Tokyo Mystery Writers

Chapter 71 The Baby with a Frog Face

The deliveryman's knock on the door pulled Hideomi Uyama out of the story of "The Summer of the Ubume".

Kyosuke Maijo was still resting on the tatami mat.

Uyama Hideomi quietly opened the door, paid the bill, placed the Japanese food on the table, and then picked up the manuscript paper in his hand again.

On the one hand, she wasn't very hungry and didn't want to disturb Maijo Kyosuke's rest.

On the other hand, Hideomi Uyama has been completely captivated by the story in "The Summer of the Ubume"!

She was very curious about what had happened at the Kuonji family's house.

Why would a girl get pregnant for twenty months without giving birth?

Will Mu Lang disappear through the locked door?

With these questions in mind, Hideomi Uyama once again entered the story...

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I went to the used bookstore, found Kyogoku-do, and mentioned many new clues about the Kuonji family to him.

They also asked about Enokizu's superpowers.

Kyogoku-do, still wearing a sour face, told me that Enokizu's ability to see other people's memories was not a superpower, but a condition similar to Bonner syndrome.

This condition typically occurs in people like Enokizu who have had corneal damage.

Because everyone's constitution is different, this condition gave Enokizu the ability to reconstruct other people's memories.

After listening to Kyogoku-do's words, I felt like I had been deceived.

However, one has to admit that Enokizu was right.

Because of Kyogoku-do's guidance, I recalled a past event.

When I was young, I did see members of the Kuonji family, but it wasn't the older sister, Kuonji Ryoko, but the younger sister, Kuonji Kyouko. I guess Enokizu mistook her for someone else.

Twelve years ago, when Senior Mu Lang was still in school, he had a great crush on Miss Gengzi.

He can't eat or sleep whenever Miss Gengzi is mentioned.

To express his love, Senior Mu Lang wrote a love letter, but he didn't have the courage to deliver it.

For some reason, he chose me, someone who isn't good with words, to deliver the letter for him.

This memory is too distant and too blurry for me. I don't remember exactly what happened when I delivered the letter to Gengzi.

All I remember is that the girl named Gengzi was completely different from what Senior Mulang had said; she was indeed very beautiful.

But there's an indescribable allure about her, and even for someone like me who's now married, it seems a bit too open.

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The next morning, Atsuko, Enokizu, and I met as planned and arrived at Kuonji Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital.

We were received by the hospital's director and his wife, Mrs. Kikuno Kuonji and Director Yoshichika Kuonji.

Both of them have bad tempers, making communication somewhat difficult.

However, thanks to Ms. Ryoko's mediation, some interesting clues were still uncovered.

Twelve years ago, Makirou came to Kuonji Hospital, hoping to get the director's approval for him to marry Ms. Kyoko.

However, the dean's eldest daughter, Ryoko, was in poor health and unable to have children. In order to continue the Kuonji family line, they could only rely on the second daughter, Kyoko, to find a husband.

Therefore, anyone who can marry a genie must obtain a medical license and become his son-in-law.

Mu Lang understood the dean's meaning, so he went abroad to study and eventually proved himself with his abilities, successfully marrying Gengzi.

But not long after they got married, Gengzi and Mulang often found themselves arguing for no apparent reason.

Naito, the intern doctor who lives across from the couple in their room, even claims that Makirou secretly conducted evil experiments on artificial humans after their marriage.

I naturally don't believe in such things.

So Enokizu, Atsuko, and I, led by Ms. Ryoko, arrived at the room where Makirou and Kyoko were staying.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Enoki entered the room, he said with a look of horror that he saw "a baby with a frog face" and a scene of Maki bleeding!

Upon hearing the words "frog-faced baby," Ms. Ryoko's legs went weak, and she nearly fainted.

Enokizu stared at Ryoko for a long time, still muttering nonsensical things like "She really is a frog."

Out of curiosity, I wanted Enokizu to tell me what he had seen here.

But Enokizu told me that there are some things in this world that are better left unseen, especially for someone like me.

I deeply despise Enokizu's riddle-solving behavior!

But there was absolutely nothing they could do about this guy.

After Ms. Ryoko recovered from her panic...

Enokizu and I followed Ryoko to the room where Makirou had disappeared.

