Chapter 5 Chapter 5 The Overturned Car

Setada Junichi provided clues to the investigation, but he didn't know how the police conducted it later.Whether the investigation has made progress or is still at a stalemate, he is also very concerned about the newspaper reports, but there is no new news in this regard. Newspapers are chasing new events every day, so if there are no new developments, society will forget the old events. "But this incident will never be forgotten!" Jie Tian couldn't forget Qing Zi's murder. Although they only had a brief contact, Jie Tian would never forget that full and beautiful time.

If she hadn't been killed, I didn't know how far I would have developed with her, whether it would be in a good direction or in a bad direction.Anyway, the existence of Kiyoko is a major event in Jie Tian's life, and the murderer took away this major event in Jie Tian's life. After Sugimoto and Sato came, the guard against Setida never appeared again.But Jietian understood that he had not been completely cleared of suspicion in the eyes of the police, but judging from his lack of movement afterwards, he might have been drawn out of the circle of important suspects. It has been three months since Qingzi was killed, and the time has gradually entered the rainy season.

Setida doesn't hate this season.Green depends on water to appear lush.In the misty and rainy atmosphere, there will be a kind of poetic and picturesque feeling, especially at night, when all the lights are covered with a layer of warm light, giving people a vague and elegant atmosphere. But this year's rainy season shrouded Qingzi's incident, and even Setada, who usually likes this kind of scenery very much, felt very troubled.Because in such a state, he can't cheer up for anything, and his boss is also very dissatisfied with his working state. However, after so many days, the rational judgment of this incident has gradually increased in Setada's consciousness, which is the fact of Kazuyoshi Kawagishi's existence.Qing Zi attended Chuan An's funeral, which must have great significance.

He reported the discovery to the police, but there was no response from them.Is it ignoring your own clues, or is it ineffective in solving the Kawanan incident and Qingzi incident? Setida collected almost all the materials related to the Kawagishi incident report, and he also went to the library to copy relevant materials.He also browsed the weekly magazine, because the incident three years ago, I don't know if it was because the newspaper was not interested or for some reason, he almost found no news related to the Kawagishi incident. The robbery and murder of taxi drivers is commonplace in Japan, so it is not something that the society or the public are very concerned about. When there is news, there are a few lines of small print in a corner of the newspaper.At most, add the sentence "The police investigation has run into trouble."

Setida went to the library when he was free, and browsed the reports from three years ago.He doesn't let go of everything from major national newspapers to local tabloids.But these reports are all the same, and there is nothing new. And it seems that the newspapers are not very interested in this kind of incident, because it is a homicide incident, and it is only published in a corner of the social edition. On this day, Setada went to the district library as usual, intending to browse the newspaper files from three years ago. He has read the report about Kawagishi's killing many times, so his purpose is to find the later reports and news about this incident.

Kawagishi's incident was published in the morning papers on September 19.Setida focused on the reports after the 20th.Although he knew that there might be no follow-up reports, he also held out a glimmer of hope to see if there was a small serial report related to this incident. His gaze happened to fall on the news report on the 20th, which was a very small piece of news on the society page.This incident is about a traffic accident in Kanagawa Prefecture where a tool truck fell down the mountain due to the driver's wrong driving. The car was severely damaged and the driver died at the scene.What caught Setada's attention was the time. The incident happened in the middle of the night on September 18th.

"On the night of the 18th, didn't that happen to be the time when Kawagishi was killed?" Setada said to himself.In fact, he has seen this incident many times, but at that time he dismissed it as irrelevant.But when he saw it again today, for some reason, his eyes were fixed on it. At around 6 p.m. on the 19th, when the construction personnel inspecting the Miyagase Dam came to Nakatsu Valley in Kiyokawa Village, Kanagawa Prefecture, they found the overturned tool cart and immediately reported it to the Atsugi Police Department. The Atsugi Police Department also quickly sent personnel to check the valley, and found that the vehicle was damaged, and a young woman in the vehicle died of injuries all over her body.It can be seen from the driver's license that the woman lives at No. 7-XX, Toli, Setagaya District, Tokyo, and her name is Ryoko Kirihara. She is 23 years old and has no occupation.

This site is under the prefectural road along the Nakatsu Valley from Aikawa Ohashi to Miyase.The straight-line distance from the highway to the bottom of the valley is 180 meters, and it is the most dangerous place.According to the judgment of the relevant personnel at the scene, the accident was caused by Kirihara's wrong operation, which caused the car to overturn and fell to the bottom of the valley. Moreover, this site is the core of the Nakatsu Valley, and the Miyase Dam under construction plans to submerge it.Therefore, due to the construction of the Miyagase Dam, general vehicle traffic has been banned.

