Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Towards the Port

The Yamanote Inner Ring Road was unexpectedly crowded.It might be close to the end of the school day. Female high school students with bulging schoolbags and junior high school students with sports equipment were chatting loudly in small groups and crowded the entrances and exits of the station. Because there were a lot of people getting on and off at each stop, Anzhai and Kyouta could no longer lean against the door like before.They were squeezed inside, Ataka grabbed hold of the harness, and Kyouta stood beside him with his hands on the armrest over the seat's head. Although a large number of people went down at Shinjuku Station, many people came up again, so it was still as crowded as before.His body was pushed back and forth, almost knocked down, but Kyouta didn't seem to notice all of this, and was still staring out of the window intently.Anzhai thought: It seems that Kyouta is already familiar with the section of the road to Gaohui Racecourse, but maybe he has almost no chance to take the Yamanote Line.While thinking, Anzhai stared at Kyouta's tanned cheeks.

If this child is used as a hostage to escape... don't you need any weapons?First of all, where to buy a knife, in case of being surrounded by the police, put it on the child's chest.If the police attack him, the child will die. ——However, what if there are many people on the other side and they rush up from behind? ……No.As with such incidents that are often reported in the newspapers, one must try to close oneself in a small space such as a public toilet.But what to do next... Anzhai suddenly felt as if he had been lightly hit on the back of the head, and a burst of dizziness swept over his body, and he couldn't help but tightly grasped the sling.

He thought: Doing that is pure recklessness, and no matter what you do now, you can't escape it.In the past, many criminals locked up passing young women or housewives as hostages, but isn't there a precedent for them escaping from the den in the end? No, even if others have had successful precedents, how can I have such sufficient courage or dexterity...? Indeed, he was obviously a coward by birth.But why did he commit such terrible crimes one after another—? An Zhai fell into a terrible memory again. The original purpose was just to get 30 million yen.A few days ago, I lied to the police to cover up the matter. However, due to the continuous economic downturn in recent years, "Shang'an Real Estate" has actually become a mess and out of control.The bad tide hit stocks and real estate first. The business of "Shang'an Real Estate" is also not easy.Because almost no one cares about real estate, there is basically no interest at all. Unfortunately, just before the arrival of the economic downturn, Anzhai and Tianwu respectively took a fancy to a piece of land in Tokyo. The items on hand were used as a guarantee to borrow a total of 100 million yen from banks and credit unions to buy the land.Since then he has been unable to find a buyer, and the interest rate has been increasing steadily. For this, the income from the management fee of a small apartment is just a drop in the bucket.Moreover, although these two pieces of land are not too large, they have pledged 5 million yen in items as a deposit.If he fails to repay the remaining 20 million yen before the deadline of September 30, he will have to watch the 5 million yen in items go down the drain.

The 20 million yen plus the interest of 10 million yen and the amortized principal, at present, must raise enough 30 million yen no matter what.He thought to himself that the economy might recover during this period, so that he could find a suitable buyer for any piece of land. However, since all the items on hand have been mortgaged (not to mention the real estate of the home and the company), and money is tight, he can't get another loan even if he wants to. No, isn't that piece of land available for use? One day in mid-September, a mountain forest at the northern end of Nerima District suddenly appeared in Anzhai's mind. It was inherited from his late father who was also in the real estate business during his lifetime. Most of it has been divided, leaving only the An account that does not live up to its name.

That piece of mountain forest was his father's private property since before the war, with a total area of ​​10,500 ping, but it was sold off bit by bit.When Ataka succeeded, the land had been reduced to about 5,000 tsubo.No, it's just numbers on the register.He later decided not to work and planned to run the real estate business on his own.In order to replenish funds, he planned to sell the remaining mountain forest.In order to know what he knew, he conducted on-site measurement in advance, and found that it was actually only a little more than 4,000 ping, which was nearly 1,000 ping less than the registration book, that is to say, there was a "measured less area" of 1,000 ping.

However, since this kind of situation is not uncommon in forests and fields, he simply divided the forest with an area of ​​more than 4,000 pings into four parts and sold them at 1,000 pings each time.Because the division had to be measured accurately at the time, it turned out that Anzhai only had about 1,200 tsubo (about 3,900 square meters) on hand, but in reality it was only about 50 tsubo. It is a different matter if it is a house worth several million yen per ping, but the 50 ping mountain forest does not have much property value, so he almost forgot about this land when his business was booming, and he didn't care about it at all. Never mind.

However, if you meet a person who doesn't know much about real estate, maybe this certificate of ownership that clearly states 1,200 pyeong of land will work. Fortunately, the surrounding lands that have been sold are still undeveloped mountains and forests. At first glance, it is almost impossible to tell where the boundary line is. If the owner of the neighboring land is not called to make actual measurements at the same time, it is impossible to tell the difference. not come out. However, since he already has a large loan from a relationship bank or credit union, it's best to get a private banker this time.

So where to find a private banker who didn't know the inside story of Ataka and had no doubts about his land title deeds, which he could use as security to finance the financing?Although this is a mountain forest, but because the location is in the Nerima area, the underestimation per tsubo is no less than 150,000 yen.If it is calculated at 1,200 tsubo, it is more than enough to use it as a guarantee of 30 million yen. Once such a tempting idea sprouted in my heart, I couldn't get rid of it no matter what.In fact, the real estate industry is easily affected by the economic depression. On the other hand, because of the large transaction volume, it recovers quickly. This is the charm of this kind of business.Therefore, no matter what, if the loss can be recovered, the principal can be repaid, and the collateral can be recovered intact, wouldn’t the party that provided the financing pass without causing any actual damage after all?

