Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Foreign Objects at the Scene

There is an affair between Anyangji Noriko and Yonekawa Kozo!This made the atmosphere in the headquarters suddenly tense. After checking the P Hotel in Akasaka, it was confirmed that Kozo Yonekawa booked a double room with his real name at the hotel on May 26.Although the name of the co-resident was not found in the registration, according to Kanai's testimony, it can be established that this person is Anyang Temple Noriko. However, the appearance of Anyang Temple made the search headquarters very confused: if the motive of Anyang Temple was his wife's infidelity, this would become a case that has nothing to do with the "hit and run case" currently being investigated by the search headquarters.In other words, the search headquarters "lost its target".

If the motive lies in his wife's infidelity, it should have been Mizue Yonekawa, but Nozoko Anyangji was revealed. "Let's imagine what would happen if we transferred the situation we imagined for Mizue Yonekawa before Gozo Yonekawa was killed to Noriko Anyangji?" "What will happen?" Matsuzaki asked on behalf of everyone. "Remember that we once made this kind of speculation, assuming that there was another person who had an affair with Mizue Yonekawa, and he ran over and killed the boy Hiyama with his car. Yonekawa knew about this and used it as double material for blackmail."

"Ok!" "Now suppose Yonekawa and Anyang Temple Noriko are the culprits, and Anyang Temple knows about it." "Then their position will be changed." "Anyang Temple killed Yone Chuan in order to protect his wife and get rid of those who had an affair with her." "What about the medal?" "Of course Yonekawa fell on the scene. Although we don't know who drove the car, there is no doubt that they are accomplices. In this case, compared to a real estate businessman with three previous convictions, as Noriko, the wife of a university professor, is much softer. If his wife becomes the perpetrator, the reputation and status of Anyang Temple will also be affected. Therefore, even though Yonekawa is also an accomplice, he will still blackmail Noriko."

"That's why Yonekawa's attitude is so calm." Chuan Sheng remembered the scene when he visited Yone Chuan's house that day. Yone Chuan pretended to be deaf to the police's questioning, saying "I will remember it later". Maybe he got some kind of guarantee in his calmness, and if something happened, he could get into Zezi's protective umbrella. In any case, Iwamura's speech aggravated Anyoji Eiichiro's motives.The proof that Anyang Temple was not at the scene on the night of August 7th is only to say that it was at home, without providing any provable materials.The biggest charm of Iwamura's speech is that "the goal is not lost".

However, Iwamura's argument also has a weakness. "Then how to explain the difference in physical strength between him and Yonekawa? They are not at the same level, right?" Matsuzaki raised the first weakness. "However, a sudden attack from behind can completely make up for the lack of physical strength. The deadly wound was on the back of the head, which shows that the murderer did it unexpectedly." "Even if it was by surprise, how did he transport the corpse to the scene? Anyang Temple doesn't know how to drive!" Qing Shui raised the second weakness.

"Otherwise the seeds will open." "Zezi is having a hot fight with Yone Chuan, how could she help her husband to kill his lover?" "Zezi was an accomplice in the accident, maybe she was the one who drove the car. If Yone Chuan used this as an excuse to blackmail her, it wouldn't be surprising that she helped Anyang Temple kill her." Shimizu didn't seem convinced yet, but he didn't refute it. No one came up with an opinion newer than Iwamura.Although the suspicion of Ba Chuan cannot be completely ruled out, compared with Anyang Temple, it seems that his motive is smaller.In the end, it was decided that "Odawara" would be responsible for the full investigation of Anyang Temple.

The "Zama" side investigated the situation around the deceased according to the original action policy, and at the same time re-searched the scene. There are not a few people who hold grudges against Kozo Yonekawa.He used all kinds of vicious means to seize other people's land, and sold the wilderness and hillside land that could not be managed at all as good land to others for profit. Some people were deceived and fell into the predicament of bankruptcy, and some had to flee at night with their families in order to avoid debts. However, there are too many suspects and it is difficult to grasp who is the decisive figure.Although they held strong resentment towards Yone Chuan, it seemed far-fetched to link them with murder.They are all kind-hearted little citizens, and it is precisely because of this that they fell for Mi Chuan's tricks. Among them, there is no one who will never give up if he swears revenge until his goal is achieved.

