man in the mirror

Chapter 9

When the ventilator was first pulled off, I was taken to the interrogation room in a hospital gown.

Watanabe took a video tape and played it, and a strange girl appeared on the TV screen.

"Then, Miss Nakajima, please describe the situation that day."

The girl clenched the water glass uneasily, and said, "It's like this. That night, Xiao Zi asked me to accompany her to the Black Rose Bar to ask that boy out for a talk. Just after I went to the bathroom and came back, Xiao Zi said that the boy I asked her to go talk to the backstreet of the bar, I was going to go with her at the time, but I happened to meet an acquaintance, so I didn't..."

"I'm really sorry, Xiao Zi, I'm responsible for this kind of thing..." The girl couldn't help covering her face and crying when she talked about the emotion.

During the screen switch, another mature woman with a swollen face appeared on the screen.

"That day? I drank too much, and then I saw that handsome young man, so I invited him to dance together. Who knew that he didn't show mercy at all, and caused my old lady to fall to the ground, a shame!!"

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"Kawashita Chiaki, now, do you admit that you killed the victim Hexi Ziman?" Watanabe said in a deep voice.

I said calmly, "I admit it."

"It's true that Tetsuya Kino was killed by you in the bathroom, right?"

"I killed it."

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On the first Sunday when I was arrested and awaiting trial, Watanabe found me again with a solemn expression.

Along with him, there were several doctors in white robes with kind expressions.

"Hello, we are doctors from Qingshan Mental Hospital, and we want to give you a diagnosis."

I smiled sarcastically and walked into the consulting room with them.

"Sergeant Watanabe, the situation is like this. This patient suffers from severe family hereditary schizophrenia. In his world, there are two of him, one is Kawashita Chiaki, and the other is the so-called Jingling. And killing people Everything is done by his second personality." The doctor wearing glasses said to Watanabe after completing the questionnaire.

Watanabe narrowed his eyes in disbelief: "So, the trial will be invalid for him?"

"The best way is to send him to our Qingshan Mental Hospital and imprison him for life."

Watanabe suddenly asked: "How did you hear the news and come here?"

"It's like this. Kawashita Chiaki's mother, Matsuzuki Emiko, has been coming to our hospital for psychological counseling in private. Unfortunately, last month, she had a seizure and killed her new husband, and then committed suicide by taking poison." The doctor sighed.

"That's really unfortunate. In that case, he can only stay in your hospital for the rest of his life."

When the weather is fine, the nurse will push me to bask in the sun in the courtyard behind the mountain. She said that this will help me relieve my condition.

I raised my hand slightly, facing the sun, the palm of my hand was so transparent that I could see the blue and purple blood vessels hidden under the skin.

"Qianqiu-jun's skin is really good!" the nurse praised.

I tentatively said, "Really? Can I have a mirror so I can take a picture?"

The nurse immediately refused as if facing a formidable enemy: "No! The director and Dr. Takahashi have specifically instructed you not to let you touch any mirrors!"

"Really..." I blocked the direct sunlight with my hand in frustration.

"Do you think the sun is too dazzling? Wait, I'll get you an umbrella!" The nurse said warmly and thoughtfully, then trotted into the corridor behind the courtyard to get an umbrella on her high heels.

I saw no one around, so I struggled to slide the wheelchair to the pool in front of me.

Not enough, so you still can't see the wave-flat water surface.

I struggled and fell off the wheelchair, moving towards the edge of the pool little by little.

Finally, in the blue waves, after several months, I saw that familiar gloomy face again.

As he once said, even death cannot separate us.

I couldn't help reaching out to touch that dreamy face. In a trance, I saw his hand sticking out of the water, holding my hand, grabbing me, and not letting go.

I smiled and closed my eyes, let my body slide into the pool, and was gradually overwhelmed by the emerald green water.

In that shade of green, I saw the man in the mirror again, with me, forever.