Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Turning Enemy into Friend

"Oh! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. You sit down first, and I'll tell you slowly." After a while, Shingo Kazama regained his relaxed tone and pointed to the chair in front of him. Mizusami's third wife stared at Shingo Kazama in great perplexity, and after a while, she slowly sat back on the chair. "You said that the lady's body suddenly disappeared? What's going on?" "I'll tell you about this part later. Let's talk about Hiroshi Ishikawa first! You just said that he is not out of danger yet?" "Yes, although it is not life-threatening, the doctor said that it needs to be observed for a while."

"Observe for a while?" "Well, because some drugs were injected into his body." "really……" "Although the drug has not been tested yet, the doctor can roughly tell from his pupils and other examination results that it is a drug such as morphine. What's worse is that although his life is not in danger, even if he wakes up , I'm afraid he won't be able to regain his normal consciousness. In other words, he may lose his mind..." "You mean he might go crazy?" "The doctor is not sure, only saying that this possibility is very high."

"So, did you find the injection syringe and the string from my wife's kimono belt at the scene afterwards?" "No. I checked the room again this morning, and it turned out nothing." "Ah! Did you spend the night there last night?" "yes." "With Sanae?" "How is it possible! Sanae went to the hospital to take care of her brother last night, so I stayed overnight in her brother's room." "I see. So you checked the room again this morning, but you still didn't find the string and syringe on my wife's kimono!"

"yes." "This is troublesome..." "By the way, what did you say about Madam?" The third wife of the water finally caught the opportunity and asked the question that had been held in her heart for a long time. "This matter... Mr. Mizugami, I think my wife is probably really dead... At least we think she is dead." Hearing this, the third wife of Mizusami couldn't help looking at Shingo Kazama in surprise. "what do you mean……" "My wife's body disappeared out of thin air! Just before the doctor came to the house last night."

The third wife of Mizusami didn't say a word, just looked at each other suspiciously. Shingo Kazama saw his doubts, and couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Mizugami, I don't blame you for doubting what I said. But, I really didn't lie, and I wasn't mentally disturbed. Let me tell you what I said last night. Let’s recount the situation from the beginning.” Shingo Kazama took out a cigar from the cigar case on the table, and after handing it to Mizukami, he took a breath and said, "It was around one o'clock when I got home last night. Outside, she felt uncomfortable and wanted to take a good rest, then dismissed the maid and carried my wife's body into the room."

"and after?" "In order not to arouse the maid's suspicion, I also changed my wife's clothes and put her on a long shirt and lay on the bed. Then I called the doctor... By the way, I forgot to tell you, our family doctor It's Dr. Goda, my wife has seen him since he was a child, Dr. Goda...do you know him?" "Well, I have long admired his name." "But unfortunately, Dr. Goda was not in the hospital last night. His wife told me that two days ago he was invited by a rich man in Xinzhou to see a doctor in Xinzhou, and he would not come back until this morning. So I told her that after the doctor came back, she must come here as soon as possible, after all, this is not an ordinary thing, I really don't want to find another doctor, you should understand this feeling!"

"Yes, what's next?" "Because I had to wait until the next morning, I decided to sleep first. I specially placed a screen in front of my wife's bed to prevent the servant from accidentally breaking in and seeing the fact that she was dead. After everything is arranged After that, I went back to my room to sleep. When I woke up, it was already this morning." "Ok." "When I got up, I immediately went to my wife's room to have a look, but I didn't go to the bed at that time, I just looked over from the screen and saw the bulging on the bed, so I closed the sliding door with confidence. That's right. Before going to bed last night, I specifically told people not to get close to the room where my wife sleeps. Until around nine o’clock this morning, Dr. Goda came, and I took him to my wife’s bedside, unexpectedly But she..."

