Chapter 45: Tragedy

When Laiqixiao got home, he said hello to Dr. Asa and locked himself in his room. He has been investigating the matter since he accidentally met the abnormal couple last weekend.

For him to be able to dive into the cognitive world, it is not difficult to follow up on the investigation at all. As long as he remembers the location of the nearby rifts, he can calmly retreat in the event of a tricky emergency. It took two afternoons for Lai Qixiao to figure out the origin of the couple.

The woman who seems to be preoccupied is named Sayuri Matsumoto, and she is a music teacher at Teedan Junior High School. She is beautiful and cheerful, and she is quite loved by teachers and students, and she is also a celebrity in the Emperor Dan Kingdom.

And the man who is lustful is Sayuri Matsumoto's fiancé, Toshihiko Takasugi. This young talent is not only dignified, but also the heir to the famous Takasugi Group, and together with Sayuri Matsumoto, he can also be called a talented woman and a natural pair.

But beneath Toshihiko Takasugi's handsome and dashing, young and golden mask, there is a certain distorted desire hidden. Looking at the red light that flashed on his body that day, it was clear that this desire had completely lost control, beyond the limits it should be.

As for the reason for Takasugi Toshihiko's desire to run wild, Laiqixiao still hasn't found out. Until then, his knowledge of the goal of repentance had largely come from the Conan episodes and comics he had watched before the time crossing. But after all, Lai Qixiao is only a light fan, and he can't keep all the cases in mind, all he can recall is a small number of episodes, main line information and a few theatrical versions that impressed him.

Lai Qixiao looked at the time and decided to take advantage of tonight's leisure time to go to the cognitive world to find the shadow of Takasugi Toshihiko. Unable to rely on his memory, he could only ask Takasugi Toshihiko in person, asking him what kind of desires he had buried when his life seemed to be perfect.

Lai Qixiao locked the door and turned out the lights in the room to show that he was "asleep". After that, he put on the skateboard leaning against the side of the bed and wrote Takasugi's name on a sticky note.

Coming to the cognitive world, Lai Qixiao jumped out of the window directly holding a skateboard, and landed steadily on the street outside the house.

At night, there are no pedestrians in the cognitive world, and the residents here maintain the same routine as in the real world.

A lone taxi stopped on the side of the road and honked its horn at Laiqi Xiao.

"No, you don't!" Lai Qixiao waved his hand at the taxi driver who poked his head out of the window, indicating that he didn't need to take a car. The latter did not dwell on it, and just restarted the engine and drove towards the end of the street.

Before he left, Lai Qixiao secretly opened his third eye. As he had seen last time, the driver's body still shone with a bright red light that represented danger.

"Is this guy the same driver I met last time?" Lai Qixiao couldn't help but mutter, "What is his origin?" Why is the danger seen in the third eye still so high? I already have four personality masks now! ”

In this lifeless world, in addition to the shadows caused by the violent desire, only the taxi driver can communicate with Laiqixiao. This makes Lai Qixiao have to wonder: what role do these taxi drivers play in the cognitive world?

But he's not here tonight to find out the taxi driver's secrets. Raisu unfolded the map, and after confirming the location of the shadow Takasugi Toshihiko, he turned on the horsepower of the foot slider to the maximum.

Even after Dr. Asasa re-tuned, the turbo engine is ferociously powerful, running at full force enough to catch up with high-speed cars. Ignoring the arrival of pedestrians, Qixiao did not hesitate to drive the horsepower to the highest level and rampage on the wide road.

According to the map in Laiqixiao's hand, the location of the shadow Takasugi Toshihiko is marked at a nearby intersection. At the current speed of the operation to Qi Xiao, it will be possible to arrive in about ten minutes.

According to the results of Lai Qixiao's investigation, this young master Takasugi's reputation is not so perfect. In fact, there are quite a few people who say that he is indecisive and untrustworthy, and there are even some bad people who think that sooner or later he will destroy the Takasugi group.

Lai Qixiao originally speculated that Takasugi's desire might be related to these negative comments, but now his shadow has appeared at an unremarkable crossroads. It seems that the root cause of Takasugi's illness is not so simple.

Ten minutes later, Lai Qixiao arrived at the intersection of his destination. Surprisingly, he didn't find the shadow of Toshihiko Takasugi at the intersection, there was only a mother and son holding hands, both of them wearing masks on their faces, looking indistinguishable from the other residents.

Could it be that the map is wrong? Or am I on the wrong track? Lai Qixiao checked the map again and again, and only then did he confirm that he was not looking for the wrong place, and this was indeed the location of Toshihiko Takasugi.

Just as Lai Qixiao was doubting himself, a shrill siren suddenly came from not far away, tearing through the silent night. Lai Qixiao followed the prestige, only to see two cars in front and behind speeding from the other side of the intersection, followed by a police car, which rumbled the siren to make the surrounding pedestrians retreat.

But by the time the mother and son at the intersection reacted, it was too late. The car being chased by the police was moving so fast that it ran over before they could retreat! The masked mother pushed her child away at the last second, only to lie under the wheels, not even having time to scream.

The gangsters who caused the accident will not be able to start the car for a while, so they can only abandon the car and flee in a panic. And because the road is not wide, the police car behind him can only get out of the car to chase after him when he sees that the road is blocked.

The masked child ran to the policeman who had just gotten out of the car, apparently trying to get help for his mother, but the policeman pushed the child away and continued to chase the fleeing prisoner, ignoring the mother lying under the wheels.

Time is fixed in this moment, and only the helpless cry of the little boy is left in the frozen world. Looking at the illusory little boy, Lai Qixiao finally understood the source of Takasugi Toshihiko's desire.

"I see, what I saw was a repetition of a car accident many years ago!" Lai Qixiao slowly walked up to the little boy and said to him:

"So, you're Toshihiko Takasugi?"

Toshihiko Takasugi ignored Laiqi Xiao, and just lay down next to his mother's corpse and wept.

After a while, the scene of the intersection is shattered and reconstructed, and the shadow Takasugi Toshihiko takes the hand of his mother, who is still intact, and returns to the center of the crossroads.

And the siren sound like a life talisman came from not far away again......