murder begins in summer

Before setting off, Qiu Shili hesitated for two seconds, squatted down at the entrance, and stuffed two inner boots into the canvas shoes.

Although Eguchi Shun had never met Eguchi Risako face-to-face, and the half-head height difference is not a problem, but Qiu Shili felt that it would not hurt to minimize the differences in all aspects as much as possible, so that he could appear taller and more imposing, anyway. It doesn't hurt either.

Immediately afterwards, he put on the high tops, and carefully tied two knots on each side of the shoelaces. As the kind of person who can step on pointed-toed hard leather shoes without saying a word, Qiu Shili rarely wears such flat soles that block his ankles. Single shoes are light and light, but it will be embarrassing if the shoelaces are loose and unsuitable.After confirming that the two rope buckles had been fastened firmly, Qiu Shili stood up straight and looked at the full-length mirror, checking himself for the last time.

I haven't had a haircut for a long time, my bangs hang loosely on my forehead, my complexion is pale, my lips lack blood color, my eyes behind the plain mirror can't see the spirit, and the fundus of my eyes is black and blue from staying up late, and I seem a little nervous when I blink quickly . The T-shirt has no print and is empty, the light blue jeans are rolled up, and the traces of self-harm are exposed indifferently, the earlobes have been worn with black studs in the shape of a cross, the four branches of the cross are of equal length, and the silver pendant around the neck Same style.

This is the kind that Eguchi Shun wore several times in the video with Risako before, and now it can also cover Qiu Shili's ear piercing, so that it will not be too unnaturally empty.

Shun, Shun Eguchi, you are Shun Eguchi.He silently read it several times in front of the mirror, and it was indeed not like himself.

Then Qiu Shili locked the door, threw the key into the shoulder bag, and then slung the shoulder bag over his shoulder, walked into the elevator alone, and walked into the market downstairs alone.

This area is quite prosperous, with convenient trams and subways, but Qiu Shili walked leisurely among the people coming off work, and the buzz of the crowd floated lightly around.The setting sun was burning between the gaps in the high-rise buildings, and the thick orange red smeared the sky and reflected red on the ground. Qiu Shili was not conspicuous in it at all, standing dimly and silently, moving slowly along the main road, being rubbed Passers-by are left behind.

The appointment time was eight o'clock in the evening, and he was going to be late.The location was in an underground game hall in Shinjuku, and he just wanted to go around and go.It was already dark when he walked into the underground passage. Qiu Shili pushed the glasses that had slipped under the bridge of his nose, raised his eyebrows, and saw all the game consoles, colorful and colorful, all kinds of things were so lively. The grid floor tiles are reflected in colorful colors.

However, it is only the photoelectricity that has heated up the atmosphere. The equipment in this place is outdated and the projects are outdated. In fact, the business is not good. There are few people in front of most of the machines. Fighting fiercely in front of the one with the lazy doll, the huge backpack hangs down to the back of the buttocks, and in front of the one closest to Qiu Shili, stood a lonely woman smoking with her arms folded.

Qiu Shili exhaled secretly, the chewing gum had already tasted tasteless, he pulled off the earphones, and continued to approach with his pockets.Risako was still wearing a stiletto black dress, the hem of which flowed softly along the line of her thighs to her knees, her face was slightly off makeup, and it became darker and darker under the lights of the claw machine.

When talking about hobbies before, Shun Eguchi said that he likes catching dolls, especially all kinds of bears. Of course, Qiu Shili will imitate it to the end.Glancing at Risako, he walked to the exchange counter and pointed to the lowest set meal, took out a crumpled 240 yen sheet from his trouser pocket, and handed it to the clerk.This money can be exchanged for [-] game coins, and with a small basket packed densely, Qiu Shili can be said to have returned with a full load.

He handed the basket to Eguchi Risako, and walked back to the crane machine full of Rilakkumas. As expected, Risako followed him closely, but he just picked out two coins and stuffed them into the slot.

"You're already late." Risako said.

Qiu Shili nodded, staring intently at his robotic claw. He held the handle with his left hand because Shun Eguchi was left-handed. He twisted it carefully, and the silver chain on his wrist was brought down to the heel of his palm. Aligned and dropped, grabbed, and slid down, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" the game console made an innocent voice like a little boy singing.

"What are we going to talk about?" Risako asked again.

