Chapter 7 Chapter 7 The Voice of Rebirth

Because Yumiba Hisahiko was proved not to have the time to commit the crime, the investigation lost the most important suspect.The investigative headquarters is shrouded in a desperate and gloomy atmosphere. The only remaining suspect is Murakoshi, but the proof that Murakoshi had no time to commit the crime is conclusive.People who have been staying in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture after 2 o'clock in the morning cannot be in a high-end apartment in Akasaka at the same time. Kunihiro's death time is presumed to be within an hour after 2:00 a.m., and there is no trace of a trap to falsify the time of committing the crime was found on the body.

The person who dissected the corpse was an experienced forensic doctor, and the time of death identified by him is completely reliable.If Yumiba wasn't a criminal, then he had to consider Murakoshi. Through a large number of investigations, the "roaming crime" and "indirectly related person committing the crime" were completely denied, and the two people who had the motive for the murder were Yuba and Murakoshi. Since Yumiba's acquittal, Tsuji has been puzzled by the question of who is the culprit, and his head hurts.What Murakoshi had done settled in his mind like scum.

He and Yamaji went to Atsugi to investigate Ishii, and Murakoshi's proof was too impeccable, and he felt that there must be a mystery in it. At 2 o'clock in the morning, Murakoshi woke up his sleeping friend and delivered a semiconductor radio that he had promised a long time ago. When he pressed the switch, the radio just started broadcasting the music program at 2 o'clock in the morning. What a wonderful coincidence that Kunii's death was presumed to have happened almost at the same time! At the time of the incident, because of the existence of Yumiba, a suspect with a strong motive for murder, the suspiciousness of Murakoshi failed to attract his full attention.

"Sanji, do you see any tricks on that radio?" Tsuji asked the leader of the same team, Yamaji. "That radio has not been modified." "but……" "Ishii didn't lie, the radio was indeed not modified. Murakoshi had no time to commit the crime," "Murakoshi happened to be at Ishii's house at 2 o'clock in the morning." "Yes, this is the most suspicious place." "It's no fun going to that miser's house, but he—" "Ishii went to Murakoshi's place to get the radio, but he made excuses and didn't give it to him. It's strange."

"There are too many doubts. I always feel that Murakashi is the real murderer. Since we take the Tomei Expressway, we usually drive directly to Tokyo and don't stop at Atsugi. If Ishii is a good person, that's fine. But no matter where you look at it, he is not worth visiting at 2 o'clock in the middle of the night." "Perhaps he really wanted to deliver the radio." "Even if it's a radio delivery, you should go early. It was originally a special trip to deliver something, but it's too unnatural to arrive at 2 o'clock in the morning?"

"It may be unnatural, but his circumstantial evidence is unmistakable." "It's too perfect. The time when he arrived at Ishii's house was almost the same as the time when he committed the crime, as if he had made an appointment with the prisoner." "In any case, it is too early to conclude that he is a murderer." "Why?" Tsuji was dissatisfied with Shanji's cautiousness. "Please carefully consider Murakoshi's motives. Murakoshi competes with Kuni in terms of work, and at the same time competes with him for Kadowaki's daughter. They are rivals in both work and love."

"Yes, so he had a good motive for killing." "However, Gongchang is also in the same position in this regard. After killing Guojing, he may not be able to fill the original superior position of Guojing." "Murakoshi's situation is probably better than Yumiba's. Didn't he believe that as long as Kuni is killed, everything can be reversed? And the result is indeed the case." "Can the development of work and love be accurately predicted in advance? If the expected goal is not achieved, it is tantamount to killing people and gaining nothing."

"See if you can think about it this way..." "How do you think about it?" "Is he planning to transfer the suspicion of killing Guojing to Yuba?" "Well, it's possible." "If Yumiba is used as a scapegoat, Murakoshi can get everything that Kuni will get." "It's a novel idea, but he must know about Yumiba's private life and the fact that Yumiba's sister was killed by Kuni." "He probably knows. Although the three of them compete with each other, after all, they have been classmates for several years, and the personal relationship is very deep. After something happens, it is not surprising that they know each other."

"But what about the scandal between Yuyaba and the boss's wife?" "Perhaps he knew that Gongchang had a big motive for committing the crime. In order to put the blame on Gongchang, he found out after investigating the situation in Gongchang. But no matter how he wants to blame others, if he has time to commit crimes, he can no good." "So, he started planning to commit the crime very early?" "I think so. From the point of view of the semiconductor radio, it also seems to be well thought out." "But didn't the result prove that Gongchang was innocent?"

