Perhaps due to the news that the murderer has reappeared in Guanbuzi City, the strong New Year atmosphere yesterday was completely gone. It was only eight o'clock in the evening, and there were not many people on the street.
Their little faces were tense, their backs straightened, and they were strolling as if observing the dimmed scenery. Their appearance was more reminiscent of nervous carnivores than majestic.
She was very angry now, not only because she was released after being investigated by the police for a whole day, but also because Yanmu Qiutong was attacked, which can be said to have piled up old and new hatreds.
"That guy should be coming for you. Do you have any clues? Shi."
Mikael asked casually, if he hadn't helped to get the two rituals out of the bureau, I'm afraid she would have spent the night there.
He extracted the memory of the eyewitness. The woman who killed four people in a row did look very similar to the two rituals, but she just looked similar. She should have used some kind of disguise.
Shi thought hard and shook her head slightly. Whether at school or at home, she rarely had contact with others.
"Is it because there are no clues that you are wandering outside and using yourself as bait to attract the murderer?"
"That's right. Although I don't know the reason, since that guy's target is me, he will definitely take action against me in the end."
Shi nodded slightly, and then stopped in front of a shop.
The TV in the window reported the latest performance of last night's murderer, while also severely criticizing the police's inaction. They spent high taxes and did nothing to protect the safety of the people. They were just shameless tax thieves.
"A murderer, this description is really apt."
She suddenly chuckled.
"Did you become a twisted anomaly because you wantonly killed your own kind?"
Mikael agreed casually.
"Well, because killing is different from killing, because the murderer does not need a reason, he will choose to kill the victim just because he turns left or right. Therefore, this guy did not kill because he did not think that he
It’s people who are killed.”
Shi looked at himself reflected on the TV screen, as if he was looking at himself who couldn't control his murderous impulse.
"Oh~~What's the difference between killing and murdering?"
Mikael suddenly became interested.
"Killing is not the same as killing. A person can only kill one person in his life, and that is himself, because a person can only bear the death of one person in his life."
Shi looked into Mikael's eyes and said seriously. These were the words her grandfather taught her.
"You can only kill once, and after that it means nothing. So dying only once is very important. If you kill others and use your own death, you will never be able to kill yourself, and you will never be able to kill yourself."
Die as a human being."
Her grandfather was also an abnormal existence. He was constantly denying himself and suppressing himself. The accumulated pain overwhelmed his reason like an avalanche, and he became a chaotic person.
Her grandfather, who had lost his mind for more than 20 years, found her before he died and said these last words to her while he was awake.
Shiki still can't forget the sight of his grandfather sitting in front of the window in dusk. He looked at him kindly, caressing his head with his rough big hands, with a reassuring warmth in his palms.
The look in his eyes that looked at him was so complicated, containing something so heavy that it was almost impossible to breathe. It was the condensation of the old man's decades of life, and it was also the loneliness and sorrow of those who had surpassed the Ayee family in the past generations.
………
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Snapped--!
Suddenly, Mikael gently flicked his fingers on Shi's smooth forehead, leaving an eye-catching red mark and breaking the serious atmosphere between them.
"Well--"
Shi subconsciously covered his forehead and stared at Mikael angrily.
"Don't think about those messy things at a young age. If you encounter that murderer later, I can help you get rid of him."
Mikael said nonchalantly in a relaxed tone,
"How about ice cream? Since that murderer's target is you, maybe we just need to wait and see."
He pointed to the Haagen-Dazs store not far away.
"Although the vanilla flavor is more popular, I still recommend the strawberry flavor."
Shi shook her head and rejected Mikael's proposal because she didn't like ice cream very much.
A few minutes later……
On the bench in front of the Haagen-Dazs store, Mikael sat side by side with the two men, holding a box of strawberry-flavored Haagen-Dazs ice cream in his hand. Although eating ice cream outside on a winter night was very uncomfortable.
It's strange, but it seems so normal to them.
Shi Shi silently scooped up the ice cream and put it in her mouth, feeling the cream melting in her mouth. Even if she was picky, she had to admit that the taste was indeed good, and the effect was even better in winter.
It's just that this behavior of calling "really fragrant" really made her unable to face Mikael.
Mikael didn't seem to care about this. He was humming an unknown tune and scooping ice cream at the same time, looking very leisurely.
Although she didn't know the name of the song, she could hear the fresh breath of life in it. It was a spring song.
"Mikael, have you ever killed anyone?"
After a long silence, Shi asked softly.
"Yeah, of course."
Mikael answered without hesitation.
"Do you remember how many people you killed?"
Do you remember how many slices of bread you had for breakfast?"
Seeing the surprised looks in the eyes of the two people, he couldn't help laughing, and wanted to reach out to touch Shi's head, but unsurprisingly he failed.
"Just kidding, but I really don't remember how many people I've killed."
"At first it was just for survival. If I didn't kill the enemy, I would be killed. Later it was to reduce trouble. Maybe dealing with trouble is really troublesome, but dealing with the person who caused the trouble is very simple."
"Later, I discovered that actually killing others is not the best way to solve the problem. Sometimes keeping them alive can often bring more benefits and fun than killing them directly."
"Physically erasing the existence of life is undoubtedly the most efficient method, but in the final analysis it is just a method, just like a tool."
Mikael scooped up a scoop of ice cream, put it into his mouth, and said casually,
"The same kitchen knife will make delicious food in the hands of a chef, but will hurt others if it is placed in the hands of a gangster. Can you say that the kitchen knife itself is evil? If you think so, innocent people
The kitchen knife will cry."
"So in the final analysis, the act of killing itself is meaningless. It still depends on what kind of emotions the murderer has when killing."