Chapter 830 Extra: Gone with the Wind
Yuya held the bun on his head, held the ladder with one hand, dragged something with the other hand, and slowly climbed down the ladder.
After landing, he let out a long sigh of relief and turned to face Tanaka Kenmu.
Tanaka Kentake's gaze immediately fell on Yuya's dragging left hand, and tears instantly filled his eyes.
"Xiao, Xiaoyu?" Tanaka Kenwu walked forward with trembling lips, stretched out his hand to touch her, but drew back in fear when he was about to touch her.
He looked at Youya expectantly: "Is it... asleep?"
Yuya shook his head and sighed regretfully.
Tanaka Kenwu opened his mouth, seemed to be about to say something, but hesitated for a long time, and in the end, he said nothing.
Youye said, "Mr. Jianwu, please notify your wife and ask her to bring the old lady over quickly."
Youye looked down at Xiaoyu in the crook of his left arm. For some reason, it seemed as if there was a voice telling him that time was running out.
"Okay, okay, I got it." Tanaka Kentake hurriedly went to make a phone call.
Miyano Shiho glanced at Tanaka Kentake's back, walked to Yuya, looked Xiaoyu up and down, and then looked at Yuya with a puzzled look: "Why?"
Yuya understood what she was asking and shook his head: "I don't know either."
There is no way to explain this scientifically. Xiaoyu's body is too strange.
"Let's go to Mr. Tanaka's tombstone."
Youye carefully dragged Xiaoyu's body to the tombstone, then carefully put it down and let its face face the tombstone.
He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but the moment Youya stood up, he seemed to see Xiaoyu’s eyelids tremble.
But when he looked again carefully, nothing happened.
"Illusion?"
After waiting for a while, Mrs. Tanaka came over with the old lady.
Tanaka Reiko had already learned from her daughter-in-law that Youye had found Xiaoyu, so she poked her head out to look from afar, and when he got closer, she could no longer wait and trotted over in quick steps.
He stopped suddenly when he could see Xiaoyu clearly.
Her eyes were filled with longing, joy, and a bit of disbelief.
"Xiaoyu, is it really you?" The old lady's lips trembled as she walked step by step to the tombstone, slowly squatted down, and reached out to gently stroke Xiaoyu's back.
"It's really you. That's great. I thought I would never have the chance to see you again."
While stroking Xiaoyu's back, Reiko Tanaka muttered past memories. She no longer had the silly look she had when they first met.
From picking up Xiaoyu, to accompanying her for many years, and then to her sudden disappearance in the end, every word she said made both Yuya and Miyano Shiho, two outsiders, feel as if they were seeing those scenes one by one, and their noses felt a little sour.
Even Tuanzi was infected and made sad sounds. Finally, as if she couldn't bear it anymore, she buried her head in Yuya's neck, and her little body twitched as if she was crying.
Yuya stroked Tuanzi's body comfortingly, his expression a little dazed - it turns out that some people really treat their pets as family members.
Miyano Shiho leaned against Yuya, quietly looking at the old lady's back. From the way she tightly held Yuya's hand and her constantly flickering eyes, it can be seen that she was also very uneasy at the moment.
I don’t know how much time had passed, but Tanaka Reiko seemed tired and just sat down.
Mrs. Tanaka hurried forward upon seeing this and asked worriedly about the old lady's health.
Tanaka Reiko waved her hand: "I'm fine."
She stared at Xiaoyu blankly, then looked at her husband's tombstone after a moment, and suddenly laughed: "In the end, it was Xiaoyu who missed you the most. How long has it been here with you?"
As if in response to the old lady's question, a gust of wind suddenly blew, and the smoke from Tanaka Kenwu's cigarette rose straight up, as if pulled by something. It first floated past Xiaoyu, then floated past the tombstone, and finally slowly rose into the sky.
Miyano Shiho tightened her collar and shrank into Yuya's arms. Suddenly, her eyes widened, and she pointed at Xiaoyu's body and shouted, "Look at Xiaoyu?!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked down at Xiaoyu, all showing shocked expressions.
Under the gaze of everyone, Xiaoyu's body seemed to have suddenly experienced several years or even decades, and suddenly began to shrink and decay. Soon, the body that was originally plump and indistinguishable from being alive turned into a wisp of dust and dissipated with the wind, leaving only the empty ground.
Everyone looked at each other, and couldn't help rubbing their eyes. They looked over there again in disbelief, but there was nothing there.
"This, this, this..." Tanaka Kentake couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.
Youye also widened his eyes. This overly fantastic scene made him feel unreal.
Among the people present, only Tanaka Reiko smiled with relief: "So, not only have you been accompanying the old man, you've also been waiting for me?"
"I'm so sorry it took me until now to find you."
Tanaka Kenwu stepped forward and supported his mother with some concern: "Mom, are you okay?"
Tanaka Reiko turned around and asked in confusion: "I'm fine."
The smile on his face was very peaceful, without any sign of sadness at all.
Tanaka Kenwu opened his mouth and said after a while: "Xiaoyu..."
Tanaka Reiko smiled and looked up at the sky: "It should have gone to heaven, right?"
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In a castle deep in the forest.
A pair of wine-red eyes suddenly lit up and looked straight into the distance. The end of the sight was the cemetery.
After a moment, the owner of the eyes muttered something in a low voice, then slowly closed his eyes.
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Tanaka Kentake bowed vigorously towards Yuya: "Detective Kamiya, thank you very much for your help!"
Yuya quickly helped the man up: "It's okay, it's okay. This is just what a detective should do."
Tanaka Kentake took out a booklet from his pocket, wrote a few words on the first page, then tore it off and handed it to Yuya: "Detective Kamiya, this is the commission for finding the cat, please accept it."
Youya waved his hand and refused: "No, it's not a big deal, no commission fee is needed."
But Tanaka Kentake insisted on giving it to him, and Youya couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it in the end.
Yuuya casually glanced at the amount of money and was secretly surprised that this family was actually quite wealthy.
After saying goodbye to Tanaka Kenmu, Yuya and Miyano Shiho set out on their journey home.
"I still can't figure out what happened to Xiaoyu." Miyano Shiho frowned. As a scientist, the scene just now had a great impact on her.
Youye shrugged his shoulders: "Who knows, maybe it's because of obsession?" He did have some guesses, but he didn't quite believe it.
That person's personality didn't seem to allow him to have the leisure to do such a thing, but apart from her, Youye really couldn't think of anyone else who could do such a thing.