Chapter 7 Chapter 6 The Murderer's Lost Items

"Is it Naoya? I got the information that Kakutani is going to Ginza Black House Club tonight. I will pick you up in 20 minutes. You can come down when you hear the horn twice." Hamano said in a low voice on the phone. "I'm sorry, I have something urgent to go out, and I may not be back tonight. Don't wait for me, you go to bed first." After Yamagata put down the words, he said to Mayumi. Not only tonight, Yamagata may never come back.He picked up the leather bag containing the camera, which contained photographic equipment and the murder weapon. "Please, don't go!"

Mayumi pulled Yamagata and said that she seemed to have a premonition of an ominous omen. "It's work!" "I feel as though once you're gone you can't come back." "What are you talking about! This is my home. But don't run away while I'm out!" "Who called just now?" Mayumi asked a question. "People I work with." "Why is it scary to listen to him? Is he the one taking pictures with you?" "Yes, taking pictures is a life-threatening job, and people get a little rough." "Don't do dangerous things!"

"It's not on the battlefield, what's the fuss?" On the surface, Yamagata comforted Mayumi, but he knew in his heart that the place he was going to was an out-and-out battlefield.At this time, two horns rang outside. Hamano held the steering wheel.Even though it was night, he was still wearing sunglasses.Since diving underground, his expression has become more serious. "There is a club called the Black House in Ginza 6-chome. Recently, Kakutani and a waitress named Sally have a heated fight there. I got information that Kakutani will go there around 10 o'clock tonight."

Hamano said to Yamagata while driving. Ginza was originally the sphere of influence of the Sonezaki group.After the group split into two factions due to the Great Horn War, both factions have offices here.After Ohara was assassinated, Kakutani still dared to come here, which is really daring. "Is the information reliable?" "It was provided by someone from the Ocean Club. That person is our collaborator and can be trusted." Hamano's tone was confident. "Kakutani has the courage to come to Ginza." "There must be a bodyguard with high martial arts skills. The car he was sitting in was equipped with bulletproof glass, just like an armored car. The key is the period between when he got out of the car and when he entered the gate of the club. Do you know Kakuya? You have to be ten meters away from him The place within. If it is farther away, I am afraid that the pistol will not be accurate. They know me, and I can't get close. This task is entrusted to you!"

"Leave it to me, I have been waiting for this day to come!" He tried to speak bravely, but his voice was hoarse and his feet were shaking.Is this the so-called samurai's prestige before going into battle? "Okay, you just fight calmly as I taught you. The enemy will be negligent in the downtown of Ginza. You try to get as close as possible to aim and shoot. The 45 caliber gun is very powerful. If you hit it, one bullet can kill you." Take his life. Kill Kakutani, you are a hero." Hamano encouraged Yamagata while inciting him. The car drove into the checkerboard-shaped streets of the Ginza area, and the hour hand of the clock pointed to 9 pm, which is the golden time of Ginza.After dinner and the banquet, people gathered in the Ginza.No matter the streets or alleys, cars are bustling, one next to the other.During this time, taxis are the most common.

At 11 o'clock at night, black luxury taxis become the mainstream, which is also a characteristic of Ginza.Hamano found an open space by a small alley quite a distance from the Black House Club, and barely drove his car into it. "If the car goes to the parking lot, it won't be able to get out in an emergency. After you hit Dead End Valley, run to me as soon as possible. The key depends on whether you can come here at that time. If you fail, I will Collected the body for you. You can go boldly!" Hamano patted Yamagata on the shoulder, Yamagata checked the weapon again, and got out of the car.

"Leader, I'm going, thank you!" "good luck!" The two looked at each other with gloomy eyes.People who go to kill people always have despairing eyes. "Kakuya is coming soon, let's go!" Hamano said. Yamagata pretended to be a pedestrian and walked against the direction of traffic.In this way, when Jiaogu's car came, he could recognize it.The Black House Club is in the basement of the building across the boulevard.Yamagata pretends to be walking around Ginza.Because there are many people visiting Ginza, he will not attract attention. He came to the door of the Black House Club and walked past it at a normal speed.The enemy has not come yet.After a while, he crossed the road and turned back.

