Chapter 4 Chapter Four Alibi
Yumiba Hisahiko's company is located in the 15-story "Teikyu Building" in Shinjuku.The building was the first to be built in the Shinjuku New District Center Plan.In addition to Diji itself, there are also various subordinate companies of Diji.
Kowato and Shimoda, who were in charge of investigating the bow field, came to the Teikyu Building, handed the business card to the reception room, and were led to a reception room comparable to a luxurious hotel room.Not long after, the bow field came.
"I'm Gongchang, what can I do for you?" He was tall and thin, with a sharp chin, giving the impression of a clever man.When he entered the room, he looked around, looking a little panicked.
Although the two of them didn't inform in advance that they would come to him, but judging from Yumiba's expression, it seemed that they expected the police to come to him for investigation.
Maybe he thought that Guojing was killed, and he would inevitably be suspected.If this is the case, the investigative work will be facilitated.
"It is estimated that you have heard that Kuni was killed, so we would like to ask you a few questions about Kuni Hiroshi's murder."
"Kuoi was a classmate of mine in the same year of college. I never dreamed that he would be murdered. I was shocked to learn of his death." His words were full of affection, not acting.But his panicked appearance gave people a feeling of guilt.
"Not only the same classmate, but also a member of the same hiking club." Hengdu said deeply.Yumiba showed an expression that the police had investigated even this point, and nodded helplessly.
"Let me put it bluntly. In this case, your position is very complicated. That is to say, you have the motive to kill Guojing."
"Don't you doubt me?" Yuyaba asked palely.
"Yes, if you want to dispel your suspicions, you must answer our questions truthfully."
"Yes, you can ask whatever you want." Yuyaba bit his lip and lowered his head, although he said to ask anything, but he showed negative emotions that were difficult to answer for certain things.
Crossing was aware of Gongchang's resistance.
"So, where were you on March 22, the unprecedented 2:00 am to 3:00 am?"
"2 o'clock to 3 o'clock the day before yesterday..." he repeated in his mouth, and buried his head deeper.
"This is the time when Kuni was killed, we want to know where you were at that time."
"..."
"What's the matter? Tell me!"
"..."
"If we find out where you were during that time, we can rule out your suspicion. Our purpose is to clarify the truth. I hope you will not hide the people involved in the case and tell the truth."
"I was in a certain place with someone during that time." Gongchang, who had been bowing his head silently, raised his head in pain, with beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Where is that person? Who is that person? Where is that place?"
"Well, I can't say."
"Yuchang!" Hengdu slapped the table, "Do you think this answer can prevaricate us?"
"Really, I was indeed with that person during that time, and I never killed anyone." Yugio tried to excuse himself.
"Yumiba, you don't seem to know how dangerous your situation is. To be honest, we came to investigate before we were going to detain you. Do you think you can escape with such innocuous words?" Crossing Strengthened the tone.
"Why do I have to answer this question?" Gongchang was cornered, but he still hesitated.
"You want us to answer for you. You and Kuni are competing for Mikiko, and you are also rivals at work."
"How boring! Am I going to kill my friends for these things?"
"Very likely. You had competition with him for women and jobs, and these constituted a strong motive for your killing."
"I'm not the only one who has disputes with him about women and jobs, but also Murakoshi,...Murakoshi Junya of Zhongtai Xingye."
"You think we don't know this? Our colleagues also went to investigate Murakoshi. But you have a stronger motive than Murakoshi."
Bowfield trembled all over.
"We also know about your sister. Apart from work and women, you have personal grudges against Guojing."
"It has nothing to do with that."
"It's not only related, but also very important. Can a person who has a triple hatred for the victim only confess that he was with someone in a certain place during the time when the case happened?" Crossing was already stern.
Gongchang has been pushed to the point of desperation, but still stubbornly insists on the original confession.
The detective who investigated Junya Murakoshi was Yamaji Kazuji, and the Chutai Kogyo branch was located in a rental building on Kandaji Street.This is a majestic building with 8 floors, Zhongtai Xingye rented all the rooms from the 3rd to the 5th floor.
Like the crossing team investigating the bow field, they did not notify each other in advance.Unfortunately, Muraoshi happened to be out, so they had to wait for a while.Anyway, they often followed him, and they were used to waiting for others. Besides, he would be back soon, so there was nothing difficult to wait for.
About an hour later, Murakashi came back.He is a very ordinary person, which is somewhat beyond the expectations of the two detectives. In their imagination, Murakashi must be handsome.
