Chapter 26 Chapter Twenty Six

Soon there was a mournful cry from Naomi, as if to say, "What are you doing?".Kaga came down shortly after, clutching the back of the boy's neck.As soon as he was downstairs, he flung his hands away, and Naomi fell to the floor. "Officer Songgong, take this bastard away." "Understood." After Matsunomiya finished speaking, he grabbed Naomi's arm, and Naomi had already started to cry.He burst into tears like a schoolboy, and there was a whimper in his throat. "Come with me." Song Gong pulled his arm to make him stand up, and walked towards the gate.

"I'll go too..." Yaeko chased after her. The door at the entrance opened, and the figures of Kobayashi and Sakagami appeared outside the door.After they found Songgong and others, they opened the door and walked in. "Well, the situation is like this..." Kobayashi waved his hand. "Kaga-kun has already told us, you have worked hard." He greeted several subordinates and handed Naomi and Yaeko over to them.After watching them leave, he turned his gaze to Song Gong again. "After we investigated the computer at Kasugai's home, we found that one of the deleted emails was received on the day of the incident. The girl's father had no memory of this, and it seemed that the victim received it himself. There were only photos in this email, and I shot a lot of dolls of characters from a cartoon called "Super Princess."

"Do you know who the sender is?" "It's from the free mailbox. I can't find the real name, but we can confirm it directly." Xiaolin pointed to the second floor of Maehara's house. "Naomi Maehara does have a computer." "The victim saw the photo in the email and went out, she probably knew who sent it and went to see that person." "Are we going to confiscate Naomi's computer?" Matsumiya asked. "It's necessary, but don't worry, isn't there another person inside that we need to arrest?" "The main culprit who abandoned the body was Akio Maehara, and police officer Kaga is talking to him now."

"Since that's the case, you are no longer needed here, so hurry up and listen carefully to what Kaga-kun has to say." "Listen to what he said?" "The next step is the main event." Xiao Lin put his hand on Song Gong's shoulder, "In a sense, this is more important than the case itself." Matsumiya went back inside and told Kaga Naomi and Yaeko that they had been handed over to the investigators outside, while Akio lowered his head and listened to their conversation. Zhenghui sat back on the corridor facing the outside of the house, and Chunmei also accompanied her.It returned to the scene a few minutes ago, but in this short period of time, everything in this family was subverted.

Akio stood up slowly, he felt his body was as heavy as lead. "Is there anything else you want to say?" Kaga asked, "To your mother and sister." Akio shook his head, staring at the tatami under his feet. "I didn't expect my mother to do such a thing... It turned out to be a makeup game. My sister told me about this yesterday, but I didn't care at all. I didn't expect it to be fatal." He smiled self-deprecatingly. Sensing Harumi approaching him, Akio raised his head.The other party bit his lip tightly, tears streaming down his cheeks.He felt a shock in his face after his sister's bloodshot eyes widened.He didn't immediately understand what happened until he felt his cheeks heat up and realized it was a slap.

"I'm sorry." He felt the numbness on his face, "I brought things to this point today..." Chunmei shook her head sharply. "Brother, you shouldn't apologize to me." "what……" "Mr. Maehara," Kaga stood beside Harumi, "It seems that you still haven't learned even a little bit of the real truth." "The real truth?" "I'm very glad that you realized at the last moment that you were making a mistake. However, you haven't noticed the key problem." After Kaga finished speaking, he picked up the lipstick in a plastic bag and showed him, "I just went to see your sister I begged her not to tell you what she was hiding until I agreed."

"What she hides..." "I lied a little bit about the lipstick. I actually asked your sister: 'Did your mother give you a lipstick?'. She said there was such a thing, so I asked her to put the lipstick on bring." Akio didn't understand the meaning of Kaga's words, and looked at Harumi in confusion. She spoke. "That lipstick is not mine, it was worn by my mother a long time ago." "Is it mother's? But isn't it in your hand?" "I picked it up in the yard here yesterday." "In the yard?" "She called and told me that there was a lipstick hidden under the flower pot in the yard, and asked me to come and pick it up and keep it for a while. She also said that I would know the reason one day, and asked me to do what she said first."

"Huh? What's going on here?" Akio's thinking became confused, "Who called you?" "She has a mobile phone, and I bought it for her." "cell phone?" Harumi frowned sadly. "Don't you understand yet?" "Is it—" Akio said, a certain intuition suddenly flashed in his mind. Yet in the next instant, he tried to deny it, because it was just too incredible.However, all the circumstances in front of him were forcing him to believe in this idea. "Could it be..." He turned his gaze to the corridor. Zhenghui still squatted there in the same posture as before, motionless like a decoration.

