Chapter 30 Chapter Twenty-Eight

Nobuyuki Doi anxiously awaited Monday.The "valuables" in the briefcase certainly cannot be kept in the office.Despite keeping it locked in a desk drawer, the office was empty after hours.This is a restaurant where many people come and go, and there have been many thefts, which is even more disturbing.Take it to the apartment and have nowhere to hide.People thought that thieves would only take cash and valuables and would not be interested in these letters, but there was a chance.It used to be said, take everything first, and then throw away the unused letters on the way and so on.If this "precious object" encounters this kind of encounter and is discovered, the consequences will be disastrous.

Doi felt uneasy thinking of the "what if" situations that could happen.He first put the letter bundle in an empty snack box someone had given him.It was a strong box made of white iron, an ordinary and inconspicuous box with patterns and product names printed on the box, and a thief would not notice it.Even so, he still couldn't let go of his heart and couldn't work with peace of mind.He thought it would be better to rent the safe in the bank, there was no safer place than that. At around nine o'clock on Monday morning, Doi called Bank A's Shibuya branch.Using yesterday's rest time, he checked the phone book and found several banks with good branches.Only the big branches operate the rental safe business.

The phone is connected. "I want to rent your personal safe..." "Where are you?" The staff at the bank's safe deposit box asked on the phone. "My name is Doi." "Mr. Doi? Do you have a business relationship with our bank?" "No, not yet." "Do you run a business or store?" "No, it's for personal use." "Please wait a moment." About thirty seconds passed. "Sorry! What I learned just now is that all the safes have been rented out." Although the other party was polite, he was cold.Obviously, this is because there is no business relationship, and they refused on the grounds that there are no empty boxes, not to mention the unidentified individuals who contacted by phone, of course they would not pay attention.

Doi had a savings account at the Tokyo branch of a regional bank, but there was no rental safe there.He could rent another bank's safe through the bank's introduction, but Doi didn't want to do this because he was afraid that it would be leaked.He knows the importance of the "love letter" in his hand.If this incident spreads to the society, it will not only be a scandal in terms of Masayuki Teranishi's status, but it will also cause huge repercussions in the political circle. Doi called the Oimachi branch of Bank B.The other party replied: "Then please come to the bank." Although he knew that he had no business contact, he was more sincere than Bank A.

"Is there a spare safe?" "Yes, please come here to discuss it." The bank wanted to find out the identity of the renter in person. "Or so." The other party continued. "We can send someone to the place you specify. What is your address?" Doi made an appointment on the phone to meet with the staff of the Oimachi branch of Bank B in the lounge of Hotel O at two o'clock in the afternoon.Doi avoids the Adam Hotel because he doesn't want the other party to know his identity before the matter is settled. O Hotel is not far from Adam Hotel. A bank clerk in his mid-thirties was waiting for him in the lobby of Hotel O.The other party took out the business card of "Acting Branch Manager Norio Kurimoto".Doi only said his name and did not take out his business card.

"You called us specifically, thank you!" The acting branch manager rolled his eyes and looked at Doi. "I want to rent a personal safe..." Doi said. "I already said on the phone that I had no business dealings with you in the past." This was asking if he could rent a safe. "Understood." Acting President Li Mu seemed to agree with the tone. "How much is the handling fee?" "The rental fee for one year is 7,500 yuan." "Can I rent it immediately after applying? Are there any other conditions?" Seeing what Kurimoto wanted to say, Doi asked first.

"Although it is by no means a condition, what I want to discuss with you is whether it is possible to open a regular savings account?" "Regularly? How much is the minimum?" "Anything is fine, five hundred thousand yuan, one million yuan..." the acting president muttered. Tutou thought just now that the acting president would not come here in person just to rent the safe.Sure enough, regular savings is a "condition". "The head office's first requirement for our branches is to strive for more savings, so I can only ask for your help." Kurimoto rubbed his hands and said.

Doi thinks that a regular savings account of around 500,000 yuan can be considered.But Doi felt displeased with the way Norio Kurimoto, acting branch elder, stared at him, so he blurted out a slightly accusatory word, saying: "The bank wants to use regular savings as a prerequisite for renting out safes. Besides absorbing the amount of savings, does this have other meanings?" The acting branch manager politely said, smoking a cigarette: "Of course, leasing safes is the business of the bank. As for the regular savings, the bank still hopes for your help. If you agree to do this, we can rest assured."

"What do you mean by rest assured?" Doi also took out a cigarette and asked. "Among the gentlemen who use the bank to rent out safes, sometimes some people use them for other purposes. Of course, this is an isolated case." "What do you mean by using it for other purposes?" Doi was a little nervous. "It's happened to other banks in the past. For example, the rental safe has become a tax hideout. This was only discovered after the IRS searched." "..." "Maybe there are even worse examples. In addition to important documents, stocks, and bills, customers also put precious stones, precious metals, and gold nuggets in their private safes. I dare not say that there are no illegal means in it. The bank is responsible for providing safes to customers, so special precautions should be taken. For example, when the Metropolitan Police Department discovers a criminal suspect and comes to the bank with a search warrant, even if the renter is not present, the bank will have to The safe is opened. It affects the credibility of the bank."