The search headquarters patiently ruled out each person one by one.Ueno and Hanaoka, who were transferred from the Zama Agency to search the headquarters, were sent to the on-site search team.After the incident, they searched the scene and the surrounding area like police dogs every day. Although the scene is a treasure trove of search and evidence collection, due to the land subsidence caused by the heavy rain, even if there are traces left by the murderer, they have already been washed away by the rain.The loamy soil swollen with water was as muddy as clay, sticking to my body and I couldn't shake it off.They rolled in the mud every day for the past few days, and when they got home, the water turned into black soup as soon as they entered the bathtub.Even the ears and nose were filled with mud.

"Damn it! Why is it buried here!" Ueno muttered. "Because he thought he would never be discovered. If there were no typhoon and subsidence, maybe he would never be discovered." Hanaoka said reassuringly.In fact, he was already tired of it. "The killer didn't expect it to collapse either." Although he was bored, he didn't let his hands stop with professional awareness.They were digging subconsciously, and they looked forward to digging up the traces left by the murderer at some point. "But why did the murderer transport the corpse here?" Hanaoka seemed to remember something.

"Maybe he is familiar with this area." Ueno replied casually. "But this area is not a remote place. There are houses nearby, and people often come here. It should be transported a little further inward to Danzig." "There are often outings and hunting in Danzig. On the contrary, no one will pay attention to this kind of place, and it is the safest place." "That being said, the more people don't pay attention to the place, the more you need to be familiar with it. There are too many people going to Danze, and maybe only the local people know about this dull miscellaneous forest."

