Chapter XVIII. Remnants of human nature
Shortly after Rosetta left the old town.
Heavy rain is coming.
In the darkness of the night, a continuous dull thunder rolled through the stratus clouds, followed by the sound of urgent raindrops pounding on the windows.
By the time Rosetta returned to her apartment in the rain, it was already around the wee hours of the next morning.
The hands of the clock on the wall moved slowly, the melody of jazz resounded in the room, and it was only in this vague tune that Rosetta's physical and mental exhaustion was barely relieved.
After a short rest, he got up and opened the window.
The cold air suddenly rushed in, and at the same time, there was an endless sound of dripping rain and the outline of the city in the distant thunder.
Coiling the blackened rosary he had brought back.
His mind gradually coalesced from his drowsiness.
After experiencing what happened today, compared to Toru Watanabe's 'entanglement', he felt more and more that there was an almost essential difference between the 'spiritual power' he possessed and the 'ability' possessed by other reincarnates.
Although he does not have any material destructive ability, in terms of unique function, his spiritual energy is almost like reaching into the gap of time.
It was only with the help of blackened rosaries that there was a 'tone' for a while.
He had never practiced any martial arts before, and he was able to directly exert the swordsmanship of the Rational Hidden Fox Stream, and even initially introduced the 'ghost' style of secret sword, even if he no longer needed to rely on the rosary for memory harmony, he could also use a part.
This kind of exaggeration sounds like a fantasy to anyone with common sense.
But if Rosetta is given some more time.
Wait for him to ...... thoroughly No, even if he only had a small part of the memory of the rosary, and using Toru Watanabe as a reference, he was confident that he would easily slaughter this guy who claimed to be a 'new human' and had mastered the ability.
"It's a pity that in Antgawa City today, there is still Ishiizaki, a god-footed mad dog, hidden in the dark."
A strong premonition made Rosetta clearly feel that it was too late for him to 'enter', the research plan of the Divine Foot Society on the 'corpse dogs' or 'new humans' had reached the point where the later stage was about to end, and as for the corpse dogs that were hunted by himself in the old city tonight, it was just a failed product of the plan that was abandoned.
Carefully recall the scene of the first contact between himself and Ishiizaki people.
Rosetta vaguely felt that maybe the killer writer named 'Masao Takiyama' in the No. 3 Prison in Antgawa City was the key to solving all this.
When he gave him a book of poems, the short-term memory on it helped him unexpectedly obtain important information.
If only he could be contacted again......
Thinking of this, Rosetta shook her head again in silence.
Let's not mention that Ishiizaki people probably went to prison to talk about something with this person, and besides, even if the other party is willing to tell him something, according to the current situation, he must first find a way to find and see Masao Tsumiyama again.
It's the same as developing psionic powers.
Neither of these things can be done overnight, and it takes a lot of time.
And as long as Ishiizaki, the mad dog, has his hands free, he may find out his present at any time, and in a short period of time, there are only two things that Rosetta can do.
First, use the trophy 'Entanglement Fang' obtained from Toru Watanabe to improve his strength first and make up for the shortcomings of his physical fitness.
The second is to start investigating the local company 'Clam Pharmaceutical', which was acquired by the Shenzu Association, and trace the root cause of the birth of those dead dogs in the old city.
Rosetta is not the kind of mother-in-law.
Since he has decided what to do, he will do it decisively, even if it costs and takes risks, he will never hesitate.
Caution is an advantage, but it's not for him right now.
Just a little suspicion can call a corpse dog to kill people, which shows that Ishiizaki is a mad dog who ignores any rules.
Although when they first met, they didn't take the initiative to disclose any information, but in the face of such a guy, Rosetta didn't dare and couldn't give the opportunity to the other party.
"I have to ...... before he finds me."
In the silent sound of rain, Rosetta exhaled a fiery breath, but in the iron-gray pupils, there was a cold killing intent.
Rubbing the 'Entanglement Fang' in his pocket, he knew that this was the only way for him to improve his physical fitness quickly in a short period of time, and now he had already preliminarily introduced the swordsmanship of Rational Fun Hidden Fox Flow by relying on the same tone, if he could find a way to make a controlled knife that could exert lethality.
Then, compared to today's extremely reluctant to solve a 'head dog', at least you can form a certain combat effectiveness and provide a higher success rate for the next investigation of razor clams pharmaceutical.
