Chapter 15 Chapter 15 The common denominator full of murderous intentions

The idea of ​​"a 180-degree turn" in "Tokyo" brought great shock to "Kanagawa". The idea of ​​the Eastern Journey tour group gathering together due to some common ground has never been thought of by the "Kanagawa" side so far. Immediately, the members of the tour group were summoned about the process of participating in the Eastern Tour at that time. Anyoji Eiichiro and his wife "I will retire from university in two years. This is a commemorative trip before retirement. I have been to Europe a few times before for work, but my wife has never been, so this is an opportunity. My daughter and son-in-law were planning to go with me, Kanai went alone because her daughter was pregnant."

——Has anyone mobilized beforehand? "Mizushima from the travel agency has been here before. Compared with other travel agencies, I think Mizushima's travel agency is better, so I finally chose Mizushima's travel agency." ——Was Mizushima introduced by someone? "No, it seems to have come out of nowhere. At first I thought it was a car salesman or an insurance company clerk." ——Did you finally decide to participate because you were persuaded by Mizushima? "At first he just left a brochure, and then he came a few times. My wife agreed after persuasion, and I was also tempted. Finally, I introduced him to my daughter and son-in-law, and I was convinced. Mizushima is a great salesman."

Noriko Kanai "My father once advised me that this is a good opportunity, and I was tempted to go together. I went to the United States on my wedding trip, so I always wanted to go to Europe, but in the end I didn't make it. Kanai often goes there due to work, so I don't know much about it. Positive, but who knows how Zezi will treat his father outside, he only went at my request." ——Did you know from the beginning that the company was Mizushima? "When Mizushima came, he said that he would be in charge of everything during the trip, and Mizushima would handle the departure procedures for us."

——Did you know Mizushima before the trip? "I don't know him. He was introduced by my father. This is the first time I've seen him." ——What about your husband and Mizushima? "I think it's also the first time." Mizuyuki Yonegawa "Because Yone Chuan was very busy with work, our newlyweds didn't go anywhere, so this time it can be considered as making up for the last wedding trip. He didn't want to go at all at first, and I begged him to agree." ——As far as we know, there are many other tours of the same type, why choose this route? "Highly recommended by Mizushima."

—Was Mizushima introduced by someone? "No. At the beginning, I found a booklet in the mailbox. I looked through it because it was beautifully printed. Two or three days later, Mizushima came." ——And then it was decided, right? "No. I said to discuss it with my husband first, and let him go back that day." ——How did Mizushima know your home address? "The brochure didn't come in the mail, I think it must have been slipped in here at random." —Have you and your husband seen Mizushima before? "This is the first time." — Where is your husband?

"I think it's also the first time. Because he read the brochure and said that he had never heard of this travel agency before." ——Have you met your husband and Mizushima before the trip? "I've seen it two or three times, just to go through the formalities." —Did they have any abnormal appearance at that time? "No." Yasuke Taeko "I often go to Europe because of business, but I haven't taken the Orient Express before, so I took part." ——Is there any reason for choosing this route? "It was recommended by Mizushima." —Did someone introduce him?

"No. He came suddenly one day." —Are you here to deliver brochures? "Ah, I remembered after hearing what you said. There is a pamphlet, but I often go to Europe and there is nothing new, so I didn't read it." ——How did Mizushima know your home address? "Well, maybe I saw it from some directory." - Is the brochure mailed or delivered? "I don't remember exactly." ——Traveling in Europe is nothing new for you. Was it because of Mizushima’s recommendation that you finally decided to participate? "Yes. He's so enthusiastic that you can't help but join him. He's such an excellent salesman. People like me, who often travel around the world, are moved by his words, as if they were going on a school trip. a few days."

——Is that the first time you saw Mizushima? "yes." Hachitsu Takuyuki "I have been to Europe before, especially I studied in Germany, so I don't really want to go, but Madam let me go with her, I really can't help but she has to go. This is the first time I met Mizushima .” Meirong Shigeko, Youxin and his wife "This is a commemorative trip for our 10th wedding anniversary. You can go anywhere. Mizushima just happened to come and said that their travel agency has a trip to the East, so I took part." ——How did you meet Mizushima? "In the beginning, an introductory material was sent, and he came after a few days."

