Chapter 4 3

0:25 It was still in the "Deniz" restaurant in front.Martin Denny "By the way, you've never been to this kind of place, have you?" Kaoru asked Mary. "the first time." "Ah, there are all kinds of business, in the world." Kaoru and Marie took the passenger elevator up to the top.Go along the narrow corridor and stop at the door of the room with "404" sign.Kaoru knocked twice, and the door opened from the inside, and a young woman with bright red hair poked her face out anxiously.Thin, with a bad complexion, a fat pink T-shirt, a pair of blue jeans with holes, and a pair of big earrings on his ears.

"Ah, it's alright this time, Kaoru. It took me a while, I've been waiting," said the red-haired girl. "How?" Kaoru asked. "It's still the same." "Has the bleeding stopped?" "It stopped, at last. I used up a lot of tissues." Kaoru let Mari in and closed the door.In addition to the redhead, there was a working girl in the room.A small man with black hair tied up was mopping the floor with a rag.Kaoru introduces Mary to the two. "Miss Mary, as I said just now, she can speak Chinese. This red-haired girl is named Mai. She has a weird name, but she is her real name. She has been working here for a long time."

Mai Mai smiled warmly: "Please take care of me." "Please take care." Mary replied. "That's Cricket over there," Kaoru said, "That's not his real name." "Sorry, I lost my real name," said Cricket in the Kansai dialect.She looks a few years older than Mai. "Please take care," said Mary. The room had no windows and was suffocating.The size of the bed and TV is surprisingly large compared to the size of the room.On the floor in the corner of the room was a naked woman squatting curled up, covering her body with a towel, covering her face with her hands and crying.There was a blood-stained towel on the floor and the sheets on the bed were also splattered with blood.The floor lamp fell down, and there was half a bottle of beer and a glass left on the coffee table.The TV was on and there was a joke going on.Audience laughter.Kaoru picked up the remote and turned it off.

"It seems to be hitting pretty hard," Kaoru said to Mary. "For a man?" Mary asked. "Ah, for the guests." "You say the guest is prostitution?" "Hmm. There are a lot of regulars at this time of day," Kaoru said, "so sometimes there are tricky things—arguments about paying, and guys who want to do perverted things." Mary bit her lip to collect her thoughts. "So, this person can only speak Chinese?" "I can speak a few words in Japanese, but I can't call the police. Firstly, I may be staying illegally, and secondly, I don't have time to go to the police station to be interrogated one by one."

Mary took the satchel from her shoulders, put it on the coffee table, went to the squatting woman, bent down and spoke Chinese. "what happened to you?" The woman didn't know if she heard it, but she didn't answer, she still shook her shoulders and sobbed. Xun shook his head and said, "I'm terrified, it looks like I was beaten quite badly." Mary asked the woman again: "Are you Chinese?" The woman still didn't answer. "Don't worry, I have nothing to do with the police." The woman remained silent. "Did he hit you?" Mary asked.

The woman finally nodded, her long black hair trembling. Mary asked the woman patiently in a gentle voice, asking the same sentence several times.Kaoru crossed her arms and watched the two talk anxiously.During this time, Maimai and Cricket cleaned up the room separately.The blood-stained tissues were put together and stuffed into plastic garbage bags, the floor lamp was raised and put back, and the beer bottles and glasses were taken away.Check the supplies, clean the bathroom.It seems that the two often work together, and their movements are concise and skilled. Mary hunched over in the corner talking to the woman.The woman seemed to have calmed down somewhat by her ability to speak, and began to tell Mary—albeit intermittently—what had happened.The sound is very small and cannot be heard unless it is close to the ear.Mary nodded her head and listened attentively to the woman's narration, interrupting a sentence from time to time as if encouraging.

Kaoru patted Mary on the shoulder from behind: "I'm sorry, this room is for a new guest, so I have to lead this child to the office below. Can you come with me?" "But she was naked, and everything on her body was taken away by that man, from socks to underwear." Kaoru shook her head: "In order not to call the police, I stripped off my body. Despicable guy, worthless!" Kaoru took out a thin bathrobe from the closet and handed it to Mary: "Put this on for her first." The woman stood up feebly, took off the towel in a half-stretched state, exposed her whole body, and wrapped herself in a bathrobe unsteadily.Mary looked away hastily.Small in stature, but beautiful in body.Well-shaped breasts, smooth skin, shadowy pubic hair.She must be about the same age as Mary, and her figure still has a girlish charm.Because she couldn't stand steadily, Kaoru walked out of the room with her arms around her shoulders, and took the small elevator used by the staff down to the downstairs.Mary followed with a satchel.The wheat and crickets stayed and continued to clean the room.

