Chapter 56: The Final Truth

According to the clues provided by the teacher, Qinghai Chuantang finds Sakura, who now works in a hairdresser.

Because of the weather, she wore a short-sleeved shirt that exposed her arms, and the burn marks on them were particularly conspicuous and eye-catching.

There was also a burn mark on her face, but it still couldn't stop her beautiful face, and she still felt that she was beautiful.

"Ji Yue...... I will never forget this name for the rest of my life. ”

"Do you think she deliberately hurt you?"

"Yes."

Sakura looked at her, "I didn't believe it at first. But then I found out...... Ah, I see, that's why she did it. ”

Sakura's body trembled a little.

"Do you know what that place is?"

"The director of the Maple Leaf Nursery School will give yellow butterfly hairpins to the children, which means that he has started doing that kind of thing again."

Qinghai Chuantang greeted the dean's family tree in his heart, and scolded on his lips: "What kind of toad is this!" ”

Sakura's eyes were filled with tears, but she smiled.

"The purpose of your coming to me is that Ji Yue is in trouble, right?"

"You mean...... Sister Himezuki? ”

"Sailor Moon" was the favorite anime of the children of the Maple Leaf Nursery School at the time, and it is also one of their most important memories.

Xixia likes the role of the moon hare very much.

Before performing on stage once, Yunatsu and Ji Yue had a dispute over costumes.

For this reason, Ji Yue also beat her sister.

Although she is a sister, Xixia is still young, not to mention that she was slapped firmly, so she immediately shed tears, crying that she hated her and wanted to find her mother.

"Don't cry, I'll trade something better for you."

As she spoke, Ji Yue took off the yellow hairpin from her hair and put it on Xixia's head.

After listening to this story, Qinghai Chuantang couldn't help but be stunned.

"At that time, it was Xixia who stayed in the nursery school, not Ji Yue?"

In other words, it was actually her sister Ji Yue who was taken away at that time, who replaced her sister's identity and became "Shinoda Xixia".

And the sister who was taken away afterwards should actually be the sister.

The one who died was the sister of the "Xixia" identity, and the one who was alive was the sister of the "Ji Yue" identity.

Then the person who is alive now is "Xixia".

When Qinghai Chuantang called to inform Kawanishi Muqi of this result, the reply he received was that he had known about it for a long time.

"Profiler? It seems that you are much slower than the police this time. ”

The other party's tone sounded a little smug.

"I'm not good at finding people...... Officer Kawanishi, may I ask you a question? ”

"What?"

"Is there a yellow hairpin pinned to that corpse?"

The answer was yes.

Then, the case is much clearer.

Because my sister gave me a yellow hairpin, she also took away the life that should have belonged to her.

That's why you retaliate in this way?

"If that's the case, then 'Summerset' will appear sooner or later, and there is no need to look for it at all."

Qinghai Chuantang muttered to himself and looked out the car window.

The lights were dim and the rain was drenching the roads, making pedestrians and vehicles much scarcer.

On September 10th, Qinghai Chuantang came to the school where Shinoda Xixia was.

From the mouths of her classmates, I learned that her life is very simple, and she usually goes to the library in addition to home and school.

Shinoda Yuxia's borrowing list includes "Criminal Psychology", "Serial Murder Archive", "Criminal Psychology Interview", and "Imitation Criminal Psychology".

At first glance, I thought it was a major such as criminal psychology, but in fact, Shinoda Yuxia studied mathematics as a major.

"Summer, you say? She was the best student in my class. ”

"But it seems to be a little unusual lately, and when I was doing a thesis report, I saw her for the first time because she couldn't finish it in time, and she was at a loss."

Qinghai Chuantang has found her best friend.

"Twin sisters? Haven't heard of it. If there were, she wouldn't fail to tell me. After all, when she had a boyfriend, she often said it to show off. ”

Did you kill your sister in order to get revenge on her?

Soon after leaving school, Qinghai Chuantang received a text message from a friend on the road -

"I found out the news about Shinoda Yunatsu at Yoneka General Hospital, and the results showed that he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer."

Pancreatic cancer is known as the "king of cancers", let alone the terminal stage.

Perhaps, the answer can be changed to: out of guilt for her sister, after killing her brother who tortured her, she chose to commit suicide.

So, do you want to tell the other person the truth?

After all, her boyfriend does seem to love her very much.

"Even if it replaces her existence, love can't replace it......"

Qinghai Chuantang sighed, and was ready to make an appointment with Masahiko Kuramoto to meet and inform the other party of the matter.

She is not a person who is good at tactfulness, so she also expected what the situation would be after knowing the death of the woman she loved.

Two cups of Mandheling coffee with a hint of sourness may be like this.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know she could be so sick."

Masahiko Kuramoto's eyes were a little moist, "Maybe I should have expected that." No wonder, three months ago, why did she choose such a ......"

"Xixia has always said that she should keep her innocence before getting married, but that night she ......"

"Actually, I was a little surprised, it didn't feel like the summer I've always known, as if she had suddenly changed as a person."

"After that, when I proposed to live together, Yunatsu said, 'Do you want to do that kind of thing now just as you look at me?' The expression at that time, how to put it, felt very unfamiliar. ”

"Is it because I have cancer that I was thrown off in this way?"

"I didn't even know that...... If I had known earlier, maybe I could have spent more time with her......"

Masahiko Kuramoto stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, not wanting others to see his embarrassing scene at the moment.

