Chapter 12 Chapter 3 Complicated Relationships

"A week ago, that is, before the 14th of this month, there were three men and women living in this room, including the boss couple and a woman, and there were two other women in the store, but they did not live here. " Patrolman Hasegawa referred to the household registration book and the information registered in the town association office, and explained in detail. What he said is roughly as follows: The owner and his wife are named Itoshima Daigo and Itoshima Shigeko. Dawu is 42 years old and Shigeko is 29 years old. They took over the store and started business in the summer of July, Showa 21. .According to the records of the relocation application of the town association office, before that, Owu and Shigeko lived in Nakano and Yokohama respectively. Earlier, both of them seemed to have been to China.

Daigo Itoshima doesn't look like a man who can do this kind of business. He looks very stable, a little fatter, and always keeps a smile on his face. There is nothing special about his body, and he treats people very politely. , He helped with wine delivery, cooking, and shopping. His wife, Shigeko, the proprietress of the "Black Cat Hotel", should be twenty-nine years old from the household registration book and the list of the town association, but she actually looks older, perhaps because she usually wears a comb. Ginkgo-style hairstyle, and like to wear kimonos, so it looks old-fashioned.

Fanzi has a thin face and a thin figure, but the overall charm still exists.She pays great attention to makeup, and her eyes and nose are also very good-looking. Perhaps the contours of the facial features are too sharp, which makes people feel a little gaudy.It seems that no one in this area can compete with her appearance, so the guests of the "Black Cat Hotel" like to chat with her. "So that's the case, what else?" "Then there is the girl who lives here, her name is Junzi." Junzi is only seventeen years old and comes from the mountains. Regardless of his beauty or sexiness, he is not very mature, and even his makeup skills are very unfamiliar.Although she used to come out to pick up customers outside the store, the proprietress rarely forced her to pick up customers. Therefore, it is more appropriate to call her a maid than a wine girl.

The other two girls are Kayoko and Zhujiang.Kayoko claims to be twenty-three, and Zhujiang claims to be twenty-two, neither of which may be true.They usually wear heavy makeup and fashionable dresses.Zhu Jiang is a bit fat, while Kayoko is very thin, but Kayoko is quite proud of her slender figure. "The above five people were still in this Black Cat Hotel a week ago." Patrol Hasegawa added an explanation. "So, do you know where they are now?" "It should be clear soon. The Itoshima couple and Junzi have already obtained the certificate of moving out. Kayoko and Zhujiang have been remodeled, and they have to come back here to work."

"So the corpse is not one of the four?" The prosecutor asked this question out of the blue, causing Patrol Officer Hasegawa to stare at the prosecutor suddenly, because he had never thought about it. "I'm sorry, maybe my explanation wasn't clear enough. After the Itoshima couple moved out, I met Junzi, Kayoko and Zhujiang. The time when I met Kayoko and Zhujiang was the day when the store closed, which is the day of the 4th. I was on the road I met them. I asked them if they were no longer in this industry, and they replied that they would come back to work after the shop was remodeled, because the new boss always wanted them to go back to work. On the third day, I was working in the town hall I met Junzi. Junzi came to get the certificate of moving out, because the hotel didn’t use her, so she wanted to go to Meguro’s aunt’s house.”

"Where is the proprietress Fanzi?" The prosecutor suddenly asked about the status of the proprietress. "Madam proprietress? But... Mr. Prosecutor, the corpse was killed at the end of last month or the beginning of this month, and the store was still open until the 14th. There is no way the proprietress is not here! By the way, Later, I also met the proprietress on the night of the 14th. My police station was at the corner there, and I was standing in front of the police station when Itoshima Daigo and the proprietress walked past me quickly. I can assure you that it was the night of the fourteenth."

"So, that corpse is no longer from the Black Cat Hotel. But, where did the Itoshima couple move to?" "It is said that they moved to Kobe, which is quite far from here." Hasegawa patrol officer replied immediately. "Kobe!" After a moment of silence, the prosecutor suddenly leaned forward with his upper body and said: "Let me ask the last question, Hasegawa, this is the most important question. Why did the Itoshima couple transfer this hotel? What do people nearby think about it?" "Well! Everyone thinks it's unbelievable. Originally, this kind of business was privately traded. It's not easy to maintain expenses by selling wine alone. However, the business of the Black Cat Hotel has always been very good, so news of the transfer suddenly came out. , not only the people nearby were surprised, but even Kayoko and Zhujiang didn’t believe it. Only Junzi seems to know the real situation, because Junzi lives with them. She once told me when I met her in the town before.”

As mentioned earlier, the Itoshima couple came back from China. The gentleman is not sure where they are in China, but I heard that it seems to be a place that is quite inland in North China.When the war ended, all the Japanese were repatriated, and the couple also came to Tianjin from the inland.Maybe they got lost on the way, or had to separate while taking a boat, but the two did not return to Japan at the same time, and Shigeko returned half a year earlier than her husband. For a woman who has no property, lives in a foreign country all year round, and has no acquaintance with anyone in China, there are usually only a few ways to go, either falling into prostitution, or encountering noble people to help, Fanzi is forced by the pressure of reality , had to work in a hotel in Yokohama.

Because of Fanzi's good eyesight and excellent communication skills, he immediately handed over to her boyfriend.Her boyfriend is a civil builder, quite rich.Regardless of whether Fanzi is the man's No. 2 or No. 3 wife, at least he has found support. And it was Itoshima Daigo who took Shigeko away from the builder.What is the process in between, the gentleman does not know.In short, after Fanzi left the builder, he bought the Black Cat Hotel with the money given by the builder when they broke up. "Although Fanzi has received the breakup fee, she has not completely severed the relationship with that man. Recently, she still meets with that man frequently. The boss also knows about this, so there is a cold war between the couple from time to time. The boss's financial situation is not good. , but although his wife is a penniless repatriate, she still has a way to survive, so the boss often can't hold his head up in front of his wife. What's more, the boss himself has women outside."

