Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Third Party Intervention

Fortunately, Yosuke escaped from the scene without being seen by anyone. Even though he reached a safe place, his heart was still beating and his mind was in a state of confusion, unable to calmly judge the development of the situation. In short, there is no doubt that someone killed Komatsu first.Xiao Song is a villain, and it is not surprising that he has many grudges.It can be seen from the situation at the scene that it was not theft. Yosuke returned home, took a hot shower, took a sip or two of whiskey directly from the bottle, and finally calmed down. "It's pie in the sky." The whiskey flowing in his veins made Yosuke relax, and the development of the situation showed a bright side.

Yosuke effortlessly got the result he wanted.This is similar to the situation of Funakura Eiko.Yongzi is Dahai who realized his murder intention for him, while Xiaosong was killed by the visitor X who came first. I originally planned to do it, and I made sufficient preparations, so I didn't make mistakes, leave physical evidence, and there were no witnesses. (Too lucky.) Yosuke thought.The two enemies who blocked his way of life disappeared in the end without paying any price.That's not what luck is.He felt that the dark clouds above his head had lifted, and the clear sky was filled with sunshine.

A report of the incident appeared in the evening paper the following day to the effect that: That's roughly what the report says.There is also coverage on TV, but it is simpler than newspapers. The view of "acquaintances committing crimes" is in line with Yosuke's situation, even though he attempted to commit the crime. If Yosuke arrived at the scene of the crime first, he would have just become a criminal judged by the police.However, Yosuke was relieved to conduct an investigation centering on his previous friendships and interpersonal relationships at work.He and Komatsu are indeed "acquaintances", but they are not "friends" or "colleagues".

Yosuke has nothing to do with the case, but is a "candidate for the criminal".Even being investigated as an insider in a case is bad enough.If the fact of being intimidated by Komatsu is discovered by the police, it is not a matter of an insider, and it is likely to become a suspect.What's more, in order to scout Xiaosong's residence, he wandered around and asked his neighbors about Xiaosong's situation. Yosuke suddenly became uneasy.No one knew about his relationship with Komatsu.It doesn't matter, he reassured himself. However, while he comforted himself, uneasiness surged like a mist.The sun, which has finally dispelled the dark clouds and reigned over the earth, is shrouded in an uneasy mist.Why are you so worried?Yosuke stared at the source of the uneasiness he wanted to avoid no matter what.

What connects himself to Komatsu is the negative of the photo, which may still be in Komatsu's possession.But there was no trace at the scene.As long as the negative is not there, there is nothing to be afraid of. Then again, how could the bottom plate not be there.Is Komatsu out of it?impossible.What Komatsu sold was apparently a cutout from a roll of film.I don't know how many shots he took, but a more reliable analysis is that in one roll of film, Komatsu used the same opportunity or multiple opportunities to shoot multiple shots. So why didn't you stay there?By the way, the first visitor took it away.Perhaps the same roll of film had taken unfavorable shots of the first visitor.

Definitely right.Komatsu's blackmail target is not only Yosuke.He fished out oil and water from several "ducks".Komatsu was killed by one of his victims.The murderer took away the film used as intimidation material from Komatsu, including Yangsuke's negatives. Yosuke finally found the source of anxiety.His negatives were taken by the murderer.As long as the killer is not caught, the police cannot see these photos. However, if the murderer is caught, the relationship between Yosuke and Eiko will be exposed.The relationship between the two is exposed, and the police may have doubts about the cause of Yongzi's death.

At this time, Yosuke realized that there was a more terrible danger lurking.The murderer saw the negatives taken back from Komatsu, and learned that Yosuke was also one of the blackmailed targets, and that Yosuke might have the motive to kill Komatsu, so what should he do?In order to escape the crime, the murderer is likely to blame others. Yosuke turned pale with fright at his conjecture.If the murderer blamed himself, he would not be able to produce alibi.Besides, he has good motives. Being in the position of a murderer, it is very likely to do so.But, are you thinking too much?Even if the murderer saw a photo of him and Yong Zi, he would not know their identities.Even if they knew, they probably wouldn't understand why the film became threatening material, or even know that it was threatening material.

The murderer has nothing to do with Yosuke.It just happened to be intimidated by the same person for different reasons. "It's okay, don't worry." Yosuke forced himself to agree with the above analysis. In the few days after Komatsu's death, Yosuke lived in fear.I don't know when the police came to the door, and this anxiety made him feel uneasy every day.However, there was no movement from the police.Yosuke's uneasiness was like peeling off a piece of thin paper, and it gradually faded away.One cannot live on tense nerves all the time. Yosuke is not included in the "friendship" and "interpersonal relationship at work" that the police are investigating.He changed his mind. He was not a murderer in the first place, so why worry about it.

Not long after Yosuke let his guard down, Nakano came to the office. "It just so happened that I went to work nearby." Nakano smiled frankly. "You're so good, you found it here." Yosuke was surprised by Nakano's sudden visit.As an underground secretary, he has nothing special to do, and is always on standby at the Ikutamotsunai office in Koji-machi.The assembly hall and the party headquarters only go when they are ordered. "I went to your previous company to inquire about it." Nakano knew about the relationship between Yosuke and Eiko, so Yosuke didn't want him to show up more.However, it is not easy to drive away the guests who come to the door, not to mention that he has taken care of him in many ways at the seaside.