Anzhai suddenly remembered that his half-brother Koji had revealed to himself that the concubine of a private banker who lived in Zenfukuji, Suginami District had an affair with him.Koji lived in an apartment in Honmachi, Nakano Ward, and basically came to Anzhai's house every half a month to ask for pocket money or to borrow a car.But since the sister-in-law Taeko who was not compatible with him was hospitalized in August, he came home two or three times a week, basically in the evening or evening after the company got off work, and sometimes he came to cook dinner alone.When Koji was in high school, he joined a gang of gangsters and ran away from home. However, he has a withdrawn personality. Since he was adopted in the third grade of elementary school, he lived with Anzhai under the same roof for eight years and spent his youth. In my heart, I still respect An Zhai as an elder brother.Seeing that Koji came to the house frequently recently, Anzhai thought: Although he speaks very hard verbally, does he really want to live with him again?At first, he asked Koji about the situation of the private banker who lived in Chunfu Temple, and he knew that the other party was an old man with a eccentric personality, but he seemed to be a big capitalist.He thought this was the best candidate to finance himself.

Finally, through Koji, Ataka asked Linnai Jinshi to introduce him to Tsukuyama by boasting that he was her old acquaintance when she was working in the bar.Ataka visited Hatayama who lives in Zenpukuji alone in mid-September.However, he didn't tell Hao Si about the guarantee. Financing is done.Hatayama Shinzo was indeed a taciturn old man with a somewhat indifferent attitude.However, after checking the registration book brought by Anzhai, he agreed to lend 30 million yen to Anzhai.Because there were no errors or improper contents in the registration book, Hatayama did not have any doubts about the land issue.

Two days later, Ataka visited Hatayama again, and handed him the land ownership certificate, seal certificate and power of attorney as guarantee conditions.As long as these three things are prepared, you can go to the registration office to register at any time and set the mortgage.In exchange, Hatayama took out 30 million yen in cash and handed it to Anzhai after deducting one month's interest. An Zhai wrote an IOU with a term of six months and an interest of 5 cents per month. However, the truth of that "illusory land" was discovered by Hatayama after only half a month.This incident was an unexpected misfortune for Anzhai.Hatayama accidentally used other channels. It seems that when someone proposed financing to him with real estate as a guarantee, he heard during the negotiation process that there was a big discrepancy between the registered book and the actual situation.Hatayama may have a premonition, so he asked experts to conduct field measurements on the forest of Anzhai that day.The improper guarantee behavior was quickly discovered. Anzhai was sent to his home by Hatayama by phone, and then Hatayama began demanding money.Hatayama told him to either repay the principal immediately, or sue him for fraud. At the same time, he also proposed to initiate a civil lawsuit, requiring him to mortgage all other items of the "Shangan Real Estate" company.However, Ataka has already paid the money here and there, so no matter what kind of prosecution is filed, it will be a fatal blow to the real estate operator. As soon as she discovered the improper behavior in the guarantee, Natsumi was of course blamed by Hatayama for introducing bad customers.This fact reached Koji's ears, so An Zhai had no choice but to explain the details to Koji. Seeing Anzhai being cornered, Koji was the first to say "Kill Hatayama".Hao Si is cowardly by nature, and because of this, once he encounters any problems, he tends to take rash and aggressive actions.Moreover, once he was convinced of something, he didn't care about it and went his own way.From Natsumi's tone of voice, it seems that Hatayama often keeps a considerable amount of cash in the safe.Anzhai thought: If Hatayama was murdered, and the ownership certificate, seal certificate and other materials on the mortgage were taken away together with the cash inside, wouldn't the evidence be destroyed naturally? The more Anzhai thought about it, the more he felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. First, Hatayama is an old man who lives alone and seems to seldom interact with others. Second, since the discovery of the improper guarantee behavior, it may be because Hatayama does not like to go out. Every time he calls Anzhai to Shanfu Temple to negotiate, therefore, the two employees of the "Shangan Real Estate" company Nothing is known about the relationship between Ataka and Hatayama. Thirdly, the 30 million yen