Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven Evil Constellation

Something amazing happened.The Omiya Police Station, which is investigating the whereabouts of 450 million yuan, conducted a thorough investigation of Setsuko Arai's wealth and found that her total property was unexpectedly small. As property, above all her shop.This is a beauty salon that was leased from a house owner with land rights and remodeled.In addition, she owns a residential apartment in the fourth section of the nearby Jingu Shrine.Others include cash, savings, credit, loans and some stocks, utility bonds, precious metals, arts and crafts, clothing, furniture, beauty appliances, spare parts, etc.The total of these is only about 170 million yuan.But there are still about 20 million yuan of notes payable, outstanding payments, loan notes, etc., so the total assets add up to about 150 million yuan.

As a result, about 300 million yuan is still missing.However, in addition to the identified properties, no matter how carefully the professional inspectors checked, they did not find any concealed properties.The 300 million yuan went to nowhere.Moreover, there is no evidence that these properties, which can even be called the "inheritance" of Setsuko Arai, were acquired from Kayoko Ninomiya. Shimoda is cleaning up the photo album of Ninomiya Kayoko borrowed from the Omiya Police Station as a document.Now Setsuko Arai has fallen ill and knows that there is no possibility of recovery, so there is no point in borrowing Kayoko's photo album for a long time.The Omiya Police Station will probably need to return it to her family as well.

Shimoda was deeply moved when he wanted to return the photo album that started the search.A photo posted by Ninomiya Kayoko with youthful feelings is of course heart-wrenching.The figures of Kayoko in the photo album seem to be blaming the incompetence of the search team.They even failed to capture the criminal within the scope of their duties and abilities. Especially looking at the photos of "Trip to Songdo", it is even more poignant.In the end, what was revealed by this photo turned out to be fruitless. "Forgive me, we have exhausted all our strength." Shimoda flipped through the pages of the photo album as if he was apologizing to the album.This is the reason for the failure of the search team.After being defeated by the prisoner, the searcher felt extremely heavy when he had to return the useless data to its owner.

Among the landscape photos of Hagi and Nagasaki, there are some photos that seem to be taken with colleagues.When I took these photos, I was probably already entangled by the parasite Ishida.There was a shadow of melancholy in Kayoko's expression. "Oh!" Shimoda paused his gaze on one of the photos.Nokayoko, in a white dress, was side by side with a man of about forty-five who wore a shirt.In the blank space of the photo album, it is written "Growing with Togoshi Kumi." The background is an ordinary grass field, with no features.It was probably a random landscape photo taken with the boss in the class.

However, what attracted Shimoda's attention was not the scene itself in the photo, but the traces printed on the corner of the photo paper.He remembered the trace and shape.Because it happened to be covered by distant clouds, it has not been found.A closer look at this piece is not a cloud, but a trace.That's the dirt on the lens or the shadow mark caused by the crack on the lens imprinted on the photo.Shimoda stretched out the opened photo album to Okawa beside him. "Mr. Okawa, do you see that this mark is similar to the mark on the travel photos of Matsushima?" "Yeah, it's not so much similar as it is the same. This was taken with the same camera." Okawa said nonchalantly.

"Mr. Okawa!" Shimoda became excited. "What's the matter?" Okawa hadn't realized the importance of "the same camera". "Kayoko Ninomiya and Kazuo Ishida met when they were traveling in Matsushima. Before that, it was impossible to take pictures with Ishida's camera. But the section chief named Togoshi took pictures with Kayoko with Ishida's camera. Does this mean that the person who took the picture was Kazuo Ishida?" "Really! But why did Ishida want to shoot Ninomiya Kayoko's boss?" "Does Togoshi already know about the relationship between Ishida and Kayoko?"

"Even if Hu Yue knows, what will happen?" At some point, Okawa had already corrected his posture. "Looks like it's necessary to check with the superior of Kayoko Ninomiya, whose name is Togoshi." "See if there are any pictures of Togoshi taken with the same camera." After being reminded by Okawa, Shimoda carefully checked the photo album again. "Ah, there's a photo like that posted here too." Shimoda pointed to a landscape photo on the next page.It was a color photo taken by a camera that took a minute to make a photo, and it was a very ordinary portrait photo of Kayoko Ninomiya in a frontal pose.In the blank space, only "Photography by Chief Togoshi" is written.The background is also very ordinary, there are some plants growing in the foreground, and a miscellaneous forest in the foreground.

