Chapter 25 Chapter Twenty-Five

Air France flight 275 is scheduled to take off at 12:50 on April 20.Just when Totsukawa and the others were about to board the plane, they managed to get the schedule of Ogoshi Shinichiro in Paris. Although Totsukawa, Kamei and Ogoshi were on the same Air France flight 275, they were in the state class, while they were in the economy class. As soon as they sat down, Totsukawa and Kamei immediately took out the timetable for the Oetsu event that had been faxed. The time required for a direct flight to Paris is 12 hours and 35 minutes.Arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport at 18:25 local time on the 20th.

From the 21st to the 23rd, there will be evening parties every day. Among them, the two-day evening party was to entertain the Minister of Education and the Japanese ambassador to France. The other day was to attend a party at the Presidential Palace in Paris. Mrs. Dai Viet returned to her hometown in Grenoble on the 24th.Secretary Okoshi and Miura took the subway, visited the Latin Quarter, and asked for portraits in Montmartre.Such activities will continue until the 26th. During these three days, activities such as boating on the Seine River on a cruise ship and watching open-air performances in the Pompidou Square were also arranged.

"What are you thinking?" Kamei sighed. "Why are you sighing?" Totsukawa asked knowingly. "I'm talking about their activities since the 24th. They took the subway, took a cruise ship, and walked in the Latin Quarter. The whole thing is to tell people, come and kill me. Isn't it?" "We don't know the whereabouts of Yayoi Shimazaki. Maybe she's already in France." "Will there still be shootings?" Turtle asked. "It's hard to say." "But how did Yayoi Shimazaki get the gun?" "I think she's got it."

Totsukawa said. "Have it already?" "Think about it, in the incident in October, Ugaki and Yayoi Shimazaki used a Colt automatic pistol with a suppressor." "But that pistol belongs to NYPD Officer Bart." "Yeah. But the muffler isn't." "Ok" "Could the murderer attack Dai Viet with only a silencer? Certainly not. The murderer must have a pistol with a silencer. After getting on the TGV, criminal police from all over the world just gathered in the car, and they stole Colt from the American Bart detective. An automatic pistol. Then, put a suppressor on it and shoot. That way it won't be easy to find out who the killer is."

“Adventurous enough” "Yes. However, it is Shimazaki Yayoi who I want to steal the pistol. Because Mr. Bart said that he smelled a faint scent of perfume. Even if he was caught while stealing, the young and beautiful woman just said that he just wanted to touch it, Bart The officer would have let her go. So, it's safe to say there's no danger." Totsukawa said. "indeed." "Assaulted with a stolen Colt automatic pistol. Then, the murder weapon - the pistol - was thrown on the luggage rack of the train. Therefore, the murderer must have taken the pistol with him."

"That's what happened." "I don't think she brought the gun back to Japan, otherwise she would have been found at the customs. Also, she was going to use it when she met Daikoshi when she went to Paris. It was probably hidden somewhere in Paris. If so, the pistol was already in the murderer's hands." in hand." Totsukawa said. "Indeed. This makes it more and more likely that a pistol will be used to commit murder." Kamei became tense. "With a pistol, even a woman can easily kill Dai Viet." Totsukawa said. The stewardess brought the dinner, and the two talked about their arrival in Paris with the sound of knives and forks.

Where will the murderer strike? Everyone is familiar with Yayoi Shimazaki's appearance, and it is estimated that she will not appear at the party held by Dai Viet. If she wanted to assassinate Daikoshi, she would definitely choose after the 24th, when Daikoshi and Miura appeared on the streets of Paris. What worries Totsukawa is that, recently, Paris is full of Japanese.Japanese people come and go in and out of hotels; Japanese people can be seen everywhere in places of interest such as the Louvre and Montmartre. If Yayoi Shimazaki got close to these Japanese people, it would be really hard to spot.

Shimazaki Yayoi is 160 cm tall and weighs 52 kg, which can be regarded as the standard figure of young Japanese women today.She has good features and is considered a pretty woman, but not so outstanding.If you are mixed in a Japanese tour group, it is difficult to find it. "There's no way to dissuade Dai Yue from taking to the streets, right?" Totsukawa said to Kamei with a wry smile. "Officer Pierre of the Paris Police Department is helping us search for Yayoi Shimazaki, right?" Kamei asked. "They said, check all the hotels in Paris, and if you find a guest named Yayoi Shimazaki among the guests staying there, you should make a mark first."

"Officer Bart from the NYPD is coming, isn't he?" "He said he would definitely come. He said he would never forget the smell of that perfume, but I don't know if Yayoi Shimazaki still wears that perfume." Totsukawa said. Of course, Officer Bart was not only based on the smell of the perfume, but also on the feeling at the time. The plane had been flying for five or six hours, and Totsukawa closed his eyes, trying to squint for a while. Although I drew the curtains, I couldn't fall asleep. As a result, after sleeping for more than two hours, I arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris.

Because it was the second time here, Totsukawa and the others walked through the passage and went straight to the customs. The Ogoshi couple and Secretary Miura were in the stateroom and went out first. Complete the formalities at customs.When he came outside, Officer Pierre from the Paris Police Department had already picked him up in his car. "Twenty minutes ago, Mr. Ogoshi and his party entered Paris in a large limousine. Mr. Totsukawa and Mr. Kamei are also staying at Hotel Moridian, right?" Pierre asked in a positive tone. "They want to take over that hotel, so we have no choice but to accompany it. Mr. Da Viet said that the Mollidian Hotel is operated by Air France, so we have to stay there."

"Let's go to the hotel first, and then we can talk there." Pierre said with a smile. He drove the Citroen and went straight to the Moridian Hotel. Although Pierre promised to drive safely, the speed exceeded 100 kilometers per hour. "In the past three days, we have searched all the restaurants in Paris and found no Japanese named Yayoi Shimazaki. We are going to search the restaurants in the suburbs of Paris tomorrow." Pierre said while driving the car. "It should also be considered whether she will use a fake passport, or use someone else's passport." Kamei said.Totsukawa translated this into English. "There is such a possibility. Now, some forged passports are almost real. In addition, it is also possible that she changed into someone else's passport after entering Paris. In this way, if she does not leave the country, it will be difficult to identify. If she arrives in Paris , using the passport of a woman who looks similar to her, impersonating her, it is quite difficult to check. In addition, Paris is very relaxed for foreign tourists, and there are so many Japanese.” Pierre said with a smile.