Chapter 242 What Happened Four Years Ago
In Kiichiro Numabuchi's hallucination, the young man's words and expressions were so real. His brown eyes looked at him with an inorganic and emotionless look, as if he were looking at a corpse.
This young man is Kiichiro Numabuchi's most terrifying nightmare... Every time he appears, Kiichiro Numabuchi falls into deep despair.
Is he... no longer of any value?
No, he still has a life...
Using his life to save Shiho's life seemed like a good deal...
So what is he still hesitating about?
Kiichiro Numabuchi released his hand.
Haibara Ai breathed a sigh of relief. Her wrist was already bruised.
She called out to Kiichiro Numabuchi a few times, but received no response.
Kiichiro Numabuchi just stared ahead with empty eyes.
What was he looking at? What did he see?
Haibara Ai didn't know.
…
Kiichiro Numabuchi saw his mother.
Her mother was crying, big tears flowed from her eyes and wet her sleeves.
She looked at Kiichiro Numabuchi with sad eyes, as if to say: Child, how did you get yourself into this situation again?
Kiichiro Numabuchi opened his mouth but said nothing.
He knew why he hesitated - he was just a little unwilling.
He knew he was a fool. He knew his parents had sent him to the lab. He knew he was terrible and couldn't complete the tasks. He knew he wasn't a good person, and he had killed several people...
Kiichiro Numabuchi just couldn't understand why he always did the wrong thing.
Every time he did something wrong, his situation became worse, and the people around him were also implicated.
In the hallucination, his father's figure appeared beside his mother's. He shook his head at Kiichiro Numabuchi, his eyes filled with disappointment.
The memory he least wanted to recall broke free from its shackles and emerged from the dust.
…
Four years ago.
Numabuchi House, night.
Thirty-two-year-old Kiichiro Numabuchi couldn't sleep and wanted to go out for a walk, but found that the light in his father's study was still on.
It's so late, isn't his father asleep yet? Curious, he walked in that direction and stopped at the door of the study.
Two voices could be heard from the study. One had a young, gentle voice, yet a strong tone. The other was his father's. His father, usually a dignified man, was surprisingly timid and submissive like a lamb when speaking to this man.
"...Sir, the experiment... still needs time..."
"I can't wait." The man said politely, "If you are useless, why should I support you?"
"Please give me some more time, sir... We have made some progress..."
The man laughed.
"Don't try to fool me." After laughing, he said, "If you can't do what I ask, at least be honest."
"……yes."
"I told you last time, your son..."
"My lord, my lord, he is just a fool, worthless..."
"Really? I disagree with you." The man's voice suddenly got closer, causing Kiichiro Numabuchi to squat down subconsciously and curl himself up.
The next moment, the door opened.
Under the glaring light of the study, Kiichiro Numabuchi could clearly see the man's playful gaze and the frightened look of his father standing behind him.
"Look, isn't he very smart?" the man said. "He's even learned to eavesdrop."
His father walked directly in front of him and knelt down in front of the man: "Sir, sir... I will lock him up and never let him escape. Please don't..."
The man shook his head.
"You're just too nervous." His smile was bright, but standing at the edge of light and shadow, it had a horror movie vibe that made Kiichiro Numabuchi's hair stand on end. "I'm not going to do anything to him. You're making me look like a villain. Don't be like that. It's boring."
"It's just a little...operation on his memory."
In Kiichiro Numabuchi's impression, his father, who had the final say at home, now bent his back, crawled on the ground, and thanked the man trembling all over.
…
Kiichiro Numabuchi couldn't help but growl, kneeling on the ground and banging his head hard against the hard stone on the ground.
——It hurts, it hurts so much.
It’s so painful. Why do people have to recall memories that they don’t want to recall?
That memory had been thrown deep into my mind, locked away, and buried. Every time I recalled it, it felt like steel bars were being driven into my brain, stirring violently.
But no, he still had to remember.
Because Shiho wanted to know.
If possible, Kiichiro Numabuchi hopes to create a little value with his humble life before he dies - this time it is no longer to create value for others, but to realize his own wish: to protect Miyano Shiho, just as Miyano Shiho once protected him.
Haibara Ai didn't care about that and hugged his arms to stop him from hurting himself. He regained some of his sanity, knelt down, and grabbed Haibara Ai's shoulders: "I, I remember... Four years ago, I accidentally... overheard the conversation between my parents and that man..."
"Before... I met you, I went through other experiments. My body... changed, and my brain also..."
"No, don't think about it." Huiyuan Ai realized what he was thinking about, and without caring about anything else, she held his hand, "Think about something else... Please... I don't need it..."
I don't need to know the answer!
"That man... is..."
