Chapter 65 Section 63

64. The prisoner must be dragged back to Showa 64 and handcuffed for him.This oath has not yet been fulfilled. Fourteen years have passed since Heisei, and now there is an echo from Showa.Sato.Twenty million yuan.Is it a copycat?Or a happy crime?Or is it…… Mikami pulled Okura into a small room next to the auditorium.Suwa frantically tried to pull the folding chair away, but his hands were shaking all the time, and he didn't listen at all. "Be clear." Mikami sat down and immediately asked questions. Okura refused to take a seat and stood up to answer. "A female high school student was kidnapped in Xuanwu City."

high school girl... Not a primary school student, which differs from 64's image.The one who was kidnapped was a high school girl like Ayumi.Xuanwu City is a city located in the center of the county, with a population of about 140,000. It is 15 kilometers away from D City, east of it, and is the jurisdiction of G Department. "this is for you." Mikura took out two sheets of paper stapled together from the inner pocket of his suit, and the fixed-format text and printed characters rushed into his eyes. To the D Police Headquarters Press Club Regarding the application for the media report agreement

December 11, 2014, Director of Criminal Affairs, D Police Headquarters Mikami turned the paper to the second page. On December 11, 2014, a kidnapping case occurred in the jurisdiction of G Department (see the attachment for details), and the investigation is currently underway.Considering that the interview or report on this case may endanger the life safety of the victim, for the interview and report on this case, it is required to sign the following report agreement with the journalists.In addition, during the process of signing the agreement, the release of the relevant investigation process was all announced by the cadres of the criminal department.

remember 1. For the time being, we will not conduct interviews or reports on this case. 2. When the safety of the victim is confirmed or the victim is discovered, or when it is confirmed that the life safety of the victim will not be threatened by the interview or report on the case, the Minister of Criminal Affairs and the secretary of the press club will negotiate on the termination of the agreement . 3. Once an agreement to terminate the agreement is reached, the time for the termination will be determined by the press club itself. 4. In case the incident remains unresolved and the term of the agreement needs to be extended, the secretary of the press club and the Minister of Criminal Affairs can reach an agreement on the content of the reporting agreement at any time.

Mikami browsed quickly and then turned to the next page. What he wanted to know was the contents of the "attachments". Outline of the Kidnapping and Ransom Incident of Female High School Students in Xuanwu City Unlike the previous page, what follows is a jumble of handwriting. Victim—Self-employed person A (49) in Xuanwu City, son C (17), the eldest daughter of housewife B (42), is a sophomore in a private high school Anonymous.Mikami felt his cheeks twitch. Confirmation date - at 11:27 am on December 11, the victim's father A dialed 110 to report the case to the communication command room of the county police headquarters, claiming that his daughter had been kidnapped.

Mikami glanced at his watch, it was 2:35, more than three hours had passed since the reporting time.Mikami stared at the paper and continued to look down. The status of threatening calls The first call - at 11:2 am on the 11th, from the mobile phone used by Mrs. C to A's house (the call was answered by Mrs. B).The other party did not report their name, but directly uttered threats and demanded a ransom, and their voices were changed using tools such as helium. Child B called A's office, and A called 110 to call the police. The second call - at 12:50 noon on the same day, was the same as the first call, using Mr. C's mobile phone with a voice-changed voice (the call was answered by A who rushed home immediately).

Currently under active investigation, above. Mikami was speechless for a moment. Terrible, almost identical to 64. .Even the fact that the first phone call didn't state the name, and then it was exactly the same. The difference is, "no special accent, slightly hoarse, the voice of a man in his thirties to forties".However, because the prisoner has processed the voice to change it, God knows if it is really different. In these materials, there is no material enough to overturn the possibility that this is the same prisoner who committed another crime, but Mikami's intuitive reaction is "not so".Because in the process of 64's crimes, there is no element of happy crime at all, and some are just "serious" or even "desperate" in order to get a large sum of money.It is unlikely that such a prisoner would reenact the case in order to emphasize his own existence.Assuming he really intends to do another kidnapping case, he will completely eliminate all elements that remind people of 64.Absolutely, we will be careful not to allow anyone to connect the investigative intelligence of these two cases together.