But before that, he had one more thing to do.
That is
- Rest.
Feeling the exhaustion all over his body, Rosetta gritted his teeth and went to the bathroom to give himself a shower, after which he didn't want to think about anything more.
This still residual need for rest made him feel that he still had a little humanity.
The moment she closed her eyes, Rosetta felt extremely happy.
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The next day.
Or rather, a few hours later relative to Rosetta.
In the apartment, a single man yawned, made breakfast, and took a knife to scrape a layer of pale powder from the 'Tooth of Entanglement' and poured it into a cup of hot soy milk.
Although I have been living in Yingzhou for a few years.
But as a Dashun person, he still hasn't completely gotten used to the diet here.
So most of the time, Rosetta either goes out to find a place to eat, or directly cooks at home, and therefore, unconsciously, he has practiced a good cooking skill.
It's hard to imagine.
This kind of thing with fireworks,
It turned out to be linked to Rosetta, who always lacked expression on his face.
And Reiko Arakawa, who had been here since early in the morning, thought exactly that, by the door, she looked at Rosetta who was still wearing an apron, and the pile of breakfast prepared on the table in the room behind him, and for a while, she didn't think that this guy had such a side.
“…… Let's talk about it first. ”
Opening the door, Rosetta seemed to be a little helpless.
He couldn't imagine how someone came to the door so early in the morning, and it was Reiko Arakawa who came.
Walking in front, he turned his head and glanced at Reiko Arakawa, who was newly dressed today, and said: "I'll say it in advance, prepare a second person's portion before it's okay, if you haven't eaten it yet, I'll have time to make another one for you later, of course, there are actually a few restaurants near this apartment that taste good, you can ...... first"
"Masao Tsubakiyama is dead."
She sighed suddenly.
"What did you say?"
Hearing the news suddenly, Rosetta didn't react for a while, until he stopped, pulled off his chair and sat down, then turned his head and asked, "Masao Tsubakiyama is dead?" It's really fake, where did you get the news from Arakawa-senpai? ”
"Well, it should be true."
Reiko Arakawa nodded and sat down as well, the expression on her face clearly not like she was joking.
"It was probably last night that I got the news from a friend at the police station that it was said that the group of bodies that were cleaned up from the No. 3 Prison was examined by the forensic doctor and found a part of it belonging to Masao Tsukiyama."
"Many people in the police station know the news, and the foundation created by Tsukiyama should be the same as the top management of our TV station, if not surprisingly, because of this incident, the filming plan of the program will also be greatly affected."
Although he had expected that after talking to Ishiizaki, Masao Tsubaki would inevitably 'disappear' from everyone's sight.
But Rosetta couldn't have imagined that he would actually 'die'.
Regardless of whether he is really dead or fake, as long as the news spreads, it will inevitably weaken his social influence, and what he planned before will also be affected with his own 'death'.
- What conditions did Ishiizaki give him?
Silently, Rosetta frowned and said, "In other words, the time for the filming of the TV station to start is going to be postponed for a while?" ”
"If nothing else, it should be like this, after all, the owner himself is dead, but what the specific situation is, we have to wait until later, after the meeting to discuss the result."
Speaking of this, Reiko Arakawa smiled helplessly: "Congratulations, it seems that Mr. Luo, this leisure time of yours is going to be extended for a while, and I can be a salary thief for a few more days." ”
"But I'm guessing you've come here on purpose, and you want to inform me of more than that." Rosetta said calmly.
"Ah, I didn't hide it from you."
Reiko Arakawa rubbed her eyebrows tiredly, sighed and said, "In addition to the news that our big financier has died, last night, I heard a rumor from a friend in the police station that I don't know whether it is true or not. ”
"It is said that not long after we left the old town, an extremely serious serial murder case was discovered over there, whether it was a high school girl, a housewife, a lonely old man, or even a family of three who were found dead in an apartment, no matter what their identity was, none of them were spared."
"I heard my friend say that after the murderer did everything, he took the initiative to film the scene of his murder and sent it to the police station to provoke, which was so ferocious that many old policemen in the Antchuan City Police Station who had seen the world had nightmares that night, dreaming that someone quietly pulled out their hearts from behind."
"Because it is impossible to pretend to hide the past, last night and today, the police force of the entire Antchuan City was almost quickly mobilized, and it seems that it is necessary to find out the traces of this murderer in a short time."