Chapter 8 Chapter Seven Strange Photos

The assistant of Nakamura Police Department felt that the case had "been beyond doubt". The results of handwriting identification cannot be ignored.But he knows that handwriting identification may not be absolutely accurate.During the trial, the prosecutor and the defense often submit handwriting identifications with different conclusions to the court.However, the reports of scientific research must not be ignored because of this situation. The woman wearing sunglasses who appeared at the Ueno branch of Samsung Bank was not Yukiko Kataoka.If you believe the identification results, you can only draw this conclusion.This conclusion is undoubtedly a blow to the investigating authorities who insist on the view that Kataoka Yukiko is the criminal.

However, the investigation lead of Kataoka Yukiko cannot be simply given up.It is a fact that her secret was held by Jiu Song; it is also true that she was blackmailed by Jiu Song.The question is, after paying 300,000 yuan on June 5, has the relationship between her and Jiu Song been broken or not?If she had spent 300,000 yuan to buy back the letter and Hisamatsu hadn't copied it, there would be no need for Kataoka Yukiko to kill Hisamatsu.She ran away not because she killed Hisamatsu.It was because she felt that what happened in Numazu had been known to the police.The problem remains with that letter.

"I think he photocopied that letter." Yabe criminal said. "Hisong Song is an old treacherous person. He returned the letter after receiving 300,000 yuan, but continued to extort money with a copy of the letter. I think he can do such a thing." Miyazaki criminal also expressed the same opinion.However, if a copy cannot be found, the investigation cannot go far. They also thoroughly searched the room of Hisamatsu who chased the Aobazhuang apartment.The search, the police mobilized three criminal police officers. They did not find a copy of that letter.Criminal Yabe found a strange negative and brought it back to the investigation department.

According to Yabe, the negative was contained in a magazine. The negatives came in a sky blue envelope.This is a very ordinary envelope.Written in red pencil on the envelope: Nakamura stared at the three capital letters, not knowing what they meant.He thought, maybe it was the description of the film?Remove the film from the envelope. This is a negative shot with a 35mm camera, but only one frame. Nakamura moved the film back a little further and looked at it carefully. In the center of the film was a woman in a kimono.You can also see the school gate.The woman was walking towards the school gate.

Is this woman Yukiko Kataoka? Nakamura stared at the negative. Since the negative was small and it was the woman's back, he couldn't tell. "Anyway, zoom in and see!" Nakamura said. "Put a negative in an envelope carefully, and there's always something in it!" "Perhaps this negative was also used for extortion." "I think so too," Nakamura said. After more than an hour, the photo enlarged to 25.5 cm x 30.5 cm on quarto paper was sent by the technician of the photo studio.He said: "This photo, when zoomed in, becomes blurry instead. It seems that the shutter was pressed too quickly, and there are ghosting images due to the movement of the camera."

The technician was right.Even in this quarto photo, the picture is somewhat blurred. Even if the photo is enlarged like this, it is difficult to determine whether the woman in the kimono is Yukiko Kataoka.From the back, the woman in the photo is older than Muzi, perhaps because of the kimono. The door seems to be reinforced concrete.On both sides of the door are low walls.From the looks of it, it was either a school or a hospital.Although the writing was written on the door, it was illegible and unreadable. There are low mountains in the right corner of the picture. "It looks like the suburbs!"

Yabe criminal said: "There are no tall buildings nearby. It seems that the road she is standing on has not yet been paved with asphalt." "The problem is this woman!" Nakamura looked at the photo intently and said: "From the back, it's hard to tell who she is. If Kataoka Yukiko really is, it will help a lot! If this is her new secret, then there will be a new motive." "How about showing the female dancers of the Beauty Theater Troupe? As the saying goes: women are the most observant. Maybe they can judge." "It makes sense!" Nakamura nodded in agreement.It seems that there is no better way.

