Chapter 5 Chapter 5 5 million yen

Totsukawa ushered in the dawn amidst anxiety. Mimura is still missing. Detective Shimizu continued to monitor Hoshino, but since he invited his friends into his home, he didn't send them back until early in the morning. And he himself remained at home. It was 7 o'clock in the morning, and Sancun hadn't come back yet. Until now, Mimura and Hoshino have not been in direct contact. "What happened this time?" Totsukawa tilted his head and asked. Mimura used a stand-in to throw off the stalker, and then disappeared. Even though the reality was so, Totsukawa still couldn't believe it.

"So this time it's just to pay the money?" Kamei asked. "Then he should go home as soon as he gets the money!" "Maybe one of the conditions is that you have to abscond after taking the money." "Maybe." Totsukawa had a look of embarrassment on his face. Totsukawa and the others didn't know what evidence Mimura had of Hoshino to blackmail him. However, more consideration should be given. Perhaps, as Kamei said, this Mimura accepted a huge sum of money from the extorted Hoshino, 10 million or even 20 million yen, but he was required to abscond.

From the perspective of the safest, fleeing abroad is the most ideal.So maybe Mimura had left Japan by this time? "Quickly find out whether Mimura holds a passport and which country's visa." Totsukawa ordered Nishimoto and the others. Less than an hour after Nishimoto and Kusaka went out, the Nakano Police Department called: "The man named Sancun has been found." It was a young police officer reporting. "Ah, is that so? You found Mimura?!" Kamei asked in surprise. "Found it, but it's dead." "Dead?! Where?!" Kamei's voice subconsciously raised several degrees.

"In the miscellaneous building, I found it an hour ago, and it's dead!" said the other party. "Which mixed-use building?" "The building that can be reached in seven or eight minutes on foot from the station is the building of 'Star Building No. 5'." "What's 'Star Hall 5'?!" Kamei and Totsukawa looked at each other. "go immediately!" Totsukawa stood up quickly. The phone rang again, this time it was Nishimoto and the others. "Okay! Come to Nakano, Nakano's 'Star Hall No. 5'!" Totsukawa interrupted Nishimoto's words and ordered.

Totsukawa and Kamei immediately got into the patrol car and drove to Nakano. "It was killed!" In the car, Totsukawa frowned and clicked his tongue. Kamei shook his head: "But Hoshino hasn't gone out yet!" "Then I don't understand." Totsukawa shook his head helplessly. This mixed-use building has 7 floors, and "Star Hall 5" is on the 5th floor. In a narrow space behind the building, Sancun's body was lying. The young police officer named Inoue who called said nervously: "It was found at 8:25 and we called an ambulance right away, but he was dead."

He reported to Totsukawa again. "Surely he fell to his death from upstairs?" Kamei asked. "The ambulance crew said he had injuries all over his body." "Let's take a look!" The two were led by Inoue to the back of the building. There is not even a distance of 1.5 meters between the tall buildings and the concrete walls. Sancun's body was lying on the narrow and hard ground. Anyone can tell at a glance that Mimura's body has suffered serious falls. An envelope lay next to his body.The envelope is from Bank M. Totsukawa picked it up and opened it. Inside was a stack of 5 million yen banknotes.

"Who found it?" Totsukawa asked. "Here comes the man." As Inoue spoke, he went to fetch a middle-aged man in uniform. The man said to Totsukawa: "I'm the security guard of the company, and my name is Sawai." "Please tell me the circumstances of the discovery of the dead body." "My company has a contract with the 'Star Hall 5' on the 5th floor, and I am in charge of guarding it. At around 4 o'clock this morning, I heard the alarm go off, so I rushed to the 5th floor with my colleagues." "and after?" "The gate of the 'Star Building No. 5' on the 5th floor was open, and there seemed to be someone inside. My colleagues and I rushed in, but the figure had already jumped out of the window of the president's office. We also rushed over and looked under the window. Look, but it was too dark and we couldn't see anything below. We thought we had run away anyway, so we turned around to see if we had lost anything. After looking at several rooms and the president's office, we felt that nothing was missing. The safe was not opened either, but President Hoshino has to confirm whether this is the case. It was only after dawn that we found a person lying downstairs, so we contacted the police."

Sawai introduced the situation very calmly. "Did the alarm go off?" Totsukawa asked. "Yes. It's the infrared one. If someone sneaks in, the alarm bell connected to the general duty room will ring, and it can also indicate the location." "You can also turn on the switch to monitor when no one enters?" "yes." "Ask again, you said that when you came to the fifth floor, you saw a figure jumping from the window of the president's room?" "yes." So Totsukawa and Kamei went up to the fifth floor with him. The entrance lock had been broken, as if with a hammer or screwdriver.

