Chapter 10 chapter Ten

It is not difficult to find out which high school Kyoko Sasamori attended.She has a job as a piano teacher, and as a piano teacher is under the jurisdiction of a national music education organization, which is affiliated with "V Musical Instrument Manufacturing Co., Ltd."To become a teacher of this organization, one must pass the examination of this company.After passing the exam, he was dispatched by the company to serve as a music teacher in the "V Instrumental Music Training Class" across the country.Kyoko Sasamori has been teaching piano in training classes as a dispatched teacher since she started this job until she was thirty-five years old.But now her home has also become a sub-point of the "V Instrumental Music Training Class", and she can teach at home.Perhaps it is because of her seniority that she has such a privilege.

There is her resume in the "V Instrumental Music Training Course", from which you can know which high school she attended.It says Sasamori Kyoko graduated from Hyogo Prefectural T High School in Nada Ward, Kobe City. Judging from what was written in the resume, Kyoko Sasamori is currently alone.Her parents divorced when she was in high school, and her mother, who lived with her, died of illness when she was studying at H Music University. The forensics department sent the analysis report of the thick-edged kitchen knife found at Kyoko Sasamori's house. The black stain on it was indeed human blood.The blood adhering to the hilt of the knife was the same blood type as Koko Inabama, and the blood stain on the tip was the same blood type as Kyoko Sasamori.This proves that Kyoko Sasamori was the prisoner who killed Soko Inaba.In other words, Sasamori Kyoko returned home after killing Inabanuma Kosho in Shakujii Park, washed the murder weapon with water, put the kitchen knife back into the knife holder, and finally hanged herself.

Ji Fu returned to the first lesson and reported the news to the director and Kotani.The director still said to him angrily: "Hey, Jifu, the case is clear, why do you still want to go to Kobe?" Jifu smiled bitterly. He went to Kobe because he wanted to visit the high school where Kyoko Sasamori was studying. "Hasn't the culprit who killed the novelist Inabanuma Kosaku been found out? It was the piano teacher named Kyoko Sasamori. She herself committed suicide in fear of crime. Isn't it? It's all over! What else don't you understand? Hey! " "Isn't her motive for the murder still unclear? Director."

"Isn't that what 'go ら化'? Isn't that obvious? The crazy woman killed the novelist." "But it's too..." "I said you boy, what do you want to do in Kobe? Eh?" The director shrugged unhappily. "The writer who was killed seems to have said that Kyoko Sasamori hated the phenomenon of 'de-ratification' for a certain reason in high school." "So what? The job of the cop is to catch lunatics! You don't care how crazy she is. Don't you even understand this truth!" Jifu returned to his seat, and Xiaogu had nothing to say to him. Recently, this partner's attitude towards seniors is not very friendly.

As a result, in the evening, Yoshiki boarded the Shinkansen alone.As the dusk deepened, he leaned his elbows on the car window and looked at the Tama River in the distance.Why do I always like to meddle in "nosy"?Although it was self-deprecating, he couldn't laugh.He was a little tired of doing this all the time. In the final analysis, he was not very used to this principle of doing things. But it doesn't mean that I am not suitable for the profession of police, and I am still very adaptable.There are not a few cases that have been solved so far, and he often shoulders those cases that others are unwilling to take over. Thinking of these, Ji Fu feels very confident in his ability.Otherwise, I wouldn't do this kind of thing that no one else wants to do.

But sometimes I just want to cry.Even if he found out the truth behind the incident, no one would be happy about it.At least doing so within the police circle will only make people feel embarrassed, and others will not show you any good looks.I always fight alone, and I don't know where I should go. I am not young, and I have long passed the age of being dazzled by a childish sense of justice.So what I am doing now is not just to seek truth and justice.As for the director and Kotani's lack of sense of obligation in their work, Jifu was not at all indignant about it.It can't be said that they are wrong. The name of the first-class homicide team sounds very prestigious, but after all, everyone is not born with a mother, and their time and energy are limited.Everyone just needs to do their part within the prescribed scope of functions.Otherwise, the police force may not be able to sustain itself for long.Even if there are still many doubts left in this case, if you stay stuck here, the investigation of other cases may be delayed, so sometimes you have to learn to be flexible.

