Chapter 6 natural enemy
Mita Shinkichi first met Iwaki Toshio in the autumn of five years ago.At that time, he was studying in the Faculty of Agriculture, T University, and was deeply in despair because of a broken relationship.
Said it was a lovelorn, but in fact it was a female student from another department whom he unilaterally admired, who married someone else during school.Although it was not a big deal, in his opinion, it was a female idol worshiped on the altar of his soul, so the blow he suffered was very heavy.
Just at the moment when he was frustrated, a sum of money was remitted from his family.He went to the night market with this money in his pocket, thinking that it wouldn't be a pity to spend it anyway.
One month's living expenses and half a year's tuition fees are all spent tonight, and Santian wanders from one tavern to that tavern.
However, it is difficult for poor students who know nothing but taverns to spend their living expenses and tuition overnight.I haven't spent much money yet, and I'm already a little drunk.Drank a few taverns, and unexpectedly found a drinking partner again.They didn't know each other, but they sat side by side in a tavern. After talking in a few words, they suddenly became acquainted drinking friends.
"I have enough money, let's drink all night tonight." Mita seemed to put on such a grand style.Seeing this kind of grandeur and the cash in hand, maybe the drinking partner will follow up automatically.
His drinking partner is Toshio Iwaki.Iwaki was a student of F University at the time, and because the school team lost in the college baseball league, he became a member of the disappointed group and walked into the tavern, and bumped into Mita.
Of course, this is what he and Iwaki heard when they reunited in the future.At that time, they broke up without knowing each other's names, and there was no exchange of names.
After the two became drinking buddies, they drank in several taverns.By the time he came out of the last tavern, he was staggering and drunk.
However, Sanda felt that he was intoxicated.The body has been soaked by the wine, and I can't drink it anymore, but I still feel that I am not satisfied.
He drank heavily many times, to the point of turning his stomach and stomach, and he tortured himself to show the mood of a person who has been frustrated in love.
"Now, go whoring women!" Yancheng said.Mita didn't know where there was a place to prostitute.
"I know that interesting place!"
"Okay, you can lead me wherever you want." Sanda was still a virgin, so it was a perfect night to abandon him.
"Get ready for the car!"
"Is it far?"
"You can't walk!" Yancheng smiled contemptuously.But it was too late, and the empty car could not wait for a long time.So they walked anxiously on the road, and suddenly saw a car parked by the side of the road.
Mita nonchalantly touched and pulled the door, and the door opened smoothly. Looking inside, the engine key was still inserted.Sanshan has an expired driver's license, which has become invalid because he forgot to renew it, but he can still drive.
"Hey, come on!" Iwashiro couldn't help being a little surprised when Mita sat on the bridge.
"It's not stealing, it's just borrowing temporarily. Are you still so timid?" In a drunken state, after hearing what Sanda said, Yancheng did not back down.
"Lead the way!" Mita ordered to Iwagi, who was slowly sitting on the assistant's seat.Now, after getting in the car, Mita felt that he had taken the initiative and put on a good mood.
"Hey, don't drive too fast, it's dangerous to catch!" Yancheng finally sobered up.If you are caught exceeding the speed limit, you will be fined heavily for driving under the influence of alcohol, without a driver's license, and for car theft.
"It doesn't matter!" Mita stepped on the accelerator more and more.Rather than showing that he has self-confidence, it is better to say that he started from the mood of self-denial and wanted to kill himself in the abyss of despair.
"I want to get out of the car, stop!" Yancheng couldn't bear it and yelled.At the same time, there was a cry of grief from another place, and a violent shock wave came from the car body.
"Oops!" Yancheng couldn't help but close his eyes, he bumped into someone!The screams just now were indeed human screams.Drunk, without a driver's license, and a stolen car, running over someone, no matter how you say it, it is an unforgivable vicious accident.The impact from the car body can feel that the damage to the opponent is very serious, and it may cause death immediately.
"Hey, what are you going to do?!" Of course, the car stopped.But when Mita, who wanted to see the appearance of the victim, was about to speed up and flee the scene, Yancheng was even more stunned.
"Stop, stop!"
"Hate, shut up!"
For a moment, Mita glared at Iwaki with terrifying eyes.At this moment, Yancheng felt that if he insisted on parking, he would be in danger of being killed.
The accident happened in the middle of the night, there were no witnesses, and there was no rear-end car.Mita parked the car in a dark open space far away from the scene, and both of them were completely sober.Forgetful of the danger of remaining in the car, they hunched over their seats for the time being.
"What are you going to do? Do you want to run away?" Yan Cheng finally opened his mouth.
"Let's just run away. No one will know or see us in this car. If we keep silent like this, no one will notice. Okay? You are also an accomplice in this matter!" For your own safety, just forget what happened tonight."
Mita felt himself regain consciousness.Being chased and questioned, the instinct of self-defense may have to be fed back.If rational feedback had worked a little earlier, such a thing would not have been done.
"Okay, I don't know you, and you don't know me, let's break up like strangers. In case we run into each other, we'll be strangers, okay?" Sanda seemed to say to himself talking.The strange thing is that he believed in Yancheng at that time, and he was not at all wary that Yancheng might tell what happened tonight.This is a sense of solidarity of bad people at work.
The two broke up.
The news of the next morning—on the crosswalk, an old man who lived nearby was hit to death. He seemed to have been hit by a fairly high speed. in a clearing.
