Chapter 4: The Strange Tales of the Black Ridge at Dusk
"Who is it? Harumi? ”
Masatomi Kamihara walked out of the back room, and at a glance he saw Sayoko Kamiya and the others standing at the door.
"I took the liberty of interrupting me." Kamiya Sayoko bowed to him and said with a gentle face, "Mr. Kamihara, I'm here this time about...... Your lady's business. ”
"My wife? Do you say Miyo? ”
Yachen took off his apron and immediately said, "Please come in!" Miss Kamiya, are you investigating Miyo's death? ”
After the five of them entered the room together, Yachen led them into the living room on the first floor. He asked Harumi to make tea, and at the same time asked anxiously, "Miss Kamiya, can you be more specific?" ”
Influenced by his deceased wife, he also has a strong expectation for Sayoko Kamiya.
"Mrs. Zun, Miss Miyo Kamihara, died four years ago, right?" Sayoko Kamiya took out a notebook with a red cover, opened it, and said, "Moreover, Lady Zun's death...... The truth hasn't been found out yet, has it? ”
Kamiya Sayoko's words can be said to be the most painful place in Masatomi's heart.
Memories drifted to that nightmarish day, and at first, the moment of happiness was shattered, and Miyo left him completely. For four years, he had been longing to wake up when everything turned out to be an empty dream. However, this is a reality, a reality that cannot be turned away from and must be faced.
"Could it be ......" he couldn't hide his shocked look: "Could it be that Miss Kamiya, you found out the truth about my wife's death?" ”
"According to my investigation, four years ago, when you were walking upstream of a waterfall on the east side of the Great Dusk Ridge, you just turned around and found that your wife's body was pulled into the water, swept away by the turbulent current, and the body was not found, right?"
Although no body was found, judging from the circumstances at the time, there was absolutely no chance that Miyo Kamihara would survive. Moreover, rolling down from a waterfall more than 40 meters high is also unlucky.
"Yachen, I want to go to that place!"
Miyo begged herself with a smile on her face that day to let her go to that place to have a look.
It was a large abandoned mansion located in the mountains on the east side of the Great Dusk Black Ridge, and it was only possible to pass through a large iron suspension bridge suspended on a cliff, and the water was very turbulent underneath. And through that drawbridge, you can reach the abandoned mansion.
It was built decades ago by a wealthy man named Hasegawa. However, it is said that the rich man later killed all the people in his family because his wife and his younger brother were killed, and it was better to commit suicide. Since then, haunted legends have begun there. It is said that in that mansion there were seven ghosts, namely the rich man and his wife, his brother and a sister, as well as two servants and a maid. At that time, the rich man killed all six other people, and it seems that because he was stimulated by his wife's infidelity, he even killed his sister and the servant. I heard that it was because he suspected that these people also knew about it, but deliberately kept it a secret from him.
This strange legend, as a modern person, Yachen naturally does not believe it at all. However, Miyo is very interested, she is a person who is very keen on curiosity, and therefore admires Sayoko Kamiya very much. Her curiosity is quite strong, it can be said that it is strong to the extent of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and she pesters Yachen no matter what, hoping that he will accompany her and go to that place.
"Miyo." Yachen said to her at the time: "This is just a myth that is not true, such a strange story is not credible at all, don't take it too seriously." ”
"But I want to see it! Well, how about I'll just take a look outside? Because I'm really curious, I'm curious! ”
When Meiyo is coquettish, it is the most exciting for Yachen. He had fallen in love with this quirky and cute girl at the time, and now, seeing that his wife was so interested, he thought about it and agreed. After all, the legend was so old that he really didn't believe it.
But this became a decision he regretted very much.
At that time, I came to the east side of the mountain range, the cliff that was fifty meters high. Looking at the rushing water below, Miyo didn't react much, but Yachen was a little worried.
But he couldn't resist her, so he had to walk with her on the iron suspension bridge in front of him.
The suspension bridge is very stable, when walking on it, Yachen walks in front, and Miyo walks more slowly, as if she still wants to enjoy the surrounding scenery, after all, she married to Yeshen Village and has not been here yet.
And along the way, Miyo kept talking: "I really want to know what that abandoned mansion looks like?" Surely it's fun, right? Masachen, Miss Kamiya has a famous saying, in this world, the unknown is always several times more than the known, and it is a very happy thing to use reasoning to seek the existence of the unknown! You don't recognize ...... so."
Yachen smiled knowingly and was waiting for his wife's next words, however, his wife suddenly stopped talking, and he immediately turned around, but saw that the bridge behind him was empty!
"Beauty...... Miyo! ”
Yachen looked behind him in disbelief, Miyo's voice was so close just now, how could it be that it disappeared without a trace in an instant?
Then he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly looked under the suspension bridge, and sure enough, he saw that in the current, there was a faint figure floating under the water!
"Miyo!"
Yachen's roar resounded through the sky.
After that, the village and the police sent a large number of people to save people, but Miyo could not be found. If you fall from such a height, you must have been swept downstream. However, there were too many branches of the current, and the river itself was very deep, so nothing was found.
Later, the police believed that the possibility of Miyo surviving the surname was very small, and gradually gave up. But Yachen still doesn't want to give up, he still doesn't want to believe that Miyo is dead like that, he really doesn't want to believe it!
