Chapter 23 Section VIII

In the quiet living room, five people sat around the table. "Old Wu, what should we do?" Lao Tie asked in a low voice, staring down at the table. "The only way is to escape. Pack up your things at night and escape tomorrow morning." Wu Ze also deliberately avoided Lao Tie's sight and said.The old man didn't speak any more.The other three who had no idea what happened looked at Wu Ze, at Lao Tie, and at each other, all with puzzled expressions.Originally, even Wu Ze himself didn't know how the situation would develop like this.The only one who knows- "The object of hatred is the same."

In short, this is the only point. The debt collectors who deceived the old iron couple and forced his wife to commit suicide were also members of the fire mouth.Speaking of which, Huokou's organization is so huge, the possibility of them being a group is not low.But judging from the situation just now, it seems that the other party no longer remembers the old iron.The man with squid eyes should have seen Lao Tie, but there was no reaction. "Those guys are crazy. Are they going to chase you down and burn you till you're burned?" "I do not know." Wu Ze's voice was so low that he couldn't even hear him.

"Hey, I said, I said—" Baxun's anxious voice cut in, "What is a debt consolidator? That guy set it on fire? What does it mean to hate?" Wu Ze and Lao Tie quickly exchanged colors.You can't tell the truth, whether it's about Lao Tie or Wu Ze's relationship with that organization, you can't point it out to them.Because this will cause Wu Ze to have to confess that he killed their mother.Even if they don't hide this part, once they know that Wu Ze has done debt collection in loan shark organizations, they will definitely be shocked. "Lao Tie and I... have been cheated by the same loan shark organization before."

Tasting the self-blame in a small part of his heart, Wu Ze answered vaguely. "Later, I stole the organization's confidential documents and handed them over to the police, so the organization disbanded. So those guys hated me all the time. The debt collector...is a liar who tricked the old iron. That guy seems to belong to them too .” "That's it..." Baxun looked back and forth between Wu Ze and Lao Tie in surprise. "You said that—that organization was disbanded?" Zhen Xun asked. "Is it seven years ago?" Wu Ze couldn't help straightening up.

"Why do you think so?" Zhenxun didn't answer, but looked to Yaxun.The two looked at each other for a moment.They seem to be thinking the same thing. "If it was seven years ago, maybe it was the same gang that killed our mother." Zhen Xun said. "After my mother passed away seven years ago, I lived with my sister in the apartment, and then the police came to us. Asked a lot about the loan shark. I never heard it from my mother, only from the neighbors. , It seems to be "forced to commit suicide by someone who came to pay debts", so many people can't answer - that's what the police told us at that time. It said that the organization was disbanded, and now they are investigating the situation of the victims. I still Primary school student, the police told my sister, I heard it from the side, and I always remember it.”

Zhenxun looked at his sister, as if seeking her confirmation.Hachiro nodded expressionlessly. "As I said, they disbanded. If it was all seven years ago, it shouldn't be a coincidence." "Hey, if you say that, is it like this?" Kantaro looked up at the ceiling for a while, as if thinking about the truth in his head, and then said: "Old Takeshi and Lao Tie, as well as Yahiro and Mahiro, all hate the same organization?" Wu Ze didn't know how to answer for a while.The other three people are indeed like this, but they are not pure victims, but also persecutors; they are not only hated, but also hated, but what is the use of saying these?

"I guess so." Wu Ze only answered in this way.The eyes of the two sisters in front of them suddenly revealed the look of the same degenerate people in the world.That look made Wu Ze feel bitter.He pursed his lips in silence and endured the feelings from himself and the two people in front of him.That's all he can do. "Old Wu, I can't swallow this breath... If this continues, it will be too..." Wu Ze understood Lao Tie's mood very well.Not long ago, I just saw the man who lied to himself and drove his wife to a dead end again.The feeling of hatred and uselessness mixed with it should be stirring in Lao Tie's heart at this moment.If it were Takezawa himself, if he saw the face of Kazuru again, he would definitely think of Shadai and feel the same way.