"Maybe it was buried by hand, because it is too dangerous to transport the body to a distant place. The murderer wanted to find a place nearby and bury it." "It's still not clear that he died when he came here. Maybe the murderer brought the dead here and killed him." "If you take it far away, you have to have a reason. The more ordinary the place, the easier it is to deceive you." "But the deceased's home is in the Shibuya district. The miscellaneous forest in Zama cannot be a frequented place." "The deceased was a real estate agent. It is very likely that he had seen the land here. The murderer might have tricked him out by looking at the land." "You mean the murderer was in real estate?" "That's not certain. But if someone lied to him that he wanted to sell some land, he might follow without doubt." "The opinion that the scene is closely related to the deceased has not been raised at the search meeting. How about we raise it next time?" "The group of people in the headquarters will speak the truth and don't listen to the opinions of the jurisdiction at all." "That's right! They are the nobles of the headquarters, the upper-class retainers. What are we? We are the slaves of the section, the pawns who run away." Hanaoka said whiningly. Even if they attended the search meeting, the police from the local bureau had no say. The protagonists were all the cadres from the headquarters and the police from the first search section.They are aristocrats, the policemen of the Higher Office are their retainers, the policemen of the Local Office are reduced to slaves, and the field inspectors are even more like errands.Hanaoka's words revealed the strict hierarchy of the police within the Interpol. Although it is a bit exaggerated, the criminal police of the first and second investigation divisions of the headquarters are indeed the objects of admiration of all the policemen. They are majestic, and they are full of air no matter where they go.From the first moment they received the report, they arrived like a gust of wind, took over the command of the search headquarters set up in the local bureau, and retreated as soon as they got the best oil (to arrest the murderer) . In the face of these police aristocrats in the headquarters, the police of the local department have nothing to do. "Hey! What is this?" Ueno, who was rummaging through the soil, shouted. "What did you find?" Hanaoka looked towards Ueno.I saw a small thing in his hand. "Cough! It turned out to be a small rock." Ueno was about to throw it away in disappointment. "Don't throw it! Will someone use it as a murder weapon?" Hanaoka quickly stopped him. "The murder weapon? Impossible!" Ueno began to observe again.The stone is oval in shape, about ten centimeters long, round at the bottom, and thinner as it goes up. "If you hold it and fall over it, wouldn't it be a murder weapon?" "It seems impossible to be a murder weapon, but after hearing what you said, I also feel that this stone does not look like a natural stone, but rather artificially processed." The surface of the stone is uneven, but if you look closely, you can see that there are traces of artificial processing that natural stones do not have. "Could it be a stone tool?" "Well, I heard that there are many ancient tombs in this area." "We dug up the stone tools from the ancient tomb!" The two looked at each other. There are many historical sites around Zama City, especially the ruins of ancient villages, ancient mounds, caves, and horizontal tombs all over the place.Are these ancient stone tools?Or ordinary stone?But in any case, there is no doubt about one thing: that is, this is a "foreign body" buried in the loamy soil layer. In the end they decided to keep the almost-thrown stone as evidence. "Zezi!" Eiichiro stopped his wife who was about to go back to the bedroom.Zezi's heart skipped a beat and he immediately stopped and turned around. It has been a long time since my husband asked for it.Although I think this is unlikely, there is no reason to refuse immediately. "Ah, come here." Eiichiro pointed forward with his eyes.It didn't seem like that kind of request, but his unusual seriousness made people feel a little overwhelmed. "What's up?" Zezi tried his best to suppress the uneasiness in his heart. "Ok!" Eiichiro hummed and stopped suddenly, as if hesitating whether to say or not. "What's the matter?" Zezi muttered and urged.Thanks to the age difference, the "beauty tricks" between husband and wife have repeatedly succeeded on the husband. "I seem to be going out a lot recently." Eiichiro's words seemed to be squeezed through his teeth. "Where is it! It's the same as in the past!" "Really? Why can't I find you when I call home?" "That's when you keep calling when I don't happen to be home." "Anyway, it's because you're not at home most of the time." "It's not like I'm playing outside. I hold a lot of positions here and there. Besides, I can't be too shabby as your wife. I still want to go for your decent and proper entertainment." "Fine then. Just don't take it too far." "Why are you hesitating? What are you trying to say?" "The police are here!" "Police? What are they doing here?" "They repeatedly asked me where I was on the night of March 5." "March 5th..." "It was the night I went to Kyoto for a meeting." "Oh! That day." Zezi tried his best to look indifferent. "The police also questioned you. You didn't seem to be at home that day." Eiichiro looked at his wife's face. "There was a bazaar for African refugees that day, and I was at the bazaar all day." "The bazaar goes on until the next morning?" "After the bazaar was over, the sponsor and I held another