Chapter 10 Chapter Nine The Proof Has Escaped

While Kiryu was worried about Kumasawa's whereabouts, the search of the headquarters made new progress.According to Tongsheng's suggestion, Hiroshi Amada's past experience was found out from the computer of the Metropolitan Police Department: He had a criminal record of three years in prison for rape, injury and theft. Search headquarters tense up.Although Amada's fingerprints were not left on the crime scene or on the bicycle, Kiryu was inspired by the theory of bicycle relay running and discovered that the owner of the hotel's clothing deposit card, Hiroshi Amada, had a history of rape and injury, which cannot be ignored.Moreover, Hiroshi Amada, the owner of the clothing storage card, is related to Yumiko, the alibi witness proposed by the first suspect Kumazawa.The arrest of Hiroshi Amada was discussed at the search headquarters.

"I think we should first look into Yumiko, the apartment prostitute that Kumazawa proposed as a proof of his alibi." "A prostitute in an apartment receives many irregular clients. Occasionally, a client loses the clothes card of the restaurant. Isn't it too rash to call him a murderer?" Those who spoke first were all negative about the arrest of Amada. "But, Yumiko, the apartment prostitute, disappeared after Kumazawa was arrested. Isn't that surprising? Amada probably ordered her to hide." A slightly more positive opinion emerged. "As far as Yumiko is concerned, she may not have the idea of ​​running away or hiding. The profession of apartment prostitution is very mobile, and it is said that all new people are replaced within two months. She may just wash her hands and quit. They are not like ordinary companies who have to say goodbye to their colleagues one by one after quitting. Besides, she has never had any contact with her colleagues."

"Yumiko is now living with another man where Amada Hiroshi used to live. If she had a deep relationship with Amada, she probably wouldn't live in this place, right? I think this is the evidence that she has no relationship with Amada. Even if there is The relationship is nothing more than the relationship between a prostitute and a client." The situation for the affirmative faction is not good. "The address Hiroshi Amada lied about is Yumiko's residence, so what's going on?" Affirmatives began to refute. "That's not Yumiko's residence, but the address of the apartment where she stayed temporarily. Probably because Amada, who has a criminal record, was unwilling to reveal his real address, so he gave the address of the prostitute in the apartment that he occasionally went to."

"However, the name he reported himself is true." "Maybe he didn't have a fixed address at that time, and just came out of that apartment, so he said that address." "No fixed residence?" "Or maybe just moved out of an apartment and lived in a hotel." "The Royal Hotel is a first-class hotel. Could it be that you became a robber because you couldn't pay the rent?" "Rather than being a robber, it's better to refuse to pay the rent." "If he had this kind of scheming, he wouldn't have committed murder by robbers."

"Assuming that Amada is the murderer, he went to rape in the presence of a prostitute lover in the apartment." Although it is a hypothesis, it is still a step closer to the affirmative aspect. "It doesn't have to be lovers, it may be because they are not lovers that they raped and murdered." "Did he go to his lover after the rape and murder?" "Because of committing such a heinous crime, I want to go to a woman even more." "If Xiong Ze was the murderer, he wouldn't have gone to the prostitute in the apartment." Unknowingly, they all stand on the position of affirmation.There was unanimous opinion on the question of asking Yumiko, the apartment prostitute, to interrogate her herself.Now, the search headquarters has finally taken the first step in the direction of Kumazawa's innocence.

The police authorities decided to question Yumiko (Mayumi Hibino) who was discovered by Tsurugo Kiryu.As soon as the criminal police arrived at her, her complexion immediately turned pale, as if she was about to fall down.The criminal police couldn't help being surprised when they saw her reaction. Mayumi seemed to realize for the first time that Kiryu and Godko were following Amada Hiroshi for this case.Search headquarters is nervous about Mayumi's reaction.Because, if she gave false testimony on the issue of Xiong Ze's alibi, the case would be fundamentally reversed. "First of all, what is your relationship with Amada Hiroshi?"