It seems that Murakashi is an honest man, and his honest appearance is similar to Hexi.But Hexi's honesty is innate, while Murakoshi's honesty seems to be tempered by professional needs. Therefore, the two detectives secretly warned themselves not to be fooled by each other's appearance.
The two took out their business cards and handed them to Murako, who didn't seem particularly surprised.The two detectives couldn't tell whether it was because he was honest or because he was sophisticated.
"...Therefore, we need to investigate all relevant personnel, and I hope you can provide assistance. Excuse me, where are you from 2:00 am to 3:00 am on Sunday, the 22nd?" Shan Lu asked straight to the point.
"2 o'clock in the morning the day before yesterday?" Murakoshi's eyes were a little blank, not knowing what he was thinking.He is an introvert, with sophistication hidden behind his honesty.
"That day, Sunday morning, no, it was actually night, it was Sunday anyway, right? Well, I went for a drive in Hakone on Saturday afternoon to test a new car I bought."
"So, do you live in Hakone?"
"No, I stayed overnight with a classmate who was in a lower grade than me when I was in high school in Atsugi City."
"So, from 2 to 3 in the morning on the 22nd, did you stay at that friend's house?"
"Yes, because the delay in Hakone was too long, it happened to be around 2 o'clock in the morning when I arrived at my friend's house."
"Are there at 2 o'clock in the morning?" Shanlu immediately became vigilant.
"yes."
"Where is it so late to visit friends?" Shanlu said with some words.He thought it suspicious that he had arrived at a friend's house just in time for the murder.
"It was Saturday night, he's a bachelor, and we don't need to be nice to each other."
"His name is……"
"Noboru Ishii. He works for the Kyoei Auto Parts Company in the suburbs of Atsugi City, and lives in a house run by a real estate company not far from their company."
"address?"
"No. 41, Erli, Section 4, Midori Hills, Atsugi City."
"Is there a phone?" Shanlu asked in an interrogating tone, but Murakoshi ignored him.
"0462-21-878."
"Did you go to Ishii's place suddenly?"
"I hung up on their office on Friday and told him I might be there on Saturday night."
"Do you often go to Ishii's place?"
"Six months ago, I traveled to Lake Hamana with the company's car, and stopped by him on the way back. But Ishii came to my place to play almost once a month."
Murako answered the answers fluently, and even the seasoned Shanlu felt that his answers were impeccable.If what Murakoshi said is true, he cannot be the criminal, because the perpetrator who committed the crime in the Akasaka apartment in the central area of Tokyo from 2:00 to 3:00 in the morning cannot appear in the outskirts of Atsugi City, more than 40 kilometers away, at the same time.
"The key is this friend named Ishii," Yamaji said on the way back. "If Ishii and Murakashi are the same, he can easily give false evidence that the difference is one or two hours. Take the Tomei Expressway from Tokyo to Atsugi late at night. One hour at most (the Tomei Expressway was not yet connected to the Metropolitan Expressway at the time.). As long as the witness conceals it for him for an hour, it means that he has no time to commit crimes."
"Why not, let's ask Ishii."
The two decided to go to Atsugi immediately.To go to Atsugi, you can take the Odakyu Line from Shinjuku by train, and the express train will take about 45 minutes.
In order not to waste the runway, the two of them used a public phone to contact Gongrong Auto Parts Company, and found out that Ishii was on the shift.
It was not commute time at this time, and the car was relatively empty.When the train passes the Sagami River and you can see a big mountain (this mountain is part of Mount Tanzawa), you will arrive at the neighborhood of Atsugi City.
It takes 10 minutes by car from Atsugi City Street to Kyoei Auto Parts Company.After they got off the train, they happened to catch a bus.
The car left the urban area, climbed up the hill, and walked. A wide factory area appeared in front of it. The Atsugi workshop of Kyoei Company was built here.Here the mountains are more clearly defined.
They came to the reception room and said they wanted to meet Ishii.Considering that Ishii was not a suspect, they only said their names, but did not tell the people in the reception room that they belonged to the Metropolitan Police Department.After a while, a man in black sleeves came over.Apparently he was a clerk, not a worker.Ishii looked at them both with a surprised expression.When they called just now, they only asked if Ishii was around, and they didn't make an appointment to meet him himself.
"You are Ishii, right? I am Shanlu from the Metropolitan Police Department." After Shanlu finished speaking, the other party was surprised.This is the look that is given to anyone who is suddenly visited by the police.
"I'm sorry to interrupt you suddenly, but we want to ask you something." In order to relieve the other party's nervousness, Shanlu said as gently as possible.
