Chapter 2 first quarter

that morning— After I changed in the room, I came to the stairwell.The sun room was empty, and I leaned over the railing to peek at the lower floor. There are two people in the living room. Xiuyi was wearing casual clothes, sitting on the sofa with his back to the window, smoking a cigarette.Oiso, who was sitting across from him, had already changed into light clothes with an open collar shirt and shorts, and was talking with Xiuyi face to face.The morning sun shines through the thin curtains, illuminating the figures of the two. "Good morning." I walked down the stairs and greeted, and the two of them looked at me at once.

"Ah, Tatsumi, good morning. How are you doing, did you sleep well?" Daiso also greeted me thoughtfully, but Xiuyi just looked at me sleepily, muttering something in his mouth. "Thanks to you, I slept well." I sat on another sofa, and while answering, I noticed a noise from the kitchen. Before I had time to think about who it was, Daiso immediately explained. "Xiao Xia is making coffee for us." Oiso then nodded on his own, and looked at Xiuyi again. "Hey, Shihe, are the others still awake?" "Intellectuals can't get up early. It's different from you."

Xiu replied while puffing out a cigarette.Daiso didn't seem to care about the irony of himself in the words. "Ah, but I'm a little hungry." He was like a coquettish child, who thought he would spread his body on the sofa, but in the next instant he stood up with an "oh".Still as restless as ever.I looked in the direction of Oiso's line of sight, at this time. "Mr. Tatsumi, good morning. Does the teacher also drink coffee?" Natsuko Nishino appeared. She was wearing an orange open-necked shirt and a white hakama. She wore the same sporty outfit as Oiso. She had a healthy face without makeup. It seemed that she was a rare early-rising type among young women.The steam from the coffee pot on the tray just looks delicious.

"Good morning, Natsuko. I just want coffee in the morning." While talking, I cleared the tray and prepared the cup for her.Xiuzi has been smoking a cigarette without moving.Daiso seemed a little bored, sitting on the sofa and stretching. "Xiao Xia, is the meal ready?" "Not yet. If you bake bread, it will be ready in no time." "Ah, then I'll do it myself. Does anyone else want toast? Shihe doesn't need it. Where's Tatsumi? Don't you want it? I'm the only one eating it.  …Coffee to keep me warm." Daji quickly got up, pointed to a certain coffee cup, walked slowly towards the kitchen, and disappeared.

"good morning everyone." Matsuura walked down the stairs as if he had changed people, and he was still wearing shirts and dark blue trousers as usual, which didn't match the summer resort.Although it is not necessary to wear a tie, the shirt button is still buttoned to the top one, which is really rigid.The beard was also clean-shaven, and the bandage on his left hand was exactly the same as yesterday. "good morning everyone." After coming to the living room, Matsuura did not sit down, but walked towards the window. "Why don't you draw the curtains? It's nice outside."

"Ah, Shihe is a bit dazzling." Although he turned his head back after hearing Xia Zi's words, he didn't stop what he was doing, and with a bang, he opened the curtain in one breath. Suddenly the living room lit up. "Yeah, sorry, Chief. But it's morning—" He looked out the window as he spoke— At this moment, I stared at Matsuura's back, which twitched and petrified again. About two seconds later, Matsuura backed away with a very natural movement, and looked back into the house, his expression seemed to be frozen, as if he was saying that he saw something unbelievable.

"Director. Ka, Kaori, she..." Matsuura managed to squeeze out these words, and then swallowed exaggeratedly.Xiuyi narrowed his eyes and looked back.Matsuura pointed behind with his fingers, his body trembling unceasingly.What happened to Kaori?But after waiting for a long time, I didn't hear an answer from him. Xiuyi seemed to have noticed the abnormality, and stood up quickly, Daji also muttered what was going on, and walked out of the kitchen.He kicked off the sofa and pushed the dazed Matsuura to the window.Xiuyi also stood by his side. "Wow..." Daiso groaned like hanging his head.

The window lock was opened, and the window frame opened with a creaking sound, and the hem of the curtain that was pulled aside slightly swayed. The outdoor platform outside the window was paved with stone floors, and there was a waist-high height difference from the inside of the house to the outdoor platform. Two people in slippers rushed down the steps and hurriedly looked to the left. When I came back to my senses, I also stood up in a daze due to some impulse, and walked to the window. The sun is shining brightly outside the window, and you can see lush grass on the opposite side of the stone steps on the outdoor platform, and birch trees stand in a further direction.The sun shines on the lake through the gaps between the trees, and the sparkling waves are very dazzling.

Matsuura in the room had a dull expression, and sat down on the sofa with a plop, and then covered his face with his hands, as if he was moaning something. The men outside the window were squatting in place, right below the tower, and I looked over their backs to see Kaori lying on her back on the stone pavement floor. Scattered hair covered his face, there was a pool of red and black blood under his head, and his eyes were round and empty, but he was obviously not looking at anything.He was still wearing the same T-shirt and shorts as yesterday, but his body was motionless. The cool morning air blows in through the open window, and I lightly rub each other's exposed arms.The trees are lush and green, and the birds are singing overhead.

Not long after, the squatting Daji slowly moved.He stretched out his hand and grabbed Kaori's right wrist which was thrown by his side. "Ah!" The next moment, I screamed unintentionally. Thinking about it later, her body must have appeared rigid after death.Oiso raised Kaori's arm, and her shoulder was pulled up accordingly.In my eyes, it seemed as if she was about to sit up with her own strength. There was a scream from behind, it was Natsuko Nishino.She was out of breath, again and again. There was the sound of the glass breaking again.Daji outside the window shook his head.

"It's dead. Hey, Shihe..." Oiso, who was talking, turned his back to the sky.I backed away from the window.Xiuyi walked towards me with no expression on his face, which made me a little scared. Xiuyi's upper body looked towards the living room and roared loudly. "Hey, Matsuura!" "Yes." Matsuura hurriedly jumped up from the sofa. "Call an ambulance, and the police." "Yes." Matsuura bumped his feet on the corner of the table and ran out like a rabbit.The sound of the glass breaking was heard again, but no one paid attention.Natsuko Nishino flung herself on the sofa next to me and began to cry. Matsuura, who ran away, stopped at the bottom of the stairs, turned around, and seemed to be unable to remember where the phone was. "And then, Tatsumi." When I heard my name being called, I said yes. "Wake up Sanjo and Tendo." Tiantong... My heart trembled when I heard this name. He heard a knock and opened the door. --What's wrong? ——Kaori is dead. I imagined his surprised expression. — No, would he be surprised? "Tatsumi?" "Ah, yes. I see." I bowed my head and left the scene.He looked out the window again before leaving. In the end, the place where my line of sight rested was still red and black on the bloody beach on the stone floor.