Seeing Mayumi's reaction, the police officer asked straightforwardly. "He was one of my guests." "Did he come to your place around 1 a.m. on June 15?" "..." "Have you been here?" "I don't remember exactly." "No way? You categorically deny the fact that Kumasawa Tatsuo came to your place that night. Then who came, you won't forget, right?" "He seems to have been here." "It doesn't seem like, did you really come?" "came." Mayumi was cornered and told the truth. "Is it around 1 o'clock in the morning?"

"yes." Mayumi reluctantly nodded.At this time, Kiryu's bicycle relay theory had a support. "Did he behave abnormally at that time?" "I don't feel it." "Shortly after that, you stopped being a whore. Why?" "I don't want to be in that profession anymore." "Where you live now is the room where Tiantian lived?" "It was a random coincidence." Mayumi's answer was expected by the search headquarters. "Do you know where Tiantian lives now?" "have no idea." "Is the person living with you now your husband?"

"Yes, it is." "Does your husband know that this is where Tiantian used to live?" "Only know his name, they have never met, they have no relationship." "Under normal circumstances, you husband and wife should avoid living in the room where your client lived?" "My husband never asked about these things and I never said anything to him." "Does your husband know your past occupation?" "..." "Well, does he know?" "I don't think he knows." "In that case, you should be even more unwilling to live in a room related to your past work."

"It has nothing to do with my past work." "Someone came to visit Amada because of a relationship. That visitor still knows you. There may be mail sent to Amada here, and Amada himself may come back to check, right?" Mayumi's face turned pale again. "You didn't know that Amada had moved away, so you came to look for him, right? And you lived with the current man here. That is to say, after you were dumped by Amada, the current man picked you up." "no!" "If you say no, let's ask your current cohabitant?" "This...it has nothing to do with him." Mayumi gasped.