"Really! What's that woman's name?" The prosecutor couldn't help but screamed loudly. "Just now I said that Dawu came back later than Fanzi, and that woman was on the boat with him at the time. After returning to Japan, they lived together for a while until they found Fanzi. Not only that, when Itoshima and Fanzi reunited, they still We have a meeting." "Is this what the gentleman told you?" "yes." Patrolman Hasegawa nodded and replied. "Why does a gentleman know these things?" "I heard it from the proprietress. The proprietress regarded her as her confidant, and once ordered Junzi to follow the boss, only to find out where Itoshima and that woman met."

"So, the proprietress also knows about that woman's existence! Do you know the details of the gentleman's stalking of the boss?" "The gentleman has always been proud of his discovery, so I remember it very clearly." Patrolman Hasegawa cleared his throat, and then said: "At that time, there was not enough wine and food in the market, so the Black Cat Hotel often closed. Every time it was a break, the proprietress would go out to meet men alone. The boss knew that she had another man, so when she stayed at home Of course he was in a very unhappy mood, so he drank heavily alone and vented his unhappiness on the gentleman. After the proprietress came back, the two would definitely have a dispute. "After a while, Itoshima's attitude suddenly changed drastically. When his wife went out, he also went out immediately. The gentleman thought it was strange, so he told the boss's wife about the strange behavior of the boss. Fanko also noticed something was wrong, so he called the gentleman. When the boss is out, secretly follow behind." "A gentleman should have seen that woman. What kind of person is she?" "Age about twenty-four or five years old, named Ayuko, short hair, bright red lipstick, working in the Nikka Ballroom. After meeting at Shinjuku Station, Itoshima and Ayuko immediately turned to Inokashira and entered a strange place. The house. The gentleman followed here, and immediately went back to report to the proprietress. That night, the boss and the proprietress had a big dispute, and after that, they continued to quarrel. "After a while, the proprietress also began to reflect on her behavior, hoping to resume a normal married life as soon as possible. They also learned that if they continue to stay in Tokyo, neither of them will be able to cut off these complicated relationships, so they want to move to a new place. Therefore, when the boss suddenly said that he was going to close the shop, Junzi was not very surprised.” At this time, the prosecutor thought for a while in silence.In the current society, this kind of thing often happens, but he feels that this thing is not simple, and there may be a big conspiracy hidden behind it. "Itoshima's mistress is called Ayuko, but what about the proprietress' lover?" "He's a construction worker and the leader of the Kazama group. He seems to be called Kazama Shunroku." The prosecutor wrote down the names of the two related persons in his notebook and said: "I have a general understanding of the situation of this family, and the next thing is the sign of the sun. Is he not normal?" "It's not abnormal, it's just that the personality is rather strange, but because of this, he is highly regarded by the old monk Ri Zhao. Lianhuayuan is quite rich, and a lot of land near here belongs to Lianhuayuan. In the past, there were many monks in the courtyard. Later, Everyone went to serve in the army one after another, some died in battle, and some were never heard of. In such a large temple, only old monk Ri Zhao and Ri Zhao are left. "Ri Zhao is still very young, about twenty-six years old. He was supposed to serve in the army, but because he suffered from polio when he was a child, he was a little lame, so he didn't have to. The old monk Ri Zhao had a stroke before the war, and most of them were lying in bed. Resting in bed, so whether it is doing things, cleaning and cooking, collecting rent, etc., it is all handled by Sunrise. "Fortunately, Ri Zhao is a quiet person, otherwise I really don't know how much trouble he would cause. Because the people he wants to collect rent are all women with heavy makeup, and some women will take the opportunity to joke with him, and even touch him. But he ignored it, so the weird solar omen is very suitable for living here." At this time, there was the sound of the door being pushed from the front, which may be the workers coming to work.The prosecutor took the opportunity to stand up. He asked the workers to go around to the back door, and walked through the corridor to the back door himself. "Sir!" Detective Murai suddenly stuck his head out from the three-pyeong-sized room and yelled. "Murai, did you find any clues?" The prosecutor took off his shoes and entered the room, while Detective Murai quietly rolled up the cloth covering the tatami by the wall, and there were obvious traces of blood being wiped on the tatami. "Could it be that the murder scene is here?" The prosecutor looked at Detective Murai with wide eyes and asked. Detective Murai nodded, then pointed to the tatami in front of the closet. "Look, there are traces of cabinets on the tatami. Generally speaking, it is impossible to place cabinets in front of the closet, so this tatami was replaced from other places, and this piece of blood-stained tatami was originally In front of the closet. Look here again!" It turned out that there was a newspaper stuck under the closet doorknob. "This is what I just gently peeled off." Detective Murai turned up the lower end of the newspaper, and a bloodstain appeared underneath. "I think the victim and the murderer had a struggle in this room, and the victim tried to escape into the courtyard, but was hit with an ax at this time. But, please see this newspaper, dated February 27. Since the murderer could not Let the blood on the paper door stay for too long, and at the same time, the newspapers that are readily available should not be too long ago, so the time for the murder should be February 27 or 28, no later than March 2nd or 3rd." Detective Murai rested his chin on his hand to analyze the case. "This time roughly coincides with the degree of decay of the corpse, but, Murai, so the Itoshima couple have lived with the blood of the deceased for about two long periods?" (This couple is so cold-blooded!) Thinking of this, the prosecutor couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body.