Chapter 33 Section 31

Turn right at the intersection when the signal turns yellow. He didn't fully believe what Yashengzi said.If there is only Kakinuma in the car, it is not a formal follow-up, and he should have some purpose.While running on the viaduct, Mikami kept looking for answers. Entering Matsukawa Town, this is an area full of suburban large shops.The street is full of the feeling of the end of the year and the end of the year, and the movements of both cars and people are very hasty. The huge signboard of "Desong Supermarket" came into view.Turn left at the intersection ahead and enter the small road next to the supermarket, then turn right at the intersection and go back.

Mikami stepped on the brake unconsciously. ——It's really there. Along the wall of the appliance store, there are five or six cars parked on the left side of the road, and the front one is the dark green SKYLINE. Mikami let the car slide forward slowly and approached Skyline from behind.I saw the muffler of the car, and the white smoke coming from the exhaust pipe.Continue to approach, and you can see the situation inside the car through the rear window.The driver's seat was reclined slightly, and a head with short hair protruded from the back of the seat.Sliding the car by, only rolling your eyeballs to spy as you passed.It is the profile of Kakinuma.He is staring ahead.About ten meters in front of his line of sight was the entrance to the "Tokusatsu" parking lot.Two uniformed guards were frantically directing the incoming and outgoing customer vehicles with red batons.

Mikami only thought for a moment that Kakinuma was spying on the customer's face or car.But because the place where SKYLINE parked is too close to the entrance of the parking lot, and it is still at the front of a row of cars, Kakinuma's face can be seen clearly from the customer's car.The basic principle of surveillance in the dark, Kakinuma surveillance should be the back door of the small steel ball store fifteen meters away from the entrance of the parking lot, or the vicinity of the entrance and exit of the residential and commercial mixed-use building on the opposite side...

Mikami turned left, turned left again, turned around the intersection, and went around to the end of the row of cars parked on the roadside again.Park the car behind the last car, switch off and get out.The phrase "real criminal policeman" that was originally spoken from Kakinuma's mouth and passed into Mikami's ears through Yazuko's mouth stuck in his chest, making him feel as if he was about to go to the interrogation room at this moment.Walking to the side of SKYLINE, he stopped, and tapped lightly on the driver's window with his knuckles.Kakinuma's body bounced up, and Mikami's eyes widened.

open the door.Mikami told him with mouth gestures.Kakinuma hurriedly released the automatic lock, but because the car body was close to the wall, he couldn't get in from the passenger seat, so Mikami opened the door of the rear seat and sat in.Grabbing the passenger seat and leaning forward, Kakinuma's face turned livid. "What are you doing here?" Mikami didn't give him time to think, Kakinuma could only make a bewildered voice: "No reason..." "Who are you waiting for? Or are you watching?" It's not surveillance, it's observation.But when Mikami actually sat in the car, the "scenery" seen from the windshield was not like this.Sure enough, he parked the car too close to the entrance of the parking lot of "Desong", and there was no cover in the car, as if he was inviting the other party "Are you looking at me? You can come closer."But on the other hand, it was too far away from the entrance and exit of the small steel ball shop and the mixed residential and commercial building, so it was impossible to lock the target with the naked eye from here.

"I gotta go." Kakinuma said abruptly, then put down the handbrake, started the engine, and stepped on the accelerator.Because Mikami also stretched out his hand to pull up the handbrake almost at the same time, the car suddenly stopped after rushing, and the bodies of the two rushed forward at the same time.Perhaps it was the sound of the tires rubbing against the ground, and one of the guards in the parking lot who was in charge of directing the vehicles turned his head and showed a surprised expression. Mikami sat back in his seat and said. "I'm not here to interrupt your work. Go ahead and ignore me."

"It doesn't matter, my job is over." it's over?What's the meaning? "Just keep going. I also hope that the prisoner of 64 can be caught as soon as possible." The sound of Kakinuma swallowing saliva came from his ear. "I'm here for other things. Just keep looking ahead and listen to me." "What's up?" Mikami stared at the rearview mirror, which reflected Kakinuma's eyes avoiding his gaze. "Yesterday I went to Riji's hometown where I stayed in Kesouyan before." Mikami didn't say he met him, but honestly used the word "go".

Kakinuma kept blinking.After receiving Urushihara's call, he might have had a premonition that Mikami would suddenly appear in front of him, but he couldn't completely control his body's reaction. "Hiyoshi's mother told me that Hiyoshi made a major mistake at Amamiya's house, and was scolded by Urushihara, who was the monitor at the time, as a waste...Is this true?" "I-I don't know." Kakinuma's answer rose slightly. "Hichi resigned from the police station and shut himself up at home for fourteen years. Did you know that?" "……have no idea."

