[Psychic Detective Yakumo] One hundred ways to tease cats

"When shooting the vehicle involved in the accident with the tunnel as the background, the faces of people are reflected, and there are not only one or two faces. Looking at the past, the tunnel is full of people's faces, and all of them are looking directly at this place. People shudder to see it. Honestly, looking at that photo, I don’t think it’s surprising that there will be an accident or two.”

Yakumo listened to Goto's words silently.

"Yakumo, can I ask you a question?"

"If it's not a question of boredom."

"I used to find it incredible that you can usually see the dead. Even so, ordinary people are not completely invisible. Some people can still see it occasionally, and of course some people have never seen it. Although those souls are reflected in the photos, but The person filming it is totally invisible, why? What's the difference?"

Yakumo pondered for a while, while Goto forgot to shake the cigarette ash, waiting for Yakumo's answer.

"Probably……"

Yakumo muttered to himself.

"It varies under different conditions."

"condition?"

"Yes, for example, if the soul of the deceased holds a strong will, some changes may occur. Perhaps it has something to do with the witness's thinking and consciousness. When it comes to ghost stories, don't you mention calling ghosts? In addition, it is also possible that it is affected by natural phenomena, such as temperature, humidity, light intensity... etc. It is not impossible, but to be honest, I don't know. If I know the reason, maybe It can heal my eyes."

"That's right, it's really a boring topic."

Goto smiled bitterly and apologized frankly.

"Don't mind, I'd rather you pay attention to the soot."

"I've said it many times, this is my car."

After Goto extinguished the cigarette, he took a new one and lit it.

Just when I wanted to get angry, something went wrong.

"Tatsuya, if we continue driving like this, we will reach that tunnel, right?"

"...I...I know..."

Although Tatsuya said he knew it, he showed no sign of turning around. Not only that, he even accelerated the speed of the car. Even when he was approaching the sharp turn ahead, he did not slow down. It was dangerous!

The tires screeched through the turn and we nearly hit the barrier.If you continue to take this car, you really don't know when your soul will return to the west.

"Tatsuya!" I glared at Tatsuya, and Tatsuya's forehead was also dripping with cold sweat. It felt like his eyes were bloodshot and he was holding the steering wheel desperately.

"Did you hear that?"

I asked repeatedly, but Tatsuya still remained silent. He seemed to want to convey some message, and glanced at the rear-view mirror.I looked in the rear-view mirror with trepidation, only to find the figure of a teenager.The boy's eyes were slender and his cheeks were ruddy and plump. He smiled at the two of them.I turned around quickly, but there was no one in the back seat. I looked in the rear-view mirror again, and the young man was still sitting in the back seat, but he was nowhere to be seen when I turned around.I'm already confused.

"What the hell is going on here?"

The boy who only exists in the mirror... suddenly felt a throbbing pain in his head, and I stroked his forehead.

"...the brakes...the brakes failed..." Tatsuya let out an inaudible cry.

Hearing this, I was too shocked to speak.

"Ahhh - it's none of my business, it's not my fault. Save me, please, save me!"

Tatsuya suddenly yelled and started to shed tears. Given his condition, he could no longer drive. I sighed, lifted him over, and grabbed the steering wheel myself.But the siren sounded in my ears. I looked to the side and found a car with flashing warning lights walking side by side with us.A man leaned out from the passenger seat of the car.It seemed to be yelling again.It was a familiar face.

It's Yakumo.

He took out his phone from his pocket, leaned out, and showed it to me.

I grab the phone from the dashboard and turn it on.

There was a teenager sitting in the back seat of our car, and he was looking at himself from the window, with a lovely smile on his face.Perhaps, to him this is just a game.

"Hey."

"Are you all right? If I'm the light bulb on your date, get back right away."

"Would you go if I said yes?" I laughed.

"If you want to survive, stop your mouth that talks too much nonsense and explain the current situation."

"The brakes suddenly failed, and the steering wheel is fine."

"Is it an automatic car?"

"Correct."

"Did you step on the gas pedal?"

"No, but the car itself keeps accelerating."

"Where's the handbrake?"

"I don't know, I haven't tried it yet," I said.

"I asked Officer Goto to talk to you."

"Ah."

"Listen carefully to what I say next."

Goto said as gently as possible.

