couldn't look directly at her, "Money...it doesn't matter how much money you want, I will find a way... " "It's not about the money. I can't meddle in the cases that the police have closed, and I can't use my abilities on lynchings." I tried my best to gather my mind and answered firmly—not just because there is less than a month left. It is necessary to go back to the mountains to retreat, also because at this moment, from the young woman in front of me, I feel the kind of terrifying murderous aura that is almost evil.

"... Even after reading this, are you still unwilling to help me?" The woman picked up the file bag and stared at me with tearful eyes, "Even if you know what Xiaochun has encountered, even if you see Her tragic situation... Are you as hard-hearted as those people!" "Because I saw what happened to her, I can't take this case!" I raised my hand to stop Kangoro who was worried about coming to the Circus, I stood up and said seriously, "It's hard for me to believe that after finding them, You will not treat them in the same, or even more cruel way. You need five lives to pay homage to your daughter, but doing so will ruin the rest of your life and invite demon possession! You will take pleasure in blood, and those who There is no difference between people! So I can't take such a risk, you are still young, you don't have to carry such a heavy hatred and evil thoughts through your life."

"Then, who should pay back Xiaochun's life... her pure and flawless life?" The tears in the woman's eyes evaporated, leaving only a burning killing intent, "I won't Give up! Even if I spend my whole life, even if I will attract demons, even if I will destroy myself... I still want to find the murderer who killed Xiaochun, and wash the blood with blood!" "Sorry, I can't help you, Mrs. Watanabe." I lowered my head and bowed deeply, "Please forgive me." The woman slammed out the door with the file bag, Kangoro watched her go out, turned around and asked me with some embarrassment: "Is this okay? It's too pitiful."

"If there is sufficient preparation time, I can arrange a round to purify the hostility in her heart. It's just that I have to go back to Koya Mountain to live in seclusion in 18 days, and the time is too late." I shook my head and sighed. , "If you help her find the prisoner in a hurry, it will only bring more tragic consequences. As you can see, with her current physical and mental condition, she can easily become a 'container' for demons to live in." "so what should I do now?" "I can only pray that time will heal the scars in her heart." I sighed, got up and flicked my sleeves, "Close the door, this identity of 'Psychic Detective Wu Tiaofeng' ends here, pack your bags and get ready Go back to the mountain."

The door of the detective agency slowly closed behind me. This was just another temporary farewell to the world in my long life. As one of the three most powerful retailers in China, the opening ceremony of the new department store of the Okada Foundation naturally attracted the attention of the industry and the public.Located in the center of Sapporo, the new department store with seven storeys and covering an area of ​​more than 500 square meters is named "Ehime Building". And fashion brand clothing, electronic products, catering, home decoration, as well as movie theaters and stage theaters, etc., it is a shopping and entertainment center with complete facilities and exquisite decoration.

For a shopping center of this size, the opening ceremony was naturally full of people.On behalf of the foundation, the remarried wife of Okada Shigeru, the current head of the Okada Foundation, Mrs. Okada Yongko served as a guest host to entertain the distinguished guests, and held a free media conference and appreciation dinner in the theater on the seventh floor, inviting Hokkaido and even the whole of Japan fashion people and media reporters came to interview. Kangoro and I were also fortunate enough to get two tickets to the appreciation dinner (as for the method, I will not teach you), and entered the venue in full dress on the night of the opening ceremony.Ehime Building deserves to be called "Sapporo's New Pearl of Entertainment and Commerce". Its dazzling array of brand stores and well-designed interiors are all amazing.Under the envious gazes of a crowd of fashionable women, Kangoro and I entered the venue of the seventh main building—the theater hall, holding an invitation card.This fashion conference not only includes live catwalks of many first-line brands, but also many popular artists present, and even some high-end luxury brands will provide on-site trial and gift delivery... If those girls who missed the chance to enter the venue will get Knowing that our purpose is just to grab a meal, I really don't know what kind of expression we will get.

Entering the venue with an elegant upper-class manner, the luxurious stage scenery and lighting in front of you almost make you dizzy.We followed the flow of people looking for the seat written on the invitation card. There were snacks and drinks on the round table. From time to time, the smell of coquettish or elegant perfume passed by, accompanied by warm or polite greetings one after another... Waiting After all the distinguished guests were seated in sequence, Mrs. Okada, who still had her charm, stepped onto the stage in her best attire and expressed her thanks to all of you present.After briefly introducing the layout of the Ehime Building and the entertainment activities to be held in the next few months, Mrs. Okada invited the entertainment host of the party, and a lively small entertainment party opened immediately.

Although it is a privately hosted performance, it can still be seen from the program list that the Okada Foundation has spared no effort to promote the opening of Ehime Building—not only the host is Mr. Ebisu, a well-known comedian in Hokkaido, but also the performers include It can be said that it is star-studded.After a song and dance by a popular male idol group, the famous magician Munakata Shushige, known as the "Magic Hand Magician", took his daughter and assistant Reiko on the stage to greet the audience. Although magic is not an elegant performance, the performance of Munakata and his daughter still makes everyone look forward to it - not only because his father Munakata won the name of "Magic Hand" in the industry because of his bold and weird techniques, but also because of his daughter Reiko The creative spirit makes the father-daughter duo extremely popular among traditional audiences and young people.Reiko has just turned 20 this year. Since she began performing on the same stage with her father two years ago, the two have worked together to improve a number of magic shows, making them more stage-like and magical.Among them, the most famous is the classic program of the two: "Puppet Puzzle", which is different from traditional plays such as "Big Transformation", Munakata can divide the "daughter" in the black box into several limbs on stage Take them out separately, and finally synthesize "Reiko" in a seemingly impossible place and resurrect them... This seemingly terrifying and imaginative style is why Munakata is called "the magic hand".

