Chapter 3 third chapter
"You have all met face to face."
Section Chief Shimoshima spoke in a soft tone, and looked at everyone present.He asked Wushang: "How is Brother Zhong?" Shimojima had a handsome appearance and good features. He must have been quite feminine when he was young, but now he looks worried, which doesn't seem to be perfunctory.
"I heard that there is not much improvement. We should be glad that he has not deteriorated."
Hearing Takegami's answer, Section Chief Shimojima nodded quickly. "I don't want to lose my colleagues in the search headquarters."
"I understand."
The director's room is not big, and the furnishings are quite neat. Not only the director's desk, but also the armrests of the sofa chairs connected to the ready-to-use are not covered with any dust; All wiped down to a bright spot.It can be seen that Director Tachikawa loves cleanliness very much.A Japanese national flag with a golden bead on it hangs heavily directly behind the director's desk.Presumably he also told his subordinates to polish the bead every day.
"Strangely enough, how can the administrator allow such an unprecedented way of handling the case?"
In Wushang's eyes, Director Tachikawa is not so much nervous as he is a little timid.His eyes wandered, and his fingertips kept trembling.
"It's not unprecedented." Mr. Shimoshima corrected gently: "It's definitely not a way to break the convention. If we fail, we will waste an afternoon at most."
"yes……"
"Yes. This is a case involving minors, and it would be dangerous to confront it head-on."
Positive Commander vs. Negative Undertaker….This sentence came to Wu Shang's mind. He listened to the conversation between the two and snickered inwardly.
(I really want Brother Zhong to see this scene, I remember he was looking forward to it.)
Perhaps he, who was lying in the intensive care unit of the hospital, would dream of this scene.
(What a pity. Brother Wu, I'm sorry, please work hard for me.)
Wu Shang seems to have heard Brother Zhong say that.
Shimojima Noriki Vigilante is four years younger than Wu Shang, but he is already the director of the Third Department of the First Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Department.The so-called "department" is equivalent to a "group" in general organizations.Takegami belongs to the fourth department, so he usually has no direct subordinate relationship with the leader of the neighboring group, Shimojima Police Department, and Takegami is in charge of file management, and has not participated in members' notes or investigations for a long time.
Records management is the so-called "production of records".The main job is to make the official documents needed in the search headquarters, and carry out various transcripts or archives of photos, maps, etc., and manage audio-visual files and other materials.Takegami plays the rear support force, which is also one of the positions that must be set up in every search headquarters.Although it is a behind-the-scenes person, it can be regarded as a very important role.
The search headquarters is a team composed of a certain team from the first search section of the Metropolitan Police Department and the search team of the criminal section of the police station with jurisdiction over the place where the crime occurred.Generally speaking, investigation teams for major criminal cases such as homicide, robbery, and kidnapping are set up in the jurisdictional police station. The department does not have the manpower to manage the files of such major cases, so the Metropolitan Police Department dispatches manpower to support them.However, not everyone is qualified for this job. There is a set of standard official procedures for the production and submission of official documents, which can be said to be hard work for those who are not skilled.Therefore, senior veterans are bound to be named.No, whether to be "named" or "voluntary to take over" depends entirely on the mentality of the person involved.
There are seven departments in the Metropolitan Metropolitan Police Department's first search department, and each department has a file management expert, so there are seven in total.Wu Shang is one of them, ranking second in age and seniority.
The homicide that occurred in the pre-sale house at Xincang 3-chome, Suginami District, was originally undertaken by the three departments led by the Shimojima Police Department.The person in charge of the clerical work of the three departments is the oldest and most experienced Nakamoto Housewife Inspection Minister among the seven.He has been a clerk for thirty years, and to Wu Shang, he is a respectable and friendly senior, and the two are also drinking buddies.
Three days before the Xinkura 3-chome murder, at 9:00 p.m. on April 24, a 21-year-old female worker student Naoko Imai was strangled in a KTV "Jewelry" in Matsumae Town, Shibuya District. was killed, and the four departments to which Wu Shang belonged undertook the case.At that time, Nakamoto's three departments were on standby (and therefore, they would later undertake the murder case in Xinkuracho), so Nakamoto took the initiative to assist the search headquarters to set up a clerical team.He is not just playing the role of assisting, but actually has another purpose.
