Chapter 26 Section 24

The north wind blows across the cheeks. Back in the car, Mikami started the engine angrily, but instead of starting the car, he took out a cigarette from his pocket.Ignite the ignition, exhale a smoke ring, and stare at the prefectural police headquarters that I left just a moment ago through the driver's window. My heart was still beating wildly, and Matsuoka's voice echoed in my ears. There is nothing to doubt.The anomalies in the criminal department were all caused by the 64 inspection, which is what Matsuoka implied.Although the possibility had crossed my mind from the very beginning, I was still very frightened when the imagination became reality.

From the looks of it, Chief Otsuka's inspection has a lot to offer.In addition to the reason for the inspection that Akama told him, there was another reason hidden, and that was the real purpose.In order to achieve the real purpose of this department, the police department of the D County Police began to operate.From the looks of it, "Koda's Notebook" is very lethal, and it will deal a big blow to the criminal department.On the surface, the chief's inspection is to show the importance he attaches to the criminal department, but secretly there is a purpose that is completely opposite to the name on the surface.

But he really couldn't figure it out, why would this department want to snipe the criminal department of D county police?What is the real purpose? Matsuoka asked him to ask Akama, but he couldn't find out why.Akama would only say that the reason for the inspection had already been told to him.This incident did not make Mikami feel the "dilemma of a fraudster", and some just ignored the high-handed orders.After all, Akama didn't trust Mikami at all.Now he is being held hostage because of Ayumi's affairs. Once he gets rid of this bondage, Mikami will definitely peel off the layer of police affairs without hesitation, throw it on the ground and step on it.

Mikami extinguished the cigarette with his fingertips. I can't help complaining again about the inexplicable personnel system that transfers people from two rival units.Now that the relationship between the criminal department and the police department has deteriorated to this point, no matter which department looks at it, Mikami must be a person who cannot be trusted.But in fact he was not only kept in the dark, but also caught in the turbulent flow of intelligence. He even felt that his emotions had become dull.Arakida said: "People who have nothing to do with the headquarters, please go out." If it was a few days ago, such blatant rejection would definitely make Mikami feel chilling, but at that moment just now, he just let his left ear enter , the right ear out of the ground do not mind.What did Matsuoka think of this former subordinate?Even though Mikami couldn't say that he would stand on the side of the criminal department and remained silent, he was still willing to give Mikami a hint, because of his previous affection?Or is it an apology for forcing Mikami to betray his beliefs?Or do you want to tell Mikami that once you know the truth, you can understand the legitimacy of the criminal department?

Mikami looked at the electronic clock on the car. It's one o'clock in the afternoon.My heart is full of irritability and sense of responsibility.How can I get the materials to persuade Amamiya?From Arakita's ferocious face, it is easy to imagine that if he rampages like a headless chicken, he will definitely not be able to shake the gag order.Moreover, the other party didn't seem to intend to stay on the defensive blindly, and had already assumed an uncompromising offensive posture, wanting to completely rule out the interference of the police department.On the other side of the Iron Curtain, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs has prepared the ammunition for the counterattack, ready to switch from defense to offense at any time.

"First of all, Koda's Notebook." The exhaled breath turned into a murmur. Regardless of the content, at this stage, it is still unknown whether the manuscript exists or not.However, at least Er Du thinks there is, that's why he broke into the criminal department's domain, trying to find a breakthrough.So the key is the Koda Codex.The real purpose of the criminal department's rebellion, Amamiya's refusal to condolence, and the chief's inspection.It seems that Koda's Letter is the "key" to unraveling these three mysteries. It should be right to think of "Koda Koda's Letters" as "Koda Kazuki's Letters"! At the time of the 64 incident, Koda belonged to the Forcible Offender Unit of the Headquarters' First Investigation Division, and entered Amemiya's home as a member of the "Self-Residence Team" with only four members in the initial investigation.There were some problems at Amamiya's house, and it was a problem that made Amamiya lose confidence in the police, and the truth was written in Koda's notebook.

