At three o'clock in the middle of the night, there is no sound at this time, and everything is quiet.
The stars were hidden, the bright moon was covered with gray, and the night sky showed a deep black.
Only the neon lights of Tokyo are still bright, rendering the night colorful.
clatter…
Da da…
The sound of walking came from the corridor on the 20th floor of the Minghu Apartment Building. In this silent night, the sound seemed particularly loud.
As the sound of crossing footsteps sounded, bright lights lit up in the corridor, illuminating the two people walking in front of them.
Walking in front was Mr. Matsunai in a black jacket.
Even if there is no one in front of him, he still maintains a humble smile on his face, as if he wants to greet people at any time.
In his hand, he also held a rice washing pot.
A young man of seventeen or eighteen years old followed him, and naturally he was Shinji Kanbaru who had been following him.
Watching Mr. Matsuuchi open the door and return to his home, he also opened his own door and entered the room.
He has been following Mr. Matsunai since yesterday afternoon.
Back home, Shinji Kanbara wrote down the message he just received.
At this time, the paper in his hand had already recorded several pieces of information.
At around six o'clock last night, he discovered an important piece of information.
That is Mr. Nakano, who lives upstairs with the house number 2102, and was directly ignored by Mr. Matsunai.
Yes, just skip it.
After borrowing the pot from Mr. Ishikawa's house in 2101, he returned it. The next person to borrow was Mr. Kodachi from 2103.
Mr. Nakano of 2102 is not in the category of Mr. Matsuuchi’s forcible borrowing.
As for why, Shinji Kanbara has already made some guesses.
When Mr. Matsuuchi went to Mr. Nakano's house with the gifts, Mr. Nakano was irritably working on the manuscript. So he didn't look good at Mr. Matsuuchi's arrival.
In addition, Mr. Matsuuchi came to the door three times, and Mr. Nakano almost went berserk. Under those circumstances, Mr. Nakano was disgusted with Mr. Matsuuchi, so how could he accept the gift?
so…
Mr. Nakano was lucky enough to escape? Avoid death?
Although he had such a guess in his mind, and even Shinji Kanbara felt that this was the case, he still wrote the word "suspected" on the paper.
As for the second message.
That is, every neighbor who accepted the gift was very familiar with Mr. Matsunai.
This was surmised by the disgust Mr. Nakano expressed in Mr. Matsuchi's words during the conversation with Mr. Ishikawa when he opened the door to get takeout.
The other party did not accept the gift, so he remained a normal person.
Those who have received gifts will basically refuse Mr. Matsuuchi's request to borrow something.
but…
Shinji Kanbara recalled the day when Mr. Matsuuchi moved here. When he went home, he heard some ladies downstairs dissing each other.
But now, no one has anything bad to say about Mr. Matsunai.
He guessed that every time Mr. Matsuuchi borrowed something, his familiarity with his neighbors would increase.
Of course, I am an exception.
His thinking has always been very clear, and when Mr. Matsuuchi came to borrow something, he would sometimes not want to borrow it.
The reason why he borrowed it was because he considered the relationship between neighbors, otherwise it would be impossible for him to lend things to the other party.
He guessed that it might be because of his spiritual power that kept him awake.
And even if he refuses, Mr. Matsuuchi can still borrow it by force.
The most important thing is that no matter what time it was when Mr. Matsunai knocked on the door, or even just now, which was around three o'clock in the middle of the night, Mr. Matsunai still went out to borrow the pot for washing rice as usual.
The person who opened the door was obviously sleepy.
But as soon as he saw Mr. Matsuchi, he greeted him with laughter and laughter, and there was no trace of impatience or anger on his brows.
All the neighbors are very friendly to Mr. Matsuuchi. So friendly that it's a little abnormal and weird.
Along the way, Mr. Matsuuchi borrowed so many pots that he didn’t even know.
In other words, after accepting the gift, you are already within the other party's killing rules. If you refuse the gift, you will most likely avoid death.
Shinji Kanbaru put down his pen. He hesitated for a while, then got up and went out, arriving at Mr. Matsunai's door.
He followed the other person into the room before, but as soon as he entered the door, he apparently triggered some kind of rule and was killed once.
And now, the reason why he came here was naturally to test his suspicions.
Shinji Kanbaru breathed out. He pressed Mr. Matsunai's doorbell without hesitation.
Almost as soon as the doorbell rang, Mr. Matsunai's voice came from behind the door, "Who is it?"
"Satsunei-san, it's me."
