Taro Sato and Jiro Sato are brothers who are two years apart.

The two were born in Wakayama Prefecture, and their families were not wealthy.

When their elder brother Yamauchi was 14 years old, their father was beaten to death due to a debt dispute, and their mother did not say goodbye, and the two were orphaned and sent to a nursery school.

At the nursery school, the two met Kyoko Komatsu, who was also an orphan.

Although Kyoko Komatsu is young, she has an optimistic and cheerful personality, takes the initiative to talk to the two, and soon becomes friends.

"For our two brothers, Kyoko is like sunshine that dispels the gloom. ”

The remembrance in Yuichi Yamauchi's eyes is full of tenderness.

"Our two brothers like her very much, and Erlang also said that he wants to marry her when he grows up......"

At the mention of his younger brother, Yuichi Yamauchi's expression changed to disgust.

"We were adopted a year later, and then we came to Kyoto, and after about five or six years, I stumbled upon Kyoko on the street, and I learned that she had also come to Kyoto and was studying with a prostitute. And my bastard brother, who knew about it half a year in advance, has been hiding it from me......"

Because of his younger brother's concealment, Yuichi Yamauchi was very dissatisfied, and the two brothers quarreled, and finally agreed that no one was allowed to confess to her in advance until Kyoko was sixteen years old.

"However, that bastard broke the agreement and confessed to Kyoko in private, not knowing that I was there at the time......"

"And then?"

Seeing Yuichi Yamauchi stop, Kyoko Fukada came up and asked curiously.

She had already thrown the identity of the other party's "murderer" out of the clouds.

Lin Hai pressed her head and pushed her away.

Kyoko Komatsu was also surprised, she jerked her head up and asked, "You were there at the time?"

"yes. I happened to pass by Yasaka Shrine that day, otherwise, I would have been deceived by that treacherous guy. ”

"Then you ......," Kyoko Komatsu stopped talking.

Yuichi Yamauchi said, "That guy is a bastard, but there is a saying that is not wrong. He was admitted to Kyoto University and has a bright future, and I am just a temporary worker working in a grocery store. ”

"That's why you don't say goodbye?"

"yes. Yuichi Yamauchi said, "I was very unconvinced, but to be honest, I also felt that I had failed in life, so I decided to go to Tokyo and never come back until I got ahead...... As a result, it turns out that a fool is a fool. ”

"Don't say that. Komatsu Kyoko said softly: "Back then, in the nursery school, thanks to you, those children didn't bully me anymore, and Taro was very handsome at that time!"

"You remember. Yuki Yamauchi was surprised, shook his head and smiled: "I'm a brainless person, I can only solve problems with my fists." ”

At this point, he turned to Lin Hai.

"You just said that Kyoko poisoned Shakuhachi, but in fact, I was the one who really poisoned him. ”

"Why?"

"I think I've made it clear enough. Yuichi Yamauchi said: "That guy kept saying that he wanted to marry Kyoko as his wife, but after so many years, he was reluctant to pay off

It is now promised that such perfidious people are not qualified to live in the world at all. ”

"Didn't you ask him why?"

He asked, but he didn't want to say. ”

"How long have you been back?"

"About three months. ”

"Let me ask you again, are you sure you caused the poison?"

"Yes. ”

"What time?"

"This afternoon. Like you said, the guy went to the store. ”

"Hmm. ”

Lin Hai turned around and asked, "Have you written down everything he just said?"

The officer in charge of recording nodded.

Lin Hai asked the other party for the transcript, looked at it, and then handed it to Yuichi Yamauchi.

"If it's all right, press the mudra. ”

Yuichi Yamauchi looked at it carefully and pressed his handprint on it.

……

"Alert, if it's okay, I'll take my leave first. ”

Koshiro Matsumoto saw that the real murderer had confessed his guilt and was ready to go home.

Lin Hai returned the transcript to the police officer in charge of the record, turned around and asked, "Are you sure Mr. Matsumoto doesn't plan to leave after hearing the truth?"

What else is the truth?

The crowd was stunned.

Lin Hai mentioned it, turned to Yuichi Yamauchi, and said, "You're lying. ”

"I lied?"

"You've lied, but you've given me what I want. ”

After Lin Hai finished speaking, he took out the shakuhachi song mouth that he used as evidence, and said, "Then is the final time to reveal the secret." Daejeon police officer, please tell everyone, where did you find this songmouth?"

