I teach kendo in Tokyo

Kazuma hesitated for a moment. This was a secret service agency after all. As a Chinese, Kazuma had mostly negative impressions of Japan's secret service agencies.

The only positive impression is from "Ghost in the Shell", but that is a science fiction work.

In the world view of the comic book version of Ghost in the Shell, China won three wars and built a cemetery for the war dead in Japan. Every year during the Qingming Festival, people were sent to visit the graves, and Japan had to welcome them the same way they welcomed the American Emperor.

So Kazuma doesn’t hate Gongan Kuko in Ghost in the Shell.

But the Aramaki in front of him now has the same surname as Aramaki in Ghost in the Shell, but Kazuma actually doesn't like him very much.

After all, the current Japanese secret service was originally the Imperial Army established by the CIA to deal with left-wingers. Many of its personnel came directly from the pre-war T-Tech, which always gives people a bad association.

Therefore, Kazuma was very indifferent to Aramaki's solo visit.

Unexpectedly, Aramaki understood Kazuma's attitude in an indirect way: "I have long heard that Mr. Kiryu likes "Singing the Turbulent Youth". It seems that this information is not wrong. Don't worry, I am a left-wing sympathizer. I just want to Kill those terrorists."

Kazuma frowned.

When I traveled to the present, I knew that the lingering power of the current student movement was still there, so I was very careful. I only sang the song "turbulent youth" a few times. I don't know how this spy knew about it.

Kazuma thought it was time to check if there were any bugs in the house.

He forced a smile and said, "Aramaki... er, sir, what kind of wind brings you here?"

Kazuma couldn't decide for a while what honorific he should use to address Aramaki, and finally used the most decent "Mr."

Aramaki didn't seem to care too much: "Can you let us go in to talk? Mr. Kiryu?"

Kazuma: "Please come in."

Aramaki then slipped on his shoes and stepped on the wooden floor of Kiryu's house wearing socks.

Kazuma led Aramaki and the long-haired man whose name he didn't know to the dojo, while Jinguji Tamamo went to the kitchen to prepare tea.

"Please speak," Kazuma said.

Aramaki glanced at Amao sitting far away.

Kazuma glanced at Amao, and Amao stood up and went to the yard, closing the door in the direction of the yard.

Kazuma looked at Aramaki.

Aramaki opened his briefcase and placed a stack of photos in front of Kazuma.

When Hema looked at the photo, he found that it contained an instrument that looked very similar to the XXX spectrum analyzer that had been popular for a while when he was a kid.

"This is?"

"This is a physical therapy device sold by Welfare Technology. It is mainly used to treat muscle soreness, rheumatism and other symptoms. It is for home use." Aramaki explained unhurriedly, "Didn't the community where your dojo is located hold a seminar on this device? ?”

"No, almost all the residents around my dojo have moved away, and the so-called community exists in name only." Kazuma said.

According to Amao, newspaper delivery in the area where Kiryu Dojo is located has been handed over to nearby delivery points, and the original delivery point here has been cancelled.

In such a community, 80% of the time no one will come to sell any physical therapy equipment.

In fact, in the past six months, the Kiryu family has not even had a few door-to-door salesmen.

Aramaki nodded, indicating that he understood the situation of Kiryu Dojo, and then he continued: "We found the physical therapy device in the photo in the URB band's singing room. When we took it away, lawyer Shibata Hisashi arrived. to the scene.”

Kazuma said "Oh": "What a coincidence. Is there anything special about this physical therapy device?"

"No." Aramaki replied very simply, "If there were, I wouldn't have come to you. We would have gone straight to the headquarters of the seller Welfare Technology."

Kazuma: "You came here and showed me these photos in a mysterious way, and then told me that the photos showed an ordinary physical therapy device. I have reason to doubt whether you have eaten enough to hold on."

"Don't you feel confused? Shiba Ikuta Hisashi appears in everything related to the god of music and the mysterious case of the corpse hidden in the refrigerator. The main product of his biggest customer, Welfare Technology, happened to be in the URB band's singing room. Discover."

