Chapter 17 Section 4

The next night, Kusanagi and Yayoi parked the car at the same place as yesterday.However, I changed the car and used Kusanagi's own car——Nissan Sunshine. The electronic clock on the steering wheel showed that it was 7:50.Yayoi who was sitting on the co-pilot's seat couldn't help swallowing nervously. "Are you ready?" Kusanagi asked her.In fact, what he wanted to ask was mental preparation. "No problem," she replied, her voice slightly hoarse. What they are going to do today has completely exceeded the scope of the search. Once they are discovered, it will be difficult to escape, or they will be caught by others.

Other than that, there is no better method.It is very difficult to get the police involved now. Kusanagi had another calculation in mind: Even if they caught him, they probably wouldn't call the police.After entering the house last night, he was sure of this, because he saw that those people must be hiding something. "Ah, they came out." Yayoi whispered. Those four people walked out of the house, dressed exactly the same as yesterday, and walked towards the same direction as yesterday. Kusanagi doesn't plan to follow tonight.He lowered his body as much as possible in the seat and remained motionless until he watched the figures of the four of them gradually go away and disappear into the corner of the street.

I checked the time, it was exactly 8 o'clock.He opened the car door. "Come on, hurry up." Yayoi quickly got out of the car. The two trotted all the way and approached Takano's house.After looking around and confirming that no one was there, they flashed through the door. Kusanagi came to the yard.Just like yesterday, the wooden window coverings were tightly closed.He took a screwdriver from his pocket. "Can it be opened with this?" Yayoi asked anxiously. "Look at mine." He squatted down in front of the wooden window, inserted a screwdriver into the gap under a wooden board, and used the principle of leverage to tilt the wooden board up.The old windows were thus removed.

It was confirmed yesterday that the glass door was not locked, so Kusanagi managed to enter the house without much effort. This house is really old. " said Yayoi who followed him in. "Be careful, don't touch anything here." "understood." Kusanagi cautiously opened the sliding door of the Japanese-style room.The room where the two women lived yesterday was still as messy, with French fries lying open on the low-leg tea cabinet. "There's no one there." Yayoi said after looking at the next room. "Seems." "But I did hear the sound yesterday," she tilted her head, "it's so strange..."

Kusanagi opened the closet, and there was only an old cardboard box inside. "What's going on here?" Yayoi put her hands on her forehead, "Could it be that I made a mistake? But I don't think it will be wrong." "Anyway, let's go out first. It seems that your husband is not imprisoned here." "I'm so sorry to trouble you to do such a thing..." "Don't take it to heart." Kusanagi patted her on the back lightly. But at this moment—— Kusanagi heard a slight sound, like the sound of rolling wood.He was thinking about what kind of sound it was, when suddenly the whole house shook violently.

The furniture rattled, the sound of tableware colliding came from the tea cabinet, and the altar in the next room was also shaking. The shadows on the tatami are also swaying. Yayoi screamed and hugged Kusanagi tightly, Kusanagi hugged her and looked around.He didn't say anything.Just stood like that. The vase on the tatami fell over and rolled aside.Chips on the tea cabinet were also spilled out of their bags.There are things scattered here and there. this is-- Kusanagi felt himself trembling too.