murder begins in summer

After waiting for a long time, Qiu Shili received a reply from Eguchi Risako.It was about No. 13 hours after dawn, and the light that burned the day was about to stop again. Risako sounded out of spirits, and said on the phone: "You are still alive."

Qiu Shili typed slowly, "You're awake."

"Ha, who would have thought that such a thing would happen," Risako said darkly, "Now you know what kind of people they are."

"I knew it before, so I came to you."

Risako seemed to be smoking a cigarette, "How did you escape?"

"Jump out of the window." After a pause, Qiu Shili added, "I was locked up on the third floor, and I broke an arm when I jumped down. Now I'm talking to you with one hand."

Risako sneered, "Is it all right to jump out of the window? You were the one caught by Shi Zhanyang." Obviously, she still didn't believe it.

"Have you forgotten? I escaped once, from San Francisco to Japan. You guys were too stupid to protect my safety as promised. I kept my promise and gave you information," Qiu Shili didn't care, and continued He typed very slowly, at the speed of stumbling with one hand, "I just can't fight, it's not that I can't survive. It's my own fault that you couldn't find me in the past few years."

Risako pondered for a while, and said, "You gave them your information, too?"

"No. I do business ethically."

"You can't convince me like that."

"Convincing you?" The computer burst into laughter, "If I want to lie to you, why would I want you to escape? Are you looking for death? You are wasting my time."

"I--"

Impatiently, Qiu Shili immediately interrupted: "You don't want the other half of the information? You still want me to ask you? What does this have to do with me? I have been waiting for you for a day. If they take you back again, what will happen to you and me?" It’s all bad.”

"I still have some trouble here."

Of course Qiu Shili knew what the trouble was, Jung was still there to settle accounts, and it must have been a headache for Risako to coax away the benefactor who couldn't explain it, but he tapped the keyboard loudly as if nothing had happened, "Come here to pick up the money." I."

"Now?"

"Some of them are downstairs from me," Qiu Shili tapped the space bar, "I'm waiting for you, sister."

This was very effective, within half an hour Risazi's car arrived, at least ten men with guns came up to pick him up, escorted Qiu Shili downstairs, and quickly stuffed him into the car like a thief Drive away.And the few guys Qiu Shili called to watch downstairs also gave chase symbolically, until they were six streets away, and a traffic light separated them.

The headquarters of the Eguchi Group is in Shinjuku. It is a small, unremarkable office building. The exterior is square and the interior decoration is also old. The floor tiles and furniture are still popular in the Showa period. The outdated lighting system makes the whole building look dark and gloomy. Yes, walking in the corridor hung with blue and white light tubes, the air-conditioning makes people feel chills on their backs, and they are pressed tightly by sweat-stained cloth.

The building was empty, and there were not many people encountered along the way. Qiu Shili hung his left arm, and slowly followed Eguchi Risako into the same cold stairwell, surrounded by the same group of big men behind him.This place is much darker than the outside, and the stale smell seems to carry a deep silence, the only thing that can be heard is the sound of footsteps, especially the sound of Risako's high-heeled shoes.They were not going up, but going down. As for what they were about to face, Qiu Shili had guessed most of it.Sure enough, there was also a gloomy corridor at the depth of the third floor underground. At the end, there was a small room with no light at the door, and Qiu Shili was pushed in by his shoulders.

"Wait for me here for a while," the door closed, and Risako's voice came together with the sound of the lock, "Don't worry Shun, no one will hit you now."

Well, at least I can still do some exercises without handcuffs and steel ropes, Qiu Shili thought, listening to the sound of footsteps fading away.He leaned against the iron door and listened silently for more than a minute, making sure that there was no one outside the wall, and then he looked at the room.

His eyes had adapted to the darkness, but he still couldn't see anything except the thin streak of light that came through the crack in the door.Fortunately, there was no body search, and the things hidden in the blouse and trouser pockets were still there.To be on the safe side, Qiu Shili didn't take off the fixed bandage, but just took out the thin-tube flashlight from his sleeve with one hand.The beam of light walked along the base of the wall. A rough estimate shows that the area of ​​this room is less than eight square meters. Of course, there are no windows, and there is no exhaust fan installed. No wonder the smell of unknown origin is so strong.

Looking carefully at the ground, there is no piece of furniture. The room is like a big empty mouth, and the white floor tiles under the light of the flashlight are its bared teeth.But this tooth is really dirty, almost every piece is stuck with a large piece of black stuff, that stuff should have been very sticky, and it was stepped on before it was dry, and the messy marks were smeared everywhere.