loaned by Hatayama to Anzhai was a so-called secret transaction that had not been declared to the tax office. Therefore, although Hatayama had the land ownership certificate and seal certificate in his hand, he did not immediately set up a mortgage Quan (Anzhai also replied that the loan will not be included in the company's budget at present due to the company's losses, and the loan situation will not be reported for the time being).This was agreed between the two when submitting the IOU.Although Koji didn't understand so much, he just said "Kill Hatayama" in a nonsensical manner, but in Anzhai's mind, indeed, as long as he took away all the ownership certificates and IOUs from Hatayama, then he would take all the materials from Hatayama's hand. The fact that Li borrowed money will be wiped away without leaving any traces. Soon, Anzhai drew up a detailed and well-thought-out criminal plan in his heart that was almost unbelievable to himself. And in this plan, an accomplice was needed no matter what, and this accomplice was none other than Haosi. The last reason for Anzhai to put this plan into action is that he believes that as long as Koji is involved in the killing of Hatayama and Koji becomes his accomplice, then he may not carry his back in the future Continue to live that kind of self-willed life.He will definitely tell himself and discuss with himself no matter what happens in the future.Then, as long as he can get rid of the current predicament, Koji will never go astray in life again in the future. At 5:45 a.m. on October 7, Ataka and Koji met in the still dark courtyard of Wuzang Temple.Koji came from his apartment in Nakano Hommachi, and Anzhai drove his Cadillac from his home in Higashi Nagasaki. He parked the car under the shade of trees in Zenfukuji Park. At 6 o'clock, the two arrived at the door of Hatayama's house. Anzhai rang the doorbell, and after a while, Hatayama, who was wearing an Oshima silk kimono, unlocked the door and welcomed the two inside. Of course, these steps were carefully arranged by the two of them in advance.Two days ago, An Zhai told Hatayama that he happened to find a buyer for the forest, and he wanted to sell the forest and use the proceeds to repay part of the principal.Moreover, he told Hatayama that the buyer was a food company headquartered in Kobe. The company decided to enter Tokyo and planned to buy the forests in that area to build a factory, including the land of Anzhai.However, as soon as he told the other party that his land was still being mortgaged, the other party said that he hoped that they could verify the relevant materials before signing the contract formally.Therefore, I will bring a person in charge of a food company to visit Hatayama, hoping to let the person in charge look at the ownership certificate and IOU. In addition, Ataka coaxed Hatayama to say that because the other party planned to buy it at a price of 200,000 yen per ping, 50 pings could be sold for 10 million yen.He will first return the 10 million yen to Hatayama, and pay close attention to raising the remaining 20 million yen.If you can't raise it for a while, prepare to use another item as a guarantee. As far as Hatayama was concerned, he seemed to think that it would be the best policy to ask Anzhai to sell the forest first and recover the 10 million yen first, so he immediately agreed.Regarding the time to bring the person in charge of the food company to visit, Anzhai also made up a reason, saying that the other party had an important meeting at the head office at noon that day, and the other party had to go back early to catch up with the meeting, so he designated it in the morning. Visit at 6 o'clock.Hatayama is also used to getting up early, so he said that if it is in the morning, any time is fine.Besides, Anzai's excuse didn't have any flaws, so that morning Koji wore a black and gray suit, pretended to be the deputy head of the general affairs department of the food company, and brought the fake business card that Anzai had prepared for him in advance. The two were led to the living room in front of the corridor. So Anzhai introduced Koji to Hatayama, and asked him to bring the ownership certificate and IOU to confirm to Koji. When the sound of Hatayama's footsteps disappeared at the other end of the corridor, the two stood up at the same time.Koji took the lead in chasing Hatayama along the dark, straight corridor.A few days ago, Koji inquired about the general structure of this house from Natsumi.Anzhai was hiding a strong-looking belt in his hand on his back. This was the belt he had brought from home that he had been using all the time.Both held their breath and lowered their footsteps.Because they don't know the password of the safe, if Hatayama sees through their conspiracy before opening the safe, even if Hatayama