"There's no date of photography printed on it." "Please compare with the photo on the previous page. Kayoko's outfit is the same, taken with a different camera at the same time." "Judging from the fact that the background is different, the shooting location has changed slightly. Ah, there is a bug here." Okawa pointed to a corner of the photo album.In the upper margin of Kayoko's portrait photo, there is a dead body of a small insect crushed there, which has dried up.It may be that a flying bug was accidentally caught in the album, and instead of an "embossed" specimen, it was left there as a "pressed insect" specimen.

"What kind of bug is this?" "It seems to be a bug I've seen before." "Mr. Okawa, isn't this a mayfly?" "Mayfly?" Okawa also thought he had heard the name somewhere. "On the day Ishida killed Kayoko Ninomiya, a large number of mayflies occurred in the area of ​​the Iruma River." "Ah, that mayfly!" Da Chuan remembered clearly.From the night of June 10 to the dawn of the next day, mayflies of Oshito appeared in the Iruma River Basin, and even the traffic came to a standstill.It is from this phenomenon that the prisoner transferred the corpse to the densely populated suburbs of Tokyo, and the date of the crime was deduced from this.

The worm that was clipped into a "press worm" specimen with its wings outstretched has a body length of about 10 mm and a wingspan of 30-40 mm. Upon closer inspection, there are X-shaped black stripes on the forelimbs of the head, and four on the back of the head. The wings are russet. "I've never seen an insect like a mayfly, but I never thought it was an insect with beautiful transparent shiny wings like a dragonfly. That's the shape." "The wings are russet." "That's probably because it's dead. In short, it's a mayfly, which is intriguing."