Three women walked into the hotel office.There are cardboard boxes stacked against the wall, an iron desk, and a simple sofa and coffee table.There is a computer keyboard and LCD screen on the desk, a calendar, framed calligraphy by Mitsuo Aida and an electronic clock on the wall, and a microwave oven on the small refrigerator.After the three of them entered, the room seemed quite small.Kaoru sat the Chinese prostitute in a yukata on the sofa, and she closed the front of the yukata tightly as if she was chilling. Kaoru checked the wound on the prostitute's face again under the light of the table lamp, carefully wiped off the blood stained on the face with medicinal alcohol and cotton swabs, applied wound spirit to the wound, and checked with her fingers whether the bridge of the nose was crooked, and opened her eyelids to check for congestion. , touched his head with his hand to see if there was a bag.It seems that she has long been used to it, and her movements are amazingly proficient.Then she took out something like a freezer from the refrigerator, rolled it up in a small towel and handed it to the woman.

"Here, put this in front of your eyes for a while." Immediately, he remembered that the other party could not understand Japanese, so he gestured to put the towel under his eyes.The woman nodded and did so. Kaoru turned to Mary and said, "Although the blood was everywhere, it was mostly nosebleeds. Fortunately, there was no serious injury. There was no swelling on the head, and the bridge of the nose didn't seem to be broken. The corners of the eyes and lips were cracked, but no stitches were needed. However, the marks of the beating will remain darkly on the eye circles for a week, and the reception may be affected."

Mary nodded. "I do have strength, but the way I fight is purely amateurish." Xun said, "My hands should be quite painful from beating like this. And with too much force, I hit the wall of the room, and there were small holes in several places. .If it hits the head, it's over. Don't care about the head and the tail!" Mai walked into the room and took something out of the cardboard boxes stacked against the wall—a new bathrobe for room 404. "Whether it's the bag, the money, or the mobile phone, they were all taken away by that man," she said, Mary said.