"What's the matter?" Ishii was still nervous.He is a classmate a year later than Cun Yue, and he should only be in his twenties, but he looks to be in his mid-thirties.His hair was disheveled, his face was covered with many wrinkles, and the worn sleeves on his arms made him look even more old-fashioned.
"Last Saturday night, no, on Sunday morning, around 2 o'clock in the morning, did the village of Zhongtai Xingye come to you?"
"Saturday night? Oh, yes. He came suddenly at two o'clock in the middle of the night, and he woke me up."
"Suddenly? Murakoshi said he informed you on Friday that he was coming on Saturday."
"He kept saying he wouldn't come, and I thought it was the same day again, so I lay down around 10 o'clock. I couldn't stay up late."
Ishii did not lead them to another room, but said these words in the reception room.Yamaji felt that they already knew about Ishii's life.The clerk who runs the accounts or something in the company must be someone who lives a routine life.From the sleeves that Ishii was wearing, Shanji thought that he might be the kind of person who would be loyal to his duties and run like a little hamster even if he was asked to do boring work repeatedly, and would never use his own brain to find his own way.
"So, when Muraoshi came, it was the time when you slept the most soundly?" Tsuji interjected.
"yes."
"He woke you up when you were in the deepest sleep, how did you know it was 2 o'clock in the morning? Did Murakoshi tell you?"
If Murakoshi told him, his testimony was fabricated by Murakoshi.Shanlu understood the importance of this question, and his eyes shone brightly.
"Well, this..." Ishii thought about it.Just as he was about to answer, he suddenly frowned in wonder and asked, "But why do you ask these questions?"
"It's nothing. Murakoshi got involved in a small case. If you can prove that he was with you during that time, it will help him a lot."
"Are you looking for some alibi?"
"No, it's not that serious." Tsuji said in a relaxed tone.
"As long as I can help Murakoshi, I can prove it. That night, Murakoshi came to give me a radio. As soon as I woke up, Murakoshi said: 'Look, I brought you the semiconductor radio you want.' He Turned on the radio and it happened to be the 2 a.m. program on FM."
"The 2 o'clock show?"
"Semiconductor radio?" Yamaji and Tsuji looked at each other.
"Did Murakoshi say before that he would give you a semiconductor radio?" Tsuji felt that giving a radio in the middle of the night was really counterintuitive.
"Hey, I've long wanted to have a semiconductor radio. Murakoshi said that he attended the company's year-end party and got a radio by lottery. Give it to me in a few days. He has a stereo radio himself, so don't want this one."
"So he brought it to you late on Saturday night, didn't he?"
"That's right."
"What's the show starting at 2 o'clock?"
"It is the second part of the light music program of Kanto FM Radio Station every Saturday at 1 o'clock in the middle of the night, Engelberut Fenbedikon's solo concert."
"What what? Say it again." Shanlu rolled his eyes up and down and asked in puzzlement.For music, he only knows some ballads and ditties, and he doesn't know anything about the names of people who talk about it.
"Engelberut Finbedikon, a very popular and famous singer."
Knowing the singer's name, young Tsuji asked, "Is his solo concert on Saturday night, oh no, at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning?"
"No, on FM, even if it's past zero, it counts as the previous day's program."
"That's right, so at 2 o'clock in the middle of the night on that Saturday, the Kanto FM radio station did broadcast a special program on Engel Beirut."
"Yes, I like pop music very much. When I read the newspaper, I often only read the radio announcement column. I wanted to get a radio for a long time, and it happened that Murakoshi told me to give me one, so I waited for his one. There is no need to buy another one. .Because I didn’t expect Murakoshi to bring it that night, I went to sleep as usual. I knew from the newspaper that the special program started at 2 o’clock in the morning.”
"Then what you're hearing isn't the song recorded on the tape recorder?"
"No, it's absolutely impossible, that semiconductor radio is still in my hands." Ishii denied it.Although he looked like a wimp, when he said this, his expression was serious.
"He will not easily give false testimony for others." Yamaji and Tsuji realized this at the same time.They looked at Ishii, who had the word "serious" carved on his face, and felt that Murakoshi might not be at the scene of the crime.
"Can you show us that radio?"
"I put it at home, but we will get off work in half an hour. If you want to see it, just wait here for a while."
"Okay, we'll wait for you."
After 30 minutes, they came to Ishii's house.It takes about 5 minutes to walk from the factory to his house.Ishii's house is a two-bedroom apartment, which belongs to the real estate company.
After entering the house, Ishii smiled embarrassingly: "I originally planned to marry a daughter-in-law, so I bought this apartment, but I still don't know where the daughter-in-law is."
