Chapter 4 Chapter 4 The Prostitution Group

In a bar called "Secret Love" near Yurakucho, detective Arai was surrounded by girls. The "Secret Love" bar is located on the ground floor of a building that is about to be demolished. I don't know when it started, but it has become a place where girls gather. The boss Junzo Sakagami is a strange man who did not become a painter. At first, he was disgusted by the gathering of these women here, but later found that they did not solicit business here, but just came here to rest and get tired. As a result, he gradually became interested in and sympathized with the lifestyle of these women.

This place has not only become a gathering place for young ladies, but sometimes the boss has also become the object of conversation for young ladies.After some young ladies were arrested, he would serve as a surety to ensure that the young ladies would come out. Therefore, there were not only two or three women who had repented.Detective Arai had asked him to assist him in handling cases before, and he was a little familiar with two or three ladies who often came here. "This small bag is indeed Xiao Jing's. What happened to her? Could it be that she was reported to the police?"

"No, it's not being reported, but something happened." "What happened? What's the matter?" "It was killed, it was killed while doing business." "What... what?" The women jumped up in fright and stared at the detective. "Abbe, is this true?" "Really, that's why I came here this time to ask you for your help. If something happened to someone else today, it might be me tomorrow." The ladies stared at the detective dumbfounded, and when they realized that it was not a joke, a lady named Mayumi screamed loudly. "Boss, come here! Xiao Jing, she, Xiao Jing..."

The boss, Junzo Sakagami, poked his head out when he heard the sound, and when he saw Detective Arai, he couldn't help but smiled wryly. "Oh, isn't this Mr. Arai, don't scare the little girl." "No, boss, Xiao Jing was killed! Xiao Jing, she..." The person who spoke next to Mayumi was named Nancy, and this lady always had a comb hairstyle. "Mr. Arai, is this... is this true?" "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I should be the first to tell you." "So, is it true that Xiao Jing was killed?" The woman who asked the question again at the end was called Dazi. Dazi had a face like a fox. She was the eldest sister of the prostitutes who came here to gather.

"Yes, today, a lady was strangled to death in a hotel in Shidakaluntai Town. She left this small bag and found your matchbox from it. So, which one of you please Let’s go to Shibatakarindai Town.” "In that case, I'll go with you, but are you sure this bag belongs to Xiao Jing?" "Yes, Boss, it's hers, and there is a monthly pass for Mizumachi Kyoko inside." "So, in which hotel was Xiao Jing killed?" "What kind of person is the murderer?" "Have you caught the murderer on the spot?" "Okay, everyone, please be quiet."

The boss also came out from the counter and sat on the chair opposite the criminal policeman. "Mr. Arai, please explain in more detail, this happened so suddenly, the ladies here were all panicked." "Yes, boss, Xiao Jing stayed here with everyone tonight!" "Got it, got it, so I was also taken aback. Okay, everyone, calm down and listen to Mr. Interpol first." Fortunately, there were no other customers in the store. Detective Arai told the incident from beginning to end, and everyone listened quietly. When Detective Arai finished speaking, the three of them exchanged glances with each other.

"So he was killed while doing that?" "Yes, it was the moment when that thing ended." "But..." Da Zi, the eldest sister, finished her sentence halfway, and stopped. "Dazi, what..." "No, no, that, nothing..." "If you have something to say, just say it. This may not be just a matter of Xiao Jing. It may not be certain. When will you meet, the murderer must be caught as soon as possible." "Yes, yes, Dazi, if you have something to say, just say it." "Hi." Dazi's face turned red, but her expression was still very serious, "There are all kinds of men, some of them are very violent, and some will jump over and bite at that moment. If Xiao Jing was strangled to death by hand, it can only be said that she was unlucky and met a perverted man. But today she was strangled to death by nylon socks, so I think that man It was premeditated from the start.”

