Chapter 24 Chapter 23 Strict Division of Labor

The search headquarters obtained Fuyuko's confession, and decided to re-investigate Nakahashi Masamune and Sansugi Sayuri as accomplices in the murder of the pottery house. Nakahashi and Sanshan have already been detained for several days for investigation, and the next step is to search the headquarters for arraignment.The focus of the investigation was not on the attempted murder of Matsuo, which was the reason for the arrest, but on the earthenware house incident specifically. When Nakahashi and the others learned that Matsuo was dead, their attitude suddenly became tough.It seems that those who feel that they are not good for themselves are dead and can rest easy.They thought that the information provided by Dongzi was just a rumor, and even the suspected attempted murder was nothing special, and they could deny it flatly, saying: It was pure nonsense.However, Nakahashi never expected that there would be an "ambush", that is, Shinwa Commercial Company, which praised him as the pride of heaven, suddenly fired him.

It stands to reason that killing the earthenware house was originally a major contribution made by Nakahashi for Xinhe.Therefore, Nakahashi once made an optimistic estimate, thinking that even if he really doubted himself, Shinwa Shoji would try his best to cover himself, and Natori Ryutaro would undoubtedly cover up and retreat secretly. The Shinwa Foundation also clearly knew that even if Matsuo Shunsuke's participation in the killing of Dokiya was motivated by personal motives, it was also in line with the interests of the companies affiliated to the Shinwa Foundation.It is precisely after seeing this point that I feel that this incident is very unfavorable to the Heping Political and Economic News Agency and the Sino Foundation as a whole. If we do not take decisive measures and let it go public, the consequences will be disastrous.

This led Nakahashi to kill Matsuo.In this way, Nakahashi has fulfilled a double obligation to Nobuwa and Natori.But he would never have imagined that he would be abandoned like a worn-out straw sandal after exhausting his efforts. In their view, Nakahashi no longer has any use value for Shinwa or Natori.Since the oil and water have been drained, it is not worthwhile to support a person who is suspected of murder in vain. It is indeed in the corporate and political interests of Shinwa and Natori to get rid of Dokiya and Matsuo, but it is not they who gave Nakahashi any instructions.This is all done by Nakahashi.

However, in Nakahashi's view, it was the Xinhe Foundation who cleverly forced him to do this kind of thing, even though they couldn't produce any evidence. Nakahashi has already realized that he has lost completely in this contest where his life is at stake.At the same time of failure, the biggest backer betrayed him, more precisely, if he had not betrayed him, maybe he would not have suffered a crushing defeat.The benefits they want to grab are themselves a bet that they do not hesitate to take risks.It was only after Nakahashi was abandoned that he realized how cruel and ruthless capitalists and politicians are.

During this period, it was also revealed that Sansugi Sayuri was originally the mistress of the earthenware house.This made it difficult to cover up Nakahashi's secret collusion with the earthenware house by using his position in the National Defense Agency. The Ishihara police department broke the casserole and asked the truth, and finally lifted the cover of the scene that had been covered all the time on Nakahashi, who was in the abyss of despair. Detective Fansho inadvertently noticed an important fact when re-examining Room 510 where Sayuri Misugi lived. Shortly after the incident, room 510, like the others, had been thoroughly inspected with the assistance of travelers.At that time, the relationship between Sansugi Sayuri and the victim Dokiya Sadahiko was not revealed due to negligent inspection.According to the usual practice, if you think it has nothing to do with the case, you can't just break into the house and conduct a detailed search.The reason why we searched at that time was just because the earthenware house was collapsed in front of the door of room 510, which does not mean that the inside of the room was the scene of the murder.

Later, the relationship between Nakahashi and Sayuri Misugi revealed flaws, so room 510 was regarded as a suspicious place, and a hasty inspection was made, but nothing was found.Because the earthenware house went to room 510 first, and then fell in front of the door, so there were no traces of him left in the house, and no suspicious places were found. The reason why Fan Jiang insisted on going to room 510 to check again was not only because the earthenware house had visited this room, but also because he always felt that it might have played some special role in committing the crime. "If it's just to get the earthenware house to come, there is no need to kill him in front of the room. Isn't it too risky to do so?" This is Fan Jiang's question.

Thankfully for the perpetrators, the police didn't notice Sayuri Misugi's relationship with Dokiya immediately after the incident. "Is there anything going on here?" As time went on, the question became more and more dominant.However, Fan Jiang did not hold out much hope for this.Several days have passed since the incident happened, and many guests have lived in this room after Sayuri Misugi.No important evidence could be preserved in a room like this. It's just that the criminal police's habit of "searching the scene hundreds of times" made Fan Jiang reluctant to give up it lightly.

One day, while Room 510 was empty, Fan Jiang went in and took a look inside, and found some changes.At first, I didn't notice anything, but when I just stepped out of the threshold, a thought suddenly came to me.The idea was prompted by a change in the color of the carpet in the room. The hallway doesn't seem to have changed, only the carpet in the room has been removed.In the past, there were blue carpets inside and out, but now there are bright beige carpets in the house. The color of the new carpet stimulated Fan Jiang's nerves and caught his attention.He immediately went to ask the service office when the new carpet was put on.