Even though it missed, it's not far away——Mikami thought to himself. Just six months after the incident, Koda resigned.This matter also helps Mikami's inference.On the surface, he used a sentence of "personal factors" to explain the past. In fact, Koda was forced to resign because he wrote "something" that happened at Amamiya's house, or the existence of the manuscript was not discovered until after he resigned. Now there are endless questions. The issue is…… Thoughts flew back to fourteen years ago.Mikami was also there at the time.On the night when the kidnapping happened, Mikami entered Amemiya's house as a member of the close-range tailgating squad, and stayed in the same room with the private squad until after four o'clock in the afternoon the next day.At least during that period of time, there were no disputes or unpleasant incidents in the Amamiya family.Or had it actually happened and he just didn't notice it?Or did that happen after Mikami left Amamiya's house?

Since it is Koda's letter, asking Koda directly is the fastest way.But Mochizuki said he didn't know his whereabouts, and the criminal department couldn't find out Koda's whereabouts.Unexploded bombs cannot be dismantled, so the investigation of Erdu is full of panic and panic? In any case, the private house squad must have quite high-purity information.As long as you can ask the decisive factors from the mouths of the members at that time, you will naturally know what the contents of the Codex are.They should know when Koda lost contact and disappeared. Mikami stared at the sky.

At that time, the first to enter Yu Gong's house were four members of the self-house class.Squad leader Urushihara and vice-squad leader Kakinuma were both dispatched from the Special Criminal Investigation Section of the Headquarters Investigative Section 1 to which Mikami belonged.Further down is Koda, who was sent by the rapist search unit. It is said that he came here because he had a good understanding of the environment around Amemiya's house.Then there is the Kesouyan guy who is in charge of operating telephone recording and monitoring equipment. I can’t remember his name at once, but I only remember that he is a researcher wearing rimless glasses. He was dispatched from NTT’s most advanced technology department and has a very special status. .

Urushihara later rose to prominence and became the director of the Q Department.At that time, his position was only to be the section chief in charge of commanding the special criminal unit, and Mikami was acting as the section chief under him, but because the special criminal unit was often divided into two squads to operate separately, Urushihara and Mikami each led a squad, So I didn't feel like I had worked under him.At that time, the understanding of the kidnapping case was still very weak, and the cramming investigation skills and a few dusty search equipment in the head were all the equipment.If it is an intermediary businessman who is captured by the underworld, or a violent husband kidnaps a divorced wife and puts him in prison, it has happened a few times before, but there has never been a case of "kidnapping children" and "taking money for ransom". for the purpose of kidnapping.Fortunately or unfortunately, this case brought back the work of the Special Criminal Unit.Because the special criminal unit at that time devoted most of its energy to investigating large-scale business negligence incidents that the criminal division in the jurisdiction had no time to take care of.Before 64, Mikami's team had just finished handling a business negligent death case in a building fire that killed 17 people. Urushihara's team also went to the local prosecutor's office every day to file a case for the collapse accident that occurred in the gravel yard.Although they used to work together in the same team, Mikami and Urushihara probably never got to know each other!Because of Mikami's "existing convictions", Urushihara's attitude was colder than anyone else's.I don't know if it was intentional to make things difficult for him, but Urushihara kept talking about Minako's affairs at every turn.I also asked Sankami what she called in bed?

