Forty years ago.

"One...... Kazuo, why are you back...... Brought a stranger back with me......"

"If the mountain god is angry, it will affect the ...... of the whole village."

"Hurry up and kill this outsider and throw Kazuo back into the mountains!!"

In the dilapidated village, a dozen yellow-skinned male villagers armed with sickles and hoes nervously surrounded the little boy and the tall, ragged man behind him.

"Now, Ginji...... You seem to have promised me three wishes. ”

The little boy lowered his head, making it difficult to see the expression in the shadows.

"That's right, so quickly, did you think about it?"

Hearing his words, the tall man seemed to understand something, walked to the side with a blank face, picked up a thick twig and held it in his hand.

It was obviously an ugly branch with dead leaves, but in his hand it glowed like a peerless murder weapon.

"These people are the ones who want to sacrifice me to the mountain god in exchange for their own survival......"

The little boy's words were full of cruelty that did not match his age.

"Give them ...... A pleasure. ”

As he spoke, the branch in the tall man's hand swung forward as if it had removed a "weed", splashing a large tuft of blood.

……

"Giving you a good time?"

Hearing Kazuo Amato's words, Kohei Higashino put his forehead against the other party's face and showed a crazy smile.

“…… Like, what you did to Reiko?!!!! ”

According to the autopsy results and the restoration of the accident scene, Reiko Shirasui died at the moment of the explosion and did not feel any pain.

This may be the last mercy of God to her.

"Hey......

Higashino Kohei looked around, and then dragged Kazuo Amato, to a large two-story machine not far away.

He violently smashed open the console's protective case, pressed the start button, and then hammered the protective case into the console panel.

"Buzz Buzz ......"

The machine let out a shrill roar.

"You...... What do you want to do......"

Watching his movements, Kazuo Tento's pupils instantly shrank, revealing an expression of disbelief.

"Of course it'......"

Higashino bent his legs on the ground, jumped up sharply, and climbed up with Kazuo Amato, along the stand next to the machine.

“…… Give you the pleasure you want. ”

Standing above the machine, Higashino Kohei looked down and smiled contentedly.

Inside the machine, which resembles the mouth of an abyss, is a steel jagged that rolls at high speed and bites at each other.

What he just started is a legendary business grinder that can be crushed one by one, flattened and out of the warehouse, whether it is a hammer, a fire hydrant, an inflatable doll or a scrap car.

"Uhhh......h No, don't ......"

Looking at the steel giant beast that was selected and devoured under his feet, Kazuo Tento, who was held by the neck and lifted above the machine, let out an extremely frightened wail.

At the same time, with the piercing sound of brakes, several translucent pillars of light instantly focused on the two of them.

"This is the Yokohama Police Station's 'Gang Guard', and now we suspect that you are suspected of illegal assembly, gang fighting, premeditated murder and other crimes, please stop your behavior immediately and come down to cooperate with our investigation......"

Underneath the machine, several police cars attracted by the explosion of the off-road vehicle had already gathered.

Next to the car, more than a dozen heavily armed guards were aiming at Higashino Kohei with guns in their hands.

One of the police officers, holding a megaphone, was talking to him loudly.

"Hey, hey, you policemen, you came in a 'timely manner'."

Looking at the guards below who were fully armed and surrounded themselves, Higashino Yukihei asked expressionlessly.

"Do you know how many people have died because of this monster in my hands?!"

“…… And where were you when Reiko needed you?! ”

The raindrops in the sky became heavier and more violent, like Higashino Kohei's question, and slammed into everyone's hearts.

"Kohei !!"

At the same time, two suspicious men in stockings, soaking wet, roared out of the corner of the warehouse.

It was Sosuke Araki and Ryoma before the second front who rushed to hear the sound.

They were greeted by a row of black muzzles of the guards.

"If a suspected accomplice is found, arrest ...... first"

Several police officers immediately surrounded and pressed the suspicious-looking two people to the ground with their knees and handcuffed their hands.

"Kohei!! Don't be impulsive!! ”

Ignoring that he was handcuffed, Sousuke Araki directly dragged the police officer behind him forward, and yelled loudly at Kohei Higashino above the machine.

Looking at these two men who appeared suddenly, with their heads covered in stockings, like bank robbers, Higashino Kohei was slightly stunned at first, and then showed a relieved and helpless expression.

"Two before Ryoma!! You stinky cop and your informant, are you still trying to stop me?! ”

"Hey, stinky cop? Although I do ......"

"Informant...... Are you talking about me? ”

Higashino Kohei's angry roar made the two of them look dazed.

"Reiko ......"

Ignoring the crowd below, Higashino picked up the pink diamond ring on his chest and kissed it gently.

"You are optimistic under the Nine Springs, and I will avenge you now......"

He pulled out the dagger in Kazuo Amato's body and aimed it at the other man's chest.

Higashino Kohei's originally fierce hanging horn eyes have lost all luster and turned into a gray full of life.

"Oops...... That guy ......"

Ryoma, whose head was pressed to death in the mud, noticed his eyes, and his heart suddenly "chuckled".

That is, there is no longer a nostalgic eye for the world.

"Don't move!! What are you doing?! ”

"Stop your actions now, or we're going to shoot!"

"Go and turn that machine off!!"

"The console is broken, can't turn off ......"

"Cut off the power immediately!"

"That's a high-voltage cable, someone has been arranged to go to ......"

Seeing Higashino Kohei's movements, the police below suddenly panicked and pulled open the safety bolt with a brush.

"Kohei, don't be impulsive...... What's the matter, you can tell me about it!!! ”

At the same time, Sosuke Araki, who was pressed to the ground by three policemen, flipped over the three adult men on his body like an ancient beast, squeezed into the crowd in front of him, and ran towards the bottom of the machine.

"What are you doing, you're obstructing official business!"

"Hold him ......"

"Someone helps, this guy has a lot of strength......"

The police officers who were pushed to the ground by him got up and threw themselves on Sousuke Araki's back.

"Bastard...... Let go of me......"

Sousuke Araki was like a shark entangled in seaweed, and in the drag of more than a dozen police officers, he tried his best to walk towards Higashino Kohei step by step.

There was chaos under the shredder, but it was as if all the sound was drowned out by a heavy curtain of rain.

Looking at Sousuke Araki running towards him below, Kohei Higashino opened his mouth slightly and said something silently.

Then, he gently handed out the dagger in his hand.

"Uhhh......h

With Kazuo Amato's screams, the sharp dagger had already slammed into his chest.

Blood gushed like juice.

"Bang ......"

Faced with this bloody scene, I don't know which policeman couldn't help but pull the trigger.

The fatal bullet pierced Higashino's forehead with a sound of breaking through the air, opening up a bloody hole.