Kazuma interrupted Aramaki: "You can't just arrest someone based on suspicion, can you?"

Kazuma was not in a hurry to share his latest discovery with Aramaki. He tried to trick the other person first and see what the other person wanted to do.

Aramaki looked at Kazuma and said bluntly: "We hope you will conduct an intrusion and search on the welfare technology."

"I refuse." Kazuma said simply.

Although Kazuma himself has plans to break into Welfare Technology when necessary, his main goal now is to find Nishida Jun.

Aramaki continued: "Don't worry, I don't really want you to invade the regional branch or even the headquarters of Welfare Technology. I want you to make such a gesture."

Kazuma understood: "Do you want me to alert the snake like I did the day I went to the URB band's practice room? No, should I lure the snake out of its hole?"

"It's really a big help that you understand so quickly." Aramaki smiled, "As long as they come forward to stop you, we will break in immediately."

Kazuma: "Can we get the search warrant?"

"We are not the police. If we really want to search, we don't need a search warrant. Of course, what we find cannot be brought to an ordinary court, but that doesn't matter."

Kazuma was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly asked: "Have the Americans given instructions?"

"The CIA thinks this matter is a bit strange." Aramaki admitted directly, "The intelligence agencies and judicial agencies operate in completely different ways. The intelligence agencies have always followed the principle of presumption of guilt to judge matters."

"They thought you were guilty, so they searched you and arrested you. It's worthy of the CIA." He Ma said, maintaining the image of a pro-leftist youth.

"Anyway, I have to ask you for help this time. I personally think that your last action has interrupted the opponent's pace. They must have moved some key items from the singing room. This item should not be big and can be very convenient. transfer.

"But the enemy may have been careless after the last successful transfer and thought there must be a way to get things away again, so we raided them this time."

He Ma took over the conversation: "Then in order to ensure that the raid is not in vain, let me lure the snake out of the hole first? What if the other party has also figured this out? You guys raided in and still found nothing. Wouldn't that be embarrassing?"

"Then we can raid a few more Welfare Technology facilities. As long as we are sure that they intend to delay your approach, we can do so."

Kazuma thought for a while and felt that Aramaki's approach seemed to be a solution.

If I hadn't already had an idea, I might have joined the group.

But now, Kazuma had a new idea, so he raised his index finger and shook it at Aramaki: "Aramaki-kun, this is not how to solve a case."

Kazuma stood up and shouted in the direction of the corridor: "Push out the whiteboard!"

Then Kazuma heard the sound of Amao running. After a while, the door of the corridor was opened by Tamamo who was kneeling outside the door. Amao came in alone carrying a white board. Jinguji Tamamo followed him in with tea.

Amao set up the whiteboard and handed the marker to Kazuma. Tamamo also served tea. The two of them retreated back the same way. Tamao finally walked out of the sliding door, knelt down at the door first, and then closed the sliding door - this It is the most formal etiquette.

Neither Aramaki nor the long-haired gongan cared about this at all, as if it was natural for disciples and women to be like this.

Maybe this is Japan.

Kazuma didn't bother to tell the two about breaking the four olds. He took a marker and wrote on the whiteboard: "The real breakthrough point is here."

He wrote Nishida Jun's name, and then Shibauda Hisashi's name next to it.

"Nishida Jun, the first suspect to be caught in the serial murder case," Kazuma paused, glanced at Aramaki, and added, "I caught him."

Aramaki didn't say anything, and waited for Kazuma to continue speaking with a serious look on his face, just like the students sitting in the hall listening to the lecture.

"Subsequently, because a new deceased person was discovered, Nishida Jun's suspicion was eliminated, and then he was taken out of the police station by Shibabu Tajiu. But, is Nishida Jun really...not the murderer?"

After Kazuma asked the question, he looked at the two of them, as if waiting for them to figure out the truth.

But Aramaki and the long-haired man looked at each other, and then asked: "He is not the murderer? Why do you say that?"