Mikami felt that he had finally calmed down. Time and space have not returned to the Showa era, this is a Heisei case.A new kidnapping case that has nothing to do with 64 happened.It happened at this moment, no, it has been more than three hours... "Please sign the reporting agreement as soon as possible." There was an impolite voice from above. Sign as soon as possible?Mikami raised his eyes and looked at Mikura. "It's a pity that you have the nerve to say such a thing." "what?" "It has been more than three hours since the confirmation, and now that such a small piece of paper is thrown out, do you think that group of reporters will obediently swallow the agreement?"

"It's not a big problem! As long as you tell the press club about the kidnapping, the provisional agreement will be established automatically at that point in time." "Yes, you are absolutely right." This is a security measure to prevent someone from using the blank time before signing the formal agreement to conduct interviews, but... "What if a formal agreement cannot be signed in the end? If everyone discusses and concludes that they are unwilling to sign an agreement, then the provisional agreement will lose its effectiveness, and reporters can do their interviews as they like. For the other party to accept the self-discipline agreement willingly, you must The main premise is that our side also provide detailed investigation information as quickly as possible! Do you understand this?"

"So don't I offer it now?" Mikami flicked the sheets of paper with his hands. "This is worse than the outline of the story. Hand over the three-hour detailed incident. Once you know it's kidnapping for ransom, there will be hundreds of reporters and photographers flocking from Tokyo. Do you think you don't Can the attitude of taking them seriously guide the direction of media coverage?" "I didn't think so." Mikura retorted angrily. "If necessary, I will add explanations within the scope of what I know." "Very well, then you can give me an additional explanation. The first is the name, tell me the victim's real name and where he lives."