"Okay, thank you, it agrees with us." "But it's still weird." "whats the matter?" "I've heard of the name 'Dragon Palace' too, but we don't go to that place, it takes too long to go back and forth, and Xiaojing seems to have never been there either." "Dragon Palace, this is the first time I've heard of this name." "Then the man dragged Xiao Jing away, and he planned to kill her from the beginning." Nancy's body, combing her cockscomb hair, could not help but tremble. "Does any of you know who wants to kill her? For example, who did she have a feud with..."

"Impossible!" Dazi interrupted, "There is no one with a good temper like her. I have quarreled with others more or less, but I have never had a quarrel with Xiaojing. Nancy and Mayumi, you guys Woolen cloth?" "me too." "Although I did it once, it was my fault." The youngest Mayumi choked up. "But is there a man she's with? Boyfriend or something." "It doesn't seem to be. It seems to have happened before, but I was dumped." "So, she also said that she doesn't consider finding a boyfriend for the time being, she just wants to focus on making money."

"Although she is in business, who would kill such a good-tempered person who has never offended her?" "Just like what they said, Xiao Jing is definitely a good person, and he will never cause trouble outside." "It shouldn't be murder or robbery. Xiao Jing doesn't have much money." "So, why? Why did you kill Kyo?" Mayumi was sobbing. "It must be a pervert. There are many perverted men in this world. As the criminal policeman said just now, if someone else is killed today, it may be you tomorrow." "No, it's too scary."