This nosy nature of my own was born, Ji Fu thought, not for any social justice or courage.In short, I never need that kind of reason that sounds fair and aboveboard.Now go to Kobe, in order to find out the truth behind the incident.His desire to pursue the truth is like the ripples when the wind blows and wrinkles a pool of spring water, quietly rippling in his heart. But when the truth was revealed one by one, Jifu didn't know whether the world really needed to know the truth. At that time, he even felt that the pride he got for his contribution to the society began to become irrelevant.

Do not need any assistance yourself.In the future, as long as you implement your own beliefs and stay away from those thoughts of repaying the province with wisdom, you can gain the confidence to continue working.As long as you persist in your work with the support of this belief, no matter how much energy you spend, the society will make a little progress. Therefore, there is no need for me to cater to the director and the others.Your soldiers come to cover up the water and the earth, anyway, I'm just doing my job.No matter how boring the job is or how small the achievement is, I will only follow the path that I think is right.Jifu secretly made up his mind.Such a smooth way of dealing with the world cannot be learned by oneself.

Yoshiki stayed at a hotel in front of Sannomiya Station that night.The hotel is small in size and the room rate is very cheap.Looking out from the window in the room, you can see the beautiful cityscape of Kobe.There is a little light on the distant mountains along the ridge, which should be Mount Liujia.The comfortable atmosphere of the hotel can always dispel the fatigue caused by the journey. Before going to bed, Jifu went shopping in the Sannomiya market, and stopped by the tavern to order some food and wine to sacrifice to the Wu Zang Temple.The tavern was filled with the obnoxious noise of drunks.Tokyo is a bit different here, but meeting people is not a bad thing.

Take the subway for a few stops in front of Sannomiya Station, and then walk for ten minutes to T High School. T High School's steel structure school building looks clean and tidy at first glance. It seems that the school building has just been renovated recently.Kyoko Sasamori went to school here more than 20 years ago. Ji Fu originally planned to make a call in the telephone booth next to the school gate, but later felt that it was too troublesome, so he might as well visit the teacher's room directly. However, the gate of the school was closed tightly as if refusing outsiders to visit.Jifu stretched out his hand to push the huge sliding door installed on the track. The sliding door didn't move at all, it should be locked.

