I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

"Zongsuke..."

Seeing the person coming, Higashino Kohei grabbed the other person's wrist.

There was a happy smile on his face, but his eyes were full of pleading.

"...Don't pull me, let me tell you, Lizi is not on it..."

"She must be hungry after working overtime. She went to the convenience store to buy something and forgot to bring her mobile phone!"

"Let go quickly... She must be very scared when she encounters this kind of thing and doesn't have a mobile phone with her...I want to go and accompany her right away!"

"...Speak up, you idiot, say something to me!!!"

He tried hard with both hands, trying to break the opponent's hand away.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get rid of Araki Sousuke's iron-like arms.

The torrential rain mercilessly washed the bodies of the two of them.

Violent thunder continued to roar in the night sky.

Araki Sousuke, who remained silent and was also drenched, turned his head to look at Ryoma Nizen in the rain in the distance.

The latter had a pale face and hair lying on his forehead weakly at the moment. He glanced at a stretcher covered with a white cloth behind the ambulance, and shook his head heavily at him.

"Xingping... calm down first, listen to me first..."

"What's the matter, let's talk about it later... When I find Lizi..."

Looking at the expression of his companion in front of him, Higashino Kohei seemed to sense something, and the light in his eyes gradually went out.

"Lizi, she..."

"I don't listen!! Let me go and let me find Lizi!!!"

Exploding with all the strength in his body, Higashino Kohei suddenly broke free with one hand, and slapped Araki Sousuke hard on the face.

"Calm down first, let's talk slowly..."

Even so, Araki Sousuke still held him firmly, letting the opponent's fists and raindrops fall on him.

"I just, want to find Reiko... wherever she is..."

Unable to tell whether it was tears or rain, it slid down Higashino Kohei's face.

"According to the latest information released by the police, at about ten o'clock tonight, an explosion of unknown cause suddenly occurred in an apartment on the third floor. The number of casualties is unknown at present... Dear viewers, it seems that two men broke into the building after the fire. At the scene, it seems to be a resident here, let us interview..."

At this moment, a foreign reporter wearing a raincoat and holding a microphone walked up to the two of them with a photographer.

"...Hi, I'm NHK International Channel reporter Shado Nord, are you a resident here? Please describe the situation at that time for us..."

Just when Araki Sousuke was still in a daze because of the black and thick unknown object that was suddenly handed to his mouth...

Higashino Xinghei had already broken free from his control, and punched the reporter hard on the chin, knocking out the reporter's glasses.

"...that guy..."

"Quick, stop him!!"

At the same time, those firefighters who had recovered from the "critical attack" rushed down from upstairs, cooperated with the staff from the periphery, and pressed Higashino Xinghei who had jumped out to the ground.

"Let go of me, let me find Lizi!!!"

"Please..."

In the rain, Higashino Kohei, who was pinned down by many staff members and unable to move, cried like a homeless child.

"Mr. Tono..."

Looking at this scene, outside the cordon, the little bird Yu Mayumi who just arrived covered his mouth and sobbed in disbelief.

Mai Hanyu at the side hugged her comfortingly.

"It's a nice look... I haven't seen it for many years..."

Only the foreign reporter covering his side face was left, looking at Higashino Kohei in the rain, the corners of his mouth curved with interest, as if he had seen something extremely interesting.

"Since this is the case, why not make things a little more interesting."

His eyes moved along the smoky apartment building, and finally stopped at the edge of the roof of the top floor.

A beautiful white figure in a dress stood there blankly.

...

Three days later.

Cemetery in Saitama Prefecture.

Under the gloomy dark clouds, there was a torrential rain.

The torrential rain in Wenyue fell as soon as it was said, and stopped as soon as it was said to stop.

Like an invisible destiny, it is unpredictable but irresistible.

When you find out, it has permeated every corner of your body irresistibly, making people have nowhere to escape.

A man in a black suit knelt not far from the gate of the cemetery with his head bowed. Despite the raindrops falling heavily on his body, he remained motionless like a stone statue.

"It's so pitiful, my daughter who has been raised so hard, I heard that she developed very well in Tokyo..."

"...It is said that he didn't listen to the family's advice, and dated a boyfriend who was a jerk, and was involved in it."

"So, interpersonal communication is very important... because that kind of scum..."

Passers-by who come in and out of the cemetery from time to time will walk away from him when they see him.

The man kneeling in the rain with a pale complexion and wet hair smeared limply on his face was none other than Kohei Higashino.

The day before yesterday, a suspected man-made gas leak in an apartment in Shinjuku caused an explosion and fire, killing 8 people and seriously injuring 12.

Among them is his fiancée, Reiko Shirazumi.

Today, Reiko Shirazumi's body was taken back to her hometown in Saitama Prefecture by her parents, cremated, and the burial ceremony was officially held.

Higashino Kohei, who was considered to be the culprit of this tragedy, was naturally neither qualified nor allowed to go in to see his beloved woman for the last time.

Faced with the accusations, beatings and tears from Baishui Lizi's parents, he was content with it.

On the night of the incident, several cadres of Nu Luoquan in Tokyo encountered various accidents, and one of them is still in the hospital.

The accident in the apartment and Lizi's death are all related to him.

An umbrella quietly appeared on Higashino Kohei's head, shielding the bone-chilling torrential rain.

Higashino Kohei didn't make any movements because the rainwater that fell on his body disappeared.

Like the newly erected tombstone in the cemetery, he has lost all its luster.

"... You bastard, you really came here..."

Holding an umbrella for him beside him was Sousuke Araki who was also in a black suit.

After that night, Higashino Xinghei cut off all contact with the outside world and disappeared.

Araki Sousuke also asked around, guessing that this guy would definitely show up at the funeral, and worried that he would do something stupid, so he came here.

Seeing Higashino Kohei who didn't respond to him at all, Araki Sousuke sighed and just stood aside silently, holding an umbrella for him.

"...Lyoma said that the case has made a breakthrough, and I believe the suspect will be identified soon..."

"Hey……"

Hearing his words, Higashino Kohei, who had been standing still, finally reacted.

A mocking smile appeared on the corner of Higashino Kohei's mouth.

In a case like this, the last suspect arrested by the police is nothing more than a drug addict or a guy with high gambling debts...

If those bullshit laws work, why did the violent gangs in Japan become legal organizations.

From the moment Baishui Lizi left, his heart had already died.

Only this useless body still has a mission that must be fulfilled.

"Bah..."

With a screech of brakes, several black cars stopped on the side of the road.

A group of men in black suits got out of the car one after another, and stood silently behind Higashino Kohei.

Even though the rain became more violent, none of them held an umbrella.

This does not mean the end, but the transformation that everyone must go through.