Chapter 35 Section 33

Yoshio Amamiya was not at home. Since I had only seen his figure transformed from sadness three days ago, I never thought he would go out.Having said that, since his wife Toshiko passed away, Amamiya has started to live alone, so she may have to rely on herself for grocery shopping and cooking.Mikami went around to the entrance and looked at the parking lot.There is only one bicycle there.Although the car is not there, it doesn't necessarily mean a long trip.There aren't any decent shops near Amemiya's house. In County D, where the traffic is already very inconvenient, even if you live in the urban area, a car is still an indispensable "means of transportation".

Mikami drove for another fifteen minutes and walked into a family-style restaurant along the county road.I went to the same series of restaurants as yesterday. The area is a bit larger. The interior looks like it has just been redecorated and is beautiful, but it is clearly at noon on a Sunday, and even half of the seats are not full. How to convince Yugong?Whether in the car or in the store, Mikami's mind was full of this matter.However, the more he couldn't stop his thoughts, the more chaotic his mood became.Mikami was relieved that Amamiya was not there.That feeling was closer to the feeling when I learned that the exam for a subject I was not good at was postponed, rather than having time to formulate a strategy.

"What would you like?" It looks like a middle-aged waiter who is a housewife. I don’t know if there is something unhappy. The attitude of ordering food is like someone offended her. It is a thousand and eight thousand different from the waitress yesterday. inside.But then again, it's a very rare coincidence that you can see two undisguised true expressions in this kind of shop. Mikami ordered curry and coffee. Although he breathed a sigh of relief, before stepping into this store, he was indeed hesitating whether to visit Amemiya again when there was no chance of winning.There will be no third chance.If it doesn't work today, there is no time.Of course, unlike last time when he visited without knowing anything, this time he asked for a lot of information from Kakinumaguchi.There was a "non-existent threatening phone call" between the home class and Yugong, and the recording failed, and it ended up being concealed.The reason why Yugong's attitude became tough is probably because of these actions of the self-styled class.Having said that, if you want to use this as an opening statement, you must be cautious and cautious.Since this matter has become a bomb that will cause fatal injuries to the D County Police, it can be said that it is a very dangerous bet if Mikami initiates it and may irritate Amamiya.This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what should I do?Like last time, it was obviously the police's own problem but they said it was for the other party's benefit. Now Mikami can see that Amamiya doesn't even raise an eyebrow.

Mikami put the curry in his mouth.Eat what you can, you don't know what will happen tomorrow!His father's comrade-in-arms smiled and handed him chocolates and ice cream cakes, which were still very rare at that time. "Eat quickly, eat quickly, if you don't eat quickly, it will melt."The taste of curry is a bit sweet.Memories of taste are always accompanied by a little bit of happiness. ——What does Amamiya eat? Start here, Mikami thought.First of all, we must get close to Amamiya's mood.To use the terminology of the criminal department, it is to try to assimilate with the suspect, see through the other party's mental journey, and use this to find "a key sentence", and then break through the other party's defense in one fell swoop.

Mikami lit a cigarette. The recording failure happened right in front of Amamiya.Despite this, Amamiya did not blame the members of the home class, but apologized for his behavior of answering the phone without authorization. It was not surprising that there would be such a reaction, because the only thing Amamiya could rely on was the police.So when the private house class asked him to act according to the instructions, he, who only thought about saving his only daughter Xiangzi, of course agreed.The members of the home team were tense from the beginning to the end, and Yugong also saw this.The members of the Yugong family and the members of the private house team all waited wholeheartedly for the call from the kidnapper, and then the phone really rang.For the tape recorder not working properly, even if Amamiya is very anxious, he probably doesn't even have time to get angry!He worried that keeping the kidnapper waiting too long would offend him, and he also looked forward to hearing his daughter's voice as soon as he answered the phone.Anyway, once the phone is hung up, everything is over, so I picked up the phone without thinking.

