Chapter 45 Section 5

"I hope you can tell me," I said, "what happened on the uninhabited island? As far as the result is concerned, if you don't know this, you won't be able to move forward!" Ms. Shizuko loved that library and put it aside, clasping her palms together and interlocking her fingers.Clearly, she was confused. "What I know, as I said next: The yacht had an accident, and everyone headed towards a nearby island, but there was only one male who couldn't reach it. Then call that male 'boyfriend' She begged for everyone's help, but no one listened to her request—that's what I heard from Yumi."

I said while observing her expression.But her expression didn't change significantly. "I think that woman keeps killing people to avenge her dead boyfriend. But it's not that simple, is it?" "Yeah." Miss Shizuko finally replied after hearing this, "It's not that simple." "It didn't occur to me at all," I said, "but there is an important key. The key lies in Mr. Takemoto himself." I opened the cap of the portable wine bottle I was holding, turned it upside down and gave it a light shake.What fell out of it was a strip of paper rolled into a long, thin rod.After spreading it out, densely packed words were written on it.Although it has been a little dizzy, it can still be interpreted.

I was very surprised to find the wine bottle, but when I found this note, I was even more shocked. "After I took a closer look, I found that this was a note that recorded the situation when the accident happened. Probably he planned to sort it out as a report after he came back! It was put in a wine bottle because it would not The relationship that will get wet. The particularly important place in this note is here: 'Yamamori, Masae, Yumi, Murayama, Sakagami, Kawazu, Nisato, Ishikura, Harumura, Takemoto arrived at the uninhabited island. Kanai was a bit late .'——From this note, I found that the person who did not swim to the uninhabited island was not Mr. Takemoto. The person who could not reach the uninhabited island was Saburo Kanai! Then he shouted, "Please save my boyfriend" , Miss Shizuko, I guess! I learned from this note that there is no woman named Yasuko Furusawa participating."

"Is that why you are investigating my affairs?" I nodded at her question. "Actually, Mr. Kanai was the one who was dying, and Miss Harumura was the one who asked for help; but no one offered a helping hand—after such an incident, I don't understand how things will develop next, It will be Mr. Takemoto who will die in the end. So I started to investigate your past, hoping to find some clues. But in the end, I still don’t know anything, the only thing I know is that you ran away from home for love.” "...Really?" She said angrily. "However, I tried to use my own thinking to imagine what happened on the uninhabited island that day. Because of the 'something', Mr. Takemoto died instead of Mr. Jinjing, and all the people involved were hiding it. That 'what's the matter'. Thinking about it this way, I probably guessed it." I stared straight into her eyes, and then continued: "When no one is willing to lend a helping hand, Mr. Takemoto went to rescue Mr. Kanai Right? After the rescue operation was successful, Mr. Takemoto loudly blamed other people who decided to stand by. Maybe he even threatened to publish the matter in newspapers and magazines! So he and one of them There was a dispute... that person finally killed Mr. Takemoto."

I saw that Miss Shizuko's lips were trembling slightly.I suppressed the excitement in my heart, and continued: "All the members present are in favor of concealing this fact. Although Mr. Takemoto is a benefactor to you, President Yamamori, who takes care of you, can't violate what he said... That's right. Bar?" Miss Shizuko sighed quietly, blinked several times, and covered her face with her hands.Inside she was at war with something. "No way!" A voice suddenly came from behind me.Looking back, Saburo Kanai was approaching us at a slow pace. "It can't be helped!" he said again—to Miss Shizuko.

"Sanlang..." Saburo Kanai walked up to Ms. Shizuko, clasped her shoulders tightly with his hands, and then turned his head towards me. "I'll tell you all about it!" "Saburo!" "It's okay, it's better like this." He seemed to exert some strength on his arms around her, but he still looked at me, "I tell you. Your reasoning is indeed wonderful, but there are many mistakes. " After he finished speaking, I nodded silently. "The beginning of the matter was actually nothing," he said first. "When I was escaping from the yacht, I seemed to be hit on the head forcefully without knowing where, and I passed out like this."

"Stunned? At sea?" "Yes. Because I'm wearing a life jacket, I seem to be floating in the sea like a leaf. And when I'm unconscious, I won't drink water." I have heard it said. "The others have all arrived on the uninhabited island. It seems that Shizuko didn't realize I was not there until then. So she turned her eyes back to the sea in a panic, and saw a figure that looked like me floating in the waves." "I was really scared to death..." Shi Jinzi seemed to have not gotten over the shock at that time.On closer inspection, she was even trembling in his arms. "I hurriedly told the people around me, please save him."