"You said it had nothing to do with him, so what does that have to do with it? You have a deep relationship with Amada Hiroshi. Amada ordered you to give false testimony after hearing the news that your client who was a prostitute that night became a suspect and was arrested. At that time, you should realize what Tiantian did. Because of your perjury, you made an innocent person suffer the crime of rape and murder!" Under the police's questioning, Mayumi cried. Mayumi confessed. "Hiroshi Amada is my lover, and he sucks the money I earn as an apartment prostitute and squanders it. Before I became an apartment prostitute, I worked as a waitress in tryst cafes and restaurants. Amada is a parasite on women. " "Although I wanted to escape from Tiantian, I couldn't live without him. That night, he came in a murderous manner, with blood on his trousers. I thought he had fought with someone. I didn't know that he had died that night. Committed such a heinous crime. When I learned from the news that Mr. Kumazawa was interrogated as an important suspect in the murder case of the leader of the violent gang, I had no intention of saying that I had received Mr. Kumazawa before Amada. I told Amada. At this time, Amada’s face changed and he said to me, the police must come to you to check the facts. He ordered me to say that I didn’t know Kumazawa and never met him. At this time, I clearly realized Amada It's the murderer." "I stopped being a prostitute because I was afraid. When I went to find him at the apartment where Tian Tian lived, he had already moved out. If I confessed, Tian Tian would have to be arrested, so he left without telling me. He probably didn't Thinking that I would not come to him as a prostitute so soon, Tian Tian seemed to regard me as his own woman, and was very relieved of me." "When I was desperate, it was Yamagata, the new resident after Amada moved away, who kept me here. Amada's affairs have nothing to do with Yamagata, and I cannot implicate Yamagata." Mayumi said the above words while crying. "Did Tiantian contact you later?" "Contacted several times." "At what time?" "Not long after I settled down in Yamagata." "How does Tiantian know that you live here now?" "After I quit, Tiantian went there to look for me again. Seeing that I was no longer there, he thought I must go to the place where he used to live to look for him, so he came here to observe, and when he found out that I lived here, he Come find me when Yoshiyamagata is not around." "What did he come to see you for?" "He asked me what my plans were." "How did you answer?" "I said I love Yamagata and plan to marry him." "and after?" "He was very annoyed when he heard that, and said angrily, you are my woman, I can't let you mess around. I retorted, who messed up, you moved away behind my back, and you still have the face to say such things He threatened me again, saying, I want to contact you right away, in short, you have to come back to me immediately. If you don’t listen to me, I will reveal all your past in front of Yamagata.” "I didn't show weakness either. I fought back and said, if you want to do that, I will report the perjury on Xiong Ze to the police." "I don't want Yamagata to know about my past. Amada is afraid that I will confess the truth of the matter. We both have pigtails in each other's hands, and we are in a situation of two fears." "But Amada is still reluctant to part with me, and often calls me. Yamagata has also noticed the relationship between me and Amada, but never asked me about it." "Did Amada say anything about his crime?" "When he ordered me not to tell the truth about Xiong Ze's alibi, I asked him if he did it. He widened his eyes and said angrily: You mind your own business! I was scared and didn't ask any more .” "Did he say he'd come again?" "He said he must take me away, and it's useless to go anywhere. So when Yamagata is not at home, I stay at home, and I won't open the door for him." After listening to Hibino Mayumi's confession, the search headquarters fundamentally changed the search target.Mayumi confessed that Tatsuo Kumazawa stayed in her room for two hours from 11:00 midnight on the day of the incident to 1:00 am the next day. The crime was presumed to be before 1:00 a.m., so Xiong Ze could not be the murderer. Amada didn't tell Mayumi a word about the circumstances of the crime, but considering all the circumstances, it shows that he is the murderer. "Amada must still go to Mayumi, and we must closely monitor her at the moment." The head of the search headquarters issued such an order and immediately set up a tight ambush around the apartment where Yamagata and Mayumi lived. Xiong Zechenxiong's whereabouts are still unknown.The mass media have already reported that Xiong Ze's alibi has been established, and of course Xiong Ze will know the news.Today, there is no need for Xiong Ze to lurk underground, but there has been little information about his situation. "Did Xiong Ze be killed?" Kihara Godko said. "Who killed Kumazawa?" Tsuguro Kiryu asked. "Thinking about it, it must be Tiantian. He may have naively thought that once Xiong Ze died, the blame would never be removed." "But what's the point of killing Kumasawa when his alibi has been proven?" "It was killed before the proof was established. When Kumazawa fled, Mayumi Hibino's address was not found yet, and Kumazawa's alibi has not yet been proven." "After Xiong Ze escaped, he went to Mayumi's apartment immediately, but Mayumi was not found. Later, he came to my residence and disappeared soon. Neither he nor Amada knew each other's address. How could they get there? How about together?" "That's right. Could Amada be like you, after hearing that Kumasawa had escaped, he also assumed that Kumasawa would definitely go to find Mayumi, so he set up an ambush?" "It makes sense, but in that case, the contact between them should be before I hid him. After Kumazawa ran away and saw you, he went to wander in the park in Shinjuku. If you want to kill him, that's the best chance. After I hide him, it will be more difficult to kill him." "You're right." The godson with strong reasoning ability can't find Xiong Ze's whereabouts. "In short, Xiong Ze has not shown up until now, which means that he had an accident. I always feel that he has passed away." Kiryu said. "Besides Amada, is there anyone else who thinks Kumasawa's existence is a threat to him?" "Then use your reasoning ability to think about it." Kiryu has experienced the godson's inscrutable reasoning ability several times. "Difficult, insufficient information." The godson also seemed to give up. "If you were killed, it would be great if you could find the body." "If it is thrown into the mountains or sinks to the bottom of the sea, it will be difficult to find." "I ran away to prove my innocence, but ended up being brutally killed and destroyed. Xiong Ze will die with regret." Kiryu's voice sounded like he was about to cry. At this moment, he remembered what Xiong Ze said when he hid Xiong Ze: "It's so rare for one person to trust another person." Xiong Ze finally met A bosom friend suddenly disappeared when he was determined to fight back together to clear his innocence.Although the two of them were acquaintances who "meet by chance and had one night and one meal", they were comrades-in-arms who vowed to fight together. "I want to avenge you!" Kiryu secretly said to Kumazawa, whose whereabouts were unknown.