Chapter 14 Section VI

The next morning, Kikuchi called Takeshi Yoshifu to wake him up.Kikuchi said on the phone that if Takeshi Yoshishiki visited relevant people today, he would be willing to accompany him.Although Yoshifu Takeshi thought it was unnecessary, but he was not very familiar with Bi Jing here and he didn't have a car, so he agreed. Kikuchi came to the restaurant of the hotel and had breakfast with Yoshishiki Takeshi.Kikuchi is single and doesn't have to eat at home. "If you need to stay in Morioka for a few more days, you can move to my place." Kikuchi said, "Although my place is not big, there is no problem with one more person, and you don't need so many bedding in summer."

"I don't bother you." Yoshifu Takeshi didn't like living in someone else's house. "Who shall we visit first?" Juchi changed the topic to work. "Let's go to Yamamura classmate's house first, he also bullied Kiyama Hideyuki. Then go to see Obuchi Zeshige's colleague." "OK." "Yamamura Yuu..." Yoshishiki Takeshi took out Kikuchi's roster from the inner pocket of his suit, "I live in Matsuo Town, not far from here, right?" "No, it's quite far. I've got the car ready, let's drive." Ju Chi replied with a smile.

"Ah, is that right? I've got some cannabis rice for you." The Yamamura family runs a small electrical appliance store. When they walked in, they found some household appliances such as air conditioners and electric fans. "It's so cool!" Yoshishiki Takeshi walked up to a running air conditioner and stretched out his hand. "Mr. Yoshishiki Takeshi, I'm really sorry, the air conditioner of the car in our police station is broken." "It doesn't matter, Morioka is much cooler than Tokyo." Yoshishiki Takeshi said. "Welcome!" A middle-aged woman came out from inside.He was in his early forties and dressed plainly.

"Mrs. Yamamura, I'm Kikuchi from the Morioka Police Station." Kikuchi greeted the woman very casually.However, the woman's expression changed immediately, and she looked at the two men in front of her with a full face of wariness, without saying a word. "This is Mr. Yoshishiki Takeshi from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He wants to investigate the death of Shigeru Obuchi Sawa." The woman's expression was complicated, but she still didn't say a word. "Are you Yamamura Yuu's mother?" Yoshishiki Takeshi asked. "Yes." The woman replied with her head down.

"Where's the child?" "Inside. I made him do his summer homework." "Then I'll talk to him later. Let me ask you a question first. What kind of person do you think Mr. Obuchi Zemo is?" "What kind of person? A good person." "Good guy?" "Honest, serious, and a good teacher." Yamamura Yu's mother replied bluntly. "Do you think anyone would hate him?" "I don't think he's the type to be hated." "In the second class of the second grade in Morioka No. 1 Middle School, there is a clique that bullies Kiyama Hideyuki. Do you know about it?"

"Is it true?" "I don't know how to get in." "Yuji Iwata, who has moved to Niigata, and Hiroshi Yamamura, from your family, are both members of that bullying clique, right?" The woman stayed with her head down for a long time before she said, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it happened." "You mean, you don't think your son bullied Kiyama Hideyuki?" "Yes. I don't think my son is the kind of kid who bullies others." "Have you met Iwata Yuji-san?" "Well, I've seen it." "He comes here to play sometimes, doesn't he?"

"came." "What about the kid? I hear he's the head of that gang of bullies." "He's just an ordinary kid, lively, cheerful, and a good boy..." Shancun's mother spoke very positively of him. During the conversation, Yoshishiki Takeshi kept staring at the woman's face.The woman didn't seem to be lying on purpose, nor did she seem to be expressing resistance, but she said this on purpose, as if she was speaking her mind calmly. "Do you think Mr. Obuchi Zemo committed suicide?" "I think? What? Isn't it suicide?" "It's not uncommon to say that it was homicide."