is killed, he will inevitably leave important clues for stealing the materials inside. Only the eight-tatami room at the end was lit. That was Hatayama's bedroom, and all the valuables seemed to be piled up in the same room. The two turned their heads from the pillar at the door and looked in, and found that Hatayama was squatting in front of the safe, tilting the back of his disheveled head slightly to one side, and inserted the key into the safe.Then, I saw him turn the dial a few times to the left and to the right.This period of time was unbearably long for Anzhai.These procedures were finally over, and Hatayama turned the key, and the heavy door of the safe opened outwards with a click. Afterwards, Hatayama slightly turned his head towards the door.It seemed that he also slightly sensed that there was someone outside, so he turned around suspiciously.He was taken aback, and the two of them rushed in.Hatayama fled towards the alcove, and was immediately pulled down by Anzhai, and Koji quickly rode on him.Anzhai pinned down his resisting hands from the head.An Zhai wanted to use the belt to strangle him around his neck, but he didn't put it on properly, and the belt fell on Koji's body.While holding Hatayama's hands, Anzhai wrapped the tape around his neck twice, and strangled him desperately, Hatayama barely cried out. Finally, it was Anzhai who made Hatayama's limp body lie on the ground. There are all kinds of proof materials stored in the safe, and these materials are packed in envelopes one by one.Sure enough, the ownership certificates, seal certificates, power of attorney, and IOUs mentioned above were all stacked together in an envelope.Unexpectedly, there was so little cash, and it was only less than 400,000 yen later. The cash and all the materials were stuffed into Koji's purse, which he deliberately carried to play the head of the food company who was on a business trip. It was already 6:20 when they left Hatayama's house. The two broke up behind the main hall of Wuzang Temple.Koji ran to Ome Street through the field path on the slope, and Anzhai returned to the car parked in the park below. The purse is kept by Ataka.When he walked alone through the hedge of the temple to the slope, he happened to meet Gongta who was about to fall into the river. At that moment, why did I go out of my way to save him...? Looking at the boy next to him whose body was shaking with the tram but still staring out the window, Anzhai suddenly felt that all this was not so much unbelievable as it was a dream. ——In short, at the moment when he found that Kyouta was holding on to the river bank tightly, he really thought that the other party was a little girl.Then I thought about it, maybe it was because I mistook the black hakama-style sword training suit worn by Gongta for the pleated skirt worn by my daughter; so I reflexively thought of my daughter Fumiko, who was supposed to be sleeping at home, and felt in my heart. I couldn't help feeling sore.He felt that the child in front of him was none other than his daughter Wenzi who was sleeping alone at home without knowing what his father was doing.The children on the embankment seemed to be younger than Wenzi.No, Kyota is actually a third-grade student, a grade higher than Fumiko, but because of his short stature, and judging from the posture in which he stretched out his tiny arms from the sleeves of his fat training clothes, he was desperately grabbing the grass , is simply a very small child.The river under his body was full of water due to the rain for a day or two, and the river was rushing. Anzhai felt that if the child fell, there would be no salvation.Because he thought the other party was a child younger than Wenzi, he didn't feel any danger at all as he regarded the other party as a "witness".At that time, it was only an instinct to get away from the crime scene as soon as possible that made him hesitate for a moment. At around 10 o'clock in the evening of the next day, Koji, who showed up at Anzhai's house for the first time after committing the crime, had a shaken expression on his face.He said that he went to Asagaya's apartment just now to find her because he was thinking about how Linnai Tsumi viewed this incident.Nazumi seems to have seen that Hatayama was killed by Anzhai and Koji, because she knew the reason why Hatayama was angered by the improper guarantee method, and the murder happened when Koji asked her about the structure of Hatayama's house after.But after all, she didn't say it out loud, so Koji felt that it was meaningless for him to deny it first.In this regard, Koji just vaguely threatened her, and if he was suspected by the police, he would tell the police that it was Natsumi who led the way.Then Koji made her swear that she would come back without letting it out. But when he came back, Hao