Chapter 38 Section thirty-eight

For a split second, I couldn't understand what was happening.I only came back to my senses when I heard screams behind me.I turned to see a young woman looking at us in horror.There was a fellow man by her side. I don't quite remember what happened next.I stood there blankly, surrounded by many people.Soon after, police officers arrived.The police officer asked me many questions, but I had no confidence in answering them well.I'm afraid I can't answer any of these questions properly.The officer took me to the police station and locked me in a room called the investigation room.

I found out afterwards that it seemed that the clerk of the restaurant called the police.The clerk told the police officer that the man who was assassinated was with me and that I chased him out of the restaurant, so the officer questioned me, but my answer was completely wrong, so the officer interpreted my behavior as an impulsive assassination. Caused mental disorder, immediately arrested me on the spot. The criminal police in charge of the investigation had identified me as the murderer from the very beginning, so they seemed to think that the next job was just to record the criminal's statement.No wonder.After all, I was carrying a fruit knife, and I actually rushed out of the restaurant with the intention of assassinating Kuramochi.

However, the person who assassinated Kuramochi was not me, but a man I didn't know at all.I gradually regained my composure and told the criminal police what happened at that time.The criminal was convinced that the murderer would confess, and was angry at the unexpected development, and yelled at me: "It's up to now, you can't even deny it." "I'm telling the truth. Please believe me. Because it was another weapon that killed him, not my knife, was it?" "How dare you say it wasn't your knife?" "Because my knife has never been used. You will know after investigating. There should not be a drop of blood on my knife."

"You wiped the knife clean right away, right? Needless to say, we're investigating. But why on earth are you carrying a knife with you?" "This..." I was speechless. "Say it! You won't be able to fight, right? You'd better give up struggling!" The criminal policeman with a Chinese character face and five-point hair kept threatening me for several hours, trying to make me confess.Several times, I felt unconscious because my body was tired and my mind was confused, but I vehemently denied it. The hellish torture was finally over.After the detective with the square face was called out, another detective walked in.I don't know if it's because the criminal policeman is wearing glasses, but his facial features look much more delicate than the criminal policeman just now.

"I'm very sorry to take up so much of your time. We have already confirmed your innocence. This is the end of today's inquiry, and you can go back." His choice of words was also very polite. I was overwhelmed by the sudden turn of events. "This is how the same thing?" "It took us a while to confirm. After all, you are carrying that kind of thing, which is something that you don't usually carry on your body..." The criminal policeman seemed to be afraid that I would report them and the police would harm the innocent, so he raised the matter. Regarding the knife, the implication is that I am also responsible for this oolong incident.

However, this is not what I want to know. "Has the prisoner been caught?" The detective shook his head. "On the run. However, an eyewitness pointed out that he saw a man rushing out of the parking lot where you were. The man dropped a kitchen knife while escaping. After we investigated the blood on the knife, we found that it was the same as the victim's blood type. Consistent. By the way, you didn't find any blood reaction on your knife." After speaking, the criminal policeman raised his mouth and smiled. "The one who assassinated Kuramochi was a thin man, but I didn't see his appearance clearly..."

"What you say is consistent with eyewitness testimony. We are currently looking for someone who fits this profile." "Have you locked down the suspect in general?" "Yes, largely locked down. After all, what should I say, the victim was a high-profile individual by all accounts." "You mean, the victim of 'Creating Opportunity' took revenge on Kangmoe?" "Well, that's also possible." The detective glanced at his watch. "Mr. Tajima, if you are not in a hurry to leave, I would like to ask you two or three more questions."

"About the knife?" "Well, yes. Please tell me why you have that thing on you?" I sighed, trying to figure out how to respond.But it didn't take me long to settle down. "I want to... kill him." I don't know if it was because my statement was too direct, but the surprised expression on the criminal policeman's face lasted for several seconds. "what about this?" "It's hard to say. Anyway, we had a lot of quarrels... He lied to me several times. This time 'creating opportunities' is also the same. So when he asked me to come out, I had a knife ready."

"But someone else assassinated him first, didn't they?" "Well, that's what happened." I looked up at the detective. "Is carrying a knife on your body a crime? Is this an attempted murder, or is it an intention to kill..." "It depends. In fact, if you took out your knife and attacked Kuramochi-san, it would probably be considered an attempted murder. But you haven't done that yet." "Should I be grateful for my timid personality...?" I shook my head. "I don't know what kind of person the suspect is, but in terms of hatred for Kuramochi, I think he should be inferior to me. But in fact, I am one step behind him."

The lenses of the glasses worn by the detective flickered. "You seem to be regretting that you killed Cheng Yaojin halfway and took away your target." "It's not like that..." However, the sharp-eyed criminal police saw through the facts.While I was relieved that I didn't become a murderer, I also felt a sense of loss because someone snatched away the biggest target of killing Kuramochi. "Mr. Tajima, having a motive for killing may not lead to murder." The policeman said in a warning tone. "Motivation is of course indispensable, but if a person wants to kill someone, he must also have complex factors such as the environment, timing, and emotions at the time."

