[Psychic Detective Yakumo] One hundred ways to tease cats

Can't say who is right and who is wrong, it's just that each faces a different reality.

"That's right, if you're not careful"

Kinoshita was sitting upright, Yakumo was still looking sleepy, but his expression was obviously completely different from usual.

"Actually, we are here today to invite you to watch something. You may feel uncomfortable, but can you please help us?"

Goto asked again, and Kinoshita nodded silently.

"First of all, this photo."

Goto handed Kinoshita a photo, which was found from the underground warehouse yesterday.The photo captured Kinoshita's daughter's expression on the verge of tears.

"Ayaka"

Kinoshita stared at the photo, tears welling in his eyes.

"Have you seen this picture?"

"No, this photo is the first time I've seen it."

"Really?"

"My daughter's photos are all in the photo album, there is nothing wrong with it."

What Kinoshita said should be true.In a silver frame on the table was a photo of Kinoshita, Ayaka, and a woman who was supposed to be her mother.He should be a meticulous man!

"this photo"

"What's wrong?"

Kinoshita pressed the corners of his eyes and bent forward.

"This is a picture of my daughter after she disappeared."

Kinoshita's ears were red.

Goto couldn't understand Kinoshita's feelings, although he wanted Kinoshita to be alone, but the current situation did not allow it.

"how do you know?"

Kinoshita pointed to the picture of his daughter and answered.

"She still had OK bandages on her ears. She had her ears pierced that night. I was against it at first."

The scene at that time vividly reappeared in Kinoshita's mind, he covered his face with his hands and was almost speechless.

"I see."

Goto didn't know what to say other than this sentence.

"Where was this photo taken?"

Kinoshita choked up and asked Goto.

"I can only say that it is still in the investigation stage."

Kinoshita looked down at his feet, and Goto waited for his next move.Goto glanced aside inadvertently, and found that Yakumo put his index finger between his eyebrows and looked at Kinoshita seriously.Did he feel something?Although Goto didn't quite understand it, he was convinced that it was the right decision to bring Yakumo with him.Yakumo's eyes do catch something that other people can't see.

Kinoshita took a deep breath, raised his red and swollen eyes, and spoke intermittently.

"That's it"

"Actually, there is one more thing I want you to look over."

Goto took out the key in the plastic bag and handed it to Kinoshita.

"what is this?"

"It's a key, but I don't know where the key is. Do you have any memory?"

"Sorry, I don't know."

Kinoshita felt very sorry, it seemed that he really didn't know.

Where exactly this key came from is unknown, but if this photo of Ayaka was really taken after she disappeared, then Sei Ando will take off the responsibility.

Things are getting more and more interesting.

I am in the water.

For some reason, I didn't feel cold or in pain.

My body let the river float and shake.

A rotting corpse of a young girl appeared in front of her eyes.

The girl suddenly opened her eyes and looked at me.

"Hehe," she looked at me quietly and smiled, "We saw him again."

"This time, that man must not be let go." As she spoke, her voice became shrill, and her eyes turned red like blood.

"Never let it go!"

I sat up in bed.

This is not my own room, where is this?Although my memory was confused for a moment, I remembered that I was rescued from drowning by the river and was sent to the hospital.

I looked at the clock on the wall, it was past noon.

Although I feel heavy in my body and my head hurts a bit, I can't stay here for too long.

I get out of bed.My things were packed and placed on the table next to the hospital bed.

I get dressed.He walked out of the ward with his things, but there was no one in the corridor.

"Is anyone here?"

I turned up the volume slightly, but got no response.This hospital is really deserted.As a last resort, I went to the counter, but still didn't see anyone.what to do?I can't just go home like this. In addition to saying thank you, I also have to pay the medical bills.

There was the faint sound of someone talking, and I listened to it, and found that it seemed to be coming from the consulting room diagonally opposite the counter.

If the doctor happened to be asking for a consultation, it might seem impolite to just barge in like this, but standing at the door like this and listening to the conversation inside made me feel a little uneasy.

I made up my mind to knock on the door.

"Please come in."

Hearing the sound, I opened the door.

"Your face looks better, that's great!"

