"Oh, that's the one who buys canned coffee from the vending machine!"
"Oh? That's right! I know him."
"Hey? Do you know him?"
"Yes, I'm Takahashi Inji from Class B in fifth grade! We were in the same class in kindergarten."
"Hey!!! Is it true? You are actually in the same class as the murderer? Then I have to stay away from you!"
"What are you talking about! What kind of murderer? Aren't they all rumors?"
"Rumors? That's not true! It seems that someone saw him and the eldest lady of the Qingshui family appearing at the murder scene on the same night!"
"Haha... do you believe this kind of nonsense?"
"Believe it, why don't you believe it? Anyway! There's no harm in staying away from them, right?"
"Okay...you should stay away from me."
"Huh? I was joking just now!"
"No, I'm not kidding, I'm serious."
"Eh?! Rena! Rena! I was really kidding!"
Momosawa Rena is the number one player in the volleyball club at the same level as Indera and in a different class, and is also the president of Kyoto's No. 1 women's volleyball club.
At 1.78 meters tall, she is not very outstanding in the tennis club, but with her super jumping ability, unstoppable smash ability and excellent management skills, she still became the president of the club.
Such a girl with personality, thoughtfulness and ability also has a face that is comparable to a model. It is said that she was spotted by many scouts at the first national volleyball competition. At that time, the most popular Sena 39 women
The gang was even prepared to pay a lot of money to poach her away.
However, Momosawa Rena rejected all invitations and still chose to be an ordinary high school student, occasionally playing volleyball and leading club activities.
Just a minute ago, Momosawa Rena decided to cut off contact with her female friend whom she had known for a month and a half. The reason was that she didn't like people who just follow the wind and look at their peers with obvious discrimination.
After the entire school was targeted at high school students as suspects in the recent serial murders, Gen Shimizu and her "boyfriend" Takahashi Genji, as the "most suspected", became everyone's shun for a while.
A man of influence whom I fear to be inferior to.
But Momosawa Rena no longer doubted Takahashi Inji.
In fact, although they have not seen each other for many years and have no contact, Momosawa Rena always remembers her playmate Takahashi Indera whom she met in kindergarten.
In her impression, Yin Si was a unique person.
He was so sensible that it made people feel distressed when he was very young... She still remembers the time when Yinji's father lost control and beat his wife and children because he was defrauded of all his savings by a scammer. Takahashi Yin was only three years old.
When questioned by the police, Temple just kept saying that his injuries were caused by an accidental fall.
This incident left a deep impression on Reina Momosawa! Although Rena Momosawa had a very bad impression of her uncle... It was said that he had had transactions with the "Warrior of the Country" and was arrested by the police, but Takahashi Yin
However, Takahashi Indera left a deep impression on Reina Momosawa! Even for a long time, Rena Momosawa regarded Takahashi Indera as her male god.
Of course...as the years go by, these thoughts have long become precious memories of childhood.
But when Rena Momosawa saw Takahashi Inji again, she still couldn't help but blush and her heart beat.
…
noon.
"Yo."
Yinsi looked up and saw a girl with a perfect face and long burgundy hair even when she was standing and lowering her head.
She is really beautiful, but Yinsi doesn't recognize her and can't smell the special smell on her body.
So he lowered his head without responding and fell into deep thought again.
After being ignored, Reina felt a little embarrassed.
She put away her skirt and sat down next to Yinsi and said, "Are you worried about what happened to you and around you recently?"
After hearing this, Yin Si looked at the girl next to him again with strange eyes.
"Who are you?"
"Momonosawa Reina." The girl introduced herself.
Yinsi frowned and shook his head without any impression, "I don't know you."
"Uh... Oh, by the way! I forgot to mention that I also have a Chinese name, Xian Luoan." Momosawa Reina suddenly remembered that the name she used when she first entered kindergarten was the name given to her by her mother.
"Xian?"
"It's Chinese, with two dots on the left and a pioneer on the right. Does this make an impression?"
There was an impression. Yinsi vaguely remembered that he did know such a girl, but that was a long, long time ago, and he had long forgotten what the girl looked like.
"A little bit...but I'm not sure."
"But I'm pretty sure it's you. We've known each other before."
"Oh..." Yin Si had no intention of reminiscing with others at the moment. He responded with a few words and then lowered his head and stopped talking.
Xian Luoan also felt that this opening statement was unattractive, so he simply came up with something practical.
"Are you curious about why Shimizu Gen is so special?"
Upon hearing this, Yinsi suddenly raised his head and looked at Xian Luoan with some vigilance.
Xian Luoan didn't look at him. She only said, "Actually, I know very little... But when I returned to China with my mother last year, I met the Qingshui family in my hometown. At that time, they were preparing to find some strong men in the local area to act as porters.
, help them send some valuable gifts to the mountains."
After hearing this, Yinsi became curious.
Xian Luoan only glanced at Yinsi next to him with his peripheral vision and knew that he must be interested, so he continued, "I was very curious at the time why a large consortium with a net worth of hundreds of billions would suddenly appear in a small mountain village in China, bringing with him
There were so many gifts going to the mountains, so I asked my grandfather about them, and to my surprise, I heard a very incredible story."