I nodded approvingly.The voice Yumi heard back then was this. "But no one helped you save people, right?" I said while recalling Yumi's words.After thinking for a while, Shizuko said: "Because the waves are very high and the weather is very bad, I know that no one wants to deal with this matter. Even I don't have the courage to jump back into the sea like this." "If the positions are exchanged," Saburo Kanai said heavily, "I don't have the confidence to say that I dare to face it." Difficult question, I thought, not easy to answer. "When my mood turned to despair, someone said: 'I'll go.' That's Mr. Takemoto you're talking about."

Sure enough, I thought.Before Yumi heard these words, she had already lost consciousness. "But Mr. Takemoto is not the kind of person who jumps into the sea indiscriminately just relying on his sense of justice. Because he bet his life, he hopes to get an equivalent reward." "remuneration?" "Her body." It was Saburo Kanai who answered, "He seems to have been fond of Shizuko since he was in the United States. This is what I feel slightly. But he didn't take away love, after all he He also has his own girlfriend... But he seemed to have made this request in that scene."

I looked at Shizuko. "Then what happened?" "Before I could answer, Mr. Kawazu who heard this said something. He said: 'Are you still a human being who asks for payment at this time?' Then Mr. Takemoto replied: 'Do you understand my feelings? What? Those who don’t know have no right to intervene!’ So Mr. Chuanjin began to ask others to save Saburo, because his own foot was injured..." "But no one is paying attention to his request!" "Yeah." Shizuko replied with a weak voice: "Everyone turned their faces away. Some people also said something like 'you can't say that because your own foot is injured'."

