"What did you do after that?" Zhang Heng asked.
"I... didn't do anything." Takeda Tetsuya's eyes showed guilt, "I shouldn't have left Kobayashi there, I wanted... to get out of the car to check his situation, but at that time I heard I was very scared at the sound of the siren, so I didn't dare to stay any longer, turned around and fled off the highway in a hurry."
"What happened to the two of them in the end?" Ameko couldn't bear it.
"I also saw the following things on the news. The TV station reported that two unscrupulous youths were racing in the opposite direction on the highway and crashed into an oncoming truck. In the end, one died and the other was seriously injured. He was rescued in the room, but he died three days later.”
"Is it Kobayashi who died of serious injuries or..."
"It's Naoto Asano. Apart from being the strongest Nerima driver, he has another identity. His uncle is the vice president of Onitomi, the largest yakuza organization in Tokyo."
"So that's the case, so is this why you quit the car industry and chose to change your name and surname?"
"Yes, it was an undisclosed race. No one else knew about it except the three of us. Although there were some other witnesses on that highway at the time, the visibility was poor. We were traveling in the opposite direction. The police couldn’t confirm the existence of the third car based on those vague testimonies. Because I was afraid of going to jail and being retaliated by Ghost Hitomi, I... chose to remain silent again.
"However, I don't have any joy of escaping punishment in my heart. Every day after that, I live in guilt towards Kobayashi. If I hadn't acted impulsively on that day and insisted on the game that should not have started, there would be no such thing as the following. The thing is, I was the one who stepped into the gate of hell at that time, but the irony is that the first to die among the three of us was Xiao Lin who voted against it... I secretly went to his home to see it, but Xiao Lin's father Passed away very early, just mother and a younger sister, and they moved out of Tokyo shortly after this happened."
"You met your mother after this, so why don't you live a good life?" Ameko said.
"After that incident, I was very nervous. I couldn't even close my eyes when I slept. I even prepared a suicide note next to my pillow. But as time went by, neither the police nor Ghost Tong came to me. So for a while Finally, I thought this matter was over, and I began to resume my daily life. It was during that time that I met my beloved woman. We formed a family like other happy ordinary people. After a year and a half, I had you again. I swore off driving and started a seafood store instead.
"After the initial struggle, the business of the aquatic product store was good, and everything seemed to be on the right track. It has been six years since that incident, which is enough time to forget many things, so I did not expect that one day the nightmare of that year will find me again."
"What do you mean?" Ameko was puzzled.
"One night, I was handling orders alone in the aquatic product store. Suddenly a stone flew in from the window and smashed the glass. I thought it was a prank by a nearby kid, but I didn't see anyone when I chased it out. When I came back, I found that The stone was wrapped in an old newspaper, and the front page of that old newspaper was the high-speed car accident that year, and there was a line of blood on the side of the title—do you think you can escape?"
Takeda Toru also shook off the soot, "No one else knew about that incident except the three of us. Kobayashi... died on the spot. Naoto Asano stayed in the intensive care unit of the hospital for three days. He was seriously injured at the time. The newspaper said He has been in a coma, but it is not ruled out that he will wake up for a while... In short, when that newspaper appeared, my life would be over." "So you didn't actually have any gambling addiction at that time, just You want to force your mother to divorce you, right?"
"Six years ago, I made a mistake and pulled Xiao Lin into the incident at that time, so I will not make such a mistake again." The owner of the aquatic product shop said calmly, "I am not afraid of death, that is the ending I deserve The real Yosuke Tsuchiya died on that road with Kobayashi a long time ago, and Toru Takeda survived only because of his guilt and cowardice."
"Compared to this, I'm more curious about how you escaped from Guitong again and again." Zhang Heng said.
"If you're asking about that time many years ago, maybe they wanted to see me in despair, maybe they wanted to let me taste the torment for a longer time, anyway, they didn't come to me again until nine months ago when there was a mysterious Someone called me and said that Ghost Tong will attack me soon, let me get ready, and he also notified me of what happened last night."
Takeda Toru also paused, "Okay, my story is over, just like what I said before, this matter has nothing to do with you, the tragedy that year was caused by me, so naturally I should end it myself .”
"You don't believe this statement yourself." Zhang Heng said, "Otherwise you wouldn't pretend to be addicted to gambling again and force Ameko to break off with you."
Takeda Toru also fell into a short silence when he heard the words, and after a while he said, "You have to try, it is impossible to do nothing."
The owner of the aquatic product shop seemed to have made up her mind. Ameko was a little anxious. She wanted to say something more, but her face turned red the next moment.
Zhang Heng got up and picked up the overcoat that was draped aside, "You taught me my driving skills. No matter what kind of person you were before, at least let me give you a ride."
Takeda Toru also thought about it for a while and did not refuse. He glanced at the two and said, "Help me take care of Ameko."
The three left the breakfast shop, and Takeda Toru was also at the front. He opened the door of the van, rolled his eyes, and threw himself straight into the compartment.
Zhang Heng took back the small soup bowl in his hand, and said to Ameko who was stunned behind him, "His guilt for that incident back then has overwhelmed his reason, and he didn't even think about how to deal with the current situation, and all he could think of was death and relief." , Sorry, I can only use this method to calm him down."
"Ah, ah? ... Oh." Ameko was stunned. She was still wondering why Zhang Heng suddenly became so frivolous when she wanted to talk just now, and secretly squeezed her hand under the table, but in the end she almost misunderstood the other party.
But what's even more strange is... the previous self didn't seem to be as repulsive to this kind of thing as he imagined.
Ameko was in a daze for a while, until Zhang Heng's voice came from next to his ear, "There is no annual inspection and related procedures for this car, let's leave here first."
"Yeah." The girl got into the rear compartment and closed the door.
Zhang Heng started the car and took an extra lap on the road to avoid being followed. Fifteen minutes later, he parked the L300 in the parking lot of a large supermarket, opened the door, and stretched out his right hand.
"Takeda... There are a few problems with the story your father just told."