Chapter 60 Section VI

Yabe took the landscape painting to visit Sanyo Yoshikawa again. Although Yoshikawa couldn't help frowning when he saw him, he still took him to the reception room. "You came here for that incident, right? I will never change my mind." Yoshikawa said preemptively. "I don't think Jingguan-kun will kill people, no, not only Jingguan-kun, but members of the New Jihui will not kill people." "Today I'm not here to talk about killing the scenery, I'm just bringing you a painting for your review." "painting?" "It's this painting." Yabe put the borrowed landscape painting in front of Yoshikawa.

"Ah!" Yoshikawa looked at the painting as if squinting. Unknowingly, the look of an arrogant inspector was revealed. "The painting skills are very good, but unfortunately the brushwork is not enough." "Do you know this painter named Goto?" "do not know." "Do you think this is an amateur painter's painting? Or a professional painter's painting?" "It would never be an amateur painter's painting, because this person knows how to use paint very well." "Don't you think Goto is Kazuhiko Iseki's pseudonym?"

"Jingseki-kun?" Sanyo Yoshikawa opened his eyes wide in surprise. "Yes. Doesn't it look like Iseki Kazuhiko's painting?" "Iseki-kun's..." Yoshikawa looked at the landscape painting again. "It's kind of like that." After a while, Yoshikawa Sanro said in a low voice: "The painting skills are a bit like Iseki-kun, but because Iseki-kun's paintings lack individuality, it is impossible to judge." "Isn't it a bit like it?" "It's a bit similar. If someone said that this painting was painted by Mr. Jingguan, I would definitely believe it. However, since there are people who paint the same theme in this world, it is impossible to say that it is Mr. Jingguan's painting, let alone Jingguan. After Guan Jun returned to Sendai, he should no longer paint, because he said in his letter to me, 'I have thrown away my paintbrush and concentrated on running the hotel.'”

"Is that so?" Yabe said sarcastically. Iseki told everyone that he had thrown away his paintbrush and was concentrating on running the hotel.However, did he really give up his brush and stop painting? If "T. GOTO" is Iseki's pseudonym, Yabe's guess is correct. In any case, there is nothing wrong with Iseki continuing to paint under a pseudonym. The question is, why did Iseki paint under an alias?Yabe suspects that Iseki's pseudonym painting is related to this incident. Sanyo Yoshikawa seemed to sense that there was something in Yabe's words, so he asked, "Even if Iseki paints under a pseudonym, it's not against the law, right?"

"Yes. However, if he wants to paint, it's best to paint under the name of Jingguan, because in addition to not having to use a pseudonym, there is no need to announce to the outside world that he has given up his paintbrush." "That's because he has left the Xinjihui, so he is embarrassed to use his real name to paint?" "It's also possible, but..." Halfway through Yabe's speech, he couldn't help laughing bitterly, because he noticed that even Yoshikawa Miro thought "T. GOTO" was Iseki Kazuhiko's pseudonym, but it is also possible that "T. GOTO" was not Iseki's pseudonym, but Maybe there really was a painter named "T. GOTO".

Sanro Yoshikawa seemed to be aware of this, and said with a wry smile as if drawing conclusions: "I just said it's possible, don't take it seriously."