This house is nominally owned by a real estate company, but in fact it is a long-term sale of a house that pays a deposit first and pays in installments later.
The furniture in the house is basically complete.Ishii is only in his twenties, and he has built a comfort zone for himself.He seemed petty, as evidenced by his need for someone else's radio.
"This is it." Ishii brought an ordinary semiconductor radio made by S Factory, without a recording device.He turned on the switch, and melodious music sounded in the room.
"Is it the song of Engel Beirut that I listened to on this radio?" Detective Tsuji still asked unwillingly.He wondered if Murakoshi hid a small tape recorder on his body and adjusted the sound of the tape recorder to sound like a radio, but it was actually the tape recorder.
"Of course, it is indeed the sound from this radio. I saw the switch that Murakashi pressed with my own eyes. I am not so stupid as to think the sound from other sources is the sound of the radio." Ishii felt that the self-esteem of a music fan was hurt. hurt.
"So, have you known Murakashi for a long time?" Shanlu changed the subject.
"We were in the same club in high school and he was a class ahead of me."
"yes?"
"Wangel? What? What are you talking about?" This time it was Ishii's turn to be puzzled.
"Well, what club is that?"
"Abacus."
"Abacus?"
"At that time, computers were not as popular as they are now. I think as long as you learn how to abacus, you can enjoy yourself no matter where you go."
This is indeed the point of view of people like Ishii, but it is a bit surprising that Murakoshi also learned abacus.In fact, this is also reasonable. For a person who lives by strategy, planning is a natural business activity.
Club activities are a kind of activity for young people to pursue the happiness of youth in their spare time. Even this activity is used by Murakoshi to learn abacus, which shows that he carefully planned his life route for himself when he was a student.
"Using Murakoshi's words, you go to play with him almost once a month. At that time, didn't he give you a radio?"
"I talked to him about the radio about three months ago. After that, I went to his place once. He said it was in the company, but I didn't get it. I went there to get the radio, but it was wasted. Car money." Ishii said regretfully.The two detectives felt that he was not ordinary stingy.For example, he asked Shanlu and the others to stand on the concrete platform at the main entrance without even pouring a cup of tea.
A man in his twenties probably wouldn't have a home of his own if he wasn't a miser.Tsuji, who is about the same age as Ishii and still lives with his parents, thinks with emotion.
Ishii proves that Murakashi is not at the scene of the crime.Judging from Ishii's character and his relationship with Murakoshi, it is unlikely that he would perjure himself.A miser would never commit perjury for a radio.
After they asked Ishii about the basic situation, they told him about Murakoshi's dangerous situation.Ishii turned pale after hearing this, and said that since it was such an important matter, he swore never to lie.
He, a cautious person, only thinks about protecting himself now.He knew that telling the truth would keep him safe, so he tried his best to excuse himself in front of the police.
After Murakoshi's alibi was confirmed, the only suspect left was Yumiba.Originally, Gongchang's motive for committing the crime was relatively obvious, but now according to various signs, the possibility of him committing the crime is very high.
However, there was no evidence of Gongchang crime left at the scene, and the investigative headquarters cannot arrest people based on the fact that he had the time to commit the crime.
"Let's take a trick, how about it?" Nasu Police Department said after careful consideration.The trick he called was "arrest under pretext."
In a homicide case, if a certain person is very suspected, but the police have no evidence to prove that he is a criminal, they will arrest him under the pretext of a small fault that would not have been filed under normal circumstances, and then conduct a homicide investigation on him.This is "arrest under pretext".After arresting a person through "pretext arrest", instead of verifying the crime stated in the arrest certificate, it is to investigate whether he killed someone.This practice is contrary to the spirit of the Criminal Procedure Code, which stipulates that investigations should be conducted on the charges specified in the summons.Besides, if there is no evidence of homicide to interrogate the crime of homicide, there will inevitably be a situation of forced confession.But this method is not illegal in form, and the police often use it as a trick.
Typically, a suspect arrested for one crime often confesses to other crimes during interrogation. "Arrest under pretext" is just the opposite of the order of normal arrest. It arrests the suspect for other reasons, and then tries the unsolved case.Many difficult cases were cracked using the method of "arrest under pretext".
This method of first arresting suspects and then conducting surprise interrogations to make them confess their crimes is indeed contrary to science. It completely relies on the investigators' feelings to judge who is the criminal.
Recently, there have been criticisms of "arrest under pretext", saying that it is an "investigative method that reduces the perception of human rights", which has attracted a lot of attention.
