5t5 is also waiting for my confession today

The voice of the person on the phone gradually faded away, and the consciousness that stayed in place had not yet fully caught up with the reality in front of me.

By the time I realized what had happened, the crimson landscape had been deeply etched into my mind, and its traces had been recorded in every fold of my brain.

What impresses me the most about the handsome face of the deceased is the pair of eyes filled with peace behind death, and the satisfied smile.

"At the end—?" What pulled my consciousness back from the deep red sea was the voice of Wujo Wu from far to near, as if a strong rope tied me to the stake of reality.

"Have……"

Subconsciously, I wanted to piece together the scene in front of me into a sentence and tell him.

"Someone..."

Suddenly awakened, I suddenly raised my hand to cover my mouth to prevent myself from saying irrational and broken words.After covering my mouth tightly, the snort produced by the rapid breathing hit the edge of my palm covering my mouth. In this space, there is only the sound of my irregular breathing.

"Mr. Gojo."

I don't know how long it took me to find my voice, I pretended to be calm and replied: "I'm fine."

"Your voice is shaking," he said. "It doesn't look like it's all right."

"It's just that there's something wrong here."

"--what happened?"

"...Someone died." I just picked up the key and said, "I'll get back to you later."

Then I hung up the phone immediately, holding the cold phone, I tried to stabilize my disordered breathing.

I was afraid that if I didn't hang up again, I would want to yell.

Because, the eyes embedded in Hasegawa's corpse——

He seemed to be looking at me intently.

……

……

"Are you okay?" I felt the side of my face get hot, and it was the canned hot drink bought by Police Officer Sato, which touched my face together with her hand.For her intimate physical contact, I responded with a forced smile that lacked the same warmth.

"Thank you."

I took a sip, it was canned red bean soup, and the sweetness melted on my tongue, but I only felt the heat, but I couldn't taste the sweetness in it.

I said, "I'm fine."

Officer Sato glanced at my hands, and I retracted them into my sleeves in embarrassment.

The wound on the tiger's mouth was seen... Then she should have guessed what happened just now.In fact, I was so sick I went to the next toilet and vomited, accidentally biting myself in the jaws while trying to vomit.

That scene made me very uncomfortable.

But I clearly realized that it is not because I face death directly, and it is not because of blood that I am disgusted.

What made me sick was Hasegawa's gaze, as if something like a transmitter was entangled in me, as if saying to me "I finally found you".

This feeling is not fear or anything else, it's more like something cold and invisible stuck to your back in the dark, stepping on your spine and wandering back and forth, and then the next second will send a sharp cold The sharp object pierced the skin, thinly outlining the shape of the wound.

This strong sense of nausea even completely overwhelmed the nausea of ​​seeing the death scene.

I didn't know him at all, nor did I know all the victims in this incident.Hope that feeling of being watched is just my mind...

I don't like the adzuki bean soup, and it's not easy to say these imaginary words that seem to be sensitive and paranoid to Police Officer Sato.

But I thought about it again, if this matter really has anything to do with me, if I don't understand the situation, if something happens, it will be for nothing.

Police officer Sato saw my concerns, and she said: "We investigated Hasegawa's family situation. He is a single-parent family and lives with his mother, Sachiko Hasegawa. The mother is in business. Because she is busy earning money, she hardly communicates with the children. She approached everything she could to meet her son’s material needs, and Hasegawa also responded to her mother with excellent grades—but in fact, the two had almost no communication.”

I cheered myself up and listened carefully to the information that Officer Sato found.

"But... Sachiko Hasegawa's company went bankrupt half a year ago, and she was also burdened with huge debts. After that, her whereabouts became mysterious. Even Shota Hasegawa, who is his son, often couldn't find her. He doesn’t even give his son half a penny for his living expenses.”

"Wait..." I said, "But the cram school said that Hasegawa Shota has been paying high tuition fees. How did this fee come from?"

Officer Sato showed a subtle look on her face, and she said, "Simply put, Shota Hasegawa earned his own money—through women."

"Is that what I mean?" I frowned.

"He seems to have been accompanying some wealthy female presidents...accompanying them to relieve their loneliness." When Sato said this, his tone became strange. On the other hand, he thinks that he is outstanding in talent and appearance, so he shouldn’t be so deep in the quagmire.” Sato thought about his words, gritted his teeth, and said: “He thinks that he is no different from a domesticated animal, but he has to do this in order to make a living. Do."

I listened in silence.

What happened next wasn't what I expected--

"For a long time, a twisted part of his heart appeared, so he focused on Mika Miyamoto, an obedient girl who was easily tamed by him."

I sighed and said, "Through the process of taming Mika Miyamoto, Hasegawa has recovered his precarious 'self-esteem', right?"

No matter where you look at Hasegawa Shota, it is unforgivable to use the girl who loves him wholeheartedly as the object of teasing, and even as a stepping stone to rebuild his self-confidence-he is not satisfied with his situation, it is definitely not because he makes him reasonable reasons for being a perpetrator.

What led Miyamoto Mika to death was because of her paranoid feelings for Hasegawa, so what led Hasegawa to death?

Could it be that he finally couldn't bear it under internal and external pressure, so he chose to end all this altogether?

I took a sip of red bean soup depressed.

The only thing they have in common is that Oshou.

I was so dazed that I didn't notice that the phone rang, until Police Officer Sato tapped my shoulder and reminded me: "The phone keeps ringing, why don't you answer it?"

"I didn't notice at all..." I muttered in a low voice, and thanked Officer Sato.

It turned out to be Senior Yizhi.

