Chapter 20: Refreshing, truly so refreshing

"Masaki, I'm sorry, I really didn't want to burn you to death!"

"But my company was on the verge of bankruptcy; without this insurance money, I couldn't get by."

"It's all your fault for easily believing my flowery words, buying that kind of insurance without any suspicion, and even writing me as the beneficiary."

"You really are an idiot!"

"Why did you have to believe me?"

"You didn't even know you were going to be killed!"

Abe Yutaka cursed while shedding tears.

"Do you know? Ever since you died, I've been having nightmares, every single night."

"As long as I close my eyes, a charred person appears, smiling at me, with an expression exactly like yours."

"That's why I was in such a hurry to go abroad."

"I never want to see you again; please, let me go!" ===== CHAPTER 22 =====