Yosuke invited him to a nearby cafe.Nakano chatted while drinking coffee.Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, and asked, "Did the police come to look for you?" Yosuke was startled. "Why are the police here?" Yosuke controlled his expression and asked inadvertently. "Mr. Xiaosong is dead, don't you know?" "The Komatsu-kun you're talking about is the lifeguard?" "It's him. It was published in the newspaper more than 20 days ago. I heard that he was killed." "Really? I don't know at all. I don't really read the news on the social page." Yosuke pretended to be confused.

"It was published in the evening paper, you must have missed it." Nakano had no doubts about Yosuke's acting skills. "He, I always feel like I'm hanging out with your wife." Nakano looked at Yosuke with inquiring eyes. "My wife, you mean..." "Look at you, the woman who drowned in the sea." "Is there such a thing? No way." Yosuke froze for a moment.He once suspected that Xiaosong and Yongzi had some kind of relationship, but he didn't expect that there was a relationship between them.In this way, Xiao Song also knew about Yong Zi's pregnancy.Yosuke originally thought he found out from Yongzi's body shape when he drowned, but now it seems that he may have known it beforehand. Yosuke came up with an idea: Maybe the baby is... In this case, Yongzi might be pregnant with Komatsu's child, but she lied about Yosuke's child and put pressure on him.Yosuke couldn't believe it, but he couldn't completely deny it. "The police are looking for a woman who has been to Komatsu's house several times. She has the same characteristics as your wife." Nakano's words confirmed Yosuke's guess. "She's not my wife, I'm not married to her." Yosuke said seriously. "Yes, I thought it was your wife. Anyway, living with you is about the same." "Did you tell the police? Said she was my wife, no, lived with me?" If that was the case, the police would have come.Yosuke seemed to hear footsteps behind him. "How can it be, I didn't say. I just think the characteristics are similar, but I can't be sure. If you make a mistake, it will cause you a lot of trouble." "I don't think it's Yongzi. I don't believe she has anything to do with Komatsu." Yosuke solemnly denied it. "You're right. When the accident happened, Xiao Song saw your wife, no, saw that woman, and didn't react at all. If he knew him, he should have said something at that time. But, later on, he proposed to send you a lifebuoy , I guessed wildly." "When Xiaosong came to deliver the lifebuoy, he didn't say a word. Someone looks like Yongzi." "It's possible. Fortunately, I didn't tell the police." Nakano seemed relieved. Nakano managed to deal with it anyway, but after the breakup, Yosuke was almost overwhelmed by anxiety.He felt that there was some kind of relationship between Yongzi and Xiaosong, which was well-founded.Komatsu secretly took a photo of Yosuke and Yongzi, and sold the film to Yosuke as intimidating material.Perhaps through Yong Zi, he made preparations ahead of time.Maybe she also heard about her relationship with Yosuke, Yosuke has a new love, etc. from Yongzi. Because of this, Komatsu's intimidation was extremely effective.Komatsu had worked at the Park Hotel, and the two might have met there. The uneasiness in Yosuke's heart became firm and turned into a kind of despair, which entangled him tightly.If the reconnaissance headquarters detects Yongzi's existence in Xiaosong's interpersonal relationship, it will be a matter of time before he can verify his identity. The discovery of Yongzi will naturally involve Yosuke.Just having the police come to ask questions is already tricky enough, and the matter of Yongzi will reach the ears of Ikutame and Keiko. Not only that, the police may even have doubts about Yongzi's drowning.Action must be taken now.But what should we do?The impoverished Yosuke, out of the instinct of self-defense, desperately wanted to find a way out. It's ridiculous to think about it.I didn't do anything, but was cornered by the police.However, when Yongzi and Xiaosong died, the biggest beneficiary was Yosuke, and there was nothing he could do if he was suspected. There is only one way out of the predicament for Yosuke, and that is to bring the murderer to justice.If the murderer is caught, the police won't be in trouble. However, judging from the investigation of Yongzi by the reconnaissance headquarters, the detection work has not been on the right track to catch the real murderer. Who is the murderer?Where is it hidden?Yosuke thought hard.The scene of the crime scene resurfaced in front of my eyes. The desk drawers, closets, decoration cabinets, and wardrobes were all searched, and things were scattered all over the floor.There was no decent furniture in the room, and they were searched up and down.If the murderer had found what he was looking for, he wouldn't have to make such a fuss.This search takes a lot of time. The murderer's psychology is to escape from the scene of the crime as soon as possible.Suppressing the nervousness and searching the scene carefully, it shows that the material that the murderer believes is not good for him is at the scene.But, did you not find something?Or only found part of it?The on-site inspection confirmed this point. If the murderer hadn't been found, the item should have remained at the scene.Or maybe it wasn't there in the first place. In the former case, the scene is already under the control of the police and there is no way to intervene.Assuming the police found what the murderer was looking for, the murderer must have caught it, or was on his way.So far there is no sign of this, which proves that the police have not found anything. There is only the latter possibility.Stuff is off site, hidden elsewhere.Yosuke first thought of the bank safe.If there