Chapter 12 Chapter Eleven Filling in the Gaps

"Anyway, let's go to Niigata." Kumiko made up her mind. Niigata was the last place where Amamura had news.She had planned to go there, but she didn't expect that when she was about to leave, someone ransacked her home, and she met the earthenware house and suddenly died of drinking a bomb, which disrupted her plan. After these disturbing events passed, she wanted to go to Niigata again. After getting the news of Tuqiwu's murder, she told the police that Yucun's unknown whereabouts might be related to the death of Tuqiwu, and the police listened to her statement enthusiastically.Judging by the police response, it seems like they were inspired to perhaps start a new investigation.Still, the police investigation must have always centered on Dokiya's death.

Yucun's body has not been found so far, so it cannot be concluded that he was murdered and the news was cut off.The unknown whereabouts of Yucun can only be used as a reference for the police to solve the case of the earthenware house. Kumiko believes that waiting for the police to investigate will not quickly find her husband's whereabouts.Instead of relying on the police alone and spending time in anxious waiting, it is better to look for it with your own feet, at least it can relieve the depression in your chest. After thinking over and over again, she embarked on a journey that made her uneasy. This was the first time in her life that she traveled to a place where people lived and lived.

Kumiko plans to go to the hotel where Amamura stayed in Niigata City first, and then go to the people who Amamura had contacted there to find out about his situation before he cut off the news. Amamura went to Niigata City to inspect the nuclear power plant site.In the past, he did not agree to build a nuclear power plant there, but under the strong demands of those in favor, he borrowed the opportunity of participating in an international conference in Nagoya and went there halfway.Therefore, his inspection this time is informal, just to provide a reliable basis for expressing his opinions at the review meeting.

Why Yucun didn't advocate building there, he didn't discuss it with Kumiko in detail.Regarding this matter, if you ask Amamura's boss Monobe, you will learn more detailed information, but Kumiko doesn't want to ask.Last time, when Monobe visited Amamura's house, he looked Kumiko up and down from head to toe, and Kumiko didn't have a good impression of this person at all. The Ministry of Things once slandered that Amamura monopolized scientific research results for fame and fame, and seemed to regard Kumiko as an accomplice.Kumiko felt that asking that person for information and looking for clues was undoubtedly a trap for herself.Because, if the Monobe mistook Kumiko's search for her husband's whereabouts as a secret contact with her husband, he might follow him.This kind of person is completely capable of doing it.This was already a flustered outing, and being entangled by the Monobe and the like was really disturbing.

Kumiko knew where Umura lived in Niigata, and that was what Umura told her before leaving.She also learned about several people her husband might meet in Niigata through her colleagues in the General Affairs Department of the Material Research Institute.The General Affairs Section is in charge of the business trips of the employees of Anling Company, and has a better understanding of these situations. It was almost the end of October, and Kumiko left for Niigata.This is a trip without a clear goal, and I feel uncertain before leaving.She thought, anyway, it would be better than being at home, so she resolutely went out.

After several hours of travel, the train took her to a city facing the Sea of ​​Japan.The city's railway station was newly built after the earthquake.She walked out of the station, called a car, and went directly to the hotel where her husband had stayed, which was located in the middle of a busy street on the left bank of the Shinano River. This is an eight-story building, a purely Western-style hotel.There are several dazzling characters on the roof: Niigata Royal Hotel.There are not too many vehicles on the street, and it only takes about ten minutes from the train station to the hotel.Seen from the car window, this place is similar to the scenery of the industrial and commercial residential area in Tokyo.This may be because she is not here for sightseeing, so she has not noticed many distinctive features of this harbor city.

The hotel's passenger registration desk is located in the lobby on the first floor.As soon as I walked into this hotel, I gradually lost the feeling of being in Niigata.The internal structure of the hotel is exactly the same as the medium-sized hotel in the center of Tokyo, so Kumiko's panic was wiped away as if she was in a place she frequented. "Are you lodging?" asked the registry clerk. "My name is Kumiko Amamura, and I have already reserved a single room." I needed to investigate in detail, and I couldn't finish it that day, so I booked a room at the hotel where my husband had stayed.She wants to live in the place where her husband left his last footprints, carefully looking for his whereabouts.

