Chapter 19 chapter eight

Tajima took Hamasaki's fingerprints and went to the computer center to look up his files.If his prediction is confirmed, then this Hamasaki must have a criminal record. Sure enough, Hamasaki's files were found in the computer center. He was arrested and imprisoned for "injury".That was five years ago, when he was locked up for a year. But Tajima's other prediction failed.That is, through the fingerprints in the file, I want to check which gang organization Minfu Hamasaki is connected with. After Hamasaki was released from prison, he worked in a dance hall for a year, and then became a salesman for the "Basil" cosmetics company.

"Are you thinking too complicated?" Section Chief Suga doubted Tajima's reasoning, but Tajima insisted on his own analysis. He should have ties to a yakuza organization, Tajima was convinced of that.If this is not the case, then this incident can only be a case of a salesman committing adultery with someone else's wife. "Let me investigate again!" Tajima made an application to the section chief. He decided to find his partner through the prison where Hamasaki served his sentence. Hamasaki was very close to a man named Yoshimura Shoichi in prison, but this man never saw Hamasaki once after he was released from prison.

Tajima didn't believe it. He thought that the two must have had secret contact. Could it be this: Yoshimura is connected to an organization, and Hamasaki accepts the leadership of this organization through Yoshimura. Anyway, we must find Yoshimura first. Tajima came to the "Basil" cosmetics company again. If Yoshimura was connected to this organization, he must have acted as a salesman like Hamasaki, using such conditions to engage in drug trafficking. In the personnel department of the head office, there are cards of all employees, and all of them are pasted with photos.With the help of the staff of the personnel department, Tajima searched for people similar to Yoshimura among the cards of hundreds of people.

The result fell through, and there was no Masaichi Yoshimura in the head office. "Are there any other cosmetic companies that use salesmen?" Shima asked the clerk. "There is a company called 'Catalo' that also sells cosmetics. But that company is much smaller than us." Tajima decided to check out that company. "Katalu" cosmetics company is in Youle Street.Compared with the "Basil" company, it is indeed a small company. Shimao came to the company's personnel department and looked for Masaichi Yoshimura from the staff card.The company has less than 100 employees.

This time, Tajima searched carefully for the card by himself. When he turned halfway, he couldn't help but let out an "ah" and stopped. He found a photo of a man who looked very much like Yoshimura.Although he wears glasses, his face shape, nose, and mouth are exactly the same as Yoshimura Masa. The name of the card is Shoji Kuwahara, and his branch is the Shinjuku branch.Shinjuku is near Yotsuya, so of course it can be considered to have some contact with the dead Hamasaki. "This man is an excellent salesman!" The chief of the sales department looked at the card and said, "He can exceed the task every month."

"You are deceived by this illusion." Tajima sarcastically said. He immediately rushed to the Shinjuku branch of the "Kataro" cosmetics company. The branch is on the second floor of a shop specializing in mahjong tiles.Probably because it was 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the salesmen were not at home, and only the branch manager stared at the report card on the wall with embarrassed eyes. After looking at Tajima's police ID card, he said: "Shoji Kuwahara has already left the house." "I know that." Tajima looked around the empty office and smiled, "Please tell me Mr. Kuwahara's address."

"He lives in an apartment called Dongxizhuang in Kashiwagi 1-chome, behind the telephone exchange. However, he hates people visiting his house very much. He is very good in business, but his character is not very good!" "If this is the case, we should go." Tajima said with a smile again.