Chapter 35 second quarter

About a month passed after that. As summer approaches, the sky reflected in the narrow windows of the apartment is almost transparent.Sitting cross-legged in a corner of the room, looking up at the sky, the bluntness of a motorcycle engine came from behind him.Then, clicking, clicking, it was the sound of mail falling at the bottom of the mailbox. As usual, Wu Ze immediately stood up and walked out the entrance door.The house I rented this time is on the first floor, and it only takes a few seconds to walk to the mailbox.With a touch of expectation, Wu Ze opened the small iron door.There is no feeling of uneasiness lingering in my heart like before.I have no enemies anymore.On the contrary, there are friends who may send letters or postcards.

"……Oh." Seeing that there was a postcard in the mailbox, Wu Ze couldn't help sighing. Hehe Baxun.Hehe Zhenxun.Ishiya Kantaro.Three names are written on it.It seems each is their respective autograph. I also received postcards from three people once before.At that time, it was just to inform me of my new residence, the content was very simple, and I didn't write anything else.But this time is different.The neat vertical characters are just like elementary school students listening to the principal.The text is arranged on the surface of the white paper with appropriate equal intervals.That's Kantaro's word.Forced to write it.

First of all, the postcards are common-sense solar term greetings, which are completely unlike the style of those three people.Then Yahiro started working as a clerk at a trading company, Mahiro started working as a clerk at a fast food restaurant this week, and Kantaro was going to work in a factory that makes magic props.Then, Kantaro also mentioned that his impotence is getting better, in a very blunt way. What kind of state is the word "becoming better"?Wu Ze felt a little bad, so he decided not to imagine it—did Kantaro finally rediscover his self-consciousness as a man from the fire mouth incident?So impotence must have gotten better because of it, Wu Ze thought.

Come and play when it is convenient, the postcard says so. Finally, there is a little news written.That's the real word.A few days ago, a kitten appeared in the apartment where the three lived.When I was eating cold Chinese noodles at night, I heard the sound of the door creaking and scratching. I went out and saw a kitten staying there.That's definitely Cockscomb Reincarnation, Mahiro wrote.The kitten was very similar to the dead comb.But it doesn't have the pinch of hard hairs on the head, that is, the bristles that gave the name "cockscomb" back then.It was replaced by black hair, so it was.Maybe it was reincarnated.In that world, the gods changed the color of its hair and returned it.

Zhenxun said that they secretly raised the kitten in the apartment.Bought the red collar and hung the relic of the cockscomb on it, the dice. Standing and reading the postcard three times, Wu Ze returned to the room. You did the right thing by not running away, Wu Ze thought. What would it be like if they escaped from the crater at that time?Huokou's game will never end, and I must be exhausted by this time.Maybe the three of them, Lao Tie and Zhen Xun, will be separated at that time, and out of consideration for their own personal safety, they will agree not to contact each other. Fortunately, Wu Ze chose not to escape.

Then—it failed. Looking back, it's a good thing that battle didn't work out.If it succeeds, if they get a lot of money from Kaguchi and the others, Yahiro and Mahiro will definitely not be able to start a new life.Money is like medicine.When the amount is small, it will be effective, and if it exceeds the limit, side effects will occur.The two sisters are bound to return to their former self-degraded days.So is Wu Ze.If Huokou didn't expose him, I'm afraid he would continue to hide what he did in the past from the two sisters.Will continue to lie.Then, the two sisters must still be playing the role of being cheated, continuing their sad acting skills.

Putting the postcard on the low table, Wu Ze let out a sigh of relief. This series of events is almost like a novel or a movie.Encounter with the old iron.Encounter with Mahiro.crest.Yahiro and Kantaro's intrusion.crater.Albatross program.Then, the three of them set off again.There is also the reincarnation of the cockscomb. very good. really good. ... Something like a hallucination passed through Wu Ze's mind in a few seconds.There are countless fragments of this chain of events.It's like a movie in which people like myself are the protagonists, depicting a moving story. perfect story.

But then, Wu Ze found a little unnaturalness in his mind.In fact, that kind of unnatural feeling is not the first time I have discovered it.When did that little sense of unnaturalness begin?When did you have this feeling? After thinking for a while, Wu Ze found the answer. From the beginning. In an instant, an invisible key was inserted into Wu Ze's boundless thoughts.With a click, the moment the key was turned, all kinds of things that had been floating ambiguously in every corner of my mind began to line up together, showing some incredible regularity.The so-called law is based on a certain hypothesis.

