Chapter 20 Chapter Nineteen Killing Concerto

While laying a net around Nakahashi Masamune and Misugi Sayuri, Nakahashi suddenly resigned from the National Defense Agency.He seemed to have fully guessed the movement of the search headquarters, and reacted sensitively.The title at the time of resignation was Yi Zuo, and there were still a few years of tenure according to the prescribed number of years. After retiring, of course, I will re-employ at Sino Commercial Company. The title is consultant, and there is no specific scope of authority.Natori Ryutaro was the mediator for this. Xinhe Commercial welcomes him to go, needless to say, firstly, it is to reward him for his great contributions to Xinhe during his tenure, and secondly, it is also to serve as a link between the National Defense Agency and the company.

"I'm afraid it's more than that! He is eager to slip away because he is sensitive to our eyes staring at him. If he continues to stay in the post of the National Defense Agency, it will be easy to show his feet. Relying on Xinhe, the past The relationship that is difficult to get rid of will become a thing of the past. In fact, there is no need for Nakahashi to resign from the National Defense Agency in a hurry when he is so popular. What a cunning guy!" Ishihara Police Department said angrily. "However, when our attention is focused on him, the letter of refuge and the opposite will cause suspicion."

After Okawa finished speaking, Ishihara continued: "Then he must have given Xinhe a meeting gift. If we hesitate, we will miss out on this clue. We must not miss the opportunity!" After what he said, Okawa couldn't help but think of a previous case: a cadre of the Self-Defense Force who was approaching the end of the year tried to find a new job, fell into the trap of the Queen's Trading Company, leaked a lot of confidential information to them, was accused, and even He was arrested and brought to justice before he took office. "What is he using as a meeting ceremony?"

"Then, I don't know either. The Second Division and the public security seem to have heard some rumors, but they haven't caught anything specific." "Natori Ryutaro seems to have mentioned this." "This guy is always throwing smoke bombs." "No wonder he has the nickname of the behind-the-scenes strategist!" "Natori made great contributions when Shinwa annexed the earthenware house industry, and has been in collusion with Shinwa ever since." "Mr. Police Department!" Okawa raised his voice and shouted. "how?"

"We first monitored Nakahashi before the earthenware house was killed, that is, when they had frequent contact!" "Probably so!" Shi Yuan looked at the faces of his subordinates, as if saying: So what? "Isn't the earthenware house's contact with Nakahashi just to do everything possible to pull Nakahashi here and let him work for the earthenware house industry? Of course, what he needs is not Nakahashi himself, but the meeting gift that Nakahashi brought with him." "Ok……" Inspired by Okawa's speech, Ishihara seemed to have something expanding in his mind, but it didn't form a clear outline for a while.

"That is to say, because of the death of Tukiya, the meeting ceremony was transferred to Xinhe's name." "Can't you turn this idea upside down?" "Look upside down?" "That is to say, I didn't change the account because the earthenware house died, but I killed it to change the account..." "what? What?" The new vision soon made the outlines clearer and clearer. "As a condition for taking refuge, Nakahashi promised to bring a generous gift to the earthenware house property. This is a secret agreement made with the earthenware house Sadahiko, and no one else will know. But after the secret agreement was concluded, Shinwa also got involved .Maybe Xinhe’s offer is much more generous than that of Earthenware House. So Nakahashi felt that instead of relying on the impoverished Earthenware House, it’s far better to seek refuge with the more attractive and powerful Xinhe.”

"That's right. This is abandoning the slow ox and riding a fast horse!" "No! Having said that, the matter is not that simple. Now that the earthenware house has been closely hooked up with the earthenware house, of course the earthenware house cannot remain silent. Since the earthenware house has already learned about Nakahashi's intentions, it is inevitable that the earthenware house will violently question Nakahashi , or maybe threaten him." "threaten?" "Although it's not obvious from the surface, I think there must be bribery among them. If the earthenware house wakes up, it is very likely that they will have a showdown with Nakahashi and threaten him."

"But that way, the Earthenware House won't be safe." "The one who was fatally injured could only be the serving Nakahashi." "That's right. It looks like Nakahashi's motives are more or less concrete." As Nakahashi's motive for killing, although there may be various entanglements in secret collusion, the thoughts on who to take refuge in are more worthy of consideration. If Dokiya Sadahiko received Nakahashi's meeting ceremony and revived the company that was on the verge of bankruptcy, he would never allow Nakahashi to change horses halfway!

