This Japanese Story Is Not Too Cold

Chapter 441 2418 (8000 words goal reached!)

The exam process in the afternoon did not last long, and school was over after the two subjects were completed.

Since Kitagawaji had to go to Lakeside Park to meet Ryoko Gango, he did not continue to waste time in school.

After a few words with Mirai Kamiya, he picked up his shoulder bag and walked straight towards the lakeside park.

It is now four o'clock in the afternoon. Due to summer, the weather is hot and dry, and the sun has not set at all.

Fortunately, the benches in the lakeside park were close to the cherry blossom trees, and the lush green branches blocked out the harsh sunlight, allowing Ryoko Okano to have some shelter.

But even so——

"Still hot."

Gangno Ryoko stretched out her hand to fan the breeze while looking around.

Just when she couldn't bear it anymore, she wanted to call and ask how long it would take for Beichuan Temple to arrive.

Beichuan Temple's voice also sounded.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?" He handed the can of ice-cold orange juice to Okano Ryoko, and then took a sip of the oolong tea in his hand.

Gangno Ryoko curled her lips and said while taking the orange juice: "I only came here for five minutes, but I didn't expect the weather to be so hot. Let's go and talk in the car."

She held the orange juice can and pointed to the small parking lot next to it.

"That's fine." Beichuan Temple nodded.

This time, Gangno Ryoko did not drive her private sports car, but directly borrowed a police car.

The black and white police car is very conspicuous in the small parking lot.

The two of them got into the car, and Okano Ryoko turned on the air conditioner, and then he started to mention the main reason why he called Kitagawaji here this time:

"Actually, I called you here this time mainly because of a case that has been closed."

The moment she opened her mouth, Kitagawaji looked at her suspiciously.

A case that has been closed?

Now that the case has been closed, there shouldn't be any need for further investigation, right?

"You should have such an expression." Ryoko Okano took a sip of orange juice and continued:

"The perpetrators, the deceased, people related to the case... and even the case itself have been investigated clearly... but there are still some strange things in it. This is also the main reason why I went to your house to find you that day. .”

Kitagawa Temple remained silent and did not speak, but stared at Gangno Ryoko without blinking with his black eyes.

Under his gaze, Gangno Ryoko stretched out comfortably in the cold air, and then said: "This case is a murder of love."

"Love murder case...?" Beichuanji raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Yes. The perpetrator's name is Kisaragi Nao, and she is a woman."

As Gango Ryoko spoke, he took out a pile of information that had been prepared from the glove box in front of the car and handed it to Kitagawaji.

Beichuanji took the information and glanced at it.

What catches the eye is a standard ID photo.

It was a delicate woman with a pale face, a slightly thin body, and an overall gloomy temperament.

She looked directly at the camera, and her gloomy and cold gaze seemed to be able to see this side through the camera.

"The case occurred on June 2nd, Saturday. According to the reporter...ah...that is, Kisaragi Nao's boyfriend Kokubo. It was said that his ex-girlfriend and his current girlfriend had a fierce verbal dispute. , but when our people arrived, there were only two female corpses left at the scene. One of the two corpses was Nao Kisaragi, and the other was a girl named Kaoru Yasui."

Speaking of this, Gangno Ryoko sneered disdainfully:

"But after investigation, we found that the so-called 'ex-girlfriend' and 'current girlfriend' were completely false. The young man named Kokubo was basically riding two boats, and that day it was also because he sent Yasui Kaoru back. I happened to bump into Kisaragi Nao when I was home."

What happens next is easier to understand.

How could the two girls be willing to let go after catching their boyfriends riding two boats? They attacked each other with hateful words, questioned Kokubo in turn, and in the end even started fighting...

This is also the main reason why Kokubo called the police.

But he was still a step too late.

"Both girls had iron cones stuck in their bodies and died."

Kitagawa Temple still didn't speak, just took a sip of oolong tea and continued to scan Kisaragi Nao's information.

Then, he put down the information and looked back: "It should be more than that simple, right?"

"That's right." Ryoko Gangno smiled: "Actually, what I just said is just speculation after our police arrived at the scene of the crime. We saw the real situation later on the surveillance camera."

She raised a finger and straightened her expression: "None of the things I am going to say are made up or conjectured out of thin air. These are all things that actually happened."

Seeing that Ryoko Gangno was rarely serious, Kitagawaji nodded thoughtfully.

"Originally, we all thought that the two women accidentally killed each other while fighting for their lives...but in fact this is not the case."