The innermost room of the hall is the president's room. Sawai pointed to the place where the infrared alarm device was installed and showed Totsukawa and the others. Indeed, as Sawai said, none of the rooms, including the president's room, showed signs of being destroyed. Kamei came to the window and saw a screwdriver. Totsukawa looked out the window. Mimura's body could be seen from here, but it was quite high above the ground. Did he jump from here because he was forced to chase? At around 9 o'clock, Hoshino came. "I got a call." Hoshino said to Totsukawa.

"The man thought to be a thief died with 5 million yen in his hand. Do you have any clues about the 5 million yen to the bank?" Totsukawa asked. "I just picked it up from Bank M yesterday. I need it for shopping." "Isn't it in the safe? There's no sign of the safe being opened." After Totsukawa finished speaking, Hoshino immediately looked at the safe in the president's office and said: "impossible……" But then he said "Ah!" again: "I remembered that my drawers are usually very tight, and sometimes I don't put them in the safe."

"So, the thief is dead, and your 5 million yen is back, isn't that good?" "Anyway, this is the first time I've been targeted by thieves!" Hoshino said. "Do you know the criminal?" Kamei asked. "What does that mean? How did I know the thief?" Hoshino shrugged. "This man's name is Sancun, and he used to be a detective." "No, I don't know." "Do you know a woman named Yuko Hino?" Kamei continued to ask. "Hino?" "Yes, the person who handled your brother's marriage investigation." "I commissioned a detective agency." "This person works in the detective agency and is responsible for your brother's affairs. He is about 30 years old." "Oh, it's her? But I only deal with detective agencies, not any of them." Hoshino quibbled. "Never see anyone?" Kamei asked. "No." "That Hino Yuko is also dead, he killed him!" Totsukawa interrupted. "Really? This is so pitiful!" "You're not too surprised!" "Because I don't know her directly." Hoshino said. Totsukawa stared closely at Hoshino's face and said: "This man named Mimura is Hino Yuko's former husband!" But Hoshino's expression remained unchanged and he said: "Really? What does this have to do with me?" "On the surface, there is no relationship. However, these two people have a certain relationship, and they died one after another. Isn't it normal?" Totsukawa asked. Hoshino waved his hand: "I don't see anything abnormal. Was that female detective named Yuko Hino killed because she was in charge of investigating my brother's marital status? How does this have anything to do with the person I stole money from today?" ?” "Maybe there's something involved." Kamei said. "Where is it?" "This Hino Yuko wants to discuss a certain investigation with Mimura." "What was discussed?" Hoshino asked. "No leads found yet." Kamei said. "Of course, they have nothing to do with each other!" "But in our view, both of them are extortionists. That's how we see it!" "Oh? That's interesting! But I'm not interested." Hoshino said nonchalantly. "Excuse me, have you ever been blackmailed by these two people?" Totsukawa asked straight to the point. Hoshino laughed: "Why do you say I was blackmailed by them? Please don't be so disrespectful to me!" "Because your brother died!" As soon as Totsukawa said, Hoshino curled his lips and said: "It's too rude of you to insist on talking together." "Pull it together?" Kamei took a look. Hoshino Hoshino smiled faintly: "Yes! The police want to protect their own people. I understand this feeling. The police are still very good at doing a little bit of tricks!" "What does it mean?!" Kamei asked angrily. "Small tricks! Isn't this very interesting? A man I don't know is brought together with me. I also know the reason. In order to save the policewoman, don't you try your best to fabricate some facts?" "Not at all!" "Not at all? Don't you want to protect your own interests and reputation? If you insist on fabricating facts, I will sue you in the court for 'defamation'!" Hoshino was also angry. Totsukawa smiled wryly. He thought it would be a waste of time to talk to this man any longer, and he could only be subdued if he tried his best to seize the evidence. Totsukawa and the others put away the screwdriver and 5 million yen and went back. Mimura's body was dissected. "I think Hoshino killed Mimura to silence him." Kamei said angrily to Totsukawa. "I understand that." Totsukawa nodded. Totsukawa believes that the process of this incident is very simple. Sancun blackmailed Hoshino by phone, so Hoshino set up a trap. He put 5 million yen in cash in the drawing room of the president's office of "Star Building No. 5". Since the lock at the entrance was broken, he could sneak in and take it away smoothly. That's what Hoshino must have said to Mimura. Probably Hoshino happened to be in the president's office when they were talking on the phone. And he really put the 5 million yen cash just withdrawn from the bank in the drawer. Then he broke the lock on the door with a screwdriver and put the screwdriver next to the window. After doing this, in order to create an "alibi", he had dinner with acquaintances, went to Ginza to drink tea, and then returned to his home together. However, he just didn't tell Mimura that he hired guards from a certain security company to guard and be on duty, and that he had installed an infrared alarm device. Mimura asked a friend from the past to help him as a stand-in, while he escaped from the police's tracking through makeup, and sneaked into the "Star No. 5 