Chapter 26 25

The moment he heard the sound, Shinsuke thought it should be the phone ringing, but he was not absolutely confident.Because the sound was too weak, I couldn't hear it clearly.Besides, he didn't think the woman would make the mistake of forgetting to take the phone. However, the phone rang four or five times, and he was sure it was the phone ring he had heard before, and the sound came from the direction of the entrance. Shinsuke dragged the chain on his feet to the entrance.The cell phone still continued to ring. In the place where you change your shoes, there is a shoe cabinet on the side, and the sound sounds like it is coming from inside.He tried to open the door of the shoe cabinet, but was hindered by the chains on his feet.It's only a few tens of centimeters away, but my hands can't reach it anyway.

Shinsuke went back to the living room, looking for available tools.After looking around the living room for a week, he found nothing useful.So he walked into the bedroom again from the corridor, but the result also disappointed him. The sound of the phone has completely stopped.Shinsuke went into the bathroom and tried to search for the toilet, but there was still nothing available. He knocked on the wall with his hands in a slump, and fell to the floor of the bathroom, feeling that his situation was really miserable, and he couldn't even find a stick. When Shinsuke got up again to think of other ways, he caught a glimpse of the towel rack.The length of the shelf seems to be more than fifty centimeters. It is made of plastic and fixed with Phillips screws at both ends.

Shinsuke walked to the living room, picked up the spoon, and went back to the bathroom. Shinsuke put the front end of the spoon into the groove of the screw. Although the two couldn't fit perfectly, as long as the groove can be stuck, he can apply force to rotate.He injected strength into his fingertips and slowly turned them in the direction of loosening the screws.The screw was not locked tightly, and then it started to turn.It takes a lot of effort at first, but then it becomes easier and easier to rotate. Suddenly, a strange feeling hit Shinsuke.That was the déjà vu that he had experienced several times before when he looked in the mirror in the bathroom, but this time the déjà vu was more vivid than before.

By the way, that's how I unscrewed it- There is a simple sink in the bathroom of Shinsuke's house.He recalled using a screwdriver to loosen the screws holding the mirror in place on the wall.He didn't just loosen the screws, he took the mirror off as well, then put the mirror back in place and screwed it on.Why do you want to do this? He remembered that his purpose was to hide things.What is it hiding?I had the impression that there was a white package hidden, but I couldn't remember what was inside. Why do you want to do this—? Because the things inside can't be seen by others?Why would I have such a dangerous thing?

Shinsuke shook his head.He changed his mind and decided to think about it later.The most urgent task now is to get out of the immediate predicament first. But when he started to turn the screw again, he suddenly remembered something, so he stopped what he was doing. After Chengmei disappeared, there was a screwdriver on her dressing table.It was a Phillips screwdriver.He had never seen anything like that in his own home. Could it be that Chengmei used that screwdriver to remove the bathroom mirror?And then take away what was hidden behind the mirror? After he thought about it carefully, he suddenly realized.Shinsuke, who was originally hospitalized due to injuries, went home after he was discharged from the hospital and found that all the furnishings in the house had been changed, as if they had been cleaned.

Could it be that Chengmei wanted to cover up that she was looking for signs of "that" at home?She was looking for "that" all the time, and finally realized that it was hidden behind the mirror, so she took "that" and disappeared without a trace—— Shinsuke thought to himself, anyway, he had to go back and take a look at the bathroom mirror, so of course he had to escape from this ghostly place first. Apparently it took a while and finally got the towel rail off the wall.Shinsuke walked to the entrance with the towel rack.There was no handle on the door of the shoe cabinet, and he tried to hold down the door with the towel rail.He felt that the spring was pressed, so he let go of his hand. Due to the force of the spring rebound, the door of the shoe cabinet opened.

Shinsuke's clothes were crumpled up and stuffed inside, along with his shoes.He stretched his hands as far as possible, and used the towel rack to hook the clothes and shoes towards him, feeling like he had found the exit in the maze. He spread out his pants, searched his pockets and took out his cell phone.It was Shinsuke's own mobile phone, and she took away the woman's phone that had been hanging in front of the store. Maybe she didn't expect Shinsuke to put his mobile phone in both trouser pockets.That's why I only took one of the mobile phones, and stuffed the pants into the shoe cabinet without digging into the other pocket.