Kumiko was shown to her room, then down the stairs to the registration desk. "Is the room inappropriate? Miss." The clerk who just registered her asked strangely. "No, it's not about the room. I want to ask you about the traveler who stayed here not long ago." "What's the matter?" the clerk asked a little worriedly. "I want to ask about Masao Amamura, a tourist who stayed here on July 16th and 17th this year." Before leaving on a business trip, Umura told Kumiko that he lived in this hotel, and if he really lived here, he should leave a record of his stay here.

"Well, the hotel stipulates that, except for the police, it is not allowed to speak casually about the passenger's situation." The clerk replied in accordance with the rules. "Masao Amamura is my husband. After he lived here, he cut off news. I came here to find out his whereabouts." "Oh, it's your husband!?" Kumiko's words aroused the clerk's curiosity.Then he lowered his head and looked at the registration card that Kumiko had just filled out.It was true that her last name was the same as that of the man she was looking for. "My husband was scheduled to fly to Nagoya after staying here for two nights, but the passenger plane collided with a military plane and the plane crashed."

"Ah, that's the incident!" The clerk seemed to recall the tragedy of the Noto plane crash. "Almost all the bodies of the passengers and crew on that plane have been found, only my husband's body has not yet landed. This raises the question of whether he was not on this plane at all. So coming here, I want to Find out about his living here." "Please... please wait a moment." The clerk hurriedly finished talking and went inside, as if he couldn't decide what to do and went to ask the leader for instructions.Without much effort, he led a fat older man out of the inner room of the registration office, who must be the person in charge.

"He has already told me about the situation. In principle, we stipulate that we do not disclose the situation of the passengers who live here, but the principle is the principle after all, and it is possible to answer according to the situation. In fact, about this passenger Someone came to investigate the situation two months ago." The person in charge of the registration office said something that surprised Kumiko. "Is that the police?" "At first, I thought it was the police or someone related to the police, but it made people feel a little suspicious during the conversation, so I asked him to show the police ID, but he sneaked away. We don't have anything to you If you are particularly suspicious, for the sake of caution, if you can produce a certificate that can prove that you are Mr. Amamura's wife, we are very grateful." "Understood, I'll go get it." She went back to her room to look for something to prove, and luckily found a health insurance card that she had brought with her. "That's all right, ma'am. Let's talk. However, because the matter has passed for a long time, it will take some time to find the information." The person in charge of the registration office said humbly, dispelling his doubts. "It's too much trouble for you!" Kumiko gave a deep bow as if she had passed a test. As she waited in the foyer lounge, she remembered the man who had come to the hotel before her to investigate.She figured that since he wasn't on the police side, it was probably the one who searched the house when she wasn't there.She wanted to take this opportunity to ask what kind of person the person who came to the hotel to investigate was. Kumiko waited in the lounge for about ten minutes, when the clerk from before came over. "Madam, I found the registration card. Your husband did live here on July 16." The clerk led her to a small room inside the registration office, which was probably a reference room, with a neat row of iron cabinets with locks in it.The person in charge of the registration office and what appeared to be a data clerk were looking through a large pile of cards piled up on the table. "It's hard to find. It's normal, and you can find it soon after you know the date of stay. Recently, the registration card is being changed from a bound registration card to a microfilm storage, so it takes a little time. Here is Mr. Amamura's card." The registration office. The person in charge handed Kumiko a registration card as he spoke. "Exactly, that's right." Kumiko nodded, staring at the handwriting on the card. There are words written by her husband on it.The well-proportioned font with each word