Chapter 15 chapter 2

When Yong Zuo stood in front of Tonghe Medical University, an inexplicable emotion rippling in his heart.I wanted to enter this door several times before, but was always rejected by the goddess of fate.At that time, he never thought that he would enter in this form more than ten years later. Yong Zuo couldn't remember exactly when he wanted to be a doctor.When he graduated from junior high school, he had already established his life goals, so this idea should have sprouted before then. His dream of having such a thing was definitely influenced by the red brick hospital.Ever since he was in elementary school, whenever he wanted to think about problems or hesitated about something, he would take a walk in the yard of the red brick hospital.Gradually, he became interested in the hospital, longing for the figure of a doctor who is full of energy and striding forward.

In addition to this simple longing, there is another reason, which is to join the upper class society.Brave writers can't be called rich, and if they want to rise to the upper class in one go, becoming a doctor is undoubtedly a feasible path. When Yusaku said this dream, his father's eyes sparkled.He said: "Don't give up on this dream! You must become a doctor! And not a half-doctor, but a great doctor of medicine. You will get the Nobel Prize, which makes me happy." After his father died, Yong Zuo found out that his father also wanted to be a doctor.He found several medical books in his father's old bookcase.

However, Yusaku's dream did not come true, and ironically he embarked on the exact same path as his father. Today, he came to Tonghe Medical University as a policeman, and he felt a bitter taste in his heart when he saw all the students here striding forward. "What are you in a daze for?" Oda said to him.This man is burly and often gives people a sense of oppression when he speaks.Yong Zuo often thought that he probably wanted to be a policeman since he was a child. Yuzuo replied "Nothing" and quickened his pace. Tonghe University of Medical Sciences occupies a vast area, the highest building is no more than four floors, and the distance between them is quite far, giving people a very spacious and comfortable impression.The university has a long history, and there are several buildings on campus that are not too much to be called museums.

The school building Yusaku and the others were going to was located quite far from the main road where students used to come and go.It was indeed a rather old building, with vines clinging to the wall like a net. Oda walked into the building without hesitation, and Yusaku followed him upstairs.When Oda called to make an appointment this morning, he seemed to have asked for the exact location of the classroom. After going up to the second floor, Oda stopped in front of the door of the third classroom.A small timetable was pasted in front of the door, with five names listed side by side, and each person's location was indicated by a magnet.Akihiko Kawao's name was at the top of the form, the red magnet was placed in the "research room" grid, and everyone else seemed to be elsewhere.

Oda glanced at his watch, nodded, and knocked on the door.Someone responded immediately, and there was the sound of approaching footsteps.Yusaku clenched his fists nervously. The door opened, and a man in a white robe appeared.Yusaku looked at that face—it was Akihiko Kawao.His face had matured to match his age, but the bushy eyebrows and thin, firm nose remained the same. Oda reported his name, bowed his head and said, "I'm sorry to interrupt you today while you are busy." "It's okay. Please come in, but it's messy inside..." Akihiko opened the door and greeted the two of them to enter, but when he saw Yusaku hiding behind Oda, his voice suddenly stopped.

"Wakura..." Akihiko blurted out. Yong Zuo felt an inexplicable sense of peace of mind. It turned out that he still remembered me. "Long time no see." Yuzuo bowed his head politely. Seeing this, Akihiko should feel that Yuzuo's complexion is not good, and he has lost a lot of weight than before. "You know each other?" Oda asked Yusaku with a surprised face. "Yes, a little friendship, he is my former classmate... How are you?" Akihiko said. "not bad." "So you became a policeman." Akihiko looked Yusaku up and down, showed an understanding expression, and nodded.

"A lot has happened over the years." "I can feel it, let's talk about it first." Akihiko led them to a simple sofa for entertaining guests. Yusaku looked around the room, and there were four desks by the window, probably used by students.There is a screen at the other end of the room, and the opposite seems to be the space used by the assistant teacher Akihiko. The three sat down facing each other, and Oda handed out his business card. "Well, you are...the police department of the First Investigation Section of the Criminal Department." Xiu Huangyan looked at the business card and whispered.