Yabe criminal took the enlarged photo to Asakusa immediately. Nakamura glanced at the envelope again.What do the three letters "ABC" written in red pencil mean? From the dots next to the three letters ABC, it seems to be an abbreviation, but what is the abbreviation of the word? Nakamura took out an English-Japanese dictionary and looked it up. The entire dictionary has only these four abbreviations.Nakamura put down the dictionary, not wanting to look it up again. Yabe criminal didn't come back until dusk.He reported: "I asked all the female dancers to watch it, and they all said that this woman is not an angel Kataoka."

"They only look at the back, can they recognize her as Yukiko Kataoka?" "Because they judged it very straightforwardly, I didn't believe it, so I asked the reason. The reason they said was that they didn't look like it from the whole body shape, nor did their hairstyle." "hairstyle?" "The woman in the picture has her hair tied up on top of her head, and Yukiko Kataoka hates that hairstyle, she's never had her hair up like that. She said it made her look old." "Is there any other reason?" "They also said that the woman in the photo can wear a kimono. I don't know how to wear a kimono. According to them, this woman is used to wearing a kimono. Everyone knows that the angel Kataoka is not good at wearing a kimono. She I once danced on stage in a kimono, and it turned out to be pretty ugly."

"No wonder!" Nakamura said. "According to them, the woman in the photo is in her thirties, not in her twenties. From the kimono she is used to wearing and the pattern of the kimono, it can be seen that she is in her thirties. Maybe they guessed it right." .” "Are you in your thirties?" Nakamura thought the same way when he first saw this photo.He felt that the photo was becoming a second wall in the detective work.This is because after the handwriting identification, another thing that has nothing to do with Yukiko Kataoka was found. That night, police held an investigative work conference on emerging issues.

