Chapter 15 Section 3

The next morning, Kaga and Ota began to make a statement to Yagyu.The sky seemed a bit gloomy, and Kaga left the search headquarters with an umbrella. Yagyu was sent to the fourth-floor hospital facing the bus stop of Oizumi College, and every time a bus drove by, a cloud of dust would be raised.Kaga frowned and pushed open the door of the hospital. Yagyu's room was on the fourth floor. Kaga knocked on the door, and there was a cold answer from inside. When he opened the door, Yagyu's face became even more ugly after seeing Kaga's appearance. "You're very energetic." Kaga chatted with him and looked at Ota at the same time.He smiled and said, "This way we can have a good conversation." In fact, the doctor in charge has already assured that there will be no problems at all.

"I still have nausea in my chest." Liu Sheng said impatiently, "I'm really out of luck." "But it's okay." As Kaga said, he looked around the room, surrounded by snow-white walls, except for the hospital bed and chairs, there was nothing else in the room. The only advantage was that it was facing away from the road, so there was no need to suffer from exhaust gas and noise. "You've done it yourself this time." "why?" Liu Sheng was a little surprised and asked loudly. "Because you were trying to act alone." After speaking, Ota pulled a chair and sat down, because there was only one in each ward, so Kaga sat on the window sill.

"Can you tell us about it?" Ota waved his hand to Yagyu, "What information do you have, and what are you going to find out?" Yagyu sat up from the bed, looked at the faces of Kaga and Ota respectively, and slowly shook his head. "I don't know anything yet." "Didn't you still threaten to solve the case yourself, so you checked what happened when Oda went to the United States two years ago?" When Ota asked, Yagyu lowered his eyes for a moment, and then stared straight at the detectives again. "What is solving the case? It's not that exaggerated. I just want to do my best to save Ye Liuzi. I think if I can know the relationship between the teacher and Kazama, I can understand why that guy sneaked into the dance troupe. If you come here, given the similarities between these two people, ordinary people would think of investigating the teacher's trip to the United States the year before last."

"You not only investigated the United States, but also investigated other places?" "Because the police have been investigating the matter of the teacher in the United States two years ago, because nothing was found. As far as I am concerned, I will definitely find out other places the teacher has been to." Speaking of this, he seemed to realize something and opened his eyes wide, "Hey, could it be that I was murdered for this reason?" "It now appears that this is indeed the case." After Ota finished speaking, Yagyu made a gesture of brushing something aside, as if scolding someone.

"I haven't found anything yet, why did I suffer this murder?" "Maybe it's too late for you to find it?" Kaga said beside him, "Or can you think of any other reasons?" "No, I was thinking about it for a long time in bed yesterday. Why the murderer killed the teacher must be my next target. So that's what happened. The murderer wanted to let me go before I caught the fox's tail I disappear." Yagyu punched his left hand with his right fist, tilted his head, and looked at the police officers again. "It's just that I don't have any clues so far. Will this be annoying to the murderer?"

"Regarding Oda's going to the United States, what kind of investigation plan are you going to use?" Kaga asked. "Anyway, first list all the places the teacher has been to, and then confirm whether Kazama has been to these places one by one." "How to confirm?" "The specific method has not yet been determined, but I think it would be a good way to write to the ballet company separately." "Have you ever told anyone about this inquiry?" "No, I didn't tell anyone. It's not necessary, is it?" Kaga and Ota looked at each other, but they couldn't see that Yagyu was lying.

"You should have read the record of Oda's trip to the United States the year before last in the office, right?" "yes." "Did you take any notes at that time?" "I did, I remember it should be in a drawer at home." "Can you show us?" "It's okay, but you have to ask for it carefully. My mother was still here just now, and she already looks a little out of her mind. It took me a lot of effort to persuade her to go back." "We'll bring them to their attention." Ota stood up with a smile, "I'm going to contact the headquarters." He said to Kaga and walked out of the ward.Since it was a conversation with the victim himself, the search headquarters placed great expectations on the report, but Kaga didn't feel that there was any big gain.