Suwa quickly took out the notebook, but the hand holding the pen did not move. "Names can't tell you." "What did you say?" Mikami's anger was evident.He had seen so many reports on the kidnapping case, but he had never published the search headquarters anonymously before. "Why can't you tell?" "This is also a last resort." "Then tell me the reason why you have to." "Because it's possible that it's just a prank parody of 64." "A prank? Since it's an imitation of 64, do you think it's just a prank?" "not like this." "Otherwise, what? Is the mobile phone my own?" Mikami's eyes fell on the stack of documents. "From the mobile phone used by Mrs. C to A's house" is an affirmative tone, and the phone of A's house also has the service of applying for caller ID, and also checked the contact record with the telecommunications bureau.That being the case... "Is there any material to prove that the daughter's mobile phone was picked up, stolen or robbed by the prisoner?" Mikura shook his head and sighed helplessly. "It's not like that, but the possibility of self-directed and self-acted shows cannot be ruled out at this stage." Self-directed and acted?Mikami was stunned. Daughter's lies... "C's usual performance is very poor. Except for needing money or coming back to get a change of clothes, he almost never goes home. He doesn't go to school, but he still keeps his student status. He hangs out with drinking and meat friends from morning till night. The truth Actually, since she left home the night before yesterday, her whereabouts have been lost. According to our judgment, the possibility that Mrs. C was instigated or actively colluded with her group of drunk friends cannot be ruled out. I'm not sure if she really wants to blackmail the 20 million by directing and acting herself, or if she just joked too much." Mikami couldn't react for a while. "That girl is only seventeen years old. Could it be that her boyfriend deliberately imitated the 64 case fourteen years ago?" "As long as you have a mobile phone, you can meet an old man over half a century old or a gangster within five minutes. Even a young man can easily find a bunch of 64-related incidents by looking up past kidnapping cases with a computer. It is very likely that they equated the unsolved case with the success rate, and used it as the prototype of the crime.” Mikami disagreed.These words are really not convincing, and can only be said to be a creation that combines assumptions and imagination. "Is this the only reason you have to?" "That's a good enough reason! If the name of the minor C is announced at this stage, if it is discovered later that he directed and acted himself, it will be too late." "Announced? Did you make a mistake? The name is only provided to reporters in a private place. As long as the report agreement is signed, the media cannot disclose a single word in the report until the agreement is terminated. Even if it turns out that it is only their own Director and self-acting, at that time, based on the protection of the Juvenile Law, her real name cannot be written. In other words, there is no need to worry about the girl's name being made public." "Who knows? Once the agreement is terminated, the media will flock to C's house. The kidnapping case, money, men, family problems directed and acted by female high school students are all sensational topics, even TV stations and magazines will It will come upon hearing the news, and no matter whether the name is published in the newspapers or not, C's family will become a sacrifice for the media to frantically interview!" Misami was already tired of hearing these words, no, he was already tired of saying them. "Broadcasts exist to keep things from developing like this, and that's our job." "The consequences are too serious. The world's interest in kidnapping for ransom and the indignation of self-directed and self-acted will eventually focus on C." "I just said that because the consequences are too serious. What if it is not self-directed and acted? If the report agreement cannot reach a consensus, then there will be endless troubles!" "So both sides have to be taken into account! Neither can the name be announced, but also the case must be explained as clearly as possible. I should have made it very clear." "Be sure to have a real name. If you can't decide, let me talk to the minister." "The minister has handed this matter over to me, and there is no other window for correspondence other than me." Mikura's tone didn't sound like he was bluffing, and there was no room for negotiation.Is it possible that once a big event happens, even the "Ant's Heart" will become stronger? Mikami looked at his watch.Anxiety far outweighs anger and powerlessness.Things are getting worse by the minute.The reporters don't even know the fact of the kidnapping. It has been three hours and twenty-four minutes since the D county police confirmed the incident, and they are almost on the verge of stepping into the "hidden" line... Mikami removed the paper clip from the document, and handed the outline of the case to Suwa. "Copy it again." "what?" "Notify all newspapers after copying." Suwa's eyes flickered with anxiety. "Directly and anonymously?" "That's right." Suwa stared blankly ahead.It must have been expected that the reporters would explode with anger.It was hard to convince them that the promise to release their real names was about to be overturned before they even drool, and it was the most important kidnapping-for-ransom case recognized by the media. "Suwa." "But, but..." Suwa showed the same expression as yesterday. The "window" is closed again. The situation is urgent.Another reason why the reporter must be notified immediately is that the antennas of the major media must not be underestimated.Each newspaper office has its own intelligence network in the county. Once there is any disturbance that makes them aware of something abnormal in Xuanwu City, even if they don't know it's a kidnapping case, they will search for news in the area where the incident occurred.If the prisoner finds out that the media is doing something... Ayumi's swollen eyes from crying flashed in front of her eyes.It is not necessarily self-directed and self-acted, it is impossible to be self-directed and self-acted.At this moment, the life of a seventeen-year-old girl is being placed on the borderline between life and death. "Hurry up and copy the snapshot! The first statement will be issued within five minutes, and the provisional agreement will be established first." "However, if it is anonymous, it is absolutely impossible to sign a formal reporting agreement. There