"This is exactly the ingenious arrangement of Murakoshi. The witness of Yumiba is his mistress who cannot be disclosed. For his own sake, Yumiha has to conceal the witness, and when the mistress is exposed to testify for him, he will resign from his original superior position. Falling down, out of the line of competition against Mikiko. "Once the improper relationship between him and his boss's wife is exposed, he will lose his qualification to propose to Mikiko. Anyway, it is beneficial to Murakoshi anyway, and it is indeed the case." "If Murakoshi is really the murderer, then he arranged it really cleverly." Yamaji seemed to have basically agreed with Tsuji's opinion.However, the loopholes in Murakoshi's proof were still not found.

Now, Murakoshi is the only suspect, but there is a strong fort around Murakoshi. Shimoda Detective took the subway from Akasakami in order to transfer to Guodian at Shimbashi to go home.His home is in Shuangshi, Saitama Prefecture.In principle, the home of a criminal police officer should be located where his or her job is located, but those who live in other places can make an exception as long as they can commute.He is one of the exceptions. It's not the time to commute to and from get off work. Although there are no empty seats on the bus, there are still places to stand and read newspapers.Holding on to the ring, he stood still in a daze.When I'm doing nothing, sometimes I get enlightenment to solve major and difficult cases. He is too tired today, his spine and joints feel like lead, and he doesn't even bother to read the newspaper.His mind was befuddled, the corners of his eyes were cloudy, and his eyelids were twitching.I haven't been getting enough sleep recently, and I haven't had a single meal, so my body is exhausted. He also sometimes considers that "the body is the capital of the police and must be protected more", but when the investigation headquarters is short of manpower and he is sent in as an important combat force, he has no choice but to go all out. There was a time when the phrase "retirement means death" was circulated among criminal investigators, which meant that those who did criminal investigation work would die suddenly when they reached the retirement age.Recently, there have been successive homicides, and the criminal police responsible for the investigation must carry out busy investigation activities. This excessive physical exertion may lead to sudden death before the retirement age. "Will he die early?" Shimoda held the ring with both hands, with a wry smile on his face.Although it is not elegant to hang like this, the rings can bear part of the weight, which is more or less comfortable. The young Shimoda will not consider retirement. He is full of vigor, and his physique can withstand excessive physical exertion every day.However, when the investigation work stagnated and a gloomy atmosphere appeared in the headquarters, the fatigue lurking in the body rushed out all at once.Shimoda is not a wimp, he thinks of "immediate death" and "early death" and smiles wryly because the detection work has not progressed. There was a brown leatherette bag on the luggage rack in front of him, and a man was sitting on the seat under the bag, concentrating on reading a magazine. After a while, four or five people who looked like small employees got into the car noisily, and one of them threw the bag in his hand on the luggage rack in front of Shimoda with a "bang", and then continued to chat with his companions. Shimoda glanced at the luggage rack unconsciously, and saw two leather bags of the same size and color side by side.Shimoda was worried that they would take the wrong one when they got out of the car. The purse of the person who reads the magazine is on the left, and the purse of the person who just came up is on the right.The two leather bags may be products of the same manufacturer sold in large quantities in the market, and it is difficult to distinguish them together. Shimoda paid attention to the two bags from the beginning, so he could tell the subtle differences between them from the degree of damage and placement.Looking at it coldly, it is impossible to tell the difference. When the car arrived at Shimbashi, the magazine reader stood up and hurriedly took the bag from the luggage rack.Just as Shimoda was worried, he took off the bag on the right, but, as if he felt that he had taken the wrong bag, he stuck out his tongue, said "no", put the bag on it again, and took off himself. package. The owner of the leather bag on the right didn't notice these things, and was still talking about horse racing with his companions fascinatedly. Seeing that he didn't take the wrong bag, Shimoda got out of the car with confidence.In fact, he was a little too worried, and it happened frequently that he took the wrong bag in the car, not to mention that the man threw the bag on it casually, so there must be nothing valuable in it. He switched to Guodian, and there were slightly more people in the car than in the subway.He was bored looking at the flashing neon lights outside the window, and had already forgotten the little incident just now. The trains are very crowded from Tokyo Station.A new group of people came up, and Shimoda felt even more tired amidst the crowd.Now it is not possible for one person to occupy two lifting rings like in the subway. There are already several hands holding a lifting ring at the same time near the door of the train.Luggage racks were piled high with passengers' belongings. "Do you have a brown bag?" Shimoda's gaze shifted from the neon lights outside the window to the luggage rack inside the car, inadvertently recalling the "attempted wrong bag case". At this