Chapter 7 Chapter VII

"About the tape on the ceiling..." Sitting in "Enoden", I said thoughtfully. "Enoden" is a one-way line, so when waiting at the platform, the downbound train often has to wait for a long time to come.But this time the car to the Kamakura area came quickly, so I was very lucky.The carriage was empty enough for us to sit down and talk about murder without consideration for others. "Hmm—" Mitarai replied looking out of the window with an absent-minded look.I told him: "Can we talk now?" "Yes." He said, he glanced back at me, and then turned his gaze out of the window.

"Could that tape be taped to the ceiling for a murderous plot?" I expressed my thoughts. "Do you need that much?" asked Mitarai. "No, only a few of them are really useful, the rest are all deceptive." Hearing this, Mitarai said without interest: "What about the purpose and usage?" "If the murderer really used tape, what was his purpose? If you think about it this way, there should be no purpose other than adhesiveness." Mitarai opened her eyes wide and said in surprise: "That's right! I thought so too. Go on." "That's why the murderer chose tape. He wanted to use the stickiness of the tape to stick something firmly."

"What?" Mitarai asked. "It's still unknown, but it should be a device that can kill people." "Oh." After Mitarai finished speaking, she was silent for a while, and then said: "You mean, Takashi Kotera looked at the foreign objects hanging in his room, and slept under there without caring?" "I don't know if he slept under there...well, and there are too many tapes, there is no It's not going to notice that one of them is faulty. So, that pile of tape is there to confuse people." "Normally, unless you put it on yourself, it would shock anyone to go into their room and see so much tape dangling from the ceiling. It can be seen that these tapes are not used to confuse people at all. "

"Hey, this is what I can't figure out now..." "I can sleep peacefully, isn't it because I put those tapes on myself?" "Really, um..." "And Shibata also testified that those were posted by Xiaoji himself." "Well, so I think the murderer did something with the tape that Xiaosi put on." "You mean to stick something on the tape and hang it up? But Xiaosi looked at the tape, but didn't find that thing, then inserted the latch from the room by himself, and fell asleep under the foreign object." "Well, so that thing should be small."

"I checked the tape carefully—especially the part that is close to the bedding, and found nothing unusual, and there was no suspicious object stuck on it." "So the tape holding the suspicious object must have been taken away." "By whom?" "Well, it should be..." I fell into deep thought, and at this moment Mitarai said: "It can only be Akemi Shibata. In this case, she is the murderer. But what is she planning? You know, marrying Takashi Kotera can free her from the lowest life." "Ah? Really?" "I said you, haven't you heard of it before? Shibata's parents divorced, and her mother passed away. She was penniless and lived alone in a rented apartment. Forced to do so, she even went to work at night. Later, she met Xiaoji, It seems that she can get rid of the embarrassment of being an uneducated person. If she gets married, the house in the small temple can also belong to her."

"What? She thinks so?" "Hey, I'm talking about Ishioka-kun." Mitarai turned to me slowly, put his palm on my forehead, shook it lightly, and said, "Hey, are you clear-headed yet?" "You mean, Shibata has been thinking about Xiaosi's house? Does she really think so..." Mitarai said regretfully: "Ishioka-kun, this is the way of the world. So she can't kill Kodera before getting married. If she wants to kill, she should do it after getting married. This is common sense in the women's world." "Ugh……" "Ishioka-kun, don't be sad, don't be discouraged."

"Enoden" drove all the way to Yuigahama Station. "Ishioka-kun, don't get off this stop, get off at the next stop and Tianzuo. Hey? What's wrong with you? Pull yourself up!" Mitarai said that this time he was serious.After speaking, he stared at the darkness outside the window. The train started and traveled for a while, when suddenly there was a strange noise coming from nowhere.Dang, Dang, Dang—the sound of beating something at a fixed frequency.Just as he was thinking, the voice gradually approached, and soon it was deafening in the car.At this time, a brightly lit construction site suddenly flashed past the car window beside him accompanied by abnormal noise.I saw a large drop hammer rising very high, and then suddenly falling down, driving the wooden stake into the ground.The cycle goes on and on, endlessly.There appears to be foundation work for a large building going on there.

At this moment, Mitarai stood up as if being bounced, walked towards the car door, and stood still.He stood there, as if waiting for the train to arrive at Wadazuka Station.Seeing this, I also got up and walked to Mitarai, only to find that his eyes were shining brightly.At this time, Mitarai said to me: "I just locked a target! I know who the murderer is!" Right now, the train slid into the platform of Wadazuka Station, and before the door was fully opened, Mitarai jumped out like flying, striding forward.I hurriedly followed behind. Few people get off at Wadazuka Station.Coming to the deserted platform, Mitarai walked to the road in the residential street, followed the railway to go back to Gokurakuji Temple.Seeing that the road was about to deviate from the railway, Mitarai looked around, climbed over the low fence, and entered the side of the railway.He waved at me, motioning for me to come too.So with a little guilt, I climbed over the fence and stepped on the gravel under the sleepers.