"Going back to the topic just now, you really can't think of any other clues that might be murdered by others?" While waiting for Ota, Kaga sat on the windowsill and asked questions. "I can't think of it," Liu Sheng replied, "I have already said something, and no one wants to die." "That's true." "To be honest, I'm really angry, but this kind of thing happened during this period, and there is still a big performance waiting for us." "Is it the Yokohama performance of 'Beauty Sleeping in the Forest'? Your character is Blue Bird, right? It's a pity that I couldn't see the previous show. I even bought the tickets."

Princess Florina, played by Weixu, didn't see it either, which is the most regrettable thing for Kaga. "The bluebird is a valuable role, and the male dancers can dress up nicely, with minimal dance moves, and everyone wants to do it." "Ok……" Kaga put his right foot on his left knee and loosened his tie. "Is it alright to ask you some presumptuous questions?" Liu Sheng let out a snort, "You have already said something quite presumptuous, and it is because of my magnanimity that I am not angry with you." "I also want to thank you." Kaga said, "That's what I just said, if you can't recover for a while, someone should take your place, right?"

Liu Sheng scowled and blinked his eyes.The expression seemed to say, so what. "Is the person who will take your place in this situation determined?" "Undecided," Yagyu said. "But there will always be someone who can dance for me. We often practice dancing characters other than ourselves, especially the standard repertoire that is often selected in competitions like Bluebird. There are several people who can barely dance, But I can barely dance, whether I can make money in dance dramas is another matter." "Barely", Liu Sheng strengthened his tone when he said this word.