After the father and daughter walked around the venue for a week, the lights dimmed and the performance officially began. With the accompaniment of low-tempo and gloomy music, the father dressed as a sexy witch and had a pair of cute smiles. Riiko was put into a horizontal black box by his father.From the window left by the black box, Reiko's smiling face and outstretched right hand can still be seen.Munakata pushed the black box around the center of the stage, indicating to the audience that there was no mystery. Then, amidst a sudden loud noise, Munakata grabbed Reiko's waving right hand and twisted it hard—his daughter's right hand was ripped off by him !The incision on the severed hand was neat and there was no blood, but this sudden move still drew exclamations from the audience. However, Reiko in the box still seemed to have a calm demeanor.After her right hand was pulled out by her father, she stretched out her left hand again, and asked her father to tear it off and put it in a box, and put it aside; after both hands were removed, it was followed by her right leg, left leg... Finally, under the strong light flickering and While the drums were beating, Munakata also grabbed Reiko's head, pulled it out, and immediately covered it with a red cloth. The accompaniment music and stage lighting are eerie and depressing, almost making the audience breathless.The ladies sitting in the front row subconsciously covered their mouths. Under the projection of a beam of chasing light, Munakata carefully opened the black box, took out Reiko's headless and limbless body, and placed it on the other side of the stage. In a reclining crystal coffin.The coffin was covered with bright red roses and velvet, in which Munakata pieced together the stiff limbs of the "daughter" doll, and when the body had recovered, he held the head covered with red cloth and waltzed. Spinning towards the crystal coffin, putting it on the neck, and then shouting loudly, took off the red cloth from the head—— The smoke rose and the music stopped suddenly, but what appeared under the red cloth was a resin doll head that looked exactly like Reiko, staring lifelessly at the audience without any reaction. Munakata was stunned, but with his seasoned stage experience, he immediately made a series of exaggerated expressions and movements to the audience, implying that this was just a part of the performance.He covered the doll's head with the red cloth again, walked around the field, returned to the crystal coffin again, took off the red cloth and gave a loud shout - nothing changed, the innocent face of the resin baby was still revealed under the red cloth , nothing happens. Zong Xiang couldn't hold his breath any longer. He had been in the rivers and lakes for thirty years, and he had never encountered such an embarrassing situation on stage.The audience in the audience had already noticed the clue, and there were ear-piercing boos in the quiet hall of the venue.Munakata turned around and bowed with embarrassment, bowing to the audience as an apology.According to the rules of acrobatic performances, even if the performance fails, all actors must line up to greet the audience before the curtain call.Munakata held back his anger and knocked on the top cover of the black box, signaling for Reiko to come out to take a curtain call, but after knocking twice, there was still no response from inside. Laughter was everywhere in the auditorium, and people were whispering to each other. Some people bet whether this is a deliberately arranged episode of the new program, while others waited to see Munakata and his daughter make a fool of themselves with expressions of schadenfreude.The civet cat came here for the thank-you dinner after the show. It had been a little drowsy since the performance started, but at this moment it suddenly sat up in a jerk, sniffed and said, "The smell of blood?" "What?" I put down the chocolate mousse I just took a bite of in my hand, and turned to stare at Kangoro's seemingly sober side face, "Where is it? Are you not sleepy?" "No, it must be the smell of blood, it's there!" Kangoro looked serious, lowered his voice and pointed to me the black box in the center of the stage—on the brightly lit stage, Munakata was sweating profusely dismantling the cover above the black box plate.It seemed that something was wrong, Munakata disregarded that the secrets of his performance might be leaked, so he dismantled the whole black box in public. Suddenly there was a wail in the venue, and some audience members stood up, looking around to see what happened on the stage... Munakata, who had passed his forty years, fell on the stage like a wild beast out of control, and the black box was completely destroyed by him. Overturned, the bottom layer with the hidden compartments was revealed, and Reiko rolled off the stage completely—but at this time she had become an immobile corpse.A lot of blood gushed out from the exposed back of the tight-fitting witch suit: her lung lobes were pulled