"On the second day at Amamiya's house, Hiyoshi cried, right?" The eyes reflected in the mirror flickered. "I do not know anything." "But someone saw it! Koda seemed to go to comfort him. What were you doing at that time?" "I don't remember... probably I was busy contacting the headquarters!" Mikami leaned out again, and put his face into the persimmon marsh.Even the roots of his ears were red. "Do you know the Koda Codex?" "Have not heard." He answered too quickly, and his half-parted lips were trembling slightly.

"Koda wrote down Hiyoshi's mistakes, right?" "I have everything..." "For fear of ruining his job, Urushihara blocked the fact that he made a mistake and the existence of the manuscript." "What did I say I..." "Are you planning to cover up the superiors and refuse to save the people below?" Mikami bet everything on this sentence.I saw that Kakinuma's neck muscles were tense, and the protruding carotid artery kept beating. Mikami waited for his answer. After a while, Kakinuma finally spoke. "……I do not know what you're talking about."

Mikami sighed heavily.All responses are acquiescence and acquiescence, but all words are denial and denial.It was exactly as he expected.Kakinuma was standing on the other side of the turbulent current, and manliness alone might not be able to cross the river. "Can I drive?" Kakinuma stretched out his hand to the handbrake, his tone was very blunt. "Continue with your work." "It has ended." "What's over?" "I work." The conversations don't intersect at all, and there's a breathless air in the cramped car. "I'm going to drive." "Don't open it." Mikami said firmly, and a thought flashed through his mind. "It's too eye-catching here, let's talk about it elsewhere." "It's you who parks the car where it will be seen." After saying the words, Mikami suddenly spoke up.Kakinuma did this on purpose.Disregarding the basic principles of spying, deliberately parking the car in a conspicuous place... Kakinuma squinted and peeked at Mikami in the mirror. "I'll take you back." "My car is parked in the back. It will naturally get out of the car after I finish talking." "Haven't you finished your sentence?" "not yet." In fact, Mikami had nothing to say to Kakinuma.I can't bear to threaten him like this again.The face of Yashengzi appeared in his mind, and the faces of the three children were also vivid in his mind.Like Mikami, even if Kakinuma has some ideas, he will make concessions for the sake of his family. The arrogance in my heart was no longer so high, and the idea of ​​giving up kept coming up like a tide.However, the more this happened, the more he cared about the mystery behind the disjointed conversations.Kakinuma had a flawless poker face from the beginning to the end. With Mikami's defeat, his vigilance not only did not relax, but became more and more tense as time passed, almost to the point where he could hardly breathe .The handbrake has been halfway down, as if wanting to leave as soon as possible, the sooner the better. No, not right. He didn't want to leave, but wanted to take Mikami away from that place. Why? Mikami raised his head and carefully watched the "scenery" on the other side of the windshield. "If you have anything else to say, say it quickly." Kakinuma spoke faster, and in the tone of a specific crisis. "Mr. Mikami." "..." "If not, please get out of the car." Kakinuma turned around, covering Mikami's view.Mikami pushed his body away with his hand and stared straight ahead. "Mr. Mikami, are you finished?" The sound was almost begging for mercy, but it didn't prevent Mikami from concentrating.It felt like his focus was gradually coming to one place.It's like waiting for someone in a bustling place, the moment when a familiar face emerges from the crowd. Koda Kazuki was there. Koda was one of the two guards in charge of directing the vehicles at the entrance of the parking lot of "Tokusatsu".Pull down the brim of the hat to cover the eyes. After fourteen years, although the appearance has changed a lot, it is definitely not wrong.The small eyes, the straight nose, and the corners of the mouth are all exactly the same as Koda in memory. Kakinuma's head could not be lowered any lower.Seeing his desperate look, Mikami's astonishment was fully confirmed. The mystery was solved like a torn cloth. It is neither surveillance nor observation, but an act of demonstration.Kakinuma intentionally parked the car in the closest place to him, threatening Koda openly.Don't tell anyone what happened at Yugong's house, the police are by your side all the time, everywhere... Kakinuma probably shows up every once in a while.He wants Koda to know that his surveillance will continue indefinitely.This is Kakinuma's "work". Mikami shuddered.He stared at Kakinuma's hunched figure. "How long?" "..." "Could it be that you have been..." Kakinuma moaned and hugged his head.He just does what he is told.It turns out that Urushihara's old god is there because of this intimidating device! "Sorry to bother you. I'll ask Koda directly next." Mikami reached for the doorknob.Kakinuma groaned and turned around, his bloodshot eyes faintly glinting with tears. "Please don't bother him any more." "Are you qualified to say that?" "...You're right, I'm not qualified. But things are not what you think, this is no longer a threat or surveillance, it's just a habit. For me and Koda, it has become a habit .” "Habit……?" "After fourteen years, it has naturally become like this. You are here! You are here! That's all. We don't even look at each other, relying on this tacit understanding, Koda and I can go together Go today." Kakinuma bowed his head deeply and