raised a little to the upper right corner, and the vigorous strokes that almost cut through the paper, are exactly the handwriting of my nostalgic husband that I can't forget even if I want to. .The date on the registration card is July 16th.When I arrived at the hotel, it was printed as 6:42 pm.It was about seven in the morning when he set off from his home in Tokyo.Excluding the time spent on the train, it seems that I came to the hotel after arriving in Niigata to do some business. Yucun lived here on the 16th, but the question is where did he go after leaving the hotel.Did you really follow the plane as originally planned?Or did she go somewhere that Kumiko didn't know about?The card did not specify his whereabouts, but when Yucun filled out this card, he must have already decided where he was going. "According to the registration card, your husband only stayed here for one night on July 16." The person in charge of the registration office said looking at the card. "Should be staying here for two nights!" Kumiko said strangely. Amamura is scheduled to stay in Niigata for two days.On the 18th, I took the domestic flight that took off from the airport at 13:05 and boarded for Nagoya.In this way, he should stay in Niigata for two nights, and that's what he told Kumiko before leaving. "No, he really only stayed here for one night! The accountant needs to print the time on the card at the checkout. Look, isn't there time to leave?" The head of the registry turned the card over for her to see.The place he was pointing to did have printed "July 17th at 8:03 am left hotel." A new doubt arose in Kumiko's mind: Amamura left the hotel one day earlier, but he was scheduled to take the flight on the 18th, so where did he spend the day? "Excuse me, who handled the accommodation procedures in Yucun?" Kumiko asked after calming down in a flustered mood. "Well, this is Ji Ye's signature. He is on the night shift today and will arrive at five o'clock. He will arrive at the registration office in half an hour." The person in charge of the registration office said, looking at his watch. Meeting with the clerk who checked in for Yucun that day may provide some new information.However, the possibility that the incident of a passenger three months ago can still be remembered is very small.When Kumiko is at a loss, she will never give up even if there is a glimmer of hope.In this mood she waited for the clerk to arrive.While Kumiko was thinking hard, Yoshiba walked in.He was a tall, thin, expressionless man. Probably the person in charge of the registration office had explained the situation to him, and when Jiye saw Kumiko, he immediately said to her directly: "Madam, I heard from the person in charge that it happened a long time ago, and I can't remember clearly. " In order to arouse his memory, Kumiko handed him the photo of Amamura that she had brought, and begged, "This is a recent photo of my husband. You can remember even one thing." "Yes, I understand what you mean, but you have to receive thirty or forty passengers every day..." Although Yoshiba seemed to sympathize with Kumiko, he couldn't think of anything.In his sympathetic tone, you can feel that he is also very embarrassed. "Do you remember who was in charge of his room?" "It's an unfortunate coincidence, ma'am," interposed the head of the registry office, "that your husband lives in room 516, which is room 16 on the fifth floor, and the caretaker of the fifth floor has all been changed a month ago! We also feel a headache because of the frequent substitutions!" "Then, isn't one of the managers on the fifth floor back then?" "Yes, I'm really sorry!" The person in charge said in an affirmative tone. The little trace of her husband that Kumiko had painstakingly found disappeared again.Her body suddenly became limp like a pool of mud. But Kumiko didn't give up, and she asked again: "Will there be other people in the hotel who have contacted him? For example, the waiter in the dining room, the operator, etc." However, her thoughts were immediately dispelled by the person in charge of the registration office.He said that first, it is difficult to check whether he has eaten in the dining room, and second, even if he has eaten in the dining room, the waiters will not pay attention.And the phone is directly connected to the outside line, so there is no need for an operator at all. It seemed that it was impossible to trace Yucun's footprints from the hotel line.Kumiko was infinitely disappointed.She was about to leave after