out from both sides of the spinal groove, and they drooped weakly on her back. Looking from a distance, they looked like two scarlet wings. "...That's how things are, so please take this case anyway." A month later, Munakata, who was obviously much older, showed up with several other middle-aged people at the temporary apartment I rented in the suburbs of Sapporo. In the office.The five middle-aged men and women were dressed in different clothes, but all looked anxious without exception. The small room was tightly shrouded in an invisible black net, and no one spoke first, as if a match could blow the entire The room looked as if it had been burned down, making one involuntarily cautious. Apart from a thick envelope, there were also close-up photos of four boys and girls on the table.They are Mamiko Hosoya, 19, Sohiko Kanai, 17, Saya Kobayashi, 16, and Eita Asano, 14, who disappeared together for unknown reasons two days ago.On the opposite side of the coffee table, the five middle-aged people with gloomy expressions are their parents - Mr. Yasuhiro Hosoya is a freelance photographer, Mr. Daisuke Kanai and his wife Takako who own a fish shop, and they work in ordinary companies Mr. Kyo Asano, an ordinary employee of the Sapporo city, and Mr. Kobayashi Takashi, the current head of the bad society "Nio Group" in Sapporo.The raccoon cat glanced at the envelope on the table when it brought the tea, and swallowed after automatically converting its thickness into food and wine, but then glanced at the two tall men in black and sunglasses behind Mr. Xiaolin, resentfully Holding the tea tray in his arms, he retreated without daring to make a move. "That being said, such a sudden request...shouldn't the police be notified in this situation?" I bowed to the other party first, and replied in a deliberate tone, "I'm just a psychic, and I've just joined the profession. Before, I only accepted commissions such as helping the house to dispel evil spirits, and as for the disappearance of this kind of child...may also involve kidnapping and murder, I'm sorry, but I really can't do anything about it." "Don't evade any more. The email notice sent by the kidnapper is very clear. If you want to get clues about the puppy's whereabouts, you must ask you—the psychic detective Ms. Gao Ye to cooperate with us!" Among the five people, the most aura The weak Mr. Asano begged while bowing, "We also reported the case to the police, but because the kidnappers used the child's own mobile phone when contacting us, and did not ask for blackmail, so...the police suspect that it is just an ordinary runaway incident, at least The emergency search procedure will not be launched until tomorrow... The family has already fallen ill due to excessive worry, please accept this commission no matter what, please!" "Ah Jing, I haven't seen you in decades. How did you become such a mother-in-law?" Mr. Xiao Lin snuffed out the cigar in his hand, slammed the ashtray on the table, and stared at me with raised eyebrows, "Well, Don't get me wrong, if it wasn't for the kidnapper's email request, we wouldn't have come to you, a puny charlatan like you! But now the situation is urgent, it doesn't matter how many people you need, money is also fine, as long as we can find the little girl Saya Discussion... just want you to accompany us to get the whereabouts of the little girl, isn't this an embarrassing request?" "In this case..." Seeing that there was no room for discussion on this matter, I could only force a smile, and changed the topic, "Since the police have not filed a case, then what Mr. Munakata said is suspected of abducting... kidnapping your children The person who murdered Ms. Munakata Reiko is the same person, so what's the situation?" "That's because... after Ah Jing and the others found me, I received a strange call." Mr. Munakata tried his best to restrain his emotions, but from the veins on his forehead and trembling voice, it could be seen that he was Not yet freed from the grief and anger of the loss of his beloved daughter, "That guy... didn't speak, just played a song on the phone, as if..." The red wings flew over the sunset, and the feathers were scattered; the red The bird flew out of the cage, and the red feathers turned into flowers in the wilderness for the coming year...' Then he hung up the phone with a strange smile! The situation sung in this song...is exactly the same as Reiko's death! I called back but there was no response There is no way to get through... and the reason they came to me is because they all received emails from the kidnappers, reminding them that if they want to find out the whereabouts of the children, they must find me and Miss Takano." "However, with only these words, it cannot be confirmed that the abductor must be the prisoner who killed Reiko?" The strong hatred made Mr. Munakata speak at an unreasonable speed, and I had to resist the disapproval of several other parents. The patient eyes interrupted him to straighten out his logic and calm down, "Did