Fairy empire

05. The fifth mermaid

The temperature is getting lower and lower.Autumn finally tore off her gentle and hypocritical mask, brandishing a whip to spur this ruthless world.The fallen withered leaves are the most vulnerable victims of nature, and even the big trees can only shrink back and tremble, gritting their teeth and enduring the whip of autumn.Human beings wrap themselves in layers of uneven thickness of clothes. The gradually thickened water vapor on the car windows and the fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road tell the bleakness of autumn.Sunshine has become something that attracts people's love. It was clearly hated by people so extremely a month or two ago.

Feng Shui takes turns, nothing is eternal, and the most unpredictable change is human feelings-what can't be obtained is always the best, just like, when it is spring, human beings long for the joy of swimming in summer I live in summer and love the coolness of autumn; in autumn, I can't help but want to see the snow-white beauty of "thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow"; when winter comes, I begin to miss the warmth and vitality of spring.

Human beings always don't know how to cherish, are jealous of the past, and yearn for a better life with question marks in the future.If I can use more of my feelings on the people and things I currently have, I think life will always be much happier than now, right?Think about it, how many human beings always complain about the pain and incompleteness of life when they are alive, but once they face death, why do they show their reluctance for life and fear of death?

Not hypocrisy, but instinct, the instinct of being born human.

As human beings, these experiences are necessarily understandable, the only difference is more or less.

Well, how should I put it...Humans are indeed a species that is so strange that even I can't figure it out, isn't it?

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In the past few days, Tokyo has once again turned upside down. This is the first time since the death of the previous rich man: another rich man who plays an important role in Tokyo has died, and the cause of death is that he was killed by his wife.According to the investigation, when Mr. Tanaka died, he was hacked hundreds of times and his body was bloody.The brutality of the violence was such that the corpses were eventually barely recognizable.However, Mrs. Tanaka chopped off her husband's head and carefully stored it in the refrigerator before the abuse, which allowed the police to find the missing Mr. Tanaka.

But when they found Mr. Tanaka, the body was almost broken, and most of it was eaten by Mrs. Tanaka, leaving only a few parts that could not be made into dishes.

——Mr. Tanaka's disappearance was discovered by someone who had a business relationship with him, because the other party and Mr. Tanaka signed a contract three days after they made an appointment to go back, but they waited for a long time but did not see Mr. Tanaka coming.Mr. Tanaka's phone was not answered, and he contacted the people in his company, but the reply was that Mr. Tanaka hadn't gone to work in the company for several days, and he couldn't be contacted, including Mr. Tanaka's wife, who seemed to have entered the company together. missing state.

The gentleman who came to cooperate now felt something was wrong, and immediately called the police.

He thought that the Tanaka family had been kidnapped and blackmailed by someone, but he never expected that the result of the police investigation would be that Mr. Tanaka was killed by his wife, and he was still tortured by such...cruel, inhuman, and frightening The technique was killed.No one expected that such a thing would happen. The relationship between the Tanaka family has always been so good that everyone is jealous. The Tanaka couple are even more model couples than model couples. As a result...

The police also said that it is rare to encounter such a cruel method of killing, even if there is a deep hatred, it would not be so cruel.And when she asked Mrs. Tanaka the reason for the murder, the answer she gave made people tremble even more: Mrs. Tanaka faced the camera, even with a mosaic, you can still see the corners of her mouth raised, full of love. : "Because, I love him."

——It was a chilling answer.

Everyone thought Mrs. Tanaka was crazy.The media wantonly added fuel to this well-found case, and wrote the story behind it more exciting than a novel of more than 100 million words, from "Mr. Tanaka's love far exceeds Mrs. Tanaka's dissatisfaction" and so on. In short, it is a false and outrageous story. At the beginning, various speculations and versions of the story can cause many people to be shocked and discussed, but As time goes on, the craze gradually fades away.Gradually, no one paid any attention to this matter.

Today, even if the media writes this story as "Ms. Tanaka is the goddess of nemesis in Nordic mythology", it can no longer attract the attention of readers. The trash can never see the light of day again.

I have always felt that the human world is very much like an ocean—on the surface, it looks calm, and the endless beautiful scenery is so beautiful that it makes people cry; It can only last for a while, and then it will be that peaceful dead look as if nothing happened; once you delve into the secrets of the seabed, you can dig out all kinds of ferocious fish and even ancient monsters. Things at the level of human cognition will surface one after another, whether human beings are willing to accept them or not, they just exist in these places.

