[Master K] The bad one next door

The glow of the chandelier in the living room is intoxicatingly warm.

"I'm so sorry, I called you home casually." The old lady sitting across from the coffee table smiled apologetically, and got up from the sofa to pour tea, "It wouldn't be too late to meet you tomorrow, but I couldn't sit still when I heard the old man say you're here... We and your mother are acquaintances, so you don't have to be so restrained, Xiao Maki."

"Ah, yes." Mami straightened up in a hurry, clenched his hands into fists and put them on Xianghe's knees, and replied in a low voice, "I'm the one who's sorry, I'm sorry to bother you at the house so late, I'm sorry."

"Really, I told you that you don't have to be so restrained." The old lady couldn't help but laughed kindly.She finished pouring tea for Mami, sat back in her seat, picked up the teacup, and softly looked at the girl opposite with a nervous face: "However, you and your mother really look alike."

Maki was taken aback for a moment, then nodded embarrassingly.

"Indeed, people often say that my mother and I look alike..."

"No, I'm talking about the inside, not the appearance." The old lady shook her head, "That child Ryoko, although she seems to be indifferent to everything and always shows her sharp edge, she is actually very polite. You have inherited that from her."

The old lady praised Yazawa Ryoko without realizing Yazawa Maya's suddenly surprised expression.

"Of course, that kind of sharp personality is not due to youthful vigor, but more precisely, it should be a kind of protective color. Although they haven't said anything to me, but I have lived so many years longer than them, how could I feel No... your parents have experienced many things, Maki-chan."

"Excuse me, please wait a moment." Maya couldn't help but said, "What kind of person did you say your mother is?"

The old lady repeated the description just now, and asked strangely: "Is there any problem?"

——Sharp-edged, careless...

The hippie smiling face of the black-haired woman naturally appeared in Mami's mind.In my impression, Yazawa Ryoko's every frown and smile is very childish, she is obviously an adult but she loves Two-dimensional madly, childishness and liveliness can be said to be synonymous with her.And such a person seemed to have nothing to do with the two words he was chanting silently at this moment.

She thought about it for a while, and finally swallowed the question, and shook her head at the old lady: "It's nothing, you continue."

……

The old lady's surname is Kamihara. According to her own statement, she and her husband were friends of Yazawa Ryoko 20 years ago.At that time, the Yazawa couple had just moved to this building complex where only the elderly lived. Because young people were rarely seen, and Mrs. Shen Yuan was born with a strong affinity, the two families who lived on the same floor quickly became acquainted and became friends. There are contacts in daily life.

After chatting for a while, Maya realized that the strange old man he saw when he first came here more than half a month ago was actually Mrs. Kanbara's husband.

"He didn't tell me that he saw you until today. At that time, he thought it was Liangzi who came back." The old lady smiled helplessly, "The old man is a bit old-fashioned, but I also know how it is possible that Liangzi has not aged in the past 20 years but has changed. If you are young, you can guess whether it is her junior, and the result is as you can see."

Mami listened quietly to her chatter, drinking tea from time to time and responding, the black tea in the cup was drained after a while.Taking advantage of Mrs. Kanbara's pause to rest, Maki put down her cup and asked the question that had been buried in her heart since the very beginning.

"You said that mom and dad have been through a lot...what have they been through?"

Although I know that I won't get any definite answer if I ask, but, as expected——

Mrs. Kanbara's expression changed.

The gently curved crow's feet at the corners of her eyes straightened slightly, her kind eyes gradually calmed down, and the smile disappeared from her face.The old lady gently put the teacup back on the tea table, and sighed: "The two children didn't tell me, so I don't know very well."

Mami looked at her.

"But I think," continued the old lady, "that they seem to be hiding from something."

——['Avoiding something'...? 】

The male voice on the opposite side of the terminal repeated her words in an unintelligible manner.After being silent for a while, he suddenly burst into laughter as if hearing some bad joke.

【What, did that old woman say that? 】The magnetic and beautiful voice jokingly picks up on the ending, and the vile nature contained in it makes people frown, 【I never thought you would trust me, it really doesn’t matter if you tell me this kind of thing so easily ?my dear cousin. 】

Mami stared at Lan Yingying's computer screen without squinting, typing on the keyboard with both hands, and accused dissatisfiedly of the hands-free terminal on the desktop: "Brother Linye, you shouldn't say something like this Old man. Besides, you should have known it a long time ago."

【Who knows~】

Obviously that guy's voice is nice, but he insists on provoking others with such an indifferent tone, it's really annoying.

"You clearly know what happened to Mom and Dad, but you refuse to tell me... No, I understand, you are not obliged to tell me these things. I apologize for my unreasonable troubles on this point, but you just It's just an excuse to play tricks on others, because you think it's funny when others rush around because they don't know what you know." Mami stopped typing on the keyboard, and said coldly, stopping the other person's words, "So Come on, I wonder if the bombing in Ikebukuro a year ago is real."

Her obviously hostile tone made Orihara even more interested.

【You seem to hate me, Maki-chan. 】

"I've been heartbroken for you ever since I found out it was you who sent that letter."

Orihara Lin also laughed out loud, and could even hear the creaking sound of the swivel chair when he was so excited to rotate: [But hey, even if I don't send the letter, it won't change your scumbag dad finding a mistress the fact?Or do you want to hide your poor mother for the rest of your life for the sake of your happiness?Tsk tsk tsk, that's really selfish, Sister Mami, Aunt Ryoko must be very sad.This is human beings. Dirty human beings like you are all over the earth, but it is precisely because of this that I love human beings so much!Human love!I like humans the most, I love humans——]

The corners of Mami's mouth twitched, and the anger that had just gathered in his heart dissipated inexplicably when he heard the other party's words that gradually became crazy.She propped her forehead weakly, and sighed: "You can do whatever you want. But Brother Linye, I really suggest you go to a mental hospital. See you later." After finishing speaking, she hung up the phone without hesitation.

