Chapter 49 third quarter

The day after the funeral, I found time to chat with Mr. Fujimoto.Only then did I know that "Moonlight" was indeed played that night. "The night everyone went to see Mariko, did you go to church in the middle of the night after you took a shower?" Mr. Fujimoto suddenly asked after saying something about Mariko. He said that he got up to work because he couldn't sleep, but he was always restless, so he opened the window to blow the night breeze to see if he could change his mood.It was about half past eleven, the cold wind blowing in from the window made him shiver, and when he was about to close the window, he suddenly heard the faint sound of the piano carried by the wind into his ears.

"At the time I thought someone was playing music, but everyone went to bed early. I couldn't think of anyone else listening to music at this time, so it was very strange except me." So he stood by the window and listened to the piano sound from outside. Although the night wind made the sound intermittent, he could still hear "Moonlight".Although he was puzzled by the source of the piano sound, he still heard the end of the song.In the end, he murmured that after listening to it, he felt uneasy for some reason. "Dr. Kurano called within 30 minutes after the music ended." Mr. Fujimoto turned his neck and added in a low voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, he fell silent.I suddenly had an urge to tell what happened that night, but in the end I suppressed the desire to say it, and simply stated that Chiori and I were indeed in church that night, so he decided that the person who played the piano that night was Chiori. "One more thing." Mr. Fujimoto poured a cup of tea for me, and changed the subject, "When the accident happened, I was just halfway through what I said, do you remember?" "No, I don't remember." I shook my head.I was indeed talking to him when the accident happened, but Chiori, who was outside with Mariko at that time, is now sitting beside me drinking tea obediently.

"I was asking you about the last name 'Kusumoto,' wasn't I?" When he said that, it reminded me that we were indeed talking about this topic, but I was still a little puzzled, as if it was a long time ago.Instead, Chiori, who seemed to know that we were talking about her, looked up at Mr. Fujimoto, so he smiled back at her. "Actually, this facility has been planned more than ten years ago, but the construction plan was temporarily suspended due to funding problems at that time. Among the promoters at that time, there was a couple surnamed Kusumoto." This time I raised my head, but Mr. Fujimoto shook his hand at me and asked me to listen to him first.

"Unfortunately, I joined this project when it was relaunched, so I haven't met them. I have asked some friends, but the information I got is incomplete, so I didn't immediately think that it might be related to Chiori. But I think it's better to tell you." After speaking, he stood up and walked to the window, facing us with his back to the window, and smiled quietly. Chiori returned the same smile.