Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Reversal

It is more appropriate to say that the search department is divided into two opinions, and it is more appropriate to say that it is divided into the opinions of Chief Criminal Police Chief Mikami and the opinions of Totsukawa and other criminal police. Totsukawa and other criminal police believe that the case is not over yet, and as new suspects, the names of Kakizaki Kentaro's son Shinsuke and his wife surfaced.The Minister of Criminal Police Mikami advocated that the case has been solved and the search headquarters should also be disbanded. "Both the police in Nara Prefecture and the police in Wakayama Prefecture say that this series of cases has been closed, but you say that it is not over yet, and that Kentaro Kakizaki has nothing to do with this case. Where is the evidence?" Mikami said in a stern tone. Ask Totsukawa.

"From the evidence of the situation, it is clear that the judgment that this case occurred during the trip of four people is wrong. Kakizaki Kentaro did not participate in the trip to the land of mythology. In fact, it was a murder case that occurred during the trip of three men and women. , It was an attempted murder case. Sakurai Nobuyuki committed suicide because of this incident, and Aoki Mayumi hid her whereabouts. The murderer who killed Kakizaki Kentaro, who happened to be the same age as Sakurai Nobuyuki, wanted to take advantage of this report. This incident turned the two into friends who liked to travel and blamed Sakurai Nobuyuki. Regarding this point, the evidence is clear." Totsukawa said.

"But this is the evidence of the situation from the beginning to the end? If this is the evidence, that Kakizaki Kentaro was killed in a fight after joining the four people's trip, even if this explanation is not tenable? The murderer Sakurai Nobuyuki committed suicide, and then Miki Junko was killed, In the end, Mayumi Aoki also died in Nanki Shirahama, so this can explain the whole situation, right? Because of this, both the police in Nara Prefecture and the police in Wakayama Prefecture regard the case as closed.” Mikami said forcefully.But at this time Totsukawa did not budge.

"According to what the minister said, he thinks the case has been solved so far, and intends to disband the search headquarters, so he might let the murderer go. If so, is it okay?" Totsukawa almost threatened.As soon as these words came out, Mikami immediately showed timidity. "I also think that if the reasoning you put forward is valid, the investigation will continue if possible, but there is no key evidence now, and the investigation cannot be continued based on the evidence of the situation alone." "However, I am 80% sure that Kakizaki Kentaro was killed elsewhere and was buried in the back mountain of the Takamatsu Tumulus. It means that the murderer was someone else. And if this reasoning is true, Miki Junko and Aoki Mayumi were killed The murder may have been done by the same murderer. Will this stop the investigation?" Totsukawa still refused to give up.

"You think the same murderer killed three people?" "That's it." "But didn't Aoki Mayumi commit suicide?" "According to the previous explanation, Mayumi Aoki committed suicide. But if we make a mistake in the investigation, that is to say, take Kakizaki Kentaro out of the case alone, and analyze Mayumi Aoki in this way, it is not suicide, it must be homicide. And just like me As I said just now, let the real murderer go. In this way, the reputation of the Metropolitan Police Department will be damaged, and the news media will attack us wantonly." Totsukawa said in a threatening tone.

"Well then, I'll give you another three days. The disbandment of the search headquarters is only for these three days. During this period, you can prove your reasoning is correct." Mikami said silently for a moment. "If Kakizaki Kentaro is taken out of this trip, then neither Nobuyuki Sakurai nor Junko Miki and Mayumi Aoki will kill him," Totsukawa said to the gathered detectives. "Then who is the murderer?" Nishimoto asked. "It may be his family, his son Shinsuke Kakizaki or his daughter-in-law Ayako. Due to the death of his father Kakizaki Kentaro, his son Shinsuke can become the president of Kakizaki Foods, and Ayako can become the president's wife. Now that Kentaro has benefited after his death Only this son and daughter-in-law are left."

