Chapter 10 chapter Ten

Near Asakusa, there is a cheap apartment called "Ruby House".Although this area was not immune to the flames of war and was burned to the ground, it was quickly rebuilt after the war.First, a large number of markets were built, but due to the large number and the subsequent recession, some gradually declined, and some were transformed into apartment-style residential areas. "Ruby House" is also one of the apartments for this kind of job change. There is a woman named Sonobe Kikue who lives in one of them. Sonobe Kikue is the kind of touring dancer who does not belong to any troupe and can join various troupes to go on tour at any time. She spends most of the year on the road.She had rented this house a long time ago as a place to stay when she returned to Tokyo.After all, the world is difficult, and the rent is not cheap. It is indeed wasteful to pay high rent for only staying for a few days.

However, this woman named Jujiang seems to be able to make a lot of money during the tour. She pays three months' rent in advance every time and never defaults, so the manager of the apartment has never shown her any shame.Although I was a bit puzzled, but in this world, there are very few people engaged in business operations, and the administrator is not surprised. I slipped out of the hospital and went straight to Sonobe Kikue's room in the Ruby House.I knock on the door. "Who?..." A rough female voice came from inside. "The administrator asked me to come and talk to you about the rent..." I responded in a false voice, followed by a disdainful click of my tongue.

Soon, with the sound of clothes rubbing against each other, there was a "click", and the lock was unlocked.I immediately put all my weight on the door and rushed in. "What are you doing, it's so late, what's the matter with you? If it's about rent...ah!..." Seeing my face, the woman immediately stood there stiffly.But then she turned around immediately, trying to get something from under the bed.I immediately rushed up from behind her and held her down. "Idiot, this is not a single household in the mountains. What kind of shooting weapon do you want to use? What do you want to do? Let me keep this stuff for the time being."

I snatched the pistol from the woman, put it in my pocket, and looked at the woman's face again.She was leaning against the wall, panting, fear, anger and self-defeating despair made her face completely lose the color of blood, which was closer to purple than livid. I forced myself in front of the woman and said with a sneer: "Hmph, as expected, you are quite good at disguising. If you do this, no one will recognize you. You are Kanako Kagawa. Even if you compare the photos, you won't be able to tell. " That's right.Modern make-up technology has gone far beyond that, it is just a little beautification of the face, and recently it has even advanced to the realm of completely changing the appearance.Standing in front of me now, this woman with curly red hair, protruding nose, plump face, false eyelashes, blush and lipstick, who can tell that she is the original elegant and noble Kanako Well, I'm afraid there won't even be a single person.One can only think that she is someone else entirely.

"Kanako... No, I'll call you Kikue. Given your sanctimonious and pretentious make-up, I think it's more appropriate to call you that. At least it's closer to your true nature." Kanako's face suddenly contorted as if she was about to cry.As if she was about to faint, her body trembled slightly, but she recovered her senses immediately, bit her lips tightly, and asked hoarsely, "How do you know this place?" I sneered, and shouted loudly: "Snakes have snakes, rats have rats, do you think I will be led by the nose obediently by a woman like you, and have fun?... I took advantage of you being summoned by the police, When I was not at home, I rummaged through your house and finally found your secret hiding place. Hahahaha, such a hiding place is really something only you can think of. But it doesn’t matter, I found the bank passbook , and various other things. Sonobe Kikue’s name and the address here are written on the passbook, so I’ve checked it out a long time ago.”

The woman looked faint again, but immediately said in a self-defeating tone, "So, what are you doing here? You want to hand me over to the police?" "Police? What nonsense! Don't mention the police to me. I'm here to pick up something that's been kept with you." "Ah!..." Kanako's eyes suddenly widened, the eyes revealed the light of a female leopard, her lips turned purple, trembling, "Who are you? Do you know what kind of woman I am? ? But you...you..." "Haha!... Who am I? Haven't you guessed it before?" "Before, I..." Kanako narrowed her eyes, gasping for breath, staring at me firmly.Suddenly, she took a few steps back as if being bounced away.

"Then... you... are you that murderer?" Kanako suddenly lost her center of gravity, hanging from the corners of her eyes, with a terrifying expression.But soon, she left the wall and almost fainted.I hugged her body... It has been a month since we left Tokyo. Kanako and I traveled all over the place and came to a hot spring hotel in the mountains of Kyushu.We have successfully deceived the eyes of the police before. If we want to continue to live in the future, it is not impossible. However, Kanako and I have completely lost interest in this effort, and decided to die several times.But the reason why we have survived until now is because I accidentally wrote this note by hand.I want to give it to Mr. Kosuke Kindaichi after I finish writing it. Only then will we say goodbye to this miserable world, and that moment is very close.

Kanako was already in the next room, ready to go out, waiting for me.Together, we will take this note, which is about to be completed, to the post office. She finally took off Sonobe Kikue's mask and returned to Kagawa Kanako's noble and elegant appearance. This is what I suggested to her to save the police gentlemen from the autopsy.The same is true for Kanako. As the make-up before dying, she must also want to be as beautiful as possible, so she agreed to my request without saying a word. In this way, almost everything that should be written has been written.Finally, I will explain the two or three doubts that Mr. Kindaichi encountered during the investigation:

Kamei Junkichi's body was said to have been stuffed into a suitcase and sunk by Kagawa into the sea in Tokyo Bay.It was Kanako who killed Kagawa, and it was basically as Mr. Kindaichi said. However, the shortcoming of Mr.'s speculation is that Kanako had expected that to happen a long time ago.When He Chuan discussed with her, she saw through another attempt of He Chuan - he wanted to kill herself.In other words, He Chuan and Kanako are two beasts biting each other, either you die or I live, either I eat you or you eat me.It is said that Kanako had anticipated this situation long ago.

So far, all that should be said has been said.Now, around the hotel, cuckoo calls are heard from time to time.This drowsily quiet mountain hot spring hotel will soon shock the whole country as the finale of the bloody case. When I think of it, my vanity is somewhat satisfied. goodbye……