During this period, Nakamoto and Takegami are working on how to introduce high-performance scanners to high-level suggestions.Since the Metropolitan Police Department's budget is always in chronic shortfall, not only the Metropolitan Police Department, but all police organizations, just asking for new computers can cause commotion.In such an environment, how to let the chiefs who don't know anything about archiving understand the fast and accurate functions of the new scanner and get them to spend their budget is obviously more difficult than selling electric cookers to elephants.Equipment can ease the burden on the workers, but these chiefs almost regard it as a crime.
"What the hell is a scanner?"
These officers must be educated starting with such crude questions.So Nakamoto decided to observe the work of Wushang's clerical team first, and then submit a specific report, so that the chief could somewhat listen to their request.
Nakamoto said: "If it was my case, I would not have time to write the report. Even if I did, they would suspect that I only wrote something beneficial to myself, so this is a rare good opportunity, I will not bother you work, let me try."
Wu Shang has no objection.However, unexpectedly, the Xinkuracho murder case happened at this time, and Nakamoto was also ordered to support him.
Even so, the two clerks were still busy, frequently exchanging information for the scanner.Neither of them has direct contact with the case, so they will not comment on the progress of the investigation or the overall situation of the case.However, Takeshi had an ominous premonition, guessing that his case would be delayed for a long time, while Nakamoto believed that his case would be solved soon.Of course, both men believed at the time that their respective cases had nothing to do with each other.
However, two days after the Xinkuracho murder and five days after the "Jewelry" KTV murder, the investigators found some evidence connecting the two cases, and there was not just one piece of evidence, but several pieces of evidence.
The first evidence is traces of fibers in the victim's clothing.It is a common chemical fiber, but its color is quite special. It is a special blue dye, which is not produced not only in Japan, but also in China, Taiwan, South Korea and other Asian countries.After detailed analysis, it was found that it was a special dye produced by a chemical dye company located in Ottawa, Canada, from the end of 1998 to March 1999.A clothing company, also in Ottawa, ordered the dye during this period in particular.
The ready-to-wear company produced two garments—a tank top and a hooded jacket—in sky-blue manmade fibers.These two products were originally popular products of the company. They even named the products of this color "Millennium Blue". They made 200 pieces individually and locked them in for Christmas in 1999. They almost sold out after they went on the market. empty.Due to the small quantity, only parallel importers introduced them in Japan.However, it was worn by a popular icon in a Christmas special, so most youngsters are familiar with the 'Millennium blue'.
The bodies of Naoko Imai, who was killed in Shibuya, and Ryosuke Soda, who was killed in Arakuracho, also had the fibers of this special clothing attached to their remains.Although the amount is quite small, the police judged that the murderer wore this type of clothing in two cases, and the fibers were attached to the victim during the pulling process.The fabric is produced in Canada, so Wushang originally thought that this vest or hooded jacket belonged to mountaineering clothing with the function of keeping out the cold, but in fact it was just general clothing.Although it was late April at the time of the crime, there was still a chill after sunset, so it is not surprising that the killer was wearing this kind of clothing.
There is another item of physical evidence that repeats.Although the crime scene of Naoko Imai was in the "Jewelry" KTV, it was not indoors, but on the escape ladder on the fourth floor of the "Jewelry" leased building.In this eight-story building, the first floor is a restaurant, the second to fourth floors are "jewelry" KTVs, and the KTV counter is located on the second floor.Customers who come to consume will not use the escape ladder, but employees occasionally use it.The door leading to the escape ladder was not locked, and anyone could come in and out at will.
At the time of the incident, the upstairs of the fourth floor of "Jewelry" was being decorated, and workers would also enter and exit from the escape ladder.Since it is a residential and commercial complex, other businesses in business do not want decoration workers to use the elevator.
The white paint used in the decoration this time dripped a lot on every corner of the escape ladder.Although the anti-fouling plastic sheet was laid in advance, the laying was not complete, and there were clear traces of paint cans in some places.
The murderer who killed Naoko Imai stepped on the paint, and the curved part of the heel was stained with white paint, which was clearly left on the ground.Since the floor of the escape ladder is covered with linoleum, the murderer did not leave a complete shoe shape, so the size of the foot cannot be known, but it can be confirmed that the murderer did step on the paint.
On the ground next to Ryosuke Soda's body in Shinkuracho, the police also detected a small amount of white paint.
The contractor at the Arakuracho construction site did not use the same brand of white paint, nor did Ryosuke Sorada's shoe soles get the same white paint.
