Chapter 235 203. Why is it you? (Please order in full)
“I admit that what you said makes sense.”
Li Ming’s tone didn’t know when it started to become tough.
“If prisoners from outside commit crimes, gathering together may be beneficial to defense, but what if the prisoners are inside?
Due to the wind and snow, we didn’t get enough sleep. In addition, we are even more exhausted after encountering this kind of thing. In order to defend ourselves, we will inevitably hold weapons...
So do you think it is really safe to share a room with a serial murderer who is also heavily armed - not to mention there may be an accomplice? "
"You...you want to say that Terada-senpai and I are accomplices? ! "Yamada started to get excited again.
"It's just a possibility, and the situation is the same on your side, right? If the two of us take advantage of your nap and attack with weapons at the same time, even someone with a physique like Yamada-kun would be in trouble, not to mention that the prisoner might poison everyone's cups..."
While Terada looked a little shaken, Li Ming continued: "It would be fine if we just spent one night, but we don't know when the snowstorm will stop. We can't keep tense and monitor each other like this. Go down? I still think that it would be better if we each work independently and lock the door of the room. Of course, it would be better if this is just our unfounded worry. ”
"What you said makes sense..." Terada nodded thoughtfully, as if he was thinking about it in his heart.
"Right?" Li Ming raised his eyebrows, "It would be best if you understand what I said. If you don't understand, I won't force you, so in short, we will not participate in your mutual interactions. The surveillance operation is under way."
After the general discussion, the two people in front of them finally accepted Li Ming's opinions.
Taking out some bottled water and canned food from the kitchen, the two walked up to the second floor together. When they came to the door of Kurosawa's room, Li Ming stopped.
“I’m really busy today and I don’t have time to talk to you alone. Can I go to your room and have a chat?”
Kurosawa pondered for a while and nodded silently.
The two came to Kurosawa's room. Li Ming behaved a little differently and locked the door as usual, and then looked around cautiously.
"Well... this wardrobe looks like it can be moved. Let's use this to block the door tonight! Let's not mention the artistic youth for now. The big guy wants to destroy the door. I'm afraid it will be a piece of cake. Fortunately, it was just a piece of cake. Nothing happened outside, but it might just be inconvenient to start..."
"I just have some questions that I want to ask you. Kurosawa paused for a moment, then looked up at the unfamiliar young man in front of him, "What exactly did you find outside... Ever since you returned to the villa, you have been acting very abnormally. After thinking about the time points, I think you must have I found something outside the villa...right?"
"Haha...you found it after all."
Li Ming smiled bitterly and sat down on the chair. He patted the bed next to him and motioned for Kurosawa to go and sit down.
"I really can't hide anything from you... In fact, I didn't dare to say this downstairs just now. I just kept it as a secret between the two of us." Li Ming's face darkened and he whispered. Said, "Actually, I found...Mr. Jisaki's body outside."
The voice stopped abruptly at this moment. Kurosawa seemed to have not yet reacted, but a surprised look soon appeared on his face. , and more fear.
"It can be said to be a miraculous probability to be found in such a heavy snowstorm. I think the prisoner probably didn't expect it..."
"Yamada-kun and I were on the way. We were separated for a while... In the picture, I fell and hit a snowdrift. Unexpectedly, Izaki-kun's body was exposed underneath. He had been dead for a long time."
"The reason why the prisoner hid it outdoors, I can only guess is that he deliberately made Ji Qi disappear so that we think he is the murderer. Then the prisoner can only exist among those two people. After all, if an outside prisoner committed the crime, There’s no need to do this, is there?”
“Are you sure it’s Jisaki?” Kurosawa groped his chin for a while, thinking.
"I only saw it for a moment, but there shouldn't be anything wrong with that face." Li Ming squinted his eyes and didn't look like he was lying.
Kurosawa took a breath, this is going to be tricky...
