Chapter 26 Chapter 24 The Secret

Totsukawa sighed again and looked up.Currently he is interested in two things. One is that Horie Masahiko was arrested for raping women in the United States, and was sent to a mental hospital for treatment due to insanity. This incident made Totsukawa think of whether Horie Masahiko had anything to do with the serial killings twenty years ago?Because Ishizaki also wondered in his diary whether the incident that happened in Hakone was related to Horie Masahiko? The other is that Ishizaki confessed his feelings for Horie Masahiko in his diary. Totsukawa felt that kind of feeling seemed to be love, the love between men and women, not quite like friendship.

Horie Masahiko probably has the same feelings as Ishizaki, right? So far, Ishizaki has only written about whether Masahiko will have the same feelings as him?What would happen if they were really in love? If Horie Masahiko is really the murderer of the serial murders, Ishizaki probably wouldn't record it truthfully in order to protect him.However, if he didn't intend to let others read his diary, he might record it truthfully. Under this expectation, Totsukawa buried his head in his diary again. What follows is just a description of Ishizaki's feelings for Horie Masahiko. Totsukawa clearly felt that it was love.

Ishizaki began to feel jealous of the women around Masahiko, which can be seen from the diary below. Ishizaki is not only jealous of the women around Horie Masahiko, but also the men. For example, when he saw Horie Masahiko smiling at the young Nordic doctor, he would be unhappy. The diary below is a great proof. This man named Qian Ning appeared in his diary again and again. Although Totsukawa had never met this young man, he believed that this young man was probably gay. Horie Masahiko is currently in his forties, and he is still so handsome, let alone in his twenties.Pretty young oriental young people are rare, no wonder gays in the United States will take a fancy to him.Totsukawa thought.

Totsukawa thought of a young man he met at a certain event before. The young man was twenty-two years old and had fair skin. He told Totsukawa that foreigners who came to Japan always asked him to go to a hotel for a tryst or to go out by car. He didn't think it was helpful what's wrong. Wasn't Masahiko Horie handsome twenty years ago? If he himself appreciates handsome and beautiful men, he may also engage in homosexuality in the United States. In this way, Ishizaki has many rivals in love. The problem is Horie Masahiko's feelings. Will he be gay?Does he love Ishizaki as much as Ishizaki loves him?

If so, why do rapes of women occur? That's what Totsukawa wanted to know. Totsukawa returned to his diary. Although Ishizaki is very clear about Horie Masahiko's feelings, but he doesn't understand Horie Masahiko's feelings at all. Why did Masahiko Horie rape women in the United States?And why is it considered insane?Ishizaki may or may not know. Totsukawa read it faster, skipping the irrelevant parts. Because he thinks that even if he knows that Ishizaki loves Masahiko Horie deeply, it will not help to solve this incident. Ishizaki said in his diary that he returned to Japan on October 25th.

Ishizaki's diary after returning to Japan is a bit boring. Because they are all records of official affairs, such as when he met someone, what he dealt with, etc. If this kind of thing is related to the incident, Totsukawa will read it with great interest, but the problem is that it seems to have nothing to do with it. Although the diary also mentions his longing for Masahiko who is recuperating in the United States, but he cannot understand Masahiko's situation. Totsukawa quickly flipped through the past. He turned to the page recording the first homicide in Tokyo twenty years ago.

That's at the bottom of the second book.When the first murder occurred, Horie Masahiko had recovered from his illness and returned to Japan. Ishizaki said in his diary that on the day Horie Masahiko returned to China, he went to the airport to pick him up.Masahiko returned to Japan one month before the first murder, and this is what he wrote in his diary that day. This diary entry on June 30 pointed out that Horie Masahiko, who returned to China, decided to inherit his father's mantle and become a politician in the future. But after reading this diary, it also makes people feel that he wanted to be a politician before, but not as strongly as now.

In the diary, of course, every move of Horie Masahiko is clearly recorded. Masahiko decided to become a politician, and Ishizaki, who is the secretary of the Horie Congressman, felt very happy and joyful, which was also fully expressed in the diary. Judging by Ishizaki's mention of abnormalities in his diary, he must be very aware of Masahiko's every move. This is probably because he committed a rape case in the United States and was sent to a mental hospital for treatment, so he had to work harder? On the third day, Masahiko's struggle was also recorded. On the third day, that is, July 4th, Masahiko was exhausted and was sent to the ambulance for emergency treatment. Although the cause was overwork and lack of energy, it may also be because Masahiko was always nervous.

After returning to Tokyo, Masahiko still worked very hard. For Masahiko, Ishizaki described it as "beautiful", "poor" and "worried" in his diary. Totsukawa felt that Ishizaki saw Masahiko from the eyes of a lover, so he described it like this. Masahiko's father, Congressman Horie, was very happy with his son's hard work. According to Ishizaki's diary records, Horie said to his friend in a showy tone: "If the puppy works so hard, I will have someone to succeed me." Then he introduced his son to his friend. Although Diet Member Horie was happy, Ishizaki felt uneasy, as he wrote in his diary on October 7th.

Totsukawa wondered what would be written next.Could it be the rape of women?This must be what made Ishizaki feel uneasy. Afterwards, the serial killings twenty years ago were finally mentioned.Before mentioning that incident, he only wrote this line: From this day on, all the dates have been erased, maybe you don't want people to confirm the date of this event? The first is the record of the first murder that took place in Hibiya Park, with the date blotted out.The date printed on the diary is erased with a black pen. There was a week between the first incident and the second incident, but the diary for this week was blank.

Totsukawa didn't think it was because there was nothing worth recording that he didn't write about it. It was probably because the incident was too terrible that he didn't write about it. What's more, if he wrote it, it would deepen his suspicion of Masahiko. Even so, he took note of the second murder at Shinjuku West Exit Central Park, this time also obliterating the date. However, Ishizaki did not conclude that Horie Masahiko was the murderer of this incident, so Totsukawa could not conclude that he was the murderer based on these records. Regarding the third incident, Ishizaki wrote in his diary: In this incident, Ishizaki did not conclude that Masahiko was the murderer, maybe he couldn't bear to conclude? However, after reading today's diary, I also learned something. When this incident happened twenty years ago, the man insisted to the police that the person who beat him was the murderer of his girlfriend. Because of this, the police identified that person as the murderer, and now they know that the person who beat the man was Ishizaki. When this incident happened, Ishizaki also made the following statement about replacing the red Porsche with a white one: As Ishizaki expected, because the police suspected that he was the murderer at the time, they thought that he was buying a new white car in order to get rid of the crime. At that time, the police did not notice that Ishizaki was desperately protecting Masahiko Horie. Next, the last event recorded, which is the event that led to Ishizaki's arrest, was also blacked out on the correct date of this event.