"It was changed a week ago. Because room 510 in building A is on the dark side, the light in the room is not good, so replacing it with brightly colored carpets can make the light in the room better." "Where did you send the old carpet?" "Some were sold cheaply to waiters, and the rest were going to be disposed of in second-hand shops, maybe sent to warehouses." "Do you know where the carpet in room 510 is placed?" Fan Jiang asked eagerly. The man hesitated for a moment, seeing that Fan Jiang was in a hurry, he said to wait and went into the house.

Not long after, an older man came out.He wore a black uniform, like a person in charge. "Temporarily sent the carpet in room 510 to the warehouse, and want to dispose of it, you mean..." "I want to take a look at that carpet anyway. Can you find it for me?" Fan Jiang begged again and again. "Then look for it!" The man in the black uniform promised to help find it. This first-class hotel is different from those hotels and tourist hotels that can take mistresses, and they are willing to assist the police.There is a clear concept in the waiter's mind: Once something goes wrong, the police will come to ask for help.

With the great help of the person in charge in black uniform and several service personnel, the carpet of room 510 was found in a corner of the warehouse.Although the rooms in this hotel have uniform standard specifications, each room has its own characteristics.After comparison and verification, it was proved that it was the carpet laid in Room 510. After Fan Jiang thanked him, he took the carpet and entrusted the scientific inspection department to make a scientific appraisal.The result was a small amount of gunpowder particle residue reaction from the fibers on the surface of the carpet. The discovery came as a shock to the search headquarters.In the past, it was always determined that the place where the perpetrator shot was the corridor of Building B, based on the fact that residues of gunpowder powder were found in the corridor in front of Room 512. Shooting in the hallway of Building B, gunpowder could not have invaded room 510.Although the gunpowder components tested in Room 510 were extremely small, it was proved by identification that they belonged to the same category as the components in the corridor of Building B. So what will the gunpowder residue in chamber 510 mean?It will at least overturn past judgments about where to shoot.Room 510 was not checked for gunpowder, as it had previously been considered only a launch from the hallway of Building B (both eyewitness testimony and the results of the gunpowder reaction test). This time a gunpowder reaction was found in Room 510, and the possibility arose that the victim had been shot there.That is to say, there are two shooting positions for a dead body. ——What is going on here? Then, the search headquarters conducted on-site observation again, and put forward the following hypothesis: The criminal who stood in the corridor of Building B and shot at the victim found two people walking from the end of Building C and B, so the criminal ran away in a hurry Lost. After a long period of investigation and understanding, the headquarters finally grasped the clues to unravel the mystery of the scene. Nakahashi, who was again severely interrogated, finally succumbed.Taking advantage of the impact of his being betrayed by the letter, the headquarters pursued him to the end and presented new evidence, which left Nakahashi speechless and had to plead guilty. Nakahashi confessed that both Matsuo and Misugi Sayuri were involved in the killing of Dokiya Sadahiko. According to Nakahashi's confession, he used his position in the National Defense Agency at the time to obtain the "A-1 Plan" for strengthening the Air Self-Defense Force, which was the core of the new defense force preparation plan, and planned to hand it over as a "gift". To the earthenware house industry.Xinhe Shangji used a bigger bait to lure Nakahashi into the bait.Nakahashi turned to Xinhe, but Tuqiwu obstructed him in every possible way and refused to agree.As a matter of fact, the relationship between Nakahashi and Doki House can no longer be simply severed.What is especially difficult is that Nakahashi and Sayuri Sansugi were just in "skin contact" at first, but now the two are inseparable, inseparable. Sayuri was originally the mistress of the pottery house.Even after fooling around with Nakahashi, as long as the earthenware house needs it, it must be entertained at any time.But since Sayuri fell in love with Nakahashi, she seems to be bored with the need for earthenware houses. Realizing this, Dokiya threatened Nakahashi that if you want to fully possess Sayuri, you must hand over the "A-1 plan".At the same time, Xinhe is also advancing towards Zhongqiao.Sayuri also urged Nakahashi to attack the earthenware house as soon as possible. When he was in a dilemma, Matsuo proposed a plan to kill the earthenware house.Matsuo said that the "protagonist" should be borne by himself, as long as Nakahashi and the others can help him arrange the way to escape. After listening to these words, Sayuri first agreed. "It's not you who did it directly, what are you afraid of?" She pulled Nakahashi, who was still hesitating, into this evil plan.Nakahashi continued to explain: "I was the one who lured Earthware to the hotel that night. I told him, please come to Room 510 of the Akasaka Hotel, and I will hand over the A-1 plan myself, and I must not let anyone know about it. Earthware House arrived immediately as I said. He didn’t stop in front of the door, and when he entered, he took the elevator from the banquet hall in the basement to the fifth floor, so he was not seen by the waiter at the main entrance. So he went to Sayuri’s room Matsuo, who waited until 2:30 in the night, shot and killed Doki House. In order to let the bullet pass through her body, Sayuri opened the window on purpose, lured him with sweet words, and asked him to stand by the window. In order to cover up the gunshot I planned to close the window, but