he leave any clues related to the child's disappearance?" "Yes, of course!" Mr. Munakata raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, "We later confirmed that the number that called me was the mobile phone number of the missing son of the Kanai family, Sohiko!" Hearing this, the only woman among the parents present, Mrs. Gao Zi, Mrs. Kanai's wife, couldn't help crying.Holding the tea tray with nothing to do, Kangoro quickly handed over a tissue, and took the opportunity to insert a sentence: "Is it really okay not to report such an important situation? I think we should notify the police..." "That's enough! It's up to us to decide whether to report or not! Leaving aside what happened to Munakata's daughter, just for daring to kidnap my daughter, I'm going to chop this arrogant guy into pieces with my own hands! And you, just I need to answer, do you want to accept this entrustment!" Mr. Xiaolin finally lost his patience, and seeing the two men in sunglasses behind him had put their hands into their coats, I quickly bent forward and put the entrustment letter and envelope together. Qi Qi: "It is of course my duty to save the children, but I hope that you can give me some time so that I can sort out the case and search for some helpful clues, so that your children can return home as soon as possible." "Aren't you a psychic medium? Can't you use your psychic ability to find the children? What clues do you need!" Infected by Mr. Kobayashi's emotions, Mr. Jinjing, who had been silent until now, also became agitated at this time and began to question my ability.Such questions have long been commonplace, so I calmly explained: "The so-called psychic is a person who builds a bridge between the world that people can see and the world that cannot be seen. Since we want to use the power of another world to find the child , Then, the information and items that can play the role of 'mediary' are particularly important! Since the kidnapper mentioned my name in the email, then I will definitely do my best to help you find the child! But the premise is that I also request You can trust my ability and give me some help.” "... What she said is also reasonable. How about it, I will drive Ms. Gao Ye to look around the children's school first, and you also go back and collect some things that the children usually use." Among the five parents, Mr. Hosoya, who was at the bottom of the table, was unexpected "It's ten o'clock in the morning, until twelve o'clock in the noon, let's meet at Xiaolin's house and make plans later." "That's the only way to go, Xigu, I'll leave this girl to you, and keep in touch during the period!" Mr. Xiaolin said and got up, and gave me a distrustful look, as if I would run away with the money at any time, and finally returned Tell a bodyguard to follow us and Mr. Hosoya.After Mr. Xiaolin left, the other three also dispersed separately, and the atmosphere in the small office eased a little.Kangoro and I did not let up, quickly packed some commonly used tools under the supervision of the bodyguards, and followed Mr. Hosoya into his off-road vehicle. After getting in the car, Mr. Hosoya locked the door whether it was intentional or unintentional. Kangoro glanced at the bodyguard and Mr. Hosoya sitting in the front row, and quietly approached me with the tool bag in his hand, and whispered: "Are you really going to Taking on this commission? The visitor is not friendly, and those families are not easy to provoke at first sight; and the prisoner actually knows your previous detective identity... Could it be that you have been exposed? If you want to escape, you can only take advantage of the present !" "Forget it. After all, some children may really be kidnapped. In addition, I was a little concerned about what happened to Reiko last time. Now that I have the opportunity to find out, it may not be a bad thing. As for the identity... When the prisoner is found , Naturally, the truth will come to light." Opening the notepad I carried with me, I turned to the ominous day painted with red marks a month ago.Mr. Munakata's mournful wail and Reiko's blood-red back under the spotlight on the stage at that time still reverberate in his mind from time to time, vividly in his mind. Sitting in Mr. Hosoya's off-road vehicle, Kangoro and I were relatively silent with our heads down—there was no need to ask him about his relationship with his daughter Mamiko. The inside of the window in the rear compartment of the off-road vehicle was covered with Mamiko's growth clips.In the office, we have learned that Mr. Hosoya has been divorced as early as twelve years ago, and has raised his daughter alone so far.And from the photos of Mamiko’s different smiling faces from childhood to girlhood, we have also deeply experienced the record of the photographer’s father’s love for his daughter. After driving for dozens of minutes, the off-road vehicle finally stopped at the gate of a girls' short-term college.Mr. Hosoya got out of the car, explained to the gate