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Wandering Blade 东野圭吾 3852Words 2018-03-22
"Honey, get up!" Ayumura was shaken awake.His wife Kazue stared at him suspiciously. "Ouch, what's the matter! I'm on the night shift today!" Ayumura drives a taxi, and the company he serves is in Koto District. "The case is being broadcast on TV... It seems that the hiding place of the man named Changfeng has been discovered." After hearing what his wife said, Ayumura jumped up, "Really?" "It says it's in Nagano Prefecture." "Nagano Prefecture? Has he been arrested?" "It seems that I haven't caught it yet, I only found the homestay where he lived before."

Kazue's explanation was not focused.So Ayumura came out of the bed and walked to the living room with the TV. The TV was on, and it seemed to be playing a morning news talk show.Ayumura sat down on the chair, picked up the remote control and turned up the volume. On the TV screen is a Western-style building with a female reporter standing in front of it. "—Now, I heard that the police are investigating the fingerprints collected from the room, but according to the owner of the homestay, they think it is very likely that the suspect is Changfeng." "B&B?" Ayumura stared at the screen and frowned, "So he lives in a B&B?"

"It seems to be." Yihui replied. "Why do you want to go to Nagano Prefecture? Is it because Kanno is in Nagano Prefecture?" Ayumura asked.The name Kanno Kaiji was heard from a reporter from "Focus Weekly". "I don't know, but I heard that the police seem to have information about him in Nagano Prefecture, so they started investigating hotels and guesthouses in Nagano Prefecture." "Where did that information come from?" Well, Kazue thought about it. Ayukawa thought it would be useless to ask his wife, so he switched to other channels.Fortunately, the transferred channel was also broadcasting weekly news, and Ayumura turned up the volume again.

When Ayumura watched the program, he finally understood the situation.It seems that Kaiji Kanno received money at a bank in Nagano Prefecture and was captured by a surveillance video camera.Ayumura thought that guy was really stupid, but he also thought it was incredible that the police would check surveillance cameras across the country. In short, Changfeng Shigeki did not seem to be arrested, and Ayumura unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.But he didn't hope that Changfeng Shigeki's revenge would succeed.Although he hated Kanno very much, killing him by someone else would not let him vent his hatred.If he wanted revenge, he felt that it should be done by himself.The image of his daughter Qianjing being ravaged has been deeply imprinted in his mind, and he may never forget it for the rest of his life.He felt very hopeless.But what about Kaiji Kanno?Will he feel that he has committed a heinous crime?Must feel nothing at all.Even if he will be arrested by the police one day, he should not be sentenced to the same severe sentence as an adult.Similarly, he would not think that his crime was serious, but that it was just a young man's prank, and one day in the future, he would forget about it completely.As long as he thought of this, he wanted to rush to Nagano County immediately.The reason why he didn't go was because he hadn't thought about what to do next.And he is not like Changfeng Zhongshu, who is a loner.

So what kind of ending did he want this event to have? ——Thinking about it this way, Ayumura herself was also confused.If Nagamine fails to complete his revenge, Kanno will be arrested.But the country doesn't have a script to convince them.Juvenile laws are a bulwark protecting perpetrators, and almost all laws are ruthless toward victims. Maybe it is best for this state to continue, Ayumura thought.Kanno must be very scared now, right?He should already know that the Avengers are after him, right?But even so, he couldn't muster up the courage to go to the police.He'd better suffer a little more, Ayumura thought the most important thing is not to let the world forget this incident——

Ayumura nodded subconsciously, he felt he had found the answer.He doesn't want Changfeng Shigeki to be arrested, because as long as he continues to act, this incident will not be forgotten by the world.This was actually what he was most afraid of.He finally found out. The program began to broadcast the next news.He switched to another station, but the news about Shigeki Nagamine seemed to have run out. The phone rang, and Kazuki answered it.Ayumura was still trying to switch channels.He heard his wife's voice. "Huh? Weekly magazine? No, I haven't read it—is that so? Then I'll buy it and read it later...Huh? I don't know at all...Is it? Thank you for letting me know."

After talking on the phone, Kazue looked at Ayumura. "It's Miss Tomoyo from Ichikawa." Kazue said the name of a relative. "What weekly magazine did she say?" "She asked me if I read "Focus Weekly"? It seemed to be published today, and the case was reported. She also said that you were mentioned in it." "Me?" Ayumura remembered after saying this.He knew it in his mind, "Because I chatted with the reporter who came here with Kanno's photo, is it about my conversation with him?" "Did you go into that detail?"

"Not very detailed, just chatting about Qianjing for a while." "Did you say she committed suicide?" "Well, that's where it comes naturally. Besides, he seems to know the guy's name already, so I want to ask." That guy is Kaiji Kanno. Kazuki's expression was not happy. "How? What did Miss Tomoyo say?" "I think she seems to be having a hard time talking. She just said that there is no need to say so much in the interview. You can buy this magazine and come back to read it!" "Okay, I'll find a time to buy."

Ayumura looked at the clock and stood up.It's time to get ready to go out. Ayumura always drives his own car to the company in Kiba, Koto-ku.He used to drive a bus, but because he was too tired, he changed careers. The bookstore where he planned to buy magazines was closed today, so he went directly to the company.After he parked the car in the parking lot, as soon as he walked to the taxi departure area, he saw several people gathered and talking about something. But when they noticed that Ayumura was approaching, they all looked embarrassed, and the birds and beasts scattered towards their car.