"Could it be..." Haha, Wu Ze tried to laugh softly.He has a feeling of wanting to deny this very boring hypothesis.Those are all accidental.It must all be accidental.But finally, as if trying to push that emotion away, something else started to pop up in his mind—he wanted to figure it out.Wanting to be sure of the hypothesis that comes to mind is really wrong. Almost subconsciously, Wu Ze reached for his mobile phone and dialed the place where he was looking for a phone number. A female voice replied, "Thank you for calling, Kinoshita No. 104 is here to serve you." "That... Ibubutei in Asasagaya. Ramen restaurant Ibubutei."

"Is this Ibubutei in Asasagaya, Suginami-ku? Please wait a moment." The vocals switched to electrosynthetics, and a phone number was played.Wu Ze hung up the phone and dialed again. "Hello, this is Dolphin Pavilion." "Manager, it's me. Do you still remember, here, I used to come to your place to eat noodles." "manager?" When the other party heard this title, he seemed to immediately think of Wu Ze. "Ah, I remember. I haven't come here often recently." "There is something I want to ask you." Wu Ze said straightforwardly: "One time, when I came to eat noodles with another person, you said that there were a lot of things burning in front of the store, right?"

"Ah? Ah, there is such a thing." "What the hell is going on with that?" The affirmative answer was that it was a fire.That's the apartment on fire, sure answer.Because it is.Because Wu Ze's room was on fire. "Guest, haven't you read the newspaper?" The owner replied with a wry smile. "That was actually a prank." "mischief?" "Well, a prank. A man who lives in a nearby apartment seems to have set up a firework with a timer. The people next to him thought it was a fire and called the fire brigade. The firemen opened the door and rushed in to have a look, only to find It's just fireworks. The people who lived in it disappeared to nowhere. What a weird guy." Not a fire.It's fireworks.Someone made fireworks with a timer.Who made it? "Timed..." Wu Ze recalled the situation at that time.I remembered. Why do you think it's a fire?It was because when I returned to the apartment, I saw fire trucks gathered at the door, and there was smoke coming out of the door.What was that scene but fire?But if the time to go home is slightly different, I will know that it is just a prank made by the fireworks.This is obvious.For example, if you go home a little later and the firefighters rush into the room in front of Wu Ze, it will become "what, isn't this fireworks".Or if you go home earlier, before the timer starts to light the fireworks, Wu Ze will enter the room if there is no smoke. Then, why did I return to the apartment at that time?That's because I ate ramen at Tobutei.Who proposed to go to Tutu Pavilion?And who was it that said, "It's almost time to go back"?Also, obviously it should not be fire, but fireworks. ——On the fire yesterday, there were only five lines written in the newspaper... Who said that? "No way……" Then Wu Ze thought of making fake leaflets for those prepaid mobile phones, as well as fake business cards for people like himself. ——You said you know a copy shop, right? --Ok. copy shop.flyer. "Fake flyer..." Wu Ze took out his mobile phone again, and the number he dialed was the copy shop at that time. "Hi, this is Showa Printing." "Hello, I used to have a sales leaflet for prepaid phones printed at your place, and three people's business cards." "Flyers and business cards for prepaid phones?" The man on the other end of the phone seemed to be searching in his mind for a while. "Ah, it happened back then. Hmm, I remember. Because the number of leaflets was not many, the price was not set very well, sorry. The printed matter is like this, the more the quantity—" "I want to ask something. At that time, I remember that someone from our company went there—well, it was a man with a face that looked a bit like a dolphin." "Ah, um, it's that person." "Is that the first time he has printed leaflets here?" "No, not the first time." The sound of paper rubbing.I'm looking through the customer's records. "This is the third time. I have printed leaflets twice before." Wu Ze swallowed a mouthful of saliva. "The content of the previous flyer, is it—" Suppressing the anxiety in his heart, Wu Ze asked: "A flyer for a lock store that says 'lock & key enters Sichuan', and a flyer for a discount sale in a jewelry store?" "Ah, yes, yes. We still have the bottom plate here." Wu Ze hung up the phone dumbly. He remembered the chance encounter with Zhenhiro.Why did I meet Shinhiro again after seven years?That's because Mahiro suddenly went to the jewelry store near Ueno Station that day.Was lured by a flyer. ——That store has a big discount today, which is written on the leaflet. Then, Wu Ze and the others happened to be there by chance, so they met her again. That morning, who said to go to Ueno to buy a mobile phone?No, not only the location of Ueno, but also the time should be important.Wu Ze and the others had to pass in front of the jewelry store at the time when Zhenxun stole the "funny policeman".This is an essential condition in order to meet Shinzo.Why did Wu Ze and the others pass by the jewelry store at that time?Because I just did a business at a pawnshop before.The