There was a telephone booth by the side of the road, and it was from here that you could see the situation of the Black House Club.He went into a phone booth and asked for the weather forecast.I haven't seen Kakuya's car coming yet.Staying in the phone booth for a long time is afraid of being suspected.He walked out of the phone booth and walked back and forth again.It was already 11 o'clock at night, and Kakiya's car hadn't arrived yet. Yamagata became impatient, won't he come tonight?Hamano probably couldn't keep his car parked there all the time. When Yamagata was almost feeling desperate, an imported black Ford car slowly drove over.It was a custom-made, bulletproof imported car.

"coming!" In his pocket, Yamagata held a 45-caliber pistol with the safety on.The handle of the gun was wet from sweaty palms. "calm!" Yamagata was talking to himself. Ford moved forward slowly.There must be several people sitting in the car, but because of the tinted film on the window glass, the situation in the car cannot be seen from the outside.The people in the car must be observing whether the outside is safe, and if they find something abnormal, they will drive the car away.The Ford stopped in front of the Black House Club.As soon as the car door opened, three bodyguards got down first and looked around.Yamagata stood behind the shady trees, where the other party couldn't see.After thinking it was safe, a burly man of five big and three thick came out from the rear door. He had a chariot-like physique, a pig head, a round face, piercing eyes, and a high nose. He was Hideki Kakutani.Bodyguards stood around him, heavily guarded, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

Yamagata took a breath and came out from behind the shady tree.Now it is still more than ten meters away from Jiaogu, so it has to be a little closer.He pretended to be a tourist visiting Ginza and walked slowly.He did not arouse the suspicion of the bodyguard.A few more steps and you're in range.Yamagata's throat was dry and his mouth was astringent.He suddenly felt Mayumi's face passing over his eyelids, saying to him "Don't go!" At this moment, he couldn't help but run back to Mayumi immediately. However, the knife has been unsheathed, the arrow has been wound, and it can only move forward, not backward.Kakutani had left the car.

