Chapter 19

Amemiya Ruisei slept for two or three hours in a daze and woke up at dawn. He yawned, washed up, rubbed his eyes, opened the door, and saw Tsushima Shuji standing at the door. He didn't know how long he had been there.

"Good morning, Shuji-kun?" Amamiya Reizo looked at him in surprise and asked, "Why are you standing here?"

He stretched out his hand to touch Tsushima Shuji's shoulder, but before he even touched it, his fingertips felt the chill emanating from the boy.

Has he been outside for at least half an hour? Amamiya Raisei frowned slightly, glanced at Tsushima Shuji's clothes, quickly turned back to the room and took out a coat to put on the boy: "Why don't you talk? Aren't you cold? How long have you been standing here?"

"…Not cold." Tsushima Shuji tightened his coat. The adult coat was still a little too big for him, and the hem of the coat hung down to his thighs. "I didn't stand here for long. I was just thinking about something and was in a daze."

"You." Amamiya was tired and helpless. "Have you had breakfast?"

"not yet……"

Tsushima Shuji muttered, maybe because he didn't get enough rest or was thinking too much, his words were a little confusing: "I wanted to go to the river early, so I got up a little early, but my husband hasn't gotten up yet, so I waited here. I was thinking about the things in the river and forgot to eat breakfast..."

Amamiya Reizo: “…”

"Don't worry, take care of yourself. Let's go have breakfast first, then buy some things for swimming, and then go to the other side of the river to take a look." He sighed, touched Tsushima Shuji's head, and said, "Let's go."

"Yeah." Tsushima Shuji nodded.

After breakfast, Tsushima Shuji became much more sober. He slapped his face, completely unwilling to recall his state when he faced Amamiya Reishi just now.

The sky was already bright, the residents of the town had already started the morning market, and fishermen were preparing their fishing tools. The town was busy and full of vitality in the morning.

But in the midst of all the harmony, Amamiya Raisei heard some different news.

"Hey, did you hear about that guy..."

"Dead... at home..."

“Is this true or false?”

Amemiya Keisei vaguely heard the content of their conversation, and was stunned. He had a vague premonition in his heart. He and Tsushima Shuji looked at each other and saw the determination in each other's eyes.

The young man's eyes darkened, and he walked over and interrupted the conversation in a natural way: "Well, what are you talking about? Who died?"

Coincidentally, the person that Amamiya Reisheng asked was also at the scene of the jump into the lake yesterday. He thought Amamiya Reisheng looked familiar, so he casually said, "It was that crazy woman... She was found dead at the door of her house early in the morning. The scene was so devastating that it made people vomit their breakfast."

The man shuddered, glanced at the people around him quietly, and approached Amamiya Raisei and said, "You should have heard about it, right? The reason why she was considered a lunatic was because she refused to acknowledge her rescued son for ten years. As a result, not only was she found dead this morning, but an unknown man was also found dead in her room."

"Someone recognized her. The clothes she was wearing were the same ones her son wore yesterday. She also had the key to the house." The person who spoke took a breath. "And the police officer who came to the scene said that she had a fight with the man, stabbed him to death, and tried to crawl out of the house, but she fainted at the door and died of excessive blood loss."

He shook his head and said, "Oh, this is really..."

Perhaps the residents of the town don't believe in super powers, but in this situation, it seems that what Masada Yoshiko said on a daily basis is very likely to be true. Even after persisting for ten years, she finally couldn't help but die together with the other party.

Amamiya Ruisei was a little stunned. He thought that Masada Yoshiko's physical condition was definitely not as good as that of an adult man, but she not only killed the man first, but also had the strength to try to leave home in the end. It was really...

"Can we go and take a look?" asked Amamiya Raisei.

"Yes, yes, I just came back from there. The body has been taken away, but you can't get close. You can only look outside the cordon. There are police there."

"thank you."

After separating from each other, Amamiya Keisei walked towards Masada Yoshiko's house. He didn't say a word along the way. Tsushima Shuji was also very quiet. Even though the boy got up early because he wanted to go to the river earlier, he didn't say anything about not wanting to go there with him.

They soon arrived at Masada Yoshiko's house.

There were not many people watching nearby. There were a few policemen investigating the situation in the house. When Amamiya Keisei walked over, he found that Uncle Tonami was also watching there.

"Uncle? You are here too?" Amamiya Reisheng greeted him.