"Let's look at the other victims. Victim No. 2 has music scores at the scene and is obviously composing music. Victim No. 3 also has music scores at the scene. There are various signs that she is composing..."

Kazuma wrote down the names of the victims except Aikawa Hoshiko one by one, and whether there was any music score at the scene.

"The last victim so far, Takeshi Okada, died in prison. There was no music sheet beside him, but the prison guard heard him shouting, 'I have obviously crossed the narrow gate.' And there was testimony from the prison guard that Okada Takeshi had been composing music before his death.”

Kazuma then wrote the word "Zamon" under the name of the penultimate victim Naoki Tsutani: "Naoki Tsutani also shouted similar words before his death, mentioning Naomon."

At this time, the long-haired young man brought by Aramaki made a sound of sudden realization: "I understand, all the victims except Aikawa Hoshiko may have committed suicide due to depression because they could not write music, but Aikawa Hoshiko is not the case!"

"That's right! Looking at Aikawa Hoshiko's autopsy report from this perspective, some things are very strange. First of all, there are traces of binding on the hands..." Kazuma quickly wrote down all the details in his memory next to Aikawa Hoshiko's name.

Then Kazuma continued: "Suppose Aikawa Hoshiko was killed. This murderer obviously knew that there would be a serial murder case of corpses hidden in the refrigerator later. Looking at the presumed death time of each victim, when Aikawa Hoshiko died, the second victim The person is still alive and even went to a bar to sing."

Kazuma said as he put an asterisk on Nishida Jun's name: "This guy knew what would happen next, and then used this knowledge to disguise the people he killed as part of a serial murder case to exonerate himself."

The long-haired young man said: "And he was caught on purpose! Just to create an alibi? There is no alibi like 'staying in the police interrogation room', right?"

No, he's not that smart, I caught him by accident.

Kazuma thought so in his heart, but said: "Yes, that's it! He was hanging out deliberately, hoping to be caught by the police 'accidentally'. After all, you can't do it too deliberately, otherwise it will make the police suspicious, and then he will encounter Kill me!"

The long-haired young man exclaimed: "What an exquisite criminal idea! And the courage to execute it!"

Aramaki also echoed: "He is indeed a cunning guy. We ignored him before and thought he was just a pretty boy who had nothing to do but hunt for beauty."

Kazuma also agreed: "I was almost deceived by him too!"

"But you still caught his fox tail!" The long-haired young man looked at Kazuma with admiration, "I still have a lot to learn from you."

"No, no, no, you are so many years older than me..." Kazuma said quickly.

"No, age does not determine who is the division commander." Aramaki said, "If I hadn't come to visit you, I'm afraid I would have gone to the dark side on the road of forced investigation. Now things have become simple, we only need to capture Nishida Jun , and he was tortured to find out why he knew that the refrigerator serial murders would happen..."

Kazuma looked at the agent who said the word "torture" naturally, and thought that this Aramaki was indeed different from that Aramaki. He couldn't be mistaken for the ninth section chief in Ghost in the Shell just because he had the same last name.

But having said that, this Aramaki has a very ordinary office worker's parted hair, and his hairstyle is not as strong as in "Ghost in the Shell".

Kazuma: "I originally wanted to go and sway Nishida Jun myself, but now it seems I can just leave it to you."

Aramaki said: "No, if this Nishida Jun is really a KGB agent, then he should have received anti-torture training. It would be best if you could go out and sneak around first."

Kazuma: "Well... I'm just a college student who has just been in college for one month."

"I have always admired the promotion of talented people in an eclectic way." Aramaki said, "So you must accept this task!"

After saying that, he bowed respectfully to Kazuma - this is the kind of sitting posture bowing, second only to Dogezaza in Japanese etiquette.

Kazuma: "This..."

In fact, Kazuma wanted to say "What's the benefit of me taking this mission?", but he didn't know if it was the Horatius entry that stopped him, or if he already had a heroic heart.

Anyway, he finally said: "In order to redress the injustice and prevent justice from being tarnished, this mission..."

