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dying eye 东野圭吾 3483Words 2018-03-22
It was past eleven o'clock when Shinsuke arrived in Nihombashi Hamamachi.There are many office buildings around here, and after nightfall, there is only darkness.The Qingzhou bridge road with five lanes also looks completely different at night from the daytime. The surrounding area looks empty, only taxis showing "empty cars" frequently pass by here. Shinsuke stood on the sidewalk, looking up at the Garden Palace building. In the darkness, only this building was still brightly lit. Shinsuke prayed that among the rooms with illuminated windows, there would be a room of Haruhiko Kiuchi.

Is it 505...? Shinsuke took a step forward, thinking he could only ask Kiuchi.What Kiuchi knew, he couldn't imagine.But what is certain is that the other party must know something. When Shinsuke tried to sneak into the building, he saw the elevator door open from the automatic glass door, and the person who got down from the elevator was Kiuchi. After Shinsuke left the building, he changed direction and rushed across the road, hiding in the shadow of the van on the road. Kiuchi was wearing a black jacket, with one hand in his trouser pocket, and walked towards Qingzhou Bridge Road. Shinsuke suddenly realized that Kiuchi planned to take a taxi.

He was careful not to let Kiuchi find out, and at the same time rushed to the road quickly.Immediately, an empty taxi appeared, and he immediately raised his hand to stop the taxi. "Excuse me, please wait a moment before driving." After Shinsuke finished speaking, the middle-aged driver wearing glasses showed a surprised expression. Kiuchi came to the bridge, just as Shinsuke guessed, Kiuchi raised his hand and waved lightly, and then a white taxi stopped in front of him. "Please follow that taxi." Shinsuke said. "Huh?" The driver clearly showed a troubled expression. "Do the people in front know that you are following?"

"No, just follow behind secretly." The driver was speechless. "If you want to do this, please stop another car." The car in front started, but the driver on Shinsuke's side refused to drive. Shinsuke leaned out and grabbed the driver's chest. "Don't be naughty, drive me quickly! I'll give you the tip you deserve!" The sound wasn't too scary, but it seemed to have an effect.The driver shifted gears and pressed the clutch without saying a word.The car moved forward rapidly. The vehicle in front moved to the right lane, which is a special lane for right-turning vehicles. It seemed that it was going to turn into the new bridge road. Seeing this, the taxi Shinsuke was taking also switched to the same lane.

That is the direction from Shin Ohashi Road to Kayaba Town.At this moment, the idea of ​​guessing flashed through Shinsuke's mind. "It's really difficult to chase cars." The driver was full of complaints. "In addition to the traffic lights, other cars will also drive in the middle." It's okay, Shinsuke muttered to himself, he knew Kiuchi's destination. The taxi ahead turned right from Shin-Ohashi Road, just as Shinsuke expected. "Okay, Mr. Driver. The tracking game is over!" "Huh, is that so?" "Yeah! Just drive over there." Shinsuke pointed to the front.

The towering Universal Tower is in front of you. The taxi drove into the English garden-style community, and Kiuchi's taxi was a little ahead. Perhaps he had already noticed that someone was following him behind. Shinsuke's taxi followed the vehicle ahead, and also stopped at the entrance of the building.After paying the fare, Kiuchi got out of the car first, and cast a surprised look at the car behind. Shinsuke also got off the taxi, and Kiuchi's face turned gloomy for an instant, and turned his back the next second. "Thank you a few days ago." Shinsuke said as he walked in.

"Are you following me?" "Well, let's start from the front of the building, but..." Shinsuke nodded, "I knew your destination was here halfway." Kiuchi showed a suspicious expression, his brows were wrinkled, and his left hand was still in his trouser pocket.Shinsuke pointed to his hand and said. "Is that the key to Room 4015 in your hand?" Kiuchi was dumbfounded when he heard this, and the flesh on his cheeks began to twitch slightly. "Why do I know about Room 4015? You should be surprised! Didn't she say anything to you?" "I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about!"

"Well, let's go together, to room 4015. Are you going there?" "I came here for work, and I don't have time to play with you. You go to the main road and grab a taxi and go home! You can't enter without the consent of the residents of this building." After Kiuchi finished speaking, he opened the glass door and entered inside. Shinsuke followed behind him as if it was a matter of course.Kiuchi stopped and turned around with an impatient expression on his face. "Don't follow me! I'm going to call the administrator!" "Whatever you want! Call the police. No, maybe the police have started a search."

Kiuchi's eyes widened at Shinsuke's words. "What do you mean by that?" "You know a detective named Otsuka from the Nishi Azabu Police Station? He should have been to your house several times. That detective went into Room 4015." "What are you talking about? Why would the criminal police go to someone's house without authorization?" "To save me." "save you?" "I was under house arrest in No. 4015 until late last night. Detective Kotsuka taught me to go out." "Your fantasies are too serious, right? Then tell me, who put you under house arrest?"

