Chapter 2 Chapter 2 business card

The incident took place on the second floor of a house for sale about 12 or 13 minutes walk from Hatsudai Station on the Keio Line. There are three small two-story houses of the same style here.A billboard was erected next to the building, with the words "high-end housing for sale" written on it. Destroying old houses and building new ones is a typical "mini-development".Because of the high price, there are few real buyers to patronize.But because of the convenient transportation, you can go to Shinjuku in five minutes by train, so there are still people who come to negotiate.

Watanabe, an employee of M Housing Company, comes to check the house every morning at 7:00.Generally, after 10:00 a.m., a residential situation briefing session will be held to customers.It had become a routine for him to inspect the house, as wild dogs often entered the house at night. The residential area was damp due to the rain last night.Watanabe looked from the house on the right and found nothing unusual.When he checked the second building in the middle of the second building, he yelled "Oops".Because the window glass near the rear door was broken, the window lock was also removed.A thought flashed through his mind immediately, "Is it a couple who don't have a house to spend the night here"?

Watanabe opened the back door and walked into the building, only to find faint footprints on the floor.The footprints went up the stairs, and Watanabe followed them up the stairs. In an open room on the second floor, Watanabe yelled "ah" again - a young girl naked, lying on a straw mat. She is dead. In this case, like the previous two, the strangled young girl was completely naked. She is about 1.60 meters tall and has a slim and well-proportioned figure.The legs are spread wide apart, and there are obvious signs of being raped.The deceased was tanned all over, and the white marks on the bikini swimsuit were very clear. The stripped clothes were crumpled up and thrown in a corner of the room.

Totsukawa and Kamei looked down at the female corpse at their feet. Totsukawa asked sadly: "Do you know the identity of the victim?" Detective Kajima from the Shinjuku Police Station replied: "I checked the purse of the deceased. She is a waitress at a night club called 'Moonlight' in Kabukicho, Shinjuku. She is 30 years old and her stage name is Yumiko." "A waitress at a club?" "She lives in a high-end apartment nearby, and I can take you there." Kajima said to Totsukawa. Totsukawa asked Kamei to stay at the scene, and left with Kajima himself.

The high-end apartment that Kunihara Kuniko lived in was a magnificent seven-story building, only two or three minutes away from the murder scene. If the victim Kunihara Kyuhiko hadn't come back from the store and was in an accident, she would have been able to return to her residence soon.The mailbox downstairs had the name "Kimhara" written on it, but there was no name written on the room of Kinko Junhara on the fifth floor.She is a room with two bedrooms and two halls. As the hostess of the night club, Totsukawa thought that the room must be very ornately furnished, but unexpectedly it was quite simple, and the three-way mirror and wardrobe did not seem to be very expensive.

"It seems that she may have a lot of savings." Said the young Kajima. "real?" "'Moonlight' is famously expensive in Shinjuku. I heard that some waitresses have nearly 10 million yen in savings." "Have you ever been to that store?" "I went to investigate when a customer was injured in the store. It's not a store that people like us can go in." Kashima said with a smile. They opened the small drawer of the closet, as if to confirm Kajima's words, and found nearly 30 million yen in time deposit discounts.The seal and the deposit book are not placed together, which shows that he is cautious.

The key to the rental safe was also found in the room, and it seems that she even deposited the gems. "No matter how much you save, if you are killed by the murderer, everything is useless." Kashima shrugged. "Do you think it's a crime committed by fleeing?" Totsukawa looked at Kunihara Kuniko's room and asked. "I think it's the same murderer as the previous two cases. But isn't the form the same as running around? I don't think the victim and the murderer knew each other this time. They might have been killed late at night, and the victim and the murderer were accidental Encounter, isn't it?"

"You mean, for the murderer, it doesn't matter who the third victim is?" Totsukawa asked calmly. Totsukawa likes to listen to the opinions of his subordinates; and he also likes to listen to opinions that are contrary to his own, because this can avoid being subjective and arbitrary.Generally, the person in charge of a case likes to listen to people who agree with him. This kind of person may be more common, but Totsukawa believes that there are several different versions of the case or the murderer, which is more reassuring. "good." The young detective Kajima answered clearly.