Suddenly, outside the dojo, a rapid ringing of the phone came from the direction of the entrance.

**

Twenty minutes ago.

Shimado Marina is in a good mood recently.

She kept telling herself that this was wrong, because Higashide-kun was still enduring tremendous pain, and she shouldn't be happy.

But every morning, when she carried her schoolbag and walked on the road to become a monk in the east, her steps always jumped up uncontrollably.

This is obviously wrong, but when she thinks that as long as Higashide-kun continues to be troubled by that nightmare, she can continue to be Higashide-kun's support as a matter of course, Shimado Marina's mood will improve.

This is obviously wrong.

Despite this, Shimado Marina walked to Higashide-kun's home early this morning as usual with cheerful steps.

Just change to your usual calm pace before entering Higashide-kun's sight.

Shimado Marina thought so.

Higashide-kun's home was getting closer, and then she started hearing loud arguments.

"Without music! How can I survive in this world?" This voice belongs to Higashiide-kun's father and uncle Higashide.

Shimado Marina is a little afraid of Uncle Higashide, especially recently, this fear has risen to the level of fear.

Even now, just hearing Uncle Higashide's voice from a distance, she retreated in her heart and wanted to turn around and run away.

But no, Higashide-kun is still there, still waiting for the rescue of the heroine Shimado Marina.

Shimado Marina mustered up her courage and continued to move forward. In her eyes, the building where she became a monk seemed like a devil's cave exuding an evil atmosphere.

The roar of the "Devil King" continued to come from the house: "You don't understand anything! Music, music is the only antidote! Music is the gospel of the God of Music, and it is the guide for the lost lambs..."

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of heavy objects hitting and the sound of someone falling.

Shimado Marina knew that Higashide-kun would not beat his father, so it could only be that Higashide-kun was abused.

The girl gritted her teeth and ran, rushing to the door of Dongchu's house in a few seconds. She wanted to ring the doorbell in a polite manner, but a very loud sound came from the house again.

It sounds like the violence is getting worse.

The girl opened the courtyard door and rushed to the house door, then touched the door handle.

The door suddenly opened, and the next moment Shimado Marina saw Higashide Jun lying on the ground covered in blood.

"Higashiide-kun!" She screamed and rushed in, blocking the way of Higashiide-kun.

Higashide's father held a baseball bat in his hand and glared at Shimado Marina: "Little girl, do you know? My name is Higashide-kun too!"

As Higashide's father spoke, he approached Shimado Marina, the ferocious expression on his face gradually distorting.

"Come on, call me, call me in that sweet voice of yours!"

Shimado Marina was so frightened that she couldn't speak. She used all her courage to ensure that she didn't fall to the ground.

Higashide's father had already stood in front of Shimado Marina, and his ferocious lips were about to touch her face.

"Call me! Call me like you just did!" he roared.

Shimado Marina hunched her shoulders and stammered: "Higashi, Higashide...uncle!"

Higashide's father turned around and roared, then slammed the tape recorder on the table with a baseball bat: "Higashide-kun! It's you! Higashide-kun! Why are the two of them like this! Why is this world so unkind to me? Why are we so unkind to me? The only salvation, even URB was taken away from me!”

Shimado Marina was so frightened that she peed.

She no longer cared about making a fool of herself in front of her beloved Higashikata-kun. All the cells in her body were screaming for her to escape from here.

At this time, Higashiide-kun, who had just fainted, finally woke up. He said in a weak voice: "Run away, Mariina! This person has gone crazy..."

Perhaps hearing the word "crazy", Higashide's father, who was hitting the kitchen furniture with a metal bat, suddenly turned his head and glared at Shimado Marina.

"That's right! It's your fault!" He suddenly shouted, "It's the fault of you women! Why aren't you willing to be gentle to me?"

He dropped the bat and tried to pull out the kitchen knife from the knife holder, but he failed because the knife holder had been twisted by the bat.

Just as Higashide's father was furious and fighting with the sword, Higashide Jun jumped up from the ground and pushed Shimado Marina out of the door: "Let's go!"