guard, and led us into the campus: "This is Mamiko's school. The camera opposite the school gate at around four o'clock the day before yesterday captured her walking out of the school alone. any news." We followed Mr. Hosoya straight to a building on the left side of the campus. Judging from his familiarity with the road, we should have shuttled through it in the past two days.Outside a classroom at the end of the second floor, Mr. Hosoya knocked on the door of the classroom. A teacher came out to meet him, exchanged a few words, and found a female student.Mr. Hosoya took the girl to us and introduced: "This is Mamiko's friend Matsuo. The two of them joined the same extracurricular interest club, and they were the last people together before Mamiko disappeared. Matsuo, this is the psychic detective Takano and Assistant, please tell them what happened when Mamiko disappeared." "Eh? Mr. Hosoya, did you hire a psychic detective?" Although he seemed a little uneasy because of the disappearance of his friend, after listening to Mr. Hosoya's introduction, Matsuo still showed curiosity like other girls of the same age. Look, "Are you looking for Mamiko?" "Yes, we are looking for Ms. Mamiko whose whereabouts are unknown, so please Ms. Matsuo, please tell us everything you know, no matter how big or small, so as to facilitate the investigation." I put on a professional smile to Matsuo, and made a request road. "Well, do psychic detectives really rely on spiritual power to find criminals? Do you have shikigami? Can you see ghosts and gods? Or do you have some other method?" However, Matsuo completely ignored my question, Instead, with a longing expression on his face, he stared at Kangoro and asked this and that.The civet cat scratched its head in embarrassment, and pointed to me with a stiff mouth: "This is the detective himself, I'm just an assistant." "Eh? It's such a young girl?" Matsuo was surprised when he heard this, and gradually lost respect in his tone.In order to maintain the sense of trust and reliable image that I have finally built up, I had to cough lightly, and interrupted her seriously: "Miss Matsuo, can we start asking? After all, I came here today to find Miss Mamiko. If If you have other questions, you can come to my office for consultation in the future." "Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please ask me." Realizing his impolite behavior, Matsuo finally cooperated and obediently accepted the interrogation with a correct attitude.I opened the notebook and confirmed each one: "From your school's curriculum arrangement, the extracurricular activities you and Mamiko participated in should be from 3:00 p.m. Do you know the specific reason why she left early?" "Mr. Hosoya said it before when he came, and Mamiko said 'Mom is calling me' when he left. So I thought she was picked up by her mother, so I didn't care." Matsuo tilted his head and recalled "However, if there is anything strange, it is that when Mamiko left, she didn't pack up the ingredients and tableware, and ran out of the school without even changing her shoes. She and I joined the cooking department. And the manager is very troubled by this." "Is it possible that she was taken away by her mother?" I turned to look at Mr. Hosoya, who frowned and shook his head: "Impossible, in fact, I also contacted my ex-wife afterwards, she was in the Sahara Desert It is impossible to rush back to take the child away from time and space... Besides, if she really took Mamiko away, why did the child show no signs of packing, and even hurried without a schoolbag or slippers? take away?" "Indeed, this is not in line with common sense... But apart from that, Mamiko didn't leave any other words, right?" Kangoro shrugged, and as if suddenly thinking of something, he slapped his hand and interjected, "Is it possible? Is it a female elder like a mother? For example, a kind teacher, a social worker or something." "Is this... As far as I know, no. Obasan in the school is very annoying, and Mamiko has never mentioned to me that she has a familiar female elder." Matsuo replied, and I turned to Mr. Hosoya, and it was okay. Got a negative answer.Due to the limited time, after we bid farewell to Mamiko, we simply asked a few teachers and the head of the cooking department, and then went to the school office. Accompanied by the principal, we reviewed the surveillance data and confirmed that Mamiko had indeed walked out of the campus alone. Go to the street where the cameras are blind.With little income from the school trip, Mr. Hosoya had no choice but to drive us home to look for possible clues. Hosoya's home is located in a small two-story building on a commercial street in the city. The downstairs is Mr. Hosoya's photography studio, and the upstairs is his and Mamiko's living space.We follow him into Mamiko's room, which is furnished in a neat way, with the cartoon coat she wore when she went out hanging casually behind the chair.Mr. Hosoya glanced sadly at the decorations on his daughter's