Chapter 44 Section 44

As soon as he walked into the western restaurant that he had made an appointment with, Kusanagi saw Kaoru Utsumi sitting at the innermost table.He raised his hand to stop the clerk who was approaching him, and walked towards the table where Kaoru Utsumi was. Kaoru Utsumi is playing with his mobile phone.Seeing Kusanagi, she closed the phone, looked around, and spoke to Kusanagi. "Sorry, I forgot that this is a non-smoking seat. How about we change seats?" "No, there's no need. After running to inquire for so long, I guess you are quite tired. Let me take care of you tonight."

The waiter walked up to the two of them.Kusanagi didn't even look at the menu, and directly told the waiter that he could help himself.In front of Kaoru Utsumi, there was already a set of coffee cups and saucers. Kusanagi brought a cup of coffee from the front of the self-service drink bar, and sat down again facing Kaoru Utsumi. "Report on your situation. How did you find it?" "I found it by normal means. I went to the hospitals around Chofu Station one by one to inquire. However, there are not many hospitals nearby that can be hospitalized. When I found the fifth hospital, I showed it to the woman at the reception desk. Tsukahara’s photo, the other party told me that the person in the photo had been to their hospital several times.”

"Nice job. What kind of hospital is that?" Kaoru Utsumi pulled out the hospital brochure.The name of the hospital is "Chaimoto General Hospital". "It is a medium-sized general hospital. The specialty of this hospital is their hospice service." "Hospice..." Kaoru Utsumi pointed to the brochure and said, "It refers to the palliative treatment clinic. The object of palliative treatment is naturally the pain. Under normal circumstances, most of the people living in this hospital are terminal cancer patients." Kusanagi put the coffee cup brought to his mouth back on the table, and said, "Senbo got cancer?"

"When I went today, I didn't see the dean and Xianbo's attending physician. I haven't found out the specific situation, but I heard from the nurse that Xianbo received hospice service. Since he received hospice service, then even if his condition is not The cancer is terminal, and the condition is almost the same. But the nurse didn’t tell me what kind of cancer Xianbo had.” "Have you seen Xianbo?" Kaoru Utsumi shook his head. "After six o'clock in the afternoon, the hospital prohibited people other than family members from visiting patients. But at that time, the hospital seemed to regard Mr. Tsukahara as Senba's family members and allowed him to visit patients after six o'clock in the afternoon. According to the woman at the reception , Senba’s hospitalization expenses and so on are basically paid by Mr. Tsukahara.”

"Is Mr. Tsukahara related to that hospital?" "I don't know. The nurses have seen the dean and Mr. Tsukahara talking intimately several times." Kusanagi took a sip of the extremely weak coffee and pondered for a while. "Perhaps you guessed right. This is probably the hospital where I have some personal relationship with Mr. Tsukahara. The crux of the problem is why Mr. Tsukahara took care of Xianbo in such a way. Not only did he find Xianbo who had no fixed place to live, he even paid for it. Let Xian Bo go to the hospital for treatment - if there is no special reason, ordinary people will not do this."

"I have the same feeling." Kaoru Utsumi cast a serious look at Kusanagi, and nodded slightly.There was no hesitation or doubt on her face. Kusanagi folded his hands, leaned his back on the chair, and looked at the inner sea in front of him. "It seems that you already have a plan in your heart? With your expression, it feels like you have already guessed something." "Mr. Kusanagi, don't you have any guesses?" Kusanagi snorted. "You're still a long way from being fooled in front of me. If you have any guesses, tell them quickly." "I'm not making a fool of myself. As Tatara's administrator said. Mr. Tsukahara has probably been brooding over the Senba case. Although Senba was finally arrested and the case seemed to be over, in fact, some important Perhaps the truth has not yet been ascertained—maybe, Mr. Tsukahara thought so in his heart at the time."

Kusanagi put his clasped hands on the table, lowered his head and rolled his eyes to look at the junior female detective in front of him. "What's the important truth? Now that we've covered this point, why don't you just talk about it completely." Kaoru Utsumi looked around, pursed his mouth and shook his head. "I'm not going to say random things that don't have any basis." Kusanagi smiled wryly, and touched his cock with his fingers. "Indeed, people in the Metropolitan Police Department really can't just talk about it. But if I have such a piece of information in my hand, I don't know what will happen." He looked around and said in a low voice, "I found Kawabata Where did Shigeharu's wife and daughter live before? Although I don't know the exact address, the nearest station to that place is Ogiki Station."

Utsumi Kaoru's long eyes suddenly widened.His gaze also became brighter. "There is a certain connection between the Kawahata family and the case that happened sixteen years ago—maybe this is the so-called 'important truth' you mentioned. Then, what is the connection between the two?" Kusanagi Smiling slightly, "As for this issue, it's better not to talk about it for the time being."