It seems that you can't make a phone call.While thinking this way, Yoshiki saw a man in his forties passing behind the gate. "Sorry!" Jifu yelled towards the back of the door, but the other party didn't seem to hear, and still walked forward.Ji Fu yelled again, and the other party turned around and approached the door. Jifu took out his ID card from his arms and told the other party the reason for his visit.He said that he wanted to know something about what happened at that time, but could he open the door first. The man turned his face covered with bruises, half-listening, waiting for Jifu to finish speaking.After Jifu finished speaking, he said: "Please call the principal's office." "I want to visit the principal directly, can't I open the door first?" Jifu asked. "I can't decide..." Jifu was puzzled.There is nothing that can't be done by opening a door. "It's just opening the door, and you won't be held accountable." "Who told me I don't have the key to the gate." The man raised his voice slightly. "Then tell me your phone number, right?" "I don't know the phone number of the principal's office..." The man lifts his legs to go. "Wait a minute, please! Then tell me the teacher's office." "I'm very busy..." He said with a crooked face. "499-5XXX." After speaking, he turned and left. In the phone booth, Ji Fu pressed the number the man told him just now, and it was a woman who answered the call. After he explained what happened, the other party asked him to wait a moment.But this "wait a moment" waited for a long time. After waiting for a long time, the woman finally came back, and she told Jifu to come back the day after tomorrow.Jifu said no, he came here from Tokyo on purpose, and now he is outside the school gate, can he talk to the teacher who taught at that time, so as not to waste the other party's time.As a result, the other party asked Jifu to wait. It seems that things did not go as smoothly as he imagined.It is very obvious that everyone does not want to be responsible.There is no difference between a school and a general trading company, Yoshiki thought to himself.They are afraid that they will make a decision to be held accountable. Teachers and company employees know the truth of protecting themselves. "What's the matter with you?" Instead of a man answering the phone this time, Jifu could only repeat the reason for visiting. "In what year did she graduate from Showa?" The other party asked word by word in a sharp voice.Jifu felt that if he didn't answer right away, the other party would use this as an excuse to immediately hang up the phone. "Graduated in Showa 43." Fortunately, he did his homework. "Forty-three years. That's twenty-one years ago. Most of the teachers who taught at that time have retired. A few are still there, but I'm afraid they can't remember so many graduates." Yoshiki had expected that the other party would say that. "Then you have to ask those teachers to know?" "Ha, ha, you're right. It's my own opinion." "Then, can you ask Mr. Principal to answer the phone?" "The principal is busy now... please wait a moment." The man didn't speak so readily. What a long wait.After waiting for a long time, I finally heard someone on the receiver say: "I am the principal Changtian, what can I do for you?" Jifu had no choice but to tell his reasons from beginning to end. "The student you want to ask graduated more than 20 years ago. Most of the teachers who taught at that time are gone. Even if a few are still there, they probably don't remember that student. His name is Kyoko Sasamori, right? To know if they still remember about that Sasamori-san." This is really a change of soup but not medicine.Jifu really underestimated this investigation. He didn't expect the school to be so difficult to deal with. "Well, we don't know what that Sasamori-san did, but it's our school's responsibility..." "You are mistaken, Mr. Principal. I am not here to hold your school accountable." "Then why are you here?" "I just want to know what kind of student Sasamori Kyoko was in high school." "Then we will investigate and call you when the time comes." "There's no need to be so troublesome. Wouldn't it be easier to ask directly? What's going on? I just wanted to meet those old teachers, but it took so long. Could it be that I came at the wrong time?" "No! No! You are mistaken!" "Then please open the door." There was a brief silence. "Then I'll come here now, please be merciful." Show mercy?The headmaster's words made people feel inexplicable. Not long after waiting outside the school gate, I saw a thin old man with white hair coming out of the school building.He opened the lock with the key, and then pushed the big iron door with his body.Naturally, a thin and smiling old man couldn't push such a large door, Ji Fu hurried forward to help. As soon as Jifu entered the school, the principal closed the door and locked it. "Is the school gate always closed?" Ji Fu asked, but the principal did not answer. "this way please." The principal first brought Yoshiki to the principal's office.The two chatted for a while, and mentioned that Kyoko Sasamori graduated from Showa 43, the principal picked up the phone and asked someone to bring the graduation album of that year. The headmaster