Tokyo Sound

Yes, sound.

Like a mosquito humming.

A sound that will disappear if you don't pay attention.

"Ze... "

Except for the sound.

Also, the sound of the wind.

Yin Ze suddenly smelled the non-existent fresh air, cool like mint.

With a crash, something poured down into his heart, as if it was flowing out from the top of a fir tree.

It was a fire, a fire hotter than the song.

He heard the crisp sound of wind chimes, and his mind was filled with countless bubbles, each of which contained a flashing scene. He felt his body being pierced and then filled.

At this time, someone squatted down and gave a pull.

The bubble suddenly broke like glass

The heart is beating, there is a tide of blood

Yin Ze suddenly opened his eyes, and his gray pupils turned red, as if blood was about to drip.

First, there was chaos and out of control, then the silent and weak heartbeats began to beat in order again, like the sound of ancient bells and drums, burning and continuous. The boiling blood flowed at high speed like fuel, and his body surface also turned blood red, and the sweat and blood drops from the ruptured blood vessels were quickly evaporated.

The false cold is dispelled and body temperature exceeds the limits of reality.

The veins on Yin Ze's forehead bulged and he stood up again.

The sound of dense bubbles bursting echoed in my ears like a hallucination.

My mind was burning with pain.

Yin Ze was not sure whether this was overclocking, because if he used the overclocking quota he set himself.

So now it should be - 4532.647%!

But the numbers no longer mean anything.

Just fainted for a few seconds.

The metal door creaked as it turned, and a crack was forced open. The sunlight cut through the darkness filled with death and poison like a sword.

Yin Ze kicked it directly, and the bones of his calves made a mournful sound. The door was kicked open, and several parts at the joints flew off.

Black smoke has a release port

The light came in an instant, skylight and air poured in, and at that moment the sky was as dazzling as heaven.

……

At 10:35 local time, the Kyoto Fire Department received numerous calls for help, saying a fire had broken out in Fushimi District, Kyoto. The police and the hospital also received the news. The three parties rushed to the scene, and at 11: local time, multiple fire trucks were dispatched to the scene.

The Kyoto Prefectural Police arrested the incapacitated arsonist at the scene. After being burned and injured by sharp objects, the criminal, who had been mad and sick not long ago, was now exhausted and had only a few breaths left. After preliminary injury assessment and questioning, the criminal was directly transferred to the hospital for control and then awaiting criminal prosecution.

There were also some injured victims at the scene, but they did not suffer serious injuries because they escaped in time.

While the fire brigade was carrying out disaster relief work, news was also being released.

The Kyoto Animation arson case quickly became known to all sectors of society, attracting a lot of attention, and countless people left messages and prayers online.

This is undoubtedly huge bad news for the animation industry.

At around 11:20 local time, according to Kyodo News, although many people were safely evacuated before the fire spread, some people were still trapped. NHK added that the fire was fierce, but no deaths had been found.

At around 11:24 local time, according to the Daily News, according to eyewitnesses at the scene, the criminals poured a liquid like kerosene at the main entrance. After hearing the noise and seeing the smoke and flames, the surrounding residents realized something was wrong and immediately reported it to the police.

A few minutes later, NHK added a report in which a staff member briefly described what happened. Because of an event that day, the door control was not activated, and the prisoner entered the first floor lobby with a bucket and poured liquid. The staff who realized something was wrong did not have time to stop him. After the prisoner lit the fire, he blocked the entrance and exit with a sharp weapon.

Perhaps in order to confirm the information, the second half of this report was sent out a little later. The person who subdued the criminal was Takizawa Satoru, who then entered the fire scene to rescue people and assisted the staff on the second floor to escape, but did not come out afterwards. Including him, about 20 people are still missing.

Ordinary citizens are not usually identified by their full names in the news.

But public figures are different.

Kenzo Natsume was stunned when he saw the latest news. He paused for a few seconds, then called someone. After no one answered the call three times in a row, he was silent for a while, and then called Onishi Kawase.

After settling down and thinking about a new career, Kashiwai Ippei, who was browsing a recruitment website, saw the message that Kyoka had just sent, and his hand holding the mouse froze.

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu was working on the set, recording the sound. But Nagasaki Yukinu, the sound director of the show, suddenly interrupted the normal dubbing and asked Matsuoka to go to the rest area outside the recording room. Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, who was feeling strange, turned pale when he heard the news from the solemn old man.

The usually quiet office suddenly became a little noisy. Hikasa Yoko grabbed Sakura Ayane who was helping to organize documents today. The latter thought she had misheard, and after a brief hesitation, she ran out.

Shimazaki Nobunaga and Ohnishi Saori were on another set together. They had just finished recording a part and it was time for a break. They usually loved bickering in the group and they would quarrel when they met at work, but now the air between the two was dead silent.

