Tokyo

It was already night, and groups of professional white-collar workers began to appear in the izakaya that dotted the streets, complaining from time to time, while the waiters stood in front of the door with a professional smile on their faces and kept bowing and greeting.

Even though the supernatural is frequent, Tokyo is still a bustling city, with tall buildings and crowds shuttling, but as the car enters a corner, the situation gradually changes, and the atmosphere is a bit gray and inconspicuous, as if shrouded in shadows and forgotten by the world.

The car slowed down into this area, the road was dilapidated and in disrepair, paved with fallen leaves, street lamps and other public buildings existed, but they were a little rusty, the car turned around and stopped in front of an old three-story building, Pei Ziyun got out of the car, looked at the surrounding environment, frowned, and asked: "Here, it's not Sangu, right?"

Rinako was dressed in a suit and looked capable: "Yamada-kun, no, there is still a section away from Mitani." ”

Mitani is a slum area in Tokyo, Japan, with many cage houses, but it is not here, and it is an apartment rented out for people with low incomes.

It seems that this is just a rental area where the most ordinary poor people live, and when you lead in, you will see an apartment.

"This four-storey building, the time was built in 87 years of the last century, each floor is neatly divided into six households, a unified house pattern style, at the beginning of the construction, is used for rent, for rent collection. ”

"Rishi Horikawa rents it inside, and we have searched the room many times, and it is very ordinary, and there is no abnormality. ”

Just as he spoke, an old man in his early sixties, with all white hair and good spirits, came over, and Rinako introduced: "This is Mr. Ouchi, who has been a landlord here for more than 30 years. ”

Ouchi smiled and said, "I don't live here for a long time, but I come to collect rent every month, and I will notify the town early this morning, so I've been waiting here early." ”

"I'm sorry for your trouble. "Rinako bowed lightly to Ouchi, Japan is a country that pays attention to etiquette, although there is a clear hierarchy, but politeness is still required, Rinako's salute is very standard, and the size of the bow can almost be recorded as a teaching material.

After returning the salute, Mr. Ouchi led the group upstairs.

The corridor of the building is a little dusty, this apartment is old, completely in a period of decay, and even the property management is almost gone.

Coming to room 302, Ouchi took out the key and opened the door: "Room 302, a total of fifteen square meters, the monthly rent is 60,000 yen, and the tenants have always paid the rent on time, so except for the rent collection day once a month, we rarely meet, only know that there is a writer ......living in it."

"It's not easy to become a writer!" Ouchi expressed sympathy, "I also had a tenant who wanted to write, but I ended up going to Mitani. ”

"I saw him scavenging last year, but I won't see him this year. ”

The people of Mitani, their own safety is not guaranteed, and sometimes no one knows when they disappear, in the movie "The Dedication of the Suspect", the male protagonist killed a poor man who was scavenging and replaced the body, and no one found it.

In Japan countries where many lifetime employment systems are maintained, it is difficult for middle-aged men to find a job once they lose their jobs, and in the eyes of their families, neighbors, and friends, they become worthless mourning dogs.

Suicide or vagrancy became the only option.

Rinako's face was serious and she didn't speak.

The door is open, the room is small, the home is compact, the wall is separated by wooden boards, and it is full of daily necessities and books, and it looks like an ordinary house.

"I'll take a look. The boy barked, scanning the room with the eyes of a drug detector dog, and examining it carefully.

Naomi Hayakawa and Pei Ziyun also paced around the room in circles, but they didn't find it, everything was normal.

Naomi Hayakawa said, "No, Mr. Horikawa said that he has a girlfriend, but there is no trace of a woman's life in this house. ”

That's right, not only does this house have no women's clothes and cosmetics, but the books and manuscript paper are also Horikawa's belongings, obviously living alone, but why did Horikawa lie?

Rinako watched from outside the door, bowed her head, with no expression on her face, as a shogunate official, she was not a full-time driver, but a female police officer with special training and police rank.

This room has already been here, and what can be found has been reported in the morning, and now she is sent to Shinichi Yamada as a driver, and she is very puzzled.

No one denies that Shinichi Yamada is an outstanding writer.

The release of "Seven Samurai" was immediately sought after by readers, resulting in a time of Luoyang paper luxury, and now it has sold more than 1 million copies - this is nothing more than a shot in the arm for the shrinking Japanese publishing industry.

It is understood that since there are seven copies of the circulation, the total royalty is as high as 800 million yen, which is a very high figure, and the annual salary of a university professor, a doctor, and a minister of the company department is only 12 million yen, and it takes 60 years to save without eating or drinking.

