Chapter 4 Section 4

"Actually, it's not a big case. The criminal has been caught, and he has confessed to the crime. The evidence we have is unmistakable. In short, we have all the necessary things." Kusanagi leaned on the barbed wire on the roof and said. "Isn't that great? It's rare, just enjoy the luck." Yu Chuan picked up the soft tennis ball and racket placed in the corner, and played against the wall. Since he was a master of the badminton team before, he controlled the racket very well, and the ball hit the same position almost every time. . "There's just one thing I don't understand," Kusanagi said.

"what?" "motivation." "Motive?" Yu Chuan put down the racket, and the ball bounced off the wall and rolled away like that, "What's wrong? What could be wrong with the motive? The purpose of the criminal is adultery, isn't that enough? " "Having said that, the question is, why did the prisoner target that girl? First of all, let me explain that the girl's name is Morisaki Remi." "I'm not interested in names." "No, the name is very important in this case. I heard that the prisoner Nobuhiko Sakamoto has been pestering Morisaki Remi for the past two months, and the reason is her name."

"Is it because of the same name and surname as the ex-girlfriend who dumped him?" "Your imagination is good, but it's a little different. The prisoner Nobuhiko Sakamoto said so—he and she were destined to be together, which was decided 17 years ago—" Hearing Kusanagi's words, Yukawa laughed out loud. "Such old-fashioned words have been made a long time ago, saying that you and I are destined to be together, God's will cannot be violated, etc. I can't imagine that people still make up such old-fashioned stories!" "At first we thought it was a joke, but we couldn't laugh after hearing it." Kusanagi took out a photo from his pocket and handed it to Yukawa.

"What is this?" Tang Chuan looked at the photo and frowned, "This seems to be part of the composition." "This seems to be a composition written by Sakamoto when he was in the fourth grade of elementary school. The title is "My Dream". It is about the girl he dreamed of marrying himself in the future. And the girl's name is Remi. Look carefully at the photo , which says "モリサキレミ" Morisaki Remi's katakana writing in katakana——Translator's Note). "That's really how you read it." Tang Chuan nodded, and his smile disappeared.

"I also confirmed with his family that he himself did say these things. According to his family, Sakamoto has been saying since he was a child that he will marry a girl named Morisaki Remi in the future. There are many things besides this composition It can be proved. Just now I met Sakamoto’s elementary school classmate, and he also confirmed that Sakamoto did not lie.” Kusanagi told Yukawa what happened in the album just now.Yukawa folded his arms, still holding the racket in his hand. "I'm 27 years old, and I still have such a dream. It's really not normal. I didn't expect that a girl with the same name and surname really appeared."

"It seems that in a very accidental opportunity, he knew that there was a female high school student like Morisaki Remi. Since then, he has been calling, writing letters, and staying on the way to Remi after school. I heard that Morisaki Remi is very scared and has been afraid to go out recently." "It turns out he has stalking addiction." "That kind of person doesn't realize that he is annoying, so he ended up like this. According to Sakamoto himself, because the other party is still a child, he intends to guard her until she grows up." "My God," Yu Chuan shook his head, "it's such an unfortunate coincidence for the two of them."

"That's where the problem lies. Actually, do you think there is such a coincidence?" "You mean, you met the person you dreamed of when you were a child and met 17 years later?" "Ok." "It should be possible," Tang Chuan said lightly, "In fact, hasn't it already happened? This is nothing to do." "But, it's really Morisaki Remi. If it's called Yamamoto Ryoko, it can be regarded as a coincidence. But it's called Morisaki Remi—is it possible that it's a coincidence?" "What is it if it's not a coincidence?"

"I don't know, so I'm worried." "Aren't you going to ask me to help you solve this mystery?" "You guessed it, that's what I thought," Kusanagi put his hand on Yu Chuan's shoulder, and looked at Yu Chuan with his most sincere eyes, "Our criminal police are not good at this kind of thing, please, borrow your wisdom Give us some." "But I'm not good at this either." "Haven't you solved the mystery of the soul's out-of-body before? Just play to your level at that time." "That was physical, this time it was psychological, outside of my area of ​​expertise."

"That is to say, do you believe in things like precognitive dreams and Reimu? This is not in line with your style." "I didn't say I believed in those, I just said that it was a pure coincidence." "It would be a bit outrageous if it happened by chance." "Why, can't it be explained as a coincidence?" "It's not that it can't be done, but whether to characterize this incident as accidental involves the crux of the problem." "how do I say this?" "First of all, the media is very annoying. This incident will definitely become an introduction for them to fabricate boring topics such as dreams and reincarnation. To be honest, the media has already smelled something, and it may make a big fuss on TV recently."

"I'd like to see it." When he said this, Tang Chuan didn't show a corresponding expression of interest. "Secondly, it's about the trial. As things stand, the guy's defense attorneys are going to argue that he's insane." "It should be," Tang Chuan nodded, "I would say the same if I were a lawyer. And judging from the current situation, I think he is indeed abnormal." "But can you imagine any tricks in it? Maybe it can't be treated simply as mentally abnormal." "Trick? You mean..." "So I hope you can help me think about it."

Hearing Kusanagi's words, Yukawa showed a wry smile, turned the racket high as if he was about to serve, and then looked at Kusanagi as if remembering something. "If it is not accidental, it is inevitable. That is to say , Sakamoto knew the name Morisaki Remi 17 years ago and met her at that time." "As detectives, we also thought about it, but later felt that it was impossible. Morisaki Remi was only 16 years old and hadn't been born yet. In addition, Sakamoto and the Morisaki family had no connection at all. It was impossible for Sakamoto, who was only 10 years old at the time, to go. Did you pass away Tian Gu?" "If you deny this possibility, I'm really helpless." Tang Chuan made a gesture of surrender with his racket. "If even you say that, then there's really nothing I can do." Kusanagi scratched his head, "It seems to be a coincidence, that guy is a paranoid, and he must have made up that invitation letter." "Invitation letter? What?" "Sakamoto said that he was there at the invitation of Remi that night, and according to his account, he received a letter, roughly saying that Remi would be waiting for him in the room. Of course, Remi denied writing the letter." Tang Chuan approached the barbed wire fence and stared at the distant scenery intently. Although he seemed to be looking at the scenery, he was actually thinking all kinds of things in his mind. He finally turned around and said to Kusanagi, "Let me see the souvenir book with the umbrella painted on it first." "I'll contact the section chief right now," Kusanagi replied.