The tape recorder must have been tried beforehand!I heard that recordings can be made normally during the preparation stage.Therefore, the failure of recording is not so much a malfunction as it is more likely to be a temporary poor contact.If this is the case, as long as Amamiya patiently lets the phone ring a few more times, maybe the "kidnapper's voice" can be recorded.After hanging up the phone, Yugong finally noticed that it was he who broke the agreement with the police and let go of the valuable clues in the search.Maybe he would blame himself for breaking the revolutionary relationship with his own house class, so he apologized.That must be Yu Gong's most real emotion at the moment.However……

At that time, Amamiya still firmly believed that Xiangzi would come back alive. The cigarette ash fell on his knees, Mikami quickly brushed it off with his hands, pulled the ashtray over, and extinguished the cigarette.Fourteen years, it's impossible to just live with a sigh.Yu Gong must have thought about the ins and outs of the incident countless times. Anyway, he has plenty of time to re-examine and analyze every link in detail. How would Amamiya examine the failure of the recording?When the report agreement was terminated and the ins and outs related to the incident were reported and appeared on TV news, only the threatening phone call was not mentioned from the beginning to the end.As Kakinuma said, Amamiya would definitely know that the police concealed the truth for fear of public criticism.

When Xiangzi's body is found, the mission of the home team is over.It was supposed to be members of the community of destiny who escaped from Amemiya's house with their tails between their legs.In Yugong's eyes, perhaps this is the scene.Since then, no one came to the door again, not even when Toshiko died last year. In what way will these things stay in Yugong's heart?Perhaps compared to her daughter's death, those things are not important; perhaps because they are related to her daughter's death, they may be condensed into bottomless complaints.If it is the latter, then there is only one option for Mikami's "crucial sentence", and that is to apologize.Thinking about it carefully, in the past fourteen years, no one has ever begged Yugong for forgiveness.Although he only participated in the beginning, Mikami also participated in the 64 investigation after all, so he is absolutely qualified to apologize to him on behalf of the D county police.Apologize to Yugong and the mother and daughter on the altar.Even if he didn't say the reason, Yugong should know what he was apologizing for.

"Would you like another cup of coffee?" Mikami was startled and raised his head.The waitress asked him in a clear voice that was completely different from just now.I thought she was bringing the pressure or boredom accumulated at home to the store, but judging from the big gap in her attitude before and after, she might be in love with the staff in the store.When he thought about it from a different angle, he originally looked like a weather-beaten housewife who worked hard for a living, but now she suddenly became bright and charming.The same chemical reaction will also occur in the interrogation room. The face of the suspect who looks like a flat map will suddenly become fleshy and three-dimensional after a certain point.The name written on the transcript has also changed from a simple symbol to a real person.The difference from the waitress was that what brought about the instant change was not the unpredictable attitude of the handsome man, but a word that the interrogating officer had exhausted.

Mikami ordered half a cup of coffee. Can an apology knock on Yu Gong's heart?It cannot be said that there is no such possibility at all.For so many years, he may have been waiting for the police, whom he once believed in, to show that justice has not been completely wiped out by way of apology.The question is, can Mikami do it?Take the apology as a weapon to persuade Yugong.This is for Ayumi, for the reunion of the family.However, the apology he made based on this mentality was to tell the man who had lost his family forever. ——I can only go up. Just as he reached for the bill, his phone vibrated.Is it coming again?The face of Minazi flashed in my mind, but the caller was another "here again".

Secretary Ishii's tone sounded even more impatient than last night. After looking around, Mikami replied in a low voice: "It's not done yet." "I went, but he wasn't there." "Near his house." Akama's eyes were also fixed on the dead line.Clearly skipping the criminal department and should have built the "execution ground" a long time ago, he never expected to be rejected by his family. "I see." Mikami remained silent, causing Ishii to let out a pretentious sigh. Later, the reception seemed to be a little bad, so the call was hung up, and there was no call after that. The "not directly related" in Ishiikou means that he is neither a family member nor a person involved in the incident.Even Ishii, who didn't know anything and didn't intend to know, was constantly being stirred in the whirlpool of 64.The figure of Koda waving a red baton, Kakinuma's painful expression, and Hiyoshi's mother covering her face with her hands appeared before her eyes... In case there is something wrong with little sister Xiangzi, it will be all your fault. Mikami pulled the briefcase over, opened it, and took out the stationery he bought yesterday. "it's not your fault". He just wrote this sentence.He doesn't really want to save Riji. As long as you do good deeds, there will be good rewards. This is my father's catchphrase.He probably wanted to say "If you treat others well, others will treat you well in the future"!My father, who has never read any books, always faces all difficulties with the words "there will be good rewards". Mikami drank the cold coffee in one gulp and stood up. He doesn't really know what a good thing is.In order to confirm his guess, Mikami looked around the store, but couldn't find the waitress.