As the person in charge of the investigative headquarters, Nasu tried his best to avoid using "arrests under pretext", but the situation in the bow field was indeed serious, and the people in the investigative headquarters believed that he was responsible for the crime in all likelihood.
Although the investigation headquarters did not obtain physical evidence of the crime committed by Gongchang, his triple murder motive and the panic expression he showed when he was interrogated, coupled with the vague answer of "with a certain person in a certain place", further showed that He is more suspicious than others.
"Chief, let's do it!" All the subordinates were gearing up.
"Okay." Nasu, who always had a negative attitude towards "arrest under pretext", finally agreed. The great advantage of "arrest on pretext" is that when a person is detained, the number of confessions increases exponentially compared to when he is free.
According to regulations, the arrested person will be detained in the police station for two days, then in the procuratorate for one day, and then detained for 10 days according to the requirements of the procuratorate. If the expected purpose is not achieved, it can be extended for another 10 days.In other words, the period of detention is limited to 23 days.
If actual evidence is obtained in the "arrest under pretext", the suspect can be arrested again for homicide and re-detained for 23 days, that is, the suspect can be detained for a total of 46 days. Will confess.If the prisoner really confesses, not only the case is easier to solve, but also the investigation cost can be reduced.Because of these benefits, the police often use this method.
Nasu decides to arrest Yumiba Hisahiko under the pretext of investigating his actions thoroughly.
The police finally grasped the fact that Yumiba owed money to a bar in Ginza, and arrested him on charges of fraud in accordance with Article 246, Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Law.
Yumiba was detained at the Akasaka Bureau and subjected to severe interrogation.But contrary to the wishes of the investigative headquarters, Yumba continued to stubbornly deny it, insisting that he definitely did not do it.He is still ambiguous about the crucial time issue.
When detecting a homicide case, the 20 days after the case is called the "first phase".If the case is not resolved during this period, the work of solving the case is likely to be deadlocked.
The first period passed, and Gongchang still stubbornly resisted, and the police did not get any new materials.The prosecutor's office proposed to extend the detention, but in this state, it is difficult to meet the conditions for re-arrest.
Many people in the investigative headquarters were discouraged.
"Is Yumiba protecting someone?" In the investigation meeting that was making no progress, Detective Tsuji suddenly muttered something, and Yokoto heard it with sharp ears, and he asked:
"Asylum? Protect who?"
"Yumiba said that he met someone in a certain place. This person is probably someone who must never be made public."
"Is it a woman?" Hengdu said.Tsuji nodded, and there was a murmur of discussion in the room.
"That is to say, he was having a tryst with a woman at the time of the incident." Nasu used an old phrase used by an elderly person.But the word is really appropriate here.The undisclosed meeting object is likely to be a married woman, and the word tryst is really appropriate to describe meeting a married woman.
"At the time when Kuni was murdered, it was possible that Yumiba was engaged in ulterior affairs with a married woman. If he asked his mistress to testify in court, it would be easy to clear him of the suspicion. But he didn't do it. The purpose It is to protect the other party. If the other party is not at the scene of the crime during the time when the archery is released, her infidelity will naturally be exposed and her life will be completely ruined. If this happened during the day, even though she was with a man, people would still It may not be associated with an ambiguous relationship, but at 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, there is no way to prevaricate."
"So, Gongchang is not the perpetrator?" Shanlu asked.
"It's too early to make a final decision. I think we should focus on Murakoshi."
"Murakoshi?"
"But Murakoshi also has..." A detective had just said this, and Tsuji took it up and said:
"It's true that Murakoshi has a perfect alibi, but his alibi is questionable. I think it was a deliberate arrangement for him to arrive at Ishii's house at exactly 2 a.m.."
"So, did Murakoshi tell Ishii to go to his place on purpose before and made him wait in vain?" said Yamato, who went to investigate Ishii with Tsuji.Beads of sweat glistened on the tip of his nose.
"That's right. Why did he make Ishii wait in vain several times? The intention is nothing more than to make Ishii feel that it is vain to wait anyway. It is better to go to sleep, so that he can go to sleep with peace of mind."
"In other words, if Ishii is sober, it will be bad for him."
"I think he artificially created a 2:00 a.m."
"Yes, it was not 2 o'clock in the morning when Murakashi arrived at Ishii's house. He thought that if Ishii was awake, he would see through his tricks, so he asked Ishii to wait for nothing, and this time he lied to Ishii when he was sleepy. ” Kasai Interpol agreed with Tsuji’s opinion.His qualifications in Nasugu are much older than Tsuji.He never talks nonsense, reflecting his meticulous character.
