Chapter 56: No Longer Human, a movie adaptation of Hear the Wind Sing, based on you
Chapter 56: No Longer Human, a movie adaptation of Hear the Wind Sing, based on you (seeking follow-up reading)
"I'm sorry for being a human being, but I don't need to apologize for being a human being"
Masato Senhara, who was walking out of the Kokubunji City Police Station (equivalent to the city Public Security Bureau next door) with Kitagawa Hide, kept muttering to himself, chewing and digesting the words that Kitagawa Hide said casually.
He had a mysterious feeling that Takuya Yanjing's entire life was included in it.
After cleaning "Peter Cat" this afternoon, the two decided that today is the best day to do it, and immediately ran to the police station to claim the bodies of Takuya Yan and his wife as friends.
The process for claiming the body of a suicide victim is very complicated, and one may have to run around between various government departments.
But when the Taiwanese policewoman learned that Kitagawa Hide was the great writer who wrote "Hear the Wind Sing" and "Ball", she immediately turned into a fangirl. With her full assistance, the two quickly completed the procedures and obtained the "Cremation Permit" and "Natural Death Certificate". The price they paid was the extra signature on the little policewoman's uniform.
Only after having these two official documents can they go to the crematorium and ask for help in cremating the body, otherwise the crematorium will not accept such business.
In Japan, the government has very strict management of funeral affairs.
Any cremation or burial of the remains of a deceased person must be approved by the local government. When applying for approval, in addition to providing detailed information about the deceased, it is also necessary to state the relationship with the deceased. Privately cremating a corpse is an illegal act and will be punished by the crime of insulting a corpse.
In other words, the cult hospital was able to dispose of Yumiko Yan'ai's body without authorization and get away with it. There must be someone behind it.
At present, Aum Shinrikyo, a cult that has spread from Japan to the world, is far more terrifying than what Kitagawa Hide had seen in textbooks in the past. They have even built military bases, secretly developed poison gas, biological and chemical weapons, and munitions, oppressed and exploited their believers through a cycle of brainwashing, and specialized in various terrorist activities, which have caused the destruction of tens of thousands of families and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, leaving them penniless.
Such a large and organized cult could exist in the country for more than ten years. If it happened in the next country, it would be a sci-fi movie.
It can be seen that there must be high-ranking officials in the Japanese government who are secretly supporting the cult and devouring the hard-earned money of a large number of people through the cult industry.
"Chief Senhara, I'm really sorry for making you accompany me to do so many things that are not related to work." Kitagawa Hide held the bag of relics and a pile of documents and bowed slightly to him, "I will take care of the rest by myself. Please take time out of your schedule to attend the funeral this weekend."
"No! Excuse me. Please count me in for the next task, Mr. Kitagawa." Senhara Masato bowed quickly in return, "I think this is a very meaningful thing! I don't know how to express it, but by doing these things with you, I feel like I have participated in Yan Jingsan's final life."
"I also want to tell Yan Jing-san that he has not lost his qualifications as a human being. He has no need to apologize for being born as a human being! Please, Mr. Kitagawa!"
Masato Senhara bowed 90 degrees to Kitagawa Hide and spoke sincerely from the bottom of his heart.
In fact, at the beginning, whether he came to inform Kitagawa Hide or to help pack up and do things, he did it with the idea of building a good relationship with Kitagawa Hide and winning the other party's favor.
But as time went by, one afternoon, after reading Takuya Yan'ai's suicide note and listening to some of Kitagawa Hide's feelings, he gradually had a different feeling.
In the post-bubble era, Yan Jingsang's family is just a microcosm of tragedy.
He felt that his life was shameful and embarrassing. Was his own life more noble and beautiful in comparison?
When Mr. Beichuan said, “I’m sorry for being born as a human being,” wasn’t he also talking about themselves?
No matter what his purpose was, Masato Senhara now wanted to see Takuya Yanjing and his family off for the last time, as if he was burying himself.
Feeling his sincerity, Kitagawa Hide nodded silently: "Okay, can you please contact the funeral home to hold a farewell ceremony for the body? I would like to take some time to visit Yan Jingsang's home in the next few days."
He got the key to the other party's rental house. Of course, in theory, after helping to collect the relics, he had to return them quickly and pay off all the debts.
Including a series of expenses for the funeral, if Kitagawa Hide does not pay, Yan Jing Takuya and his family will not be able to leave the world with dignity.
Because this world only recognizes power and money.
"No problem, please leave it to me!" Senhara Masato bowed again.
After discussing these things, Kitagawa Hidewa said goodbye to him and came to Takuya Yanjing's apartment alone.
It was an old house with shabby furniture, but the interior was kept in perfect order.
On the ground you could still see the big snakeskin bag he used to pick up trash, and several stacks of old magazines tied together, neatly stacked high.
Yesterday, on the last day of Takuya Yanai's life, he continued to work hard, earning a meager income from selling old magazines at 1.5 yen per copy, hoping to earn enough tuition for night school.
He did not give up completely just because he got 996 million yen from Kitagawa Hide, but as he said, he worked hard and tried to get out of his miserable life.
There was a photo frame on the desk next to it, with three photos in it.
The first photo was probably when he was ten years old, surrounded by many women.
The second photo looks like he was in his school days, sitting on a rattan chair with legs crossed and a smile on his face.
The third one is the strangest. It’s hard to tell his age. He is squatting in the corner of a dirty little room, warming his hands on a brazier.