Takegami and Nakamoto predicted at this stage that they might meet in the joint search headquarters in the future.Nakamoto said: It should be that the smaller-scale Suginami Bureau Headquarters moved to Takegami's Search Headquarters.
When the high-level executives were still studying the merger of the two departments, the investigation team discovered another fact, which accelerated the merger of the two departments.Naoko Imai was a sophomore in the private Sakurada Women's College three years ago. She used to work at the headquarters of Orion Foods, where Ryosuke Soda worked, as a food tester.At that time, the marketing team of the company's drug and food development department was responsible for recruiting high school girl testers, and Sorada was one of the members of this team.This fact suggests that the two victims may have met.
However, none of Soda's superiors and colleagues remembered the name Naoko Imai.They just barely remembered this person under the reminder of the police, but they still couldn't recognize him after looking at the photos.
"Because we planned to recruit ten people, but eighty to one hundred high school girls came. Although we checked their student ID cards and made records, it is impossible to remember everyone's name and appearance."
Around the age of twenty is indeed the period when women are most likely to change their appearance.If there is no employment record of work-student students, it is difficult to find out the connection between the two.
As a result, on the seventh day after the murder of Ryosuke Soda in Arakura-machi, the police united the two to search the headquarters.As Nakamoto guessed, the Suginami Department moved to the Shibuya South Department.
After the establishment of the Joint Search Headquarters, there were naturally changes in the personnel structure.The Kamiya Police Department of the Fourth Department, which Takegami belongs to, let Xianxian, and the newly moved Shimojima Police Department of the Third Department was in charge of commanding the scene.The condescension of the fourth department is equivalent to selling the face of the third department, and the Shengu Police Department does not mind this change.Wu Shang thinks this is very similar to his style.
Nakamoto and Takegami concealed the purpose of purchasing additional scanners in their hearts, and silently handled the work at hand.They both hope to take this opportunity to conduct various tests, so the cooperation between the two has become full of tacit understanding.
Many people like to compare the process of solving a case to a story in the Bible—one day, all the mysteries will suddenly become clear, like drawing a road in the chaotic sea.However, Wu Shang did not take it seriously.Unsolved cases are called "stuck in a maze," and that's no joke.In fact, the unsolved case is really as complicated as a maze.Although there is no map, there are still countless Ariadne in the maze, and they will draw countless clues.It is impossible to know which Ariadne is the real guide without going there in person.After all, people can only walk through the whole maze.Even if someone took out the maze-destroying Moses crutches and handed them over to the multitasking detectives, at most they would rest on the crutches when they were tired from walking, and then continue to complete all the clues.Because, if the maze is destroyed and another exit is created, the original exit cannot be found.
Is there any friendship between Ryosuke Soda and Naoko Imai?From the beginning of the search, the headquarters actively investigated this most critical clue.
The key link between the two is that three years ago, Naoko Imai, who was still a high school student at the time, became a part-time student at Orion Foods. Her main job was to try new products of nutritional supplements and answer questionnaires about eating habits. For three months, the content of work was almost only written correspondence and telephone interviews.So the head of Orion Foods and the high school girl only met once, at the job interview.Ryosuke Soda was in charge of coordinating the project and did not directly listen to the test reports of high school students.There are several other employees in charge of the job, all of whom are women.
However, the female staff who was in charge of listening to Naoko Imai's report left a deep impression on her.The female staff remembered that the girl was cheerful and lively, and liked to talk a lot. Even after the interview, she still refused to hang up the phone. Although the chat was interesting, it also troubled the female staff.
This female employee was a newcomer three years ago. She said that she was suddenly assigned to the marketing team and was at a loss for the new environment.She told the interrogating detective that when facing those high school girls, she thought it would be easier for her to communicate with her if they were of the same age. .
"Student Imai is different from those wayward girls. However, she always likes to talk about clothing or cosmetics, and she is also full of curiosity about the life of new pink-collar workers. She also asked me how much my salary is, and said that after graduating from university, I also want to work for a big company.”
The female staff asked her, is there any specific work direction?
"Student Imai said: As long as the salary is good, there are many handsome and promising male colleagues in the office, who can do any job. I think it's ridiculous, but she is a straightforward and easy-to-understand girl."
The female staff then revealed a little secret, which aroused great interest of the investigators.