"But how can we prove it? Kakizaki Kentaro's body has been cremated, so it can't be dissected now." Interpol Hikata said. "Therefore, we will thoroughly investigate the situation of Shinsuke Kakizaki and his wife Ayako that I just mentioned." "Then, it is necessary to check that letter again." Kamei said.When investigating the home of Nobuyuki Sakurai who committed suicide, he found a letter from Kentaro Kakizaki among the letters addressed to him, and it is believed that Kentaro Kakizaki participated in this trip and was killed. "It is indeed necessary to check that letter again." Totsukawa said.

"The problem also exists in other places, that is, Miki Junko who was killed in Gojo City. We originally regarded the murderer as Aoki Mayumi. In this way, the murderer was also Kakizaki Shinsuke, or his wife Ayako. The same is true of Aoki Mayumi who died in Nanki Shirahama. If the death of Kakizaki Kentaro is said to be done by other murderers, Aoki Mayumi has no need to commit suicide. She was also killed by Kakizaki Shinsuke and his wife Ayako. In short, the motive is clear, If Miki Junko and Aoki Mayumi are alive and can testify, we can immediately find out whether Kakizaki Kentaro participated in their trip. In this way, the investigation of this case can be straightened out from the beginning. It is precisely because of this concern that they put Miki Junko and Aoki Mayumi pretended to commit suicide and killed them." Totsukawa continued.

"However, we can no longer request assistance from the Nara and Wakayama police. In short, the Nara police have considered the case to be over, and the Wakayama police have also classified Mayumi Aoki as a suicide." Interpol Mitamura said. "Of course, we know this, so we need to re-investigate all this. To find out the truth in these three days, this is the task assigned to us now." Ten Tsukawa said firmly. "Anyway, time is very tight now. Nishimoto and Kusaka went to Gojo City in Nara Prefecture to re-investigate the case of Miki Junko. Then, Mitamura and Hojo Sanae went to Wakayama to re-investigate Aoki who died in Shirahama. Mayumi, Kamei-kun and I will re-check the letter." Totsukawa then said to the detectives.

In this series of cases, a total of four men and women, two men and two women, died. Among them, Nobuyuki Sakurai committed suicide.It's just that he left a strange suicide note, and there were people who tried to use the suicide note, which made the case complicated.The results of Kakizaki Kentaro's forensic autopsy are clear. He was killed on March 27. As analyzed at the beginning, Totsukawa believes that the murderer is not Sakurai Nobuyuki, but Kakizaki Kentaro's son and daughter-in-law are very likely. On April 10, Junko Miki recovered and died after falling from the roof of the Gojo City Hospital on the day of discharge.At first the police thought it was her husband Manichiro Miki, or Mayumi Aoki, but Manichiro Miki had an alibi.In addition, Aoki Mayumi also died, and it is difficult to understand that she would commit crimes today.It is very clear that this Mayumi Aoki drowned at sea off Nanki Shirahama between 8:00 and 9:00 pm on May 15, one month later.At first, the police thought that she committed suicide because of guilt after killing Miki Junko, but now it seems that Miki Junko and Aoki Mayumi did not commit suicide, it is very likely that she committed homicide, and the murderer was Kakizaki Kentaro's son and Daughter-in-law is very likely.Detective Nishimoto and others set off to Gojo City and Nanki Shirahama to investigate again.Next, Totsukawa and Kamei focused on investigating the murder of Kakizaki Kentaro again in Tokyo.