"Maybe it was mixed in the printing paper of the snapshot and brought into the album." "Probably so. It's not like the photo album was brought to the place where the photo was taken." On the night when Ninomiya Kayoko was most likely to be killed, a large number of mayflies happened to be caught in her photo album. This situation cannot be ignored. Even if the 'press insect' in the photo album is not the mayfly that occurred on the night of the crime, it also shows that she has been to the area where the mayfly occurred before that.In addition, the mayfly that was crushed into a specimen may not have been produced in the same place as the mayfly on the night of the incident, but the fact that they are both mayflies must not be ignored. "Gee, isn't there a rabbit at the base of this plant?" Just now, my attention was completely attracted by the mayfly, but now I realized that there is a white animal squatting at the root of the plant in the foreground in the photo taken in one minute. "No, it might be a cat." "What are you doing?" "It seems to be eating this plant." "Do cats eat plants?" "yes……" "Maybe from this plant, we can determine the specific location of the photo. Let's zoom in on this part for now." They feel that from a landscape photo, unexpected progress may be made. A funeral inquiry was immediately made to Ninomiya Kayoko's former workplace.It was found out that the owner of the photo, Yue Tongfu, was the head of the credit section of the Omiya branch at that time, and now he has been transferred to the Maebashi branch as the head of the reception section.Secondly, it was determined that Tokoshi was the first person to discover the misconduct of Kayoko Ninomiya. "How is this going?" The two criminals couldn't help but looked at each other.That is to say, the first discoverer of bad behavior knows the inside story in advance about the relationship between the criminal of bad behavior and the person behind the scenes. "Can it be considered that Kayoko borrowed a camera from Ishida and begged a third person to press the shutter?" Although it was Shimoda who discovered this situation himself, he was cautious about this unexpected development. "Although this possibility cannot be said to be completely non-existent, I am afraid it is extremely small." "But I asked the relevant personnel at the time, and they all said that Togoshi had never mentioned such a person as Ishida. If it had been involved, then we would have been eyeing him." The appearance of Ishida was due to the fact that Umemoto Takashi tore up the registration book and was implicated through Yoshihara Maji. It was discovered purely by accident. "Since Togoshi has reached the friendship of taking pictures in front of Ishida's camera, he should have revealed Ishida's existence when Ninomiya Kayoko stole the money and disappeared." "He didn't mention Ishida, which may be the reason why Togoshi didn't want to expose Ishida." "why?" The two looked into the depths of each other's eyes, as if unexpected truths would emerge from the depths of the pupils. "For Togoshi, if Ishida is exposed, there will be a disadvantageous situation for him, and this disadvantageous situation..." "It's only possible if Togoshi himself also has bad behavior." "And it's when Ishida knows about it." So the two of them remembered an important fact, that is, the fact that Setsuko Arai's property was only about 150 million yuan.At first, they thought that Setsuko got 450 million yuan through Ishida, and the "insufficient" part might be cleverly hidden somewhere. Now, however, a third character appears with serious suspicion.If Togoshi himself has bad behavior and occupies the "deficiency" part, then the amount of money will match.In the early stages of the search, Togoshi is blocked by the appearance of Kayoko's boss, Seiji Isomura.A preconceived notion that the person behind the scene must be a man with a special relationship with Kayoko played a role.Although corresponding investigations were carried out around Togoshi, the focus of the initial search was on Isomura. "Mr. Shimoda, we think of the loophole of 450 million yuan as a big hole, but in fact it may be a combination of several loopholes." "Togoshi and Ninomiya Kayoko are accomplices. Maybe they committed bad things separately. Even if they did it separately, they both know what the other is doing. Maybe it was one of the parties that started the crime first, and The other party smelled the smell and joined in. Rather than doing it alone, it is easier for the section chief and the staff to do it together or to get a tacit understanding. But because of Kayoko's disappearance, Toru has an opportunity , and pushed the part of himself embezzling onto Kayoko. Or in order to push it onto her, he conspired with Ishida to kill Kayoko, disguised the criminal who embezzled huge sums of money as Kayoko alone, and shared the benefits with Ishida and Ishida shared the spoils." "It's unclear how Ishida, Togoshi, and Kayoko came into contact, but for Togoshi, after Kayoko was gone, Ishida became the only obstacle." "So Togoshi put Ishida..." "It's not certain yet. Judging from the photos alone, there is a connection between Ishida and Togoshi. The relationship between them is that both ends are afraid. To Ishida, Togoshi's existence is always an eyesore. If you kill Kayoko did it alone by Ishida, so it is Toshida who took advantage of Ishida's weakness. Tokoshi disclosed Kayoko's bad behavior, perhaps because he knew that she had been eliminated by Ishida. If it was Ishida's accomplice, then He knows that very well." "Assuming that Togoshi got rid of Ishida, was his motivation caused by the uneven division of internal organs?" "It seems that Ishida's share has been swallowed up by Setsuko Arai. As for Togoshi, it will be clear after investigation. If he keeps the swallowed money intact Grasp it, then he will become an excellent target for Ishida to blackmail. Because the amount embezzled by Hugoshi is twice that of Kayoko. In this way, the party that will suffer the most will be at a disadvantage. As long as Hugoshi still Working inside the bank, he's always on the defensive." "Togoshi probably got rid of Ishida in order to protect