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Killing Night Without a Murderer

Killing Night Without a Murderer

东野圭吾

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  • 1970-01-01Published
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Chapter 1 first quarter

Tatsu is also dead.Falling to his death like a dead leaf falling from the roof.This happened after school and I was chasing football like an idiot. "As soon as I heard a sound, I saw someone falling down. The sound was very loud, and I didn't understand what happened for a while." A classmate named Tamura told me the bad news.He was also one of the many witnesses. Next to the school building where Tatsuya fell, a large group of people surrounded him in darkness, and an ambulance was parked beside it.I pushed aside the crowd and walked forward, just in time to see Tatsuya's body being carried out on a stretcher.Seeing the white cloth covering it, for some reason, I just felt an unknown fire in my heart.

"Tatsuya." I rushed over to see Tatsuya's face.Glance at him, and joke with him, "What's wrong? Isn't this good?" But at this moment, someone grabbed my arm violently.I glared at each other.It's our homeroom teacher Imoto. "Don't panic." Imoto said calmly.However, there was a hint of harshness in his voice, which made me unable to move. At this time, there was a loud "wow" around.Tatsuya's right arm slumped limply from the stretcher.The arm was as thin as a mannequin, bent unnaturally. "gross--" Said a weak fellow next to him.Just as I was about to reach out and grab that bastard's shirt, Imoto stopped me with words.

After the ambulance took Tatsuya away, the police of the police station under their jurisdiction launched an investigation.They also seemed to have interviewed a few students who had witnessed the scene.Seeing Tamura's figure mixed in with the crowd, I walked towards him. "Didn't they ask you to inquire about the situation?" Hearing my question, Tamura pursed his lips in disbelief. "The guy named Fujio from the first class was the representative and went to be questioned by the police. Although there were other people who saw it besides him, Fujio seemed to be the first to call the police. Also because of that guy's good grades .”

"Fujio..." I know that student. He is tall and has a broad forehead. "Tatsuya...Yukihara, how did he fall off the roof?" Listening to my question, Tamura folded his arms across his chest. "I don't understand either." He tilted his head, looking pensive. "In short, I saw him fall all of a sudden. I was playing ball below, and I didn't even know that Xingyuan was on the roof." According to Tamura, it may have been suicide.Seeing his nonchalant look, I suppressed the anger in my heart and thanked him, then turned and left. While thinking about what to do in the future, I wandered around the scene.Next to the school building, three girls were in the same class as me and Tatsuya, pressing the corners of their crying swollen eyes with handkerchiefs.As much as I want to cry, it's not something I should be doing right now.

After a while, I saw the homeroom teacher Imoto coming out of the school building.He seemed to have just been questioned by the police, and the expression on his face was a little stiff.It is estimated that this is also the first time he has encountered such a thing since he started teaching. Imoto seemed to be looking for someone, and after turning his face to look at me, he trotted to my side. "Nakaoka, can you come here? The police have something to ask you." After hearing me say that I didn't see anything, Imoto nodded. "They said they wanted to meet Xingyuan's friends. If you don't want to go, then I'll go find someone else."

He said seriously. Imoto told me to go to the reception room next to the teacher's room.A middle-aged detective with thinning hair and another young detective were waiting for me. The inquiry started with my relationship with Tatsuya.I said that we have been friends since elementary school and are now in the same class. Immediately afterwards, the other party asked some questions about Tatsuya's personality, recent situation, and the status of making friends.It is also clear to me that the detectives think he committed suicide.After they finished asking, I tentatively said. "Tatsuya didn't commit suicide, did he?"

Hearing my question, the middle-aged criminal policeman gave an "oh" in surprise. "why?" "He didn't have a motive for suicide. Even if he had, that guy wouldn't be a suicidal person. There is no doubt about it." The two criminal policemen looked at each other with meaningful smiles on their lips. Afterwards, the detective asked who else Tatsuya had a close relationship with besides me.I thought for a while, and listed Yoko Saeki's name.The criminal police have also heard the name. "It seems to be his lover since junior high school. We heard Mr. Imoto mention it."