The case has now been looked at from another angle.If it is said that Kakizaki Kentaro did not participate in the trip to the land of myths, then his death was completely a homicide that occurred on other occasions with other motives.The first suspect is of course his son and daughter-in-law, so why did his son Kakizaki Shinsuke and daughter-in-law Ayako kill their father?Its motivation must be understood. Kakizaki Foods has caught up with the current health food craze, and its profits have been rising year by year. Now it is a company with some stocks listed and its performance is promising.Therefore, it is hard to imagine that there is something wrong with the company itself and the president Kakizaki Kentaro was killed.In addition, when the president Kakizaki Kentaro died, his son Kakizaki Shinsuke served as the head of general affairs, so now he inherited his father's family business and became the president of Kakizaki Foods. "It's unimaginable to kill my father just to become the president." Kamei said. Indeed, as Kamei said, his son Shinsuke is ambitious. Although he wants to become the president as soon as possible, it is unimaginable to kill his father for this.He is an only child, even if he keeps silent, he will become the president of Kakizaki Foods sooner or later.If I went directly to see Shinsuke Kakizaki and his wife and asked about his father, he would certainly say that he and his father did not have any grievances and got along very well. Therefore, Totsukawa and Kamei decided to conduct an external investigation on Kakizaki Foods and seek information from relevant personnel.But they heard one very interesting thing, that is, his son Shinsuke Kakizaki was the vice president of Kakizaki Foods a year ago, and he was the director of general affairs when the case happened. Anyway, this is downgraded.I found Mr. Kato, a classmate of Kakizaki Kentaro who died at the university and is currently the sales manager of a large electric company, and learned about it from him. "Kakizaki Foods is a company owned by that guy alone, and he has the final say on personnel matters. It was him who promoted his son Shinsuke to vice president, and it was Kakizaki's decision to relegate his son Shinsuke to general affairs director." Kato said. "A year ago, why did Kakizaki Kentaro demote his only son Shinsuke from vice president to general affairs director? And who was the vice president at that time?" Totsukawa asked. "At that time, it was the person named Ogata who had been serving as the general affairs minister before who was promoted to vice president." "Isn't this a shame in my son's eyes? I retired from the vice president to the head of general affairs, and then replaced the head of general affairs as the vice president. It seemed to test the abilities of the two people. He felt very frustrated." "Is that so?" "Even if he was taken down from the position of vice president, if that position is still vacant, he will not be depressed. But on the contrary, the person who is now the director of general affairs has replaced him as the vice president. This is like what I said just now, isn't this kind of personnel arrangement an insult?" "Yeah, it's true that this is unacceptable to Kakizaki's son." "Why did President Kakizaki make such a personnel arrangement?" "His son messed up the work. From my personal point of view, there is nothing inappropriate. This son is also thirty-five years old, and everything is under the orders of the president's father to carry out the work. He thinks it is boring, so It is understandable that I intend to start a new project or business. But my father said in private that his ability is not good, and his son messed up the work and caused a lot of losses to the company. For this reason, President Kakizaki is very sorry Angry, it seems that he scolded his son, and demoted him from the position of vice president to general affairs minister. It seemed that he was really going to be kicked out of the company, but when he thought that things were nothing more than that, he dismissed the idea. His father once He sighed to me, 'What a worthless son'." Kato said. "At that time, did you reflect on yourself as a son?" Kamei asked. "It seems that he has introspected only in words, but pay attention to his expression, he is obviously dissatisfied with the personnel arrangement. He said that his father Kakizaki has always been arbitrary in his work, and all problems are the sole responsibility of the president. People have the final say. Therefore, the son can’t carry out the things he wants to do independently. If he can become the president of the company, he will do better than his father. He once showed such conceit.” Kato said . "So, now that he's the president, he's happy at work?" "Yeah, I saw him recently, and I feel that apart from expressing my grief over my father's death, I feel more refreshed." Kato smiled sarcastically. "How is his wife?" "Of course the wife is satisfied. She used to be the wife of the vice president, and then became the wife of the minister of general affairs. This time, she finally became the wife of the president. She must be satisfied." Kato said. It now appears that Shinsuke Kakizaki and his wife Ayako's motive for killing their father Kentaro Kakizaki is clear.But the reports of Nishimoto and others who went to Gojo City and Nanki Shirahama were not good news for Totsukawa. Four detectives search for clues in Gojo City and Nanki Shirahama. "We thought that around April 10 and May 15, Kakizaki Junsuke or his wife Ayako would have gone to the scene respectively? We went around and asked everyone to see the frontal photos of the two to find out if there were any witnesses, but we couldn't find them. No witnesses," they reported by phone.If the Nara and Wakayama police could cooperate, it would be easier to find clues this time. However, the police in both counties concluded that the deaths of Miki Junko and Aoki Mayumi were suicides, so it is difficult to expect their cooperation at present.In this way, Nishimoto and others can only search for clues alone. This may also be one of the reasons for the failure, that is to say, there is no police force sent to Gojo City and Nanki Shirahama.In short, Criminal Police Minister Mikami himself is opposed to this investigation, and announced to everyone that if the case is not resolved within three days, the search department will be disbanded. Totsukawa and Kamei visited the house of Shinsuke Kakizaki and his wife in Naifuku Town.Kakizaki Food Company and factory are in Mitaka City, and their residence is in a quiet residential street in Yongfu Town.The two went to see Shinsuke Kakizaki, the current president, who is estimated to have returned home from get off work. "The case has been closed, and we have fallen to the ground with one stone, and the dead father will rest in peace." Kakizaki immediately praised the two criminal policemen when they met. "We thought so at the beginning. We came here to explain that the situation of the case has changed. In fact, the case has not been resolved." Totsukawa responded. "What's the matter? I called Minister Mikami a few days ago, and he said the case is over." "We have found out that your dead father did not actually participate in that trip." As soon as Totsukawa finished speaking, Kakizaki Shinsuke's expression changed drastically. "There won't be such a thing. Father likes to get along with Nobuyuki Sakurai very much. They participated in the trip to Yamato, Asuka and Yoshino together and were killed because of it. Why do you say they are not together?" "We have analyzed all kinds of situations, and finally figured out that they are not together." "Please tell me what happened?" "The thing is, your father was killed somewhere else entirely. In any case, he didn't take part in the trip, and of course got the murderer wrong and the motive wrong." "But wasn't my father's body found in the back hill of the Takamatsuzuka Tumulus in Asuka Village?" "Yes, it was found there, but who buried the body there?" "I know that Nobuyuki Sakurai, who killed his father, buried his father's body there." "As I said just now, your father did not participate in that trip and was killed for a completely different reason. Later, the murderer happened to see newspapers and TV, and learned that Nobuyuki Sakurai left a suicide note confessing that he had murdered and died. After the news of his suicide, he wanted to use it in order to hide the corpse. Knowing about the travels of Sakurai Nobuyuki and others to Kyoto, Nara, and Yamato, he planned to hide the corpse somewhere in that area, and deliberately transported the corpse to When we arrived at Asuka Village, it was buried in the back mountain of the Takamatsuzuka Ancient Tomb. Our police were completely deceived by this set, thinking that Kakizaki Kentaro was killed during that trip, and identified the murderer as Nobuyuki Sakurai. However, the incident Now we have figured it out, this crime was committed in different places for different reasons, of course, the murderer is also a different person." Ten Jinchuan stared at the other party's face and said. "I really don't understand what you said, so who do the police think is the murderer? Isn't it Nobuyuki Sakurai?" "Yes, I'm sorry, we believe that Kakizaki Kentaro was killed by Kakizaki Shinsuke and your husband and wife." Totsukawa said straight away. Shinsuke Kakizaki's face changed