"Exactly as you said," Tsuji continued, "some time ago, because of the ambiguity of Yumiba's confession, we could not prove that he was not at the scene, so we focused our investigation on him alone. Now, after careful discussion, we found that Murakoshi also has many doubts. He has the same motive for committing the crime. Kadowaki supported Kuni, but did not agree with his company. A mentality of 'as long as there is no Kuni, it will be easy' and the ambition of a small employee drove him to commit crimes."
"Wait, wait." Nasu waved his hand and interrupted Tsuji's words, "If Kuni was killed, the Ministry of Welfare's determination may not necessarily change. And isn't there no flaw in what Murakoshi said?"
"The semiconductor radio that Murakoshi gave to Ishii is indeed an ordinary radio and cannot be modified." Yamaji answered Nasu's question, "When this ordinary radio received the program at 2 o'clock in the morning, Murakoshi went to Ishii's house. , Ishii proved it.”
"Can we analyze it like this," Shimoda said, "The program Ishii heard was not from Kanto FM, but from other radio stations." stations broadcast at different times.What Ishii heard was not the Kanto FM program, but the programs broadcast by other radio stations at 3 o'clock or 4 o'clock in the morning.Ishii, who was sleepy, believed what Murako said was true, thinking it was a program on Kanto FM.If another radio station's Engel Beirut feature had aired at 3 or 4, Murakoshi's alibi would have been weak.
"I've considered this too. But the only FM broadcasts that can be received in the Atsugi area are the Kanto FM radio stations, so the program that night is undoubtedly the Kanto FM radio station broadcast at 2 o'clock in the morning." Shimoda came up with the idea Tsuji categorically rejected this new insight.
"Anyway..." In order to break the dull situation, Nasu said, "In the future, we will investigate Yujiba and Murakoshi. Although Yumiba denies it, his situation is the most suspicious. People are suspicious. Please work harder and re-investigate the situation of these two people thoroughly."
Three days later, the case took an unexpected turn.Originally, there were only a few days left in the detention period of Yuba, and the investigative headquarters was feeling impatient and tired, but at this moment, they received a piece of news that shocked all members.
The thing is like this: At 4 o'clock in the afternoon that day, the phone in the headquarters rang.The investigators were not at the phone, and it would take some time for them to answer the phone. Therefore, the detective Hatakeyama, who was seconded to work at the headquarters, picked up the receiver.
"Is the apartment murder suspect you arrested a thin man with a mole under one ear?" The caller was a man whose age could not be determined and his voice trembled.
"Hey, hello! Who are you? Please tell me your address and name." Hatakeyama's reaction was quick, and he was already grabbing the pencil with his free other hand.Many of these anonymous reports lead to unexpected developments in the case.In anonymous reports, there are often 9 points for false information, and at most 1 point is valuable.
Hatakeyama thought the call was in the valuable category.
"Please answer my question first, does Yuyaba Hisahiko have the characteristics I just mentioned?"
"Since that's the case, the man named Yumiba isn't a prisoner. I happened to see him somewhere during that time," said the unidentified caller.
"What did you say, what?" Hatakeyama shouted in surprise, and everyone in the room looked at him.
"At about 3:00 am on March 22, I was traveling with a woman. When we were resting at a bar on the side of the road near Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, we drove a car from the motel that also operated a bar with a man in it. A woman’s car. They seemed to be in a panic. They bumped into my car, but the car was not damaged, only a little protective paint fell off. However, they pretended not to know and drove away. I got angry and held back Chased vigorously for more than a kilometer.
"After catching up, he apologized and lost 20,000 yuan. The man's appearance was similar to that of the Akasaka apartment murder suspect Yumiba that was published in the newspaper. Yumiba is absolutely impossible to be the criminal. I heard that the case happened in Between 2:00 and 3:00 am on the 22nd, Yuba was in Kawagoe during that time, and I caught up with him at around 3:00. If you add the period of time he stayed in the hotel, it can be said that they were at 3:00 am. We arrived in Kawagoe a long time before one o'clock."
"Hey, can you tell me your name and address?" Hatakeyama begged.If what he said was true, Yumaka would be innocent, and the investigation would have to be rescheduled.
"Please forgive me. I am also with my mistress. I don't want to implicate her. This is why I have been silent until now. When I learned from the newspaper that Gongchang was arrested, I always felt unbearable and hesitated again and again before I hit this Phone. I kid you not, please investigate the Hanagi motel near Kawagoe on Route 254." The man put the phone down at this point.
"This is really an important anonymous report!"
The investigators sitting in the room and the detectives who had just returned from the investigation all surrounded them.
