Chapter 80, the voice that spans time
"What? That black knight showed up last night, why didn't you wake me up!"
On the return trip, Yuchai Group luxury cruise ship.
Maori, who was worried, couldn't help but wake up instantly after hearing the news, and glared at Xiaolan over there with a resentful face.
"Obviously, you drank and slept like a dead pig after drinking, and you couldn't wake up no matter how you screamed!"
Faced with Maori's complaints, Xiaolan couldn't help but roll her eyes angrily, and then turned her head away from him.
Last night, the great detective Mori Kogoro came to the scene of the fire and provided an extremely capable and effective command ability for the chaotic and disorderly firefighting team, successfully reducing the damage to the fire site. Then, as a hero of the firefighting, at the warm invitation of the Moon Shadow Village Village Committee and the islanders, he attended a small drinking party held that night. And then, there is no then......
His memory still lingers on the snow-white, deep ravine of the beautiful woman who toasted him last......
Thinking of this, Maori pounded his chest and was heartbroken!
If the last few cups don't go down, with the wisdom and martial arts of his own detective, it won't be a matter of minutes to capture that arrogant black knight! At that time, his name as Detective Mori Kogoro will not resound throughout the country, and let the group of guys who searched for a lesson take a good look at what kind of genius they forced to resign back then!
It's good now, let alone arresting the black knight, and even the last beautiful woman, Fang Ze, didn't kiss it......
Miscalculation, miscalculation......
Thinking so, Maori couldn't help but light a cigarette, breathing loneliness in the bleak sea breeze.
"Damn the black knight, you're lucky this time, next time my real detective Mori Kogoro must make you look good!"
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"Haqiu!"
At the other end of the deck, the eagle that was leaning against the railing suddenly sneezed so loudly that it almost fell into the sea without standing still.
"Hey, be careful! I can't hold you right now!"
Standing at the feet of Takaya, Conan, who was pulling his pants, couldn't help but say with some trepidation.
"Got it...... Shit, which bastard is this cursing me?"
Eagle Ya, who was holding on to the railing to regain his footing, couldn't help but rub the tip of his nose and raised his eyebrows a little unpleasantly.
"God knows, your identity as a black knight has dealt with so many bad guys, and it's normal for someone to curse you when you're fine......"
Conan couldn't help but stretch and said very casually.
"Also, isn't that the more people who curse me, the happier I should be?"
Takaya scratched his head, always feeling that there was something wrong with this logic.
"Let's not talk about that, don't you want to explain to me why Dr. Chengshi came back with us?"
Saying this, Conan couldn't help but tug at the hem of Eagle Arrow's trousers, and then nodded towards Cheng Shi, who was also leaning on the railing.
"What's the explanation for this, I just paid a lot of money to hire her to be my family doctor. ”
Takaya turned his head and glanced at Chengshi, who was looking at the Moon Shadow Island in a daze, and said so.
"It's as simple as that?" Conan looked up, staring at him in disbelief.
"Of course, it's more than that, but I really spent a lot of money!" Hawkya rolled her eyes angrily, "Those guys from Moonshadow Island were very good at first. As soon as I heard that I was going to take Chengshi away, I began to cry and call my mother. Say that after so many years, a doctor is finally willing to come, and she said that she has signed a five-year contract, and if she wants to leave, she needs to pay a huge amount of liquidated damages and so on!"
"Let me guess......" The corners of Conan's mouth couldn't help twitching slightly, "Next, did the domineering Young Master Yuchai yell, 'Isn't it money, Lao Tzu has it!' and then threw down a check and forcibly took people away?"
"Ahem, how can you say that I seem to be a bully who robs the people's girls?" Hearing Conan's words, Eagle Arrow couldn't help but cough twice, "Well, although it's not so barbaric, the process is roughly the same." All in all, that's what it is. ”
"Don't play dumb at me, you know that's not what I'm talking about!" Conan couldn't help but smack the arrow, "Tell me, where did you and her go early this morning?
"Oh, you mean it......" Takiya couldn't help but yawn, "It's someone's family matter, why do you care so much?"
"You don't come, you know I'm curious, but you haven't mentioned this matter since yesterday, isn't it just to fish for my appetite?
The most painful thing for a detective is to have a puzzle in front of your eyes and you can't solve it.
"Actually, it's nothing...... It's just a letter, a birthday greeting from a father to his daughter who is recuperating in Tokyo. ”
Saying this, Eagle Arrow couldn't help but turn his head and look at Chengshi over there.
As if he had a heart in his heart, Cheng Shi suddenly turned his head, met his eyes, and smiled.
A freshly reborn smile that is pure and flawless.
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"Are you sure it's here?"
