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Father and son, on the road. If I have one day left in my life, I hope to take him with me to travel. Along the road, heading north, from City A to City Z, from the wilderness to the ruins, not only allowed him to see the world, but also allowed the world to see him - a cute boy with one more chromosome than "normal people". I used to be a doctor and now I'm a census taker. This is my new identity, or rather, the new identity I share with my son. I have always felt that my son is more suitable for this job because he has a "really blank heart." He sees the world without distracting thoughts; he is not disturbed by desires, and does not understand differences in class, color, and language; he understands the world in a different way from us. So, before I died, I chose to travel with him. I wanted to see the world again through his pure eyes, and I wanted to rethink humanity through the way people treated him. Of course, what I want most is to gather the goodwill in the world and send him warmth for the rest of his life. Send to the stars and say goodbye along the way. Loneliness is inevitable, and so is our love for you.

"Speechless" is a novel with a strange conception. The story begins with the disappearance of many elderly people in a village near Osaka, Japan. The police found nothing, but the media reported a lot. Someone submitted a confession to the police, describing the crime in detail, and signed it by Oda Sotatsu, an unknown young man. From the time of his trial to the time he was sent to the gallows, he remained silent. The novel is based on interviews with Oda Sotatsu's father, mother, sister, brother, as well as prison guards, Sato Okakura and Yoshitoshi Taku, who were responsible for this case, and builds the entire story structure. The author connects the materials together and uncovers the mysteries layer by layer, showing the inner state, living situation and various helplessness of modern people, and revealing the failure of the social mechanism.