Si felt as if he was being watched by the police, he finally got into a taxi and escaped without letting the police see his face.But I didn't expect the police to investigate Natsumi so quickly... An Zhai never expected that the police would find Natsumi so quickly, so his heart was a little cold. When talking about the escape route, Anzhai mentioned that he mistook a boy in a sword training uniform for a little girl on the way and rescued him from the river embankment, Koji immediately reprimanded with his lips twitching He: Why did you make such a stupid mistake and set up a "witness" on purpose?If he ran over quietly, maybe the child wouldn't even notice An Zhai passing by him.Although I forcibly blocked Natsumi's mouth, if she couldn't stand the police's endless questioning and leaked the names of Koji or Anzhai, then both of them would become suspects in a chain.At that time, if the young man utters the testimony of "meeting An Zhai", wouldn't it be decisive evidence?At present, the task force seems to be inquiring everywhere in order to find witnesses near the scene. Then, Koji muttered uneasily that when he came back from the scene, he met a woman on the field path on the slope. "Anyway, because he is a very young child, the police will not pay much attention to his testimony. Besides, that child must not say anything." Anzhai comforted Koji with some words that he was not sure about, and then gave Koji half of the 400,000 yen looted from Hatayama's safe. However——from the evening paper the next day, Anzhai knew that Koji had attacked the boy in Fujimi Pond that morning.No, when the journalists reported the attempted murder of the young man, they believed that the incident had nothing to do with the murder at Chunfu Temple, so they only slightly reported it, and only wrote the young man's name as Mr. K.However, judging from the location of the scene, the age characteristics of the prisoner, and Koji's expressions before and after, Anzhai felt that Koji must have done this. When Koji reappeared the next night, Anzhai pressed him about the matter.Sure enough, he replied in frustration that he wanted to kill the boy in the woods by the pool, but he was unlucky and happened to meet a patrolman passing by there, and when he realized something was wrong, he let go of the boy and ran away.Before that, he went near the fencing training ground to wait for the child who climbed up from the slope next to Wuzang Temple.At that time, he suddenly found a teenager climbing up while chatting with a plainclothes policeman or a reporter.So he felt that the investigators had indeed set their sights on the child, and that he would be in danger if he did not start sooner. After asking other children, he found out that the boy was called Kuto Kyouta. It was said that since the murder happened the day before yesterday, the police or reporters had often been in and out of Kyouta's house, which made him more determined to act quickly.He inquired about the route of Gongta's home, so he lay in ambush in the woods next to Fujimi Pond.He successfully lured Mrs. Gong to a place where no one noticed, but to his regret, he was spotted by the patrol and ended up with an attempted murder.This is the beginning and end of the incident. Hearing this, Anzhai felt as if he had suddenly fallen into the abyss of despair. Since killing Hatayama, An Zhai has been in a dark regret and terror, but in any case, he has disappeared after the crime, avoiding the sight of the police, waiting for the passage of time.This is the tenet born of Ataka's defensive instincts. Koji's reaction, however, was the opposite.Out of the fugitive's excessive fear, he wanted to get out of trouble by repeating the crime.No, he was driven by an insane belief that by doing so he would escape capture.In fact, isn't this the most dangerous trap for criminals to kill themselves? In short, although the attack on Gongta passed without any fatalities, because the special case team searched the "circular alopecia hair" dropped by the criminal at the scene as an important clue, so from this line there was another trace. The danger of Hao Si. Koji thought that it might be best not to stay close to the apartment in Nakano Hommachi, but if he suddenly moved to Anzhai's house, it would attract people's attention. him some money. Four days later, at around 7:00 a.m. on October 24, Koji broke into Anzhai's house suddenly.This time his face was more clearly full of murderous intent than ever before. He took out the evening paper of "Nihon Shinpo" from the back pocket of his trousers, and then pointed to a piece of news for Anzhai to read.Ataka's family did not subscribe to the Nippon Shinpo. According to a newspaper report, the Xidiwa Department received an anonymous letter around noon on the 13th, in which the sender claimed to have witnessed a murderer-like person near the crime scene.In addition, according to this anonymous letter, the task force began to suspect that the murder of elementary school students near Fujimi Pond four days ago was related to the murder of a private banker, and hinted that the next step would be to search for the believer who might be a woman. "The person who wrote the letter is the woman that my brother and Gongta saw at the same time. It may be the same person as the woman I passed by on the field road above. Because it also matches well from the point of view of time.