Looking For Murder
The Nobou Family 4

“Wait." Benjiro hurried after Yana. He managed to grab Yana's hand and stopped the woman who was still his wife's status. Benjiro then pulled Yana out of the room towards a quiet corner of the corridor.

“I won't divorce you. You just have to close your eyes on everything. I also close my eyes to whatever you want to do. What a hard !!”

“Why? You're afraid that damn prophecy will come true ?"

Benjiro. His mind drifted to 30 years ago, when he first met Yana.

At that moment, Benjiro came out of his parents' mansion, carrying nothing with him. Hitching a ride in a car that brings produce to the city, young Benjiro leaves his hometown. Due to a tire rupture, Benjiro's ride-hailing vehicle stopped not far from Senso-ji temple. Like someone was pulling him down, Benjiro involuntarily walked ashore into the Temple area. A red giant lantern hanging at the gate of Senso-ji Temple named Kaminarimon, welcomes his arrival.

Benjiro walks along Nakamise-dori connecting Kaminarimon with Sensoji temple on the inside. With a length of about 200 meters, Nakamise-dori is composed of more than 80 shops selling souvenirs by Japanese and culinary with varying prices.

At the end of the street of the market "Nakamise-dori", is the Sensoji temple complex, which consists of a temple and several buildings for the residence of Buddhist priests, as well as other facilities. Before entering the temple Benjiro wash hands and feet and gargle with water coming out of the mouth of a dragon statue made of stone and in the middle. After washing the body and cleaning, Benjiro gathered with other congregations around "Jokoro", or the place of incense, which was in front of the main hall of the temple.

Then it smeared the body with smoke from incense that was being burned. Then he entered the temple waiting in line to pray. After praying Benjiro walked out of the main temple. His steps stopped watching people who want to know the future prophecy by doing omikuji or Japanese divination.

It takes about 100-200 yen to be able to read future predictions. He reached into his pants pocket and found no money there. By lowering his head he harbored a sense of disappointment he intended to leave the place. A 100 Yen note that a girl had offered stopped her steps. The girl smiled. "Go away. Get your luck". At first Benjiro hesitates to take the money given by the unknown girl, but the sincere smile given by the girl erases his doubts. With a definite move, Benjiro stepped closer to the omikuji spot. He handed the 100 yen to the guards. The guard gave one hexagon container. While praying Benjiro shook the container until a long chopstick came out. At the top of the chopsticks there is a kanji which is the result of prophecy. Then he matched the kanji on a row of drawers that also contained the kanji. After that, he took out a sheet of paper in it. This drawer is what stores 7 types of divination. Starting from the best or daikichi, to the worst is daikyo. Anyone who gets a bad prediction will usually tie the paper to the musubidokoro, which is an iron arrangement where the bad prophecy is fastened.

One omikuji sheet, there is a health forecast, career to romance.

On Benjiro's divination paper he says that he will meet a girl who is his lucky star. His career will be brilliant and shining, as long as he is with the girl. Benjiro looked at the prophecy paper in disbelief. He had just met a girl who gave him a piece of money. Is that girl the one who meant the prophecy ? He was looking for the existence of the girl in beige clothes. But he didn't get the girl where he left her. Benjiro runs around the temple area looking for his lucky stars. His steps came to a halt as soon as he saw the girl he was looking for in Nakamise was enjoying a chilli or rice crackers.

That was Benjiro's first introduction to Yana. Since that introduction, luck has always overshadowed Benjiro's life. Not wanting to lose a lucky star, Benjiro ties Yana to his wife.

"If I'm your lucky lady, why are you wasting it? Answer me Nobou-san!!”

Benjiro flinched from his daydream hearing Yana's curse.

“Alah. Forecast in disbelief” Yana grunts annoyed.

“You want to bet with your life? If the prophecy happens, will you suffer the consequences? If I were you, I wouldn't !!”

“Basic coward !!"

“I am a coward. And you know it”. Nobou grasped both of Yana's hands gently. Yana tried to take both of her hands off Benjiro's grasp, but the man shook his head.

“Yana look me in the eye." Benjiro. His eyes fixed on the face of Yana who was not willing to look at him. " Gaze my eyes Yana.” Yana, who initially refused to comply with Benjiro's wishes, finally relented to her husband's request. “I'm sorry, if my woman this time is the one you've helped. That is beyond my power. That feeling leads to him. Yana, don't leave my side. Hold on a minute. Keep me going through this period of madness. Do what you want to do. I wouldn't ban you if you had a concubine. If you miss me or I miss you, we just have to set a schedule to be together. Just one request, we don't part. Only death can separate us. And when that happens, my lucky stars will dim. ”

Yana rubbed the tears coming down from the corner of her eyes.

“You know how painful it feels, Nobou-san. It hurts so.“ Yana sobbing. Tears dripping down the river on his cheeks. Benjiro pulls Yana in his arms.

“I'm sorry. Ii'm sorry. Once my madness is over, I'll come back to you. “

They were in that position long enough. Cuddle each other. Spilling all the stifling taste of the chest.

“Already night. I have to go.” Yana unravels her embrace. Benjiro wiped away the remaining tears that had soaked Yana's cheeks.

“Go home. Tomorrow we meet at the office”.

“You can go home?”.

“One day after coming here, I've been allowed to go home. I'm staying here because Clarisha needs my presence.”

“All right is up to you. I don't want to talk about that woman. I'm home.”

“Be careful” Benjiro kisses Yana's forehead deeply.

“Of course. Come Amaya.” Yana steps away from Benjiro followed by her secretary Amaya who waits not far from where they stand.

All the way home Yana pensive. He recalled omikuji's prophecy at Senso-ji temple 30 years ago when he first met Benjiro. The prophecy says, he will have a partner surrounded by many women throughout his life, but the man is also able to make himself able to stand upright facing the world. The choice is in his hands. Go ahead and stick with the guy or back off and become a loser.

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