Chapter 27 Section 25

The living room of Mizuki's house was very spacious, but considering that it was the banker's house, it was not surprising. "Is this okay? Your husband is not at home." "It's okay, it's okay. You sit there first! I'll make tea." Perhaps because of staying at home all the time, Ruixi's face and body seemed to be in a circle compared to when she saw her half a month ago. "Don't be too busy, I'm in a hurry." Hearing what Mikami said, Ruixi's laughter came from the kitchen counter. "Should I say that you haven't changed? You still speak the same way."

"At this age, is there any way to change?" Should it be said that there is no scheming?Or is it born big?In short, Ruixi's informal personality made the atmosphere naturally relaxed.Ruixi has a big face, but her eyes are small, and there is nothing on her body that meets the requirements of a beauty, but this is good.Mikami has thought this way for a long time, and it is even more so now. "What happened to Minako after that?" Ruixi put down the tray and asked impatiently.However, we both know that this is just a foreword. "Didn't you just talk to her yesterday? What do you think?"

"It doesn't look like a spirit!" "What did you talk about?" "Well... nothing important." Is it because I don't know what to say?Ruixi seemed to want to change the subject a little bit. "How does it look like normally?" "There are good times too." "So there are bad times too?" "Compared to before, it's much better." "What about going out?" "Still not going out." "Did you get another call later?" "No." "I think..." Ruixi didn't continue.She looked hesitant.

"What?" She glanced at him. "Can you tell me?" "Say it!" "Is it really Ayumi who made that silent call?" Mikami felt stepped on a sore spot.Not only Mrs. Yu Jiang, but even Rui Xi said that? "It must be Ayumi, it can't be wrong." "But... I haven't been able to find a suitable opportunity to say that our family has also received a silent phone call. It was probably three weeks ago. Because it was Sunday, it was connected by the village. Hello. Several times, but the other party didn't say a word, and then the village became angry, asked who the other party was, and said that someone in our family was a policeman, but the other party hung up the phone. Anyway, what I mean is We also have…”

"How many times have you received it?" Mikami interrupted her and asked back. "Just once, probably the word "police" scared the other party away!" "Three calls from our family, all on the same day. Our phone number is not listed in the phone book." "I've heard you say that. But our home number is not listed in the phone book either! It's been at least ten years. Look at Murakushi's character. I heard that he was worried about not being able to marry since he was young. I didn’t know my wife, so I forced myself to buy this house a long time ago. In the end, someone really foolishly took the hook, and that person was me.”

Mikami smiled perfunctorily.He didn't know what the village looked like, but it was obviously not a happy topic. "So I asked Murakusa, and he said that the number was only published in the phone book in the first few years, and later because the sales calls were too annoying, so he never published the number in the phone book again. And I flipped through the newly released phone book over there, and there was indeed no number for our family in it. But I still received silent calls. Now it is different from before, and there are basically fewer people who will put their names in the phone book Very few. Because there's not much point in logging out other than getting annoying sales calls."

"makes sense." Ruixi pointed to the colorful glove box, in which was a seemingly unused phone book. "HelloPageD County Central, Eastern Edition (Heisei 14th Year)".You don't need to confirm it to know that the number of pages is getting smaller every year.But having said that, it is still several times thicker than the northern or western editions attached to it like the appendix. "Have you offended anyone?" "I dare not say that there is no such thing. After all, there are still people who hold grudges, don't they? Like the bank, there are people who are forced to resign every year due to layoffs. In the eyes of those people, the remaining people are all very hateful, right? "

"maybe!" "However... in this day and age, there are also many boring people who like to press a group of numbers randomly to make calls. I remembered that Meiyun's hometown seemed to have received such a call! Not long ago, I called Listen to her when she discusses 'The Cop's Party'." "So? What do you want to express?" Mikami began to care about the passage of time. "So, so, ah! I mean, it's best not to be too attached to that silent phone call. If this continues, Minazi's body and mind will not be able to hold on." "But……"

