According to newspaper reports at the time, this big explosion killed more than ten people and injured hundreds. It can be said that there was no one in the entire town who was not injured. Everyone was implicated, whether it was the houses or the nearby mountains. Everything was burned to the ground, the whole place was scorched, and it was extremely miserable.
Such a serious explosion naturally attracted the attention of the National Defense Forces, and an investigation team was immediately formed. The truth was quickly found out, and it was announced that the explosion was not a missile or bomb attack, but the then Hokkaido Energy Development Research Institute. The director, Masachika Nezu, violated safety regulations and brought Zilda gas from the research institute to his home laboratory, causing the Zilda gas to leak and mix with air, causing a big explosion.
After the results of the investigation were announced, it caused an uproar. Everyone has always been very controversial about Zilda gas, which is said to represent the future energy but is extremely dangerous. This accident even made the inventor Nezu Masachika a thousand-year-old man. He means that no one dares to support him anymore.
As a result, the National Defense Forces immediately recovered all the samples and data of Zilda Gas and implemented strict management. They also issued a prohibition order to the Hokkaido Energy Development Research Institute, prohibiting them from manufacturing and researching Zilda Gas.
Punishments were issued after the investigation results came out. The Hokkaido Energy Development Research Institute failed to perform its safety management responsibilities, resulting in Zilda Gas being taken away from the institute. As a result, more than ten people were demoted, warned, and a huge fine and compensation.
Masahiro Nezu, who took the Zelda gas out of the institute, took the main responsibility for the accident and was expelled from the Hokkaido Energy Development Institute. He will also be tried by the court and is likely to face jail.
"Dad..." Asami looked at the report in the newspaper, feeling extremely sad and choked with speech. She had previously felt that she and Silla, who had become ghosts and lived by the underground magma lake, were in a very bad situation, but now Only then did I realize that my father who was alive was even more miserable.
His career, family, and the lives of many innocent people were all destroyed because of his carelessness. Over the years, I am afraid that he has been immersed in endless regret and pain. He has thought countless times, what if he had placed Zilda Be more careful when taking gas samples. If he hadn't taken the sample home to study, what if...
But there are no ifs in life, and there is no way to start over again. Everything has become settled. He can only bear this purgatory-like pain and live like this in regret day and night.
Maya didn't know how to comfort Asami, so she could only search for news about Nezu Masachika as soon as possible. According to reports, Nezu Masachika sold everything and borrowed a lot of money to barely collect the compensation, because his previous Contribution, subject to imprisonment for ten years.
Chiba Makoto and Maya immediately started looking through the 1998 newspapers, which took longer this time.
The reason is that the big explosion ten years ago caused countless media to compile reports, discussing the dangers of Zilda gas, and how hateful the inventor and Nezu Masachika, who caused the big explosion, were.
But ten years later, few people care about this once high-spirited genius scientist, because everyone has forgotten him. The crater from the explosion has long been filled in, bigger and more beautiful houses have been built, and new residents have moved in. Not many people remember what happened here.
After rummaging for a long time, I found the news about Nezu Masachika's release from prison in the corner of a newspaper that closed down a few years ago. There was not even a photo, just a few lines. It only said that Nezu Masachika returned to his hometown after being released from prison. , but even the address of my hometown was not marked, which shows how hard it is to cope.
After leaving the Sapporo Library, I headed non-stop to Asami's hometown. It wasn't until noon that I arrived at the countryside in Asami's memories, but...
Asami looked out the window at the empty and silent village, her eyes full of confusion. Is this really the village where she grew up?
The road was full of dust and dead branches and leaves, and the RV ran over it, leaving two clear tire marks. The houses on both sides were all locked, and the doorways were covered with vegetation. Even the doors were rotten, and the wind blew them away. Blow' squeak! Creak! 'The sound keeps ringing, which must be extremely scary at night.
But in Mami's memory, there were many children chasing and playing on the road in the village, leaving behind strings of laughter like silver bells. The old people gathered together in twos and threes, smoking, chatting, and finishing farm work. The young and strong villagers came back and said hello.
When it's dinner time, smoke rises from every household, the aroma of food wafts out, and light bulbs light up the houses...
The whole village is full of vitality and vitality, and is full of laughter and laughter, but now there is not a sound to be heard, and not a single person to be seen.
"How did it become like this?" Asami whispered, her home was getting closer, but she didn't dare to look, for fear that she would see the same decayed and dilapidated houses, yards full of grass, and no one. Home, that would be so sad.
Chiba Cheng turned his head and said softly: "Because the children in the village grew up, went to the big cities, took root there, and never came back. Only a few old people who were unwilling to leave rotted with the village until they were completely destroyed. Disappear."
While talking, Maya had stopped the RV. Outside was a similarly decayed house, but the door was not locked. The weeds at the door were not lush, and there were green vegetables in the yard. It was obvious that someone was there. living.
Chiba Cheng and Maya breathed a huge sigh of relief. If there was no one here, they really could only contact the victory team and ask them to help find someone.
Asami, who was extremely excited, got out of the car and knocked on the door, but no one answered, so Chiba Makoto simply pushed the door open and said: "Hello, I'm looking for Dr. Nezu Masachika. Is he here... ."
Before he finished speaking, Chiba Cheng, who walked into the living room, saw a white-haired old man lying motionless on the ground through the gaps in the tables filled with various test tubes, clutching his chest with his right hand. , face full of pain.
"Dad!" Asami shouted and rushed over immediately, but she was stunned when she saw Nezu's face. In her memory, her father was prosperous, with black hair and handsome appearance, but in front of her was a gray-haired, handsome man. An old man with wrinkles on his face.
"Doctor!" Chiba Cheng ran over quickly, put his finger on the artery in his neck, and could still feel the beating, and immediately shouted to Maya: "Call an ambulance quickly."
"No, this is far from the hospital. Carry him into the car and we'll take him to the hospital." Maya said, stepping forward quickly, ready to lend a hand and carry the unconscious Nezu Masaki to the RV.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the yard, and then a man carrying a medicine box walked in. He was stunned when he saw the situation in the house, and then shouted angrily: "Who are you?" ?What happened to Nezu?"