Hall" in the middle of the night. As Hoshino said, the lock on the door was broken. He entered the innermost president's room, opened the drawer, and found that there was 5 million yen in cash, just as Hoshino had told him on the phone. However, at this time, an alarm sounded in the duty room of the security company that a thief had sneaked in, so the security personnel rushed over immediately. Mimura began to waver when he saw the security guards suddenly barging in.Because the security guards were in uniform, in the dark he thought he had been set by the police. He hastily opened the window of the president's room. There is a rainwater pipe from the roof to the ground outside the window. He wanted to use the pipe to escape, but his hand missed it, and unfortunately he fell to his death. So, this constituted a complete process. Mimura used a screwdriver to break the lock at the entrance, sneaked into the president's room, stole the cash, and unfortunately slipped and died when he was about to escape. Hoshino not only successfully avoided involving himself in this murder case, but also successfully sealed Sancun's mouth. However, Hoshino would of course deny all of this. Because there is no evidence to prove whether Totsukawa's reasoning is correct or not. Of course, the screwdriver placed by the window has also undergone rigorous inspection, and the appraisal result is as expected. The tip of the screwdriver was scratched from picking the lock, but there were no fingerprints of Mimura's on the handle. This only shows that Sancun did not use it, but it can also be considered that Sancun wrapped it in cloth to dry it.This must have been carefully planned by Hoshino. Moreover, there is no evidence anywhere that Hoshino set this trap to kill Mimura. "In this way, both witnesses will be killed!" Kamei said in a regretful tone. In fact, both Hino Yuko and Mimura knew the truth about the marriage investigation of "Hojo Sanae". Maybe Yuzi also felt the strangeness of this investigation in the middle of the investigation. She wants to discuss with the divorced Mimura. Mimura, who is good at blackmail, immediately realized that this was an opportunity to blackmail.In particular, the death of Yuko Hino made it clear that his judgment was correct. Moreover, he must have started to blackmail Hoshino. Maybe Mimura knew that Yuko Hino had already blackmailed Hoshino, and he was just following in his footsteps. "Although I can't justify myself, there is one thing that can be proved, that is, there is a double in addition to the Hojo criminal police. It can be said to be certain." Kamei said. "That's true. We also proved that Hoshino used this substitute to set up a trap for Hojo-kun. Hino Yuko found out that this was a conspiracy. This alone can be used by her to blackmail her client, Hoshino. However, It is very difficult to get the Shimonoseki Police Station to agree with this opinion." Totsukawa said with a heavy tone. "Will Detective Hojo still be arrested?" "Let's talk about the death of Yuko Hino and Mimura! In this way, we can buy some more time." Totsukawa said. So, he immediately called the Xiaguan Office. He tried his best to explain, not only to the Shirai police department in charge of the case, but also to the head of the headquarters. However, as Totsukawa estimated, the Shirai police department and the minister were not accommodating at all, and did not accept their opinions at all. They believe that the deaths of Hino Yuko and Mimura are not directly related to Hojo Detective's case. Indeed, this makes sense, because there is no evidence that Hoshino was blackmailed by these two people, which led to Hoshino's murderous intentions towards these two people.Moreover, even if there is evidence to prove that Hoshino was blackmailed by these two people, and the impostor cannot be found, the Shimonoseki police still cannot admit it. "Mr. Totsukawa, even if we find the impostor, if she categorically denies that she set up a trap to frame the Hojo detective, we will have to arrest Miss Hojo." Shirai said. "I understand this, but Ms. Hojo is absolutely innocent. We are definitely not partial to our own people when we say this. If the arrest of the Hojo criminal police is carried out like this, it will definitely bring a lot of trouble." "Are you threatening us?" Shirai couldn't help raising his voice. Totsukawa hastily explained: "Although I think that way, I just want to explain that the two people involved in this case are both dead and suspected of homicide. This is not normal. I don't think Mr. Shirai will also think that there is fraud in this case?" "Well, more or less like that." Shirai relaxed a little. "So, can you allow a little more time for execution? Please." Totsukawa begged desperately. "But we've been waiting a long time. Let's think about it!" "Then we are very grateful! In fact, the matter was complicated by the death of two people in the middle. Please, please think about this! If the two people were indeed homicides, then the problem will be big!" Totsukawa said. After a while, Shirai said: "Let me discuss it with the minister again!" Shirai finally let go. As a result of the discussion, it was decided that Hojo criminal police would be arrested 48 hours later. "Although this has been decided, we believe that Hojo Sanae is suspected of murder, which has not changed." Shirai gave another warning. Anyway, Totsukawa and the others got another two days. "Isn't this exactly one day for one person?" Kamei said in a slightly mocking tone.Maybe the other party gave the grace time because two people