"The reason why you all have to be careful in the future is that the most urgent thing is to catch the murderer as soon as possible. I want to know more about this lady named Xiaojing." "Let me tell." According to the boss, the name Mizumachi Kyoko, I don't know if it is her real name, she is a war orphan. If what she told the boss and others before is true, she should have been at the age of nine, just in time for the battle of Fukagawa. At that time, there were four people in the family including mother and younger brothers, and her father, a worker, died in the southern battlefield. On the same day, the mother and younger brothers were also killed in the Jiangdong air raid. If you say so far, you can believe it, but in the future, it will be a little unbelievable. Her father used to be the second son of a wealthy family in Yamate, but later he eloped with his mother who was a maid at the time, so the relationship between father and son was severed by the family, so the family lived a miserable life.After Kyoko Mizumachi became an orphan, she was adopted by her uncle who was a capitalist, but because her uncle's family education was too strict, she couldn't stand it, so she escaped... "Yes, yes, I have heard this kind of thing before. She told me that when she was in the third grade of middle school, her aunt was hospitalized due to illness, and she was raped by her uncle. Since then, her uncle has been very kind to her, but when her aunt After she was discharged from the hospital, this incident became known to the outside world. Therefore, she could no longer stay at home, so she ran out. Now my uncle regrets it too. When we met not long ago, he begged her to go home with tears. So she also expressed However, I may quit as soon as possible. I thought she was daydreaming, so I argued with her..." "Each of us has our own dreams, and we all dream that one day a good person will rescue us." The red-haired Nancy said quietly, "That good person may be a noble son with a silver saddle and a white horse, or he may be a rich man. You're a filthy old man, but Xiao Jing relies on a rich uncle, and she said the same thing to me." "Yes, she told me too." "what!" "What's the matter? Mayumi, did you remember anything?" "Boss, in this way, what she said may be true. Her rich uncle passed away suddenly and left a suicide note. The suicide note said that in order to be responsible for the wrong things he did before, he must The property is all left to Xiao Jing... But, in this way, the aunt and cousins ​​are not willing... By the way, she seems to have said that there are two cousins." "She told me there were three of them, all of whom graduated from college." "Whether it's three or two, could it be that one of the cousins ​​pretended to be a guest and killed Xiao Jing?" The young Mayumi is very innocent, and she has to come to a reasonable conclusion before she is willing to give up.Mizumachi Kyoko has almost become the protagonist in the previous mystery novels.Detective Arai couldn't help laughing bitterly. "Speaking of this, it is of course possible. It gave me a good inspiration. But, where does that lady named Xiao Jing live?" "Oh!" The three young ladies suddenly jumped up together, looking around non-stop, "Boss, hasn't Kayo come back yet?" "Is it Kayo? She just showed her face in the evening and left. She is making money now." "No way, could it be that Kadai also..." The red-haired Nancy widened her eyes nervously. "What's the matter? Who is Kayo?" "It's Xiaojing's good friend. I heard that she and Xiaojing lived together on the second floor of a pancake shop in Nakano, or somewhere else. If you ask Kayo, she might know more." "Don't you think that the man named Kayo was also killed?" Detective Arai comforted himself while being infected by the nervous expressions of these women. Dazi smiled reluctantly, but her smile seemed too stiff. "No way... But, if Xiaojing really has a rich uncle, then Kayo, who lives with Xiaojing, will definitely know about it." "Boss, when Jiadai returns home, does he usually come here for a turn?" "Well, it's usually like this. Meet Xiaojing here, and then take the last tram home together. Of course, if there is good business, it's another matter." The time is already half past zero. "Then, wait a little longer, I still want to know the content of Xiaojing's activities tonight, you should have met." "Well, we met here in the evening." To sum up what they said, Xiaojing's activities tonight are nothing unusual compared to usual. Kyoko came with Kayoko at around seven o'clock, only showed her face, and left at 7:15, and then came back at around 8:10, during this time, has she been After doing a single business, it is unknown. Dazi said with a stiff expression: "I was here at the time, I remembered, she said a very strange thing at that time." "Strange words?" "I didn't understand it at the time. She looked a bit broken and said: 'There are such people in the world. Is this what people call perverted?'" "Pervert? Did Xiaojing talk about pervert?" "Yes, and then she sighed, and then continued: 'No way, business is not doing well recently, and it's not easy for us to pick and choose business.'" "Then how did you understand what she said?" "I thought she had met an obscene and hateful customer and was being teased by the customer, so I comforted her. Thinking about it now, that was the last time I saw Xiao Jing." Xiao Jing stayed here for fifteen minutes, drinking brandy mixed with black tea.When she arrived at the "Dragon Palace Hotel", the smell of alcohol on her body may have been drunk at this time. At around 8:25, she suddenly said to herself: "Business is not good, so I can't stay like this anymore, let's go to work." This is the last sentence Da Yu heard from Xiao Jing. Not long after Xiao Jing left, she met that man who looked like a black panther, and her life was ruined just like that. "Okay, there is one last thing I haven't said yet, let me declare in advance, don't be afraid." "No way, is there anything more terrifying?" "It's not that I want to scare you, I just want to solve this mystery as soon as possible. I really can't figure out why the murderer did such a thing..." Detective Arai mentioned the matter about the blue lizard to them for the first time here. "What? On Xiao Jing's chest, there is a blue lizard drawn?" The boss and the three ladies felt a little bit of fear. "Yes, the lizard is holding its head up, staring at one breast, that's the pattern." "It's... too creepy." Mayumi exclaimed, and she was still being humiliated after her death. This fact made her, who also betrayed her body, really unacceptable. "I know you will be stimulated, but I must solve this mystery as soon as possible. If I solve this mystery, I may know who the murderer is. What is the murderer doing for such a prank?" Everyone fell silent. "That's why I want to ask you, in your work, have you ever met someone who particularly likes lizards, or people who use lizards as amulets, or the other way around, hate lizards or..." "Never heard of it." "It's been a long time since I've seen a lizard alive." "Where's Kyoko? Have you heard anything about lizards from her?" "Mr. Arai, today is the first time I heard about lizards from you. Kyoko and lizards? Never heard of them." The same goes for the three ladies, they just feel more and more frightened. Detective Arai waited until the time of the last tram, but Kayoko didn't come back, which made the three girls even more frightened. In the end, the three ladies had no choice but to sleep together on the floor in the basement, and only the boss left with the Arai detective. The gradually cooling corpse in the "Dragon Palace Hotel" must be Kyoko Mizumachi.