At this moment, suddenly a figure stood in front of Yamagata. "Little brother, buy some flowers." "don't want!" "Please, I haven't sold a single one today." An old flower seller stood in front of him and begged. "If you say no, don't!" Get out of the way!Really annoying!Yamagata cursed the old woman in his heart.However, it may be that the old woman who sells flowers sees that he is easy to talk and keeps pestering him. "Little brother, please, I haven't eaten anything since yesterday, you can buy one!" Oh shit!Always can't seize the opportunity to aim and shoot.Yamagata turned Diagon Valley's murderous intent towards the old woman who was blocking his sight.At this time, the face of Mayumi who didn't tell him to go appeared in front of his eyes again. The Ford sedan drove away, and Kakiya walked into the gate of the Black House Club under the protection of bodyguards.The opportunity was missed.The tense atmosphere disappeared. "Okay, I'm sure!" Yamagata put the safety on the pistol in his pocket. Night fell, and for the fugitive, night was his ideal time.During the day, it may be safer to just mix with the crowds, but the darkness gives the fugitives a sense of psychological security. What's more, this season can sleep anywhere outdoors, and it is the best season for fugitives.Xiong Ze filled his stomach at the Chinese restaurant, wandered around the bustling street for a while, and came to the park.There are quite a few people in ordinary clothes who don't look like homeless people, lying on the chairs or lawn in disorder. Even if these people didn't escape from the escort vehicle, they escaped from the distress of urban management.Xiong Ze fell asleep on the lawn under the shade of a tree. When he woke up, the sky was full of stars, he forgot where he was, and saw so many stars in the sky over Tokyo for the first time.Because he didn't have a watch, he didn't know the exact time, so it was probably late at night.The lights in the windows of super high-rise buildings are already very sparse. Kumasawa first had to buy a watch.His clothes were wet, probably stained with dew.He may have woken up from the cold.Even though it is a hot season, it is still very cool at night. Ah, where are you going!After finally escaping from the escort car, there was nowhere to go.Xiong Ze wants to see Yumiko wholeheartedly.He escaped to ask her to prove that he was not at the scene of the murder.But Yumiko hid it.He really doesn't know where to go now. It is only when freedom is deprived that we realize how precious freedom is.However, once he regained his freedom, he fell into a desperate situation in front of the free sea. He was different from those who camped around him.He did not escape from the shackles of urban management.On the contrary, he is a hard-working bee under the urban management system, who was deprived of this "freedom under the management system" because of his unjust crimes. Now he is passively freed from the "shackles" of work, and is in a desperate situation.He has the labor habits of a bee.When he lost his shared job and responsibilities, he felt inexplicably alone and lonely. This is the "workaholic disorder" of hardworking bees, a kind of "refusal to freedom disorder". The users of Late Night Park are not all homeless and people who escape social management.If you stroll casually in the garden, you can find those blushing and ugly people under the shade of trees, on chairs or in the grass, and attract many peepers and sneaky photos.It is said that the settlers of the park also went to peek out of boredom.But according to Xiong Ze's observation, the settlers don't seem to have much interest in this. There were two figures walking towards Xiong Ze from the front, and Xiong Ze couldn't help being surprised when he saw that they were patrolling policemen.But because the distance was too close, it was impossible to escape.Xiong Ze immediately plucked up the courage to pretend that nothing had happened and continued walking, passing the police.The policeman stared at him and said nothing before he was relieved.At this time, someone behind him called "Hello, hello!" to him. He stopped in response, and the people behind said: "Your handkerchief has fallen." He saw that there was a handkerchief with sheep's belly that was packed in the bag with the clothes and fell on the ground. He quickly picked up the handkerchief while wiping off his sweat.When he came to Park Plaza, he saw a telephone booth.At this time, he remembered what the apartment prostitute Kihara Godko told him to keep in touch with. Kihara Godko has a kind and gentle personality, she doesn't seem to be a professional prostitute.The more it is at this time, the more tenderness of women is needed.Even if there is nothing to do, I am willing to hear a woman's voice.But I don't know if she is at home now. He walked into the phone booth, and when he called Kihara Godko, he still looked a little timid.After dialing, it was she who answered the phone. "I'm Tatsuo Kumasawa who met you today. I'm sorry to call you so late." When Xiong Ze said this, the other party happily said: "You're welcome, I'm waiting for your call." "what?