"Senior?" I picked up the phone, after thinking about it just now, my mood has stabilized a lot now, and I am not so gaffe, I said: "May I ask what's the matter?"

Senior Yizhi hesitated and said, "I heard that something happened on your side... Is Miss Yizhi alright?"

I was surprised by his sudden greeting, but thinking that senior Yidizhi was the team leader of this work, the news would naturally reach his ears after integration.

However, the senior should still be working in other places now, right?

"I'm fine." I said, "How is the work going on, senior?"

"It's, it's not bad... So far, it's barely, uh, it's probably going well."

For some reason, Senior Yidizhi, who was able to chat with me fluently in the morning, is actually speaking in a pause. I felt weird, but I didn't think about it.

"Senior doesn't seem to be comfortable answering the phone right now." I said, "I'll report to the police after the police deal with it."

I suddenly remembered that Yidizhi went to Yokohama today, maybe he was still busy with work, so he took time out of his busy schedule to call me, so I can't bother him with too much nonsense.

"No, it's okay." His voice became more urgent, "Miss Yizhi, it's really...it's okay, right?"

"It's okay." I said.

He asked me several times like a kindergarten teacher repeatedly confirming whether the students had understood, and I had to patiently answer him over and over again that I was fine.After going back and forth like this, a lot of time has passed, and the creepiness in my mind caused by being watched has faded a bit.

Next, I watched in numbness after the scene was cleaned up by the police, and went through the process with Officer Sato. Before leaving, I took a few photos.The original appointment with Long Zhifeng was a bit delayed, and I thought that there was an important clue for me to deal with, so I had to say goodbye to Police Officer Sato.

It's not that my mentality is completely unaffected... But after thinking about it, I should at least meet that kid named Long Zhifeng before going back.

Officer Sato saw that my complexion was not good, so he asked, "Are you really okay?"

"It's okay." I said, "I won't force myself, please rest assured."

When I arrived at the cafe where I had made an appointment, I found that there was not only one person waiting for me, but also a girl wearing glasses.

Long Zhifeng has a delicate baby face, an appearance that doesn't match his name at all.But the girl next to him gave me an indescribable feeling of disobedience. I can't describe it clearly, but from the outside, she is normal, even a shy girl.

"We don't know exactly when Oshou became popular... It's hard to verify the time. Externally, only students whose grades have reached the passing line can get it, but the so-called 'passing line' standard is too ambiguous I don’t know, but in the end, the Amulet became extremely rare.” He seemed afraid of my misunderstanding, and explained: “I saw this information on the forum, and I don’t own the Amulet myself.”

"A-Actually..." The girl wearing glasses next to her - Anri Sonohara raised her hand, and she whispered, "I have..."

When I met her gaze, the latter suddenly shrank her shoulders like a frightened white rabbit.Then in slow motion, I took out the blue mormori from the schoolbag, and handed it to me in the gesture of holding it up with both hands.

I didn't expect the boy next to me to react more than I did. He exclaimed: "Huh?" It seemed that he didn't expect his partner to keep such a dangerous item at all.

I have no intention to study the subtle relationship between the two young men, because there are traces of curses on the guard.

It's faint, but it does exist.

"Can you give this to me?" I smiled and comforted the girl.

She nodded and said, "Okay, okay, it's better to say that's what I planned..."

The breath of the curse is not strong, but in order to be safe, I still took out the processed tool from the bag and sealed it away.

After looking for the two of you to save the contact information, I reported the progress to Senior Yidizhi.Then I suggested: Regarding the preservation of the guardian, and the re-inspection of whether there is any curse left on the site, perhaps the conjurer is required to provide relevant assistance, because if it is a man-made incident, the follow-up tracking work must be accompanied by forceful pursuit, assisting supervision The power of the police is limited, and they have to rely on professional workers to hunt down the murderers.

After I reported the situation on the phone, I heard his noisy background sound and the sound of flipping through the book.

In the end, I said in a conclusive tone: "Then, the specific work arrangement and personnel allocation will be troublesome to Senior Yidizhi—"

But I haven't finished my sentence yet, another voice came out of Senior Yidizhi's phone, which I didn't expect.

"Yeah—" Gojo Satoru held Yijizhi's cell phone for some reason, and greeted me: "What's the situation now?"

I had no choice but to repeat what happened just now, but just after I said a few sentences, Gojo Satoru interrupted me and said, "I already know what you said, and Yidizhi has already told me everything." He said, "I I'm asking how are you doing now? Do you still want to continue working?"

Of course I'm not in the right place, it's simply bad, irreparably bad.

But I don't want to despise work, and I don't want to show my timidity in front of Gojo Satoru. In fact, I also had thoughts of "uneasy" and "I really want to see him now" in the short interval, but when I think about it, we don't take it for granted. The relationship in which I can ask for warmth and comfort from the other party, this kind of weakness was endured by me for life.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have covered my mouth to force myself to restrain myself in the first place.

Don't want to be put down by him - even though it sounds ridiculous, I really do.

So my answer is naturally already determined——

"I'm fine." After I finished speaking, I repeated unconsciously: "...I...I'm really fine."

However, after I finished saying this, I realized belatedly—whether Gojo Satoru cared about me just now.

Would it be better for me to show weakness just now?Am I screwed up?

It's a pity that Gojo Satoru didn't give me a chance to doubt myself. He said "uh—" and didn't comment on my answer, but directly talked about the follow-up arrangements——

"Don't worry, I called a trustworthy junior. That guy has worked seriously in the company before, and he is quite a reliable guy."

"The name is Jianren Qihai."