Chapter 7 Chapter VII

Sender: Mom Recipient: Kazumi Subject: Emergency do you know about dad I want to see you right away. Sender: Mom Receiver: Nim Subject: Emergency Something serious happened to Dad. Let's meet up soon. Sender: Kazumi Recipient: Mom Subject: tell me Did you kill it? He is a thin young man, with a baggy white T-shirt hanging on his shoulders, making him look skinny, and his jeans are also worn out. The only thing on his feet is a pair of blue and yellow sneakers. The rubber soles rub the floor wet. slippery sound. Wu Shang got up to greet him, and signaled the young man to sit on the opposite chair. The young man still watched the uniformed inspector who brought him in close the door and leave, so he didn't turn his head to look at Wu Shang immediately.

"Please sit down." Wu Shang said to him, but found himself very nervous and a little embarrassed. The young man was still standing, turned his head to look at Wushang and Tokunaga, then turned his gaze to the table, window, mirror on the wall and the internal phone, and finally turned his gaze back to the door quickly. If he marked the place where his gaze stayed and then connected it into a line, he might be able to draw a constellation map with some meaning, and an experienced interrogator should be able to say the name of the constellation immediately.However, Wu Shang has not been in contact with astrological observation for a long time, and has long forgotten the names of those stars.

"You're welcome, please sit down." In order to ease the tension, Wu Shang couldn't help but relax his tone of voice, but it seemed to have the opposite effect.He reminded himself in his heart, "Be calm." The young man finally turned to face Wu Shang, and asked in a particularly loud voice: "This is the interrogation room?" Wu Shang smiled at him. "Yes. However, I think that before you came in, someone had explained to you that we are not going to interrogate you, but we just have a lot of questions to ask you, and I hope you can help me. We are worried that the content of the questions is too sensitive. , worrying about others hearing, so I had to do it here.”

"Worried about others hearing it?" The young man repeated it as if he heard a foreign language, and asked wonderingly. "It just means that you don't want others to hear it." "Oh, yes." The young man sat down after responding briefly.He corrected his posture, folded his hands around his abdomen, and leaned against his body. Wu Shang said his name and identity, and asked De Yong to introduce himself to him.The young man nodded slightly, his movements appearing quite awkward.Wu Shang thought, the other party must be very nervous too. "First of all, I want to confirm your name and address." Wu Shang turned to a page in the file, and Nakamoto's neat handwriting appeared on it, which was a very detailed record.

"Your name is Minoru Hojo, right? Your address is Yasaka, Hachioji City, Tokyo..." Minoru Hojo stated that Takenian's information was correct, but his tone seemed particularly stiff.Even across a table, Takegami could still find his hands clenched. "Born in 1983, are you eighteen years old this year?" "My birthday is in November, so I'm still seventeen." "Understood. It says unemployed, what about high school?" "I dropped out of school last year." "A dropout. Are you living with your parents?" "Yes. However, I actually rented an apartment near my home, and my parents rented it for me."

"You mean your parents pay the rent for you?" "yes." "Do you have a part-time job?" "Occasionally. Once I wanted to buy a computer and my dad wouldn't pay for it, so I had to work in a convenience store." Ren quickly finished speaking, and suddenly raised his head. "Mr. Interpol, did you forget to say something?" "What?" Wu Shang was surprised.Although Tokunaga turned his back to Wushang, Wushang seemed to see Tokunaga raising his eyebrows with a puzzled look on his face. "Don't you guys know how to say something?" Min said with a smile on his face, "Whatever you say, you have the right to remain silent, and everything you say will be presented as evidence in court, etc. This is how it is done in serial dramas!"

Wu Shang smiled, not a fake smile, it really made him laugh. "You are not a suspect, we don't need to make these warnings." "So this is ah." "But you can't lie, or you will only hinder the police from handling the case. We can debunk most of the lies as long as we investigate carefully, which is not good for you. So you just answer the questions honestly." "Most of the lies, isn't it?" Ren's sitting posture became lazy, looking up at the gray ceiling. "So some lies won't be discovered?" "Yes. But this kind of behavior cannot be excused just because it won't be discovered."