Gangno Ryoko shook his head: "It's true that the person who killed Yasui Kaoru was Kisaragi Nao, but the person who killed Kisaragi Nao——"

Her voice paused slightly.

Senran's voice also came out:

"It's also Kisaragi Nao!"

Yes.

After Nao Kisaragi killed Kaoru Yasui with the iron awl she carried with her, she then nailed the iron awl into her own neck.

The sharp iron awl thorns all sank into the neck, and scarlet blood spurted out.

Accompanied by the sound of "ho ho ho" leaking from the damaged vocal cords and the crazy struggle of Kisaragi Nao's limbs...

The girl's life also came to an end.

"Before committing suicide, she used an iron awl hidden in her bag to pierce the mouth of Kaoru Yasui who was yelling at her."

Ryoko Okano made hand gestures and kept saying: "The slender black iron cone entered from the mouth and penetrated from the back of the head. The huge wound directly caused Kaoru Yasui to die quickly, and there was no possibility of rescue."

But based on what Ryoko Gangno said, Kitagawa Temple could imagine what kind of bloody situation the scene was.

but...

"Did Kisaragi Nao commit suicide by herself? Without any help from outside?" Kitagawa Temple still asked.

"I knew you were going to ask this." Ryoko Gangno smiled and took a sip of orange juice: "In fact, after Kaoru Yasui died, some residents already poked their heads out of the room to check the situation, but when they saw the horrific death scene ...Who else dares to come forward?"

"The way Kisaragi Nao died was like this..."

Ryoko Okano put the orange juice can on the other side, then held it with one hand as if to grasp the iron awl, and with the other hand as if to grasp the small hammer.

"While she aimed the iron awl at her own neck, she used the hammer in her other hand to hammer down hard."

"Bang!"

Under Gango Ryoko's lively imitation, Kitagawa Temple seemed to have seen it too.

A girl covered in Yasui Kaoru's blood stood up from the pool of blood, then looked at the living people in this world with resentment, and once, again, she drove the iron awl into her neck.

With the cold and crisp sound of the hammer and the awl clashing, her life was taken away by herself.

But - logically speaking, it is impossible for a person to make such an unphysiological action, even if the first blow is successful. It is impossible to continue to succeed in the second or third time.

The human body is not that fragile. It takes a lot of strength to break the neck with an iron awl, let alone nail it through the neck with an iron awl.

Before that, Kisaragi Nao herself should have died of anger.

"That's why I want to find you." Ryoko Okano drank the orange juice in hand: "It's obviously impossible to happen, but it happened, and it went through such a horrific and bloody process."

"Indeed... there should be a deeper reason for this."

Kitagawaji nodded thoughtfully, and then he began to ask: "I just looked at the information and found that this Kisaragi Nao was a member of the Happy Truth Church... That's what you said about being involved with the Happy Truth Church. Something?"

Yes, Kisaragi Nao is a member of the Happy Truth Church, and if you just look at the information, you will find that she seems to be deeply involved with the Happy Truth Church.

Ryoko Okano answered this question without thinking: "Yes, in fact, after our investigation, there will be an unexplained amount of money in Nao Kisaragi's account every month. I suspect this is related to the remaining happiness and truth church." It is related to the members, they must still be hiding in secret and planning to do something."

"And after that, we went to Kisaragi Nao's home and found that her house was full of curses and voodoo props that were similar to casting spells. We even found some tools in some places where she grinded things. A small piece of human finger bone."

Gangno Ryoko coughed lightly:

"But the place where she put the notes is empty. It seems that the remnants of the Happy Truth Church moved them in advance after getting the news."

"I see." Beichuan Temple probably understood.

No wonder Gango Ryoko was eager to ask for help.

For events like this that were vaguely beyond ordinary people's imagination, the only person Ryoko Okano knew was Kitagawaji.

It is conceivable that Kisaragi Nao should be conducting research on spells with the support of the remnants of the Happy Truth Church. As for the purpose... I can't think of it for the time being.

Thinking like this, Kitagawa Temple also thought about it and asked: "I roughly understand the situation on Kisaragi Nao, but isn't there another person? What happened to Kokubo, who was riding two boats?"

Yes, as the person involved, what is the current situation of Kokubo? Where are you?

Beichuan Temple was a little curious.

Hearing Beichuanji's words, Gango Ryoko just let out a sullen sigh.

"That guy was not too closely involved in the murder of Kisaragi Nao, and it would not be easy to prosecute him. Now... he should be living quietly in an apartment in the city."