"Ah?" Yamamura Yu's mother raised her head for the first time, "Really?" "What do you think?" "I... I don't know." "If it was a homicide, who do you think the murderer is most likely to be?" "This kind of thing... I don't know." It is impossible for the mother of Yu Yamamura, a member of the bullying clique, to express her opinion casually.Thinking of this, Yoshinori Takeshi felt a little anxious. "There must be people who hate Teacher Obuchi Zemo, and you must have your opinion! Who do you think? Can you express your opinion?"

"I..." The woman only said "I" and stopped talking.Yoshifu Takeshi waited patiently. While waiting, he realized that the way he asked the question was suspected of inducing a confession, and he began to feel that he had lost his mind. "I don't know. I've never thought about it, and I'm not qualified to express my opinion." "You can't say that, Mrs. Yamamura, I want you to express your opinion. Who is the person who hates Mr. Obuchi Zeshige? Where is it?" "I don't know. I don't know...I..." "Is it impossible for you not to know?"

"Mr. Takeshi Yoshishiki!" Kikuchi interrupted, "Think about it from Mrs. Yamamura's point of view. Isn't it too much to ask someone like you?" Yoshifu Takeshi was stunned: Is it too much?Maybe it's too much.After being silent for a while, Yoshishiki Takeshi found the right words and continued to ask: "Mrs. Yamamura, no matter what you said here, we will keep it secret for you and will not tell anyone. In order to solve the case, the things I asked Questions are necessary." These words of Yoshifu Takeshi are not so much for Mrs. Yamamura, but for himself.

