Chapter 12 Section 3

As soon as he arrived at Ogikubo's apartment, Takuya threw himself on the bed without taking off his suit jacket.It's obviously not hot, but the whole body is sweating.Throat was abnormally thirsty and heartbeat was not calm.Takuya self-analyzed, recalling the nervousness of the whole day today, it is no wonder that there is such a physiological reaction. "It's serious," he said to himself, and took off his tie.Returning to Tokyo from Nagoya this afternoon, pretending to enter the company without knowing it, it really caused an uproar in the company.It is only natural that people from the company, and the eldest son of the Nishina family, were killed.However, according to Takuya's plan, it should be Yasuko Amamiya's body that shocked MM Heavy Industries today.But Koko was still alive, and it was Naoki who died, the person who proposed to kill Koko.

It's serious—he murmured again. Takuya tried to recall what happened last night.When moving the corpse in the open space in Atsugi, the surprise at the moment when I found out that it was Naoki's corpse cannot be described in words.Takuya and Hashimoto couldn't move as if they were frozen, and couldn't even make a sound. "When was it dropped?" Hashimoto asked with a stiff face. Tuo didn't know whether it was appropriate to use the description of "dropping bags". "I don't know, at least when I set off from Nagoya, the goods seemed to be wrong."

It is impossible for the corpse to replace itself halfway. "But why did things become like this?" "I don't know." Tuoya shook his head, "Could it be that he... was killed by Yasuko instead of killing someone?" Naoki's murder is scary enough, but the fact that the corpse was wrapped in a blanket and carried into a van is even more chilling. Why did the prisoner do such a thing? After continuing the silence, Takuya finally said, "No way, let's find a place to dump the corpse first." "Let's leave it in this area." Hashimoto said in a trembling voice.

"This is not possible." Takuya concluded, "Although the body has changed into a different person, it is better to transport it back to Tokyo. The police may judge that Naoki returned to Tokyo for some reason, and then he was killed." Thinking about it, this kind of thing can't be expected too much.Based on the estimated time of death, it should be easy to know whether Naoki died in Osaka or Tokyo.The real reason why Takuya moved the body to Tokyo was to stay as far away from Nagoya as possible.However, Hashimoto didn't seem to be aware of this thought in Takuya's mind, and convinced himself in his own way that the corpse must be transported to Tokyo.

"Then, do you still want me to transport the corpse alone?" "Nonsense." Takuya said, "Although the corpses are different, they do the same thing." "But, where should I throw it?" Hashimoto looked like he was about to cry. "The director should have rented an apartment in Komae. If he hides near there, he should be discovered by tomorrow morning." Hashimoto held his head and wailed. "You really shouldn't be involved in this kind of plan. Even if you get fired from the company, it's better than becoming a murderer." Takuya picked up Hashimoto's neckline who spoke in frustration. "Don't complain until now! In short, we have to find a way to deal with it as soon as possible. Stop talking, and move the body away!"

Hashimoto nodded with fear in his eyes, and Takuya let go.It is really worrying that the heavy responsibility of abandoning the corpse must be entrusted to this kind of man.But other than that, there is no other way. "Please, don't get caught. Oops, until then..." Takuya checked Naoki's pocket.The joint signature must be recovered, as well as the paper indicating where the corpse changed hands halfway.But—both sheets were not found.Taku also knew that his face was pale.If it was handed over to a third party, he would be ruined. "This is terrible." Takuya bit his lower lip, "Maybe it was taken away by the prisoner who killed the chief."

"No way..." Hashimoto also had a livid face. "Anyway, we can't waste any more time. Let's go." As soon as Takuya got into the car, he started the engine immediately, then drove the car next to Hashimoto's car, opened the car window and said, "After dumping the corpse, you need to clean the trunk thoroughly. Don't leave any little evidence, lost the highway receipt?" "Ah, this? I'll throw it away right away." Hashimoto picked up the receipt, tore it up and threw it out the car window.Little pieces of paper are flying in the wind.

"Okay, let's go." The two drove forward, all the way south, and Takuya and Hashimoto drove onto the downlink and uplink lanes of the Tomei Expressway respectively. Takuya got off the expressway at the Toyokawa Interchange, then walked south, entered Toyohashi City, passed through Toyokawa, and came to Minatomachi, following the route map drawn by Naoki, walking on the intricate road.When I saw the signboard of wood processing in the mountains and found a garage next to it, I breathed a sigh of relief.After Takuya parked the car in the garage, he walked towards the station.I glanced at my watch, it was just past five in the morning.There were three taxis parked at the taxi stand in front of the station, each driver dozing off with his hat covering his face.Takuya knocked on the windshield to wake up the driver, and quickly got into the car. "To Nagoya." After speaking, he let his body sink into the car seat.

