Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven: The Past of the Crash and Run

"We got the photos of Yamahara." Yuko's excited voice came from the microphone. "Hey, got it?" Secun lay on the bed to answer her call.He was very hungry and was just about to get up. "There is a customer in our store who has business dealings with Xiaokura Trading. He brought me Xiaokura's internal newspaper. There are articles written by Yamahara and photos in it." "I really want to see it right away." Actually, I want to see Yuko. "Okay. I'm at school now and I have no class this afternoon." "Oh? It's already this time?"

"What! Still sleeping? They're all sardines in the sun." "What does it mean?" "It's about to rot." "I see. That's not until every day is Sunday." "What does that mean?" It was Yuko's turn to ask. "It means to retire." Shi Cun said while laughing at himself thinking that it was almost the same.After waking up, I rushed to the coffee shop I made an appointment with, but Yuko had already arrived. "You look like you just woke up. Girls won't like someone so listless." Yuko said teasingly. "There's no need to be more popular to date an amazing girl like you."

"Yeah, that's talking. But I'm glad. Haven't you had breakfast yet? How about a sandwich?" "You're still a student, and I'm a social person anyway." "Isn't it unemployed right now? It's not a social person, but an 'outsider'." Yuko said bluntly.Seimura held the sandwich that Yuko ordered in one hand, while reading the internal newspaper of the school store she got. In the column titled "Minister's Page," Yamahara's face is clearly defined and his cheeks are thin.Rich hair, narrow forehead, sharp eyes.The general expression gave the impression that he must not be neglected, which was by no means based on prejudice against him.

"He is very handsome." "Yeah. But somehow it feels invulnerable." Yuko seemed to have the same impression.The article introduces that Yamahara Yoshinobu is thirty-nine years old, graduated from Toto University, was born in Kanazawa City, and has a daughter in the first grade of elementary school with his wife who is a full-time housewife.Like music, travel, photography. Then there's his Q&A with the editorial staff.The editors hoped to portray the ambition and private side of the youngest minister in the company, but what they wrote was all hygienic and harmless.But one of them caught Shicun's attention.

Editorial Department: "I heard that you like to travel, where do you like to travel?" Yamahara: "Now it is popular to go to some inaccessible places, but from my point of view, I prefer to go to famous scenic spots. Many places are under the banner of secret tourism, but in fact most of them are artificially built. For example, to reach the peak, take a Whether it’s a helicopter or a step-by-step climb, the peak is the same. Therefore, places with complete facilities and more touristy decorations are more reassuring. Maybe I don’t really like traveling.” Editor: "That is to say, travel should also be efficient and rational."

Shan: "People say that traveling means breaking away from daily life. I don't think it can be completely separated. That is to say, traveling can't be completely free and irresponsible. I'm probably too boxed in the box. So I still feel Life in a box is more reassuring." Editor: "I will go to the store I often go to or something." Shan: "That's right, that's right. Anyway, it's still spending money. It might be better to go to different stores to try, but I always go to one store. My wife always says that I'm not romantic enough." Editor: "Only in this way can we grasp reality more accurately."

Shan: "It's more stable in the frame." (laughs) After reading it, he raised his head and met Yuko's questioning eyes.She nodded to Semura asking for approval. "There is no doubt that he is the same person as YANBALU in the message book." "That's right. You don't need to compare the handwriting, you know that Yanballu's thoughts are exactly the same." Yuko completely expressed what Semura was thinking.Semura re-contrasts the internal publications with the text on the message book. Although there is an eight-year gap between the guestbook and the interview, the former and the latter are in the same line.There is amazing continuity.

Another thing Semura doesn’t know is that whether it’s a car ride or a helicopter ride, the peak is the peak and there’s no difference. Yan Yuan’s opinion is exactly the first impression the Toi detective got from Yan Yuan. . "It seems that the fourth companion is undoubtedly Yan Yuan." Shi Cun drank the completely cold coffee. "The next step is how to connect Yamahara with the killing of his brother-in-law and Mrs. Kosaka." "Didn't you say that the person who cut off the message was a woman?" "That woman is probably Shan Yuan's accomplice."