"If you won't be discovered, why not forgive me?" "Do you think the same is true ethically and morally?" Ren put his hands on the table, as if suddenly let go of his guard, stared at Wu Shang and said: "Mr. Interpol, you are quite interesting." "Oh, thank you for the compliment." Kazumi Soda is a beauty, even her profile is beautiful.Chikako sat on her left side across a chair, looking at the beautiful line of her jaw. As soon as the door of the interrogation room opened, Kazumi leaned forward immediately, her entire face was almost pressed against the double-sided mirror.She stared without blinking.Takeshi showed a smile, Hojo Minoru put his hands on the table and began to chat, Kazumi leaned back in the chair, then put his hand into the small cloth bag on his lap, and took out his mobile phone.

Chikako looked at her questioningly.When Yimei noticed it, she gripped the phone tightly and asked, "Can't I use the phone? There was a vibrating call just now. It should be a text message. I have to reply." "It's fine not to make a sound, but won't that distract you?" "Not replying is what distracts me." Kazumi really seemed restless. "Please." Chikako said. Kazumi immediately pressed the buttons skillfully with her right thumb. She memorized the position of each button, her eyes fixed on the double-sided mirror in the interrogation room, but her fingers did not hesitate at all. The swift movements were amazing.Zhijiazi usually has the opportunity to witness this scene in the tram, and now she witnesses it up close, which makes her even more admirable.

Kazumi only looked at the phone when she pressed the send button after typing. "Who did you write to?" Zhijiazi thought she asked kindly, but in return she got Kazumi's sharp eyes. "friend." Her tone was exceptionally cold. "I know why the police called me." Minoru Kitakami shrugged his thin shoulders. "Is it about the murder of Mr. Morita? But, don't you already know who did it? I saw the news report." "They didn't report that the murderer has been arrested, right? We are still investigating." Oh yes....Ren's answer was like that of a primary school student.