"Anyway, we are now exhausted physically and mentally and exposing it without authorization may lead to their violent literary and artistic rampage. Putting aside the young man, once the big guy goes crazy, the consequences will be disastrous. Let’s recharge our batteries tonight and think of a solution tomorrow.”
"Fortunately, we can still trust each other. This is really a blessing among misfortunes..." Li Ming looked at the girl beside him with gentle eyes.
"Then you don't doubt me?" Kurosawa raised his eyebrows.
“What nonsense are you talking about? We came here purely by chance, and we didn’t know anyone else beforehand. We were just unrelated people who got involved! Or do you think you have the ability to accurately locate your position in a snowstorm? The ability in this mountain?”
“Although I’m sorry to say this, but Fortunately, I am with you, so I can maintain a normal mind in this situation..." Li Dang stared at the eyes gently, "If I had encountered this kind of thing alone, I would have fallen into madness long ago... …It’s really great to have you here.”
Why is this atmosphere suddenly so ambiguous?
Obviously he is not ready yet...
Obviously such a major event has happened now, why can Li Ming still show his sincere emotions like this?
Could it be that...!
"...Now, I'm talking about Kurosawa."
Li Dang spoke hesitantly, then pursed his lips and was silent for a long time.
"Although now is not the time to talk about this... it's because it is now." After hesitating for a while, he raised his head as if he had come to some realization, and stared at Kurosawa with a serious expression, "We are now at a life-threatening moment. , Although I don’t want to deepen your fear, the criminal may target us next - this is still a reality that cannot be ignored.”
“Maybe I will be the next one to die. I can’t. Stop yourself from thinking like this..." Li Ming's voice rose.
"Why do you think so? Is there any reason?" Kurosawa was a little at a loss, but he didn't know how to face it.
“No, I really don’t know them at all, and I probably haven’t done anything that would make them resentful, so this is just a probability, and it’s not unreasonable to say it’s unfounded. , so I still want to express my feelings to you while I am still alive..."
Are you here?
At this inopportune time...
"...I like you."
"Although I have only gotten along with you as a friend, in fact, I have been treating you since a long time ago I have feelings that are more than just friends... I'm afraid that you will hate me if I tell you, so I haven't been able to tell you, but when I think about it, maybe today I haven’t had a chance to say anything in my life...I can’t bear it at all.”
“I’m sorry to trouble you. This is just my self-satisfaction, so I don’t ask you to answer me now. Let’s talk about everything after we leave here safely.”
How does Kurosawa feel at this time?
Surprised, confused, or delighted?
However, before all kinds of emotions came to her mind, something else came to her mind first.
That is——
Her memory that should not exist.
Kurosawa remembered...
At the same time, in the same place, he sat in the same position, used the same expression and voice, and said the same words.
Memory flows like a revolving lantern, the next scene emerges.
This is a scene that Kurosawa should have been unable to imagine at this moment...
Her friend, Li Ming, held a bright red blade in his hand and stared at the fallen body with indifferent eyes. The corpse of Terada with his throat slashed at his feet looked like he was just looking at a piece of grass.
More than that...
Kurosawa once thought and "reasoned". In her memory, she was looking for clues to find out the truth that "Li Ming was the murderer" and tried to prevent the crime he finally committed.
However, it was too late after all. All the members except her had become dead souls under Li Dang's sword.
Aware of Kurosawa's arrival... Li Ming slowly raised his head, his expression half-smiling, extremely distorted.
“Ahhh...you are here after all.”
"Why do you always have to hinder me? Every time, every time, when I think I am going to succeed, you will appear..."
Putting down the knife in his hand, Li Min strode towards the girl in front of him.
Kurosawa retreated reflexively, but only touched the cold wall. His bloody hands pressed her shoulders. The strong force and crushing feeling on her face made her unable to move. .
"Why, why is it you?! You are obviously not a detective, why can't you close your eyes and pretend that nothing has happened!! Why do you have to expose me?!"
His voice trembled, somehow revealing immense despair and sadness.