"A person who looks like a female college student is too young to be my partner eight years ago?" "It might be the younger sister of an accomplice, or a loyal student or something. She was instructed to do it. And it's not clear whether it was cut by someone like a female college student? Or she just watched it." "Let's not argue about X women, let's discuss what they are afraid of being seen by others." "I don't think there is anything wrong with what I said, but that I don't want others to know that they are walking together."

"What does it matter if you know about the trip together eight years ago?" "Aren't we now linking the fourth companion with the murder?" "Let's go to HAPPY with the photo of Yamahara first and check with the hostess." "What should I do after confirmation?" "There are two methods. One is to confront Yamahara face to face and ask him why he cut off the message. Confirm his relationship with Mrs. Kosaka." "What if he says he doesn't know?" "Threatened him to find a woman by his side. Yamahara has a sore spot. I think it will definitely work."

"Because there are sore spots, ordinary methods may not be effective." "If you feel troubled, you might as well hand it over to the police." Shi Cun thought of the criminal policeman named Dongju who had investigated him.Dongju seems to be the only one among the police who believed in Sechon's innocence from the start. "Would the police trust information gathered by amateur detectives?" "We have a place ahead of the police. We are the only ones who connect your brother-in-law's murder with Mrs. Kosaka's death. Maybe we are the only ones who have doubts about Kosaka's suicide." In any case, the two of them took the company briefing to the hostess first.She confirmed that the person in the photo was Shan Yuan, a frequent visitor. So far, the identity of Yamahara as the fourth companion has been confirmed.When Shicun and Yuko were considering confronting Yamahara, they found an unexpected piece of news from the newspaper. According to the newspaper, the Second Search Section of the Metropolitan Police Department, which conducts a secret investigation of illegal activities within the school, arrested the director of the product inspection department of the company's product management headquarters on the morning of July 21 on suspicion of malfeasance, embezzlement, and forgery of documents. Yoshinobu Yamahara.It is said that Yamahara is also related to the murder of a widow at the Tokyo Royal Hotel in Chiyoda Ward on March 23. Currently, the investigation headquarters of this incident is cooperating with the First Investigation Division to conduct an investigation. The two were surprised when they read the report. "It seems that the police are still targeting Shan Yuan." "It seems that the truth of Kosaka Shinya's suicide will also come to light." "In the end it was a disguised suicide." "Takasaka is also a direct subordinate of Yamahara. I don't know if he himself participated in illegal activities. If he participated, he might have been silenced because he knew too much; otherwise, he was eliminated because he was in the way of Yamahara and the others. gone." "You mean that Yamahara killed Takasaka?" "If Kosaka says something, Yamahara will be caught blind. His death will benefit the most from Yamahara." "Ms. Kosaka knew the truth and used it to blackmail her, so she was killed?" "But the newspaper said that he was not arrested on suspicion of murder." "Isn't it written that it's related to the murder?" "Another thing the police are good at." "so what to do now?" "There is no other way but to observe quietly. Anyway, Yamahara is in the hands of the police." However, after that, the two people who paid close attention did not see any further development of the situation.Yamahara confessed to the crime of dereliction of duty, but stubbornly denied the killing of the widow. "The murder of your brother-in-law is not involved at all. It seems that the police are still not aware of the connection between the two." "Starting from dereliction of duty and breaking the law, the investigation of the murder suspicion did not link Kosaka Shinya's suicide." "The wife was killed, and after investigating the people around her, it was found that her husband's suicide was also problematic. In re-examining the motives of his suicide, the issue of malfeasance and corruption came up, and of course it connected these things. Because there is also There is no solid evidence, so it has not been seen in the media." "However, according to the newspaper, it seems that Yamahara is only sued for malfeasance." "He's never going to have a crime of malfeasance alone. It's definitely about murder." "But he had an alibi when the widow was killed." "It seems the time has come to provide the information we have gathered to the police." Dongju