——How did Mizushima know the address of his home? "There are so many ways to know. There are a lot of companies selling all kinds of directories now." —Did your husband decide to go under your persuasion? "Yes. We are usually busy with business, so we happened to have the opportunity to travel together." ——Is this the first time you met someone in the tour group? "Yes. Who would have thought that my husband and Mrs. Anyangsi would use this opportunity to get together! I'm so stupid!" Through the interrogation of the tour group members, it was learned that they participated in the Eastern Journey because they listened to Yoshio Mizushima's persuasion, but no previous contact between the tour group members was found.

According to the idea of ​​​​"Tokyo"'s "180-degree turn", the commonality of "Yoshio Mizushima" appeared among the tour group members who had nothing in common. Mizushima, as an escort of the tour group, undertook all the formalities before departure and all the food and daily care during the trip, but it is a difficult problem that he was also responsible for the advertising and sales of this trip. fan.According to the people of the All Japan Tourism Commune, this kind of situation is indeed relatively rare. So the nine people (ten at the beginning) were randomly selected by Mizushima?Or was it chosen for some purpose?If the latter, what is the motivation?

If the latter motive holds true, then the idea of ​​"Tokyo" will be confirmed for the first time. However, Mizushima said in his arraignment that the choice was random. Regarding the question of how they got their address, Mizushima smiled dumbly, and then the answer became louder than the question: "Mr. Police Officer, what era is it now? You are still talking about this outdated stereotype! Do you know how many computers there are in Japan now? It is second only to the United States in the world! Even your police are using computers to control the entire country. There are records of fingerprints and other wanted criminals. Which family with preschool children in the country has not received a mountain of learning software from software manufacturers? Every company is collecting its own customer sources in order to survive Information, not to mention the family composition of each customer, and even their experience, income, personality, character, health status, interests, hobbies, thoughts, religion, relatives and friends, etc. need to be mastered. These originally belonged to your police patent Now private companies are beginning to follow suit." At first glance, what Mizushima said seemed to make sense.However, through investigations around the Yonekawa family, it was found that the pamphlets he said were distributed casually were not seen in any nearby households, and were only dropped into the mailbox of the Yonekawa family. Moreover, this situation is also contradictory to what he said that after collecting customer information and then focusing on mailing.In addition, regarding the proof of his alibi on the nights of August 7 and September 25, Mizushima only said that he was at home and could not provide proof. So far, Mizushima has been listed as a major suspect. "Tokyo" and "Kanagawa" held a joint meeting.The rivals who used to be irreconcilable finally sat together.Due to Mizushima's exposure, Bashu, who had been listed as the biggest suspect, naturally retreated to the back. "Regarding the murder of Yonekawa and Jinjing, Yasuke was once listed as an object of suspicion. Now that Mizushima has appeared, we must re-examine the case from a new perspective. Of course, it does not mean that Yasuke can be completely ruled out, but if Mizushima If the island really brought together people who had never met each other before with some special intention, then Mizushima is likely to have a close relationship with a series of past cases. In short, these people were not randomly selected. It is very likely that He came towards these ten people from the beginning. What is his purpose in choosing these ten people? We might as well start from this angle." Nasu, who presided over the meeting, stood up and clarified the theme of the meeting. "As for your point of view that the case should be re-examined with a fresh perspective due to Mizushima's appearance, I don't think it's unusual for Mizushima to promote business as an employee of a travel agency. These ten people are the ones he happened to promote, Is it a little too much to suspect that he has specific intentions?" Shimizu of "Kanagawa" first raised a different opinion.The idea that there is something in common among the ten selected (the final nine participants) is indeed a new idea, but the commonality is not necessarily limited to Mizushima. "Then what could be the common ground besides