Shimado Marina fell outside the door and found that she could not stand up at all.

Just as Dongde was about to reach out to pull her, he heard the sound of a kitchen knife being unsheathed in the kitchen.

It looked like his father had finally conquered the knife block.

Higashi Dejun turned his head, just in time to see the thing that used to be his father, rushing towards him brandishing a kitchen knife.

At that speed, it was obvious that the current Shimado Marina would never be able to run away.

Higashide Jun took one last look at his loyal follower.

He suddenly smiled, and the blood from the wound on his head flowed down the outline of his cheek and poured into his dimples.

"I like you," he said, "and goodbye."

Dong Chushun closed the door heavily, then pulled out an umbrella from the umbrella stand next to the door, inserted it on the door handle like a door latch, and then bent the umbrella with force, causing the door to be completely stuck.

He took out another umbrella and turned to look at the huge figure rushing over.

Originally, he was preparing to have a long-lost fight with his father, but at this moment, he realized that he could not defeat this monster on his own.

As long as he holds the door, it is his victory.

So Dong Chushun backed up against the door, preparing to use his own life to lock this ordinary wooden door.

He heard the girl outside the door knocking desperately, so he shouted: "Let's go! Go find..."

With a pop, the knife pierced Dongde's body.

The young man's strength to speak was suddenly reduced by half, but he was still holding on to the door.

"Let's go..." The boy repeated mechanically with increasingly weaker strength, "Go and call Kiryu-senpai."

"Let's go..."

Suddenly, he had an idea.

"Kiryu-senpai can save me." He said.

Finally, the boy heard the girl's footsteps stumbling away.

The young man smiled, looking at his father who was still crazy, and declared his trivial victory with a smile.

**

When Kiryu and Ma rushed to the scene, it was already too late.

The scene was cordoned off, and it seemed that the police arrived much earlier than Kazuma this time.

The uniformed policeman raised his hand to stop Kiryu Kazuma and his party, but Aramaki immediately took out his ID.

The policeman's expression immediately changed strangely.

After all, no one expected that gonggan would suddenly appear.

Aramaki led Kazuma and his party across the cordon, and Kazuma saw a distraught Shimado Marina sitting on a stretcher provided by the police.

Kazuma could see at a glance that there was a bad entry above her head.

despair

It's so concise and to the point.

But this entry also has a caption: The whole world has become dark.

Kazuma couldn't understand his cheat more and more.

Could it be that this is a hint?

Aramaki: "I'm going to ask about the situation. You go and talk to the little girl. Or you can let the girls go."

Kazuma glanced at Jinguji, the only one who followed.

Chiyoko also wanted to come, but Kazuma stopped her.

Kazuma: "I'll go. After all, they asked me directly for help."

"Yes." Aramaki nodded, and walked towards the police officer in charge of the scene with the long-haired young man Gusadozaburo.

Kazuma came to Shimado Marina, and just as he was about to speak, the girl spoke first: "He said that Kiryu-senpai would definitely be able to save him. I believed him, so I left him alone."

Shimado Marina raised her head and looked at Kazuma: "I know it's not senior's fault, but... what exactly is URB? Why does this band want to ruin my life... Isn't the lead singer of URB dead? Why is my life still being ruined?"

While Kazuma was thinking about how to answer, Aramaki came back - the long-haired young man didn't follow him, he probably went to participate in the on-site investigation.

"It looked clear at the scene that the boy had stopped his frantic father and blocked the door, and was stabbed to death by his father, who then committed suicide."

Aramaki introduced the situation in the shortest possible words, and deliberately lowered his voice.

The girl still heard it.

"Yes, Higashide-san, you protected me. I was the one who killed him. If my feet hadn't been so weak that I couldn't stand up, the two of us could have run together." The girl burst into tears, "It's me who is so useless. , killed him..."

Kazuma saw the word "death" appear above the girl's head, and there was a countdown.

It is estimated that the girl wants to commit suicide.

Kazuma reached out and held her shoulders: "Marina, think back to Higashiide-kun's expression at the end."

