Symbiosis 33
"Yes, that's all, Deng...Mrs. Konno." Honda Tsuneichi wiped the sweat from his forehead. In order to hide his strength, he spent more than ten minutes pretending. At this moment, he stood up and spoke to the woman who was holding her belly next to him, "Apply lubricant after a while and take good care of it so that it won't have problems in the future."
"Mr. Honda's cooking is really good," the woman praised with a smile, "and my son is also good at studying. Everyone says he can go to Tokyo in the future."
"No, no, no," Honda Tsuneichi scratched his head, but couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth. He caught a glimpse of the woman's bulging belly with his peripheral vision, and his eyes darkened, but he quickly returned to a silly smile, "Ikki is about to go home," he picked up his toolbox, "I'm leaving first."
"Goodbye. Ah... Speaking of which," Mrs. Konno seemed to suddenly remember something, "If I run into a patrolman, please ask him if anyone has seen my house key? Tell him to stop drinking with his friends..."
"Okay, okay, Mr. Patrolman, do you have any friends?"
"You are so rude, Mr. Honda. I heard he is an old classmate of his. He came all the way from Hakodate this time... Oh, are you walking so fast... Can't Ikki cook for himself? Really," Mrs. Konno shook her head helplessly at the gradually shrinking figure, with a slight melancholy in her tone, "... It's still the same..."
Honda Tsuneichi walked back home quickly. His palms were so slippery that he could hardly hold the handle of the toolbox. Fortunately, he didn't meet anyone along the way, otherwise the other party would definitely be frightened by his pale face. He put the suitcase on the cabinet with a stiff body, squatted down at the entrance of his house, and buried his face deeply in his palms.
The patrolman's old classmate from Hakodate... Honda Tsuneichi's throat rolled, tension churned in his stomach, with an indescribable itch. Is he a classmate from the police academy? Is he really here to visit a friend or is he using the excuse of visiting a friend to investigate a case? Honda Tsuneichi knew very well that he was a lousy robber. The sudden appearance of the corpse disrupted all his plans. Over the years, he recalled in his dreams how many traces he had left at the scene, bloody fingerprints, footprints, witness testimonies, the way of tying knots... Ichinose Saku's career plan made him realize how careless he was.
If it was really... a drop of cold sweat dripped from Honda Tsuneichi's forehead, and a dark water stain appeared on the ground in front of him. Would he be caught and spend the rest of his life in prison? He might even be sentenced to death for something he didn't do, and with Japan's efficiency of execution, he might be counting down the days until the end, breathing in agony of fear.
And...Honda Tsuneichi took a few deep breaths, held on to the cabinet next to him, and slowly stood up with his legs numb from squatting, wondering if he was caught.
What will happen to Ichinose Saku?
He would be labeled the son of a murderer and spend his life in shame under the gossip of strangers.
"I'm back - Dad, what's wrong with you? Huh? Did you go to Aunt Touko's house again... No, it's Mrs. Konno's house now. What a pity. You two seemed to have a good impression of each other before. Well, think positively. Maybe you will have a chance to meet a good woman in the future... Let me pour you a glass of wine! Ah, tomorrow? Oh, I'll just go to school again. Now that you have seen the acceptance letter, we can almost prepare to leave for Tokyo -"
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