Early morning. Half past six. Aso Mansion Memorial Park.
It was originally the home of the Aso family, but a fire twelve years ago turned the gorgeous house into ruins. And twelve years have passed, and I don't know if it's because of the fear of the curse or whatever, the place has remained as it was, and has not been renovated. It's because of so many springs, summers, autumns and winters, covered by a layer of greenery, which looks quite poignant. Therefore, the Moon Shadow Island Village Committee, which is preparing to vigorously develop tourism, also took the opportunity to erect a sign for this place, calling it Aso Memorial Park.
And now, in the early morning when the sun is just peeking out, Eagle is wearing a construction uniform and holding a large shovel, carrying out a destructive work in this deserted park.
"It should ...... It's here...... Right?" Sung Sil looked at the sheet music in his hand while trying to recall what his home looked like twelve years ago, "I think this should be this place, right? I remember that there used to be a small tree here......
"Sister, you have thought clearly, this is the third pit I dug ......"
Eagle Ya wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Cheng Shi a little speechlessly.
"I'm sorry, but I haven't been here in a long time. ”
Looking at the tired Eagle Arrow, Chengshi couldn't help but show a smile of embarrassment.
Last night, after Takaya got Kuroiwa Tatsuji, he finally got this last sheet of music from Hideo Kawashima.
When he handed the re-glued sheet music to Cheng Shi, her tears that she had managed to stop welled up again.
As Takaya had said before, there was something buried in this sheet music, but it wasn't money or drugs, as they had thought, but a gift. A birthday gift from a father to his daughter, twelve years overdue.
It was supposed to be a treasure full of love dug up in her garden by hand after her daughter returned from Tokyo to recuperate. But before the score could be sent, Aso himself was engulfed in a malevolent fire. The gift, which should have been unsealed twelve years ago, lay quietly in the land, sleeping for twelve years.
It is only now, after several twists and turns, that this score is finally handed over to its true owner.
Therefore, in order to untie the last knot in Chengcheng's heart, Eagle Arrow will come here early this morning, while most people have not yet gotten up, carrying a construction shovel. Otherwise, with his young personality, he would have done these menial jobs? Look at his sweaty, gray-faced appearance, where is there still the chic of a rich child, the whole black miner!
[Forget it, good people do it to the end, send Buddha to the west. I knew this was the case, and I should have asked Uncle De to get an excavator to come over......]
The helpless Yuchai had no choice but to wipe his face, and then continued to start his own excavation work.
"Boom!"
"Ah......h
At this time, Eagle Arrow suddenly felt the shovel smash, and the tiger's mouth was sour, as if he had hit something hard, and he couldn't help but feel shocked, and hurriedly threw the shovel away and dug in the soil with both hands.
"Oh, I finally found it, is this it?" Eagle Ya took out a small iron box from the soil, blew the dust on it, and then handed it to Chengshi over there, "I really can't see it, your father, as a pianist, has quite good physical strength! The box is buried so deeply, I'm not afraid that you won't be able to dig it out at all......"
"No, because my father has buried it before, and when I dig it, my brother will help me with it. ”
He took the tin box handed by Eagle Arrow, and gently stroked the rough surface, revealing a nostalgic smile.
Perhaps because it has been buried in the soil for many years, the surface of the tin box has long been rusty and uneven, but Chengshi seems to be caressing a gem, and with a gentle and sad smile, he gently holds it in his arms.
"Why don't you open it and take a look, what your family left you?"
Eagle just stood aside, smiling faintly. It wasn't until tears appeared in the corners of her eyes again that she couldn't help but remind her.
"What about it...... Cheng Shi couldn't help but wipe the corners of his eyes on both sides, and then opened the iron box.
Maybe it's because it's been buried for too long, and there was still a little mildew ash when it was first opened, so Chengshi couldn't help frowning and waving his hand.
"It's ...... Tapes?"
After the moldy ash cleared, what appeared in front of Chengshi's eyes was a good audio tape wrapped in plastic film, and a notebook.
"Looks like your father has something to say to you......" Looking at the tape, Hawkya couldn't help but smile strangely, "You should be glad that I just had a listening tape on me today......"
Eagle Ya couldn't help but take out a small listening note from his pocket, handed it to Chengshi over there, and then walked away silently.
"You...... Don't you listen with me?" Looking at the eagle arrow who was slowly walking away, Chengshi hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but say.
"I'm not in the habit of eavesdropping on people's family affairs...... I'll wait for you in the car and listen slowly......"
Eagle Arrow just waved his hand without looking back, and then walked away with the construction shovel in style.
"Thank you......"
Looking at the back of Eagle Arrow turning away, Chengshi couldn't help but show a smile and said softly.