old iron said that he wanted to do another one.At that time, the old iron didn't come out of the pawnshop for a long time.I was also worried that the owner of the pawn shop had seen through it, so I asked him.That-- Could it be to adjust the time? Could it be that he contacted someone in the store to adjust the time for both parties to go to the jewelry store? The encounter between Wu Ze and Lao Tie, the lock store flyer stuffed in the mailbox.Keyhole and super glue—that night, Wu Ze saw through Lao Tie's tricks.But is that really the case?Will I still fall into the trap?When I think about it, there was something unnatural about that encounter.If it’s really the same as the old iron confessed, using glue and leaflets to make a little money, why do you have to pick a room full of leaflets in the mailbox?No, there was another question before this, why did the old iron choose the apartment room as the target?At that time, Wu Ze was complacent about seeing through Lao Tie's tricks, and didn't think carefully about what the other party said.He just watched Lao Tie fiddling with the door lock in front of him, but someone else probably wouldn't do that.Generally speaking, if you are told that you must change the locks, you should contact the landlord first.Even if you don't know the contact information, you should ask the neighbor next door, make a phone call or something. Why would the old man do that? There is only one answer. He knew that it was Wu Ze's room, so he acted that scene on purpose.In order to meet Wu Ze. Why, Lao Tie wants to meet Wu Ze? Why, let Wu Ze and Zhen Xun meet? "that guy……" Wu Ze pressed the button of the phone again.It was the true number that was dialed. "Oh, old Wu, I haven't contacted you for a long time." A very happy voice answered.It seemed that Yahiro and Kantaro were also nearby, and Shinhiro told them that it was Takezawa's call, and cheers of "wow" and "oh" came immediately.But even though it was the voices of three people that I hadn't heard for a long time, now is not the time to be immersed in nostalgia. "I want to ask some weird questions, okay?" Suddenly being asked such a straight-forward question, Mahiro seemed a little overwhelmed, but he still answered "OK". "Mahiro and Yahiro—the last names of both of you are Kawai, right?" "Yes, Kawai, although not cute." "This is my mother's old surname, right? (Japanese law stipulates that a man and a woman must change to the same surname after marriage. There is no limit to which one, but unless the man is married to the woman, it is mostly for the woman to change her surname)?" Wu Ze had never asked the two of them this before.Always thought so.After the mother and husband divorced, the old surname should be restored.The father should have another surname, but—— "Hey, no." Shinzo replied bluntly, "It's my father's surname. When we got divorced, my mother said that my sister was already a primary school student, and it would be too pitiful to change her surname, so she didn't return her old surname." Hehe is his father's surname. "There is one more question," Wu Ze basically already knew what Yu and Masashi would answer, "Masashi—or Yahiro, has one of you two used an Arale before? cup?" Wu Ze heard a surprised gasp from the opposite side. "Both of them used it. I was young at the time, so I don't remember, but my sister still mentions that cup. It's just a plastic cup. I still like it so much. It seems that I don't know when it disappeared." From the day Zhenxun moved in, Lao Tie didn't use that cup anymore.Said it was because it would be embarrassing to be seen using that kind of cup.As for why he used to stare sadly at the cup, when Lao Tie wanted to explain it to Wu Ze, he said that it was "something my dead wife liked very much since childhood".But it's weird when you think about it.When Lao Tie's wife was a child, she probably didn't have that cartoon. Lao Tie didn't hide the cup because he was embarrassed. It was because it would be bad to be seen, so I hid it. Mahiro was still a baby when his father left home.Hachiro is about seven years old.The father who separated at the age of seven and hadn't seen him for nineteen years, if she met somewhere, would she realize that it was her father? ——No, definitely not aware of it.If the other party reported a false name from the beginning, it would be even more impossible. Really looking for the father's letter in the travel bag.Breakup letter to wife.Wu Ze always felt that he had seen that handwriting somewhere. "dictionary……" The old iron dictionary.An English dictionary with many words written.The detailed notes written on it are indeed exactly the same as the handwriting on that letter. Sister Yaxun's father is named Hehe Guanghui.The old iron's name is Irikawa Tetsumi. --Word games. Their mother's name is Hehe Liulijiang.Lao Tie said that the name of his dead wife was Eri Irikawa. KAWAIMITUTERU. (It is the pronunciation of Kawai Guanghui in Japanese.) IRUKAWATETUMI. (It is the pronunciation of Irikawa Tetsumi in Japanese.) KAWAIRURIE. (It's Kawai Liulijiang.) IRUKAWAERI.Yes (Eri Irikawa.) "Bastard..." The days spent with Lao Tie flowed like a revolving lantern in my mind.Experiences like movies and novels.The people who appeared.By the way, those who appeared on stage—— Wu Ze left the apartment room.