Chapter 19 chapter Five

Miyako's actions became an unsolvable mystery. She didn't expect her news to be interrupted like this, but all the calls were from other people. Jinji is tired, Zhicun's yacht has returned to the oil pot, and people have already landed.If Miyako had picked him up, they might be having dinner together right now.The last expectation is that Miyako secretly called when Shibamura was away.Jinji waited for something hopeless until five o'clock in the evening. It was too painful to stay at home anymore, the housekeeper went back before six o'clock because Jinji said he would not eat dinner.

Jinji opened the evening paper, but he was not in the mood to read the small print, and felt uneasy. The print of the newspaper became a burden to the eyes, and he looked melancholy.Only the large letters of the advertisement come into view.That's the good movie titled "Vanishing," which is in its fourth week, a foreign film about a bride who disappears on the first day of her honeymoon after a wedding in a church. It is too painful to be locked up at home alone. Jinji felt that the content of this movie was similar to his situation. If he went to watch it, he might get the inspiration to solve the mystery of Miyako's disappearance, so he hurried out.

I didn't meet anyone I knew along the way, so I entered the dark cinema in Yurakucho, and there were no seats left.The film had just started, so I could watch it from the beginning, and it took nearly two hours to finish. Unfortunately, I didn't get any useful inspiration. "Vanishing" is a good movie, but it's artificial in the face of reality.Jinji was disappointed, but he finally got two hours of entertainment, so he walked out of the cinema with some satisfaction. The worry that Miyako might have called when he was not at home never stopped between watching movies.On the other hand, there is a void of denial.After walking out of the movie theater, the negative emotions became stronger, and I felt that it was useless to go back, and I was afraid of going back, so I went to a nearby rooftop beer hall and drank three glasses of draft beer.It's also full of salaried staff enjoying the cool evening breeze.Gradually, feeling that the lights in Tokyo resembled those in Kyoto, I became painful, and hurried downstairs to take a taxi home.It was about eleven o'clock at this time, and I didn't meet any acquaintances on the way home.

Back home, due to the lack of sleep last night, coupled with the drunkenness of beer, I fell asleep soundly, and couldn't care about Miyako's phone call anymore.Even so, I kept dreaming about Miyako, and dreaming that she was walking alone in the back streets of Kyoto. Jinji slept until ten o'clock in the morning, but there was no phone call, and it was useless to worry about it. Jinji had already become half self-defeating. Still, he was a little uneasy, worried that Shibamura might call to ask if Miyako had come to him.But probably not.In the beginning, she entertained Miyako to the theater, but then she pretended not to continue dating.Miyako told Shibamura so.Miyako never went to Jinyoshi's house alone, of course, Shibamura probably wouldn't even think about the two of them having a tryst outside!

"Morning." The housekeeper on duty brought the newspaper to the pillow, "Sir, you seem to be very tired, and you slept soundly." The butler opened the door with a key at 8:30 and came in to do kitchen work. "Toast, or?—" "The toast is ready, I'm a little tired, sorry, can I bring it here?" Jin-ji decided to eat bread and coffee in bed, and read the newspaper before the housekeeper brought it. The political news turned to the social page after only looking at the headline. At this time, Jinji's eyes were fully awake. The social page reported the news of Shibamura's yacht accident, and also published photos of the victims, but the victims were Ueda Goro.Judging from the title, before the yacht arrived at the oil tank on the return journey, the yacht did not operate properly at sea.

When he saw the news, Jinji was stunned. One of his fantasies came true when he watched the flames of large characters on the roof of a restaurant in Kyoto the night before.At that time, the fantasy ship was on fire and capsized by strong winds, but here it was mishandled.And the accident happened yesterday—the 17th—morning, when I was about to see the cape of Miura Peninsula. The news in the newspaper is as follows: the rugby club holds a yacht race around Miyake Island, and a total of seven yachts participate in it. This is a very popular competition recently.Most of the boats in this competition are thirty-foot boats.The shipwrecked Seabird arrived at the place of wreck at 11:15 am on the 17th.Before this time, the Seabird was carried by the wind and sailed very smoothly.When you get to this location, you want to change direction slightly.At this time, the hull swayed, and the mainsail bulging on the starboard side caught the headwind and turned over.Unfortunately Goro Ueda was there manipulating the stick and it crashed into the sea "as if the ball had been thrown," said fellow shipmate Shibamura.Shibamura was holding the tiller at the stern.In order to rescue his fellow shipmate, he gave up the race and turned the ship around the spot where Ueda fell into the sea.The yacht in the race has no engine and only relies on the operation of the sail to steer, so the speed is not fast, which adds to the misfortune, and Ueda's body cannot be seen.