……" Unexpectedly, the other party's attitude was so kind, and he stuttered for a while. "Where are you now? Someone came to look for you after you left." "Don't be a policeman?" "It's someone you know, Mr. Tsururo Kiryu." "Kiryu?" He had heard the name somewhere, but couldn't remember it right away. "He was also the victim of the robbery murder you are implicated in. He was the police officer who lived in the victim's house and resigned because of that incident." "He wants to check my appearance? Why else would a police officer want to see me?" "He said you were not the murderer. He came to ask Yumiko why she lied and gave perjury." "Did he ask Yumi why she gave false testimony just like me?" "yes." "If he believed that I was wronged, why didn't he come to ask her earlier?" "At first, he was a little uncertain, but he didn't think you were the real murderer. It wasn't until you ran away that he was convinced that you were wronged." "I don't believe it. He must be a pawn of the police!" "But after you escaped, no other policeman came here except Mr. Kiryu. He believed you were not the murderer, so he immediately thought you would come here. And he is no longer a policeman." "What do you think? Do you think Kiryu's words are credible?" "I think his words are credible. I have a feeling that the entanglement between you and Yumiko is proof that you are not the murderer." The godson told him the "bicycle relay theory" that she and Kiryu analyzed and deduced.And this "bicycle relay theory", in Xiong Ze's view, is a very convincing reasoning. "So, what did Kiryu want me for?" "He's also on the hunt for the real killer. He feels responsible for the fact that the victim was killed beside him. He said that as long as he's alive, he's going to track down the killer." "For me, it's just clearing the doubts about me." "Catch the real murderer, and the suspicion of you will be lifted. In the end, it's a matter of asking and knowing." "You mean Kiryu wants to see me?" "Yes, how about you contact him? I have his phone number here. Two people are better than one. Although I have limited ability, I will try my best to help you. Mr. Kiryu said, if you have nowhere to go, he can hide you." "Hide me?" "How can you run around alone? You will be caught soon! For that matter, the crime will be added to the crime, and there is no way to clear it up. I think it is better for you to form a united front with Mr. Kiryu , With his help, it will be even more powerful." Xiong Ze was very moved after hearing what his godson said.Just now I called my godson because I had nowhere to go.Spending the night in the park, on the one hand, is afraid of police patrols, and on the other hand, it will not help in tracking down the murderer.At this point, Xiong Ze had no choice but to try his luck with Kiryu. Kiryu visits his godson and wants to get in touch with Kumasawa through her, but he doesn't have much hope for Kumasawa.Because Xiong Ze could not escape the pursuit of the police after all.At present it is only a temporary freedom, no, a temporary struggle. Like Xiong Ze, Kiryu is also the target of the police, and he is also a person who has nowhere to go.That night, when he got into the bed that he never made, and was about to fall asleep in a daze, the phone next to his pillow rang suddenly.Although he installed a phone, this was the first time he answered the phone after moving here. He picked up the microphone, and it was a man's voice: "Is it Kiryu?" "yes." "I'm Xiong Ze, I heard you want to see me, right?" "Kumazawa? Is it Tatsuo Kumazawa?" "Yes, Kihara Godko told me about you." "You called me because you believed me?" "I can't say I trust you yet, I want to try my luck." "Where are you now?" "In Shinjuku Central Park." "I'm going to find you right now, where is the park?" "At the fountain in the central square." "Understood, I'll be there in 15 minutes." "Don't tell the police!" "Is that what you mean when you say try your luck?" "That's right. It's not enough to be afraid. I'm waiting for you. Come here before I change my mind." Kiryu jumped up, hurriedly put on his clothes and walked out of the house.His half-new Corolla car for personal use played a role at this time. Xiong Ze was waiting for him at the appointed place. "It seems that you haven't changed your mind yet." When Kiryu said this, Xiong Ze also responded: "Each, each other." Saying that, both of them laughed.This laughter made the hearts of the two of them communicate. "I have a car. Although my place is messy, come with me." "That's better than jail." "It's similar to a detention center, but there are places to sleep and take a shower." "It would be nice to have a bathroom!" "Let's go! There are a lot of patrolling police in this area." Kiryu urged.Kiryu and Kumasawa join forces. When he came to Kiryu's apartment, Kumazawa took a shower and ate some convenience food before recovering. "I'm sorry to trouble you." Xiong Ze completely relieved his vigilance at this time. "You're welcome, we are comrades in arms." "Don't you doubt me?" "I trust you as much as you trust me." "Thank you. It's rare for