Although the upsurge of the society over the Tanaka incident has subsided, the police still maintain their own doubts and speculations about this suspicious case.During the first investigation, a policeman looked around Mr. Tanaka's office and pointed to a very obvious large circular mark on the carpet: "It seems that some big guy was released here."

"Whatever it is, it won't have anything to do with this case anyway." Another police|officer answered in this way, busy collecting evidence.

Please go deeper again, the secret lies in the deepest abyss☆.

However, what is staggering is that it didn't take long for the Tanaka couple's daughter to inherit the house and resell the house at a low price. At the same time, she also made a lot of money herself-the price of a house in the city center is not cheap , Even if someone has died, such a low price is still very attractive, of course someone is willing to buy it.Naturally, there was a lot of discussion outside, but Ms. Tanaka still sold the house in her own way.

So after the new family moved in, all the things and evidence that had happened in this office were buried in a corner that no one knew about.

Look, human beings are the species that like to deceive themselves and simplify things to the most acceptable level.

—Is it the truth?It doesn't matter, as long as this explanation is acceptable to me.

So, how many people died under the so-called "truth"?How many cries of wronged souls have been buried in the abyss of "explanation"?

There are countless.

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"Because, I love him..."

The semi-old voice that only belonged to middle-aged women, but with the taste of years of precipitation, stopped when the lit TV screen was snuffed out by raised hands, and it sounded more and more distorted after recording and replaying.

The ending sound diffuses in the air, and the sentences wrapped in the cochlea are the deepest love words between lovers, but the short sentences sound like ghosts whispering in the ears.

Orihara Lin was also sitting on the sofa, and threw the remote control that controlled the life and death of the TV on the sofa indifferently, not looking at its poor body that flicked twice.

The scarlet eyes fell on the blacked out TV screen, and the darkened screen regained the calm it should have.The wall behind Rinya Orihara can be vaguely seen through the reflection on the tablet.

Orihara Lin also hummed a ditty, stood up and stretched.Although he claims to be 21 years old forever, his increasingly lazy body keeps reminding him that his body is no longer the age he said he used to deceive others and himself.

Although judging from the appearance that has remained unchanged for almost ten thousand years, he can indeed shout arrogantly "I am forever 21 years old~" and then continue to bounce around the streets of Ikebukuro like a madman, by the way He and Shimao Shima came to play the police and thief activities to stretch their muscles—well, but it has been several years since he left Ikebukuro. I really don’t know how those "old friends" from the past are doing recently?Information dealer Orihara Rin also misses a little~

well?Forget it, this kind of hypocritical thinking that people just want to hug their arms to appease the jumping goosebumps is really not in line with the image of Orihara Rinya in their hearts, he should buy a fake one. Go to Celty's house and make a phone call to tell them that there is a surprise coming~

But Orihara Rin hasn’t done this kind of thing for a long time, I don’t know why, it’s probably because I’m getting older, I don’t like this kind of things that look like children’s pranks anymore—you have to look decent to do pranks Why don't you just do some big things~!

For example, now, Orihara Rin is also excited and novel about receiving such an exciting order once he returns to Tokyo. It has been a long, long time since he had such a feeling: creatures living in ancient myths, inexplicable pets shop, the inexplicable death of the employer... well, no matter what, there are so many suspicious cases, and Orihara Lin is still very interested in the district's involvement.

and so……

Orihara Lin also squinted his eyes, bent down and moved the sofa away from the wall to allow one person to pass through, and with his slender figure, he got in without hindrance.Look carefully, there are a few metal number buttons hidden where the sofa should have been blocking. After Orihara Lin also entered 6 "0", a part of the wall that fit so tightly that no gaps could be found slowly protruded, and the gears clicked and clicked. It stopped after half a minute and opened a portal.

He put his hands in his pockets and hopped inside.

The place where Orihara Rinya lives now is ridiculously shabby compared to before, and the house price is also frighteningly high, even a house like this in the city center is too expensive.Therefore, people who come to see the house will basically be frightened and say "how is it possible".Only Orihara Rinya lived happily after listening to the price without saying a word, and even the house seller thought that this person was either crazy or a fool.

Orihara Rin, who is currently an information dealer, probably also knows that there is a secret passage in this room that can lead to the abandoned underground factory—it is also a dusty old thing more than ten years ago, and it is nothing more than some illegal transactions that cannot be seen. , In the end, the police | took it all away, but this factory was forgotten in the corner of memory because it was too humid underground.Until now, the owner of this room has changed for an unknown number of generations, and the secret of this room has naturally been forgotten.