thanking the registration clerk when a couple of new travelers entered.They seem to be on their honeymoon.The husband went to check in, and the wife waited shyly and respectfully a few steps behind him. The appearance of the newlyweds immediately touched Kumiko's heartstrings.She thought that she had experienced such a period not long ago, but now she did not fill in the husband of "wife Kumiko" on the registration card.She suddenly felt that the bleak wind and bitter rain were coming together.Tonight, she was going to stay alone in an empty room in the hotel where her husband stayed for the last time. The more she thought about it, the more desolate and desolate she felt, and the crystal clear tears in the corners of her eyes rolled down unconsciously.She thought that even if it was dawn, her husband would not come back.When a person comes to such a far place, the result is only the loneliness and sorrow of being abandoned. "Waiter, please bring the guests!" She didn't realize she was crying in front of people until the registration clerk rang the bell on the counter to greet the waiter.She restrained herself as much as possible, turned around quickly, and took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears. The waiter came over, and a thought flashed into Kumiko's mind: "Oh, waiter! When I arrived, the waiter took the room, and there must have been a waiter who took Yucun at that time!" Maybe the waiter remembered something, she thought, and that was the only hope.So she immediately asked Ji Ye. "Judging from the time of arrival at the hotel, I think the night shift attendant is probably leading your husband. The night shift attendant hasn't changed much. Let me ask you." Ji Ye was not very interested. He seemed to be saying, register If the people at the office don't remember clearly, the waiter will not remember anything.But after the waiters saw Yucun's photo, one waiter responded. "Ah, this guest borrowed the train timetable from me. Because he is a very generous and dignified guest, he left a deep impression." The waiter scratched his head after speaking.It seems that he gave him a lot of tips, so he still remembers. "Train schedule?" Kumiko asked rhetorically.Umura was scheduled to fly to Nagoya at 13:05 on July 18. He didn't take the train, so why did he borrow the train timetable? "Yes, the train timetable. I remember I sent it to his room." "Is that timetable still available?" "If the guests are sent back, I think the registry can still be kept." "The train timetable is updated every month, and the old one is kept for about half a year." The person in charge interjected, "Then the train timetable for July is still there." Ji Ye said and found out the outdated timetable from the bookshelf. "Can you lend me this timetable and take it back to my room for a look?" Kumiko borrowed the timetable in the hope that she might be able to find the whereabouts of Yucun from this timetable.Where did the husband go, this timetable knows.The wife who was abandoned by her husband finally had something to do that night. She hurried back to the room with the dirty old timetable as if she had found a treasure. The train lines starting from Niigata include the Shin-Etsu Line, Echigo Line, and Shiraishin Line.In addition, there are private railway lines to Shirane and Yan.Yucun borrowed the train timetable. It seems that he checked the departure and arrival times of the state-owned railway trains. Kumiko first looked at the page of the Shin-Etsu Main Line, the major artery to and from Niigata.Does Amamura look at the time when the train departs from Niigata Station or the time at the station?After Kumiko read the arrival time of each train, she turned to the time of each train departing from Niigata.Kumiko's eyes were suddenly attracted to a place on the page. She discovered that someone had drawn a circle on the express train "Echigo" from Niigata to Osaka at 8:25 in the morning.The symbol of this circle is very familiar to her. The circle was drawn casually with a pen, and the two ends of the line crossed, very similar to the letter "e" in the English alphabet.This is obviously a mark made by the husband for fear of forgetting. "The color of this fountain pen is also the color of the fountain pen used by Yucun!" She was so surprised that she couldn't help talking to herself. Kumiko found the whereabouts of Amamura on the small mark left behind.To be on the safe side, she went downstairs to the registration office again, borrowed the registration card filled out by