Chapter 7 Section VI

Twenty minutes past zero. Started to follow Mr. Uedakusa, Kayo decided to only watch until three o'clock in the middle of the night. In fact, she really wanted to follow him all night, but no one could tell her to change shifts. The reason why it is set at three o'clock is because the taxi shop next to Mr. Uekaku's building will change shifts at this time.The drivers began to move, saying that there were people coming and going at any time.Mr. Zhicao should also be very aware of this. If he wants to take any action, he should avoid it after three o'clock. Kayo-chan’s car was parked where he could see the entrance and exit of the building clearly. Although it was parked on the side of the road, we were parked in front of an empty house with a construction plan posted and waiting to be demolished, so please be magnanimous and accommodating.

"Ahh." Kayo-chan yawned, stretched his body, and patted my head in the passenger seat. There was an empty sound above my head. Was it because I was feeling bored? At this time, the main door of the building opened quietly. Kayo-chan lowered his posture instantly.Under the light of the door light that was open all night, Mr. Uekusa's face was clearly seen.That face looks a little menacing, is it because of the yellow light? Mr. Uekusa dressed casually just like when we first met.No footsteps were heard, and he appeared to be wearing rubber-soled shoes.He weaves around the building and walks to the back of the building.

Where is he going?Are you going to drive?Kayo started the engine with inertia, drove through the building, and made a detour to the other end of the one-way street. As expected, it didn't take long to see a white luxury car, and Mr. Uedao drove out.The car came to the arterial road, turned right and the turn signal flashed, turned right as if coasting, accelerated and drove out. Xiaojia chased after reaching the algebra level of five.It is not easy to track on the open road in the middle of the night, but because there is no need to worry about the target getting lost in the traffic, even though there is a considerable distance, there is still a way to keep up.

The neon signs of convenience stores and video stores glow, and luxury cars drive silently through nighttime towns.Little Kayo moved forward very cautiously, and occasionally drove into the fork road and turned back in a hurry, but she didn't seem to have to bother so much. No matter what Mr. Uedakusa planned to do, he didn't seem to worry about being followed at all.The white RV drove steadily and passed the intersection slowly. Soon, the car left the town, crossed a bridge, and came to an area lined with warehouses and factories.This area is beyond my range of activities and is completely unfamiliar, but in the wind blowing in from the car window with a small opening, I can smell a smell of mud and water.

After a while, only the dark night remained outside the window.I craned my neck and saw low fences stretching endlessly around a clearing. From the looks of it, this place seems to be a sports field or a reserved park, and there are billboards hanging everywhere on the fence. A Y-shaped fork appeared in front of him. Kayo turned the steering wheel to the right and drove back to the direction of the main road. Mr. Uekusa drove to the left along the fence.After not driving far, Kayo stopped the car and led me out of the car.We could see the red taillights of the luxury car driving away, and we ran to keep up.

Proceed along the fence on the left, and the luxury car stopped about 100 meters ahead.Mr. Uekusa took things out of the luggage compartment without turning off the engine. —Looks like a plastic bucket. Little Kayo and I glanced around, and there was a grassland behind the fence, and old tires piled up in a pyramid shape could be seen in the depths on the left; there was a crumbling shack in the direction of Mr. Uekusa. The wind blowing through the nose is very humid, and this area may be a new land filled with wetlands or swamps.So that shack is the pumping station?It seems to have been abandoned and abandoned. Occasionally, iron sheets on the iron roof are lifted by the wind, making a slight crackling sound.

Mr. Plant Grass boldly threw the plastic bucket to the other side of the fence, and then climbed up the fence by himself.Now he is on the commanding heights, and little Kadai is lying on the ground. Mr. Zhicao's movements can't be called agile. Although he climbed up the fence, he was at a loss because he had nowhere to stay.I was worried that if he fell headlong and we had to come to rescue him, he jumped off the other side without incident, maybe the impact of the soles of his feet went straight to the top of his head, and he curled up on the ground. "It's so dangerous." Little Kayo murmured. "What does he want to do?"

Mr. Zhicao finally stood up, picked up the plastic bucket, and walked towards the shed.The engine of the car was on, and the lights were on.He is a complete layman. Mr. Zhicao came to the shed, put the plastic bucket by his feet, and opened the door of the shed.I heard the rattling of slanted doors, the peeling iron, and the scraping of metal. Mr. Zhicao disappeared into the house with a plastic bucket. I started counting the sound of breathing, not my own, but that of Kayo-chan. When I counted to thirty-five, the door of the shed opened and Mr. Kusao ran out, racing like a child in a race.When he reached the halfway point between the shed and the car, the door of the shed and the siding windows made a loud "Bang!" and flames spewed out.

