Chapter 74. Borrowing Records
Chapter 74. Borrowing Records
It didn't take Kitagawaji much time to clear the rattan and branches at the entrance, after all, it was winter and most of the tree trunks and branches were so dry that they could be ripped off and cut off by hand.
Kitagawaji quickly cleared a path for one person to walk.
He glanced at the towering glass gate in front of him, and the dead air in his hand was materialized by him, and then his palm attached to it.
With the sound of zhi zhi zhi, the gate was soon burned through a small hole.
Kitagawaji kicked out with a crisp kick, and the thick glass shattered with a bang!
The glass that fell to the ground was bonded very tightly, and the edge of the mouth was not very sharp, so it would not hurt anyone at all.
So Kitagawaji also did not care, holding a flashlight in his hand, head down into the library.
The internal structure of the library is very simple, Kitagawaji left is the lending desk, a section of the library in front of the library, the library on the left and right side of the two sides of the wall, behind the wall of tables and chairs hidden dilapidated, should be the student lending room at that time.
Behind the student lending rooms on both sides is a spiral staircase that climbs up to the delicate and small second floor.
Fortunately, the library was built with wind and rain protection in mind, and most of the bookshelves inside remain in their original state, with only some falling to the ground due to insect infestation and the humidity of the temperature difference.
As Kitagawaji expected, Sucha High School was closed in an emergency, and the books in the library were not moved out in time.
This is like a forgotten building, no one has visited for ten years.
Whether it's a live psychic broadcast or people exploring Sucha High School, they only go to the main office of Sucha High School, and many of them don't even bother with the remote library.
People always seem to be attracted to the illusory scenery, but often overlook the corners where the truth may be hidden.
But thanks to the fact that in recent years, most of the fans of spiritual attractions are heartily in the main office of Sucha High School, there is no trace of outsiders entering the interior of Sucha Library, and the contents are untouched, which is conducive to Kitagawaji's exploration.
Kitagawaji walked over to the lending desk, on which a large lending register was placed.
This lending register was different from the previous discovery of spirit remnants, diary remnants, and paper remnants, which could be captured and photographed by a cell phone.
He reached out and flipped it open.
Last name, class, school number.
This loan register should be as thick as half an index finger on a cursory look over, and the top page starts in January '08.
The records on it are still visible.
XXXX students what year what month what date borrowed books, what year what month what date returned ...
This is roughly the record.
During this year, the librarian changed several times, and the handwriting on it changed several times.
But Kitagawaji did not look at those, he went straight to the loan record between September and October '09.
This was the month when the Ishikawa Kondo murder case and the fire case were intertwined.
Come to see the book loan record, maybe you can find something.
"On September 1, 2009, Yoko Shikishima of Sophomore B borrowed the book "Sherlock Holmes Mysteries".... ...On September 2, 2009, Senior Class B, Yoko Yamazaki borrowed the book "The Correct Posture of Sparring"..."
Kitagawa-ji went through the books line by line, and found the name of Yukie Sakiura on the top of the book register.
Most of the books borrowed by Sakiya Yuki were collections of essays and ancient texts.
So it seems that this girl is a literary girl?
Kitagawaji raised an eyebrow, and he subconsciously stopped his finger. Between September 10, 2009 and September 17, 2009, not a single student from sophomore class B had come to borrow books.
Not only that, between September 10, 2009 and September 17, 2009, there was not even a single sophomore who came to return the books.
The most recent record is that a sophomore came to return the book on the 18th.
"September 10, '09 to 17?" Kitagawaji took out his phone and looked through the memos on it.
Sure enough, it was good.
After September 10 to 17, '09, there was the sophomore B fire case, and then a week after that was the closing of Sucha High School.
"So what happened between September 10th and the 17th?" Kitagawaji put down his book registration and wondered in his mind.
The fact that the entire sophomore class didn't come over to borrow books for a week was a strange thing in itself. After all, in Japan in '09, the only way for students to spend their time in school was to read, apart from club activities.
Kitagawaji's eyes twinkled and he was deep in thought.
What had the entire sophomore class been doing during the week-long gap?
Was there no one to borrow books, or was it impossible to borrow books?
If I had been a sophomore at Sucha High School...
If I had been a sophomore...?
Kitagawa-ji's heart jumped as he was thinking, and instantly caught his feeling.
He made a snap decision and used his phone to search up the annual schedule of Sucha High School.
"Sure enough." Kitagawaji put down his phone and muttered.
"It's not that no one borrows books, but there's no way to borrow books at all."
The period from September 10, '09 to September 17, '09 may be just an ordinary week in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of the sophomores at Sucha High School, it was a period that could not be ignored!
"A break from school trip." There was a gleam in Kitagawaji's eyes.
Yes, Japanese high school students would organize a recess trip at this stage of the second leaf of their sophomore year, as a way to achieve the purpose of relaxing the students and putting them in a better state for the study atmosphere of the next intense senior year, so all the students of the sophomore year did not leave a record of borrowing books.
Kitagawaji felt as if he was one step closer to the truth.
And while Kitagawaji was thinking deeply -
A cold wind rolled in at the door, blowing the white curtains in the library.
The spirits of the dead of Sucha High School seem to be secretly happy...
...
What exactly happened on the break from school trip to make Sakiya Yukie kill her classmates that she spent so much time with?
This is something Kitagawaji does not want to explore in depth.
After all, there is too little evidence now, and this direction of thinking might be wrong.
"That girl is the one who can hold the dead man's arm without changing her face, there may be problems in the psychological aspect itself, even if it is not surprising to kill fellow classmates."
Kitagawaji did not continue to linger at the entrance, he walked straight into the bookstore.
The flashlight's light swept and vertical light floated on the various bookshelves.
The literature section.
History section.
Science fiction section...
Kitagawaji swept through one partition after another, but did not find the area he was looking for.
"Since there's nothing on the first floor..." Kitagawaji subconsciously put his eyes on the second floor.
The circular dome, the entire second floor platform in a circular arc, the floor slab picked out toward the center, leaving a patio with a handrail around it.
The only thing that leads to the second floor is the spiral staircase.
Therefore, Kitagawaji did not have the slightest reason to hesitate and decisively stepped on the spiral staircase.
The spiral staircase was quite solid and there were no other problems.
Kitagawaji took Nishikujo's pity and walked up, and the flashlight was raised again.
Health education area, other categories...
Finally, Kitagawa-ji found what he was looking for in a corner.
The school history section.
This might be the place where the events that happened back then were recorded-