Lesson
#149 - Hello Azusa.
(Azusa) Fuyutsuki looks around her as she wondered on where
she is now, and that she is able to hear bird's chirping sound
very clearly. She then looked at a full-scale mirror and is
shocked to see that she is wearing a weeding gown, and wondered
whether she is inside a resting room for newlywed couples.
The panicking Fuyutsuki started to remember, that when she
tried to boot up (Suguru) Teshigawara's laptop at the school,
someone had covered her mouth with a chloroform-laced cloth,
and she fainted. Remembering that incident, she started to
become scared, as she wondered whether Teshigawara is locking
her in a room, threatening to kill her, and as time passes,
she will eventually fall in love with him.
Fuyutsuki started to dismiss that imaginative scenario, as
she tells herself that she is kidnapped and she should find
ways to get away from her prison. She started to scream, asking
for help when suddenly she sees a box with the phrase "To
Azusa" written on it lying on the floor, puzzling her.
She picks the box up and unwrap it, just to see a book titled
"Cricket Diary" as she started to become more and
more puzzled…
Meanwhile, Teshigawara's heart started to beat faster after
hearing (Makoto) Fuyutsuki's words about the new evidence
earlier. He asked her whether she really had found a new evidence
that is pivotal in revealing the criminal, and she replied
that she do, as (Eikichi) Onizuka looked on at them. Makoto
started to bend to take something from inside the bathroom
trash bin, and Teshigawara's face started to change when she
exclaimed that she had found it. She then shows a plastic
bottle seal to both Onizuka and Teshigawara, and they started
to have a closer look.
Onizuka asked her whether she is trying to show garbage to
them, and Makoto replied that he should have a closer look
at the plastic seal. She then pointed out that on the plastic
seal, a price tag (398 yen) complete with the name of a shop
are clearly printed on it, and she suggested that the bottle
that was sealed with the plastic seal was possibly bought
by the criminal. She then asked Teshigawara whether he knows
what kind of product that was sealed with the plastic seal,
and upon hearing that question, he started to laugh and replied
that he didn't know anything about it. Hearing him, she started
to ask Onizuka the same question, as Teshigawara screams silently
that the plastic seal was used to seal the Listerine (webmaster
note: I think everyone knows what Listerine is, if not feel
free to ask) bottle he had used, and he cursed Makoto for
having such a sharp eye to look for such a trivial thing.
He tried to calm himself, saying that there's no way Makoto
will be able to make anything out from the plastic seal, even
that she is able to know where he had bought the Listerine
from as Onizuka wondered what things can be bought with 398
yen. He smiles as he thinks that what Makoto is doing are
all in vain as she suggested that they should go to the shop
first. Hearing her, Teshigawara suggested that they should
not do unnecessary things, and asked instead that they should
go find a place to have dinner. They then are shown walking
out of the building as Onizuka is laughing that Teshigawara
will treat them dinner after going to the shop, while Makoto
who are walking behind them is silent as she sees some footprints
on a dried up concrete slab.
In the next scene, they arrived at the shop, which name is
printed on the plastic seal, and Makoto started to collect
all things that are priced at 398 yen and putting them all
on a heap on the floor. Teshigawara exclaimed that are lot
of things inside the shop are sold at that price, and he started
to laugh as he added that she will take a long time to shift
through the mountains of things they have collected. Makoto
continued to check all the things as Teshigawara continued,
saying that even she is able to find what kind of thing that
are sealed with the seal they found at Fuyutsuki's house,
she will not be able to prove anything. She is silent as she
continued her search, while Teshigawara commented that they
have only guessing that Fuyutsuki had been kidnapped, and
they should return to her apartment, because she maybe had
returned home.
Suddenly, Makoto replied that she is confident that her sister
is kidnapped, and if she is able to find the things that are
sealed with the plastic seal, she will be able to prove everything.
She suddenly found something, to the shock of Teshigawara,
and she is seen holding a Listerine bottle as she commented
that the seal that sealed the bottle looks the same like the
one they found at Fuyutsuki's apartment. Meanwhile, Onizuka
is puzzled to see the Listerine bottle, and he asked on how
Makoto are able to know what the seal is for as Teshigawara
started to sweat again. She replied that it is so easy, and
reminded him that they had found a man underwear earlier at
Fuyutsuki's house and she had also smelled it.
Hearing what she had said, Onizuka is shocked and he asked
her why she is so stupid to smell a stinking underwear, and
she countered, saying that the underwear didn't stink at all.
Teshigawara started to sweat heavily, and his face radically
changed like a scared criminal now, when Makoto explained
to Onizuka that she is very puzzled to learn that the underwear
doesn't stink even that Japan is now at the middle of the
summer where everyone will sweat more than normal. She then
added that by the fact that the underwear is so clean, the
wearer must be someone who is really conscious about cleanliness,
so the criminal must had also someone who always take care
about his body scent and how his breath will smell.