But even if you feel that way, so what? "Old man, don't do stupid things. Those guys are hard to deal with, don't put yourself on the line." "So what if you risk your life? Anyway, when my wife died, I was already half dead." "Don't say that." "I want to say. It's true. Those guys not only killed my wife, but also killed me. What is killing if it's not killing? Even if you don't use knives or guns, it's still the same. Kill, or If you force someone to commit suicide, you will definitely kill the people around you too. Because people are not isolated, it is impossible to kill only one person.”

"Old man—" Although Wu Ze couldn't help interrupting Lao Tie's words, he didn't know what to say next, and in the end he just lowered his head again and remained silent.In front of Wu Ze, it was the first time that Lao Tie said such words.He took into account that Wu Ze had the experience of forcing a person to commit suicide when he "digged his intestines" before, and he never said such a thing, but in fact he has always been bored in his heart.Such thoughts.Such feelings. "Kill—hey, Lao Tie's wife was killed?" Ba Xun stared at Lao Tie intently.Shinhiro and Kantaro also silently widened their eyes.Lao Tie nodded first, then lowered his face and shook his head slightly.The three of them seemed to understand his unclear action as affirmation, and they didn't ask any further.

"In short... I feel very useless." The old iron still hung his head and said. "If you continue to be useless, you will be worthless, right? Mahiro and Yahiro also feel useless, right? Aren't they useless?" There were tears in Lao Tie's voice.From the expressions of Mahiro and Yahiro, it can be seen that some kind of strong emotion is rapidly expanding in their hearts, and its shape can almost be distinguished with the naked eye.Wu Ze couldn't help cringing a little. "Well... Anyway, let's finish our meal first." Kantaro's voice was almost unnaturally calm.This was the first time I saw Kantaro forcefully put on a smiling face.

