novelraw Chapter 77 Willingly Being Deceived
Chapter 77 Willingly Being Deceived
After hearing Kyogoku-do explain everything, I (Tatsumi Sekiguchi) seemed to recall something, and then turned to look at Kyogoku-do and asked:
"So? The word 'mother' is the switch that allows Ryoko to switch personalities?"
"Kyogoku-do, so you were here yesterday?"
Kyogoku-do looked at me and nodded with a smile:
"Under the blessing of my incantation, Ryoko, who was in a daze, first transformed into Kyoko."
"But Kyoko only had a vague understanding of these things, so I brought out the 'mother' persona again."
I remembered what Kyogoku-do said back then!
"I don't want to see you! Get out of my sight! — Mother."
Kyogoku-do used just those two words to awaken the "mother" personality within Ryoko.
Ryoko smiled then.
Because Ryoko couldn't accept the irrational reality in order to maintain her own personality, she didn't kill Makirou, nor did she dispose of the body, nor did she abduct or kill the baby.
Therefore, she couldn't see Mu Lang's corpse!
The fact that Makirou died in the room made the headmaster and his wife of Kuonji Temple afraid to approach it, because discovering the truth would do them no good.
Naito couldn't see the body because he was involved in it, and could only deceive himself into believing he hadn't seen it.
Gengzi thought she had accidentally stabbed her husband to death.
Under such a huge blow, she developed a false pregnancy and brainwashed herself into believing that "she and Mu Lang had a child after having sex."
Only by doing this can I avoid a mental breakdown.
Gengzi's brain was also aware of this, so it helped her conceal the fact that "Mulang is dead," and thus ignored the corpse.
The reason I couldn't see the body was because meeting Ryoko awakened the psychological trauma of my depression. This trauma made me develop a strange affection for Ryoko, and I began to morbidly protect her. This protection made me ignore Makirou lying in the room.
Inside the room, I also mistakenly imagined that Gengzi's belly had burst open, thinking that Gengzi had given birth to Mulang.
Thinking about all this, I realized that things weren't over yet; I had promised Ryoko that I would help her.
I stood up and was about to walk towards the door.
"Don't act rashly!"
Kiba stopped me from rushing out the door:
"Kuonji Ryoko is an important reference point; criminal investigations should be handed over to the police!"
Just as I was at a stalemate with the lumberyard, a colleague from the lumberyard suddenly ran over and told us.
Ryoko is gone.
Furthermore, a newborn baby went missing from the police hospital.
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The rain was unusually heavy today. I followed the police to Kuonji Hospital to search for Ryoko.
As a result, as the people dispersed, I ended up alone in a room that was only six square meters in size.
Inside, I found Mu Lang's love letters, as well as a stone used to smash a baby's skull.
The entire room was filled with cabinets containing various medical instruments, and in the very center of each cabinet were six bottles.
There are six babies floating inside.
Apart from one baby with a frog-like face, the rest were babies whose skulls had been smashed.
Seeing this horrible scene, I ran outside and vomited uncontrollably, but the heavy rain washed it all away. When I came to my senses, I realized that Ryoko was standing right behind me.
"I thought you would save me from the clutches of the evil doctor twelve years ago, but you didn't come!"
I turned my head and saw Ryoko holding a baby, talking about things from twelve years ago.
Clearly, Ryoko at this moment is Kyoko, who has lost her child and enjoys abducting babies.
Just as I was about to speak, I saw Kikuno Kuonji rush out of the rain and hug Ryoko tightly.
"Give the baby back! Give the baby back! Stop doing such terrible things!"
"This child isn't yours, Ryoko! Put the child down!"
Ryoko struggled desperately:
"Shut up! I won't give you the child; you're going to kill it again!"
"I don't care how many children I have, you'll kill them all! I can't take it anymore! Let me go, you monster! You murderer!"
I saw a metallic glint appear on Ryoko's hand.
A flash of white light streaked through the rain.
A metal rod was inserted into Kikuno Kuonji's neck; it was a surgical scalpel.
A hissing sound came from Kikuno Kuonji's throat, and as a large amount of blood gushed out, I heard Kikuno Kuonji say:
"Forgive me, forgive Mom."
Kikuno Kuonji fell towards me, and I, stunned, reached out and hugged her.
I felt Kikuno Kuonji's life gradually fading away, and I heard Ryoko say:
"What a foolish woman. The Kuonji family doesn't need such a foolish woman."
