Chapter 45: Tokyo Drift (15)
"What did you do after that?" Zhang Heng asked.
"I ...... Nothing was done. Takeda Tetsuya's eyes showed a look of guilt, "I shouldn't have left Kobayashi there, I want to ...... I got out of the car to check on him, but at that time I heard the siren from the opposite side, and I was so scared that I didn't dare to stay longer, turned around and hurried off the highway. ”
"What happened to the two of them?" Ameko couldn't bear it.
"I also saw the rest on the news, the TV station reported that two bad young people were racing in the opposite direction on the highway, crashed into an oncoming truck, and finally died and seriously injured, and the seriously injured people were still rescued in the emergency room, but they died three days later."
"Is it Kobayashi or ...... who are seriously injured and die?"
"It's Naoto Asano, in addition to being the strongest rider in Nerima, he has another identity, and his uncle is the vice president of Tokyo's largest yakuza organization, Oni Hitomi."
"I see, so that's why you quit the car industry and chose to change your name?"
"Yes, it was an undisclosed race, no one else knew about it except the three of us, although there were some other witnesses on that highway at the time, but the visibility was poor, and we were going in the opposite direction, but according to those vague testimonies the police could not determine the existence of a third car, for fear of jail time and retaliation by the Oni Hitomi, I ...... Silence was chosen again.
"However, I didn't have any joy in my heart to escape punishment, and every day after that I lived in guilt for Kobayashi, if I hadn't been reckless that day and insisted on the game that shouldn't have started, there would have been no such thing, and I was the one who stepped into the ghost gate at that time, but the irony is that the first of the three of us to die was Kobayashi who voted against it...... I later secretly went to his house to see it, but Kobayashi's father died very early, leaving only his mother and a younger sister, and they moved out of Tokyo soon after this incident. ”
"You met your mother after this, so why don't you live well?" Ameko said.
"I was very nervous after that incident, I couldn't even close my eyes when I was sleeping, and I even prepared a suicide note next to my pillow, but as time went by, no one found me, either the police or the ghost pupil, so after a while, I thought that this matter was over, and I began to resume my daily life, and it was during that time that I met the woman I loved, and we formed a family like other happy ordinary people, and a year and a half later, I had you again, and I vowed not to drive anymore, and I opened a fish shop instead.
"After the initial struggles, the business was doing well, everything seemed to be on track, and six years had passed since that incident, which was enough time to forget many things, so I had no idea that one day the nightmare of that year would come back to me."
"What do you mean?" Ameko was puzzled.
"One night, I was alone in the fish shop to process orders, suddenly a stone flew in from the window, smashed the glass, I thought it was a prank by a nearby ghost, but chased out and didn't see a person, when I came back, I found that the stone was wrapped in an old newspaper, and the front page of that old newspaper was the high-speed car accident of that year, and there was a line of blood next to the headline - do you think you can escape?"
Toru Takeda also shook off the ashes of his cigarette, "No one else knew about that incident back then except for the three of us, Kobayashi...... Died on the spot, Naoto Asano spent three days in the intensive care unit of the hospital, he was seriously injured at the time, and the newspaper said that he had been in a coma, but it was not ruled out that he would wake up for a while in between...... Anyway, the moment that newspaper appeared, my life was over. "So at that time, you didn't actually have any gambling addiction at all, you just wanted to force your mother to divorce you, right?"
"I made a mistake six years ago and pulled Kobayashi into the events of that time, so I won't make such a mistake again." The owner of the fishery shop said calmly, "I'm not afraid of death, that's the ending I deserve, the real Yosuke Tsuchiya died on that road with Kobayashi a long time ago, and the survivor of Toru Takeda is just his guilt and cowardice." ”
"I'm more curious about how you managed to escape from the oni pupil's hands again and again." Zhang Heng said.
"If you're asking about that one many years ago, maybe you want to see me down, maybe it's to keep me in the ordeal, but they didn't come back to me until nine months ago, when a mysterious person called me and said that Oni Hitomi would soon do something to me and tell me to prepare, and he informed me about last night's events."
Toru Takeda also paused, "Okay, my story has been told, just like I said before, this matter has nothing to do with you, the tragedy that started because of me back then, naturally it should be ended by me personally." ”
"You don't believe that yourself." Zhang Heng said, "Otherwise, you wouldn't pretend to be addicted to gambling again and force Ameko to cut off relations with you." ”
Toru Takeda fell into a brief silence when he heard this, and after a moment he snorted, "You have to give it a try, you can't do nothing." ”
The owner of the fish shop looked like he had made up his mind, and Ameko was a little anxious, and she wanted to say something more, but the next moment her face turned red.
Zhang Heng got up and picked up the coat that was put aside, "My driving skills were taught by you, no matter what kind of person you were before, at least let me give you a ride." ”
Toru Takeda also thought about it and didn't refuse, glanced at the two of them and said, "Help me take care of Ameko." ”
The three of them left the breakfast shop, and Toru Takeda was also in the front, he opened the door of the van, and then rolled his eyes and threw himself straight into the car.
Zhang Heng withdrew the small soup bowl in his hand and said to Ameko, who was stunned behind him, "His guilt about that incident back then has overshadowed his reason, and he didn't think about how to deal with the current situation at all, his mind is full of thoughts of seeking relief from death, sorry, I can only use this method to calm him down." ”
"Ahh …… Oh. Ameko was still wondering why Zhang Heng suddenly became so frivolous when she wanted to speak just now, and secretly pinched her hand under the table, but she almost misunderstood the other party.
But what's even stranger...... The previous self didn't seem to be as repulsed by this kind of thing as he imagined.
Ameko was in a trance for a while, until Zhang Heng's voice came from his ears again, "This car has no annual inspection and related procedures, let's get out of here first." ”
"Hmm." The girl slipped into the back compartment and closed the door.
Zhang Heng started the car, deliberately went around the road to prevent someone from watching, and fifteen minutes later he parked L300 in the parking lot of a large supermarket, opened the car door, and stretched out his right hand.
Takeda ...... There are a couple of problems in the story your father just told. ”