Then, she showed another expression of gloating:

"But I heard from my colleagues that that guy has been having a hard time recently. He seems to have been living in the shadow of two people, and he is very timid."

This can be regarded as punishment for Kokubo.

Those who are unfair in love will naturally not receive good rewards.

...

Kokubo Hayato has been having a hard time lately.

Really bad.

Every morning when he got up, he seemed to hear Kaoru Yasui's screams ending suddenly, as well as the cold sound of hammers and awls clashing.

The sound was like a tarsal maggot.

A shadow that seems impossible to escape.

Follow him closely.

The most uncomfortable thing for Hayato Kokubo is that he has to take the elevator to his floor after the night shift every day.

To know--

"That guy...that crazy woman died in the elevator in the end."

Kokubo Hayato stared at the cold apartment building in front of him.

It was still midsummer, but he couldn't help but feel chilly.

Something is strange today.

Kokubo Hayato looked up.

The apartment building was still an apartment building, but it felt a little strange to him.

It's like staring at a familiar word for a long time, and over time, you can't recognize the word.

“Do I live in this apartment building?”

he muttered softly.

Why does the apartment building in front of me look more and more like the apartment building where that girl and Kaoru Yasui died?

"No, no, I've already moved out of there."

Kokubo Hayato shook his head and murmured in a thin voice.

As he was talking to himself like this, a particularly anxious mood arose in his heart.

Damn it...

If it weren't for that damn Nao Kisaragi, would I be in such a mess?

I still have to live this kind of life on tenterhooks every day, as if I am afraid that a evil spirit will emerge from that corner and drag me into the darkness.

Bang!

There seemed to be a crisp sound in the night.

The night wind carried an icy chill, making Kokubo Hayato shrink his neck.

In such weather, he cursed and reluctantly walked into the apartment building.

Enter the apartment building.

The heat of summer is back.

This made Kokubo Hayato relax a lot.

He let out a gentle breath, then glanced sideways at the elevator that had just closed.

It doesn't matter.

Anyway, he doesn't take the elevator these days and takes the stairs instead.

Kokubo Hayato rubbed his hands, then walked sideways to the stairs.

Unlike usual, the stairwell is a little dark today.

"The lamp is broken?"

Kokubo Hayato's footsteps stopped.

He looked up.

I discovered that there were no lights on the floors above either.

The overlapping double staircases seemed to be swallowed up by darkness, giving off a bone-deep chill.

In this case, even Kokubo Hayato was unwilling to go upstairs from here.

He retreated back to the lobby, hesitated for a moment before heading to the elevator.

I have to say that Hayato Kokubo is very lucky.

The elevator stopped at the first floor just like before, but unfortunately, the elevator door was about to close again.

Under this situation, Kokubo Hayato couldn't help but shout:

"Sorry, please wait a moment."

The people inside seemed to hear his call and opened the elevator door again for him.

"Thank you so much."

After finally squeezing into the elevator, Hayato Kokubo bowed his head and thanked the young woman standing next to the elevator button.

The young woman ignored Hayato Kokubo and just slammed the elevator door shut again.

Then she retreated behind Hayato Kokubo.

The silence throughout the whole process aroused Hayato Kokubo's interest. He secretly looked at the young woman through the polished surfaces inside the elevator.

It can be seen from the somewhat blurry polished surface that this woman's face is very delicate, but because her bangs are too long and cover her eyes, she has an inexplicable sense of gloominess.

Buzz——

The elevator started again.

Hayato Kokubo, who had been busy peeking at each other, also hurried to the elevator button.

He pressed the button on the eighth floor where he was going, and then he noticed something was wrong.

On the bright red elevator button in front of him, four floor numbers were flashing.

In addition to the eighth floor button that he pressed, there were three other buttons that should have been pressed by the young woman behind him, right?

What's happening here? mischief?

He just raised his head and turned around to ask.

As a result, Kokubo Hayato saw the scene behind him in the polished surface inside the elevator.

A woman is no longer that young and beautiful woman.

Instead, there was a woman with slender arms and a twisted figure.

The long bangs blocked her expression so that he could not see clearly.

Only the cold and resentful look emanating from his bangs made Kokubo Hayato shiver all over.

Move your gaze downwards.

Kokubo Hayato opened his mouth wide.

The opponent's neck was nailed with a black iron awl.

The black liquid dripped to the ground.

Her slender green-white hands held a hammer and an awl.