Yucun, and compared it with the color of the pen mark on the train registration form, and found that the color of the pen water was exactly the same. This mark shows that Amamura is related to the express train departing from Niigata at 8:25.In this way, the time of leaving the hotel at 8:03 am stamped on the back of his registration card has great significance. From the hotel to the Niigata train station, it takes no more than ten minutes by car.Did Amamura leave the hotel at 8:03 in order to take the express train "Echigo"? Yucun originally planned to take the plane at 13:05 on July 18, but he left the hotel the day before, so where did he go? Kumiko felt as if he had gone somewhere on the 17th "Echigo" express. The terminal of the "Echigo" is Osaka, did he go to Osaka?No, not limited to Osaka, all stations between Niigata and Osaka may be his destination. She decided to follow the whereabouts of the "Echigo". The "Echigo" travels from Niigata to Naoetsu on the Shin-Etsu Line, then on the Hokuriku Line to Maibara, and then on the Tokaido Line to Osaka. Will Yucun get off the bus halfway and take another bus to another place?There might also be a mark at the transfer station, but she didn't find it after careful inspection. Where did Yucun go?It is probably correct to speculate that he took the "Echigo" express on July 17th.However, in the future, it will be like a yellow crane again.Kumiko doesn't give up, she always feels that this timetable knows his whereabouts. She flipped over casually again.Suddenly, her fingers stopped, staring at the hotel introduction on the last page.She found that a page in Nagano Prefecture had been folded by someone. Who folded it?Was it folded by the person at the registration desk, or by the person who borrowed the meter? Kumiko froze, she found another place and drew a mark she was familiar with.The circle drawn on the "Kurobe Tourist Hotel" is exactly the same shape as the circle drawn on the "Echigo".She held her breath and stared with amazement. What does this symbol mean?She is not very familiar with the geographical environment in this area, but thinking about it in conjunction with the "Echigo", she always feels that it has something to do with it. Kurobe Tourist Hotel is located in Shinano Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture.Kumiko has a deep memory there, because the plane Amamura was scheduled to take crashed in the mountain area under the jurisdiction of Omachi City.Kumiko had taken part in the body search and had been up the mountain there.She clearly remembered the Kurobe Lake seen from the top of the mountain that smelled like corpses.My husband put a mark on the name of the Kurobe Tourist Hotel in this place. It can't be accidental. Kumiko checked the index of the train timetable again, and turned to the page for the Osime Line leading to Omachi City.From Itoigawa to Matsumoto is built along the tall and long Northern Alps.Kumiko still remembered the place name Itoigawa, which she saw when checking the whereabouts of the "Echigo".So she looked through the route map of the "Echigo" again. Itoigawa Station is on the Hokuriku Line.The Shin-Etsu Line from Niigata diverges on the Naotsu River towards Nagano.The Hokuriku Line continues westward like an extension of the Shin-Etsu Line running along the Sea of ​​Japan.The first stop of the Hokuriku Line Express is Itoigawa Station, and the "Echigo" stops at this station. "Yes, Umura went from Itoigawa to Omachi City!" She found the footprints of Umura that seemed to have disappeared all of a sudden. The "Echigo" arrived at Itoigawa Station at 11:02.There is an ordinary train bound for Omachi from this station at 11:06, and it arrives at Omachi at 13:15.If the "Hakuba No. 2" express train from Kanazawa also stops at Itoigawa until twelve o'clock, it will arrive at Omachi at 13:53.From this point of view, Yucun is more likely to take the ordinary train. Amamura probably took the "Echigo" express train to Itoigawa first, then changed to the Oitosen train to Omachi, and stayed at the Kurobe Tourist Hotel after getting off the train. "What are you doing at the Kurobe Hotel in Omachi City?" Kumiko started a new speculation. This was an unexpected situation, and things got more complicated.What is the husband going to this small city at the foot of the Northern Alps?Although all of this remains a mystery, the direction she is going has become clear. The next morning, Kumiko used the phone to inquire about the people related to atomic energy that Amamura was