Risa Taneda was more certain than anyone that it was him, because Kyoto Animation and he had a deep connection. She wanted to do something so badly that she went out and hailed a taxi. Now she just wanted to be closer to him.

Hidaka Rina looked at the dozens of missed calls on the screen, her hands shaking as she held the phone - how could you not keep the third promise? How could you be a liar?

Uchida Maaya had just finished her morning activities and returned to the rest room when she saw several hot news pop up on her phone lock screen. She read them over and over again and tried to stand up from her chair, but found that she had no strength at all.

Asamiya Kazuki, who worked on the street, was stunned. She told herself not to panic. But there was no one to discuss things with for the time being. At this time, she received a call from Qinghua. She calmed down before answering the call. She couldn't be impatient, nor could she spread this emotion to others. She had to think about what she could do.

There were many more people whose hearts skipped a beat at the same moment. One name was enough to make their hearts jump to their throats.

……

11:2 local time.

The disaster relief site was filled with command voices, the police were responsible for maintaining order, ambulance sirens were honking, doctors were running around, and firefighters were setting up equipment to carry out firefighting and rescue operations.

The firefighter standing on the ladder had a higher field of vision, and he suddenly heard the sound of something breaking. The captain thought there was a secondary change in the fire scene, and then he saw a thick smoke suddenly burst out from the rooftop, and a large silhouette emerged from the smoke.

——It was a man, he was hunched over, using his left and right shoulders as fulcrum, half carrying and half supporting the other two people. He was almost crushed, but still struggled to walk out, towards the angle where the thick smoke was blown away.

The captain quickly mobilized the ladder. To be honest, this building is not very tall, with only three floors and a simple structure, but the windows are narrow and the ventilation is insufficient. There is no additional escape route, no effective partitions, and the rated area of ​​the fire partition is insufficient. In addition, this was a man-made attack, and the fire reached a flashover state at the beginning, leaving almost no time for people to escape.

Come out if you can. If you don’t come out in time, it will be difficult to survive in the high temperature and thick smoke until rescue.

Fire scene search and rescue is not like shopping in a mall.

Time, time, and time.

Multiple ladders were rising rapidly.

Yin Ze, whose mind was in a daze, suddenly felt his body lighten. He barely raised his eyes and watched the firefighters climb up the ladder and quickly go up the stairs to rescue people.

"……ha."

The total amount of happiness accumulated by these people will not change at all. The beautiful memories built with sweat and ideals cannot be destroyed no matter how violent the violence is.

Yin Ze exhaled, took a deep breath, then leaned against the railing of the rooftop and fell to the ground sideways.

Closed his eyes.

This time I really didn't hear any sound.

At 15:23 local time, the fire in the building was completely suppressed. After searching the scene and confirming with relevant people, all personnel were contacted.

The staff on the first and second floors were basically conscious, and most of them suffered minor injuries.

The staff on the third floor who were seriously injured were rushed to the hospital after receiving rescue at 11 o'clock, and they all woke up one after another afterwards.

Kyoto Animation arson case.

Seventy-one animators, no one died.

Ending

At 7:18 on December 10.

A sudden explosion and fire occurred in the Kyoto Animation Studio in Japan. The accident caused the Kyoto Animation First Studio to be completely burned down from the 1st to the 3rd floors.

The news of this social event spread quickly, and TV stations urgently interrupted the broadcast. Since Kyoto Animation has produced many excellent works, anime fans not only in Japan but also overseas and around the world are very worried and eager to get updated information.

Many volunteers spontaneously went to the scene, hoping to do their part.

Major media outlets followed the case.

Experts familiar with building disaster prevention took the disaster seriously. After understanding the structure of the studio building, they believed that this premeditated attack was extremely dangerous and deadly. Gasoline is highly volatile and can cause a large fire in a short time. With the help of the rising air currents of the burning, thick smoke will cover the entire building in a short time.

In fact, even if the fire truck arrived at the scene at around 11 o'clock, the firefighters could not enter the building immediately to search and rescue. Although the small building only has three floors, it took several hours to completely suppress the fire, and there was still a long time to completely extinguish it.

When NHK reported that the whereabouts of 20 people were still unknown, countless people were worried. The number of messages on the Internet increased sharply, and everyone could only pray for peace from afar.

The sentence in the article, "Takizawa Satoru subdued the criminal, entered the fire scene to rescue people, assisted the people on the second floor to escape, but did not come out," also made many people feel cold.

The last time this name was discussed was during the awards season at the beginning of the year, but a few months later it was associated with despair.

In the silence, some good news began to come, but no one dared to believe it until the official announcement was made that all members had been contacted and were being sent to the hospital for treatment. Only then did everyone feel relieved.

The staff on the first and second floors were evacuated in time and only suffered minor injuries, most of whom fell when they jumped out of the window, but they were not seriously injured. The staff on the third floor were more seriously injured, but they all woke up and recovered, and after resting, their conditions are stable.