However, as the squad leader of his own house, Urushihara worked very seriously at Amemiya's house.He always comforted the excited Amamiya with a calm tone, cheered up the haggard Toshiko, and asked the two of them for the information needed in the early stage of the investigation.In addition, he also spent the whole night waiting for a call from the kidnapper.At that time, the atmosphere in the room was tense to the point of stomach pain, but the content of the occasional conversation between Amamiya and Urushihara seemed very natural, without the slightest sense of nervous tension. "It's better to take a little rest!", "Thank you, but I can stay calmer this way", "It's going to be a long day, so let's take a nap for the sake of my daughter!".Amamiya was persuaded by him, and finally changed into a more comfortable position.For that moment at least, the bond of trust between police and victim was unbreakable. What happened after that?Why did Yu Gong's heart leave the police?He knew that asking for clues from Urushihara's mouth could be said to be more difficult than reaching the sky.This has nothing to do with Urushihara's character, but because this man has been striding forward in the center of the criminal department since he was young.After becoming the director, the already solid sense of belonging is even more indestructible. What about the deputy monitor, Kakinuma? He has never heard of the rumor that Kakinuma left from 64. If Mikami remembers correctly, even though the scale of 64's investigation has been reduced to a "dedicated squad", Kakinuma, who was incorporated into the special search headquarters from the special crime unit, will still stay and continue the investigation .It is not unusual for there to be no personnel changes for fourteen years, but it can also be explained that 64 is such a major event.Under the fragile appearance of Kakinuma, there is an unimaginable masculinity.He has a quick mind and has enough professional knowledge about the construction of buildings to discuss and argue with architects.Because they belong to different groups, there are very few chances of drinking and drinking, but he should not have any special likes and dislikes towards Mikami, so the tricky thing should be that he can't discuss 64 with him in the past tense. Bar!Since he is still a member of the dedicated class, the gag order he received must be more solemn than others! Blue work clothes suddenly appeared in front of my eyes. He remembered that Kakinuma had entered Amemiya's house pretending to be a worker repairing a gas leak.Together with Koda who was dressed in the same way, he was busy exchanging messages with the Tokusou headquarters.On the one hand, they had to use the radio to listen to the instructions from the headquarters, and on the other hand, they had to use the mobile phone, which was larger than the radio and not widely available at the time, to send back to the headquarters the trivial information Urushihara collected from the Amamiya couple.At night, investigators other than the home shift would go around to the back of the pickle factory and sneak into Amemiya's house one after another through a blind spot. Mikami was one of them.Some people came to assist Kakinuma and the others in their work, while others came to get Shoko's photo or a toothbrush and left quietly.Among them, Matsuoka was also seen.The first thing he said was that if the kidnappers appointed family members to be responsible for delivering the ransom, he would hide in the car, which was the utmost benevolence for Yu Gong.Before dawn, the policewoman who came to accompany his wife was also sent in, quietly accompanying Minzi who kept making rice balls in the kitchen. Suzuki Mizuki's face flashed across his mind.She is one of the important members responsible for accompanying Toshiko, and she is also a policewoman who entered the police force a year earlier than Minako. She once stayed with Mikami in the criminal department of the jurisdiction, and she just met half a month ago.After receiving the silent phone call, Minako refused to step out of the house again, which made Mikami very worried, so he had to turn to Ruixi, who was like a sister in the policewoman era, for help. Mikami tries to picture Mizuki in Amamiya's house in his mind.She appeared on the afternoon of the second day after the incident, wearing an apron to help with the laundry, stroking Toshiko's back, pouring tea for everyone, and even staying there when Mikami left Amamiya's house.The policewoman is very observant, what did she see in Yugong's house?What do you feel? — By the way, it’s Hiyoshi. A name popped up out of nowhere.Riji of Kesouyan.This person is the fourth member of the self-family class.It was silent from beginning to end, very inconspicuous.I didn't know when the kidnappers would call, so I stayed by the reel-to-reel tape recorder for a moment, my face as white as paper.It's no wonder that he is a technical officer, although he is an employee of the police station, he is not a policeman.He is always locked in the research room during working hours. Except for cases that require quick professional advice and cannot wait for a moment, he rarely visits the scene in person, and it is even more impossible to participate in the investigation of