"It's you," Uncle Toranami expressed his feelings. "I heard that Yoshiko - that's her name, Masada Yoshiko - I heard that something happened to her, so I rushed over to see her immediately, and barely saw her for the last time."

"She has lived in the town for more than 20 years. Who could have imagined that something like this would happen?"

Uncle Tolang sighed, "I just saved her yesterday, and today she is gone. I wonder if everyone could believe what she said and help her stay away from the person pretending to be her son, would she not have ended up like this?"

Amamiya Leisei said softly, "But who would believe a madman?"

But this madwoman was the truly sober person. She spoke out, but no one believed her suffering. She wanted to commit suicide countless times, but was forced to stay in this terrible world. Now she can finally go with her family.

"Yeah, who would believe that?" Uncle Tolang laughed self-deprecatingly, "I have to get busy now, and you guys...don't stay here too long."

After he left, the residents who were watching also left one after another, leaving only a few people with nothing to do here to watch. Amamiya Leisei stood outside the cordon and looked into the house. He could see that the inside was in a mess and even two pieces of glass in the window were broken.

His eyes moved to the bloodstains on the door.

The blackened bloodstains extended from the house to the door of the yard outside. There were obvious dragging marks, as well as palm and finger marks. Amamiya Keisei could imagine how Masada Yoshiko dragged her heavy body out bit by bit with her own hands before she fell into a coma.

"Why does she want to leave home?" Tsushima Shuji suddenly asked.

"Maybe..." Amamiya Leisheng glanced at her, "Maybe for her, this so-called home has long lost all traces of her family. It is a place that imprisons her. Maybe she wants to go to the place where her husband or child died and be with them."

Tsushima Shuji said: "...She is escaping from this cage."

The boy looked up at Amamiya Raisei and asked, "Do you think she succeeded?"

Amamiya Ruisei was not sure, and said hesitantly, "Did it succeed?"

"At least..." Yu Gong Leisheng moved his lips, his voice was very low, "At least she resisted until her death."

"Really?"

Tsushima Shuji looked at the bloodstains again, his eyes gloomy: "I think this is a compromise she made when she was forced into a desperate situation."

The boy seemed unwilling to watch any more, and he tugged at Amamiya Rei's sleeve and said, "Sir, let's go to the river, at least to get the things she gave us."

Amamiya couldn't bear it any longer and closed his eyes: "...Okay."

He took one last look and decided to pay tribute to Masuda Yoshiko after the matter was over, then he left with Tsushima Shuji.

They first bought some simple diving equipment before returning to the river.

The water here is very clear, and the river bottom can be seen during the day. Amamiya Ruisheng stood by the river and looked around, but did not see any obvious boxes, only a pile of messy water plants and some small aquatic animals.

"Shuji, I'll go down. You wait for me upstairs." Amamiya Rei still remembered what the system said, that he had to get the thing. No matter how he thought about it, it was better for the thing to be in his hands than in the hands of a kid like Tsushima Shuji. Let him be the target.

Tsushima Shuji nodded: "Okay."

Amamiya Reio tied the safety rope to the tree, made sure it was secure, and then went into the water.

The water was very cold. Amamiya shivered and took a while for his body to adjust. Then he felt a little warmer and began to swim in the water.

He was afraid of being caught in some undercurrent, so he searched carefully and meticulously, coming up to rest after a while. He even looked through the water plants in the water. But after an hour of busy work and swimming back and forth several times, he even turned out other people's lost cards and necklaces, but he didn't find any boxes.

"There's no box," Amamiya said breathlessly, "Could it be that it's not in the water? Or has it been washed further downstream?"

Tsushima Shuji thought for a moment and said, "How about I go down and take a look?"

"Didn't I see something last night? I don't think it was an illusion." The boy said, "Since so many people are fighting for it, it must be special. Maybe I can find it."

Amamiya Ruisei had no choice but to nod.

Shuji-kun is also the pillar of the world, so I'm afraid he has to take it... Amamiya Ruisheng frowned, but if only Shuji-kun can take it, then how did those people know?

Shuji Tsushima dived into the water and looked around as well, but found nothing. The boy thought for a moment and chose to close his eyes, leaving his vision in darkness.

As expected, the light that he had seen last night appeared again, flashing in front of Tsushima Shuji's eyes, attracting him to that location. The boy kept his eyes closed and swam forward a few times, and his fingers seemed to touch something hard.

He stretched out his hand, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a small box in his hand. The box was a little rusty and heavy. Tsushima Shuji looked at the thing in his hand, his eyes brightened slightly.