I shook my head and corrected: "It's since elementary school." The conversation with the criminal police lasted thirty minutes.The news I got is that Tatsuya is indeed dead. Walking out of the reception room, I saw Jing Ben waiting in the corridor.However, it was Yoko Saeki standing aside with her head bowed that caught my attention.She seemed to have just cried, her eyes were red.She glanced at me, opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but then seemed to be filled with grief, pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said nothing. Watching Yoko walk into the reception room, I thought for a moment, walked to the playground, and sat down on the bench next to the drinking fountain.

After about thirty minutes, the criminal police let Yoko go.Seeing her staggeringly appearing at the door of the school building, I quickly stood up from the bench. "Thanks a lot." Even I couldn't figure out why I would say such a thing.All in all, I really didn't have the courage to say a few more words to her. Yoko's body was as stiff as a broken mechanical doll.We were both relatively speechless. Just when I was about to say something, Yoko spoke up first, "Don't say anything sympathetic." She speaks a little faster, but clearly.Then, she stretched out her right hand and lifted the dark straight hair hanging on her forehead.The tear stains from before have disappeared.

I stopped talking, because I was planning to say a few words of comfort.Speaking of which, when she was in elementary school, she hated others comforting her after she was bullied. Yoko approached me slowly.She stopped a meter away from me, stared into my eyes, "Today, Ah Liang... you can send me off instead of him." There seemed to be a hint of pleading in her words.I can only nod silently. The two of us each pushed our bicycles and walked on the way home from school.Along the way, Yoko kept talking about the questions the criminal police asked her. "When and where did you learn about the case?"

This seemed to be the first question asked by the other party.And she replied that a classmate who stayed in the classroom told her. "At the beginning, I didn't even figure out what was going on. When I found out that Ada was dead, my eyes suddenly went dark... After I woke up, I was already lying in the health room." That's why the police's questioning of her was postponed. The subsequent questions were not much different from the ones they asked me before.She didn't know why Tatsuya was there, and Tatsuya's recent testimony that there was nothing wrong was the same as mine. Yoko didn't shed a single tear until she said goodbye at her door.I don't know how to comfort others by nature, but this has helped me.I was amazed by her extraordinary strength. On the way home, I stopped by Ye’s house to have a look.The light in the entrance was not turned on, and the whole house was silent.The family members probably went to the police station or the hospital.I stepped on the pedals of the bicycle.For some reason, my eyes suddenly filled with tears, and the scenery under the setting sun became distorted and blurred. As soon as I got home, I immediately called Fujio who witnessed the whole process.Hearing that I have something to ask and I hope to meet up immediately, Fujio readily agreed to my request.He said that he himself felt a little puzzled. I met Fujio in a park near his house.Although it is a deserted park with only swings and slides, it is more suitable for talking about private things because of the lack of people. "Our class is on the third floor opposite the school building where Tatsuya fell. At that time, I was reading in the classroom, and I felt my eyes were a little tired. I planned to look out the window. When I took a break, I saw that scene." Fujio swayed his slender body on the swing, recalling the scene at that time, and said slowly. "Then... did you see the moment when Tatsuya fell from the building?" I asked a little nervously.Fujio nodded heavily and said, "I see". "When I saw Xingyuan, he was climbing the guardrail on the roof. I felt a cold sweat for his dangerous behavior, but he walked on it nonchalantly. Then he suddenly fell down, feeling like It’s like losing your balance all of a sudden.” "Tatsuya climbed onto the railing on the roof..." The so-called guardrail is a concrete wall with a width of 30 centimeters and a height of about one meter.In order to test their courage, some boys climbed up and stood there.According to the school regulations, not to mention climbing on the fence, even going up to the roof is strictly prohibited. "So Tatsuya fell, not jumped?" Fujio, however, was cautious. "I can't say for sure. Yukihara climbed up the railing on the roof and then fell—that's all. Other than that, it's just irresponsible speculation. I told the police the same." "I see……" In other words, it is still unknown whether it was an accident or an accident. "But having said that, why did that guy Tatsuya go there?" Fujio put his hands on his chest, tilted his head and said. "That's all about going upstairs. I always feel that there is something more puzzling than this." "More puzzling? What's the matter?" I asked.Fujio said calmly. "Xingyuan went up to the top of the building alone. This is the most puzzling point."
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