"Although Orion Foods is not a leader in the food industry, it is well-known, so Imai-san was interested and applied for this test job. She kept asking me about the content of the employee exam, and she was still explaining I met a member of the marketing team at the meeting and repeatedly praised how handsome she was. She also said that if you want to have a networking, you must find her. I took it as a joke, but she did express her affection for the male staff in the marketing team. I I still remember that she said that she likes older men because they are more reliable. Maybe she didn’t express that she agreed with social assistance, but I believe she really wants to find a mature man with a lot of money as a boyfriend.”
However, the female staff member strengthened her tone and said:
"However, I never heard her mention Mr. Soda's name. At least as far as I know, Imai-san has no chance to contact Mr. Soda. So the following is purely my personal guess. At that time, Mr. Soda was The director of the marketing team, other members including the female staff are all newcomers, and perhaps the handsome person that Imai-san refers to may be Section Chief Soda. However, I don’t know if she knew Section Chief Soroda at the time.”
However, a friend of Naoko Imai gave another testimony.It is said that at some point, Imai strongly promoted: "I am dating an older man."
"We're actually having an affair."
This happened during her sophomore and senior year of high school, half a year later than when she worked at Orion Foods.In addition, during the summer vacation of her third year of high school, she claimed that she didn't get along well with her sexual partner, so she immediately changed to a new boyfriend.
Naoko Imai reflects the unique far-eating love of modern young people and their yearning for unrealistic love stories.The girl's sexual object back then may have been Ryosuke Soda. Although they had no chance to contact him in the test work, the woman wanted to get close to the man. As long as she passed by unexpectedly on the street or at the station, Naoko would have a way to get close to Soda.Orion Foods is not far from Imai Naoko's high school, and the transportation routes are both at the same station, so it is not impossible for the two to come into contact.The police speculated that there was indeed an inseparable relationship between the two victims.
At this stage of the search, another Ariadne appeared.
This woman is not underage, but the search headquarters called her "Ms. A" in a mocking manner.She is definitely the number one suspect in the search of the headquarters, but the police could not find any conclusive evidence, so it has been a long time since she was able to make it public.
A girl is a college classmate of Naoko Imai.Due to the re-examination for one year, he is one year older than Imai.She is a very hardworking student, with excellent grades and good reviews from those around her.Since her hometown lived far away, she rented a house alone with the support of her family.Perhaps because of this, her dress is quite simple, and her life is extremely frugal, which is in sharp contrast to the life of Naoko Imai.
If the relationship between the two women is explained in an old-fashioned way, Naoko Imai is the rival of woman A.Imai Naoko's current boyfriend, that is, the college student who appeared at her funeral, was found by the search headquarters that the man would have a relationship with woman A. As soon as female A was admitted to university, the two began dating, and they were recognized as lovers at the time.
But one day, Naoko Imai suddenly intervened and took the love with a sword. This happened half a year ago. Of course, female A was deeply shocked, but also quite indignant.A common emotional entanglement between men and women, such a tragedy can happen to anyone, but this statement does not alleviate the sadness or anger of those involved.There have been several serious quarrels between the three, and the students around them are also familiar with their situation.
In a triangular relationship, the abandoned person is the party who is hated after all. It is best not to be obsessed with this bad battle and concentrate on finding your own pace of life.However, the conscientious and persistent woman A cannot forgive her boyfriend's change of heart, and has been unable to let go of it for a long time.Like Don Quixote, she repeatedly asked to get back together, but she was repeatedly rejected, avoided, and bored, and finally she was ridiculed by Naoko Imai.
Imai Naoko's debauched behavior made A woman unbearable.Although Ryosuke Soda is not Imai's specific dating partner, the fact that Imai is dating older married people is well known.Because she took the initiative to spread the news, it was hard for the outside world not to know.In the eyes of Ms. A, Naoko Imai is an undisciplined woman who voluntarily engages in an abnormal relationship between men and women and spreads it everywhere. She is only thinking about dressing up and playing with men, completely forgetting her duty as a student.She couldn't believe how she could lose to such a woman.Takegami can easily imagine how A woman feels.Assuming Wu Shang was her supervisor, he would have warned her that the world is inherently unfair, especially when it comes to the relationship between men and women.