"Please answer me, is the person who hates Teacher Obuchi Zemo a couple? This is something that a discerning person can understand at a glance, right?" Mrs. Yamamura nodded slowly. "This couple is the Mushan couple, right?" Mrs. Yamamura nodded slowly again. "Then, Mrs. Yamamura, I want to ask you, besides the Kiyama couple, are there other people who hate Mr. Obuchi Zeshige?" Regarding this question, Mrs. Yamamura immediately shook her head flatly.This was the first time Yoshifu Takeshi saw Mrs. Yamamura's actions so straightforwardly. In other words, it was the first time that she took the initiative to express herself. "Ms. Obuchi Zeshigeru, have you never been hated by others?" Takeshi Yoshifuki's question is challenging in a sense. "Has this indecisive middle school teacher never done anything hated except for Hideyuki Kiyama's suicide?" Mrs. Yamamura nodded vigorously.Nodding this time expressed her own strong will, and it was not at all the kind of smooth sailing and perfunctory attitude. "Teacher Obuchi Zemao, he is a good teacher! After the incident, people said this and that, and his prestige has dropped a lot, but I still think he is a good teacher. How can my son have such a good teacher? Well, I am grateful from the bottom of my heart. As a teacher, I have done everything I have to do, and I can say that I have worked tirelessly. Let’s talk about my son, who is considered a member of the bullying clique. Mr. Obuchi Zeshige often teaches He, helped him, and came to our house several times..." "Ms. Obuchi Zeshige told you: Is your son a member of a small group of bullies?" "I didn't say that. Instead, I asked him: Is my son a member of a small group of bullies? He said no, Yamamura Yuu-san is not that kind of kid. Yamamura Yu-san is a good boy with a kind heart, but, often Iwata Yuji-san was playing together, and it got a little too loud..." "It's going too far..." Yoshishiki Takeshi repeated Mrs. Yamamura's words in a low voice, and asked again, "Ms. Obuchi Sawashigeru and Iwata Fumiko were somewhat indiscreet in the relationship between men and women, did you know about this before? " "Of course I don't know." "As a member of the parent association, what do you think of this issue?" "It's not good for a man in education to be careless about the relationship between men and women. But, man, who doesn't have any interest in asking questions in this regard?" "Yeah." Ji Shu sighed and asked again, "Have you seen the Mushan couple?" "I've only met Mr. Kiyama." "Where?" "Here it is. He came to my house." "Oh? What's the matter?" "It's about the child. He told me, don't let your Yamamura Yu bully our Hideyuki!" "Really? What do you say?" "I said, I see." "That's all? What's your impression of him?" "I... think he's... bossy. I'm a little..." "imperious?" "At that time, I thought, if he did the same to his own children at home, the children would have to shrink back in fright." Yoshiki Takeshi pondered.He remembered the appearance of Kiyama Takuzo whom he saw at the real estate company yesterday. "Is Yuu Yamamura at home?" Yoshishiki Takeshi asked. "at home." "Can I talk to him?" "Yes. However, after that incident, he was greatly stimulated, and his hair fell out a lot. The ghost shaved his head..." "Ghost shaving?" "yes." "Understood, I will pay attention to the way I speak." Yoshishiki Takeshi said. Mrs. Yamamura bowed to Takeshi Yoshishiki and went inside to call the child. "I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have talked too much just now." After Mrs. Yamamura left, Kikuchi apologized to Takeshi Yoshishiki. "Where, what you said makes sense. If I can't find a breakthrough point, I am really a little anxious." Jifu Takeshi said frankly. Yoshifu Takeshi believes that the death of Obuchi Zeshige and suicide must be an illusion, and there are many reasons.As for the murderer of Obuchi Zeshige, besides Kiyama and his wife, no one can think of.However, Jifu Takeshi has been investigating according to this line of thought until now, but he has not found any traces. He is unavoidably anxious, and he has to admit this. "Where's Yamamura-san's father?" "It's a single-parent family." "Oh, who installs the air conditioner for the guests?" "Hired a male clerk, now out." At this time, a boy came out from inside. To Yoshishiki Takeshi's surprise, Yamamura Hiroshi is very small with a cute little face.Jifu Takeshi has always believed that the students in the bully group should be the kind of children who appear rough. "Are you Yamamura Yuu?" Yoshishiki Takeshi asked kindly. "Yes." Yamamura Yu's voice was so low that he could hardly hear him.On the left side of the head, there was indeed a piece of hair missing. "Hey! You don't need to be so nervous, this uncle and I both like to play with children." Juchi said gently from the side. Yamamura Yu nodded silently. "Then let me ask you a question first, what kind of person do you think your head teacher, Obuchi Zemo, is?" "What kind of person? A good person...a good teacher!" "you like him?" Yamamura Yu nodded silently again. "Then why do you still bully the teacher?" "I didn't bully the teacher!" Yu Yamamura said loudly, "No!" "So, Iwata-san bullied the teacher?" "He bullied or not, I don't know!" "How is Iwata-san? Can you tell me?" "How? How about what?" "Is it scary?" "I don't think it's scary." "So, Iwata-san is kind-hearted and kind?" Yu Yamamura nodded silently again. "He's fine with you?" "pretty good." "Do you often play together?" "Where is the time to play?" "why?" "I have to go to cram school after school, so I don't have time to play." "So you mainly play together at school?" "yes." "Play a game of bullying Kiyama-san together?" When Yoshifu Takeshi asked, Yamamura Yu didn't speak again. "So, how is Kiyama-san? Can you tell me?" Yamamura Yu still did not speak. At this time, Kikuchi said: "Student Yamamura, what are you studying at school now? Ah, yes, it's summer vacation now. What homework did the teacher leave for you? Painting?" "Elementary school students only draw pictures." Yamamura Yu finally spoke. "Ah, that's right. By the way, is school interesting?" "Means nothing." "Don't you want to go to school?" "This..." "Don't want to go?" Ju Chi followed up with a question. "I don't want to go." "Did you not want to go after the accident, or did you not want to go before?" "I didn't want to go before." "Really? So you don't want to go to school? It's even more boring in school recently, isn't it?" Yu Yamamura nodded vigorously. "Oh." Ju Chi also nodded, "Now, who is the monitor of your class?" "Squad leader?" "Yes, who is the monitor?" "It's a holiday now, there is no squad leader." "Is there no squad leader during the official holiday?" "You mean the first semester?" "Yes, yes, who is the monitor of the first semester?" "Torikoshi." Togoshi?The girl who ran past him in the alley immediately appeared in front of Yoshifu Takeshi's eyes: "Girl as monitor?" "right!" "Are girls often the monitors?" "No, this is the first time." Yu Yamamura replied.