I'm really unnerved in Tokyo

Chapter 13 Swap Murder

"I, Yamada Kengo, will serve Araki-senpai for the rest of my life. Why don't you stay and participate in the autumn competitions, our Kendo club will support you for the rest of our lives..."

"Enough, whoever brings the sword, knocks this guy out and drags him away."

"And you guys, don't take off while drinking!"

Kengo Yamada, who was completely drunk, kept making noise until the end of the party.

At the time of farewell, Araki Sousuke forcibly sold a lot of talismans to the younger generation with the reason that "the seniors sincerely went to Asakusa Shrine for you to ask for the invincible garrison, but the incense money has to be paid by yourself". .

"What? Why does the talisman paper smell like saliva? It must be the saliva of the god! You said that the guards are equipped with cute little bags? Seniors have sincerely asked for it for you. It's just a cloth bag. You are all adults, won't you deserve one?"

After that, Araki Sousuke and Higashino Kohei squatted in front of the store and smoked.

"Next time... Next time, I will definitely arrange an exciting social relationship for you to see!"

In the distance, the drunken speech of Kengo Yamada, who was dragged away by the crowd, could still be heard.

"Huh... by the way, Sousuke... About your new apartment..."

Higashino Kohei suddenly remembered something and took out his cell phone.

"What's the matter, the apartment is pretty good, although the aisle is a bit dark, the neighbors are noisy at night, and the shower is broken..."

"Not those, I mean this...you take a good look..."

Higashino Kohei slapped the phone screen on the face of the nonchalant Araki Sousuke.

On the screen of the mobile phone, there was a news titled "Zangqian apartment exchange murder case, the number of known victims has risen to 23", which was signed five years ago.

Araki Sousuke took the phone, looked at it briefly, and lit another cigarette indifferently.

"What, isn't it all about old rotten millet?"

According to what was reported in the news, five years ago, the originally normal residents of the Tibetan apartment did not know whether it was a brain twitch or some other reason. What is the "exchanging killing game", the residents who get the note must fulfill their obligation to kill the stranger on the note, otherwise they will...

The police did not connect the initial homicides.

Until the end, the case became bigger and bigger, and more and more victims were involved, and finally the police found out the truth.

At that time, there were very few living residents in the apartment.

"Then look at this again..."

Kohei Higashino opened another hot thread on the 2CH forum, "[Urban Legend] Kuramae Apartment Swap Murder Case".

"...After the [Exchanging Murder] incident, the new residents who moved into the Kuramae apartment often heard strange movements in the empty apartments in the middle of the night, as if someone was living there lively. Later, some residents would People who receive the note "It's your turn" often commit suicide, homicide, accidental death, etc. within a month... It is said that those residents are still living after death. That game. According to netizens’ speculation, after receiving the note, one must kill someone to avoid the wraith’s death.”

"Tsk... Xinghei, when did you start to believe in these things... I also want to thank the boring people who wrote these, allowing me to rent such a good apartment at such a low price... Don't forget, bro staunch atheist..."

Araki Sousuke looked up at the sky, smoking a cigarette nonchalantly.

"You guy, according to my experience in Tokyo for the past few years, I still have to believe these things sometimes..."

Higashino Xinghei was about to say something, but several men in suits stepped forward and interrupted their conversation.

"Hey, isn't this Nuraquan in charge of Kabukicho's 'Hell Dog'? Is this the one next to you who used to be called 'Yokohama Two-headed Dog' with you? How, are you interested? Come with us Have a drink at the clubhouse in Ginza?"

The leader was Kazuo Tento, the person in charge of the Tokyo branch of the three-member group who was sitting diagonally across from the bakery.

"Tsk, Minister Tianteng, we two brothers are chatting about the old days, so I won't bother you."

Higashino Xingping calmly declined the other party's invitation, not even intending to stand up.

Since Sousuke Araki withdrew, the inseparable "two-headed dog" has become a fierce and aggressive "ceremonial dog".

The three-member group and his Nuluoquan had never dealt with each other, and he was also afraid that Araki Zongsuke would be involved because of his own affairs.

"You kid, what's your attitude towards our minister?" Behind Kazuo Amado, several young men immediately stepped forward in dissatisfaction.

"It's okay, I'm just here to say hello. Please tell your brother Zhang to cherish the good days now... because there are not many more."

After leaving these words, Kazuo Tento turned around and took the person away.

"The three-person group seems to be very profitable. Why have you never invited me to Ginza to have a good time?" Araki Sousuke joked.

"The way those guys make money is much more sinister than ours. Speaking of which, you guys are obviously more suitable for this line of work than me. If you don't go to that shitty university, you might be spending your days in Ginza every day now... Back then When you left, everyone said, it's a pity to have such a fierce face." Higashino Kohei punched him on the shoulder in dissatisfaction.

At the beginning, the two left the orphanage after graduating from high school, and together they aspired to become the men who would sit in the "No. [-] position in Kanto".

Later, they went to the Yokohama-based violence group Nuluo Quan "apprenticeship" with its headquarters in Yokohama.

The reason why they went to Nu Luoquan was because the orphanage they grew up in was sponsored by Nu Luoquan for a long time.

As a legally organized violent group, it also needs to bear certain social responsibilities, and it is normal to subsidize orphanages.

Even the convenience store owned by the three-member group will give free sugar to the children around them during holidays, and organize "brothers" to clean the streets.

And the content of the two "apprenticeships" was not as imagined before, wearing a suit and sunglasses to participate in gang negotiations, fighting, etc., but... illegal fishing.

Yes, with the "Revision of Countermeasures for Violent Groups", the "main business" income of various violent groups has been greatly reduced, and they have to expand their financial resources.

One of the most popular izakaya in Yokohama Chinatown is the industry of Nuraquan.

The main reason why the seafood sashimi rice it provides is delicious, cheap, plentiful and profitable is because the source of goods comes from "illegal fishing".

Basically, apart from fighting with people at the pier, the two people known as "Hell's Two-headed Dog" spent most of their time in offshore fishing illegally...

Later, for some reason, Araki, this fellow, actually left him and ran off to take the college entrance examination.

"Hmph, it's rare to live a new life. I don't want to waste my life in some violent group. When I find a formal job, reach the pinnacle of my career, marry a wife who is a teenager than me, and drive a Bentley to travel and get married, I must I'll send you a postcard."

Smoking out the cigarette in his hand in one breath, Sosuke Araki waved his hand without looking back, and walked towards the station alone.

"It's as if you've died before... You're really a willful guy. If I can be as free and easy as you, maybe my hands will be much cleaner."

Looking enviously at Araki Sousuke's back, Higashino Kohei sighed.

As orphans, facing the arrangement of fate, not everyone has the courage to fight like Araki.

After all, there are always a few people who can live freely.

Most people just go with the flow.

(End of this chapter)