desk: In addition to regular computers, books and celebrity posters, Mamiko also raised a cute hamster: "She didn't take anything away, if she wasn't coerced But if I plan to leave... I can't believe it!" "It's still too early to draw conclusions, Mr. Hosoya, what happened to the email from the suspected kidnapper that you kept mentioning in the office?" I walked around the room, I didn't find anything unusual, but the raccoon cat seemed a little weird. Once it entered the room, it stopped talking and just sniffed its nose with a strange expression.Hearing this, Mr. Hosoya took out his mobile phone, opened the inbox, and motioned for us to watch: "That's it. I, Kobayashi, Asano, and Jinjing all received the same message." Flashing on the screen of the mobile phone was a text message with strange words: "Are the dads anxious? The little bird has not come home after dark; are the mothers worried? The dinner is cold and there is no one. Want us to come back Do you want to go to Uncle Munakata who can do magic tricks; do you want us back? Go to Ms. Takano, a psychic detective who can see demons." I took the mobile phone and turned to the sender column. The name displayed on it was Mamiko. Obviously, someone borrowed Mamiko's mobile phone and sent it.The receipt time was displayed as midnight the day before yesterday, and it had been more than six hours since all the children disappeared. "After receiving this message, I immediately went to find Munakata, only to find that Kobayashi and the others were already there. We all received text messages from our children's mobile phones, and when we arrived, Munakata's The phone received that weird call." Mr. Hosoya suppressed the anger in his heart, took back the phone and punched the desk hard, "That guy... No matter what, I will find the bastard who took Mamiko away , and then tear up his perverted face with his own hands!" "...the smell of blood?" I was thinking about how to persuade Mr. Hosoya, who was in a rage, when Kangoro, who was silent at the side, suddenly said another sentence, drawing all the attention in the room.Mr. Hosoya's expression turned serious, and he said in shock, "What did you just say?" "Although it's very faint and doesn't smell like a fresh smell, it's definitely the smell of blood..." The raccoon sniffled its nose and searched around the edge of the wall, "Also, it doesn't smell like human blood... It's very disgusting Fishy smell!" Mr. Hosoya looked at Kangoro, who was prostrated on all fours and sniffing everywhere, and then turned his head to look at me suspiciously. Seeing this, I quickly explained: "My assistant is indeed more sensitive than ordinary people in terms of five senses. His reason." "Found it!" Tanuki lay on Mamiko's writing desk, pointing out the window sill and yelling.Mr. Hosoya and I quickly went to open the window, and following his fingers, we could see a dried bloodstain about half a foot long and a finger wide on the part connecting the wall outside the window frame.The color has turned black and mottled, and it looks like a dark brown stain from a distance, which is not conspicuous. "What is this?" Mr. Hosoya looked at the long strip of blood and was very puzzled: Mamiko's room was located at the back of the house on the second floor, and there was no eave railing for climbing under the window, so how did such a bloodstain remain? , and what is left? "I don't know yet. Only this little evidence is not enough to judge the blood left by what kind of creature it is." I reached out and picked up a little bit of blood stain, put it in front of my nose and sniffed it.A strange smell rushed straight to the top of my head, forcing me to stop and adjust my breathing to strengthen my spiritual breath... That's right, this strange smell with strong evil thoughts is only produced by monsters that prey on humans smell! "Your daughter's disappearance may not be a simple abduction case." I took a picture of the bloodstains outside the window frame with my mobile phone, turned back to the house, and said to Mr. Hosoya, "Let's go, and then go to the homes of Mr. Jinjing and Mr. Asano. If my guess is correct... the criminals who took these children away should have left the same mark!" Two hours later, we arrived at Kobayashi's mansion in the east of the city as scheduled.This is a traditional Japanese-style building with a large area. After conveying our intention to the concierge, we were able to enter the house.Since they had already visited Asano and the Jinjing couple before, when they arrived at Kobayashi's mansion this time, they were already accompanied by seven people.As soon as we entered the courtyard, Kangoro and I went straight to the wing room on the side of the mansion, completely ignoring the surprised shouts of Mr. Hosoya and the housekeeper behind us. "Sure enough, there's that smell here too!" Kangoro, who was walking in front, sniffled and said as he walked, and after a few laps in the yard along the wind direction, Kangoro stopped under the eaves of a wing