The second house that Miyako Kazama took to visit was Jun Ranzawa's house. It is the deceased of the first incident of this series of incidents, the parents of Jun Ranzawa, a high school girl 10 years ago. But this one is not as cooperative as Kenko Nakamoto. The family, which had a daughter who died 10 years ago, gave birth to another little boy after her daughter's death. Now it seems that this family of three lives very happily and happily, as if nothing has happened.

When Miya Kazama and Totoshi arrived, the family was helping an 8-year-old boy make an extracurricular homework called "volcanic eruption". When the family was having fun, Miyako Kazama knocked on the door with Du Fair. The father who opened the door heard Miyako Kazama explain the intention. The original smiling face immediately turned cold.

Man, "There's no such person here! You're in the wrong place!"

After the husband finished speaking, he turned around and left, no longer having the same politeness and smile as before. The wife also hurriedly pulled her son, who didn't know what the situation was, back to her room, and then came over to drive away the guests.

Woman, "I'm sorry! We've forgotten all about this incident. There's really nothing that can help you. Please come back!"

Miyako Kazama, "Madam, after all these years, don't you really want to find out the true cause of your daughter's death?"

Woman, "I'm sorry, it's time for you to go!"

The husband, who was supposed to leave, didn't know when he appeared at the door again, "You guys go quickly!

Miyako Kazama, "What about the relics of Miss Jun Ranzawa ......"

The man roared angrily, "There's no Ran Sasawa here!

The woman also began to close the door, "We have already lost all those things! There is nothing left! Please don't come back to disturb our normal life!"

The door was slammed shut, and Miyako Kazama and Du Fair were invited out of the house in a similar way, completely ignoring Miyako Kazama's discount as a beauty.

Looking at the door that had been completely closed to the two of them, Miyako Kazama and Du Fair had no choice but to leave.

Miyako Kazama, "They're trying to forget all the damage they've done. ”

Du Fair smiled, "This is normal. I can't blame them. The dead are dead, and the living must strive to live. ”

When the two returned to the street and got into their car, the family's mother chased after them. A key with a number on it was placed in Miyako Kazama's hand, and then she bowed deeply, "Please don't look for us again." And don't let our child know that he once had a sister!"

With that, the mother turned and trotted home. Miyako Kazama and Du Fair watched the woman's disappearance before turning their eyes to the key in Miyako Kazama's hand.

Miyako Kazama, "It's like the key to a locker. ”

"It doesn't seem like she and her husband said that everything that was once has been discarded. ”

Miyako Kazama, "It may also be a memento that her mother left behind in private." ”

Du Ping looked at the key, "Can you find that locker with just one key?"

Miyako Kazama, "No problem! Journalists are a detective!"

Sure enough, Miyako Kazama and Totofair found a private belongings that Madame Blue had been paying to store for a long time in a public yard. It is arranged as a girl's room, with a bed, a desk, a bookcase, a hanger, ....... It's as if a girl still lives in such a space.

After stroking the dust on the desk, Du Ping said with a sigh, "I believe that this lady has been sneaking here all the time, and the hygiene here is not like it has not been cleaned." ”

Miyako Kazama, "If I'm right, the layout here is the same as when the deceased was alive." ”

Soon Du Ping found the diary and photo album belonging to the girl in the bookcase.

The second victim of this series of incidents, the family of Hirakawa Ararito six years ago, moved out of Kurama and moved to work and settle in other places. When Miyako Kazama found them, their house still hadn't been sold. So they asked the entrusted real estate agent to help Miyako Kazama and Du Ping open the door.

Since it is a house that is ready for sale, there are no furniture or items in the house for a long time. According to the real estate agent's explanation, part of it was donated to charitable organizations, part of it was disposed of in thrift stores, and the last part was disposed of as garbage. So except for some on-site photos saved by real estate agents at the time, there are actually none. Just like Hirakawa Arari, he has slowly disappeared all traces of his existence in the mortal world.

Although there are some disappointments, this is the reality, and those who are alive still have to live strongly.

In fact, the results of a few days of investigation are still similar to zero, and none of the clues that can cause the case to be solved have been found. It's just that for all the individual events of the whole case, Du Pingping finally has an intuitive and overall impression. And there is a vivid image of the victim who only exists in the case file.

Du Ping's hut can no longer carry the storage and analysis of Du Ping's information, and Miyako Kazama specially found an office space of 20 square meters for Du Pingping in the office building of "Asami Tibetan Horse". Soon, all the walls of the entire office were covered with the mind map of the case summarized by Du Pingping. Countless important and unimportant clues, information, and characters are scattered throughout the map structure, but Du Pingping still has not found a way to succeed.