suddenly, showing sullenness, and he asked Totsukawa, "Why did I kill my father? I respect my father very much, please tell me the reason." "Probably the motive is that a year ago, you inadvertently messed up the business, and your father was very angry about it. He demoted you from the position of vice president to general affairs minister, and promoted the person who was the general affairs minister to vice president. I also heard that you were going to be kicked out of the company for a while, and you were so angry that you killed your father. But after the murder, you couldn’t handle the body. If the body is found, you and your wife, who have the motive for committing the crime, will be punished. Doubt. Just when I was at a loss, I happened to know the news of Nobuyuki Sakurai's death. He was 65 years old, the same age as your father. Probably your father also liked to travel, so he thought of them traveling together, making a film like Nobuyuki Sakurai. In the case of the case, the body was transported to Asuka Village by car and buried in the back mountain of the Takamatsuzuka Tumulus. This is how we analyzed it.” "Is there any evidence?" Shinsuke Kakizaki asked.Totsukawa refused to answer: "You husband and wife also killed two other people. You successfully buried your father's body in the back hill of the Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, and played Nobuyuki Sakurai as the murderer. But in fact your father I didn’t take part in that trip, so it’s difficult to deal with the other two people Junko Miki and Mayumi Aoki this time. If Junko Miki and Mayumi Aoki come forward to testify, it can be immediately clarified that Kentaro Kakizaki did not travel with Nobuyuki Sakurai So, your husband and wife first went to Wujo City and killed Miki Junko. I am afraid that you and your wife have no hatred for Miki Junko. You have not known this person until now, but you must be killed. Didn’t Mayumi Aoki call you later? Mayumi Aoki participated in that trip from beginning to end, knowing that Nobuyuki Sakurai did not kill Kakizaki Kentaro, so didn't she call you to protest? Or she said to you on the phone: "The one who killed Kakizaki Kentaro is probably your son Right?" So I think you are either your wife, or the two of you went to see Mayumi Aoki, and probably wanted to explain this matter, so you invited Mayumi Aoki to the seaside of Nanki Shirahama, it may be the two of you or one of them One person pushed Mayumi Aoki into the sea and drowned." "My wife and I will never do that kind of thing. If you say we did it, then please show evidence. If you make irresponsible remarks without evidence, I will sue you for defamation." Kakizaki Shinsuke said. "There is only one evidence." "What evidence?" "Letter, the so-called letter from your father to Nobuyuki Sakurai." "Letter..." Shinsuke followed up, and then said, "Ah...it's the letter my father sent to Sakurai. Both of us like to travel, and they seem to have traveled together before, so it must be There's nothing strange about the letter my father sent to Sakurai, right?" "However, Kakizaki Kentaro and Sakurai Nobuyuki have no relationship at all, and we have made it clear that they did not travel together. In this way, the letter became confusing, that is, it was written to someone who had no relationship. Letter, this cannot be explained. The murderer who killed Kakizaki Kentaro wanted to prove that Kakizaki Kentaro and Sakurai Nobuyuki had a very good relationship and went on a trip together. So the murderer put the letter in Sakurai Nobuyuki's room. When Sakurai When Nobuyuki Jing’s funeral was held, he sneaked in pretending to be a thief while his family was out, and then injured the housekeeper and escaped. At that time, it was strange that nothing was stolen. Mr. Sakurai was a rich man, and his family had A lot of valuable things, but the murderer didn't take anything, nothing was stolen. So, if you say why you pretended to be a thief and sneaked in, it was because you wanted to enter their house and put the letter, because the letter had The postmark on February 5 shows that the relationship between Kakizaki Kentaro and Sakurai Nobuyuki has been very good since then, and it has become a relationship of going on a trip together, and the letter was sent to prove this point.” "But it's definitely a letter from my father, isn't it clearly postmarked?" "That's right. We didn't have any doubts about the letter at the time, and we never thought that the letter was forged. But now it seems that the letter is forged, and I have brought it." Totsukawa took it out of his pocket The suspicious letter. "Is there anything wrong with this letter? It is indeed father's handwriting." Shinsuke