Acting as a sword, forced to "fall in the dark".

Tanizaki Junichiro and Tanizaki Naomi are a pair of brothers and sisters who have a good relationship. Compared with Tanizaki Junichiro who looks mediocre and has no characteristics, his younger sister Naomi has always been a typical child of other people.

Smart and beautiful, even if she is still young, she can glimpse her future beauty.The long black hair like seaweed is draped over the shoulders, and the deep pupils combined with the tear mole under the eyes give Naomi Tanizaki a sexiness that doesn't match her age.

It can be said that a child with her temperament is the favorite of some special groups of people.

Intuition is absurd, but in fact it is just a result of combining the information received by the five senses in advance, before it reaches the logical level, and it largely depends on a person's ability to judge.

Tanizaki Junichiro is not as sharp as Naomi, but he has always believed in his sister without any hesitation, so he took Tanizaki Naomi's hand without saying a word, "Let's go home!"

It's just that intuition and premonition will appear, which means that something different from usual has indeed appeared beside Naomi Tanizaki, and she has realized it.

"Are you really a child?" Shibai, who was standing in the backlight in the corner, muttered. He put on the hood again, in order to prevent his reflective hair from attracting the attention of others under the light.

"If you want to leave in such a hurry, you will only tell the other party that you have found something wrong, so as to scare the snake away."

Shibaku's tone was flat, and at this time when there were no outsiders, he naturally relaxed his facial expression, and no longer deliberately acted like Tsurumaru Kuninaga.

Those golden eyes that were usually full of warmth had a faint sense of fluorescence in the night, making them look extraordinarily cold and indifferent.Now as the sword Fusangshen, as long as he is unwilling, no human can detect his existence and breath.

As far as Shibai could see, apart from the brother and sister who were eager to rush home, there was also a man who seemed to be no different from ordinary people, who could easily be ignored if he didn't pay attention.The man's appearance was not so outstanding, he was wearing an ordinary black suit, and he was carrying a handbag in his hand. His steps were heavy and tired, like an adult man who could be seen everywhere after a day's work.

If Shibai hadn't paid attention to him from the very beginning, he would never have noticed that this unknown man had been observing the surrounding crowd all the time, and when he was placed on the Tanizaki brothers and sisters, there was a split second. Nervous smile.

In the eyes of ordinary people, a man is already good enough to hide, but in the eyes of Shibai—or anyone in the dark, the taste of a man is like a durian opened in the middle of a bunch of fruits, extremely Obvious and impossible to ignore.

The man fell far behind the Tanizaki brothers and sisters, as if teasing the prey he had already got, making him try to escape in panic.

"Serial murder case..." Shibai remembered the case mentioned by Osamu Dazai some time ago. He didn't pay attention to it deliberately, but according to the frequency of his going out from time to time, he inadvertently learned about it from passers-by living in Yokohama. After all, the recent case is too bad.

Pairs of innocent brothers and sisters died one after another. The most surprising thing was that among the dead children, one of them had no trauma except fatal wounds, while the corresponding other died in a miserable state.

So what should he do now...?Shibai's expression rarely reveals a trace of bewilderment. He is not a human being with a high sense of morality. The tragedies he has seen and failed to see actually do not make his mood fluctuate.As long as the family members he cared about were not involved, the deaths of other people were just a series of numbers in Shibai's eyes.

The red-haired kid who would let go of the leader's order was not because he couldn't bear it, but because it was what he thought [Tsurumaru Kuninaga] would do.

And the incident of the red-haired boy really happened to [Tsuramaru Kuninaga], so Shibaku did this without hesitation.

But what does the serial murder case have to do with him?Just act as if you didn't see it, or... If Tsurumaru was here, what would he do?

Seeing the brother and sister who were about to lose sight and the murderer, Shibai, who had not yet made a decision, took a step forward subconsciously——Shibai, who was originally standing in the backlight, looked down at the light at his feet And shadow, even he himself was surprised.

Shibai stood stiffly on the spot for a long time before lowering his eyes, hiding the emotion in his eyes, and calmly and indifferently rushed towards the place where the siblings disappeared.

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Tanizaki Junichiro felt that his back was full of cold sweat, not only because of excessive exercise, but also because of the creepy feeling like needle pricks all the time.

He held his sister's hand tightly, and Tanizaki Junichiro couldn't even tell whether his hand or his sister's hand was trembling at the part where his hands intersected.They went from fast to trot and back to fast running, but only 5 minutes passed, and the vague sense of crisis became stronger and stronger.

