[Psychic Detective Yakumo] One hundred ways to tease cats

His mouth was sealed with adhesive tape, his hands were tied behind his back and wrapped with several layers of adhesive tape, and his feet were also bound and fixed.This immobility is really worse than bugs.

In fact, only Konno was tied up, and as for me—sorry, it was still a mannequin this time.

The man got a jar from somewhere, poured out the liquid, and poured it on the floor, even Konno and the mannequin were soaked.

What exactly is this liquid? Although the man didn't say anything, he can tell from the smell—it's gasoline!I understood his intention: he wanted to burn down the school, along with Konno and me.

Konno next to him twisted his body while whining, probably trying to escape.Seeing Konno like this, the man kicked him in the face and kept kicking until Konno could no longer move.

Suddenly, there was a sound of 唦唦唦 from the broadcast speaker.

The man stopped what he was doing and looked around.

After a noise of "Hey—" there was a bit of a chirp as if something was interrupted, and then a voice came from the loudspeaker of the radio.

"Ah... finally came in."

This is Yakumo's voice!Sure enough, they have already arrived, and they also used the emergency broadcast in the teacher's room.

"Atsushi Ushijima, are you there?"

Hearing Yakumo's words, the man's nerves suddenly became sensitive.Is this man called Ushido Atsushi?But didn't Atsushi Ushido die 25 years ago?

"I have a suggestion, can you return the stupid woman you captured to me, and in exchange, I will return the information of Masato Omori and VTR to you."

Sure enough, it's here, I thought, so I just need to watch until the negotiation is successful.

After all, I'm doing another thing that can't be discovered by that guy, it's the only way to delay time.

"Let's all be careful. If you kill her before I see her, I will call the police immediately. Of course, if I fulfill the agreement, I will never tell everything I know. How? The terms are good Bar?"

The man looked solemnly at the loudspeaker hanging on the wall.

"I'll wait for you in the swimming pool outside, I'll give you 10 minutes..."

With a "crack", the broadcast was cut off.

The man tore off the tape from the mannequin's foot, forcibly pulled her up and dragged her out of the health room.

The mannequin was pulled by the man's hair forcibly, passed in front of the locker room, and came to the first starting platform of the swimming pool.The turbid water surface reflected sparkling waves in the moonlight.I followed slowly, without being noticed by him at all.

The man let go of the model and pushed hard, and she fell into a puddle of water.

It seems that Yakumo and the others have not arrived yet, and they have not seen their figures.

The man who had stopped for a while suddenly pulled the model's hair and pulled her to move, as if the place was not to his liking.There is only one entrance to the swimming pool, if Yakumo and the others come, won't they bump into each other and become the meat of Zuakami?

The man didn't stop until he reached the sixth starting platform, and pushed the model to the ground.With only one right hand, she swiftly tied her feet with tape. After completing this operation, she took out a rope and tied her left foot.

"It seems that I'm a little late and kept you waiting." Yakumo's voice came from the air.Yakumo came, and beside him was Masato with his hands tied behind his back.

The man kept staring at Yakumo, who was standing in front of the first starting platform, and Yakumo was still smiling.

"Mr. Kengo Tobe, ah, that's not right. You should be called Atsushi Ushijima. Oh, that's not right, you are nobody."

Yakumo walked over while scratching his hair while saying something incomprehensible.The man was sensitive to the meaning, his shoulders trembled violently, and he seemed very excited.However, Yakumo continued nonchalantly: "Then let's start the exchange. The two of us leave the hostages where they are, and we each go to the opposite side, how about?"

The man said nothing, just nodded his head.

Yakumo took out an SD card from his pocket, let the man see it, and stuffed it into Masato's trouser pocket.

"Again, none of us should play tricks." Yakumo said and took a step, and the man took a step accordingly.Step by step like this, the two gradually shortened the distance and came to the front of the third starting platform. At the moment when the two passed by, the man suddenly turned his head, as if smiling.

As soon as I saw this, I immediately looked at the model's feet—her left foot was tied with a rope, and the other end of the rope was held by a man in his hand.She was covered in gasoline, and the rope was the fuse.

