my brother is scumbag

After returning to the backstage, Xinyi put on a sullen face and warned Xiaolan and me in a serious tone, telling us to stay in the backstage and not to wander around, but he himself ran to the front of the signing party.When he came back, Kudou's mother followed behind her. She had already taken off her glasses, her expression was a little serious, and she relaxed when she saw us.

"You stay here, obediently don't run around."

"I'll be with you too."

Xinyi tugged at her sleeve and raised an objection, "There are too many people here, mom, it's not safe enough."

Except for Xiaolan who hadn't figured out what happened, Kudo's mother and I could hear the subtext in his words.

Someone died, but who the murderer was, whether the murderer left the mall, whether he had a new target, these are all question marks.

And here is an open background, anyone can break in, if the murderer has malicious intentions, there is no protection here.

At the same time, the editor who organized the signing meeting in the front field immediately stopped the signing meeting after knowing that there was a fatality in the mall, and called the person in charge of the mall. readership group.

After Kudo's father apologized to the readers, he also hurriedly left the front stage, and when he rushed to the backstage, he happened to hear us discussing where it was safer.

"I know there's a safer place."

Papa Kudo interrupted our conversation and motioned for us to follow him.On the way to the destination, Shinichi, who had recovered from the shock when he first saw the corpse, tried to stay, his heart full of the desire to investigate the case was eager to try.

Then he was suppressed by us.

Now that the murderer has not been caught, who knows if there will be any danger, I didn't expect this guy to be a real four-year-old kid, but he is more courageous than an adult. run around.

The suppressed Xinyi puffed his cheeks, kicked his feet, and said depressedly: "What if something happens again?"

What happened afterwards made me think that Shinichi might have the potential of crow's mouth.

Because just after he finished saying this, a gunshot suddenly sounded in the mall.

Even in this kind of shopping mall with a lot of traffic, the gunshots were too harsh, easily overpowering all other sounds.

For a moment, the voices of the entire shopping mall fell silent, only cheerful music flowing in the air.This is usually the background sound that sets off the atmosphere, but at this time, it actually aggravates this weird sense of tranquility.

In the next second, countless screams, cries, and curses erupted in an instant!

Countless people crowded and ran towards the open gate, wanting to leave this dangerous place.

Bang bang bang!

Another series of gunshots rang out, and some men with their faces covered and guns in their hands ran out from the corners of the various floors of the shopping mall and fired several shots into the air. When they appeared, the gate of the shopping mall also crashed. closure.

They fired and shouted at people to stop.

The deafening gunshots and the threat to their lives made the panicked fleeing crowd quiet again, looking desperately at the closed gate.

Only the sound of gunshots echoed in the air.

"Stab... Hey..."

There was a noise in the broadcast, and then a hoarse male voice sounded, as if trying to broadcast the effect, and then the male voice said unhurriedly:

"Now, everyone stops where I am, puts their hands behind their heads and squats down, and is not allowed to move."

The crowd who was pointed at the gun was agitated, and most of them followed the instructions of the broadcast with horror on their faces.But there are also some people who still can't see the situation clearly and feel that they can negotiate conditions with them. Not only did they not squat down, they even opened their mouths to try to talk.

"My father is a shareholder of the XX chaebol, as long as you let me out, I can give you—"

boom!

The bullet shot from the muzzle hit the man's right leg at an extremely fast speed, blood spattered everywhere, and with the screams, the man fell to the ground, clutching his right leg in pain scroll.

"Ha ha."

The man's short laughter came out through the radio, "I said before, everyone is not allowed to move, this is what happens to those who are disobedient."

The people who were threatened kept silent, and some children were even tightly covered by their parents, for fear of leaking a little voice, and then, like the person who was shot, they would be used to kill chickens and monkeys.

It's better to die than to live. For ordinary people, they would rather be that scared monkey.

I moved my steps quietly, and got into the sheltered space in the blind spot of these people's sight.

Under the counter of a display case.

Originally, I thought I was the only one staring at this space, but what I didn't expect was that when I got in, I met a pair of tea-brown eyes.

"……Hi?"

After all, he came before me, out of politeness, I raised my hand hesitantly, and greeted him with an angry voice.

What a coincidence, brother.

I didn't expect that we would meet for the second time so soon.

The person who is also hiding here is the boy who bumped into me before. He was holding a book in his hand, and he was so quiet that he was almost breathless.

It is precisely because of this that I didn't realize his existence before.

In the face of my friendly greeting, he didn't seem to be cold, he still didn't say anything, just silently turned to the next page of the book, and continued to read it on his own.

After thinking about it, I still got in and squeezed into this small space with him.

When the gunshots rang out before, because the incident happened so suddenly, the crowd dispersed our group in an instant.I only had time to grab Xiaolan's hand and take advantage of the commotion to stuff her into a hidden and safe place, but that place was too small, so small that it could only accommodate a small child.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be hiding here.

To be honest, this place is only slightly covered. If you really want to rely on it to hide, the possibility is not very high. After all, those people can see us as long as they walk to the counter.