condolence party together. We can't leave as soon as it's over." "But it was going too far until the next morning." "It's just a different place to get together, anyway, you won't be there when you go home..." "I came back early when I was with you?" Eiichiro's words were not without sarcasm.Even at home, she often comes back very late. "Of course! Why would I hang out when you're at home?" "Are the streamers of the sun still there?" Eiichiro changed the subject. "Well! Of course it is! What?" "The police asked. Asked if you had any necklace or bracelet made of yellow and platinum. They showed me a mutilated piece." "Defective item? Mine is intact. This is the most precious gift you bought me. How could I break it? Do you want me to show it to you?" Zezi finally found an excuse. She took out the sun ribbon from her room and put it in front of her husband. Eiichiro took it over, held it in his hand and looked at it repeatedly, and finally heaved a sigh of relief after confirming that it was intact: "It's fine if it's not yours! Be sure to keep it and don't throw it away!" He said and returned it to Zezi. "What happened to the necklace?" "I don't know. It seems to have fallen somewhere, and the police are looking for its owner." "What scene?" "Then how do I know! Anyway, it's okay if it's not yours." "Of course I'm fine. What's the point of those police officers interrogating me?" "Yonekawa is dead. Did you know?" Eiichiro extended the topic one step further. "Yonekawa? Is that the Yonekawa Gozo?" "Which other Yone Chuan do we know?" "Ah, I remembered. The newspaper said that a body was found in a landslide after the typhoon." "He may have been killed." "Whether he was buried or killed, what does it have to do with me?" "You are so cold-hearted! After returning from the trip, don't you and his wife often stay together?" "But I have nothing to do with her husband. I hate that man. He always stares at me with that kind of malicious eyes. It's pitiful to say he deserves it, but I always feel that he has done nothing good. Maybe it's him ordained." "You really have nothing to do with him?" Eiichiro looked at Noriko suspiciously. "of course not." "That's good. But don't tell the police what you just said." "why?" "You don't need to ask! What deserves death, won't we be suspected if we say this?" "That's right! The police don't believe anything!" Zezi's heart skipped a beat again. Anyang Si Zezi fell into extreme anxiety. There was no doubt that Eiichiro had grown suspicious.Not only the relationship with Kozo Yonekawa, but also doubts about "the night of March 5th". The husband's suspicion is easy to deal with anyway.The problem is that the police also asked if there was any alibi that night.I don't know how the police asked the question, and how Eiichiro answered, but if the police suspects it, they can't escape it by relying on "beauty tricks" anyway. Mi Chuan is dead, it's as if God helped me.But it would be worse if he was suspected of the cause of his death, and it would be even worse if he was connected with "the night of March 5th". However, I heard that Yone Chuan may also commit suicide.Who killed it?Could it be him?This is impossible.Yet he has good motives.Maybe he hasn't come into the police's sight yet, but it will be sooner or later. "This is no joke! I have motives myself!" Zezi's face turned pale with fright at the thought that the motive that he had deduced from him was also suitable for her. Regarding the killing of Yone Chuan, the police haven't asked him about it yet.Perhaps the net had already been laid elsewhere.But once the police know about his relationship with Yone Chuan, maybe they will come.No, it will definitely come! Perhaps the police asked him to continue to "perform" for a while in order to further investigate his relationship with Yone Chuan.Thinking of this, Zezi was fidgeting like an ant on a hot pot, and she had been cornered.At this moment, she thought of someone. But his attitude was unusually cold. "It's too dangerous to meet now." This is what Zezi had expected. "I know that, I don't know what to do now. Just a moment, let me see you!" "Why don't you understand? If people find out about my relationship with you, everything will be over!" "You mean your current cozy nest?" "It's not just me, isn't it the same for you?" "I don't care if I don't have a nest now! I'm tired of him." "What are you talking about? I'm afraid it's more than that!" "Could it be that you killed Mi Chuan?" "Don't talk nonsense!" "Then why are you so afraid of the police?" "They were the first to suspect me!" "If you didn't kill us, we should raise our glasses to congratulate. Our natural enemy is dead. Based on this, we should celebrate together, right?" "Please! Be more sensible, please? It's too dangerous to meet now!" "I understand! You are the most important thing compared to me. What kind of sincere love? It sounds nice! In the end, it is the love that you don't give anything, as long as you are suitable! Alright! I won't let you 'White car'!" Putting down the phone, Zezi fell into even heavier uneasiness. Anyang Temple Eiichiro is convinced that his wife has something to hide from him.She had an illicit relationship with Yonekawa, which had been confirmed by Kanai.But her secret is more than that, there must be something deeper. Police asked for an alibi on March 5.The deceased who was "dug out" by Kohira Hakone disappeared on the night of March 5. The alibi that night can be confirmed by the owner of the medal found with the deceased. It is true that her medal was not lost, but Eiichiro knew that this could not prove that she was not there on March 5th.After the