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Chapter 47 Twenty-six. The Kido couple fell into the trap

Elegy for "Lover" 西村京太郎 2569Words 2018-03-16
Kamei, who was driving at full speed, suddenly let out an exclamation of "ah". Totsukawa followed the prestige, and saw that huge blue caravan whizzed past in front of the car. Kamei slammed on the brakes and almost hit the caravan. Immediately afterwards, Tahara's car also drove past. Totsukawa called Tahara frequently through the wireless phone: "Be vigilant and keep the distance between cars!" Now that Ozeki finally showed his fox tail, the caravan was clearly flying in the direction of Tokyo. Kamei held the steering wheel in his hands, stared straight ahead, and asked, "What do you think Ozeki wants to do?"

Totsukawa didn't say anything, but thought for a while and said, "Kamei, we originally wanted Ozeki to belittle the enemy so that we could grab his fox tail, but now it seems that it may have the opposite effect. Oseki may want to kill them." "Forcibly intercept the car and rescue the Kido couple!" Kamei stepped up the accelerator and moved forward at high speed. At this moment, the caravan suddenly speeded up and speeded, and quickly opened a distance of about ten meters. With a livid face, Totsukawa took out a pistol from his pocket, opened the safety cover, and sounded the siren.

The engine of the police car let out a roar and overtook the caravan on a slash.The caravan stopped obediently, and Oguan, who was sitting in the driver's cab, looked at them calmly wearing sunglasses. Totsukawa glanced at Oseki angrily, and waved to Kamei, "Get in the car and check!" The two jumped into the caravan at the same time. Ten Tsukawa thought that if the bodies of the Kido couple were found in the carriage, Ozeki and his nephew Kudo Tetsuo would be arrested immediately on suspicion of homicide. At this time, Oseki, who was sitting on the driver's seat, also walked into the car. He took off his sunglasses and showed a gentle smile: "Oh, so it's Totsugawa-kun and Kamei-kun. Long time no see. Hello."

Totsukawa just nodded silently without answering. "May I ask what are you looking for?" Ozeki asked in a slightly mocking tone. "Where are the Kido couples?" Totsukawa stared intently at Ozeki. "Oh, are you asking about them?" Oguan smiled softly, "Aren't they sleeping inside? They are too tired, and they want to sleep comfortably on the road." Oseki let Kudo walk into the interior of the carriage which was covered with thick curtains.After a while he led the sleepy couple out of the inner room. Oseki looked at them gloatingly: "Why does Totsukawa-kun look so ugly. Kamei-kun, why did you become dumb all of a sudden?"

Totsukawa interrupted him and asked loudly, "Can we talk to the Kido couple?" "Of course, what do you want to investigate?" "It's a homicide. They are witnesses to the homicide, and we need to find out." Ozeki's face was peaceful.He spread his hands and pretended to be helpless: "I didn't know they had such a thing. I wanted to ask them to help. Who would have thought that it would cause such a big trouble. But they are honest people. To them You have to pay attention to your attitude." "Take care of me." Totsukawa replied coldly.

Totsukawa greeted the stunned couple and got off the caravan without answering. After watching the caravan drive away, Totsukawa asked Tahara's car to continue to follow, and at the same time turned his face to the Kido couple and introduced himself: "I am the Totsugawa Police Department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Now I have a question for you. What did you do when you went to Tokyo for the first time?" Kido replied hesitantly: "President Oseki told us that he opened a big restaurant in Tokyo and asked us to be the manager there." "On April 12 this year, a man was hanged in the woods in Fukushima-juku. The deceased was the manager of a restaurant in Tokyo, named Isao Sakita. Do you remember this?"

"Hey, of course I remember." "Then did you see a man dressed as a foreigner appearing in the woods that day?" Totsukawa said, handing the photo of Ozeki to the couple. Kido said in surprise: "Isn't this person the president of Ozeki Company?" "Yes. This is the person who hanged Isao Sakita in the woods in Fukushima-juku on April 12, and he killed the female owner of the restaurant as early as April 5." "That said, I remembered that when Mr. Kudo introduced President Oseki to me, I always felt that this person looked familiar." Kido replied somewhat as if he had come to his senses.