"I'm going to make instant noodles." Including Wu Ze, everyone's eyes were diverted, and they nodded one by one with ambiguous expressions. Kantaro's noodles are terrible.There was obviously too much water, and the soup tasted very bland.The noodles seemed to have been stirred before they were soft, all fell apart, and were overcooked and mushy.Although there was chicken as a topping, it was the bone-in meat used for fried chicken nuggets, which was hard and unpalatable. "Oh, I finally know how powerful Mahiro is. Sure enough, cooking is something that requires talent and skill. Right?" The pretentiously relaxed tone was buried in silence. The five of them were eating noodles in silence, when Shinhiro suddenly raised his head. "Forgot to feed the comb." "Ah, yes, I haven't fed it yet." Mahiro put down his chopsticks and stood up, calling the name of the chicken comb, while walking towards the kitchen.After that, the voice of shouting cockscomb continued for a while, and gradually, there was a bit of doubt in the voice.Then the sound moved upstairs again.After a while, finally there was only the sound of footsteps going down the stairs, and Zhen Zun returned to the living room. "...not here." "Didn't you hide somewhere to sleep? In a closet or something?" "The closets are all closed." "What about the bathtub?" "I've seen it, no." Ah, Wu Ze remembered. "Speaking of which, that kid wanted to open the window several times." "Hey, did you run outside? But it's so small, can't you open the window?" At this moment, Lao Tie put down his chopsticks and said: "Here, when it was on fire. Everyone left the entrance door there, and hurried in and out. Maybe it was at that time—" "Run out?" "Look for it, near here?" With Wu Ze's words, everyone stood up.Everyone went out.I looked around the road, but I couldn't see the cockscomb.Lao Tie pointed to the stone steps on the left and said, "I'll look for it in the grass diagonally opposite." "Then I'll take a look on the other side of the road." Five people act separately. The cries of "Cockscomb", "Cockscomb" and "Cockscomb" echoed in the night like restless crows. In the end, the cockscomb was not found. Then, when he saw the cockscomb, it was no longer the one Wu Ze knew. Wu Ze and the others took advantage of the night to pack their luggage.Purses, clothes, and other minimal necessities were stuffed into bags one by one and collected in the kitchen.They decided to wait until daylight to go out.Let's get on the tram for now.We have not come to a conclusion yet whether we should ride together or sit separately.I really want to ask, what should I do with the cockscomb, but everyone can only be silent and look at each other for this question. If those guys come to do something again tonight, I'll go out and let them catch him - Wu Ze actually has such a plan in his heart.Their goal is to be alone.If he stopped running away and let them catch him honestly, the others would have nothing to worry about. The alarm clock was set for the early hours of the morning.In order to leave this morning, everyone got into bed with their clothes on.But Wu Ze couldn't sleep at all.Even if I close my eyes, I don't feel sleepy at all.Old Tie couldn't hear his sleeping breathing, instead he sighed continuously.The alarm clock next to the pillow lightly depicts every second.Are those guys still coming over tonight?Come on, grab yourself and clean up. ——Such a feeling of self-abandonment, which is completely opposite to the desire to protect oneself, is constantly entangled in Wu Ze's heart.A dog barked in the distance.Then there was another rustling sound.Old Tie sat up with his back arched. "—I really can't sleep." When Wu Ze spoke to Lao Tie, Lao Tie turned his head.It seemed to be taken aback. "Oh, are you awake?" In the darkness, Lao Tie looked down at Wu Ze, was silent for a while, and finally got up slowly. "Do you want barley tea?" But when he opened the door and was about to go out, Lao Tie stopped walking with a hey sound. "Where have you been here?" "I'm thinking maybe Cockscomb will come back." True voice. Wu Ze also got up and walked into the corridor.On the threshold of the dim entrance, Mahiro was sitting there alone in jeans and a sweatshirt.The old iron leaned over with a little worry. "I know you're worried about Cockscomb, but go get some sleep. We'll open the door when Cockscomb comes back." Zhenxun shook his head silently.Lao Tie didn't say any more, just nodded slightly, and walked towards the kitchen.He opened the refrigerator door, and the light inside reflected Lao Tie's tired face. "Sorry for dragging you down." Wu Ze sat down next to Shinhiro, with his elbows on his knees. "It's all right. You've helped us a lot, too." It was originally intended to help, but it ended up like this.What Zhenxun said made Wu Ze even more worried. The sound of the bathroom door closing came from behind. "I didn't know at all before. Lao Wu and Lao Tie, it turns out that their experiences are similar to ours." That's what it means to be disrupted by the same organization in the same way.Wu Ze didn't know what to say.Zhenxun glanced at Wu Ze, showing a sorry look, wondering what she understood Wu Ze's silence. "Will a cockscomb turn into a wild cat?" Well, Wu Ze scratched his head. "Just come back at night." After a long silence, the bathroom door behind him opened.With a bitter face, Lao Tie came out with his hands covering his stomach in his undershirt. "This stuff...was made by Kantaro's ramen." Forced