In fact, Kazuma didn't even have any moves at this time, so he just acted randomly.

At this time, you can only trust your own entries.

"Why should I recall such painful things?" the girl asked, crying, "I..."

"Because you have to think back! This is very important! This is related to..." Kazuma originally wanted to say that it is related to whether you will die, but he changed his mind temporarily, "This is related to whether Higashide-san can rest in peace! Thinking back! Marina ! Higashide-san, what’s your expression at the end?”

Jinna was silent and cried harder.

Aramaki couldn't stand it anymore, and was about to stop Kazuma, but was stopped by Jinguji Tamamo.

Jinguji Tamamo mouthed to Aramaki, "Leave it to him."

Kazuma looked at Jinna with all his attention, and pressed his hand harder on Jinna's shoulder.

Finally, Mariina answered in a low voice: "Higashiide-kun, he was smiling at the end... Why, why was he laughing? He wanted to make me feel at ease..."

"No, men are not that careful. He smiled because he finally had a chance to show off in front of the girl he loves." Kazuma said decisively, "It is a man's romance to break up with the woman he loves. The more enemies he has, the more he will show off." The stronger we are, the happier we are.”

"It makes no sense at all!" Zhenna shouted hysterically, "Isn't it irresponsible to leave others behind? Please be kind and spend the rest of your life with me!"

Although the girl was shouting hysterically, which attracted the surrounding police and onlookers to look sideways, Kazuma could see clearly that the death countdown on the girl's head had disappeared.

The despair entry is still there, but at least she won't die.

Not going to die anytime soon.

Kazuma: "Men and women have different views on many issues, so remember his last face. When you are confused, please think of his face!"

Speaking of this, Kazuma suddenly stole a line from NetEase Cloud:

"Remember, a man dies twice in his life. Once when his body dies, and the second time when he is forgotten."

As he spoke these words, Kazuma discovered that the entry for despair had become lighter, and a countdown appeared.

In about one thousand six hundred days, this girl will get out of despair and embrace her life again.

Sure enough, this is all that can be achieved with pale words.

Kazuma was more or less frustrated.

He was clearly the owner of the Morning Star entry - he turned around and saw Jinguji smiling at him.

Tamamo said: "The next step is left to her."

Kazuma frowned and wanted to ask if he had made Mariina's life star bright again, but Aramaki couldn't ask since he was there.

So he could only nod.

Aramaki took a step forward at this time and said: "I heard an intelligence from the police officer in charge of this case. It seems that fans of the URB band caused a lot of trouble today. But it is not an exaggeration."

Kazuma thought to himself that it was probably because the newspaper published the news that Takeshi Okada, the lead singer of URB band, died in the prison.

Something similar seemed to happen when Elvis Presley and John Lennon died.

Kazuma looked back at Mariina, who started crying again, and then said to Aramaki: "I will accept your request."

"There won't be any official documents, and if you die unfortunately, there won't be medals or rewards. Even so, do you still want to accept it?" Aramaki said, changing his attitude from just begging Kazuma to accept.

It seemed that he had determined that Kazuma would take on this task regardless of the cost.

He guessed correctly.

Kazuma read the verse in English: "How glorious it is to die to protect the pure girl who is about to light the sacred fire."

Aramaki continued to memorize: "Mr. Consul, please order the bridge to be demolished. We will resist the one thousand enemy troops on the bridge with the strength of three people."

Kazuma looked at Aramaki. At this moment, he suddenly didn't care about the identity and profession of this agent.

He suddenly understood that this man was doing all this with the purest purpose just like himself.

Aramaki held out his hand to Kazuma.

Kazuma took a deep breath and held the extended hand: "The cooperation is established."

"Because we can't ignore Tokyo's tomorrow?" Aramaki asked.

"Yes." Kazuma nodded.

The pre-noon sun fell around the two of them, bright and hot.

Kazuma didn't notice that Shimado Marina stopped crying and looked at his back with a slightly hopeful expression on his face.

Sometimes, it’s not just words that are powerful.