"Do you want me to speak out?" "I don't want to hear it, and besides, I don't have time to gossip with you." Kiuchi walked towards the control panel of the automatic door. Shinsuke said calmly while facing his back. "It's Miss Uehara Midori, your fiancée." Kiuchi stopped the hand that was about to insert the key into the keyhole, and turned to Shinsuke with a livid face. "What inexplicable nonsense are you talking about?" "Then tell me, where is Miss Uehara Midori?" "Why do you ask about her? What has she to do with you?"

"So didn't I say that? I'm under house arrest by her! I'm under house arrest in Room 4015 of this building!" "Nonsense! Why did she put you under house arrest?" This sentence was almost squeezed out of Kiuchi's clenched teeth, and Kiuchi glared at Shinsuke with a complicated expression, trying to restrain himself from saying those things. "Do you know what Reiji Kishinaka did? 'MINA-1' is not a doll, but your fiancée, Miss Uehara Midori!" Kiuchi glared at Shinsuke, approached his face, and shook his head slightly. "For your own good, I kindly advise you, don't say that name casually, otherwise you will regret it!" "Where is she now? Where is she and what is she doing?" "It's none of your business." "Is she in Room 4015?" Shinsuke stared into Kiuchi's eyes and asked, "Isn't it?" "Get out of here!" Kiuchi said. "Don't have anything to do with me anymore." "She came to get involved with me. I can't just let it go, or do you want me to make things big?" Kiuchi bit his lip tightly, his eyes full of hatred. "At that time, if only that car accident hadn't happened..." "What did you say?" "No..." Kiuchi turned his face away, stared in another direction for a while, then looked at Shinsuke again. "I understand! Since you have said so, I will be your guide! As you said, I am indeed going to Room 4015." He took out the key in front of Shinsuke. The two stood facing each other in the elevator, Kiuchi looked at Shinsuke unabashedly, and Shinsuke looked back. "She calls herself Ruriko." Shinsuke said, "She uses this name to approach me. She is an incredible woman. Rather than saying that she is a human being, she is more like a doll... right! It's true." Kiuchi took a deep breath, and Shinsuke interpreted the next blink as he was urging himself to continue talking. "Why does she call herself Rulizi, you should know it well?" Kiuchi didn't answer, just stared at the floor display board of the elevator without saying a word, already passed the twentieth floor. "I've been to 'Seagull'." Shinsuke went on to say, "I saw a photo of you and Miss Uehara Midori there. At that time, I didn't feel anything when I saw her face. I didn't think of it at all. But when I On the way to the station, when I saw the signboard of the flower shop, I suddenly realized." The elevator passes the thirtieth floor. Shinsuke continued, "Ruriya...is the name of that flower shop. I heard that Miss Lu often buys flowers in that flower shop." Although women can change their appearance through makeup, Uehara Midori is a complete transformation.Shinsuke thought to himself, if he hadn't seen the signboard of that flower shop, he might never have found out that Midori Uehara and Ruriko were the same person in his life.He wanted to confirm whether Midori Uehara was actually Ruriko, so he looked at the photos carefully, and finally found several suspicious places. Whether it is the size of the face or the body, it can be said that they are completely different, so it is conceivable that she has lost weight drastically, and the changes in facial features should be due to surgery. Uehara Midori's plan to become Kishinaka Mei Nae is beyond doubt. The question is what her motivation is. "Why?" Shinsuke asked, "Why did she become Kishinaka Miinae...?" "I broke up our engagement with her more than a year ago." Kiuchi said with a desolate expression, "I haven't seen her since then. So where she is now and what she is doing, I have no idea." "Mr. Kiuchi, stop lying!" "Believe it or not is up to you." As soon as Kiuchi's voice fell, the elevator stopped quietly. Kiuchi pressed the "open" button, and raised his chin as if to say "please first". Shinsuke stood in the corridor where he had been before, recalling that he just escaped from here this morning. Among several neighbors, Shinsuke stood in front of the door with the number 4015 written on it.After a while, Kiuchi also came over. "I have a condition. I hope that after you have seen the room, don't ask about anything, and then go back directly!" "I can't say yes to that, the room is full of questions I have to ask." "Then, I'll let you ask. But it's limited to the items in this room. I won't answer anything else. Is that okay?" "Can." Before Shinsuke noticed, Kiuchi had already opened the lock. As soon as the door opened, Shinsuke took a peek inside the house from the outside, and gasped suddenly. "How could it be... such a stupid thing." The room was completely emptied, no table, no chairs, no curtains on the windows.Shinsuke walked forward quickly, and opened the room that Reiji Kishinaka used before, and sure enough, everything was gone. "When was it emptied?" Shinsuke asked. "I should have said that I am not responding, I only answer questions related to the contents of the house, but there is nothing in this house." Shinsuke looked at the door of Kishimanaka's room. There were signs of damage to the lock part, which was done by him and Kozuka.It was the only trace that could prove that he was still here this morning. "Come on, let's go outside! You've seen the house, you should be satisfied?" "Where is she?" Kiuchi didn't answer Shinsuke's question, "Get out!" He said again. Shinsuke reluctantly left the room, and Kiuchi locked the door behind him. "Don't come here again!" Kiuchi said in a low voice, and walked towards the elevator.
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