"So in the end, did you agree to Mr. Takemoto's conditions?" She closed her eyes tightly, instead of nodding. "At that time, I just wanted to save him first no matter what." "Then Mr. Takemoto jumped into the sea and miraculously rescued Mr. Kanai..." "That's it." Saburo Kanai replied: "When I came back to my senses, I was already lying on the ground. I didn't even know why I was there. The only thing I knew was that I was saved. After looking around, I found that other people were also lying down. I started to inquire about Shizuko's whereabouts. At the beginning, everyone kept their mouths shut and refused to tell me. It was only later that Mr. Kawazu told me that Mr. Takemoto and Mr. Shizuko’s deal. Then Mr. Chuanjin asked me if I would try to persuade Mr. Takemoto, so I hurriedly searched for their traces. Then I found him and Shizuko under the shadow of a stone in the distance. Mr. Takemoto grabbed her Shoulder, looks like it's going to hit her." Tears streamed from the eyes of Shizuko, who was sitting aside and listening.Tears slid down her white cheeks and landed on her hands. "At that time... I was not attacked." She said in a silky voice: "At that time, Mr. Takemoto just wanted to make an agreement with me to fulfill the price next time before Saburo regained consciousness. But at that time At this juncture, my determination has been shaken. I told him that it doesn't matter how much money I want, and I hope he can forget the deal just now. But...he is unwilling to accept. 'Isn't it an appointment? As long as you can accompany me Tonight, I promise I won't appear in front of you again." He said so forcefully while grabbing my shoulder." When she said this, she turned to look at her boyfriend.Saburo Kanai looked down in pain, and took a deep breath shortly after. "But in my eyes, it just felt like he was attacking my girlfriend. After all, I just heard about the deal from Mr. Kawazu." Pushed away. He lost his balance ... hit his head on a nearby rock and never moved again." Saburo Kanai probably recalled the situation at that time, and his eyes fell on his hands. "I'm just like this...Looking at him as he fell down. Facing this sudden turning point, Zhijinzi couldn't react at once, and seemed to be in a state of disorientation." Which means there's no immediate rescue, I think. "When I came back to my senses, I realized that at some point President Yamamori had already run over. After taking Mr. Takemoto's pulse, he shook his head. Shizuko and I yelled crazily, and then wept in our arms. But no matter what No matter how much you cry or shout, things won’t change—I was thinking this way, and when I decided to surrender, President Yamamori spoke.” "Did he stop you from turning yourself in?" As if trying to grind his teeth, he nodded. "The president said that Takemoto is a despicable man. Grabbing the weakness of others and asking for physical rewards is something that the lowest level of people will do. What you are doing is protecting your lover, there is no need to turn yourself in—" "Then President Yamamori proposed to dispose of the corpse." "yes." After he finished speaking, Miss Shizuko also nodded deeply. "The president also sought the consent of other people. He thought Mr. Takemoto's behavior was despicable, and my behavior was justified." "As a result, everyone agrees with President Yamamori's words, right?" "Everyone agreed. Everyone kept cursing Takemoto-san. There was only one person—only Mr. Kawazu-san who disagreed with this justifiable defense of Shizuko's virginity. But it was dismissed by the others." At that time, I felt that I almost empathized with the situation. If the truth of the incident is to be made public, the fact that Saburo Kanai almost died must of course be mentioned.In this way, why didn't other people save people except Takemoto?What are they doing? - This kind of problem will appear.If things turn out like this, they will undoubtedly be overwhelmed by the blame of public opinion. That said, it's a dark operation.By helping to conceal the fact that Jinjing killed Takemoto, in exchange for everyone's resignation to Kanai Saburo. "In the end, our unified opinion was that we decided to dispose of the corpse. But when it comes to disposing of it, we didn't do anything special, just throw it into the sea. Of course it's best if you can't find the corpse. If you find the corpse unfortunately , there are so many hidden reefs nearby, so it is probably speculated that he was swept away by the waves while swimming and hit his head accidentally." And the development of things seems to be really the same as their purpose.The only miscalculation is that Takemoto Yukihiro's wine bottle was not washed away by the sea. "After being rescued by the rescue team, you thought that you would be called to the Ministry of Coastal Defense to ask for a statement, so at that time, everyone should have prepared their excuses first?" "That's right. At the same time, I would like to trouble everyone to say that her name is Yasuko Furusawa." "I see." "After the accident, I observed for a while, and found that our methods had not been exposed. Not long after that, Shizuko also came to work in the sports plaza, and the apartment she originally lived in was also changed. Speaking of apartments, Ms. Yasuko Guzawa After the deity came back from abroad, I don’t know where he moved. In this way, I am sure that the truth is almost completely buried in the dark, and I feel that everything is going smoothly.” Indeed, everything went smoothly.It's just that in fact, there are hidden traps where they didn't expect. "But it's not like that!" "Yes." Saburo Kanai made a rather heavy voice, "In June of this year, I saw Mr. Kawazu come to talk to President Yamamori. It seems that when he was traveling, someone sneaked into his apartment. " "apartment?" "Hmm. And this is the most important point—there seems to be signs that the information has been stolen." "The information is...the information about what happened on the uninhabited island?" Kanai Saburo nodded. "Mr. Chuanjin