Chapter 2 Chapter Two: Motivation for Buying Lottery Tickets

At noon on May 24, a report about the murder of a woman in an apartment in Nishi Azabu 4-chome was sent to the Azabu Police Station in the area under its jurisdiction by the 110 alarm system. It is said that the body was found to be that of the victim's younger sister. Yoshihara and Kishi, who were on duty at the first criminal division of the police station that day, came to the scene as soon as they received the report. The scene of the crime was Room 205 on the second floor of a small four-story apartment built more than ten years ago.This is a two-room, one-unit house. At the end of the gate is a kitchen with a size of four or five tatami mats, next to it is a bedroom with a size of six tatami mats, and inside there is a Western-style bedroom with an area of ​​about eight tatami mats. The living room faces the balcony.The body lay on the floor in the living room.

The victim's name was Yashiro Tokie, 35 years old, who ran a bar named "Yashiro" in Ginza 6-chome. The police determined that the victim was wearing a family dress, and there were obvious signs of being strangled with a rope on the neck.The clothes are not messy, and there are no traces of being raped or humiliated. Judgment based on the situation: After the criminal was welcomed into the room, during the interview, the criminal lost no time in wrapping the rope around Shizhi's neck and strangled him to death. In the garbage dump in the kitchen, there were two large empty beer bottles, a half-burned match, and a piece of leftover cheese. There were tooth marks on them, but they did not match the victim's tooth marks. Could it be a criminal?It is currently unknown, but it has been preserved as important information.

After the criminal was entertained by the victim, the crime was completed and the traces may be covered up.The police also determined that there were obvious signs of rummaging in the room, as if all the gold and silver treasures had been swept away.The victim invited the criminal into the room, so it was presumed that he was an acquaintance. The condition of the body is still relatively new, not too long after the murder. "The purpose is to rob money, right?" Kishi whispered to Yoshihara. "I don't think so! It may also be pretending to rob money." Yoshihara said.

"The victim led the criminal into the room. If it was done by an acquaintance, then it might be possible to give people the illusion that they were stealing something?" "Even if it's committed by an acquaintance, the motive can be considered robbery. The offender knows the victim has money." "It seems to be a thief?" The police department inspected the scene, listened to the reflections of the surrounding neighbors, and listened to the testimonies of the discoverers. "When you found your sister's body, did you touch the body and the scene with your hands?"

"I was terrified. I called out to my sister, and I knew she was dead at a glance. I ran to the manager's room on the first floor and asked the manager to call 110 for me." "Did you notice anything when you entered sister's room? For example, a different smell and sound than usual..." "I was so panicked that I didn't notice anything." "You are visiting sister today, did she know in advance?" "My sister asked me to come today." "I'm sorry, I want to get to the bottom of it. Is there any special important thing for you to come?"

"No, no. My sister said that I haven't seen each other for a long time, and she hoped that I could come over. She also said that I can relax today." "When did you call?" "Two or three nights ago." "You said two or three days ago, was it Thursday or Friday?" "It's Thursday. That's right, that's right, the first appointment was on Saturday, because the store was closed, and she invited me to go to the movies or something. Later on Saturday, I called and said there were customers, and I hope to change it to Sunday." "Did she say that suddenly there are guests coming?"

"yes." "Did she say anything about the identity of the guest?" "No, there isn't. Just saying there's a visitor coming." So the victim, Saturday night, waiting for guests, that was made clear.As for whether the visitor is a criminal, it is not certain, but there is a great possibility. On the night of the crime, the neighbors on the left and right of the scene were not there, and other people living in the same building did not hear any strange noises. Yoshihara, who searched the scene, noticed an open phone book next to the phone.Telephone numbers are registered in the order of the Japanese syllabary.The opened page is page W and V, and there are six phone numbers on this page.The order from top to bottom is: Louis Tea Shop, Raymond Pastry Shop, Lehmann Clothing Shop, Luxin Beauty Salon, Lotus Sushi House, restaurant.

Kishi glanced at him and asked, "Is there anything?" "The victim probably wanted to call a store." "You can think of it this way. If you were killed on the phone, the person who answered the phone would think it was strange and might come over to check. Wouldn't that call the police? Another possibility is that the criminal was just about to pick up the phone, and the criminal did it. " "It is said that the victim postponed the date with his sister that day because he had guests. He will not go to the beauty salon or restaurant that night, right? Then the Lotus Sushi House is suspicious!"

"Give the other party a call to find out!" The other sushi restaurant said that the victim often called to ask for goods, but there was no call that night.The victim also frequented the other three stores, Louis Tea Shop, Western-style snack shop, and clothing store, but they all said that they did not receive a call from the victim that night. "Lianhua Sushi House, very suspicious. Tokie was killed when he opened the phone book and was about to make a call. The victim wanted to order sushi. It seems that he should treat him well?" "I also canceled the appointment of my younger sister who I haven't seen for a month. She is indeed a very important guest to the victim."