Qiu Shili squatted down, picked a piece off with his little finger, and put it on the tip of his nose to sniff.

fishy smell.

It is the concentration of odor.

Taking a closer look, these imprints are of different depths and degrees of freshness, which have been accumulated over a long period of time.

Qiu Shili stood up again, he could confirm it by touching it and smelling it, it was blood.Before him, many people should have been killed in this room, or tortured, something bloody had happened.Maybe this room has been used for many years, or maybe his mother who just gave birth was also skinned in such a room, and he and Eguchi Shun are two crying babies who were rescued before death. After going out and living to this day, I don't know whether I have become a human or a ghost.

However, Qiu Shili didn't have much emotion about this. When he didn't have any expectations, he wouldn't be surprised or panicked. This is what he did to the Eguchi group.He just found a slightly cleaner corner and squatted down, put away the flashlight, and concentrated on listening to the movement in the headset.Just now on the stairs, he conveniently pinned a monitor to the strap of Risako's dress hanging behind her waist.The monitor is only the size of a soybean, and the main structure made of carbon aerogel makes it so light that it will not be noticed at all. Now it sounds like this small object developed by itself is quite practical, the signal is stable, and the noise is also acceptable. Within the acceptable range, Risako was indeed arguing with Jung, and it sounded like she would continue to do so.

Regarding his current situation, Qiu Shili has many speculations, but what he is most inclined to believe is that Risako is just trying to isolate herself at the moment, making sure that she can't escape, and that she can't see Jung.He knew that the most cost-effective choice at the moment was to wait. The double-edged dagger was stuck in his boot, which brought him great stability, so he was not in a hurry, and patiently soaked in the darkness, trying to learn from the conversation in his ear. Filter out some useful information.

More than 40 minutes later, Jung was sent away. Before leaving, he had to repeatedly remind him of the breach of contract. Qiu Shili guessed that Risako would come down to find him, but the footsteps did not wait, but he heard Shi Yizhou in the headset. the sound of.

"Okay." Shi Yizhou said.

Risako sounded very gentle, "Is it all mixed in?"

"A total of 350, all of which are mixed with the hepatitis A vaccine," Shi Yizhou said, "I watched the car go away with my own eyes."

"Okay, okay," Risako clapped her hands, "Is it the vaccination truck for school, and it will be used in two days?"

"Two days later."

"Well, those children are so pitiful."

Shi Yizhou smiled, "The most pitiful thing is your younger brother. Once the incident happens, we can find him and we don't need to kill him."

"That's right, he's the only one who supplies this kind of goods! We're not the only second-hand sellers." Li Saeko's cheerful laughter came over, and Qiu Shili's cold sweat dripped down his brows. 350 sticks. 350 what?Something made by Shun Eguchi.Where to send it?Send it to the school and stick it into the body of the students, the so-called "vaccine".

Which school is it?How did Shi Yizhou do it, and who did he collude with?Qiu Shili had no way of knowing, he only knew that Shun Eguchi was going to be silenced after all—after being exploited, he would kill someone with a knife—and the health of 350 children would be taken into account.

All the crimes were blamed on a dead person, so there was no need to worry about sharing profits or getting things exposed.So 350 had no way out.This is really the style of the Eguchi family.

Qiu Shili clenched his molars to suppress the trembling of his body, took out his mobile phone to synchronize the audio, quickly intercepted the section just now, selected Shi Zhanyang's intranet mailbox, and pressed the send button.Unlike the connection between supporting equipment, even if the signal is specially strengthened, the network is still pitifully slow on the three underground floors. Halfway through the file of more than 50 megabytes was sent, the sound of footsteps came from afar, and Qiu Shili immediately put away the phone.

When the door opened, he squatted into a small ball, raised his face on his knees, and looked at the figure at the door, his face was like waking up from a dream.

"You can come out." Risako said.Only she came.

Qiu Shili stood up, moved his knees, and obediently followed behind her.

"We're leaving today, and we have to confirm the mine site before we can deliver the goods. There are only five days left." Li Sazi said again.She is always watching Qiu Shili's actions from the corner of her eye. As for this, Qiu Shili can certainly feel it, and he can also guess what will be caused by his rash actions. Maybe there is a slight movement, and other corners of this winding corridor will stick out. A bunch of guns were pointed at him, so he acted extraordinarily honestly and just nodded.

"You can tell the other half of the information." Risako was obviously not satisfied with his reaction.