Ota Masao didn't understand Lin Hai's plan, but out of trust, he said without hesitation: "I found it from the bath." ”

"Bath?"

Yuichi Yamauchi's face changed instantly.

Lin Hai smiled and said to him, "Yes, bath." In other words, even if you poison it, the police will not be able to detect it, so I wasted so much effort just to get your own admission. ”

Yuichi Yamauchi blushed and said nothing.

Only Lin Hai's voice was left in the banquet hall.

"My previous reasoning was actually flawed, but unfortunately no one found it...... Luckily, no one found out about ......"

With Lin Hai's narration, there is a new version about the death of Genji Hirai.

……

Yuichi Yamauchi planned to kill Genji Hirai, so he secretly infiltrated Shochiku-an, and poisoned Shakuhachi while Genji Hirai was taking a bath. He thought he was doing something very secretive, but he didn't know that what he did was discovered by Mr. Komatsu......"

As soon as Lin Hai said the beginning, he was interrupted.

Yuichi Yamauchi questioned, "You said Kyoko found out, it can't be, she wasn't there at the time......

"Just because you're not there doesn't mean you can't find out. ”

Lin Hai said to Ota Masao, "I suggest that the police seriously search Shochiku-an, I suspect that Mr. Komatsu has installed surveillance cameras in the store, and it is the kind that is difficult to detect." As for the evidence, Shochiku-an was able to receive funding despite poor management, and it was a private loan with no fixed duration, which is not consistent

Common sense. ”

Lin Hai asked Koshiro Matsumoto: "When Mr. Matsumoto first heard her mention her difficulties, did you take the initiative to help the other party? I can only think that the person who was willing to help her had a handle in her hands. Of course, these are all speculations......"

"I admit it. Kyoko Komatsu said, "I admit that I did record the privacy of the customers in the store, but I didn't think about blackmailing them, just in case......

Koshiro Matsumoto was listening, and his expression instantly became very exciting.

"You can go back and explain this to the judge. Lin Hai waved his hand and said, "I said that you found out what Yuichi Yamauchi did, do you admit it?"

Kyoko Komatsu refused to speak.

Lin Hai didn't mind, and said, "After Mr. Komatsu found out, I don't know what she thought, but in short, she didn't stop it-"

"Not really. Kyoko Komatsu spoke: "I only found out about this through surveillance later, and Genji had already left at that time, and I haven't had a chance to ......"

"Yes, there has never been a chance. ”

Lin Hai said: "After that, it was similar to what I said before. The difference is that after Mr. Hirai called me, the reason why he brought a rib cha was not to intimidate me, but to defend himself. To be precise, it was when I learned that my brother was nearby and felt threatened. ”

"The rest of the game is no different...... Mr. Komatsu didn't have time to steal the shakuhachi, and we arrived. After that, Mr. Hirai confided his heart to Kanda-san, but was rejected. At this point, the problem arises again. ”

After all, Mr. Hirai is an adult, and even if he suffers a blow, he will not choose the extreme way of suicide. It was the shakuhachi that caused him to commit suicide...... Shakuhachi is a lonely instrument, and those who understand it will only play it when they are lonely and can't solve it, and I guess Mr. Hirai was in that state at the time......"

Speaking of this, Lin Hai couldn't help but think of an interview show he watched before the crossing.

The interviewee's name is Yasuo Sato, and at the invitation of Youku's founder and director Yu Xin, he was preparing to star in a movie called "Shakuhachi: One Voice". He said this on the talk show - shakuhachi, which is the redemption of confusion and sadness in people's hearts......

Pity.

Genji Hirai did not complete his self-redemption.

“…… He was poisoned, perhaps because it wasn't strong enough, so he didn't die right away, so he started faking the scene......"

"Wait!" Ota Masao said, "Why don't I understand what you're saying? Since you were poisoned, shouldn't you call for help immediately? Besides, didn't you say that it was Mr. Komatsu who cleaned up the scene?"

"It had to do with his state of mind at the time. ”

Lin Hai said: "He should have misunderstood Mr. Komatsu and thought she was poisoned." ”

"I still don't understand......"

"Mr. Komatsu. ”

Lin Hai turned to Kyoko Komatsu.

"When Genji Hirai confessed to you, you refused, right?"

“…… Be. ”

"What?" Yuichi Yamauchi looked at her in surprise.

Lin Hai asked again: "Frankly speaking, you liked it the most."

It's Mr. Yamauchi, right?"