The office door was opened, and Miyako Kazama walked out with a pot of coffee and used it to get to To's coffee cup. The coffee that was poured last time inside has not been drunk. Miyako Kazama emptied it, filled it with hot coffee, and took it to Toto, who was standing on one of the walls in a daze.

Miyako Kazama, "What, no progress yet?"

The wall that Du Ping is facing now is already a little bloody, full of death photos and autopsy photos of the deceased, if it was in Du Ping's home, it will definitely scare Du Pingping's parents and little sister. But at this time, Du Fair and Miyako Kazama stood side by side in front of this wall, their expressions were very normal, and there was no discomfort.

Miyako Kazama, "What do you eat at noon?" Is veal steak okay?"

Du Ping didn't seem to have turned his attention, "Yes." ”

After an answer that he couldn't say whether he could hear it or not, Du Pingping once again turned his attention to the mind map area covered with corpses. In Du Ping's brain, four girls with different personalities seem to be living, studying, moving, and dying in their different living spaces, and finally become corpses on the forensic experimental table. At a certain moment, under Du Pingping's attention, one of the details of their story will be magnified and slowed down, and it will become extremely clear in front of Du Pingping's eyes. Although I seem to feel it every time I breathe in, I still can't find the answer.

The thick stack of materials behind Du Pingping, which recorded the condition of the corpse, had been scattered on the table. The investigation of the incident has entered very nuanced aspects such as the examination of the body, and although due to Miyako Kazama's relationship, Du Fair has obtained information that the police cannot leak at all, but the progress of the incident is still nothing. It is as if some people are silently telling Du Pingping: Your guess is wrong! There is no problem with the results of the police investigation! All this is just a joke played by nature to human beings, and all this is just a coincidence.

Never give up!

Du Pingping left the whiteboard and returned to the table covered with materials, and continued to work hard.

At noon, I ate the famous Western food veal steak in the city, and Miyako Kazama ordered the 3 ripe varieties that would flow out of the blood when cut with a knife. However, the taste of the steak is amazing, and I don't know if it is because the beef itself is of good quality. When Du Ping ate it, he actually ate a sweet feeling from it. This made Miyako Kazama, who was on the other side, giggle and grin.

Du Pingping was puzzled, "What are you laughing at?"

Miyako Kazama, "I'm laughing, don't you feel disgusted? You've been looking at corpses and autopsies all day. Don't you see that I'm fixing you?"

Du fair, "It's okay. ”

As he spoke, he put a freshly cut piece of beef into his mouth, feeling that although Miyako Kazama was a little cautious, the steak at the restaurant she chose was really delicious. So he cut off another piece and put it in his mouth.

Miyako Kazama showed a curious expression, "Aren't you really afraid?"

Du Pingping, "What are you afraid of?"

Miyako Kazama, "Aren't ordinary people afraid to eat when they see corpses or photos of corpses, or can't see meat?"

Du Ping glanced at her, "I'm not an ordinary person, okay." ”

Miyako Kazama, "It's really strange, how can a very ordinary family grow up with such a different kind of you. Is this a genetic variation?"

"It could also be a genetic mutation. In the end, I am a person who has experienced death, and I was really sent to the morgue where the dead were released in the incident of my fall. ”

Miyako Kazama, "I've heard about it too. It's not that it's just a rumor, it's just that the people under the police are mistaken. Have you already been taken to the hospital for emergency treatment?"

Du Ping gave her a blank look again, "Don't you really know?"

Miyako Kazama, "I really don't know. ”

Du Pingping, "Don't pretend. After working with me for the first time, you looked into me. The second time I saw you, I noticed that you didn't have the right attitude, staring straight at my body. You don't think you care about my condition, do you?"

Miyako Kazama didn't feel embarrassed at all, "Haha...... Ha ha...... , you found out then. Tell me, what is it like to die?"

Du Ping looked at Miyako Kazama calmly for a long time, "Why should I tell you?"

Miyako Kazama coquettishly took Du Fair's hand, "Isn't it your girlfriend?"

While talking, he also used his little hand to naughtily draw circles in Du Ping's palm, looking dishonest.

Du Pingyun said lightly, "It's nothing. As soon as I woke up, I was in a hospital bed. I don't know any of these things, but I still listen to adults and doctors. Whether it's true or not, to be honest, I don't know. If anything, it's a little bit. ”

Miyako Kazama was curious, "Really?"

Du fair, "Really. It's just that I seem to be getting smarter. This is not speculation, but fact. Not to mention the things that help you investigate, it is also very easy for me to grasp the knowledge points when I usually study, not to know, not to understand, but to grasp and stretch. It's an amazing feeling. It's the same with playing computer games, it used to be that watching game videos on the Internet would only feel like people were at stake, but now it seems that I can feel why people did what they did at the time. ”

Miyako Kazama, "It's like in a mythological story." ”

Du Ping didn't answer, just silently looked at his double. There are still some things in my heart that I don't want to say, just like that time in the hospital bed, just based on Miyako Kazama's narration, I can accurately draw a portrait of Aiko Imamiya, and it is very similar. And I'm not a person who can draw. In order not to be too noticeable, do you have to sign up for some hobby classes? Do some foreshadowing or hide the skills that you will slowly show yourself later?