Afterwards, I followed Mitarai along the side of the railway.At this time, the piling construction site we saw on the train just now was slowly approaching us.The sound of the blow reached my ears, and the further I walked, the louder the sound became.When I listened outside, I could feel the ground under my feet shaking with the sound.The dazzling lights of the scene were so close that they were as bright as daylight, clearly illuminating the figures of the workers at work.But there are only two people, which is pitifully small. Just at this time, from the depths of the corridor on my left, two short figures suddenly walked out.A short, fat man with a familiar figure seemed to be walking towards us.After a while, the short curly hair also caught my eyes.It's the pig god!The people who came seemed to be Pig God and the accompanying criminal police.I poked Mitarai's back and told him about it, and he immediately stood still, looking at the visitor with frowning eyes.After recognizing the other party, he raised his right hand beside me and shouted kindly:

"Hey, Police Officer Pig God, I'm here! There's no need to go to Fujiki's house, let's go there!" He said, pointing to the house on the left in front of him. "I said you... what? It's you again! Running on the railway without authorization is a petty crime. I want to arrest you!" Pig God roared.It seemed that when he opened his eyes, he could only see materials that blamed others. "I'll talk about the arrest of criminals later, come here quickly and go to that house! Run!" Mitarai ordered.But instead of listening, Pig God walked slowly to our side.Looking from the side, the other party really looked angry.If anyone's child came across this ferocious face on the night road, he would cry out of fright.The companion is a young man, and he doesn't look as vicious as the pig god.