Mizushima?" Mountain Road of "Tokyo" asked back. "Not yet. What I want to say is don't just focus on Mizushima. It is dangerous to draw conclusions hastily as a common point." Shimizu added.Nasu nodded: "That's right. In the sense of common ground, Mizushima was not in our sight at first. He was a member of the tour group but not a member of the tour group. At first we preconceived that he was appointed by the company to be the accompanying tour guide of the travel agency. It is impossible to have the motive of killing the customer and put him in the position of an 'invisible person' other than the person involved. But if you think about it from another angle, if it looks like the company appointed him, but in fact he voluntarily accompanied him, what would happen? It’s going to be different soon. Mizushima just recruited customers and accompanied him.” "What's so strange about recruiting customers and accompanying them yourself?" Shimoda of "Tokyo" raised questions from the standpoint of "Kanagawa", which made people feel that it was a deliberate move to ease the atmosphere between "Tokyo" and "Kanagawa". "There is no travel agency that stipulates that front-line escorts cannot directly solicit customers, but this practice is unconventional. As a large travel agency, All Nippon Travel Agency is generally responsible for the planning, sales, and sales of travel plans. The tour group is generally accompanied by a professional tour guide who is familiar with overseas travel. It is indeed rare for Mizushima to recruit customers and accompany him himself. This situation is not uncommon in those scattered small companies.” Kasai, who was in charge of investigating Mizushima's company, explained Shimoda's question. "Even if Mizushima had a certain intention to attract specific customers, nothing happened during the trip. Then why did he call those nine people?" Hanaoka of "Kanagawa" raised questions from another angle.The tour group's ten-day trip ended without incident, and the topic of "classmate reunion" even came up among the female customers.This means that after returning from the trip, a murder occurred among the "classmates". "Maybe his intention was to do it while traveling, but he didn't find the right moment." Hanaoka's partner Ueno responded. "Could it be a forewarning?" Iwamura from "Odawara" interrupted. "Forewarned?" "It's just a warning before doing it. Mizushima has a grudge against all the members of the tour group, and the time is coming when he declares revenge on them." "It sounds so much like a movie ad that will be released next week!" Chuan Sheng's serious words caused a burst of laughter.In this way, the shadow of the confrontation between "Tokyo" and "Kanagawa" disappeared immediately, and the venue became more relaxed.Although Kawakatsu sometimes can't put forward any good opinions, he has the ability to ease the atmosphere of the venue. "I think this is a clue worth considering. He originally wanted to lure them out to wait for an opportunity to attack on the road, but he didn't find a chance to do so. In the end, he only ended up in the form of a forewarning." Kusada continued what Iwamura had said. "However, if the members of the tour group were killed one by one on the road, the murderer would definitely be limited to the members of the tour group. It's a different matter if there are a lot of people in the tour group, but there are only ten people in total including the escort. In this way Isn't he the 'invisible man'?" Hanaoka made a detailed supplement. "Can you think about it this way?" Police officer Jin Jin International, who had been silent all this time, spoke.Everyone's eyes were drawn to it. "From the analysis of the whole situation, it is certain that Mizushima's act of attracting customers is premeditated. There is some kind of relationship between the tour group members and Mizushima, but the tour group members are not aware of this, only Mizushima knows. But Mizushima has no confidence in this relationship, so he wants to prove it by mobilizing them to travel. We live together overseas for several days, and unconsciously have a feeling of spiritual relaxation, which used to be pent up There is also an opportunity to vent the things in my heart. Because the escort of the travel agency is the leader, the tourists are willing to tell him anything out of a trusting psychology. If the escort consciously induces them, the tourists are more willing to talk. He Perhaps it is through this method that some kind of karma with his tourists has been confirmed." Hearing Jin Zi's speech, he suddenly fell silent.This kind of travel aimed at proving a certain kind of relationship cannot be said to be absent. Walking under the sky of nature, no one thinks this kind of questioning is superfluous, and