"This is the Wakura Inspection Chief of the Shimadzu Police Station in our jurisdiction." Oda introduced Yusaku in extra detail. "Oh." Akihiko nodded, his eyes seemed to be thinking about the difference in the titles of the two detectives. Yuzuo lowered his head and clenched his teeth.If he could explain it, he would really like to tell Huang Yan how hard he worked to get to where he is today after graduating from high school and entering the police academy. "What a coincidence, I didn't expect that the teacher and He Cang used to be classmates." "Yes." Akihiko replied.

Yusaku lowered his head and opened the notepad. "We have met a lot of people because of our work, but we rarely meet acquaintances. Well, please talk about the past some other day, can we get to the point?" Oda asked tactfully. "Well, please tell me." "Excuse me. Then, I think you should know about this—" After Oda briefly explained the case, he asked a few questions about the crossbow, confirming how Naoaki got the crossbow and when it was kept in the study inside.Akihiko's answer almost agrees with the findings of the survey. "Was the collection, including the crossbow, made public on the night of July 7?"

"Exactly." "Has anyone at the time or since expressed any serious interest in that bow, like asking questions about the accuracy of the bow or whether it can kill people?" Akihiko frowned slightly. "That sounds scary." "I'm sorry, because something scary happened." Oda bowed his head slightly. "As far as I know, no." Akihiko replied, "After all, relatives are only interested in valuable works of art." "Indeed, leaving aside the value of heritage, it is only natural that people's interest is focused on beautiful paintings compared to insignificant weapon collections." Oda followed his words.