scheduled to meet there.She only learned from them that Yucun had visited them on the afternoon of July 16, and that Yucun had met all the people he had scheduled to meet.It is inconvenient to know the specific situation of her husband by phone, so Kumiko decides to talk to them. Now she is very anxious and restless. She wants to ask those people to understand her husband's mental state at that time, and she is even more anxious to go to Omachi.Her heart had already flown to the Kurobe Hotel there.She felt that there must be traces of her husband there, and she wished to find out his whereabouts immediately. Umura originally planned to stay in Niigata for two days, but he hurriedly finished the matter in one day, which shows that his heart is no longer here. It seems that Amamura squeezed out time and wanted to go to Omachi as soon as possible.There must be something there, but what is it? The people Amamura met in Niigata were all government officials, and they went to work at nine o'clock, so Kumiko had to wait patiently.Although she spent a lot of time, she got nothing. Kumiko wanted to go to Omachi as much as possible on the "Echigo" that her husband was on.However, due to the delay in visiting the people my husband had contacted, I did not catch the "Echigo" bus.In the end, she took the Shin-Etsu Express from Niigata at eleven o'clock and hurried to Naoetsu.From there, transfer to the Hokuriku Line train to Itoigawa. By the time Kumiko arrived in Omachi City, it was already late and the sun had already set.The last time I came to Omachi to search for her husband's body, I took a bus prepared by the airline company, and that bus drove all the way to Ogizawa at the bottom of the mountain.Thinking of that time, it seems that the special smell of corpses mixed with the scent of thread still remains in the nose, and the noise of the searchers and the heartbreaking cries of the families of the victims are still ringing in the ears.When Kumiko thought of the scene at that time, her heart felt like a knife was twisted. This foothill town that I visited a few months ago is still some distance away from the mountains.Now, it has hidden in the twilight. Although Kumiko came here once, she didn't have the heart to enjoy the scenery at that time, so this time, it's still like a strange city.After all, it is a small city at the foot of the mountain, with sparse electric lights.Night began to cover the land, and the darkness brought her uneasiness.At this time, she suddenly felt as if someone was following her. Kumiko walked out of the station, got into the taxi, and said, "Go to Kurobe to visit the hotel." The driver of the taxi stepped on the gas pedal and drove into the mountains as if he had understood it completely.In no time, the car passed through the small city street and came to the suburbs in the vast night. The high mountain in front stood in front of my eyes like a tall and big screen, which looked extraordinarily black. After driving on the road for ten minutes, the car crossed a bridge and then drove onto Yanhe Road.According to the driver, after the completion of the Kurobe Highway, the Kurobe Hotel was built in the newly named Omachi Hot Spring Village. "Miss, this is a very fashionable restaurant!" The driver boasted. Because it was too dark outside, I couldn't see clearly, but I could only vaguely see a hotel-like building in the larch forest by the river.It is a building that takes full advantage of the beauty of nature. It is the end of autumn, and the hotel may be crowded. If there is no room, Kumiko wants to return to Omachi City.During the tourist season, a lonely woman without an appointment may not be able to live smoothly. However, unexpectedly, the waiter led her to the room without even saying a word.Is this a good custom of the locals who are willing to take care of foreigners, or is it just in time to vacate the vacant house?In any case, we finally settled the residence first. Kumiko was ushered into the room, and after looking at it, she went back to the registration desk in the front hall.As with the Niigata Hotel, first ask the registration clerk about Amamura.Amamura departed from Niigata on the "Echigo" ship on July 17th, so it is reasonable to say that he should stay in this hotel that night. "Did you say it was the seventeenth of July?" The clerk quickly produced the passenger register and looked up the July 17th page.He didn't mention that anyone came to investigate. It seems that the person who went to the Niigata Hotel to investigate