"Who is the 'that house' you mentioned?" Pig God asked immediately. "Please climb over the fence and come here, yes, that's it. Oh, you're guilty of the same crime. That's the house of Section Chief Teruo Hayama. It's the house with the concrete wall." "How did you know it was the murderer's house?" Mitarai replied: "Investigate the ground in front of that concrete wall later, and you will definitely find Shibata Akemi's blood, although the amount of blood is very small." "Mitarai, why did you decide which family it was?" I asked puzzled. This question seems to be the question of Pig God, and he also said in a flash: "Why are Fujiki, Murayama, and Osami excluded?!" "Because it's under construction." Mitarai said, pointing to the construction site. Pig God was stunned when he heard the sound, and I was also stunned.In order to clear up the doubts in my heart, and also to help the pig god, I asked Mitarai: "Mitarai, why do you conclude that it is the Hayama family just because of the construction?" "What does this have to do with construction? Why not Fujiki?" Pig God and I said in unison. Hearing this, Mitarai said wearily: "Oh, this question is very professional. Police officer Inogami, if you don't have some amateur skills, you won't understand it. How about it, please follow me." After speaking, Mitarai took the lead and walked along The railroad moves forward. When he got to the concrete wall of Yushan's house, he said, "This wall is very low, everyone should keep their heads down, this area should be the scene." Mitarai pointed to the ground in front of her and said.Everyone looked together, but it was too dark to see anything. We all stoop, and the pig god is short, so there is no need to deliberately do it.Mitarai turned around, stepped on the stone beside the wall, peeped out her face from the top of the wall, and peeped into the room. "There are very few lights, only the lights on the second floor. I guess there is no one there? I have an ominous premonition, it's not time for bed yet." After speaking, Mitarai jumped off the stone and squatted down. "There are two stones here. If you use them as footsteps, you can climb over the wall and enter." Hearing this, Pig God said angrily: "You don't even have a warrant, so you want to enter someone's house?" "Isn't that thing going to be brought right away? Judging from the situation, Hayama's family should be there too. In this case, the danger of his family must also be considered." "Hey, let me say, this person, um, is Yushan, right? How do you know he is the murderer? If you make a mistake, can you take responsibility?" "Of course I can bear it." Mitarai replied, but his words also made me very uneasy. "You don't have to take any responsibilities, do you?" Pig God clarified the secret. "If you can't make up your mind, why are you still here?" Mitarai said. "At this stage, I'm just here to understand the situation." Mitarai nodded slowly and deeply, and said, "If you keep going so slowly, the number of corpses will increase. Didn't I warn you to pay attention to Shibata?!" "Didn't you say she was killed by aliens?" Pig God replied. Hearing this, Mitarai looked at Inogami with a slightly surprised expression, and said: "Alien? Oh, alien! It's in there." "In it?" Pig God also stepped on the stone, wanting to look into the wall.at this time-- "Hey, you guys! What are you doing there? This is the railway!" A construction worker shouted at us.In an instant, driven by his pride, the police officer Zhushen was so angry that he scolded angrily: "What are you calling for! We are the police, you idiot!!" The other party fell silent after hearing this. Mitarai lowered his head in frustration, smacked his lips vigorously and said, "Officer Pig God, I don't know which of you two is an idiot, this is the murderer's house!" As he spoke, he pointed to the house with a look of boredom. "With your voice just now, Hayama must pack up his things and prepare to escape. It seems that experts are unreliable. Alas, there is no way, the matter has come to this point, so we can only force our way in! The target is Teruo Hayama, arrest him immediately!" "What about suspicion?" Pig God was confused and asked uneasily. Mitarai responded, "Well, that's a good question! I wanted to explain it just now, but it's all your fault for wasting time!" After speaking, Mitarai climbed onto the stone, and Pig God also stepped onto the nearby stone.The two of them held onto the wall and were about to turn over when suddenly there was a "poof", and the sound pierced the air. "It hurts!" Pig God yelled and fell to the ground. "It hurts to death! What is this? My ear hurts. It seems to have been pricked by an awl." "Where is the injury? Let me see." Mitarai squatted down to check the pig god's ears. "Could it be a laser gun?" Pig God asked seriously with a gorilla-like face. "That's right!" Mitarai said. "Really, really?!" "It's an air gun. Didn't the bullet fall there? It looks like a trumpet with a mouthpiece plugged. Well, if you report yourself so loudly, if the other party is a murderer, it's no wonder you don't shoot." "air gun?" "This is troublesome. I didn't expect the other party to have a gun. But it's better than a shotgun. At least you won't die if you get hit by an air gun. Be careful, don't let the air gun hit your face. You wait here for a minute, and the time will pass , just jump over the wall and rush in!" "Rush, rush in? What about you?!" "Is it okay to go home and sleep? Let's go around to the main entrance and rush at people from the outside. Block the exit and attack from front to back. That's it, Ishioka-kun, let's go! Don't make a sound with your feet!" For some reason, Mitarai is very good at arranging troops.He ignored the pig god who was still sitting on the ground, and ran out with a stoop, followed the concrete wall and turned into the corridor, and ran all the way to the main entrance. Between the main gate posts, the metal gate was tightly closed.The door was large and slid on either side, with small latches inserted into holes below.However, the door was not locked, so Mitarai reached into the gap in the metal door and slowly pulled out the latch silently.After unplugging the latch at the bottom, he pushed the door, but didn't act immediately, but stood still and looked around carefully.The door opened silently. I'm not that nervous, because the sound of piling can be heard in the distance.Even if there is a little movement here, it will not attract attention. "One minute has passed. Ishioka-kun, let's go! Protect your face and don't let the bullets hit you. Like me, cover your eyes with your left hand and keep your body low." Mitarai urged. The section chief's house is not big, and there is a large domestic car parked on the right hand side, which matches the appearance of the house very well.Mitarai passed by the car, first walked to the entrance, grabbed the doorknob and twisted it, then shook his head slightly at me, as if to indicate that the door was locked. Leaving the entrance door, Mitarai turned right along the bushes planted around the house.There was no light coming through the windows on the ground floor.Every corner, Mitarai was very vigilant, but the gunfire of the air gun did not sound again. We came to a place that looked like a courtyard, with a narrow lawn on the ground and a protective net for practicing golf on three sides of the courtyard.Although the layout is not luxurious, it is enough to reflect the rich life of the