were killed. "Let's look for the motive first." Totsukawa said. Kamei nodded. "In any case, I don't understand why Hoshino wanted to kill his brother Yamano Michihiro. Perhaps this is the key to this case! Of course, it is also very important to find Hojo Sanae's imposter." "Michihiro Yamano?" Totsukawa looked at the names on the blackboard. "Very average staff!" Totsukawa said. "yes." Kamei also nodded. "But his brother married a rich man's daughter." "If it was out of jealousy, it would be understandable for the younger brother to kill the elder brother, but the opposite is the case, which is incredible." Kamei said. "No matter how conflicted the brothers are, they shouldn't commit murder, right?" "Besides, for ordinary people, if they have money and live a rich life, they will have sympathy and become philanthropists. Besides, between brothers, no matter how much enmity there is, the rich brother should not go Kill brother!" "But this Hoshino did kill my younger brother!" Totsukawa said. But it is too difficult to come up with evidence, and Totsukawa understands this very well. It would be great if there was evidence, or witnesses saw Hoshino killing Yamano Michihiro on the "Fuji" train that day, but he had an "alibi". Then, there is only one possibility left, that is, Hoshino Gong used the Hojo detective's impostor to formulate a murder plan, that is, to use that person to kill his brother Yamano Michihiro. Since his plan does not "contaminate" his own hands, and he does not intend to kill people, such a complicated plan may not be possible in reality. Hoshino gave the money to the murderer, and he thought he would never be suspected. Can this claim be true? If this is the case, then the murderer cannot be found, and the Hojo detective will definitely be recognized as the murderer and arrested. "That's the motivation!" Totsukawa said loudly. Without clarifying the background of these things, it would be difficult to grasp Hoshino's handle. "Then what shall we do?" Kamei asked. "We started to investigate when the two brothers were young, and maybe we could find some clues." Totsukawa said. Therefore, he mobilized his subordinates to conduct a thorough investigation on the history of Yamano Michihiro and his brothers, and recorded the results in chronological order. Both were born in Oita City. When his elder brother Agong was born, his parents were running a hotel in Oita City. Five years later, his younger brother Ah Hong was born. From the mouths of their primary school classmates and teachers: His elder brother Ah Gong has been very smart and popular since elementary school, and his academic performance has always been in the upper middle class. In the comments in elementary school, he wrote such words as "has the qualities of a leader". After graduating from middle school, the elder brother Agong found a relative's house to live in, regardless of his parents' opposition, in order to enter a university in Tokyo, and he really went to a university. While attending high school, he fell in love with two female students from a nearby girls' high school. But Ah Gong said that he only had an emotional connection with this girl, and had no deeper contact.In fact, no one knows how far their relationship has developed.In the third year of high school, the relationship between the two broke down. Then, as if he was a different person suddenly, he started to study hard, and he was admitted to the National University.The family believes that this may be the result of the pique effect of "having to behave" because of breaking up with his girlfriend. After graduating from university, he entered a first-class trading company. My younger brother, Ahong, graduated from a local high school, and then entered a local private university, which of course was only a second-rate university. When Ahong graduated from university, his father passed away. At that time, his elder brother A Gong, who was an ordinary employee of the trading company, took another path of "success": he used his business relationship to get to know Hoshino Ichiro. Hoshino Ichiro was 65 years old at the time and was a very famous big capitalist. He had only one daughter, born when he was forty, and he doted on her very much. Later, Ah Gong often found excuses to visit his home. Later, he resigned from his job in the trading company, married Hoshino's daughter, and changed the original name of "Sanno Isao" to "Hoshino Isao". Seeing his daughter getting married, Ichiro Hoshino finally passed away with peace of mind, so Isao Hoshino became the president of "Hoshino Kogyo" as a matter of course. The younger brother, Hiroshi, was still living an ordinary life as a clerk. At this time, his mother in his hometown of Oita also passed away. As a result, the hotel in Oita had to be sold to others because no one was operating it. This is the main experience of the brothers. The elder brother Ah Gong was lucky all his life, but the younger brother Ah Hong often recited words and died at the hands of others in the end. But what lies beneath this superficial experience?There must be something that became the fuse of this case. Totsukawa still did not give up, he urged his subordinates to continue the investigation. It turned out that one thing: When Ah Gong met Hoshino Ichiro's daughter, he had another lover. This girl is a female employee who works in the same trading company as Gong, named Keiko Yasuda. It is said that the two had made a marriage contract, but Ah Gong tore up the marriage contract and married Hoshino's daughter. Yasuda Keiko committed suicide.