Chapter 37 Chapter Eleven

Mr. Kindaichi: Thank you very much for taking the time to read this letter for me, Shoujuro Uehara. It is said that even the husband was shocked when he learned that Yuriko Aono died eighteen hours later than the Viridian pine tree.Kind-hearted Mr. Kindaichi, I am afraid that he is sad for me, and I offer my sincere thanks to Mr. in two senses. In fact, no one can predict when the trick of fate will fall on him.Just before that unlucky Sunday morning, who would have thought that I would kill A Shu (sorry, please allow me to call him this pet name, otherwise I would not feel like him).Even I can't believe it now.Probably, the word "like a dream" describes this kind of situation.

Ashu and I are very good friends.Not only Ah Shu, but also Ah Yan and Ah Song.The three of them have trusted me since childhood, and I have been working hard to live up to their trust.However, among them, Ah Shu trusts me the most and relies on me the most.Because of this trust, I have also been condoning all his vices, capriciousness, self-righteousness, and selfishness. However, I never imagined that this would lead to such a disaster!At that time, if Ah Shu didn't rely on me, but fled elsewhere, he wouldn't have died, and Aono Yuriko wouldn't have lost her life... I must avoid wasting my husband's precious time by repeating these stupid words.So allow me to set out briefly what happened.

Viridian pine called me up at exactly five o'clock on a Saturday morning.My husband also knows that I live in Tokiwa’s house in Kioicho, in another house other than the main house, and there is a telephone next to the bedroom.So I answered the phone. It was Ah Shu who called, and I was shocked at the time. Ah Shu's request is this: something important has happened, you must discuss it with me, and hope to see me immediately, and don't let anyone see it.So, I asked him to come over immediately. Since it was just five o'clock and the servants hadn't gotten up yet, I told him that I would open the back door in advance and ask him to come in from there.

I was still wondering what happened.Every time Ah Shu caused trouble, he always blamed it on A Yan. I was always troubled by this, and always wanted to find an opportunity to correct him.However, I didn't expect him to cause such a disaster! At around 5:20, Ah Shu came.His face was livid, as if he had seen a ghost—no, in fact, Ah Shu saw something even scarier than a ghost.In order to calm Ah Shu down, I spent a lot of effort.Ah Shu calmed down anyway. However, when I heard what was going on, I was stunned! I also vaguely know something about the woman in the villa.My aunt (actually my aunt, but I'm used to calling him my aunt) is about to entrust you to investigate the matter of that woman, and I know that too... But, I never thought that Ah Shu would actually kill that woman!

Of course, Ah Shu didn't intend to kill that woman.I don't need to explain, Ah Shu is not the kind of person who would kill someone intentionally.According to Ashu, he was blackmailed by that woman, who threatened him by telling his grandma. In a rage, he strangled the woman's throat desperately, and she died as a result. I think this is true, but Mr. Kindaichi, I never thought that the same thing would happen to me later! Not to mention, Ah Shu escaped in a panic.According to him, all he had in mind at the time was to come to me.So, in order to discuss with me, he drove the car and ran all the way desperately. As a result, the car got stuck in the swamp.When he left the car and reached Nakakaruizawa Railway Station, it was eleven o'clock at night, just in time for the last train going up from Naoetsu.About two hours after he successfully passed through the Ubing Tunnel, there was the heavy thunderstorm and road collapse.

What Ah Shu wants to discuss with me is really too selfish and capricious.If he just wanted to evade responsibility, it was understandable, but he still wanted to repeat the same trick and try to blame A Yan.Of course I want him to reflect and urge him to surrender.He naturally resisted violently.Just as we were grabbing each other's necks and arguing, I suddenly discovered that Ah Shu had died. Mr. Kindaichi. It was really just a momentary slip-up on my part.However, there is one thing that I have to confess in advance. The demon of jealousy has also subtly instigated me.Because I love my cousin Miyoko deeply.

Not to mention, when I found out that I had killed Ah Shu, I was extremely embarrassed. Now that I think about it, I'm still breaking out in a cold sweat.Just now he was persuading Ah Shu to surrender, but once it was his turn, there was no way he could talk about surrendering.In order to try to avoid responsibility, I racked my brains and thought hard. In the end, I came up with a plan: that day happened to be the day when I rushed to Karuizawa, so I stuffed the body into the trunk of the car, and put it together with the body of the woman Ashu killed, creating a An illusion of martyrdom.

The plan went very smoothly.The only problem was, since it was a Saturday, the woman's husband, most likely, would be over.According to A Shu: The woman's husband rarely came over, and he seemed to have been letting their adultery go. Ultimately, I think it's a big gamble too.If her husband has already arrived, or if her body is found before I arrive in Karuizawa, then I will think about it then.In any case, the plan to transport Ashu's body to Karuizawa and create the illusion that everything happened there cannot be changed. Because of this, when my aunt called from Karuizawa around 7:30 and asked me to take Mr. Kindaichi there by car, I was shocked and embarrassed at that time... I can just let my husband imagine it.What's more, when I heard that Mr. turned the car around and went to the Metropolitan Police Department, I shuddered at this ironic fate and couldn't help laughing.Using a car with dead bodies in the trunk to carry police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department, there is probably no more secure pass than this in the world.

Nevertheless, Mr. Kindaichi, I am not getting carried away.For five hours on the road, my constant fear led to my bluff, which turned into a boring scene between me and the police officer. Another point, what made me shudder was that I was stopped by Miyoko in Xiong Zhiping by accident.Once again I shuddered and terrified at the irony of fate.Because I know who the father of the child in Miyoko's womb is, that father is in my trunk, has turned into a corpse, and is getting cold! Although full of trembling and fear, I did not arouse anyone's suspicion and successfully transported Ashu's body to Karuizawa.After eleven o'clock at night, I finally started to put my plan into practice.

The reason why I have prepared a large number of perfumes is entirely based on the reason that I was seen through by my husband.Mr. also said that everything has its own smell.I am worried that after more than ten hours of storage, the dead body stuffed in the trunk of the car may be contaminated with odors, such as gasoline or exhaust fumes. Fortunately, Ah Shu happened to be the son of a wealthy family in the Perfume Kingdom, and everything in my plan went smoothly.When I went to the villa, there was no sign of the woman's husband coming. Looking at the bedroom, the woman was still wearing pajamas and fell on the bed.I thought she was dead, so I started setting up the stage that Mr. had seen.Just as I was about to leave, I was suddenly stopped by that woman.

That woman is too stupid.If she kept pretending to be dead like that, she wouldn't lose her own life, and I wouldn't need to do unnecessary killing... But, she held a pistol, thinking that with this weapon, she could settle me down. The guns and the threats against me, I got carried away. Mr. Kindaichi! So far, the course of the case has been roughly introduced.For a person like Mr., I'm afraid I don't need to add anything else. I found Miyoko's body yesterday in the mountains of Sentaki.Miyoko held Ashu's deportation on her chest. She cut off the carotid artery and died, looking very peaceful.I also plan to go to Miyoko's place after writing this letter, lie next to her, and follow her example to cut off my own carotid artery. However, before that, I will not forget to sprinkle enough perfume on me and Miyoko.Even though Miyoko's heart is with Ah Shu, even though it's just a kind of sacrifice for love, but only this time, it's a real sacrifice for perfume. So, Mr. Kindaichi, farewell!