Totsukawa smiled, he likes people who make it clear. "Can you tell me your reasons?" "The murderer in all three cases is clearly the same person." "Please go on." "I have two ideas. One is that the murderer knew the three victims and killed them one after another for some reason. But I don't think this idea is convincing." "why?" "I didn't participate in the investigation of the first two victims. I only heard that they were female college students and company employees. It’s hard to think that the murderer has any relationship with these three girls that must be killed. If the hatred is so great that he wants to kill three women he knows in succession, then it is illogical to rape first and then kill. Because no matter what form it takes, it is also an act of love Bar."

"An act of love?" "I think so. If you want to kill, you don't have sex first." "anything else?" "My other thought was that the murderer didn't know the victim at all. This idea fits perfectly with this case. I think the murderer was a young man, lonely, not good at words, so he didn't have a girlfriend, maybe he had been betrayed by a woman. " "Does that mean he has a great hatred for young girls?" "That's my guess." Kashima scratched his head.He is a rough-faced person with a square face, and when he makes this kind of action, he suddenly becomes cute.

Totsukawa smiled and said: "You mean, the murderer had no plan, raped and then killed three women?" "Isn't the murderer 'hunting' every week?" "Hunting?" "Yes. I don't know why he chose Friday. The killer comes out to hunt women on Friday night. The scene is in Tokyo. As long as there is a car, it is not surprising that he expanded his footprint from Setagaya to Ikebukuro. The killer is somewhere In the darkness of the alleyway awaits the approach of the prey—the young girl. A lion will not choose a young deer so long as a young girl is a murderer, for to him it is prey.” "That's an interesting idea." Totsukawa nodded. "Just now you said that there are two assumptions, that the murderer knows the victim and the one who doesn't know him at all. Is there another hypothesis?" "What assumption?" "Think about it." Totsukawa patted Kashima on the shoulder. When Totsukawa returned to the scene from Kimihara Kuniko's house, the body had already been sent for autopsy, and a human shape was drawn with chalk at the place where the body was buried. "How about it?" Kamei asked Totsukawa. Totsukawa looked at the figure drawn on the straw mat and said: "She's a hostess at a high-end club. She has nearly 30 million yen in deposits. She seems to have jewels and the like. Anyway, she's pretty rich." "So, if the big diamond ring on her left finger is real, wouldn't it be worth millions of yen!" "Looking at it this way, it becomes even more impossible to think that the murderer's purpose is robbery. The real purpose is to rape women and then kill them." "Maybe it's wrong to say that, it's a woman hunt. A violent murderer hunts women!" "Hunting women?" "Isn't it?" "No, Kajima said the same thing. He said a man with a grudge against young girls went 'hunting' women on Friday nights." "Anyone would think so. It doesn't matter if it's a young, attractive girl, because it's the prey of the 'hunt'." "right." "Police, what do you think?" "I only care about one thing." "what?" "Skin tan. This time the victim's skin was also very tan; the bikini marks looked white." "I feel the same way. But I discussed it with the police department before. It may be coincidental. It's September, and girls in summer are all going to the beach. It's no wonder they don't get tanned by the sun!" "But this time the victim was a hostess at a night club. Generally speaking, women in this profession don't like to bask in the sun. Of course there are exceptions. A few hostesses are proud of their tanned skin. But such a small number of hostesses are actually Killing, it seems too accidental." "Then, do you think the murderer knew the victim was very tanned?" "It's embarrassing just because I can't decide!" Totsukawa said with a wry smile. Totsukawa didn't think that the murderer knew the victim.When killing someone he knew, the murderer would cover the face of the deceased with a handkerchief or clothing, and the body would be buried.Because once the body is found, the people around her will be the first to be suspicious.But this time the murderer was different. Since he didn't hide the body, he didn't cover up his face either.It seemed unlikely that the murderer and the