"I know what you want to say, you want to say that is the only evidence that Ayumi is still alive, right! Of course she is still alive! That is for sure. Ayumi is the daughter of a policeman! All the policemen in Japan are here Look for her, you will find her, and she will definitely come back. So before that, Minazi must be good, and you must support her well. Meinazi seems to be still right up to now. Silence broods, thinking it was Ayumi saying goodbye to her." Mikami stared into Ruixi's eyes. "Mina...is that what she said?" "That's what she said on the phone yesterday. I feel a little scared to tell you this. It's better to correct the course a little bit. I think it's up to you to tell her that the call may not have been made by Ayumi. If it was Ayumi, she should have said something."

The image of Mina lowering her head came to mind. Minako, who wanted to hang up immediately every time, actually took the initiative to call Ruixi.Mikami originally thought that after seeing the girl's body, she was too heartbroken and prompted her to do this, so he came to Ruixi.Unexpectedly, I was only half right.The girl who was lying on the plastic sheet and could no longer speak, left only the hollow echo of "goodbye". The fear that Ruixi felt could be said to be the core of the fear in Mikami's heart.Can't believe the way Minako is acting.If she thinks that's Ayumi saying goodbye to her, she'll start digging around and finally decide that's what it is.

"I see, I'll think about it more carefully." "Please, I will call her again." "Excuse me." "Don't say that. I really want Minako to be happy, so please ask me to help." The ear itself translates into a negative meaning.Because I have encountered misfortune before, I hope she can be happy... Mikami has felt that way for a long time.Mizuki knows Minako that she doesn't.It's already this time, neither father nor husband, but the intuition of a man is still so keen. "I heard that you have been to Yugong's house?" The topic changed so abruptly that Mikami couldn't react right away.Minazi must have told her about this on the phone! "What do you want to ask? Speaking of which, I only stayed at Yugong's house for half a day." "From when to when?" "Because it was the day after the incident, it must have been January 6th! I went in after noon. You were there then!" "Ok." "From that time until about nine o'clock in the evening, until I changed shifts with Nanao. Ah! How is Nanao?" Nanao is the only female police officer who has been promoted to the police department. She serves as the chief of the police department of the headquarters and has been in charge of managing the work of the female police. "I don't know, I don't have any friendship with her." "Aren't they all in the police department?" "The office is different. However, there are rumors that she never smiled after becoming a police officer." "There must be a lot of hard work to do! It's not easy for a woman to get ahead in the police force... Ah! I'm sorry. And then?" Several questions floated through his mind, and Mikami chose the most direct one. "When you were at Yugong's house, did any unpleasant things happen between Yugong's family and the class in the own house?" "What's the meaning?" "It's a long story. In short, when I visited Amamiya's house the day before yesterday, Amamiya Yoshio's attitude was very cold. I felt that he seemed to be a little disgusted with us, so I wanted to know the reason." Mizuki stared into Mikami's eyes. "Your words are mysterious! What does this have to do with the newspaper?" "That's why I'm talking a long story!" Rishi smiled and said: "Look at you, you are still a criminal policeman at heart! You will never reveal your secrets, and you will only force the other party to tell them quickly. If it is the way of the police, wouldn't you always exchange other information?" "no kidding." Known as the criminal policeman, Misaka is like a thorn in his back. "What do you think of the relationship between the Yugong family and the Zizhaiban?" "The private house class you mentioned refers to Urushihara, Kakinuma and..." "And Koda and Hiyoshi." "Hmm..." Ruixi folded her arms in thought like a man. "You know that I'm always aggressive. You were there at the time. I think you must know better than me. Until Mr. Amamiya rushed out of the house with the ransom, the house was in a breathless situation. tension. Do you think there is any possibility that something unpleasant could happen in that situation?" Mikami also holds the same view on this point. "And