Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 112 The Complete Suicide Manual
On the white cover of the manual, there was a simple line drawing of a coffin with a plastic model lying inside it.

At the top, in letters that looked like they were smeared with blood, the title "The Complete Suicide Manual" was written.

"What is this... I don't remember buying a book like this?"

"He" picked up the manual and flipped through it silently.

"Ah, yes, the manual is right...if you die, everything will be solved, and you won't have any troubles."

After a while, "he" dropped the book in his hand in a daze, slowly stood on the balcony and climbed onto the windowsill.

"But I'm still scared... Among the methods mentioned in the book, jumping off a building is the most suitable, but it must be very painful..."

Looking down at the "abyss" outside the balcony, "he" lay on the edge of the balcony and shivered, still unable to take the last step.

"Hello, is this the suicide prevention hotline? Yes, I want to commit suicide, but I'm a little afraid of the pain..."

Driven by the last bit of instinct in his body, "he" tremblingly took out his cell phone and dialed a hotline number.

"Thank you for wasting twenty minutes on someone like me..."

"The customers I usually call as strangers hang up right away..."

"But, that manual says...I have to do it..."

After talking to the staff on the other end of the hotline for twenty minutes, "he" ignored the other party's dissuasion and hung up the phone.

He moved his body little by little and turned outward from the balcony...

At the same time, the apartment door was slammed open.

"Sorry for causing you any trouble."

After saying this to the police officer who rushed into the house, “he” loosened his hands…

"But the manual taught me to do this..."

At that moment, "he" clearly saw that the white manual on the tatami dissipated into a wisp of "black smoke".

Then, “he” fell rapidly from the sky due to gravity...

……

"Huh...huh...huh..."

Xia Fan gasped for breath and came back to his senses from his chaotic memories. In front of him was an empty mini refrigerator.

"Xia Jun, are you okay?"

Aoi Jinguji was right beside him, gently patting his sweat-soaked back.

"It's okay... gulp gulp... ha..."

Xia Fan picked up the can of beer in his hand and drank it all in one gulp.

"It's really uncomfortable to experience near-death memories... Hiccup..."

The depression and fear that remained in my heart disappeared completely after being washed down by the cold beer.

"According to Tomoguchi Katsuya's memory, the manual suddenly appeared when he was in the lowest mood, and it seemed to have a strange power to guide people to commit suicide..."

"At the moment when Tomoguchi Katsuya committed suicide, the manual turned into foul black smoke and disappeared."

"Although he did look through the manual, there is no relevant content in Tomoguchi Katsuya's memory."

"As for the appearance, it's about A5 size, 4 centimeters thick, and the title on the cover is "The Complete Suicide Manual". As for the pattern, bring a pen and I'll draw it..."

He described his "near-death memory" in detail to Jinguji Aoi and Higurashi.

"A manual that attracts people to despair, tempts them to commit suicide, and then disappears without a trace..." "No wonder, there was no clue at all in the previous 'suicide cases'. No, even now, we have no way of tracing how many of the seemingly normal 'suicide cases' that have occurred are related to this manual."

After listening to Xia Fan's description, Jinguji Aoi and Higurashi felt a chill down their spines, and even the temperature in the room seemed to have dropped by several degrees.

"Report, based on the clues provided by Consultant Xia Fan, we have found relevant information about the manual!"

"The Complete Suicide Manual, author Jian He, was published 20 years ago. Six months later, it was banned and removed from the shelves because the content was too shocking, and all copies were destroyed..."

Ten minutes later, an agent handed the three a tablet computer.

"Yes, this is the one I saw in Tomoguchi Katsuya's memory!"

The cover of the scanned e-book on the tablet computer was the manual that Xia Fan had seen in his "near-death memory".

"I hope everyone can die as they please, without being bound by worldly ties."

Opening the title page, you can see the handwritten message from the author "Jianhe".

"How could such a book be published?! What were the reviewers and editors doing back then..."

As Higurashi quickly flipped through the book, the shocking contents of the book appeared one by one in front of the three people...

"The Complete Suicide Manual" details common ways of dying, such as taking drugs, hanging, jumping from buildings, and throwing oneself into rivers, as well as unconventional methods, such as being bitten to death by animals, starving to death, and self-immolation.

The book not only explains in detail the implementation process of various methods, but also evaluates and scores them based on multiple items such as pain, trouble, condition of death, degree of involvement, impact and lethality.

It even introduces the physiological reactions and related instructions of various suicide methods, as well as "cold knowledge" such as the lethal doses of various drugs available on the market and various "popular suicide sites".

The author explains in the book that he wrote the book with a scientific attitude because he was tired of the idea that "suicide is not allowed", which "has no basis whatsoever, but is believed by the public so naively".

His real purpose was to circulate this book and create the option of "seeking death when absolutely necessary", hoping to "open a vent in this closed and dying society to allow air to circulate and make life easier."

"I'm not saying something as boring as 'Let's all commit suicide!' If you want to live, you should live freely, and if you want to die, you should die freely. That's what life should be like."

At the end of the book, the author concludes as follows.

Just by glancing through the book, Xia Fan could feel the negative atmosphere of "death, cruelty, despair, etc."

"This madman... a psychopath..."

Thinking of what happened to Katsuya Tomoguchi, he, who had always been docile, couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

"Where is the author Jian He? Can you contact him? Arrest him immediately!"

Higurashi asked gloomily after closing the tablet.

"The author Jian He committed suicide one year after writing this book because he could not withstand the pressure of public opinion. The method of suicide is said to be mentioned in the content of this book."

The agent shook his head helplessly.

"Since the author has been dead for twenty years, and the book has been off the shelves for twenty years, what on earth happened during this period..."

"It seems that we can only start with basic investigation."

Although he knows nothing about "psychic communication", when it comes to investigation, Inspector Higurashi is naturally a professional.

"We need to conduct an in-depth investigation into the author's life and the circumstances surrounding the publication of this book. However, 20 years have passed and the 'paperless' process was not yet popular, so I'm afraid the investigation will not progress quickly."

"At the same time, confirm whether there are any physical books on the market or in private collections. If there are any, collect them and ask the two consultants to test them..."

"Over at the suicide prevention hotline center, increase publicity for the hotline number. Section 24 will send agents to be on duty hours a day, paying special attention to cases that mention the 'handbook'. Ask the members of the Psychic Association to intervene."

He quickly sorted out his thoughts and developed a preliminary investigation plan.

(End of this chapter)