white night syndrome

"What about the cell phone?"

Li Dang pondered for a while and looked at the fellow police officers present, as well as Mr. Sun Tzu's wife, Miss Sun Tzu.

"it's here."

Jiang Wenkan's sharp eyes immediately saw the location of the mobile phone. It was in my grandson's room. He immediately took it and handed it to the police officer Li who seemed to have experienced battles in the field.

After a few random fiddles, the electronic lock on the phone screen was easily unlocked. In full view of everyone, Li Min leisurely clicked on some apps on his phone to search for more important clues.

After some searching, Li Ming found in the transfer app that there was a route query to Futamao Station in the recent search records. Futamao Station is located in Ome City, Tokyo. It is out of the bustling area of ​​Tokyo and is two kilometers away. The tram journey takes about an hour.

Since the missing person has been searched here, it must mean that this disappearance case has a significant connection with him.

Li Ming nodded thoughtfully. After other police officers searched, there was nothing strange in my grandson's room, and there was nothing strange about his wife and children. After the preliminary investigation, the two announced their departure.

Mainly because it's time to get off work, normal people's thinking is reflected at this moment, and nothing can stop them from getting off work.

……

On the other side, it is still a peaceful daily life.

Yuan Qingyu's body was not particularly comfortable, but it was not serious. The traces of mosquito bites were quite disturbing.

He suddenly remembered that this morning, he had to go to Baiye Hospital in Ome City, Tokyo for a study tour.

When he arrived at the hospital after a long drive, Yuan Qingyu's mobile phone suddenly received news from the nursing home about the death of Uchihae Ye, the director he knew well, and an invitation to a farewell party. Although he still felt helpless in his heart, he still deliberately let it go. Get into character yourself and handle the invitation.

After processing, Yuan Qingyu walked into the Baiye Hospital in front of him.

This is a not too small two-story hospital, and you can see the logo on the outer wall of the hospital.

Yuan Qingyu noticed notices posted on the door and on the billboard. According to the contents of the notice, he learned that during the three-day holiday starting this Friday, the hospital would be temporarily closed and work would resume next week.

After looking at these maps, I can tell that this is generally a normal hospital.

Glancing at the ward, the patients mostly looked bad, but they were in good spirits. They all had traces of mosquito bites on their bodies.

Are mosquito bites a detail?

Dreams from the past began to torment him again...

There are not many staff in the hospital. It is understood that it is probably because it will be closed for three days. However, it is a pity that when I want to ask these staff further, they appear to be at a loss. They do not know the hospital. It just doesn't make sense why they should go out of business.

I quickly came to the dean's office. There were bookshelves and desks in the room. The hospital's logo was hung on the wall. There was a safe deep in the bookshelf. There were many professional medical magazines and materials on the bookshelf. The desk was very clean. .

Bai Yejing, the director of the hospital, was sitting on one side of the desk, looking at Yuan Qingyu in front of her with gentle eyes and a decent attitude.

"Welcome to Baiye Hospital, Mr. Yuan." Baiye smiled, "As you can see, this hospital is named after my surname, so you can say that this hospital belongs to me."

"Aren't you a public hospital?" Yuan Qingyu raised an eyebrow.

"It is considered private, but since the medical level in Ome City in Tokyo is not very developed, it is officially included in the public ranks for the time being." Bai Ye nodded slightly, "After all, it will be easier to do things with more effort."

"Then can you tell me why you have to close the business for three days? And I just saw the patients in the ward, and they are not in good condition. If you close the business...will it cause harm to the patients?"

"I closed the business for three days due to personal reasons. Is this a reasonable explanation? Mr. Yuan Qingyu, you are here to visit the hospital, so you should not interfere in the hospital's private affairs." Bai Ye chuckled, "Besides, during the process of closing the business We still have nurses taking care of these patients, so you don’t have to worry about that.”