Every time Mr. Matsuuchi rang the doorbell and was asked who it was, Mr. Matsuuchi would answer like this.
Shinji Kanbaru felt that this might be some kind of ritual.
The next moment, the door opened.
Seeing Shinji Kanbaru, Mr. Matsunai said with a humble smile, "It's Kanbaru-san, what's the matter?"
Shinji Kambara pondered for a moment, stared at Mr. Matsunai, and hesitated to speak, "I want to come into your home and have a look, is that okay?"
"sure."
Hearing this answer, Kanbaru Shinji breathed a sigh of relief. He thought he could only borrow things.
When Shinji Kanbara stepped into Mr. Matsuchi's room, his body tensed up and his eyes were fixed on Mr. Matsuchi in front of him.
This time, Mr. Matsuuchi did not suddenly turn around to look at him, and he entered the room unharmed.
Seeing this, Shinji Kanhara relaxed completely.
After coming in, Mr. Matsuuchi didn't turn on the lights. The whole house was dark, but Shinji Kambara didn't need to turn on the lights now to see the surrounding situation clearly.
He began to look around and found that the layout of the house Mr. Songuchi rented was similar to his own.
And when he came to the living room from the entrance, he glanced at it and couldn't help but shrink his pupils.
Gift Boxes.
Under the wall of the living room, there are a large number of gift boxes.
The style is exactly the same as what Mr. Matsuuchi specially sent out before.
Shinji Kanbaru came to the gift boxes and counted them carefully silently, and found that there were one hundred and seventy-six gift boxes in total.
Frowning slightly, why is it one hundred and seventy-six? Isn’t it another number?
At this time, he still didn't know what these boxes represented.
Thinking about it, he stretched out his hand to pick up the gift box and see what was inside.
But when he thought of something, his hands paused.
As a result, when he turned around, he saw Mr. Matsunai less than one meter away from him, looking straight at him, with a humble smile that would never change for eternity.
Shinji Kanbaru was shocked.
There were no lights on in the house and it was pitch dark.
Coupled with the fact that Mr. Matsuuchi was staring at him intently, it seemed terrifying.
Especially when I saw Mr. Matsuuchi's smile, I felt a chill in my heart for some reason.
However, he quickly adjusted.
If he is not dead, it means he is safe now.
"Mr. Matsunai, I lack gift boxes at home to wrap gifts. Can you lend me one?"
"OK."
Mr. Matsunai nodded in agreement without any hesitation.
"Thank you." With that said, Shinji Kanbara picked up a gift box. He breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that he was fine.
He guessed that if he had touched or taken something without saying hello, he would probably have died.
Then he felt the gift box in his hand. It was very light. Obviously, there was nothing inside.
Next, Shinji Kanbara kept looking around the room. Mr. Matsunai followed him all the time, like a supervisor.
In other words...he was waiting for Shinji Kanbaru to do something.
"Kamihara-san, I'm going to Mr. Gaoyan's house to return the blame."
I don't know how much time passed before Mr. Matsunai, who was following Shinji Kanbara, suddenly spoke.
Is this an eviction order?
Do you want to stay here?
Shinji Kanbaru thought for a while and finally did not stay.
If Mr. Matsunai goes out and he stays, he will most likely die. And even if he stays, he won't find anything.
He had just walked through the entire house, and except for the strange gift box that had just arrived in the living room, everything else was normal.
Thinking about it, Shinji Kanhara nodded, "Then I won't bother you."
Soon, he and Mr. Matsunai went out.
Looking at Mr. Matsunai entering the elevator under the light of the lights, he did not follow him this time.
Carrying the gift box back to his home, he placed the gift box on the coffee table in the living room. Shinji Kambara looked at it carefully.
The gift box in front of me is very ordinary in style.
He thought for a while, opened the gift box in his hand, and saw that there was nothing inside.
After that, he watched with his soul, but even if he looked at it frame by frame, he couldn't observe anything.
It's ordinary, nothing strange at all.
He took something from the drawer, put it in a gift box and wrapped it, but nothing strange happened.
Shinji Kanbaru frowned.
Then, he remembered something.
He came to the study room and picked up a gift box with the same style from the corner, feeling heavy in his hand.
He hasn't opened it since Mr. Matsuuchi sent it.
Place this gift box on the coffee table and compare the two boxes with exactly the same color and size.
He carefully opened the gift box he took out from the study.
When it was completely dismantled, Shinji Kanhara was choked up.
What appeared in front of him was a small copper clock.
In an instant, Shinji Kanbara's vision went dark and he fell directly on the sofa.