The meeting was conducted in a dull atmosphere.Because the clues of Arimiko Kataoka held by the investigating authorities were broken. The South Tama Police Department has not yet received a report on witnesses at the scene. There was no progress in the investigation of the dagger.At first, Nakamura found it inconceivable that it took so much time to file a dagger.Now that I think about it carefully, I find that the criminals are worth the effort.If the criminal used a short knife or climbing knife, it would be easy to figure out its provenance, which is not the case with a self-filed dagger. "Kataoka has the clue of Muko, so we can't give up yet." The section chief said: "It cannot be denied that someone with the same motivation as her appeared. The woman who appeared at the Ueno branch of Samsung Bank, judging from the results of the handwriting identification, should be regarded as this person. If she was blackmailed by Jiu Song for 200,000 yuan Yuan, then this woman, like Kataoka Yukiko, has the motive to kill Hisamatsu. What kind of person is this woman? What is the secret of her being blackmailed? All of these need to be investigated.” The section chief took the photo and continued: "Another problem is this photo. If the woman who was photographed is the woman wearing sunglasses who appeared at the bank, then the basis for blackmailing her is this inexplicable photo. If it is another woman, It is also necessary to investigate the woman in the photo." "I want you to investigate Hisamatsu's relationship with women again." Nakamura, standing behind the section chief, said to the criminals: "That is to say, to investigate whether there are angels besides Yukiko Kataoka?" The next day, criminals began an investigation. At noon, Yabe Criminal, who was visiting the real agency, called: "I found a woman who has a relationship with Hisamatsu." Yabe said on the phone: "She is the proprietress who runs a tavern on Sandao Street, Shinjuku. I don't know her name yet, but the name of the store is worth noting, it's called Angel Bar!" "Angel?" Nakamura remembered the red text written on the sky blue envelope.The first letter is A, and the next letter is B. The name of this bar corresponds to these two letters. If the proprietress of the bar is called Chiharu or Senjuko, then the Latin prefix of the name is C, so it is completely consistent.Also, if it's a tavern proprietress, she must be good at wearing kimonos. "I'll go to that bar to see!" Nakamura said, "Maybe she is the woman in the photo!" Nakamura easily found the Angel Bar.But the name of the proprietress was different from what Nakamura expected.Her name is Kinkawa Fumyo, and neither her surname nor her first name starts with a C in the Latin alphabet. However, the posture of wearing a kimono is very similar. Wen Dai was not particularly alarmed after seeing Sinoma's certificate. "I guess it's time for you to come." Wen Dai said, "A journalist came to investigate recently!" "Which journalist?" "Tajima from the Japanese newspaper..." "I know him." Nakamura said, "About your relationship with Hisamatsu,..." "Hisong Song tricked me with marriage as a bait. I am a miserable woman who has supported Jiu Song." Wen Dai said in a dry voice. "So you've always hated him?" "Why do journalists and police say the same thing?" Wen Dai said with a smile: "'You must hate Hisamatsu, you have a motive for killing. Do you have an alibi?' Are you going to ask these things?" "Exactly these!" Nakamura said with a wry smile. "November 15th, from 10 am to 12 am, can you tell us where you are?" "Your question is exactly the same as that journalist asked. My answer is also exactly the same. I was sleeping on the bed at the time. That means there is no alibi!" Wen Dai shrugged his shoulders and said: "Arrest if you want to arrest!" "Words alone won't arrest you!" "Be careful! I know you policemen are more impatient than anyone else!" "You seem to want us to arrest you?" "Anything is fine, it's up to you. Anyway, enough is enough." "When Jiu Song was alive, did you always love him?" "Stop asking nonsense! Is that kind of person worth loving? But I feel a little lonely when he's gone. How strange! That's what I'm going to say. Come back, please!" "I can't go back yet!" "What else do you want to ask?" "I want to take a picture of you, is that okay?" Nakamura picked up the camera and showed her. "You are a beauty, I want to take two or three pictures!" "It's best not to talk about beauty! You want someone to see my photo and let them identify if I am a prisoner. If you want to take pictures, you can do as you please! But, it's a little too dark here, right? " "Never mind! There's a flash." "You are so thoughtful!" Wen Dai said with a wry smile. Fortunately, the store has just opened and there are no customers drinking alcohol.Nakamura took two photos of her, one from the front and one from the back. "Have you had enough shots?" Wen Dai walked into the counter and asked wearily. "There is one more thing to trouble you." Nakamura said while packing the camera, "Please write a few words on the paper." "Maybe it's to identify handwriting?" Wen Dai said with the corner of his mouth twisted.She took out a receipt sheet, turned it over, and prepared the ballpoint pen. "What should I write? Just write the sentence 'I killed Hisamatsu'!" "If it is determined that you are a prisoner, you will be asked to sign the confession. But today..." Nakamura thought for a while