flipped through the photo album and said: "This Miss Sasamori is dead?" "yes." Jifu replied. "Is it suicide?" "Judging from the current situation, it is suicide." I don't know how many times I have said these words. "Then why are you here this time? I don't think there should be anything suspicious..." What the principal of T High School said was exactly the same as what the director of the homicide team of the first class said.Jifu understood that the old principal who firmly believed that "one thing more is worse than one thing less" was so nervous for self-protection. "Nothing, just to be on the safe side." Ji said perfunctorily, if he said too much in detail, there was no guarantee that the other party would not use some tricks to hinder his investigation. "Well, I think you also know. Now high school is preparing for the college entrance examination in the spring of next year. We teachers have to plan for the future of our students. The college entrance examination is a major event that affects a student's life, so we can't do it at this critical moment. Keep them distracted." "You are right." Jifu said. "But I want to see the teacher, not the student." "Here, listen to me." The principal raised his hand. "I don't have the final say on this matter. Look at the parents of those students, they definitely don't want to see the police coming to the school during this important period of exams." Jifu smiled wryly, the person he least wanted to see coming to school must be the principal in front of him. The principal was going to continue to say something and kept staring at Jifu.He regained his energy, then picked up the photo album and flipped through it again. "Oh, yes. This is probably Miss Sasamori..." Ji Fu got up from the sofa and walked to the principal's side to look at the photo album.He still remembers what Kyoko Sasamori looked like, but in the photo she was much younger, and she was wearing a sailor suit.Under the photo it says Class C of the third year. "The teacher in charge is... Teacher Otake Heiyoshi. Where is this teacher Otake Heiyoshi now?" "Teacher Dazhu, he..." The headmaster was speechless for a moment.Jifu could see that this Otake teacher must not have retired yet, because he was not very old in the photo. The embarrassment of the headmaster was clearly shown on his face.He was speechless for a long time. If Mr. Dazhu were to meet this criminal policeman, how would he introduce him?The principal imagined in his mind the scene when the two met. "Ms. Otake Heiyoshi should still teach at the school." Jifu opened his mouth. "What questions do you want to ask Mr. Dazhu for advice?" The principal felt that Jifu was relatively young, so he subconsciously regarded him as a new teacher to question. "It's nothing, just ask casually. Is he at school today?" "Ah? Oh! Yes, Dazhu-kun is still in school." The headmaster was distracted before he realized it. "Then I'll go to the teacher's office and ask, is that okay?" "This... I don't know if he is in class." The headmaster tilted his head and said. "Then I'll wait for him, please don't call me." After saying that, Yoshiki stood up.He said, please lend me this, and before the other party could answer, he reached out and snatched the graduation photo album from the principal's arms. Walking out of the principal's office, Ji Fu stood in the corridor for a while, and then opened the door of the principal's office.The panic-stricken principal in front of him was holding the receiver and staring at him as if he had seen a ghost. Jifu smiled wryly, and closed the door again.It seems that as soon as I left, the headmaster picked up the phone and called the teacher's room to give a password.Now that he has beaten him, it is too late to stop him. There are several classrooms lined up on the left side of the corridor, from which only the voice of the teacher can be heard, they should be in class. Two or three male students squatted side by side in the corridor. "What's the matter? Are you not going to class?" Yoshiki asked, staring at their foreheads with bangs shaved evenly. "I want you to take care of it." one of them whispered.Ji Fu pursed his lips and smiled, he felt that his Qi and blood were unobstructed, and his mood suddenly became very good.It seems that being a high school teacher is quite interesting. "Can you tell me where the staff room is?" Jifu asked. "We don't know either. I haven't been to school for a long time." Another spoke up.They don't speak with a Kansai accent, which makes Yoshiki feel very strange. The teacher's room is easy to find, because there is a wooden sign with the words "teacher's room" hanging on the door.Yoshiki walked into the room and asked a middle-aged female teacher at the table by the door which one was Otake Heiyoshi.The female teacher stopped writing, and silently pointed to the corner of the window with the tip of the ballpoint pen. Looking up, there are few people in the teaching room, but fortunately, Mr. Otake is sitting on the seat.It seems that he has no class at this time. Judging from the back view, Mr. Dazhu is already very old.His thin back was bent into a bow, and the white hair on top of his head had become very thin. "Are you Teacher Otake?" Jifu asked behind him. "Well." Mr. Otake