one person to trust another. I didn't expect you to trust me." Kumasawa's eyes were moist.After he was wronged, he became the focus of suspicion in society.Now meeting someone who believed in his innocence revived his cold heart.The two talked about their respective situations. "Kihara Godko said that you may have seen the murderer." "I haven't seen anyone." "Didn't you see the driver of the Mercedes?" "I saw the driver." "Can the driver recognize you?" "The police asked him, and he said he hadn't seen me." "What about you? Will you recognize him when you see him again?" "No, I didn't pay attention to him at the time." "Shall we go to the scene again?" "on site?" "That's where you picked up the bicycle. The police said you were the murderer, and they believed you came here on the bicycle from the scene of the crime. But in fact, you rode the bicycle that the murderer rode in front of the apartment, which means that The car was left there by the murderer. There may be some clues to the murderer nearby." "The police may have checked it long ago." "The police don't know how to check, even if they check, it's just a formality." "why?" "Don't you understand? The police don't believe your defense at all, and they don't believe that the bicycle you were riding was picked up in front of the apartment. I have been a policeman. I know that police searches are organized. When there are too many people, —Someone must be perfunctory. Even if no one is perfunctory, it is inevitable that there will be omissions. The lower-level investigators hardly know the latitude and longitude of the incident, and they don’t know why they searched, so they will not work very carefully.” "Are you saying there might be something the police missed in the search?" "yes." "Okay, let's look for it tomorrow morning." "It's better not to go now, the police may have an ambush." "Didn't the police not believe that my bike was picked up in front of the apartment?" "The situation is different now. In their eyes, you are a fugitive. The investigators who have heard your defense can easily think that you will go to Yumiko. It is almost dawn, sleep for a while." While they were talking, the sky outside the window was a little pale. The next morning, they called Godko Kihara and asked if the police had been to her place.Kihara Godko said: "I came home from the apartment at 12 o'clock in the evening. The police did not come to the apartment to look for me before 12 o'clock. I don't know if they came after 12 o'clock." "If the police come, they will definitely look for you. If the police come to you, I hope you don't tell them that Xiong Ze and I have looked for you. Xiong Ze and I will find the real murderer." "You hid Mr. Kumazawa?" Kiryu found Xiong Ze with the help of his godson, so he told her the truth.If the godson reports this situation to the police, Xiong Ze will be arrested again, and Kiryu will also be guilty of hiding and fleeing.But at this time, I can only believe in the godson. "Understood, I won't say anything even if I tear my mouth apart, don't worry. I will try my best to help you and wish you success." She seemed to have read Kiryu's mood.She is really a kind-hearted and intelligent woman.Such a nice woman, why would she open a room in the apartment as a prostitute?However, precisely because they don't mind this, they have been able to form a cooperative relationship, although this cooperation may be temporary. "Before 12 o'clock last night, the police hadn't gone to the apartment where Yumiko stayed to investigate. This shows that the police don't believe that you are wronged at all. They will never think that you are hiding with me. But what will happen in the future Changes are hard to predict. So it's safer for you to stay here and not go out." Xiong Ze wanted to go with Kiryu, but Kiryu let him stay in the house and came to the "relay location" of the bicycle by himself.There are many apartments and mandarin duck hotels nearby.Although it is very close to the bustling street, the environment of Belheim Songtao Apartment is very quiet. The vestibule of the apartment is connected to the underground parking lot, and the "relay location" for bicycles is in the side ditch where the vestibule and the road meet.After several days of fine weather, the muddy water in the ditch was almost dried up.There is a garbage station not far from here, so Xiong Ze thinks that the bicycle was thrown away by others. Kiryu saw that there was no police ambushing around, so according to the schematic diagram drawn by Kumazawa, he checked the surrounding area with the "relay location" as the center to see if there was anything dropped by the murderer.It has been many days, and the probability of finding it is very low. Because this is a high-end apartment area, there are very few pedestrians.Except for the occasional cars passing by, Kiryu only met a couple who seemed to be selling something.Kiryu searched for a while, but found nothing.That's right, how could it be such a coincidence to drop something here? As the seller walked, he casually threw the empty cans of refreshing drinks on the side of the