"Did you go to the bedside with the doctor?" "Yes, the bed turned out to be empty, that is to say, my wife's body is gone!" "The body is gone?" Mizusami's tone revealed a hint of suspicion. "Yes, not only my wife's body disappeared, but also the kimono and raincoat she was wearing when she went out last night, everything disappeared, even her ball jewellery. .Mr. Mizukami, what do you think is going on here?" "Mr. Kazama..." The third wife of the water stopped for a long time, and then managed to force out a little voice, but he still tried to make his tone sound calmer.

"Don't be kidding! Maybe you just wanted to hide your family's ugliness, so you hid your wife's body, but this will make it easier to cause a big scandal! I advise you to quickly hand over your wife's body Bar!" "No, I didn't hide her body." "But, Mr. Kazama." Mizusami smiled, and continued: "When we found Mrs. Sanae at Sanae's house last night, she was indeed dead, wasn't she? How can a dead person disappear from here wearing clothes? There will be such a thing in the world. Is it ridiculous? Someone stole the corpse on purpose? Then, what is the motive of the other party? In addition, what method will the person who stole the corpse use? There are so many servants in your family, if someone deliberately steals Aren't you afraid of being bumped into by walking the corpse?"

After hearing Mizukami's series of questioning, Shingo Kazama suddenly put out his cigarette, and stood up abruptly. Seeing this, Mrs. Mizusami instinctively grabbed the armrest of the chair. "Don't worry I'm not trying to beat you up, I just want to invite you to see something." "I see... I'm willing to watch anything." The third wife of the water stood up with relief. The two walked out of the reception room and walked towards the back corridor. The rain outside the house is still continuous, the sky is also very gloomy, and the whole building is shrouded in a hazy atmosphere.And in the huge building, there was no shadow of a servant.