the other party is accompanied by a trustworthy travel agency. "The question is what is the relationship that Mizushima wants to prove? What kind of relationship exists between Mizushima and the tourists? Is this relationship brewing the motive for the murder? Are all the tourists in the tour group related to Mizushima? Or is it limited to Yonekawa and Kanai?" Nasu summed up everyone's speeches and made a summary. The meeting that day did not bring forward any new opinions and ideas, but "Tokyo" and "Kanagawa" finally took steps towards the same goal. The meeting reached the following conclusions and determined the next course of action: 〇 Thoroughly find out Mizushima's life experience 〇Investigate the motive of the crime 〇 Conduct an in-depth investigation on the relationship between Mizushima and tourists, especially Yonekawa and Kanai Kaneko Haoyan has always been worried about a "thing", and this thing is more and more incongruous.This is the stone tool that is said to have been found at the scene where Yonekawa was killed.According to the investigation of "Zama", it is known that it is a "hand ax" in Paleolithic England, but why did this kind of thing fall on the scene?The site is the ruins of the horizontal tomb, and Jinjing's investigation team just conducted an investigation in May. How could there be British stone tools in that place? According to the personnel of "Zama", they asked Jinjing about the origin of the stone tools, and Jinjing's answer was very vague, saying that besides archaeologists, there were also antique dealers and collectors who had such stone tools. They also said, "Perhaps Kanai knows the origin of the stone tool and is covering it up." So who is Jinjing covering?The most likely one at present is his father-in-law, Professor Anyangsi.As the murderer of Yone Chuan, Anyang Temple was initially included, but due to many contrary factors, he lacked the necessary conditions to commit the crime.Later, Jin Jing was killed, Mizushima was revealed, and Anyang Temple gradually faded from the sight of the search, but this does not mean that he was completely ruled out of suspicion. Although the "identity" of the stone tool has been understood through Jinjing's explanation, its origin is still a mystery. Kaneko decided to entrust the investigators in Zama to take the stone tools to the house of Eiichiro Anyangji.Gold went with it. Anyang Temple looked at the stone tools and immediately showed great interest: "I saw Kanai had one, very similar to this." The words of Anyang Temple made the investigators immediately cheer up.As the origin of the stone tools, they have always suspected Anyang Temple.However, if it is as Anyang Temple said, the meaning of the stone tools placed there is completely different.As previously conceived, if the table archaeologist is the murderer, it is impossible for him to leave the things that arouse his suspicion at the scene.Is this a deliberate trap?Or was it a momentary negligence of the murderer? "When did that happen?" Ueno asked. "About three years ago." "And that was before your journey to the East?" "yes." "Did you see it later?" "He said he lost it." "lost?" "He was very remorseful. He said that a stone ax was unearthed on the other side of Yamanakako, which was very similar to this hand axe, so he compared it with it, but he lost it. This is a treasure of great academic value. It is impossible to get it back if it is lost. I It's a pity too. Where did this come from?" Anyangji's words were full of pedantic curiosity.It was the first time to ask him about the stone tool, because Kanai had been standing in front of him like a screen in the past and his suspicion was getting smaller and smaller. "When did he say he lost it?" Ueno ignored the scholar's curiosity and continued to ask. "It seems to be the autumn of three years ago. I can't remember exactly." "So it was also before the trip to Europe?" "Yes. Because Kanai said that if he saw the same hand ax during his travels, he would definitely buy it." The three exchanged glances.If it was before the trip, he and the rest of the tour group didn't know each other at that time, and the murder of Yone Chuan hadn't happened yet, so there was no need to lie. Out of the consideration of "no evidence of death", in order to get rid of suspicion, Anyang Temple may also lie and say that his own things belong to Jin Jing, but judging from his straightforward and simple academic curiosity, he can't do this kind of acting . "HH?" On the way back from Anyangsi's house, the three of them were discussing.If what Anyang Temple said was true, who was the person Jin Jing "covered"? "Could it be that you are covering yourself?" Ueno said. "If he was protecting himself, he should have covered up the origin of the stone tool. But he