victim had any intimacy.But how did the murderer know that all three women were tanned?Because the face is tanned?But the three women were all attacked at night, how could they see their faces clearly at night?Especially this time the victim was a waitress at a club and had her face painted.Maybe the murderer is the staff of the public bath.But it is unreasonable to talk about public baths, because the homes of the three victims all have bathing facilities, and the three live far apart, so it is difficult to take a bath in the same bath at the same time. These conclusions are negative.But Totsukawa still didn't give up the idea that the murderer knew that the victim's skin was tanned, because it is an established fact that the three young women's naked bodies are so tanned! Based on the opinion of the Kashima detective, he was recruited by the search headquarters. According to Kajima's investigation, the victim Kimihara Hisako's monthly income was about 800,000 yen; at the end of August, he traveled to Tahiti with two waitresses from the store for a week and spent 1 million yen. Kamei is 45 years old. This summer, under the entanglement of his two children, he went to the Toshimaen swimming pool once.He is not envious of Tahiti.Even if the economy allows it, he doesn't have the time.When listening to Kajima's introduction, he let out a sigh, which is really a kind of emotion, feeling the gift of the era bestowed on single women. "Also, it is said that the victim has been listed as the third person in the store, and the male relationship is quite complicated. There are more than 100 business cards found in her room alone." After speaking, Kajima placed the business card bound with a rubber band in front of Totsukawa. There are famous company cadres and congressmen in the business cards. "Could the murderer be among these business cards?" Yasui from the Setagaya Police Station flipped through the business cards one by one while looking at Totsukawa. "If the murderer was among them, he must have known the third victim." After Totsukawa finished speaking, he turned to Kajima: "I told you just now that there is a third hypothesis?" "Well. The killer knew the victim or didn't know it at all." "Yes, the killer probably knew one of the three." "I don't understand you." "Assuming the murderer had a deep relationship with a third victim, possibly one of the business cards in the bundle. The murderer wanted to kill her, but would immediately come under suspicion if he did. So it doesn't matter that he raped and killed both first People who kill on Friday, perhaps to impress people." "I see. From this point of view, killing Kunihara Kuniko with the same method will become a criminal act, and this is the purpose!" Kashima said with bright eyes. "Although this is said, it is only a hypothesis. We must first check the owners of these business cards." Totsukawa said. In the evening of the same day, the autopsy results of Kimihara Kyuhito came.The cause of death was asphyxiation by strangulation.The time of death was determined to be between 11:00 and 12:00 at night. The victim was raped, and blood type B semen was found from the vagina. This time the case was exactly the same as the previous two, proving that the murder was indeed committed by one person. Due to the occurrence of the third case, the accusations against the police by the press and citizens have intensified. The first and second homicides were reported by the press as a novelty; but this time they criticized the police for their incompetence. This is often the case with the police: when there are no cases, public opinion will think that the police are redundant; once a murder occurs, the police will gain trust.When the police brought the murderer to justice in time, people clapped their hands and applauded; otherwise, they became the target of public criticism. Totsukawa has long been psychologically prepared for public opinion. The press accused the police of not being able to prevent the death of the third young girl in time and completely ignoring the tens of thousands of young girls in Tokyo. Some newspapers openly wrote: The blood type of the murderer is known, and the police are helpless. Although the newspaper said so, there are hundreds of thousands of young men with type B blood in Tokyo, and it is impossible to investigate them one by one. Some newspapers also reported: "If the police cannot be trusted, they have to defend themselves. It is reported that a company in Suginami