Shingo Kazama took Mizukami to a ten-fold Japanese-style room. As soon as he opened the sliding door, Mizukami immediately discovered that this room was connected to another twenty-fold room. The door is separated, and a screen is placed in the twelve-fold room at the back. On one side of the screen is a bed. The bedding on the bed looks bulging, as if someone is really sleeping in it. Mrs. Mizusami approached and lifted the quilt to take a look, only to realize that there was a set of bedding and a private school under the quilt. Shingo Kazama nodded to Mizukami, then walked out of the room without saying a word, and walked along the corridor to a western-style building. Still no one could be seen around the western buildings.Shingo Kazama stopped in front of one of the rooms. "By the way, I don't know if you still remember that there was a bunch of keys in my wife's purse yesterday..." "No, I didn't look at what was in the lady's purse." "Oh. Actually, the key to this room was originally in my wife's purse, and I put that purse in the room just now." Shingo Kazama opened the door to let Mrs. Mizukami look inside, and saw that the room seemed to have been visited by thieves, and all the drawers of the wardrobe had been pulled out. "This is my wife's private room. There are drawers of her jewellery, and some very valuable jewellery, all kept in the bank safe. Would you like to examine the drawers?" "Check the drawer?" "yes." Mrs. Mizushang pulled out the drawer as she said, not expecting that all the locks on the drawer had been pried open. "If my wife wants to open the drawer, she should know where the key is." Shingo Kazama tilted his head and said: "Also, the room of our husband and wife is the third room after this one. I slept in that room last night, but that room has soundproofing devices. If something happens in the next room I can't hear what's going on." Shingo Kazama stared straight into Mizukami's eyes and said sincerely. However, Mrs. Mizusami still has doubts about his statement. "Take me to see that room first!" Shingo Kazama nodded, left the room first, and returned to the corridor. On one side of this corridor was a tiled washroom and on the other a toilet. The two of them then came to the door of a Japanese-style room, and Shingo Kazama immediately pointed to the closet by the door and said, "Do you want to check the lock?" The third wife of Mizusami took a look and found that the lock had also been broken. "Open the door, please?" As soon as Mizusami opened the closet, she couldn't help holding her breath. It turned out that what stood in front of him was not a closet, but the entrance to a secret passage leading underground. "this is……" "Go in and have a look first. I will lead the way, and you will follow me." As Shingo Kazama said, he took out a flashlight from his pocket and led Mrs. Mizusami to the secret path. There are a total of 16 steps made of cement in the secret passage. Since the steps are relatively smooth, it is not too difficult to walk. At the end of the stairs is an underground passage paved with cement. "Look at this." Shingo Kazama shone the flashlight on the ground, and saw two kinds of shoe prints on the ground. Only then did the third wife of the water gradually understand the authenticity of Xinwu Kazama's words. The two continued to walk forward and came to the end of the underground passage - in front of an iron gate. Santai Mizusami took a closer look and found that the lock on the door had been broken, she couldn't help frowning in confusion. Shingo Kazama opened the iron door without saying a word, and a room as large as eight stacks appeared in front of him. "What is this?" Now Mizusami was even more surprised. Shingo Kazama didn't answer his question, but walked into the dark room silently, and lifted the cover of another secret passage. The two climbed up the secret passage, and saw another iron door.Shingo Kazama opened the door, and the light from outside immediately streamed in. "Hiss, look at this." Shingo Kazama pointed to a piece of rain-soaked land not far away, and saw two different shoe prints clearly printed on it, extending all the way to the opposite concrete wall. Mrs. Shuishang couldn't help gasping for air and said, "What is the purpose of this underground tunnel?" "Don't you know? This is the air-raid shelter that Mikiko's ex-husband, Tadahiro Arishima, built during the war!" For some reason, when Shingo Kazama mentioned Tadahiro Arishima's name, his voice seemed hoarse. "How? I really didn't lie to you!" After the two returned to the reception room, Shingo Kazama sighed and said. "You also said just now that if one of the martyrs disappears without a trace, it will lead to a bigger scandal. I don't understand this, so last night I thought of asking Dr. Goda to come to the house for diagnosis and prove that my wife is Died of an overdose, I didn't expect..." Hearing this, Mizukami Santai couldn't help but nodded sympathetically, now he can accept Kazama Shingo's statement. "So, two men stole the lady's body!" "It's not impossible, but I still think of another possibility—is it possible that Mikiko is not dead at all?" "But we obviously..." "You have to know, we are not doctors after all, if she deliberately deceives us..." "So, what are you going to do now?" "That's why I asked you to discuss it." Shingo Kazama looked at Mizukami, with a strange light in his eyes. "Honestly, even with something this serious, I'm not going to call the police." "And why?" "Because I want to know what the real purpose of the murderer is. Last night, Sanae said that maybe someone killed Mikiko, but deliberately arranged it as if Mikiko died in love with her, so as to deceive people. If this is the case, why did he steal it? Where is the dead body of Mikiko? So I think the ultimate goal of the murderer is not to kill Mikiko, but to kill me. As for everything you have seen, it is just his old way of setting up doubts. The harder the invisible