I knew Yakumo would see it.

Yakumo picked up the fallen mannequin.

The man had already arrived at the real person's side and turned around. Although he didn't speak, he was clearly smiling.Then, the lighter was taken out.

The man lit the rope, and the flames began to spread to this side.Yakumo stood up abruptly holding the model, and then threw it away.

Two people fell into the swimming pool.

"It's a pity, your tricks are useless." Yakumo said contemptuously to the man, who clenched his right fist hard.

"Don't look down on people, do you think I will really do a hostage exchange?" Yakumo said to him.In fact, Yakumo did not tie Masato's hands behind his back.

"Really, do it!"

Hearing Yakumo's shout, Masato raised his head and smiled, stretching out his hands behind him.It turned out that it wasn't tied up, it just put its hands behind it.Moreover, the real person is holding a black rope in his hand.

The real person threw the end of the rope to the man's feet, and there was a crackling sound, and at the same time the man fell straight down.

There are puddles, and real people are holding wires.

"It looks like we're late, but we've already made the arrangements before the broadcast," Yakumo said, pulling the mannequin out of the pool.Then he looked at me who had been watching all this.

The real person is slowly approaching.The real person came to me and stopped and lowered his head, his shoulders were still trembling a little.

With a serene smile on Yakumo's face, he stroked Masato's head and said, "You have done a good job and lifted the curse with your own strength, so now you can cry as much as you want." The moment he finished speaking, Masato was like The ignited fuse was out of control, crying and throwing myself into my arms.

I hugged the real person tightly and kept stroking his back to comfort him.

I suddenly raised my head, and the man's face appeared in front of my eyes.The man trembled with anger, and raised his right hand, which still held a dagger.

"It's time to end everything." Yakumo said calmly, standing between me and the man.Yakumo grabbed the man's rising wrist and said, "You just want 'love', right?"

The moment he heard this sentence, the man who was still glaring angrily just now seemed to be suddenly discouraged.

"You didn't get the love of your mother, you have been abused by her, right? Even though you have the same father, you have a completely different family environment. That's why you want to be Kengo Tobe. Right?"

Sure enough, such a plot, I comforted the real person in my arms, thinking.

"What do you know..." Facing Yakumo's question, the man finally started to speak.Unexpectedly, the voice sounded so weak.

"Hate the way I look, hate the sound of my voice, say this while kicking me, pulling my hair, burning me with cigarettes! Hit me when I cry, beat me when I don't cry, every day, every day, every day day! You know what!"

Is that right, this man is also carrying quite a lot of pain, maybe it is this kind of suffering that has distorted this man's mind.

After hearing the man's words, Yakumo turned his head, "I am not loved by my mother, and I was almost killed by her."

Yes, Yakumo himself is also burdened with the shadow of pain.

"However, your feelings, your loneliness, etc., I can't understand."

For Yakumo, who has overcome the pain and calamity, it is impossible to gain understanding and sympathy if he does such a thing because he cannot get love.

I looked up and looked at the man over Yakumo's back, and found that his face was twitching slightly.

"I just want to live an ordinary life. I don't need to be kicked or beaten. I just want to live an ordinary life. We are all human, so why are people different!"

"It's really selfish and self-willed, because it's taking other people's lives? You've already discovered it yourself. Even if you become someone else, you can't get love. Even if you change your name, you can't change yourself. You can't It's Omori Hironori, and it can't be Tobe Kengo."

"No! No! I'm—" The man broke free from Yakumo's restraint, shouted and raised the dagger again.

"Then, who are you?" Yakumo said sharply.The man stopped his movements and stared straight into Yakumo's eyes.

"No matter how desperate the environment is, people must survive." Yakumo said this, pulling Masato over and standing face to face with the man.

"Please take a good look at this child!"

A surprised expression appeared on the man's face, as if he didn't understand the meaning of Yakumo's words.

"The child's mother cheated and ran away with others, and the father kept abusing the child out of anger. However, the child did not escape, but continued to live his own life!"

This child has been carrying a lot of suffering, buried deep in this small body, and has been enduring it.

"This kid is in the same pain as you are, but you're making him suffer even more, you know