After an exchange that made little progress, Yuan Qingyu silently lowered his head and said goodbye. Although he wanted to investigate in this hospital, at this time there were other staff in the hospital, so it was It is impossible to investigate at will.

But when he left the dean's office, a man passed him by.

Yuan Qingyu didn't care very much, but the information collected so far was too little, so he walked gently to the door of the dean's room, made sure that no one was around, and began to eavesdrop on the conversation.

"Is something wrong? It doesn't seem like a very appropriate behavior to come to me suddenly at this time."

It was the dean's voice.

"I don't have anything to do. I just want to ask you, does it have anything to do with you?" This sentence seemed to be said by the man without any beginning or end.

What on earth were they talking about?
"What are you talking about? How is this possible..."

The sounds inside gradually became lower, and after a while, Yuan Qingyu heard the sound of tables colliding from inside.

Impulsively, he wanted to grab the door and enter, but the staff who was attracted by the sound cast their eyes on him who was staying here. The sharp eyes made the young man unable to continue, so he could only leave temporarily.

At the same time, today's incident also planted a seed of doubt in his heart.

After leaving the hospital, Yuan Qingyu took a look at the time and decided to return to Tokyo for the farewell party.

……

On October [-]th, a normal day, Kurosawa tried to take advantage of his lunch break to ask his friend Fujita to go out this week.

Fujita has been friends with Kurosawa since college, and has maintained a relatively stable relationship...

This is true.

It also exists in reality.

But why is the existence of this friend involved in this white dream?
It feels like more and more secrets are emerging.

Fujita is more serious at work and more rigorous in his work, but he has a good relationship with Kurosawa. He usually takes good care of Kurosawa. He is gentle in dealing with others and has a strong personality, but he cares about what the people around him think.

However, when Kurosawa tried to contact him, it was Fujita's mother who answered the phone.

"Hey... I'm Fujita's mother. I'm sorry, Fujita doesn't know where she is right now... I was just wondering if it would be better to ask you."

According to real-life impressions, the Fujita that Kurosawa knew lived alone.

"Can you tell me the specifics?"

Through a brief exchange, Kurosawa obtained the following information.

Fujita said a few weeks ago that he was not feeling well, but at first he thought it was low blood pressure caused by not sleeping well or skipping breakfast, so he didn't take it to heart.Fujita's mother was worried about her daughter whose symptoms were getting worse. Fujita did take time off at home, but she insisted that she was only feeling unwell due to lack of sleep and being too busy at work some time ago. She was somewhat resistant to seeking medical treatment and would use her identity as a nurse. I came to defend him, but I couldn't convince him for a while.

——But in the past, Fujita would take the initiative to go to the hospital when he was sick in order not to worry his family and also consider his own health.

First of all, this is a doubt.

Secondly, Fujita's condition became more and more serious a few days ago, but fortunately, she said she wanted to see a doctor on her own and was accompanied by a friend, and then left home. However, that night, Fujita did not go home and did not reply to messages.

Until now, there has been no news and no contact.

First of all, the suspicious point in the case is about Fujita’s changes before and after...

After spending a lot of time with the private detective next to him, Kurosawa began to develop the skills that a private detective should have.

Kurosawa pursed his lips and decided to go to Fujita's house soon.

After being received by Fujita's mother, Kurosawa carefully walked into the bedroom. The bedroom was neatly kept, with various books on nursing on the bookshelf. On the desktop, in addition to some simple work notes and daily reading materials, In addition to the novel, there is also a photo frame.

The notes seemed to be just an ordinary work diary. However, it seemed that starting from this month, there were more and more people asking for leave. Not only that, there were also a few patients under Fujita's care who ignored the doctor's orders and insisted on being discharged. She asked her Quite troubled.

The background of the photo frame is a rather backward mountain village. Judging from the shooting time, it has been a few years ago. You can see Fujita's appearance as an adult. It seems that he and Kurosawa were taken in high school before they met. There are several people of similar age next to him. A boy and a girl stand together and have a good relationship.

"This is?"

