"I, Kengo Yamada, will be loyal to Araki-senpai for the rest of my life. It's better for the seniors to stay and participate in the autumn competition, our kendo club will spend all your life to support you......"

"That's enough, whoever brings the sword and knocks this guy unconscious and drags him away."

Kengo Yamada, who was completely drunk, shouted until the end of the party.

On the occasion of farewell, Sosuke Araki forcibly sold a lot of rune paper to the juniors on the grounds that "the seniors sincerely went to Asakusa Shrine for you to ask for a victorious omamori, but the incense money had to be given by yourself".

"What? Why does it seem to be sticky and stinky? It must be the saliva of the gods! You say the omamori comes with cute little bags? The seniors are sincerely asking for you, just a bag, you are an adult, won't you have one? ”

After that, Sosuke Araki and Kohei Higashino squatted in front of the store and smoked.

"Next time...... Next time, I'll definitely arrange a great sorority party for you! ”

In the distance, you can still hear Kengo Yamada's drunken speech as he was dragged away by everyone.

"Whew...... By the way, Sousuke...... About your new apartment......"

Higashino Kohei suddenly remembered something and took out his phone.

"What's the matter, the apartment is pretty good, although the hallway is darker, the neighbors are noisy at night, and the shower is also bad......"

"It's not those, I mean this...... Take a good look at ......"

Kohei Higashino slammed the phone screen into the face of Sosuke Araki, who didn't care.

On the screen of the mobile phone, there is a news headline "Murder in the former apartment of Tibet, the number of known victims has risen to 23", and the payment was made five years ago.

Sousuke Araki took the phone, took a cursory look, and lit another cigarette indifferently.

"What, isn't it all about old rotten grain?"

According to the content reported on the news, five years ago, the residents of the originally extremely normal Tibetan apartment, who did not know whether it was a brain pump or some reason, believed that "killing people who have no interpersonal relationships will not be discovered by the police", and even played some kind of "exchange killing game", and the residents who drew the note must fulfill their obligation to kill the stranger on the note, otherwise they will ......

The police did not link the initial multiple homicides together.

Until the end, the case became bigger and bigger, and more and more victims were affected, and finally the police found out the truth.

At that time, there were very few living residents left in the apartment.

"Then look at this ...... again"

Kohei Higashino opened a hot post on the 2CH forum "[Urban Legend] Kuramae Apartment Exchange Murder Incident".

"After the ...... [Exchange Killings] incident, new residents of Kuramae apartments often heard strange movements in the middle of the night from those empty apartments, as if someone was bustling there. Later, some residents will receive a note saying 'It's your turn', and the person who receives the note often commits suicide, homicide, or accidental death within a month...... It is said that the occupants continued the game after they died. According to netizens' speculation, after receiving the note, one person must be killed in order to avoid the resentful spirit's life. ”

"Tsk...... Xinghei, you guy, when did you start to be superstitious about this...... I would also like to thank the boring people who wrote these for allowing me to rent such a nice apartment at such a low price...... Don't forget, Goko is a staunch atheist......"

Sousuke Araki looked up at the sky and smoked a cigarette nonchalantly.

"You guy, according to my experience in Tokyo for the past few years, these things sometimes have to be believed......

Higashino was about to say something when several men in suits stepped forward and interrupted the conversation between the two.

"Yo, isn't this the 'Cerberus' in charge of Kabukicho by Nuraku? Is this the one next to you who used to be called the 'Yokohama Two-Headed Dog' with you? Well, are you interested in going to the clubhouse in Ginza with us? ”

The leader is none other than the person sitting in the bread room diagonally before, the head of the Tokyo branch of the three-mouth group, Kazuo Amato.

"Tsk, Minister Tento, the two of us brothers are catching up on the old days, so I won't bother you with it."

Higashino Yuki calmly rejected the other party's invitation, not even meaning to stand up.

Since Sousuke Araki withdrew, the inseparable "two-headed dog" has become a fierce and aggressive "Cerberus".

The trio and his Nura Fist have never dealt with each other, and he is also afraid that because of his own affairs, Sosuke Araki will be involved.

"You kid, what's your attitude towards our minister?" Behind Kazuo Tento, several young men immediately stepped forward in dissatisfaction.

"It's okay, I'm just here to say hello. Please tell you Brother Zhang, cherish the good days now...... Because, there is not much left. ”

Leaving these words, Kazuo Amato, he turned around and led people away.

"The group of three looks very profitable, why have you never invited me to Ginza to spend time drinking?" Sosuke Araki quipped.

"Those guys make money much more than we do. Anyway, you're a much better fit for this job than me, and if you don't go to that bullshit university, I'm afraid you'll be spending time in Ginza every day now...... When you left, everyone said, it's a pity for this fierce face. Higashino disgruntled and punched him in the shoulder.

At the beginning, the two graduated from high school and left the welfare home, and together they aspired to become men who sat in the "first position in the Kanto".

Later, they went to Yokohama-based, a predominantly Chinese-based violent group Nuluoquan "apprenticeship".

The reason why I went to Nuluoquan was because the welfare home that the two grew up in was funded by Nuluoquan for a long time.

As a legally organized violent group, it also needs to bear a certain social responsibility, and it is normal to fund welfare homes.

Even the convenience store owned by the group of three will give free candy to the surrounding children and organize "brothers" to clean the streets during holidays.

And the content of the "apprenticeship" between the two is not to participate in gang negotiations and fights in suits and sunglasses as imagined, but ...... Illegal fishing.

Yes, with the revision of the "Countermeasures for Organized Crime Groups", the income of the "main business" of the organized crime groups has been greatly reduced, and they have to expand their financial resources.

One of the most popular estabhans in Yokohama's Chinatown is the industry of Nuluoquan.

The main reason why the seafood sashimi rice it provides is delicious and inexpensive, and the amount of food that can still make money is because the source of the goods comes from "illegal fishing".

Basically, the two men, known as the "two-headed dogs of hell", spent most of the six months engaged in illegal offshore fishing in the offshore waters, except for fighting people at the docks......

Later, I don't know what kind of wind he smoked, Araki, this guy, actually left him and ran to the university.

"Hmph, it's rare to live again, Uncle Ben doesn't want to waste his life in some violent group. When I get a regular job, marry a wife who is a teenager younger than me, and travel and get married in a Bentley, I'll definitely send you a postcard. ”

Extinguishing the cigarette in his hand in one go, Araki Sosuke waved his hand without looking back, and walked alone in the direction of the station.

"It's like you've died...... It's really a wayward guy, if I can have you as free and easy, maybe my hands will be much cleaner. ”

Looking enviously at Sosuke Araki's back, Kohei Higashino sighed.

As an orphan, not everyone has the courage to fight against Araki in the face of fate.

After all, it is always a few people who can live freely.

Most people can just go with the flow.