On the afternoon of the 19th, the construction personnel of the dam discovered the traffic accident when they came to inspect the progress of the project. Therefore, it was concluded that Kirihara drove in the wrong direction at night, causing the vehicle to overturn into the valley. Setada compared the reports of other newspapers, and the content was similar. "A woman drove to the mountains alone in the middle of the night..." Setida tilted his head in deep thought.The newspaper didn't show a sketch of the incident, but it must be a very remote place, right?Moreover, the dam has planned to release water to flood the area, and ordinary vehicles have long been prohibited from passing.The falling time was the night of the 18th.

On the night of the 18th, it was the time when Chuan An was robbed and killed.Could it be that the murderer wanted to send the car that pulled her body to the scene here? At a height of 180 meters, any car will be severely damaged. Kirihara's address is very close to the place where Kawagishi's body was found.Setida suddenly realized: Kawagishi's car had been hit.If the hit vehicle rolled downhill from a high place, the damage would go unnoticed.Setada's brain seemed to have opened up a bit. Judging from this report alone, it seems that the police did not think Kirihara's death was related to a crime.

Setada couldn't hold back his discovery in his heart. So he called Chuan An's home first, and it happened that Chuan An's wife was at home. "I'm Jie Tian who went to disturb your house a few days ago. Today I called you rashly again. Do you know a lady named Kirihara Ryoko?" Jie Tian asked. "No, never heard of it before." "Is there anyone known by that name among your husband's acquaintances?" "nor." "Last time I looked at the list of people attending the funeral, and it seems that there is no such name. So is it someone your daughter knows?" "I know without asking that she doesn't have a friend with that name. What's wrong with Kirihara?" "On the same night that your husband died, she drove down a mountain in Kanagawa Prefecture and died. It was the night of the 18th." "But Kanagawa Prefecture is far away from the place where my husband was found!" "It's not that far if you drive. What I noticed is that the car rolled from the hill to the hill." Setida further told her that if the car rolled down from the hill, the marks of the car being hit would not be visible. "In that case, can you take a hard trip, my daughter will be back in a while, and you can ask her again?" Kawagishi's wife said. "That's the best!" This time, Setada's original goal was achieved: he originally wanted to have another chance to meet Yukiko, and now he didn't need to find any more excuses.I don't know why, since the last time we saw each other, Setada always has her beautiful image in his mind. Setida copied the report and walked towards Kawagishi's house.Upon arriving at Kawagishi's house, Yukiko just came back from the outside.She smiled gracefully at Setada and welcomed him into the house.She seems to have put on makeup on purpose today, perhaps to welcome Setada's arrival. "My mother has already asked me, and I really don't know this person named Ryoko Kirihara. I don't think my father knew this person before his death. I also checked the list of people who attended the funeral, and there is no such name." These words were actually said by her mother before Jietian came, it seems that her makeup was for Jietian's arrival. While showing her a copy of the newspaper, Setada explained his speculation to Yukiko.Sure enough, Yukiko was very interested. "Although I dare not say that I was rear-ended by another car when the murderer committed the crime, it happened on the same night." Setada thought so. "Yes, it's too suspicious for a woman to go into the mountains late at night. After all, she's single again." "What if there is another person?" But only Kirihara Ryoko died alone.On the night when Kawagishi was murdered, Kirihara Ryoko drove alone to a mountain where traffic had been banned, overturned the car, fell down the mountain and died.Are these two events related?It was for this reason that Setada came to analyze and judge with the Kawagishi mother and daughter. Although it is a bit far-fetched, but if there is a real relationship between Kawagishi and Kirihara Ryoko, then these two incidents must be related! "I don't think there will be any relationship between my father and this Kirihara Ryoko." Yukiko said as if she had seen through Setada's thoughts. "how do you think?" "My father's car has been hit. If Ryoko Kirihara hit my father's car, it might not be intentional, right? Maybe it was an accidental traffic accident! In this way, the two of them Isn't it surprising that there is no relationship between them?" "Yeah, what you said is also reasonable. But why did she drive into the deep mountains after hitting your father's car, and then fell down the mountain and died?" If Ryoko Kirihara's car collided with Kawagishi's car, and later fell into a mountain accident, then it may have nothing to do with Kawagishi's incident. "Now I have an idea." Yukiko raised her head and said as if exploring the mid-air. "What do you think?" "Don't laugh at me. Ryoko Kirihara's car hit my father's car and saw the murderer's face. What would the murderer do? Before Ryoko Kirihara was about to run away, she was stupefied in panic. At