"No, please don't use that kind of kind explanation." Akihiko said in a slightly cold tone, "Although I don't intend to speak ill of my relatives, their desires are so deep that we cannot take them lightly." "Oh?" Oda leaned forward slightly, "From what you said, the property of Mr. Sugai who was killed seems not to be underestimated. After this homicide, there will be an heir to his property, right?" "To be honest, there should be a lot of people who are secretly happy." Akihiko said in a very official tone without changing his face, "The heirs of the property are his wife and three children. Maybe the wife's natal family and the two daughters' in-laws are Started to think about how the money is being used. There are also relatives who are devastated by investment failures. For those people, this inheritance is like a comeback home run, right? Of course, I can’t because of this Let’s just say what happened to Mr. Sugai. The police should have investigated this kind of thing, right?” "No, this aspect has not been investigated clearly." Oda scratched his nose in a panic, "Speaking of inheritance, have you thought of anything else? You are the son of the former president of Gua, and you should have heard a lot about Mr. Sugai. matter." "Unfortunately, no." Akihiko replied unceremoniously, "If I intend to inherit the company, my father will tell me many things, but as you can see, I have entered another field, so I don't know about him." "Probably." Oda nodded regretfully, then forced a smile and said, "By the way, the crossbow used for the attack was stolen from the mansion, which should not be wrong. We have something to ask everyone Those who know this bow confirm..." "Alibi?" Oda stammered, and Akihiko seemed to sense what he wanted to say, and asked straight to the point. "Exactly. Can you tell me where were you between 12:00 noon and 1:00 pm yesterday? This is just a routine. As long as there is no doubt, we won't cause you any trouble, and we won't tell anyone else." "It's okay to tell, please wait a moment." Akihiko stood up and returned with a blue notepad. "Yesterday at noon, I had lunch here and ordered a delivery package from a store called 'Wei Fu' next to the university." Akihiko said the phone number and address of that store. Oda jotted it down quickly, asking, "Was anyone with you at lunch?" "Well, students come and go, I don't remember." "Anyone calling?" "No." "Did you go anywhere else this morning?" "No, I stayed here yesterday. The conference is about to be held, and I'm busy writing my thesis." Akihiko rolled up his sleeves, looked down at his watch, as if to say: So I don't have time to waste time with you. "Stay alone after lunch?" "No, the students will be back at one o'clock." "One o'clock?" Oda tapped the notepad twice with his fingertips, and said, "I see, thank you for accepting our inquiry in your busy schedule." He got up quickly. "I hope it will be helpful to your investigation." Akihiko was about to stand up when Yusaku said, "I read in a magazine that since UR Electric was founded, there have been two internal factions opposing each other—the Guasheng faction and the Subai faction. The report is very interesting. It is said that both sides are looking for opportunities to annex each other, what is the reality? Also, what is the current situation?" Hearing this question, Akihiko sat upright again.Oda didn't sit down, Yusaku couldn't see his expression, but he could imagine it. "The confrontation still exists." Probably because Yong used his words respectfully, Akihiko replied in his tone, "However, this situation will soon become history, after all, there is no successor for the Guarang faction. In this way, there will be no difference between the two factions. There is room for struggle." "However, the two families have experienced ups and downs together. Is there any emotional entanglement between you?" Yong Zuo expressed his thoughts. Akihiko raised his eyebrows.Yusaku heard Oda's dry cough above his head. "Let me just answer 'that's not the case', although you may be dissatisfied." After Akihiko finished speaking, he got up without waiting for Yuu to answer, as if expressing his inner displeasure. Yuzuo didn't intend to ask any more questions.He stood up, met Oda's eyes, and saw the gritted teeth expression on his face. Akihiko opened the door for them, Oda said "Excuse me" and went out first.Yusaku then walked past Akihiko. "There will be a period later." Akihiko said to him. Yong Zuo saluted silently. "You may be rude because you are a classmate with him, but if you ask questions like this without authorization, it will cause me trouble." When leaving the laboratory and walking in the corridor, Oda said angrily, "He is not a fuel-efficient lamp. , and may meet him often in the future. If you annoy the other party at the beginning, it will be difficult to take over Suke." "He's not the type to get angry over such a trivial matter." Yong Zuo replied. "So you are testing how familiar you two are? Since you are so familiar, you should have let me know in advance. When you suddenly said that, I was in a mess." "I thought he didn't remember me." The two came to the stairs they had walked up the stairs just now, but Oda stopped and leaned against the wall instead of going downstairs.Yuzuo immediately understood and stood side by side with him. The surroundings were silent, and the air was mixed with the smell of various medicines, as if seeping into the wall.Think bravely, this is the atmosphere of the medical department.He closed his eyes and took two deep breaths.This is the world of Akihiko Guasheng, which is completely different from where he is.Whether water, air or people are different. Yusaku recalled the scene when the two met just now.Some things are the same as before in the old enemy who has not seen for many years, but some things are completely different from before. Yusaku thought, what does Akihiko think of himself? When he said "you became a policeman", there was no scorn in his eyes.Yuzuo is not surprised by this.Akihiko seemed to be saying: "So there is such a possibility." "What am I to