Arriving at the hotel at 6:20, he carefully entered the room without being noticed, and threw his exhausted body on the bed.I thought I wouldn't feel drowsy at first, but I still seemed to take a nap.Takuya was awakened by the ringing of the phone, and glanced at his watch, it was exactly seven o'clock, and it was exactly on time for the counter to wake up. When Takuya straightened his heavy body from the bed, the phone rang like this morning, making his heart pound heavily.He swallowed, then reached for the phone.The call was from Hashimoto.Although I met him in the company today, there was no conversation between the two because there was no chance to speak.

"I was exhausted last night." Hashimoto said at the beginning.His tone was serious, and he was probably just as tired as Takuya—or more tired than Takuya. "You seem to have left the body in the parking lot?" "Well. At first, I wanted the body to sit in the car. I thought it would look like it was attacked in the car, but it was really difficult to do so, so I put the body in the gap between the car and the next car. The body weighed heavily. Gotta die." In Hashimoto's tone, he protested that he was burdened with troubles alone.Takuya could also imagine that it was hard work.But he thought he had no reason to thank him or apologize.

"No one found it?" "Don't worry about that, where are you, Mr. Sueyong?" "It went well. I drove the car back to the superintendent's relative's garage." "That's it. By the way..." Hashimoto waited for a while, and then continued, "Is Yasuko still alive?" "You're alive and kicking." Tuoya responded, "That woman, did you take annual leave yesterday?" "That's right, so she should agree to the director's invitation and go to Osaka." "She was supposed to be killed when she went to Osaka, but did she kill the other party instead?" "It's really hard to imagine." "I didn't expect the head of the office to be so clumsy." "But if that's the case, she should know that we are with the director." Hashimoto was referring to the joint letter. "We'd better be mentally prepared for this." "Hmm. To be honest, before I dumped the body last night, I went into the chief's house to look for a joint signature. I wore gloves, so I didn't have to worry about leaving fingerprints. I was always worried about being discovered by the neighbors next door. In fact, I I wanted to stop doing that, leave the body behind and run away.” At this time Hashimoto made an angry voice again, but Takuya pretended not to hear, urging him to continue. "But you didn't find the co-signed book, did you?" "I didn't find it. I searched through the desk drawers and storage cabinets, but I didn't even see the murder plan. Could it be that the room chief lost it?" "Perhaps the plan was lost. After all, he is a cautious person. That's it, I didn't find the joint letter." "I think it's on the head of the room, so I have to think it was taken by the prisoner." "yes." "What should I do?" Hashimoto made another cowardly voice, making people uneasy. "What else can I do? In short, we have to find out the prisoner who killed the head of the department. Think carefully, if the things are in the hands of the prisoner, there is still hope. The prisoner probably won't be handed over to the police." "Really? Will it be sent anonymously to the police?" "I don't think so. Even if we do that, the prisoner won't get any benefit. And the prisoner should be afraid that the police will use the anonymous letter to find him." "That's fine... Then, how do we find the culprit?" "Temporarily lock on Yasuko, don't take your eyes off her. Anyway, she should know something." "That's right. That's right..." Hashimoto stuttered, and then said, "What should we do after we find out the criminal? Besides, Yasuko's matter has not been resolved yet." Takuya sighed at the speaker, and deliberately said in a perfunctory tone: "Let's think about this matter after we know who the prisoner is." After Takuya hung up the phone, he lay down on the bed again.All kinds of thoughts are running in my head, and I can't concentrate my thoughts for a long time.The matter of Yasuko, the joint letter - assuming that Yasuko was not the one who killed Naoki, why did the prisoner know everyone's murder plan?It is impossible for the prisoner not to know.It was because of knowing that Naoki's body was carried into the van and parked at the agreed place. Did the prisoner know the plan to kill Yasuko from the beginning? Takuya scratched his head, and Hashimoto's question just now came to his mind - what should we do after we find out the prisoner? He thought: There is no other choice.It was just decided a few days ago that in order to protect everyone, I had to kill people. This approach has not changed. When Takuya got out of bed again, the doorbell rang.Before he opened the door, he took a closer look at the peephole, and there were two men standing outside the door, a young man with fierce eyes, and a man who seemed to be a few years older than Takuya. Or... he thought as he opened the door.The older man greeted him the way Takuya wanted. "We are members of the Metropolitan Police Department. Sorry to interrupt you while you are resting. We have something to ask."