Chapter 12 third quarter

"Daowei, first of all I want to apologize to you." Three days later, on a cold and gloomy day, I visited Mabi again.Rin made coffee for me as usual, and the three of us sat at the coffee table. "About the bloody Buddha statue last time - I have absolutely no idea." Shinbe shrugged and handed the photo back to me. "I don't think it's a physical accident that caused this phenomenon, but I don't think it's a deliberate arrangement." "That's right, it doesn't make sense to scare me." I crossed my hands in front of my chest and said, "Really? What a pity, even you can't figure it out..."

"Although I can't figure it out," Zhenbei took a sip of his coffee and looked at me jokingly, "I found out a lot about Ruixiang's house." "What things?" "—See you in the north." Seeing Mabei's eyes, Rin stood up.She walked into Mabi's studio and came out with a document with a red cover in her hand.On the cover, there are the words "Shiga Zuishobo / Regarding the disappearance of the Buddha statue master and the bloodshed of the Buddha statue" written by Mabi.Mabei took the documents and flipped through them on his lap.There are densely packed words on the white paper, and there are detailed annotations in some places.

"First of all, there is Ryuzo Naizawa—he entered Ruixiangfang as an apprentice twenty-six years ago, in Showa 52 (AD 1977), when he was only 17 years old. In Tokushima Shortly after graduating from his public junior high school, Jiu Ze's parents and two older brothers died in a car accident. While working to support himself, he studied Buddha statues in many temples and Buddhist workshops, and was almost homeless. It is said that His purpose of becoming a Buddha statue master was to comfort his parents and two older brothers who died in a car accident. Afterwards, he met the sixth-generation owner of Songyue House in Ruixiang House and admired him very much. In addition, he had no relatives, so I will become the apprentice of Master Songyue with the feeling of respecting my father."

"—how did you find out about these things?" "Depending on various relationships, anyway, I have a way." Mabe is my college classmate. Although I am a poor writer with no prospects, he is a national celebrity in a certain field.Although he refused to tell me the details, among the people who came here to ask him for advice, there are many government officials, legal authorities, and relevant personnel from the police.In the bizarre incident that happened in Fukushima Prefecture last time, I was surprised that even the chairman of the prefectural public security committee provided assistance.The so-called public security committee is the organization that manages the county police.

"I know that many people owe you favors." Hearing what I said, Mabi replied with a smile, "That's right, especially this time, Kizawa is a celebrity, so it's easy to investigate." "Is that Buddha statue master named Ryuzo Naizawa a celebrity?" "He is a celebrity in that field—shortly after he arrived at Ruixiang House, his special talent was appreciated by the owner of Songyue House, and he delivered important work to him one after another, and sometimes worked with him in a team of two. Leek Ze has shown his amazing talent every time - he has become a well-known master in the field of Buddha statues since he was a teenager."

Looking at the materials, Zhenbei listed the works completed by Ryuzo Kizawa, such as the statue of Lingling Tathagata in Lingling Temple and the statue of Lingling Bodhisattva in Lingling Temple.I don't know much about Buddha statues, but among those temples, there are several big temples that even I have heard of. "—so, when he disappeared, there was both disappointment and relief in the Buddha statue industry." The ones who breathed a sigh of relief must be those seniors who are afraid of talented underachievers. "Yeah, it should be similar to the sports world—how did he disappear?"

"As you said, Jiuze disappeared suddenly twenty years ago, that is, in the summer six years after he entered Ruixiang's house. He was twenty-three years old at the time. The owner of Songyue lodged a report with the police and asked the police to help find them." "them?" "Yes, there is another person who disappeared with Jiu Ze. That person's whereabouts are still unknown." "Who the hell are they?" "—Songyue's own sister." I was speechless immediately. "Really? But I didn't hear Mr. Tang Jianmu mention it."

"Well, so I was thinking, maybe there is something hidden." Said really meaningfully. "Let's continue. Twenty years ago in the summer, Jiu Ze and the sister of the house owner Songyue disappeared at the same time. The house owner Songyue reported the case to the police two days later, but then something strange happened." "Strange thing—" "Three days after he reported the case and entrusted the police to assist in the search—that is, five days after the two people disappeared, the owner of Songyue went to the police station again and revoked the entrustment of the search. He said that the two people might have eloped, so he didn't want to go any further. Continue to search. The police were puzzled and asked if they had heard from them, but the owner of Songyue replied that this was not the case.”

"The results of it?" "As a result, the search was not continued, and the whereabouts of those two people are still unknown." Mabe threw the documents in his hand on the coffee table and crossed his arms. After a while, Rin asked Zhenbei. "Teacher, did Mr. Yuzawa really elope with the sister of the owner of Songyue?" "I don't know what's going on. In short, there is something strange about this matter." "Really, if they didn't elope—" Having said that, I shut up.Because I suddenly recalled Tang Jianmu's father's voice in my mind.

——I was really scared—— I remember what he said when he told me that the head of the statue of King Wushu Samoming in the corner of Ruixiang House suddenly cracked. ——Because it was a Buddha statue carved by Mr. Kizawa, and the head was split—— "What does that sentence mean...?" "Huh? What did you say?" I told Mabe about the situation at that time. "At that time, Mr. Tang Jianmu said the word 'and'." Why do you say more?Why is the head of the Buddha statue carved by Ryuzo Niizawa cracked? "Oh……" Zhenbei frowned deeply and narrowed his eyes.He reached out to pick up the photo of King Wushu Samoming from the coffee table, and stared at it for a long time.

"Teacher, don't you talk about that? It's her name—" Rin said.Really looked confused. "--what name?" I looked at them in turn and asked.Mabe looked up at me and said: "To tell you the truth, the owner of Songyue's real name is Shoji Minakami—but what I care about is his sister's name." "--What's the meaning?" Seeing Mabe's rare serious expression made me faintly uneasy. "The younger sister of the missing house owner Songyue is called Jasmine Jasmine." The hair on the back of my neck stood on end immediately, and the voice of that night rang deep in my ears. ... Li... That sad, pleading voice. ...Jasmine...Jasmine... Calling the name again and again, as if asking for help. "Michio," Mabe put the photo gently on the table, "I want to see that Buddha statue with my own eyes no matter what."