Qiu Shili pointed to his throat, and grabbed two more coins from the basket, and there was a crisp sound of coins collapsing from the game machine.His eyes briefly flicked across Risako's face, and once again focused on a Rilakkuma holding red bean mochi.

It was the one that ran away just now.

"Shun, I don't have time to spend with you right now," Risako said, "You won't talk to me until you catch this bear?"

Qiu Shili confirmed her guess with actions.The little bear was picked up again, and dropped again from between the smooth metal fingers, this time by the opening of the passage, with its head resting on the plywood fence.

Eguchi Risako stared at her with puzzled eyes, but Qiu Shili was completely unaffected by it. Coins were thrown in two after two, Mochi Rilakkuma slipped down one after another, and other cubs were in more suitable positions. He stayed honestly from a more convenient angle, but Qiu Shili didn't even look at it.

"Hey!" Risako finally ran out of patience, and punched the side wall of the game console hard, causing the machine to shake, and the unlucky mochi bear fell again, hitting the other brothers and sisters face down. on the ass.The high school students not far away also looked sideways, but Qiu Shili just raised his eyebrows, as if smiling and said, you shook my bear down, I could have caught it just now.

Here Risako really has nothing to do, trying to change her tactics, she pinched the center of her eyebrows, "Okay, let me ask, you can just nod and shake your head."

Qiu Shili nodded obediently immediately.

"You said Shi Zhanyang wanted to kill you?"

Shaking his head.

"Hongsheng wants to kill you?"

nod.

Risako hung the bag on her wrist, and put her five fingers on the corners of the game console, "Do you really have clues about the rubidium mine?"

Qiu Shili continued to nod. "Ah ah ah ah - good - but - pity -" the little boy's singing sounded again.

"You want to work with me, don't you?"

Qiu Shili glanced at Risako out of the corner of his eye, with obvious impatience, as if he was saying that you are an idiot, such a trivial matter has to be checked repeatedly.The basket of coins is not half used up yet, this time it must be a success, he thought as he tossed the coin, his paws opened and then went down, one of the hind legs of the mochi bear was pulled up, and it was shaken like this Pulling, approaching the entrance of the cave, it suddenly fell down.

After being stuck for a second, it finally slid out along the passage and blocked the exit.

Qiu Shili opened the shutter, freed it from the dark groove, and clamped it contentedly on his elbow.Pointing to a clean corner, Qiu Shili walked quickly, and finally took out his mobile phone. This mobile phone can also speak for him, but it is jerky and slower than the computer. "To be honest, I don't care about the rubidium mine." It was another mechanical male voice, much lighter than before, "I don't care if your Eguchi group will go bankrupt, anyway, I don't want to make your product."

Risako sneered, "Then what are you going to do? What can you do?"

Qiu Shili blinked, and seemed to think seriously for a while, "Go to Java Island to become a diver?" He was serious about it.

Reluctantly, Risako took out a thin cigarette and smoked it irritably.

"The Shi family wanted to kill me because even without me leading them to find that place, they could still live well, and they could enjoy themselves if they had money; but, sister, you are different, since you don't want to kill me, just treat me Be better, don't be angry with me, don't be impatient with me, and don't force me to do anything," Qiu Shili raised his face and smiled, a beautiful smile, as bright as the cheap neon in the game hall, and he Lower your head and type, "I found you because I wanted to live comfortably. It's not that I hate them, nor that I like you. It's just a choice that complements each other."

"Tell me, how are you going to take me to find that place." Li Sazi's pronunciation became more and more serious, but overall she was a little gentler.

"Well—it's better to put it this way. The chip has been taken out and I threw it away. Now only I know all the information on it. If you guarantee my safety, I will tell you at a time I like," Qiu said. Shili chewed gum twice, observing the other person's expression, "You are in such a hurry, when is the time limit?"

"August [-]th." Risako sniffled, swallowing.

"Oh, that's too late." Qiu Shili squinted and smiled again. The dying man told the date of his death, of course he wanted to watch it happily.

"Are you hungry?" Risako asked suddenly, "Come with me to eat something. How about ramen?"

Qiu Shili thought for a while, then nodded happily, "If you put something strange in the food, I will commit suicide tonight."