enemy is, the more I want to fight him!" "What exactly do you want to discuss with me?" "I want to find you to solve this mystery together." Mrs. Mizukami looked at Shingo Kazama quietly, and after a while said with a smile on her face, "Mr. Kazama, the reason I gave in last night was because I was worried that Sanae's brother would be involved in the case. Now, since they are likely to be As a victim of being framed, I don't have to worry about it, but do you still expect me to help you keep this secret?" "yes." "What are the conditions?" "No conditions. I know you are not someone who can be bought with money, so I have to start with your occupation. The police don't know anything at the moment. If you can help me temporarily block this news, then I will provide you with various information. information so that you can publish an exclusive report in the future. Conversely, if you report this matter now, I will definitely draw a line with you." "But without calling the police, how are you going to investigate this matter?" "I plan to ask a private investigator to investigate. But you can rest assured that as long as I provide the information to the private investigator, I will also provide it to you. Think about it!" At this moment, he was really conflicted. He wasn't worried that he would be deceived by Shingo Kazama, but he was worried that doing so would neglect the duties of a journalist. After a period of psychological struggle, Mizusami Santai sighed and said, "Mr. Kazama, you really convinced me. Alright! I promise, I will keep this secret." "Ah! That would be wonderful." Kazama Shingo said so without any smile on his face. Seeing his worried look, the third wife of Mizusami couldn't help asking: "Mr. Kazama, if you are the target of the murderer, what do you think he will have in mind?" "I don't know about this, maybe the other party wants to use this to give me a serious blow." "So, who do you think the other party might be?" "Hey! It's probably my enemy in business! I've been in the mall for a long time, and I'm bound to offend people without knowing it..." Mizukami Mita quietly stared at Kazama Shingo's face, thinking seriously. Shingo Kazama looked sullen, and Mrs. Mizukami continued to ask: "Just now you said that the underground tunnel and the air-raid shelter were built by Madam's ex-husband - Tadahiro Arishima, do you think he is suspected?" "He... maybe! But besides him, there is another person who also hates me." "who is it?" "My ex-wife." "What does your ex-wife do now? Have you heard from her?" "You're a journalist, you should know that she's running a wax museum near Ueno right now." "Ah! Are you talking about moon-watching seeds?" The third wife of Mizusami couldn't help yelling, looked at Shingo Kazama's face again and said, "Isn't she the daughter of General Mochizuki who was executed as a Class A war criminal back then?" "Yes. When I was young, I was overwhelmed by fame and wealth. I wanted to be famous, so I married her, thinking that I would be able to rise to the top. Who knew that after the war, my ex-wife's words and deeds made me unbearable. , and finally divorced her. At that time, I gave her a lot of things, and I wanted to make up for it, so that she wouldn't hate me too much, but..." "But what?" "It seems that I still can't dispel her hatred for me. I heard that many of my dead bodies are displayed in the Wax Museum, and my head is even made of wax." "That's it! By the way, I still want to ask you a question, please answer me honestly." "what is the problem?" "Where did you get that framed postcard?" Shingo Kazama first looked at Mizusami Mizukami puzzledly, then blinked his eyes after a while and said, "Didn't I tell you that I received it at Dagu's restaurant?" "This is impossible." "Oh why?" Mizukami Santai expressed her opinion and boldly speculated that the other postcard was sent to Kazama Shingo's unknown mistress. "However, if there are two hundred such postcards, does that mean that the murderer sent one hundred and five?" "It's not difficult to verify this matter, just go to the Riyue Hall of Jixiang Temple and ask!" "yes!" Shingo Kazama looked at Mizusami, his eyes full of admiration. "You are amazing!" "Don't say that." "Okay! I tell you..." Shingo Kazama leaned forward and said, "It is true that only five postcards were used, but one of them may have been wrongly written and was not sent, and I only have one unknown mistress." "I see." Mizusami Santai stared closely at Shingo Kazama, as if trying to see what he was thinking. "So, who is your unknown mistress?" "If I told you, would you keep this a secret? It's not for me, but for that woman's sake." "I know, please tell me!" "Yuasa Atsushi... have you heard of it?" Upon hearing this name, Mizukami Mita almost jumped up from her chair. In addition to the look of admiration in his eyes, there was also an emotion of awe. "She's a big shot!" What Santai Mizukami said is right, Yuasa Zhu is now the queen of the music industry, and even a sexy beauty, even Santai Mizukami herself is her fan. "In fact, the fate between Zhu Shi and I is really wonderful," Shingo Kazama said with a smile. "The wonderful fate I mentioned refers to..." "Don't you know that Zhu Shi is now Tadahiro Arishima's wife?" In an instant, Mizusami Mistress was startled again, he opened his mouth wide and stared at Xinwu Kazama in a daze. "When I first met her, I didn't know this, because she kept deliberately hiding the news that she was married, and she still didn't know that I was the man who took away her husband's ex-wife." After listening to Kazama Shingo's words, Mizusami santa nodded in surprise. (Yes, Yuasa Zhushi is 23 years old. She was only 13 years old when the scandal was exposed ten years ago. She should not be interested in social news.) Rumors can't stand the erosion of time. Now except for a few specific parties, most people have almost forgotten about it. It's no wonder Yuasa Zhushi didn't know about it.