—— I know the identity of that woman..." When Faji was eating ready-made dinners with Anzhai and Wenzi, he was always thinking about it.However, after 9 o'clock, as soon as Wenzi fell asleep, he suddenly picked up the phone without saying anything. Anzhai stood by and listened, and it turned out that Koji was pretending to be a policeman from the Nishi Ogiwa Station on the phone, and the other party seemed to be the woman mentioned just now.After a while of questioning and answering, it seemed that they had agreed to let the other party go to the head of Kawagoe Street. Koji remembered the woman's name and address.When building a high-end apartment in Shakujiimachi this summer, Koji often saw her coming out of the house diagonally opposite.Because the other party is the type of woman he likes, he has a deep impression on her. He thought over and over again: she should be the hostess of the house, why did she walk alone on this secluded path in Shanfu Temple early in the morning?And it's a little secretive?Later, I just thought that she might not report to the police, but I didn't expect that she sent such an anonymous letter. Hao Si thought carefully: Is there something shady about her?Is it because you want to keep your own secret, but also don't have the heart to conceal the facts you witnessed, that's why you report in this way? However, the police will definitely use this letter as a clue to find out her identity, because the police are doing their best to collect evidence in the area around Shanfu Temple.Moreover, according to the letter, the police knew that she was an important witness to the murder, so it can be expected that the police will definitely work harder to find her. Then, once she is found out and interrogated in detail, needless to say about Anzhai's appearance, she will definitely remember the situation when she passed by Koji before.Although it was impossible for her to know Koji's name and identity, because the police had already monitored Koji's apartment, her words were likely to become decisive evidence. Because of the danger of directly threatening his own safety, Koji gradually fell into a panic, which was more serious than the last time he dealt with Gongta. When I called the other party just now, it was obvious from the other party's reaction that she also concealed what happened that morning from her family. Therefore, Koji planned to take advantage of the other party's weakness and call her to the Sunshine Garden Hotel in Asaka City, where he and Natsumi had visited many times, because he was more familiar with the situation there. She brought her into the hotel and had a physical relationship with him.He wanted to use this trick to make her swear never to tell anything about what she witnessed that morning. What if she resisted tenaciously, sacrificing the determination to expose everything and shouting? ——When Anzhai asked such a question, Koji replied with his eyes shining like a demon possessed: As a last resort, kill her before anyone notices it, and then run away. Koji proposed to borrow Anzhai's Cadillac to go out immediately, and Anzhai said to him, "Have a refreshment before leaving." After speaking, he poured Koji a glass of wine mixed with water, and quickly mixed in a sleeping pill.The sleeping pills were taken when his wife was hospitalized, and Anzhai used them himself. Seeing Koji's haggard blue-black sleepy face, Anzhai was completely annoyed. He thought: Even if Hao Si dispelled this idea by adopting this method tonight, sooner or later he will get close to that woman named "Gui Mu" again.Because it can be clearly seen that Koji's self-protection purpose of murdering witnesses is almost the same as his heart's cruel and self-defeating desire for the type of woman he likes. Let him take this kind of action, and he will definitely watch him go to the abyss of self-destruction.Not only that, but in the end, Anzhai himself will inevitably die. Anzhai's murderous intent towards Hojimae was surprisingly brief in terms of time.When he committed the crime at the beginning, Anzhai thought that if Koji was involved, he would no longer go his own way behind his back.It's an unreasonable self-consolation.However, when this feeling was completely shattered, he