the incident as a dedicated employee.Therefore, it is a shocking arrangement for Hiji to join the self-house class.Because all the personnel in the special criminal unit have received training in the installation and operation of recording and monitoring equipment, even if Urushihara and Kakinuma are too busy with other tasks, they just need to pick anyone from the special criminal unit to join. up.The reason why this task was given to Hiyoshi was entirely because "he used to be an employee of NTT".Faced with a "real" kidnapping case for the first time, the D county policeman was indeed a little restless.Maybe it was hope that the preparation work could be done from the beginning, or maybe it was uneasy about the practical ability of the special criminal stock that was about to deal with business negligence, so he had high hopes for Hiyoshi's ability, and even ignored the principles of handling cases. — Maybe there is a chance. Three have such a premonition.Although there is no intersection with Hiji, for this kind of person, whether the relationship is close or not will not affect the depth of the conversation.Although it belongs to a unit of the Criminal Department, the staff of Kesouyan are still more like scholars in their mentality. More importantly, they are in a position that has nothing to do with the power struggle within the police circle, and they don't keep the so-called secrets at all. Take it seriously and say it easily.In principle, Kesouyan will not have any changes, so Hiji should still be in the research institute now. Mikami couldn't hide his excitement. Go to Mizuki Suzuki first.Ruixi quit her job after marrying a banker ten years ago and changed her surname to Murura.Although Mikami felt embarrassed by repeatedly begging others, he also wanted to thank him for what happened a few days ago.Because the day Ruixi received the call from Misaka, she immediately rushed to Misaka's house and had a long and face-to-face conversation with Minako.The world of policewoman is really small and tight.Ruixi is also Meiyun's high school senior. Mikami took out his cell phone from his pocket and called out his address book, but there was neither "Suzuki" nor "Murakushi".Mikami clicked his tongue, hesitated for a while, instead of calling home, he pressed the speed dial key "3". The voice sounded like he already knew it was Mikami calling. "I'm sorry to disturb your rest, can you tell me the phone number of Murakusa's house?" "Your Mizuki-senpai! Murakushi Mizuki. Didn't you say that you still send New Year's cards to each other?" If she called home, Minazi would definitely ask the reason, but she didn't have time to explain to her slowly, that would only make her worry. "All right." When she was about to hang up the phone after copying down the number, Mei Yun hurriedly said, "The broadcaster...is there anything I can do for you?" "Shouldn't I ask you to help me now? Have a good rest. You will be busy next week." The vicious faces of the reporters flashed in my mind, and I had to face the difficult reporter problem again on Monday. Mikami shook his head and hung up the phone, then dialed the phone number he had just copied down again.On Saturday, her husband should be at home too!whatever.The sound of dialing continued to be heard in the ear. Ruixi answered the phone in a breathless voice. "I'm Mikami...is it convenient to talk on the phone now?" "That's it! Can we talk now?" Ruixi's tone suddenly became serious. "No, it has nothing to do with her. Thank you for helping me a while ago, really." "what……?" Mikami was at a loss for words for a moment, this incident was completely unexpected, Mina who wanted to hang up the phone every time, actually took the initiative to call someone else? "I haven't heard of it. Last night, just worrying about myself was one big thing." "No, I want to ask you something about previous cases." Although she was taken aback, she was worthy of being a female police officer of D County Police. When she heard that it was a previous case, the first thing that came to her mind was 64! "Your intuition is spot on. May I ask you a few questions?" "Well, a little bit." "No, it's near the office." The last sentence was the key to Mikami's decision to go to her for an interview.He also wanted to know what Minako had said to her on the phone. "All right then! I'll be there in ten minutes." Mikami knew where Rui Xi lived.He turned the steering wheel and drove the car out of the parking lot. A thin figure was walking in front of him. what!Mikami almost cried out.It's Erdu.The hard side face is walking into the headquarters building.Work on holiday.Are you going to police class?Or go to the "personnel room"?Could it be that they want to break into the criminal department where Arakida and Matsuoka are located alone? The glass door of the hall entrance was closed again, reflecting the sunlight.Mikami pulled his gaze back, and slowly stepped on the accelerator. Two chess pieces that started to move on the chessboard are slowly approaching.Will there be a head-on conflict?Who will be eliminated among them?It is not yet known who is the final winner of this chess game.Is a draw possible?Having said that, what kind of ending can be called a draw?

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