"This... is a photo taken by Fujita in his hometown. I was working outside at that time, so I was not at home..." The woman looked a little disengaged.

"Can you tell me more details? I think this must be closely related to Fujita's disappearance." Kurosawa keenly sensed something was wrong.

"There was a fire in the village, and almost everyone in the village died, but Fujita was extremely lucky to survive..." The woman hesitated, "I don't know exactly what happened. Fujita only needs to recall the situation at that time. , showed an extremely resistant look, and gradually improved after receiving psychological consultation, but the memory of the few days when the incident occurred was also blurred."

fire...

Lucky to survive...?
Kurosawa didn't believe that Fujita would be so lucky. It wasn't that he didn't want to see his friend doing well, but he felt that there must be something fishy in it.

When leaving Fujita's house, it was already dark at night. Kurosawa took a look at the surrounding environment and decided to go home as soon as possible.

Everyone seems to think that this white dream is just an ordinary white dream, and that they are the only patient in this white dream...

But... would such a thing really happen?

……

Moving forward to a few hours ago, that evening, Li Ming and others were invited to attend the funeral of Utsumi Ye, the owner of the nursing home.

Wearing black clothes, everyone stepped into this small room located in a relatively remote location in Adachi District, Tokyo.

The atmosphere wasn't that overly sad, but it couldn't be said to be lively either.

There were not many people around, and those who appeared here were all familiar faces, people they had met before when they encountered those unspeakable horrific events.

This……

Something is wrong from here on out.

The coffin was parked in the center of the room, and the photo of the deceased placed nearby also had the same calm expression as before, as if he was still watching everything happening in the world.

Nei Haiye had no family members, and her assistant was the one who presided over the funeral. When she saw everyone, her eyes stayed for a while, as if she was thinking about something.

Everyone lined up to offer burning incense to the deceased, and the farewells were gentle and short. Not long after, everyone who attended the farewell party also left, while Utsumi's assistant went to the corner and made a phone call.

The assistant looked more anxious than sad.

When everyone knew it and was about to leave, the assistant hung up the phone and walked towards everyone.

"Although it's sudden, I have something I want to tell you... If you can, please come with me."

The assistant's attitude was very sincere.

But it always feels like something is wrong.

Everyone looked at each other, then looked at each other and nodded, expressing their willingness to leave with her.

"Can you tell me about Miss Utsumi's physical condition?" Li Ming nodded thoughtfully, and he didn't bother to chat with others.

"Ms. Utsumi suddenly became weak half a month ago. Although she was suspected to be sick, she refused to go to the hospital and insisted that she was fine." The assistant sighed, "Originally, I planned to send her to the hospital. , However, on the day when I planned to go to the hospital, I discovered that Ms. Utsumi, who was obviously in good physical condition, had died at home the night before."

"It's really strange." Yuan Qingyu thought thoughtfully.

"That's right... Then can Miss Assistant explain the detailed information? Or, can you tell us who wants to see us?"

In fact, I don’t know why, but since this white dream started to work, the NPCs in the white dream seem to know who the protagonist group is, and they will naturally regard these people as people who help them.

Is this also part of Bai Meng's design?
To put it bluntly, it's quite interesting.

"It's not convenient for me to explain the specific situation, but there is indeed someone who wants to see you...it's Miss Utsumi."

The assistant's voice was so soft that several people did not hear the last half of the sentence clearly.

Just as the assistant was driving towards the destination, Li Ming noticed a figure in front of him, approaching a person walking on the road quickly. He couldn't see clearly the status of the two people, but it was still very dangerous.

Turning her eyes towards the assistant, she found that the woman's expression suddenly changed. She quickly parked the car aside, then jumped out of the car and chased after her.

what happened……?
……

It was already night when he left Fujita's house. On the way home, Kurosawa turned into a dark and remote alley. Although it was a bit dark, it was indeed the road closest to home.

I want to go home early to rest and sleep...

Kurosawa thought so.

(End of this chapter)