were a similar key, the murderer and the police would probably not miss it when they searched. Yosuke estimated that the first thing that is not good for the murderer is the film, and the second is the letter. Besides your own home, where else would the film be stored?The threads of Yosuke's thinking gradually gathered together, forming an outline. "By the way, the printing shop on the street." Yosuke patted his thigh.As long as it is not a pornographic photo, the film can be entrusted to a photofinishing shop.Xiaosong sent the developed film to the store for reprinting, but was killed before he could pick it up. This is also a possibility. Labs are similar to supermarkets, banks, and people mostly get these services near where they live.If Komatsu's film was entrusted to the store, it is likely to be in the photofinishing store near his residence. Yosuke immediately started to act.After inquiring around Komatsu's residence, the third store, Yamada Printing Store, responded. "Mr. Xiaosong, you used to come to our store often. I heard that someone killed him. It's very pitiful. The police came in a large group. I guess something happened. It turned out that Mr. Xiaosong was killed. I didn't expect it." Baldhead The owner of the shop seemed to have a gentle temperament, so he told Yosuke. "Did Komatsu-kun ask you to develop photos before the accident?" "Yes." The owner said without hesitation. "I entrusted you? Is the photo still there?" Yosuke couldn't help raising his voice. "Someone came to pick it up yesterday." "Take it away? Isn't Mr. Xiaosong dead?" "The man said he was a member of Komatsu-kun's family." "He doesn't have any relatives." Yosuke felt that it was impossible for family members to come to pick up the film. "You said he has no relatives? But the man did say that he is a member of Mr. Xiaosong's family." "What does it look like?" "Did you ask about the appearance? I didn't look carefully. Come to think of it, I'm about forty years old, maybe a little younger, with elastic and lean skin. Wearing sunglasses, I can't see my facial features clearly, and I'm tanned." "What kind of film and how many rolls are there?" "35 mm in size, 36 sheets per roll, five volumes in total. Reprinted." "You have to have a certificate to pick up the film." "When Mr. Xiaosong came to print, he gave him an image pickup order. However, they are all regular customers, and they don't always accept the order." "Isn't it the first time you've seen the person who came to get Komatsu-kun's film?" "Although it's the first time we've seen each other, there are always people who pick it up on my behalf, and there's never been a problem." The shopkeeper showed a slightly uneasy look on his face. "The man said he was from Mr. Xiaosong's family, so you believed it and gave him the film, didn't you?" "Yes. I asked him about the imaging sheet, and he said he lost it, so I gave him the film. Is it wrong?" "You gave him such an important photo without any documents, it's too careless." Yang Jie knew that the murderer had taken a step ahead.The murderer found the photofinishing shop in the same way as Yosuke. "We don't know the content of the film, and we are not interested. We are only responsible for the film entrusted by the customer, so we still need to see the identity certificate." "Did you see the ID card? What proof?" "He showed me Mr. Xiaosong's business card. I think, he has something to do with Mr. Xiaosong. We are not a bank here, so we won't go to the bottom of it." The shopkeeper seemed to have hurt his feelings. "What about the business card?" "Give it back to others." "What was on the film?" "Then I don't know. Didn't I just say that we are not interested in the content of the film entrusted by the customer. Who are you, Mr. Komatsu, asking questions?" The shopkeeper asked sharply.Yosuke wanted to say it was a family member, but he swallowed it again. He himself is in the same situation as the mysterious family who took the film.To accuse the shopkeeper of giving the film to an unidentified person, Yosuke must first fully prove his identity. Yosuke walked out of the printing shop dejectedly.Another step ahead of the murderer.The murderer successfully recovered the film used as intimidation material.There should be footage of Yosuke in it. Now the murderer poses a threat to Yosuke, just as Komatsu once posed a threat to the murderer.If the murderer didn't realize that the photo of Yosuke and Eiko taken in the film was of great significance, there would be no problem for the murderer alone.The murderer probably won't be aware of the mystery. The danger lies in the situation where the murderer is caught by the police.The murderer had no film in hand, and being arrested would not affect Yosuke.However, the killer got hold of the film.If the film falls into the hands of the police through the murderer, the police's close surveillance may not be able to escape. The situation is developing in the direction Yosuke worries about.He can only pray to God, let the murderer go far away. The whereabouts of Komatsu's film has become a serious concern for Yosuke.I don't know what the results of the subsequent investigation were.Whether there is any trace of the murderer, whether the murderer has been brought to justice, these are not reported. It seems that the investigation is being carried out secretly in a place that Yosuke does not know, which is frightening.However, the seemingly safe and sound made Yosuke gradually inclined to optimism, and scabs formed on his heart disease for many days. "It doesn't matter, the murderer did a good job. Nothing or clues were left at the scene, and the investigation will definitely not go on. It won't be long before the police are all in the maze, and the investigation headquarters will be disbanded," Yosuke said to himself.