Facing Dr. Kinoshita who was sitting with me, he smiled.I saluted deeply, and the two men sitting with their backs to me turned their heads at the same time.

"what?"

I was so surprised I didn't know how to react.Why are detective Goto and Yakumo here?

"what are you doing here?"

Yakumo looked directly at me with sleepy eyes, and asked clearly word by word.And I was about to ask them that.

29

Goto drove us back.Yakumo has been sitting in the passenger seat silently since just now, and I feel very embarrassed sitting in the back seat.

"Haruka, what are you doing by the river?"

Goto asked while waiting for the green light.It is natural for Goto to have doubts. Although Dr. Kinoshita has said that I almost drowned and was taken to the hospital, he did not say why.

"A friend asked me to."

"Did you drown in the river, please?"

Goto said seriously.How could there be such a friend in the world?

"That's not the case. She said she saw a ghost there, so I went there to check the situation, and something happened accidentally."

"So that's what happened."

"You're just so casual that this kind of thing happens."

Yakumo crossed his arms and chased after him with a displeased look on his face.

"I'm sorry for making you worry." I said simply.

"Being smart. Rather than messing things up like this, it's easier for me to speak clearly from the beginning." Yakumo's anger subsided a little, and he still said unforgivingly.

"Come on! If Haruka really said it, you wouldn't keep complaining."

Goto said sharply.

"Green light."

"so close!"

Under Yakumo's reminder, Goto hurriedly drove forward.

"As long as you don't appear in my left eye the next time I see you."

Yakumo has thorns in it.

"Yes, yes," I said, "I will definitely not come to see you by then."

"Hmph! I'm not very worried when I say that in my mouth." Goto complained.

"You'd better worry about your wife who ran away from home!"

"This has nothing to do with my wife!"

Yakumo's words made Goto furious.

"Huh? Goto-san's wife ran away from home again?"

I asked Goto seriously.

"Hey, this is no joke."

Goto was at a loss as to what to explain, that funny look made me chuckle.

"Goto-san doesn't even think about how old he is, but recently he seems to have started exchanging diaries with his wife."

"Hey! Wait, how do you know?"

Goto didn't care that he was driving, and he approached the passenger seat.

"Goto-san is so cute!"

"Haruka, stop booing after him!"

"If you don't look ahead and drive, be careful that there will be another car accident."

Yakumo reminded Goto.

"What does 'again' mean? The previous time was to save Haruka."

"Huh? Is that my responsibility?"

Goto noticed that he had made a slip of the tongue, and immediately changed his words.

"No, that's not what I mean."

"Goto-san, be careful ahead."

Yakumo urged.

"Ah! I'm so bored!"

I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Come to clarify things tomorrow. If you are dead and around me, it will cause me trouble."

When I got out of the car, Yakumo added another word.

"Uh-huh."

While I was answering, the car drove away.I watched them leave, and couldn't bear the dizziness after seeing Yakumo anymore, so I returned to the dormitory with support, and sighed in my heart.

"Hey, let's talk." I leaned on the bed and murmured.

"what do you think?"

After Haruka got off the car, Goto asked Yakumo.

"Doctor Kinoshita said that the photo was taken after his daughter disappeared, so the suspicion of Ando-san is even greater."

"Do you think so too?"

"but"

"how?"

Goto lit a cigarette.

"I won't say anything if you start a fire."

"Tsk! I know!"

Goto throws the cigarette back on the dashboard. It's the kind of guy that keeps junkies out of the world.

"Assuming Ando is the murderer, why does he only have a photo of Ayaka? This should be a serial kidnapping and murder case? What about the photos of other girls?"

What Yakumo said is very true, if the murderer is Ando, ​​it is not surprising even if he has pictures of other girls.

"Where are you going next?"

Although Yakumo asked this question, he already knew it well.

"We turned around and searched for Ando's apartment."

"Hasn't he already quit the lease? It's just a white job now, right?"

According to the general situation, Yakumo's idea is correct, but Goto has a different view.

"If Ando is the murderer, he may not leave any physical evidence in his room, but he may leave something else."

"For example, the soul of the girl who was brutally murdered?"

"That's right."

As expected, Yakumo and Ishii are different, one point makes sense.

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