Chapter 2 second quarter

March 8th. The search headquarters at the Kagoshima Police Station was shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere. The suspect has not yet been identified. Investigators are not the only ones who are investigating criminals. The Public Prosecution Office is also conducting independent investigations.The prosecutor's office had to do this out of face, because the prosecutor was being killed, so it couldn't be ignored. They conducted a thorough review of the cases handled by Noriyuki Shimada.The first thing to do is to investigate the internal problems. Four cases were brought forward that were considered possible motives for killing.However, two of the four involved are serving prison terms, and the remaining two have issued alibi.

At the same time, Shimada's private life was also investigated, but no clues were found. The search of the headquarters was at a loss. In the afternoon, Qingcun Yishou left the county police headquarters.He walked to Shimada's house on foot. In recent days, Kagoshima has been full of spring, and the wind is beautiful and sunny, which is intoxicating. Kiyomura was thinking about Shimada's murder while walking.He received a report from the search headquarters: No suspects were found in the cases handled by Shimada, and nothing was found in his private life.Shimada's only hobby is fishing. Occasionally, when he has a break, he goes out to the embankment to fish.

During the year and two months after he was transferred to Kagoshima to work, he has been arranging his life like this.In addition, he returns to Tokyo once a month, and his wife occasionally visits him in Kagoshima. He was not much of a drinker, except for a glass or two of lullaby mixed with water.But he never drank outside, never borrowed money from others, and never gambled.Sometimes he plays Go against his subordinates; he never goes to the chess hall to play chess. The investigator in charge of investigating his private life commented on him that Shimada probably didn't know any other women except his wife, and of course he had no experience with the Turkish bath or the pink nightclub.

Therefore, the investigators secretly lamented that he was impeccable as a prosecutor, and it can be said that he knew nothing about the world. Qingcun doesn't think so.For some prosecutors, simply having the law books is enough.Their job is to classify people to see if they belong to the category of crimes, and then they only need to know how to prosecute and maintain the court judgment. It is up to the judge to decide according to the facts. Everyone has their own temperament.Kiyomura did not deny Shimada's innocent way of life. ——Is it innocent?he asked himself in his heart.

Although Qingcun didn't deny it, he didn't affirm it either.Because he doesn't believe in innocence. There must be a reason for Shimada's killing.That alone is enough.It is true that his private life may be innocent, but he is not allowed to do something in a certain place and at a certain time that no one knows, so that a mistake will cause eternal hatred. It was this single slip that destroyed him. When he came to Shimada's residence, Kiyomura explained his purpose to the police officer in charge of guarding and walked in.This is the third time Qingcun has come here.

He looked around the room slowly.He wasn't looking for anything, the identification department had already done a thorough inspection, even the dust had been identified.He believed that the identification department would not miss anything due to negligence. This is his habit.When he was an investigator, Qingcun developed the habit of repeatedly inspecting crime scenes. Qingcun's expression was a little gloomy.He felt that the prosecutor was being killed and the Kagoshima prefectural police were responsible for solving the case.Because the victim was a big man with influence, if they were to be messed up, it would leave an indelible stain on the county police.

He glanced briefly and stepped out the door. Just as Qingcun was about to put on his shoes, he suddenly stopped.His eyes fell on the wall. Zai Qingcun straightened up to waist height, and there was something stuck there, a very tiny thing, yellow in color. Qingcun leaned over, looking like some kind of fan. Qing Cun went back to the house and picked up the phone, looking for a member of the identification department. The appraiser arrived here ten minutes later.Qingcun asked him to remove the powder on the wall. In the evening of the same day, the Appraisal Section reported the appraisal results.

"That's rapeseed pollen, each about 40 microns, there are more than ten." "Rapeseed?" "Yes, that's right. In order to further verify, I asked the staff to go to the suburbs to retrieve the real thing for comparison." "Yes, thank you!" Qingcun said a few polite words. He called and ordered Nishijima, the search section chief of the Kagoshima Police Station: "From the day when the incident happened to today, everyone who has been to the scene should investigate and find out whether they have been exposed to rapeseed pollen the day before or the day before."

"Rapeseed?" Nishijima was baffled. "Yes, there is this kind of pollen on the wall of the outer door. Let's investigate quickly." "yes!" Qingcun stared at the sky. Rapeseed in Kagoshima blooms in March.The case happened on March 2, when the rapeseed flowers were in full bloom. The more you go to the suburbs, the more rapeseed, especially in the Satsuma Peninsula in the south of the county.It is said that the foothills of Mount Kaiwen at the top of the peninsula is a famous producing area of ​​rapeseed. Who put canola pollen on the wall? Perhaps an investigator or someone from the District Attorney's Office, or perhaps a photographer from a news agency who was allowed to take pictures.

Seventy or eighty people have been to the scene. It is not easy to conduct a comprehensive investigation on them and find out the results. Or maybe the salesman or the deliveryman got the pollen on the wall. If none of the above people had been exposed to pollen, the chances of the criminal getting pollen on the wall were higher. Qingcun ordered Xidao again by phone: "Investigate the flowering of rapeseed in this county." March tenth. Before going to work, Qingcun received a call at home.It's from West Island. "I have figured out the flowering of rapeseed. The top of the Osumi Peninsula, near Cape Sata, blooms on February 26th and 7th. The top of the Satsuma Peninsula on the other side, near Kaimondake, blooms on February 27th and 8th. Here and deer The flowering time in Kojima City differs by about two days. I heard that the city blooms on March 1st and 2nd. The rapeseed in the northern part of the prefecture blooms on the 2nd or 3rd. Generally speaking, the coastal area blooms earlier than the inland area. "

"Understood. So who is the person who has been exposed to cauliflower?" "Investigation is underway and results will be available this afternoon." Nishijima's voice was a little impatient. After hanging up the phone, Kiyomura lit a cigarette. Both the Search Headquarters and the District Attorney's Office re-investigated Shimada's past.Whether he was killed because of public hatred or because of personal grievances is still unclear.No clues can be found, no matter how many times they have to conduct repeated investigations. Nishijima's impatient voice sounded like he wanted to find the criminal from other sources. Kiyomura started making coffee. The room is permeated with the bewilderment of a person who lives alone, perhaps lonely. At the moment of pouring coffee, Kiyomura suddenly thought of his wife who broke up in the distant past.