Chapter 222 190. Sorrow and Smile (please order in full)
The sudden death of the famous ghost talk radio announcer...
Li Ming didn’t know what the meaning of this discussion was, no matter how famous the person was After all, they are only human beings. Rather than discussing why the announcer died suddenly, it is better to learn more about other people who died suddenly due to the same reason.
As for the deceased...
Because they are now police officers at the police station, they can get relevant information from the database without too much trouble.
"The first deceased, Riho Ikeda, female, 30 years old, was a doctor by profession. Ikeda was cold to others but very friendly to his juniors."
"The second deceased, Yoto Saito, female, second Twelve years old, the sister of police officer Saito Sosuke is a college student and a lively top student. According to the testimony, she is also a lover of horror novels. "
Saito Sosuke. sister.
Li Dang raised his eyebrows. To make a digression, he really couldn't imagine how the sister of the strict police officer got along with her brother in daily life.
"The third deceased, Yuma Anzai, male, 40 years old, was a private detective. According to nearby residents, he was very rigorous and would not let go of any doubts. Among the clients Well received.”
"The fourth deceased, Yumi Sanada, female, 35 years old, was a writer of horror novels by profession. He made many friends because of his love of ghost stories and his fondness for going out to collect materials. His friends told him that he had an innate sense of justice in his heart."< br>
"The fifth deceased, Shinya Iijima, female, 31 years old, was a reporter. According to the testimony provided by his boss, although Although he keeps saying that he is going to take a vacation, he will act immediately when there is a mission. He is a responsible reporter. "
"The last person to die in this incident is the sixth. , Hisashi Ube, male, 23 years old, announcer..."
Li Ming flicked the white paper in his hand with his fingers and paused.
“This needs no introduction. After all, anyone with internet skills knows what kind of person he is. The six deceased people all died suddenly due to cardiac paralysis. Of course, this is a senior police officer. The order was approved.”
"Understood." Kurosawa Mika nodded. Although she was wearing a police uniform outside, she was still wearing her unchanging black and gold cheongsam underneath, as if the cheongsam was her symbol. "I suddenly thought of something..." < br>
“Let’s talk about it.” Li Ming walked forward and put on Kurosawa’s clothes.
“The six deceased all died suddenly in their sleep. Do you feel familiar? I remember what the hospital staff told us at the beginning was that when we patients with White Night Syndrome die in our daydreams, the reality is The expression is also similar to sudden death." Kurosawa paused.
"So you mean...these people are actually patients with White Night Syndrome...?" Hoshino Kei immediately felt something was wrong after saying this, and he covered himself with a surprised expression. mouth, "How is this possible? We are now in a white dream, and the core of the white dream cannot be manifested by patients like White Night Syndrome. Is this common sense?"
" Although it is common sense, it is not impossible. ”
Yuan Qingyu sat back on the sofa, crossing her legs and leaning against her back.
“Jiang Wenkan said that the white dream we are experiencing now is the random generation of constructed tickets. It is common sense that we cannot reflect the ontology when we construct the white dream, but now It's random. Who knows if there are some hospital bugs..."
"So, Kurosawa's conjecture is possible, right?" Li Ming thoughtfully said, "But then again It has nothing to do with us. In fact, our main purpose now is to escape from this place. It's just a dream, just go back to reality."
"That's right, it's just a guess." Yuan Qingyu put these thoughts that almost got him behind and stood up suddenly. He stood up, patted the non-existent dust on his body, and then Then he stretched out and said, "Then let's recharge our batteries quickly and prepare to meet at the coffee shop tomorrow."
Everyone nodded in agreement, leaving aside the search for a hotel or accommodation, because this is nothing Important things.
The next day was a working day. In the cafe called Lunareclipse near Kamoi University in Ikebukuro District, everyone came here because they received a letter. Although this shop is near the university town, according to previous investigations, this place Not many people come even during the day on weekends.