What a ...... A gentle, awkward, and handsome, but really handsome man......
Thinking so, Chengshi couldn't help but open the Walkman, put the ancient tape inside, and pressed the play button.
After a sound similar to electromagnetic interference passed, after twelve years, Chengshi finally heard his father's voice again.
That warm, loving voice, just hearing it again, made Chengshi feel the urge to burst into tears.
The son wants to raise but does not wait, there is nothing more sad in this world.
"Chengmei, are you okay? I haven't seen you for a year, haven't you?"
"I'm sorry, but my dad has been busy performing since I sent you to a hospital in Tokyo to recuperate, and I hope you can forgive me. ”
"So, on your birthday, in order to make amends for your sins, Dad decided to cancel all the performances this year, and then pick you up from the hospital in Tokyo, and just stay at home with you, stay with you, and practice piano with you, okay?"
"So, let's get better, I want my beauty to grow up healthy and happy. ”
"When the time comes, I will be able to take you and your brother to play abroad, and you will be able to meet those you want to see, but you have not seen. ”
"Finally, I have a gift for you, the piano that you have in mind. ”
"Happy 14th birthday to my Chengmei. ”
Audio tapes are a really amazing thing.
It is capable of recording the sounds of the past and then recreating them at the present point in time.
For a while, Chengshi always had the illusion that his father was standing in front of her and talking to her.
At that moment, Chengshi couldn't help laughing, and she suddenly saw that she had returned home from the hospital in Tokyo and dug up this treasure with her brother. Then he studied piano in the company of his father and family, traveled abroad, and grew up. Then, together with his brother, he took care of his father, who was beginning to grow old, helped him get up, helped him dress, and played his favorite "Moonlight" to him......
Sung Shi smiled and laughed, and then cried. Crying and crying, laughing again.
This voice and love that spanned time finally rejuvenated her heart, which was empty because of hatred, with vitality and hope.
The deceased is gone, and the past time can no longer be recovered, leaving only memories left in people's hearts. And the living should carry this memory and continue to live hard with the expectations and wishes of the deceased.
"Thank you...... Thank you, Dad...... Thank you, Mr. Knight......"
Holding this birthday gift that has been delayed for 12 years, Cheng Shi smiled like a child.
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"Okay?"
When Narumi finally opened the car door with the iron box in his hand, Takya, who had already changed his clothes, couldn't help but stretch.
"Well, thank you...... Let me know my father's last thoughts...... You're an incredible messenger!"
Sitting in the back seat of the car, looking at the eagle who was leaning on the back of the seat and stretching his waist, Chengshi couldn't help but smile a little.
"You're welcome, I'm just thinking about more beautiful things in this world, after all, there have been too many tragedies......"
With that, Takaya smiled, started the car, and drove silently in the direction of the hotel.
"Is that why you chose to become a Black Knight?"
Through the rearview mirror, Chengshi saw Eagleya's lonely smile and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"yes, can't you?" said Taka as she glanced up at her and chuckled.
"No, everyone has their own attachments and things they want to change...... It's just that your attachment looks silly, but it is great. ”
Cheng Shi hugged the iron box in his arms and said seriously.
"Great...... Heh, I've never felt that way, what I'm doing is just self-satisfaction. Hawk shrugged, "Don't just talk about me, what about yourself, what are you going to do now that you have got your revenge?"
"Isn't that what you should ask you, Mr. Knight, what are you going to do with me?"
Saying this, Chengshi couldn't help but glance at Eagle Ya with coquettishness, and said with a slight troll.
"What do you mean I'm going to do with you, what can I do with you?"
Eagle Ya couldn't help but be speechless for a while, how could he say this, how could he listen to himself like a bandit bully who went down the mountain to rob the people's daughter.
"After all, I know a lot of your secrets, and even if you are killed, it is expected......" Chengshi said with a chuckle.
"If I really want to kill it, can you still sit here so peacefully?" Hawk rolled her eyes angrily.
"So, what are you going to do? Now that I know who you really are, you won't let me go easily, right?"
Chengshi just looked at Hawkya quietly, as if he wanted to see something on his face.
"yes...... Then I only have ......"
Speaking of this, Eagle Arrow suddenly paused, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.
At that moment, Cheng Shi, who had been watching the eagle arrow, couldn't help but tremble instinctively.
"Then I can only ask you to help me keep this secret......"
The cold light flashed away, and in the next second, Eagle Arrow showed a hint of amusement, and grinned at Chengshi, who was frightened by himself.
"Hmph......" Realizing that he had been tricked, he couldn't help but snort sullenly.