His tongue seemed to be tied, and he wanted to say something but couldn't. Then, as if he could no longer endure the piercing pain, he burst into a loud cry: "Ahhhhhhhhh——"
He pushed Haibara Ai away and ran towards the cliff like crazy.
Seeing this, Zhu Fu Jingguang hurried to Haibara Ai and helped her up.
Judy picked up the fallen kitchen knife and observed the situation with sharp eyes. With her other hand, she was on the phone, as if reporting her location to the police: "It's right on the cliff at the top of the mountain. If you go a little higher, you can see it. Mr. Officer, please send the helicopter over as soon as possible. Your prisoner seems to be mentally ill!"
Dr. Shinde also walked to Haibara Ai and frowned when he saw the bruises on her wrist.
Kiichiro Numabuchi gasped a few times, stood on the edge of the cliff, and stopped shouting.
His voice was hoarse and his eyes were red, but he seemed to have regained his sanity and his expression was no longer as crazy as before.
He stared at Haibara Ai blankly, opened his mouth, with undried tears hanging on his cheeks, and finally he actually forced a faint smile on his face.
This smile was like a farewell, and it gave Haibara Ai a sense of foreboding. As if to confirm her suspicions, Numabuchi Kiichiro slowly inched his way towards the edge of the cliff.
He was already very close to the edge of the cliff, and now he was about to fall down.
"release."
Hearing what Haibara Ai said, Zhu Fushiguri subconsciously let go of his hand. Haibara Ai suddenly ran towards Numabuchi Kiichiro.
Just as Kiichiro Numabuchi closed his eyes and leaned back, Ai Haibara grabbed his hand.
The little girl grabbed Kiichiro Numabuchi's dry hands tightly, trying to pull him back; however, Kiichiro Numabuchi's body had already begun to fall. Not to mention the current Haibara Ai, even the former Miyano Shiho could not pull back Kiichiro Numabuchi, who weighed more than an adult.
His weight pulled Haibara Ai down with her, and the biting wind at the cliff made her close her eyes.
Just as the two were about to fall off the cliff together, at this critical moment, a hand narrowly grabbed Haibara Ai.
That hand covered the hand that Haibara Ai was holding on Kiichiro Numabuchi, helping Haibara Ai to alleviate the gravity of the fall to the greatest extent.
Haibara Ai opened her eyes.
A gentle and handsome face came into her sight.
——It turned out to be Tomoaki Niide.
One of his hands held Huibara Ai firmly, and the other hand was stuck on the edge of the cliff to increase resistance and slow down their descent.
Morobuchi Kagemitsu and Judy, who had reacted, followed suit and grabbed the two. Since Kiichiro Numabuchi's entire body was already hanging on the edge of the cliff, the strength of the few people could barely hold the two and prevent them from falling, but it was still a bit difficult to pull Kiichiro Numabuchi up.
"The Japanese police are so inefficient, aren't they?" Judy couldn't help but complain as she exerted her strength. "It's been so long, and they still haven't found the place?"
For some reason, even though he wasn't being scolded, Zhu Fujingguang subconsciously wanted to retort, "American police respond quickly. Isn't that simply because they've been trained in unsafe environments?"
Judy snorted, "Unsafe? When I was in America, I didn't encounter as many cases as I do now! In Japan, not only are there a lot of cases, but there are also a lot of fugitives. You can even run into one when you're out and about!"
Now Zhu Fu Jingguang was speechless.
Doctor Shinde's hands felt a little sore, and he said helplessly: "Teacher Judy, Mr. Morimoto... Let's first find a way to pull this child and this gentleman up."
Judy gritted her teeth, "I can only hold on for a little longer... There's nothing around. If I let go, they'll all fall! Anyway, why is this thing so heavy? I work out regularly and can carry two bags of rice from the supermarket to my apartment without even getting a breath... This thing weighs nearly as much as a dozen!"
The captured Kiichiro Numabuchi shook his head before he came to his senses.
He saw Huibara Ai's anxious face and blurted out: "Shi--" Then he slammed on the brakes and quickly shut up.
"Let me go!" He didn't dare to struggle hard, for fear that Haibara Ai would be taken down by his strength.
Haibara Ai ignored him and just held his hand firmly.
However, she felt that Dr. Shinde's hand, which was holding hers, was slowly separating her hand from Kiichiro Numabuchi's hand.
Kiichiro Numabuchi also felt Tomoaki Aida's movements, but he didn't struggle. He was a fool, but at this moment, his mind was full of clear logic: they couldn't pull him up anymore, so they wanted Shiho to let go, let him fall, and let Shiho survive.
That's fine.
Shiho can survive, but I...
Being able to die in the place where you were born is also a good ending.
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