Everyone rushed to this cafe with few customers early in the morning.
After waiting for a long time, with the sound of wind chimes, Zecheng opened the door and entered the store. She was wearing a blue striped shirt on her upper body and a long, close-fitting skirt on her lower body. Her long hair was spread over her shoulders.
"Do you need anything?" The waiter in maid uniform immediately came up to greet him with a sweet smile.
“I have an appointment with someone.”
Zecheng responded coldly, then looked around the cafe, walked straight to the table next to the guardrail, pulled out a chair and sat down.
Li Dang found that Zecheng's eyes were a little dull, and her expression was very haggard, as if she had stayed up late for a long time.
"Sorry, I'm late. I won't talk nonsense and get straight to the point. I hope you can help me investigate the cause of death of my cousin, Ibi Yuzu. As for the reward..." Zecheng said from his satchel withdrew a check , it says 500,000 yen, "This 500,000 yen is a deposit, and if there is a result, there will be a balance of 1.5 million yen."
Sawaki carried it with him. He took out a file bag from his bag and handed it to everyone in front of him.
“I have sorted out the detailed information and they are all here.”
After the file bag was opened, the first thing that came into view was a piece of white paper filled with dense black writing.
"Yuzu Ibi, female, seventeen years old, a student of Tateno Junior High School, born on February 8th.
Father Ibi Nishikaga, mother Ibi Emi, their address is Nishikawa-cho, Kodaira City, Tokyo No. 32.
Yuzi’s mother died when she was very young, and her father raised Yuzi single-handedly. However, at about 10 a.m. on February 20 this year, Yuzi jumped from the rooftop of the sixth floor of the school. After investigation, the police determined that the cause of death was suicide.
Kuroishi, a witness at the same school, saw it. , Yuzi walked to the top floor alone, seemingly in a hurry, and even said hello when passing by.
With her father's consent, Yuzi's body was cremated and buried in a nearby cemetery. ”
The file is accompanied by a photo of a girl with short hair wearing a white dress and a bright smile.
“You basically understand the situation, so can you tell me why you want to investigate the cause of your cousin’s death?”
Li Ming returned to the way he treated his clients in the firm before. He looked serious, spoke softly, crossed his hands to his mouth, and asked.
“Don’t you believe that Yuzu committed suicide?”
"Because...because of me...because I saw Yuzu, not long after she was buried." Zecheng tightened his grip on the satchel in his hand, his tone trembling, "You may not believe it, but I did see Yuzu."< br>
Ze Cheng picked up the coffee in front of him and took a shaky sip, as if to calm the fear in his heart.
"It was the weekend. I went out to buy daily necessities at a nearby supermarket. On the way back, I was accidentally bumped into by a person. When I was picking up the things I bought..." "I I saw Yuzi walking across the street with a pale face, and then I shouted her name loudly, but she ignored me completely... I also asked the person who bumped into me if she had seen her. I met a girl on the street, but he just thought I was a psycho and left."
"Yuzi's expression was very strange, she...the upper half of her face was filled with resentment. expression, but her... the lower half of her face is smiling... and it's a wide grin... She must have gone through something to become like that."
"So I want to ask you to help me investigate what caused Yuzi's death." Zecheng covered his face, his body trembling slightly, "I also asked the police, but "it seems like it was a suicide, and there was no investigation at all. Necessary,” they replied to me. "
Speaking of this, Zecheng's expression was very gloomy and depressed.
"Then can you tell me the frequency and location of Yuzu's appearance? Relax, since we have accepted your commission, we will do our best. "
Li Dang pushed the coffee cup in Zecheng's hand in front of her, showing a gentle look.
"Not once, but several times...Every time Yuzi It appeared on the street opposite me, and then walked forward. The place it appeared was some distance away from here, but it was not particularly round, and I don’t remember it very clearly. ”
"I don't know when she will appear. Every time I see it, I think it's just an illusion after a period of time, but then...she will appear again..."
