Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Murder Reappearance
At midnight on June 30 (July 1, to be precise), car salesman Takaaki Wakao returned to the apartment.Relying on his own shrewdness and ability, he has maintained the impressive performance of being the number one among the national business offices.
Today, I went to the customer's house one by one to visit and sell, which made me come back so late.In fact, even if he doesn't have to work so hard, Wakao's life is already quite comfortable.However, if you can become one of the "Top Ten Salesmen", your actual income will be even more substantial.
Wakao is soberly aware that only by devoting himself to work can he maintain the current good situation.If you quit the ranks of senior salesmen under slack, someone will inevitably replace him.Of course, with his personality as a human being, Wakao will never give way to human beings in this regard.
Fortunately, the salary is generous, otherwise it would be impossible to live in such a luxurious royal high-end apartment.The apartment is located in a prime location in the urban area and is a magnificent nine-storey building.Against the backdrop of the lights at the bottom, the whole building looks like a castle soaring into the sky, looking solemn and mysterious.The outer walls of the building are uneven and well-proportioned, reflecting the individuality and independence of each household, and perfectly realizing the unity of the overall planning and design.
In a nutshell, the building's appearance can be described with the phrase, giant majestic plastic timber.Depending on the assembly method, it seems that any shape can be combined.Faced with such a complicated building appearance, people can't help but think that maybe it is on the basis of fully considering the individuality of the residents that the plastic building blocks are combined into a whole.
In this way, individuality and overall balance can be organically reconciled, showing a harmonious, unified, beautiful and delicate artificial picture.
Whenever he returns to this high-end apartment, Wakao can't help feeling an unparalleled sense of superiority.As we all know, living in such a high-end apartment in a prime location is a symbol of self-worth and status.
There are two gates in this residential area. After passing the first solemn glass automatic gate and turning left, there is another electronic card-type gate.For outsiders who do not have a card, if the residents or property management personnel inside do not press the automatic door button in the room, they cannot enter the apartment building at all.In the main hall with the main gate, the chandelier made of crystal is shining dazzlingly, and the dedicated passage leads to every house.Usually, people who take the elevator upstairs will also pass through a dedicated passage when they go downstairs.In addition, each house has its own staircase, which is designed and built in a style similar to the staircases in high-end Japanese restaurants, so that guests do not meet each other.
There are parking lots in front, side and downstairs of the apartment. Even after all residents’ cars are parked, there is still enough space for external vehicles.For this reason, there are often some brazen unrelated vehicles mixed into the community.
Ruowei parked the car to the specified location and got out of the car.He suddenly found that among the imported cars parked in the parking lot, there was actually a high-end sports car sold by his company.From its appearance, the car may have been sold by himself.In fact, he did not sell the car himself, but the buyer contacted him after learning that he was a salesman of N company.
Once you become an excellent salesman, even if you don't take the initiative to attack, customers will often come to you on your own initiative.
Just as Ruowei was walking towards the gate, he found a person lying on the ground at the side of the building.That place is in the shade, and the light can't reach it at all, so if you don't pay attention, it's hard to find that there is a person lying there.
Wakao guessed, maybe someone passed out drunk.Except for residents and related personnel, outsiders are generally unable to enter the building, but the parking lot has only one vertical iron gate, so people can freely open and close the iron gate even if they stand outside.Even so, there have been no accidents in the community so far.
How could someone be lying there?Wakao suddenly felt a little unhappy.In order to find out what happened, he walked towards the figure.
Because the light was too dim, only a man could be seen lying on the ground.If it is a resident of the community, it is absolutely impossible for its family to abandon it.
"Hey, brother, you'll catch a cold if you sleep here." Ruowei took the initiative to talk.However, the guy lying on the ground did not respond.So, Ruowei took another step and shouted loudly: "Hey, what did you do? Get up quickly!"
Unexpectedly, the other party remained silent.Suddenly, Ruowei suddenly became suspicious.Take a closer look, and the other party is actually motionless!Wakao felt uneasy.Obviously, the man on the ground was not asleep!However, Ruowei didn't run away screaming, he clearly realized: Something must have happened to this man!
At this moment, Ruowei felt that it was obviously inappropriate to go up to check by himself, so he hurried to ring the doorbell of the property management office.
"Who is...?" The administrator's sleepy inquiry came from the doorbell.
"I'm really sorry to bother you late at night. I'm Wakao from Room 501. There's someone lying in the parking lot. Can you come out quickly and take a look with me?"
"Huh?" The administrator seemed taken aback.
