Chapter 21: Another Suicide
"Don't worry, Shinichi..."
"I'll be measured."
Eventually, he calmed down.
But her attitude of "drawing the sword to help" is still very firm, because she was born with this pure sense of justice.
Seeing such an injustice as school bullying, Maorilan will not sit idly by.
Even if she doesn't use her fists, she must stand up and advise the two bad bullies to correct their mistakes in time.
Of course, it is not certain that they will be obedient or not... If the other party doesn't listen to persuasion and speaks badly to each other, or even moves his hands and feet if he doesn't agree, then...
I hope people are okay [bless] [bless].
"Well..."
Kudo Shinichi sighed helplessly:
"But don't kill anyone."
As soon as the words fell, Mao Lilan didn't have time to answer...
I could only hear that at the back of the line, the thin high school student named Aoki suddenly said with a shocked face:
"Ishino, Ishikawa, look!"
"On the roof of the department store opposite... The guy standing on the edge of the rooftop.... It can't be that kid, right? β
"That guy Uchida... It's like..."
Reading the name of the victim of bullying in his mouth, Aoki's face turned a little pale:
"It looks like I'm going to jump off a building!"
"Huh?" Ishikawa was slightly stunned.
He immediately followed Aoki's finger and looked across the road.
At the same time, Lin Shinichi, Kudo, Mao Lilan and Miyano Shiho also subconsciously looked at the roof of the department store opposite.
At this glance, you can see that Aoki is not joking:
At this moment, on the roof of the department store across the road, there is indeed a person standing on a high place.
He wears a black high school uniform like Ishikawa and Aoki, and wears a coffee-colored baseball cap on his head.
The wide brim of his hat covered half of his cheek, and he stood with his head bowed on the edge of the rooftop on the side of the department store facing the road, silently looking at the ground beneath his feet.
The distance was a little far away, and everyone couldn't see his face clearly, let alone read his expression.
Everyone can only see that this male high school student is moving forward inch by inch, and it seems that he is at risk of jumping down at any time.
"Hey, hey..."
Ishikawa's face changed immediately.
He has no rampant and arrogant school bully at the moment, and his face is full of horror:
"Won't you, really?"
"That kid actually... Did you really run away and commit suicide?! β
The air at the scene suddenly became a little tense.
Except for Shiho Miyano, who was only frowning slightly, everyone's expressions changed significantly.
Among them, Lin Xinyi was completely shocked by the scene that happened in front of him:
"What the hell... Two more suicides? β
"Did I run into death today?"
He committed suicide three times a day, something he had never seen in his time in the Force.
And now, no matter how shocked Lin Xinyi was by this paradoxical reality, the male high school student standing on the opposite department store who couldn't see his face clearly had gradually walked to the edge of the rooftop...
Half of his feet were about to fall out, and he obviously didn't come to blow the wind from a high place.
Seeing this scene, the bad high school student named Ishikawa was obviously a little flustered:
"No kidding..."
"If that kid jumps, we're in trouble!"
He scolded angrily, and even the cigarette butt in his hand trembled and fell to the ground.
"Yes, yes," Aoki said with a pale face.
"He jumped off the building after we beat him up..."
"The police will definitely come to us to investigate, and maybe even reporters will come to the door!"
"......" Ishikawa was silent for a while, and then shouted nervously:
"Hey! Uchida, get off the rooftop!! β
"Calm me downβ"
"We're not going to beat you up, are we?"
Ishikawa yelled at the roof of the building opposite, so loud that it could be heard all along the street.
For a moment, pedestrians stopped.
They all looked up at the roof of the department store and saw the high school boy who was standing on the edge of the roof with his head bowed, half of his face hidden under a baseball cap, and was called "Uchida."
"Look, there's someone on the rooftop!"
All of a sudden, the road was full of exclamations from passers-by.
Hearing that someone jumped off the building, everyone couldn't help but stop.
But at this moment, after everyone looked at him, Uchida on the rooftop took two steps back.
He disappeared from view of everyone on the ground.
Uchida seemed to have given up on suicide, so he retreated step by step.
And because of the obstruction of sight, Lin Xinyi and the others on the ground can't see him at all now, and they don't know what he did when he fell to the ground after retreating to the rooftop.
But in any case, the crisis of Uchida's suicide by jumping off a building seems to have been temporarily resolved.
