This Japanese Monogatari Isn't Lame
Chapter 291 - 221. Thousand Mirror Mutual Aid Association (4000 words)_2

Chapter 291: Chapter 221. Thousand Mirror Mutual Aid Association (4000 words)_2

She was different from most girls in the throes of passionate love. Compared to them, Shen Gu Mirai possessed a kind of heart that could tolerate Beichuan Si’s actions.

Though she might feel a bit lonely after not seeing him for several days, Miss Shen Gu was able to endure the solitude without throwing any tantrums—

Cough cough... not that it would have helped if she had.

"I’ll take care of things there as quickly as possible."

"Hehe... then I’ll wait for the good news of Mr. Temple’s victory," Shen Gu Mirai replied with a giggle, patting her head.

"I’m off then."

Watching Shen Gu Mirai’s expression, Beichuan Si seemed like he wanted to say something but ultimately held back. After leaving these words, he strode away decisively.

As Shen Gu Mirai watched Beichuan disappear around the corner, she took a deep breath in and then exhaled slowly.

"Not seeing each other for another two or three days, huh?"

She couldn’t help feeling a tinge of melancholy.

This sense of melancholy crept into her heart like a sudden summer rain, spreading without her noticing.

Shen Gu Mirai was almost losing confidence.

What did Beichuan Si really think of her, and what place did she hold in his heart?

At least for now, their relationship was stuck in limbo. Shen Gu Mirai felt as though her straight punches were hitting titanium, not only useless but also leaving her knuckles in pain.

The only thing that seemed to have progressed was perhaps her growing fondness for Beichuan Si.

Shen Gu Mirai knew clearly that she must have fallen for Beichuan Si.

To like was to like, that was an emotion that couldn’t be faked.

Shen Gu Mirai had thought about confessing to Beichuan Si proactively, but the fear of rejection caused a mysterious pain in her chest.

Laughing it off as a joke might work once, but it would be harder the next time.

Many things others had not thought of, Shen Gu Mirai had considered.

Despite her usual cunning and oddity, she was surprisingly innocent and serious when it came to confessions.

Step by step, Shen Gu Mirai walked towards home, her mind turbulent with thoughts.

Then—

Her smartphone in her backpack chimed with an incoming message.

Shen Gu Mirai picked up instinctively, eyes scanning the screen.

"Hui Li and I are going on a family trip. Care to come along and see how things are? Miss Nakajima might join us. A few of us will go to Okinawa Island."

His usual succinct way of messaging.

"Is this a formal invitation?" questioned Shen Gu Mirai.

"This must be a formal invitation," Shen Gu Mirai answered herself.

She thrust the phone back into her backpack, her ears blushing like white jade.

As mentioned earlier, there are times when girls inexplicably feel sad, and their moods are overcast.

But now—

The clouds had dispersed.

...

"Here are the files on the apartment massacre you wanted," said Gangye Yoshiko, handing over a stack of investigation materials to Beichuan Si. She glanced around peculiarly, "I never imagined you would choose this place to meet."

They were sitting on a bench at the lakeside park.

Cherry blossoms fell into the water beside the fenced bench.

The clear water reflected the sunset, casting enchanting haloes.

After the Ishikawa Kaoru body disposal case, the government reportedly allocated more funds to refurbish the lakeside park.

As a spot to enjoy the view, it seemed like a nice place to relax and exercise.

But who knew that many women once lay eternally at rest here?

"It’s simply a convenient meeting place," Beichuan Si said, taking the files.

To this explanation, however, Gangye Yoshiko just shrugged and lit a cigarette.

The paper documents, sorted out by Gangye Yoshiko, were cleanly divided into two stacks.

According to Gangye Yoshiko, the first pile was the personal information of the family of three involved in the apartment massacre, while the second was about the police dispatch and the subsequent definition of the case.

The surviving father was named Feituo An.

The deceased mother and daughter were named Feituo Xingzi and Feituo Zhenna, respectively.

However, strangely, although Feituo An was saved, he died in an unusual manner one day.

He was said to have died strangely because when his body was found in the hospital, a shiny piece of mirror shard was embedded in his head.

The surveillance video revealed that Feituo An himself had inserted the mirror shard into his own head.

"But that’s basically impossible, the fragile shard of mirror to slice through thick skin and then penetrate the skull, given Feituo An’s strength, it’s just not possible," Gangye Yoshiko explained from behind Beichuan Si.

She also felt conflicted.

Beichuan Si was considered a particularly skilled person in some sense. He had a knack for digging up strange incidents that would otherwise go decades without occurrence.

"Did Feituo An have a history of mental illness?" Beichuan Si, pinching Feituo An’s personal file, tilted his head to look at Gangye Yoshiko.

"Uh... It’s said to be something like paranoid schizophrenia. Also because of this, the colleagues in Gunma Prefecture pushed the murder onto Feituo An."

"Pushing most of the blame onto a dead man who has already died?" Beichuan Si continued to flip through the documents.

Gangye Yoshiko naturally understood Beichuan Si’s point, so she spread her hands, "There’s no helping it; as you will see from reading on, the whole affair was somewhat eerie. Not to mention why Feituo An, who had always been stable, suddenly snapped and killed people that day, just the strange manner of Feituo An’s death alone was enough to make it an unsolved case."

Gangye Yoshiko didn’t consider it shameful; after all, the case had been closed six years ago.

The murderer was Feituo An, and the suicide was also Feituo An.

It was a fairly reasonable explanation.

Beichuan Si didn’t answer Gangye Yoshiko but took out the other stack of documents instead.

Hemu Apartment Massacre:

The apartment massacre occurred six years ago in Hemu Apartment, Nakanojou Town.

The police arrived at the scene ten minutes after the crime, but only Feituo An, who was barely hanging on to life and babbling nonsense, was still alive.

The police also rushed him to the hospital for prompt medical treatment.

Three days after the incident, Feituo An regained his senses, but whenever the police came to ask about the incident, he would turn pale, hug his shoulders, cover his head, and scream in terror, as though he had suffered a heavy psychological blow.

Ten days after the incident, Feituo An committed suicide. The entire case came to a standstill in investigation and was eventually forced to a close.

Regarding the post-incident investigation of the apartment massacre.

At that time, Hemu Apartment was considered a rather decent place to live.

However, since the massacre occurred, tenants gradually left, and few dared to continue living there.

The information to be recorded in this report was undoubtedly much clearer.

Time, location, characters—all were completely accounted for.

It must be said that Gangye Yoshiko deserves to be a police officer, to be able to investigate so much information casually.

Compared to her, Shen Gu Mirai’s platform was no doubt much narrower.

Beichuan Si flipped through the documents several more times, seemingly finding no new information, then asked, "Can I take this information with me?"

"Ah... there’s no big problem in taking it, but do not let others know the contents of these documents."

Gangye Yoshiko waved her hand generously.

Beichuan Si had already solved so many cases that giving him this level of green light was not a problem at all.

"By the way, Beichuan, there’s something not in this document."

Chewing her gum, Gangye Yoshiko added, "This matter seems to be related to the Thousand Mirror Mutual Aid Association that was active in Nakanojou Town at that time."

The Thousand Mirror Mutual Aid Association?

Hearing this new term, Beichuan Si’s motion of stuffing the documents into his backpack paused momentarily.

Gangye Yoshiko clearly noticed this and searched her brain for the limited information, summarizing,

"However, the Mutual Aid Association also dissolved that year, and if you go asking now, I reckon there will be few leads."

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