Chapter 58 Section five

"MUGEN" will be open as usual on December 31.In this regard, Kirihara cited two reasons: first, people who do not prepare to write New Year's cards until the last day of the end of the year may come to the door with the mentality that they can easily complete it with a word processor; The person who paid the money may rush in because of a temporary computer failure. In fact, once Christmas was over, there were hardly any customers in the store.Most of the people who come here are elementary school students and junior high school students who mistakenly think this is a home game console store. Most of them play poker with Hiroe to pass the time.While laying out the playing cards on the table, the two chatted about how the future children might not even know what Solitaire and ghost catching are.

There are no customers in the store, but Kirihara is busy going in and out every day. It must be to make a pirated version of "Super Mario".For Hiroe's question about where Kirihara went, Tomohiko racked his brains to find an excuse. Matsuura made another appearance on the 29th.Hong Hui went to the dentist, and only Tomohiko was in the shop. This time Matsuura's complexion was still the same dark, and his eyes were also cloudy.As if to conceal it, he wears light-tinted sunglasses.As soon as he heard that Kirihara was going out, he said "Then I'll wait for him" as usual, and sat down on the chair.

Matsuura took off his fur-collared leather jacket, hung it on the back of a chair, and looked around the store. "It's the end of the year, and the store is still open, even on New Year's Eve?" "yes." Hearing Tomohiko's answer, Matsuura shrugged slightly and smiled. "It's really hereditary. His father is also the same. He advocates opening a store until late at night, saying that the end of the year is a good time to buy low-priced treasures." This was the first time Tomohiko heard about his father from someone other than Kirihara. "Do you know what happened when Kirihara's father passed away?" When Tomohiko asked, Matsuura rolled his eyes to look at him. "Did Liang tell you?"

"I didn't say the details, I just mentioned it, it seems that I was stabbed to death by Lusha..." This is what he heard years ago.My dad was stabbed to death on the road—that's all Kirihara had ever said to his father.This sentence aroused Tomohiko's strong curiosity, but he didn't dare to ask more. Tong Yuan had an aura that didn't allow others to touch this topic. "I don't know if it's Lu Sha, because the murderer has never been caught." "Oh." "He was killed in an abandoned building nearby, and he was stabbed in the chest." The corner of Matsuura's mouth twisted, "The money was stolen, and the police thought it was robbers. He had a lot of money with him that day." , the police also suspect that the murderer is someone who knows him." Not knowing what was so funny, Matsuura laughed wickedly halfway through the sentence.

Tomohiko saw the meaning behind his smile. "Mr. Matsuura is also suspected?" "Yes." After speaking, Matsuura laughed even harder.No matter how much a person with a wicked face smiles, it is just disgusting.With such a smile on his face, Matsuura continued: "Liang's mother was only in her thirties at the time, and she was quite attractive. There were also male clerks in the store. It was hard for the police not to think about it." Tomohiko was taken aback, and his eyes returned to the face of the man in front of him again.They doubt the relationship between this person and Kirihara's mother? "What's going on?" he asked.

"What? I didn't kill anyone." "No, between you and Kirihara's mother..." "Oh," Matsuura said, touching his chin hesitantly, before answering, "It's nothing, it doesn't matter." "Oh." "you do not believe?" "Where?" Tomohiko decided not to pursue the matter further.But he came to a conclusion in his mind that there might indeed be some kind of relationship between Matsuura and Kirihara's mother.It is not known whether it has anything to do with his father's murder. "The police also investigated your alibi?"

"Of course. The police are very troublesome. They still don't believe any random alibi. However, when his father was killed, someone called me in the store. It was a call that could not be arranged in advance, so the police finally let go. pass me." "Oh..." Tomohiko thought, it was like a mystery novel. "How was Kirihara then?" "He, he is the victim's son, and the society is very sympathetic to him. When the murder happened, we said that he was with me and his mother." "You said?" This statement caught Tomohiko's attention, "What do you mean?"

"It's nothing." Matsuura showed his yellowed teeth, "Let me ask you, how did Liang tell you about me? Did he just say that I was employed by their family before?" "Uh...he said you were his benefactor, that you supported him and his mother." "Benefactor?" Matsuura shrugged, "Very well, I am indeed his benefactor, so he can't lift his head up in front of me." Tomohiko didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, and was about to ask—"You are talking about books!" Suddenly, Kirihara's voice came, and he stood at the door.

"Ah, you're back." "It's boring to listen to those things that happened eight hundred years ago." With that said, Kirihara took off the scarf. "No. I didn't know it before, so I'm really surprised." "I told him about the alibi that day." Matsuura said, "Do you remember that detective named Sagaki? That guy is really difficult. How many times has he come to check on me, you and your mother? Proof of presence? We have to say the same thing a hundred times, it's annoying to death." Kirihara sat down in front of an electric fan placed in a corner of the store to warm his hands.He maintained this posture, turned his face to Matsuura: "What's the matter today?"

"It's nothing, I just want to see you before the Chinese New Year." "Then I'll take you out. Sorry, I have a lot to deal with today." "Is there something wrong?" "Well, the 'Mario' thing." "Ah! Then you have to work hard! Are you going well?" "As planned." "That's good." Matsuura nodded with satisfaction. Kirihara stood up and put on the scarf again, and Matsuura also stood up. "Let's continue talking about those just now next time." He said to Tomohiko. Not long after the two left, Hong Hui came back and said that he saw Tong Yuan and Matsuura below.Kirihara stood on the side of the road until the taxi Matsuura took drove away.

"Why does Kirihara respect that kind of person? Although he has taken care of him before, to put it bluntly, he just continued to work in his family after his father passed away." Hong Hui shook his head, seemingly puzzled. Tomohiko also felt the same way, and after hearing what he said just now, he was even more confused.If the relationship between Matsuura and Kirihara's mother is not pure, and Tongyuan is so shrewd, it is impossible not to find out.Now that he found out, it was really hard to believe that he would treat Matsuura with the current attitude. Could it be that Matsuura and Kirihara's mother are innocent?Tomohiko was not sure about what he was just convinced of. "Kirihara is so slow," Hiroe, who was sitting at the desk, raised his head and said, "What are you doing?" "Exactly." Even if he watched Matsuura get into a taxi, he should have come back long ago.Tomohiko was a little worried, so he came outside and was about to go downstairs, but stopped.Kirihara was standing in the stairwell between the first and second floors.Tomohiko, who was on the second floor, just looked down at his back. There is a window in the stairwell to look out.It was almost six o'clock, and the lights on the road flashed past him one by one like scanning. Tomohiko didn't dare to call each other, but from the back of Kirihara staring outside, he felt an unusual atmosphere.Same as then, Tomohiko thought, when Kirihara and Matsuura reunited. Tomohiko tiptoed back to the door, opened the door carefully, and slipped into the store.