Female A unsuspectingly complained to her friends repeatedly: I want to kill Naoko Imai, and I will not forgive the person who betrayed me, I will definitely make him pay the price! Female A also admitted that she had said these words.In fact, when the murder of Naoko Imai happened, the students vividly rumored that the murderer was A girl.The person involved also knew that she was under suspicion, and she was in a situation like a street rat.
The search headquarters of the Shibuya South Bureau was planning to interrogate Ms. A carefully at that time.However, at this time, the murder of Ryosuke Soda occurred, and the two murders were also related. A woman does have a grudge against Imai Naoko.But Ryosuke Soda has nothing to do with girl A, how can this be explained?
The person who solved this mystery was actually A woman herself.The day after the joint search headquarters was established, she appeared at the headquarters, accompanied by her mother who had rushed to Tokyo, and expressed her willingness to confess. (At that time, several newspapers mistook the murderer to surrender and published wrong information. Nakamoto Xi diligently cut out these reports. One of his hobbies was to collect wrong reports about the case.)
Female A was not emotionally excited, and calmly narrated her confession to the criminal police.
"Actually, I..., I have met Mr. Sorada. Once I was negotiating with Mr. Imai, Mr. Sorada was also present. Imai brought him here. Imai said that it is best to have an adult present on such an occasion."
It is said that it was a Sunday afternoon just after the new year. Female A is used to write down detailed content in the diary, so she recorded the time and place.
"We met at the coffee shop near Shibuya Station, probably from two o'clock to four o'clock. The location of the shop is very hidden, and there are no customers in the shop. Imai-san and Mr. Sorada arrived first, and I arrived later."
Soda Ryosuke told A woman that he was a friend of Naoko Imai, and explained that the relationship between the two was like brother and sister.
"That was my fourth or fifth meeting with Imai-san. Sometimes it was just the two of us, and sometimes he was there too. But that was the first time that Mr. Morada appeared."
Female A said that Naoko Rei was very intimate with Ryosuke Soda at that time, and Ryosuke Soda did not mean to avoid it.
"Imai-san sometimes hooked Mr. Sorada's hand, and sometimes touched him intimately. Mr. Sorada was at her mercy, and on the one hand he preached to me. He told me that I should not hold grudges against each other because of a broken relationship, just because I I have a gloomy personality and tend to get into the wrong things, so my boyfriend will leave me and persuade me to stop being so naive. Imai-san snickered at the side. I was so angry that I was going crazy...so I said to Mr. Soda: you Said that you are Imai-san’s eldest brother, but do you know that she had an extramarital affair with a man who was about your age before her current boyfriend, and she was proud of it! Before you preach to me, you should recognize these facts Bar!"
As a result, Naoko Imai laughed, and then said this:
"Is it because you don't understand the situation? What else do you not know? Mr. Sorada is my ex-boyfriend! Although we are no longer boyfriend and girlfriend, we are still friends. So Mr. Sorada will always stand by my side side!"
Female A said that she was speechless at the time.
"At that time, Mr. Sorada seemed a little embarrassed. I thought I couldn't talk to this kind of person, so I left immediately. Mr. Imai just kept snickering, but Mr. Sorada chased me outside the store... "
Soda Ryosuke apologized to A woman.
"He said, 'Naoko is that kind of girl, and I don't care about her. But because of her personality, I can't ignore her.' He advised me to leave her alone, but if there was anything I could do to help, He was willing to assist me with all his strength and handed me a business card. I didn't want to accept it, but he forced it into my hand. I immediately fled to the station, and later picked up the business card on the platform to see, it turned out to be his company business card, It’s Orion Foods…. E-mail and mobile phone number are written on the back. I was… angry and sad…, and went home directly that day…, but after returning home, I thought a lot… ..."
The criminal police asked her: Why are you willing to give a confession against you?
Female A replied: "I am very aware that I am regarded as a suspect in Imai's murder, and I know it is inevitable. But I really did not kill her, absolutely not, I am not a murderer, so I think it doesn't matter how you investigate, I I believe that one day it will come to light.
"However, Mr. Soda was killed, and this incident involved Mr. Imai's murder. Everyone began to suspect that this was a serial murder case. So I was really scared. I wondered if someone wanted to blame me and deliberately committed the crime. A series of cases. If everyone finds out that I have met Mr. Sorada; and if they meet again under such circumstances, the police will definitely become more suspicious of me. No one will believe me anymore.
