Chapter 36: Tomie

"All three contestants are dead?"

Fang Ye was stunned and couldn't help asking.

"Yes, the three people who died were 34-year-old Naoya Ito, 28-year-old Heito Horikawa, and 26-year-old Masakatsu Omuro, all of whom were successful finalists yesterday. ”

Inoue Naohiko said slowly, his face looking very solemn.

"Did he kill him?"

Orihime Asagami tapped her white index finger on the table a few times, then looked at him.

"Yes, and I don't think it's just a homicide......

When Inoue Naohiko said this, he exhaled and seemed to be in a heavy mood.

Among the three people, it has been confirmed that Masakatsu Omuro sneaked into Naoya Ito's house in the early hours of this morning and killed the unsuspecting Naoya Ito, but not only did he not flee the scene, but instead went online in Naoya Ito's study for a while, and then committed suicide in front of the computer.

And Horikawa Heito, the murderer who killed him has not yet been caught, and the place of his death is in a single private room in an Internet café. ”

"Wait, one contestant murders another? Do Naoya Ito and Masakatsu Omuro know each other and have a grudge?"

According to the acquaintance, they had already investigated the relationship between the two men, and they should not know each other. Nao Ito also lives in Fukushima Ward, Osaka City, while Masakatsu Omuro is in Sakai SZ Ward, and the two of them don't have any interaction at all in their daily lives. ”

“…… If they really don't know each other as you said, Masakatsu Omuro can't make sense because he found out that Naoya Ito proved that he was also a finalist of the 'World One Manga Prize' on social media such as LINE and Twitter, and he went from Sakai City to Osaka to kill people. ”

Fang Ye raised his own doubts at this time.

"It's not just that, Fang Jun......"

Inoue Naohiko shook his head, his eyebrows furrowed deeply, and said: "Because I posted a dynamic on LINE and Twitter, I was killed by revealing that I was a finalist of the 'One World One Comics Award', and there was also a murder between the contestants, such a thing would be bizarre enough even if ordinary people heard it, let alone the competition committee of the 'One World One Comics Award'."

I heard from that acquaintance that they mobilized their forces early in the morning, and even the Dongying Cyber Defense Team intervened in the investigation, and called up what the three of them did on social media such as LINE and Twitter after the conference last night, and then found an extremely strange thing that all three people had done. ”

"What weird things did the dead contestants do?"

Asakami Orihime frowned and repeated.

"Yes, after they posted their social updates and proved that they were the first contestants in the 'One World Comic Awards', many strangers wanted to add them as friends, which is normal, but weird things happened after that......"

Inoue Naohiko said this, and took a sharp breath, "According to the records that came up, they then accepted a lot of women's friend applications, and then chatted with several new women, until about 10 o'clock, the three of them successively passed a friend application with a nickname called 'Kawakami Tomie', and then spent chatting with this person, and in the process, other women who were originally chatting were deleted from the friend list, leaving only this 'Kawakami Tomie'." ”

"Kawakami Tomie?!! Tomoe !!"

Suddenly, Fang Ye, who was still listening, shouted.

"What's wrong?Fang Jun, do you know this person?"

Orihime Asagami looked at Fang Ye suspiciously, and at the same time, Inoue Naohiko also stopped talking and turned his head to look at him.

"I just think the name is a little familiar, like I've seen it in some manga before......"

Fang Ye hesitated, but still said what he thought in his heart.

"Is the name Tomie Kawakami? If you're talking about Toei manga, you don't remember the name at all...... Could it be that it is a very early work, and it is not well-known......"

Orihime Asakami closed her eyes and recalled, as if she couldn't remember anything.

"Huh...... Maybe I'm mistaken," Fang Ye snorted, "Naohiko-kun, is this what you said about these three people being both unified and weird?"

"Right...... The three of them spent their later time chatting with the man named Tomie. According to the records found, Masakatsu Omuro went offline after nearly twelve o'clock, and before leaving, he also told this Kawakami Tomie that he was looking forward to meeting him as soon as possible, and Ito Naoya was still chatting with this Kawakami Tomie before he died, as for Horikawa Heito, but he chatted with Tomie until the latest, and the last chat record time was already 3 o'clock in the morning. ”

"This man named Tomie Kawakami is a woman, right?"

Orihime Asagami tapped her index finger a few times on the table and looked up and asked.

"The other party's account information does not disclose the gender, but according to the chat records of the three people with him, nine times out of ten it is a woman, and she is still a very beautiful woman. ”

“…… They were talking to the same person for a while before they died, and it's really doubtful, I guess the three people also told this Tomie where he was in the chat?"

"Yes, they all told Tomie about their location after being asked by this woman, and although they didn't send detailed addresses, they told Tomie about Osaka, Sakai City, and Kobe. ”

"Is it because this Kawakami Tomie offered to have a chance to meet them?"

Fang Ye, who was silent, suddenly asked.

"Yes, they all told themselves where they were after being questioned like this. ”

"Is there anything else?"

"At present, there are only these, but the competition committee of the 'Tianxia One Comics Awards' attaches great importance to this matter, and feels that this incident is because someone has already targeted the shortlisted contestants, so the police have intervened. ”

"They must pay attention to it, after all, three of the shortlisted contestants died overnight, and once it is reported in the news, the negative impact can be imagined. ”

Orihime Asami sighed, "Then why did you want Fang Jun to modify the information because of this matter?"

"Probably because I am afraid that Fang Jun will also be targeted at this time, because now the school's BBS has also revealed that the author of "One Punch Man" is from our comic painting club, and the scope that can be determined is already very small.

After eight o'clock, the work was uploaded, and the work information of "One Punch Man" still showed that the author's name was Fang Yingye, but I was afraid that it would soon spread on the Internet, and then Fang Jun's situation would be the same as these three people - the location, real name, etc. were all known. ”

"Hmm...... If you don't want to revise it, I'll reply to the competition committee on your behalf. ”

Orihime Asakami asked with a face facing Fang Ye.

But she didn't hear Fang Ye's reply for a long time.

On the contrary, he found that the young man opposite seemed to be thinking about something, and his face became more and more ugly.

"Orihime-sensei, Naohiko-kun......"

Fang Ye finally came back to his senses, he looked up at Asakami Orihime and Inoue Naohiko, and said: "I don't need to revise it, in fact, after hearing that three contestants with the same identity as me died, there may still be someone behind the scenes, I feel that it is too dangerous for me to participate again, can I still withdraw from the competition now?!"

He asked the two of them with a serious face.

His heart had been pounding hard from the front, yes, since he heard Tomie's name......

This can't be a coincidence, the chill he just felt in his heart was even more piercing and cold than facing the murderer Yizang in the Comic Painting Club not long ago.

Tomie Kawakami ...... Tomie ......

The name is too familiar to him, it is the masterpiece of the horror manga master Junji Ito, who couldn't sleep when he read this manga when he was a child, but secretly continued to read it with a flashlight in the bed......

Bastard, if he continues to compete, sooner or later his identity will be revealed, will he choose to face that beautiful Miss Tomie when the time comes?

Thinking of the nine deaths he had experienced, his heart and liver couldn't help but tremble.