"...is there any such example?" "Many banks across the country have been renting private safes for a long time, so it cannot be said that there are no such instances. Therefore, the bank must first understand the identity of the renter. We believe that customers who have long-term business relationships can still be trusted. And for new customers, we have to ask them to open a regular savings account first." "That is to say, for new customers who rent safes, it's not enough to just confirm their identity?" "Regular savings is just our hope." Although the acting branch manager's explanation of the combination of regular savings and rented safes is somewhat unreasonable, it can be seen that the bank is vigilant.

Doi was a little hesitant, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Let's think about it before we talk." Doi was thinking in the taxi back to Adam Hotel. What the Acting Branch President of Bank B said may represent the thinking of all banks: if so, other banks will do the same.He clutched the briefcase of "important documents" with both hands. Doi returned to the Adam Hotel, and when he was walking towards the elevator, someone shouted at him. "Ah, Mr. Doi!" Hachiro Nishida stood up from the sofa. Doi felt very annoyed, but he couldn't show it openly, so he forced a smile and stood still. "I called the office just now, and the secretary said that you haven't come yet, and you will come to work in a while, so I am waiting for you here." Five short stature reporters from the "Yin Nei Bao" squeezed their faces into piles of wrinkles and smiled silently.He rolled up the thin magazine he was reading and put it in his suit pocket.Doi saw at a glance that it was the latest issue of the fan poetry magazine "Monsoon". "I heard that you came here the day before yesterday, it's a lie." Doi apologized. "It seems that you are very busy." Nishida stared at the briefcase Doi was carrying. Doi subconsciously changed hands and put it behind his back. "I want to tell you one thing, that is, the matter of Masao Arikawa, the secretary of Councilor Koichi Maruyama. He has no direct relationship with you, but I mentioned Masao Arikawa to you at Narita Airport, so I will tell you more about it .” Doi noticed the line "Masazo Arikawa, who was the secretary of Representative Maruyama Koichi". "You said you used to be a secretary, so has Mr. Arikawa been fired by Mr. Maruyama?" "Yes." Nishida said triumphantly, "...he was fired! A week ago." "Fired?" After hearing Doi's rhetorical question, Nishida looked around. "You can't stand here and say, let's go, sit over there, there don't seem to be many people around." Nishida territory well to a corner inside.The two sat down, Nishida put his hands on the dining table and smiled.He seemed to be talking about the latest top-secret information, which was mysterious and exciting, and he seemed to feel the meaning of existence in this kind of activity of spreading various anecdotes.Doi put the briefcase on his lap hidden under the table. "Only a handful of people know the reason for Masao Arikawa's dismissal. The cadres of the Nishina Constitutional Party tried to keep the information secret." Nishida was afraid of being heard by the people nearby, so he looked around with a vigilant eye, and whispered. "So you must never say it outside." "Yes, don't say it." "Everyone will know about it in the future, but we can't talk about it now. Even the newspaper reporters who interviewed the Constitutional Party don't know!" To be honest, Hachiro Nishida's preface before "Major Information" is indeed very long. In fact, for the current Doi, he is not at all interested in the dismissal of Masao Arikawa.All he cared about now was whether he could rent a bank safe. "Have you seen the woman with Masao Arikawa at Narita Airport? It was when the two of them came back from Hong Kong..." Nishida whispered. "Yes, I've seen it once. When I was waiting for the bus to Hakozaki at the airport, Mr. Arikawa and that woman were going to get into a taxi." Doi recalled the scene at that time. "Yes, yes, those two people." Nishida said while tapping on the edge of the table lightly. "Mr. Nishida seems to be watching them both?" "I have a reason to spy on them, and I want to seize the evidence." "..." "Of course, if you don't catch the scene of returning from Hong Kong, you will know their ambiguous relationship. They have lived together in the branch of Zhi Hotel for three months. It costs 40,000 yuan to stay there for one night!" "Doi-kun, did Masao Arikawa ask you to write the writings or speeches of Representative Maruyama Koichi?" "No, I heard that he became the chairman of the Diet Secretary Association. But does Secretary Arikawa have that much income?" Doi didn't quite understand either. "It's the woman who pays." "Then the woman is rich?" "No money, an old girl with a career." "How can a person without money be so rich?" "If it is exposed, there is no mystery. This woman is a staff member of the Constitutional Party Management Bureau, and can be said to be the assistant of the management bureau." "The manager's assistant?" "Aides who check the payment notices. Those payment notices are written in the expenses of eating and drinking in restaurants and rallies here and there, that is, the party's activities." The "Insider News" reporter continued. "Most of the expenses for gatherings in restaurants and restaurants are borne by the companies that entertain them in the name of