District plans to let young female employees leave work early on Friday." The newspaper also wrote: "If female employees have to work late into the night, arrange for them to stay in a hotel near the company." "What does this mean?" Kamei knocked on the newspaper angrily, "It's really irresponsible to criticize the police blindly." "Don't be angry." Totsukawa said with a smile, "Actually we haven't caught any leads. The newspaper's comments are not satisfactory, but I would welcome the young female staff to go home early on Friday. I really don't want a fourth a victim." "But the police department has a limit to self-defense. Female college students and female employees can go home early, but what about the female employees of hotels and clubs? You know, the third victim is the hostess of the night club! I don't believe it. All the waitresses in clubs, bars and hammams are off this Friday!" "I know. So before next Friday, we must find the murderer anyway. For this, we must find out those business cards as soon as possible." "Does the police think the murderer is there?" "To be honest, the possibility is only 50%. But there are no clues for the first two cases, so we are helpless. After all, there are more than a hundred men this time, and maybe the murderer is among them." The social relations of the people with more than 100 business cards are quite complicated, especially those with higher social status. They strongly deny the relationship with Kunihara Kuniko.Some people also pretend to be confused, saying that others have misused their business cards. Detective Yasui was almost beaten when he went to check Representative N.Of course, some interesting things also happened during the investigation: an accountant at the Yotsuya store of the famous supermarket suddenly ran away when he was being inspected.The criminal police thought that he had killed Kunihara Hisenko, so he arrested him forcibly. After investigation, he found out that he had embezzled the sales money of the supermarket, which had nothing to do with the case. In short, the scope of the investigation has gradually narrowed.On Wednesday, the investigative team's eyes were on one man.This person is Yuichiro Saeki, 32 years old, and a hair stylist for "Sanlin Beauty Salon" at the west exit of Shinjuku. The two detectives, Shiraishi and Aoki, reported this after investigating Saeki: "He went to study in Paris for three years from the age of 27, where he studied hair design and returned to China. He has been working as a hair stylist for Sanlin Beauty Salon since last year." While Shiraishi was reporting, Aoki distributed a bust photo of Yuichiro Saeki to members of the search headquarters. "It looks good." Kamei glanced at the photo and said. "He looked rather gloomy." Totsukawa put forward his own views. "Yes. People in beauty parlors also have this opinion. Saeki does have a gloomy look at times. According to our investigation, he was arrested for raping women when he was 18 and 19 years old." Shiraishi said, citing investigation records. "What about the blood type?" Totsukawa asked while pointing at the photo. "Type B." Shiraishi replied. "So he has what it takes to be a murderer." Kamei said. "Yes, Kamei-kun." Shiraishi nodded deeply, "He is 1.73 meters tall and weighs 60 kilograms. He is a little thin, but he is very strong. More importantly, when he raped women, he used it twice. The other party was naked and then raped. Of course Saeki did not confess this matter." "What about his relationship with the victim Kimihara Kuniko? Is it just the relationship between the night club hostess and the guests?" Totsukawa asked. "No, it's not." "What is it?" "It is said that the victim Kimihara Kinko often goes to the Sanlin Beauty Salon where Saeki works. The girl in charge of the shop testified like this." "What did Saeki say himself?" "He admitted that she was one of the customers, there was no particular relationship. He said the business card might have been given to her when she first came, and it was a business card. That may be true." "Has Saeki ever been to the nightclub she serves?" "According to the hostesses at the 'Moonlight' club, he doesn't seem to have been there, because they don't have a deep impression." "What was Saeki doing when this case happened, did he have an 'alibi'?" Kamei tapped the desk with a pencil and interjected. "Sanlin Beauty Salon is open from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. On September 19th, when Kimihara Kinko was killed, the store closed at 8:00 pm. Saeki said that he went home to watch TV on this day. He lives alone in Keio High-end apartment in Shirota Bridge." "Watching TV alone?" Kamei shrugged. "Is there anything to do with the first two victims?" Totsukawa asked again. Shiraishi shook his head: "I don't know yet. Saeki said he didn't know Hashida Yumiko and the female college student Tanimoto Kiyomi at all." "That's the problem." Totsukawa said to Kamei, "Kamei, I have to go to Sanlin Beauty Salon again." On the same day, Totsukawa led Kamei to the Sanlin Beauty Salon at the west exit of Shinjuku. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, it was the peak time for getting off work, and the sidewalk was crowded with male and female employees who got off work.The two "go against the current" in the crowd. The first floor of this 8-story hall is the Sanlin Beauty Salon.The beauty salon is large in scale and has a tea room attached.There are 10 hair stylists alone, men and women, and the guests sit side by side on the swivel chairs to do their hair. The scene is quite spectacular. The beauty salon also offers body beauty.The prices range from 30,000 to 100,000 yuan each time. Totsukawa and Kamei met with Yuko Sanbayashi, the manager of the beauty salon.Sanlin Youzi is nearly sixty years old, a tall and fat woman.She is proud to say that she has five branches across the country, and has presented them with brochures promoting the salon.As soon as we met, she showed the social ability of a female boss, and Totsukawa was most afraid of dealing with this kind of woman. "It's amazing!" Totsukawa said something innocuous. "The police came yesterday. Is it the same thing?" Sanlin Youzi picked up a cigarette with his fat fingers painted with Danko and lit it. "Yes. I want to talk to you about Mr. Yuichiro Saeki." "He is an excellent hair stylist and the chief stylist of my shop. Anyway, he has studied in Paris for three years, and he is indeed very accomplished. It can be said that he is outstanding." "Which one is it?" "Third from the right, the one at work." Youzi said. Totsukawa turned to observe the young man carefully.It seemed that he was even more handsome than the picture, an attractive young man.He chatted with a middle-aged woman as she fixed her hair.You can see the woman's smile in the mirror. "His craftsmanship must be very popular with customers?" "Yes. There are many customers who have appointed him to do hair. Many famous female stars and wives in the financial circle are his admirers." Youzi proudly mentioned the names of these female celebrities and noble wives. "How is his character?" "Well... I think he is a straight-hearted young man. I mainly serve guests here. It would be better if he was a little more polite. He seems to be a little too silent." "I don't think he talked very well with the guests?" "Yes, because I have persuaded him many times." Youzi laughed. "What is his income?" "I pay him 500,000 yen a month." "Pretty good." "With his craftsmanship, the salary is justified." "It has a lot of income and is a cutting-edge career. It is very popular with women, right? Does she have any specific women?" "I have already told the police yesterday that I never ask about the privacy of practitioners." "I see." "But I don't think he has a particular lover." Youzi smiled thoughtfully.Perhaps it was due to the heavy makeup, but her smile became very lewd and evil. "why?" "He's very popular with middle-aged women. As I said, those are the wives of great men. They are very sensitive and would never like a man with a lover." "Then he often associates with these noble ladies?" Totsukawa asked. "Ah, this..." Youzi smiled again. "Are there any female employees from ordinary companies here?" Totsukawa thought of the first deceased - Yumiko Hashida, a female employee. "Of course there will be. Because the price here is not so expensive." "Where are the female college students?" "Female college students?" Youzi asked back, and then said, "Wealthy female college students often come here too." "Has this girl been here?" Totsukawa placed the bust photos of Hashida Yumiko and Tanimoto Kiyomi side by side in front of Yuko. "This..." Youzi fixed his glasses and looked carefully, "Are these two people who were published in the newspaper? Killed on Friday?" "yes." "I don't think they ever come to me. Do you know?" "No, I don't know, that's why I came to investigate." "Probably never, I thought so." When Youzi spoke, his tone seemed unconfident. "Mr. Saeki