A special guest came to the Metropolitan Police Department, claiming to be a family member of the deceased in the duct tape murder.

She was led to the medical examiner's room.

Looking at the person named "Yanagawa Himezuki" lying down, her eyes were red and tears kept flowing.

"Miss Himetsuki."

The other party did not answer.

After Kawanishi Muqi called twice in a row, the other party seemed to have finally reacted to something.

She raised her head, looked at the other party and said, "Mr. Officer, are you calling me?" My name is 'Shinoda Yunatsu'. ”

"Then let me help you remember. With duct tape, wrap up the living sister and kill it, and then take away the name of the sister...... Right, Miss Yanagawa Himetsuki? ”

When the name was read, Kawanishi Muji deliberately said it word by word, as if he wanted to emphasize something.

Yanagawa Himetsuki sneered, "I'm sorry Mr. Officer, I don't understand what you're saying. ”

She stretched out her hand to wipe away her tears, and said solemnly: "If you are a criminal policeman, you should understand what I mean." My name is, Xixia. ”

In any case, she insisted that she was Xixia, and even her past resume could be clearly stated.

When, where, and what happened....... It's as if you've memorized it.

In the interrogation room, Kawanishi Muji and Yanagawa Himetsuki looked at each other.

"You insist that you are 'Shinoda Yunatsu', and we think you are 'Yanagawa Himetsuki', right?"

"That's true."

"Then I'll ask one last question. Wrapping your sister with duct tape while you are alive is to leave the other person's expression of pain and fear, because you think that only then can you get some compensation for your painful life, right? ”

Yanagawa Jizuki chuckled.

"In this case, you should ask the killer who killed Xixia."

"Miss Ji Yue, there may be something you don't know yet. That is, the 'tape serial murder case' was solved a few months ago and the murderer was successfully caught. ”

"Really?"

Yanagawa Himetsuki's smile seemed to be a little playful, "Mr. Officer, how do you know that the killer has really been caught?" Is the person who was caught really a murderer? Like what you see now, is it really the truth? ”

On September 11, police found a photo album from a villa where Shinoda had once lived.

It contains photos of her from childhood to adulthood, and she uses a pen to record the bits and pieces from childhood to adulthood.

The handwriting is very new, and it should have been written not long ago.

It's like writing all of this on purpose to tell someone.

Her name is "Yanagawa Himetsuki", but it is not "Himetsuki", but "Xixia".

Her name is "Shinoda Yuxia", but it is not "Xixia", but "Himetsuki".

The first child to wear a yellow hairpin was "Himetsuki".

At that time, Ji Yue didn't know what the yellow hairpin meant, but the dean told her that it was a very interesting thing to eat with him, and she could eat a lot of delicious snacks there.

So at that time, Ji Yue felt that the yellow hairpin was a better thing than a puffy skirt, so she exchanged it with Xixia.

The two of them already look alike.

So even if the card is exchanged, few people will accurately distinguish between the two.

It's just that when Xixia told Ji Yue that the dean let him go to his room at night and didn't let anyone else, the ignorant Ji Yue seemed to understand something.

So, she played a game with Xixia.

"Sister, we can't sleep anyway, so let's play the transformation game together. You close your eyes first. ”

"Okay."

Xixia closed her eyes.

This is the case with children, and sometimes conflicts pass quickly.

She seemed to have completely forgotten that this morning, her sister also snatched her favorite tutu skirt and snatched the role of her favorite "Moon Hare".

"Moon Prism Power, Transform!" Ji Yue whispered.

When Xixia opened her eyes, she saw Ji Yue wearing a yellow hairpin on her head, but she didn't say anything at the time, just smiled.

At that time, Xixia may have thought to herself: Ji Yue must have wanted to secretly go to the dean's place to eat delicious food.

In the dead of night, the children fall asleep.

Ji Yue got up quietly and prepared to go to the dean's room.

Although Xixia had his eyes closed, he did not fall asleep.

After hearing the slightest movement, he secretly opened his eyes, and then quietly followed the other party.

When Xixia climbed up the wooden ladder outside the window, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and leave tears when she looked at the scene inside.

She saw what they were doing, and she heard the name of the dean's mouthβ€”Xixia.

The yellow hairpin is never Ji Yue, but Xi Xia.

It's just that the dean mistook Ji Yue for Xi Xia.

Ji Yue, who returned to the room, washed her body with cold water over and over again, but she couldn't wash off those traces.

Perhaps since then, she has been left with a scar in her heart.

On the day when the good family came to pick up Xixia, Xixia also played a transformation game with Ji Yue.

"The game had to be played until I repronounced the spell. You'll remember, right? ”

"Sister......

Both had tears in their eyes.

"Himetsuki, we'll definitely meet again. At that time, we can recite the mantra. ”

"So before that, Ji Yue must be able to hold on, right?"

You protected me, so let me protect you now.

From then on, he lived as "Shinoda Yuxia".

Because it was eventually identified as a suicide, Yanagawa Himetsuki ...... No, Yuxia was eventually acquitted.

The first thing I did after leaving was to come to the edge of the sea cliff and look at the endless blue ocean.

She seemed to see Himetsuki, her sister.

It seems to have gone back to the time when magic spells were being recited.

"Moon Prism Power, Transform!"

Now, the magic is lifted, and she no longer lives as "Ji Yue", but as "Xixia".

It's just that why I always feel empty in my heart, as if something is missing.