The police set up an unusual detection system because a stolen car ran over a person on a crosswalk and then fled.But neither the police nor the reports knew the fact that the perpetrator had no driver's license and was drunk.If you know this, it is a vicious traffic accident, which meets the conditions of the so-called "traffic four evils" of "drinking, driving without a license, hit-and-run, and happening on a crosswalk", and there is also a crime of car theft.
Despite serious investigation efforts by the police, the perpetrators were not found.The owner of the stolen car has nothing to do with this incident.In the abandoned car, no remnants were found.
Several fingerprints other than the owner's were found on the roulette and door slats, but none of them had criminal records, and they were not the rightful persons in the fingerprint files of the police station.On the police side, the files of "fingerprints of related persons" are kept.
Mita had completely escaped the police, and Iwaki (whom Mita didn't know his name yet) kept his restraint.Of course, if I accidentally leaked the news, I would become an accomplice, so I kept silent for self-defense.
Ever since he became a felony being investigated, Sanda has aroused a strong sense of attachment to life.Seeing everything with this feeling, life is full of all kinds of fun!
Why is a person so desperate for a woman who fell in love with his unrequited love?I don't quite understand myself.But in this life full of possibilities, I don't want to be bound and free.
One year passed, two years passed, five years passed, and the police never appeared in front of him.In the beginning, Mita lived a life of being afraid of even the wind and grass, but now he gradually disarmed his vigilance. "It doesn't matter anymore," he thought.
Sitting in a stolen car leaves nothing suspicious.The only worry is that the fingerprints left behind have not been removed, but no one has come to take the fingerprints so far, so it doesn't matter.
For this reason, Mita himself never handles the roulette wheel of any car; of course, the replacement of a new driver's license has also stopped.
However, in front of him who gradually relaxed his vigilance, an unexpected person appeared.That was Toshio Iwaki's occasional visit.No, not by accident.From Iwaki's side, he came to visit after knowing about Mita.
It is intentional to come here to meet the past "accomplices".It was only then that Mita began to know Iwaki's name.Five years apart, the social status of the two people has undergone a big difference.One side is the loser, the other is the lucky one, and the accomplices are no longer equal; and the party who bears the burden of the loser has further become the qualification of the principal offender.It is here that the seeds of tragedy arise.
Since that nightmarish accident, Mita Shinkichi has been single-mindedly cautious in his words and deeds, and devoted himself to studying knowledge.
His family runs an orchard on the outskirts of City A.Every year, he saw that the cultivated fruit trees were severely infested by insects, and he developed a strong hatred for the scale insects and apple cotton worms that eat away at apples and pears.
This kind of pest grows in the crevices of the branches of fruit trees, and it is difficult for insect repellent to penetrate.Moreover, adults and eggs are wrapped in a waxy substance that resists medicines like a protective film, and medicines are often difficult to work.
In order to learn how to control this pest, Mita entered the Agricultural Biology Department of the Faculty of Agriculture of T University.
Repeated spraying of pesticides increases the resistance of pests, and the use of powerful pesticides leads to a vicious cycle of spraying large quantities.
The irony is that the pesticides also wiped out the natural enemies of the pests, and brought about the result of the increasing proliferation of such pests.
Therefore, as a substitute for pesticides, the ability of natural enemies has been re-evaluated.People who rely on artificial agents to eradicate pests and diseases are gradually focusing on disrupting the will of nature. While doing so late, they suppress pests by regaining the ecological balance.
In the use of natural enemies to eliminate pests, there are various effects that pesticides do not have.First of all, it saves more effort than anything else, the pests do not develop resistance, and they are not affected by the climate.
Moreover, if the production of natural enemies enters the enterprise unit, the cost is also low.
Mita studied the archenemy of apples and pears.Among the parathion pesticides popularized in the Showa 1930s, other pests could be wiped out, but only this type of pests survived tenaciously.After the natural enemy dies, it occupies the "throne" of pests again.
After Mita graduated, he stayed in the laboratory to continue the research on the natural enemies of the mulberry scale insect. Five years later, he successfully bred a powerful natural enemy that could eat the mulberry scale insect and put it into mass production.
The species that Mita successfully put into mass production is a variant of the parasitic wasp found by Dr. Laluf, a British entomologist.There are eight species of natural enemies of scale insects, and the bees bred by Mita are ineffective against pests other than mulberry scale insects.In recognition of his achievements, this species was named "Santa Sangka Parasitoid".
The body of this bee is about 1 mm long, like a feather ant, it is a kind of bee that cannot fly.During the survival period of up to five or six days, eggs are laid in the body of the mulberry shell insect, and the eggs hatch into larvae, which grow up by eating the body of the mulberry shell insect.From larva to pupa, to adult, to eclosion, it takes about 20 days.The worm body that the pupa enters dries out and becomes a mummy. At this time, it is called a pupa mother.
One pupal mother can produce 10 adults, and 70% of them can lay eggs in the mulberry scale insect.
The life cycle of the mulberry scale insect is about 40 days.Meanwhile, its natural enemies have repeated two life cycles. If the number of eggs laid is added, its fecundity is more than 10 times that of the mulberry scale insect.
While Mita succeeded in multiplying the parasitoid Mita mulberry shell, the natural enemy, as a "live pesticide", was spotted by the Central Research Institute of Ote Chemical Fertilizer Company, and Mita was hired with a high salary.And because of the professor's introduction, he talked about marriage with a lady from a rich man's family.
His successful research reports were published in newspapers across the country, and then, as the image of a contemporary capable person, he was invited to appear on TV and in magazines.
