Ghosts of the Mountains of Tayton

I couldn't calm down after reading it for a long time, so I recovered and said to Mr. Dazai next to me: "So, Mr. Fuji has a mental illness, and this tragedy happened?"

"Exactly." Dazai-san hummed.

"Why does Mr. Fuji have mental illness?" I asked again, but it seemed to be asking myself.

But Mr. Dazai still answered me: "Didn't he fail in his subsequent business and investment? At that time, there was a lot of waste, and Fujisaburo did not have the talent for investment and financial management, so his family wealth was also scattered. How can you ask for a pass?" People who are used to living a comfortable life turn their heads to live a miserable life of poverty? This kind of mental pressure must accumulate over time.”

I see.It is precisely because the more you have, the more reluctant to let go.

I was thinking wildly, and suddenly a thought flashed through me.

So for Mr. Dazai who is obsessed with committing suicide, is there any obsession that will allow him to continue to stay?

Wait a minute, I should be more concerned with the case now.I bring my attention back to the present moment.We were standing outside the house surveying the footprints, and

The police had indeed discovered these footprints a long time ago, and preliminarily judged that these footprints were the footprints of Izumo going to the hot spring, but the victim did not wear shoes in the hot spring.

I called Ms. Garden, who was familiar with Ms. Izumo, and the shoe size matched, but she couldn't remember what shoes Ms. Izumo was wearing.

Mr. Dazai strode over, pointed at the footprints under the window: "Is it suspicious?"

Officer Qupu nodded: "It's indeed suspicious."

I feel like my brain is really rusted: "What's suspicious?"

"Hey Atsushi-kun, can you stop waiting for me to announce the answer every time? Think about it for yourself." Mr. Dazai looked at me expectantly.

I also reacted: "Ah, that's it! There are no footprints anywhere else! Only here are footprints!"

"As expected of Tun-kun, you can get through at once." Mr. Dazai said with a smile, "It hasn't rained on the mountain these days, and the ground is not very wet. You can see that the footprints in the swamp are very deep. Miss Izumo must have accidentally stepped on it." I arrived, but here is under the window ten meters away from the path, there is no shelter, and the ground is hard, even if you jump from the second floor, it is impossible to touch the ground with both feet, let alone step on such footprints."

"I see." I suddenly felt that Mr. Dazai was really analyzing like a detective, but I was still a bit stupid as his assistant.

"Then these footprints must have been deliberately made by someone," Police Officer Jipu said, "It is used to mislead our sight and make us think that Ms. Izumo really left here."

"So where did Miss Izumo come from?" I asked.

"The first floor." Mr. Dazai said, "Officer Koura, can you give me the information of the people who live on the first floor?"

Officer Qupu nodded solemnly: "No problem."

"But why?" I wondered again, "Why did she not hesitate to go out the window to reach the hot spring late at night?"

"Someone must have made an appointment to meet her, but she didn't expect to be murdered." Mr. Dazai smiled slightly, "Don't you think that open-air hot spring looks very good?"

"Well, that's right." I think every sentence Mr. Dazai said is very reasonable, "If you murder there, firstly, it will not be easy to be discovered, and secondly, it will be easier to succeed."

"So it's a good idea to die for love there!" Mr. Dazai clapped his hands and said.

"..."

At this time, the police officer Jiura handed over the information of the people living on the first floor to Mr. Dazai, and I followed suit to look at it. There were Mr. Sakaide, Mr. and Mrs. Kisaki, Ms. Axiang, and other photographers also lived on the first floor. .

Mr. Furukawa lives on the second floor, and it seems that the suspicion has been cleared.

"Mr. Sakaide's malice towards Ms. Izumo is really obvious." Mr. Dazai said with a smile, "So that's because he was Izumo's assistant before, but he left because of conflicts."

"Well, isn't Ms. Axiang the biological daughter of the Kisaki couple? It turns out that's the case. Izumo also came out of the same orphanage, and the two of them have a good relationship. Atsushi, your experience is surprisingly similar. But Ms. Izumo seems to have got a lot of money, and now she is very popular." Mr. Dazai handed me a piece of paper, "Look at this map, but I guess you are familiar with the structure of the house. You Let's see who is more suspicious?"

"Ah?" I was stunned for a moment, and quickly declined, "I can't see it."

Mr. Dazai showed a mischievous smile: "Now the clues have fully emerged, but a little reasoning verification is still needed. The prisoner should not stop here, you can guess."

"Will you stop here?" I was stunned again, "Why?"

"Dun Jun, do you know what is the scariest situation in the world of information exchange?"

"Eh? What is it?"

"It's information blackmail and extortion. If a person has a secret that you don't want to be disclosed, then the effectiveness of the promise between you and him will never be proportional. He can use this piece of information to constantly threaten you." Mr. Dazai said slowly. Huan said, "Then hold your freedom tightly in your hands and keep selling it."

I was stunned.

"So at this time, when the person caught by the little tail discovers this endless loop, he wants to kill people to silence him."

I thought of Izumo being called out late at night: "You mean, the murderer called Miss Izumo out because she discovered his secret?"

"Then Dunjun might as well think about it, what is the bargaining chip in exchange?"

I thought hard: "Money? Fame? Ah! I see, it's the heroine!" As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I was startled and my face turned pale.

"Could it be that the murderer is..."

"Dun-kun, don't make up your mind, you can put on a good show tonight." Mr. Dazai said leisurely, with a strange gleam in his slightly fascinated eyes, "Mr. Kisaki seems to know nothing about it, But tonight we have to keep an eye on his house, the murderer will definitely show up tonight."

At night, the moonlight still shines in every corner, but after going through the past few days, I feel more and more that the moonlight is strange.

It's like the legend of murder under the full moon.

I curled up nervously in the shadows. I only felt nervous when I was the only one around, and my palms were covered with sweat.

Mr. Dazai also split up with me, and he stared into the room while I stared out of the room.

I feel more and more uneasy.Can I really be alone?What if the murderer is let go?

Just thinking wildly like this, I hardly noticed a figure appeared under the moonlight, walking quietly like a ghost.

I looked carefully, that person was standing outside the window, leaving a back against the moonlight, but I felt that person was crying.

Is this man a murderer?Will the murderer come tonight?Mr. Dazai asked me to act according to his instructions, should I continue to wait now?

In the end, I still held my breath and watched the man slowly drifting past the window.

Refracted by the moonlight, I seem to see his hair, which is very long, soft and smooth.Is it a woman?

I couldn't help feeling like a dream.The ghost wandering in the house was finally released under the moonlight, and Zhizi wept silently in pain, wanting to find salvation.

The more I thought about it, the more scared I became.I'm really afraid of things like ghosts. Is this the first time I've seen a ghost in this life?

Mr. Dazai must be observing somewhere at this moment, and I feel a lot more at ease when I think of this.