moment, he felt something flash through his drowsy mind. He couldn't help but let out an "ah", and quickly followed the thought that just flashed through his mind.One thing is becoming clearer, like a thick fog covering people's sight, gradually being dispersed under the sunshine. ——The radio broadcasts the program at 2 o'clock in the morning. The radio itself has not been modified. The problem is that the radio is a very ordinary machine. Will the criminals use this to set a trap? ——But the program broadcast at 2 o'clock in the morning received by radio A should also be the program broadcast at 2 o'clock in the morning on radio B! He asked and answered himself, and the thinned fog thickened again, but it was still floating.The train passed Kanda and headed for Akihabara. "Akihabara is a concentration area for electronics stores." As soon as he thought of this, he pushed aside the crowd and squeezed towards the car door. Shimoda entered one of the largest electrical wholesale stores in front of the station, and asked the person in the store about the semiconductor radio counter, and the person told him it was on the second floor.He went upstairs and saw that there was a semiconductor radio at the end of the TV and speaker counter. "You're here." The clerk greeted him with a smile.Shimoda asked him whether different radio models would affect the airtime of the same program. "The time will be different depending on the station." The clerk replied with a surprised expression on his face. "No, that's not what I mean. I'm talking about whether programs on the same station at a certain time will sound different depending on the model or manufacturer of the radio." "I don't understand you." "For example, if you use this Toshiba radio to hear the program at 2 o'clock in the morning, will you hear it on the Panasonic radio at 3 o'clock in the morning?" Shimoda patiently explained.He felt he had made the point very clear.In fact, because the question he asked was too bizarre, it was indeed difficult for the other party to understand for a while. "Did you say it was a replay?" "No, it's not a rerun, it's the show at the same time." "Are you saying that people listen to programs at the same time at different times due to different radios?" The clerk finally understood what Shimoda meant. "Yeah." "It's absolutely impossible." The clerk flatly denied it. "Is it absolutely impossible?" "Impossible. The news heard at 1 o'clock on the Toshiba radio is also at 1 o'clock on the Panasonic and Sony radios." The clerk insisted on his opinion. "Can't you hear the news at 1 o'clock at 2 o'clock or 3 o'clock?" "You can listen to the recorded audio anytime." "Is there no other way than recording?" "This does not belong to my business scope." The kind clerk got impatient.There were other customers here, and he didn't have time for Shimoda, who didn't buy anything but asked boring questions. Ishii said that the program he heard was indeed from the radio, not the tape recorder. "Is it possible to convert a radio into a tape recorder without it being obvious from the outside?" "There is no need to modify it. Now there is a recorder that can play cassette tapes." "In that case, wouldn't the size of the dual-purpose machine have to increase?" "No, not much. The technology has developed rapidly in recent years. From the outside, the dual-purpose radio is basically the same as an ordinary semiconductor radio." "The appearance is basically the same?!" Shimoda couldn't help asking loudly.He also knew that there was a dual-purpose recorder that combined radio and recording, but he always thought that the volume of the dual-purpose recorder must be much larger than ordinary radios. "Here is the real thing." The clerk pointed to a display and told him, "This is a dual-purpose machine, controlled by a switch, which can record and listen to radio. When you have something to do and can't listen to the program you want, You can record it and listen to it at your convenience." "When listening to it, can you tell whether it is the original sound of the radio or the regenerated sound?" "Yes, the original sound and the reproduced sound are somewhat different in range, but I'm afraid the human ear sounds the same." "As a result, someone said that the sound from the dual-purpose machine was from the radio. Can you tell the difference?" Often dealing with high-performance amplifiers and tuners, the clerk who has a keen response to audio shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not." The clerk's tone was low, showing no confidence.But Shimoda was very happy.He stared again at the shiny black radios and dual-purpose receivers on the display racks, as if he felt that the two brown bags he had just seen on the subway car overlapped with them. "Murakoshi must have prepared two radios. At the beginning, Ishii was given a dual-purpose radio with a recording device. He turned on the radio in front of Ishii, and let him listen to the recorded music broadcast at 2 o'clock in the morning. The program. What Ishii heard was not the sound played by the radio, but the sound of the tape recorder. Since the appearance of the dual-purpose receiver and the radio are very similar, Ishii can't think of anything else. Therefore, I think the time Ishii listened to the program should be after 2 o'clock." Shimoda reported to Nasu. "So, what Murakoshi first gave him was a dual-purpose machine, and later it was replaced by a simple radio." "Yes, the two machines are similar in appearance, and Ishii was fooled. Now it seems that the radio was not converted into a tape recorder. We never thought that Murakoshi used two machines, and we were deceived." Shimoda raised his voice. The clouds cleared.Murakoshi's