replied in a rough voice. Seeing that Yoshiki took out his ID card, he introduced himself and said, "I am from the first class in Tokyo. My name is Yoshiki. Please take care of me." He smiled and pointed softly. A chair said to him: "Come on, please sit here." Mr. Dazhu's eyes are very small, and when he smiles, they are narrowed and buried in the wrinkles all over his face.His cheeks were so thin that when he smiled he showed his entire row of teeth, several of which were gold.At the same time as the gold teeth were exposed, the red gums were also exposed. He's lost almost all of his hair, except for the sides of his head, but only here and there.The teacher's lips are very thick, and a few white beards grow listlessly around it. Teacher Dazhu was full of spring breeze, smiling endlessly, and speaking in a soft voice.Such a teacher standing on the podium must leave a kind and gentle impression on people. "Actually, the purpose of my coming is to ask you about someone. Her name is Kyoko Sasamori. She graduated from your school in Showa 43." Jifu directly stated his intention of coming, but he was afraid that the principal had already greeted Mr. Otake just now, saying that a criminal policeman was coming to ask you for questioning, so be careful when you speak.Then when he answered his own question, he might have some reservations, which would be very detrimental to his own investigation. "Oh, so it's for this matter." Teacher Dazhu nodded, pretending that he had just heard about it. "Do you remember her?" "Ah, it's a bit difficult. You see, I have so many students, and it was more than twenty years ago. Oh, I really can't remember. You see they have changed so much, just standing in front of me, I don’t necessarily know either.” Teacher Dazhu shook his head helplessly, and he answered with a good attitude.Ji Fu had no choice but to show him the photo of the deceased.It was taken after Sasamori Kyoko was let down from the rope. It looked like she was sleeping, but it is more appropriate to say it is "dead". The teacher took out the glasses, put them on, looked at them carefully, then raised his head and said: "Is this person my student? I really can't remember." The teacher answered Jifu without even thinking about it. It seems that he was well prepared and wanted to get away with not remembering. That polite attitude may also be an acting skill.Jifu thought about it, and could not rule out the possibility. So Jifu took out the graduation album again, and turned to the page of Class C of the third year.Things are different, and the teacher in front of him is too old to look good. He looked at the female student Jifu was pointing at, and still raised a smiling face and said to Jifu: "Hey, you see, I have brought so many graduates, and it suddenly reminds me of a female student who graduated more than 20 years ago. It's a bit..." "Can't you try to think about it? You should have a little impression." Hearing what Jifu said, Mr. Otake became more and more polite, and finally he couldn't help laughing out loud. "Oh, you see, this happened more than twenty years ago. Among so many students, you let me recall one of them. I can't remember it, so I can't blame me. This is really..." "You misunderstood, I don't mean to blame you, I just hope you can try to recall. Please." "I've been remembering it since just now. But you see, I'm already at this age, and my memory is so poor that I'm not a few steps away from dementia. It should be regarded as the dying years." Ji Fu stared at the teacher intently, thinking: "You are not remembering at all, you are just trying to escape." What to do next?Jifu is trying to find a way to deal with this uncooperative attitude.The other party probably thought that if I continued to fool me a few more times, I would retreat. "Then let's change the subject. May I ask what subject do you teach, Mr. Otake?" "Huh? I teach everything." Just like the blown out flame on the head of a candle, the kindness on Mr. Dazhu's face disappeared completely in an instant.The old man's face without a smile gives people a gloomy feeling.He didn't expect Jifu to change the subject, and his surprise was beyond words. "Teach everything?" Jifu asked back, he thought this was very interesting, since it is not an elementary school, each subject should have a teacher specialized in each subject, right? "Yeah, I also serve as the school's extracurricular counselor, and sometimes teach students the principles of life..." "Oh, what's your specialty?" "Huh? It's hard to say, I also teach ancient Chinese, anyway, I teach everything." "Then modern Chinese is also taught?" Jifu asked seriously.Modern Chinese is a key point, and he feels that he is approaching the core of the problem. "Do you teach modern languages?" "My major is classical literature. So, yes, you are right. Since classical can be taught, modern Chinese is also no problem. Isn't this obvious? Do you have any objection?" "No." Jifu said. "Yeah, I think that's it." Otake Heiyoshi, a Chinese teacher, asserted so. "Mr. Otake, do you know about 'de-rahua'?" Jifu sees every stitch. "What? 