congressional meetings. However, there are also many cases where congressmen hold meetings in restaurants and restaurants to discuss party affairs. Of course, this is funded by the party. This kind of payment notice was checked by Fukamachi Yasuko. Fumachi Yasuko was the name of the female employee of the management bureau. She had worked in the Constitutional Party management bureau for 20 years and was a senior accountant. She was about forty-two years old, She's ugly, so she's still single now." "She is in love with Secretary Arikawa?" "Of course Masao Arikawa has his intentions in mind. Not only did he charm Fukamachi Yasuko with his soft and pleasant Osaka dialect, but he also resorted to courteous means to get her." "What do you mean by 'psychological intentions'?" "Arikawa-kun wanted to find out the party's secrets from Fukamachi Yasuko. The management bureau is one of the core departments of the party! Anyway, is the person who controls the party's financial power powerful? Because using financial power, you can control all the party's Intelligence and movements of the factions." "..." "Fukamachi Yasuko is an old maid in her forties. Because she is ugly, no man has ever loved her. Arikawa-kun must be her first lover, so she was completely tamed by him in a daze..." Doi thought of the love letter in the small briefcase on his lap. "Yasuko Fukamachi of the management bureau embezzled party funds privately." "Party funds?" "She did not embezzle cash, but mainly made false accounts." "That is how the matter?" "Fukamachi Yasuko and Arikawa Masao lived in a first-class hotel and ate meals in a first-class hotel. Is it a woman's wish to live this kind of life with sympathy? These payment notices are transferred to the manager's office. Checking these bills is her, so what Everything can be done properly. It is enough to forge the payment notice for my own food and drink as party member's meeting or entertainment fee. Because she is a senior accountant, she will use clever methods to forge the account. The director who has always trusted her will also It will be stamped without inspection.” "How can you do such a bold thing?" "It seems that at the beginning, the fraud was done bit by bit. Later, the leaders didn't find out, and they became more and more courageous. It developed to live in high-end hotels with other people, fake accounts to get money, and went to Hong Kong to play," said Nishida. Said with relish. "The happiest one is Masao Arikawa. As long as you can bear Fukamachi Yasuko's age and appearance, it is a privilege to be born a man. From her, you can also learn some secrets of the party. This is a paradise." Nishida's face was wrinkled and he smiled sternly. "..." Doi stared blankly at Nishida's face. "It is estimated that Arikawa will still use the party's secrets for personal gain. It may be money, or it may be status. Doesn't it have a bright future as a congressman's secretary? It may also be that once there is a conflict with Maruyama Koichi. The secrets that come here are used as materials for transactions. The Diet Secretary League is a weak organization, and Arikawa himself, who is the chairman, knows it best." "Has there been a setback in this?" "There was a leak from Fukamachi Yasuko. No matter how ingenious the means, such reckless recklessness would always be discovered. The director raised suspicions about her payment notices and handling of the accounts, and conducted a secret review to find out. There is a problem. The manager and director must have been greatly shocked, and his face changed at that time, and he hurriedly reported it to the chief secretary of the party." Hearing this, Doi recalled that not long ago at the main entrance of Adam Hotel, he met the car of the House of Representatives Bureau, and the chief secretary with white hair and shoulders and a red-faced and fat man in his fifties got out of it.The two looked extremely serious.Now I understand that it is likely that after discovering the corruption case of the female accountant of the management bureau, in order to study the countermeasures afterwards, she avoided the party headquarters with many eyes and rented a house in the Adam Hotel. "Fukamachi Yasuko was dismissed in the form of voluntary resignation. This was handled internally considering the impact on the surroundings and the outside world." "Then the manager is also punished?" Doi asked after putting the briefcase on his lap back. "Where, if the director-general punishes the director-general, the director-general will turn his back on him. Once the director-general gets angry, the director-general will be in trouble. Because it is hard to predict what the director-general will say, and the director-general holds all secret political donations." The income and expenditure situation. I really annoyed the director. So the director did not receive any punishment..." "What about Secretary Arikawa?" Doi asked about the future situation. "The director-general told Congressman Maruyama and immediately dismissed Secretary Arikawa," Nishida said. "Didn't Mr. Arikawa justify and protest?" "It's a pity that Arikawa didn't have the secrets to fight back. It's because the secrets that the female staff of the management bureau have are limited." "Then what is Arikawa-san doing now?" "I don't know what to do. He was dismissed for this reason, so the Constitutional Party will ignore him, and he can't wait for the opportunity to be the secretary of a new