Several police officers arrived, and standing behind them was Kyogoku-do:
"Ryoko, let go of that child! You can't kill him without this stone!"
Kyogoku-do took the stone out of the room and held it high:
"This is the rule of the Kuonji family."
Ryoko held the scalpel against the baby's body:
"I set the rules!"
In an instant, a number of police officers surrounded them, all of them holding guns.
But Ryoko seemed completely fearless. Holding the baby, she made a move that was difficult for a human to make, knocking down a police officer and slashing his face several times!
"Don't shoot! There are children!"
Kiba shouted loudly.
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I followed Ryoko up to the third floor and saw Enokizu blocking her way.
Ryoko held the baby, looking at my face. Her white shirt was soaked by the rain and clung to her body. Her lower body was stained red with blood. She was so beautiful it made me tremble.
This is not of this world; it is—the Guhuoniao.
"Sekiguchi! Standing before you is Ms. Ryoko, a person of this world. Don't be frightened. You just need to take the baby from her arms. Only you can do it here!"
Kyogoku-do shouted loudly at me from downstairs.
I know the reason, because I was the one who delivered the love letter, and Ryoko believed me.
I walked towards Ryoko and said:
"Come, give it to me, Mother."
I've already figured out how to face her, and I've reached out my hands.
Ryoko suddenly showed her previous confused expression and handed the baby to me.
The baby was crying, and Ryoko smiled. I didn't hear what she said to me.
Because the next second, Ryoko jumped into the bottomless abyss.
After Ryoko's death, Kyoko also passed away, along with her sister and mother.
In Kyogoku-do's words, his sister was already on her last legs, but she was just holding on.
The autopsy results for Ryoko came back quickly. The forensic doctor found cerebral edema in Ryoko's brain. In short, Ryoko's skull was almost full of water, and she almost became anencephalic.
I'm not interested in these things; I just want to know what Ryoko said to me in the end.
When she died, was it Kyoko, Ryoko, or her "mother"?
Kyogoku-do seems to have read my mind:
"The last one was Ms. Ryoko. You woke her up, and she thanked you."
"To her, your existence itself is meaningful. Even if the person you met twelve years ago was Kyoko, her eyes and mind will remember you."
"She wanted to seek your help because you were there."
I was very distressed when I heard what Kyogoku-do said, because I was a useless person who couldn't help at all in the end. Thinking about this, I felt like crying.
"Isn't it more painful than death to live each day in fear, waiting for the inevitable end to come?"
"Sekiguchi, no matter what the ending is, you're the one who saved her from hell, which is why she thanked you in the end. Her last words to you were 'thank you.'"
Kyogoku-do laughed after he finished speaking.
But I feel a little sad because I couldn't save her twelve years ago, and now it's the same.
Kyogoku-do seemed to have thought of something and suddenly brought up the Ubume and the Maiden.
The biggest difference between Guhuoniao and Nunu is that Guhuoniao only has females.
The female offspring can be of any gender or age and only appear in the summer. The Ubume takes the child away, while the female offspring gives the child away.
Therefore, whether it's Ryoko, Kyoko, Kikuno, or Makirou, they all eventually became mothers.
In the end, Ms. Ryoko was awakened by you, and her personality reached a consensus, which is why she finally chose to be free, and thus she ultimately became a baby girl.
Hearing Kyogoku-do's words, he smiled with some relief:
"What a wonderful summer for the Guhuoniao."
And so, I slowly returned to my warm daily life, but this was not a farewell between Ryoko and me.
I will return to the warm, cuddly daily life with Ryoko.
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After reading the last page, Uyama Hideomi was deeply moved and his emotions remained unsettled for a long time.
Because the story depicted by Kyosuke Maijo is so captivating!
Although Hideomi Uyama clearly understood that the series of principles that Kyosuke Maijo explained in the story were all meant to confuse the readers, and that the evidence he presented did not have a rigorous scientific basis.
However, due to Maijo Kyosuke's powerful writing and Kyogoku-do's charlatan-like explanations, coupled with the strange flavor mixed in, the whole reading experience only makes one's scalp tingle, and one willingly be deceived by Maijo Kyosuke and Kyogoku-do!
Well said, there's nothing in this world that's unbelievable.
In this world, only things that should exist will exist, and only things that should happen will happen.