said. "The imitation is indeed very similar, but this is not Kakizaki Kentaro's handwriting. It is impossible. Kakizaki Kentaro does not know Sakurai Nobuyuki, so he would not write this kind of letter." "But isn't that clearly postmarked? Please take a closer look at the postmark of the Yongfu Town Post Office. It was 10:30 am on February 5, that is, didn't my father post the letter at that time? Say this Is there any proof that the letter was forged?" Shinsuke said angrily. "I think I will prove this in the future." Totsukawa said. On the way back, Totsukawa and Kamei stopped by the post office in Yongfu Town.Letters sent from mailboxes nearby need to be stamped at this post office before being sent to various bureaus. Totsukawa and Kamei first asked to see the seal currently in use, stamped that seal on a piece of paper, and compared the postmarks on the suspicious letter with each other. "It's exactly the same, there is no difference." Kamei's voice seemed a little disappointed.It's not so much alike as it is exactly the same. "I am afraid that Shinsuke Kakizaki took the postmark of this post office and went to a certain stamp shop to make a seal that is the same as that postmark, so of course it is the same. Using that forged seal, make the date February 5th, stamp it to the envelope of the forged letter." "But it's hard to prove that the two are different things." Kamei said. "Then there is the issue of handwriting. If we can find out that the handwriting of this letter is not Kakizaki Kentaro's own, it can prove that this letter is forged." Totsukawa said.For this reason, Totsukawa collected the things written by Kakizaki Kentaro and entrusted handwriting identification experts to process it together with the letter.However, when he saw the handwriting expert, he said to Totsukawa with a tired expression: "It's really difficult." "As a professional, you say it's difficult, so it's hard to handle. So far, haven't you been engaged in handwriting identification for a long time?" "That's true, but recently the perpetrator used a computer to fake it." "use computer?" "Yes, in the past, criminals tried their best to imitate and write questionable characters, which allowed me to figure out that they were forgeries. But recently, all the characters I wrote can be stored in the computer. This person named Kakizaki Kentaro seems very I like to write letters, so I leave a lot of letters. In this way, almost all the words will be in it. All these words can be stored in the computer to write the articles I need, so the articles become my own. The writing is correct, so it cannot be said to be a forgery." The handwriting identification expert said to Totsukawa. "So, the handwriting of this letter is Kakizaki Kentaro's own?" Kamei asked. "I can only say this. I think the article itself is probably not his own, but the criminal's work, but the writing is Kakizaki Kentaro's own." The handwriting identification expert said. "It's really tricky." Totsukawa sighed. "Really? Recently, I used a computer to make fake letters? It's not easy to handle." Kamei also said. "The article itself was written by the criminal, so even if it is somewhat different from his own, the text written there is his own, so it cannot be identified as a forgery. In this way, Kakizaki Kentaro and Sakurai In terms of evidence that Nobuyuki is not familiar with and did not participate in that trip, this letter must be used." Totsukawa said. "Then when it comes to the court hearing, this letter will play a big role for the criminal. Because the situation is like this: On February 5, Kakizaki Kentaro sent this letter. He is a friend of Sakurai Nobuyuki. I have traveled together before." Kamei shrugged lightly. Since this questionable letter was useless, the only thing left was whether the murderer was at the scene of the crime. The body of Kakizaki Kentaro was transported to the back mountain of the Takamatsuzuka Tumulus in Asuka Village for burial. There is no evidence that the murderer was at the crime scene. When Miki Junko was killed in Gojo City on April 10, there was no evidence that the murderer was at the crime scene.Moreover, on May 15, there was no evidence that the murderer was at the crime scene on the day Mayumi Aoki was killed in Nanki Zihama. "We are together as a couple." Shinsuke Kakizaki and Ayako both said.This must be a lie.The two went to Asuka, killed Junko Miki in Gojo City, and Mayumi Aoki in Nanki Shirahama.It may be a person, or it may be a couple. But the key is that if no witnesses are found, it will be impossible to prove that the two committed crimes.Shinsuke Kakizaki and Ayako seemed to see all this clearly and seemed comfortable.Not only that, it seems that a lawyer