The suffocation that flooded the top of her head like a tide lasted for an unknown amount of time before slowly receding. Sakine raised her head and opened her eyes. As the faces of Yato and Niou became clearer and clearer in her eyes, her consciousness gradually returned.
"What just... happened?"
"You were affected by the child's remaining consciousness before his death, and you briefly lost control." Yato bent down and pulled Saki Yin helped him up from the ground. "It should be back to normal now, right?"
"Well..."
At this time, night fell, the moonlight was deserted and the stars were dotted. The three of them looked into the refrigerator again. I saw that the walls of the refrigerator were stained with dried black blood. The flesh and blood that should have belonged to the boy had been devoured by bacteria at some point, leaving only a body that could still be seen struggling before birth. Skeletons, and—a letter.
Nioh ignored the putrid smell that hit his nostrils, suppressed the trembling in his heart, squatted down, took out the envelope that had fallen into the boy's frame, opened it, and flattened it.
[Mom, sister
This is the forty-ninth letter I have written. This time it is not a letter asking for help. I have figured it out. I was not sensible before, but my mother obviously My sister and I finally escaped from here. How can I ask you to come back and take me away? In that case, my father will definitely pester you again.
Mom, sister, I miss you so much, I miss you so much, I’m sorry for disturbing your life so often, I’m sorry, I’m really sorry. I have decided that I will work hard to live, I will grow up well, and I will find you by myself when I am able. Before that, I will not disturb you anymore.
However, I have a small request. Mom or sister, can you send me a letter in reply.
Just let me know how you are living now. Does mom have any new job? Did your sister get admitted to college as she wished? Although I think the answer should be yes, I still want to confirm it so that I can stay here with peace of mind.
I love you, mom, sister, I really love you very much. In short, I hope you have escaped to a future you like.
Tajima Haruki
February 13, 1980]
Nioh picked up the letter and tried hard to identify the string of words that had been blacked out with a black pen. But I can only vaguely see the words "I don't know" and "Can I".
Don’t know what? Can I... In a daze, a sentence formed in Niou's mind: I don't know if I can meet you again.
Nioh couldn’t imagine what the child’s state of mind was when he wrote this letter. After his mother and sister left, he endured the atrocities alone for nearly a year. Did he feel something about himself? Life is coming to an end?
And... this is the forty-ninth letter, which means that this child had asked his mother beforeMy sister and I asked for help forty-eight times, but never received one! Even Miyachi Yuka's letters to him were intercepted, and none of them fell into his hands.
Moreover, this is not over yet——
Niou tremblingly stretched out his fingers and gently touched the dots and strips of blood marks on the inside of the refrigerator lid.
"He wasn't dead yet..." He raised his head and looked at Yato and Sakine. Nioh continued: "He wasn't dead when he was locked in the refrigerator and buried underground. There are everywhere here. There were signs of his struggle. "
"Buried alive?" Saki took a step back, covering his mouth. "Why?"
"The blood stains here indicate that he must have been seriously injured before his death. Maybe Tajima Naomichi thought he accidentally killed Tajima Haruki, so he chose to bury the body in panic. But... there is another possibility, Tajima Naomichi knows Tajima Haruki is not dead, but Tajima Haruki is too seriously injured. It will cost an unknown amount of money to send him to the hospital for treatment. If he is not sent to the hospital for treatment, he will die soon, so Naomichi Tajima directly chooses to send Tajima Haruki to the hospital. The tree was stuffed into the refrigerator and buried alive."
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Nioh closed his eyes and tried to calm down the uncontrollable sadness.
"Call the police. I am here and the police station will fully cooperate with the investigation of this matter."
"Nioh-kun, I think you have overlooked a very important point. Something happened." Sakine bit her lip and said unbearably, "This child died in early 1980, and now in May 2005, 25 years have passed."
Even according to 2004. Judging from the newly revised and implemented regulations in December 2016, which extended the statute of limitations for prisoners sentenced to death in the Criminal Procedure Code from 15 years to 25 years, Naomichi Tajima's prosecution period has also passed. .
"These are rubbish rules!" Yadou kicked a stone angrily, "Are we going to let that bastard get away with it?"
Looking at Yadou's reaction , Niou suddenly thought of what Igarashi had said to himself before: God was born for whatever reason, and he will always exist for that reason, and Yadou God was the god born from the desire to kill.
"Yato."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"No...just, don't worry, you and Sakine, I will let Tajima Naomi will pay the price he deserves."
Niou took out his cell phone, dialed Igarashi's number, and briefly explained what he knew about the Tajima family.
"So you want to intervene in this matter?" After listening to Nioh's words, Igarashi asked.
"Yes." Nioh agreed directly, "If everything is as I said, Tajima Naomichi is such a cruel and unkind devil who will destroy his own children, no matter how long he is left outside One day, the world will give birth to more evil., it’s okay for our Special Investigation Bureau to come forward and take him into custody, right? ”
“Special circumstances can also be treated specially, as long as there is sufficient evidence. Let's do this. I'll give an order to the police station in Tokyo and let them investigate first. If what you said is true, then the Special Investigation Bureau will come forward to arrest him. Of course, if he has committed other crimes in the past 25 years, the prosecution period will be postponed, which will be more convenient to deal with. "
"Okay, then I'll thank Mr. Igarashi first. "
"What are you going to do with the child's body? Should you take it to the police station yourself, or wait for someone from the police station to come over. "
"Wait for the people from the police station to come over. There are some things that need to be recorded. "
"Well, that's it. If the police are dispatched now, it will take about an hour and twenty minutes to get to your side. "
"No problem, I'll wait here for someone to come over. ”
After hanging up the phone, Nioh looked at Yato again. Although ordinary policemen should not know Yato’s existence at all, and they were not even sure whether they could notice Yato, but they were being careful. , Nioh still decided to let Mr. Yato contact the official personnel.
"Yato, in a situation like Tajima Haruki's case, I think his soul should not have gone to the underworld. ”
“Yeah. "Yato also agreed with Nioh's point of view, "Sakune's behavior just now after being affected proved that he had been asking for help before he died. He was eager to live. In this case, his soul will most likely break free from the spiritual field. , stranded in the human world. "
"But there are no undead around here. I think his soul should have drifted to some place that can carry his obsession unconsciously. So let's split up. You and Sakine go look for his soul. I'll wait for the police here. ”