[Psychic Detective Yakumo] One hundred ways to tease cats

Started talking to me.

"A certain student at this school wrote a letter to her parents back home. She put the letter in her bag along with a book she borrowed from the school library, and then went out."

"That's why it's stuck in the book."

"That's right."

"Why are you looking for this letter?"

"Because that female student asked me to help her find it."

"oh--"

"By the way, I have another thing to ask you."

Yakumo said while yawning heavily.

"W-what's the matter?"

"Put this letter in the mailbox for her."

As he spoke, he handed me the envelope.

"Huh? Me?"

"right."

"Isn't it better to leave it to me to vote?"

"She can't do it."

"why?"

"Because she was hit by a car and died after going out."

I raised my eyebrows, not surprised at all.

That's it.It turned out that the dead girl asked Yakumo to find the letter that could not be sent to her parents——

"Then you don't bother me anymore."

Yakumo turned his head and said, his eyes fell on a dead tree with fallen leaves.

I think he must have seen someone there.

I also looked at that place, and for a moment, I seemed to see a girl who nodded deeply.

Maybe it's my illusion——

"I can't stand it."

Yakumo grunted, then yawned out of boredom, and walked away slowly while scratching his messy hair.

Despite Yakumo's sarcasm and irony, he can't do nothing for those in need.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help laughing, and said to Yakumo,

"Hey, I helped you anyway, so you can thank me!"

I chased Yakumo's back all the way——

22

It was a night of torrential rain.

February has come to an end. Although the daytime is gradually getting warmer, it is still cold after the sun goes down, especially on this rainy night.

Goto wrote handover documents in the police station, which was the job he hated the most.It has been nearly two years since he was a policeman, and this is the only thing he is still not used to.

ah!troublesome!He didn't know exactly what to write.Goto gave up his work and leaned back in his chair.At this moment, he found a person standing in front of the police station.

The man ignored the torrential rain and stood in the rain without an umbrella, wearing only a raincoat. He looked about thirty years old, a few years older than Goto.

The man didn't care about being drenched all over, not only that, but he was also abruptly wearing dark sunglasses on such a heavy rainy night.

An unusual atmosphere wafted through it.

The man entered the police station silently.Goto held a baton in his hand, and spoke to the man in a vigilant manner.

"What's the matter with you?"

"There was a child who seemed to be about to be killed"

The man's voice seemed mechanically synthesized, without any emotion.

"child?"

"Yes, Mr. Constable, there appears to be a child about to be killed."

Goto couldn't feel any anxiety from the man.

Is it a prank?Goto couldn't help thinking so, but the man's expression was very serious, but he lacked the sense of urgency that human life was at stake.

In any case, now is not the time to be in a daze. If what the man said is true, it will cause irreparable consequences.

"I see, let's go!"

"I'll lead the way."

The man said in his usual flat tone, and then walked out of the police station, followed by Goto.The torrential rain drenched Goto's uniform immediately.That man was still wearing sunglasses in this poor-sight weather. Could he really see the way?

The man put his hands in the pockets of his raincoat, walking as if on a sunny day—not running.

"There's a kid about to be killed, right?"

Goto couldn't help but ask.

"Yes"

"Then we have to move faster."

The man answered with his mouth but did not see any action.What is this guy doing!Isn't the child dying?

"Where is that child?"

The man's hand stretched out of his pocket, pointing to the dark road ahead.

"There's a building under construction ahead."

"I see! I'm going to save that child, please go back to the police station and wait for me."

After Goto said that to the man, he started running.

Goto also knew the building the man was talking about, which was less than a hundred meters away.

see!There it is!

There was a red car parked there.Goto knocked on the car window, but there was no response from inside, the darkness inside the car made it impossible for him to recognize the situation.

Goto took out a flashlight to shine on the inside of the car, but there was no one there.

Zai raised his head and saw the steel bars of the building towering in front of him. At present, the cement has only been poured to the second floor.Is the child in there?

Goto ran into the building just in time to escape the downpour.

Clang!

There was the sound of something rolling down.Goto put his whole body on guard, pulled out the baton at his waist, and tiptoed slowly towards the source of the statement.

Something was shaking in the shadow of the pillar.

found it!