"I only communicate with Mr. Soda on the Internet. I don't know his private life at all, and I don't know him very well." Wu Shang asked calmly: "Really? Didn't you call him 'Daddy'?" Ren opened his eyes slightly, then blinked hurriedly, as if trying to eliminate the reaction just now. "It's just a nickname on the Internet. That's Mr. Soda's nickname." "You use your real name 'Nim' yourself, right?" "Yeah, isn't that very honest?" "But it's rare, isn't it?" "I don't like to be different." Tokunaga raised his eyebrows behind Takeshang's back again, Hojo Minoru might have noticed, squinting his eyes to test Tokunaga's actions. "It's kind of annoying." He whispered. "Mr. Criminal Police, listen to me. I really don't know Mr. Sukada very well. We just met on the Internet and played some virtual family games. I have no chance to know him at all." "Even if what you said is true, we still want to know everything about Mr. Morada." "It's unreasonable." Ren smacked his lips.He seemed no longer nervous, and the interrogation process was on track. "He's an idiot." Ishizu Chikako heard a small mutter and looked at Kazumi. "What's the matter?" Kazumi pointed to the other end of the double-sided mirror with her chin. "I've already sat in the interrogation room, so can't he talk properly?" Chikako said kindly: "You mean Hojo? He must be very nervous, he's just trying to be brave." "That criminal policeman is too gentle, he won't slap the table if he doesn't yell." "It was so fierce at the beginning, so we won't be able to talk about it later." Chikako glanced at the documents at hand. "So, what do you think? Have you seen Hojo? Compared to strangers you've seen at stations or parking lots..." Yimei snatched her words, and said impatiently: "I don't know yet. It's just the beginning, isn't it? I have to look at other people." "Right." Yimei leaned forward, approached Zhijiazi and said, "Hey, are you sure that person is my dad's netizen? Did you find the wrong person?" Chikako looked at the interrogation room and found that Takegami was rubbing the middle of the person with his index finger, while Hojo was laughing, not knowing what it was. "You can't go wrong." "Aren't there two more? There are three people in total, right?" "I think your dad has more than these friends on the Internet." Kazumi flinched, stroking her cheek with one hand. "Not all netizens are suspicious. Those who play with my dad are the ones you want to investigate, aren't you?" "yes?" "Anyway, let's check it out." Kazumi pouted and said, "I want to know which guys are playing house wine with my dad. Of course, the one I want to know most is Kazumi Luo. Ms. Ishizu, if it were you, you Do you have the same thoughts?" Chikako didn't answer right away, so Kazumi turned to ask about the inspection of Yuan Shang standing by the door. "Miss Yuanshang, if it were you, wouldn't you want to know? Would your daughter find out that her biological father was playing a virtual family game with a group of strangers outside? Would you accept it? And the other party's name is the same as your own daughter. Anyone We all want to know the details of these people." Inspector Yuanshang smiled, pretended to think for a moment and said, "Well, it should be. I understand Miss Yimei's anger very well." Kazumi immediately shrank back. "I'm not too angry." "yes?" "yes." Kazumi immediately lowered her head and played with the phone on her lap.Zhijiazi winked at Fuchigami's inspection, and then urged Kazumi. "Come on, please observe the situation in the interrogation room carefully." Takegami raised the frame of his reading glasses with his fingertips. "How did you meet Mr. Sorada?" Hojo Minoru opened his seemingly innocent eyes wide. "At first, I didn't know his surname was Soda." "Did he use the nickname 'Dad' in the first place?" "Well, but if you want to ask questions about this, you should ask Kazumi first." "Miss Kazumi. Are you saying that the nickname is Kazumi's netizen?" "Anyone else?" "Mr. Sorada has a daughter whose name is pronounced the same way. One Two Three One, Beautiful Beauty, also called Kazumi." "Ah! Really?" Ren leaned back in fright. "You do not know?" "I don't know at all. So I said it, we won't inquire about each other's private life." "Well, judging from the contents of Mr. Sorada's laptop, your conversation is indeed..., yes, it may not be appropriate to say that, your conversation gives people a feeling of being playful." Ren suddenly leaned forward, and the chair made a sound. "Sorada-san left the previous file? Didn't he delete it?" Wu Shang nodded at him through his glasses. "Leave a lot of information." "When did the record start? How much is left?" Wu Shang didn't answer, Ren said to himself: "Could it be that he doesn't know how to delete it? He seems to know a lot about computers, but I've found that he doesn't know much." "It is said that he also uses computers in the company." "Business computers and personal computers are used differently. In a company, all system settings and management are handled by the operator or related departments. Personal computers have to be completely on their own." Ren said, but his eyes tried to sneak a glance at the documents at Wushang's hand. "Did he leave all my old mail?" "It seems so." Wu Shang moved his hand away from the file. "But there's nothing you want here, peeking at him is useless." Min looked displeased. "I'll be worried." "worry about what?" "E-mails are personal letters too, and I don't like the police peeking at my letters to Mr. Sorada." "That's a shame, but that's what we do." Ren seemed fidgety, frequently tugged at the cuffs of his T-shirt, the round neck was enlarged by pulling, and Wushang caught a glimpse of his protruding collarbone. "Did you find Kazumi too?" Wu Shang did not answer. "Have you summoned her? It would be strange if you didn't find her, because she was the first one." "You mean, she was the first to know Mr. Sorada?" "Yeah. Don't pretend to be stupid, you already know, right? In the beginning, Mr. Soda almost only corresponded with her, about half a year..., no, it started earlier." Wu Shang scratched his temples and paused for a while. "Indeed, compared with the other two, there are not many letters between you and 'Dad'. But based on this alone, we can't know the details of the 'Virtual Family', nor how you got to know each other in the first place. " Minoru stopped pulling at his T-shirt and grabbed his hair. "The process of getting to know each other..., right?" He