will be a lot of anger, and it is impossible to even communicate properly." "Then tell them they're going to go ahead and issue a second, third statement and get ready to sign a formal agreement." "This kind of thing... I can't do it." "If you can't do it, you have to do it. I will be responsible for getting my real name, and support me until then! One day you will also become a publicity officer, so this matter can only depend on you!" The room was so quiet that no sound could be heard. Suwa stared at Mikami in a trance, then sat down on the chair, bit his lower lip, pulled the document to his hand, and opened the notebook. Mikami lifted his gaze away from him. "The real name will never be released." Mikura pre-emptively reminded Mikami, but Mikami took out his notepad and pen, planning to find another way out. "Do you know if the prisoner is a man or a woman?" "What's the meaning?" "It's the voice of a ransom call! What did the victim's mother say?" "Uh……" "There's no time left, stop hanging there." Mikura showed an unconvinced expression. "She said she didn't know whether the other party was a man or a woman." Mikami shook his pen and wrote quickly, while asking the next question. "What about the accent?" "I don't know. It's because the voice has been changed! If it wasn't for a very heavy accent, I don't think most people would be impressed." "You didn't call yourself Sato in the first call, did you?" "She said no, but the victim's mother was terrified." "The other party didn't warn me not to call the police, otherwise the victim would be killed?" 64 said it in the first phone call. "She said no." Mikami looked at Suwa's hand that was copying. "But it took 25 minutes to call the police... What were the victim's parents doing during this time?" "Continuously calling Mrs. C's mobile phone, and he seemed to be hesitant about whether to call the police. It is said that the couple also discussed it. Although the prisoner did not say that he could not call the police, if he did, his daughter's life would be in danger. There’s going to be danger and stuff like that.” Suwa closed the notebook and stood up.Mikami also stopped writing, tore off the page he had just written, and handed it to Suwa along with the document requesting the agreement. "please." Suwa bowed deeply, with an expression of preparing for the worst, said in a low voice, "Waiting for your follow-up information." Then he trotted out of the room. Just when Mikami made up his mind again and turned to Okura without asking his real name, the phone in his pocket vibrated, and it was Secretary Ishii calling. "A kidnapping has occurred." "I'll report the details to you later. Suwa is going back to the press room now, please come and support me." After Mikami finished talking unilaterally, he hung up the phone.However, just before the call was disconnected, there was a high-octave scream in my ear. Mikami closed the phone and put it on the table. The chief inspected.He completely forgot about it.Only Ishii has not lost his mind due to the magic power of the word kidnapping, and only a policeman like him who is actually an administrative bureaucrat can immediately associate the major criminal case that just happened with tomorrow's activities. Indeed, as Ishii said, Chief Otsuka cannot come to D County for inspection. A brand new kidnapping case is in full swing.Is it necessary to let the chief go to the scene of the crime, which is currently extremely tense, to inspect the kidnapping case fourteen years ago?What a stupid thing to do!So, what to do next?Should we forcibly conduct an inspection in the name of going to the front line to cheer up?Or should we simply take this opportunity to actually issue orders?Lead the staff of the Criminal Bureau to break into the special search headquarters, grab the baton, and make the leadership of the department an established fact?I'm afraid this hall doesn't have the guts!Once the prisoner is allowed to escape, it is tantamount to dying with the D county police.This will not only become the laughing stock of the people of the whole country, but also make it impossible to ask for the post to be taken back.Is it postponed?Or cancel it?All in all, as long as the incident cannot be solved quickly, tomorrow's inspection by the chief executive cannot be held as scheduled. Mikami didn't feel anything.There was neither disappointment nor relief, and no joy either.I just feel very ironic about this kind of result that is destined in the dark. The ghost of 64 made 64's investigation come to naught.It was "Sato" who made this county Dallas, not the Criminal Department, nor the D-prefectural police... "Can I go?" Okura finally couldn't help breaking the silence. Mikami stared at him again, staring into the depths of his eyes, wanting to know his true inner thoughts.Ants also have strong hearts.From the moment he showed up, it was clear at a glance.Although it was possible that he had directed and acted on his own, his calm and composed attitude did not look at all like a search officer who only learned of the kidnapping three hours ago.Although Mikami was unwilling to think so, he still had some doubts in his heart.All of this is too coincidental, thanks to the kidnapping case, the inspection by the chief just disappeared... "If you have no other questions, I'm sorry." "How could there be no other problems? Our information is three and a half hours late!" Mikami said angrily, and opened the notepad again. "Next...the victim's mother called her daughter's mobile phone. What happened then?" "I heard that no one answered." "Is it now too?" "Yes. It seems that even the battery has been pulled out, so even the weak radio waves cannot be received." "Which company's mobile phone?" "DOCOMO." "Can I get in touch with the friends who play with my daughter?" "They don't even know the last names of their daughter's friends, they don't have a clue." Mikami turned the pages of the notepad. "Is it so laissez-faire?" "It's basically doting. Because parents think that excessive interference in primary and secondary schools may be the reason for their daughter's behavioral deviation." "Who said that?" "A counselor in the city. Her parents took her to consult before." This sentence is heard in the ear and pierced in the heart. "Why did you go home the night before?" "Get a change of clothes." "How does it look? Is there anything different from usual?" "Not a word was said. It was as usual." Mikami turned the page again. "What about the precursor to the event?" "It is said that I have received several silent calls before." Got stabbed again. "several times?" "I didn't