Accepting the commission, Zecheng Several power of attorney documents were taken out of the bag.
"In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, please sign the power of attorney."
Li Dang carefully checked the power of attorney sent by Zecheng and found that the paper was very good. It felt smooth to the touch, but when he picked up the pen to write his name, he stopped. He looked up at the people around him and wrote the word "dawn" on the paper.
The next few people who signed also saw this name. They quickly understood Li Ming's purpose of doing this, and signed their pseudonyms on it.
After everyone signed the power of attorney, Zecheng left on the grounds of going to work and left her contact information.
The wind chime at the door swayed as the door opened. Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what they were thinking. They left the coffee shop and went to the university town outside.
At this moment, the sharp-eyed Hoshino Katsura saw a figure in the crowd in the distance, walking straight forward along the opposite road.
After a while, the figure got closer and closer to everyone, and soon others could see the unusual figure more clearly -
It was a person wearing a high school uniform Girl, her appearance should have been beautiful, but the strange expression that appeared on her face now ruined it all. The upper half of her face was full of resentment, but the lower half of her face showed an extremely bright smile, as if Smiling about something happy.
She kept her expression on her face as she walked through the crowd, but no one noticed her.
Li Dang knew that face, and so did everyone else, because he had seen her in the photo a few minutes ago.
That’s Ibi Yuzu.
As expected, no matter how many attempts were made to interrupt or intercept her, she would disappear instantly and then appear some distance in front of them.
After everyone thought and acted, she had reached the crossroads where people meet.
People were coming and going at the intersection, and she stopped, but no one paid attention to the girl standing at the intersection.
At this moment her head suddenly turned back, bright red blood overflowed from her body, her body began to twist, purple-black asphalt emerged from her body, the girl opened her mouth, and accompanied by The resentful eyes showed a more terrifying smile, and the crowd around seemed to be swarming with laughter.
"This time... is it you?"
Accompanied by strange and terrifying words, her figure disappeared at the crossroads.
After actually seeing what Zecheng said, everyone gained some credibility in her words, and at the same time they were confused by what Yuzi said.
But no matter what, they need to take action to investigate Yuzu's death.
After discussion, they set the first target of investigation as Ibi Yuzu’s home. According to the address in the file, they saw the building described in this description.
Yuzi’s home is in an ordinary residential area. The gray walls and tall telephone poles next to it make this residential building look a bit depressing.
Li Teng cleared his throat and knocked on the door. After a long time, there was a sound of footsteps, and a messy head came out from behind the door.
“Who?”
At the same time, a strong smell of alcohol came from the door.
The man in front of everyone had a red nose, and there was a strong smell of alcohol coming from his body.
If you guessed correctly, this man is Ibi Nishikiga.
Li Dang squinted his eyes and found that the man's eyes were covered with red bloodshot eyes, his hair was sparse, and he was fat and greasy. It was obvious that he drank too much and hadn't slept well for a long time.
“That’s right, we received a commission from Miss Zecheng to investigate the Ibi Yuzu incident.”
The man raised his tired eyes and looked at everyone present. After looking around, he opened the door without any thought and let everyone in.
After entering the living room, Yuan Qingyu, who was walking at the front, stepped on a wine bottle on the ground and steadied himself after staggering several times.
At the same time, due to the crisp sound, everyone discovered the wine bottles everywhere in the house and the messy living room. There was a photo frame on the table in the living room. The photo in the photo frame was of a person who looked a bit like Ibi Yuzu. Godlike women.
——It should be Yuzu’s mother, Ibi Emi.
“Can you tell me about your daughter Yuzu?”
"Don't talk to me about that prodigal girl. She committed suicide... and put the whole family's mess on me."
Hearing his daughter's name, Jinhe showed a dissatisfied expression, and He insulted Yuzu with very bad words.
(End of this chapter)