"Section Chief, the matter is serious." Hatakeyama excitedly reported the content of the phone call to Nasu.
"If the situation is true, it is indeed serious." Nasu's face changed color.This incident means that the investigation was wrongly judged at the beginning.During this period, they arrested innocent people under the pretext of prolonging the detention period and conducting severe interrogations continuously.
It must be admitted that this was a disastrous failure of detection.
"Section Chief, you'd better let me go to Kawagoe immediately and check the situation with the 'Huamu' motel."
"Okay, you just have to work hard." Nasu nodded in agreement.
Accompanying Hatakeyama is Shimoda Detective of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
The waiter at the "Hanaki" Hotel proved that Yumiba in the photo brought by Hatakeyama did come to stay at the hotel at around 0:00 on March 22 with a 30-year-old woman who looked like someone else's wife, and left around 2:00 in the morning.
They get a great deal here. In order to prevent cases from happening, the "Huamu" Hotel has installed an automatic camera on the hotel gate, which can take pictures of all the passengers.Therefore, the companions in the bow field were also photographed.She is about 30 years old, has a regular face, and wears a housewife's clothing.The photo is not very clear, but the facial features are still fully shown.
The photo proves that Yumiba Hisahiko was in Kawagoe City at 2 am on the 22nd.But there is a problem here: the waiter at the "Huamu" hotel proved that Gongchang and the two arrived at zero o'clock and left at 2 o'clock. The anonymous person said that he caught up with Gongchang at around 3 o'clock.There was a gap in time between the hotel's certificate and the anonymous person's certificate.
Of course, there are often discrepancies in the time proofs made by the witnesses, but since Kuni's death time is estimated to be between 2 and 3 o'clock, this discrepancy is not trivial.
The person who made the anonymous phone call chased him angrily because his car was damaged by the bow field, and caught him.If we had been arguing about broken and undamaged issues, the time would have been wasted for an hour.
Even if Yumiba did not quarrel with the caller during the tryst, and immediately paid the compensation, it would take some time from the time Yuyaba and his lover walked out of the hotel until the caller caught up with him. The caller said it was around 3 o'clock , maybe before 3 o'clock.
However, the Metropolitan Police Department did not know the name and address of the person who made the important call, and had no way of verifying his words, so his call lost its status as a testimony.
Compared with this, the proof of "Huamu" hotel is credible.After repeated checks with the waiter, it proved that Gongchang left the hotel at 2:00, to be precise, at 2:30.
In the "Huamu" hotel, the registration of passengers' comings and goings is fully automated. When a car enters or exits the gate, the infrared device controls the opening and closing of the door. Cameras are installed on the garage door, and the waiters can know what kind of passengers are coming when they sit in the room.
The door of the guest room is automatic, as soon as the guest stands in front of the door, the door opens automatically.At the same time, the camera started to work, taking pictures of the faces of the guests.There are various sensory-stimulating devices in the room, adapting to the tryst characteristics of motels.In addition, when the guest leaves, just put money into the automatic cash register according to the amount displayed on the counter, and the garage door will automatically open.
While the cash register is collecting money, the memory will print out the time of leaving the library, and then return to zero.The departure time of the bow field recorded in the memory is 2:3 in the morning.
The proof that Yumiba was not at the crime scene, which had some clues just now, is doubtful again. The time of Kuni’s death was from 2 to 3 in the morning, and Kawagoe is only more than 30 kilometers away from Akasaka. It is not necessarily impossible to drive to the crime scene before 3 in the middle of the night. possible.
Of course, it is difficult for people to imagine that the person who hangs out with his lover at the Kawagoe Motel at 2 o'clock will kill someone in Akasaka before 3 o'clock.But as long as Gongchang has time to commit the crime, the police cannot rule out the possibility that he committed the crime.Although the possibility of committing the crime in Gongchang has been greatly reduced, since no one has come forward to prove that he was not at the scene of the crime before 3:00, it cannot be concluded that he is not a criminal.
