Chapter 14 4. The Detective Agency in the Triangle Building

If you like to read foreign novels, you will see the description of the characters in the book whose hair turns gray one night due to excessive tension and depression.This is not the author's excessive exaggeration. At present, this is the case with Liusuke in this case. On the second day after the incident, Suoya Liusuke came to the Triangle Building on Ginza Street.After only one night, his hair had turned gray, and his formerly full face, like a deflated ball, quickly shrunk down, and two deep wrinkles appeared on his forehead. The so-called "triangular building" means that the whole building is a triangular shape because of the terrain.Before the war, Triangle Building had a nickname called "Demon Lair".This building is very dilapidated, and most of the people living in the building are liars who use newspaper advertisements to solicit customers—suspicious people like XX Commercial Co., Ltd. who moved to this building from XX Building XX Organization XX Street XX , Moreover, these fake suspicious clubs did not stay in the building for a long time. Some were arrested because they were involved in a certain case, and some fled overnight because the counterfeit products were exposed... Due to their notoriety, serious businessmen No one rented this building, so it got the notoriety of "demon lair".

The building is a survivor of the war.Due to weathering after the war, the surface has been mottled and corroded day by day.However, because most of the buildings were destroyed by the war, there was a shortage of both residences and offices. Therefore, although the Triangular Building was already precarious, the ceiling and walls were still connected together, so it was still considered a first-class building in Tokyo. On the top, and most dilapidated, floor of the dilapidated building, a special office had recently been established.On the window paper in the office - because there is no glass - there are words similar to movie subtitles:

It is this detective agency that Zaoya Liusuke came to visit today.He wanted to knock on the door, but he was afraid of breaking the paper on the door and window, but there was not even an electric bell on the door. Just as he was hesitating, the door opened from the inside. "Please...please...please come in!..." A "stutterer" came out of the room smiling.He was about thirty-four or five years old, short, with disheveled hair; he wore a crumpled frock coat and looked poor, which seemed very out of place for the owner of this office.Zaoya Liusuke mistakenly thought that he was a student boarding here, and in order to show respect to him, he still asked politely: "Is Kosuke Kindaichi at home?"

The poor-looking man smiled and replied, "Who are you looking for? Jin...Kin...Kindaichi...Kindaichi? Please...please come in!" "Well, please tell him that the person who called just now is here." "You don't need to tell me." He said nonchalantly, scratching his tangled hair. "Huh? Is he not at home?" "He's at home, but no...no need to tell." This sloppy man's incoherent answer aroused Liusuke's anger. But the other party still smiled and said, "Because...because standing...in front of you is the Kindaichi Kosuke you are looking for. Hahahaha! Hahahaha!...Please...please...please come in!..."

Zaogu Liusuke never dreamed that the detective he was looking for was such an unremarkable person, and he was very disappointed.Is he Kosuke Kindaichi?No wonder he lives in this kind of place, and he doesn't feel wronged at all.It is really inappropriate for me to entrust such an important case to him.Thinking of this, Liusuke turned around and was about to leave.Kindaichi Kosuke is a cheerful person. "Please sit inside, it's a bit messy, please don't mind." The room is really messy, and it is located in the corner of the seventh floor. The whole room is also in the shape of a triangle, which faithfully reflects the shape of the "triangular building".The room was low, and the ceiling sloped outward like a prop on a theatrical stage.Even better are the chairs and tables, also triangular in shape, with one for each and a bookshelf.If you put other items, it may break the room.

"You're welcome, please... please... please sit on the chair." Although he repeatedly emphasized that you don't have to be polite and give in enthusiastically, Suiya Liusuke is eager to leave here immediately. "This room...is really like a work of art." Liusuke couldn't do anything about it, so he could only say with a wry smile. "How is it? Is the room nice enough? I am very satisfied with this house." Kosuke Kanedaichi said while scratching his hair, which was like a mess of grass, and the white dandruff fell like snowflakes.Zaogu was so disgusted that he wanted to leave here as soon as possible. He didn't know what this person was thinking, felt uncertain in his heart, and secretly complained about the person who introduced him here.

"You are Mr. Sasaya Rokusuke, right? You are from Ebisu Department Store... Yes, you commissioned yesterday's theft and murder case... right?" From Jin Tianyi's words, it seems that regardless of whether he agrees or not, the case has been entrusted to him. "Yes, I came here for this case." Suo Gu hesitated for a moment, and then said, "The newspaper may not have published it yet, and another murder case happened in our store!" Kosuke Kindaichi stared in surprise: "Another murder happened? Was it killed?" He suddenly leaned out from the side of the table and asked.