himself and keep the illegal profits he had obtained." "Yes, there are various speculations, but no matter what, Togoshi must not be let go." Okawa and Shimoda's new discoveries were immediately reported to the Omiya Police Station. The Omiya Police Department also attached great importance to this, and with the assistance of the Maebashi Police Department, conducted a thorough investigation into Tongo Togoshi's life experience and private life.The properties of relatives and friends who were not involved in the previous search were searched as if they were magnified with a microscope. Togoshi is forty-eight years old, graduated from a commercial school in Saitama Prefecture, and directly entered the Kanyo Bank, where he has been working diligently for 20 years.He was conscientious, unassuming, did a good job, and was trusted in the bank. The family members are his wife who has been married for 20 years, the eldest son who has not been admitted to university and is unemployed, and the two daughters who are in the second and third grades of high school.He lived in a bank house with three rooms and one kitchen in Maebashi City, and lived a frugal life commensurate with his status as the receptionist section chief. However, these are all superficial phenomena. In fact, he possessed a large amount of land, houses, securities, etc. in the name of relatives and friends.In addition, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, handicrafts, gems, gold and silver, etc. worth tens of millions of yuan were purchased from art dealers and jewelers in Tokyo and Osaka, and then scattered and stored in relatives' homes and safes in banks.These facts and circumstances have been ascertained.The total amount has reached about 300 million yuan, and it is impossible for a mere bank employee to have such a large savings. The suspicion of Togoshi Tongo is decisive. On the police side, Okawa and Shimoda, who made great contributions to the discovery of Togoshi, opened the prelude to the interrogation of the murder suspect. Suddenly, the police asked him to appear in court freely, and Togoshi arrived in a panic.It makes people feel like a kind-hearted little citizen is terrified by being summoned by the police.If this is acting, then he is really a successful actor. "This photo was posted in Ninomiya Kayoko's photo album. Who took it?" Shimoda hit the first ball that asked. "Is it this photo? Kayoko Ninomiya and I have worked together in the Omiya branch for five or six years, and we took a lot of photos, so I don't remember exactly. I think it was probably taken by a colleague of the Omiya branch." "Where was the filming location?" "I can't remember that, because the scenery in this photo has no characteristics." Hu Yue touched the top of his head, then rubbed his hands again.This action is an old habit. "But there are obvious characteristics in this." Shimoda began to play the trump card slowly. "Have characteristics?" Togoshi made a disturbed expression.It can't be seen whether it is acting or a natural expression. "Please look at the upper left corner of this photo, there is a trace. Then compare another photo, Ninomiya Kayoko's trip to Matsushima, no matter from the vertical position or the horizontal position, the corresponding position on the film In the same place, there are traces of the same shape." "Is there something wrong with this trace?" "That is to say, the trace is projected onto the film by the crack on the lens. In other words, this series of photos were all taken with the same camera." "Well, it was taken by the same camera." Hu Yue still didn't understand the seriousness of this problem. "But this camera is owned by a person named Kazuo Ishida who has a relationship with Ninomiya Kayoko. Ninomiya embezzled 450 million yuan and then disappeared. As the first person to discover this incident, you are The clearest. Of course, there is Ishida behind Ninomiya who is pulling the strings, which is also under consideration. Ninomiya and Ishida met when they were traveling in Matsushima, and you were photographed by Ishida’s camera with Ninomiya Judging from the clothes, it was between early summer and midsummer. This shows that you knew Ishida. Nevertheless, when Ninomiya opened a big hole of 450 million yuan and disappeared, did you Isn't it strange that Ishida didn't say anything about it?" Shimoda asked in one breath. "Then...that's...probably because I don't know about the relationship between Ninomiya and Ishida. First, I don't know Ishida." Togoshi managed to hold on at the last moment. "Are you saying you posed for Ishida's camera and didn't know him?" "Although I ask others to take pictures, I don't ask the identity of the photographers one by one." Togoshi fought back step by step from the brink of danger.As expected, this is a man who cannot be dealt with by ordinary methods. "Although you don't need to ask about your identity, you can always feel that you have some privacy with Ninomiya Kayoko." "If there is, I should have said it when Ninomiya disappeared. I thought it was just like asking a passerby to take a photo for me." "Can passers-by use their own cameras to take pictures of you who have nothing to do with you? The fact that this photo is posted on Ninomiya's album shows that it was given to her after it was printed. This is not done in a minute. A quick photo of the photo." "But not in my memory. People take a lot of photos in their life, and it's not surprising that they can't remember everyone who took the photos." "This is not a photo taken with ordinary people. You took a photo with the female bank staff who embezzled a huge sum of 450 million yuan." "When the photo was taken, Ninomiya's criminal behavior was not discovered yet. I would like to ask, has the relationship between that person named Ishida and Ninomiya Kayoko been confirmed?" Togoshi hit the nail on the head.The point of connection between Kayoko and Ishida is only to infer that Ishida rented a car and the missing pink coral particles in the car on the date of Kayoko's death.Inferences made from this circumstance alone cannot be said to have been confirmed.It seemed that Tokoshi was sensitive to Shimoda's weakness, and turned from defense