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Chapter 40 Chapter Thirty-Nine

Laplace's Witch 东野圭吾 2046Words 2018-03-15
Before leaving the ticket gate, he saw Isobe.Wearing a work suit and waving.Wearing glasses with thick milk bottle bottoms, the expression on his face is very cheerful. "Teacher, hello, long time no see." He smiled and greeted Qing Jiang who had just left the station. "You seem to be in good spirits, which is better than anything else." Qing Jiang said. "Of course, it's finally resolved. Now you can sit back and relax. Oh, I'm really sorry for causing you so much trouble, Mr. Qingjiang." "You don't have to apologize." "No, no, no," Isobe waved his hands as he walked, "If the local police and firefighters had investigated the scene more carefully, the situation would not have turned out like this. I really don't take it seriously. So, I want to apologize to you on behalf of everyone."

"Oh, I see." Like last time, he took Isobe's car to Akakuma Onsen Village.Looking out from the car, the snow in the city has almost melted. Isobe called Qingjiang the day before yesterday, and his first words were: "That's really great." He said the incident at Akakuma Onsen did not appear to be an accident, but a nasty hoax.First, the County Police Headquarters received an anonymous letter, confessing that hydrogen sulfide was deliberately produced by itself.The letter also stated the steps of making the poisonous gas, the agents used, the containers, and the final disposal location.Investigators did find such items at that location.

"It really caused a lot of trouble for people. Everyone in the hot spring area is angry, and they are clamoring for that guy to compensate for this winter's turnover. However, I still don't know who that guy is." Isobe said Driving, while talking. "I heard that the person who wrote the letter also admitted that he did a similar thing in another place." "That's right. At the beginning, I made poison gas in Akakuma Onsen out of interest. Then there was a victim. The guy was in a hurry and didn't know what to do. In the end, the matter ended as an accident. That's it. At first, that guy couldn't figure out if he killed someone. Then, he tried it in several hot spring areas, and finally caused the same accident in Tomate Onsen. At this point, the guy was sure that Akakuma Onsen It was also because of myself that I became afraid. I planned to keep silent, but after thinking about it, I sent a letter to the county police and confessed. Oh, that’s what happened.”

"In other words, we don't know who the murderer is yet." "Yes," Isobe said with a serious face, "this kind of person must be reported, maybe there will be imitators, or guys who have the same idea as him. The police also said that they No matter what, the murderer will be arrested and brought to justice.” "Oh." Qing Jiang responded, feeling cold.He knew that there was no such murderer. Two days before receiving the call from Isobe, Qing Jiang received the visiting Tong Gongling.How to deal with the poisoning accident in the hot spring area was also heard from her.

It was done by an unknown person, with a semi-prank nature——the script written by the National Police Agency predominated, so it stipulated. "We know that this is not what Teacher Qingjiang wanted," Tong Gongling said with a blank face, but her tone was a little apologetic, "But this is the most understandable way to settle this matter safely, and the Institute of Mathematics and Physics also Agreed to this proposal. Therefore, we would like to ask the teacher to accept this statement. I came to negotiate with the teacher voluntarily. In this matter, I have been taken care of by Teacher Qingjiang. I know that if the government who does not know the inside information Officials come and give orders to teachers, it won’t work.”

She said that the two hot spring areas should have come to ask for the teacher's opinion recently, right? "I still hope you can keep the truth in your heart. If it's a prank, you can save these two hot spring areas. That's the most important thing. What do you think?" Tong Gongling said lightly, Qingjiang couldn't refuse, so he had to agree, and asked about the situation of Gansu and his son. have no idea.she answered. "People from the government are tracking Kento-kun, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to find him. After all, the other party is Laplace's demon. He can see the tricks of human beings clearly. And how to deal with the amazake in the hospital Caisheng, the government is also very embarrassed. Now it is impossible to verify the case of eight years ago. After he recovers, maybe he will be let go like this."

Did that kind of thing and still not be questioned?While feeling unreasonable, Qingjiang felt a little confused when thinking about how Amakasu would live in the future.Does he still have meaning to live? Just as he was thinking about it, the car had already arrived at the gathering place in Chixiong Hot Spring Village.This is a square-headed and square-brained building, which is very unsightly, but it makes capable people feel a little nostalgic. Isobe held out a large stack of documents, all of which were hydrogen sulfide concentration measurement data in hazardous areas and designated locations.Seeing this, Qing Jiang had a strange feeling.Ordinary people who don't know anything about the background of the incident are still energetically continuing their work.Does this make no sense?No, absolutely not.There is no useless effort in the world.They are also atoms, one of the constituent elements of the world.

"How is it?" Isobe secretly looked at Qingjiang like a student who just handed in the answer sheet. "Very good." Qing Jiang checked the data carefully and said, "There is no problem in this way. It can be concluded that the accident was a prank. Can the restricted area be lifted?" Isobe's face brightened all of a sudden. "The teacher said so, so I feel relieved. The police and firefighters also agreed to cancel, and then I just wait for your expert opinion. Then, at the final meeting tomorrow, I will report this, saying that teacher, you have guaranteed the ticket. Everyone Surely everyone will breathe a sigh of relief. Oh, it's great, it's great."

"After the incident, did the number of customers really decrease?" "Oh, yes. This winter's passenger flow is only 30% of that of previous years. However, when the news is reported that it is just a prank, the guests will definitely come back here again." Isobe packed the documents while using firm said the voice. The hotel is still the same as last time.The friendly lady boss greets you with a smile.She seemed to understand the situation, and said, "Teacher, you must have been tormented by such strange things. It's really hard work." Qing Jiang washed away the exhaustion of the day in the big bath, and came to the hall.Seeing the table in front of the TV, he couldn't help thinking of Yuan Hua.The child spilled water on the table, but Yuan Hua just moved the phone on the table a little to keep it from getting wet.Thinking about it now, seeing through the trend of the water flow is just a piece of cake for her.

He sat down on the sofa, opened the evening paper that was put aside, and his eyes fell on the social page inadvertently, and he was taken aback. The headline of that news article was: "Film director Saisei Amakasu committed suicide."
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