Chapter 2 Chapter two

Soon, the Paris Police Department sent two Air France tickets and two official invitation letters. At the same time, the Metropolitan Police Department also received a letter agreeing to the accompanying policeman Shirai. early October.The three-day agenda of the Grenoble Congress and the list of delegates were also received. In Japan, similar conferences must provide a detailed schedule arranged in chronological unit order.But this time what was sent was a vague instruction manual. For example, the first day, October 15th, reads: That's all.As for what kind of ceremony it is, who will give the speech, how many people, and what kind of people will participate, all are unknown.

The list of delegates is accompanied by a photo and a biography of each delegate.Hobbies, etc., it touches very convenient. Scotland Yard (Police Service) in London also sent two detectives to attend.The directory lists the cases they handled one by one, and the details are countless. The same goes for representatives of the police departments in New York and Rome. However, on the "JAPON" (Japan) page, although the names and photos of Totsukawa and Kamei are also published, the resume section is much shorter than that of representatives from other countries. Totsukawa and Kamei wrote their resumes in detail, and briefly listed a few related cases, but they did not register them at all.

At first, they were indeed a little annoyed when they faced so many blank pages, but after thinking about it, they didn't find it strange. In Japan, the continuous perpetual harm of young children reported by newspapers, TV and other media for several days was almost never reported in Europe. On the contrary, the murder of a young woman on the London Underground train, I am afraid, will be played up by the propaganda media in Paris and New York. Or maybe the difference was reflected in the list, Totsukawa thought. Apart from Japan from Asian countries, the Manila police also sent two representatives to attend.There are also many blank parts in the introductions of these two people.What happened in Tokyo and Manila has never been taken seriously by the world.Of course, political events are not included.

Totsukawa and his party of three flew to Paris on an Air France plane that took off from Narita Airport at 21:00 on October 14. Probably because they were going to Paris on behalf of the Japanese police, the atmosphere in the cabin was somewhat restrained. "Ah, you guys need to relax a little bit." Minister Mikami once said this, but there is always another meaning behind this sentence: Don't embarrass the Japanese police! If nothing happened in these three days, it’s okay to say, but if something goes wrong, the Japanese media will make a big fuss. The young Shirai seemed happy, but Kamei was a stuffy guy who couldn't sleep no matter what in the cabin.

Early the next morning, Air France Flight 273 arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, two hours late. If you were in Japan, someone would definitely come to greet you.But Totsukawa and the others went out of the airport gate and looked around, not only did they not see the criminal police of the Paris Police Department, but they didn't even see a police car. In fact, I have been notified in advance to let the representative take the special express train at 14:40 this afternoon, so there is no need to go to the airport to meet him.If not, it might make people think that because Totsukawa and his party were Japanese, no one answered.

Totsukawa and the others immediately exchanged 100 francs each at the bank window in the airport.This is for the convenience of spending a little change. "There's still a lot of time before the express drive, let's go and browse the city of Paris, shall we?" Shirai suggested. Open the map of Paris brought from Japan, and found that the Gare de Lyon in Paris is near the Place de la Bastille, near the banks of the Seine. Going to Paris, Shirai's suggestion was approved. Three people spent 35 francs each to get on the Air France shuttle bus bound for Paris. As soon as I got into the car and sat down, there was a real sense of finally arriving in France.In the Air France cabin, nearly half of the passengers are Japanese.When queuing up at the customs at the airport, there are also mostly Japanese in groups.I thought there should be many Japanese in the car, but the strange thing is that only these three people in the car are from Japan.Maybe that's what makes it feel that way.

Probably other Japanese group guests have taken the chartered car one step ahead. A wide avenue stretches straight from the airport to downtown Paris.Although this is a toll-free road, it is even more luxurious than Japanese expressways, and cars can also run at high speeds. "I can't see a car made in Japan." Kamei said with emotion. Whether in the United States or in Southeast Asia, Japanese cars are ubiquitous, but in France there are almost none, not even American cars.On the road, only French cars gallop at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour.This made Totsukawa and the others feel a lot of emotion.

