Chapter 17 Section IX

It seems that Kikuchi cleared his suspicions on Saturday. The reason for using "seems" is because Yu didn't hear about it until Monday.This has become a topic among classmates. They said that this morning Toshiyuki Muta was interrogated by the police. Upon hearing this, Yuichi went to ask Kikuchi himself.Ju Chi gave him a hard look, then looked at the blackboard, and replied coldly: "The suspicion is cleared, and that matter has nothing to do with me." "Isn't that great?" Yuichi said happily, "How did you prove your innocence?" "I did nothing but prove that I actually went to the movies that day."

"How did you prove it?" "Is this important?" Ju Chi crossed his arms and sighed heavily, "Otherwise you want me to be caught, don't you?" "What are you talking about, how could I think so?" "Since this is the case, don't mention it again. Just thinking about it makes my stomach poop." Kikuchi still looked at the blackboard without looking at Yuichi, obviously holding a grudge against him.Most likely, Kikuchi had vaguely noticed who had revealed the owner of the tumbler to the police. Yuichi thought about a way to make Kikuchi happy, and said, "If you want to investigate that photo, I will accompany you."

"what are you saying?" "It's just... Isn't it interesting to take the photo of Kirihara's mother with the man?" However, Kikuchi's reaction to the proposal is not as good as Yuichi expected. "That," Ju Chi smirked, "I don't want to do it anymore." "what?" "I'm not interested. Thinking about it, it has nothing to do with me. No one remembers what happened so long ago." "But that's you—" "Besides," Kikuchi interrupted Yuichi, "that photo is gone." "Missing?"

"It seems to be lost. Maybe it was accidentally thrown away when I cleaned the house last time." "why is it like this……" That's my stuff!Yuichi really wanted to say that, but seeing Kikuchi's expressionless face like a Noh mask, he couldn't say anything.Kikuchi didn't mean to apologize for losing someone else's precious photo, as if saying "I don't need to apologize to you for this little thing". "It's okay to lose that kind of photo." Saying that, Kikuchi glanced at Yuichi, his eyes can be described as staring. "Well, oh, it doesn't matter." Xiong Yi had to answer like this.

Kikuchi got up and left, seeming to indicate that he didn't want to talk any more. Yuichi watched Kikuchi's back suspiciously.At this moment, he felt gazes from another direction.He looked over, and it was Kirihara looking at him.That kind of cold, scrutinizing eyes instantly sent a chill across Xiong's body.But Kirihara quickly lowered his head and read the Bunko.On his desk was a cloth grocery bag, a patchwork bag with "RK" embroidered on it. After school that day, Yuichi had just walked out of the school when someone grabbed his right shoulder. When he turned his head, he saw Mu Tianjun standing there with hatred on his face. Behind him were two companions with the same expression.

"Come here." Mu Tian's voice was low and clear.Although the voice was not loud, the hidden power was enough to make Yuichi's heart contract. Yuichi was led into a narrow alley.Two of Muta's companions sandwiched him, and Muta stood opposite him. Muta grabbed Yuichi's neckline and lifted it up like a stranglehold, and Yuichi, who was not tall, had to stand on tiptoe. "Say!" Mu Tian said viciously, "Did you betray me?" Yuichi shook his head desperately, his face twitching in fear. "Liar!" Mu Tian opened his eyes wide, grinning and pressed forward, "Who else but you?"

Yuichi continued to shake his head. "I didn't say anything, really." "Still lying, idiot!" said the boy on the left, "You're looking for death!" "Honestly, tell me!" Muta shook Yuichi's body with both hands. Yuichi was pressed against the wall, and the cold concrete felt on his back. "Really, I didn't lie to you, I didn't say anything." "yes?" "Really." Yuichi leaned back and nodded. Mu Tian stared at him, and after a while, let go of his hand.The boy on the right sneered. Yuichi held his throat and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.It's all right, he thought.However, in the next moment, Mutian's face became tangled up.In the blink of an eye, Yuichi was knocked down, lying on all fours on the ground.

The force of the collision remained on his face, and when he understood, Yuichi realized that he had been beaten. "Who else but you?" As Muta roared furiously, something was stuffed into Yuichi's mouth.He didn't know it was the toe until he tilted to one side.His teeth bit his lip, and the smell of blood spread.He was thinking "like licking a ten-yuan coin", when severe pain swept over him.Yuichi covered his face and curled up into a ball. On his waist and abdomen, the fists and feet of Mutian's group fell like raindrops.