Chapter 26 second quarter

We carried the devastated Torii into the dining room, Auntie fed him hot tea, and Maya and Rin massaged his neck and wiped his cold sweat.At the same time, I, Zhenbei, Songyue, and Tang Jianmu's father were looking for Wei Ze in the dormitory separately.We are in charge of the first floor, and Matsutsuki and the others inspect the second floor.However, as Torii said, he was nowhere to be seen.He was in the room on the second floor, the quilt was well spread, and there was no sign of sleeping, so Wei Ze might have gone somewhere in the middle of the night. After discussing it, we decided to wait until dawn before going outside to find it, and then went back to the restaurant.

"—have you calmed down a bit?" Satsuki asked Torii, who was sitting on a chair with his head bowed weakly.Torii didn't answer, just nodded slightly. "Tori, you said something strange just now. Escape—what do you mean? You said you were killed, but who killed you?" However, Torii just shook his head feebly without answering the question.Songyue also waited patiently, neither of them spoke, and after nearly a minute, Torii finally spoke—— "I didn't say that, I..." He actually answered like this. Songyue looked at her apprentice's face with stern eyes, finally sighed as if giving up, and turned her head to look at the others.

"From last night to this morning, has anyone seen Wei Ze?" Everyone shook their heads. "Master, should I call the police...?" Before Maya finished speaking, Songyue raised a hand to stop her. "It's just that he can't be found, there is no need to call the police." At this time, Tang Jianmu's father opened his mouth. "Mr. Songyue, although this is true, in case—in case something happens to Mr. Wei Ze..." Songyue stared, looked at Tang Jianmu's father and asked, "An accident?" His eyes were terribly cold, and the old man who was almost old enough to be his father shut up.

"Aren't you all thinking too much? An adult leaving without saying goodbye-it's not a big deal, why all the fuss?" "It's not just one person," Mabe interjected, "There are already two people missing, Mr. Okajima and Mr. Wei Ze, aren't there two people?" As he spoke, he pointed out two fingers. "It doesn't matter whether it's one person or two people. They're not little girls. They called the police because they didn't see them, and even confirmed the images captured by the surveillance cameras—it's too much of a fuss."

Songyue said impatiently, and Zhenbei refuted again. "In this case, why did you look for him so nervously just now?" Songyue took a deep breath, as if she wanted to answer something, but she didn't know what to say for a moment.Zhenbei continued: "Housekeeper Songyue, your attitude is very strange. You say that it is nothing serious for your disciples to disappear, but you are worried about their whereabouts or safety—you said some strange things in the parking lot the morning before yesterday, as if you were afraid of the dead It's like being resurrected." —Ah, that guy is still alive... that guy is still alive—

—Hey, Torii, you idiot— ——Weize, don’t you think so?Do you feel the same way?that guy-- —You said “alive” just now, wouldn’t you— "Who are you talking about? Even if I asked, you would not answer, but at that time, I couldn't help but think of the names of two people." Songyue raised her head slightly, as if to say "Let's hear it", Zhenbei said without showing any weakness: "Jasmine, and Ryuzo Nirazawa." Songyue remained calm on the ground, but Torii's reaction was fierce.As soon as he heard Mabe's words, he clenched his hands on his lap tightly, closed his eyes, and his face kept trembling.

Mabe calmly asked Matsuzuki: "Housekeeper Songyue, can you please tell me? What are you and Mr. Torii afraid of? Who are you afraid of? What happened to Ruixiang House twenty years ago? ——Before I came here, I investigated the relevant About the Ruixiang room. On a certain morning in the summer of Showa 58, Mr. Jiu Ze and Miss Jasmine suddenly disappeared from the Ruixiang room. Homeowner Songyue, you once called the police and asked the police to assist in the search." Songyue and all the other people in the Ruixiang room in the restaurant at the same time turned their eyes to the Buddha statue researcher.

"The amazing thing is that three days later, the owner of Songyue took the initiative to withdraw his request to the police to assist in the search for missing persons. Owner of Songyue—you seem to have told the police that the two of them eloped. The police were puzzled and asked if you had I heard from them, but you replied that it was not the case." Zhenbei slightly tilted his head to look at Songyue's face. "Since that's not the case, what's going on? Why did you give up looking for your beloved apprentice and sister? What happened in the three days from when you filed a search with the police to when you withdrew it? "

While Makoto kept asking Satsuki, I couldn't help but pay attention to Rin's unusual attitude beside me.She didn't look in the direction of Zhenbei and Songyue at all, but just stared at Tang Jianmu's father's face intently.I also moved my eyes to Tang Jianmu's father, but he just looked at Songyue and Zhenbei with a worried face. "Miss Kitami?" I called her softly, and Rin looked at me in surprise.Her mouth moved for a long time, as if thinking about what to say.When her eyes moved to Tang Jianmu's father again, she nodded slightly. "Mr. Tang Jianmu—I think you should speak up."

All eyes were on Rin. Tang Jianmu's father turned pale with fright, his eyes almost tripled in size. "Mr. Tang Jianmu." Mabi was the first to speak.He didn't explain why Rin said that, he just begged Father Tang Jianmu: "You should also know something - if so, can you tell me? In this way, it may be possible to stop what is happening in Ruixiang House. Of course, I don't know what it is, but I always feel that It’s a bad thing. Since something bad happens, it must be stopped.” I stared at Zhenbu's serious expression, and couldn't help but recall the tragedy of ten months ago.At that time, if we could know the truth earlier, maybe a life could be saved——

I really don't want the same tragedy to happen again.Rin and I feel the same way. "No, I..." Under Zhenbei's gaze, Father Tang Jianmu looked at Songyue timidly.Songyue clutched her forehead with both hands and fell silent. "Not good." He murmured, and when he slowly raised his head, he had obviously figured it out. "The word Ruixiang means an auspicious omen—since this name is chosen, no bad things can happen to this Buddha-making workshop. If it has already happened, we must do our best to stop it. Since they say they have the ability to stop—— Maybe we should use their power." His voice was hoarse and seemed weak. "Mr. Tang Jianmu—please tell them."