road.After a while, a woman who lived nearby and looked like a housewife came over. "What a nuisance! Throwing things all over the place." The woman gave Kiryu a sideways look, picked up the empty can and took it to the garbage station.She seemed to think it was Kiryu who threw it.If Kiryu had been wearing a police uniform, he wouldn't have caused such a misunderstanding.After taking off the uniform, Kiryu realized the power of the uniform. After the woman walked away, Kiryu suddenly thought, could it be that the murderer lost something at the "intermediary location", and was thrown to the garbage station by the nearby residents as garbage like just now?Or did the murderer throw the unnecessary things to the garbage station by himself?No matter what the situation is, if there is any, it has already been taken away by the garbage truck. However, Kiryu still didn't miss the garbage station and went there to have a look.The district designates residents to throw garbage at a fixed place on a fixed day, and then the garbage truck will transport the garbage away. Kiryu went to the garbage station and saw that it had just been taken away. There was no garbage there, only a few empty plastic buckets, and there were some scattered things around the buckets. "Hey, what are you doing?" Kiryu was surprised when he heard someone talking behind him.Looking back, it was Kihara Godko standing there with a parasol and a smile on her face.Wearing a plain dress, she looked like an ordinary female office worker. "what." "Ah, what, it's unseemly for a handsome man to peek into the trash can!" "I suddenly remembered something. You are..." "I go to work. The rent is calculated on a daily basis. If you don't go to work, don't you lose money?" "Are there any guests in broad daylight?" "Acquaintances often make appointments during the day instead. Come to me for an afternoon nap." "Nap?" "It's said that you can sleep well when you come to my place. Rich old men who have nowhere to go often come to my place!" "What a weirdo!" "What on earth are you doing here? You just said that you suddenly remembered something, what is it?" "I wonder if the murderer dropped something here." As soon as Kiryu talked about his thoughts, Godko said: "Yes, it's not impossible, but the probability is very low." "Do you think so too?" "The probability that the murderer dropped something, even if it escaped the eyes of the police, the probability that it is still here, the result of the confluence of these two probabilities, is probably the probability under the microscope?" "Probability under the microscope? Ah, I really want to take a nap with you!" "If you come, I still have an hour to spare from now on." The godson looked persuasive, and handed the parasol to Kiryu.This move reminded Kiryu of Nami's past face. "I'm just kidding, I want to be good friends with you." As the godson said, joy flashed in his eyes. "Be a good friend? Are you trying to get rid of me?" "On the contrary. People I like are not accepted as prostitutes." "Do you like me? I like you." "I'm glad you like me." The godson looked embarrassed, touched his cheek with his hand, kicked the ground lightly with his shoe, and kicked something out with his toe. "What is it?" The godson bent down to pick it up and saw that it was a small oval plastic sign, buried shallowly under the land of Lianggou.The word "16" is written in black on a white background. "Looks like the spleen of the clothes store." "That's right, that's the thing. There's also an 'H' letter, 'H' is the prefix of Hotell, probably the hotel's brand." "The owner left the sign here, how can he take away the stored clothes?" "Hotels are not as strict as banks and small luggage lockers. As long as you can prove that it is yours, you can take it away." "Perhaps the murderer lost it?" "Maybe? Let's go to the restaurant and ask." I asked the Hotel Association and learned that this symbol belongs to the Royal Hotel.Kiryu went to the Royal Hotel to ask again.If it was lost by the murderer, it was probably around the time of the incident.The Royal Hotel has three lockers, each with a different color sign. The spleen on the white background is from the clothes storage next to the main entrance.The staff at the locker room said: "It's common for customers to lose their badges. At this time, if the customer tells the right thing about the stored item, they can take it away by leaving their name and address." It doesn't look like you can't take it without a sign. "Have you lost your badge after June 15, left your name and address and taken it away?" "please wait for a moment." Seeing Kiryu's unusual appearance, the staff at the clothes storage thought that he had taken the wrong things, so they checked the records for him without saying a word. "Ah, yes. A gentleman named Hiroshi Amada lost his coat card and took it away." "Do you know where he lives and what he has taken?" "His address is Belheim Shoto, Shibuya-ku, and his possessions are leather bags containing clothes and accessories." "Belheim Pines?" Kiryu was not surprised.It was the apartment where Yumiko stayed, where he left the sign.