to offense. "If I can't prove it, it's not a big deal that Ishida's camera took my picture. It's impossible for me to stare at all of Ninomiya Kayoko's boyfriends or lovers. Same It's not surprising that I couldn't remember the fact that the man who was with Ninomiya took a photo of us after her case happened." Hugoshi's tone was even a little smug. "Are you emphasizing that Ishida met Ninomiya Kayoko temporarily?" Okawa asked in place of Shimoda. "Even if that wasn't the case, I don't have to know the relationship between the two of them." "Then let me ask you a question. Please look at this photograph." Okawa flipped through the pages of the album, pointed to Kayoko's portrait photo and said, "Please see the description of this photo. It says Photography by Section Chief Togoshi, so this is taken by you." "I don't remember clearly, that's what it says in the instructions." It seems that Togoshi is thinking hard about how to deal with the new photos. "This is a photo taken in one minute. Judging from Ninomiya's clothing, it was taken at the same time." "Just because the costumes are the same, I'm afraid it can't be concluded that they were taken at the same time. The time is not recorded in the photos." "No, it must have been taken at the same time." Okawa said confidently. "Why can you say so with certainty?" "Look at what kind of plant is growing behind Kayoko Ninomiya. There is a white animal squatting near the root of the plant. What kind of animal do you think it is?" "Yeah, it seems to be a cat or a rabbit." "Indeed, it's a cat. Here's a blown-up picture of that part. Look, how clear. It's a white Japanese cat. Why is the cat here? It's the plant that attracted it. It's a vine It is a plant with whitish leaves, it is said that this is Ge Zao, and cats are attracted to Ge Zao.” "Does this have anything to do with it?" Hu Yue became more and more uneasy. "Please listen first." Okawa said calmly, "Please take a look at the photo you took again. Although it is not clear because it is under the shade of the grass, there is also a cat in the photo here. The enlarged one That's it." Okawa showed another enlarged photo prepared in advance in front of Togoshi. "Please compare carefully. The cats in the two photos are the same cat. If it is not your cat, the chances of the same cat being photographed are very small. That is to say, the two photos are different It was shot in the same place at the same time without taking into account the context of the shoot. It can’t be wrong.” "But, but, so what? Where, what camera, and how many photos are taken, it's optional." Hu Yue was struggling desperately. "At the same time, if you use two cameras to take more than two photos or multiple photos, then whoever was present will leave some memories." "When taking pictures, several pictures are often taken at the same time, but the relationship between Ishida and Ninomiya still cannot be proved. If there was a person named Ishida present at the time, it would not explain anything." As a bank clerk, his tone of conversation has already become bitter, which shows that he has indeed reached a dead end when he is questioned.Yet his last fortress was strong. "Please take a closer look at the photo. Yes, it's the cat's neck. There must be a collar on it. Yes, that's it. On the root of the collar, there is a business card. Your camera has a very good resolution. This It is an enlarged photo of the cat’s business card. The writing on it can barely be read: "Musashihara City Sangxia Xinkai Zi Nansang xx Duan Chunshan Keeps the Cat Xiaobai". We immediately checked the owner of the cat. The result was found This cat disappeared at the beginning of October last year. The cat often leaves the vicinity of the house and wanders outside. Maybe it forgot the way home while wandering, or it ate something rotten somewhere and died in the wild I did. But the time in early October attracted attention. That's when Kazuo Ishida lost hearing from." During Okawa's narration, Togoshi's face turned blue and his expression became stiff. "So we suddenly thought of associating the cat's whereabouts with the Gezao in this photo. The cat takes the place where Gezao grows as a place to play. If something happens to the cat, then the place where Gezao grows , is the most likely place. So we searched for the shooting location of this photo centering on the home of the owner of the cat. That is near the site of the industrial waste disposal site newly developed by Kuwashita. It is Ishida as the city's health department The landfill designated by the superintendent. So we found that this is the ideal environment to hide the corpse. If the corpse is buried here, the workers will fill it with waste soil, rubble, etc., as the final disposal site. Because It's the last thing to do, so there's absolutely no danger of digging up later. It would be a huge amount of work to find a body here. But we did it anyway. Bulldozers, backhoes, drills, cranes, everything The large-scale civil engineering machinery used hundreds of workers. Finally, Ishida’s body was found.” Okawa stared into the depths of Togoshi's eyes. "Then, then, how can you say that I killed it?" Although he had suffered a fatal blow, Togoshi still wanted to stand up again. "Togoshi!" Okawa changed to a stern tone, "The sinful struggle should be over. The cat's body is buried with Ishida. There is still a plastic business card on the neck bone. The owner's name can still be identified Come out. Ishida and the cat captured by your camera at the same time are buried together with Ishida. Such a coincidence cannot exist. If Ishida, Ninomiya and the cat that existed in that scene It’s all gone, think about it, isn’t it only you who is left?” As if he had received the final blow, Hu Yue lowered his head in disappointment.Assuming that at this time he still wants to continue talking black and white, then there is still a search for 300 million yuan of hidden property waiting for him. Tongo Togoshi finally confessed to his crime. According to him, one weekend, he had to find Kayoko Ninomiya because of something at work.After get off work, he went to her apartment and knew that there was a person named Kazuo Ishida.Since