"That's what happened! The criminal took advantage of the loophole. It seems that there is more than one murderer!" "From the traces of the reception, the number of murderers can often be estimated, but this time they seem to have erased the traces. There are half-burned matches, but there are no cigarette butts in the garbage dump. If it is an acquaintance trying to grab property, then the criminal must be Know that the victim has money." "A woman can keep this store in Ginza for ten years by herself. I think if she is an acquaintance, she must be rich."

It was determined through the younger sister that apart from the cash stolen, the older sister's gemstones, rings, necklaces, watches, lighters, and other valuable gold and silver jewelry were all gone.Stocks, time deposit certificates, life insurance policies, and current passbooks are all left behind.Only take money and valuables. "All women's clothing and accessories were taken away, which is so interesting." Yoshihara was complacent, as if he had noticed something. "Do you suspect that the murderer is a woman?" Kishi looked at Yoshihara. "By the way, whether it's for the purpose of stealing things, or whether it's for stealing things in disguise, if the criminal is a man, he is generally not very interested in women's clothing and accessories." "Even the lighter was taken away!" "Many women nowadays smoke." "If the criminal is a woman, it is understandable for the victim to welcome guests into the room at night." "Yes, if there are plural prisoners, then the male and female are in the same group." "Are these two a couple?" The victim's sister, listening to the conversation between the two men, began to chime in. "I remember one thing". The two turned their gazes to Yumiko. "My sister is often worried about the lack of female waitresses in the store, and she always wants to recruit people. She also told me to introduce her to her. It seems that she often interviews the girls she introduces at home on rest days." "That's right, if it's about introducing a girl, then of course I'd be happy to meet you!" Yoshihara's eyes lit up.If you want to introduce an outstanding girl to her, of course meeting her first!Even if it is the visit of the younger sister who has been postponed for a month, the waitress must be interviewed first. "Can you guess who will introduce a waitress to your sister?" Yoshihara asked his sister. "It's hard to guess, but my sister said that she hopes that customers who come to the store can introduce it to her." "Is it a visitor from the store? If it's a guest introduction, then the identity will be clear." Yoshihara nodded. He used an excuse to introduce a hostess, and then came to the victim's home justifiably.What is its purpose?Killed and killed from the beginning?Or is it after money owned by the victim? Through identification, the time of death was approximately between 10:00 p.m. and midnight.The autopsy victim's body has been removed.On the afternoon of the same day, it was identified as a homicide case, and a search headquarters was established at the Azabu Police Station. In the afternoon of the next day, the autopsy report came out: the cause of death was strangulation, that is, a rope was used to tighten around the neck for a week, resulting in suffocation. The time of death was judged the same as before.There were no traces of rape or humiliation during his lifetime or after his death.No evidence of poisoning. Based on the initial search and autopsy results, the Azabu Police Station held the first search meeting. At the meeting, the center of discussion was the motive for the murder.Opinions are divided into two groups, one group thinks it is a love murder, and the other group thinks it is a stolen property.The former believes that the stolen goods are just to cover up the eyes and ears and conceal the real motive.Assuming that the criminal is an acquaintance, he should know that the victim runs the bar in Ginza, which costs a lot and doesn't have much spare money, so it cannot be considered that the criminal committed the crime for money.Assuming the purpose of stealing goods, the victim who is busy raising funds to open a store will not be fancy.The latter asserted: "Even an acquaintance cannot think that he knows the victim's financial situation very well. He can only speculate that the victim opened a store in Ginza with a small amount of money at most, but unexpectedly the cash was pitifully low, so he robbed precious gold and silver jewelry for this supplement." "Snatching precious gold and silver can't make up for the lack of cash. If you sell these things, you will have to expose yourself immediately, so you can only keep it in your own hands." "Assuming that the motive is to pretend to steal property, the motive is love and hatred between men and women, but it is puzzling to bring a woman to commit crimes." "I didn't definitely take a woman with me. It smells a bit like powder." According to the initial search and investigation after the case happened, the reflections around the scene: The victim does not seem to have a particularly close man. The victim's mature charm has attracted many customers, but because of his cleanliness and self-love, he has never heard of a specific lover. customers.A customer once satirized her, calling her an airplane money order, who looked like she was about to fall but was unwilling to fall.But it is also possible to think that because of a certain man, her conduct is impeccable. The meeting decided on the following current search guidelines: (1) Investigate the relationship between the victim's work unit; (2) Investigate the customers of the bar "Yashiro" run by the victim; (3) Investigate the neighbor relationship of the victim; (4) Investigate the relationship of the victim's companions; (5) Investigate passers-by and witnesses near the scene before and after the incident; ⑹ Investigate relevant violent groups and suspicious persons entering and exiting near the scene; (7) The victim is found. The search headquarters started the investigation by placing the motive of the murder on two aspects of the murder of love and theft, but did not find that the victim had a specific male