Kayo-chan stood up, and Mr. Uekusa ran at full speed.At this time, as if opening his eyes suddenly, two rays of light appeared from opposite directions of the shed.There are other people present! The other party drove a red coupe.The car door opened with a snap, and the two jumped out.It's a man and a woman, they seem to be lovers.The man ran close to the shed and found Mr. Grass struggling to climb the fence. "Hey! Wait a minute!" The voice sounded very young.Little Kayo squatted down in a hurry.The man caught up quickly and grabbed Mr. Uedo, who was hanging from the fence like a chimpanzee.

"Hey! Call 110! Hurry up, this guy is a pyromaniac!" The woman hears the voice and runs to the coupe.If they had a car phone, the police would be there in minutes. "Ah Zheng, let's go. It looks like it's not our turn to play." Kayo-chan patted my neck and we got back to the car.As I started the engine and left, I heard sirens approaching in the distance.Looking back, the flames in the shed had almost subsided, and the red flames stretched and swayed from the gaps in the burnt siding. "Why would he do such a thing?" Kayo talked to himself, tapped the steering wheel and sighed.

"Even if you want to do it, you should get used to it. If you get caught, we won't be able to find out the reason in private. Right?" In the morning paper the next day, news of Mr. Uekusa's arson was published. The reason is not that the burnt-down building is expensive, or that a dead body was found inside, but that Mr. Uekusa, the prisoner, is a newsworthy figure; Setting fire to an old pumping station on common land (as it is said to be) will no doubt attract the attention of the world. Unable to get detailed information from the newspaper, Kayo turned to the gossip program in the afternoon.The director, the small department, and Lian Jin also came here specially to stare at the screen together. This news is placed in the second report.A photo of Mr. Zhicao clearly appeared on the screen, and the reporter stood in front of the pumping station hut to report.The building was dilapidated, and even if it hadn't been burnt down, it shouldn't have changed much in appearance. According to reports, Mr. Ueda made the following statement at the police station: "My wife has been lingering and sick for a long time, and my career has become boring. I set fire to the pumping station because I wanted to vent my emotions." It's like the procrastination words of young car racers who provoke police cars and play chases between police and robbers. "Sister, what do you think?" "He's lying." Little Kayo said firmly. "Could it be as I said, because I couldn't think about it for a while, so I wanted to set fire?" Shinya said. "If you can't think about running to set fire, there are many garbage dumps and other places nearby? Why do you have to go through the fence and run to that kind of place?" "Could it be that he has a grudge against the pumping station, that he had an accident there?" Xiaoxi remained silent, and waved his palm towards Shinya's head.On the screen, the reporter is interviewing the manager of this public land. "Often there are young people trespassing, littering, etc. causing distress—" "That is, outsiders can freely enter and exit Luo?" "It's easy to get in and out as long as you climb over the fence, and part of the fence was knocked down by a car." The couple must have driven in from there. "Because the construction has not yet started, there is no need for close monitoring, and we don't have that budget." "Isn't it dangerous to leave the pumping station hut alone like that?" "There is nothing in it, even the floor has been removed. Even homeless people don't want to live in that kind of place." The screen switches to the building where Mr. Uekusa lives.At the front entrance, a younger and more beautiful announcer than the reporter just now held a microphone, and an administrator stood beside him.He was holding a broom in his hand, maybe he wanted to take the opportunity to emphasize to the head office that he worked hard. While the administrator was answering standard questions about Mr. Uedaku's character and whether there were any abnormalities these days, the camera moved to shoot the crowd watching the crowd.Almost all of them are housewives, and there are also taxi drivers with cigarettes in their mouths. The camera approaches those people, showing indifferent and curious faces. At that moment, Shinya suddenly called out. "It's her! It's the girl! There's the trunk girl!" "which one?" Xiaoxi and the director leaned out, but the camera had already moved away, Xiaoxi was extremely anxious. "Are you reading that right?" "That's a close-up. Let's go! Maybe she's still there!" Shinya took Xiaoxie's hand and got up.Little Kayo sat down and calmly ordered: "Even if the child is there, you can't talk to her, let alone interrogate her. Find clues to confirm your identity, remember it and come back. Don't be impulsive!" The two went out.About thirty minutes later, the two came back muttering words. "He said he didn't see anyone. Didn't he see it wrong?" Xiaoxi pouted in displeasure. Kayo-ko rewinds the tape. "Just in case, remember to record the video at this time." She said, pressing the playback button. "Look carefully again and point out the other party." "Stop!" When Jinya said, a girl was captured on the screen.Her bright chestnut-colored hair is tied in a bundle, and she is about twelve years old. The picture is a close-up of her upper body wearing a polo shirt with a famous brand logo on the chest; although the chest is not yet developed and is flat, this girl gives people a "sexy" feeling.In the still picture, she was watching the announcer, with the tip of her tongue protruding from the corner of her lips. She has a dimple on her left cheek. The director narrowed his eyes and leaned out: "She has a name tag." Little Kayo manipulated the remote controller: "That's it, the video recorder should be bought with multiple functions." She enlarges the chest part of the girl's polo shirt.Is that the school's name tag?It has the school badge and handwritten name on it. It says "Shiratori Mizue".