After hanging up her cousin's call, she turned her gaze back to the computer screen.

What was displayed on the screen was the black-bottom chat room, and the entire page was filled with the messages of "I have arrived in Ikebukuro" and "Meet the black motorcycle" that Tanaka Taro excitedly swiped out.Then Seton, who had been diving, popped up to talk to him, saying that he was there, and finally the two agreed: maybe they passed each other on the street at that time.

- This is true.

Mami looked at Seton's gray-black head, and hesitantly rubbed his fingers on the left mouse button.After a while, she still clicked on Seton's profile picture and initiated a private chat.

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----------Private chat mode----------

Tai Shui Lin: Well, Miss Celty, are you there?

Seton: Ah, Miya.

Seton: What's wrong?

Tae Su Rin: No, it's not really a big deal... Have you heard of the Ikebukuro bombing?

Tae Su Rin: The one from a year ago.

Seton: Bombing?I have heard a little bit about it.

Tae Shui Rin: Can you tell me what's going on?

Seton: I only saw it on the news, that is, a certain department store exploded due to a gas leak, and more than 100 people died, including some residents living nearby.

Tae Su Rin: Is that so...

Seton: But I always feel something is wrong.

Tae Shui Rin: Huh?

Seton: If it was just a gas explosion, there shouldn't be such a big commotion. Besides, that department store is also a well-known brand, and such an accident is unlikely to happen.

Tae Su Rin: Well, I think so too.

Seton: However, I heard that those who died were burned so badly that they couldn't recognize who was who. The relatives didn't even see the corpses, and the corpses were collectively transported to the crematorium for cremation.

Tae Shui Rin: So pitiful.

Seton: Yeah.

Seton: It's getting late, I'll get off first.You go to bed early too. (＾v＾)

Tai Shui Lin: Okay, thank you, Miss Celty.Good night.

Seton: Good night.

---------- Seton left the chat room ----------

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After Seton exited the chat room, Maki also logged off, stood up, and prepared to pack her things and take a shower.At this time, the terminal on the desktop buzzed and vibrated when there was a text message.

She picked it up and looked at it, and the corners of her mouth immediately turned up.

"Are you home? - Misaki Hatta"

She quickly moved her fingers, typed a line on the virtual keyboard, and clicked send.

"Here we are, thank you for your concern. Where's Misaki?——Yazawa Maya"

"Me too. My mother was terrified, because it was the first time I came home so early, and she thought something was wrong with my brain, and I was so noisy there! — Misaki Hatta"

Maki immediately sketched that scene in her mind, the vividness made her want to laugh.

"It's understandable... Pfft. —— Yazawa Maya"

"I said you were laughing! Hey! — Misaki Hatta"

"Eh? Really not! (Innocent face)——Yazawa Maya"

"Who would believe it! (╯‵ ′)╯︵┴─┴——Misaki Hatta"

The two chatted for a while.I don't know how long it has passed, but Maki accidentally raised his head to look at the wall clock on the wall, and realized that it was getting late, so he sent a last message to Hatta.

"Okay, I'm going to take a shower, let's talk tomorrow. Goodbye. ()ノ——Yazawa Maya"

After sending, she waited for a while, but there was no more text messages from the other side, so she put down the terminal, picked up the towel on the back of the chair, and walked to the bathroom.When she came back half an hour later in her pajamas and wiping her hair, there was already an extra message on the terminal.

"Don't say the word "bath" to boys!!! - Misaki Hatta"

Maki: "???"

Staring at the message of unknown meaning, the girl who had just taken a shower was suddenly at a loss.

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Tokyo, Shinjuku.

An apartment somewhere in the dark.

"It's so interesting, it's so interesting, it's so interesting!" The black-haired young man in a black coat spun around on the table in front of the desk, holding the terminal in his hand, and let out a series of excited and nervous laughter.

The string of breathless laughter made people doubt whether he was a human being, and the blood-red eyes shining maliciously in the dark cast a gloomy color on his harmless and delicate appearance.Lan Yingying's terminal screen displayed the words that the call was hung up, which flashed and then went out, but the young man named Orihara Rinya ignored it, just threw it on the table casually, and continued to face the empty space. The room talks to itself.

"Dragon Peak Teijin, Yazawa Maya, these two people are so interesting!"

He lazily looked at the photos of the black-haired boy and the black-haired girl displayed on the computer screen, and a strange smile grew thicker at the corner of his mouth.After a while, the young man stood up, walked briskly towards the window, and pushed it open.The cold night wind poured in through the window.

This is an altitude of more than 20 floors. From this position, you can clearly overlook the entire city, and the colorful lights converge into a sea of ​​lights.

"Little Maki, what unexpected move will you do next? I'm looking forward to it—! Hahahaha!!"

The well-known information dealer in Ikebukuro circled the room again, stretched his arms to the sides vigorously, and laughed like a madman: "Hahaha, I really like humans the most! Humans, I love you! Hahahaha —Of course, except for Xiaojing~"

——In the city of Shinjuku.

There lurks a "devil" who wears human skin and likes to spy on people's hearts morbidly.

It's just that few people know about it.