In the early morning of July 1, when the hour hand was about to point to 1:00, the Yoyogi Police Station received a report from the administrator of the Royal High-end Apartment in Otacho, Shibuya Ward, saying that a resident was found dead in the parking lot of the apartment!
At present, it is not clear whether the resident died as a result of an accident or as a homicide.For this reason, the Yoyogi Police Station quickly dispatched patrol cars and criminal police officers on duty to the scene of the crime.
As soon as the patrol police arrived, the criminal police in the police station also rushed to the scene.
On the ground was a young man.Blood spilled from the back of the deceased's head, and a small puddle of dark red mucus dripped around it.According to the first witnesses of the incident, Wakao and the administrator, the deceased was the resident of Room 402, Tsumura Takashi.
Tsumura claimed to be an employee of the company, but no one knew what kind of work he was doing.It is understood that Tsumura lives alone in this luxurious apartment.Normally, there are occasional women who come to the door, but it seems that the number of people who come every time is not fixed.
Judging from the location and extent of the injury, Tsumura was not injured by his own fall.However, no murder weapon was found around the body.
Therefore, the criminal police on duty listed it as a suspected murder case and notified the General Office.After adjusting the direction of the lights at the bottom of the building, the police launched a formal investigation of the body and a detailed search of the apartment where the incident occurred and the surrounding area.
Preliminary investigation showed that the right back of the deceased's head was injured, the scalp was ruptured, and the skull was sunken.Judging from this, the deceased died after being hit with a blunt object such as a hammer on the right back of the head.In addition, judging from the degree of injury, it seems to be a one-shot death.
While the criminal police in the area were taking preliminary measures, the police from the first search section and the identification section of the general office also rushed to the scene of the crime one after another, and then all parties launched a joint search.
According to the police, judging from the parking position of the victim's imported private sports car and the condition of the body, the deceased should have returned from the outside and got off the car before being attacked.In addition, the deceased contained a wallet with 180,000 cash in cash, a key card for opening the door, and a car key, so it can be judged that the murderer was not murdered for money.
After the initial investigation, the police removed the body from the apartment, pending further autopsy by the forensic doctor.
After Kitamura turned on the TV casually, a picture of a man appeared on the screen.At first glance, Kitamura felt a little familiar.However, Beicun couldn't remember where he had seen this person recently.
——At about 1:00 a.m. today, the administrator of the Royal High-end Apartment at No. XX Daisencho, Shibuya Ward reported to the Yoyogi Police Station that a man in the parking lot of the apartment was shot to the head and died.According to the preliminary investigation by the police, the deceased was the resident of room 402 of the apartment, Tsumura Gong, who was 24 years old.At present, the Yoyogi Police Station has set up a search headquarters to investigate the murder.
The TV announcer calmly reported that the man on the screen was the victim of the murder.
Kitamura tried his best to recall, but just as he was about to figure it out, the TV screen switched to the news screen again.
The announcer announced that a famous singer had been arrested by the police on suspicion of taking drugs.Hearing this, Beicun suddenly cried out in surprise.The wife Xijun who was at the side was taken aback, and immediately turned to Beicun.It turned out that it was the news that prompted Beicun to regain his memory all at once.
"It turned out to be him!" Beicun suddenly came to his senses.Wasn't the deceased the young guy who opened the door for me when I sneaked into the drug carnival held in Room 1010 of P Hotel with my black gold membership card?At the time, the guy was wearing a gray shirt and a green silk tie with diagonal stripes.
So the host of the drug orgy was murdered?Thinking of this, Beicun could not help but shudder.
That is to say, shortly after Hei Jin died unexpectedly in the tryst hotel, the host of the drug carnival party that had Hei Jin as a member was also killed.Was there some connection between the two deceased?
It is said that so far, there is still no news of the missing Heijin female companion (that is, the mysterious woman who fled the hotel after having sex with Heijin).Once there is a certain connection between the two deceased, the mysterious woman who was the trigger of Heijin's sudden death may be related to the case of Tsumura Gong's murder.
"Oh, this problem is serious!" Thinking of this, Bei Cun couldn't help but lose his voice in astonishment.At that time, Hei Jin had his manual with him, and the mysterious woman might have read it.Moreover, her name and address were clearly written on the handbook, perhaps because of this, the woman did not take the handbook away.
In other words, the woman knew clearly at that time—as an outsider, Kitamura might know the connection between Heijin and Tsumura.
If she learns that the above situation is not good for the woman, will she come to harm herself?No, how is it possible, I must be worrying too much...
"What's going on? You suddenly yelled, did you think too much about the problem?" His wife asked worriedly.
