In the warm midday sunlight, Kiyomi Liuli held a thin, flat little paper packet and was momentarily stunned.
Could this thing really send all the people of Odachi Town to jail?
Could it uphold the righteousness of Japanese law?
But...
If she handed this over to the police and the prosecutors, would that really be justice?
Should she really do that?
Should she send a pitiful father seeking revenge for his daughter to jail, destroy the peaceful lives of over twenty residents of Odachi Town, causing them to lose their jobs and their economic means, affecting other members in their families, having a criminal record after they get out making it impossible to find work, possibly becoming homeless, and even influencing the next generation, making their children subject to pointing fingers at school?
All this for one piece of scum?
If the souls of people really do ascend to heaven, then what would Hirano think about this, the little girl brutally killed by Tominaga Yousuke?