The terminal of the Air France train was the International Center, where they got off. From the map, this is not the city center, but is located in the west of the city, very close to the famous Bois de Boulogne. There may be a reason for using this as the terminal, because there is a hotel operated by Air France nearby, so one is for the convenience of passengers, and the other is to increase the hotel's boarding rate. Since I had a lot of luggage, it was inconvenient to transfer to a bus or subway, so Shirai, who could speak French, called a taxi. Shirai asked the driver to take them around the city as soon as possible, and make it easier for them to arrive at Gare de Lyon at 14:00.

After getting into the taxi, they saw that the driver was a small oriental man with a dark complexion, who looked like he was from Vietnam.The car is half new and half old, but fortunately it is a Citroen, and it is quite comfortable to sit on. First arrived at the Arc de Triomphe, then crossed the Champs-Elysées through the roundabout, and finally arrived at the Place de la Concorde.All three of them felt like country bumpkins entering the city, seeing everything new, and nodding to each other when they saw a building that looked a little familiar, as if they had seen it somewhere. In order to save some money, they bought some bread and canned drinks for lunch, and sat on the benches by the Seine, watching the cruise ships on the river, while eating slowly.

The season here is a month earlier than in Tokyo, and it should have been cool in autumn, but I didn't expect the warm sunshine in October to make people sweat profusely. Among a group of young tourists who seemed to be from the United States, some wore short-sleeved T-shirts.Parisian ladies in black woolen coats with turned-up collars can also be seen in the crowd.In short, what is presented here is the scene of late summer and early autumn, and people can also appreciate the unique style of Paris in this season. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the group arrived at Paris Lyon station on time.

This station is the departure station for trains bound for the interior of France, Switzerland, Italy and other places.The TGV of the French high-speed railway also starts here. At first they didn't know which platform to get on the train from, and they walked towards the farthest platform after asking the station staff. An express train consisting of 5 carriages was ready to go, and ticket checking began on the platform at this time. On this platform, Totsukawa and his party had just met the registration officer of the Paris Police Department.The official was a little small for a European, and he looked more like an artist than a criminal policeman. The man's name was Charle King Paul, and he was about forty years old, perhaps actually younger. "France welcomes our Japanese counterparts!" Char said, then shook hands with the Japanese criminal police one by one. The young French police officers in charge of the reception also arrived, and they were all graceful and well-mannered.When Totsukawa and the others reported their names, they immediately handed over the badges they had prepared in advance, and asked them to pin them on their chests, and gave each of them a paper briefcase. The invited guests arrived one after another, and they could be seen everywhere on the platform. Some of these people are well-dressed, like the three of Totsukawa and the others, in suits and leather shoes, but casually dressed in jackets or something.There is no shortage of others.Some of them were uniformly dressed, and their tops were of the same material and style, so they must have been custom-made together for this trip. The US delegation consisted of police representatives from the cities of New York and Chicago.All four of them were burly men with a height of nearly 2 meters.Two New York detectives, one in a suit, and the other in a T-shirt, jeans, and canvas sneakers. The Paris Police Department in France was the host of the meeting, and it seemed that there were also criminal policemen from other local police stations mixed in, forming a huge delegation of 20 to 30 people. Totsukawa's party and other locals surrounded each other and boarded the "Friends of the Police" train. They sat in carriage 5 at the rear of the train.After placing the luggage on the rack, Totsukawa opened the paper handbag. Inside the bag was a map of Grenoble, on which the location of the Civic Hall, the main venue of the meeting, was indicated, and the address of the venue and the hotel where he stayed were written on the map. The schedule I saw in Tokyo was too simple, so I finally saw the detailed schedule. What struck them in the note they saw was how tight the schedule was.Considering that the elites of the criminal police from all over the world gather here, this tense arrangement is not difficult to understand. The next day, October 16, was scheduled for an interview with French TV reporters, with 15 minutes for each country.From 13:45 to 14:00 is the time to interview Totsukawa and Kamei. The statement also said that journalists from various countries also conducted interviews afterwards.Seeing this, they seemed to feel that someone who looked like a reporter with the badge of the TV station and newspaper had boarded the special express train with them just now. Much more detail was also given about the welcome party to be held tonight. It seems that the mayor of Grenoble and the chief of the city's police department will give welcome speeches.People think that the French don't like rigid forms, and it seems that the speeches of famous people are an exception. The train departed 30 minutes behind schedule.As for the reason for the late reverse car, no one explained it.