While he was dealing with such commissions, a great confusion arose.That's the visit from Iwaki.It has already been published in the newspaper, so there is no way.But there is nothing more dangerous than making your face public as a living news subject.
Until now, there has been no response to him, that is because the newspapers have not yet met people.But now that mass broadcasting is repeated, it is inevitable that there is a danger of being discovered.
No news of that man has been heard since.They broke up without knowing each other's names, and Mita could hardly remember what he looked like.The nightmarish life partner who spent several hours together, as the most forgettable person, has long been blocked in the sea of memory.
I'm afraid the other party has the same mentality.He hasn't said anything so far, doesn't it constitute any evidence?His story was published in newspapers across the country.Rather than imagine that he did not see, it is better to imagine that it is more likely that he saw and did not notice.
"It doesn't matter, for him, I should be the person he is least willing to recall!" Sanda comforted himself.Coming from the gloomy corners of the Northland, he had a stronger desire than any other to boast of his success.He also has a beautiful fiancée and wants to show his luck.When I appear on TV, I would like my parents and friends in my hometown to see his well-dressed figure.
The nationwide TV report is an irresistible temptation for him who is full of fame and fame.As a result, he appeared on television.Sitting in front of several cameras and dazzling lights, Sanda felt as happy as if he was now the center of the world.
However, retribution came head on.He returned to the research room from the TV station in high spirits, and a phone call hung up almost at the same time.
"Is it Mr. Mita? It's been a long time, and I've met you on TV! What a success, I really want to say a word of congratulations! I found out your address on the TV station, and finally hung up the phone."
It's an unfamiliar voice, how can I answer it!Mita was confused.
"Have you forgotten? I'm Yancheng! No, if you say it like this, you won't understand, because I only know your name today!" Yancheng said with a smile in front of the microphone.
"Which one are you?" Mita inquired to get rid of the ominous premonition.
"I will remember it, do you want to forget it? But this is an event that will never be forgotten!"
"You, you are..."
"I seem to remember it? That's right, it's me! I was unlucky to borrow your light in the past. If I was caught, I might be convicted of murder! The accomplice at that time, no, the main criminal, appeared on TV. Really Surprised, I heard that you have made some amazing invention?"
"So, what do you want from me?" The hands holding the microphone trembled.He tried his best to listen with bated breath without letting the other party notice.
"Do you dare to ask me what's the matter? The former accomplice came to greet me after a long absence, and a little care is enough. No matter how underestimated that incident is, it is also a serious negligent crime. Drunk driving and hit-and-run count For a serious crime, a sentence of more than seven years in prison is certain; but for negligent and intentional homicide, the sentence of death or life imprisonment is unknown. No matter what, the statute of limitations has not expired yet!"
"what do you want to say in the end?"
"Just want to ask for some attention to the past accomplices, because you forced me to become an accomplice."
The statute of limitations for prosecution shall be limited to 5 years for those sentenced to less than 10 years in prison or for crimes of imprisonment.But Mita had no such knowledge.If it is still within the statute of limitations, then for him now, he will be exposed as the most ferocious and vicious criminal who ran over and escaped. This is a fatal blow!
The reputation so hard won will be wiped out; the marriage will be ruined thereafter, and there is no way to prevent this kind of thing.
"In short, it's just an old friend who wants to pass after a long absence, how about it? Don't you want to revisit the old friendship recently?" Yancheng said in a proud tone, and hung up the phone.
Even if Yancheng asked to meet, it was not necessarily a terrible thing.He is an accomplice, which cannot change the fact; worrying about the exposure of past crimes is the same for him.Maybe, as he said, he called in memory of an old friend.
The increasingly serious uneasiness in Mita's heart was barely relieved by this self-explanation.However, his optimism is shattered after his meeting with Iwaki.
Iwaki and Mita's success was the opposite, and he was reduced to the corner where his fate should be reduced.According to what Yan Cheng said in the future, after graduating from F University, he joined a small trading company. The company closed down soon, and his bad days began.
Since then, relying on the help of newspaper job boards, I have worked as a newspaper reporter in the business world, a salesperson in a restaurant, a warehouse clerk in a small and medium-sized publishing house, a fuel clerk at a gas station, a junior translator in translation, and so on.I have no luck in doing anything, and now I am working as a salesman for foreign encyclopedias.
Iwaki recounted all this in the tone of complaining to Mita.Lived with a woman for two years, then left, and now lives alone in a small, low-rent apartment.
"Contrary to me, haven't you achieved great success?" During the meeting, he suddenly became rude and laughed meanly.It turned out that the place where I first met him was a tavern behind Shinjuku.My first impression of him at that time was that he looked a bit sloppy.
After five years, it got worse.Living a desolate life wandering here and there, both physically and mentally desolate, it's not bad if you don't join the violent gang.
Of course, Yancheng also sells encyclopedia dictionaries, but he only collects and pays, but does not keep books in his hands, as if he has embezzled public funds in the past.This is something Mita cannot criticize too much.Since then, Yancheng has carried out endless intimidation and blackmail.
When Mita discovered the natural enemy of the mulberry shell insect, he also discovered his own natural enemy.Since Mita reunited with Iwaki, Cai and Xinren also have natural enemies.
If things go on like this, just like the mulberry beetle is eaten up by its natural enemies and dies, it will be beaten to the bone by Yancheng.
