Chapter 30 9. Suspicion in the pool

Kamei asked Totsukawa: "Police, do you also believe that Ikeuchi killed Okuda?" "what are you thinking?" "That kind of confession full of flaws is simply not credible." "But, have you ever thought about why Ikeuchi would so readily admit that he killed Okuda, and why does he have Okuda's driver's license in his home?" "Ikeuchi must be instigated by someone to take responsibility for the crime. Maybe Okuda's license was given to him by someone else. He is already 60 years old. Is he so willing to spend the rest of his life in prison just to make a little money? It should be done as soon as possible. Find out if there is anyone around Ikeuchi who can exert a strong influence on him." Totsukawa pondered.

Seven years ago, Chi Nei and a prostitute had a quarrel over a trivial matter, which led to a fight.Ikeuchi beat the woman to death and was arrested. The prostitute worked as a waitress in a nightclub. She was 35 years old at the time. The relationship between men and women was extremely chaotic, so it was difficult to determine who killed her. When Ao Tian investigated the case, he identified Ikeuchi as the murderer from the very beginning. He pursued Ikeuchi closely and treated Ikeuchi roughly, causing Ikeuchi to sue Ao Tian in court many times.Fortunately, the results of the final investigation proved that Ikeuchi was the real murderer, so the turmoil finally subsided. If Ikeuchi was arrested by mistake, Okuda is very likely to be severely punished by the Metropolitan Police Department.

Totsukawa transferred the file of Ikeuchi's case, re-read the trial process at that time, and focused on the part of Ikeuchi's biography.At the time of the incident, Chi Nei was just 53 years old, and he lived alone in a small siu mai shop.Ikeuchi was born in the Tohoku region. After graduating from high school, he went to Tokyo to make a living. He has worked in various occupations and was imprisoned twice for injury.He has been married twice and has a daughter.The reason for his divorce is very simple, it is the abuse of his wife that caused emotional discord.Not only that, seven years ago he was also imprisoned for killing a prostitute.His daughter, born to his first wife, was 18 at the time and is about 25 now.

In the investigation book of the file, it is recorded that Okuda used Ikeuchi's daughter to make Ikeuchi confess.Afterwards, Okuda never reported this matter to Totsukawa and Minister Mikami, so when Ikeuchi mentioned Okuda, he gritted his teeth and scolded him for "doing all kinds of bad things". Totsukawa finally found the answer to this point. Although the details were not described in the investigation book, his daughter's name was written correctly: Tomoko Tachikawa, who was a freshman in college at the time.Tachikawa is the surname of her divorced mother.Through this survey, Totsukawa also knew that Ikeuchi was indeed a ruthless person, and he remained calm when he was sentenced by the court.But for his daughter, he seems to be full of tenderness.Knowing this weakness of Ikeuchi, Okuda used Ikeuchi's daughter to force Ikeuchi to submit.

Seven years ago, Tomoko Tachikawa was the key figure in defeating Ichiro Ikeuchi, so what role should she play now?Totsukawa was eager to know this. Nishimoto and others who were sent out to inquire about the situation came back soon, and they reported the situation to Totsukawa in detail. Nishimoto said: "Tomoko Tachikawa's mother is Yoshiko Tachikawa, and now she runs a small grocery store in Ikebukuro, and Tomoko often goes home to help her mother with work." He took a photo of mother and daughter Tachikawa in front of the shop. Show it to Totsukawa. The photo, taken with a point-and-shoot camera, was a bit blurry, so Totsukawa immediately asked for a clearer photo.

Nishimoto said in embarrassment: "Tomoko is traveling abroad now, so it's not easy to get her photo." "Where did she travel?" "Her mother said she went to Hokkaido?" "Does she travel a lot?" "yes." "Does she still keep in touch with her divorced father?" "Her mother said it was completely okay." "After Ikeuchi went to prison, could it be said that Tachikawa mother and daughter didn't visit the prison once?" "Let me call Miyagi Prison." Detective Kusaka who was beside him said and immediately called the other party.After a while, there was a clear answer.

According to Miyagi Prison, the mother and daughter visited the prison a total of 11 times in seven years, of which the mother went 4 times, and the daughter went the other 7 times. There was never a single visit between the mother and daughter. It seems that Ikeuchi hates Yoshiko very much, he just wants Tomoko to meet him alone.As for whether Tomoko is still in contact with his biological father after Chiuchi was released from prison, the prison does not know.So Totsukawa used a red pen to place a question mark heavily under the name of Tomoko Tachikawa.