seems to have always felt the harshness of his conscience, and he also said that he hopes to make this matter public one day in the future, so that he can accept the trial of the world. President Yamamori angrily told him to burn those things quickly. Lose." "Because I'm afraid that those materials will be seen by others, isn't it?" "yes." "And the prisoner who sneaked into the room to peek at the files is Dongzi?" "may be." The outline of the story emerges. Shan Sen's method is indeed going very smoothly.It's just that there are hidden traps in unexpected places.In the wine bottle that Yukihiro Takemoto carried with him, a note he had written appeared.Then the person who found out was his girlfriend Hagio Toko.She should have found it when she was cleaning her dead lover's house! After that, Dongzi's thoughts were as clear as if I held them in my hand. After seeing Yukihiro Takemoto's note, Toko began to have doubts about his death.Why did the boyfriend who should have reached the uninhabited island die?And why does everyone lie? There is only one answer to this question.His death was artificial, and everyone else had something to do with it— Dongzi will definitely conduct a thorough investigation to find out the truth.But I think the protective net for those involved in the incident is very strong!So she went directly to one of them, and that person was Kawazu Masayuki.It wasn't that difficult to get close to him since we were both people in the publishing world.After trying her best to get acquainted with him, she probably plans to find out the truth about the uninhabited island! But the person who got acquainted with him was not her, but me.I think this should be her biggest mistake, but in this situation, she did her best.That is to sneak into his room while Yazhi and I are traveling.As for the key, just take the one I carry with me all day to take an impression, and she can easily grasp the travel schedule. In this way, she knew what happened on the uninhabited island, and decided to take revenge. "Not long after, Mr. Kawazu came to President Yamamori to talk about things again. The content was that he seemed to be being targeted. And it seemed that he was not just being targeted. After hearing about it, there would definitely be a letter sent." "letter?" "Yes. Typed with a word processor on white note paper, there are only eleven words: 'full of killing intent from an uninhabited island'." The killing intent from the uninhabited island—— "I was really scared and trembling." Kanai Saburo held his wrist tightly as if recalling the coldness of that time again, "Someone knows our secret, and that person plans to take revenge on us." Full of killing intent...? The purpose is probably to use this warning letter to plant fear in their hearts! "The way Mr. Chuanjin was killed clearly shows the other party's resentment." Jin Jing continued without letting go of his hand, "It was written in the newspaper that he was poisoned to death, but the murder took a lot of time to beat him. After the back of his head, it was thrown into the port. I think it was probably to recreate the scene of Mr. Takemoto's death." "Drama..." That Dongzi...the Dongzi who is always calm and always has a gentle smile on his face... Not entirely unimaginable, however, I thought again.It is true that there is always a hot flame burning inside her. "Of course, at that time, we didn't know who the culprit was. In short, we should do what we should do first, and recover the accident records left by Mr. Kawazu. It was finally successful." "You were the one who sneaked into my house?" "Mr. Sakagami and I. The two of us really put our lives on the line. After we got it back, we burned it right away. Who knows, Miss Shinsato was killed in just a short while." I basically know what happened after that.Because I can't let Shinsato Miyuki accidentally tell the truth of the matter under my pressure, so Dongzi will kill her in a hurry!For Dongzi, she may think that if she wants the revenge operation to proceed smoothly, she cannot let me know the truth too early. Although she arranged for me to meet Miyuki Shinsato, in fact, she should have made an appointment with Miyuki earlier! "Who started this revenge operation? In order to find out this problem, I did various investigations. I also checked the actions of Mr. Takemoto and his brother, but I didn't get any clues. Then I knew that you were step by step Getting closer to the truth. Under unbearable circumstances, I threatened you several times." "Sneaked into my room, left messages on the word processor, and attacked me in the fitness center, right?" He picks at his bearded chin. "It's all on my own initiative. But President Yamamori scolded me angrily and said, isn't it easier to irritate the other party by doing this kind of thing?" Indeed, the result of these two warnings was to cheer me up to investigate in one fell swoop. Then the next one to be killed was immediately replaced by Sakagami Feng. His murder should be about the same as that of Miyuki Shinsato!That is, when he called to express his desire to meet with us, although Dongzi said that the agreed time and place had not yet been decided, they had already been decided.The place of appointment must be in that practice classroom, and then Dongzi went to the appointment alone and killed him. "Mr. Sakagami is very afraid of that avenger." Saburo Kanai said: "So he suggested to President Yamamori that everything should be made public, because in this way, the police can protect everyone. But in fact, at that time , the saying 'Don't you think Ms. Hagio is suspicious' has surfaced." "Why do you say that?" "President Yamamori sent Ms. Murayama to thoroughly investigate Mr. Takemoto's past. It turned out that when Mr. Takemoto published his first book, the editor was Ms. Hagio Toko. Anyone would think it would be too strange if it happened by chance." Yes!I realize my stupidity.Almost all the information about the writer Yukihiro Takemoto came from Dongzi.She hid the most important part