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Chapter 39 Section 8

destiny 东野圭吾 1722Words 2018-03-22
The murder case is solved, but for Yusaku, everything is not over yet.On the day the task force was disbanded, Yusaku called Akihiko Guasheng. "I should say, thank you for your hard work?" Akihiko said on the other end of the phone. "In this case, I didn't do anything." After Yusaku finished speaking, a meaningful laugh came from his ear.He suppressed the emotion of wanting to speak rudely, and said calmly: "I have something to tell you." "Yeah." Akihiko said, "It's good to talk to you." "I'll go to your house, when is it convenient?"

"No, we'll meet elsewhere." "What's a good place?" "There is an excellent place, I want to meet at the cemetery of Zhenxian Temple." "Graveyard? Seriously?" "Of course. At the cemetery of Zhenxian Temple at five o'clock. How?" "Okay. I don't know what you're up to, but I'll do it. Five o'clock?" Yusaku checked the time again, hung up the microphone, then turned his head and thought, this guy speaks really strangely. When Yusaku was writing the report, he saw a young detective putting a crossbow and arrows into a box and was about to go out, so he asked, "What should we do with that?"

"I want to take it back to the Guasheng family. The arrows used to commit the crime and the arrows disposed of by Hongchang are kept by us as evidence, but the crossbow has the value of a work of art and must be returned to them." "What about the arrow?" "This is the third arrow that was not used to commit the crime. It was found in Gua Sheng's study the next day after the crime." It was only then that Yusaku remembered that there was such an arrow, and it turned out that there was another kind of chance that was destined.There was only one poisonous arrow, and it wasn't the poisonous arrow that Hongchang took away at first.If it was a poisonous arrow, Matsumura shot a non-poisonous arrow.That way Masaaki Sugai might not die.

For Matsumura, should it be said that he is lucky? Bravely thought about it for a while, and it seemed that it was not easy to draw a conclusion on this question, so he gave up. "The crossbow and arrows, I'll take them to Guasheng's house for you." "Huh? Really?" The young detective showed an overjoyed expression. "Well, I happen to have something to do." The young detective was not polite either, and moved the box to Yusaku's desk with a big smile on his face. "Oh, thank you very much." There is still plenty of time before meeting Akihiko.Yusaku took over this chore because he thought he might be able to meet Misako, who went back to Kuwao's house yesterday.

Arriving at Guasheng's house, approaching the gate, Yusaku reached out to the button of the walkie-talkie, but before pressing the button, his eyes stopped on Misako who was cleaning the yard opposite the gate. "Ma'am." Yuzuo called her in a low voice.She didn't hear, Yusaku called again. She raised her head and moved her mouth, making an "oops" mouth shape.At that moment, Yuzu was taken aback because she looked even more dazzling than usual. "Come in," Misako said, and Yusaku entered through the small door.Misako immediately noticed the box in his hand. "what is that?"

Brave made an explanation.When Misako thought about the murder case, her expression became stiff after all. "They're back here again." Yusaku said in a low voice. There was a faint wry smile on Misako's face. "You also know that Ms. Chengjiang is gone. So I have to help a little bit with housework." "Oh," Yong Zuo looked at her face, "you are a good wife." Misako shook her head. "Stop making fun of me, I'm such a good wife!" "I really think so." "Don't talk about it. Rather..." Misako glanced in the direction of the main house, stretched her neck slightly, and brought her eyelids closer to Yusaku, "What happened after that? Did you find anything?"

"Hmm... I was so overwhelmed by the murder case that it turned out that the information had nothing to do with that incident, so it was really difficult to investigate." Yusaku found himself slurring his speech and didn't dare to meet Misako's eyes because he couldn't tell her about Sousuke. secret. But Misako unexpectedly didn't go into the details, and instead asked him: "Then, if you know anything, please tell me." "I know." Yong Zuo replied, "I should go, where should I put this box?" "It's okay, you can put it here. I'll move in later."

Yusaku placed the box by his feet, and opened the lid. "As a form, could you please confirm the contents of the box?" "Okay. But when I think about it being used to kill people, I feel terrible." Misako squatted down and glanced at the box, then picked up the arrow and said. "this is……" "The third arrow, which has not been used, is said to be placed at the bottom of the wooden cabinet. The police borrowed it for reference." "Oh, it's that one." She said, staring at the arrow, but then tilted her head, "Huh?" "how?"

"Well, that... maybe I remembered it wrong, but didn't one of the arrow's feathers fall off?" "What?" Yong Zuo took the arrow and took a look, the three feathers were tightly stuck to the arrow, "Is this arrow fine?" "Yeah, it's really strange." Misako still had a sullen face. "I remember thinking that this arrow was probably placed in a different place because it lost a feather. Could there be some misunderstanding?" She said as she put the arrow back into the box.Yong Zuo was dazzled for a moment, thinking that he saw her slender fingers intertwined with the metal arrow.

At that moment, a weak electric current rushed all over Yongzuo's body numbly, and then goose bumps appeared all over his body, and he broke out in cold sweat. "Oh, what's the matter with you?" Misako turned around and asked uneasily when she saw his expression was different. "It's nothing." He barely made a sound, "I still have something to do, and I don't have time. I'm leaving now." "Um...will you contact me again?" "meeting." Yuzuo barely stabilized his footsteps and walked out of the gate.But as soon as he stepped out of the gate, he ran like a rubber band that had been stretched to the extreme.

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