Only Iwaki is the natural enemy that fundamentally threatens Mita's survival.In order to survive, he must be eliminated no matter what.Animals are defenseless against natural enemies and admit to being eaten as a fateful inevitability.
However, the difference between humans and animals lies in the ability to challenge natural enemies for self-defense, that is, to kill the opponent before being eaten by natural enemies.Needless to say, the opponent has an overwhelming advantage over him, but it is by no means that he has opportunities to take advantage of.
After exhaustive deliberation, it was decided that the enemy must be defeated first.This is the so-called reason why people are human.
"Isn't that a very beautiful fiancée? If he violated this beauty casually, he wouldn't make it public." Yancheng finally found out the existence of Mita's fiancée, and it was impossible to hide it for a long time.When Iwaki said this, Mita's will was strengthened.
The wedding ceremony was scheduled for a month later, and before then, this terrible natural enemy had to be dealt with.
Mita is more than breeding Mita Sangsuke husk.The enthusiasm of raw bees racked their brains for the plan to kill Iwaki.
Killing him is not very difficult in itself.After killing him, investigate the surroundings of Yancheng, and maybe one by one, people related to him will be revealed.
At that time, it would be bad to expose yourself.As long as there is only one person left who has a relationship with Yancheng, killing people is a big gamble.
But on this point, Mita thought he could rest assured.To put it simply, the two belonged to an accomplice relationship, and Iwaki's side was of course lighter than Mita's; however, he stood in the position of an intimidator, worried about exposing his past crimes, and he felt the same way.
Also, due to Iwaki's dark sense of blackmail, he seems to be hiding his relationship with Mita.So far, the venues for several meetings have been chosen in places far away from each other's life circles.
No one knows the relationship behind them.
"Encyclopedia!" Sanda noticed this blind spot in Jinda.He was forced to buy an expensive encyclopedia dictionary from Iwaki.Sanda originally had a set of the most authoritative H company's encyclopedia dictionary, but because of his weakness, he bought an unnecessary English version of the encyclopedia dictionary.
But after paying the money, Yancheng did not send a dictionary. It seems that Yancheng should be vigilant about embezzling public funds.If Mita's name was on the bill of sale, there was a danger of revealing himself from there.Already owning a set from H Club, and buying this set of books, it is easy to become a suspect.
He asked Yancheng without any trace: "How about the encyclopedia dictionary I ordered from you a few days ago?"
"It will be delivered in a few days."
"It's always a few days later. The contract has been signed for quite a long time. If you, as the contractor, put my name on the bill of sale, it may not be suitable for the company."
"On the manifest?" Yancheng smiled, "There is no such thing!"
"No? I've already paid the money. Didn't you write down the name of the buyer after receiving the money?"
"You are an exception! If you need an encyclopedia dictionary so much, can't you also order a new set?"
"What happened to the money?"
"A small amount of money, let me accept it as money for cigarettes, so I won't be able to send you an encyclopedia dictionary anytime soon!"
"Then, my name was not included in the original sales list!" Sanda said deliberately angrily while hiding his inner joy.
"You did something wrong! Are you still not satisfied? For you, isn't that a huge sum of money! The rich bride will soon bring all the dowry money, and I am a lucky person!"
This is what is called a fluke.There is indeed no record left on the encyclopedia dictionary, which makes there no clues between him and Iwaki.He has no family, no relatives and friends, and now he only lives under the name of Sanda.He disappeared from the world, and no one will mourn him.
Get rid of a pest, and the world will become clearer accordingly.But self is necessary in the world. Thanks to self, how many orchard growers and fruit trees have been saved.
Moreover, it reduces the damage of pesticides and restores the biological balance in nature. Can such useful talents be eaten away by pests like Yancheng?
"Hey, don't be so pouty and angry, change your mood, let me show you this book." Is Makoto wrong in judging the conspiracy that Mita is brewing?He spoke flattering words, and produced a book.
"What is that?" To Mita, who rolled his eyes strangely, he said, "Mystery novels, the books written by Nobuya Tanokura, which people love most now!"
"No, I never read that kind of mystery novel."
"Don't say that, just read it, sometimes you can have fun!" Santian was persuaded by Yancheng again and again, so he had no choice but to accept it.When I received this book, I didn't want to read it anyway.But it is not good to resolutely reject the book specially given by Yancheng, which will hurt people's emotions.Then, just throw it anywhere in the future.
Mita got the book, but didn't open it to read, and soon forgot the existence of the book.
The wedding day finally arrived.After the wedding, the invitations were sent back one after another.It was a big matchmaker made by the professor, and the exchanges between the male and female families have become frequent since then.In direct proportion to this, Yancheng's extortion has also been upgraded, and it has reached the level of urgency.Get rid of this natural enemy as soon as possible, just as it is written in the book, get up and face the sunny new life in Japan.
When Iwaki proposed to borrow 200,000 yuan, Mita designated the payment location at the park at the end of Setagaya, which had long been the location of the movie.There is no one there at night, because young women are often harassed by hooligans, so men and women do not approach there at this time.
Although there are houses nearby, they can only attract people who are not familiar with the local security situation, and they will not be suspicious.
"I don't have 200,000 yuan on hand. My friend who lives in Setagaya promised to lend it to me, so let's go." With this statement, Iwaki followed him to Setagaya Park without the slightest doubt.
"My friend's house is over there, please wait here for a while." With this kind of deception, Yancheng was made to wait in the park, and he walked around in a circle, and he was sure that there was no sign of anyone.
After turning around, he came back again.