room and turned to me. Crouching down, "I'll carry you up to have a look, it should be right here." I took off my clogs as I said, stepped on Kangoro's knee, and let him lift me up to the eaves.On the moss-covered ancient black tiles, there is indeed a large stretch of dried blood!Although the shape is similar to that of Hosoya's house, but the length is more than three times longer, it looks like someone dipped a big brush with blood and painted it all along the eaves. "Hey! What are you doing there!" "Okay, let me down." Seeing Mr. Kobayashi walking out of the house with his men, I signaled Kangoro to put me down, and took the initiative to go forward: "I found a clue. , this wing should be Miss Saya's bedroom, right?" "This is indeed my little girl's bedroom...but what were you doing just now?" Mr. Xiao Lin seemed to be very dissatisfied with us who dared to trespass into his house, but the discovery at this time has left us no time to consider his feelings.I bypassed Mr. Kobayashi, and shouted to Hosoya, Asano, and Jinjing who were rushing over, "I found it, and it's here too!" The faces of the four people changed dramatically when they heard the words, and Mr. Hosoya rushed over and asked, "Is it really the same trace? There are also traces in Xiaolin's house?" "The size is slightly different, but it can basically be concluded that it was left by the same prisoner..." "What are you talking about? What did you find?" Dissatisfied with our code-like conversation, Mr. Kobayashi interrupted us with a roar.Mr. Hosoya and Mr. Asano looked at each other, and said in a deep voice: "Miss Gaoye found the clues left by the prisoner - there were traces of blood on the window sills of the children's rooms in my house and Asano's house. The fishy smell is too strong, so I haven't found it yet, but judging from the same mark on the eaves of your house, it should be the criminal signature left by the same prisoner." “什么？”小林先生瞪大了双眼，立即命令管家取来了梯子，在亲自确认过那道诡异的血痕后，小林先生从梯子上下来，径直走向我，说话的态度委婉了不少，“你们还发现了什么？” “进屋慢慢说吧，我需要梳理一下目前获悉的线索。”面对院子里围拢过来的各路人等，我忽然有种强烈的不祥预感，“如果犯人真的是'那种生物'的话，我大致知道'它'是什么了！” 当众人在小林家那大得离谱的客厅内陆续落座后，我发现参与失踪孩子的调查人员数目又有所增加。除了先前认识的诸位家长之外，小林先生的妻子琉璃香夫人、管家森山和几名“仁王组”的高级干部也在席中。琉璃香夫人是个大方娴静的美人，管家森山也意料之外的谦恭随和，只是坐在他们下首，那个长着一对狐狸眼、身穿浅色西服的男人却让人感到异常不适。在各自做了自我介绍后，我才得知他的身份和目的——“北海道地区的名侦探宫本幸次郎，受小林先生之邀前来协助调查沙耶小姐被绑架一事”。同行面质，还是受雇于同一个委托人，看来是免不了一番口舌龃龉了。 虽然对这种明显缺乏信任的行为感到不满，但此时情况已非寻常，个人情绪什么的实在无足挂齿。在听细谷先生和保镖之一讲述完走访过程后，小林先生沉着脸转向我：“你刚才说，已经知道犯人是什么了，这话是什么意思，可以说明白一些吗？” “是的，虽然还不能百分百地确定，但从血迹和孩子们失踪的方式来看，犯人很有可能是'姑获鸟'。”我伸手掏出便签，在纸上写下了“姑获鸟”三个汉字，“如案子所指，是能够化为人类女性，掳走孩童和生魂的妖魔。” “妖魔？”小林先生一脸不可思议的表情，四下里也响起了惊诧的非议声。 “是的，是一种原产于中国的妖魔，在那里又被称为'毛衣女'，相传是未出嫁生子便夭亡的少女精魂所化。”自动忽略掉习以为常的质疑声，我将所知及推断和盘托出，“由于自己不能够生育孩子，所以姑获鸟会假装人类母亲的声音，来诱骗拐走人类的小孩。并且在出手之前，它们会用血在看中孩子的房屋上留下印记，据说被姑获鸟血所染的屋子，夜里必会有小孩丢失或者成人死亡……这些特征都与本案中的犯人描述相吻合。” “哈哈哈！也就是说，你认为绑架了四个孩子的犯人是从中国飞来的美人鸟吗？”未及说完，按捺已久的宫本便爆笑着打断了我的发言，“之前听说你发现了房屋外遗留的血迹这一犯罪签名，我对你的见解还颇为期待了一下，结果搞了半天还是在听小孩子讲童话故事嘛？” “不要把世界框定在狭隘的认知里面，那些是真实存在过的生物！”虽然明知是徒劳，但我依然面不改色地坚持反驳——近几年回到人间时总有这样的感触：人类正在变得越来越自大傲慢，不让狸猫在他们面前现原形，就不会相信这个世上还有超乎他们想象的存在。 “如果事情能够这么解释的话，那一切都变得太轻松了，天真的小姐。”宫本眯着那对惹人生厌的狐狸眼继续打压着我的理论，“警察抓不到的连环罪犯，只要说一句'那一定是妖魔所为'就可以结案；莫名消失的财物也只需想着'大概是被妖精藏起来了'就可以放弃寻找……作为荒诞小说家什么的，你或许很有天分，但把犯罪和神话故事混为一谈就太离谱了，灵媒师小姐。” “……那么，你对这桩案件又有何见解？”无意于在无法当众证明的话题上有过多纠缠，我平静反诘，“您认为带走沙耶小姐和其他三名孩子的，会是什么样的犯人呢？” “目前还无法列出具体的嫌犯名单，但我至少不会说出'犯人是妖魔'这样不负责任的论断。”宫本看来尚无头绪，但仍旧摆出名侦探头衔下满溢的自信和优越感，“不过既然已经得到了血迹这一共同线索，相信在样本被送交化验后，很快就可以得到可靠的结果。” “呵呵，希望如此，倘若'这一只'是个有耐心的淑女的话。”我抬头扫一眼在座的各位家长，郑重提醒，“您好像忘了一件事情，目前距离孩子们的失踪时间，已经超过40小时了吧。” “科学的论证需要时间！”宫本昂着头，语气轻蔑道。 “那么，在科学尚无法给我们答复之前，就请各位再听我讲一段神话故事吧。”我歪头一笑，将双手笼在袖中暗暗结印，以召唤潜伏在这座屋子附近的遗留邪念，“刚才说过了，姑获鸟本身不会养育孩子，所以即便是带走了人类的小孩尝试抚养，也绝对坚持不了很久。因而姑获鸟只能在'拐走别人的孩子'这一行为上不断重复，才能体验到身为母亲的感觉。现在距离孩子们的失踪时间还没超过黄金72小时，但拖得越久可就越不好说……如果这一只的目标只是孩子，那么就必须在他们体力耗尽前找到'鸟'的所在；而倘若不是，我们就要做好准备，接受'它'所提出的，用孩子来交换'真正愿望'的条件。” “真正的愿望？什么条件？”琉璃香夫人盯着我的眼睛，充满疑惑与焦虑地追问道。 “各位或许误解了我所说的'妖魔'的含义——这种东西早就无法以实体化的姿态在此世中生存，如今，它们通常会以'邪念'的形蛰伏在人类心中，只有某些特殊的人群才会激发出它们的特质。”伴随我的话语，潜藏在屋子附近的阴森气息开始蔓延，似乎是对这一寒意有所感应，屋子里的人们不约而同地沉默下来，开始听从我的讲述，“比如这一只，虽然'它'的确在行动上保留了姑获鸟的部分特征，但从一开始，'它'的行动就出现了升级化的质变……宗像先生，你还记得令爱的死状和那个电话吗？” “到死都忘不了！”宗像先生咬牙回复。 “礼子的死法很像是背生双翼，而那个电话里不断提到的'红羽'、'鸟儿'也有意影射拥有红色羽毛的姑获鸟。犯人知道我熟悉这些，特意在邮件中提及我的名字来迫使我加入此案……'它'是在有意表露自己。”我伸手在胸前虚画了一枚五芒星作为御守，以阻挡房内那汹涌而来的恶意侵袭，“'它'从一开始就在挑衅我们，在舞台上用那种方式带走礼子也罢，故意让我介入其中也罢，留下证明身份的血迹这一行为也罢……这样的犯人绝不会沉默等待，'它'绝对会用最充满恶意的方式将自己'真正的愿望'表达出来，在那之前的这些都只不过是'它'的序章，而真正的高潮，要等待'它'将条件说出、表明自己愿望的那一刻才会到来！” 仿佛是在验证我的说法一般，当最后一个字节消失于客厅中时，五个家长的手机忽然一齐响了起来。 “是麻美子的号码！”细谷先生掏出手机，盯着发信人一栏声音颤抖。其余几位家长也是一样的表情，看来收到的同样是来自各自孩子的讯息。 “打开它！”我膝行至细谷先生身边，凑近吩咐道。 细谷先生咽了口唾沫，手指哆嗦着打开了邮件。那是一封语音信息，甫一打开，手机中便传出一阵令人毛骨悚然的笑声和诡异歌声：“找到了吗找到了吗？鸟儿留下的红色羽毛。那么鲜艳那么耀眼的，血一样的红色……想要找到我们吗？今晚到第一只鸟儿飞走的地方吧！不要去得太早哟，人们入睡前鸟儿是不会出现的。宗像先生，礼子在这里等你哟！嘻嘻嘻……” 奇怪的童声在诡异的笑声中戛然而止，得知并非儿女不幸消息后的各位家长脸色都和缓了一些，唯有宗像先生满眼通红，几乎要瞪出血来：“可恶的家伙，什么意思？” “还请其他收到信息的各位把邮件打开，看看还有没有补充的线索。”我略一思索，如是建议。 小林、金井、浅野、宗像四人依次打开了收到的语音邮件，听到的都是一样的内容。当最后一人播放完毕，宗像先生的愤怒已经无法遏制，他用手猛砸地面，掀翻了坐垫上的茶碗，咆哮着嘶吼：“混蛋！混蛋混蛋！我要宰了他……我要宰了他！” 管家森山立即带着几个下人搀扶起痛哭失声的宗像先生，劝慰着离开了客厅。我盯着被打翻的茶碗上那手绘的鸣鸟，平静道：“'它'在邀请我们，如先前所说，'它'的演出高潮才刚刚开始……'红色羽毛'，指的应该是留在孩子们窗外的血迹；'第一只鸟儿飞走的地方'结合结语来看，指的是宗像礼子的遇难之地，也就是爱媛大厦。