Chapter 17 Section 17

"I found it, Mr. Kusanagi." Hearing someone talking behind him, Kusanagi still leaned his back on the back of the chair and turned around the swivel chair.Kaoru Utsumi was wearing a trouser suit and was walking towards Kusanagi with a document in his hand. "Oh, thank you. What case is it?" "I can't understand a few words, so you should read it yourself." "I will confirm the details myself, but I still want to know the general situation. You can give me a general introduction first." Kaoru Utsumi leaned against the desk, looking down at Kusanagi.

"Your shelf is really big enough today?" "Of course. This order was given to me by the administrator. If anything, I am the agent of the administrator in this case." "Your business has nothing to do with me, but why did you pull me in to help?" "Both the management officer and the section chief said, I can choose someone to help me." "What I'm asking is why you chose me." Kusanagi smiled slightly, and looked up at the junior female detective in front of him. "Didn't I just say that? Tang Chuan and others are in the local area."

"So what? Because of this, the higher-ups appointed you, not me." "You should be very clear, right? That paranoid will never agree to help me easily. If he keeps talking endlessly, then it's up to you to convince him." Utsumi Kaoru couldn't help being furious: "I don't think I can convince him." "It's okay. If I go to tell him, he may ignore it, but if you go to him and cry, he won't be able to refuse. I can guarantee this." "Me? Ask him to cry?" Utsumi Kaoru was taken aback. "Then it depends on the timing. Well, stop complaining and get down to business. Time is precious."

Kaoru Utsumi sighed and looked down at the document in his hand. "Name: Hidetoshi Senba. Sixteen years ago, he was prosecuted for murder and was finally sentenced to eight years in prison. The murder scene was on the streets of Ogiki, Suginami District." "Street? Fight?" Kaoru Utsumi shook his head. "The name of the victim was Nobuko Miyake. He was forty years old. This person had been working as a stage lady for many years. He didn't seem to have a regular job when he was killed. Miyake and Xianbo were old acquaintances. The night before they were killed, they The two went to drink together. At that time, Xianbo asked Miyake to return the money that Miyake had lent to Miyake before, but Miyake pretended that she had never asked Xianbo to borrow money. So Xianbo asked the victim out again the next day, He threatened the other party with a kitchen knife, saying that if he did not pay back the money, he would kill her. But instead of feeling scared, the victim laughed at Xianbo. In a fit of anger, Xianbo stabbed the victim to death with a kitchen knife—— That's the general story of the case."

Kusanagi put his hands behind his head and crossed his legs. "It's a simple case. There's almost nothing to worry about. When the criminal named Xianbo was arrested, didn't it take a long time to catch it?" "No, Xianbo was arrested two nights after the incident." According to Utsumi Kaoru's explanation, a woman was found lying on the ground in the street of the Ogiki residential area, and the others called the police at about ten o'clock in the night on May 10.When the police arrived at the scene, the victim was already dead, with wounds from being stabbed with a kitchen knife remaining on his abdomen.From the items carried by the deceased, the police immediately identified the deceased as Nobuko Miyake, a former lady on stage.Later, it was found that the deceased had gone to a frequented shop to drink with a middle-aged man on the night before he was killed.In addition, many of the drinkers at the store recalled the altercation that night between the two men.Although the man hadn't been to that store for a long time, the store manager still remembered that the man's name was Xianbo.

The police investigated Nobuko Miyake's room and found Senba's old business card.It seems that Xianbo was Nobuko's guest when she was a lady.After Xianba failed in his career, he temporarily moved to his wife's hometown, and then came to Tokyo again.At that time, a second-floor apartment in Edogawa District was Xianbo's residence. The senior investigators who visited Xianbo saw at a glance that something was wrong with him.The investigators asked to enter the house to have a look, but Xian Bo firmly refused.The investigators did not force their way in at that time, but went to the vicinity of the apartment and kept monitoring.

Not long after, Xian Bo left the room with a small bag in his hand.Seeing Xianbo looking around by the nearby waterway, the investigators approached Xianbo and called him.Hearing the cry, Xian Bo picked up his bag and ran away.Although he narrowly escaped several times, investigators eventually caught up and arrested him. The police found a bloody kitchen knife from Xianbo's bag.It didn't take long for the police to prove that the blood left on the knife was Nobuko Miyake's blood. "The senior investigator who captured Senba at that time was this Tsukahara Shoji. As expected of the senior investigator Tatara." Kaoru Utsumi said.