The robotic voice spoke lightly, but Eguchi Risako was no longer surprised by his escape, she just raised her eyebrows and looked at him silently for a few seconds, then led him up the underground passage without saying a word go.This road may lead to a ramen shop, but Qiu Shili is [-]% sure in his heart that things will never be so simple. Sure enough, when he passed an intersection, he was suddenly dragged in by a force.

Those hands were around his big arms. To be honest, that kind of strength couldn't drag him. As long as he wanted to compete, Qiu Shili would definitely stand firmly in place, but he was so willing to let others drag him, just like A few seconds later, he was punched on the forehead, and then on the lower abdomen, but he still didn't resist, and he was stepped on the ground like a chicken, punched and kicked.They were a few stout men with hard heels. In the confusion, Qiu Shili turned his face away, and saw Risako standing at the entrance of the narrow alley smoking, saw the silhouette, and also saw the gorgeous night of Shinjuku behind her.

The promotion broadcast of the convenience store next door was very clear.

He didn't fight back, Eguchi Shun wouldn't fight.

He didn't even snort, Eguchi Shun wouldn't call for help or cry out for pain.

In this beating, he just curled up on the earthy smelling ground after several futile struggles, trying to protect his fragile and soft place, just like any ordinary person who is powerless to fight back, abandoning all the instinctive defenses means.Not long after, the beating stopped, and several men patted their ashes-stained palms, and stood back behind Li Saeko uninterestedly, while Li Saeko stomped out the cigarette butts to help Qiu Shili.

"Sorry," she said softly, and handed Qiu Shili a pack of disinfectant wipes, "Just to be on the safe side, I must confirm that you are Shun. Your twin brother is a troublesome person."

Qiu Shili didn't pick up the wet wipes, and stared at Risako angrily, pulled away her hand that was on his arm, wiped his nosebleeds and walked into the light outside the alley, "Stupid! Idiot!" the phone scolded , although he was furious, but after all, the volume was too low, and he couldn't really hear it in the busy city.This is what Qiu Shili wants, just like all he does is to show weakness naturally, to make some useless anger, to appear like a neurotic fool, like a self-righteous passive person, who has nothing to do. Fight back.

On the following road, he first walked in front, making the matter of being angry very real, and then followed behind Risako, and she was taken to a ramen shop on the street next to Kabukicho.

This store is just on the side of the road, and the nightlife in Shinjuku has just begun, but there are no other customers in the store.This did not exceed Qiu Shili's expectation. Besides, since he dared not to carry a weapon, he dared to deal with all emergencies.

Pulling out a round stool and sitting down, Qiu Shili leaned his aching back against the wall, the people who had just beaten him were sitting nearby, and Risako was sitting opposite, he didn't care, he raised his legs to look through the menu.

Back fat soy sauce ramen.Last but not least, this bowl.

Risako called the waiter wearing a turban to take an order, her tone was gentle, she ordered the same one for herself, and thoughtfully added a portion of green onion and a portion of tempura for him.Qiu Shili was indifferent, still sulking, rubbing his bruised elbow for no reason.

"Do you need to go to the hospital?" Risako asked.

Qiu Shili gave her a hard look, and pressed the phone while holding the phone, "No! I'll go home and sleep after eating!"

"Shall we send you?"

"Need not!"

Risako covered her mouth and laughed.

The ramen was quickly served on the table, and the two ate noodles facing each other like ordinary siblings. Everything was surprisingly peaceful, but the back of Qiu Shili's hands were covered with skin, as was his mouth, and half of his face was swollen. Picking noodles and drinking soup with a spoon, there will always be a few burning pains, so a bowl of hot ramen seems to be a torment.

Qiu Shili gasped as he ate, his glasses were foggy from the steam, his whole body looked natural and delicate, his eyes were red with grievance, Risako looked at him and smiled, and when the half bowl was down, she beckoned , the store door opened, and a person was welcomed in.

It was Shi Yizhou.

Qiu Shili didn't put down his chopsticks, nor did he show any abnormality.Eguchi Shun doesn't know Shi Yizhou, so at this moment, the man sitting next to Risako is a stranger, and he should only show some moderate curiosity about his empty sleeves.

"Is he Hong Sheng?" Risako asked.

Shi Yizhou stared fixedly at Qiu Shili, while Qiu Shili wiped his mouth and looked back dissatisfied, as if he was being stared at inexplicably.During this too long staring at each other, he believed that he was frank and frank, Shi Yizhou frowned, pursed his mouth tightly for a while, and finally said, "I don't think so."