"Huh? Unbelievable?"
"Yes, do you want to know what kind of story it is?" Xian Luoan deliberately let it slip.
Yinsi was a little anxious, "Of course! Are there any conditions you can't meet?"
"Conditions...it doesn't really count, but I do need your help with something." Xian Luoan smiled charmingly.
Some students who were having lunch on the rooftop saw the two sitting together, talking and laughing, and a new rumor spread.
Yinsi became a little wary when he heard this. He frowned and said, "Although I am very curious about your story, a story is a story after all. As long as there is a mouth, anyone can tell a story, so... you have to tell me first that you want me."
help you with what."
Xian Luoan was not surprised at all that Yinsi would react like this. She even felt that this was the Yinsi she was familiar with.
But seeing him looking so serious, Xian Luoan still couldn't help laughing.
She smiled and said, "Actually, it's nothing. It's just that our volleyball club is participating in another competition recently, and I heard that you are very good at creative painting, so... I want to ask you to redesign a unique logo for our volleyball club!"
Isn’t such a request too excessive?”
Is it not too much? Yinsi thought for a while and asked, "Is it that simple?"
"Well, how difficult would that be? Besides, as you said, anyone can tell a story as long as they have a mouth, so maybe you will suffer a loss!" Xian Luoan said and looked at Yinsi with a smile.
After hearing this, Yinsi felt relieved. He nodded and said, "Well, when do you want it?"
"There's no rush, just listen to my story first, and then I'll tell you when you need it."
"Well...all ears." This sentence was said in Chinese.
Xian Luoan was a little surprised, and even more surprised.
"do you speak Chinese?"
"Well, my sister taught me, but it's just one or two simple sentences, not complicated ones."
"Oh~"
"Let's tell the story first."
"Um."
Next, Xian Luoan told Yinsi the story he had heard.
In fact, Xian Luoan's story is not complicated.
It can even be said to be...a bit boring...
According to the elders in the village, during the Anti-Japanese War, two men from the Qingshui family were also forced to join the army and followed the army to invade mainland China.
However, the men of the Shimizu family, who had practiced Buddhism since childhood, had hated war since childhood, so not long after they arrived at the war zone with the troops, the two men became deserters and hid in the mountains to wait for the end of the war.
However, resources were scarce in the deep mountains, and the two direct men of the Qingshui family were soon defeated by hunger.
In order to protect his younger brother, the older brother cut off his own calf meat and gave it to his younger brother to eat. The younger brother persisted for a few more days and met an old Taoist who lived in seclusion in the mountains.
My brother was not lucky enough to survive.
Later, under the protection of this mysterious Taoist priest, the younger brother finally survived the war and endured many hardships until he returned to Japan when he was forty-one years old.
At this time, a full twenty years had passed since he left his hometown and went to China to participate in the war.
After returning to China, his younger brother gathered the power of the family and gradually revitalized and strengthened it to what it is today. However, he never forgot his benefactor, so he set a rule in the family that every year around the Spring Festival, the direct successor within the family would be the successor.
Go to China in person to repay your benefactor.
Nowadays, the younger brother who originally revitalized the Qingshui family has passed away for many years, but this rule has been passed down.
After listening to the whole story, Yin Si couldn't find anything related to Qing Shui Huan, so he frowned and said, "What does this story... have to do with Huan?"
Xian Luoan smiled mysteriously and said, "I know you care about her very much, and I also know that your care is not only because of the love between men and women, but also because of the special smell of her body. Am I right?"
Yinsi's pupils dilated instantly when he heard this, and he was surprised and said, "You can smell it too?"
Xian Luoan shook his head, "No, I can't smell it."
"Then...then how did you know?"
"Because I don't use it to smell, but to see it." Xian Luoan said calmly.
"Look? How do you look?"
"It's not convenient for me to tell you this, but... the reason why Qingshui Huan became so special is because she went to China many years ago and visited the benefactor who lived deep in the mountains and forests.
"Xian Luoan's words don't sound like a joke.
But Yinsi still found it a bit strange. He asked in shock, "What? Is the Taoist priest who saved the head of the Qingshui family still alive?"
Xian Luoan shrugged, "I don't know about that. I haven't seen it either. I just know that the Qingshui family goes to China every year."
Yin Temple "..."
"Gee, don't look at me with such a speechless expression. I really don't know, but one thing I'm sure of."
"What?"
"The person you care about is indeed related to what happened recently... well... you know, there is no doubt about it."
Yinsi frowned when he heard this, "Do you suspect that Huan is a murderer?"
"No, no, no, you misunderstood. It was related! It was not something she did personally. There is a big difference." There was something in Xian Luoan's words.
Yinsi was a little confused. In his opinion, there were indeed many unexplainable things in all of this, and there were even some supernatural and strange phenomena that were incomprehensible. However, the victims were certain, and it was a fact that they were brutally killed.