"I originally planned to keep it a secret and not tell the fact that I met Mr. Sorada. I thought no one would know if I didn't tell it, but I finally couldn't stand seeing the news of serial murders in the media every day. I was worried that The clerk in a coffee shop or passers-by remember me and Mr. Sorada, maybe they will remember and tell the police. In this way, I will be completely speechless. At that time, I will lose all retreat and be regarded as a murderer for the rest of my life. Therefore, I decided Take the initiative to confess the facts, I am not the murderer, I did not kill those two people, I did not do anything wrong."
Female A lives alone, so there is no alibi for the two murders.She said that she stayed at home at the time, and no one called her that day. Such a confession is quite unfavorable to her.However, on the other hand, no one witnessed Ms. A at the scene of the two murders, and the police did not find traces of white paint on the shoes she voluntarily provided. At present, Yu has not found any favorable evidence to issue a search warrant, so it is impossible to target She investigates clues about blue fibers.So far, no one has seen her wearing the same color vest or hooded jacket (it is a very bright and impressive blue) before the murder. Female A has no record of going abroad to North America recently, and no one has said that she has lent or given her Millennium blue clothes.There is no physical evidence, only psychological evidence.
It is also difficult to judge the method of killing.Imai Naoko was strangled to death, but not with both hands, but with a plastic rope wrapped around the neck and then strangled to death.The nape of the corpse left clear marks of the crossing of the ropes.On the back of the corpse, just below the right shoulder blade, there was a fist-sized bruise, which was quite a special mark.Such marks usually appear when the victim is lying on his stomach, and the murderer rides on the opponent's back and presses down with his knees.If you use this method, as long as you take the opportunity to surprise the opponent, even a woman can easily strangle a person.Naoko Imai always cares about her figure and keeps losing weight, so she is thin and has no muscles. On the other hand, girl A is tall and used to be a volleyball player in high school. Under this murder case.However, women can do it, which means that men are more likely to do it, so this speculation is not enough as conclusive evidence.
The murder scene of Ryosuke Soda is more complicated, but it is certain that the murder weapon was the 20 cm fruit knife discarded at the scene. However, such knives are very common, so it is impossible to determine the source. Female A's residence does not have fruit knives, and she said that there are no knives at home.She can cook, but not dishes that require chopping.
Ryosuke Soda was stabbed twenty-four times all over his body. The cause of death was hemorrhagic shock. A total of eight wounds were enough to constitute a fatal wound. .Judging from the defensive injuries on his arms and palms, Soda stood facing the murderer at first, and was stabbed in the front, and while retreating and covering the wound, the murderer took the opportunity to push him down.Next, the murderer repeatedly swung the knife and stabbed him.It can be guessed that the murderer was also riding on Soda at this time.The police determined that the twenty-four stab wounds were all left by the deceased during his lifetime, but judging from the angle or twist of the wound and the direction of the blade, more than half of the wounds were left when the victim lost consciousness and stopped resisting. down.
It takes considerable courage for a person to assassinate an opponent from the front.Even if the murder weapon has been prepared in advance, it may not be possible to strike immediately when the critical moment comes.However, if the murderer loses control of his emotions due to his rage or the breakdown of negotiations, the moment he crosses the last line of reason, the excitement will lead to more intense emotions, and he will stab the opponent indiscriminately.When the murderer came back to his senses, he realized that the victim had been horrified.This situation is by no means uncommon in assassination cases.Also, arm strength is hardly an issue in this case.Because as long as human beings are emotionally excited, even a woman's slender arms can arouse a powerful force, enough to cut off a man's ribs, the key depends on the situation at that time.Therefore, it is impossible to determine the gender of the murderer in this murder case.
After forensic identification, it was confirmed that the twenty-four stab wounds may not have been committed by the same person.Fatal wounds and a large number of minor wounds (including abrasions) exist at the same time. It may be speculated that multiple people with different strengths may have committed the crime at the same time.
When Wu Shang compiled this forensic report for the first time, he remembered a well-known foreign mystery novel and mentioned it to Nakamoto.
However, this speculation has a follow-up.Some deep injuries occurred early in the crime (that is, stab wounds while the victim was standing), but shallow injuries were all caused by the victim lying on his back.Based on this, it is possible that the single killer was exhausted from repeatedly stabbing the victim, which made him unable to lock the target.This speculation is still difficult to judge the difference between men and women.