of the whole affair from me. "Because Ms. Hagio has a big problem, the president thought of the method of 'exchange'. In other words, we will keep silent about the murders that have happened so far, on the condition that Ms. Hagio forget what happened on the uninhabited island. But to conduct such a negotiation, you must have evidence that Ms. Hagio is the criminal. Therefore, the president decided to use Mr. Sakagami as a bait, asking him to lie that he is willing to say anything, so as to get close to you. Yamamori The boss thinks that in this way, Ms. Hagio will definitely find a way to kill Mr. Sakagami! In fact, Ishikura will ambush at the place agreed by Mr. Sakagami and Ms. Hagio in advance. Draw, immediately jump out and negotiate terms." "...But Mr. Sakagami was killed anyway!" "That's right. According to Mr. Ishikura, Ms. Hagio used the hammer she secretly carried to deliver a fatal blow to the back of Mr. Sakagami's head. It happened very quickly." "..." Saliva welled up in my mouth again. "That's why even Mr. Ishikura didn't dare to go out." "Would he not dare?" Shi Cang's confident face appeared in my mind.Don't dare to go out? —— "Then, the negotiation venue was moved to Island Y." When Kanai Saburo said this, his eyebrows were pulled together in pain.For him, what happened next may be even more difficult to tell!But why not for me? "The process is the same as your reasoning just now, except that the person who took the initiative to invite was not Ms. Hagio, but Shizuko. She told Ms. Hagio that she had something important to tell her, and hoped that she would go to the back of the hotel around 9:40 .” I nodded, almost all understood. "In the beginning, I was the only one talking to Ms. Hagio." Ms. Shizuko said in a calm voice, maybe her emotions had calmed down a little, "We were talking, and even though I didn't want to, I told her about the exchange." "But Dongzi didn't agree to the conditional exchange?" Yes, she replied in a very small voice. "Miss Hagio started to attack Shizuko in such a silent manner. After hearing about the exchange, her resentment seems to have doubled." I looked at Saburo Kanai. "Did you show up at this time? Then you killed Dongzi." "Hmm..." He smiled with tears in his eyes and shook his head two or three times. "It's really stupid. In order to protect Shizuko, I killed two people in the end. And this time, I was also protected by President Yamamori and the others." I can't answer anything.I feel like even if I say something, it doesn't feel like it's coming from the heart. Kanai Saburo still put his arm around Miss Shizuko's shoulder.Miss Shizuko kept her eyes closed. When I looked at the two people in front of me, my thoughts suddenly flew to the relationship between Fuyuko and Yukihiro Takemoto. "That... Dongzi already knows the whole story, right?" The two looked at me, paused for a moment and then nodded. "That means she also knows about Mr. Takemoto's desire for Miss Shizuko's body? Doesn't she think it's her boyfriend's betrayal?" After I finished speaking, Miss Shizuko looked at me with sincere eyes and said, "I told her that too. 'Don't you hate that man who wants someone else's woman besides his own girlfriend?' I Asked her this way. But her answer was no, and she said this: 'Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Although I often worry about his female dating problems, I also love him so much that he will bet when he is in a hurry. The energy to do things with your own life. Besides, what he desires is your body, not your heart.' And then people like us who can't do anything but say her boyfriend is mean, are the meanest of." "..." "Now I... feel the same way." Miss Zhijinzi said with trembling lips: "At that time, to save Saburo, you had to have the consciousness to be buried with him. Mr. Takemoto put his own life as a bet, and all he asked for was a woman's life." The body, and that is the reward that can only be obtained after success." Endless mood swings began to boil in my body again. "Also, Miss Dongzi hates not only us, but also other people. In fact, it's not just because we concealed the killing of Mr. Takemoto." "Not just that?" I looked back at her, a little surprised. "No." Miss Shizuko's shoulders trembled slightly, "Didn't you know the situation when Mr. Takemoto's body was found? That person's death looked like he was stuck in a rocky bank. That's why the Haiphong police judged He was swept away by a wave, hit his head on a ledge somewhere, and then swam out on to that rocky shore as he was dying." I know what she keeps silent about.An inexplicable chill ran down my spine, and my body began to tremble. "In short," Ms. Shizuko said, "Mr. Takemoto didn't die, he just passed out. Then we threw him into the sea, which really killed him. And Mr. Kawazu's information stated this matter .” So this is ah-- That's why Dongzi's way of revenge is extremely cruel.In her opinion, her boyfriend was killed twice. "That's all there is to it." Kanai Saburo said while helping Miss Shizuko to stand up.She buried her face in her boyfriend's chest. "What are you going to do with us?" Saburo asked, "Send us to the police station? We're already mentally prepared." I shake my head. "I won't react." I looked at the faces of the two of them and said, "I won't take any action anymore. Anything else will be superfluous." I turned around and walked to the right.Silence surrounds us, and the empty fitness center looks like a graveyard at the moment. As I was going down the stairs, I turned around.Those two were still looking at me. "The Harumura family will come to bring Miss Shizuko home." I said to them, "I have an appointment with the Harumura family to tell them where Miss Shizuko is, but I think they will sooner or later even if I don't tell you." Found here." They both looked at each other's faces for a moment.Then I saw Saburo Kanai nodding to me. "I see." "Then I'm leaving." "Yeah." Then he said, "Thank you." I shrugged and raised my hand slightly. "You're welcome." Then I went down the dark stairs.