It's a life buoy anyway, he thought. Shinsuke wondered who to turn to for help.Should I still call the police? Just as he pressed the two numbers 1 and 1, he immediately hung up the phone.Because he is very concerned about what is hidden behind the mirror, and he can't make things big until he finds out what it is. He looked at the door in the direction of the entrance.To open a lock that cannot be opened from the inside of the door, a special key must be required. key...? The memory in a certain part of his brain was activated, and the word key stimulated his memory. Shinsuke fumbled for his trousers again, this time it was the hip pocket with a wallet in it, and he found a business card from the wallet.It was a business card given to him by detective Kotsuka, and Kotsuka's cell phone number was also written on it.

Shinsuke pressed the phone number and waited for the call to connect.After three rings, a deep male voice came from the other end of the phone. "Hello." "It's Mr. Otsuka." "yes." "It's me, Yucun." "Ah," Kotsuka's voice raised slightly. "It's you? What's the matter at this hour?" "I have something urgent, can Mr. Otsuka go out immediately?" "Immediately?" He could hear his surprise from the voice. "It's okay to go out. What happened? What's the urgent matter you're talking about?"

"A while ago, didn't you show me a key? That mysterious key that Rei Kishizhong carried with her." "Ok." "I seem to have found where that key was used." "What! Are you telling the truth?" "I'm not 100 percent confident, so I wanted to make sure. Can you come here with that key?" "Where are you?" "Can you come over? Or do you not want to come?" Otsuka was silent for a while after hearing Shinsuke's question, probably considering the credibility of Shinsuke's words. "I see, I'll go right away." Kotsuka said. "Tell me where it is."

"Do you know the Universal Tower in Nihonbashi?" "Isn't it the famous skyscraper? Of course I know. Are you there?" "Number 4015." "4015... Where are you? Are you in Room 4015?" "right." "Whose house is that?" "I have no idea." "You don't know?" Kozuka was dumbfounded, and one could imagine the surprised expression on his frown. "Speaking of which, why are you in that kind of place? Before I go over, I want to hear you explain this matter first." "It's a long story, and I still have a lot of things that I don't understand. In short, please come here quickly. It's hard to explain this matter. I can't leave here right now." Otsuka's speechless voice came from the other end of the phone. "I'm confused by you. I really can't do anything about you. Anyway, let me go and have a look first. But because I have to go to the bureau to get the key first, it may take a while, so you just wait there Come on. Are you talking to me on your cell phone now?" "Yes," Shinsuke told Otsuka the phone number. "Then, I hope you can bring something here by the way." "what?" "Scissors that can cut through metal, I'd be grateful if you could bring them." "Tin scissors? What the hell happened? You need them." "You will understand when you come here. It will be faster to see it directly than to listen to me." "You're really good at playing tricks. I know, and I'll try to find a way." "Then, I want you to tell me one more thing." "Have you been urging others to come over and ask questions?" "Minae Kishinaka, who passed away, does she have any sisters? If not, is there any cousin who looks very similar to her...Although my question is very strange..." Kozuka fell silent again.But Shinsuke didn't think that the other party did this because he thought his question was strange. "Did you see that too?" Kozuka asked. "Hey, what did you see?" After Shinsuke finished asking, a thought suddenly flashed across.He understood what Otsuka meant by asking back.Shinsuke continued. "Are you the ghost of Kishi Nakami Nae...?" Shinsuke heard a sigh. "Did you see it? Or where did you hear it?" Kozuka's voice was a little nervous. After thinking for a while, Shinsuke replied, "I saw it." "Where did you see it?" "right here." "I see... I'll be there right away." "Wait a minute, she has no sisters." "She doesn't have twin sisters, and she doesn't have any relatives who look like her." After throwing this sentence, Ozuka hung up the phone. Shinsuke looked at the time displayed on the phone screen, thinking that it was only early four o'clock in the morning, no wonder Otsuka's voice sounded sleepy at first.