Twelve years ago.
After finishing his music concert, Keiji Aso did not leave as usual. Instead, he took out a tuning wrench from his handbag. He felt that one of the notes of the piano he was playing was not very accurate.
Just as he squatted down to move the small wooden board under the piano, he found that it was blocked tightly by a package. This made Keiji Aso very puzzled. Could it be that someone disliked him and deliberately played a prank on him?
But after taking out the stuffing inside the piano, his face gradually became ugly.
Even though Keiji Aso had never come into contact with this kind of thing before, he had read a lot of popular science related to it. He was sure that this bag of white crystalline powder weighing one or two kilograms was not the flour used to make noodles and bread.
This should be heroin. If you sniff it close to your nose, you can smell a faint sour smell.
Why did heroin appear in my piano?
Keiji Aso frowned and remained silent for a long time. He opened the bag without any expression, took out a little bit of it, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and then stuffed the bag of heroin back to its original place.
He quietly hid at the back door, wanting to see who was doing this.
Perhaps because the previous transactions had been so successful, a dark figure entered the studio through the main entrance just after nightfall. Aso Keiji, hiding at the back door, stood on tiptoe and, using the light from the person's flashlight, confirmed that the person he saw was not someone he knew. So, who could this person be?
He bravely followed the man who took the heroin, and after several turns, he found that he had met with Hirata Kazuaki, the secretary of the village chief Kameyama Isamu.
Hirata Kazuaki, who always gave the impression of being honest and simple, smiled greedily. He reached out to take the sports bag the man handed him, and even opened the zipper to check the money inside.
"Isn't the goods this time purer than last time? I specially picked out some good ones."
"It's indeed better than last time. From now on, the quality will be similar to this time. Of course, I want better ones too." The man padded the heroin in his hand and chatted with Hirata Kazuaki.
Keiji Aso never imagined that Hirata Kazuaki would use his music concert to conduct such a shady drug deal. He also never imagined that Hirata was such a person. And most importantly - how did Hirata, who rarely left Tsukikage Island, get the drugs?
Soon, a terrible thought flashed through my mind.
Fifteen years ago, village chief Kameyama Isamu abolished the Shimago Pier, and his childhood friend Kuroiwa Tatsuji also became wealthy after the policy was announced. What about Kawashima and Nishimoto, who also became wealthy? Could they be related to this incident?
Keiji Aso didn't dare to think about it anymore. He quickened his pace and returned home. Under the surprised gaze of his wife Aso Aimi, he did not choose to wash his hands and eat, but went straight into the piano room on the first floor.
"What's wrong with Dad?" Young Kotone Aso asked curiously, lifting her little feet in confusion.
Aso Ai smiled and picked up the napkin to wipe the soup from the corner of her daughter's mouth, saying gently:
"Maybe he suddenly had an inspiration? Qinyin, just eat your meal first."
"Yeah, okay!"
Keiji Aso went into the study and took out the paper he usually used to write music. He quickly wrote down the evidence he had found. Worried that he would be retaliated against by drug dealers if he called the police, he decided to leave Yueying Island with his wife and daughter overnight.
The handkerchief wrapped with a small amount of heroin was stuffed into a plastic bag, along with evidence of Hirata and Akira's crimes. He didn't mention other people because he believed that once they arrived in Tokyo, the drug control officers would take this matter seriously and conduct an in-depth investigation into the drug-related cases on Tsukikage Island.
He stuffed the plastic bag into his suit pocket and hurried. Seeing his wife and daughter still watching TV in the living room, he said in a serious tone:
"Honey, go pack some clothes. We're going back to Tokyo tonight."
"Huh? Why so sudden?" Aso Aimi put down the apple in her hand, turned her head and asked in confusion.
"The hospital just called and said that Chengshi missed us, so I want to go to the hospital to accompany him as much as possible before the next concert." Keiji Aso did not tell the truth and made up a lie.
Although Aso Ai was still a little confused, she went upstairs to pack her luggage for the trip back to Tokyo. As for the innocent Aso Kotone, upon hearing that she was going back to Tokyo, she raised her hands happily. She could see her brother again!
After packing his luggage, Keiji Aso hurried to Yueying Pier with his wife and daughter, where there was a sea fishing boat he had purchased. Since he had passed the driving test, he could naturally drive the boat away as usual.
It was just like God was playing a joke on him. At this time, everyone would gather in the open space in front of the community center to enjoy the fireworks display, but unexpectedly, a few uninvited guests came to Yueying Pier, which was supposed to be deserted.
The fireworks were accompanied by gunshots.
Keiji Aso, who witnessed all this up close, hurriedly pulled his wife and daughter to hide aside, but the other party was very vigilant and their eyes met when they turned around.
Vermouth, whose appearance had changed but not her hair color, lifted her long, beautiful hair, not caring at all that her hands were stained with the traitor's blood. Squinting her narrow eyes, she asked Ushiyama Eiji, who was trembling as he stepped forward to dispose of the corpse:
"Didn't you say no one would come here tonight?"
"Yes, I'm sorry, I thought everyone went to the community center to watch the fireworks." Niu Shan Yonger's voice trembled. He was afraid that if the foreign woman in front of him was unhappy, the fireworks would be extinguished along with him.
"What a pity, there is such a young child." A trace of pity flashed in Vermouth's eyes, but even if she didn't want to attack the child, reality drove her... and she pulled the trigger mercilessly.
Several gunshots rang out in succession, like fireworks rising into the night sky, and then disappeared in an instant.
Human life is the same, fragile and fleeting.
Keiji Aso didn't even have time to beg for mercy. He just squatted down and covered Aso Kotone's eyes tightly. Perhaps until her death, Aso Kotone never knew who killed her.
She asked her father in a childish voice why he covered her eyes, but instead of an answer, she felt excruciating pain. The bullet lodged in her neck, and she instinctively reached for the wound, but before she could react, she collapsed to the ground.
Vermouth walked up to the family of three she had killed, squatted down and checked their bodies, and found something hidden in the inner pocket of the man's suit.
She took out the letter and the tightly wrapped handkerchief from the plastic bag. After seeing the contents, a smile appeared in her eyes. It seemed that this person was quite considerate, which made her quickly think of how to fake a suicide scene.
"Niu Shan, throw that guy's body directly into the sea, and these three will drag it away."
"yes."
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