this time, the murderer would have gotten into her car and tried to kill her, right?" "In other words, the murderer who killed your father drove Ryoko Kirihara's car, pulled her into the mountains of Kanagawa Prefecture, and then pushed her down the mountain together with her car?" Setada was surprised by Yukiko's opinion.According to her, a new world appeared in front of Setada's eyes. So far, the murderer has not been linked to the car that caused the accident.But Chuan An's car did have "contact" with the car that caused the accident.At this time, the murderer had ample time to get into the car that caused the accident. "Am I overthinking it?" Setada was lost in thought about Yukiko's opinion, when she first laughed. "No, it's indeed a genius' judgment! Why didn't I expect the murderer to get into the car that caused the accident!" "It doesn't make sense, does it?" "No, there is this possibility. It's just that there are two things that are hard to explain." "What is it?" "One is that judging from the impact marks, the trauma of the car is not serious. If there was another person in the car, why would the person with a fierce face be allowed in, and she would have allowed the murderer to drive into the deep mountains? Second, after the murderer pushed Ryoko Kirihara's car down the mountain, how did he leave the scene? Because he didn't have a car at that time either!" "It still doesn't make sense to you." Yukiko smiled sheepishly. "No, it's not like this. Maybe it's like this: After the murderer was hit, he looked at the bump marks on his own car, then went to Ryoko Kirihara's car, and talked to her. Then Ryoko Kirihara relaxed his vigilance, and Let him get into his car. At this time, the murderer showed his murderous face, threatened Ryoko Kirihara to drive the car to Kanagawa County, then pushed her and the car down the mountain, and walked back by himself? If it is a county-level road, there is still obvious If the murderer is a man, it won't be too difficult." Setada added his opinion. "Did the police also link my father's murder with Ryoko Kirihara's incident?" "No, they think Ryoko Kirihara was a simple traffic accident." "Mr. Setida, shall we go for a walk together this Sunday?" "Walk?" Yukiko suddenly changed the subject, and Setada was momentarily at a loss. "I mean, let's go to the place where Kirihara Ryoko's accident happened. I can't think of the scene and I'm afraid I won't have any experience with what happened three years ago, so I want to see the scene. Didn't the police treat it as a traffic accident? ? We should consider whether it has anything to do with my father's incident from the perspective of the incident. Although we are not detectives, maybe a bystander can tell!" "Just as you said, I will definitely go!" Setada liked Yukiko's enthusiasm for this matter very much. The anger caused by the innocent murder of his father three years ago was ignited by Setada. Setida eagerly awaits the arrival of next Sunday.Since it is still the rainy season, Setada prayed in his heart that it must not rain on that day.At this moment, he was like a young man in love. He himself thought that there was indeed a strange feeling in his heart, did he fall in love with Yukiko?Kiyoko Shimazaki's voice and smile still remain in my heart, and it is for this reason that I stubbornly want to catch the murderer with my own hands. Yukiko was interviewed during this personal investigation.Because her father also died innocently, the murderer must be brought to justice.The purpose of the two people is exactly the same.It is precisely because of this that Setada sees hope step by step. The ideal of being with Kiyoko Shimazaki is completely hopeless.From now on, I can only fight alone.When Qing Zi was alive, Jie Tian didn't dare to expect that she would become his own.Adult love and life are symbiotic, and Katsuda firmly believes that his love and life with Kiyoko Shimazaki are symbiotic.But after Kiyoko died, Setada realized that his love and life with Shimazaki Kiyoko might not be symbiotic. Jie Tian's pursuit of the murderer is actually his mourning for Qing Zi.But when he met Yukiko again, he realized that in addition to cherishing the past of himself and Kiyoko, he also needs to add elements of starting a new future.Although I have no certainty in my heart about what the future will be like, just being able to go on a Sunday hike with Yukiko now makes me extremely happy. Fortunately, the weather this Sunday was fine and there was no rain.They took an express train from Okyuda to Hon-Atsugi, and from there they took a taxi to the Aigawa Bridge at the entrance of the Nakatsu Valley.Since the dam is being built here, ordinary vehicles have been banned from passing. From the words of the driver, I learned that in the past, guests who visited the Nakatsu Valley could follow the tourist route to the front of the stone small bridge, but now they are also prohibited from passing. "The Nakatsu Valley is dead, the bottom of the valley has become a construction road, and the sound of blasting shakes the valley. Although today is Sunday and the construction is closed, the beautiful scenery of the Nakatsu Valley has disappeared! I Just don't go in there." The driver persuaded with infinite emotion. The taxi follows National Route 412, crosses the Aigawa Bridge, gets off to the prefectural road, and drives along the Nakatsu