to smile at Wu Ze and the others who were sitting side by side in the hallway, Lao Tie went straight into the living room and pulled them together.Wu Ze felt that the silence in the entrance seemed to be strengthened, so he yawned deliberately. There was a slight sound of an engine outside the door.Wu Ze couldn't help becoming nervous, but it seemed that it was just a passing vehicle, and then went away. "Sure enough, we still have to say goodbye." It was the first time Wu Ze heard Zhenxun's voice so lonely.He didn't know how to reply, so he had to pretend that he misunderstood. "Cockscomb? Hey, maybe he will come back at night. If that's the case, let's find an apartment that allows pets." Shinhiro didn't correct Takezawa. The sound of an engine coming from outside was then heard several times.Every heavy Wu Ze will look in the direction of the door, but every time it seems to be a passing vehicle.After a few times, I gradually became less sensitive to the sound of the engine.Wu Ze no longer listened carefully, but only vaguely felt the emotions of Mazoro around him—but, he was wrong. Boom.Then came the sound of a car leaving. "--what?" Shinzo raised his head.Wu Ze raised his index finger on his mouth, hissed, and stared at the threshold holding his breath.No sound could be heard.After waiting for a while, nothing happened.The sound just now came from outside the door, as if something fell on the ground.Wu Ze quietly straightened his body, stood up, took a step on the sandy soil with bare feet, took off the chain on the door, and held the door handle.The touch of stainless steel seems to make the whole body chill.Wu Ze slowly pushed the door open, and a long, slender darkness appeared in front of his eyes.The darkness slowly unfolds...unfolds... Hit something.Something blocks the door.Wu Ze glanced at Zhenxun, then turned back immediately, his hands continued to be on the doorknob, and his upper body leaned out of the door.On the dim sanhe soil, the thing blocking the door is there.plastic bag.Red and white bag.No, the bag is transparent.Red and white are the colors of what is contained inside. Wu Ze didn't understand what was inside.Weird mess of white slabs, tomatoes, and chicken.There is a black round thing in one corner of the bag.The size of broad beans, only one.On top of that thing are four more red bean-sized circles.Wu Ze bent down and touched the plastic bag.It's still a little hot, and you can see thin red things.Then, there are square dice. "crest……" As soon as he said it, Wu Ze couldn't help yelling "No".Before he could recover, Shinhiro had already breathed joyfully, squeezed out his upper body from between Wu Ze's body and the door, and looked outside.Then, with a smile still remaining on her side face, her breathing stopped.Wu Ze felt that his body was trembling slightly.Immediately afterwards, Zhenxun screamed, the voice was long and intense, gushing out with rapid breathing, and turned into whimpering halfway.She covered her trembling lips with her hands, and knelt down on the ground in convulsions. There was the sound of pattering footsteps behind him.Lao Tie, who ran out of the living room, stared back and forth at Wu Ze and Shinhiro with his eyes wide open.Then came the sound of heavy footsteps and light footsteps coming down the stairs in turn.Kantaro and Yahiro are also like old irons, constantly looking at Takezawa and Mahiro.Wu Ze didn't say anything, his eyes fell on Zhenxun, then over her shoulder, and landed on the plastic bag. Zhenxun knelt on the three-fold soil, covered his mouth with his hands, and repeatedly called the name of Jiguan.However, there was no echo from the plastic bag.This is of course——Wu Ze, whose eyes have adapted to the darkness, clearly sees a big slit on the belly of the snow-white blank through the transparent plastic bag.The peach-colored flesh was exposed inside the crack. "Old Wu, what's going on? Hey, Zhenxun, what's the matter?" Wu Ze pouted silently.Lao Tie seemed to be carefully releasing his feelings, exhaled slowly, slowly, looked down again with no expression on his face, then bent his knees, and put his hands on Zhen Xun's shoulders.As if he didn't feel it at all, Zhenxun kept calling for the cockscomb.Kantaro and Yahiro both had a clear expression on their faces, flashed out the door, and lowered their heads.No one said anything. It's been a long time.In fact, it may only be about a minute, but Wu Ze feels as if it has been a hundred years.There was a heavy emotion, like a clenched fist stuck in his throat, which made him tremble, as if it was about to gush out.Wu Ze gritted his teeth hard, desperately blocking that feeling. "Those guys...have fun." The old iron said in a voice without ups and downs.He gently reached under the plastic bag.Shinzo's shoulders trembled slightly. "The more scared we are, the happier they are. Is that so, Lao Wu? They're just having fun. It's not that complicated at all. They're just having fun." Although the voice was still very low, behind that low voice, there was a burning heat.The plastic bag that Lao Tie holds in both hands looks like a bird's nest on a tree. "It's the same with the fire in the evening. Those guys just ran to the backyard to set fire in a place where there was nothing. They chose a place that was not easy to burn, and the fire in the apartment was the same. Although all the rooms were burned at that time, the old Didn't Wu happen to be out?" Lao Tie raised his gloomy eyes. "They're playing tricks on us."