"Yes. ”

Kyoko Komatsu probably let go completely and didn't hesitate any longer.

"This, how is this possible?"

Yuichi Yamauchi felt more and more incredulous.

"How is it impossible?" Lin Hai asked him rhetorically, "You didn't notice what Mr. Komatsu called you? She called Mr. Hirai 'Genji' and you called you 'Taro', isn't that enough to explain the problem?"

"So ......"

"Yes, Taro. Komatsu Kyoko said softly: "He confessed to me at the time, I refused, and the reason for the refusal was that I liked you." ”

"This, this ......"

"So, it's not that Mr. Hirai doesn't want to marry, it's just that Mr. Komatsu doesn't want to marry. Lin Hai said: "Otherwise, how could she take the initiative to 'confess'? She wants to protect you......

Yuichi Yamauchi was dumbfounded.

Lin Hai's words continued.

"Mr. Hirai was deeply in love with Mr. Komatsu, but he didn't get a response, so he used Kanda-san as a 'stand-in'. He may be disappointed when he is rejected by Kanda-san, but what really hurts him is Mr. Komatsu's 'betrayal'. He probably thought that Mr. Komatsu had poisoned him in order to get rid of him, an eyesore, so he voluntarily chose to end his life. ”

Because he happened to be carrying a knife, Mr. Hirai impulsively chose seppuku, but he then realized that he had also been poisoned, and in order to prevent the police from thinking of Mr. Komatsu as a murderer, he decided to destroy the evidence. When I was inspecting the site, I noticed that Mr. Hirai had one hand open and the other hand was clenched, and at the same time, blood reactions could be detected from the bathroom to the changing room, but there were obviously more blood stains in the changing room, so you can imagine what it was like at that time......

“…… Mr. Hirai endured the severe pain, chopped off the shakuhachi's singing mouth with a knife, and then covered the bleeding abdomen with one hand, grabbed the singing mouth with the other hand, and ran to the bathroom with the severe pain, and threw the singing mouth into the bath......"

Masao Ota raised his hand and asked, "What about the remaining shakuhachi?"

That's a good question. Lin Hai said: "It should have been washed away along the drain." ”

"It's true that the drain of that bath is big, but shakuhachi is made of bamboo, so it shouldn't be ......."

"Have you forgotten what I said earlier? This is a nihilistic shakuhachi. Lin Hai said: "If you know the history, you will know that the world at that time was not peaceful, and in order to defend themselves, the Void Monk would put iron on the end of the shakuhachi as a portable weapon. In this way, it naturally does not float. ”

"Isn't it redundant for Hirai to do this?"

"I guess I wasn't clear enough at the time. ”

"It's not impossible. Ota Masao thought about it and felt that if Hirai was really sober, he probably wouldn't have chosen to commit suicide. Of course, why did he go to this extra time to cut off the shakuhachi's singing mouth, the truth may only be clear to him.

"What happened next was roughly like what I said earlier. The only difference is the motive of Mr. Komatsu's actions. Whether it is cleaning up the scene or attacking others in disguise, the fundamental purpose is to cover up Mr. Yamauchi's sin

Yes. ”

Lin Hai paused for a moment and said to Kyoko Komatsu: "You know Hirai's character, so you should have guessed why he committed suicide a long time ago." Am I right?"

Kyoko Komatsu lowered her head and said, "Yes." ”

Takashi Uesugi, who had been silent, couldn't hold back any longer, and asked in hindsight, "That's why you admit it so happily?"

"Yes. ”

Lin Hai said: "But you didn't expect that Mr. Yamada took the initiative to admit it. That's right, what man can watch his beloved woman take the blame for himself?"

"And you. Lin Hai turned to Yuichi Yamauchi: "You should know that even if you admit it, it can't change the fact that she faked the scene." Even so, you still admit it because even if you do, it's just an 'attempted crime', right? Maybe your idea is to confess your guilt early, so that the police don't find problems in the autopsy?"

Yuichi Yamauchi showed a sneer, but did not speak.

He didn't need to speak now.

With a wave of Ota Masao's hand, a police officer stepped forward and handcuffed Yuichi Yamauchi.

……

"Hahaha, it's really worthy of Brother Lin Hai!"

Masao Ota laughed.

He couldn't help but be upset.

As Lin Hai said, in the case of someone voluntarily confessing to the crime, the police are likely to be lazy during the autopsy, and if they wait until the body is cremated, they will never want to find out the truth.