"Hey, robbery?" Wheat interrupted from the side. "It's not like that, that is, how should I put it... It seems that menstruation suddenly came before the start, and it came early. As a result, the man lost his temper..." "Then what can be done, that kind of thing." Wheat said, "That thing always comes suddenly when it comes!" Xun clicked his tongue and said, "Okay, okay, don't talk too much, hurry up and clean up 404." "Yes, I'm sorry." After saying that, Mai walked out of the office. "Just as I was about to do it, the woman had her period, and she couldn't do it, so she was beaten up. After the beating, she robbed her of money, stripped her clothes and disappeared." Xun said, "There is a problem, that guy." Mary nodded: "I'm sorry to say the blood stained the sheets." "That's nothing. We're used to this kind of thing. I don't know why, but there are a lot of menstruating children in love hotels. I call every now and then, borrowing tissues, tampons, etc. I used to be very nervous." I want to say that this place is not Matsumoto Kiyoshi⑤. That’s all right, but I have to dress this kid up, and it’s not an option to stay like this.” Kaoru searched in the cardboard box and took out the underwear in a plastic bag.It's the practical kind sold in vending machines. "Emergency cheap goods, you can't wash them, so let's make do with them. Don't wear underwear, don't you feel at ease in the cold?" After that, Kaoru searched in the closet again, found a faded green knitted suit and handed it over. "It was left by a girl who worked here before. It has been roughly washed and clean. It doesn't matter if you don't need it. I only wear plastic slippers on my feet, but they are better than bare feet." Mary spoke to the woman.Kaoru opened the closet, took out a few rolls of sanitary napkins and handed them to the woman. "Take this and use it. The bathroom over there is replaced." He said, pointing to the bathroom door with his chin. The prostitute nodded, said "thank you" in Japanese, picked up the clothes handed over, and walked into the bathroom. Xun sat down on the chair in front of the table, slowly shook her head, and sighed, "You can do this kind of business, hey, you can do anything." "She said she had only been in Japan for a little over two months," Mary said. "Illegal overstay, anyway?" "I didn't ask that one, but it sounded like a northerner." "Yeah," Kaoru said, "then someone brought her here, right?" "Looks like somebody's doing this." "The Chinese organization is in charge of the prostitution activities in this area." Xun said, "The girls are smuggled in from mainland China by boat, and they are asked to repay the smuggling fee with their bodies. When they receive business calls, they send the girls to the hotel by motorcycle , like home-delivered pizza, hot from the oven. Our regular customers." "Organization, is it like Yakuza?" Kaoru shook her head and said, "No, no, I have been a female professional wrestler, and I have also participated in tour performances, and I know a few Yakuza. However, compared with the crooked organizations of the Chinese, the Japanese Yakuza are still cute. Yes. Anyway, some dudes who can't figure out what they're going to do. But the kid can only go back to those guys, and now there's no other choice." "I didn't get the money today, those people are going to give her a hard time, right?" "How should I put it... Anyway, with this face, I'm afraid I won't be able to receive customers in a short time. And if you can't make money, it's worthless. She's a pretty kid." The prostitute emerges from the bathroom: faded knit suit, plastic slippers, an Adidas logo on the chest.Although her face was still bruised and purple, her hair was much neater than before.In spite of the old clothes, in spite of the swollen lips and the bruises on the face, she was still a beautiful woman. Kaoru asked the prostitute in Japanese: "You, want to call?" Mary translated it into Chinese: "Do you want to make a call?" The prostitute replied in simple Japanese: "Yes, thank you." Kaoru handed the hooker a white cordless phone.The prostitute presses the number and reports in a low voice to the person who answers the phone in Chinese.The other party yelled something quickly, she answered briefly, then put down the phone, and returned the phone to Kaoru with a serious expression. The prostitute thanked Kaoru in Japanese: "Thank you." Then she turned to Mary and said, "Someone will pick me up right away." Mary translated the words to Xun: "The person who picks her up will come right away." Xun sullenly said: "So, the hotel money is also gone. Usually the man pays, but he left without paying. The beer money is also on the hook." "May the person who picks up pay?" Mary asked. "Hmm—" Kaoru pondered for a while, "It would be great if it goes well." Kaoru put tea in the pot, filled the thermos with water, poured three cups, and handed one cup to the prostitute, who thanked her and took it.Her lips were cracked, and it seemed that it was difficult to drink hot tea. She took a sip and frowned. Kaoru talks to the prostitute in Japanese while drinking tea. "But you've had enough. Smuggled all the way to Japan, and you still have to give those guys such a hard time. I don't know what life is like in my hometown, but it's better not to come to this kind of place?" "Translation?" Mary asked. Kaoru shook her head: "No, just talking to myself." Mary accosts the prostitute: "How old are you?" "nineteen." "Me too. What's your name?" The prostitute hesitated for a moment and replied, "Guo Dongli." "My name is Mary." Mary smiled slightly.Even though it was so shallow, it was the first time Marie smiled after midnight. In front of the "Alpha City" hotel, a motorcycle stopped.Huge big Honda off-road bike, man in a masked helmet.The engine was left on so that I could leave as soon as something happened.A tight-fitting black leather jacket, blue jeans, dark basketball shoes, thick gloves.The man took off his helmet and put it on the fuel tank. After looking around vigilantly, he took off a glove, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and pressed the number.A man in his mid-thirties, with brown hair, ponytail, broad forehead, shaved sideburns, and piercing eyes.After a few words, he turned off his mobile phone, put it in his pocket, put on his gloves, and kept his original posture. After a while, Xun, the prostitute, and Mary came out from the door.The prostitute walked towards the motorcycle with tired steps with the sound of slippers.The temperature is lower than before, and a knitted dress can't keep out the cold.The man on the motorcycle sternly confessed something to the prostitute, and the woman answered in a low voice. Kaoru said to the visitor: "Hey, brother, I haven't got the hotel money yet..." The man sized Xun Xun's face, and then said, "I don't pay for the hotel. That man pays." The man's voice lacked fluctuations, was monotonous, and had no emotion. "Of course I know." Kaoru's voice was hoarse, and she cleared her throat, "The problem is, everyone is doing business in this small place. This time, I'm also in a lot of trouble. After all, it's a violent injury incident. You can call the police. But in that case, you are afraid that it will not be easy to handle? So, first pay 6,800 yuan, and I will leave it at that. The beer money is mine, and the loss will be shared." The man stared at Kaoru with emotionless eyes, then raised his face to look at the neon sign of the hotel: "Alpha City".After that, he took off his gloves again, took out a leather wallet from his jacket pocket, counted seven of them, and threw them at his feet.There was no wind, and the banknotes fell straight to the ground and stopped.The man put his gloves back on and raised his wrist to look at his watch.Every movement was almost unnaturally slow.He was not in a hurry, as if he was demonstrating the weight of his existence to the three women present.In any case, he can spend his time as much as he likes.During this time, the engine of the motorcycle let out a deep roar one after another like an impatient beast. "You are brave enough!" the man said to Kaoru. "Thank you." Kaoru said. "If you call the police, there might be a fire here," the man said. The heavy silence lasted for a while.Kaoru folded her arms and stared at the other person's face intently.The prostitute with the injured face couldn't understand the conversation between the two, and looked back and forth between the two in anxiety. The man picked up the helmet, buckled it on his head, and beckoned the woman to sit on the back seat of the motorcycle.The woman grabbed his jacket with both hands, then turned her head to look at Marie, Kaoru, and Marie.He seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.The man stepped on the pedal hard, twisted the accelerator handle and left.The exhaust sound echoed heavily in the streets late at night.Kaoru and Mari are left behind.Kaoru bent down, picked up the seven thousand-yuan bills that fell on the ground one by one, aligned the bills, folded them in half, and stuffed them into his pockets.She took a deep breath, and stroked her short blonde hair with the palm of her hand. "What a mess!" she said. (Note: ①The abbreviation of background music, background music. ② refers to "kaoru" in Japanese, which means "fragrance wafting". ③ Dialects in Kyoto and Osaka, Japan. ④ Japanese calligrapher (1924-1984). ⑤Chain drugstores in Japan.Daily necessities such as cosmetics are also sold. . ⑥Japanese has three tenses: past, present, and future. ⑦ In Japan, it used to refer to those who do not do their jobs properly and hooligans ("Ya", "Ku", and "Zha" originally referred to the eight, nine, and three cards that could not be scored in the gambling game "three cards"), and now generally refer to the underworld member. )