him?" Yusaku murmured in his heart, a young man who looked like a student walked up the stairs, his immature face wearing gold-rimmed glasses was incongruous with the white robe on his body.The man glanced at them suspiciously and walked down the corridor.Oda followed him, and Yusaku followed suit. Oda patted the man on the shoulder, and the man turned around in surprise, with a look of horror in his eyes.Oda showed his ID, pointed to the laboratory where Akihiko Kuwao was located, and asked, "Which laboratory are you a student?" The young man's mouth opened and closed, as if about to say "yes".Oda grabbed his wrist and came to the stairwell. The student called himself Suzuki. "Where did you have lunch yesterday?" Oda asked. Suzuki's eyes widened, and he replied, "The school cafeteria." "you alone?" "No, with the students in the laboratory." "Mr. Guasheng didn't go with you?" "No. We have classes in the morning, so we went directly to the school cafeteria without going back to the laboratory. This is always the case on Wednesdays. Teacher Guasheng probably ordered takeaway." He and Gua Sheng were doing research in the same research room, so he was very familiar with Gua's habits. "According to what you said, Teacher Guasheng stayed in the research room alone? What time did everyone come back after eating?" "Closer. We always play tennis until then, and he's probably alone for a while." "Didn't students go back to the lab during the lunch break?" "I don't think so." "Thank you very much." Oda nodded in thanks.Suzuki was still suspicious in the end. "He doesn't have an alibi," Yusaku said after leaving the school building. "The clerk at the set meal restaurant has seen him. If there is an alibi, you have to go there and ask the clerk to find out." Weifu is a popular restaurant located near the main entrance of the university, with a large red noren curtain hanging at the entrance.The two went in and asked, the clerk remembered that he had taken the order for Gua Sheng yesterday, and asked him to deliver the set meal to the research room after noon yesterday.Gua Sheng himself was the one who accepted the set meal, and he paid for the meal at that time. "Can you recall exactly when the package was delivered to the laboratory?" Oda asked. The young clerk with pimples all over his face thought for a moment, clapped his hands and replied, "Twelve twenty, you can't be wrong." "It's really accurate." Yusaku said. "Well. I think the teacher called around twelve o'clock. He asked me at the time that it would be delivered in a few minutes. I replied about twenty to twenty-five twelve, and he said he would be studying If you’re not in the room, leave your things at the door. I ran while looking at my watch, and it should be about 12:20 when I arrive.” Think bravely, this request is really strange.He tentatively asked, "Does Teacher Guasheng often ask for that?" The clerk tilted his head and said, "Well, it seems that such a request is rarely made." "Is he in a hurry to eat?" "I don't think it's urgent. If it is urgent, he should order A package." "Package A?" "There are two types of set meal, A and B. He asked me how many minutes it would take to prepare set meal. I said that set meal A should be ready in about ten minutes. Set meal B is Kabayaki, so it will take a little longer. The teacher said he wants set meal B." "Hmm..." Yuzuo nodded, but there was a feeling in his heart that he couldn't let go of. "So, Mr. Guasheng was in the laboratory at that time?" Oda asked. "Yes, so I handed him the package directly." "What time are you going to get the cutlery back?" "Let's think about it, it should be around two o'clock." The clerk replied. After thanking the clerk and walking out of Weifu, Yusaku said: "This is not an alibi. It takes about 20 minutes to drive from here to the cemetery of Zhensen Temple. Counting from the time when Sugai Masaaki went jogging, the arrival The cemetery should be around 12:40, so we can barely catch up." "It's true from the numbers, but it's actually impossible. Masaki Sugai may have arrived at the scene of the murder earlier than usual, and the murderer would have to arrive at the scene to ambush at half past twelve at the latest," Oda said in a low voice. This is the most correct opinion.However, what the clerk said just now made Yuzuo very sad.Akihiko Guasheng confirmed the delivery time of the package, and asked the clerk to leave the package at the door if no one received it. Yong Zuo thought, assuming that the case was done by him, the reason why he confirmed the time was not to make people think that he was in the laboratory at 12:20? But if the takeaway was delivered later than the agreed time, he would have to wait in Get out before receiving.Could it be that he thought of this and asked the clerk to leave the package at the door if he was not there? But there should be a better way to create a clearer proof of absence. Just when Yusaku was puzzled, the clerk's words sounded in his mind-"Set B is Kabayaki, it will take a little time." Kabayaki? Yuzuo stopped. Oda took another two or three steps, and then stopped to look back at him. "what happened to you?" "It's nothing..." Yusaku shook his head, looked up at the tall Oda, and said, "Excuse me, can you please go back to the police station first? I think I have something to do." Hearing this, Oda clearly wrote his displeasure on his face. "What do you want to do secretly by yourself?" "What I'm going to do has nothing to do with this murder." "Oh?" Oda wriggled his mouth weirdly like chewing gum, then looked down at Yusaku with his sunken eyeballs, "It doesn't matter, please don't make it too late!" "I know." After confirming that Oda had disappeared, Yusaku stood beside the road and watched the traffic flow.A yellow taxi came oncoming, he saw that it was empty, raised his hand to stop it, and immediately told the driver where to go. The driver replaced the "Empty" sign with "Passenger." "Where should the home of the president of UR Electric be located?" "Well, the former president's house is over there." "It's okay to go near the big house?" "Yes." Yuzuo replied.