begged. "Mr. Mikami, please do your best and don't cause trouble. With your skill in interrogating prisoners, Koda may tell you everything. But if this happens, I have to report to my superiors." Mikami couldn't agree. "I have always seen it. Since leaving the police, Koda has not had a good day. Even if he resigned voluntarily, the world will always look at people who leave the police with colored glasses, so there is no way to find Good job. In addition, he resigned as if he was running away, so he couldn't get a letter of introduction from the county police. The job has been changing, all of which are some heavy physical labor. Fortunately, he is married and has a child , until recently, life finally stabilized. So..." "What happened?" "what?" "I mean the Amamiya family. If you don't want me to ask Koda, just say it yourself." "Mr. Mikami..." Kakinuma was in distress, with disappointment written all over his face. "Like you, I came here because of work." "..." "I didn't see you today, and I didn't talk to you, so... let's talk!" Kakinuma closed his eyes, and after a while, he still shook his head feebly and refused. Mikami tried to push the car door, but was grabbed by his wrist. "It's not just Koda, I also have a family to take care of." "Don't I have one?" Mikami gripped Kakinuma's wrist. "Speak! I will never tell anyone in my life that you told me. You and Koda and I will live well, and our families will not be harmed. If you have a better way than this please tell me." Then there was a long silence. Kakinuma finally raised his head, looked at Koda in the parking lot with compassionate eyes, and then slowly turned his face away.He parted his previously pursed lips and put his hand to his throat.Still, it took him a long time to finally speak. "...the kidnapper's voice was not recorded." What?Mikami was stunned for a moment. "The tape recorder is not functioning properly." Mikami repeated what he had said blankly.The kidnapper's voice was not recorded?Recorder not working properly?What the hell is Kakinuma talking about? "What's going on here? Didn't you already..." "Actually, there is another phone call." Mikami gasped.how is this possible…… "That's what happened. In addition to the two announced calls, there was actually one more threatening call to Yugong's house, but it was not recorded." Kakinuma's words sounded like ringing in the ears. "Shortly before you arrived, the kidnappers made a third phone call. They were ready at that time, and the staffing for recording and reverse detection was also in place. The problem is..." Kakinuma swallowed painfully. "The moment the phone rang, Mr. Amamiya was so excited that he completely forgot the steps we gave him in advance, and immediately wanted to pick up the microphone. We quickly stopped him. After getting in touch with NTT, Hiyoshi also pressed the Turn on the switch of the tape recorder. But the tape recorder didn’t respond, and the tape didn’t turn. Hiji was in a panic. He kept switching the switch, but the tape still didn’t turn. The phone kept ringing. Maybe it was because he was worried that the kidnapper would hang up the phone In the confusion, Mr. Amamiya picked up the phone." Pick up the phone?The detective's thinking mode immediately reacted to this sentence. "Have you spoken to the kidnapper?" "yes." "What did the kidnapper say?" "The kidnapper said: 'Didn't call the police! I've been watching you all the time!' Mr. Amamiya replied that he didn't call the police. When he was asking the kidnapper to let him listen to Xiangzi's voice, the phone was hung up. Because the call time was too short , so reverse detection can’t trace any clues.” "Is it the same voice as the previous two calls?" "Mr. Amamiya said it was the same voice." "Did you hear the kidnapper's voice?" Kakinuma shook his head regretfully. "Only Mr. Yugong heard it." "Aren't you wearing headphones?" "Koda and I both wore them. But I took them off to help Hiyoshi, who was already in a state of panic. When I was checking whether the power supply was not plugged in, or the strap was loose, Mr. Amemiya...that's the whole truth. " There was a dead silence in the car. The thinking mode of the broadcasting officer was a step slower, but he also caught up. The recording failure was suppressed.To deceive the public, to bury the call from the prisoner in the kidnapping case into the darkness. This is impossible, and it will never be allowed to happen.Mikami felt his whole body trembling. "Who decided to suppress it?" "..." "Don't waste time, speak quickly." "It's... the squad leader." "What did Urushihara say?" "He said that there is no need to report this matter to the higher authorities, and he has already obtained the understanding of Yugong, so he can't tell others even if he dies." "Was Yu Gong persuaded by him?" "No, I don't think I tried to persuade. Because after the call was hung up, Mr. Amamiya apologized to us immediately, saying that he shouldn't pick up the phone casually." "After the phone is hung up" might be. "But as time passed, his mind gradually changed, and he began to think that the failure of the recording was an unforgivable mistake, so the relationship with us became worse and worse." "I was banned from contacting the Amamiya family. I don't know about it. However, after the report ban was lifted, the details of the incident were published in the newspaper, so of course he would also know how we treated the phone call as if it didn't exist. " It makes sense to say so.It wasn't the recording failure that completely disappointed Amamiya, but the D county police who concealed it... "When did the call come?" "It's exactly half past seven." It