[Psychic Detective Yakumo] One hundred ways to tease cats

be quiet. "

Yakumo broke free from Kinoshita's hand.Benxia also seemed to realize that he had lost his composure, so he whispered an apology, then sighed deeply, put his hands on his knees, and lowered his head.

"Lingmei said 'Daddy, stop'."

Kinoshita raised his head after listening.

I see, I finally understand why Yakumo asked such a question.According to Ayaka's words, as a father, Dr. Kinoshita seemed to want to do something for his daughter, or he had some agreement with his daughter, so he and Ayaka got entangled in that river.

"Mr. Kinoshita, only you know what Ayaka wants you to stop doing."

Kinoshita shook his head, his shoulders trembled slightly, as if he would collapse if touched, very similar to my mother when I lost my sister.

"You said before that your mother wanted to kill you."

I've heard of this too.Does Kinoshita even know about this?

"You said you wanted to hear my reasons."

Yakumo nodded silently.

"To be honest, I am the same as you. I will never understand the feelings of a parent who wants to kill their own children, but I can understand the pain of losing a loved one."

Kinoshita's words stopped there, he bit his lip tightly, his expression seemed to be enduring pain.

"To tell you the truth, I used to be an unqualified father and husband. My dream was to open a hospital of my own, so I devoted myself to pursuing my dream and never cared about my family. Not only that, I even gradually followed The family was estranged. My wife fell ill and I had cancer. As a doctor, I didn't find out what happened to her body. When I found out, her cancer cells had metastasized and it was too late to treat them. gone."

Kinoshita's voice was tinged with sadness as if expressing the words that had been buried in his heart for a long time.

"It's shameful to say that I couldn't save my wife, so before I died, I promised that I would definitely protect Ayaka, but what happened? I still didn't do it!"

Kinoshita's clenched palms trembled and he said angrily.

"Why didn't I drive her to and from school? Why didn't I call the police as soon as possible? If I had just kept an eye on her, maybe she wouldn't have died"

Kinoshita's anger isn't just directed at the murderer, but also at himself, who resents his inability to save the one he loves.

Ah, it's a bit similar to the old me...

"So I promised Ayaka that I would definitely save her and ask her to wait for me."

"Is that why you started researching how to bring people back from the dead?"

"How do you know?"

Kinoshita asked panting.

"Because the definitions of soul and body, reincarnation, and memories of previous lives in the books placed here are all related to resurrection from death."

Kinoshita didn't say a word, just looked at Yakumo quietly with tears in his eyes.

"As a doctor, you should understand that no matter how much research you do, it is impossible."

Yakumo spoke slowly.He was right, no matter how anxious or painful a person is, he cannot bring the dead back to life.Although Yakumo can see the soul of the dead, "seeing" is different from "living".

"Yakumo, can I ask you a question?"

Yakumo nodded.

"What do you think connects the soul and the body?"

"I have no idea."

Yakumo replied without thinking, which made Kinoshita stunned for a moment.

"My eyes are just able to see. I don't understand such a difficult problem. If I know, maybe my eyes can be cured."

"Is that so?"

"However, I think the soul is the aggregation of human emotions."

"Human emotion"

Kinoshita repeated Yakumo's words.

"I've bothered you for so long, so I'll take my leave."

As Yakumo spoke, he stood up and walked towards the door, and I quickly followed behind.

"Can I ask you one last question?"

Kinoshita called Yakumo to stop, Yakumo stopped but did not turn around.

"what is the problem?"

"I just mentioned your mother, don't you want to know who your father is?"

Yakumo's father?Yakumo has said that his father does not exist in his memory.Is he an illegitimate child?Although I imagined it myself, the so-called illegitimate child is only a matter of household registration. Of course Yakumo has a father.Dr. Kinoshita didn't know his father, did he?How can it be!

"I'm not interested."

Yakumo said indifferently, and left the room.

"Hey, Yakumo..." When I walked out, I said hesitantly.

"If it's comforting, then there's no need." Yakumo said without looking sideways, "I'm not interested in that kind of scum."

"Doctor Kinoshita..." I said, "I have a guess about him..."

Ishii sat in his seat idly in a daze.