But no matter how powerful the writer is, it has nothing to do with this aspect of the investigation, and what is even more outrageous is that he still takes two little girls with him on the mission, which is really unacceptable.

Now that she sees nothing, Rinako is also a little inexplicably happy, but the other party is a famous writer, and it is said that she is still the guest of some nobles, she doesn't dare to offend, but her face is expressionless.

Pei Ziyun was not surprised, but just asked Ouchi: "Rishi Horikawa in room 302, what do you know about him?"

Ouchi was stunned and replied: "I don't know much, I only see him once a month, I only know that he wants to write, he is very polite, pays rent in time, never defaults, and rarely interacts with neighbors." ”

"This building is full of people looking for jobs or dreams, and people often move in and out, but Horikawa has lived here for a few years, and he is considered an old tenant, but in recent years, he has directly put the rent on my card, and there is less contact, has he committed something?"

Last time the police investigated, they didn't even pass the landlord, but now this situation, Ouchi also sees a little bit.

"It's okay, just asking, I'm causing you trouble. Pei Ziyun said.

Hayakawa Naomi was a little unwilling, and her eyes swept again, why did Rishi Horikawa make up a lie that he had a girlfriend?

What exactly is the purpose of his words?

Moreover, although I didn't communicate with him directly, the distance was not far, and all the conversations were listened to in my ears, Naomi Hayakawa felt that Horikawa Rishi didn't look like lying, that kind of heartfelt emotion, unless a professional actor, it was difficult for ordinary people to hide.

However, in this hut in front of me, the house is full of old utensils and dull, at most books and manuscript paper, where is the appearance of a hostess?

Besides, Morikawa Satoshi is dedicated to his creations and has no source of income, so even if he does odd jobs, how can he pay his rent on time every month and meet his living expenses?

Pei Ziyun no longer hesitated, smiled and bowed slightly: "Let's go out, it's really bothering you." ”

Saying that, he went out with the suspicious Tsuneko and Naomi, and when Ouchi closed the door, Rinako turned around with a smile, and when she turned around the corridor with everyone, Pei Ziyun suddenly turned around, and turned back without saying a word, and Hineko and Naomi glanced at each other, and both followed closely behind.

Ouchi was stunned for a moment, looked at Pei Ziyun's back, and couldn't help complaining: "Didn't you just check it, did you forget something?"

"Besides, the key is still in my hand, and I can't open the door. ”

Reading it, he turned around to look, and suddenly he was stunned, only to see that in the narrow corridor, there was no one at all, and three people disappeared.

"Impossible!" Rinako suddenly changed color, and hurriedly chased after her, the door of room 302 was closed, but there was no one around, her sweat immediately came down, and ordered: "Open the door immediately." ”

"Hey, hey!" Seeing the scene of the disappearance of the supernatural in person, Da Nei's legs were weak, and he took out the key to open the door tremblingly, but he couldn't open it in a few clicks.

Rinako didn't care about being polite, and hurriedly rushed to the door, and when she turned around, the door opened, but there was no one inside, and she didn't give up and scanned it again, she only felt that her throat was dry, she swallowed her saliva gently, took out her mobile phone and dialed the phone: "Group leader, Shinichi Yamada is gone!"

"Gone, what's missing?"

Rinako quickly reported: "We just searched the residence of Rishi Horikawa, and we didn't find anything, and just as we were about to return, they were gone!"

"The whole hallway, no windows, no in the room. ”

In just a few minutes, more than a dozen people in police uniforms rushed to the scene, launched a search, turned the entire apartment upside down, and still did not find Pei Ziyun and the others.

A policeman apologized: "Group leader, I'm very sorry, I didn't find any clues, and the camera didn't find anything, please forgive me!"

A police department turned fierce when he heard this, and said angrily: "Keep checking, search again, why don't you go quickly?"

"Baga!" The leader of the group tried to hold back his anger when he saw his subordinates getting busy again, but he couldn't help it and punched the wall angrily.

Yamabe Luren is from the quasi-professional group, and the quasi-professional group is promoted according to seniority and merit, although nominally the highest can be promoted to the chief of police, but in fact, when he arrives at the police department, he has consumed too much potential.

Now, do you want to be the same as the company's quasi-occupational group, and give the occupational group (regular staff) a black pot?

Pei Ziyun, Tsuiko, and Naomi, who didn't know the grief and indignation of a police department named Yamabe at this time, were standing at the door of room 302 and knocked on the door.

Inside the house, a young girl was wearing an apron, her small eyes were focused on the beef, and she was very happy to remove the fascia: "Horikawa-kun is finally going to make his debut, and his work is about to be published, so I have to celebrate today." ”

Beef, ordinary people, is rarely eaten once a month.