River from there.Usually, as the driver said, there are all large construction vehicles here. Today may be Sunday, and there is not a single car in sight at this moment.Since entering the mountain was prohibited, there was no climber in sight. They drove forward for a while, and the front of the road was blocked by barbed wire.There is also a sign saying "No entry for non-construction personnel".But Setada and the others ignored its existence and got into the barbed wire. They walked forward for a while, and saw an arched bridge.There is the stone hut bridge that is the starting point of the Nakatsu Valley.Now the hotel for tourists to rest has also been demolished, only a few prefabricated houses for construction workers were built there. Walking from the stone hut bridge to the upper reaches of the valley, the inside has been occupied by cement and stone, greatly destroying the beautiful view of the valley.The enchanting sight of sparkling quartz green in the stream water has been completely destroyed by the huge tunnel entrance. There are lush forests on both sides of the valley, but now due to construction and blasting, the natural scenery has been ruthlessly destroyed, exposing the naked mountain muscles. The Nakatsu Valley, known as Japan's "Top 100 Sightseeing" in the past, will no longer exist due to the tearing of construction machinery. The lush trees, smooth mountains, rocks surrounded by turbulent streams, and all kinds of animals and plants that used to stand on both sides of the valley were also driven and killed by these "envoys of civilization" .Not only is the beautiful scenery formed for thousands of years gone, but even the natural ecology has been completely destroyed. Fortunately, today is a rest day, the machinery and workers are rested, and the tranquility of the past has been restored here. If it is on weekdays, the sound of construction blasting is deafening, and the entire valley is filled with the noise of mechanical construction and dust. Today is Sunday, and the place is filled with dead silence.Because the tunnel cut off the water flow, the birdsong was no longer heard. The two of Jietian tried their best to avoid the eyes and ears of the construction workers on site, crossed the small stone bridge, and went upstream along the past path.This road has completely become an abandoned and incomplete road. The Nakatsu Valley Sightseeing Trail, which used to connect the Shixiaoqiao Bridge with Miyase, has been completely blocked, leaving no room for pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but traces of the road can still be seen vaguely.In this way, can we still find clues to the accident three years ago? The higher they went, the deeper the mountain air became.In the stripped mountainside formed by construction, they saw regrown trees and occasionally heard birdsong. "Tired?" Setida looked at Yukiko's feet worriedly. "It's too strenuous to walk around the construction site, it would be nice to return to nature!" At this time they came to the shade of a dark and dense forest, where there were construction machines that destroyed civilization. "According to the newspaper reports, this should be the place where Kirihara's car rolled from the road to the valley. Let's go up again!" The two of them tried to keep pace with each other and climbed up together.It seems that Yukiko is good at climbing mountains, her speed is not slower than Setada. "Have we accepted the courage that Ryoko Kirihara gave us?" Yukiko asked. "I also felt her will after coming here." "That's right, a woman like her dares to walk such a dangerous mountain road by herself." Sure enough, after they boarded the road, they felt that it was getting more and more dangerous. It has been walking through the winding rocky cliffs.It would be more difficult at night. "No matter who brought her here, it must be someone familiar with the local area!" If it wasn't Ryoko Kirihara's own will, it must have been forced by others.After Jietian arrived here, he strengthened his judgment even more. The slope of the road increased, and there was a small mountain in front of it, passing through it and extending downward. But the concrete floor has been laid 180 meters down here, and it looks ordinary and desolate.It's just that there are still patches of woods growing on the mountainside. "It fell from here!" Setada stood at the "U"-shaped sharp turn of the road and looked down.Halfway up the mountain is a slope with bare soil, and nothing can stay on it.And the protective fence on the side of the road has been cut off for some reason. In this way, there is a danger of a car driving over and rushing down the ravine. "Is that the concrete floor where the car overturned?" Yukiko came to Setada's side and looked down cautiously. "This is a concrete floor laid during the dry season." "The valley is over!" Yukiko spoke painfully down the mountain.She came to see the scene of the accident, but unexpectedly saw the wreckage of nature, a kind of sadness arose spontaneously. "The police brought Ryoko Kirihara's car up, right?" Yukiko asked.At that time, there should be no concrete floor in the valley. If the corpses and the wreckage of the car were brought up, they could only be pulled up by a crane. "It's very difficult to pull up from the valley bottom of 180 meters!" The two looked at each other. "We came today, but we can't see