Over the years, Japanese pronunciation has improved a lot.

"You don't want to beat me up again, do you?" Qiu Shili sneered while holding the phone, "Be careful I quit."

"No, don't worry brother," Risako stood up, "After finishing the last thing, you can go home and sleep today."

Qiu Shili showed a puzzled expression.

Two men in black suits came up with sullen faces, not the ones who beat him just now, but they were equally strong. One of them pressed his shoulder without saying a word, while the other turned on the flame gun and sprayed it on a pair of iron hooks.

The fire is gray-blue. Qiu Shili estimates that the temperature has reached at least [-] degrees, and the thing that was burnt was not an iron hook. Something like a soldering iron.

"Since we want to cooperate, your surname is also Eguchi, and Phoenix is ​​our all-time Ruotou," Li Sazi stood up and explained, looking at Qiu Shili with extremely gentle eyes, "The drinking ceremony will not be done for the time being, and the Yinjiawen process still cannot be done. Omitted. We need to build that first step of trust.”

After finishing speaking, she lifted the long hair on the left side, revealing the scar on the side of her forehead.The size of a fingernail, the overall color is dark red. Over the years, the burns have healed quite neatly, but the patterns are left on it forever.A deformed hexagonal wheel is embedded in the hollow circle, which is the shape that symbolizes the Eguchi family.

"Shun, would you like to?" Risako asked again.Shi Yizhou still looked over at him straight in the same way.

Qiu Shili's heart was beating wildly, and a voice shouted in his ear, asking him to resist, but he sized them up twice, and didn't show any embarrassment, just nodded.

Under the continuous high temperature, the soldering iron was already burning red, making people feel that it was about to melt, and Qiu Shili's bangs were lifted.The second he touched the skin, Qiu Shili's shoulders trembled unconsciously under the hand that pressed him. He was already numb to the pain, and he also successfully suppressed the desire to scream by biting his lips, but , when he clearly smelled the smell of burning protein, he felt like a horse being branded with numbers, like an animal being slaughtered.

And the person he wanted to kill was watching his suffering with satisfaction and relief.

Eguchi Risako did what she said, and after this matter was over, Qiu Shili was released from this small shop and could go home to rest.It was approaching midnight, when Shinjuku was charming, Qiu Shili always felt dizzy, the world was turning, and he was crushed in the middle, and those bright neon lights turned into liquid like iron prizes, Noisy, seething, wave after wave splashed on his face.

In such a chaotic state, Qiu Shili managed to get rid of the follower. After repeatedly confirming his safety, he returned to his small apartment, quickly contacted his own account, explained clearly the place and time to deliver the things, and sat down on the sofa. on the front floor.

It didn't take long for him to write another email to inform Shi Zhanyang of the progress, but he didn't mention anything about the family pattern.It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, he told himself, and it was indeed the case, the thing was on the skin near the forehead, and he couldn't see anything when his hair covered it. In the final analysis, he was just printed with an ugly scar, that's all.

However, he knew it was self-deception when he took a shower.How could it be irrelevant?In order to clean up the blood on his face, he had to look at himself in the mirror, and when he saw it clearly, he was so humiliated that he wanted to cry, and he wanted to goug this piece of flesh, but he couldn't, just like he He can't shout or curse, he still can't!

He shattered the mirror, and glass shards embedded in the fresh wound on the back of his hand, but Qiu Shili in the mirror was still intact, as was the "Eguchi pattern" printed on "Eguchi Shun".

After completely regaining his composure and treating the wound, Qiu Shili released himself from the bathroom.Checked emails, no reply.Calculating that it is still dawn in San Francisco, the elder brother should not have woken up yet.

Qiu Shili wanted to talk to himself, but after thinking about it again, he decided to forget it. He quietly went to the window and looked at it for a while, but he didn't know what he was looking at. In his impression, there was only one tree downstairs with many cicadas inhabiting it. In the past two days, he could always hear them when he passed by below, and his sensitive ears could occasionally catch the hoarseness when he was separated by more than ten floors.

But now the cicadas were completely inaudible, Qiu Shili felt cold, his hands began to tremble, and subconsciously touched his forehead, feeling a pain that penetrated into his skull.So he lay down on the sofa, curled his legs, moved his hands away from the still swollen burn, put them on his knees, and rolled himself up to sleep.