"It's too early, didn't you get the money?" Yancheng asked.
"I got it, a total of 200,000 yuan. I said a lot of very annoying things, otherwise I wouldn't be able to pay such a large amount of money right away!"
"Just this time. Hey, let's get the money." Yan Cheng took the money, and there was a loophole while counting the money.Iwaki's head was completely aimed at by the wrench that Mita secretly carried, and he was hit from the front.
He fell without a cry.In order to kill the enemy, there is no need to add two or three strikes.The "natural enemy" that Santian hated died instantly like this.The people around the park, those who lived a peaceful life, probably fell asleep under the blanket of happiness.
The Tamagawa Bureau issued the report of the discovery of the dead body of a man in a park in the south of Setagaya, adjacent to the Tamagawa River, through the number 110 emergency call.It was after 6:00 in the morning.The finder, a long-distance commuter from Chiba, found the body when he crossed the park by the short cut next to the bus stop.
As a result of the examination, blunt trauma to the head resulted in a fracture, which is the key to the cause of death.Judging from the wound, the homicide was obvious.
There are no disputed traces.The purse containing 5,000 yuan has not been touched, and it cannot be considered a crime of theft.
The scene happened to be a piece of lawn, and no trace of the murderer was found.Neither the murder weapon nor other visible evidence left by the murderer was found.
The identity of the victim was immediately identified from the commuter pass he held.He is Toshio Iwaki, a 27-year-old employee of the AF Western Book Sales Company.
The examiner who continued to observe the corpse carefully discovered a strange thing.It was a small thing like a shell, which was attached to the collar of the victim's suit.
"What is this?" The inspector carefully fixed it on the glass slide.
"Like a shell?"
"Isn't it a bug?"
"It's empty inside!" The inspectors who observed each expressed their own opinions, and they all observed correctly.
As hard as a small shell, on the small stone-like shell, the surface is as smooth as wax.
Since it was something attached to the victim, the laboratory staff carefully preserved it. The "shells" were fixed into microscope specimens and taken to the laboratory of Setagaya Agricultural University.The result of the identification was the remains of female mulberry scale insects of the family Scaleidae that parasitized on apples and pears.
But how did that kind of bug get attached to the salesman of the foreign encyclopedia dictionary?This is completely unknown.It was thought that it might have come from the murderer, but after investigating the people around the victim, no one related to the bugs emerged.
In the past three months of the case, no suspects have been found. The investigation headquarters set up by the Tamagawa Bureau has been disbanded, and the case has entered a maze.
When it was reported that scale insects were found on Iwasaki's body, Mita felt a little cold for a while; but the clues related to Iwasaki were completely interrupted, so the criminal police never appeared in front of Mita.
In this way, Sanda completely sealed the two crimes at the bottom of the past, and finally killed the "natural enemy".He thought it was "deserving it", and he didn't have the slightest sense of self-blame for killing people. Instead, he had a strong temptation to win, just like defeating the enemy in the world.
Mita got married with the blessing of many people.His wife was impeccably beautiful, and the dowry satisfied him very much.
The wife's natal family built them a house with a courtyard in a secluded corner of Suginami, which is really a clean and comfortable house suitable for young couples to live in.
Mita is in a particularly good mood at his new job.The parasitoid mulberry shell that he bred has been put into production as a patent of the company. It has been called the "second pesticide" and is well-known internationally. Therefore, people from overseas come to visit and do business.
In short, the company attached great importance to him, and everything went smoothly. He felt that the world was turning around him.
Toshiko Mita sent her husband out and started tidying up the room.The aftertaste of the couple's life before going to work is still lingering in her heart with a sweet and languid weight.
She was busy when someone made a sound outside the window.
"He is a familiar old paper recycler!"
This voice reminded her that there were still old newspapers at home.Due to the large number of newspaper pages recently, I immediately accumulated them; especially my husband subscribed to three newspapers, and after a week, the accumulated amount was already unmanageable.
Calling the recycler to stop, a face that is not often seen in this area came in.
"Oh, I'm not very familiar with you!" Deng Zhizi said.
"Until today, I have wandered around the residential building area, going up and down the stairs for many miles. Because the residents are all doing manual work, there are not many old newspapers accumulated, so they have changed to swim again." His sun-baked A smile appeared on the black face.After Deng Zhizi took out all the newspapers, she thought that there were still many entertainment books and women's magazines that she had read, and there were also a few books that her husband had read and discarded.
"Do you want magazines and books too?"
"The magazine doesn't make a lot of money, but it's okay, so let's accept it."
"Magazines are better than newspapers, aren't they?"
"Everyone says that, but because magazines use a variety of paper, it is easy to be deceived in the selection of paper, and the paper used in the end is bad." The old paper recycler said this, and used the rope to quickly put the magazines and books together. tied up.At the same time, he hid a magazine under his arm against Deng Zhizi's eyes.It was a magazine aimed at young wives, and what caught his attention was the title on the cover: "Must Read for Newlyweds."
"Hey, Domon has taken care of you!"
As a reward for the magazine, he gave his wife an extra roll of toilet paper.
Tian Neng Cangxin also saw a second-hand bookstore, and as long as time permits, he must go in and have a look.That's because compared to the famous second-hand book street, second-hand bookstores quietly opening in a corner of an unfamiliar street in the suburbs can unexpectedly meet cheap rare books.Famous bookstores can only give you a rough look, and they have a high discernment, and cheap rare books are often rare.