Qiu Shili took out his mobile phone and replied, "It's on the sea. I know it, and what I remember in my head is the exact latitude and longitude."

"You only said the longitude, and we have already cracked it."

"You?" Qiu Shili looked at her sideways, "Then how many of you are going to confirm together?"

"Within five."

"Take me?"

"Without."

Qiu Shili shrugged, and shook the BlackBerry in his hand, "I won't rob things with you, but that broken chip has been in my heart for 20 years! How important is the stored address, I must go and see .”

Risako pushed open the fire door, she was already on the ground floor, she chuckled, "Shun, you should be more obedient."

"Ah, since that's the case, I can only say a little bit," Qiu Shili was nailed to the center of the hall on the first floor, and suddenly turned on the speaker of the mobile phone, and the volume of the mechanical voice suddenly increased, "I will tell you something first. , it's on a small island in the South Atlantic Ocean, and if you want to go, you might need to take a boat from Argentina."

In an instant, all eyes in the hall were on him, including a few men who were smoking and chatting. Among them was the big leader in the group, that is, the person who could sit on the sofa last time, and there were even more small leaders. He stares over.

The sharpest among them was Risako's gaze.

Qiu Shili showed no signs of stage fright. He smiled around and continued to explain: "My sister is going to pan for gold in the sea, but she won't take us with her."

Risako interrupted, "Shun is talking nonsense again."

"Am I wrong?" Qiu Shili showed a puzzled expression, "You don't hesitate to bet the entire Jiangguchi family. Now, you are about to make money, but you exclude us. I might as well give them the information and let them They took me there." He held up his mobile phone again, and looked at the group of team members whose faces were gradually graying.

Under the instigation one after another, Qiu Shili successfully caused a chaos.In fact, since half of the information was heard last time and was heard by the group of people gathered in the hotel room, this confusion has sprouted, and the current outbreak finally resulted in Risako's compromise.She has never really gained a firm foothold in the group, and now there is not much time left for her to deal with housework. This is Qiu Shili's well-thought-out bargaining chip. It is a weakness he wants to take advantage of, and the result of the compromise is also within expectations. Inner—that foggy offshore mining site can no longer keep its privacy, and the twenty leaders of the Eguchi Group will go together to share a piece of the pie.

Of course, Qiu Shili, the "Phoenix", would also go. If he lied, he would be killed in seconds, no matter how you look at it.

The preparations for the departure began immediately, and Qiu Shili, an unstable factor, was locked back in the hut again, and occasionally someone brought food and water.Reassuringly, his recording was sent out and a response was received.

Shi Zhanyang's email has only two lines, the first line says:

I see.I will deal with it.

The second line is:

I can't pick you up.Have more confidence in yourself and see you in New York at the latest.

Qiu Shili smiled unconsciously as he looked at the word New York.There is an old Italian band that is on a world tour, and it happened to be North America's turn recently. He remembered that Shi Zhanyang liked it, so he booked tickets early. Unexpectedly, the band didn't even look at the West Coast, and arranged a few performances in several cities in the east. Qiu Shili had no choice but to book two tickets for the performance in New York, and was going to travel thousands of miles with Shi Zhanyang to attend the concert at that time.

The calculated time is exactly a week later.At that time, everything will be over.

Qiu Shili is full of confidence in his elder brother and himself.

It was already two days later when we arrived at the port of Mar del Plata in Argentina.At the beginning of two o'clock in the morning local time, including the four big bosses and Shi Yizhou, none of the [-] people who had been scheduled were left behind. Eguchi Risako had no intention of waiting, so she was going to go to sea in the middle of the night.

Although the sea is calm and the weather forecast is quite optimistic, there are still not many boats available for this time period, and even fewer boats are willing to rent and sell them.Finally, under the introduction of the local guide, a small fishing boat was negotiated, the price was good, the speed and capacity were sufficient, and it was past three o'clock in the morning.

Qiu Shili was the fifth from the bottom to go in. After sitting down, he glanced at the port, where the guide and the ship owner were talking.

Who would have thought that these two were fellows of his family?

I also specifically found two people whose ancestral home is Argentina and who speak with a strong South American accent.

At this moment, the small boat that Qiu Shili was in was also the one he was going to board. Everything was prepared and within the strict plan.Including the two drivers waiting in the operating room at the bow, and the miniature bombs placed in every corner of the ship.