Just when Kyoko was holding the fascia with a prickly needle, there was a knock on the door, Kyoko frowned, but in a blink of an eye he relaxed again, and after a while, the door lock "clicked", opened a thin slit, and asked softly: "Hello, who are you looking for?"

Pei Ziyun bowed his head slightly and said, "I am the editor of Orikawa Chronicles, and I was sent by the publishing house to do an investigation. ”

This is talking nonsense with her eyes open, but Kyoko glanced at it, but immediately showed a warm and joyful expression, as if she believed it, opened the door, and welcomed the three into the house.

The three of them entered the room and sat down around the ambiguous table, and Kyoko brought the tea set and filled it to the three of them: "Horikawa-kun, you will take care of it more." ”

"Ah, it's okay, it's all as it should be, Mr. Motohashi, the founder of the Shiraishi Academy, once said that excellent authors are the real source of strength of the Academy, as long as there are excellent authors, as long as excellent authors do not abandon the Baishi Academy, then the Shiraishi Academy will not fail. ”

"I'm here this time, it's the order of the editor-in-chief Rattan to do some background checks on Horikawa-kun, and our company is considering publishing Horikawa-kun in the near future, but since it's the first time we've cooperated, I hope to deepen our understanding of each other. Pei Ziyun said seriously: "Horikawa-kun is not an excellent author yet, but he has the potential to be an excellent author, and we are willing to grow up with him." ”

When Kyoko heard this, her face turned straight, she fell to the ground, and choked up: "Hey, I understand, Rishi is so happy to meet an editor like you - please ask!"

Pei Ziyun picked up the tea, found that it was cold, put down the teacup, opened the notebook and looked at the contents and asked, "Was Horikawa-kun born in Shibuya Prefecture, Kanagawa?"

"Yes!"

"Tell me your story!"

Seeing Pei Ziyun recording in his notebook, Kyoko fell into memories and said: "Our two families are neighbors, his family moved from the countryside, when he first arrived in Shibuya, he had no friends, he was unfamiliar with the place, he was drenched in the rain when he moved, he had an illness, and he couldn't go out, I happened to live next door, so I often went to see him, told him some local customs, and brought him a carp streamer for Children's Day, and agreed, when he was well, we watched the celebration together......"

"We went to school together, grew up together, and of course fell in love together...... I remember one time, I was struggling with what flavor of lipstick Rishi liked, so Rishi asked me to wipe each flavor of lipstick......" Kyoko shy lowered her head and didn't continue, but everyone understood the meaning.

"After graduation, will you live together?" Pei Ziyun took notes.

"Yes, that was the year we moved to Tokyo. ”

"Why did you leave Shibuya and move to Tokyo?"

"Satomi said that he wanted to pursue literature, so we moved to Tokyo, and I am his girlfriend, his future wife, and I have an obligation to support Horikawa-kun!" Kyoko replied seriously.

"Are Horikawa-kun's parents still alive?"

"It's still there, and every year, I call back. ”

At the same time, there are signs of contempt for the family, and the abandonment of the elderly is still prevalent, and the lack of support from their children has forced them to form a large number of homes for the elderly, forming a huge industry.

According to the Japanese government's "national survey" every five years, in 2005 a single person living alone in the elderly family as high as 3.86 million, they are not all children, but the children generally live an independent family life, limited contacts, last year the TV station interviewed an old woman, she also guards her own grocery store, every day on the goods and accounts, on the day of the 100th birthday, no one came to visit the children, only the grandson who was far away made a call: "Come on!"

From the perspective of Chinese, this scene is incredible, but in Japan it is very common, and every year to call back, it is already an obligation.

"As far as we know, Horikawa-kun used to wander in Tokyo, right?" Pei Ziyun suddenly asked.

Kyoko's whole body was shocked, the happy smile quickly disappeared, the air suddenly became weird, and Tsuiko immediately touched the knife vigilantly, and at this time Pei Ziyun smiled again: "Perhaps, this wandering experience is the source of inspiration for Horikawa-kun's literary creation!"

The girl's face softened slightly, and she lowered her head and said, "Rizhi is really a very talented person, thank you for giving him the opportunity." ”

Pei Ziyun smiled and didn't say anything, just fiddled with the teacup and asked, "So, after Horikawa-kun wandered, when did you meet again?"

Kyoko was stunned, lowered her head and muttered, "I, I can't remember a little..."

"Do you remember clearly, or do you not want to remember? Kyoko Yoshida, who died in the house a long time ago!" this sudden shout, but the girl was like thunder, "Ahhh

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