anything." "What are you going to see?" Setada was very moved by Yukiko's enthusiasm. Kawagishi and Kirihara Ryoko just died in an accident on the same night, and that's all they have in common.Three years later, Jie Tian and the others came to the scene where there were no traces and lost their original shape, and they planned to find evidence connecting the two of them.But, if there was one, it wouldn't exist anymore. Even so, Yukiko kept looking down at the bottom of the valley. "Shall we go down?" Setada asked, wondering about Yukiko's psychology. "Do you really want to go down?" Yukiko asked in disbelief. "Yeah, it's here anyway. It's concrete down there, but maybe you'll see something." "But it's too steep!" "Why don't you wait here, and I'll go down alone." "Too dangerous!" "It looks oblique, but it's okay to use both hands and feet. It really doesn't matter." "Then I'll go down too!" Originally, Yukiko came here for this purpose, but Setada wanted to go down, which suddenly aroused her interest.So they began to walk slowly down the hill. When they were halfway down, a rock that Yukiko was leaning on suddenly collapsed, so she lost her balance and was about to roll down the mountain.She uttered a mournful cry as she slid down the ravine.Setida didn't catch it, and watched Yukiko roll down with a cloud of dust. "Hold on to the roots!" Setada shouted to Yukiko loudly, but the speed of Yukiko's slide did not slow down at all, and it was too late for Setada to catch her. Fortunately, when Yukiko slid down more than 10 meters, because the ups and downs of the slope slowed her down, Yukiko was stopped by a thick tree trunk.Setada, who chased down despite the danger, hastily asked: "Are you okay?" At this time, Yukiko had many scratches on her face, hands and feet, but there seemed to be no serious internal injuries. "I'm fine." Yukiko smiled faintly at Setada. "That's good!" Seeing that Yukiko was not seriously injured, Setada collapsed beside her.Neither of them could speak. "It seems that the more you go down, the more dangerous it is, let's go back!" Setada adjusted his breathing and said to Yukiko.It doesn't take much effort to go back.Perhaps because of the horror, looking down from here to the bottom of the valley is indeed very steep. Just when Yukiko was about to go back, she suddenly let out a soft "ah". "What's wrong?" Tsunade asked. "There's something here." Yukiko grabbed something out of the dirt as she spoke. "what is this?" "It's the key." What Yukiko grabbed from the ground were two keys with leather key rings.The metal part has become rusty, but the key remains. "Why did it fall here?" The two of them looked at each other with doubts in their hearts. "Could it belong to Ryoko Kirihara?" "I think so too!" The two thought of being together. The police had checked the car that fell at the bottom of the valley and Ryoko's body very carefully, but they don't know if they also searched carefully when the car rolled down.The halfway up the mountain is very steep, and if there is no investigation here, the police can only think that it is an accident, so it is not surprising that there are car parts and driver's items left in this place. The things found in this place can only be considered as the driver's things. "This is a major gain!" "Even if it is Kirihara Ryoko's relic, it has nothing to do with my father!" Yukiko said disappointedly. "That's not necessarily true." Setada murmured. "Why? You think this key has something to do with my dad?" "At least it shows that Ryoko Kirihara didn't come here according to her own will." "Yeah, she shouldn't have come here late at night alone." "That's the one who forced her to come! And they're in the same car!" Setota said, staring at Yukiko closely. "You mean the key belonged to the murderer?" "This possibility is too great!" "But this needs to be investigated. If it's not Ryoko Kirihara's, it's the murderer's." "But it doesn't look like the key of the car, it looks like the key on the door." "If it's the murderer's key, that's our important discovery!" Yukiko said excitedly. "Just now you fell too much!" "you are so bad!" Yukiko gave Setada a reproachful look. In the search headquarters, doubts about Tarumi Liangkatsu became more and more serious. There were also factional disputes among politicians' secretaries. political affiliation.Of course, there are also individual secretaries who form their own independent factions.Basically, the politicians and secretaries of the ruling and opposition parties will form a common intention, and some politicians and secretaries of the ruling and opposition parties will become friends. It is easier to obtain information about Tarumi Liangsheng from his opposition secretaries, and the accuracy is relatively high. It is not only a legend that Tarumi embezzled tens of millions of yen of black money from Nagata Kazukan, but it is also an open secret in Nagata Town, but there is no evidence yet.And if Tarumi was really Kawagishi's last passenger, such a rumor would be very valuable. Although there is no evidence yet, the view of raiding the headquarters is becoming more and more "true", but such "heart evidence" alone is not enough to knock down the opinion.Instead of hoping to obtain evidence from his mouth, it is better to obtain real evidence through investigation and defeat him. At this time, the stalemate suddenly developed.