after that? Did anything unusual happen up to the night?" "Please, don't put on such a scary expression, okay? It's not like interrogating a prisoner." Mikami couldn't help smiling wryly.If Ruixi is the suspect, then no matter how capable the criminal policeman is, he will raise his hands and surrender. "Forget about my expression, and answer my question first." "I don't remember if... like something unusual?" "For example, is there anyone in the private class arguing with Mrs. Yugong?" "Mrs. Yugong has passed away!" "Well, I found out when I went to Yugong's house." "I was contacted by Nanao, so I went to participate in the farewell ceremony. Although it was only half a day, I was responsible for accompanying my wife after all. Ah! In other words, no one from the home class went." Mikami asked in surprise: "Did no one go?" "That's right! Well... there shouldn't be any unpleasant things happening. Besides, Mrs. Amamiya has no reason to quarrel with the people in her own house class!" "Wait a minute, didn't even Kakinuma go to the farewell ceremony?" "I didn't see it." "What about Urushihara, who used to be the squad leader?" "At least I didn't see it. And I thought they were coming, so I looked around." This is really unbelievable.Forget about Koda who resigned and Hiyoshi from Kesouken. It is impossible for Kakinuma, who has been in the sub-class after the disbandment of his own house class, not to attend the farewell ceremony.So is Urushihara.Even if he becomes the director, he was once the person in charge of his own house class after all, so it is impossible not to see Mrs. Yu Gong for the last time.Even if they are really so ignorant of human affairs, for the police, weddings and funerals are very important occasions, and they must overcome all difficulties to attend. It's not not to participate, but not to be able to participate.Maybe you should think so.Sure enough, there is a reason why the private house class can't step into Yu Gong's house. "Who else has gone to our side?" "Mr. Matsuoka and everyone from the special class are here." "How does it feel?" "It's very heavy. It must be! After all, the prisoner has not been caught yet." "How about Yugong?" "I keep my head down all the time, as if I have lost my soul... It feels like I didn't even listen to the words of condolence." "What about flowers or wreaths?" "If it's the police, I don't remember it." It is also possible that Yugong refused to accept, otherwise, flowers in the name of the head would usually be sent. "Ah! That's right, that's right." Ruixi suddenly raised her voice. "So there is one." "Flowers?" "No, it's unusual. But it has nothing to do with Mrs. Amamiya's farewell ceremony. It's from Kesouyan...what's it called...the one with glasses..." "Hiji." "That's right, that Riji cried." "Cried?" "Yes, in the corner of the room." It seems that the topic has returned to the original point.It wasn't what happened at the farewell ceremony, but what happened at Yu Gong's house fourteen years ago. "why cry?" "I don't know about that. Not long after Mr. Amamiya went out, he was lying on the tape recorder with his head down. I thought he was falling asleep from exhaustion, so I glanced at him. His eyes were red, and when I asked what was wrong, he burst into tears." Mikami's jaw clenched, feeling for the first time that he had finally grasped the concrete facts. "and then?" "I was so shocked! As a result, Koda rushed over and pushed me away, then patted Hiyoshi on the shoulder, and said something in his ear." "What did you say?" "I didn't hear it, probably something to comfort him!" Mikami's eyes flashed the scene when he entered Amamiya's house.Riji's face was as pale as a sheet of paper, and he looked extremely nervous.But there seems to be more to it than that. "Thank you, I'll go talk to him." Mikami drank the cold tea in one gulp and stood up. "Going away? I don't seem to be of any help..." "Call me if you think of anything." Mikami handed her the note with the mobile phone number written in advance. "Is it about Minako...?" "Both." "I know. But about 64, all I know is already..." "Have you ever heard of the Koda Codex?" "Koda's Letter...? What is that? Koda's Letter?" "forget it." Mikami avoided her gaze, turned and walked towards the entrance. "Hey! Don't get too involved!" Ruixi's warning came from behind. "Minazi only has you, and only you are her support." But he couldn't ask why calmly. "excuse me." "Call me again." I'll keep today's affairs a secret - Mizuki's tiny eyes seem to be shining with pride.