The farther away from the port, the lower the temperature of the sea surface at night seems to be. August in the southern hemisphere is the beginning of spring, and the cold is condensed in the sea fog, which cannot be dissipated at all. Everyone gathers in the cabin, and no one goes to the deck to breathe.Qiu Shili was forced to stay in the cab, separated from them by a thick iron door.The latitude and longitude had already been given, and Risako asked him to stand in front of the operation screen and look at the satellite map, while she stood beside him, holding a gun to his waist.

In fact, this is nothing to look at. The coordinates are so determined that yaw is impossible today.Qiu Shili didn't make a sound, and the two pilots were also very quiet. Seeing that the time was long, but it was passing by, and the route between them and the small island gradually shortened.

The watch also gradually moved towards seven o'clock in the morning.

Risako seemed to be tired from standing, so she sat down on the only vacant round stool, with the muzzle of the gun still pointed at Qiu Shili's lower back, "To be honest, I didn't expect you to help us like this."

Qiu Shili took half a step back, went to her side, looked down at her, "Are you complimenting me?" The fluorescence of the phone made his fingers quite pale.

The sky also seeped a touch of milky white.Exactly six fifty.The ship had entered the open sea an hour earlier.

Risako nodded, "In the past few years, I have found more and more that people are really helpless in life, maybe you have to help us," she said with a smile, "The Eguchi family is indeed sorry for you, and your twin brother is the same. I'm sorry, alas, Shun's life is really rough."

As soon as the words fell, the next second, her smile froze on her face.

I saw that Qiu Shili's arm, which was difficult to bend even after removing the fixed bandage, was carrying it steadily on his back, and the "broken" hand had already snatched the gun from Li Saeko's hand, with astonishing strength and even more quickly. I can't even see the process clearly.

At the same time, one of the drivers also raised a gun, facing Risako's furious face. Before she could call out, Qiu Shili blocked her mouth with a gun, and even knocked out a tooth. It was the butt of the gun instead of the muzzle, it was stuffed very full, and it was pushed very deep at once, and the sound of the jaw dislocating could be heard, and the pretty face was deformed.

Six fifty-three.

Eguchi Risako was going to open the door and retreat to the cabin, but she touched the doorknob and found that it was locked.She couldn't make a sound even if she wanted to call, and Qiu Shili didn't give her a chance to continue struggling, so he pressed her against the iron gate and broke her wrist twice.

"You're right," Qiu Shili said, and with that voice that had been silent for a long time, he threw Risako to the ground again, his knee firmly pressing down on her leg that was trying to kick wildly, frosty smoke appeared in his eyes, "The Eguchi family is sorry for Shun, but I am not sorry for him."

Six fifty-three.

"You all go down." He whispered, the two drivers had already set up the autopilot, and quietly jumped out of the side window and fell into the ocean.The dagger has also been drawn out, and under the lights of the instruments in the room, there is a sharp light shining vaguely.

"Don't be afraid. The doors on the deck are also automatically locked. The glass is bulletproof and cannot be broken. Your friends will be in the cabin and stay with you all the time. You can also take a good look at them on the surveillance camera," Qiu said. Shili smiled, lifted her chin, and slid it with the tip of the knife, "It's not fair to say, but you have to pay back what the Eguchi family owes my mother. And what you owe my brother, you have to pay it back. If I have enough time, I still want to break your leg, so now I can only keep it simple."

Eguchi Risako's eyes were distorted and widened, with big tears pouring out. She wanted to spit out the gun but couldn't. She wanted to hit Qiu Shili with her head, but she was immediately strangled by the neck.There is not much time left, and it is unrealistic to peel the skin finely. Instead, there will be long nights and dreams. Qiu Shili was going to cut it roughly first, put it in a sealed bag, and swallowed subconsciously. Someone grabbed him by the collar from behind.

Qiu Shili didn't get picked up because of his solid bottoming skills, and he didn't turn his head, but the man squatted down beside him.

It was Shun Eguchi.

The surprise in Qiu Shili's eyes was no less than that of Eguchi Risako.I saw that this person was even more exaggeratedly thin than before the last time we parted, his face was bloodless, and it seemed to be whiter than his hair, reflected in the dark light like a ghost, with a strong smell of motor oil on his body, Qiu Shili noticed , the side door of the spare electromechanical box was open, and it is very likely that he has been hiding here.

What an uncomfortable position this must be.

It's also totally, totally, totally, out of the plan.It's like a mess!Qiu Shili was so angry that he jumped into the sea later, not sure if this person's body could hold it.But before he had time to ask anything, Eguchi Shun also took out a knife and stuffed him with a piece of paper.

A total of five letters: LEAVE.

When he looked away from the paper again, the tip of Eguchi Shun's knife had pierced Eguchi Risako's ear.