Surrounded by these facts, Ms. A became the number one suspect who is uncertain, and she is indeed an uncertain suspicion.At least her motivation for Naoko Imai is sufficient, but how to explain Ryosuke Soda?If it was done by a single murderer, in the case of Naoko Imai being killed, woman A has already been under suspicion, and she should not have a strong motive to kill Ryosuke Soda.No, not necessarily so.If the confession of woman A is accepted, we can infer the following murder process-Ryosuke Soda interfered too much with woman A, and woman A has become a suspect in Imai's murder, so she may also contact her in some way and express her willingness to help, Advise her to surrender.The two met near the murder scene in Xinkuracho. Perhaps Soda said something at the time, which seriously hurt A's self-esteem and caused A to commit the murder.This is by no means an impossible scenario.
Reporter Fukada Tomiko confirmed that she heard a woman screaming at the scene.Regardless of whether the murderer is singular or plural, there must be a woman among them.Who is it?Can we conclude that it is female A?
In short, what is most needed now is physical evidence and strong eyewitness testimony.Now, how can a suspect with such an obvious motive be let go.This kind of atmosphere permeates the core of the Joint Search Headquarters.
In this case, Takegami remembered that it was two weeks after the Arakuracho murder.One day, it was rare for Nakamoto to express his views on this murder case.
Takegami was quite surprised that Nakamoto would state such an inference, but it wasn't the only thing that surprised him.On the same day, several young criminal police officers in the headquarters also made similar inferences, but Wu Shang found that they were ignored in the search meeting, which greatly reduced the morale of these young criminal police officers and resented them.
They believe that they should temporarily put aside their doubts about A woman and shift the focus to other related people.The reason why the police locked female A as the number one suspect was because everyone focused on Naoko Imai.If we investigate around Ryosuke Soda, we might be able to discover a completely different motive...
"Brother Zhong, you didn't listen to the complaints of those children, did you?"
Nakamoto smiled and touched the sparse top of his head. "I'm not like you. I don't listen to young people. But obviously there are people who think like me."
Nakamoto looked a little happy.
"Does that mean my brain is still useful? I mean, I'm not just good at file management. But that doesn't mean I despise file management."
"I understand what you mean."
Wu Shang nodded in agreement.And Nakamoto's words stopped there, as if a little embarrassed.Wushang thought that the embarrassment on his hastily added explanation was much more sincere than his speech.
Wu Shang thought, maybe Brother Zhong was tired of the job of a clerk.Even for such a senior and professional person, no matter how much people around him admire his abilities, he will still feel bored and tired.So, what about Wu Shang himself?Although it was only ten seconds, he still asked himself and thought for a moment.
A few days later, the police's suspicion of Ms. A remained the same, and there were no new developments in the case.The young detective reasserts his earlier point, thus sparking yet another controversy.
Nakamoto fell into deep thought and seemed extremely impetuous.At noon that day, he and Wu Shang had finished eating Qiangmai noodles and while they were smoking, he suddenly said:
"I haven't done anything other than file management in thirty years. It's not my style, but I want to give it a try."
"Do you want to make a submission?"
"I'm not going to do that kind of thing," he said with a smile and waved his hand. "I just want to talk to Mr. Shimojima."
"Thirty years", this number contains far-reaching significance.He sounds as if he is only now realizing that he has been in the background for so many years.
Wu Shang had no intention of stopping it.Since Nakamoto had already made a speech last time, Wushang was considerate of his mood and deliberately didn't say anything more.It might not be good to say so, but Wu Shang believes that it is impossible for the superior to change Nakamoto's position easily.
However, the superiors unexpectedly adopted Nakamoto's opinion.Wu Shang was taken aback by this.
"Mr. Shimojima said that he actually has the same opinion, but the atmosphere in the meeting tended to be negative, so he has already made up his mind to detonate this landmine himself."
I'm like a moth to a flame!Nakamoto laughed at himself, but his expression was very open-minded.
Shimojima and Nakamoto began to discuss specific plans at this point, Nakamoto also left the archives department, and Takegami continued his work.They told Wu Shang the general outline of the plan, and Wu Shang thought the plan was very thorough.The Shimojima Police Department will act as the commander and implement Nakamoto's opinion."The execution of the plan is only part of the investigation," they said.
Wu Shang couldn't help snickering when he heard this sentence, thinking, the precautionary measures were done well.