"Even so, once you're gone, someone will take over this meaningful role, right?" "Probably." After speaking, Yagyu seemed to have sensed Kaga's intentions, smiled, and said, "But killing people to get a role is absolutely impossible, I bet." "yes?" "Yes, dancers can't do this kind of thing, and they can't do it. Although there are often old-fashioned plots of framing each other in order to compete for the leading role in TV dramas, this kind of thing will never happen in reality. As As far as dancers are concerned, there is no room for flaws in their dance movements, and they will objectively face up to the gap in strength with others. If others dance better than their own, they can't do things like crowding out themselves to dance. I think When you want a role, you rely on strength to fight for it, that’s all. Even from the perspective of others, it is a very weak competition.” Kaga nodded straightly, this Yagyu can speak so passionately, it should be exactly what he said.And from a common sense point of view, killing people just because of this reason is indeed a bit unrealistic. "Aren't you guys the winners in this competition?" "I don't want to use victory or defeat to express it. Some of us have been superior in skills from the beginning, such as Akiko and Konno. And people like me and Weixu can only catch up." "I see. By the way, have you and Asaoka always been partners?" "During this period of time, there were very few dudes before this performance." After Liu Sheng finished speaking, his eyes suddenly focused, and then he continued to mutter, "Yeah, I can't let anyone else play the role of Blue Bird just because of her." "Out of step?" "Well, there is also this factor." Liu Sheng rubbed the back of his neck, pulled his hands over his head, and made a big stretching motion. Walking out of the hospital, it started to rain lightly outside.The gray asphalt is like scattered black spots, and the dust seems to have receded a little.Kaga opened the umbrella he brought, and Ota also opened the folded umbrella. "Today seems to be Oda's funeral." Kaga said while walking towards the station, "I want to go and have a look." "If you go to see it, it won't help you solve the case." "At least you can know the list of attendees." "Well, that's kind of necessary." Ota stopped and thought for a while and said, "Then I'll go back to the Shakujii Police Station." "I'll be back at noon." Kaga left the bus station and walked towards the funeral venue. Although it was raining, the attendees flocked to the venue. It is reasonable to say that there will not be many relatives, but there are elderly people with good conversations everywhere.On the wreaths lined up in a row, there are also the names of some politicians and general managers of famous brand companies.It can also be seen from these places that Yasunari Oda is not just a ballet director. Peering in from a little distance away from the attendees, one by one the members of the dance troupe came up to burn incense.At the same time, a message of condolence was played on the loudspeaker, and it was also full of the names of some financial figures. After burning the incense, the actors seemed to be preparing to go back to training and walked in the direction of Kaga.He lowered his umbrella to cover his face and leaned over to the side of the road. Konno and Takayanagi Akiko walked over, maybe it wasn't raining when they walked out of the practice room, they didn't bring umbrellas. Kaga walked behind them and found Wei Xu's figure.Wei Xu wore a black dress with a brooch pinned to his chest.He watched her gradually leave under the umbrella. Huh?She stopped suddenly, as unnaturally as a doll's mainspring snapped. After a while, she looked at the situation around her, and then stepped forward again in slow motion.Then it turned the nearest corner, but that wasn't the way back to the practice room. Kind of weird - Kaga followed, turning where she turned. She disappeared, he thought for a moment.It was a dead end, and she was nowhere to be seen.But that was just an illusion. She was standing with her back to him in a dark corner surrounded by walls, her long hair was wet from the rain. "What's wrong?" Kaga asked.But she didn't respond. Asaoka!He yelled and walked over, and then she raised her slightly lowered head and turned to him. Perhaps because she was too surprised to see Kaga standing there, Wei Xu opened her eyes wide, took a big breath, then closed her eyes and exhaled, she put her hands on her chest, as if she was feeling the beating of her heart, her complexion was even worse than before. Be white. "What's wrong?" Kaga asked again, "Are you feeling unwell?" Looking at Kaga's face, Wei Xu swallowed, and said, "Please." "Take me to a place where there are no people, a park or something..." "Asaoka..." Did something happen to her, but Kaga immediately felt that it was not the time to think about it.He held out his hand to her, and she grabbed it immediately. Kaga lowered the umbrella as much as possible, taking care not to let others see her, and walked to the bus station like this.It's raining just in time. After hailing a taxi, he beckoned the driver to Shakujii Park.Wei Xu grabbed Kaga's right arm, still trembling slightly.Kaga's intuition told him that the trembling wasn't just caused by wet hair. After arriving at the park, Wei Xu stopped trembling, and the rain outside also stopped. The two got out of the taxi and walked towards the entrance of the park.The trees planted on both sides of the road may have washed away the long-term dust, and every lesson looks so vibrant. The two walked in the forest in the park, but they didn't meet a single person.After leaving the driveway, it feels like the sound is gradually being sucked away.Every step on the soil with the right amount of moisture will make a pleasant sound. Seeing a resting pavilion with a roof, Kaga silently sat down on the bench, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and