"I know that, but..." "Also," continued the detective. "Some people need some kind of fuse to take action. Like you, you may need some kind of fuse. In other words, as long as there is no fuse, you can't cross the door of becoming a murderer. Of course, that's better. Most Better never go through that door." "The door to become a murderer, isn't it?" As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly realized that I hadn't heard of another point so far, so I asked the criminal police. "Excuse me, what's the status of the warehouse?" The policeman straightened his back and stared at me with his lower jaw retracted. "Looking at the situation, one life was saved." "Ah..." I was speechless.Judging from the circumstances of Kuramochi's assassination at the time, I was sure that he would not survive in the end. "However, judging from his current condition, it is still difficult to tell the result. He should still be in the hospital and continue to receive treatment." "Yukiko... have you contacted his wife yet?" "Of course I have contacted her. She may have rushed to the hospital. If you want to visit him, we can send you to the hospital. As a thank you for your assistance in handling the case." "Excuse me." After I finished speaking, I stood up. As soon as I arrived at the hospital, I saw Yukiko bowing her head in the waiting room.She seemed to have arrived in a hurry, probably regardless of the mismatching colors of the top and skirt.In addition to her, there is also a policewoman in uniform, standing by at the entrance and exit. Yukiko looked up at me, shaking her head slowly.I don't know what that gesture means.Probably has many meanings.It must also include the emotion of not being able to believe that such a thing could happen.In addition, it must have brought a good mood to tell me that she didn't know what to do. "How is Kuramo? I heard he saved his life." "It's still undergoing surgery. It seems that I haven't regained consciousness at all." Yukiko looked up at me as if she suddenly remembered something. "Has he...has he met you?" "Well, he called me. Then we met at an American restaurant near my house." "It would be great if you told me." Yukiko said angrily. "Because you seem to be under surveillance by the police..." "But you're also being watched by the police, aren't you? So, the culprit is in an ambush in the restaurant's parking lot, right?" I thought to myself: "You're right." But I didn't know how to explain it. "Because Kuramoki doesn't seem to want you to know." "Maybe." Yukiko turned her face away, sucked her nose, and then covered the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. "I want to pass on a message from Cangha," I said. "He said that he will pick you up when he settles down. Before that, I hope you will be patient. In fact, he asked me to transfer a large amount of living expenses to you, but it was confiscated by the police just now. However, the police said that as long as they find out That money has nothing to do with this incident, it will be returned to me..." "It doesn't matter if the money isn't paid back. As long as he can be saved..." she whimpered. Even now, Yukiko still loves Kuramochi deeply, which made me jealous of him again.I thought to myself, I must try to tell Yukiko the true face of that man. There were hurried footsteps in the hallway.Not long after, a nurse ran over. "Madam, the attending doctor has something to tell you." "Is the operation over?" "Well, yes. The attending doctor will explain the situation to you in detail." "How is it? Did the operation go well? Was he saved?" Yukiko asked several questions in one breath. "I think the doctor will explain it to you. Anyway, this way please." I know nurses are forbidden to speak casually, but she looks obviously different.I thought to myself, it shouldn't hurt to just tell us if we're saved or not.We followed the nurse to the intensive care unit.A doctor came to us. "Are you the patient's wife?" asked the doctor. "Yes. This is my husband's friend." Yukiko introduced me like this. The doctor glanced at me, nodded, and turned his gaze back to Yukiko. "this way please." We're in the intensive care unit.The doctor stopped in front of a cubicle separated by a transparent plastic film. "That's your husband." Through the plastic film, Kuramo lay on a bed inside.His body was covered with various equipment such as an oxygen mask. "As far as conclusions go," began the doctor calmly. "Your husband saved his life, but he hasn't regained consciousness. I don't think he will regain consciousness in the future, because the part that controls his consciousness has been damaged." "Huh..." Yukiko whispered. "Doctor, that is," I confirmed to the doctor. "Has he turned into a vegetable?" "Yes." The doctor nodded. Yukiko fell down slowly like a slow motion shot.I didn't have time to catch her body.The next second, I heard her crying and wailing. A week after the incident, the police arrested the prisoner who assassinated Kuramo.As the criminal police guessed, the murderer was indeed a victim of "creating opportunities".He retired from the company last year and invested nearly all of his retirement savings in "creating opportunity."During the process, he felt that there was a problem with the company and asked for the return of the investment money, but the company repeatedly refused to pay back the money.Later, there was a commotion that the company was forcibly searched. When he knew that the possibility of the company repaying the money was slim, he made up his mind to kill Kuramo.He seemed to have had a hard time finding where Kuramo was staying.It is said that the reason why he finally set his sights on me was purely based on intuition. Hearing these causes and consequences, I remembered what the criminal police had said.Motive alone is not enough to kill, he said.Timing and opportunity are more important. Step by step, the police launched a search on Create Opportunity.The business situation that gradually surfaced surprised me again, and even made me feel admiration. I didn't expect that they could use such nonsense to collect funds. For example, the clerks who belong to him all use pseudonyms.A person uses four or five names at the same time.Beyond that, most of what they say to their clients is groundless intelligence.They seem to be instructed by their superiors: "No matter what, as long as the customer