This plan had better have a female police officer, so one was urgently dispatched from the Suginami Bureau.Wu Shang was another surprise when he heard that the man they dispatched was Chikako Ishizu.What a surprise.
Ishizu knows Kako.Forgotten name.然而，武上在怀念过去之前，先是皱了皱眉。因为，她这次的立场相当难为。那是四年前的事。当年，她在本厅纵火搜查小组，在一起神秘的大规模连续杀人案中，因为一次重大的违令行为，被调回原本所属的辖区，也就是被打入冷宫。她在不光荣的状态下出了名，因此无法调到公关部，结果被转调到杉并署。
当然，中本也非常了解石津知佳子这个人，以及她过往的“行径”。中本压低音量，捂着嘴巴偷偷问道：“下岛先生那个人其实心机很重，万一出了事，该不会想嫁祸给她吧？”
武上心想，应该有一半可能吧。
“如果他心机重，最危险的是中哥你吧。”
“我是无所谓。出了事，只会调回档案部嘛，反正离退休也没几年了。”
"Is that right?"
"yes."
中本瞬间眯起双眼，那眼神仿佛试图抓住稍纵即逝的东西。
“如果能够再次回到前线，就算冒一次险，我都无所谓呀。”
武上默默点头。
或许在不久的将来，自己也会和中本一样厌倦现在的职位，渴望到幕前工作，或许会极度渴望感受破案的成就感，这不是不可能。武上在点头的同时，内心隐藏了这个想法。
可是呀：
只要中本开心就好，可是石津知佳子就令人担心了。武上心想，虽然自己没有立场帮忙，不过会密切注意她的一举一动。
不不，或许不该如此悲观。或许这个计划将为中本和她立下功劳呢。虽然不知道中本的能力如何，不过知佳子绝不是无能的刑警小再加上她的个性，绝对能够胜任这次的角色。
一切准备就绪，该计划就等“侦讯”日的来临了……
然而，中本突然病倒了。
心肌梗塞。这不是第一次，不过上一次的病情较轻微，只是感到胸口闷痛，住院期间也不长，不过这次可就没那么幸运。他在爬楼梯时突然昏倒，在昏迷状态下被救护车送进医院。
这件事发生在前天下午。中本目前依旧昏迷不醒，躺在加护病房里。
这个“侦讯”计划的主导者正是中本，不过计划不能延期，下岛课长不可能代理，葛西管理官也不会同意。
那谁要接中本的职务？
下岛警部之所以采用中本，是因为万一“侦讯”失败，可以用许多借口撇清中本的责任。因为他不是本部内的侦办人员，倘若发生任何过失，也不需要大费周章湮灭证据。事实上，这个计划只有内部极少数人知道，大部分的人根本不关心。
然而，四系的神谷警部对于这种事特别敏感，他也很了解武上的个性。中本住院的事情告一个段落后，他把武上叫到训示室外面的走廊，直接提出疑问。
“武哥，你是不是想毛遂自荐，代理中哥呀？”
武上苦笑。
“有没有其他人选呀？”
“也可以让石津知佳子代理，反正她已经加入这项计划了，只是配角变成主角罢了。事到如今，她也没什么好怕的。”
武上还来不及反问他是否当真，神谷警部立刻大笑。
"Just kidding."
“我想也是。”武上也笑了。
“中哥可能已经厌倦后动工作了吧，想跑到前线大展身手罗。”警部早已看穿这一点。“不然他大可表述意见，再找其他人侦讯呀。如果是你也会这么做吧？”
“我还没有厌倦啊，这可是相当有趣的工作呢。”
神谷警部并没有调侃他，只是点头表示同意。
“武哥，就算我阻止你，你也会做吧？”
“不，没有警部的允许，我可不敢，这不是我的本分。”
“我不会阻止你，试试看吧。我准许你。”
然后，神谷警部快步离开，在武上背后说：“没差啦，只要花半天时间就搞定了，成功就是大功劳，失败也不会闹大啊。”
接着，他露出锐利的眼神又补了一句：“而且我觉得这计划成功的机率很高。”
“谢谢长官。”
武上一鞠躬后，进入训示室找下岛警部。下岛警部面对武上的提议，明显露出安心的表情。武上脑中再度浮现中本的脸庞。中哥，这样做没错吧？
就这样，武上进入了侦讯室。临时上场的代班主角，台词背熟了吗？
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