was an hour before Mikami arrived at Amamiya's house.He didn't notice anything.But just as he interpreted Hiji's pale face as being nervous, no matter what he saw, he would definitely think that everything was caused by staying at the victim's house in the kidnapping case. "Then how did you tell NTT?" Although the recording failed, NTT has been asked to assist in the reverse detection, and there must be an explanation. "It says someone made the wrong number." "Is this also Urushihara's instruction?" "yes." "Did Urushihara consult anyone before making such a decision?" "That's not true. Everything was judged by the squad leader in a hurry." From the beginning to the end, it was all the sins of the Zhaiban himself, but... "What about Koda's Notebook?" Originally, he thought that he would meet with the last resistance, but Kakinuma made all moves very simply. "I don't know what that refers to. I only know that Koda was very angry at the time. After the ransom was taken away, he kept holding on to the squad leader and said that the failure of the recording was the responsibility of the entire class at home. They should report to the headquarters, and the four of them apologized with seppuku. But the squad leader didn't listen at all, and said what if he becomes a target of public opinion? To be a messenger of justice, wait until the murderer is caught. And I also... joined the ranks of persuading Koda. I want him to swallow Go down, you must swallow it. I fully understand Koda's feelings, but I also think that what the monitor said is not completely unreasonable. Even if the matter is made a big deal, it will not help the investigation. It's a pity that Koda can't listen to it at all. Right here At that time, things developed in the worst direction, and the body of Xiangzi's little sister was found... I saw Koda beating his chest and stamping his feet. In the end, no one could dissuade him. Just after we left Amamiya's house, Koda wrote about On the report, thrown in the mansion of the Minister of Criminal Affairs." Mikami felt violently dizzy. The failure of the recording fourteen years ago was actually reported to the higher authorities, and the Minister of Criminal Affairs also knew that the failure was concealed.Therefore, the secret of the private class did not just break out today, but the fact that the recording failed was already known to the high-level criminal department at the time of the incident.However, this fact has not been made public, that is, Koda's letter was suppressed by the top.Not only that, but ratified that Urushihara's actions were correct.So Koda, who reported the matter, was not comforted at all when he resigned, and Urushihara, who made the judgment of concealing the mistake, climbed to the position of director instead. Up and down intersect thief.Covert deception led by the D County Police.This is the truth of "Koda's Notebook". "It's not just that he has a strong sense of justice. Xingtian is really a good person with love and righteousness. Every month on the day when Xiangzi's little sister dies, he will definitely go to her grave to offer incense. Mrs. Amamiya passed away last year. He also quietly went to worship." "So can we just hang it like this?" "what……?" "I'm talking about you. No one can watch Koda instead of you. Is that what you mean?" "...Yes. It is said that this has become a matter of attention passed down from generation to generation of criminal ministers." "I see." Mikami was filled with disdain.At this time, the uniform of the guard came into view, and the trousers fluttered in the cold wind. Fourteen years after resigning... just to be loyal to my conscience... "Presumably he must hate the police station very much!" A sigh replaced the next words. "No," Kakinuma murmured, "I think Koda is grateful." "Thankful?" "This is his first job as a regular employee, thanks to the mediation of the squad leader." Kakinuma's words awakened the dreamer.That's right, the security company is full of people who left the police.According to the general procedure, it is impossible for Koda, a "dangerous element", to win the job of a security guard. "That guy knelt and kowtowed to the monitor, begging the monitor to let him live!" Kakinuma pressed his finger between his eyebrows and said. "He begged the class monitor to forgive him and help him so that he could lead a normal life with his wife and children." Obedience... These two words have long been imprinted on the heart and galloped in the blood.Police and guards are actually just different uniforms. Koda smiled in the cold wind.Holding a red baton in a gloved hand, he is talking to a customer through a car window.He nodded frequently, with an extremely humble attitude.A few teeth have fallen out, and he is no longer a dangerous person.Even so, Kakinuma still has to show his face regularly.It can also be said to let Kakinuma take a look at him.This is a double-sided mirror, and it also plays a role in intimidating Kakinuma who knows the inside story.If you dare to speak out, you will end up the same way.These fourteen years have planted a fear that rivals Koda's in the watcher's Kakinuma heart. There is an impulse in my heart, wanting to return Kakinuma and Koda freedom. "I'm leaving. One last question for me. Why is Hiyoshi crying at Amamiya's house?" "That's because he... feels guilty!" "Is that the only way?" Kakinuma's expression was a little distorted. "What did Urushihara say? Right?" "……yes." "tell me the story." "...He moved little sister Xiangzi out." "What the hell did he say?" "He said... In case there is something wrong with Xiangzi's little sister, it will be all your fault."