In the early morning, 00:50.Kyoto, in a room prepared by the Metropolitan Police Department."
It's almost time."
Sakai glanced down at the time displayed on his wrist, and the expression on his face became a little more solemn.He was in the same room that had been asked to be prepared by the Metropolitan Police Department.There is information about Keiko Watanabe hanging around, from the interrogation of the class reunion, the testimony of Horikawa High School students, to the autopsy report that was performed after the body in the time capsule was exhumed.Even the various murder times that happened in Horikawa High School later, everything seems to have started when Keiko-san was dug out of the time capsule.At the same time, during an investigation of Horikawa High School, Sakai found some strange records.The history of Horikawa High School is quite long, and it can be traced back to the Meiji era at the earliest, but the original Horikawa High School was only an ordinary school, and there are not many detailed records, and the only written record is in the "Kyoto Miscellaneous" in the 12th year of Showa, it is mentioned that the school building of Horikawa High School was damaged by a typhoon that year, and had to be closed for a period of time to rebuild, and the current old school building of Horikawa High School was also built in that year.According to the Kyoto Miscellaneous, during the construction of the school building, Horikawa High School once dug up a dismembered female corpse under the original site of the old school building, and the body had been buried under the ground for a long time, but the wound was still bleeding outward when it was unearthed.It is said that because of the exhumation of the female corpse, the construction workers who were in charge of the construction at that time went a lot crazy.In order to solve this incident, the then prefectural Horikawa High School spent a lot of energy, and the government came forward to find all the corpses that were dismembered, except for the most important head, no matter how the school searched for it, the head of the female corpse could not be found.In the end, due to the pressure of the construction period, the government had no choice but to end the search and collect and burn the bodies found.Since then, some strange things have happened frequently at Horikawa High School, and students often disappear or die due to some accidents.But these strange things didn't last long, and they quickly disappeared.And as time passed, Horikawa High School gradually became an ordinary high school.The reason why the Kyoto Miscellaneous Chronicles recorded this incident was simply to record it as a strange anecdote and rumor.If it weren't for the shock caused by Takayama, which forced Sakai to investigate Keiko Watanabe and related clues, the whole thing might have been forgotten in history.Judging from the description of the "Kyoto Miscellaneous", Horikawa High School itself has something unusual.Sakai had a hunch in his heart that maybe all this was the source of the frequent strange things that happened at Horikawa High School.It's just that although some clues have been investigated at the moment, the urgent reality has not given Sakai much time to think.On the wrist, the hands of the watch have jumped to 01:00.Sakai restrained the conjecture in his mind, picked up the phone in the room with bated breath and said, "Keiko-san, Keiko-san, can you hear me?"
”In the brief silence of "......", the time in the room seems to be infinitely extended.Outside the room, the special assault force was ready to go, and if any problems occurred in Sakai, they would take action at once.However, in this tense atmosphere."
I heard it~" On the other end of the microphone, there was a sudden burst of chuckles.Even though he had expected it in his heart, the moment Sakai heard Keiko Watanabe's voice, he instinctively had goosebumps on his arm.Trying to suppress the strange feeling in his heart, Sakai continued to speak, following the testimony of the bullied students at Horikawa High School and Takayama's previous actions in the video."
Keiko-san, Keiko-san, please help me get revenge on the guy who bullied me......"
"Help me kill those beings who bullied me, his name is Yoshikuma Kojima."
In the room, Sakai spoke into the phone and said the name he had prepared.Yoshikuma Kojima, who happened at the gate of Horikawa High School before, was the protagonist of the party that caused huge public opinion.In order to cover up the impact of the incident he caused, the official spent a lot of effort, and even threw out some outcasts to suppress the turmoil.However, in the transportation of the red line that Kojima Yoshikuma turned into to a military base on the outskirts of Kyoto, the research institute found an interesting thing.Theoretically, after being wrapped in such a large number of red lines, there is no chance that the island in it will survive.However, through the study of red lines, especially the scanning of them with electromagnetic waves, the research institute has come to the astonishing fact that these seemingly motionless red lines are in fact alive, and even internally they are constantly growing and moving in a rather slow manner.In particular, the scientists in charge of the study came to a startling conclusion that it is very likely that Yoshikuma Kojima is still alive.And these red threads are similar to the tentacles in the biological world, and they maintain the life characteristics of the Kojima bear.Although, with current research, it is not possible to figure out exactly how the red line exists and how to ensure that the host Kojima Yoshikuma did not die of suffocation and other states.However, this conjecture alone is astonishing enough.And from the hands of the official, the first time to get the information that Kojima Yoshikuma can still live.Sakai put it into his own plan without thinking, and revised the original plan, and changed the target of the call from Keiko Watanabe herself, to Yoshikuma Kojima.That's right, in Sakai's original plan, Keiko herself was the target.In an attempt to create confusion in Keiko's own killing patterns, the cabinet ministers who are in deep crisis will be rescued.It's just that Sakai himself understands that such a desperate approach is too extreme after all.If you lose, you will lose all the games.Therefore, the appearance of Yoshikuma Kojima has become a kind of opportunity."......" heard the name that appeared in Sakaiguchi, and Keiko-san, who was on the other end of the phone, fell silent.Feeling the silence, Sakai's palm that grabbed the microphone began to sweat.hesitated in his heart, whether to report the name of Keiko Watanabe in a desperate way.Anyway, the current situation can be as bad as it can be."
Okay~" Just as Sakai hesitated, Keiko-san, who was on the phone, let out a chuckle again.Hearing this, Sakai's breath that had been holding his breath finally relaxed, looked at the phone that had been hung up in his hand, and touched his forehead.In fact, not only the forehead, but also the entire back has long been soaked with sweat.