"After seeing my signal, move the gear lever to the lowest gear, then turn the steering wheel slightly to the left, let the car hit the guardrail, and then don't let go of the steering wheel, keep the body in a state of friction with the guardrail, understand?"

"understood."

"Then slammed on the handbrake and turned off the engine."

"Ok." I said.

Goto took a deep breath, measuring the timing.

"Are you ready? Going to go... now!"

After I acted according to Goto's instructions, the car slowed down slightly and gradually approached the guardrail.

"Ah-"

There was a wailing sound on the other end of the phone, and the car started to accelerate again.

Something is wrong.I thought.

At this moment, Officer Goto rammed his car into our car, making the sound of metal rubbing, his car was bounced off by the impact, and snaked sharply on the road.Goto stabilized the body and crashed again.

The impact really pressed the RX-7 against the guardrail, making a screeching sound and bursting out yellow sparks.

Soon, the sparks and harsh metallic sounds disappeared, and just in front of the tunnel, two cars stopped with white smoke.

Yakumo and Goto got out of the car together to check the situation of Tatsuya and me. Although Tatsuya was in a daze, he was still conscious; I had some blood oozing from my forehead. Big problem.

Goto and Yakumo pulled Tatsuya and me out of the car respectively.

Although I faltered, I was able to stand on my own.

"Hey, are you okay?"

Yakumo patted my shoulder, and my blurred vision gradually became clear.I knew it was Yakumo's fiery left eye that was staring at my face.

"Hmm..." I replied, rubbing my sore forehead.

Although the pain was bearable, the consciousness was blurred.

"It's fine."

"Your left shoulder?" I asked, his left shoulder seemed bruised, a little red oozing.

"It's okay." Yakumo said nonchalantly. "And you?"

"It hurts a lot. It's all Yakumo's fault when I get to the bottom of it." Maybe it hurts too much, and things like rationality, calmness and self-control have gradually moved away from me.

"Hey, don't put all the blame on others. That's your fault, right? I lost a lot, and even lost my contact lenses."

"Ah, I'm so sad, it's rare that someone prepared a surprise for you." I said, pressing my forehead.

My hippocampus must be burning, I just hope it doesn't turn into a puddle of mush by the end.

Huh—the cold wind let out a howl.

Yakumo looked towards the direction of the tunnel and walked towards the tunnel. He seemed to see something.I followed his gaze, but saw nothing.

"No! Can't go there!"

Yakumo yelled without warning, and quickened his pace to run.

"Don't go! Once you go there, you can't come back!"

Yakumo ran with all his strength, but stopped halfway, and knelt down on the asphalt road. After a long time, he maintained this movement without moving.

Only the cold wind proves that time has not stopped.I don't know how long it's been like this...

"Why...why you just don't understand..."

Finally, Yakumo stood up slowly and muttered to himself.

"Eight clouds."

After Yakumo heard Goto's voice, he turned his head slowly.His expression surprised me, his crimson pupils were burning with anger, completely different from his usual listless and expressionless face, the muscles on his face seemed to be completely frozen.

"You... that child was still alive at that time."

Yakumo walked towards Tatsuya slowly but steadily, and Tatsuya let out a hoarse wail when he saw Yakumo's red eyes shining brightly in the darkness.

"Hey Yakumo, what happened?"

Yakumo didn't answer Goto's question, but just walked straight in front of Tatsuya.

"You drove this car and hit the boy, but he was still breathing, he was still alive, you killed him. You think, anyway, he can't be saved, so he died early and passed away, so he kept using Hit him with a hammer."

Yakumo spoke incessantly, and Tatsuya shrank back in shock at his aura.

"Who made the decision? You killed the child to hide the accident! Do you know what that means?"

"No... don't let me, I'm just sitting in the passenger seat..."

Tatsuya kept shrinking under Yakumo's questioning, but Yakumo didn't let him escape. He grabbed his neckline and hit his head hard on the tip of his nose. Limp on the ground.

"Hey, Yakumo, don't these guys..."

"That's right! In order to conceal our accident, we killed a child alive and buried it. The child is still breathing and conscious!"

"That's not abandoning the corpse, but killing people for real!"

"Noisy, so noisy, shut up! Where is the evidence? You have no evidence. This guy has a problem with his head, who would believe that he said