According to Ms. Ryoko, after Makirou went missing, his grieving sister lived there.

As the door opened, I first smelled a foul stench coming from inside the room, and then I saw a small mountain covered with a bed sheet, and the face of a woman who looked extremely haggard and had empty eyes.

Just as I was about to step into the room, Enokizu reached out and grabbed my arm, whispering to me with an extremely displeased expression:

"Checkpoint, look at that!"

Enokizu usually calls me Sekiguchi or Monkey, and almost never uses a serious tone to address me as Sekiguchi. His attitude makes me a little suspicious.

However, I didn't find anything strange about the room.

There were only Ms. Ryoko and Ms. Keiko lying on the bed with a blank expression in the room.

Just as I was about to ask further, I saw Enokizu suddenly close the door with a tense expression, and then say to me with a look of horror:

"Xiao Guan, you must have seen it too, right? That kind of thing is really uncomfortable!"

"I simply can't bring myself to watch that kind of stuff!"

I was puzzled by Enokizu's strange behavior, and I felt that Enokizu was being extremely rude!

Miss Gengzi was pregnant for twenty months but couldn't give birth, so isn't it normal for her to be a bit disheveled?

Knowing full well about Ms. Gengzi's condition, why is she suddenly saying she's not feeling well now?

What kind of detective are you?

Enokizu's expression turned extremely surprised upon hearing my words:

"Who told you about the pregnant woman? You must have seen it, right? I don't believe you didn't see it; there's no way you could have."

I was furious at Enokizu's words and said bluntly:

"Unfortunately, I really didn't see anything. I'm just an ordinary person, unlike you, Enokizu-kun, who can see things that ordinary people can't!"

Enokizu must have seen something special that I couldn't see. Seeing my puzzled look, Enokizu repeatedly asked me if I hadn't seen anything at all.

I felt inexplicably angry at Enokizu's words and immediately shouted:

"What? Did you see the frog-faced baby again! Honestly, it keeps spouting nonsense that no one can understand!"

"I misjudged you. I originally thought you were at least a decent detective!"

When Enokizu heard me say that, his expression became very puzzled:

"Sekiguchi, are you really alright?"

"The affairs of the Kuonji family are completely beyond our control!"

"The only thing we can do now is call the police!"

I don't know why I was so angry with Enokizu; maybe it was because I was so disappointed, so I shouted:

"Brother Enokizu, I no longer have any expectations of you. I will solve the mystery of this incident!"

Enokizu looked at me blankly, and after a long while, she said weakly:

"Sekiguchi, are you really normal? I don't know what you're trying to do."

"But in my opinion, this whole family is crazy, and judging from the current situation, I'm afraid you're crazy too!"

Having already suffered from depression, I became instantly agitated upon hearing Enokizu's words:

"I'm not crazy, you're the crazy one!"

"What do you mean by 'frog-faced baby'? How could something like that exist?"

I swore at Enokizu incoherently, but instead of angering him, I made him take two steps back in fear.

"Sekiguchi, I have a piece of advice for you: go find Kiba. Only the police can handle this kind of thing."

I ignored Enokizu's words and just yelled at her that I wasn't crazy.

This brought a look of sadness to Enokizu's eyes, and she silently left the room.

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Looking at the manuscript paper in his hand, which was already more than half full, Uyama Hideomi felt a chill run down his spine!

Because of the super long mystery novel by Maijo Kyosuke, titled "Summer of the Ubume", my understanding of mystery novels was completely overturned!

Because this book not only contains ghosts and monsters such as the Guhuoniao or frog-faced babies, but also very bizarre cases and detectives with superpowers!

Each of these elements, taken individually, is a completely new concept that has never been seen before in the history of mystery fiction!

It truly lives up to its reputation as a mystery novel that no one has ever seen, heard, or written before!

So, what is the relationship between the Ubume, the baby with the frog face, and the Kuonji family?

Why was Enokizu so terrified? What did he see in the room?

In such a terrifying atmosphere, could there really be ghosts or monsters in the story?

Uyama Hideomi didn't know how to describe this eerie atmosphere.

I just hope I can speed up my reading and find the answer in the book before Maijo Kyosuke wakes up...