Makoto continued, by knowing the fact that the plastic seal
was found at a bathroom trash bin, the plastic seal have a
high probability of being used to seal bottles of hygiene
products, so she simply have to hunt for a 398 yen hygiene
product packaged in a bottle. Teshigawara, who is clearly
unsettled after hearing her explanations, try to suggest that
Fuyutsuki may have bought the Listerine herself, but Makoto
smiled, and replied that Fuyutsuki really hates using products
like Listerine, and if Fuyutsuki wants to prevent bad breaths,
she will simply chew chewing gums. Makoto then explained that
the reason she chew chewing gums is that Fuyutsuki really
hates the sharp smell of products like Listerine, so she is
very confident that the Listerine bottle was bought by the
criminal and was taken to her apartment. She then suggested,
that it's highly likely the criminal's breath will also smells
like Listerine.
Suddenly, Onizuka and Makoto are shocked to see Teshigawara
eating a packet of garlic snack, as Teshigawara commented
that the snack is really tasty. As both of them stared at
him silently, a shop worker reminded him that he doesn't pay
for the snack yet, so Teshigawara should not eat it. Hearing
the words of the shop owner, Teshigawara replied that he would
pay at the counter and offered a packet to Onizuka. Seeing
him, Makoto started to smile, and suddenly she exclaimed that
she had remembered something, and Teshigawara is shocked.
He asked about what she had found, and she replied that she
had deduced about the location where the criminal lived. Teshigawara
exclaimed that it's impossible for her to know about it, but
she continued, saying that the criminal must had lived somewhere
around the shop.
Hearing her, Teshigawara nearly choked with the snack he
is having, and he asked whether she is only guessing without
any evidence. Makoto then replied that her allegation is easy
to explain, and asked Teshigawara how the plastic seal mysteriously
appeared at her bathroom when Fuyutsuki is someone who never
uses such products. She then answered the question herself,
saying that the criminal must have bought the Listerine and
took it to her apartment, and with this fact, she will be
able to deduce that the criminal have had lived somewhere
near Fuyutsuki's house and the shop they are in now. Plus,
she added that the fact remains that they should take into
account too that the criminal's house might be located between
the shop they are now and another shop in the same chain with
the same name (webmaster note: just like the K-Mart chain
of shops) which are ridiculously 200 kilometers apart, so
it's impossible that the criminal is living that far off from
Fuyutsuki's apartment. Knowing that she is right, Teshigawara
tried to argue that the criminal probably lives at a nearby
train station and comes to the shop they are in now to buy
the Listerine bottle.
Makoto countered, saying that around the train station, there's
a lot of shops too, so if the criminal really lives there,
he will not waste his time to go to the shop they are now
just to buy things from there. Onizuka are stumped, as Makoto
added that if the criminal lives farther off then where she
had said before (not in the region where she had speculated
that the criminal is living), the criminal will surely goes
to the bigger Odawara supermarket, where things are cheaper
than the shop they are in now. Teshigawara then asked again,
that maybe the criminal comes to Fuyutsuki's house without
bringing with him anything, and when he realized that his
breath started to smell bad, he goes to the shop they are
now to buy a bottle of Listerine, thus proving that her theory
is wrong, but she countered, saying that if the criminal only
want to buy a bottle of Listerine, the criminal can easily
buy one at a pharmacy near where Fuyutsuki's lived.
Makoto added, that the criminal may not only going to the
shop just to merely buy a bottle of Listerine because that
one can be bought at the aforementioned pharmacy, but also
to buy other things like food etc. She then added, that the
criminal maybe is not buying only for himself, but also for
Fuyutsuki who are in captive too. Teshigawara is pale when
he hears her, and started to exclaim that the night is getting
old, and he still has some report for the Tokyo University
alumni club to finish. He then hurriedly excused himself,
as Onizuka tried to call him back. The shop owner started
to chase him because he still didn't pay for the garlic snacks,
as Teshigawara cursed at Makoto who seem to be able to know
all thing that he have done. He knows that Makoto must have
been suspecting him now, so he must take Fuyutsuki to a faraway
place. Then he decided to take Fuyutsuki to live in a forest,
so that they can live like Adam and Eve modern version.
Onizuka is puzzled to see Teshigawara hurrying like that,
when suddenly Makoto suggested that they should follow him.
Onizuka is shocked, and Makoto asked him whether he still
oblivious to the fact that Teshigawara have a strong connection
to Fuyutsuki's disappearance, shocking him further. Onizuka
then asked himself on why he never realized that fact, and
as they started to follow him, she exclaimed that she had
put enough pressure on him so she is confident that Teshigawara
will surely take a major action now. She then continued, saying
that if everything is going like she had planned, Teshigawara
will bring them right to where Fuyutsuki's been locked in.