is shocked by the information provided by Secun, who came to the police headquarters suddenly.All he had was new information that the police didn't have.Although the value cannot be judged immediately, it is certain that these are things full of impact that will definitely open up a new situation for the search.It is also a very fresh point of view to link the floating corpse incident in the jurisdiction of the Aichi Prefectural Police with the killing of the widow.And Shicun's reasons for linking the two are also very convincing. "How is it? Is there any reference?" After speaking, Shicun observed Dongju's face. "It's just that there are some more, it's really useful. Can you lend us these photos and written materials?" Dongju's words were very polite, showing that he believed Shicun's words very much, and his doubts about him had been eliminated. "Of course. I came here just to give it to you." "Leave the rest to us." If amateur detectives are allowed to take the lead, the police will really lose face. Search headquarters discusses the information provided by Se-mura.To put it simply, Masako was killed in the restaurant first, making his sexual partner Shicun the number one suspect.News reporter Kazuki Kiyohara was invited to visit and told Semura that his wife had an affair with Masako's husband, Kosaka Shin, who committed suicide a year ago.He explained that he believed that Shinya's suicide might have been faked, and it was probably related to Masako's murder. Shortly thereafter, Kiyohara was murdered at Cape Irago Lake.Semura, who went to the scene, met Kiyohara's wife and sister, Yuko Sundaihashi, who also went there.The two each took a group photo of Masaoko and Ms. X.Yuko believes that there must be a fourth companion, that is, the person who took the photo.For this reason, the two have been tracking to Guanshan Temple, and tracking to Shanyuan from the hotel's message book. Their reasoning goes like this. Shinya was killed because he knew too much and was disguised as a suicide, and his wife who knew the truth was also killed. Kiyohara, who was approaching the truth, was also thrown into the sea by the same prisoner.The X woman who cut off the message is an accomplice of the prisoner, and she is acting under the orders of the prisoner who is worried about being exposed. "Associating the murder of a widow with the murder of a journalist is a new point of view, but it's a bit rash to think that Yamahara is suspicious just because the hotel's message was cut down. Even if they went on a trip together eight years ago, it doesn't mean anything." Objection Comments were made quickly. "It's not that it's not okay to travel together eight years ago, but because I can discover the existence of Yamahara from the group photo at that time, and find out the scene where Kiyohara was killed, so I hurriedly cut out the message." "But at that time, no one noticed the Kanzanji Hotel." "Didn't Qing Yuan notice it?" "The question of who and why tearing up the message is put aside for the time being. In short, it is a fact to find the existence of Yamahara from the message book. I know that through this trip, Yamahara is familiar with the terrain around Kanzan Temple. The tributary of the Kuroshio Current forms a U near Omaezaki. Turn around and return to the Atsumi Peninsula. If the body is dumped at Lake Hamana, there is a high possibility that the flow will flow to that area.” This speculation has already been put forward by Shicun and Yuko.Discussions did not result in a consensus, but the two sides reached a consensus on the point of attacking Yamahara from a new perspective based on the information provided by Semura. When Yamahara knew that what was added to him was not only dereliction of duty and forged documents, but also killing Kosaka Shinya and faking it as suicide, killing his wife, and killing Kiyohara who was tracking the truth. look. He stubbornly denied it. "There is absolutely no such thing. I did use my power to make a fuss about the purchase price of goods to obtain illegal income, but I did not kill anyone. Gaosaka-kun gave me advice after he became aware of the illegal behavior. But the illegal behavior is in the The company is deeply entrenched, to the point where I can't stop it with my own strength. If it is exposed, not only me, but also many senior officials will be caught. I told him to give me time to correct it slowly. These things. No matter how crazy I am, I will not kill people." "Dead people can't speak. Isn't it you who benefited the most from Kosaka's death?" "I'm not the only one who feels lucky. The officials are also relieved." "You were blackmailed by Mrs. Kosaka who found out the truth, so you ordered your accomplice to gag her, and killed Kiyohara who was following the truth." "No. There is no such thing. Kiyohara asked to