看来，无论如何需要另外一个人，也就是第三者来证明弓场当时不在现场。
刑警们第一个想到的第三者，便是那位使一筹莫展的案件出现意外突破的匿名人，只要他能出庭作证说：“我在凌晨3点左右和弓场在一起。”就可以证明弓场不在作案现场。可是要找他简直如同大海捞针，难上加难。
“只好让这个女人出庭了。”那须望着畠山从“花木”旅馆拿回来的照片说。只要找到照片上的女人，彻底弄清情况，案情也许就会清楚了。
很明显，弓场和那女人的来往已经保持了一段不短的时间。在男女艳事中，凡是顾忌外人的，那么两个人基本上是生活在同一个环境里。因此，对于掌握着照片这张主牌的侦查本部来说，寻找弓场的秘密情妇并非难事。
“这样吧，在找到那女人之前，我们先让弓场看看照片吧。”
弓场看了照片后，如果肯招认一切情况，便可节省许多侦查时间。
“但是——”那须猛然想到弓场无罪释放后侦查本部的下一步工作。他感到一阵疲劳，骨头节儿都像酥了似的。
弓场如不是罪犯的话，那么谁是罪犯呢？唯一的可疑对象是村越，然而，他的不在现场的证明也是无懈可击的。
“看来我们今后只好努力寻找最大嫌疑犯的反证，把注意力集中在旁证坚不可摧的人身上了。”
那须觉得他们一丝不苟地进行的工作，连“借口逮捕”也算在内，都与他们想把犯人捉拿归案的热情相矛盾，没能达到预期的效果。
总而言之，侦破案件的真相是那须他们应尽的职责，而目前真相依然被浓厚的迷雾遮盖着。
“你认不认识这个女人？”弓场一接过那须仿佛并没什么用意递过来的照片，脸色立刻就变了。他双手颤抖着，面部肌肉都僵硬了。
“怎么样，好像你认识她，啊？”
“你们从、从、从哪儿弄来的？”弓场断断续续地，好容易才说出这句话。
“干哪行的人懂哪行的事。怎么样？总瞒下去也没好处吧？”那须不露声色地试探对方。他现在只拿到了照片，尚不知道照片上那女人的身份。不过他脸上是一副莫测高深的表情，一边装出万事皆知的样子，一边加速收紧网口。
“事到如今再隐瞒也无济于事，还是源源本本地说出来吧。”
“部长已经知道了吗？”
——啊，这女人原来是他上司的妻子——那须心里想着。这位部长可能是弓场的顶头上司，是掌握弓场这个小职员命运的人物。
他和上司的妻子有私情，一旦败露，便将彻底失去上司的信任。他一直坚持不露真情，恐怕不见得是为了庇护情妇，而是为保护自己。
可是当他被当作杀人嫌疑犯逮捕后，仍不肯交待此事却让人费解，在重视信用和体面的公司里，单凭杀人嫌疑犯这一条就足以被解雇了。
那须不大了解小职员们的处世观，他认为目前对弓场来说上级的信任问题应该不能算作问题，关键是会不会被解雇。
“我们还没通知部长，可是你因为无人证明不在作案现场而被指控为杀人嫌疑犯后，无论通不通知你们部长，他也会知道的。”那须继续诱导着。
“我们部长掌握着公司的实杈。本公司以营业为中心，营业部长的权势甚至大过常务董事。部长特别器重我，他常常邀我去他家，随着去的次数的增多，我同部长夫人开始了不正常的来往。
“我绝对没杀人，所以我觉得尽管没人能证明我不在现场，你们迟早会释放我。我相信只要我被释放，部长还会关照我的。”
那须听着弓场的供述，觉得达到了预期的目的。他没费什么周折就探明了弓场的情妇是帝急营业部部长的妻子。
目前可以说无罪释放弓场只是一个时间早晚的问题了。估计把那张照片摆在部长夫人面前，她也不能抵赖。
“警部先生，我求求您！”弓场脱口说了这么一句。他握着那须的手，死命地恳求道：“请你无论如何对部长保密，他一知道我就全完了。被中泽部长嫉恨的人无法在帝急立足。中泽部长和总经理的私人关系密切，他准会提升为常务董事，请你不要告诉他，而且——”说到这儿他突然不说了。
“而且什么？”
“我不想让美纪子知道，她是福利省门胁局长的千金，我向地求了婚。万一美纪子知道了我和部长夫人的关系，她一定会拒绝我。我不能失去她，我不敢想象失去她之后，我的生活会怎样。”
听着听着，那须被弓场这种极其自私的行为激怒，都听不下去了。
那须明白了，弓场隐瞒应该出庭作证的人的身份不是为了庇护对方，完全是为了自己，是自私的小职员的保身哲学所使然。
事情到了如此地步，他还怕上司知道。既然怕的话，当初干什么去了，冒那么大风险贪恋一时的快活去和部长夫人私通，何苦呢？
与有夫之妇乱来的人居然还说什么不想失去向一个妙龄女郎求婚的资格。
那须不禁怒火中烧，若不是职责在身，真想啐他几口。弓场的精神世界以自我为中心，太卑劣了。
弓场的杀人嫌疑基本上解除了，然而那须觉得他比杀了人还可恶。
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