"In the process of taking revenge," Matsumoto Yuki said weakly, her hand on her chest. "Brother Nogi finally accepted me. It was as if we had returned to the childhood Black Pupil game.
"At that time, I was still looking forward to it. Maybe after I took my revenge, we could be together for real, and I would forget everything that I had done to him."
"But, obviously, my vision was too subjective." Matsumoto Yuki blinked her eyes tiredly, as if she had used up all her energy. "We killed so many people, so it was impossible for the police not to suspect him. Just as we removed one of the judge's eyes, the police suddenly arrived.
"Brother Nogi helped me distract them in order to protect me. Then, the things that you know happened."
"Because my identity was unknown, and Brother Nogi covered for me," Matsumoto Yuki continued. "So, the police didn't even question me about the Black Pupil case.
When they were investigating the girl's murder, some detectives came to me for questioning. But, I had an alibi, and I didn't know how to use a butcher knife, so they didn't suspect me again. "
"Brother Nogi jumped off a cliff, and the police never found his body. I didn't know whether he was dead or alive, so I didn't dare leave Yokohama.
"Later, after graduation, I went to the shipyard to become a doctor," Matsumoto Yuki said. "It was quieter there, so I needed to find a quiet place to wait for Brother Nogi to come back and find me.
But, I waited for 45 years. "Matsumoto Yuki didn't show any emotion, but she couldn't stop her tears." Brother Nogi, where did you go?
"Do you know how long I've been waiting for you? The prosecution period is over. Come back … Sob …" Matsumoto Yuki cried when she got emotional. "Come back, come back …"
"Then … Where's your father?" Zhao Yu asked.
"My … My father's condition … isn't any better than mine …" Matsumoto Yuki sobbed as if she was terminally ill. Her voice was weak and feeble. "After that incident, he … he became very quiet. He never picked up a butcher's knife again. He couldn't even lift a fruit knife, let alone a butcher's knife … He couldn't even lift a fruit knife …"
"In just four or five years, he contracted a terminal illness and passed away." Matsumoto Yuki's body contorted in pain. "Although he did something wrong, he was still my father. I didn't know … what should I do? Should I be angry? Should I sympathize with him? Or should I be sad?
"Originally … originally …" Matsumoto Yuki opened her palm, which had been covering her heart, and pointed in the direction of the bedroom. She said with difficulty, "That … that … that should be 19 and a half, but … oh …"
Just as she said that, Matsumoto Yuki suddenly collapsed on the bed. Her body kept trembling, as if she was suffering from some kind of illness …
Ah!?
Zhao Yu and Yangshan Masako were shocked. Just as they got up, Li Zhenzhu quickly opened the door.
"Quick! Quick! "Li Zhenzhu waved to the outside and said," Send her to the hospital immediately! "
Following Li Zhenzhu's order, a few paramedics came in with a stretcher. They carried Matsumoto Yuki onto the stretcher and carried her away.
"Matsumoto Yuki has a serious heart disease," Li Zhenzhu said to Zhao Yu and Yangshan Masako. "That's why I called the ambulance and the emergency doctor …"
"Oh …"
Zhao Yu was still in a state of shock, and he looked abnormally uneasy.
Yangshan Masako was the same. After a long time, she said to Zhao Yu, "No wonder … It was so difficult to find out the truth about the girl's murder!
"Poor Iwatanshou. He became a scapegoat. He didn't even know what happened before he died!" Masako tried to cheer herself up and said, "No, I have to tell the public the truth as soon as possible and prove Iwatanshou's innocence!
"Although he is already dead, this matter must be taken seriously and his reputation must be restored …"
"But …" Li Zhenzhu shook her head and sighed. "I heard everything just now. In fact, the root of the problem lies with Matsumoto Yuki. Although this woman is very capable, there is a big problem with her mental state! "
"Yes!" Yangshan Masako sighed heavily. "Who would have thought that the girl's murder and the Black Pupil Case originated from the jealousy between a man and a woman?"
"His father must have a mental problem too," Zhao Yu said. "After he bumped into someone, not only did he not treat her, but he also killed her!
I think this is the root cause of Matsumoto Yuki's hatred for human indifference!
"To some extent," Zhao Yu said, "his father is also the culprit who caused Matsumoto Yuki to end up like this!"
"The truth is finally out in the open, but …" Yangshan Masako sighed. "Why don't I feel happy? Why do I feel even more depressed?"
Masako's words struck a chord with Zhao Yu. Just like every time he solved a big case, even though he had found out the truth, the truth often made people sigh and feel even more unacceptable.
One thought could lead to heaven and another to hell!
Sometimes, people were really just one step away from the abyss. A simple choice or coincidence could cause people to fall into the abyss and be unable to extricate themselves.
Zhao Yu remembered that every time he solved a case, he would always say the same thing, "If someone hadn't done that, there wouldn't have been such a crime!"
"If it wasn't for such a coincidence, I'm afraid such a case wouldn't have happened, right?"
In this case, it was the same. If Matsumoto Yuki's father had a little bit of rationality, he wouldn't have agreed with Matsumoto Yuki's actions. Then, there wouldn't have been such an unstoppable killing!
Now, when Zhao Yu looked back at these things, he suddenly understood that some things were not simple coincidences, but some kind of inevitability!
In the end, it all came down to the choices of the people involved.
Take the Black Pupil Case for example. Even if Matsumoto Yuki's car accident hadn't happened, there might have been another Black Pupil Case!
This was because of Matsumoto Yuki's personality. If she encountered similar things in the future, she might still make the wrong choice!
Maybe accidents were unavoidable, but people's hearts couldn't be unbalanced!
"Ms. Masako," Li Zhenzhu turned to Yangshan Masako and asked, "You said that you were Qingye Yuko's relative. Is that all a lie?"
"Yeah!" Yangshan Masako nodded. "At that time, I thought that Matsumoto Yuki was the murderer of the little girl, so I wanted to use my identity as Qingye Yuko's relative to challenge her!"
Mm …
Zhao Yu nodded. In fact, he already knew this, because Ding Lan had already looked into Yangshan Masako's background and knew that she had nothing to do with the little girl's victim.
"But … The last thing she said …" Yangshan Masako suddenly turned to Zhao Yu and asked, "What does nineteen and a half stones mean?
"She … She wanted to say that she originally wanted to remove her father's eyes and replace them with Black Pupil?"
Zhao Yu didn't answer Masako's question. Instead, in his mind, a horrifying scene that was comparable to a horror movie appeared.
In a village far away in Hokkaido, there was a grave. In the crypt of the grave, there was a skeleton that had been dead for decades.
And in the eyes of the skeleton, there were two black stones embedded in it ….
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