has been found to sue Totsukawa and others for insulting them. Time passed like this. "Enough is enough? In this way, the Kakizaki couple will really sue the police. If this continues, can they beat them? Isn't the evidence that they are related to this case and killed their father, and also killed Miki Junko and Aoki Mayumi? Didn't you get it?" Criminal police chief Mikami seemed to be blaming Totsukawa.Immediately after that, another day passed, and the three-day reprieve agreed by Criminal Police Minister Mikami had only one day tomorrow.In Gojo City and Nanki Shirahama, Nishimoto Criminal Police and others desperately searched for clues repeatedly and tried their best to find witnesses, but they still got a disappointing report: they did not find anyone who saw Shinsuke Kakizaki and his wife on April 10 and May 15. eyewitness. "This letter is the last trump card. The postmark is February 5, but it is obviously not posted on February 5. On the day of Nobuyuki Sakurai's funeral, Shinsuke Kakizaki and his wife forged the letter, stamped it with a fake postmark, and secretly Take it to Nobuyuki Sakurai's house and put it together with other letters. If this is proven, then this letter will be evidence of their crime." Totsukawa put the suspicious letter on the table and said to Kamei.But at present, the opposite is true. If this letter is shown in court, it will prove that Kentaro Kakizaki and Nobuyuki Sakurai have known each other for a long time. "However, as I have said many times, this letter was not posted on February 5, but after April of Nobuyuki Sakurai's funeral." "How about fingerprints? Assuming that it was posted on February 5th and Nobuyuki Sakurai saw it, then the envelope and letter paper of this letter should have Sakurai's fingerprints on it, but if it is put in his house after Nobuyuki Sakurai's death , how about not discovering his fingerprints, how to prove it? In this way, wouldn’t this letter become our weapon?” Kamei said enthusiastically. "That won't work!" Totsukawa said coldly. "Why not? Do you think there are no fingerprints of Nobuyuki Sakurai?" Kamei refused to give up. "Probably not." "This letter does not constitute a weapon?" "Although Nobuyuki Sakurai's fingerprints cannot be found, it cannot be said that Sakurai did not read the letter, and it was posted on February 5. If the defense lawyer said that if it was cold, Sakurai would wear gloves to open it. Yes, it makes sense. In any case, Nobuyuki Sakurai is an old man of sixty-five years old, and he opened the letter in cold weather, so if the defense lawyer makes such a claim, it cannot be overturned." Mr. Totsukawa said . "Is there any other way? Even if there is no fingerprint of Nobuyuki Sakurai, isn't there a fake fingerprint of Shinsuke Kakizaki or his wife Ayako?" Kamei said. "You're wrong, he wouldn't just fake it so unprepared. If Shinsuke Kakizaki faked it, he must have put on gloves carefully to fake it." Totsukawa said. "So, what about Kakizaki Kentaro's fingerprints? If he wrote something, wouldn't his fingerprints be attached to the letter paper and envelopes?" Kamei said. "Maybe it can be attached to an envelope. I'm afraid Kentaro Kakizaki has prepared envelopes that are often used. If these envelopes are used, Kentaro Kakizaki's fingerprints will undoubtedly be attached. These things are not difficult for his son to do." Totsukawa said. "Then this letter won't help at all?" Kamei said in frustration. "Yes, the postmark is the exact same seal engraved by Shinsuke Kakizaki privately. It is not difficult to make the exact same thing. The original seal was also engraved by a private seal shop entrusted by the post office. If it is proved that it is a different seal It's hard, no matter how I look at it, I feel exactly the same." Totsukawa also said regretfully.Then, suddenly his eyes lit up. "Maybe this seal is the last trump card." Totsukawa said. "What's the matter? Didn't the police department themselves say that the seals are exactly the same?" Kamei looked confused. "It does, but maybe a miracle will happen." "What miracle?" "Isn't it? This seal is exactly the same. It was probably engraved by the same private seal shop. Although this seal is stamped with the postmark of February 5, it was not stamped on February 5." "Yes, then I understand." "The Kakizaki couple killed their father on March 27, and it was difficult to dispose of the body. At this time, they learned about Nobuyuki Sakurai and wanted to take advantage of that trip. So this seal was engraved later, and of course the letter was forged In this way, at least this seal was engraved after April 2, when Nobuyuki Sakurai committed suicide." "That must be the case, so what should we do?" "Let