For so many years, it has been treated as an ordinary house and has been traded from generation to generation until the great information dealer, Mr. Orihara Rinya, discovered the true value of this house.

Stepping on the crumbling rusted metal stairs, winding down, going around five times round and round before reaching the bottom, looking up, this underground space is far bigger than Orihara Rinya imagined at the beginning ——Even if you have investigated and prepared yourself, it is undeniable that when you saw this factory for the first time, Orihara Rin was still a little surprised: it must have been possible to build a factory on such a scale in that era. Some have financial and material resources, but they don't know how the boss behind them fell down with such a background?

The floor under his feet repeated the sharp sound of dangerous warnings, and Orihara didn't seem to have heard it, and he didn't know how to restrain himself. He turned on the flashlight and walked towards his destination with that squishy bouncing posture.

In the center of the factory, there is a soft blue light, which looks like the eyes of monsters hiding in the darkness from a distance.As he approached, the biggest secret hidden here was revealed in front of him—it was a huge transparent fish tank, with artificial mountains and water plants inside, and softly shining shadows swimming around in the fish tank, Very anxious look.

Orihara Lin also stopped, turned off the flashlight, put his hands in his pockets, and raised his head to look up at the charming figure in the fish tank.

It was a mermaid living in a fairy tale. The dark blue seaweed-like long hair wrapped the looming Miaoman body. The lower body that should belong to a woman was replaced by a strong fish tail. When swimming in the fish tank Dense foam was thrown out.The dark purple eyes are inlaid in the eye sockets under the slender and thick eyelashes, revealing a bit of pitiful helplessness and inexperienced curiosity.

She is simply a bewitching existence.

A few months ago, she was Mr. Tanaka's pet as a treasure in his hand; a few months later, she was imprisoned by Orihara Lin in this abandoned factory like a prisoner.

As if everything was planned, Orihara Lin also got the news on the day of Tanaka's death and smuggled Miss Florence out of Tanaka's house, including the mermaid and the fish tank. Tucked into this wretched place.Although the three meals are still on time and according to the amount, Orihara Lin will also take a period of time every day to have a conversation with Miss Mermaid, but probably because the environment is too contrasting, this Florence seems to be very reluctant to buy it, every day. He behaved extremely irritable, and he didn't have the same obedient appearance when facing Tanaka in the past.

A long time ago, Orihara had a premonition that something would happen to Tanaka, and he really expected it.Although the case said by the outside world has been solved, it is obviously far from the final truth - but it must be because Orihara Lin also stole Miss Evidence.It is too absurd to attribute this kind of thing to human beings. Even the atheist Orihara Rinya himself understands that this matter is not that simple after carefully investigating the pet store.

Want to know the truth of the matter?So let's start the investigation with this mermaid, and then slowly dig out the secrets behind the pet shop.

Curiosity killed the cat, but it also killed people.But Orihara Lin also lived safely in this world for so many years with curiosity, and still arrogantly sprayed poison in front of his enemies, and he never saw him killed by anyone.So after so many years of experience in killing people, Orihara Rin is even more arrogant and conceited than in the past.

"Well, I don't know if you can talk, but if you want to seduce me with a beauty trick or something, you are still a little tender~ Even if you are my favorite human being, I can't be caught by you, let alone You are not a human being yet~ Ahh, although saying this seems to make you sad, but who made you a mermaid? Even if the word 'human' is included in the name, it cannot erase the fact that you are not human~" Orihara Rin also started It is a necessary process every day, talking about some words that I don’t know if the other party can understand, and I am very fascinated by myself, "Don’t stare at me like this~ Although I don’t know what method you used to make Tanaka Madam killed Mr. Tanaka, but I know you must have done it! Oh please don't look at me like that, even though I know I'm really smart☆~"

Scarlet's gaze collided with Florence's gaze for a few seconds, Orihara Lin also chuckled and stepped back a few steps to stand still, maintaining his arrogant posture, the corners of his mouth froze into a sarcastic arc: "Ah, a monster like you You also want to rob humans with me? It's ridiculous."

After that, he waved his hands into the darkness where the light could not spread, and waved his hands behind him: "Although I don't want to, but since you were Mr. Tanaka's pet, I still want to say to you out of nostalgia for my employer." Say 'good night'~"

"—Miss Florence."

The monster-like roars and thumping sounds behind him were also left behind by Orihara Lin.

The mobile phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated, and Orihara Lin also slid open the screen to unlock it, and then raised a strange smile, with a businessman-like polite tone that made people want to vomit: "Ah, I have been waiting for you for a long time, Earl D .”