The family members saw their husbands, wives, children, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters in the hospital. Everyone was intact and everyone was able to smile and cry.

The president of Kyoto Animation, the gray-haired Hideo Hatta, was interviewed by reporters and said that he had never thought that such a thing would happen. Although the studio was burned down and the loss was not small, as long as the most precious people were not gone, everything would be fine. He would be responsible for the recovery of every employee afterwards.

The event has initially landed.

Donations were raised by various parties, and goodwill was also raised from other parts of the world, hoping to help Kyoto Animation overcome difficulties and regain its momentum. The animation industry also took it very seriously and increased its vigilance and precautions. In short, such a thing must never happen again.

After calming down, everyone began to reconstruct what happened in the fire.

According to the firefighters at the scene, they were able to find out the whereabouts of the staff on the third floor and provide emergency treatment and transportation, all thanks to the courage and hard work of one person. That person opened the door to the rooftop, passed on accurate information, and bought precious time.

That person is Takizawa Satoru.

but.

He hasn't woken up yet.

……

The next day at 20:24.

The straight-line distance between Tokyo and Kyoto is about 370 kilometers. Taking the Tokaido Shinkansen's Nozomi is probably the fastest way to get there, but it still takes about 2 hours and 20 minutes.

The first studio where the fire broke out is located near JR Rokujizo Station in Kyoto City. The people affected were sent to nearby hospitals to ensure priority treatment and then transferred to other hospitals based on the actual situation.

After hearing the news, Onishi Kawase left the school immediately. Natsume Kenzo, who was concerned about the scene and the elderly, also left soon after. The two arrived only a few dozen minutes apart.

They soon saw the young man who was unconscious and covered in dust and ashes - he had superficial second-degree burns on his shoulders and hands, a broken right foot, and some bruises and muscle tears. The most serious inhalation injury was minor, which was unexpected.

Entering a fire of that magnitude to rescue people, "surprisingly" only cost "this much".

It is hard to imagine that, in the fire scene, one can remain calm and overcome the adverse physiological reactions of coughing and breathing, and avoid almost all avoidable direct injuries in the darkness and chaos.

The doctors all sighed that this man's on-the-spot judgment and psychological quality were extraordinary and he was incredibly calm.

After receiving the reply that there was no danger to his life, Onishikawasuke felt relieved and stayed there for a day and a night.

Kyoto University School of Medicine Hospital.

The smell of disinfectant makes people feel heavy instinctively.

The patient in the drab striped uniform had a hunched figure next to him and was coughing faintly.

Natsume Kenzo walked quietly into the ward, holding a thermos and a cup of instant medicine in his hands.

"I used to write books by candlelight and stay up late at night, and I wouldn't feel sleepy until dawn. Now my nose starts to run when a breeze blows. It's so annoying." Onishi Kawase took the powder and drank it, then poured another cup of hot water and waited for it to change temperature.

"How old were you then, and how old are you now?" Natsume Kenzo sighed.

On the bed was a young man connected to an oxygen machine and medical equipment, thin and silent. The vital signs on the screen were calm, not that bad, but not particularly good either.

"What happened next?" asked Onishikawasuke.

"The most difficult time is over," said Kenzo Natsume.

"Where is the arsonist?" Onishi Kawashima hummed and asked again.

"The criminal was probably the one with the most serious injuries. He had varying degrees of burns all over his body and was bleeding profusely from his limbs. He was already dying when he was sent to the hospital. The tendons in his hands and feet were completely severed, and with deep burns, his nerves were necrotic, so even if the tendons were reattached, they would still be useless," said Natsume Kenzo. "The criminal had a criminal record and had been arrested and imprisoned for armed robbery. He probably had mental problems and had been treated in a psychiatric clinic. But he took the Shinkansen from his home in Saitama Prefecture to Kyoto, scouted the area beforehand, carried multiple knives, bought a large amount of gasoline for arson, and held up knives to block his escape route after the fire broke out. It's hard to believe that he had a mental disorder."

When the fire broke out, there were about 70 employees still in the building. Three floors, 3 square meters were burned. The fire was barely brought under control five hours after it started, causing huge losses.

Many experts said that it was a miracle that no one died in such a severe and sudden attack.

"The principal called me this afternoon and said he hoped I would take care of myself. In addition, Professor Takagishi from the Art History Research Room was also very concerned," said Kenzo Natsume.

"You little bastard, you've got such good relations with other departments without making any noise." Ohnishi Kawase thought for a moment, "Please contact Mr. Yamaguchi Yu, the dean of the law school, for me and ask him to recommend a few lawyers to handle this case."

"Yes. There is one more thing, just now." Natsume Kenzo paused, "UNICEF Japan branch publicly expressed condolences."