Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen Field Survey

Shinji Tsumura's villa is located in "Asama Gakushi", a valley sandwiched between mountains. The name "Asama Hidden" is really good. No matter from any angle of Karuizawa, the Asama Mountains are covered by the high mountains towering to the west; for this reason, the valley sandwiched between the mountains The degree of wind is not very serious. The villa rented out in this area is a woman named Tokoko Misao. She used to live in a large mansion in Denenchofu with her husband, Kiichi Tokoko, and had no children.Mrs. Cao is a kind woman, but she often suffers from hysterical symptoms, and her husband is at a loss as soon as the attack occurs.

When the war came to an end, Mrs. Cao left the ordinary-looking maid, the house, to take care of Tongkou Jiyi, and fled to Karuizawa alone for refuge. Unexpectedly, the ordinary-looking maid fell in love with Tongkou Kiichi. Afterwards, the house gave birth to a child for Tongkou's family, which turned into a situation where the guest and the host are different. After the war, as soon as Tongkouji was purged, he became depressed and depressed. Because "mothers are more expensive than children", the house began to show a hideous face. Tongkou and his wife did not formally divorce, but the child entered Mrs. Cao's household registration; the house took advantage of the war to play tricks, and she forced Mrs. Cao to divorce her husband, but Tongkou Jiyi had no knowledge of it.

Fortunately, the land in the canyon is the common property of Tongkou and his wife. Mrs. Cao used the money from the sale of the land to build villas here. Currently, there are six villas for rent. When Kosuke Kindaichi passed the small bridge over the rolling stream, he found that this was the small bridge he had passed four hours ago. As soon as he crossed the small bridge, he came to a V-shaped fork. Going to the right should lead to Sakurazawa . After asking Hibino police officer for confirmation, he confirmed that his judgment was correct. When Kosuke Kaneda found out that the villa of Fute Koji's family in Sakurazawa was very close to the villa rented by Shinji Tsumura in Asama, there was a commotion in his heart.

The car drove to the V-shaped road on the left. After climbing up the slope and turning the curve, there was already a car parked on the slope. There were two or three people standing beside the car. Kosuke Kindaichi's view was blocked by the car in front of Shigeru Tachibana , I can't tell who those people are. Police officer Hibino was not in a good mood at this time, because he learned that the Nagano County Police Department sent a very capable police officer Yamashita to investigate the murder case.The young police officer Hibino cares about fame and success, and he does not intend to evade the officer Yamashita sent by the prefectural police station, but he hopes to take charge of the entire investigation work as the one in charge of the murder case.

Just discovering whether the body was moved by the murderer has taken the investigation forward a big step forward; however, the person who discovered this fact was not Police Officer Hibino, but the small man sitting next to him—Kindaichi farming help. Officer Hibino squeezed his lips tightly, thinking to himself: (Is Officer Yamashita here? Who is that tall man in a white shirt standing next to Detective Kondo?) Kosuke Kindaichi sat on the other side, he only saw the car parked in front, but not the person standing beside the car. After getting out of the car, he couldn't help being very surprised when he saw the police officer Waiting Li standing beside the car.

"Officer, why are you here?" "I came to Nanyuan to visit you. Who knew that you were not at home. Just when I didn't know what to do, this one..." The wait force officer patted Detective Kondo on the shoulder and said: "I went to visit this little brother, so I met Yamashita. Mr. Kindaichi, do you know this man Yamashita?" "It's not just that I know him, I'm often bullied by him! Long time no see." "Haha... I should be the one being bullied! Mr. Kindaichi, you are still the same." "Ha! Don't you tell me where such a weird guy popped up to ruin my 'business.'"

"Hibino, this time I let you meet this 'superior', feel free to ask him if you have anything to do." "Officer Yamashita, do you know this... Mr. Kindaichi?" "Hibino, Mr. Kindaichi is a well-known detective who has traveled all over the world! Mr. Kindaichi, I was really rude just now. I heard that you are old friends with Police Officer Waitori?" "I can be said to be the follower of the waiter." "Haha, you actually said that... Mr. Kindaichi, you are not resting in Karuizawa, how could you be involved in this murder case?" "Oh! Only in this way can there be a steady stream of business! By the way, this is from Tsumura."

Kosuke Kanedaichi looked back at the villas on the left side of the slope. They were piled up one by one along the slope with Asama stones. The green leaves of ferns protruded from the cracks in the dark stones. The small villa rented by Shinji Tsumura was built. On the flat land above this cliff.The time is now 6:30 in the afternoon. Originally, the sky was quite bright at this time, but because it was surrounded by mountains, it seemed a little dark. "I heard that this is the villa Shinji Tsumura rented. He has lived in this villa for two consecutive years. Opposite is the landlord's house, but neither the landlord nor Tsumura seems to be at home."

Detective Kondo visited a nearby villa beforehand and said so. "Mr. Kindaichi, you said this is very likely to be the first scene of the murder?" "No, Officer Yamashita, please ask Officer Hibino about this matter." So Police Officer Hibino glanced at Shigeki Tachibana and asked: "Tachibana, if Mr. Tsumura is not at home, can you enter his home?" Katsushiro Shinohara said beforehand: "It shouldn't be a problem, because Tachibana is Tsumura's most beloved student, and I'm his friend... Officer Hibino and Mr. Kindaichi, please come and help!"

"Before that, let's survey the environment around this villa." "Okay. Tachibana, you lead the way." Katsura Shinohara urged the pale-faced Shigeru Tachibana to climb up the gentle slope. Officer Hibino and Detective Kondo followed behind them, and Officer Waitori and Officer Yamashita followed. As soon as they climbed up the slope, they saw that a large cliff behind them had collapsed, and two or three trees were pressing on the roof.The villa where Shinji Tsumura lived had three concrete steps, and Shigesa Tachibana was the first to climb up the steps to check the entrance door.