Those who are not rare book collectors cannot understand the joy of unexpectedly encountering out-of-print rare books that cannot be found in the second-hand book market or rare books that are eager to find in such a bookstore.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was like a trembling excitement welling up from the depths of his body.Yukio Mishima's limited edition, Keisuke Serizawa's "Wasan-eyu" and other books were all found in such remote second-hand bookstores.
One day, Tanokura went to visit his friend writer who lived in a corner deep in Suginami.Because I declined my friend's suggestion to send a car to pick me up, I strolled on the way to the station.
Tian Nengkura wrote general novels at first, but he tended to write mystery novels unconsciously. Almost all of his recently published works are mystery novels.Mystery novels focus on setting up mysteries.He started writing from a formatted reasoning. Recently, in order to meet the order and rush production, he is tired of conceiving the "tricks" in the novel one by one.
However, if the novel is written centered on the imagined "trick", the composition of the novel is prone to irrationality anyway.Since the characters on the stage have become obsolete, recently they have changed in the direction of interesting and readable ideas.
Since he originally entered the literary world as an author of ordinary novels, he is not very good at conceiving the "tricks" in novels.But when I create an excellent trick and write a novel with it as the central plot, I feel a kind of joy like combining it into a sophisticated machine.Formatted reasoning is a genre of fiction with a mechanical plot structure.However, mystery novels have been baptized by realism, and it is changing to a "person-centered" composition.In the rolling trend from mechanical to human, the formatted reasoning makes people feel as stubborn as a veteran craftsman who sticks to his own way in a closed environment.
Is Taneng Kuranobu also mechanical, or human?He can say anything.The key is a matter of seasoning and preference.As long as the chef cooks out the flavors that people like according to the tastes of the guests and his own skills, it is right.
On the way to the station, Tanengkura wandered, thinking about such questions.There is still a considerable distance to the station.When he thought about following his friend's advice and waiting for a car to pick him up, he suddenly saw an old bookstore.I wonder if opening a bookstore in such a place can have customers?He tilted his head in thought.But at the corner of a quiet residential street, the bookstore was open.
When I entered the bookstore, there was no clerk on duty.Taking a rough look around the bookshelves, there are not many books, and there are no great books.Tian Nengkura thinks that finding rare books in this bookstore is hopeless.