didn't come here, which means that they didn't know about Umura's future whereabouts there. "There is no visitor named Masao Amamura staying here on July 17!" the clerk said to Kumiko in an affirmative tone. "Perhaps the eighteenth." "Not on the 18th, let me check later." The clerk read it intently. "Did the passenger fill out the register?" Kumiko asked, looking at the register. "No. We transcribed it according to the registration card filled out by the passenger himself, and only briefly listed the passenger's name, address and accommodation time." "Will there be any omissions?" "It won't be missed, because it needs to be checked with the number of people on the registration card. Besides, there are not many tourists in that season, so there is no mistake." The clerk raised his voice slightly, maybe Kumiko's words hurt his self-esteem. "I'm not saying you have a sloppy memory, but I'm saying that there are some passengers who like to hide their real names." Kumiko worried that if she offends the clerk, it would be even more difficult to find out, so she hurriedly changed her words and said flatteringly . "There are such things. Most people who come here secretly prefer to remain anonymous." The amiable clerk did not refuse to answer. "What kind of people are the customers who like to give false names?" "Well..." The clerk seemed a little hard to say, "For example, leading women other than wives..." "Oh, that's right!" She seemed to be opened up by the clerk's words to a new way of thinking.Did Umura have a tryst with Tokiya Toko in this hotel?It was possible for him to compress the time he stayed in Niigata and squeeze out a day to have a tryst with Tokiya Fuyuko here.If this is the case, then the international conference in Nagoya will start on July 19th, and Amamura's scheduled publication of research results will start on the afternoon of the 20th. In this way, he only needs to arrive in Nagoya on the afternoon of the 20th. It seems that he discounted one or two days in his schedule.Omachi City is right between Nagoya and Niigata City. This reminded Kumiko of something else.She felt that when Yucun traveled with her newlyweds, the woman seemed to follow him to the Bafang Ridge of the Northern Alps. In the magnificent scenery of the setting sun on the mountain, the woman seemed to break into her husband's lens.The husband looks at him on the surface but actually looks at the woman, and that woman must be Tokiya Toko.Umura wants to see the sweetheart he really wants to see - Dongzi in the scenery with Kumiko's lens. It must be Tokiya Toko that Amamura met in this inn.This speculation was already unshakable in Kumiko's mind.If he really had a secret tryst with Fuyuko here, it would be immoral from any point of view.I am afraid that both of them will have to conceal their true identities for this reason. "Here is the picture of the man, please take a look." Kumiko handed him the picture of Amamura. "This is yours..." The clerk finally came to his senses at this moment. "He's my husband. He stayed here with the same woman on the night of July 17th and stopped hearing from him." "Are you sure you live here?" The clerk's doubts turned into great curiosity, and the haggard face of a poor wife who had been abandoned by her husband came into his eyes.How could such a beautiful young woman be abandoned? "My husband was staying here on the seventeenth of July and was indeed seen." "There are still a few people at the registry. I'll ask them if they've seen it." "The woman my husband brought was probably a married woman my age." She didn't mention that she looked very similar to herself. "Okay, ma'am, please wait for a while." The clerk finished speaking and walked into the office inside. At this moment, Kumiko felt someone staring at her from the side, and the eyes were so sharp.She turned around suddenly and looked at the lounge, only to see three or four passengers watching TV, none of whom she knew. "Who could be spying on me?" There would be no acquaintances in Omachi City, and she thought it might be her own spirit.But she felt that there was indeed a strong gaze staring at her. It seemed that someone was staring at her when she was on the platform of Omachi Station. Could it be that they were all alone?While she was thinking, the clerk came back with another person. "Ah, it's clear. He remembered. It's the guest he's done the formalities for. Ma'am is... No, it seems that the female companion came here first, and your husband came later." The clerk felt that