spread it on the side.Wei Xu sat on his handkerchief without hesitation, and then she kept staring at the right hand on her lap. Kaga heard the sound of trampling on the soil again, looked up, and saw a little girl about three years old and a man who looked like her father walking over.Wei Xu looked at Kaga, and then turned his gaze to the father and daughter. The father and daughter seemed to have no interest in Kaga and the others, and stopped in front of a vending machine next to the bench.The girl asked for orange juice, and the father dropped a hundred-dollar coin and pressed the button.After hearing the sound of gurgling tin can drinks, the father opened the pick-up cover and handed the drink to the girl.The girl took a sip and gave it back to her father. The father drank a little and then gave it to his daughter. The two walked away like this. After completely disappearing, Kaga said, "Shall we have something to drink too?" He felt that it was time to say something.But she made no answer to that, "Does Kaga-san know what I'm thinking right now?" she asked, with a slight smile on her lips.No, not at all, Kaga replied. "I know what Kaga-san is thinking." "yes?" "What's wrong with this woman? Is she a little abnormal? Why do I have to be treated like this..." "I didn't think so, but I was thinking 'what's wrong with you', just in a different tone." Hehehe, Wei Xu laughed. "I have been thinking about one question since I got out of the taxi: How can I explain to Mr. Kaga that I will become such a fool, and how should I end up?" "It's not about the ending," Kaga said, "You can just tell the truth, but I know a little bit." After listening, Wei Xu showed a look of incomprehension, rubbing his hands on his knees. "I don't quite understand myself," she said, looking up at the gray sky, "When I think about Oda-sensei, I feel inexplicably sad. I don't want to go to training today, and suddenly the anemia I had before happened again, so, At this point, she tilted her head again, "It would be great if anemia didn't happen in these days. I'm really sad. Then I want to cry for a while before going back..." "Did I get in your way?" "Yes." Wei Xu nodded with a smile, "It's fortunate that this is the case, because talking to you like this is much happier than crying." "It's good of you to say that." Kaga tapped the ground lightly with his toes, "But I want to know, are you...anemic? I've always been concerned about this. You'd better go check it out again." And Wei Xu glanced at his expression, shrugged and smiled. "Mr. Kaga, do you suspect that what I have is not anemia, but an incurable disease such as brain tumor or leukemia?" "No, not really." "It's okay," she said. "It's really just anemia. This disease often occurs when the seasons change. It's very troublesome." "Oh……" "Hey, Mr. Kaga, have you heard of the movie 'Autumn Fairy Tale'?" "have no idea." "There's a girl in there who's an amazing ballet dancer." She pressed her index finger to her lips, recalling the storyline in her eyes and began to speak. "That girl has a man she admires. It's a newly emerged politician, and the girl wants him to win the reelection no matter what. Her mother is rich, and after listening to her daughter's wish, she proposed to submit to that politician. family assistance funds. But he was very angry, and he didn't want to be taken advantage of by the child's whim." "It's understandable." Kaga said. "Then her mother explained to him what happened. It turned out that the girl had leukemia and could not live long, so she wanted to fulfill more wishes for her in her lifetime. And the girl also knew about her illness. So The young politician agreed to the request of their mother and daughter. The two also took a short trip. After learning that the dance drama 'Nutcracker' was being staged during the trip, he negotiated with the organizer and got permission Let that girl perform. During the general rehearsal, the girl showed her perfect dancing posture and won everyone's applause. The girl happily said that tomorrow is the official performance, and dancing on the stage is really like a dream." "However," Wei Xu continued, "on the subway home, she fell ill, and my mother and I had a headache—and then she died. But in the diary she left behind, she wrote: Please don't worry about my Die and grieve. Then the young politician also won the election." "What a sad story." "Well, but," Wei Xu said, "but I don't think it's depressing. If you dance perfectly, you can pass away tomorrow. Although it's pitiful for her to die at such a young age, as a dancer, she died And no regrets." Kaga didn't understand why she told him the movie story, so he couldn't think of an answer for a while, and kept silent. "I seem to have said something inexplicable." She stuck out her tongue. After they chatted for about 30 minutes, the sky began to gradually turn blue, and at the same time, the number of people walking in the park began to increase.The two stood up from the bench and began to walk. According to Wei Xu, there is a practice class this afternoon, and everyone is just doing warm-up exercises in the morning. "Are you all right here to pass the time?" Kaga said worriedly.Wei Xu replied, "It's okay, anyway, I'm not in a training state right now." They were walking on a different road from when they came, and saw two girls who looked like middle school students practicing soft tennis.Today is not a rest day, Kaga doesn't know why they are in such a place, maybe it is the school's founding anniversary or something. "It seems that there is not enough gas in there." A girl held the ball in her right hand and said, "I'll charge it right away, wait for me." She ran to the bicycle parked on the side of the road and took something out of the basket. It was Kaga who happened to pass by there, and he looked at the girl's hand nonchalantly, and saw that she was holding a special air pump for soft tennis, and pulled off the top cover.