trip, he kept his wife's medal, which he kept secret from the police. Zezi probably had some kind of contact with Gong Shiping's deceased on the night of March 5. At that time, she "did not have a medal", and the "commemorative medal" was lost by X who was with him. Could that X be Yonekawa?Ke Michuan was dead.According to the condition of the body, it is said that it was not a suicide.So who killed Yonekawa?And what about motivation? Assuming that if X is not Yonekawa, and if X killed Yonekawa, then the "degree of involvement" is extremely unusual.Perhaps the secret deep in the wife's heart lies here. Although Eiichiro had doubts about his wife, he stopped following him halfway because he didn't want to corner her.Because of the badge, the police don't seem to suspect her yet. But if the police find out about her relationship with Yone Chuan, she will become a major suspect.When this was hinted at to her, there was a great deal of uneasiness on her face.This kind of expression is by no means an expression that unrelated people can make at will. Eiichiro seemed even more restless. X is not Yonekawa, this X seems to be hidden behind Yonekawa. X used Yonekawa as a cover to snatch his wife away. On the night of March 5th, that X was with her, and he buried the body in Koshihei, Hakone, and lost the medal. Thinking of this, Eiichiro called Akima Kanai into the room again. "Father means that X is a member of the European tour?" Kanai asked back after hearing Eiichiro's suspicion. "Because only those who have taken part in the European tour have medals." "Our regiment is not the only one with medals." "That's right, all those who participated in the 8X annual trip were issued commemorative badges, otherwise the people who may stick to them will not be in other groups." "But besides the two of us, there is only a gold carver named Bashu and an industrialist named Meigu left!" "Accompanied by a travel agency." "Yes, the company of a travel agency cannot be ruled out." "The X I want to snatch away from is among them!" "You mean let me find him?" "Please! Only you are the most reliable!" "I think this kind of thing is best left to the police." "But what if Zezi is involved in the killing of Yone Chuan? No way! It will affect my reputation and status, and even you..." "What do you plan to do if you are really involved?" "We'll talk about it when the time comes. Find out who that X is for me now!" Eiichiro doesn't want to lose his dignity in front of his son-in-law. "Zama" analyzed the stones found at the site by Ueno and Hanaoka.The center of the analysis focused on whether the stone could be used as a murder weapon. After thorough discussion, it was concluded that the stone would not cause fatal injuries to the head. But Ueno and Hanaoka still don't give up.It is not surprising to find stone tools from ancient ruins, but the problem is that a horizontal tomb was discovered there not long ago, and archaeologists have just conducted investigations. How can stone archaeologists not see what even laymen can discover?If it is not missed by archaeologists, the only explanation is that someone brought it there after investigation. Who brought it in with what motive?No one has been close to the ruins after filling, and besides, no one is interested in the filling of the ruins after investigation. In this way, the person who brought the stone in could only be the murderer who buried the body there.In other words, the murderer dropped the stone there at the same moment he brought the body. In the end, "Zama" agreed to find out the "origin" of the stone first. The stone was taken to the office of Akimaro Kanai at Shukokan University. "Did this be found at the scene?" Jin Jing looked at the stone and asked in surprise. "We don't look like an ordinary stone, so I want to ask Mr. to appraise it." "Such stones are very rare." "Very rare?" "This is not a Japanese stone." "So that means foreign stones have found their way into Japanese tombs?" "That's impossible. This is a representative stone tool produced in warm regions during the Paleolithic Age, called the ax grip." "Axe?" "Yes. It has been found in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India and other places. It is an ax that can be used as a weapon. Judging from the shape, this one seems to have been unearthed in Europe. Please wait a moment." As he spoke, Kanai stood up and took out an academic reference book from the bookshelf, flipped through it for a while and finally found a page with several similar patterns of stone implements on it. "Look! This one is very similar to what you brought." The pattern Jinjing pointed to is exactly the same as the stone tools found in Ueno and Hanaoka. "Ah! That's it!" The two couldn't help shouting. "This was unearthed in the Kent area of ​​the United Kingdom. The age is equivalent to the Acheulian culture in the early Paleolithic age in Europe. At that time, the ax-holding stone tool culture in southwestern Europe was famous. The Acheelian culture is divided into seven stages. The shape of the ax grip is different at each stage, there are pear-shaped, oval-shaped, and some in between." Jin Jing's "explanation" can be described as detailed, but the police later don't care anymore.They are thinking: Why did European stone tools go to the horizontal tomb cemetery in Zama, Japan. Kanai also said that such a scenario "is impossible." So there is only one answer: someone brought the stone tools into the scene. "Thank you for your explanation. Your explanation let us know that this stone is not an 'indigenous people' who was there in the first place, but assuming that this stone was already at the scene