must have handed in a resume here, right?" "Well, of course. I've always been cautious about using practitioners." "Let me see it please?" "Please." Yuko led Totsukawa and Kamei into the manager's office, and showed them the curated resumes from the display cabinet in the room. Totsukawa and Kamei read Saeki Yuichiro's resume, but there was no record of his underage information. "It says that he graduated from the Beauty Institute in Paris. This is not a fabrication. He has a diploma." Youzi said from the side. "Did he write this resume himself?" "According to the regulations, he must write it himself, and it should be written by him." "Can I borrow this resume?" Youzi nodded in surprise. The search headquarters compared Saeki's resume with the anonymous letter, and because they could not confirm it, they sent it to the Police Department's Documentary Office for processing.Before the identification result is made, the search headquarters is still continuing to investigate. "The problem lies in the relationship between the female college student Tanimoto Kiyomi and Saeki Yuichiro." Totsukawa said to everyone, "The female employee Hashida Yumiko has been to Sanlin Beauty Salon, so there is a possibility that she and Saeki knew each other, but Tanimoto Kiyomi may not be. If Saeki is the murderer, he should have something to do with them." "Kyomi Tanimoto is on vacation at Public Opinion Island this summer, so it's impossible for Saeki to meet her there?" Anjing asked. "No, it's been found out that Saeki didn't go to the beach this summer. First of all, Saeki didn't get a tan. Even if he went swimming, it was only to the pool." "So, Kiyomi Tanimoto, a female college student, met Saeki only when she went to a beauty salon, right?" "Yes. But that beauty salon seems too expensive for college students." The criminal policemen who searched the headquarters talked a lot and were at a loss for what to do. Totsukawa tilted his head in thought. A policeman delivered a letter.The letter was addressed to search headquarters, and the sender was not named. Totsukawa opened the envelope and saw the letter read: Apparently exactly the same as the last letter.No matter the envelope, letter paper and handwriting are all made by the same person. "Damn it!" Yasui said angrily, "It's just a joke about the police!" "This time it can't be said to be an irresponsible prank!" Kamei looked at Totsukawa and said. "Yes, it's clearly the murderer's challenge to the police!" "what to do?" "Let's check the fingerprint on the letter and compare it with Zuebo's fingerprint." Totsukawa said as he looked up at the calendar on the wall. On September 5th, 12th, and 19th, red circles were drawn. These three days are the days when the victims suffer.The three red circles were like three nooses, and Totsukawa couldn't breathe. Today is Wednesday, September 24th, and we are only two days away from the previewed Friday.To Tsukawa and the detectives, it was almost at a loss as to whether a fourth case could happen again. Does the second letter have anything to do with Saeki? Is Saeki the murderer? Thursday, September 25.The two detectives Yasui and Tajima finally investigated an important matter related to Saeki Yuichiro.This incident showed that the second victim, Tanimoto Kiyomi, had a connection with Saeki Yuichiro.The reason is that Saeki once went to S University to teach female students makeup, lecture on new hairstyles, and performed live performances with the students.According to Tanimoto Kiyomi's classmates, she was a model at the time. "I see. What did Saeki himself say?" Totsukawa asked Yasui. "He admitted that he had been to S University, but he said he couldn't remember the female college student Kiyomi Tanimoto." "He still denies knowing the female staff Yumiko Hashida and the waitress Kunihara Kuniko?" "He said they might have been in the shop, but they didn't remember their names or faces. What to do? Tomorrow is Friday the 26th. If he was the murderer, he would kill the fourth girl tomorrow." Anjing said worriedly. "Can you arrest him?" Young Tajima asked Totsukawa. "Not yet. There is no evidence to prove that he is a criminal. Everything is just a possibility, so he cannot be arrested." Totsukawa's facial expression was very ugly. "Is it okay to arrest him in the name of 'another case'? As long as he is detained for one day tomorrow, if that kind of case does not happen, it will prove that Saeki is the Friday killer." Tajima said. "You can't make subjective