he had slipped his tongue. , quickly changed his mouth.From the point of view of the hotel, all men and women who come in pairs are generally treated as husband and wife.However, when a wife who was abandoned by her husband came to inquire about her husband's whereabouts, she must be extra cautious. "This passenger said his surname is Doki House. You see, this register shows Masao Tsuchiya, and it is the guest in the photo." The clerk who just arrived said while pointing to the register.Kumiko thought that the name was changed from Tsuchiya to Tsuchiya, and Masao associated it with Masao. "Do you remember who that female companion was?" Kumiko asked. "Well," the clerk said, staring at Kumiko's face, "I don't have a photo, so it's hard to say, but I think you look very similar to your wife." "Like me?" Kumiko understood immediately.She thought it was certain that Yucun and Dongzi would have a tryst here.He married himself as Dongzi's substitute, but he never forgot Dongzi after marriage, until he met secretly in the hotel under the pretext of a business trip.Since he was married to Kumiko, he must have tried to forget about Fuyuko as much as possible.However, this result now shows that his efforts were in vain.Once uncontrollable feelings turn into illicit love between men and women, it is like dry wood meeting a raging fire that is bound to burn blazingly. "Excuse me, do you still have Masao Tsuchiya's registration card?" Kumiko asked nervously. "I think there may be more, I'll look for them for you." The clerk said sympathetically.Any virtuous man would have felt such sympathy at the pitiful appearance of his deserted wife.When they learned of Kumiko's purpose, they were very kind to her.However, this kind of sympathy has branded shame on Kumiko's heart. Not long after, the clerk brought a registration card with Yucun's handwriting clearly written on it. "Do you know where my husband has gone from here?" "Stay here for one night on the night of the 17th. The next morning, I said I was going to Lake Kurobe, and then I left here." "To Lake Kurobe?" "Yes, almost all the tourists who stay here visit Kurobe Lake. Our hotel is mainly built for viewing the scenic spots of Kurobe." The clerk seemed to have completely recalled it, and said in a positive tone. "Did you go to Kurobe with your girlfriend?" "Yes, we went together." "Did you go by car?" "I asked if I wanted a car. Your husband said that he would go for a walk near the hotel. He probably took a bus or a car somewhere on the way to Kurobe. There was a plane collision over here that day, so we still I remember clearly." Umura was originally scheduled to take this plane, and he secretly met the married woman under the crashed plane whose name was still recorded on the record. They went to Kurobe Lake, which happened to be at the same time as the plane crash.This is such an ironic coincidence that it is believed that his body is still unrecovered from the bottom of Lake Kurobe. At this time, Kumiko didn't know that the area around Go Tate Mountain was the place where Yucun and Dongzi met by fate, and it was in this area that they met for the first time. Kumiko only imagined that they would meet in Omachi City, between Niigata and Nagoya, but in fact, they had already chosen Lake Kurobe. On July 18, Yucun and Dongzi went to Heibe Lake, and then there was no news from Yucun, and only Dongzi came back as if nothing had happened.Did something happen to Yucun?What were they doing at Lake Kurobe? Going to the Umura of Kurobe Lake with Dongzi must have seen the plane collision accident in the sky with his own eyes.当他从新闻中知道那架飞机正是自己预定要坐的那架时会是怎样的心情呢？ 他预约飞机票一定是想证明他十八日不在大町市。这说明他很担心和有夫之妇幽会的后果，尽管他知道久美子不是个会随便怀疑他的人，但他为了防备万一，还是利用了这一手段来遮人耳目。可他万万不会想到正是这架飞机发生了惨祸。 在连续不断的新闻广播中，雨村可能知道遇难者名单里有自己的名字。然后想到与其去名古屋非得发表研究成果，莫如利用这个天赐良机从此销声匿迹，用这种办法毁掉本来就不想发表的恶魔般的能源研究成果。他很可能为此同土器屋冬子反复研究之后，才下定决心抱着研究成果钻进了地下。 果真如此，那么冬子是知道雨村去向的，而且唯有她才知道。 雨村还活着，也许正和冬子秘密进行联系。久美子想到这才略见端倪，总算摸到了丈夫的一点行踪，然而，她所得到的并非是慰藉，而是更加难言的痛苦。 久美子如梦初醒：原来一个是瞒着自己的丈夫，另一个是欺骗了自己的妻子，偷偷来到这里如痴如狂地寻欢作乐。怪不得丈夫没和自己联系。现在才明白，原以为只要丈夫还活着就一定会找自己，这想法不过是善良妻子的痴心妄想罢了。在雨村的心坎上哪有自己的地位呢，替身终究是替身，不会改变的呀！ 她感到对于一个被遗弃的妻子来说，没必要不顾一切地去寻找丈夫，即使千辛万苦找到了丈夫的下落，丈夫也会认为那是多此一举，甚至厌恶异常。 久美子认为，雨村现在虽生犹死，他潜入地下，正在一心一意地做着和冬子结合的黄粱美梦。这时在久美子的思路里，一种可怕的想象突然一闪，土器屋会不会是雨村杀害的呢？ 人们认为雨村已死，法律是不追究死人的；死人也不负杀人责任。由于土器屋贞彦已经去见上帝，冬子自然也就是个自由之身了。这样看来，根本没有可能结合在一块儿的这两个人，将来也许是能够结合在一起的。——难道他能为了冬子而去杀人吗？―冬子如果希望他那样做的话，那也是可能的。 在压抑状态中恋爱，那种感情该是多么强烈呀！久美子现在有了切身的体会。这是因为她深知被冬子夺去了的雨村在自己心中占着多么重要的位置。尽管她在燃烧着嫉妒的火焰，可她仍在炽热眷恋着丈夫。 “不论遇到刀山还是碰上火海，我也要把你夺回来！”正在喃喃自语的时候，她再次觉得似乎谁在侧面死盯盯地窥视着她。