"Could it be..." He muttered again. That, he thought, was a reasonable explanation.When she learned about her son and daughter-in-law's plans, she began to think of ways to disrupt their plans, and then she thought of the "red finger" method.The police will definitely try to figure out when her fingers were stained red. Just handing the lipstick to Chunmi will make them think that the time was before the crime happened, which means that the murderer cannot be Zhenghui. However, if this assumption is true, there must be a major premise to be subverted. Mom doesn't she have dementia—

Akio looked at Chunmei's face, her lips were trembling, as if she was about to say something. "Did you already know?" Chunmei blinked slowly. "Of course, I've been with her all the time." "Why is she pretending to be demented..." Chunmei slowly shook her head, looking at Akio with pity. "Brother, don't you understand the reason for all this? You shouldn't." Akio was silent. What his sister said hit the nail on the head, and he already knew the answer. He recalled what happened after moving here and Yaeko's cold words and deeds to her mother-in-law. Akio seemed to have begun to feel bored with his mother under the influence of these.Looking at such parents, it is difficult for a son to grow up healthy psychologically.Naomi saw his grandmother as something dirty, and neither Akio nor Yaeko told him not to do so.

Not only that, there is no spiritual connection between the people living in this home, and there is no warmth between family members here. Zheng Hui despaired of this situation. Creating a world that only belonged to her and not allowing her family members to enter was the path that all these ultimately forced her to choose.The only exception is Chunmei, and Zhenghui must be the happiest time when she is with her. However, Akio and the others didn't see through Zheng Hui's performance. Not only that, they also wanted to use her performance.Akio remembered the scene when he had a conversation with Yaeko in front of Masaeko. "It doesn't matter. My mother is already demented to that extent, and it is impossible for the police to investigate the details from her. As long as our family members testify, they can only believe it." "The question is why would an old man with dementia kill a little girl." "Because she is demented, I don't know what she will do. By the way, doesn't mother like dolls? Let's say that she regards killing as killing a doll." "Won't give my mother a serious crime?" "I won't question the crime at all. Isn't there a psychiatric appraisal? Just ask them to check and they will know that this old lady is not a normal person." What kind of mood did Zheng Hui listen to this conversation?How much anger, sadness, and shame would surge up in her heart who was still pretending to be demented later? "Mr. Maehara." Kaga said, "Your mother has been sending us signals in order to prevent you from making a big mistake. Do you remember when she first put on the gloves? There was a strange smell on those gloves, That's your mother telling me that this is the crime scene. But when we started to suspect you, you started to make mistakes, so your mother used the 'red finger' method." "Is it to... let me fall into a trap?" "You're wrong." Kaga said in a stern tone, "How could a mother let her son step into a trap? She did it just to get you back on the brink." "Brother, didn't I say that yesterday? 'Mom recently started playing with makeup'. Of course, Mom doesn't have this habit, and that's what she asked me to tell you. I didn't understand why she asked me to say this at all. , but now I understand. Because brother, after hearing what I said, you should check your mother's fingers. When you find that her fingers are painted with lipstick, you will try to remove the trace. At that time, my mother must be ready to resist Yes, in order to continue to make you give up your plan while pretending to be dementia, this is the only way, this is what mother thinks." Akio put his hand to his forehead. "I...didn't think of that at all." "You have stepped into a trap set by yourself." Kaga said quietly, "I went to see your sister and talked to her about the situation. I hope you can wake up on your own and give up before our police take your mother away. Your own plan, because it was your mother's wish too. She could stop it anytime she wanted to, all she had to do was tell you that her dementia was a faux pas. She didn't do that because she You still have a glimmer of hope, and we try to respect her wish. I discussed with your sister what methods to bring you to your senses, and your sister said, try showing you your mother's crutches." "crutch……" "You understand? The key is the name tag with the bell, and your sister knows how much your mother cherishes that tag. If you still don't feel anything after looking at these two things, there is no cure. Save, this is your sister's opinion. When you handed the crutches to your mother, to be honest, I had already given up. But you finally reined in the precipice, because your mother also heard your apology." "Officer Kaga... When did you notice that my mother doesn't have dementia?" "Of course it was at the moment when I saw the red finger." Kaga immediately replied, "When I looked at her face wondering why and when her finger was dyed red, our eyes met. gone." "look……" "Your mother's eyes are fixed on me, and I know she wants to tell me something. Isn't that the eyes of someone who has nothing to worry about, Mr. Maehara, have you ever looked into your mother's eyes seriously?" Every word of Kaga was condensed into a heavy block and pressed deep into Akio's heart.Unable to bear the heaviness, he sat on the ground on the spot with his hands on the tatami and looked at the corridor facing the outside. Zhenghui looked in the direction of the yard without moving, but at this moment Akio finally felt that the old mother's round back was trembling slightly.