Chapter 26 fourth quarter

I knew about Maki through TV reports, and at first I didn't expect to have anything to do with Maki.The incident happened in a small seaside town. The suspect broke into the elementary school, but only one child was seriously injured, so the news did not report too much.However, since it happened in the elementary school's swimming pool, I wanted to know more about it. This matter did not attract much attention in the TV media, but it was heated up on the Internet and in weekly magazines.In the face of the murderer, one teacher chose to face it bravely, while the other chose to escape. Besides, the former was a young woman, while the latter was a man from an athlete background. Perhaps because of this, this incident was regarded as an excellent material for laughing. reports.

The real names and photos of the two teachers were released, and one of them was Maki.I was taken aback and delighted to see this. Great, the kid is living a normal life, no, trying to manage his life.Becoming a teacher and being able to protect the children is impossible while still immersed in that murder.Sure enough, Saying was not strong enough, that's why she came to that step.That's not my fault. However, the development of things did not allow me to breathe a sigh of relief.One day, I searched about Maki on the Internet, and suddenly came across a very strange opinion that Maki is a murderer.

Television reports said the perpetrator stabbed himself in the leg, fell into the pool and drowned.It is said on the Internet that the murderer was going to climb up from the swimming pool, but Maki kicked him in repeatedly, which eventually led to the death of the suspect. Although I can't blindly believe the news on the Internet, I still can't pretend that I didn't see it at all.So, I called the school where Maki worked.Maybe there are many prank calls. After the call was connected, the other party first asked my name and work unit. I hesitated, but in order to understand the truth, I still told my real name. Because I don’t have a social job, I reported my husband’s Company and job, and claiming to be Maki's friend's mother.Unexpectedly, Maki happened to be in school at the time, so the call was transferred to her.

I originally called on my own initiative, but now I don't know what to say.There are so many things I want to ask, but I don't know where to start. Just thinking about it, Maki answered the phone. There will be a temporary parent-teacher meeting the day after tomorrow, and I want you to hear some content, so please be sure to attend. After speaking, Maki hung up the phone.Her voice was calm, and I felt a little relieved.It is impossible for the person who kicked the suspect into the swimming pool and killed him to be so calm. Besides, she can still answer the phone, which means that she was not arrested by the police. I think the reports on the Internet are probably nonsense.

I went there by Shinkansen specifically because I wanted to talk to Maki about Saei.Although Maki's current situation is quite troublesome, I still think she will listen to my story, because she is the only one who has been managing her life in a down-to-earth manner. However, what Maki said on stage made me fall deeper into the abyss full of guilt. I was taken aback at first, she said she remembered the suspect's face.Then why haven't you said it?Although I ran home before the other children, no adults condemned you, but I hope you can describe the suspect's appearance in detail, so that I will be grateful to you, and I will not treat you and you three years after the incident. The other three children said things like that... But after hearing Maki's words, I don't think she can be blamed either.

I understood that she was not terrified, but in another way caught up in the shadow of that event and what I had said. If I hadn't said that, if I hadn't sent Sae that letter to Maki, maybe she would have protected the child, but she wouldn't have killed the suspect with the final blow... Sitting in the back row of the gymnasium, I was completely overwhelmed by these murders and wanted to escape quickly, but I couldn't stand up.At this time, an unbelievable name came to my ears. When Maki kicked the suspect into the swimming pool, the face of a person appeared in his mind, and that person looked very similar to the suspect fifteen years ago.She didn't expect his name to appear here, and she also vaguely said that there was another person who looked more like the suspect.

Was she trying to say that the suspect looked a lot like Emily? I hope this is her illusion.Perhaps the moment she kicked the suspect, she thought of Emilia, creating an illusion that it was the murderer's face, and then, the face of a male star who was somewhat similar to Emilia appeared in front of her eyes.Does my analysis make more sense?Maybe I'm forcing myself to think so. But before analyzing the suspect, I still have something to do, which is to quickly stop the serial crime from happening. I'm going to send a summary of Maki's speech on stage to the other two children, and I must attach my words.Unexpectedly, that night, all of Maki's speeches were published on the website of an infamous weekly magazine.In it I was written an A and said "guess I might be behind it".

I asked my friend to delete it. Before that, I printed two copies of the report, put it in an envelope, and attached a sentence: I have forgiven you. I mean please stop doing horrible things, killing men who are not criminals is not atonement.I hope they can understand my heart. However, Akiko then killed someone again.He was still in that small town, and it was his brother who killed him... Writing letters was useless, and I went to the town. Akiko killed her brother to protect a little girl. I want to apologize to Akiko, not for my angry words three years after the incident, but for what happened when the murder happened.When I heard the news of Emili's death, I pushed Akiko away and ran out. In fact, my mind went blank, and I couldn't even remember if I really did that.But I hope Akiko can understand that I didn't push her away because I hate her, what's more, I never thought that just because she is Akiko, I can treat her so roughly.

However, it may still be me who drove her to a desperate situation. She didn't read the two letters, she thought they were urging her to fulfill the agreement at that time.Perhaps because of this, she had the illusion that her niece was Emili. So, what should I do? Fortunately, I called Yuka's home from the hospital where Akiko lived, and learned that Yuka's rented apartment was only three stops away, so I decided to go to see her directly.Yuka's mother heard my voice ten years later, and she didn't recognize it at first. When I announced my name, she was stunned for a while before remembering.

"I fully understand your desire to arrest the suspect before the statute of limitations. However, Yuka is about to give birth. The matter is urgent. If possible, can you leave her alone?" She sounded nervous when she said that. What happened to Saei, Maki and Akiko were affected by that incident, and they also became a little distrustful of men, so I was a little surprised to hear that Yuka was pregnant. Looks like Yuka will be fine.Because I have personally experienced that women become very strong after pregnancy. If there is something unbearable for a person, thinking of a small life in the stomach needs to be protected, anything can be overcome.Compared with oneself, the little life in the stomach is more important. Once such maternal love is born, there will be no extreme actions.

But, I can't just go back. I want Yuka to see a photo anyway.When I said that I just wanted Yuka to see a photo, Yuka's mother finally reluctantly told me the address and mobile phone number of Yuka's apartment. I went to Yuka's apartment with the photo.I hope Maki remembers it wrong, but the name of the person she mentioned is related to the irreparable mistake I made, and I still can't help but want to get confirmation from Yuka. I was going to let Akiko see it too.Maybe she is the same, remembering the suspect's appearance but saying that she can't remember it, but she said, let alone the appearance, she can't remember any other characteristics.Hearing what she said, I breathed a long sigh of relief, thinking that there is no need to let her see the photos, but I didn't expect that she also mentioned the same person's name. She said that her cousin's girlfriend happened to come to the town on the day of the incident, and she saw a person who looked similar to the suspect at the station, who was her cousin's girlfriend's elementary school teacher. I suddenly felt that it was scary to be alone. I went to visit Yuka not to hope that she would deny that the suspect was him, but to find someone to confide in the big mistakes I made. Unexpectedly, after I got there, the situation no longer allowed me to say anything , then, I will write here.