"It's nothing, don't worry. Just now, I thought about the work." In this regard, the wife seemed to be convinced.In fact, Beicun has often behaved strangely recently, so his wife Xijun has already learned to deal with small things calmly.
On the same day, the Evening News reported the homicide that occurred in the early morning in more detail.It is reported that the police are currently investigating Tsumura's heterosexual relationship.However, the report did not mention any drug-related information.
Bei Cun finally recalled the scene when he made an old mistake and stumbled into the carnival by mistake.He clearly remembered that some members in the venue at that time were squatting on the floor, some were in a state of ecstasy alone, some men and women were embracing and rolling on the floor. taking drugs.Although there was no scene of collective fornication, the entire party presented a decadent scene from beginning to end.Perhaps, it was precisely because I regained my consciousness halfway that the memories during that period were preserved.
Even though I completely forgot about my own affairs, the memories of the ugly men and women who stayed in my mind during the party were lingering.
At present, the search net spread by the police does not seem to be in the right direction. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the police are using this to lull criminals into a careless mind in order to conduct secret investigations.
Although Beicun often had vague awareness in his mind, as the incident was publicly reported, his doubts became more and more prominent: Why didn't Heijin go to the carnival on the night when he took the wrong manual?Is it just for a tryst with a woman?If the woman approached Hei Jin on purpose, did she intend to prevent Hei Jin from going there?Once Hei Jin rushes to the party, will it cause disadvantages to the woman?
If Hei Jin insisted on going, it would be difficult for a woman to stop her.Maybe, Hei Jin wanted to go to the carnival, but he couldn't go because he lost his membership card?
After dissecting Tsumura Gong's body, it roughly confirmed the results of the field investigation at the crime scene.The deceased was injured and died after being hit on the head with a blunt object such as a hammer. The time of death is roughly estimated to be between 23:00 pm on June 30 and 0:00 the next day.
Although Tsumura claims to be a company employee, in fact, he has nothing to do with any company.Of course, there is no indication that he has an affair with the violent group.After checking the computer of the Police Department, I learned that Tsumura was born in K City, S County, and has no criminal record.But what is strange is that his experience, occupation, etc. are blank.
As a young man who is only 24 years old (23 years old at the time of check-in), he usually does not have a stable job, which does not match his living in such a luxurious high-end apartment and driving imported luxury cars.The police believe that as long as they investigate carefully, they will inevitably find problems.
Tsumura is currently single and only moved into the apartment a year ago.At that time, after paying 70 million yuan in one lump sum, he moved in alone.
According to the residents of the apartment, Tsumura has no contact with his neighbors, and his life is irregular.They often go out at night, and sometimes they don’t go home for several days in a row. Occasionally, women and foreigners come to the door, but the visitors are generally not fixed.
The Tsumura family has never been noisy, broke apartment rules, or caused trouble for property management.In addition, Tsumura does not keep pets, and he goes in and out of the apartment quietly every day, so that it is impossible for others to figure out when he returns home.
Clues about the murderer may be found in the deceased's home or relics, so the police searched Tsumura's house.Since Tsumura was ambushed in the parking lot of the apartment, the police deduced that the murderer must be quite familiar with the geography of the apartment, and there must be some connection with the deceased.In other words, the relationship between the two may be relatively close.
In this way, starting from the daily life history of the victim, we may be able to sort out some clues about the murderer.Under normal circumstances, people's residences and living strongholds are often the treasure house of life history.It can be said that when tracking the murderer who is closely related to the deceased, the residence is the best place to search for relevant materials.
However, to the disappointment of the police, there was no trace of any information reflecting his living conditions in the victim's home.The deceased seemed to have been prepared to deal with the search before he was alive. There were no letters, business cards, notes, photo albums and diaries at home.
"It's so weird. I have a phone at home, but I can't find the phone book." Detective Sugawara Yoshisaku of the Yoyogi Police Station muttered in bewilderment.
"Could it be that the deceased knew all the numbers by heart?" Colleague Serizawa replied.
"If that's the case, the dead man's head is so easy to use!"
"If the number is given a certain meaning, it will be easy to remember. Usually, isn't there such an example in commercial advertisements? For example, the bathhouse number 9081126."
"Perhaps in order to prevent people from finding out the relevant situation from the number, the deceased deliberately did not prepare a phone book."
"Not only that, but there is not even a business card or old New Year's card at home."
"Well, it's really strange!" Serizawa was also suspicious, and agreed.For one person, the one-room apartment Tsumura lived in was a bit spacious.The entire room is decorated quite luxuriously, the furniture and daily utensils placed are all high-end items, and even the works randomly hung on the walls are all from the hands of famous masters.