Goto squatted on the ground, and he shone a flashlight on the figure.

"I'm the police! What are you doing?"

is it a woman?

Hearing Goto's voice, a woman in her late thirties turned her head in surprise.

She has white skin, long flowing hair, slender and delicate eyes, a straight nose, and a shiny necklace with red stones hanging on her chest, but it looks like a fake in Goto's eyes.

"What are you doing here?"

Goto was stunned as soon as he finished asking.The woman was squatting on the ground, holding a child by the neck with both hands.

"stop!"

"No! I have to kill this kid now! If I don't kill him now, he will kill more people! Kill innocent people like that man!"

The woman let out a sharp wail.What the hell is she talking about?Goto knocked down the woman hard, and the woman fell to the ground after rolling a few times on the concrete floor.

What about children?Goto reached out and touched the carotid artery of the child lying on his back.There is also a pulse and breathing, which is great!he is alive!

What about the woman?Goto turned around.

The woman stood up and kept repeating: "You must kill him, you must kill him..." Then she backed away.Goto was about to speak, but at that moment, the woman wailed wildly while holding the head portrait, and ran out.Although Goto wanted to catch up with the woman, he couldn't ignore the child.hateful!

What the hell is that woman talking about?If you don't kill him now, he will kill more people in the future... What does this mean?

Goto gave up chasing the woman and helped the child up.Even though the child was dying, he didn't cry at all, and just looked ahead expressionlessly.

"It's all right."

child did not answer

"What's your name?"

"Eight clouds."

"Your name is Yakumo!"

Goto stroked the child's head.I don't know if it's my illusion, but the child's appearance is very similar to that woman just now.Is it his mother?No way... Goto picked up the flashlight that fell to the ground during the fight just now, and shone it on the child's face.

For a moment, he thought he had misread, but he was right.

The child's left eye was shining red like a raging flame.

The rain that started to fall at the dawn of the day did not stop for most of the day. Not only that, but the rain even gradually intensified.

The clattering raindrops bounced to the ground, creating a layer of mist.

Although the season has entered March and the temperature has gradually warmed up, this rain has deterred the coming spring.

You shouldn't be out in this weather!Mayuko regretfully walked on the riverside path.

The rain seeps into the sneakers, which makes people feel really uncomfortable.

In the final analysis, it was Miki's fault who called her out on such a day!

"I'm broken in love. I feel so lonely." Thinking about it carefully, this is the fourth time that Miki has lost her love this year.She's the kind of realistic guy who falls out of love at the end of the season and falls in love at the beginning of the season.Anyway, when spring comes, she will definitely start another new relationship.

The more I think about it, the more stupid I feel.Mayuko thought to herself, after seeing Miki, she would never speak to comfort her, so she must vent her grievances.

Mayuko walked to the water gate and paused for a while. She put the handle of the umbrella between her shoulders and neck, and breathed into her hands.so cold!Even the breath that comes out is white.The red fingertips trembled slightly.

right now

Oh

The sound of a wild beast roaring in his ears.Mayuko stiffened her body and looked around with her eyes, but all she could see were the water gate, the apartment on the opposite bank, and the viaduct across the river.She didn't see anything that looked like a living thing.

After roughly looking around, Mayuko patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief.She didn't know where the roaring sound came from, she thought it should be the violent rushing sound of the river carrying sand and soil.

The river with soaring water volume is like a herd of ferocious cattle running wildly, and Mayuko lets herself be swallowed by the swift force of the river in a daze.

sough!The wind was blowing.

Oops!By the time she noticed it was too late, the strong wind blowing from below blew the umbrella away from her hand.

The white plastic umbrella, which was far away from Mayuko, flipped over and over again, and finally rolled down on the embankment.

"Hate"

Mayuko vented her inner displeasure. She chased the flying umbrella and wanted to run down the embankment, but the watery grass was extremely slippery, and Mayuko suddenly staggered and slipped down the embankment.

"It hurts! It's unlucky to hate it!"

Her ridiculous gesture almost made her cry.

Mayuko resisted the warm water droplets that were gradually forming on the corners of her eyes, and stood up.There are bursts from her buttocks and elbows