assumptions!" Totsukawa smiled wryly. "But that cunning guy looks gentle and honest on the outside, but he is very sinister on the inside. If he is Friday's killer, if he is ignored like this, and another one will die tomorrow, how can we explain it?" "It's not that easy to make another arrest." Anjing interjected. "He has a car. I can use the parking violation as an excuse, or find some other reason, and put him in jail tomorrow." Tajima said confidently. "The method of arresting another case can be considered. But today we have to work hard and check the things around Saeki." Totsukawa said finally. Tajima does have a stubborn temper. He handled a case a year ago, and when arresting the murderer, he actually beat the murderer with his hands.Fortunately, the other party was the real murderer so nothing happened.If it is an innocent person, the entire police force will be severely condemned. Kamei told Totsukawa about his situation after Tajima left. "You mean he's emotional?" Totsukawa asked Kamei. "Yes. And it is still the case now. He likes to judge each other by his own likes and dislikes. People like Saeki are what Tajima hates the most. If Tajima arrests Saeki, he may beat him." "Remind Yasui." Totsukawa continued, "Saeki is a key person, Kamei, do you think he is the murderer?" "From the perspective of objective conditions, he is fully equipped. Among the three people who were killed in the past, at least the waitress Kunihara Kyuhito and the female college student Kiyomi Tanimoto were related to him. If the female employee Yumiko Hashida who was killed first had also been there Sanlin Beauty Salon, Zuobo must also know her. Besides, Zuobo is very talkative when combing a woman's hair, wouldn't it be easy to find out the other's residence and commuting time?" "If Saeki is the murderer, what is his motive? He is handsome and has a good career. It doesn't seem difficult to get a woman." "I don't know about this. I have encountered a similar case before. It was a serial rape case three years ago." "It happened in Jiangdong, right? I remembered. The murderer is the son of the director of the company, a golfer." "Yes, 26 years old, tall, looks like TV actor N, very handsome. Although he has no grades on the court, he drives everywhere. He always rapes women, but never kills them. " "The reason is that his mother spoiled him too much." "Yes. His father often goes abroad on business trips, and his mother dotes on him as the only child. Because of excessive doting, although he has grown up physically, he is very immature mentally. He cannot interact with the opposite sex equally. To rape, this is a tragedy caused by not knowing how to get close to the opposite sex." "Kamei, your psychological training is quite high!" Totsukawa said in admiration. "I don't have real knowledge in this area. I learned it from university professors who analyzed cases." "There is no mother's doting in Saiki's house, right?" "It doesn't exist. From those two rapes, he seems to be regarded as someone who should not be approached." "Sanlin Youzi from the beauty salon seems to be very kind to him." "That's because there are children but no children." "You mean she replaced her son with him?" "Probably so. The question is whether Dean Sanlin's favor is related to his rape and murder." "Zebo doesn't have a lover yet. Dean Sanlin said that she never asks about the privacy of the staff." "But Saeki is 32 years old after all, and he is in his prime. How does he handle sex?" "He has a monthly salary of 500,000 yen, and I think he will go to a hammam or something to vent." "Let's check it out." "Don't you think Saeki has a clean freak?" "Maybe. And judging from the fact that he raped women at the age of eighteen or nineteen, he may have a habit of abusing women. If so, then he may do the same to prostituted women like Kunihara Kuniko. " "If he does, it's sure to spread among the women in that line. Not only do they have a bad impression of him, but they think he's a weirdo." "right." "Okay, I'll go check it out, there's still time." Kamei said, looking at his watch, "I'll go check every Turkish bath in Shinjuku one by one." After 9 p.m., the prime time of the day begins in the Kabukicho area of ​​Shinjuku.In the past, there were row upon row of Turkish baths here.Since Shinjuku was taken over by the younger generation, hammams have declined rapidly. Young people have no money, and most of them are obsessed with discos and entertainment centers, so these two occasions