Ishii had called Officer Goto several times since he was nowhere to be seen in the morning, but no one answered.Absent from work?No way!Perhaps it was because he consumed too much spiritual power to solve this incident.right!That's right!It must be so!Perhaps Officer Goto is now suffering beyond his imagination.Absolutely one can sit idly by!Let's go to Officer Goto's house!

Just as Ishii hurriedly stood up, he heard a knock on the door.He hadn't seen a visitor since he was transferred to the department.Who is the one?He said "Come in" and the door opened.

"Wow!"

Ishii was startled and jumped on the table.Standing in front of him is the director's daughter, Makoto Hijikata, a woman possessed by a ghost.

Makoto tied her long hair back into a bunch, wore a dark blue suit, and her back was straight, completely different from her who was possessed at the time.Her eyes were slender and delicate, matching her slender figure very well.Makoto can be called a beauty, but Ishii regards her as a scourge.

"Well, I want to thank you all for saving me."

Makoto saluted gracefully.

"Ah, ah no, don't be so polite!"

Ishii tried not to sound like his voice was shaking, but he was just trying in vain.

"May I ask why you climbed onto the table?"

"Huh? Ah, it's nothing, I just want to clean."

Ishii quickly jumped off the table, but almost fell because of his unstable center of gravity.

"You're going to get the floor dirty!"

Makoto covered her mouth and smiled.

"I am to Mr. Ishii"

"How do you know my name?"

"I still had fragments of consciousness at the time."

So this is ah!Ishii felt admiration for such a meaningless thing.

"I did something wrong to Ishii-san."

Makoto lowered her head and whispered, she must be talking about what happened when Ishii took her away!That was indeed too much, Ishii was scratched and bitten by her.Looking back it was really a harrowing experience.

"No, in that case there is no way."

"Your wound hasn't healed yet, are you alright?"

Makoto reached out to touch Ishii Wuqing's right eye, and Ishii's mind flashed the cloudy white eyes and the low-pitched cry of that nightmare.

"Ah ah"

Ishii howled, and reflexively jumped onto the table again.

Just then, someone opened the door.It's Goto.

"What are you doing? You're a monkey!"

"No! There must be a reason for this"

Ishii got down from the table in frustration.

"Tsk! Now is not the time to listen to your nonsense. Let's go!"

It's already come to this point, what else does Officer Goto want to do?If he uses his spiritual power again, he will die!I must stop him!

"Officer Goto, although you say so, but your spiritual power"

Before Ishii finished speaking, Goto's iron fist hit him directly from the top of his head. If this was a manga, there would definitely be a bunch of stars spinning around his head.

"What spiritual power! Idiot! Have you read too many comics? If you talk about such boring words, I will beat you to death!"

Haven't you already cracked it?Although Ishii thought so in his heart, he didn't dare to say it.Goto grabbed him by the neck and dragged him down the corridor.

"Uh, Officer Goto, I want to thank you."

Fu Lai Makoto's voice behind Goto.

"It's noisy! I'm busy now. Let's talk about it later?"

Officer Goto is so anxious, something must have happened, right?

34

"There is such a thing?" Yakumo looked at me in shock.

"According to what you said, it was Dr. Kinoshita's strong emotions that bound the girl's soul in the river," I said.

"Yes." Yakumo nodded. "Yes, he swore to the death to rescue his dead daughter, so he made a very irresponsible agreement, and it was this agreement that bound her in the river."

He kept silent, just looked at the river thoughtfully, and I stood beside Yakumo and watched the river with him.The surface of the river is sparkling due to the reflection of light, and the scene in front of you makes it hard to imagine that this is the stage where a series of kidnapping and murders took place.Perhaps Yakumo has the same idea!

"If you want to save her, you must make Dr. Kinoshita give up."

Soon, Yakumo spoke.

"Yes, as long as Dr. Kinoshita doesn't accept the fact that her daughter won't come back, Ayaka will stay there. But as long as he continues to read books like reincarnation and dialogue with souls, he will Absolutely impossible to give up."

"The dead need to rest in peace." I said lightly.

"This is a problem of people's hearts. It can't be solved with my few words. I can only wait for Dr. Kinoshita to see it."

Yakumo is right, no matter how we outsiders tell a father who has lost his beloved daughter that his daughter will not come back, he will not listen.

But, is there really no other way?I can't help but think so.

"In short, we can only wait and see."

"In this way, the supernatural phenomenon that has been troubling Mayuko has come again.