But now after listening to Xian Luoan's words, combined with what Huan personally said to Yinsi before... Yinsi suddenly felt that someone being killed was the least worth paying attention to. What really needed to be paid attention to was why someone was killed. These people were killed.
What's hidden behind it.
"You seem to know a lot of secrets?" Yinsi asked.
Xian Luoan was startled when he heard this, then laughed and said, "Actually, they are all stories. Anyone can tell them, right?"
Yinsi didn't smile. He knew that Xian Luoan came to him on purpose, but the purpose was obviously not to ask him for help in designing a logo, let alone to help him solve problems with good intentions.
But...she saw something different about Yinsi.
In other words...she wanted to know why Yinsi could see that Huan was so special, and she...was also on guard.
"Don't worry, I have no intention of harming you, nor am I in that mood. I'm just here to advise you to stop your stupid behavior as soon as possible. You won't always be so lucky." After Xian Luoan finished speaking, he patted Yinsi's shoulder and followed.
He smiled and said, "Okay, I'm leaving. I'm looking forward to your design drawings!"
After that Xian Luoan left.
Yinsi was left alone there with shock in his eyes.
'Last night... the person last night... had long burgundy hair...'
Thinking of this, Yin Si stood up hurriedly, but could not see Xian Luoan's back.
At this moment, the recess bell rang, and the afternoon classes began.
…
"It won't be a problem if this continues, Junior Sister." Watching Yin Si on the rooftop going downstairs, the man in the infirmary in the high-rise building opposite had his hands in his pockets with a worried look on his face.
Standing next to him was Xian Luoan, who was at the teaching building just now.
This beauty who refused all invitations to become famous was indeed unusual. She held the window with one hand and put her other hand on her waist and said, "What else can I do? This is Japan, not the country. There are some things that you can only watch and not interfere with."
The man smiled when he heard this, "Then you still talk to that boy so much? Aren't you worried that he will find out something he shouldn't follow along the lines?"
Xian Luoan looked calm. She pondered for a while and then said, "The Qingshui family has been making more and more moves in recent years, which has made many people feel uneasy. In this case, there is nothing wrong with letting a young boy go in and stir up the muddy water."
Yes? No?"
The man was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "You! You are looking more and more like the old man in both tone and demeanor!"
This time it was Xian Luoan's turn to be stunned. She quickly put away her serious expression and touched her pretty face in surprise and said, "Ah? Is there any?"
The man nodded, then took a deep breath and said, "That's it, it's just a pity for these innocent victims."
"Is it really true?" Xian Luoan's current concerns have completely changed.
The man smiled bitterly, "I'm just kidding."
…
Returning to the classroom, I looked at the empty seats.
Yinsi's heart is really hard to calm down...
The faceless monster last night was actually not as scary as Yin Si imagined.
I thought that my head would be missing in the next second, and I would be arranged into some strange shapes... But I didn't expect that the thing would just look at him, and then clumsily imitate his various movements.
Yin Si escaped from the bamboo forest to the foot of the mountain with a sprained ankle and many injuries on his face.
The monster limped and imitated Yinsi's movements... until Yinsi fled to the road down the mountain.
It just stopped and looked at Yin Temple from a distance without moving.
For a moment, Yinsi felt that it seemed lonely...even...a little pitiful.
But it was only for a moment.
When it opened its mouth... all this ridiculous thought disappeared...
it……
It’s a monster!
…
"Yinji-kun?!"
It was the same evening again, and all the teachers seemed to have given up on Yinsi, so he fell asleep unknowingly. It was not until the afternoon when cleaning started that the girl came again.
Yinsi doesn't like to cause trouble to others.
He stood up in a hurry, helped the girl move the table, and then took the garbage in the classroom downstairs.
Watching the garbage collection truck go away, Yin Si did not choose to take the familiar road.
He specifically chose a road that he didn't usually take very often.
A long, long road that I often walked when I was with Lan Chi.
…
"I'm back."
"Oh, you're back. Dinner will be ready soon."
"Um."
Entering the house, as expected, Yin Si saw Officer Aki again, who was in his forties, not yet married, and had never even had a serious girlfriend.
Today he was dressed very decently, but as a person...he was drunk and a little less decent.
When Yinsi entered the room, Zhaomu glanced at him, then smiled and said, "Come on, young man! Let's have a drink?"
Yin Si rolled his eyes at him and went back to his house.
It wasn't until after dinner that I heard my mother mention it. It turned out that Akira attended the memorial service of the female police officer today... and I heard... that girl seemed to like Akira quite a bit... after she joined the police family.
Since then, I have been very close to Zhao Mu.
Hearing this, Yinsi felt bad for a while.
Could it be an illusion?
Can……
why?
…
At night.
After everything he went through last night, Yinsi couldn't sleep.
He discovered that except in the classroom and under the sun, as long as he closed his eyes, he could see the monster! He could even smell its scent!
That unique, strange floral fragrance.
A faceless, pale monster with a big bloody mouth but exuding the fragrance of flowers?
Ah……
Yinsi opened his eyes and said to himself, "How can it exist?"