His sister Harumi, his friend Kazuya, and Goro have all been helping him, but no matter how much they search, they can't find Miyo's body. Since then, Jachen has appeared on that suspension bridge for an unknown number of times, looking down at the water. He never understood why his wife fell into the water like this?
Nearly a year later, he also believes that Miyo is really dead. If she was still alive, it would be impossible not to show up. What's more, believing that Miyo is still alive is just wishful thinking on his part. The newly married son with Meiyo is so happy for Yachen. But that happiness is completely gone, and every time he wakes up and looks at Miyo's home, which no longer exists, it is a strong psychological torture for Yachen.
If only at that time, I hadn't promised Miyo...... Then none of this will happen. However, people cannot go back to the past, so they can only accept reality.
Now Yachen has gradually accepted Miyo's death, but this incident still leaves a deep wound in his heart. And now, Sayoko Kamiya mentioned it again in front of him, which made him nervous for a while.
"Your wife......" Sayoko Kamiya asked, "As far as I know, I went there with you four years ago because I wanted to see the abandoned mansion, right?" ”
"Yes...... Yes. ”
"God, Miss Kamiya, you're really the detective, right?" Harumi was also very shocked, she sat down and said, "So, what did you find?" Can you tell us? ”
"I'd like to be specific." Sayoko Kamiya stared at Masachen intently and said, "Did anything happen at that time, an incredible phenomenon that you couldn't understand?" I want to know, this is very important! ”
Masachen was a little dazed for a moment, he didn't understand why Sayoko Kamiya asked like that.
The unbelievable?
"Miss Kamiya, do you have any clues?" Yachen hit the nail on the head and said, "Do you know what is the mystery of Miyo's death? ”
"At that time, on the chain bridge, the bridge was more than two meters wide, and it was not loaded with wooden planks but iron plates, so it can be said that there was no problem with the safety surname. In that case, do you think Mrs. Zun died accidentally? ”
This is also the suspicion raised by the police at the time. Therefore, he even suspected that Yachen might be the murderer, but because there was no conclusive evidence to prove that it was indeed a homicide, and there was no motive for the murder, the case was later judged to be an accident. In fact, the village later had the inference of suicide, but I couldn't think of a motive for Miyo to commit suicide.
"So...... Do you think it is, he killed? Masachen's eyes were fixed on Kamiya Sayoko, and he said, "But I didn't see anyone on that bridge at the time!" At that time, it was only a split second, and when I looked back, I saw Miyo falling from the bridge into the water below! ”
"I know. I questioned Old Man Hirata about your testimony at the time. ”
"That's right...... Most of the people in Yeshen Village knew about this matter, so they ......"
"I also investigated why this strange story came about. It seems that from a long time ago, there was a precedent for people from Yeshen Village to approach that mansion and then mysteriously disappear, right? ”
"Yes, that's right. However, now it is mainly the older generation that believes in it, and the younger people do not believe in this strange legend very much. Of course, Miyo is an exception......"
Why did Miyo fall into the water from the suspension bridge?
Occasionally, Yachen would think like that, could it be that strange talk that was true? Could it be that the seven legendary ghosts really exist?
At the same time, at Kiuchi Iko's house, Goro, and Kazuya visited.
"Sayoko Kamiya!" Kazuya Iijima said, "Do you remember? It's the detective that Miyo admired so much, and she often mentions her when we get together. It turns out that she came to the village yesterday, Yizi, you said she came to you too? ”
"What did she ask you? And also? Goro asked, puzzled, "And why did she ask you about Miyo?" It's been four years, and she remembers to investigate this case? In fact, she's staying at my hotel. ”
"I'm ......" Izuko pursed her lips and said, "She, is she really a detective?" Well, maybe that thing can be looked up for her, and what I see ......"
"Hey, hey, hey," Goro immediately objected: "Yiko! Don't be like this, people are detectives, not witches, how can they believe such things? Moreover, think about Yachen too, do you want to tell him that you ...... Did you see Miyo? Tell him that Miyo's ghost has appeared? How difficult was it for him to regain himself from the shadow of Miyo's death? We, and Harumi, have always helped him so much, that's why we ......."
Iko's hand rubbed unnaturally on the tatami mat and said, "Actually...... I am also responsible for Miyo's death. At the beginning, I told her the legend, and because the legend itself was terrifying, the old people in the village generally regarded it as a taboo and would not tell it easily. But I told Miyo that if I hadn't said it, she wouldn't have gone there. I, I really saw it that day, I saw Miyo, and she also became a ghost......"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Goro's tone changed a little: "This is too scary, Miyo has been dead for four years!" How could she have reappeared? Absolutely impossible! Iko, I mentioned it to Harumi, this must be dazzling for you, because you have always felt guilty about Miyo's death, so you have such a hallucination! Don't think about it, and don't tell anyone else! You know, if Yachen knows, he will definitely fall into a huge uneasiness, and maybe he will be further cranky! Have you forgotten how much Miyo's death hit him mentally? ”
"This ......" Iko hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.
"Well, I promise you, I won't talk about it to anyone again. Maybe, it's really me dazzled......"
(To be continued)