meet me, saying that there was something wrong with Kosaka's death, but I didn't meet him." "So where were you on May 13th and 14th?" Yamahara said that it was a normal day, he went to work during the day and returned home around 7:00 pm, but no one came to prove it.It happened that his wife was traveling with his amateur choir partners, and there was only himself and his six-year-old daughter at home.The daughter will not remember what happened so long ago.Even if you remember, the testimony value of a six-year-old girl is extremely low. In addition, on the night that Gao Saka really committed suicide, Yamahara said that he was at home, but he could not provide any favorable proof.The suspicion on Shan Yuan became more and more serious. The trial of Yamahara fell into a dead end.Because Yamahara stubbornly denies murder.Although he was very suspicious, there was no conclusive evidence of his murder.The search headquarters patiently conducted a detailed investigation of Shan Yuan's side.Because of Yamahara's perfect alibi when Kasaka Masako was killed, it is suspected that he has accomplices.And if there is an accomplice, it must be by Shan Yuan's side. "I found something interesting." Dongju told Hengdu. Hengdu urged Dongju to continue with his eyes. "Masakako Takasaka and Yamahara's wife, their natal families are very close, and they have been good friends since childhood." "What did you say?" Crossing was surprised. "We were careless. The parents of both of them are from Katsushika Ward, and they lived in the same street. Although they were in different departments in college, they were in the same tennis club. Masako and Takasaka met at the class reunion in college. of." "Really? Masako's dining companion is likely to be Yamahara's wife." "Whether Changzi was killed because of infatuation, resentment or blackmail, it was all related to the man. We hadn't considered that the suspect's wife might be an accomplice. After all, from a man's point of view, the person who had an affair must have kept his wife secret." "Do you think it's possible that the woman on the trip to Kanzanji is Yamahara's wife?" "It's not impossible to think so. Although the woman in the photo provided by Seimura has changed a little, she is Yan Yuan's wife. On the day I brought Yan Yuan to the police station, I saw his wife at his home. On the one hand, you can confirm whether it is her or not. I think she cut off the hotel's message in order to protect her husband." "Didn't you say she was a female college student?" "It's also possible that my sister or other uninformed girls cut the message." "That means she was the one who killed Masako." "The husband and wife have their own division of labor. First of all, Yamahara killed him in order to stop Kosaka's mouth. Kosaka Masako who knew the truth was killed by Yamahara's wife. We deduce that the X woman who cut off the hotel's message was an accomplice of Yamahara, and his wife They are the most logical accomplices. Just when they were relieved after getting rid of the Kosaka couple, Kiyohara, who came after the truth, appeared again." "Did Qingyuan also kill Shanyuan?" "Probably so. Perhaps the wife helped too." "Anyway, how about we show the photo of Mrs. Yamahara to the French restaurant in Aoyama and the Kanzanji Hotel?" As a result of identification from both sides, the IN THE MOOD restaurant in Aoyama confirmed that Masako's companion was indeed Yamahara's wife.However, the Kanzanji Hotel said that it could not be confirmed because the time had passed too long.At this point, the headquarters decided to ask Yamahara's wife Zhizi for questioning.Tomoko Yamahara, who was called to the homicide investigation headquarters for questioning, looked even more shocked than her husband.The person in charge of the questioning was the experienced Nasu policeman.He first kindly thanked Zhizi who was invited to the headquarters for his hard work, and then showed her the photos from the trip to Kanzanji Temple and the photo provided by Semura that seemed to be taken in DISCO, and asked: "The woman in this photo is you ?" "Yes, but why did you take out such an old photo?" Tomoko Yamahara nodded happily, with a more puzzled look on her face. "Who took this photo?" "One was taken at a disco in Roppongi, I think it was taken by someone in my class. The other was taken when I was in college, on my way back from my graduation trip to Nara, Kyoto, and I stopped by Kanzanji Temple. My husband took it for us of." "Your husband!" Nasu was secretly taken aback.Didn't Tomoko cut the message to hide the fact that Yamahara was the fourth companion?Here, he readily admits that Yamahara went on a trip together.What exactly is going on?Nasu was a little confused. "It was Masako Kosaka and her husband who took the photo together. She said that it would be too boring