developed feelings of irritation and restlessness, which also hastened his decision. Anzhai dragged Koji into the Cadillac parked in his garage, put him on the passenger seat, closed the door, turned on the engine, and used a rubber tube to guide the exhaust gas from the exhaust pipe into the car. After about ten minutes, Hao Si's face completely lost all color, and fell into a state of suspended animation. So he turned off the engine and ventilated the car.Then he took off Koji's sports jacket, put the wig his wife Takeko had used on his head, and wrapped Takeko's pink scarf around the sports shirt he was wearing. At around 10 o'clock, Ataka put on Koji's dark brown sports jacket, drove the Cadillac, and left his home in East Nagasaki.Before setting off he spotted the old 50cc scooter in the same garage and loaded it into the back compartment. The reason why he pulled Haosi into the Sunshine Garden Hotel was not because of the exact plan, that is, to transfer the crime to the woman surnamed Guimu that Haosi tricked out, but because Haosi had just introduced him to the Sunshine Garden Hotel internal structure.Moreover, he figured that since it was the hotel that Koji had used, it would be easy to lead the police to the line of "pornographic crimes" to search. When approaching the Sunshine Garden Hotel, he first drove the car to a side road, unloaded the motorcycle from the compartment, and hid it in the dark of an open space. At 10:30 he drove past the front desk of the hotel and entered room 14. Anzhai put Koji on the bed in the room on the second floor, took off the sports jacket he was wearing and put it on the chair.Then he took out two glasses and pretended to have drunk beer.He then turned on the engine of the Cadillac parked in the garage.After fully opening the door of the room, he jumped from the window on the second floor to the driveway downstairs and escaped. Leaving one's own Cadillac at the murder scene is a bit passive, but no matter what, if Koji's body is discovered and his identity is exposed, then even though he has nothing to do with Koji in terms of household registration, the police cannot ignore it. His only brother's. Even if the police couldn't find him for a while, because the other two employees of the "Shang'an Real Estate" company also knew Koji to some extent, so once Koji's body was found, it was impossible for him to pretend not to know. That is to say, maybe it was more proactive for me to stand upright from the beginning. When he returned, he drove the motorcycle quickly and arrived at the Inoue Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in front of Higashi Nagasaki Station at 11:15.He thought: After inferring the time of Koji's death, although this does not fully prove that he has no time to commit crimes, it can at least prove that he did not take a taxi from the hotel in Zhaoxia City to East Nagasaki that night, which would make the police Leave an impression of innocence that is good for you. As he expected, the next day, before noon on October 15, the criminal police from Zhaoxia Department showed up in his company.The police found Anzhai's name and address through the Cadillac's vehicle inspection certificate.That afternoon, at Saitama Medical University, where Koji's body was dissected, Ataka was questioned by Nishi-Ogikubo Bureau and Chief Kuriguchi.He replied that he never even dreamed that Koji would be wanted for killing the private banker himself.Moreover, in order to divert Huai Ning's attention, he randomly made up a fictional character named "Mu Yuan". However, the Nishi Ogikubo Department seems to still identify Ataka as one of the important suspects in the Hatayama murder case, but no obvious motive for the murder has been found.In his heart, Anzhai was just afraid that Gongta would give testimony to the police.He thought maybe the police would take a photo of his face for Kyota to identify, so he chose a pair of exquisitely designed mild myopia glasses to wear on his face in order to quietly defend himself.畑山凶杀案发生之后，由于身心两方面的劳累，他消瘦得连自己都感到相貌与以前不一样了。这一点也可以说是一种具有讽刺意味的侥幸。 头两天总算平稳地过去了。 不，从现实情况来看，其处境可以说与平稳这一说法大致正好相反，因为正在住院的妻子的病情已越来越表现出晚期的症状。去年夏天，多惠子接受了子宫癌的手术治疗，后来有一段时间看上去恢复了健康。可是，今年初夏，发现癌细胞已向卵巢和胃部转移了，就立刻再次动了手术。但是，医生很快就宣布已经晚了。 到了10月份，多惠子因注射止痛针几乎一直处于睡眠状态，住院只不过是为了多延长一点寿命。 尽管这样，安宅还是尽量多花点时间陪伴在妻子的床边，他想通过专心守护妻子的行为帮助自己从犯罪后的恐惧中逃脱出来。同时，呆在这间谢绝会客的病房里，就像置身于搜查的矛头难以触及的禁区一样，从中能够得到一种安全感。 However-- 安宅仍在朝着犯罪的道路上倾斜。犯人通常都是靠重新犯罪来保身。他想：自己是不是也不知不觉地掉进了这么一个悲惨的陷阱呢……？ 恭太裹着嘴唇带着认真的表情，出神地望着窗外。安宅目光慌张地看了少年一眼，然后随着电车的摇动默默地注视起这个天真、老实的9岁男孩来。安宅脑子里再次想象着自己挟持着这个少年突破警察包围的情景。 自己能成功吗？ 也许会出奇地获得成功。在那一瞬间到来之际，突然—— 犯罪，或许就是这么回事。 上一次也是这样，正当难以摆脱意想不到的林奈津实的恐吓时，妻子多惠子死了。在随后的某一瞬间，简直就像受到了上天的启示一样，自己想出了利用妻子病死的机会埋葬林奈津实的主意。 一闪现出那种念头，不知为什么，安宅脚下一晃，一种不可思议的冲动立时袭过他的全身，内心就像被揉碎了似地发出一阵儿钝痛。 电车滑进了明亮的月台，可能是越线了吧，一个急刹车后，电车停下了。 窗外的站牌上写着“浜松町”三个字。 "Get out of the car." 简直就像父亲对待自己领的孩子一样，安宅若无其事地说道。