then I considered that bullet marks would be left after the bullet passed through, so it would be difficult to implement the strategy I will mention below. Shooting with the window open can make the bullet fly out of the window after passing through. "At that time, in order to reduce the sound of the gun as much as possible, a silencer was installed on the body of the three-inch gun, and at the same time, the volume of the radio was amplified to some extent. In addition, in order to prevent the gunpowder powder from flying out, the pistol was specially wrapped tightly with a scarf. Wrapped it up. Unexpectedly, gunpowder residues were scattered along with the bullets. "Fortunately, the bullet didn't go out. It was concluded that Tukiya was dead, so Matsuo used the intercom direct line to contact me. I immediately connected through the switchboard and told Sakamoto, who was on the same floor as Sayuri Misugi, to come to my room. This makes the circumstantial evidence of my alibi established. Both Sakamoto's room and Sayuri's room were arranged according to the pre-planned location. "Before Sakamoto came to the scene, Matsuo put on the exact same clothes as the earthenware house, and stood in the direction of building A, which is on the boundary with C building. I checked the clothes that the earthenware house often wears in advance, and prepared every kind One set. If it happens that Tuqiya doesn’t wear the clothes he usually wears, he can temporarily wear the clothes that Matsuo prepared for him. Fortunately, Tuqiya wore the light black suit that he usually wears that day, which saved the time for changing clothes. "Matsuo stood in the corridor, waiting for Sakamoto who came from Building C. Not long after, Matsuo followed my instructions, almost at the same time Sakamoto appeared in the corridor of Building C, and killed the earthenware house with the pottery hidden in his right hand. The pistol he owns fired a blank round. Whether it was empty or live, the sound was the same. It was impossible to distinguish clearly from the casing alone. "Just like that, Matsuo shot himself and fell in the direction of Building A, while carrying out the body of the earthenware house from Room 510. "Because the corpse was transported to a place not far from the door in advance, and Sayuri Sansugi assisted in the process, the corpse was replaced in just a few seconds. Room 510 is next to the corridor of Building C, from the station Looking at Sakamoto's position in the corridor of Building C, it formed a blind spot, so Sakamoto couldn't see the body swap, and thought that the earthenware house lying on the ground was the person who was killed on the spot he saw just now. "The corridor in Building C is very long. Sakamoto's eyesight is not very good. The hotel corridors are the same everywhere, and the lights are dim. It is impossible for Sakamoto standing in the distance to recognize the two people who have just been switched. What's more, Matsuo and The shape of the earthenware house is very similar. "Before Matsuo fell down, he threw the pistol into the corridor of Building B. Therefore, considering the position of the earthenware house's body and the injured part, it would be believed that the criminal fired from the corridor of Building B. This hit Matsuo trick. "All of this was carefully planned by Matsuo. Sayuri and I just followed his advice." Having said that, even if all of this was planned by Nakahashi, there is no way to verify it now.Considering all the circumstances of the confession together, one must first think of Matsuo as the main culprit. "How did Matsuo get out of Sayuri Misugi's room?" Ishihara, who was listening to Nakahashi's dictation attentively, interjected. "My room is on the third floor, which happens to be the one below Sayuri's room on the fifth floor. Didn't you notice this a long time ago? Matsuo immediately descended to my room from the window on the fifth floor with a cable used for climbing. It was dead of night. , almost all the rooms have curtains, so you don’t have to worry about being seen.” Ishihara asked: "Why did Matsuo choose a hotel as the place to commit the crime? Moreover, the place where the deceased is replaced is in the corridor. There may be guests walking through the corridor at some time. It is completely unnecessary to take such a big risk. , wouldn’t it be better to find a safe and reliable place?” "This is because Matsuo also wants us to share the danger with him! Killing him in room 510, the most suspicious person is Sayuri. In order to make Sakamoto a witness, let me call him, that's it." I was involved again. If he was killed away from the crowd, it would be impossible to prove that three people committed the crime. Sayuri rented room 510, and I was the one to make the call. These facts are ingeniously consistent with what Matsuo did Combined together, it constitutes the whole process of killing the earthenware house. That is to say, there is no other better place for Sayuri and I to share the risk in this way. Once the three of us share the risk, we can be in the police force. Cover each other in front of them. "For criminals, having a partner is often dangerous, but for Matsuo it's the opposite. He thinks that by keeping us in his hands and sharing the crime with him, he can get the Shinwa Foundation and the Natori Ryu Taro's support. Once threatened, three people are much more powerful than a single-handedly." "Why did you kill Matsuo? Since he is the first offender, he can't shirk his responsibility and gag other people's mouths, right?" "Matsuo obviously did it by himself, but instead threatened us. In this case, we can only act first. In addition to money and valuables, Matsuo also wants to take the opportunity to get Sayuri. He's a greedy villain." Nakahashi's confession ends here.The truth about the murder of the acting general manager of the earthenware industry finally came to light. Nakahashi and Sayuri completed the detention procedures.As for Natori Dongzi, the suspect has already been arrested for murder and abetting.