What is even more unfortunate is that there are no competing yachts nearby, and the distance between each yacht is completely out of sight within a few hours of departure, and other yachts cannot be seen from each other.It was the same when the Seabird had an accident, so no ship could rush to rescue Ueda.In addition, no fishing boats passed nearby. When Shibamura returned to the oil pot to report the misfortune, he disembarked from the yacht at 1:30 p.m. on the 17th, and passed out due to exhaustion after the report. What followed was a flurry of fuss. On the one hand, Shibamura was sent to Hospital A in Yokohama, and on the other hand, several ships were sent to search for the place where Ueda fell into the sea.By 8:00 p.m. on the 17th, Ueda had not been found yet.The search was ended because of darkness, but life and death were predictable. From the reports, it seemed hopeless.

After seeing the news, Jinji was horrified by the coincidence of imagination and reality. He never imagined that the fantasy of watching the flames of large characters on the roof of a hotel in Kyoto turned into a real accident after fifteen hours.Sudden wind, fire, and improper operation, one of the three fantasy accidents happened. The fire festival in Kyoto now feels inauspicious. According to reports, Shibamura collapsed from fatigue and was immediately taken to a hospital in Yokohama.So, are you still lying in the hospital ward?Presumably it was the fatigue caused by the blow of an accident after operating the yacht for 70 hours.He operated the yacht alone to rescue his fellow shipmates who fell into the sea, and the mental pain and anxiety undoubtedly consumed a lot of his physical strength, so it is no wonder that he couldn't support himself and passed out as soon as he got ashore.

Jinji immediately thought of Miyako, wondering if she was waiting for Shibamura to come back at the oil pot?If so, she is now in Yokohama's husband's ward.Or, even if she did not go to the port to meet her husband, she rushed to the hospital after receiving the news.In any case, if she knew what happened to her husband, she would definitely call.It is very convenient to make a phone call in the hospital, so I won't be able to leave my husband for tens of minutes. That being the case, maybe Miyako didn't go to the hospital.Did she not even know that her husband's boat had an accident?So where is she?If she disappeared from the roof of the inn in Kyoto where she was watching the fire festival, if she didn't go home, and if she didn't go to Oilpot or Yokohama, where on earth is she?

——Jin Ji still couldn't understand the whereabouts of Miyako, and felt that something unexpected happened to her, and the truth of this matter was beyond the scope of his imagination. Jinji hesitated.I have read the news in the newspaper, so I should go to the hospital in Yokohama immediately to visit the sick?Or just pretend not to know and don't get close to Shibamura?I don't know which side is the best way. However, since the newspapers have published it, let's make a phone call to the hospital in Yokohama, Jinji thought.Shibamura was lying on the bed, so of course he couldn't answer the phone.There must be a caregiver or nurse nearby, so that you can know whether Miyako is in the hospital, and you can also convey the meaning of visiting to Shibamura, so this is the best way.

Jinji called Hospital A in Yokohama, said Shibamura's name to the switchboard, and asked the person who took care of the patient to answer. Miyako's voice may be heard.Jinji waited with a heartbeat, but it was a man's voice that came over. Jinji reported his name and said that he had read the news in the newspaper and didn't know the current situation in Zhicun, so he hurriedly called to greet him. "Thank you for your concern. Thanks to you, I recovered this morning. Ah, I am from △△ Metal Company." △△The metal company is Shibamura's company, and it seems that someone like a secretary takes care of the patients in the ward. "Oh, then I'm relieved, please take care." "Thank you, I will pass on your words." "Didn't the family come?" Jinji asked restraining his heartbeat. "Yes, not yet." The tone of the other party's answer was a little hesitant. From the tone of this person, Jinji found that Miyako was not in the hospital or at home. But I can't ask further why my wife didn't come?He dared not speak casually. "Then, by the way, please greet Mrs. Shibamura." "thanks……" After hanging up the phone, Jin Ji let out a sigh of relief.Miyako didn't go back.The confusion and confusion in Jinji's heart continued to deepen.