Kusanagi changed a raised foot, and asked puzzledly: "What do you mean by that? If the other party refuses to let me into the house, most criminal police will be suspicious." "That's what I said, but things may not go so smoothly." "Just a newcomer, don't pretend to understand all day long." Kaoru Utsumi raised his eyebrows: "I'm still a newcomer?" "No matter how many years have passed, you are still just a rookie until someone lays hands on you. Then, Mr. Tsukahara will also be in charge of the subsequent interrogation?" "For the record, that should be the case."

"Eight years in prison? So, he's out of prison now, right? Why did Tsukahara go to the place where Xianbo lived..." Less than an hour ago, an inspector named Xikou from the Glass Police Station called.It seems that Tatara has already told the other party that a police officer named Kusanagi is in charge of contacting here. According to Nishiguchi, Tsukahara Shoji visited a family in a villa in Higashi Glass Town before going to Higashiura to attend the briefing session.That family lived in a man who had committed murder in Tokyo and was later arrested.At the time of the incident, the house had been sold.Locally, many people know that it is the home of the murderer.

However, Nishiguchi and the others did not have relevant case information, so Nishiguchi said that he hoped that the Metropolitan Police Department could give them a copy. "Could it be by the way?" Utsumi Kaoru said. "By the way?" "Mr. Tsukahara originally planned to go to Glass Pool to attend the briefing, but at the same time he also wanted to go to the house of the criminal he personally captured back then..." Hmm - Kusanagi murmured. "Is this possible? If the criminal himself or his family members still live there, I can understand, but the place is no longer inhabited? Moreover, when the case happened, the place had been sold Now. Who would have thought the way you said?"

"Indeed..." Utsumi Kaoru admitted his mistake in a rare way. "Forget it, you make arrangements and send the information to the other party. Then, you go to investigate where he lives now." "You mean, Xianbo's handsome residence?" "Yes. Look, aren't you pretty smart too?" "I'm still a rookie." Kaoru Utsumi turned and left.Watching her gradually walk away, Kusanagi's cell phone rang.An unknown number is displayed on the screen.Kusanagi picked up the phone and said "Hello". "I'm Tatara. Is it convenient for you to talk now?" "Ah, of course it's convenient." Kusanagi could not help but sit upright. "The autopsy results from the forensic laboratory have come out, and they have found out the detailed cause of death." "what is the reason?" "Carbon monoxide poisoning. I was shocked when I heard that too." "Huh?" Kusanagi couldn't help but exclaimed.The results of the autopsy were completely beyond his expectations. "Because the cause of death could not be determined, they launched a thorough blood test. The results of the test showed that the concentration of carbon monoxide hemoglobin in the blood of the deceased far exceeded the lethal dose. According to the autopsy personnel, the deceased had been exposed to high concentrations at that time. Where there is carbon monoxide, it is estimated that he died within fifteen minutes. In addition, the deceased showed signs of taking sleep aids." "Carbon monoxide poisoning plus sleep aids..." Kusanagi thought of committing suicide with briquettes, but in the end he couldn't say it.It is impossible for a dead person to fall off the embankment. "I will contact the county police. I also sent a copy of the autopsy report to the other party. If anyone asks about this, you can tell him that." Duo Duoliang said quickly, and there seemed to be someone behind him Noisy.It is estimated that he is currently in a search headquarters. "Administrator, I want to ask you something." "What's the matter? You make a long story short." "Sixteen years ago, you and Mr. Tsukahara worked in the same team, right?" "Yes. What's the matter?" "Do you still remember that Mr. Tsukahara once arrested a criminal named Xianbo?" "Xianbo? You mean Xianbo is handsome?" Kusanagi was really surprised by Tatara's quick response.People like Tatara should have encountered countless murderers before.So clearly remembering the name of the murderer of an ordinary murder that happened sixteen years ago, Kusanagi questioned himself and felt that he did not have such confidence. "Yes, that's the man who killed the former lady on stage." "What happened to that man?" Kusanagi briefly explained what he had heard from Nishiguchi.After a while of silence, Duo Liang finally spoke. "I'm at the Shinagawa office now. Sorry, please come over here."