member like Mr. Guowu, so he has to wait for a job in a chatting place." As expected of a reporter from "Yinai Shibo", he even knew the news about Kenzo Nabeya. "The chairman of the congress secretary alliance has such an ending. There is no question of uniting to rescue the secretary. Of course, Arikawa and the woman also broke up. This man was eager for quick success and fell into a fight with the woman. .” After hearing what Nishida said, Doi felt suspicious.Why did Hachiro Nishida stare at the actions of Masao Arikawa and Yasuko Fukamachi without letting go?Did Nishida sell the "information" about the two of them to the head of the Constitutional Party manager? Nishida Hachiro lives in poverty, as long as he can get money, he can do anything.It is even possible to imagine that when the director general came out of the party headquarters, Xi Tian rushed to him, raised his toes and stretched out his short body, whispering in the director's ear. Different from the exaggerated "information" in the past, the matter of Fukamachi Yasuko and Arikawa Masao was just as important as Nishida said to the manager and chief executive, so Nishida followed these two people wholeheartedly.Assuming this is the case, Nishida must have received quite a reward! "Nevertheless, Arikawa-kun will come back to Nagata-cho. Anyone who has drunk the unclean water here in Nagata-cho will never forget its taste. Besides, Arikawa-kun is forty years old, and There is no place to mix up. The congressman’s secretary is a piece of trash if he leaves Nagatacho, so he will return to Nagatacho. There are so many advantages to speaking Kansai dialect. It’s gentle, even if it’s cheeky, it sounds pleasant. Like Arikawa who doesn’t know Shameful man, it seems that he will become someone else's secretary in the future." It sounded like Nishida was making fun of himself. "Ah, yes, yes!" Nishida seemed to remember something, and took out the rolled magazine from his pocket. "This is the recently published Monsoon." "The one I asked you to read at Narita Airport was published three months ago, and the poem I wrote is published here this time." Nishida let go of the doujinshi, trying to smooth it out, but the ends kept sticking up. "Here is my poem." He pointed with his dirty fingers, speaking with joy. "The title of this time is printed here. It's called "The Fool of Happiness". I'm not sure. However, you read my poems at Narita Airport last time, so please read them this time. There is no one in Nagata Town who understands poetry. , Unlike them, you are a person who understands poetry and literature." Nishida spoke out pantingly, completely recognizing Doi as his bosom friend.Nishida said that there is no one in Nagata Town who understands poetry. In fact, people look down on Nishida and are unwilling to deal with him, and he is well aware of this.He likes Doi because no matter what, Doi will still perfunctory him. Nishida opened the poem in "Monsoon" and put it in front of Doi.Seeing its rough typeface and layout, Doi didn't want to read it anymore, especially when he just found out that Nishida had betrayed Masao Arikawa and Yasuko Fukamachi, he hated Nishida even more. "Let's read it slowly in the future!" Doi said after taking over the thin fanzine. "yes?" Nishida originally wanted to ask Doi to read it on the spot, but he couldn't be too reluctant, so he said, "You are also a busy person, so please tell me your impressions after reading it next time we meet!" Nishida sitting in front of him is an anonymous "poet" full of innocence, bursting with joy of creation.There is no sign of the single-handed reporter of the "Insider News" who is regarded as a blackmailer and blackmailer here.Doi always felt that it was incongruous for these two extreme opposite tendencies to exist in Nishida at the same time. After breaking up with Nishida, Doi solemnly hugged his briefcase, rolled up "Monsoon" hastily, and got on the elevator. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Masako Saeki greeted Doi who came back late.She stopped the shorthand translation and came out from another room. "Here comes the package." She held a slender package in her hand. Doi put the briefcase on the table, threw Nishida's "Monsoon" aside, looked at the package, and signed the name of "Setsuko Gaiura" and her address in ink.Opening the wrapping paper, I saw a carton with a department store printed on it. Inside the carton was a folded gray scarf and a letter in a white envelope that shouldn't be in the package. Mr. Nobuyuki Doi: Thank you very much for allowing me to meet you in your busy schedule.The scarf is something that Waipu puts in the closet and has never been used.It is a great joy and comfort to me that you can see his relics and miss Waipu who was cared for by you. Sincerely thank you, with deep gratitude. Yesterday we held the May 7th Death Day for Waipu. Setsuko Waiura This is the so-called "souvenir" soft silk scarf.Doi suddenly remembered something, so he took the scarf out of the box and looked at the back of it.Like his intuition, Mila Schon is embroidered on the corner of the scarf.From the "love letter" kept by Waipu, it is known that it was given to his wife by Teranishi Fumiko. Doi stared at the scarf, as if the scarf was a "love letter".He felt that Wenzi, whom he had only known on "letter" before, seemed to appear alive beside him now. "Ah, what a beautiful color!" Saeki Masako exclaimed softly when she saw the scarf from the side.