The Lying Counselor’s Eloquent Reasoning - Chapter 65
Later, Uroma with Tomomi reported to the police on the spot, and Ryuichi was taken into custody as a suspect in a hit-and-run. The corpse they found was also that of an old woman named Nishida Hatsu.
Tomomi was interviewed separately from Uroma at the nearest police station. By the time she was released, it was late in the evening. Uroma was waiting for her in front of the police station. It seemed that this man had been interviewed first.
“Doctor, did you realize long ago that Mr. Akiyama was a hit-and-run murderer?”
As they walked together side by side, Tomomi couldn’t help but ask.
“I just had a suspicion that it might be. I was not certain. What I’ve told him today is nothing but speculation.”
“So you did have suspicions. And yet, you left me alone with such a person?”
Uroma’s answer made Tomomi sick to her stomach. The whole time she was being questioned, she kept thinking. How could a man like Uroma leave her alone with such a dangerous person?
“What are you angry about? Didn’t I come to your aid?”
“Why didn’t you just come with me from the beginning! I thought I was going to die when that man strangled me! I was really frightened!”
“No, so here you are, safe and sound??”
“This is not a matter of being relieved that I was saved! One wrong move and I would have been killed! And it was for the most ridiculous reason because you were too weak to keep up with us! You’ve got to be kidding me!”
“Oh, it’s not that I was exhausted halfway through, I was just acting like that on purpose, you know? My plan was to back away a bit and let Mr. Akiyama swim like that??”
“Lies. Doctor, no matter how I looked at it, you were seriously exhausted! You were sweating and your face was pale! There’s no reason to let Mr. Akiyama swim, anyway! The corpse was already right there! You knew that, didn’t you!”
“No, I didn’t know the detailed location of the corpse either, you see. That’s why I made up some random dream analysis today and asked Mr. Akiyama himself to show me around.”
“Made up dream analysis? What’s that? That’s the worst thing a counselor can do!”
Tomomi was already too furious to care about the content of Uroma’s answer.
“You say you came to my rescue, but the way you did it is just too much! You tasered me too, and that doesn’t count as helping! Don’t you have any shame as a man for doing that!”
“That’s why I said the stun gun is safe, it’ll only numb you a little??”
“Look, you’re so quick to make excuses for everything! You never admit that you’re wrong, do you? Whenever you are accused of something, you always come up with all kinds of cryptic excuses to cover it up! You usually talk like a big shot and sound smart, but really you’re as childish as a child! Your room is a mess, you’ve made up words like ‘Shakuson style therapy’ and it’s ridiculous, you’ve identified and exposed a high school girl’s backdoor account, you’re a jerk, you’re allergic to cold and heat, and you’re mounting hay fever and colds for no good reason, you’re really pathetic! As a human being, you’re unbelievable! I hate you, doctor!”
Tomomi lashed out in anger like a machine gun. Then, before Uroma could say anything else, she declared, “I’m quitting my part-time job as an assistant!”.