said that it is a precious stone tool that does not exist in Japan. We don’t know what it is, or Japanese stone tools, and we won’t say anything.” Hanaoka retorted. "He knew very well that if he said he didn't know we would take it to Anyang Temple, and if he made a false identification and leaked the truth, he would be even more suspicious. Jinjing didn't want us to take the stone tools to Anyang Temple." Ueno added retorted. "If Jinjing is indeed covering someone, it means that Jinjing knows who has lost the stone tools." Kaneko interjected in a soft tone. "Does Mr. Kaneko also think that Jinjing is protecting someone?" Ueno asked. "It suddenly occurred to me just now that if the stone tools belonged to Jinjing, why didn't he say that he lost it when he showed it to him? Even if he didn't want to arouse suspicion, if Ueno-kun and Hanaoka-kun got it from Professor Anyangji There the truth will come out right away. I think the reason he didn't say it was because he knew what happened to the stone tool when it was lost." "But if such a stone tool with academic value is lost and its whereabouts are known, why doesn't he go get it back?" Hanaoka continued Ueno's question. "Of course he went, but he was probably rejected by the other party." "That means it's someone who understands the value of stone tools." "This is just my speculation, lacking enough evidence. But anyway, if the real source of the stone tool is Jinjing, then we have to look at it from another angle." At the same time, "Tokyo" investigated Yoshio Mizushima's life experience.Mizushima was born in Kanazawa City. He is 33 years old. After graduating from a private university in Tokyo, he joined the All Japan Tourism Organization. At the age of 27, he married Eiko Yazawa, who was also in the same unit, and gave birth to a boy the following year.Three years ago, on the night of October 23, the whole family was driving to Fuji Five Lakes when they collided head-on with a car on National Highway 138. His wife and son were killed on the spot. Mizushima was miraculously rescued with minor injuries. The search headquarters speculates that the traffic accident may be related to the case.But the college student who caused the accident and his girlfriend were trapped in the burning car and suffocated to death on the spot. They had no relationship with the members of the Eastern Journey. Mizushima has never moved a car since then.The Kanagawa investigation team in charge of investigating the surroundings of Mizushima discovered during the investigation that a classmate of Mizushima High School named Osaki is now a student of the History Department of Shukokan University. Timely excavation survey. The search team found Osaki with confidence. "Mizushima was my senior in high school. At that time, our two families lived very close together so we often stayed together. Later, when I was admitted to Shukokan University and came to Tokyo, Mizushima helped me a lot. Before my residence was settled I've been living at Mizushima's house." Osaki replied. "Have you told Mizushima about the investigation of the Zama Yoko tomb site?" Osaki nodded: "Mizushima and I are both absolute fans of mystery novels. We often talk about the plots in mystery novels together, and how to eliminate corpses. The best way is to bury the corpses in ancient tombs, so that no one will I know, I also talked about that the excavated ancient ruins are the safest places to hide corpses, because the excavated places will not be excavated again, and if they are discovered, it is difficult to distinguish whether the bones in the ancient tomb belong to ancient people or were murdered , we also talked about Zama’s site investigation during the conversation.” "What was Mizushima's expression at that time?" "It seems to be very interesting. He said that he would like to write a mystery novel if he had the opportunity, so he wanted to go to see it. I drew a picture for him and told him how to get there." This means that Mizushima is familiar with the scene where Yonekawa was killed.So far, Mizushima's suspicion has grown.But his motives remain a mystery. "Tokyo" and "Kanagawa" jointly investigated his relationship with Yonekawa and Kanai, but found no relationship between them. "Mizushima is familiar with the situation at the scene, and has selected ten people to mobilize. From this point of view, he probably had some kind of relationship with these ten people before the trip. If it is said that the misfortune that happened around Mizushima, then It was the traffic accident three years ago, which took the life of his wife. Let us first focus on this traffic accident and try our best to solve it. Maybe we can find him and the ten people from this traffic accident. Personal relationship." Nasu encouraged everyone.