"There is something thought-provoking in your vision!" "Thought? What does this mean?" "Shortly after the earthenware house was murdered, the earthenware house industry was annexed by Shinwa, right?" "It's almost like waiting for an earthenware house to die." "That's right! Natori Ryutaro is the one who works the hardest in the Umi activities. Could it be that Natori gave Nakahashi an order to remove the obstacle of the pottery house and clear the way for Uwa?" "Huh?" This time it was Okawa's turn to be surprised. "If Natori had given instructions, of course there would be no evidence left behind. After all, he is a prominent figure in the political circle. No matter how great the benefits obtained by killing people are, they have to take great risks. Once things are revealed, the obtained Things go down the drain. Nakahashi is probably being forced to prevent that from happening."

"Mr. Police Department, please stop for a moment. You must know that Natori Ryutaro is the father-in-law of Dokiya! Can he instigate others to kill his son-in-law?" "This is not killing my own daughter! A son-in-law can have as much as he wants, but political activities funds are not easy to get." "How can a so-called politician be so cruel?" "It's not uncommon in history for politicians to use their daughters as tools of political strategy." "But..." Okawa didn't continue.Speculation about such a cruel heart can only make people feel very uncomfortable.

"This is just a possibility. It can also be considered that Nakahashi originally wanted to kill the earthenware house, but he became ruthless only after getting a hint of Natori's approval." "Mr. Police Department, do you think Nakahashi's motivation was also hinted by Natori Ryutaro? Do you think so?" "Of course, this is also a possibility. This is probably a bit too much!" "If this is the case, it means that Natori wants to use the earthenware house industry, which was once the source of funding for his political activities, as a bait to grab a source of funding that is much larger than this!" "The result speaks for itself." "Is it necessary to monitor Natori?" "Well. But no matter how much you stare at him, I'm afraid you won't find anything! I don't think the big men in politics will show a direct relationship in the murder issue." "Can you not show your face at all?" "At the moment, we can only start with Nakahashi. I think he must have played some tricks on the murder issue." While Ishihara and Okawa were talking, someone called Ishihara from an outside line.Seems like an urgent report from someone. Ishihara picked up the microphone, a nervous expression gradually appeared on his face. "...So, did you reserve a room at that location?" Ishihara stared at the caller, "Okay, I understand. Thank you. Please work harder and stop by the suit shop in Ginza. Ask yourself: Why did you reserve the room at that location? Well, it doesn’t matter. As long as it doesn’t involve the relationship between her and Nakahashi that we already know. Please.” "Anything new happened?" Okawa asked impatiently as soon as Shi Yuan put down the microphone. "Yeah. It's the report from Fanjiang. Sayuri Misugi had designated room 410 or 510 a week before the incident happened." "..." "These two rooms are located on the fourth and fifth floors respectively. They are both ordinary single rooms, and they have the same location on each floor. That is to say, they are both in Building A close to Building B." "Is the room reserved in advance?" "Yes. That is to say, apart from the layout of the room, the most important thing is that it is located in Building A near the intersection of Buildings A, B, and C. There are only these two room numbers in the hotel. If you just want an ad hoc single room, you can choose any room from No. 1 to No. 10 on the fourth and fifth floors!" "Then why does it have to be a room in that position?" "I don't know yet. It must be because that location played an important role in killing the earthenware house! It really makes the problem more and more bizarre." "Sakamoto's room is also on the fifth floor, right?" "Yes. That's something we've overlooked in the past. Maybe..." "His room was originally reserved for the fifth floor, or more precisely, the floor where Sayuri's room is located." "Sakamoto doesn't seem to be directly related to the incident. If you want to make an appointment, it should be Nakahashi." "In the middle of this, maybe Sayuri and Nakahashi will connect again." "Fan Jiang may still be in the hotel now, we should get in touch with him quickly." Ishihara picked up the microphone again.Fortunately, Fan Jiang was still at the old place, and the phone was connected.I got a reply after a while.From it, I learned that the room reserved for Sakamoto is in front of the room reserved for Sayuri.The room where Sakamoto lived was reserved and handled by Nakahashi.At the time of the reservation, Nakahashi specified a double room on the second or third floor close to the elevator, and Sakamoto specified a room with a plug in Building C on the fifth floor. Nakahashi arranged for Sakamoto's room on the same floor after Sayuri booked the room according to the designated location. Apart from love affairs, Nakahashi and Sayuri have other things to contact.The place where the earthenware house fell was next to Sayuri Sansugi's room, and the first discoverer came from the end of Building C, which was also premeditated.In other words, it was arranged that Earthen House would die in that place, Earthen House was murdered in an environment where everything was deployed. It's an orchestral piece played to kill.The layout of the special single room, the location of Room 510, the tenant in this room, Sayuri Misugi, and Sakamoto who came from the end of Building C, all of these are instruments that play important roles in the orchestra.Nakahashi, then, is the conductor of the band, and the baton is the call to Sakamoto. Although it is not yet clear what the main theme of the performance is, it can be concluded that the various parts that seem to have nothing to do with each other are all coordinated under the unified command.