Just as the two were laughing and laughing, Kanda Mien suddenly roared angrily behind him: "Let go of me!

The two turned around and saw Rika Nomi with a straight face, locking Kanda Mien firmly with both hands.

Kanda Mien looked at Yuichi Yamauchi with fire in his eyes, and he wanted to rush up and beat the other party hard.

Hawkers, it's also understandable, to a certain extent, Yamauchi is also her "husband killer".

"I knew you weren't a good thing, you bastard! What kind of eyes are you? let go of me, ahhhhhhh

Kanda Mien has entered a state of madness.

Lin Hai's words made her quickly quiet down.

"Do you want revenge?"

Ota Masao reminded: "Brother Lin Hai, even if he is a prisoner......"

"Rest easy. Lin Hai's eyes did not leave Kanda Miyuan, and asked again, "Do you want revenge?"

"Yes!"

"Then answer me a question. Lin Hai said: "You said, 'I already knew that he was not a good thing'. Why?"

"I saw him some time ago!" said Kanda Mien, "Once I went out shopping with Genji and met him in the store! Genji's face was not good-looking at the time, I should have remembered it! This bastard ......"

As she spoke, Mien Kanda began to struggle again.

"Calm down!" Lin Hai sighed and asked, "What time?"

"I can't remember the time, it's near my house anyway!"

……

"What's wrong?"

Ota Masao saw Lin Hai fall into deep thought again, and suddenly felt worried.

He was really afraid that Lin Hai would make some "reversal" again.

"It has nothing to do with this case. ”

Lin Hai said, walking up to Yuichi Yamauchi.

"You've stalked Mr. Hirai?"

"Is there a problem?" Yuichi Yamauchi asked angrily, and then said in a slightly slower tone, "Can I ask a question?"

"You ask. ”

"How did you guess that shakuhachi is poisonous?"

"I said guess, will you hit me?"

Lin Hai said jokingly: "Indeed, there is no evidence that the shakuhachi is poisonous before, and I initially just assumed it from the perspective of human nature." Because I can generally understand what kind of mental state a thirty-seven-year-old man is like when facing emotional setbacks. ”

"I'm done with my question. Yuichi Yamauchi said.

"You're done with your question, I still have one more question to ask. ”

Lin Hai paused for a moment and asked coldly, "You killed the three female students of the Essence Girls' High School, right?"

"What?"

Masao Ota next to him was like a duck grabbed by the neck, jumping on the spot, and the door became sharp.

"You say he's the serial killer?!"

Ota Masao grabbed Lin Hai's collar as if questioning.

Lin Hai pushed his hand away, wiped the spit on his face, and said, "It's just speculation, you can interrogate in this direction, if you're lucky, you may have a reward." ”

Ota Masao calmed down a little and said, "You don't have to underestimate the ability of the police, if he is really a murderer, whether it is a confession or evidence, he will definitely be able to find it." I just want to know your reasoning. ”

"Because of that warning letter. ”

"Warning letter?"

"What's on the warning letter?"

"Stop burying the stupidity of the future, or the sanctions will continue. ”

"'Future', what does it make you think of?"

"The future is, the future?"

"Maybe it could be interpreted differently. Lin Hai took the photo, pointed to the two Chinese characters "future" on it, and said: "The future is not coming." ”

Coming soon?

Those who heard it all looked at Kanda Raimiko.

"We've always thought that the killer was against 'liberal education,' but is it possible that the letter says something else? say, threatening someone who is a school manager?"

"Mr. Yamauchi, when I asked you if you were following Mr. Hirai, you didn't answer directly, but asked me a question instead, can I interpret this as a diversion of the subject?"

Lin Hai didn't give the other party a chance to speak, and said the suspicions in his heart in one breath: "Why did you appear near Kanda's house? Do you plan to threaten Mr. Hirai for the safety of Miko?"

Ota Masao hesitated: "This is also too ......"

He was really embarrassed to say "brain-blowing".

Lin Hai said: "I admit that I am a little whimsical, but it's strange, isn't it, there is a certain gap between the three cases, but the school only received a warning letter. If I were a murderer, shouldn't I have issued an ultimatum after every murder? What if the misunderstanding was just a coincidence?"

"Maybe ......," Ota Masao said as he stopped in the middle of speaking.

"Speaking of which, the warning letter seems to have been found in the school manager's office......"

When he said this, his eyes suddenly sharpened when he looked at Yuichi Yamauchi.

(End of chapter)