"Xiao Gao." Ayumura called to stop one of them, it was a man named Gao Shan, who was about the same age as Ayumura. Gao Shan stopped and turned around, "What's the matter?" "What were you talking about just now?" "Nothing, just small talk, like the Giants have had a bad year or something." "Really?" "Really, why should I lie to you?" "But as soon as I come—" Ayumura saw something in Takayama's hand in the middle of the sentence, so he stopped talking.That's Focus Weekly. Takayama seemed to realize that Ayumura had seen it, and scratched his nose in embarrassment.

"Have you seen this?" "No... what's the matter?" "Well, it's nothing... I've already told them that what's written here isn't about you." Ayumura opened his eyes wide in surprise at what Takayama said.Qian Jing committed suicide and the reason for suicide, he never told anyone in the company.So no matter what was written in the magazine, Takayama and the others should not be seated in Ayu Village. "Is it really you?" Gao Shan's eyes were full of curiosity and sympathy. "That," Ayumura licked his lips, "I haven't read it yet. What's written in it?" "What are you writing..." Takayama hesitated, and then handed the magazine to Ayumura, "I'll give you this one, you can read it yourself sooner." "is it okay?" "It's okay, I've already read it." After Takayama stuffed the rolled up magazine to Ayumura, he left quickly. Ayumura walked to his car while opening a magazine.Where he saw the table of contents had this title: The Surprisingly Cruel Ways of the Arakawa High School Girl Abandoned Corpse Suspects Ayumura got into the car and decided to read in the driver's seat.He took out his reading glasses. The report started with the discovery of Nagamine Ema's body, and then explained the killing of Banzaki Atsuya.These contents are not only for Ayumura, anyone who has watched TV news or newspapers should be familiar with them.Next, it is described that the murderer who killed Atsuya Banzaki was Nagamine Ema's father, and that he is now fleeing for revenge. Subsequent coverage focused on the inhuman brutality and cruelty of Atsuya Banzaki and another boy.Regarding another boy, although the name Kanno Kaiji was not mentioned, the description is very specific. Anyone who knows him well should know that he is talking about him at a glance, and Kanno Kaiji’s profile photo is only The eyes are slightly covered. The report went on to write about the video tapes and photos found in Atsuya Banzaki's room.That is to say, besides Nagamine Ema, there are many other victims of Banzaki and the others. Ayumura continued to read.Before long, his armpits began to sweat. According to reports, among the victims other than Nagamine Ema, there was a high school girl who committed suicide because she couldn't stand the rape after she was raped.He seems to have interviewed Chiaki's classmates, and then wrote that her father thought his daughter might have been sexually assaulted by Banzaki and the others, and went to the police station to confirm the video tape. The more Ayumura watched, the more he felt that his body temperature was rising.Although a pseudonym is used, the description is very clear. The more people who read it, the more they understand that the high school girl who was raped is Chiaki, and the father is Ayumura.For example, the victim's father worked for a taxi company whose head office is located in Koto-ku, and even this was clearly written.He finally understood why his relatives would call worriedly after reading the weekly magazine, and why Takayama and the others could immediately guess that the person in the report was Ayumura. Ayumura slapped the passenger seat next door with the weekly magazine.He was furious. He never told anyone about Qianjing's suicide and the reason for her suicide.He didn't want people around him to look at him with curiosity, and he didn't want Qianjing to be tainted by obscene imagination.But such reports ruined all his considerations. He felt that his tragedy had been used as a tool to attract readers' attention. He can't work at all.After driving the car out of the company, he didn't think of carrying passengers at all.He felt as if someone was waving on the road, but he didn't slow down and stop, but drove away directly. He can't take it anymore.Halfway through the drive, he called home and ordered his wife to take out the business card given to him by the reporter of "Focus Weekly". "What's going on? Have you read the weekly magazine?" "I'm angry because I saw it. That bastard, write scribbles without authorization!" "What did he write?" Kazuke asked. "Everything, including everything about Qianjing!" "Huh? Has your name been canceled too?" She seemed very surprised. "The name is a pseudonym, but that doesn't make any sense. I'm going to protest to him anyway." Ayumura wrote down the phone number that Kazue read to him, including the company's phone number and his mobile phone number.He wanted to call the company first, but he changed his mind.Ayumura thinks he can use a tape recorder. He tried calling the cell phone.I secretly thought about what to do if I switched to voice answering, but the other party picked it up. "Hey!" "Hello! Is that Mr. Odagiri?" Ayumura asked. "I'm." "I'm Ayumura, the person you interviewed a few days ago." The other party didn't respond, and he added, "It's Ayumura Chiaki's father." After a while, the other party said, "Oh—it's Mr. Ayumura who drives the taxi. Thank you a few days ago." "Thank you! What the hell is going on? That report." He cursed at the beginning. "Is there any discrepancy with the facts?" "I didn't mean that! Wouldn't it be too much for you to write like that? In this way, my colleagues and friends will immediately know that Qian Jing was the one who was sexually assaulted." "Would it? I didn't write my name!" "People who see it can tell it just by looking at it. In fact, all the people in the company look at me strangely. I am very troubled. I want to sue you for violating the right of privacy." "I shouldn't have violated your right to privacy! I have an obligation to try my best to report the facts correctly. Maybe I opened up your painful memories, but I have always maintained that people as vicious as they are are not worthy of the protection of juvenile laws. You're a scumbag, so it must be written so deeply." Because the other party is a person who sells words, he can speak well.Ayumura was speechless for a moment. "Even so, it can't be written so..." He didn't continue. Then Odagiri said: "By the way, Mr. Ayumura, can you do me a favor? This matter must be done with your help."
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