method of deception is simple.At that time, because Ishii asserted that "it was the voice I heard on the radio", I didn't think about changing the machine.However, even if you think about it, if you don't see the real thing with your own eyes, it's hard to imagine that the size and shape of a normal radio and a recorder are basically the same. "In order to deceive Ishii, Murakoshi told him several times that he was going and refused to go, in order to numb him. Because if Ishii is clear-headed, he can't change it, and it will arouse his suspicion." "He woke up the sleeping Ishii in the middle of the night, and when the other party was drowsy, he turned on the switch and let him listen to music. What Murakoshi played was a recording, but because the sound came from a 'hybrid' that looked similar to a radio, Ishii would I thought it was the sound of the radio. Murakoshi is really thoughtful." Hengdu said with a tense monkey face. No matter what program, as long as the audio is recorded, it can be played back at any time.The time when Murakoshi asked Ishii to listen to music was probably three or four o'clock in the morning.Anyway, there was no light in the room, and he was sleepy, so Ishii couldn't figure out what time it was. "Wait," Nasu issued a "pause signal": "If Ishii looks at his watch, won't Murakoshi's scheme be exposed?" "I have already investigated this point." Detective Tsuji said, "We conducted another investigation later. Ishii has neither a wall clock nor an alarm clock. He has a watch and does not put it next to his pillow when he sleeps." "The temperament of their staff is really weird, so is he often late for work?" "According to Ishii, he had a nervous breakdown and couldn't fall asleep when he heard the ticking of the clock, and couldn't even stand the sound of the watch moving, let alone a wall clock or an alarm clock. So he put the watch away from the pillow. He said He always gets up on time and there is no inconvenience." "Oh. One more question." "what is the problem?" "Ishii is a complete miser. When he gets the long-awaited radio, he will play with it like a child who gets a favorite toy. In this way, wouldn't it be difficult for Murakoshi? If Ishii finds out that he is given If you don’t have a dual-purpose machine, I’m afraid you won’t be able to replace it.” "We also asked Ishii about this." It seems that after Shimoda made a new discovery, Qian conducted a thorough verification of Ishii again. "Oh?" "After Murakoshi let him listen to two Engel Beirut songs, he said to him, 'It's past 2 o'clock, go to sleep, and enjoy it tomorrow', and put the radio back into the original packing box after speaking. Ishii said His mood at that time was like a child who got a good thing, wrapped it up and put it next to his pillow to watch it sleep soundly." "Murakoshi told him the time back then." "It's really cunning. How about it, it can prove that Murao Yue has the time to commit crimes. Chief, please submit an arrest warrant." "Not busy, not busy." Nasu waved his hand to stop the eager subordinates, "Has Ishii noticed that the radio has been replaced?" "No, he said he couldn't guarantee that it hadn't been changed." "So in other words, it may not be a machine, or it may be a machine?" "You, how are you?" "Okay. There may be two radios, but as long as there is no proof from Ishii, it is still our speculation. Shimoda-san, your point of view is very good, but we cannot conclude that he is until we have conclusive evidence from Murakoshi It's the perpetrator." Nasu's cautiousness poured cold water on the subordinates who had just pulled themselves together.However, as Nasu, who has the right to submit an arrest warrant, he needs to consider the issue of actual evidence. Whether the suspect has committed a crime or not, the power to submit an arrest warrant rests with the police, so the arrest warrant must be issued only when there is conclusive evidence or fairly reliable evidence of the perpetrator. "Even if it is confirmed that Muraoshi has two machines, I'm afraid..." Hexi interrupted, "I'm afraid there is no way to know whether he has changed the machine." Hexi's opinion further proves the need for Nasu to be cautious. "No." This time Nasu's tone was full of confidence, "If we know that he has a dual-purpose radio similar in appearance to the radio given to Ishii, it means that we have conclusive evidence and can apply for an arrest warrant." Whether or not Murakoshi has two machines is still a mystery, and it is quite difficult to verify this question.It is impossible for a person with a deep city to keep life-threatening and dangerous items by his side. In order to find out whether Murakoshi has two machines, it will not be fruitful to check electrical products stores.Radios are not like strong poisons or guns. They are very ordinary daily necessities, and you can buy them anywhere. Even if you go to a shop that sells that kind of radio to investigate, there will be no results. What’s more, I don’t know about the dual-purpose use of Murakoshi now. Machine make and model.Investigations from the radio side seemed hopeless. The proof that Murakoshi had no time to commit the crime is theoretically untenable, but it is a theory after all, and it cannot be used to arrest him now. A line of defense was destroyed, and a more solid obstacle appeared ahead. "No matter what, we have to keep an eye on Murakoshi." The investigation headquarters shifted its attention to Junya Murakoshi again.Although no real evidence has been caught from the radio, there may be clues elsewhere. At this moment, as if Murakoshi knew about the police's movements, his whereabouts suddenly disappeared.The investigation headquarters felt that something was wrong.