At this point, Zaiya Liusuke had no choice but to explain the case obediently and briefly to Kaneda Kazuko.Then he said: "...I don't believe that 'Princess Heilan' did it, so I rushed to her home together with the police inspector Waiting Force." Kusaya Rokusuke swallowed in pain, and Kindaichi Kosuke stared at him intently.Judging from Kindaichi Kosuke's engrossed expression, this is by no means an ordinary person. His eyes are full of energy and sparkle with wisdom. "But..." After a short pause, Liusuke continued, "After the police inspector and I arrived at her house, she was not at home. We met her father. According to his father, she went out in the afternoon, and she hasn't seen her yet. Come back. She went out in a black coat and veil. This made the Inspector even more suspicious of her, and determined to wait for her return. We sat for a while in the reception room, and then--"

"So, the masked girl is back, isn't it? . . . " Suoya Liusuke turned blue with pain, and nodded mechanically: "Yes, at this moment, the lady came back. She opened the door, and waited until the police inspector stood up with a 'shua!'. Because he was wearing a veil , I couldn't see the expression on her face, only heard her surprised "Ah!", stumbled back a few steps, the small bag in her hand fell to the floor, unexpectedly..." "What is it?" "Unexpectedly, due to the elastic force, the small handbag was shaken open and popped out of it..."

"Eject from it"... What popped out?..." "A bloody dagger popped out of it!..." Having said that, Usiya Rokusuke took a deep breath, clasped his head tightly with both hands, and lowered his head dejectedly. Kosuke Kaneda silently squinted at Rusuke Susaya, lit a cigarette, and took a leisurely puff: "Ah, so that's how it is." After a while, Kosuke Kinda asked Susaya Rokusuke in a cadenced voice: "What happened afterwards? Did the police arrest this lady?" "No. The lady fainted from fright on the spot... It may be a paroxysmal insanity, so she survived arrest."

"So that's the case. Then, what hope do you have for me? She has already brought all the murder weapons home." "No... no!... It must be a mistake!... It must be a misunderstanding!..." "A mistake? What misunderstanding do you think?" "From the young lady's expression at that time, she already knew that a murder had occurred in the store. Otherwise, she would not have been so greatly stimulated when she saw the police. Since she killed someone, why didn't she take it to the police on the way?" Throw away the dagger...not to mention, you haven't seen any stolen goods." "Has the loot not been found yet?" "Yes, said Inspector Etc.: Probably disposed of en route. If so, then the dagger should have been disposed of at the same time. So... so I suppose there must be a reason for it, perhaps a real one." A trap set by the murderer." Kosuke Kindaichi stood up, stared blankly at the street for a while from the window of the triangular room, then suddenly turned around and said, "Is the stolen goods in the coffee shop's Miyatake?" "No, all of Gong Wu's belongings have been inspected, and no stolen goods were found," Kosuke Kindaichi stared blankly at the street again, and suddenly, he said as if he had realized something: "On the phone just now, I asked you to write the resumes of the relevant personnel, did you bring them?" Suoya Liusuke feebly pulled out a roll of paper from his pocket, and handed it to Kosuke Kindaichi.Kosuke Kindaichi looked at it and said: "Mr. Suoya, it is not enough to just tell the above situation. You must also tell me all about the background of that young lady—"Princess Heilan". Her family..." "Do you have to say it?" Slotani Liusuke licked his lips weakly. "It must be said, otherwise the case will not be easy to analyze." "Her father is the general manager of Ebisu Department Store. His name is Shinno Kyohei. He is the major shareholder of this store. It can be said that this store is his private business. The masked girl-"Princess Black Orchid", is His daughter's name is Xinyezhushu." "Is the general manager's lady?..." Kosuke Kaneda's eyes widened, and he said happily while scratching his messy hair, "Yu... Yu... So it is equal to her... She... She stole her home The goods in the store. But... But, what is your relationship with this lady? Is it simply the lady of the general manager, the relationship with the manager? Hahahaha!... You can’t hide it! So it’s like this, everything is clear, It turns out to be like this, it turns out to be like this!...Hahahaha! Hahahaha!..." Although Rusuke Usaya still couldn't understand what Kindaichi Kosuke meant by "So that's how it is", he still kept beeping while looking through the records of the relevant personnel: "So it's like this?..."