gives us the money, it's ours." Most employees know nothing about stocks.The difference between victory and defeat is how to make the lie sound like the truth.They call everyone on the survey list. "Congratulations, you won the prize for participating in the quiz. Let me tell you about a stock that can make a lot of money." It seems that many people have fallen for this kind of joke-like deception. They will provide the customer with a stock name tag, allowing the customer to observe the movement of that stock for a while.If the stock didn't go up, they kept silent, but if the stock went up a little, they called the client right away. "Am I right? The membership fee is only 100,000 yuan. After joining the membership, I will tell you about our company's exclusive brand shares." The average performance of employees is self-guaranteed to strive for ten members to join the membership every month, and they can get 10% of the members' membership fee as a bonus.With a salary of around 200,000 plus bonuses, you can easily get 300,000 a month. Including the team leader, almost all employees are in their twenties, and there are also many college students. A student who is currently studying at a university mentioned in a statement at the police station: "It's a lot of money. Money can turn ghosts around, and everyone is doing it desperately." The police also came to me a few times.They wanted to find out where Cang Mo hid the money.However, it is impossible for me to know the truth.I don’t know if the police felt that they probably couldn’t find any inside information from me, so gradually they stopped looking for me. Later, I had to quit my job in a furniture store.Although it is said that I am not a regular employee of "Creating Opportunities", it is an iron fact that I have a relationship with this company. Once someone accuses me of this, I can't even refute it.Once again I was stuck looking for a job, but this time I wasn't so depressed.I think everything can start from scratch. The reason why I feel that way is because I am greatly affected by Kuramochi's current physical condition. Kuramochi is still alive.As the doctor announced that day, from his condition, he could not regain consciousness, but he was still alive. I often find time to go to the hospital.Kuramochi is being nursed in a special ward. Yukiko stayed almost in the ward to take care of him.She sold the apartment she lived in and moved into a smaller rental apartment, and the extra money was used for medical expenses.Although it is medical expenses, it is actually just to maintain his life. Kuramo sometimes looks like he is sleeping, and sometimes his eyelids are open.I've even seen the way his eyes rolled.At that time, I felt that the doctor must have made a mistake when he said he was unconscious. Yukiko seems to think so more than I do.Sometimes she would say to me: "I think Xiaoxiu must be able to hear my voice. Because his reaction is obviously different. As long as I speak to him, his eyes will move. Although it is only slightly. Like me It was the same when I wiped his body, there was obviously no reaction at first, but when I wiped his body, there was a slight reaction. So, I think he must be conscious." When a close relative or loved one becomes a vegetable, the caretakers seem to have this common feeling.After all, although it is said to be a vegetative person, it still has life in the end, and there will often be some life reactions. If it happens to coincide with its own call at this time, it will produce that illusion. However, I don't want to correct Yukiko's illusion.Nursing Kuramochi requires a lot of willpower.I think it would be good to let that illusion become her spiritual support. Due to some media reports, many people knew about Kuramochi's assassination.So people who want to meet are endless.Among them, most of the victims of "creating opportunities" came to the hospital to see the tragic situation of the mastermind.Yukiko will strictly control the visitors, and categorically refuses those who have evil intentions to meet with Kuramochi. However, there are also people who simply want to see him.Miharu is one of them. She stood by the hospital bed and stroked Kurachi's cheek, slid her fingertips across his neck, then ignored my sight and kissed his lips.Fortunately, Yukiko was not there, but I still broke into a cold sweat for her, thinking that if Yukiko came back, I didn't know what to do. "That high-spirited Sam turned out like this, life is really cruel." Meiqing looked down at her ex-lover and said to my ex-husband. "At this point, I don't want to say it. But," I told her. "Kuramochi said he didn't plan to trap me. It's true that he prepared the apartment, but he didn't expect you to use it that way." "What did he say?" Miharu stared at Kuramochi. "I see. Did he say that?" "Which one of you is telling the truth? You or Kuramo? Let me figure it out!" Meiqing tilted her head, and then said: "Since he said that, let's take it as true." "Hey!" "You hate me anyway, don't you? If so, trust him. Maybe you'd better not hate even Sam." "I want to know the truth." "So I said, what he said is the truth." In addition to Miharu, many women also came.Almost all of them were unknown to me, and some of them were obviously women in the porn industry.Seeing Cang Chi's unrecognizable appearance, they all shed tears. "For an ugly woman like me, Mr. Kurachi treats me equally and gently. There is no such good person in this world except him." Some restaurant girls even burst into tears after saying this. Of course, there are also male visitors.Their responses vary, but they have one thing in common.Everyone has broken up with someone at one point or another because of a lingering resentment they felt towards them. "This man is born with a good eloquence. He will turn any scrap iron into gold. I don't know how much money I have lost." A person who was cheated by the warehouse and invested nearly 100 million said with a smile . "It's funny looking back on it now, though. I had so many weird dreams thanks to this man. Seeing him like this really felt empty." All in all, those men broke up with him before, but none of them hated him from the bottom of their hearts.Although Kiko filtered the visitors, I didn't expect this kind of people to come in, which is really surprising. Just a month after Kuramochi was assassinated, a man came to the hospital.