ask so carefully... I'm still learning about the case." "When did you call?" "About ten days ago." "Where's the other party's phone number?" "telephone number?" "No caller ID?" "Ah, yes, it's said to be from a public phone." The door of memory is slowly opening.Mikami could hardly control his emotions. "What else?" "The victim's mother had seen an unfamiliar black van parked nearby." "When did this happen?" "Three or four days ago." "Have you offended anyone?" "It is said that there is no." "What about the phone's lost record?" "What's the meaning?" "Does my daughter mean to report to the police station?" "I haven't heard of it. If there was, there would be no such incident." "Have you asked all the police stations in the county?" "Uh, this..." "You should ask clearly! It's not just the mobile phone, it may also be reported in the form of a missing bag." Mikura nodded expressionlessly. Mikami continued to turn the pages. "When did the self-house class come in? How many people are there in total?" "I don't know the exact time... There are five people in total." "Is there a recording of the second call?" "It's too late." "Where did the prisoner call from?" "what?" "I'm asking you where the radio tower intercepted the sending radio wave? The sending area is usually within a three-kilometer radius of the radio tower. You should have confirmed it with DOCOMO, right?" "I... I only heard that it is in the county." Vague.Could it be that there is some attempt? "Tell me after you find out." "I will." "What did the victim's parents do?" "Well... because it is a specific identity, so..." "So it's a relatively uncommon type of business, a store?" "Well, so to speak." "Where is the office?" "In Xuanwu City." "How is your family?" "There is still a way to raise 20 million yuan." "Does the victim have siblings?" "There is a sister." "How old are you?" "Eleven years old, studying in primary six." "Xiao Liu..." Mikami stopped writing.It was not Xiaoliu's sister who was kidnapped, but the sophomore's sister. "This is also one of the reasons why we suspect that Child C will direct and act on his own." Okura's tone seemed a little smug. "There was no plan in the first place. Maybe it was just for the purpose of obscenity at the beginning, or someone who knew the victim suddenly came up with the idea of ​​kidnapping for ransom. In short, any explanation makes sense!" "That's right, that's right." Okura still looked unmotivated.It is also the same virtue when asked about the lost records of mobile phones. I always feel that something is not right.Not long after the case happened, it was overwhelmingly decided that it was self-directed and self-acted. Don't you think it's too arbitrary?This is also the reason for the lack of "realism" in Okura's words. There must be something else he doesn't know.The special search headquarters must have some key evidence to be sure that the victim was directing and acting on his own.If so, it all makes sense.Compared with the cancellation of the chief's inspection, it is the optimism that this case will never become a major criminal case that makes Okura so calm all the time. Mikami closed the notepad. "Why leave policing out?" "What's the meaning?" "Even the cadres of security, health and safety, and traffic are in the auditorium. Why are these people summoned, but our police department is excluded for three and a half hours?" "That's because there are priorities." Mikura answered lightly. "Once the remnants are found, a mobile team must be dispatched to search the surrounding area immediately; traffic is to pretend to be a ban on speeding, to compare the license plate number and collect fingerprints; as for Sheng An..." "What about the logistics?" Mikami interrupted him and asked: "If you want to form the special search headquarters, don't you need money and equipment first?" "It's too late to think about it. But it's different from a search. Those procedures can be done later." "You mean that the publicity can be notified later? The media countermeasures can also be dealt with later? Is that what the minister said?" "Well..." Okura was so blocked that he couldn't speak.It seems that he was right. "So you really delayed the notice on purpose?" "you misunderstood." "If I'm not here, when are you going to let the police know about it?" Mikura was speechless. "Do you know what you are doing? There is a female high school student who has disappeared, and you have received threatening phone calls at home, but what you are thinking about is not to arrest the criminal as soon as possible. You are not following the rules, and you are still Involving the kidnapping case in the disputes of the organization? Is this to retaliate against this department? Or use this matter to warn? How can you be so corrupt?" "It's you who don't play the cards according to the rules!" Mikami ignored his protest and continued on. "You're pretty sure it's just a self-directed farce, and that's why you're breaking the rules, aren't you?" "How can you be sure? I'm just saying that there is this possibility. All we think about is how to arrest the criminal. What excludes the police department? That's just your delusion of being killed. You feel sorry for us. Such a poor delusion." "Then why anonymous?" "Didn't I tell you the reason? Even if there is only a 1% possibility, as long as there is a possibility that it is a self-directed and self-acted minor..." "I'm not talking to you about the media! I'm asking you why even we have to withhold our real names." The phone on the table vibrated.Mikami pinched Mikura with his eyes, reached out to pick up the phone, it was from Kuramae. "sure?" "I see, you go back to the advertising room to help Suwa." After hanging up the phone, Okura was ready to answer. "Say it!" "The police department intends to sell the D county police to Tokyo, so it is not a brother who can share important information." "I'm tired of hearing this kind of nonsense. If you really want to handle the case, publish your real names." Mikura sighed softly, then said coldly: "This matter has nothing to do with you, and it doesn't matter if you don't know about it for the rest of your life." Mikami felt dizzy for a while. It's the nature of the police to fix it on the inside.It was the same way before Mikami.During the long years of being a criminal policeman, Mikami also took it for granted that he should be excluded.However…… Now he has more "objective" thinking. If you are a reporter, you will definitely ask a question: Self-employed persons A, son B, son C...does this family really exist?

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