And this inexplicable feeling reached its peak when they accidentally ran into a dead-end alley in the wrong place.

Tanizaki Junichiro turned his head suddenly, and Tanizaki Naomi hid behind him tremblingly and was firmly protected by him.

The sound of footsteps belonging to an adult man came from the entrance of the alley, step by step, and there seemed to be a strong echo in this narrow alley.Cold sweat flowed from the forehead into his eyes, but Junichiro Tanizaki still didn't dare to blink, staring at the entrance of the alley.

What should he do to protect his sister?This was the only thought left in Junichiro Tanizaki's mind.

He even discarded all his fears and fears, as if he was calculating some difficult math problem, trying to find the only answer through thinking.

The flow of time seems to be fast and slow, and even the time of breathing seems to be suspended.A man with an ordinary and honest face came in under the vigilant eyes of Junichiro Tanizaki, with a puzzled expression on his face, he asked strangely, "Kids, are you lost?"

The Tanizaki brothers and sisters were taken aback for a moment, they looked at each other, and kept a distance to prevent the man from approaching.As if realizing that he had aroused the fear of a child, the man smiled apologetically, and took two steps back, "Because I saw you running in a hurry by the side of the road, and this side is also a dead end..."

Like a well-meaning person that can be seen everywhere, the man took out another work certificate and gestured to the Tanizaki brothers and sisters, "My name is Yamashita Youichiro, and I am just an ordinary employee. Please don't be afraid. If you need help, I can bring you You go to the police station."

Looking at the ordinary work card from a distance, and hearing the key word police, Tanizaki Junichiro breathed a sigh of relief, subconsciously relaxed his vigilance, his body was not so tense, he turned his head and wanted to tell himself My sister said something, but I only had time to see her panicked expression, and the sentence that was almost equivalent to screaming: "My lord brother——!!!"

Shibai squatted on the wall, watching the series of accidents that happened without interruption, he hesitated for a while but did not go directly.

Since he chose to do this, it is natural that everything should be resolved.Although there is no obsessive-compulsive disorder in Shibai, this habit was cultivated by the picky agent lady.

The victims were not discovered at the same time, there was a gap of more than a week, and the time of death was also blurred due to special reasons, so no one knew whether there were other victims at this time.

Self-proclaimed Yamashita Youichiro—this man, who was obviously a pseudonym, hugged the unconscious Tanizaki Junichiro in his arms, with a gentle smile on his face, but in the eyes of Tanizaki Naomi, he looked like the most terrifying evil spirit.With a needle in his hand, Yamashita Youichiro threatened the ten-year-old girl with a calm tone as if he was saying that the weather was good today: "If you don't want your brother to wake up again, just sleep well." Listen to me, okay?"

The sharp needle pierced the side of his brother's neck, and the sharp tip seemed to have sunk into the flesh. Tanizaki Naomi forcibly held back the tears that were about to flow out and the trembling of her body.She didn't dare to do anything, she could only lower her head and quietly follow behind the man.

The long sleeves of the suit covered the needle tube, and Uichiro Yamashita hugged Junichiro Tanizaki, just like a gentle elder hugging a sleeping child who was exhausted from playing, and a little girl with her head bowed beside her, No matter how you observe it, you will not notice something is wrong, and it is even a scene that makes people smile.

Japan has always been a country that rarely cares about other people's affairs, so on this night, no one will notice anything wrong.

Naomi Tanizaki followed the man until she came to a building that looked like a basement, and was locked in by Youichiro Yamashita.

In this way, the Tanizaki brothers and sisters were divided into two rooms.

But at this time, Shibai stopped silently.He still didn't understand how this murder case was established, what kind of situation would lead to the tragic death of one brother and sister, while the other had almost no wounds (except for fatal injuries).

It was as if he had sensed something vaguely in his heart, but Shibai didn't continue to think deeply.

Because at this moment, the cell phone that he didn't use very much suddenly vibrated——

Turning on the phone, Shibai looked at a string of numbers on the screen, but he didn't give anyone a note.Because Shibai thinks that for Tsurumaru Kuninaga, any phone call is a shock, no matter whether it is a stranger or not, it is very interesting to connect without knowing who the other party is.

The light from the mobile phone screen reflected Shibai's eyes, and his tone was low: "Is it at this time..."