looked as if he was thinking, but he wasn't really thinking at all.Deyong coughed lightly.This made Ren suddenly blinked at Wu Shang, as if water droplets were dripping on his face. "But, Mr. Interpol." "Ok?" "It's still weird. What does these things have to do with the murder? Isn't there another suspect? I have something to do with Kazumi." Ren's first person pronoun became "I". "Is 'Mom' irrelevant?" Tokunaga leaned forward and asked. Min was stunned. "Why? Isn't that criminal police officer only responsible for recording? Don't speak suddenly, okay? It's scary to death." "so sorry." "What are you doing!" Ren complained disdainfully, trying to get up awkwardly. "I feel more and more uncomfortable, and I would not have come if I knew it. I was tricked into coming here because I thought that Mr. Policeman was not bad. Come to think of it, it was not good in the first place, wasn't it? How do you Did you find out that I was 'Nim'?" Wu Shang barely squeezed out a mysterious expression. "From the email address? But, unless there is a major incident, the Internet company will not provide user information. How can the police just ask you casually, and they will tell you easily, if there is no search warrant..." "You know it very well." Ren started by himself, but looked embarrassed. "Ah? You really issued a search warrant? Did you also check our details?" Ren got up, put his hands on the table and shouted: "I definitely didn't kill Mr. Soda, I have no suspicion!" Kazumi Soda leaned forward and stared at Minoru Hojo. She pressed one hand against the mirror, exerted force on her arm, and blood vessels emerged from the back of her hand.Chikako reminded her softly. "Miss Yimei, step away a little bit." Yimei didn't move, and asked annoyedly: "What?" "It's dangerous if the mirror breaks, so put your hands away." Kazumi came back to her senses, stood up and drew her hand, leaving a faint palm print on the mirror, just pressing on Minoru Hojo's face. "How? Did you remember anything?" Yimei hesitated to speak, rather than thinking about how to answer, it would be better to say that she had lost her way.Her cheeks twitched a few times, and she finally managed to say: "I don't know." "Maybe he's a bit like the guy who hangs around my door..." "A total of three times you've seen strangers chatting enthusiastically with your dad. When was that? Once in front of your house, and on station platforms and in supermarket car parks, right?" "Huh? Ah, ah, yes!" "Did you see your dad sitting in the driver's seat talking to someone through the window? Or were they the other way around?" Chikako opened the folder at hand.Kazumi pulled the chair closer, trying to peek inside. "No, your dad should be in the driver's seat. You only see the back of the person, so you don't know the gender of the person. You can only judge that the person is not an elderly person." "Maybe that person is wearing jeans..." Kazumi said to herself, and suddenly asked, "Did I say that before? Is it written like that?" "No. About the clothes...you said dark coats." "Can you let me see that document?" Kazumi reached out her hand anxiously, and Chikako politely removed the folder. "I'm sorry, this is a search document, so I can't let you see it. Besides, Miss Kazumi, even if you misremember or get the facts wrong, you don't have to take it to heart. It's very possible." "This..., I know." Kazumi turned her head away and looked at the interrogation room with extreme anxiety. "Aren't things going to get really bad if I get it wrong?" "No. We will not arrest someone based on your testimony alone. No one can force you to bear such a heavy responsibility. Please rest assured." On the other side of the interrogation room, Wu Shang asked to inspect and pour tea.Probably because Minoru Hojo was agitated and his voice was a little louder, Takegami tried to ease the atmosphere.He persuaded Ren to drink tea, but he took a sip first.Tokunaga turned his eyes to the mirror, his eyes didn't have any intention, and then he looked away. "I..., I don't know very well." Kazumi murmured in a low voice, "At a critical moment, I suddenly lost confidence again." "Witnesses are like this. It's not easy to go back to memory." "I said that I saw my dad with a stranger, maybe I was overwhelmed, because I didn't think of it right away. It was the criminal police who asked me repeatedly: Did you notice anything unusual about my dad? Only then can I think of it, otherwise I won’t remember it at all.” Chikako patted Katami on the shoulder lightly. "Actually, there are people in the police who have the same opinion as you." "what?" "Some of us are worried that the reason you suspect or suffer from a stalker, and then remember your dad with a stranger, is because the police are overly concerned and keep asking you and your mom what happened. Like you As you said, everyone frequently asked you: 'Is there any abnormality? Is there any abnormality?' You will give such a testimony." Kazumi relaxed his shoulders a little. "Really?" "Of course it's true. So some people objected to letting you identify suspects, and they felt that it was going too far." "Is that so?" Kazumi inspected Yuanshang to confirm.The policewoman nodded. "If you don't agree, we won't conduct this investigation, and if you feel that it is really impossible to continue, we can stop at any time. What do you think?" Kazumi's eyes wandered for the first time, as if seeking an answer, looking for the answer in his own heart. "Forget it, I think. Even if you leave, we can still continue the investigation, so don't take it to heart. Let's go." Chikako put her hands on the back of Kazumi's chair, and Sensei Fuchigami also planned to get up.But Kazumi shook her head, as if trying to dispel the doubts in her heart. "No, I decided to stay." "no problem?" "It's okay. I have to be responsible for my speech." "You don't have to force it." "Not at all." Kazumi raised her head angrily. "It's really fine." Chikako smiled. "Understood! Then let's continue. The rest time on the other side is over." Wu Shang picked up a handkerchief and wiped his presbyopic glasses.Hojo Minoru sat back in his chair obediently. "Miss Ishizu," Kazumi asked, "is 'Kazumi' coming here too? When are you going to call her in?" "That depends on Mr. Wu Shangluo." "I hope he will call her in sooner." Yimei said to the mirror, "I want to see her sooner. Could you please use the microphone to tell that Mr. Interpol?"

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