Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Time to Wait for the Confession

At about the same time, just to be on the safe side, Ishii from the Kasue Sub-bureau visited Furuzawa's parents' home again. This time Ishii also got a strong clue from his parents. "Please provide some clues about your son's interpersonal relationship, no matter what it is." Gu Ze's parents were at a loss for Ishii's repeated requests. "Although you asked again and again, Gu Ze hardly returned home a few times after graduating from university. We don't know who he is with." "Did he have any good friends when he was in college?" "He rented an apartment in Jianggutian when he was in college, and he didn't live at home."

"What about the tuition fee?" "It seems to be earned by working outside. I went to college because I had nothing to do, so I went to college to play." It seems that his parents are trying hard to forget the memory of their son who died tragically; and Ishii is trying hard to recall the memory of his parents. Although this is the job of a policeman, it is indeed a very difficult task. "His father, before the child died, he sent a wedding invitation." Gu Ze's old mother interjected from the side. "Wedding invitation? Who sent it?" This was not mentioned on the previous visit.

"There is such a thing." The old father also remembered. "Where is that wedding invitation now?" "I sent it to the place where I live on Monday." "I didn't find anything like that among his belongings." "Probably lost it. The date seems to be around early October." "Who sent the wedding invitation?" "I can't remember the name of the person who sent the invitation. When I opened the wedding invitation to see whose wedding it was, the matchmaker seemed to be Tsuruoka Ginjiro. At that time, I thought, it's amazing to have such a powerful person as a matchmaker. The wedding. The venue for the wedding is at the Royal Hotel in Tokyo."

"Ginjiro Tsuruoka? Tokyo Royal Hotel?" Ishii's eyes lit up immediately.As long as you know this, you can find out who sent the invitation.Now that the victim is invited, explain the relationship between the victim and the inviter.This may be a breakthrough to clarify the victim's interpersonal relationship before his death.Ishii felt that there was finally a glimmer of hope for what he had been looking for. Both groups of investigators came to the company to see Ochiai.Ochiai seemed to have a premonition.It seemed that the two groups of investigators had not made an appointment to come to the company at the same time to seek interviews.But Luo Luo took it for granted that they had already met.In fact, the two groups of investigators who ran into each other at Ochiai were surprised to see each other.Ushio and Aoyagi from the Shinjuku Bureau, and Ishii and Nomura from the Kasue Branch had known each other before this search.

"I didn't expect to meet here." "I didn't expect to meet you here." Before greeting Ochiai for the first time, they talked about their separation from each other.On the way to investigate their respective cases, they ran into search colleagues from other agencies. This kind of thing is not common. "Let's wait for a while, please ask first." The Ishii group bowed to the Ushio group who arrived a little earlier. "Then we're welcome." So, Ishii-gumi waited in a corner of the living room, and Ushio started asking Ochiai. "It's a shame to ask, do you know Masukawa Yasushi?"

"I know him. He's a junior in my university." "Do you know about Sheng Chuan being killed?" "I saw it in the newspaper." "You invited Sheng Chuan to your wedding, is there such a thing?" "Because he's my friend from college, I invited him. What's wrong?" "I found your wedding invitation at Shengchuan's residence, so we wanted to ask some people who were related to Shengchuan before his death. Are you on a good relationship with Shengchuan?" "When he was a student, he was a junior in the same automobile department, and he had a good relationship at that time. But after graduation, except for the invitation to the wedding, he hardly met a few times. It was just an occasional phone call or something."

"Can you provide any clues about Sheng Chuan's murder?" "I don't have any clues." At this moment, Ochiai concealed his doubts about the relationship between his wife, Shengchuan and Guzawa.Because he has already denied that his wife is the murderer based on his subjective judgment, he does not want to involve his wife in this disturbance. Ishii, who had been listening in the corner of the living room, approached Ushio. "Sorry to bother you, but our victim was also invited to Mr. Ochiai's wedding?" Ishii interjected. "So..." Ushio shifted his gaze to Ishii.

"In fact, the victim of our case was also invited to Mr. Ochiai's wedding." "What did you say?" Oxtail and Qingliu both changed their expressions. "We didn't find the invitation card at the victim's residence, but it was presumed that it was lost. When we visited the victim's parents' house, we learned that there was such an invitation card, so we came here today." As if trying to figure out what was going on, the four investigators focused their gazes on Ochiai.Ochiai has already guessed that Ishii came here for the murder of Gu Ze. "Both of them are junior students in the automobile department of my university. They were killed one after another shortly after attending my wedding. I was very surprised when I found out. After graduation, except for inviting them to my wedding, There is no connection, and I don’t know why they were killed. No one knows what kind of life they lived after graduation. Sheng Chuan worked as a long-distance transport driver for a transportation company two months ago. In addition, Gu Ze Every time I meet him, I change jobs. When I last saw him, he was working in a water purifier sales company. After the wedding, he even came to my house to sell me a water purifier.”