Onizuka started to suggest that they should have dinner first,
but Makoto refused, saying that they don't have time for that.
As they are following Teshigawara who are entering a toilet,
Onizuka asked Makoto whether she is really sure about Teshigawara
being the real criminal, and she replied that she does, and
Onizuka groaned that he is very hungry, After seeing him entering
the toilet, Onizuka asked her whether she thinks that Teshigawara
had locked her sister inside a toilet, and Makoto lashed at
him, saying that Teshigawara will not do such a stupid thing.
They then sees a beggar comes out from the toilet, as Makoto
wondered on why Teshigawara takes a long time inside the toilet,
when suddenly, Onizuka lashed at her, saying that she is very
stupid. Makoto is stunned, as Onizuka tells her that the idea
of following Teshigawara is not effective, when he can simply
goes out and asked Teshigawara right at his face. Onizuka
then walked to the toilet, commenting that he will settle
everything with his "abilities", and adds that he
can easily makes one or two of Teshigawara's teeth to fly
off where it should be. He then sees Teshigawara at the end
of the toilet hallway and walked towards him, clenching his
fists as Makoto tried to stop him.
Onizuka grabbed Teshigawara's head and turned him around
as he screams for him to tell about Fuyutsuki's location or
risked being beaten to pulp, but he and Makoto are shocked
to see someone else is wearing Teshigawara's clothes. Onizuka
gets angrier, and he shook the man up and asked on why he
is wearing Teshigawara's cloths. The panicking man replied
that a man pays him so that they can swap clothes, and upon
hearing that, Makoto started to panic, saying that the beggar
that had come out earlier is actually Teshigawara. Meanwhile,
somewhere else, Teshigawara is dumping the clothes he had
been wearing when he comes out from the toilet, and he smiles.
Makoto screams, saying that Teshigawara knows that he is being
followed, while Onizuka continues to shake the man on the
air vigorously, asking on how the beggar will pay for his
loss. Onizuka asked for the beggar name, guessing names like
Sato or Samura, and the beggar replied that his name is Nanbara.
Makoto exclaimed, that since Teshigawara have known that
they are following him, he must have planned to transport
Fuyutsuki to another place, as the beggar pleaded to Onizuka
that he will return the cloths to him. Hearing her, Onizuka
who are holding Teshigawara's shoes becomes angry, and he
smashed the shoes on the floor vowing that he will definitely
kill Teshigawara when he finds him. Suddenly, Onizuka noticed
something had fallen from the shoe, and he is puzzled to see
a crescent-shaped hardened concrete on the floor. He asked
Makoto whether she knows about the thing that had fallen from
Teshigawara's shoe, and as she stared at the concrete piece,
she remembers something and asked for Onizuka to move on to
a place she thinks that Teshigawara may have gone to. Onizuka
wondered whether Makoto wants to go there faster, and suggested
that he will stole a bike first, but Makoto replied that she
doesn't have time to wait for Onizuka to steal a bike, because
Teshigawara may have runs away if they waste too much time.
They then arrived back at the building where Fuyutsuki lives,
and Makoto tried to match the concrete piece with the footprint
at the newly constructed dried concrete slab she had noticed
earlier. The piece match perfectly, and she exclaimed that
she is right that the footprint on the concrete slab is really
Teshigawara's. Onizuka is puzzled, and she explained again
that when they went out earlier to go to the shop printed
on the plastic seal, she had noticed some kids footprints
on the dried up concrete, and she feels weird to see that
one of them are unusually large, because adults will not intentionally
steps on a newly laid wet concretes, unlike children. She
then deduced that Teshigawara, when stepping on the wet concrete,
was in the midst in doing something in a hurry. She pointed
to a nearby signboard, showing that the concrete was laid
a week ago, the same day Fuyutsuki was missing.
Makoto continued, that with the existence of the footprint,
Teshigawara must had come to where Fuyutsuki is living at
the day of her disappearance. Hearing her, Onizuka started
to become angry, now confident that Fuyutsuki was really kidnapped
by Teshigawara. He vowed that he would make Teshigawara pay
by making him treating Onizuka with free udon (webmaster note:
Japanese food) when suddenly Makoto exclaimed that she would
now be able to pinpoint Fuyutsuki's location now. Onizuka
is shocked to hear her words, and asked whether she had said
is really true. Makoto replied that based on the footprint,
Fuyutsuki is probably locked at…
In the next scene, Teshigawara arrived at a hallway where
Fuyutsuki is being locked, bringing with him some foods, as
he exclaimed to Fuyutsuki that he had returned. He then opened
a door at the end of the hallway; as he added that Fuyutsuki's
younger sister have nearly defeats him, ruining "their
love story". He laughed as he added that everything is
OK now because he had shook them off his trail and he is calling
Fuyutsuki, who are wearing a wedding gown with her back facing
her, to go to a place where the only ones who existed are
she and him…
FINISHED
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