for the two of us to go, so I pulled Mr. Kosaka who I met at the party and his senior in the company Yamahara. Because of this trip, I I just married Yamahara." She spoke smoothly and without hesitation. "When you stayed at the Kanzanji Hotel during that trip, you wrote down some travel impressions with the other three in the guest book prepared by the hotel, right?" "I suppose there is such a thing." "Do you remember what you wrote?" "I can't remember. It was seven or eight years ago." "Eight years ago. You wrote such a text." Nasu wrote her "travel is a journey away from the daily life. When traveling abroad, there will be a feeling of spying on one's future... a woman by the lake" "How do you know?" Zhizi had a complicated expression on his face. "It is necessary as a reference, so..." Nasu gently prevaricated Tomoko's rhetorical question. "So on May 13th and 14th, did you cut off the messages from the four of you in the message book again?" "Cut it off? I didn't cut it off." The puzzled expression became stronger, Zhizi flatly denied it. "Oh? No cut. So who cut it?" "I don't know. Why should I do this in the first place?" "I asked you this just now. You don't want others to know that your husband is traveling together." "Why should I hide the fact that we're traveling together? There's absolutely no need for that. I don't understand what you're asking." For Tomoko who readily stated that the fourth companion was Yamahara, it was meaningless to go to Kanzanji Temple eight years after the trip to cut the message book.It seems that Tomoko didn't predict that Semura and Yuko would pay attention to the guest book in order to track down the fourth companion.So Nasu no longer started from the message book, and turned his attention. "Do you know Kiyohara Kazuyuki?" "Qiyohara? Don't know him? What's wrong with this person?" Under Nasu's gaze, Tomoko didn't show any panic or acting skills. "Journalist whose body floated on Cape Irago on May 15th after being killed. Don't you really know him?" "I don't know. Why do I have to know this man?" "And where were you on May 13th and 14th?" "I think it's at home. You don't suspect me..." Tomoko turned pale. "Please answer the question." "I can only say at home." "Can you prove it?" "Does someone still have to prove it in my own family?" Zhizi insisted to Qingyuan that he didn't know him or not. As a last resort, Nasu changed direction again. "It's said that you and Masako Takasaka's family lived nearby. You were together until you went to university, right?" "It was accidental, and it was not agreed to go to a university." Tomoko looked reluctant. "But after going to college, your relationship is also very close." "We're all in the tennis club." "We'll see each other often after graduation." "We will meet and chat from time to time." "Have you ever eaten at IN THE MOOD in Aoyama?" "I want to go a few times." "On the night Masako Kosaka was killed, I made an appointment to have dinner together." "I don't quite remember that." "You made an appointment with Mrs. Gaosaka to have dinner that night. The restaurant proves that you and Mrs. Gaosaka have eaten there several times." "I can't remember." But Zhizi's attitude showed that he seemed to be caught in fear.Nasu believes that the companion who eats with Masako is Tomoko. "Please think about it. You made an appointment with Changzi to meet her on the night she was killed. It happened on the night she was killed. The impression must be very strong. On the night of March 23, it is estimated that from 5 o'clock to 7 o'clock that night Changzi was killed at that point." "It has nothing to do with me." Tomoko called out. "It was your close friend who was killed." "I had nothing to do with her being killed." "The restaurant said that the partner who made an appointment with the victim to have dinner at IN THE MOOD that night called to cancel the appointment. Seven o'clock in the evening is the lower limit of the time zone when the victim was killed. It means that the partner knew that the victim died. It’s time to cancel it.” "Why do you say it with such certainty? Suddenly something happens, and you can't contact the other party. It is also common to call the restaurant directly." "There are. But canceling an appointment immediately after being killed is always something that cannot be ignored." "Why do you want to drag it on me?" "Because that person is you. Before the victim was killed, she called the restaurant to reserve a seat in the hotel room, and her companion was also present. She told him that the person who ate with her was a familiar lady. The same as the victim You are the only one who is a familiar lady and has had dinner with IN THE MOOD." "Maybe Masako is lying." "You have eaten at IN THE MOOD with Masako Kosaka several times, five times to be precise. Apart from