relationship. As a proprietress, once she has a certain man, customers will stay away from "Yashiro". "Yashiro" is a bar full of the charm of the proprietress, and many visitors patronize with ghosts.It can be said that the proprietress's skill is to make the visitors have illusions.She was cursed as an "airplane money order" behind the scenes, but she had the social skills of being good at pleasing everyone, but she incited the illusion of those men, so they happily patronized the "Yashiro" bar. Even guests who have no ambitions for the proprietress, once she has a specific customer of her own, they will stay away.Ambitious or not, the proprietress is a freelancer, and the customers have fantasies. It's like buying a lottery ticket. The buyer thinks he may win the lottery, so he buys it. From the beginning, he knows that it is a empty lottery ticket, and of course no one cares about it. The proprietress is similar to buying lottery tickets, so even if the proprietress has a man, she tries to hide it as much as possible.The search headquarters suspected that the victim had a man in private, so they made repeated investigations on her interpersonal relationship before her death, and concluded that there was no specific man she was interested in.No matter how you hide it, the staff in the store will always know.I have asked the hostess and other staff of "Yashiro", but no valuable information has been obtained.Yashiro Tokie was rated very highly by customers and those staff members.She said that she took good care of the staff in the store, and settled the young waitresses who had just entered the store and had nowhere to live. It is said that she still cared about their future after resigning.Also, Tokieda also took care of the waitresses who worked in "Yashiro" who were poached by other stores and then returned to work in the old store.Among the waitresses who debuted from "Yashiro", there are a few independent and self-operated bars, and Tokieda even sent the waitresses in his own shop to help. As the investigation got deeper and deeper, the clues of infatuation, resentment and love killing between men and women became weaker and weaker, and there was no basis for being killed because of resentment.And the clues of looting property became more and more obvious.The police department summarized the memories of the victim's sister and staff, and made a list of the murdered belongings, including particularly valuable items. The results of the first phase of the search (three weeks after the incident) were not very significant, and the time to solve the case will probably be delayed. However, it may not be possible to simply judge that the female boss is rich just from the appearance of the female boss. It is estimated that the murderer is a member hidden in the victim's previous interpersonal relationship. "Yashiro" bar celebrated its 10th anniversary three months ago.Opening a store in Ginza for ten years is a milestone. To trace the list of customers and staff of "Yashiro" in the past ten years, the project is too huge.But the search department tried its best to register the names of these people one by one, and then list the suspects in this case one by one. Yashiro Yumiko became dazed because of her sister's murder, her whole body collapsed, and she didn't want to do anything.After losing her sister, she realized how important her sister's existence was to her.The older sister is better than her parents, Yumiko thinks she is her spiritual pillar, inexhaustible like sunshine and water. Her sister is very generous to her, and under her meticulous care, Yumiko lives freely.Such an older sister left suddenly, which meant losing everything for Yumiko.She felt that she had not only lost her economic base, her spiritual support, but even her own existence. The love that my sister gave me unreservedly during her lifetime is now gone. Love is the conversion of heat energy, and getting love replenishes a lot of heat energy for oneself.After losing her sister, Yumiko realized how much she loved her.With her sister gone, her heat energy will be lost more and more, and it will no longer be possible to replenish heat energy from her sister, Yumiko feels that the blood in her whole body will be drained, and she is struggling in a vague emptiness. "Sister, why did you die? Who did it?" Yumiko called desperately. If she had gone to her sister's house on Saturday as originally scheduled, her sister would not have been killed, and Yumiko felt very sorry for this. The date of the sisters was canceled, and unexpected guests appeared, not only took the life of the sister, but also stole all the property.Why did the murderer take her sister's life if it was all about robbery in the first place?Yumiko was in infinite grief, immersed in remembrance. Since Yumiko was sensible, her sister has always been by her side, loving and caring everywhere.Since she was a child, she lost her parents one after another. Her elder sister hid her grief and protected her younger sister so that she would not be harmed.The older sister fulfilled her obligations and responsibilities instead of her parents, which saved her from the pain of loneliness. Losing such a sister now is like taking my own life. After her sister was murdered, Yumiko discovered that she did not understand her sister's life before her death.About the elder sister's interpersonal relationship, living area, financial situation, and even lifestyle, although it is a brotherhood, it is almost unclear.The elder sister is the source of life and spiritual support of Miko, but she is very strange to her private life.This is because the elder sister advocated that Yumiko should be separated from herself, on the grounds that betraying her beauty is contagious, and she did not want her sister to be infected. The criminal who murdered her sister must have something to do with her betraying her lust.The elder sister played the leading role in the Ginza under the night, which must be wagered with life, and the elder sister finally lost her life for this.Sister, why were you murdered?Sister, I can't live without you, please, come back!Facing the blankness of losing her sister, Yumiko is devastated.