"Excuse me, where were you from the night of November 28 and December 16 to the early morning of the next day?" Uxo asked as a representative of the investigators. "Is this an off-site interrogation?" "As long as it is related to the victim, we will routinely inquire about it." "I spent those two nights at home." "Can you prove that you were in your own home on those two days?" "My wife can attest to that." "Has anyone called or called besides your wife?" "No." Ushio seemed to be guessing the credibility of Ochiai's answer in his heart.

"Mr. Police, are you suspicious of me?" Ochiai asked. "We will inquire about anyone concerned." Uxo did not give a clear answer to whether he doubted or not.At this time, the name Sayama Hidemo suddenly flashed in Ochiai's mind.He remembered the last time he met Sheng Chuan, who had said that Furusawa and Sayama were still on good terms after graduating from university. "Have you thought of any clues?" Ushio's eyes were sharp, as if he could see through Ochiai's inner fluctuation right away. "Shokawa met me not long before his death. I remembered that he said that there was a person who had a good relationship with Gu Ze."

"Who? Who is that person?" Hearing Gu Ze's name, both Ishii and Nomura became alert at the same time. "That person's name is Sayama Hidemo, and he was also my junior in college, but he didn't have a deep friendship with me. Because my father and his father have a good relationship, he also attended my wedding that time." "Did that Sayama attend your wedding?" "yes." This time it was Ishii's turn to speculate on the credibility of Ochiai's answer.Sayama Hidemo is the son of the president of the large clothing company "Sovalle".Relying on his father's strength, at the young age of 24, he took up the position of deputy director of the research department of the company.The police immediately offered to meet with Sayama, but Sayama was on a business trip to inspect the European market and would not be able to return until the end of the year. After leaving with Ochiai, the four investigators discussed on the way back. "What do you think?" Ishii asked Ushio. "We can't make a conclusion yet." Oxtail replied. "I don't think it's a coincidence that the victims of both cases attended Ochiai's wedding at the same time. They were killed shortly after the wedding. Can we think there is a connection with Ochiai?" "I think so too. Looking at Ochiai today, he seems to know something, but he is hiding it from us." "I've noticed it too. I always feel that his words are a little vague." "But, if you wanted to kill these two people, you wouldn't invite them to the wedding, would you?" Qing Liu interjected. "That's where I can't figure it out. Everyone knows that if you invite the victim to the wedding and then kill him, you will inevitably be suspected. Who would invite the person you want to kill to your wedding? "Oxtail said as if trying to convince himself. "Can't inviting the victim to the wedding be a criminal motive?" Nomura asked. "How can inviting the victim to a wedding be a criminal motive?" Ishii's question was also representative of the doubts of the other two. "I don't know. It's just a sudden thought. It's like inviting the victim to a wedding, and suddenly something happened that had to kill him or something." "For example, what happened?" Ishii asked. "Does Ochiai's wife have a criminal motive?" Aoyagi seemed to have thought of something. "Ochiai's wife?" "Suppose Masukawa and Guzawa had any relationship with Ochiai's wife. Suppose they attended Ochiai's wedding and found that the bride was a woman they knew in the past. If this matter is not good for the Ochiai couple, Ochiai will do it in order to protect his wife. Killed two people." "It's an interesting hypothesis. It's very possible to analyze your hypothesis carefully," said Oxtail. "What kind of possibility?" "Ochiai's wife's entanglements with Shengchuan and Guzawa in the past are not necessarily unfavorable to the Ochiai couple, but most likely to be unfavorable to Ochiai's wife. If the two of you had a relationship in the past..." "In that case, Ochiai's wife is also suspected." "When we first asked Ochiai, he admitted that he was friends with the two victims, so we identified the line of Ochiai. The fact that the two deceased had attended the Ochiai wedding meant that they and the bride and groom were two people. Related. Ochiai’s wife’s alibi cannot rely solely on her husband’s testimony, but must be confirmed by herself.” "If it was done by a woman, don't you think these two crimes are cruel?" Nomura said. "It's brutal indeed. Atrocities like beating the head with a blunt object, putting the dead person adrift in a boat, or suffocating them by strangling them after being stunned would be brutal if they were actually committed by newlyweds." Ishii supports Nomura's opinion. "Ochiai's father was able to invite Crane Gin to be a matchmaker. He is indeed an authoritative person in the economic field. Isn't the building of the Ochiai company we visited just now quite majestic?" Ushio's eyes fell on the Ochiai business card he got just now.The title of "Director of Risheng Co., Ltd., Minister of Product Development and Adjustment" is printed on the business card.Risheng has opened up its own development route through systematic sales of best-selling products.At present, the company has set the goal of globalization. Just like its name, it is constantly developing with the momentum of the rising sun.Ochiai's father took advantage of