you, Masakako Kosaka has not eaten at this restaurant with other women. The waiter in the restaurant also confirmed the fact On the day of posting, the voice of the person who called to cancel the appointment was very similar to yours. If you have any objections, you can confront the waiter in the restaurant. Then you will be able to find out immediately whether you are her dining companion." "No, there's no need for that." Tomoko cried. "Will it be inconvenient to confront him?" Nasu said maliciously, observing Tomoko's expression. "Let's not talk about that for now. This is a photo from the disco, when and who took it?" Nasu Qiongkou stopped chasing and picked up another photo. "Who did it in high school? I can't remember exactly when and who took it." "Who is the young man who took the photo together?" Nasu pointed to the young man with his hair combed back like a hooligan.He is dressed very maturely, but his expression is immature. "It was the boy who made friends with Masako at that time." "What is your name?" "I remember it's called KASIYA, and it's Kasugu in Chinese characters." "What is he doing now?" Nasu thought that since it was the person in the photo that Kosaka Masako asked his son to give to his lover Shimura, there must be some meaning in it. "he died." "Dead? How did you die?" "He was hit by a car." "When did that happen? Has the perpetrator been caught?" "It happened in her third year of high school. If she didn't catch the prisoner, it's over. But Kasuya's death made Masako very happy." "Then why?" "She was very brave at the time, and she often associated with dubious people. Kasuya was a gangster in the underworld. At first, she thought it was fun to be together, but then she wanted to break up. But Masako was very troubled by Kasuya's refusal to break up. She once said If things go on like this, not to mention going to college, marriage will be hindered. At this moment, Kasutani was hit by a car and died, and she said that she almost wanted to thank the prisoner." "To the point of thanking the prisoner. Does Kasuya have any family members?" "My parents are here. But I don't know where I live now." Knowing this, you can check the records from the police station under your jurisdiction.In addition, information about traffic accidents will be kept in the police department or the car safety driving center. "In a back street in Shibuya Ward. He was hit and killed while walking with Masako at around two o'clock at night." "Is Mrs. Kosaka here?" Nasu's sunken eyes sparkled. "It was said that there was a fight between the two. Kasuya chased Masako and suddenly appeared on the road, and was killed in the end." "Then Masako Kosaka may have witnessed the prisoner." Nasu seemed to be talking to himself. As a result, although the Yamahara couple were very suspicious, they failed to force them to confess. Through the interrogation of the two men, the following materials were sorted out. 1. Yoshinobu Yamahara had the motive to kill the Kosaka couple and Kiyohara. 2. Tomoko Yamahara was the person who was scheduled to have dinner with Masako Kosaka the night she was killed. (I deny it).When Masako was killed, Yamahara was not there to prove it. Three or eight years ago, Yoshinobu Yamahara was the fourth companion on a trip to Kanzanji Temple, and the Yamahara couple did not shy away from this. 4. Therefore, it is inferred that it was not the Yamahara couple who cut off the message.It is unclear who did this and for what purpose. 5. In the photo taken in the disco, Kasuya died in a car accident, and Masako was there at the time. 6. Both the couple denied killing Qing Yuan, but both of them proved it at the scene. Through the investigation of Tomoko Yamahara, the person who cut off the message and their purpose became the focus.Many people in the search headquarters believed that the person who cut off the message was the murderer of Qingyuan.But there is no definite material to prove that the female college student who asked to borrow the message book after Qingyuan was the one who cut the message. But if it is said that Qingyuan cut it off, it will not explain the reason.It can be considered that Kiyohara only read the message book to find out the fourth companion. (According to information provided by World Village). But the Yamahara couple did not deny the fact that they traveled to Kanzan Temple (that is, the fact that Yamahara was the fourth companion).So what exactly did Kiyohara find in the message book? It can be considered that they have discovered something that is not good for the prisoner, but the fourth companion that Shimura has worked so hard to find does not seem to pose any threat to Yamahara. That is to say, it can be considered that the guest book contains other important clues, but it is not clear what exactly?The search was frustrated here.