Wandering through old bookstores, in stores with cheap rare books, there is often a feeling of "found it", just like the feeling of fish biting the hook when fishing.
But in this bookstore, there is no such premonition at all.The clerk was probably hired by his wife to take time out to do housework, right?Tian Nengkura was blind and was about to wander out of the shop.
At this time, suddenly, a book flew into his eyes.The book and the outdated magazines were placed side by side on the desk at the front of the store.He had just entered the store, but he hadn't seen it all the time.
He suddenly showed an unhappy expression and picked up the book.This is also a matter of course: it turned out that it was his work a year ago; it was his work called "The Compensation of Nightmare" as a masterpiece of confidence, published with considerable competitiveness, and received corresponding reviews.
The book was sitting with old magazines full of 50 yuan a piece, and it was collecting dust.
作为作者，在旧书店发现了自己写作的书，那种感慨心情是复杂的：到头来把我的书也转到旧书店里来了这种潜在的优越感，和作品受到不当的对待那种不快的坏心绪，微妙地混合在一起。
这时，他只把那不快的心情扩大了，强调了。就是在旧书店里卖，也应当放在店中适当的处所啊！而且全都是50元一册，又成何体统呢！
田能仓拿着书挨页紧翻。不料书的扉页上有他的签名，是赠给某个友人的，而且还写着对方的姓名哩。
“那个家伙竟把我赠送的书卖给旧书店了！”不悦的表情立刻变成愤然作色了。把作者签了名的赠书卖给旧书店是没有礼貌的；那不仅是对作者的轻侮，而且由于写上了受赠者的姓名，当然也丢了他本人的脸。
那个友人叫做村越和已，是大学时期的下班生，现任某报纸文化专栏的编辑。他们的友谊，怕不仅是出于同一大学的校友意识；而且村越对于田能仓的作品，经常发表一些善意的评论，所以从初期的作品开始都赠给了他。
对特意签名赠送的书，搞了失礼的事，也许对方认为是人家随使赠送的无所谓吧。但一本一本的签名，都倾注了自己的诚意，不料却完全遭到蹂躏。
田能仓向书店里间几次高声呼唤，好不容易才把店主唤出来，买了那本书。
他随后借用店里的电话，呼叫村越工作的报社，恰巧村越正在。田能仓要求紧急会晤，村越答应在报社里等候。
田能仓步行到报社去了。像有些孩子气似的，他不把赠给对方的其他书籍的去向查清楚，心是平静不下来的。这不是用电话可以办好的事情。
“到底是什么事呀？先辈！”村越对田能仓意外的访问，现出惊讶的脸色迎出来，在报社楼里的一个吃茶店中，村越好像正在工作，臂上挽着衬衫袖子。
田能仓无言地在他面前拿出来《噩梦的代偿》。
“啊，这是我怀着深厚兴趣拜读的大作呀，我们的文化专栏也采用了哩！先辈的作品如今也换了不同的风格了！”
田能仓一面想这话骗不了人，一面说：“你打开封面看看！”
村越出现莫明其妙的神色，照所说的翻开封面。
“咦！这是……”他在那里看见田能仓的签名和自己的姓名，不由现出来惊愕的表情。
“先辈，是在哪里发现了这本书的？”
“村越君，你不是也太无情了吗？把人家好意赠送的书拿到旧书店去贱卖了！”
“请等一下，先辈是在旧书店发现这本书的吗？”
“是呀！是从那都是50元一本的旧书堆中看到的啊！”田能仓在声调里，极力注进挖苦的情绪。
“还是那个家伙，无情的东西！”村越凝视着上空，说着奇妙的话。
“因为是赠书，你怎么处理自然可以悉听尊便，但对于署上名字的赠书，至少也不能卖到旧书店去呀！如果还卖掉了其他的书，希望赶快买回来，因为这对你我都是一种侮辱啊！”
“先辈，请不要过早结论。从先辈那里拜领的书，从来都是规规矩矩珍藏着的。一次，偶然把这本书借给了一个友人。因为是作者签名赠送的，所以必须还回来，我这样认真地嘱咐了好几遍，才借出去。”
“那为什么流到旧书店去了？”
“其实，借这本书的是大学的一个同学，叫岩城利男，他在学生时代就有流氓习气。但因他话题丰富，是毕业以后才有交往的。那个家伙在我处看到这本书，说非要借给他不可，就拿走了。”
岩城利男？像在什么地方听到过的名字，可一时又想不起来。喝了一口村越端来的咖啡，话题又往下进行了。
“因为他是散漫放荡的人，借书的时候我就有厌恶的预感。果如所料，长时期不还回书来。这期间，岩城这家伙却被人杀掉了。”
“被杀了？”
那么说，他的名字残留在浅淡的记忆中，也许是在报纸的通讯中读到的吧。由于职业性格的关系，他对杀人事件的报道，已经养成细心阅读的习惯了。
“头部被钝器击打致死，这是一年以前的事了。因为始终没有发现凶手，案件已经进入迷宫。”
"..."
“人已死去，是无法补救的，以后注意吧，可到底是从哪个书店发现的呢？”
村越、田能仓互相间那理解的表情变成了敏感的悟察，并开始引起了另外的兴趣。
难道这本书经过杀人案件中被害者的手了么？
和村越告别的归途，田能仓在车上对书怀有特殊的感慨。书，从被杀害的岩城手里，又经过何种途径流到书店去了？这还不清楚。
但是，一度经过被杀者的手，这个事实使田能仓产生了职业性的兴趣。为此，约定再赠给村越一本另署名的书，却把原书拿回家去了。
回到家里，迅速把去年的剪报簿子找了出来。因为准备写推理小说，所以几年来杀人事件的报道，统统夹放在里边。
“有了，有了，就是这个！”他不一会儿就把要找的剪报找到了。他独自设计的分门别类的档案系统，在这时发挥了很大的作用。
——在世田谷公园推销员被杀——报纸以这样的标题，照一般老例报道了当时的事实。