Miyako Kazama wondered why Du Ping kept looking at her hands, "What are you going to think?"

Du Pingping withdrew his hand and looked at it again, "I didn't think about anything." ”

After lunch, Du Ping did not continue to go back to the office to work. The saying to Miyako Kazama is, walk around and calm your mind. Miyako Kazama herself has a lot of her own affairs, and although being a journalist is a relatively freelance job, it's like being a university student. The time and pace may be much easier than in high school, but there is no shortage of homework and credit. So a good journalist is also a person who can plan and is very disciplined.

said that he was going around, but of course, Du Pingping didn't have the heart to go to shopping malls, supermarkets, cinemas and other places. It didn't take long to walk, but I decided to go to Tachibana High School and the green grass lake where a series of cases occurred.

Although Lake Green Grass is a well-known feature of Tachibana High School, it is actually part of a public park next to Tachibana High School. That's why there are incidents of suicides by jumping into the lake in the middle of the night, and it is impossible for the school to open in the middle of the night. The door is locked, and if you want to enter, you can only climb over the wall. Green Grass Lake is a public park next to Tachibana High School, and this kind of small park has no walls at all, so it is free to come and go whatever you want. But another fact is that under some unspoken rules of Kurama City, Green Grass Lake has become a part of the history of Tachibana High School, although it belongs to the city treasury. This is a widely acknowledged fact that some developments that attempt to move the Green Grass Lake are inexplicably halted or disappear.

Standing by the lake, looking at this beautiful lake, it was hard to believe that this was the life that had swallowed the lives of many beautiful girls. In the summer, it's still time to go to work, and there aren't many people here. The grass is level, flowers are blooming, small trees are flourishing, and there are a few pedestrians walking around. Although more than two months have passed since the Ayumi incident, the railing surrounding the lake is still there. It's just that when Du Ping approached the lake, a security guard slowly approached here. From a distance, Du Ping didn't look like he had committed suicide, so he just watched from a distance and didn't get closer.

Du Pingzhan smiled with the other party, thought about it, or walked slowly on the grass a little distance from the lake. Suddenly, Du Ping was attracted by the strange scenery under a small tree.

This is a picture of a white curly puppy. According to Du Ping's knowledge reserve, this is supposed to be an ornamental puppy called Bichon Frise. It is a small dog breed native to the Mediterranean region that does not shed its hair naturally and is very popular with modern urban families. The meaning of the Bichon Frise in the language of origin: a puppy with white curly fur, so there is no doubt about its cuteness. With a petite, muscular white puff-shaped body, it has a cheerful personality, a tail that rolls happily behind its back like a feather, and an eternally curious look. The puppy in the photo is a standard, pure-blooded Bichon Frise, looking cute and about to jump over to you.

However, to Du Ping's surprise, this is not a photo of a dog search revelation because the puppy is lost. Rather, it is a photo of the puppy in mourning, and under this cute puppy photo, there is a line of very serious handwriting: Natsuki Konishi, born on February 13, 1977, died on July 14, 1982. The mother who loves you the most may you always be happy. There are also flowers under the photo.

Du Pingping was curious, and the security guard in the distance suddenly ran over, picked up the photo and flowers, and complained very dissatisfied, "Why is that person here again! Didn't you tell her not to do this kind of thing here?"

Du Ping was curious, "Uncle, what the hell is going on here!"

Uncle Security glanced at Du Pingping, and was very reluctant to educate Du Pingping, "Children, don't keep wandering around this lake! This lake is very evil, and there have been 4 incidents of female high school students jumping into the lake to commit suicide here." The police did not find anything out of the situation, and it was said that it may have been a murder by evil spirits. ”

Du Pingping deliberately questioned Uncle Security's argument, "Uncle, you're not scaring children, are you! How can such an incident exist in modern society!"

The security uncle immediately had a very fair attitude, "Go, go, go, what do you kid know! Not only people, but also some small animals will jump into the lake and commit suicide by jumping into the lake like crazy!"

The security uncle shook the photo of the puppy in his hand, "See, this is a photo of a puppy who jumped into the lake and died, its owner always has nothing to do here, and uses the photo to sacrifice her own puppy here." It doesn't matter if this is a public area, there is really no social morality! If this is the case, I will go to the police station to sue her. I used to see her pitiful, let her go a few horses, she will be a bully for me!"

"That!" Du Pingping had a flash of inspiration and said hesitantly to the security uncle, "Can you give me this puppy photo?"