对此，安宅本人却不由得打了个寒战。 浜松町站的山手线月台夹在一条新干线和一条单轨线之间。 两人随人流从电车里涌出来时，刚好有一辆红色的单轨列车从一幢大厦的半腰里驶出来，缓缓地从月台上横穿而过。同时，一辆白蛇皮颜色的超特快列车也正从远处的一条高架线上驶了过去。 恭太来回地转动着小脑袋，看着看着，他的眼睛里闪现出一种说不上来的兴奋的目光，直到刚才还一直蒙在脸上的不安的阴影很快就消失得无影无踪了。这一切都没逃过安宅的眼睛。 “第一次见到单轨列车吗？” “这是第二次，不过，从来没坐过。” 安宅觉得好像首次听到了恭太兴高采烈的答话声。自己像他这个年龄的时候，单是看上一眼汽船、飞机之类的稀罕的交通工具，就异常地兴奋。虽说时代变了，可男孩子的这些共同的特征，过去和现在好像都是一样的。 安宅也注视了一会儿朝着两座大楼之间渐渐远去的红色的车体，然后问道：“咱们还是去海边吧，按刚才定好的。” 恭太精神十足地点了点头。 车站前面是一条被高架铁桥和高速公路的桥墩围起来的宽阔的公路，这里车水马龙，声音嘈杂。因为这一带距竹芝栈桥很近，所以能看到许多大型卡车。这里虽车流不断，但很少见到行人。这是一片很能让人感受到城市的机械化程度的区域。 安宅和恭太并肩走在树荫下的一条细长的人行道上。安宅的眼睛漫不经心地搜寻着卖刀子的店铺，可是，两旁的楼房之间偶尔只出现个咖啡屋之类的小店，几乎看不见一家像样的商店。 走了大约五分钟，他俩就来到了货船的围栏跟前，这一带笼罩着港湾特有的杂乱的气氛。公路的两旁不规则地建有运输公司或仓库之类的新！日大小不等的房子，而前方则是蔚蓝色的海面。 其中有一座灰白色的楼房很呆板地立在路旁，安宅觉得它很像丰岛区政府的办公楼。不，实际上也许并不怎么像，只是因为他忆起了林奈津实，所以就产生了奇妙的联想。 林奈津实是一个用白眼珠盯人，用嘶哑的声音说话的女人。这些特征总是给人一种俗不可耐而又冷酷无情的印象，同时还透出一股奇特的妖艳女人的味道。 奈津实出现在安宅的家里是在浩司死后的第三天，即10月17日晚上10点多钟。在这之前，安宅只是间接地听浩司谈过她，这次是第一次与她见面。当他看到这个女人悄悄地溜进自己家里然后用手掩上门时，不知为什么，在对方自报姓名之前他就确信了对方肯定就是奈津实。 奈津实的来意他也基本上预料到了。奈津实直言不讳地说：浩司已经详细地实话告诉了她杀害畑山的经过。以前她也直接从畑山那里听说过畑山因担保问题责备安宅的事。奈津实提出来要想让她把一切不泄露出去，安宅就得给她出1000万日元，而且要得还很急。她说因为警察追她追得很紧，所以等自己一拿到钱，就赶快逃往美国。 正当此时，安宅的妻子多惠子于10月21日下午2点去世了。当天傍晚，安宅将多惠子的死亡诊断书和死亡通知单提交给了住址所在地丰岛区区政府。随后，安宅在内心里就迅速拟定了一个杀害奈津实的计划。 在区政府办公室，工作人员对他说：因为多惠子的户籍还在三鹰市，还需要将有关材料寄到三鹰去，所以希望他分别准备两份死亡通知单和死亡诊断书。这便成了他计划杀害奈津实的契机。在那之前，安宅不知道根据需要可以让医生给多开几张死亡诊断书这件事，他也根本不知道不仅限于居住地和死亡地，无论哪个区政府都可以给签发埋火葬许可证这种情况。 当天晚上9点，安宅向丰岛区政府提交了两份死亡通知单和死亡诊断书，领取了多惠子的埋火葬许可证。次日早晨通过殡仪馆委托了掘之内殡葬场，下午3点进行了火化。 10月23日上午10点，安宅往奈津实居住的阿佐谷的公寓里打了电话，告诉奈津实自己刚好谈妥了一宗大买卖。搞到了1000万日元，自己准备把钱。交给她。但是，因为自己昨天刚在家里给妻子举行了葬礼，为避免引起人们的怀疑，所以希望到外面去交接。最后，安宅指定两人在新宿西站口内的出租车乘车点旁边碰头。12点半，安宅在指定的地点让奈津实乘上了他的那辆凯迪拉克。他所以选择这个地方，是因为他认为不断有车循环在这条马蹄形的公路上，那么很难设想今后将有人证明奈津实坐上了安宅的车这一事实。12点半这一时间，是奈津实自己提出来的。 让奈津实坐在副司机席上之后，安宅谎称要让客户在川崎市的银行里开张支票，就开起车朝生田方向奔去。奈津实说3点还要到石神井一带去办事，并流露出不满意的表情。安宅却安慰她说准来得及。 从下午1点左右开始下起了小雨，周围暗了许多。不过这对安宅来说正求之不得呢。 小车顺着世田谷大街往西奔，快到登户时，安宅把车开进了右侧的杂木林停了下来。在这一瞬间，奈津实凭直感意识到了自身的危险，脸上表情都僵直了。安宅先用酒上了麻醉用乙醇的手帕捂住了她的脸使她昏迷过去，接着便打开了事先准备好的医疗器械盒，用橡皮绳扎住奈津实的左胳膊，让她的静脉鼓起来，然后在针管子里吸满了空气，慢慢地注入了奈津实的静脉。 就这么简单，只要往静脉里一注入空气，人就会因心脏出现空气栓塞而猝死，这是几年前安宅读一本战事记录时了解到的知识。奈津实的死相和他妻子的一样苍白，一眼看上去根本看不出是由什么异常死因造成的。 他放倒了副司机座席，把奈津实的尸体放在上面，然后又返回世田谷大街。 到了生田，他把车停在笹川雪江的房后。自一年前帮雪江租到这所房子以来，他与雪江一直保持着联系，偶尔还过来看她，所以他知道雪江自9月中旬就回她娘家去了，现在这里没人住。 安宅走着去拜访了房东手（土冢）千吉，塞给他10万日元的酬金，让他答应了暂时在雪江家里停放一下妻子尸体的要求。借到钥匙后，他迅速折回去，把奈津实的尸体拖进屋里横放在被窝儿里，点上香，搞成灵堂的样子。 接着，他马不停蹄地去了川崎市政府，提交上准备好的另一份多惠子的死亡通知单和死亡诊断书，换取了埋火葬许可证。为了避免使川崎市政府再像丰岛区政府那样将安宅提交的材料寄给多惠子的户籍所在地三鹰市政府，安宅就把多惠子的出生地和歌山县新宫市作为户籍所在地填进了表中。他打算等火化完之后再给新宫市政府打个电话，就说把户籍所在地搞错了，要他们把寄过去的有关材料销毁。 安宅从远离生田的高津区内选了一家生意并不太兴隆的殡仪馆，将向川崎市立殡葬场申请火化及运送尸体的工作交给了殡仪馆来做。 10月24日下午4点整，殡仪馆的人按计划把灵柜车开到了雪江的家门前。因为安宅事先向对方编造了自己一人在此守灵的理由，就像上次给手（土冢）解释的一样，所以也没有引起对方的怀疑。两名工作人员把包在白寿衣里面的奈津实的尸体放进棺材，运到了川崎市立殡葬场。 当然，安宅也陪着棺材去了。 火化结束时已是6点多了。 他暂时把领到的骨灰盒藏进凯迪拉克的后车箱里，打算事后处理掉，然后便驱车回到了东长崎的自己家里。自妻子的葬礼举行后连着两三天内的大部分时间安宅都没有在家，他担心这会引起其公司的人员或邻居们的怀疑。 9点钟到家后，他才感到自己的担心已经作为现实而出现了。因为他从妻姐久枝口里得知，就在两个小时之前，西荻洼署的和栗警部补再次登门造访过他。 脑子里一浮现出和栗刑警那张棱角分明的浅黑色的面孔和那双锐利的目光，安宅不由得吓得停住脚步，回头朝背后的路上看了一眼。在港口货物线那边，仍然是拥挤不堪的车辆和缓缓而行的稀稀落落的行人。这就是在明亮的午间阳光沐浴下的东京的一角—— 然而，已经有人在追踪自己，正从四面八方一步步地将自己包围起来——一种本能的直感像寒光一样从安宅心中闪过。刚才他从东伏见的路边小店里往公司拨过电话。他想：也许从那之后警方就发布了紧急搜捕令吧？刑警可能正在向公司的人员打听自己的下落吧？刚才从那边走过来的时候，恐怕在哪个地方被警察看见了吧？那么警察肯定在后面追赶着自己吧？也许与自己的意志无关，是自己带在身旁的恭太这个小人质起了作用，他们才没法下手吧？ ... 安宅故意露出了苦笑，可是心口窝突然一阵儿钝痛，他禁不住发出了嘶哑的呻吟声。恭太抬起头来瞪大眼睛朝他这边看，安宅为了掩饰自己的失态，急忙用右手朝前面的大海一指，又迈开了脚步。 码头这边人头攒动，灿烂的阳光暖洋洋地洒在这里，整个码头沉浸在一片和暖的气氛之中。脚下的混凝土也暖融融的，从海面上吹来的风也很柔和。 左侧的码头上撑着一顶带花道儿的遮阳篷。现在正好有一艘港内观光的游览船要出航了，站在甲板上的人们打着眼罩眺望着一座凯旅桥及耸立在前方海岸上的一幢幢大楼和烟囱。 在右前方停泊着一艘更大的轮船，这好像是一艘大岛航线的客船。这艘船可能还得停一会儿才出港，乘务员和其他工作人员仍迈着慢腾腾的步子出出进进。码头在这艘船的前方就中断了，有一艘疏浚船在前方的水面上移动着。 终于走到了尽头！ 此时，安宅的思维已经有点儿迟钝。他走到一堆用木板捆扎起来的货物旁边，支起两只胳膊将身体靠上前去。 恭太也学着他把矮小的身体探了上去。 恭太此时是如此地兴致勃勃并不是没有道理，他已经有几个月没见到大海了。今年初夏的时候，他曾和附近的几个小朋友去江之岛海边游泳……可是，那个人多得简直像下饺子似的海水浴场与这个港口怎么能相比呢？在这个水面就像淡蓝色的金属板一样的港湾内，有外国的货轮、油轮及其他大大小小的船只，有的停靠在岸边，有的低速行驶，也有的正吐着白烟。像现在这样能亲眼看到如此多的船只，简直就像在做梦一样。当看到一艘拖船突然破水而入又敏捷地击浪而去时，恭太不由得“啊！”了一声。 安宅也长长地吐了一口气。他停下了已经走了很长时间的脚步。就这样被暖洋洋的阳光一照，再被柔和的海风一吹，他觉得浑身被一只催人入梦的睡魔给缠住了。先前在富士见池一带行走时他就有一种昏昏欲睡的感觉，此时这种感觉再一次地袭上身来。 “真想乘上那只船，到什么地方玩儿玩儿呀！” “嗯。”恭太点了点头。 “真的，咱们去哪儿玩儿玩儿吧。” "Ok……" 然而，正在这个时候，恭太好像听到身后传来了刺耳的脚步声。 他不由得回头一看，发现在码头的后边有一片像小公园一样摆着长凳、植着树丛的空间。顺着铺着圆砾石的路面看去，在那头停着一辆黑色的中型轿车。怪了，明明刚才自己进来时还没有呢？ 这辆漆黑的中型轿车的出现，又打开了恭太记忆的大门。和栗股长和小暮记者的面容，还有在芜藏寺旁边的坡道上碰到的那个身材苗条的女人的身影，又一个个地出现在他的脑海里。但是，恭太还没有从这辆黑色的轿车身上意识到自己真正联想到了什么。 恭太把脸转向大海之后，安宅才慢慢地转过头来。他发现在小公园边上的一座仓库似的楼房下，站着一个身穿西装的男人，那人正朝这边望着。而在公园的另一侧则停着一辆黑色的中型轿车，车里面坐着三个人。安宅仿佛觉得自己在这之前果然听到了对方悄悄地追踪自己的脚步声。这也许可以证明他已习惯于自己绝望的错觉。 “你知道回去的路吗？”安宅面对着恭太问道。 “顺着刚才来的路往回走，再从浜松町站乘上与来时方向相反的电车就是了。其实，无论坐哪个方向的车都能返回高回马场站吧？” 恭太瞪大了溜圆的眼睛。 “可是，你没带车票钱吧？” 恭太迟疑了一下，点了点头。 安宅从上衣口袋里掏出3枚100日元的硬币，用另一只手抓住恭太的小手，把钱塞进了他的手心里。安宅想象起恭太倚在车门上一个人回家时的情景。yes!自己最终也没动这个少年一指头，现在只有这一点才能使自己勉强打起精神往前抬起脚步。 "goodbye." 安宅低声说着，慢慢地转过身去，迈着沉重的脚步，朝着刑警们走去。恭太发现自己突然被一个人搁在那里，慌了神儿。不过，他还是言不由衷地回答了一句：“再见。” 这个有点水蛇腰且肩膀很宽的背影，尽管不是太像，但还是令他想起了父亲的身影。 恭太呆呆地想象着：也许父亲也是做出了什么无可挽回的事情才出走的吧。 与此同一时间，在一间洒进和煦的阳光的病房里，躺在病床上的桂木麻子终于静静地睁开了眼睛。 在这个洁白的空间里，各务彻夫终于松开了他那一直紧皱着的眉头，露出了和蔼可亲的笑容，从正面深情地注视着麻子。麻子也不知不觉地深情地回望着各务。