and said: "Please write it like this: 200,000 yuan in cash. Haruko Tanaka." "What is this?" Wen Dai frowned and said: "My name is not Haruko Tanaka." "Because the strokes of these characters are the easiest to identify." "Huh!" Wen Dai snorted. When the text was written, Nakamura watched her expression.She didn't put on a pose, and she didn't deliberately write poorly. "Is this okay?" Wendai finished writing fluently and looked up at Nakamura.The font is extremely beautiful and neat. Nakamura immediately sent the finished film to be developed and expanded.At the same time, he also completed the procedures for handwriting identification. The photo was printed.Nakamura compared Kinukawa Fumyo, taken from behind, with the questionable photo.A comparison, he felt that they were not the same person. He thought the backs were always the same.When he put the two photos together and looked at them carefully, he found that the difference was more obvious. The two appear to be about the same age, and their kimonos are equally dignified and well-fitting.However, Kinukawa Fumyo's back was thin; the back of the woman standing in front of the door was strong and powerful.Her strength may be the result of being rooted in life.Perhaps this woman is completely different from the fireworks girl like Kinukawa Fumyo. Yabe criminal also said after seeing the photos: "Kuanchuan Fumyo, you seem to be a little shorter!" The result of handwriting identification also disappointed Nakamura.Because that handwriting is not from the Kinukawa Bunyo.Suanchuan Fumyo was neither the woman in the photo nor the woman who deposited two hundred thousand yuan. The two women must be found immediately.Perhaps one of them (possibly the same person) was the murderer of Hisamatsumi. But where was this woman to be found?And how does it relate to the phrase "angels are money"? Nakamura firmly believes that the prisoner who killed Hisamatsu should be more or less related to the "angel" in a sense. However, are there so many people related to "angels"?When it comes to striptease, having a stage name like Angel Kataoka is pretty normal; it's also fitting that a bar uses the word Angel.However, what else can match the "angel"? Nakamura thought, we must find out this "angel"!Since a woman deposited 200,000 yuan into Jiusong's account and a photo of the woman was found, there must be an "angel". Criminals took to the streets of Tokyo, looking for "angels". A criminal asked, would there be a female nurse among the women Jiu Song associates with?So everyone followed the smell of disinfectant to look for the "angel in white", but found nothing. Another criminal went to the steam bath to find the "angel".Neither was found.Another criminal found a cafe called "Angel" on Kanda Street, but it had nothing to do with Jiu Song. Will there be an angel barber shop in the barber shop that Hisamatsu often goes to?But I didn't find such a barbershop. Some criminals began to look for street prostitutes.But I didn't find the "Angel on the Road" that I played with Jiu Song. The criminals returned exhausted. When Nakamura was worried, Criminal Miyazaki walked in. "Reporter Tajima from the Nitto News Agency seems to want to talk to you." He said to Nakamura. Nakamura doesn't like meeting journalists alone.He looked at Tajima who walked in with wary eyes. "I heard that you met the proprietress of the Angel Bar?" Tajima asked Nakamura as soon as he entered the office: "Yesterday, when I went to drink, she said angrily: I'm being treated as a prisoner!" "I didn't treat her as a prisoner at all!" Nakamura said firmly, "I heard that she has something to do with Hisamatsu, so I went to see her." "It's also because the name of this bar is Angel!" Tajima said sarcastically, "I know you're after Fumyo Kinankawa, and I also guessed that the police might have given up on the lead of Arimiko Kataoka." "I didn't give up at all!" Nakamura said with an unhappy expression. "We are acting cautiously. What is your business here today?" "I would like to know about the materials you have mastered." "We're not covering up anything!" "But, didn't you let the proprietress of the Angel Bar write? Didn't you take a picture of her? You asked her to write to verify her handwriting; she took a picture so that someone could see her so that she could be sure whether she was a criminal. That is to say What material do you have, I hope you will tell me!" "No! Even if we have something, we can't tell you at this stage!" "I won't let you guys tell me for nothing!" "Is there a quid pro quo?" "Yes, exchange. We promise not to disclose the information you provide, even if we find out who the criminal is. Our agency promises to do this." "I don't welcome this deal." "We have found out that the death of the manager of Qingyezhuang Apartment was not a suicide but a homicide. How about we exchange this evidence?" "What is the evidence for the murder?" Nakamura asked with wide-eyed eyes. If Tian Xiongjin's death is a homicide, then the established investigation policy needs to be changed.And the police have concluded that her death was a suicide.If this conclusion is reversed, it will also damage the credibility of the police. "Are you talking nonsense?" "No. I witnessed Tian Xiongjin's death with my own eyes. Of course, I mistakenly thought she was asleep at that time, but I didn't expect her to die." "Did you visit her that day?" "Yes. We could immediately publish the report of the