are increasing rapidly.There has been a slight increase in Turkish baths recently, probably because the occupation is still a lucrative one. Kamei and Shiraishi came to the hammam area in Shinjuku.They went to the first house, and the second house didn't gain anything, and they didn't get any response until the third house. The Turkish bath in the third one is a high-end bathhouse. The light bath fee is only 10,000 yuan, and the service fee is doubled.The girl whose stage name is "Xunzi" in this bathroom knows Saeki.This girl who transferred from a female employee of a first-class company to work in a hammam frowned when she saw the picture of Saeki that Kamei took out: "This man has been here once." From her unhappy expression, Kamei and Shiraishi realized that Saiki was not a good guest. "Is it really this man?" Kamei asked again carefully. "Is he a hairstylist? He said so himself." Kaoru asked back. "Did he say it himself?" "Yes. He's proud of it! He said he was studying hair design. When he said that, I felt that I had indeed met him at the Sanlin Beauty Salon in Xikou." "Isn't he a very serious guest?" Kamei asked. "He said that he had been to Paris. I think he must be a person of taste, but he was so annoying. Once he suddenly strangled my neck and almost killed me. I won't take it no matter how much he pays. Kind of a guest." Kaoru shrugged disdainfully. "Strangle your neck?" Kamei and Shiraishi couldn't help but looked at each other. "Brother Kamei, it's as expected." Bai Shi blurted out. "Did you call for help when he strangled you?" Kamei looked at her and asked. "Of course I called for help." "You stopped when you called him?" "I yelled and pushed him away desperately." "The results of it?" "He was thin and light. When I pushed him, he fell down, as if his head had hit a tile. At that time, I thought he would get angry and hit me. I was very scared. But he suddenly froze. , and then apologized to me. Although he apologized, my neck did hurt for four or five days." "Okay, thank you. Excuse me." Kamei and Shiraishi completed their scheduled tasks. Kamei and Shiraishi report the findings to the search headquarters. "He raped women in his teens and is now 32 years old. Judging from his behavior in the hammam, his vicious habit is still the same. Maybe he has an innate inferiority complex towards women, which makes him attack the waitress. His attitude towards women is even more conceivable. Because he has been disgusted by women, his inferiority complex has increased; the stronger his inferiority complex towards women, the more aggressive he is towards women. This is something we should consider.” Kamei gave the above-mentioned report briefly. "So he rapes and kills young girls every Friday?" Totsukawa asked. "Yes, not bad at all." Kamei replied. "Do you know what Saeki has to do with Friday?" "I don't know. The rest day of the beauty salon is Tuesday, not Friday, and it seems that he didn't do anything on Friday, except to play mahjong with his colleagues occasionally." "Was Friday's crime pure and accidental?" "The rape of the first woman happened on Friday, which may have been accidental. The second and third crimes were also committed on Friday. This week may be the cycle of the murderer's sexual desire. Attacking young girls, killing after rape, the murderer was satisfied. But a week later, he couldn't take it anymore and attacked the second woman. Maybe the murderer will repeat this?" "If so, the murderer must be Saeki. He will rape and kill again this Friday?" "I think so." "But Saeki cannot be arrested without evidence." "Tomorrow is Friday, what should we do if Yu Tiandao advocates that, should he be arrested in a separate case?" Kamei asked Totsukawa half-jokingly. Totsukawa reported a smile.Because he has no idea of ​​arresting him in another case. “我的意见是明天跟踪佐伯裕一郎。”十津川对龟井及其他刑警说道，“彻底跟踪从美容院下班后的佐伯，绝对不要被他发觉。见过他的人要化妆，希望全体人员全力以赴。如果再出现第四个受害者将是我们警察之耻！” 对于十津川来说，这样做已经是良策了。除此之外确实没有别的办法。佐伯是凶手，这种可能性很大，必须对他进行跟踪。如果在他袭击年轻姑娘时将其逮捕，那就事实确凿了。 第二天，9月26日，星期五。从清晨起天空就阴沉沉的。搜查总部的刑警都已化好妆，只等待令出发了。 三林美容院上午10时开门。佐伯裕一郎11时才上班。 一名女刑警以客人的身份来到三林美容院，指定要佐伯做头发。 她做完发后回搜查总部向十津川汇报。 “佐伯的态度没有变化。” 25岁的女刑警一边抚摩着做得很漂亮的头发一边说道。 “和你说话了没有？” Totsukawa asked. “说了。他问了我的名字，还问我是不是女职员。接着他告诉了我他在巴黎的生活。” “你觉得他是个怎样的人？” “他是个自我表现欲很强的人。他不停地说在巴黎如何如何，因此显得很浅薄和没趣。” “他和你谈话时的情态怎样？” “说话断断续续，自己没兴趣的话题就心不在焉。他是个典型的自我表现者，以自我为中心，是个很不适合结婚的类型，我还认为他是个没有同情心、不会体谅别人的人。” “你说的不严重吗？” “作为女性，我从本能上能体察出他是什么性格。反正我决不会和他交朋友。” "..." 夕阳西下，整个东京都已陷入了暮霭之中。 三林美容院关店了。刑警们各就各位。美容院四周有四名刑警；佐伯所住的公寓附近有两名。 闭店之后，佐伯懒洋洋地走了出来……