"Phew, he didn't jump..."
Ishikawa let out a long sigh of relief.
Immediately afterward, relieving from the shock, he couldn't help but scold:
"I knew this kid didn't dare to jump!"
"He probably ran upstairs to scare us..."
This self-consolating word is only halfway there.
I could only hear across the road, in the uninhabited alley on the side of the department store...
Bang!
Suddenly, there was a muffled sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.
The sound was like a heavy drum, and everyone's hearts trembled.
"This, this?!"
Aoki, who was standing on the side, was so frightened that his face turned green:
"Ishikawa, that'sβthat kid won't..."
"Changed direction and jumped from the side facing the alley?!"
There was silence at the scene of "......".
Although they didn't see Uchida's jumping figure with their own eyes, everyone knew in their hearts what the dull crash just now meant.
"Check it out!!" Ishikawa let out a loud shout in a panic.
Without hesitation, he rushed out with a lunge and ran across the road to the department store opposite.
"Wait for me, Ishikawa!"
Aoki reacted in hindsight and quickly chased after him with a pale face.
Kudo Shinichi's eyes flickered on the side, and his face was full of emotions called "care".
Then, without hesitation, he followed Ishikawa and hurriedly ran across the road.
Mao Lilan naturally subconsciously followed her childhood sweetheart.
And Lin Xinyi was also like instinct, taking steps towards the crime scene across the road.
But just then, someone called out to him: "Wait. β
Turning around, Shiho Miyano was gently tugging at the corner of his clothes.
"Why do you want to go with me?" There was confusion in her cold voice: "Do you want to see the excitement?" β
"Because someone is dead, of course I want to..."
Lin Xin replied consciously, but halfway through the words, he got stuck in his mouth again:
Indeed, he had forgotten that he was no longer a forensic doctor.
He no longer had to touch corpses that no one wanted to approach, and endure the unbearable filth and stench of ordinary people.
There may be someone dead in front of him, but it has nothing to do with him.
What's more, he has now easily got a good job that he once expected, which is easy, worry-free, and pays well.
Compared to running to the scene as soon as possible, taking care of Miss Miyano-sama is what he should do now.
"Yes, then let's go directly..."
Lin Xinyi wanted to stop.
But somehow, the phrase "let's go straight" can't be spoken.
"You care?"
Shiho Miyano was keenly aware of Lin Shinichi's emotions.
But at the same time, she found it difficult to understand:
"Why care?"
"It's just an ordinary death."
"And, people like us..."
As he spoke, he didn't know what came to mind, and Miyano Shiho's words became unpredictable again:
"People like us can never claim to be kind."
"I feel sorry for a life I don't know... We are not yet eligible. β
As always, Lin Xinyi couldn't understand what she was saying.
He only thought it was Miss Miyano's literary and youthful illness again.
This is understandable, just like the dark non-mainstream that was popular many years ago, and then abused by people "I'm sorry to be human"... Young people, who hasn't passed the second year of secondary school?
However, removing those unclear testimonials, the meaning that Miyano Shiho wants to express is actually completely correct...
This matter really has nothing to do with the current Lin Xinyi.
He didn't have to bother with it.
"Naturally, there are people who should be in charge of this matter."
"And I'm just an ordinary citizen now, all I have to do is believe in society, trust the police... Uh..."
The corners of Lin Xinyi's mouth twitched slightly:
As far as the level of criminal investigation shown by the Metropolitan Police Department in the morning... It's unbelievable.
And, despite the efforts to forget...
But the figure of the male high school student wandering desperately on the edge of the rooftop just now always appeared in Lin Xinyi's mind.
Speaking of which, in the course of his work over the years, he did not think of resigning directly and changing careers when he felt the huge pressure.
But every time I receive a call from the scene and see the body of the deceased, my body still moves unconsciously.
After handling this case, I will definitely resign next time.
That's what he thinks every day.
dragged and dragged, from rookie to master.
If it weren't for this sudden crossing, he would probably still be on the dissecting table now.
"Miyano."
"Trouble wait for me."
Lin Xinyi sighed softly, and his eyes became serious:
"I felt the need to go to the site."
"Why?"
Shiho Miyano became more and more incomprehensible.
"Who knows..."
Lin Xinyi looked across the road, where the male high school student jumped:
"Perhaps, there is someone there waiting for me to speak for him."