when Mr. Eye?" "Archaeological excavation is divided into partial excavation and comprehensive excavation. The former is to infer the overall picture of the site by excavating part of the site. Because of the discovery of the horizontal tomb, a comprehensive excavation is required to confirm the whole picture. For the containment layer and tomb chamber with cultural relics, I usually assign special personnel to supervise it personally, and sieve it inch by inch like a sieve. Generally speaking, it is impossible to miss it. If a European ax is really dug out from a Japanese horizontal grave, it will be a big news that will cause a sensation in the world." "Yes! Even if the murder weapon that fell on the scene escaped our eyes, this stone cannot escape your eyes." "But how did it fall there?" Jin Jing looked puzzled. "That's why we came to you. Isn't this kind of stone tool so easy to get?" "Not only did I get it! This is a very precious thing. It is forbidden to take it out of the country where it was unearthed!" "The forbidden stone tools ran to Zama..." The policeman's eyes lit up.The ideas of the two coincided with each other. "Sir, who do you think is the most likely person who owns this stone tool?" Hanaoka asked. "Well, that's archaeologists like us." "But it's forbidden to take out!" "As long as you want to bring it, there are ways. For example, when you participate in archaeological excavations abroad, you can smuggle the excavated things back, and you can also borrow them in the name of research, or smuggle them in in the form of ceramic handicrafts and folk art, or as folklore materials." Bought from abroad. Generally speaking, Japan is very loose in bringing out cultural relics, while other countries are stricter. Most of the things brought out from Japan are pottery figurines. These things are very cheap in the antique market in Paris, like ancient ones. Sacrificial vessels and musical instruments are all displayed in the thick glass of the National Museum in Japan, but in the antique market in Paris, they are placed where anyone can touch them, and they are covered with dust. We all wonder if this is a dream !" "Aside from archaeologists, who else might have it?" Ueno saw that the conversation was getting off topic, so he hurriedly interjected. "Well, that's the antique dealer or collector." "Are there many such people?" "Now there is a boom in cultural relics collection, and we don't know how many people there are. But I am afraid that there are many more than those who specialize in archaeology. Because antique dealers on the street can easily go to Southeast Asia or Paris to buy back Imari. Ancient vases and pottery figurines. People who travel abroad also bring back quite a few.” "That said, it's not necessarily limited to archaeologists who hold axes." "How should I say it? This is a rather special thing, and it's hard to say." Jin Jing hesitated a bit.If the holder is limited to archaeologists, it is tantamount to placing himself among the suspects. In any case, the origin of the stone tools found at the scene has been clarified.It shouldn't have been there in the first place, and it wouldn't be there if someone hadn't brought it in. So far, "Zama", which has been conducting searches independently of "Odawara", has to reconsider its relationship with the former.So far they had been mainly targeting real estate related to the dead, but real estate and holding an ax really had nothing to do with it. Just as "Odawara" advocated, the development of the case is more and more related to the cases they handled. According to "Odawara", Gozo Yonekawa and Eiichiro Anyangji were in a sharp confrontation over land surveys.That said, Anyang Temple has good motives.If it is Anyang Temple, it is not surprising that he has a European ax grip. "But I still don't understand." Ueno muttered, tilting his head. "What don't you understand?" Hanaoka asked. "Isn't it self-inflicted to drop an ax that is not available in Japan on the spot?" "That's why Wu Luo did it unintentionally." "The murderer went to throw the corpse, what did he do with that stuff?" "Could it be that the archaeologist put it in his pocket beforehand and accidentally dropped it?" Hanaoka's words show that his heart has been deeply imprinted with the color of archaeologists. "It's impossible to keep this kind of thing in your pocket all the time, and it's not easy to carry it. Even if it's used as a murder weapon, if you can use such a special thing, isn't that an advertisement for killing people?" "You mean the murderer dropped it on purpose?" "Judging from the scene where the corpse was buried, it is impossible for someone who is not very accomplished in archaeology to think of that kind of place." "If it was dropped on purpose, it means that he wanted to direct the search to archaeology." "The first suspect is Eiichiro Anyangji." "The second one is Akimaro Kanai. He is also the commander-in-chief of the on-site excavation." "Someone is trying to draw suspicion on them." "Wait! If you want to divert the search target, he should hide in a place where he can be found more easily. Don't forget that Yonekawa's body was discovered by chance due to the typhoon." "Even if he can't find it, he still has many ways to lead the target to Anyang Temple. Maybe this is a surefire strategy in case he is discovered." "That's a little too serious!" "Anyway, one thing is certain, Anyang Temple and Jinjing cannot escape cleanly." The opinions of the two were adopted at the search meeting, and the direction of investigation turned to Anyang Temple and Jinjing.Thus, the search targets of "Zama" and "Odawara" finally came together.