深夜在公园里，被男人用钝器击杀这种最定型的杀人手法，看来没有引起新闻记者的兴趣，所以在叙事报道上也没有什么大不了的措辞。
田能仓有点扫兴，把报纸簿子放回原处，面向着写字台，无意识地翻起书来。一度经过被杀者之手的书，如今就这样回到作者的跟前来了。
这里虽有独特的感慨，但还构不成写小说的材料。田能仓想把书扔在写字台上算了，但任何时候，他和过去的作品都没有耍笑的闲工夫。
那时，从最后闭上的书页间，轻轻掉下来一个东西。
“什么？”田能仓在桌子上撮起落下的东西。
“是蚂蚁吗？”他歪着头凝视揩尖，一看体长约有1毫米左右，像只蚂蚁似的，长着羽翅。放进书页间，它像被夹进去的，已经干枯了。但那不是夹进去的干花，而是一只夹进去的干虫。
“好像不是蚂蚁，是蜂？但尽管是蜂，它也实在太小了。”这时，他想起方才读过的报纸的一个地方：“尸体的衣领里附着一只虫骸。”
田能仓又取回刚刚用过的报纸簿子。这次比原先看得仔细了，而且看到那虫在农大植物病理学研究室被鉴定为桑介壳虫的附记。
他立刻在百科辞典中，查到了桑介壳虫的项目。根据书中的解释，总觉得从《噩梦的代偿》中掉落的虫子，像是别的虫体。
然而，被害者尸体上的确附有介壳或者叫什么的虫子；但从一度经过被害者之手的书页中掉落的，至今还是一只不知其名的虫骸。他执著在这种事情上了：这虫子之间没有什么关联吗？如有，就不考虑两只虫子可能来自同一场所吗？
来自同一场所的两只虫子，一只附在被害者的尸体上；另一只从被害者经手的书中被发现了。
被害者周围，没有和那种虫子有关系的场所和人吗？这件事，是因被害者到有虫子的场所去了？还是因身附着那虫子的人和被害者接触了？那个人就是凶手！
田能仓完全像个推理作家，在根据推理所做的假定的基础上，更把自己的推理发展了。
“总之，确认这只虫子的真面目，是先决条件哇！”他刚刚回来，又出了书房。
“喂，又出去吗？”端茶来的妻子，差一点儿和他碰着头，惊讶得睁圆了眼睛。他也不吱声，冲出了家门。
根据田能仓执拗的请求，农大很快给做了虫体的“身份调查”。结果，判明虫子叫做桑介壳寄生蜂。
这是T大农学部昆虫学研究室的三田进吉在日本初次培育成功的。它作为蛀蚀苹果和梨的害虫的天敌，作为活的驱虫剂，已经光辉灿烂地登台演出了。
“岩城利男的尸体上附着桑介壳虫；经过他手的书中，夹进了它的天敌桑介壳寄生蜂。”
——总之，虫子是来自同一场所——
“那里，肯定藏着凶手！”田能仓完全被侦察一番的冲动迷住了。为了找到凶手，按照书的流传路线循踪去查才是上策。但循踪追查，不是容易办到的。田能仓打算走一步看一步，而自己却必须下定决心去干。于是第二天就到杉并尽端的书店访查去了。
“啊，店前的旧书是从旧纸收购店买进来的。”旧书店的女主人带着好像没有什么兴致的表情说。
“旧纸收购店？”
“就是收购旧纸的先生啊。1公斤算20元就卖出啦。尽管这样，还是比转向造纸方面去的好。瞎，都是像废物一样的书，摆在店前也可一点点地卖出去呀。”
把自己的书也当废物对待吗？像是太无情了啊。
“购进这本书是什么时候？”
“一个月以前。最近没有购进来，大概已经收购不上来了吧。”
“和这本书一起，还有同一天从旧纸收购店购入的书吗？”没有向旧纸收购店仅卖一本书的人家，大都是集拢数本无用的书一块卖掉的。田能仓考虑和《噩梦的代偿》一起从同一人家卖出的书肯定还有。
“放在台子上的书，差不多都是这样的情形。”女主人指着店前的书台说。
“书买进来，还分选一下吗？”
“仅仅把绳子解开，就那样摆在书台上了；看看书背上的文字，就知道没有什么了不起的书了。”
女主人又说了好像是侮辱田能仓的话。照女主人所说的话来看，收集在旧纸收购店的书是保持着绳捆状态的。那么，挨着他的作品前后的书，出自同一个人家的可能性是很大的。《噩梦的代偿》还是昨天从这里刚买的，书摆放的陈列状态，几乎和昨天一样。他记住了《噩梦的代偿》的摆放位置。
“请把这边的书全部给我！”
“啊！都给你干什么？”
女主人忘掉生意经，眼睛睁得圆圆的。他坐在店前，把旧杂志和旧书籍一页一页地细心翻查。然而完全徒劳，页间他想找到的东西，什么也没掉出来。
他断念了，请求把书捆在一块，就打听起旧纸收购店来。那是女主人定期购入的去处，所以知道它的地址。
走进挂着“川岛旧纸回收公司”庄严招牌的店里，恰好遇见店里的人们，正从满载旧纸的卡车上，挑选着当天的收获。田能仓拿出书捆来，询问这些书是从哪里收购来的。用白手巾缠头的主人说：
“不知是从哪儿收购来的，反正是这转那转购进来的呗。”话说得生硬而毫不客气。
“不管怎样，不能帮助回忆一下吗？这可关系到重大的事件哪！”
“先生是警察方面的人吗？”
“嗯，是那样的。”对方对田能仓给予合适的贸然肯定，忽然变为尽力协助了。
“这一带不大出卖旧杂志，旧书店也滞销。卖出旧杂志的人家大体上是一定的。那么，这是从哪儿收集来的呢？”
“妇女杂志好像很多，没有记忆了吗？”
“妇女杂志？”旧纸收购人的眼睛闪亮了，田能仓接受到了自己久已期待的视线。
“妇女杂志这东西不大卖得出来。女人们很小气，多少年前的杂志纸都发黄了，还摆在书箱子里舍不得卖呢。卖出妇女杂志的，是太太不在家的男人呢？还是气度相当大方的太太？”
“这些人里没有线索吗？”
“请暂且给我看看书吧。”旧纸回收人从田能仓带来的书中取出一本来。
“啊，若是这个，可是确实知道的。”主人闪出想起来什么似的眼神。
“大概是那个漂亮太太的家呀！”他想起从妇女杂志的书摞中，偷拿出一本封面上印着《新婚夫妻必读》的册子，留给自己日后浏览的事。
“那个太太的家在什么地方？”
“离这儿不远，那是三田先生的家啊。”他被三田太太那鲜艳的美貌所迷惑，在归途就偷窥了门札。此后又在附近几度逡巡，装作到其他旧纸回收店后面绕弯儿去，招呼也招呼不回来。
“三田？是三田？”
"yes."
“那家主人不是叫三田进吉吗？”
“呀，这一点倒没有留心。”他的兴趣所在，只是那位太太。
“请把他家的地址告诉我！”
在迷雾中，正有迅速摄取身影轮廓的人。拨开迷雾走过来的那个心中无数的人，正向着正确的方向和目的，具有了确实接近实体的感觉。
三田进吉被捕了。依赖虫子起家的凶手，让桑介壳虫及其天敌分别附着在被害者和书籍上，无论多少机会都是有的啊。被疑事实是杀人和违犯道路交通法。究起五年前轧死人逃跑事件时，在所盗的车中残留的指纹和他的指纹是一致的。
登志子离婚回了娘家。她无意中处理旧纸卖出一本旧书，竟从根本上摧毁了丈夫的社会地位，直至危及他的生命，而她还浑然不晓哩。
母亲对她说：“真像做了一场噩梦哟，没生孩子倒是不幸中的万幸！你还年轻，不论怎样也能得到补救。虽然花了高额学费，但是今后不要相信媒人的话，希望能和父母好好商量办事就好了。”
万没想到母亲的话，竟和使登志子丈夫身败名裂的田能仓的那书名类似相通了。
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