But on the whole, the furniture doesn't match the interior decoration, and one can't help but feel that the owner may have thrown things together on a whim.Moreover, the furniture was so poorly positioned that a mass of high-end objects became a simple, tasteless assemblage.In the slightly messy room, there is a latest pocket CD player, judging from its gloss, it seems that it has not been used much.The VCR's preset recording time is 9pm on Channel X.After investigation, the police learned that the channel will broadcast a Japanese film "Passionate Youth" about the youth and love of bosozoku teenagers at 9 p.m.Brand new literary anthologies and encyclopedias are displayed in the antique wooden bookcases, which seem to have never been touched.
Although Tsumura had no female companions in his family, his kitchen was equipped with a full set of modern cooking utensils, which were obviously not used much.
"It's a waste to leave a bunch of good things unused!" Thinking of the dilapidated and shabby kitchen at home, Sugawara couldn't help but sigh with emotion.Tsumura’s kitchen is well-equipped with cooking boards, sinks, ovens, infrared ovens, gas ranges, and electronic ranges.It is conceivable that the owner in the past must have made fast food for himself alone in this kitchen.This also proves that the owner was relatively lonely during his lifetime.
"No matter how luxurious it is, I don't want to live here alone." Serizawa said firmly.
After the on-site investigation, it was found that there was no sign of being searched in Tsumura's house. After the owner was killed, the murderer seemed to come to the house unintentionally to carry out the robbery.
There was a sideboard against the kitchen wall, and there was a haphazard pile of cutlery and bottles and half a dozen boxes of biscuits.The box and lid of the biscuit are made of metal.Although the covers were all sealed with vinyl tape, every seal was damaged.
Sugawara cautiously opened the biscuit box and said in confusion, "What will there be?"
Serizawa leaned over her head: "It's some biscuits."
"Don't you think it's a little strange?"
"There seems to be nothing unusual in there."
"Did you notice that although the owner opened the bag of biscuits, he didn't eat any of them."
"Perhaps after the owner opened it, he suddenly didn't want to eat it anymore."
"In this case, wouldn't it be too wasteful?"
"If you don't want to eat it, why don't you just open a box? Food like biscuits is susceptible to moisture once opened. No matter how rich a person is, he can't be so extravagant, right?" Sugawara asked Serizawa meaningfully. Said: "Is there any secret in the biscuit?"
Under the understanding, the two took out the biscuits and began to examine the box carefully.
"I still haven't found anything particularly suspicious." Serizawa broke the biscuit and licked it.
"It's really strange." Sugawara still didn't give up.
"Why is the master so wasteful?" Sugawara was puzzled.
"According to common sense, big money shouldn't be like this!"
"Look at this." Said, Sugawara pointed to a bottle of foreign wine in the sideboard.
"The date of opening is still written on the label of the wine bottle. Maybe it's a preparation to prevent overdrinking. If so, it's impossible to open the biscuit box all at once when you obviously don't want to eat it. "
"However, there is nothing wrong with the biscuit." Serizawa said, picking up a piece and tasting it.
"There is nothing wrong with the biscuits, maybe the problem is not with the biscuits themselves."
"Is there anything else in the box besides biscuits?"
"Appendages?" Sugawara's eyes lit up with excitement.
"What did you say? Appendages?"
"Look, that's it." Saying that, Sugawara grabbed a handful of desiccant from the box.At first glance, these things look like crushed rock sugar, a pile of transparent crystals.
"What's wrong with the desiccant?"
"Don't you think there's something wrong with the color of this desiccant?"
"According to what you said, it really looks like that. If it's a desiccant, it should be in powder form."
After Sugawara broke the outer packaging of the desiccant, he poured some into his palm.Then, I dipped a little bit with my fingertips and sent it to my nose to smell it, and then licked Tim with the tip of my tongue.
"It's a stimulant!"
"What did you say?" Serizawa asked seriously.
"Is this a stimulant? Damn it, the brat actually hid this stuff! I expected that this guy is not a good thing, and there must be something wrong after checking."
So, after the police confiscated the desiccant in the biscuit box, they searched the deceased's residence thoroughly.In addition, after receiving the report, the Narcotics Division and the Ministry of Health and Welfare's drug suppression officials rushed to the scene and conducted a carpet search of the deceased's residence again.