"Forget it, you don't understand anyway."
Pressing Kurosawa against the wall, the man's cold voice came close to her ears, a tingling sensation came from her neck, and her vision gradually blurred. .
"...I will do better next time, so..."
The whispering voice disappeared into the fading consciousness.
"Kurosawa? Kurosawa!"
Hearing a familiar calling voice, it was Li Ming.
When he came back to his senses, the person in front of him looked at him with an innocent face and a confused expression.
"What's wrong? Are you so shocked by my confession? I'll be hurt...of course I'm joking."
What happened just now?
Is that a memory?
But that's not something that happened in any past time.
It obviously didn’t happen, but it did happen.
...For some reason, Kurosawa is so sure.
Speaking of it, she planned to have a direct showdown with Li Ming in front of her, but when she thought about it, the memory of just now flashed through her mind again.
Although it is unbelievable, if you believe that it is the truth, he will definitely kill himself the moment he exposes him. It is better not to act rashly.
"It's getting late, so I'll go back to my room." Li Ming stood up, "After I leave, you must use the wardrobe to block the door, and no one except me will open the door. Do you understand? You will never open the door tonight. Don't leave the room. If you want to go to the toilet, use a plastic bottle and hold it for a while. Come on... After all, life is the most important thing.”
“Can’t you stay in the room and sleep with me?”
Kurosawa’s original intention was to let Li Ming stay here. She was trying to delay Li Dang's next killing as long as possible.
Just.
"Idiot, I just confessed to you, wouldn't it be nice to have a little sense of crisis? Even in this state... No, it is precisely because of this state that you have heard of the suspension bridge effect, right? I I will definitely not be able to control myself.”
Watching Li Ming leave, Kurosawa sat on the bed and considered it carefully.
If she opens this door, she may witness Li Ming's murder scene again. However, if she does as he said and stays in the room obediently, he will definitely kill Sita and Yamada tonight. Bar.
This kind of ending cannot be ignored.
Kurosawa opened the door quietly and walked down the silent corridor. However, after taking only a few steps, a voice came from behind.
“Ah, why are you so disobedient? I’ve told you so many times.”
It was very familiar, Li Ming's voice.
However, at this moment, the sound only frightened her.
Turning his head tremblingly, the young man looked back at Kurosawa with a helpless and confused expression: "It's very dangerous outside, please go back to your room, huh?"
Want to respond, Still preparing to escape...
But it was still a step too late. He grabbed Kurosawa's wrist and felt a sharp pain. The cold liquid invaded the girl's blood vessels, draining all her strength away.
"...Go back to your room and have a good rest. Good night."
Gently hugged Kurosawa's limp body, and finally saw Li Ming's expression in his consciousness, which was still extremely gentle.
"Kurosawa? Kurosawa!"
Hearing a familiar calling voice, it was Li Ming.
When he came back to his senses, the person in front of him looked at him with an innocent face and a confused expression.
"What's wrong? Are you so shocked by my confession? I'll be hurt... of course I'm joking."
What happened just now?
Is that a memory?
But that's not something that happened in any past time.
It obviously didn’t happen, but it did happen.
...For some reason, Kurosawa was so sure.
This familiar feeling...
The memories of those broadcasts that Highlander heard on the highway came back to her mind again.
Isn’t this just like that dream?
Kurosawa suddenly thought at this moment.
She lay on the wall, listening to what was going on next door. The second hand of the clock moved forward slowly, and when it crossed zero, the sound of the door opening came from next door.
Right now, the best thing to do now is to wait in the room until midnight and continue to pay attention to the young man's movements. Once you notice that he has left the room, go out to investigate.
The footsteps passed by the door of Kurosawa's room, and then stopped in front of the next door. There was the click of the door lock opening, the creak of the door, and the sound of closing and locking again.
Although I don’t know what method was used, the young man must have invaded Yamada’s room.
Subconsciously told her that there was no better opportunity to act than now.
(End of this chapter)