Its function is to act as a buffer, so that we will not become the priority target of gangsters.

I chose this place because I know that I have enough ability to protect myself, even if I am really unlucky enough to become a hostage target, I can still protect myself.

And this boy...

I secretly looked at him, thinking about the scene where I collided with him before.

What happened at that time was not because we reacted too slowly, on the contrary, it was because both of us reacted too quickly, subconsciously trying to avoid each other, and ended up bumping into each other instead.

I suspect that the man in the toilet also died at his hands.

He gave me the feeling... very empty, a bit like the temperament of Brother Itachi after he entered Anbu.

—the assassin.

The word floats through my mind.

His skill must be very good.

That's why under such a dangerous situation, there is no panic in hiding in this not very safe place.

The only thing that confuses me is...

What's the situation with reading this book?

I glanced at the cover of the book in his hand. The title of the book was in a very literary and classical style, and the corners were already worn. Looking at it, people knew that it had been read over and over again. all over.

I can't help but stand in awe.

Terrible, has being a killer become so involved these days, and he has to accept the edification of literature?

but--

The title of this book is somewhat familiar, I seem to have read it.

There is a big bookshelf in our house. In addition to the books collected by my father, there are also books that my brother has read before.Even when they moved, their parents were not left behind, but they were all brought to the new home.

Sometimes, I will also pick up a few books to read.

Once, I found a novel, the title of which seemed to be the book in the hands of the young man, but I was reading the middle volume, while he was holding the first volume.

This novel is a group portrait novel, in which there are some small characters appearing on the stage, and what happens are trivial things, the plot is not too vigorous, but because of the author's writing style, even if it is a middle volume with no beginning and no end, it will not make people feel uncomfortable. If you feel boring, you can read it without knowing it.

When I finished reading the middle volume, and then took out the first volume from the bookcase, and was about to see the end, my father who walked into the study happened to see me holding this book.With a little nostalgia, he said that this was what his elder brother had read. Later, when his elder brother passed away, he thought about buying both the first and second volumes, but he only found the first volume, but not the second volume at all.

The author does not seem to have published the contents of the second volume.

Good guy.

Thinking of this, I can't help crying for this young man.

It can be seen that he likes this book very much, and for this kind of people, the most painful thing in the world is probably jumping into a pit, but the author doesn't remember filling it.

Only the readers who fell into the pit were left kneeling in the pit, looking at the lonely sky, silently thinking about where the author went.

How can I bear to just watch this kind of thing like this, then I must take him into a deeper pit.

So I "kindly" said to him:

"Have you read the booklet?"

The boy finally reacted, turned his head to look at me, "Do you know this book?"

"Uh-huh."

I nodded and said in a low voice, "I've finished reading the book in your hand as well. I have the middle volume of it at home."

He nodded as well, he didn't seem to be puzzled at all why I was able to understand such abstruse books for children at such a young age, and instead naturally discussed the contents of the books with me.

Therefore, it was clear that there were dangers everywhere outside, and there were gunpoints everywhere, and even the siren sounded faintly outside the mall, confronting the robbers in the mall.

The two of us nestled in this small space, chatting about novels inexplicably.

He told me that his favorite is a killer character in it.

I nodded, and then I also said which character I liked, thinking in my heart, is it because he is a killer, so I think of myself from the killer in the novel.

Finally, I got his address from him, and made an appointment with him to send him the booklet.

I think I'm too kind.

Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. If you read the second volume earlier, then he will go to the second volume earlier.

And then he'll find out—

Hey, the second volume is gone!

A real brave dares to face the bleak life. I want him to realize earlier that he has fallen into a pit.

To my own kindness--

It's definitely not because of my grudges as a dropper trying to pull another victim.

Absolutely not!

"Hey."

After making this promise, I asked, "Big brother, may I know your name?"

"Oda."

He lowered his voice, raised his hand and pressed the brim of his hat, looked down at me, and pronounced his name clearly.

"You can call me Oda. What about you?"

"Mori Yui. Brother, you can call me Yui."

I said with a smile.

"Why did Oda-san come to the mall today, did he want to buy something?"

I tentatively asked.

He: "Ah, because I'm here to do a task, and it has been completed."

I was taken aback, mainly because I didn't expect him to answer so simply. Although he still concealed part of the content—his mission was to kill people—it was sincere enough.

After all, I have only been in contact with him for so little time.

When asking this question, I was ready to be fooled by him with a random reason.

Hey, this is really...

I held my face and sighed silently.

The thought that was originally full of temptation weakened a little because of this.

To be honest, I don’t know why, I was still wary of this person at first, but after we chatted, this wariness gradually decreased.

I know he's a killer.

But there was a very calm, non-offensive aura about him.

It always makes me think of Brother Weasel.

Moreover, he is very serious when answering people's questions, and will not question too much. Even when facing a child like me, his attitude is very sincere.

I don't hate being around a guy when he's not endangering the safety of someone I care about.