"Seriously, I really can't do anything to you. The only thing I can do is to make sure that you keep this secret. ”
After all, Eagle Ya is not a pure criminal, and those methods of intimidation and extortion can be used on the criminal, but not on her.
"Do you believe me like that?" Hearing Eagleya's words, Chengshi suddenly turned his head and looked at him fixedly.
"It depends on my own vision. If it's really exposed, I can only blame myself for being blind. ”
Takayama shrugged his shoulders and made a nonchalant look.
"So, I have a better proposal than this, would you like to hear it?"
"You don't mean to say something like 'please let me join in'?" Taka narrowed her eyes slightly.
"That's right, then we're complicit, and you don't have to worry about me revealing your true identity. ”
"No!" Faced with Chengshi's proposal, Taka refused outright without thinking about it.
"Are you trying to say it's too dangerous?" was rejected so decisively, Chengshi was slightly stunned, and said without giving up, "I know, compared to you, my skills are not very good, and I don't expect to be able to fight crime like you." However, I'm a doctor, and I can treat you when you're hurt, and help you hide your identity from anyone else. ”
"It's not just dangerous in this sense...... Eagle Arrow just shook his head slightly, "The criminals who are threatened by the Black Knight will definitely start investigating the identity of the Black Knight as well, and I can't guarantee that my identity will not be revealed at all." If exposed, anyone around me can be in danger, even if you're just a doctor. ”
Saying this, Eagleya couldn't help but sigh deeply, then raised his head, looked at the rearview mirror, and said to Cheng Shi in the back row.
"Dr. Sungsil, I'm glad you've finally been able to come out of the shadows of the past. When you are reborn, you should cherish your new life and return to the sunshine instead of the shadows. ”
"Forget everything about me, stay away from these dangers and right and wrong, simply be a doctor, and show your smile to the patients. ”
"Huh...... Can it really be done?" Cheng Shi couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Forget...... If it was so easy to do, there wouldn't be so many people in this world working so hard.
Have you left such a deep mark on my heart, and yet you have so cruel heart that I have completely erased it?
"I believe you can, after all, you have stepped out of the shadow of being dominated by Hideo Kawashima, and the rest of your life is all at your own disposal, and no one can interfere with you anymore. Hawk looked at her deeply and said so.
"yes, maybe I've stepped out of their shadows. But, what about you?" Cheng Shi couldn't help but lean forward, leaning over the gap between the seats, staring closely at the eagle who was driving, "You have also interfered deeply in my life, even more so than them, shouldn't you be responsible?"
Yes, and not just interfering, Taka can be considered to have completely changed the trajectory of her life and set her on a different path.
"Uh......" Hearing Chengshi's words, Yingya's mind couldn't help but think of the words that Uncle De had told him before.
When he is constantly active as a black knight, he is also constantly changing the trajectory of other people's lives. It can be said that it was because of his actions that he really made up his mind to take revenge. Although he was stopped by himself in the end, he still has a responsibility that cannot be escaped.
"And, if one day your identity is revealed, if those people really want to get involved in revenge, do you think they will let me go of this one you did so hard to help? Even if I was no longer with you at that time?"
Chengshi's words silenced Takaya again, although he also knew that this possibility was not great, but it could not be ignored. If he is really the kind of criminal who is so mad that he attacks the people around him, then as long as there are people who have been implicated with him, they are already in danger.
So...... Is Xia Jiang the same? He couldn't help but think of her again, and what Uncle De had said to him at the beginning.
[People will always encounter danger, and young master, when you chose to approach Miss Akimoto, you had already involved her, in that case, why not take responsibility and let you protect her?]
Negative ...... Liability...... Really?
Hawkya's hand gripping the steering wheel couldn't help but tighten slightly.
"Okay then...... There are about two hours left before Uncle De prepares the boat, and you can take the opportunity to think clearly. If you don't regret it by then, I'll hire you back to Tokyo in the name of my family doctor. ”
"No need, I'm going to go back with you this time anyway!"
Getting Eagle Ya's answer, even if Lian Chengshi has such a quiet temperament, he can't help but be a little excited.
"Why?" said Takagiya, confused.
"Because, I'm going to pick up the gift my dad left me. ”
With that, Chengshi handed the small notebook that was placed with the tape to Hawkya's eyes.
Eagle Ya just turned his head to look at it, and couldn't help but show a hint of "embarrassment".
It was a twelve-year-old bank safe, and although it was ancient, the handwriting was still legible, and it was definitely obtained as a time-honored brand with a high reputation. And this time-honored brand is precisely the Yuchai Bank under their Yuchai family!
[Is it a coincidence? Or is it really predestined?]
Seeing the success of the prank, happy as a child, Eagle Arrow couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
Fate is really magical......