"The door is still locked." "Call and see!" "Tsumura-sensei! Tsumura-sensei..." Shigeki Tachibana called several times, but still no one answered the door.Katsuya Shinohara, who followed Shigeki Tachibana up the steps, looked in from the window next to the entrance. "There! There's the pipe!" Police officer Hibino put his face against the window and looked into the house. I saw a dark green curtain pulled up on the inside of the glass window. With the curtain as the background, moths of all sizes landed on the glass window. Those moths were similar to those found in the trunk of a car. "Break the window." "Wait a minute! Mr. Kindaichi, look at that thing." Police officer Hibino looked back excitedly and said to everyone. "what?" "There's Tsumura's pipe on the table, but under the table..." Kosuke Kindazu bent his body and looked into the glass window in the direction of Police Officer Hibino's finger. There was a rectangular table in the center of the room, and there was a pipe next to the ashtray on the table. When Kosuke Kindaichi moved his gaze under the table, he saw two or three matchsticks scattered on the floor, some red and some green. A matchstick broken in half... When Kosuke Kindaichi stood up, Police Officer Hibino had disappeared, leaving only Detective Kondo with a nervous expression on his side.In addition, police officers Waitori and Yamashita were still standing on the steps, while Shigeki Tachibana and Katsumi Shinohara in the corridor looked at each other uneasily. "Where's Officer Hibino?" "The director went around to check the back of the house. Mr. Kindaichi, may I ask if the house is..." "Go to the window and have a look yourself, there are very interesting things under the table!" After Detective Kondo approached the window, Kosuke Kindaichi came to the side of Officer Torori and Officer Yamashita. "Do you know what role the matchstick played in this murder?" "I just heard Detective Kondo talking about the matchstick. What? Did you find anything new?" "There are also a few matches here. After Kondo looks at them, let's hear what he has to say." Kosuke Kaneda looked down from the steps and saw tire marks on the left side of the lower corridor. He had been paying attention to these tire marks just now, and Police Officer Hibino should have noticed this too. What was left of Kyogo's car. Just when Kindaichi Kosuke wanted to ask Shigeki Tachibana about this matter, detective Kondo suddenly said in a hoarse voice: "Mr. Kindaichi, this is indeed the first scene of the murder case. Look at those tire tracks!" Then, Officer Waitori and Officer Yamashita looked into the glass window in turn, both of them had surprised expressions on their faces. "Mr. Kindaichi, it seems that we need to check this villa. In this case, Hibino..." Officer Yamashita hadn't finished speaking when Officer Hibino's voice came from the right of the villa. "Tachibana, Tachibana, come here quickly." Everyone jumped down the corridor and ran towards Police Officer Hibino. "Be careful! There are some shoe prints here, don't step on these shoe prints..." There were faint footprints on the slippery dirt, but it wasn't because of those footprints that Police Officer Hibino called Shigeki Tachibana. All eyes are now on what hangs outside the side window of the living room, which is a coffee-colored square scarf about forty centimeters square, transparent tulle, with reddish-brown stripes on it. "this is……" Shigeki Tachibana wanted to reach for the square scarf. "Don't touch it!" Police officer Hibino reminded loudly, and looked at Tachibana Shigeki with stern eyes: "Tachibana, have you seen this square scarf?" "This is... When I met Tashiro at Hoshino Onsen yesterday, he was carrying a backpack..." "Well, you also said he was wearing a pair of basketball shoes." Officer Hibino gestured to Officer Yamashita to look at the shoe prints on the ground, and Officer Yamashita nodded silently.Tachibana Shigeki's face began to twist, hesitantly said: "I, I saw this square scarf from the pocket of his backpack, no... I'm not sure if it's this one, but it's very similar to this square scarf. I said to Tashiro: 'It's inevitable for a man to use this kind of thing It's too sissy." I said, stuffing the handkerchief into his backpack, Tashiro said I was nosy, and pushed me away, took out the handkerchief from the backpack, and spread it out in front of me, so I Just remember the pattern of the square scarf..." (So, Tashiro Nobukichi must have been here last night... Yesterday he talked with Tsumura Shinji at Hoshino Onsen, although Tachibana Shigeki didn't know the content of their conversation, but maybe they had an agreement to come here yesterday...) This square towel had probably been wet once, its texture was very light, and it was wet again when it was slightly dry.Everyone noticed that the iron wire hanging the square scarf was vertically down from the eaves, and its tip was divided into three forks to form an iron hook; judging from its position within reach of the window, it may be used for drying socks Or a handkerchief or something. A shallow stone rotates under the iron hook, and there is a shoe print stained with mud on the stone.In addition, the curtains of the windows on the side of the room were drawn, and there were two or three moths in the windows, not as many as on the glass windows in front; Police officer Hibino stepped on the Qianjian stone, bent down and looked in through the gap in the curtain, and he could see the center of the living room; then he touched the position of the iron hook, turned back and said to Hanamoki: "Tachibana, are you about the same height as Tashiro Nobukichi?" "yes." "Then, please pretend to be carrying a backpack and look into the house from here to see if the square scarf protruding from the pocket of the backpack will be caught by this iron hook?" "OK." Tachibana Shigeru's answer was a little trembling, he followed the instructions, and the experiment was a success! "Mr. Hibino, if Tashiro looks into the house from here, what exactly does he see?" Shinohara Katsumi's tone was a little uneasy. "That's the problem, and I'd love to know that too." Officer Hibino said coldly. (Tashiro Nobukichi once looked into the house from here, what did he see? No, now he should ask where Tashiro Nobukichi went....)