When searching for drugs, the highest authority can be confiscated.For this reason, criminals often do everything possible to hide drugs in very hidden places, which can be said to be done in different ways, each showing their special abilities.As far as female prisoners are concerned, some put drugs in condoms and put them in their bodies, while others put drugs in the soles of shoes, socks and shopping bags.Recently, criminals have become more and more cunning, and the means of hiding are emerging in endlessly.Drugs can be hidden in shrines, Buddhist altars, pens, bicycle seats, and even inside dolls.
In addition, there are some unexpected places that are also used by criminals, such as urns, trash cans, etc.
Although the drug search experts came to the scene in person, there were no other new gains in the end.
The stimulants confiscated by the police this time are made from ephedrine hydrochloride. The manufacturing process is as follows: Add ether or hydrochloric acid, concentrated sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, acetone and activated carbon to ephedrine hydrochloride to produce hydrochloric acid. Chloroephedrine solution.Then, put the solution in the refrigerator, take it out after two or three days, and it will become crystals.Most of the supply of drugs such as stimulants in Japan are smuggled into the country from abroad, and their origin is mainly concentrated in South Korea, followed by Hong Kong, Thailand and other places.From being smuggled into the country to being delivered to ordinary domestic smokers, it must go through a rather complicated process. Usually, the underground organization responsible for smuggling is relatively fixed and strict.
First, the transporter purchased a large amount of drugs from local drug smugglers and then departed from Busan.Since the investigation of drugs by plane is quite strict, most drug dealers have changed to take fishing boats to avoid inspection.They hid the drugs in the hold of the ship and chose to unload them at a small fishing port somewhere in Japan.
Typically, two ships at sea are involved in trafficking together but do not touch each other.The ship responsible for transporting the goods threw the buoys tied with drugs into the sea, and the ship responsible for receiving the goods quickly recovered the drugs on board when it was confirmed that there was no danger.Of course, there are more ingenious means of drug trafficking, which is to take advantage of the duty-free privilege of diplomats and mix drugs in the luggage of embassy personnel.In addition, criminals have hidden drugs in urns of overseas bone recovery groups.
In this way, the drugs smuggled into the country are delivered to ordinary smokers after going through the procedure of "unloading-broker-retail-hawker".The purchase price is usually 8,000 to 10,000 yuan per gram, but the final price for ordinary people can be as high as 200,000 to 400,000 yuan.
On the basis of excluding shipping costs, risk fees, and drug loss during circulation, if impurities are added to the drug, the final price will skyrocket by 20 to 40 times.Such astonishing profits are an important source of funds for violent gangs.
For a period of time after the war, it spread everywhere. After the government stepped up efforts to cancel it, heroin replaced it and ran rampant in the world.In terms of profits, heroin is even more impressive, and has long been an inexhaustible cash cow for violent gangs.
However, in Showa 38 (1963), with the revision of the "Narcotics Prohibition Law", the government authorities stepped up the crackdown on drugs.For this reason, around Showa 45, drug smuggling and trafficking were somewhat restrained.
As the saying goes: Drugs know no borders.At present, in terms of stimulant trafficking, violent gangs have not yet clearly demarcated their respective spheres of influence.
Since Japan is surrounded by the sea, the stimulants can drive straight in no matter which direction you go.In order to completely cut off the way of drug smuggling into the country, drug enforcement officials, police officers, customs officers, and officials from the Coast Guard are working together to start a tough battle in the waters.
Recently, the types of drugs secretly sold by underground organizations are increasing day by day, including opium-based morphine and heroin, coca-based cocaine, and marijuana-based synthetic drugs.It is said that due to the different groups of drug addicts, secret drug trafficking organizations often move around and fight, which brings great inconvenience to the police to ban and arrest them.
In view of the above factors, it is extremely difficult to search for drug-related illegal cases. Although the police have also taken corresponding measures, for example, they have deployed and controlled the core parts from small vendors to trafficking organizations, but sometimes the clues will be interrupted for some reason, and sometimes it will be very difficult. It's hard to get accurate information.
Typically, violent gangs are not directly involved in the procurement and delivery of drugs, but instead rely on couriers and traffickers.Most of the couriers are locals in the place where the drugs are produced. They are only responsible for transporting drugs, and they are completely amateurs about drugs. Therefore, even if they are arrested by the police, they will not be involved in the shady scene of the drug trade.
Even if they know a little bit, as long as the drug dealers give them a little warning, they can easily shut their mouths.
In view of the stimulants found in the victim's house, the police believe that the case is more likely to be a case involving homicide, drugs, and violent gangs.For this reason, the first search section, the fourth search section (specially responsible for searching for violent criminals), the drug section, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare's Narcotics Prohibition Office began a joint investigation of the murder case.
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