then, he has been quietly staring at Kayoko, and then discovered the fact that she was using the account for manipulation.At that time, he wanted to expose it for a while, but he thought back and forth, thinking of his own future, and he had no hope of getting ahead, so he wanted to take advantage of Kayoko's corruption and make a profit himself. "The colleagues of the same generation who graduated from university have already become branch managers, but I am a section manager who has remained unchanged for thousands of years. No matter how hard I work in the future, the result will be like this. I go to work in related financing companies or transfer horizontally. There is no hope. Although I have contributed the most prosperous years of my life to the bank, my wish to buy an apartment house with my retirement money may not be realized. The children are still unable to live independently, and the day of retirement is imminent Although my son aspires to be a doctor and wants to go to a medical university, but for me, even if I pass the exam, I can't afford the tuition, so I am very anxious. At this time, I learned about Ninomiya Kayoko's behavior, so I thought Dropped in for a 'ride'. But she was also a tough guy and caught on right away to my intention to 'drive'. We've been accomplices ever since. It's easier for two people to do bad things than one , the scale is getting bigger and bigger. Taking advantage of the convenience of the positions of both parties to protect each other, the risk of exposure is also small. So we are bolder. But at this time Kayoko is in a hurry to force Ishida to marry her, so the two of them The relationship between them deteriorated, and finally Ishida wanted to kill her. "When Ishida was planning this matter, he secretly disclosed it to me. It is said that Kayoko said that this bad behavior is almost impossible to hide, and Ishida is asked to go away with her before it is exposed. Ishida just used Kayoko as a golden hook, and had no intention of marrying her or anything. However, as Kayoko said, this corruption has caused great danger, and it can no longer be done. Cover it up. If this continues, all three of them will be finished. So Ishida discussed with me to kill Kayoko, and then put all the crimes of corruption on her head. "Ishida will handle the murder, and I will handle the aftermath of the corruption issue. "According to Ishida, he invited Kayoko to travel and lured her to a motel in downtown Kawagoe, where they met on the night of the tenth day. During this period, Kayoko may have come into contact with the green winged ant. In order to avoid Kayoko's death To urge the marriage, I heard that he took her to her mother's hometown once or twice. It may be that she contracted lung and liver leech disease at that time. "After that, Ishida may have spent all the money he swindled from Kayoko, so he threatened me again and again. I did not kill anyone at the time, but Ishida threatened that if he insisted, I would not be able to escape. The charge of murder. Judging from the announced amount, I got a big share, which is why he threatened me. Because I am a member of the bank, I am at a disadvantage. But I don't know about Ishida's money It was taken away by another woman. He probably killed Ninomiya Kayoko not for his own desire, but to enrich his Oedipus emotional psychology, and kept threatening me. "I was determined to kill Ishida in order to save myself, my family's life, and the 300 million yuan I got from dyeing my hands. So I chose the industrial waste landfill that Ishida had shown me before to show off his work. There was no such thing at the time. Thinking that the photo taken by accident will become a clue to be discovered. "On the night when the crime was committed, I said I would hand over the money to him and tricked him into going to Sangxia's new land. Ishida went there without any doubt. Ishida, who already had experience in murder, treated me as a person who could only count the money. People, not at all guarded. When I was about to bury the body, the cat came to bite me. I killed it with a shovel and buried it together. I can’t dream of the cat being photographed. Unexpectedly. When I was covering the dead body, I felt that the stars in the sky were so beautiful. I looked at the sky full of stars, and suddenly thought, why did I do this miserable burial on such a beautiful night? What about the work? So I couldn't help but shed tears. This is not a repentance for the crimes I committed, and because of the end of the road, I am ashamed of the ancients who connected these stars and weaved beautiful legends. In order to make the crimes I committed Hidden and secretly digging here. What a chilling contrast." With the confession of Togoshi, the murder case of the female bank staff, which started from the embezzlement of huge sums of money, came to an end.Because the criminal himself was killed by another criminal, the details of the crime at that time can only be judged by speculation.In addition, the relationship between Kazuo Ishida and Setsuko Arai can only be analyzed by investigating the surrounding situation. The crushed insect contained in Ninomiya Kayoko's photo album belongs to the four-striped mayfly of the family Mayflyidae of the order Neuroptera.This worm has the characteristic of eating kudzu stems and leaves. The fact that cats and grass mayflies, two completely unrelated alien animals, share a common liking for kudzu seems to symbolize the collusion between the bank clerk and the head of the health department of the city hall through the poor female traveller. "Mr. Okawa, on the night Togoshi buried Ishida's body, what kind of constellation did he draw for himself in the night sky?" At night, at a simple celebration banquet for only two people in a tavern with curtains, Shimoda suddenly asked. "Yeah, it's probably an evil constellation." Okawa whispered blankly. Shimoda lifted the curtain and stuck his head out of the window and said to himself, "I can't see the stars tonight." The old shopkeeper of the tavern had good ears, and when he heard Shimoda's words, he continued, "Sir, it's just a joke to want to see the stars in this area." [-End of the book-]