homicide, but I think that would make things difficult for the police." "Please wait!" Nakamura hurriedly said: "I'll discuss it with the section chief." Ridong News' request was also a blow to the section chief.The head of the section looked distressed, folded his arms in front of his chest, and said solemnly: "If Tian Xiongjin's death was a homicide, maybe the direction of the investigation needs to be changed. There is no other way but to make this deal with him. However, it must be kept secret as a condition." Nakamura asked the section chief to listen to the situation provided by Tajima. Tajima said: That day, he went to visit Tian Xiongjin at the Qingyezhuang apartment. During the conversation, she drank milk and soon fell asleep.Right hand fingerprints left on the milk bottle. If Tajima is telling the truth, then Tian Xiongjin's death is completely homicide.And it is also necessary to consider the relationship between her death and Hisamatsumi's case. "What I just said is the truth." Tajima said to the two of them: "It's okay to testify in court. Now it's up to you to tell me." "I know!" Nakamura and the section chief looked at each other and said: "You want to know two things, right? One is the reason for taking pictures of Kinukawa Bunyo, and the other is the result of the handwriting identification?" "right!" "Let's talk about taking pictures first!" Nakamura put the blue envelope found in Hisamatsumi's room in front of Tajima. "We found this in Hisamatsumi's room. A, B, and C are written on the envelope. I don't know what it means. There is a photographic negative in the envelope. This is an enlarged photo." Nakamura showed him the four-inch photo.Looking at the photo, Tajima asked Nakamura: "Who is it? This woman." "have no idea." "You probably thought it was the proprietress of the Angel Bar, so you took a picture of her for comparison?" "Exactly!" "What's the conclusion?" "It doesn't seem to be the Kinkawa Bunyo." "Where is the building in the photo?" "have no idea." "Then, please tell me about the handwriting identification!" "We have found Hisamatsumi's savings passbook." "Is there any passbook?" "The deposit amount is 500,000 yuan. One is 300,000 yuan, and the other is 200,000 yuan. These two sums of money are deposited in two installments. Because each deposit is a large deposit that is too neat, So we think it was extorted by him. The 300,000 yuan has been figured out." "So it's Yukiko Kataoka's money! I finally understand what the beauty manager said." "The 200,000 yuan was transferred from the Ueno branch of Samsung Bank to the Yotsuya branch. The person who handled the transfer procedures was a woman wearing sunglasses. This has been proved by the bank's interview staff." "Is the woman wearing sunglasses Yukiko Kataoka?" "That's what we thought. So we compared the handwriting of the transfer application form filled out by the woman in sunglasses with that of Arimiko Kataoka." "The results of it?" "The appraisal report said: It is difficult to determine that it is the handwriting of the same person." "Oh, I see." Tajima said. "This time you collected Suanchuan Fumyo's handwriting because you suspected that the woman wearing sunglasses might be Suanchuan Fumyo?" "That's right!" "She was not arrested because the handwriting was not hers." "Well, yes." Nakamura said unhappily. "Can I see that passbook?" Tajima said. Nakamura looked at the section chief, and the section chief nodded silently, saying that it's okay to let him take a look!Nakamura also thought: Since he had already told Tajima about the deposit, it would be no problem to let Tajima take a look, not to mention that the criminal's name was not written on the savings passbook. Nakamura stood up, took out Hisamatsu's savings passbook from the filing cabinet, and placed it in front of Tajima. Tajima held the passbook in his hand, nodded while looking at the numbers written on it. "There is indeed a suspicion of extortion!" After Tajima finished speaking, he closed the passbook and put it on the table. At this time, Tajima's face suddenly changed. Seeing Tajima's pale face, Nakamura asked suspiciously: "What's the matter with you?" and went on: "Do you want to publish it in the newspaper? If you don't keep your promise, you will be in trouble." "I know." Tajima said in a dull tone. He stood up slowly and walked out of the room.The unrestrained look when he first entered the room completely disappeared.His back looks as if he has been hit on the head. "This man is really weird!" said the section chief: "Our 'deal' is done, but he's frustrated!" "We had an appointment to not report it. Maybe he regretted it, and of course that may not be the reason." After Nakamura finished speaking, he took the passbook on the table in his hand.He thought, when Tajima put back the passbook, his expression suddenly changed.Could it be that there was something in the passbook that surprised him? Nakamura rummaged through the passbook, but found no records that made Tajima terrified.This is an ordinary savings passbook.No jokes on it.Of course, there are no suggestive words and signs.If anything, Nakamura would have figured it out a long time ago.Because he checked this passbook before today. There are only the words Samsung Bank Yotsuya Branch on the passbook, as well as the bank logo, Hisamatsumi's name, deposit amount, and passbook number.Is there anything in these records that surprised Reporter Tajima? Nakamura was puzzled.