"You listen to me, let's go together." Qiu Shili lowered his voice, threw the paper away casually, and was about to start from the other side to save some time, but Eguchi Shun pushed it away.Okay, you are stubborn, you want to die so much, you sneak up, but can you beat me?Qiu Shili thought this way, and he had no intention of retreating. He knew that he could knock down this disobedient person in one go. Although the remaining time was tight, it was enough for him to deal with Saeko and lead people to escape. Everything was still in place. within control-

Until the next second, Eguchi Shun's blade had just cut a deep hole on Risako's chin, turned suddenly, and inserted it straight into his stomach and intestines, and did not pull it out.

This sudden suicide shocked Qiu Shili, and cursing in a low voice, he wanted to pull the knife out of his brother's stomach, but Eguchi pulled it and stabbed it deeper, and he hurriedly let go.Eguchi Shun didn't seem to know the pain, so he got up from the dying Risako, stood up straight, took a step forward, the knife was hanging in his stomach, the handle was tightly clenched, and he looked like he wanted to pierce it deeper. Ten miles had to retreat, and he was forced to the escape window after advancing and retreating like this.

Six fifty-three.

"I can't go by myself. If you stab yourself, I won't let you go." The height of the escape window is more like a door. Qiu Shili's whole body is exposed to the cold air, and his ankles are blown by the wind blade. Pain, he raised his hand in the air, trying to calm himself down immediately, and comfort the crazy person in front of him, "Shun, you listen to me, you have to listen to me, 2 minutes, let's fix her, 2 minutes , let’s jump down, and a helicopter will pick us up right away, let’s go to the grassland and tell mom that your injuries are fine.”

Eguchi was stunned for a moment, his blood was blown away by the sea breeze that rushed in before sunrise. At this moment, he was also light, and could be blown away without a trace by the sea breeze. His whole body was approaching a kind of faint blue , the rottenness and fatigue brought about by the illness, the embarrassment, was blown to a kind of transparency like ice, two lines of transparent tears meandered down the face, but a transparent smile appeared on the corner of the mouth.

Qiu Shili had never seen him smile like this.No spikes, no taunts, he just laughs.It was as calm as a trek for a long time, and the destination that I had only seen on the map finally appeared before my eyes.

He pointed to himself, shook his head, then pointed to Qiu Shili, and nodded.

At 57:[-], a large pool of blood had already accumulated on the ground.

At 58:[-], Qiu Shili tried to grab the knife again, but was slammed and fell into the sea on his back.

The cold ice pierced into Qiu Shili's nerves like an ice cone, and went straight into his bones. He even choked on a few mouthfuls of water unexpectedly. By the time he stepped on the water and floated on the sea surface, the boat had already traveled several hundred meters.

At 59:[-], Qiu Shili saw half of the rising sun.

At seven o'clock, the boat shrank to a point the size of a fingernail. Due to the precise calculation of the amount of explosives, the scene of the explosion was not grand, and it was only necessary to blow up the boat and the people in it.The most dazzling thing on the sea level is the rising new sun.

But Qiu Shili clearly felt the vibration in the water.He bumped into them, layer by layer, and was washed by them so badly that it hurt, and he knew they weren't waves.It was as if he shook hands with someone who was too late to shake hands across space and time.

At [-]:[-], the sound of propellers sounded overhead, and at [-]:[-], Qiu Shili climbed onto the rope and entered the helicopter, feeling dizzy for a while because of the sudden warmth.

At 50:[-], the helicopter was still hovering [-] meters above the explosion area. Qiu Shili didn't change into the clothes handed over by the clerk. He just sat in front of the open cabin door with a machine gun pointed at the sea. If there was any "lucky guy" Survived the explosion, and surfaced splashing, and he'd give him a kick.

Except for one person, of course, if it was that person, even if Qiu Shili immediately jumped back into the icy sea again, he would have to be lifted out and sent to the ground.

Of course, everyone knows that it is impossible.

The helicopter stayed for 10 minutes, and after confirming that there were no survivors, it returned along the original route and was about to join the rescuer of the two pilots and return to the port of Mar del Plata together.

Qiu Shili took off his soaked shirt, and had a splitting headache from the cold. Amid violent coughing and sneezing, he looked back for the last time, and there were wreckage floating silently. Looking further afield, it might be called the freedom of the ends of the earth. At that place, the sun finally broke free from gravity and returned to its own sky.

It is like a fish in water, its light is sharp and cold, rising from the ground, ten thousand zhang zhang.