head of the health station.This man actually killed someone?Why?And for what purpose?I am very troubled by this. Mitarai bent her waist and looked around the courtyard through the darkness.I saw several trees planted side by side on the opposite side of the lawn, and behind the trees was the fence.The lights from the construction site shone into the courtyard, and a glimmer of light shone from the windows on the second floor, shining on the lawn in the courtyard.The bright moon is in the sky, so after the eyes get used to it, it is not difficult to observe the courtyard. I turned around and peeked into the room behind me.Through the glass door, the dimly lit living room can be seen.There was a table and six chairs in the living room, the curtains were wide open, but the lights were off and no one was there. "Where is the chief of the consultation department?" Mitarai muttered, "There should be no other exit from here..." At this time, the round figure of the pig god appeared in the shade of the trees at the other end of the courtyard.He came across the lawn, crawling towards us.Mitarai raised his hand slightly at him, and then continued to patrol the house.Pig God and another detective came and followed behind Mitarai. When I came to the corner of the house, I also felt Mitarai's nervousness as I followed behind.He sank his body suddenly, turned around and pointed forward to us behind us, signaling that we had found the target.So we got behind Mitarai and peeked around the corner.I saw a hut standing there alone, like a storage room.Although it is a hut, the space is not small enough to accommodate the next person. The hut had a window of frosted glass, but there was no light in it.There is a door on the right side of the house, which glows white against the moonlight. "Draw the gun!" Mitarai ordered in a low voice to Pig God, but Pig God responded in a low voice with a surprised face, "I didn't bring it!" Mitarai was stunned when he heard the sound, he was speechless for a while, and a look of contempt flashed across his face, as if to say: "You didn't bring a gun? Then why are you here?" when, say: "Then you stay here. After I give you the signal, you come to the door. Ishioka-kun, you are the same." As soon as he finished speaking, he stooped and ran across the corner without stopping. "What is that bastard looking like..." I heard Pig God muttering angrily beside him. Mitarai stood at the side of the door, leaning against the wall, then struggled to take off his coat and wrapped it around his left hand, then waved his right hand to signal us to go over.He waved his hands up and down violently, telling us to get down.So we ran over with our bodies low and stood around the door. When everyone arrived, Mitarai pointed at me, and immediately put her hands behind her back.This move is for me to stand behind him.I obey orders.Seeing this, Mitarai slowly reached out to the doorknob.After holding the doorknob tightly, he fixedly stared at Pig God's face, as if saying "Come on" to him.At this time, under the reflection of the moonlight, Mitarai's expression was creepy.I seemed to see another side of him that no one knew, and I couldn't help feeling terrified. Mitarai quickly opened the door, smashed the door open with her body, and rushed into the hut.Scattered moonlight shone into the dark room, and a man's body was floating in the air, struggling desperately.There was a loud bang, and the low step stool fell to the wooden floor and slid in circles towards the corner.Seeing this, I didn't know what this situation meant. "Stop!" Mitarai shouted and ran towards the man floating in the air.Pig God also followed.Everyone was in a mess, and I was completely confused.The sound of panting was mixed with the sound of people's bodies colliding.At this time, Mitarai's voice came from the darkness: "Ishioka-kun, find the light switch!" Hearing this, I immediately panicked, hurriedly held the doorknob, and searched around the door.Fortunately, panicked, I finally saw the switch on the wall next to the door. I quickly turned on the light, and saw a man sitting on the ground, and three other people standing beside him bent over.As my eyes had long adapted to the darkness, the sight in front of me made me dizzy. "You're going to die, bastard!" Pig God shouted meaninglessly.It wasn't until now that I suddenly realized that when we rushed in, the man just kicked off the step stool and wanted to hang himself.Looking up, a rope tied in a loop descends vertically from the ceiling. "Is this person Hayama Section Chief?" I couldn't help muttering.The chief of the section has a round face, and to be fair, he looks very honest.Could this man be a murderer?He doesn't look vicious at all. If he stands side by side with Pig God, no matter how you look at it, the latter looks like a vicious criminal. Hearing my words, Mitarai nodded and said, "Fortunately, we came in time." "Hello!" Just as Zhu Shen was about to speak domineeringly, Mitarai interrupted him by raising his hand, and then questioned Section Chief Yuyama in front of him: "Mr. Hayama, it seems that the lights are not turned on in your house. Where are your wife and children? Have you killed them?" I was astonished—not because of the content of the question, but because of the calm tone of my friend.Only then did I understand that this case of UFOs and aliens could be so important.The decent-looking section chief sat on the ground, silent.After a while, he lowered his voice and said hoarsely: "No, I was afraid that I would become murderous, so I let them go to my mother's house to play today." Hearing this, Mitarai exhaled "Oh".I knew a stone had fallen from his heart.Although he is a bit exaggerated on weekdays, he is very kind-hearted. "It's a good job. It will make your crime less serious." After Mitarai finished speaking, Pig God's eyes widened.Maybe it's because to him, tonight's action can be regarded as the arrest of a vicious murderer.However, he was unable to make any rebuttals, simply because he knew nothing about the situation - and I can write this with confidence because I am equally ignorant. Mitarai strode to the door and picked up a beige coat from the ground, which seemed to be worn by a woman.There was another gun there, like an air rifle, but he didn't look at it. "Is this Ms. Shibata's coat?" Mitarai asked. The section chief slowly retracted his chin and nodded.So Mitarai handed the coat to Pig God and said: "Here, be careful when handling it, the paint is about to come off, that's important evidence." "Paint? What paint?!" The pig god who entered the fighting state yelled violently.Mitarai looked at Pig God with compassion, and said to him: "Officer Pig God, it's best not to ask this or that at this time, as that will expose your ignorance." After speaking, Mitarai reached out to take back the coat, and continued: "Let me keep it so I don't get in the way during the interrogation. Is the police car coming here?" "Yes." Pig God replied. "That's enough." Saying that, Mitarai picked up the overcoat that fell on the floor - this one was his own. "How do you know he's here?" asked the Pig God.Mitarai pointed to the door and said: "It has just been painted silver, and the inside here has also been painted. Through the window, I can vaguely see someone moving. Let alone, everyone should take a police car to the Kamakura office." After speaking, he leaned into my ear and whispered: "In this way, the 220 yuan fare for 'Enoden' will be saved."