'To ら化'?" Teacher Otake asked back like a parrot.Once the smile disappeared from his wrinkled face, there was no desire to reappear. "Let me tell you, there are some unbeautiful languages ​​in this world. So someone must stand up to eliminate these unbeautiful languages ​​and protect Japanese from pollution. This is the obligation of those who teach Japanese. Am I right? Like you are a policeman , your duty is to arrest criminals, exclude bad people from society, and protect this beautiful society. Is that so? So for me, if I find unbeautiful language, I can exclude him from Japanese. Isn't it justified?" "Like the police?" "Hey?" The language teacher glared at Jifu as if provocative.There was an angry flame burning in his small eyes. "Is the phrase 'to ら化' bad Japanese?" "of course!" He yelled as if screaming. "Needless to say, there is no dirtier expression than 'go ら化'. That's the most obscene, low-level language! Don't you think so?!" "It's not really beautiful Japanese." "That's right! You're right! Very true!" "But there are worse ways to say it than that." "There is no end to this kind of thing. It's like you are a policeman. Do you think this bad guy can be caught? There are indeed many ugly sayings and words, but they are all the same. You can only see Eliminate one by one. If you can't catch all the bad guys, you shouldn't just quit your job, right?" Jifu nodded, he felt the truth was coming out. "What would you do if one of your students said or wrote this sentence?" "If you don't deal with it, at most let them pay attention." "that's it?" "Of course, what else do you want?" "I thought you would exercise your rights like a police officer." "What do you mean? Do you mean I did something? I don't remember saying that to you." The get out of class bell rang. "Class is over. I have my get out of class next, and I want to preview the lesson plan. Are you still leaving?" Teacher Dazhu said in a low voice. Jifu hesitated, but he stood up anyway.It seems impossible to have a further in-depth discussion with this teacher.However, I have already learned that Kyoko Sasamori graduated from Class C of the third year, and then I just need to visit the graduates of Class C. The teachers who were teaching in the classroom returned to the teacher's room one after another.Yoshiki asked a younger teacher where there was a photocopier, and he wanted to copy the page of the graduation photo album with the address of the graduates of Class C of the third year. At this time, a person suddenly sprang out from behind Jifu, and grabbed the album with all his might.Ji Fu turned his head and saw that the man was Dazhu.He was so short that he couldn't even reach Jifu's shoulders when he stood up. Dazhu's face was pale, and he yelled loudly in an indistinguishable tone: "At this time, the important materials of the school should be returned to us!" "Mr. Otake, this involves the investigation of a certain murder case. I just need to copy one page and return it to you. I hope you can cooperate." "What right do you have to do that!" Dazhu shouted loudly like a strange bird.The teacher's room immediately became silent, and all the teachers present were watching the two of them. "What right do you have to take away this little happiness from the old man?" When Dazhu said this, tears oozed from his eyes, and he was staggering almost to the point of falling. "I didn't take away your happiness, I just wanted to copy it." "You're a crime! Students today, if you don't give them this, how can they listen to you! What do you know about a young man who has never been a teacher! What right do you have to say irresponsible things to me? what!" Dazhu said something inexplicable.Jifu stood there dumbfounded and didn't know what to do. He thought that this was a play that Otake put a lot of effort into showing to everyone in the teacher's room.The teachers around heard the conversation between the two of them, and talked about Yoshiki and Otake as if they were watching the excitement. In this play, Otake intends to portray himself as an old teacher who gets angry with students only when he has no choice but to criticize Jifu, a young man who doesn't understand the situation.He did this to gain the approval and sympathy of the teachers around him.He had thought up all the scenes and lines in a short time. Ginger is still old and hot, and Dazhu even has time.At this time, Jifu was surrounded by teachers who had just walked into the teacher's room after class. "This is the property of the school." A middle-aged teacher said calmly. "It can also be said to be the data that records our privacy. If you must read it, please show us the relevant documents." It would be unfavorable for Ji to make changes on the spot, so he put his index finger on the page of Class C of the third year in advance, so that he could quickly open it.It seemed that it was right to prepare early. Several teachers stepped forward and stretched out their hands. Jifu quickly opened the photo album while pushing and shoving, and remembered the name and address of the first girl. Akita Kiyomi, 2-21-XX Kitano-cho, Ikuta-ku, Kobe City.As soon as I remembered, the photo album was taken away. Walking out of the teacher's room, Yoshishiki hurriedly wrote down Kiyomi Akita's message in his notebook before he forgot it.This is the only clue Jifu obtained after investigating for a long time.