the entertainment trends at the time and founded his own company. Currently, it has grown to an unrivaled level in entertainment-related products.Ochiai, on the other hand, should belong to the son of a famous family, occupying an important position in his father's company at a young age.Sooner or later, he will inherit his father's career, and he should be learning how to lead his own family at present. The bride Zhu Shi, who just held her wedding in October, is the second daughter of the Japanese painting master Ryunosuke Nakahashi.Before interrogating Ochiai, the criminal police had already investigated Ochiai in advance and learned something about Ochiai. Before visiting Ochiai, because the detectives had no horizontal contact, I just asked about the situation with Ochiai as a reference.However, when the fact that the two groups of victims who searched the headquarters were killed one after another shortly after attending Ochiai's wedding became clear, the existence of the Ochiai couple immediately became apparent.However, the more prominent the family background of Ochiai and his wife, the less they looked like murderers. Usually the more people have lost, the less they want to lose.If you consider that the criminal motive is to protect something that can be protected, the serial killings shortly after inviting the victim to the wedding, this inference is somewhat reluctant. According to Ushio and Aoyagi, the time interval between the wedding and the crime is too short.If the husband and wife conspire together, they should also save some more time to consolidate the trust relationship between husband and wife. "Even if we consider the Ochiai couple as suspects, we shouldn't have preconceived ideas. The current similarity is that both victims were invited to their wedding." Ushio said as if admonishing himself. Ochiai is shocked by the detective's visit.Although he had already foreseen that they would come to him one day, he did not expect that two groups of criminal police who searched the headquarters would come to him by accident but at the same time.It was clear that they were not satisfied with Ochiai's alibi.Perhaps this is due to the very low credibility of the wife and family as an alibi.Ochiai offered no alibi to convince them. The detectives are suspicious of Ochiai.Perhaps the detectives did not know that the two men who were killed had sat at the same table at the wedding venue.If they knew, it would definitely deepen their doubts about Ochiai.However, Ochiai could not say anything unfavorable to his wife in order to eliminate the police's suspicion of him.Ochiai thought: Zhu Shi must not be involved, and the criminal police's search must be stopped on his own side.However, since the police could find Ochiai here, they might soon discover Zhu Shi's relationship with Gu Ze and Sheng Chuan.Ochiai felt that it was only a matter of time. After Ochiai returned home that day, he sat at the dinner table with Zhu Shi and had dinner.Ochiai said calmly, "The criminal police came to the company today." "Interpol? What are they doing here?" "Because of the case of Guzawa and Shengchuan being killed, come to ask me about the situation." Zhu Shi suddenly changed his face. "Why did the police come to investigate you?" Her questioning voice was trembling. "It seems to be because the two guests invited to our wedding were killed one after another. I think it's suspicious." "It has nothing to do with you! It's just that the two people you invited were accidentally killed." Zhu Shi seemed to be protesting the criminal police's actions. "That's true. I think maybe the detectives can't ignore this clue. They also asked for my alibi." "Alibi? Just asking where were you when the two were killed?" "yes." "Isn't that treating you as a murderer?" "They said that anyone who had anything to do with the deceased would ask that question." "I can prove that you were not there." "They say it's hard to be convincing as a wife witness." "Does that mean they don't believe the wife's testimony?" "Probably." "It's too much! I suspect you to be the murderer." Zhu Shi was greatly shocked by the fact that the criminal police came to find Ochiai.She suddenly lost her appetite.From Ochiai's point of view, she lost her appetite because she was afraid that the next search would be pointed at her. "You don't have to worry. I haven't done anything with a guilty conscience. I really shouldn't say it to make you worry." "I'm really sorry to trouble you." "It's not your fault either." "I, I..." Zhu Shi's lips trembled, as if he wanted to say something. "What?" Ochiai gently urged Zhu Shi. Finally, she couldn't bear the burden in her heart alone, and wanted to confess to her husband. "I'm really sorry. Give me some more time." Zhu Shi said. "For what time?" Although Ochiai understood Zhu Shishi's meaning, he asked deliberately. "Give me a little more time, and I'll tell you all about it." "Do you know any clues about Gu Ze and Sheng Chuan being killed?" "Give me a little more time and I'll tell you." "I don't know what you are hiding from me, but don't worry about it alone. You have to know that husband and wife exist to solve each other's troubles." "Thank you. I really love you. Because of this, I can't hurt our relationship. It's my own problem." Zhu Shi who said this seemed to have erected a wall in his heart that even his husband could not cross .Ochiai knew that no matter how hard he tried to force his wife, he could only make his wife close the inner wall even tighter.