Just as they were talking, suddenly the couple's limbs twitched, foaming at the mouth, and both collapsed on their seats. Totsukawa ordered: "Send the Kido couple to the hospital immediately." In the hospital, the doctors and nurses who heard the news rushed the dying couple to the emergency room on a stretcher. After two full hours of rescue efforts by the doctors in the hospital, it was still ineffective.The Kido couple finally died. The test results showed that the cause of death of the Kido couple was poisoning and suffocation; the drug was still cyanide. Kamei looked at the test report, and said to Totsukawa, "This guy Ozeki is really cunning. This time he gave the Kido couple a potion mixed with slow-release cyanide."

Totsukawa nodded: "Yes, criminals are getting more and more cunning." "Then we will immediately arrest Ozeki and Kudo Tetsuo on suspicion of homicide!" "They can't be arrested just yet." "why?" "Ozeki asked the Kido couple to drink a potion mixed with slow-release poison, but we have yet to find strong evidence to prove this. Because when Ozeki handed them over to us, they were still alive and well. As soon as the car left, let us carry this burden. This guy Ozeki is really cunning, using slow-release poison to let us slip into his trap."

"Could it be that we knew that he had killed two more people, but let him slip away?" Kamei was so angry that the veins on his neck burst out. Totsukawa pondered for a moment, and suddenly had an idea in his mind. He said slowly: "The news of the Kido couple's death must be blocked now." "Why is this?" Totsukawa smiled and said: "This is to make Ozeki worry for a few more days. Although he put poison in the potion, he doesn't know the final outcome of the Kido couple. As long as they don't report the death of the Kido couple within a few days, he will He will feel restless, fearing that the medicine will not work, and fearing that the rescue will be rescued in time to escape safely. I want him to slip into my trap obediently."

Totsukawa left Kamei in the hospital, and he rushed back to Tokyo alone, and immediately reported the case to Section Chief Honda and Minister Mikami. At noon that day, detective Tahara, who was following Oseki, suddenly called to report that Oseki did not return to Tokyo, but stayed in a hotel in Omiya City. Totsukawa thought to himself that Ozeki knew the onset time of the slow-release poison very well, and he estimated that the Kido couple would definitely die on the way to Tokyo. So, how will Ozeki react when he hears the news?Will you call the hospital immediately to inquire?Thinking of this, Totsukawa felt a little uneasy, and he said to Section Chief Honda: "I will wait in that hospital from now on, so it seems more natural." Honda nodded in agreement: "Now we claim that there is still one person being rescued in the hospital. If no one from the police is waiting at the hospital, it will make people suspicious." Totsukawa was immediately ready to go. Before leaving, he specifically said to Section Chief Honda: "I'm going to the hospital. Please keep in touch with Detective Kusaka in Hawaii. There are three most terrifying witnesses for Ozeki. Apart from the Kido couple, It is the only Tomoko Tachikawa who is still alive. After the Kido couple died, we must prevent him from jumping over the wall and poisoning Tomoko." "Okay, don't worry, I'll contact Rixia immediately." At night, Totsukawa took Nishimoto from Tokyo to the hospital in Saitama Prefecture. At 9 o'clock in the evening, a doctor suddenly came to Totsukawa and said nervously, "Someone just called to ask about the Kido couple." "Who is calling?" "The other party said it was Kido's friend. It was a man's voice. So I was a little scared, so I came here to tell you what to do." "Then how did you answer him?" "I answered him just as you asked. I've never acted before. I'm afraid that if I say something badly, I'll make things worse." Totsukawa smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, you will make the other party believe you by saying this. It would be bad if it was really like acting." "Then what should we do now?" the doctor asked anxiously. "I want to ask, how does the hospital deal with those patients who are still in a coma?" "It's usually placed in a special observation room on the third floor."
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