me repeat, this seal was not stamped on February 5, but after April 2." Totsukawa repeated. "Yes, now I understand, then..." Kamei said angrily. "I have analyzed this problem. If it was stamped at the post office in Yongfu Town on February 5th, the color of the postmark is different from this color. What should we do? We went to the post office in Yongfu Town yesterday to borrow a stamp , but that's the color of yesterday's postmark, not the color of February 5th." "Oh, but does the color of the postmark change by month?" Kamei asked. "It's not clear yet, I think we'll check it out," said Totsukawa. Tomorrow will be the third day mentioned by Chief Criminal Police Officer Mikami.If the suspicion of the Kakizaki couple is not confirmed within today, then the search headquarters will be disbanded, so Nobuyuki Sakurai killed Kakizaki Kentaro, Junko Miki was killed by Mayumi Aoki, and Mayumi Aoki committed suicide and finally closed the case. On this occasion, Totsukawa and Kamei visited the postmaster of Yongfu Town again. Totsukawa showed the postmaster the suspicious letter: "What I want to talk about is the postmark on this envelope." The other party asked back, "This is the postmark of our post office, what's the matter?" "This postmark, for example, is its color different according to the month? This is the postmark on February 5. Don't you think the color of the postmark on February 5 is different from this?" Totsukawa asked with a glimmer of hope. "There is no such thing as a different color of the postmark. First of all, it is ridiculous to change the color one by one according to the month. Therefore, we always use a black color. Don't you see that this postmark is also black?" The other party laughed. "It still doesn't work..." Totsukawa was disheartened and was about to leave when suddenly the postmaster said, "Can you let me read that letter again?" "What's wrong?" Totsukawa asked. "Talk about it later, and let me see the letter again," urged the postmaster.Totsukawa took out the letter. "This postmark is a bit strange." The other party stared at the postmark and said. "What's so strange? This is exactly the same postmark, and the color of the postmark is the same, right?" Totsukawa asked puzzled. "That's right, I'm a little embarrassed to say it." The other party apologized and said, "In fact, at the end of January, the seal was damaged, and the upper right corner of the circle of the seal was missing, because it was just a little bit of damage, it doesn't matter, just use it However, the user called and said that they were very concerned about the small scar, but it was a little bit, and there was a part of the defect next to the outermost circle, but if it is still used like this, is the post office short of that little money? So we will start from March 1st. I purchased a new stamp and started using it. Therefore, on February 5th, it should be said that the seal with a defect in the upper right corner of the outermost circle was used. But I saw that the postmark was not damaged at all, so I feel strange, if it is 2 If it is covered on the 5th, as I said just now, there must be a defect in the upper right corner of the circle." The director said. Totsukawa and Kamei looked at each other, overjoyed. "What you just said is the truth?" Totsukawa asked further verification. "What can we do if we lie about something we are so embarrassed about?" the director said to Totsukawa with a sullen expression on his face. "Thank you for your assistance to us. Just now, we have made progress in the detection." Totsukawa couldn't help holding the postmaster's hand. Totsukawa and Kamei lent the seal they actually used on February 5 and returned to the search headquarters. After stamping this seal many times, what I saw was indeed a defect in the upper right corner of the circle, a small spot but definitely a gap.However, this gap is not found on the postmark of the suspicious letter. Obviously, there is a problem with the postmark. Totsukawa immediately reported the matter to the Minister of Criminal Police Mikami. "That's it. This letter was not posted on February 5th. After March 1st, in order to cover up their crimes, the Kakizaki couple forged their seals and pretended to be a letter posted on February 5th. It was posted at Nobuyuki Sakurai. On the day of the funeral, he sneaked into his home and placed it there, and this postmark can clearly illustrate this point. Using this as a breakthrough, I think the truth of the case will be revealed soon, and we are very confident." Totsukawa said confidently to San on the road. "Can you prove that the Kakizaki couple committed a crime? Are you confident?" “稍给我点时间，我完全可以证明，而且可以肯定地说，本案己真相大白。当然，柿崎夫妇也应予以抓捕。”十津川道。