Behind the photo frame, there is a hardcover paperback edition of "Hear the Wind Sing" signed by Hide Kitagawa, and several brand new copies of "Group Portraits", with handwritten labels on them that read "The most precious gift in life".
"Asshole. If you really want to see the ending, just get up and buy it yourself. What's the point of asking me to read it to you here?" Kitagawa Hide found an empty space and sat down, picked up the photo frame, murmured softly, then took out the pre-sale July issue of "Gunzo" supplement from his arms, flipped through it, and began to read in a low voice,
"The rain that had been going on for days suddenly stopped on Friday night."
Just like that, he sat in the empty rental house, smelling the faint damp smell of sawdust, leaning on a pile of old magazines, as if no one was around, and quietly read the last ten unserialized chapters of "Ball" to a friend.
After reading, Kitagawa Hide closed the magazine heavily, stood up and bowed slightly to the photo frame, and said softly: "The last part of the trilogy is called "A Wild Sheep Chase". I will read it to you again later. Oh, by the way, don't you like novels very much? For the next book, I want to write it with you as the prototype of the protagonist. How about it? Are you happy?"
"As for the title of the book, it's called No Longer Human."
After returning from Takuya Yan'ai's rental house, Kitagawa Hide locked himself in the house for three days.
Seeing him in such a low mood, Agatsuma Yumeko suddenly panicked and asked Jabami Rei to help her take three days off immediately. She insisted on accompanying him day and night without interruption, and no one's advice could stop her.
Kitagawa Hide was actually feeling a little uncomfortable, and at the same time, he was ready to quickly pick up his pen and finish writing "No Longer Human" in one go, so as not to let Takuya Yanjing, who was in the afterlife, wait for too long.
His wife was really scared. She probably thought that he had fallen into the same "depressed" state as before the time travel. She was afraid that he would commit suicide, so she wanted to stick to Kitagawa Hide like a shadow, never leaving his side.
Upon learning that his wife had taken three days off specifically for him and looked extremely worried, Kitagawa Hide had no choice but to briefly tell her about Takuya Yan'ai's family.
The little wife burst into tears immediately, her tear glands seemed to have broken down and she couldn’t stop.
Afterwards, she insisted on helping to organize the funeral, and fully supported Kitagawa Hide to help Yan Jing Takuya write a quasi-autobiographical novel.
After finally calming down my wife Yumeko, Kitagawa Hidemoto wanted to call Saito Rena on the third night, but he unexpectedly received a call from her in the morning.
The two were silent on the phone for three minutes, during which time the only sound heard was the clinking of Saito Rena putting 10 yen coins into the coin slot.
After the moment of silence, Saito Reina spoke up, "I would like to invite Higashino-san and others to come to the funeral of Kitagawa-san and Yan Jing-san. They are all friends who know each other, and they were all my authors in the past."
"That's great. I think Yan Jing-san will be very happy." Kitagawa Hide readily agreed.
After talking about the funeral, Saito Reina got straight to the point: "I wanted to congratulate you, but now it seems a bit inappropriate. Anyway, the top management has approved your request and agreed to change the contract period to one year. Other conditions remain unchanged. They also decided to vacate the main issue of "Eastward" and start serializing "A Sheep Chasing Adventure" directly in this issue."
"Okay, I understand." Kitagawa Hide really couldn't be happy now.
"Also." Saito Reina also felt a little uncomfortable. Every time she was about to say "congratulations", she forced the words back.
"In addition, the plan to adapt "Hear the Wind Sing" into a movie has also been approved. You, Kitagawa-san, will have to discuss the details with your colleagues in the copyright department after you arrive at the company. If nothing goes wrong, there will be a very considerable income from the movie box office dividends." Saito Rena was very happy about this.
Because it is very rare for pure literary works to be adapted into film and television. After all, whether it is the audience group or the content, it is not the popular subject matter of choice in the film and television industry.
It is said that this film adaptation was personally arranged by Executive Director Airi Noma, which can be said to be the implementation of Kodansha's promise to Kitagawa Hide.
Build a new writer ecosystem with him as No.1.
"Is it dividend income? I understand. Let's talk about it after we go to the company tomorrow." Kitagawa Hide nodded.
"Well, then remember to have a good rest and don't worry about Yan Jing-san's matter." Saito Rena paused. She felt that she shouldn't continue to bring up this matter to irritate Kitagawa Hide, because he was a man who had attempted suicide.
"Don't worry, Saito-san, I'm very stable." Kitagawa Hide chuckled. "As for you, you must be very busy with work recently, so don't be so anxious and 'swollen'."
"I won't, don't worry." Saito Rena looked at her own reflection in the glass door of the telephone booth, with dark circles under her eyes and swollen face, and replied "stubbornly".
"Actually, I've been thinking about a new book these days. I've already got an outline and have written an introduction. Anyway, let's meet tomorrow to talk about it." Kitagawa Hide habitually dug a hole for her.
As expected, Saito Reina couldn't hold back any longer: "Ah, a new book? It's finally coming. Okay, okay, see you tomorrow!"
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And the death of Yan Jing's family
I believe that there will always be light to save most people in this world, but there are also people who have to be trapped in darkness forever. Those who are trapped in darkness are the light for others.
Although the protagonist is a time traveler, he is also an ordinary person. It is difficult to do many things perfectly, but at least he can use his abilities to bring light to others as much as possible.
(End of this chapter)