姑获鸟的活动时间是午夜时分，'它'还特意提醒我们不要去得太早——意思应该是让我们在午夜商场歇业后进入爱媛大厦。” “竟然是在那种商业中心？”浅野先生对我的解释表示怀疑，“那种天天人来人往的地方……能藏住四个孩子？” “礼子遇难的舞台是在众目睽睽之下，虽说'黑箱'下面有'奈落'相连，但从礼子进入底层到魔术结束也只有几分钟的时间，犯人不是照样做到了？”虽说宗像先生已被带出客厅，但我的话还是让其余几名家长不由得浑身一颤，“对于这种被妖魔附身的犯人不能用常理去揣度，'它'在乎的只有'真正的愿望'，除此以外心无旁鹜，换句话说，'它'为了实现目的，可以不择手段。” “我说各位，你们现在是不是有种被牵着鼻子走的感觉？”许久找不到存在感的宫本终于忍不住出声反驳道，“不管是满口胡言的灵媒，还是故弄玄虚的犯人，其目的都只有一个，就是扰乱我们的侦查方向，阻碍我们朝着真相前进的脚步！犯人是人类这一点是毋庸置疑的，现在我们应该通过技术手段去追踪对方的信号源，以及从DNA信息库那里等待血样的对比结果……索兰索兰索兰……噫唷！” 宫本说着说着忽然站了起来，手舞足蹈地唱着索兰调跳起了阿波舞。在众人疑惑不解的注目和小林先生的怒视中，宫本仍然是绕着原地跳了一圈后才堪堪坐下，恢复常态： “抱歉，刚才忽然有些头晕……我是说，比起相信这些三流小报似的传说怪谈，我们更应该相信……呀嗨！索兰索兰索兰索兰……诶嘿嘿！” 宫本刚坐下没几秒钟又一个猛子跳了起来，这一回撒野状态比之前更甚——不仅绕着客厅大跳大唱，还对着琉璃香夫人频抛媚眼，硬生生将肃穆的商谈变成了奇怪的祭典现场。小林先生终于忍无可忍，朝着刚回到客厅的管家吼道：“森山！你从哪里找来的疯子侦探？真是丢脸，还不快把他赶出去！” 管家闻声连忙上前，和两名保镖一起将还在歌舞不休的宫本架出了客厅。我瞅了一眼身旁正闭目养神的狸猫，假装咳嗽遮住脸抿嘴一笑——看来比起体质特异的人类，妖怪更受不了被别人妄断存在的言语。 “各位抱歉，是我识人不当，刚才的闹剧请大家当做没发生过，我们继续谈正事要紧。”待客厅内重又恢复平静，小林先生沉下脸来，向众人点头致意，“高野小姐，按照你的推理，犯人是要我们今晚去爱媛大厦里面寻找孩子，是这样的吗？” “就目前来说，是的，如果'它'之后没有更新的提示的话。”我思索片刻，审慎回答。 “你刚才说，姑获鸟会掳走但不会抚养人类的小孩……那么，小女她……有没有可能还活着？”小林先生的语气虽然平静，但右手早已攒成拳头，手指捏得“咯咯”作响。看来他已经做好了最坏的打算，也准备好用最坏的方式来面对那样的结局。 “……我只是说，她无法像人类母亲一样，正常地将孩子抚养成人。但通常来说，姑获鸟在刚刚得到人类幼子的头几天里，不会主动加害他们。”面对小林先生如此的状态，我舒缓了语气安慰道，“虽然之前有过礼子的不幸，但那更像是一次警告，警告我们不要无视'它'的要求。只要按照'它'的提示来执行，在保全我们这边利益安全的前提下，获知并尽可能实现'它''真正的愿望'……那样的话，孩子们生还的可能性还是很大。” “是这样吗，我明白了。”小林先生点了点头，对在座的所有干部下达指令，“去通知组内的所有成员，今晚在爱媛大厦外集合，务必在十点前将商厦清场！” 当晚九点，爱媛大厦底楼的广场上一片人声鼎沸：虽然商场通常都是在晚上九点歇业，但爱媛大楼内不少工作人员都是通宵值班，如今被蜂拥而来的“仁王组”成员强制带离工作岗位，自然是既惊惶又不甘。到了十点左右，现场聚集的“仁王组”干部和成员已达到二三百人，这么大阵仗不仅令晚归的行人纷纷侧目，最终还是惊动了警方。数辆警车小心翼翼地停在了“仁王组”的车辆外围，而爱媛大厦当晚的值班经理正在警方的陪同下，不断鞠躬赔笑着请求对方解散集会。 “小林先生，这么做是不是有些不妥？”望着喧闹不已宛若夜市的大楼广场，我隐约感到有些不安，“声势弄得这么大，有可能会刺激到犯人进而威胁到沙耶小姐的安全，是不是可以将围堵大厦的人员适当减少一些？” “怎么可能？既然这家伙有胆量拐走我的女儿，还邀请我们来这儿寻找线索，就应该做好收到热情'招待'的准备！”小林先生不为所动，用手指摩挲着一柄鲨鱼皮装饰的猎刀冷笑，“再说现在才刚到十点，距离约定的午夜还有两个小时，我们只是预先将可能打扰行动的无关人员清理出场，这么做也没什么不妥的吧。” 见无法说服拥有强烈自尊与斗气的小林先生，我只得默默叹一口气，和勘五郎一起退了出来，打算趁着混乱之际在大厦周围先探查一番。这时细谷先生忽然迎上前来，对我们招呼道：“高野小姐，有情况吗？” “到目前还没有。”我转身停下脚步，如实答复。细谷先生看了看我和勘五郎，张口犹豫了一会儿，最终却摇了摇头：“……这样吗，因为等得太久所以有些不安。如果有什么新的进展或安排，请马上通知我。” “细谷先生，”我端详着对方欲言又止的表情，叫住他道，“请稍等一下……您是不是想到了什么？” “……没有，什么也没想到。”细谷先生摇了摇头，却故意避开了我的视线，“说实话，我到现在都有些搞不懂状况，一般的诱拐案不应该是向亲属要求赎金或是别的代价什么的吗？而且地点不该是这种闹市中心的商业大楼……另外你说的妖魔、愿望什么的，太难以理解了……我并不是在怀疑你的判断，只是这件事情里掺杂了太多不合常理的因素，让人很难保持冷静。” “没错，要求的代价……”我如是重复着对方的话语，仍旧默默揣度着对方的表情变化，“您认为会是什么呢，细谷先生？” “……我不知道。”他下意识地用手捂住了嘴，原本就显露疲态的面色在大楼灯光下更显苍白，“只是我想问一个问题……如果妖魔的愿望得不到满足，会发生什么事？” “妖魔是不懂得妥协的生物，如之前所说，它会不计后果不择手段地一再尝试，至死方休。”我直视细谷先生的双眼，最后那句几乎是一字一顿地说道。 “……这样吗？”细谷先生皱着眉转过头去，不再理会我的问询。这时一名“仁王组”干部从小林先生身边跑来，冲着我们招呼道：“高野小姐，大厦内部已经清场完毕，老大叫你过去商量接下来的行动。” 在警方和大厦管理方的一再请求下，小林先生终于放弃了“让全组成员进入爱媛大厦展开地毯式搜索”的原计划，同意只带四名亲信干部进入商场。同时，作为失踪孩子的直系亲属，浅野先生、细谷先生、金井夫妇和关系人宗像先生，以及我和勘五郎也获准进入大厦，但搜索全程必须在两名警员的陪同监视下进行。临行前，爱媛大厦的值班经理又以“保障安全、熟悉路线”为由，派了一名年轻保安跟随队伍。最终，搜索队的人数锁定在了十五人，符合我预想中的人数规模。十五人在当晚十点四十分左右整装完毕，步入商厦，寻找失踪的四名孩子和未知的“姑获鸟”。 一行人听取了商场保安的意见，同意从最有可能藏匿孩子的地下停车场开始搜寻。爱媛大厦的地下停车库覆盖了地下一、二两层，占地足有近千平方米，由于还租借给附近的办公大楼做商用停车场，即使是歇业后的深夜，这里长期停泊的车辆也足有一二百辆，要一部一部地逐一检查着实不易。半个小时后，一无所获的小林先生气喘吁吁地从一辆SUV后面走出来，冲我吼道：“沙耶呢？我的女儿呢？你作为灵媒侦探，到现在都没想出一点有用的建议！现在你需要的所有线索和元素都提供给你了，为什么还是找不到他们！” “小林先生，是你们自己急匆匆地决定先从停车场开始搜查的啊，我可从没说过我认为沙耶小姐他们会在这里。”话虽如此，但自从进入爱媛大厦内部以来，我便感到有种若有若无的奇怪气场跟随在附近，但此时多说无益，还是先把位于火山口上的组长注意力从我身上移开为妙，“虽然停车场里是很容易藏匿人质，但这里的车流不比平日里购物闲逛的客人少，被发现的概率同样巨大。我的意见是，犯人很有可能是把这里作为寻找孩子们的系列线索中的一环，或者被藏在了比较不引人注意的地方，比如正在装修未经营的商铺、被锁住不能用的试衣间之类……总之，在提示的午夜到来之前，我们还是先逐层上去排查一遍为好。” “上去，再逐层仔细搜查一遍！不管发现任何可疑的人或东西都马上向我报告！”性急的小林先生将手中的猎刀向上一挥，一行人又忙不迭往楼上冲去。看着一众家长和干部们将底楼的母婴用品区翻了个底朝天，勘五郎站在身后，不无担忧地凑近我道：“这样下去不太好吧？万一彻查一遍后还是找不到孩子，他们岂不是要来找你的麻烦？” “别急，已经开始了。”我站在商场中央，闭目凝神，追踪着身边那股微弱的气流——宛若隔河相望随风飘来的乐曲声，每每在仿佛要捕捉到形迹时便失去了方向，“……很熟悉的感觉，'它'已经在附近了。” "what?" “……也难怪，上次感觉到这股妖气的时候正值朔夜，你的灵力正处于最弱的状态。”我睁开眼睛，看了下位于商场大门口的电子钟，“时间差不多了……你有没有觉得，这里现在的气氛，很有些像我们在'蓝宝石号'上那一晚的感觉？” “诶？被你一说还真是……小心！”勘五郎正待仔细探查周围的气息，忽然神色一变，一把挟起我扑了出去。在他跃起的同时，我看到有个人影从楼上掉了下来，正好砸在我们刚才站立的位置，寂静的商厦内部猝然响起一声钝重的撞击声，在楼层间激起了阵阵回响。 “怎么回事？”声音惊动了四下散开的众人，家长们纷纷围拢过来，在手电光的照耀下，我们看见了一个身穿学生制服的年轻女孩身体扭曲地躺倒在地。她的脸完全被长发遮挡，看不清面容，但仅仅只是瞥了眼女孩身上的制服，小林先生和细谷先生便再也发不出声音，呆站在原地发出低沉粗重的喘气声。 会是麻美子？还是沙耶？虽然没有问出口，但同样的问题已经写在了在场众人的脸上。我推开勘五郎的手，走上前撩起了女孩的头发——黑发下出现的是一张人偶毫无生气的脸孔，还好，只是一具酷似年轻少女的塑料模特。 “混账！尽搞这种吓唬人的鬼把戏！”小林先生这才吐出一口长气，走上前来狠狠踢了一脚地板上那酷似真人的模特。受到外力撞击，原本便已碎裂的人偶脑袋彻底四分五裂，从破开的颅腔中掉出了一部手机。我掏出手绢将其捡起，屏幕忽然亮了起来，显示有一条音频短信进入。我望了一眼围拢来的众人，摁下了播放键。 “嘿嘿嘿嘿。”一阵诡异的笑声从录音机中传来，紧接着便是和之前收到的邮件中类似的古怪童声，“掉下来了掉下来了，笼子从四楼的窗台上掉下来了！小鸟从笼子里飞出来，歌声啾啾啾羽毛扑梭梭，红色的羽毛掉下来，红色的小鸟飞远了……嘿嘿嘿！” 歌声又在诡异的笑声中嘎然而止。我转头看一眼电子钟——十二点，姑获鸟出没的时刻到了。 “岂有此理，竟敢三番两次地戏弄我！”此时的小林先生已从紧张转为暴怒，抽出手中的猎刀拔脚便往楼上走，“四楼是吗？我一定要把这可恶的家伙揪出来，亲手将他碎尸万段！” “慢着，别走电梯！从安全通道上去！”虽然大厦内部的主要电源已经关闭，但位于中庭的观光电梯还是处于运行状态。出于安全考虑，我出言提醒。小林先生回头看了我一眼，闷哼一声带着手下转向了另一侧的安全通道。我看了看手中屏幕黯淡的手机，招呼了勘五郎一声，正待离开时忽然脑中灵光一现，回头盯住了那个碎裂的塑料模特。 再寻常不过的服装展示道具，粗糙的假发和妆容，如今连头部都已碎裂，身上的水手制服显得滑稽又狼狈……可是，记忆中的确有什么被狠狠砸中了，只是时间久远，如沙海寻金，只是光芒一现后便又不见了踪影。 “喂，怎么了？”勘五郎跑了几步，回头看我，“快点，他们已经上楼梯了！” 实在想不起是哪里出了问题，我摇了摇头，将拾获的手机塞进衣袋内，追上了众人的脚步。中庭地板上那具残破的人偶一直盘桓在脑海中，我知道自己一定是忘记了什么重要的东西，却未曾想到会招致如此惨烈的后果。 小林先生在愤怒的支配下一鼓作气地冲上四楼，挥舞着手中的猎刀，甫一踏上楼板便一刀挥断了一个柜台前的纸质招牌。面对戾气狂溢的组长，干部们也不敢贸然近身，只得远远地跟在后面，听着小林先生一边踢倒碍事的广告牌一边咆哮：“混账东西！给我出来！” 我们一行人保持着三三两两的队形亦步亦趋地跟着小林先生，在各个冰冷的电子产品柜台之间梭巡。四楼是数码商品专区，整个楼面被中庭一分为二，分为东半边的品牌专柜和西半边的配套服务区。从我们所到达的东区前往西面，就必须穿过位于中庭的体验活动区。这里白天似乎举行过什么宣传活动，活动区中央用了三十七台大小不一的电子显示屏围成了一个小型舞台。当我们走过中庭时，舞台周围的灯忽然全亮了起来，环绕在周围的音响设备也传出震耳欲聋的欢乐劲曲。所有的显示屏都齐刷刷亮了起来，以俏