Chapter 29 Section 4

On Saturday the 21st, it rained from morning till night.Takuya parked the car next to the telephone booth a little far from the apartment, and looked at Yasuko on his way home.Yasuko's house was located on the innermost side of the fourth floor of a five-story apartment building, and Takuya had confirmed that the administrator was not there. The number on the electronic clock was eleven forty, and she was almost coming back.Actually, Takuya wanted to avoid meeting her to carry out the plan, but no matter how he thought about it, it was impossible.In short, I must meet her once. He glanced at the clock, it was eleven forty-two.At this time, headlights appeared ahead.A taxi slowly approached here.As soon as the taxi pulled up in front of the apartment, the door on the left side of the rear seat opened.The interior lights were on, and customers could be seen paying, but their faces could not be seen.The guests got out of the car and quickly opened their umbrellas.It must be Yasuko, she was wearing a gray and black coat, with a paper bag in one hand.She didn't seem to notice Takuya, and walked towards the apartment.

Takuya got out of the car with his luggage and walked into the phone booth.From there you can see the windows of Yasuko's house.He picked up the microphone and stared straight at the window.It feels like time is passing very slowly.Kang Zi's house is on the fourth floor, so she should be able to take the elevator, but where is she now? When Takuya's palms were sweating, the windows of Yasuko's house lit up.Perhaps it was because the dark curtains were drawn that the light was hazy.Takuya inserted the calling card, calmed down, and pressed the number buttons.The dial rang three times, and then I heard Yasuko's voice.

"It's me, Suenaga." Takuya said, feeling Yasuko gasp on the other end of the phone. "What's the matter? Calling so late." "I have something to tell you about the child. I'm near your house. Is it convenient to go to your house now?" After a while, unfortunately Tuo didn't know what was going on in Yasuko's mind. "Can't we talk about it tomorrow?" "No, so I've been waiting for you to come home." "……What's up?" "It's the child's business, the child and our future." There was another silence.Yasuko probably knew that Takuya wanted to kill her, and if that was the case, she would of course take precautions.But even so, Takuya had to try to get into her house.

"Also," Takuya decided to use his trump card, "the matter of Hashimoto and Nishina Naoki." "...do you know what?" Takuya thought quickly, what does this reaction mean?That is, does she know nothing?No, not necessarily. "I see." Takuya said, "So I want to have a good talk with you." After another few seconds of silence, she finally said, "Okay. My door is unlocked, so come in by yourself." "Okay." After speaking, Takuya hung up the phone. Tuoya was careful not to be seen, walked to the door of Yasuko's house, and quietly held the doorknob.The fingertips are pre-applied with adhesive, which makes it inconvenient to turn the doorknob.This is a lot of effort not to leave fingerprints.If wearing gloves, Yasuko will be suspicious.

As she said, the door was unlocked.As soon as he entered the room, Kang Zi sat by the wall and looked at him with wary eyes. "Oh," Takuya said, "It's been a long time since I came to this room, this should be my second visit." "It's the third time." "I see." "Let's sit down and talk first." Kangzi pointed to the sofa opposite the low coffee table with his chin.Takuya locked the door, took off his shoes, and sat down at the place she designated. "I wanted to buy some souvenirs, but I couldn't think of what to buy. So I bought whatever you like."

Tuo also put the liquor bottle and box on the coffee table. "Let's toast with white wine first, can you take out the wine glass?" "Cheers for what?" Kangzi said coldly, "Speak quickly if you have something to say." "Until then, I want to relax." The TV cabinet is next to it.Takuya himself took out two wine glasses from it, then pulled out the corks with a corkscrew, and poured the pale golden liquid into the two wine glasses. "Then, cheers." Takuya picked up his glass. But Kangzi just showed his eyes wanting to see what kind of medicine was sold in his gourd, and didn't reach for the wine glass.

"What's wrong?" he asked. "I quit drinking," she replied deadpan. "Isn't it good for the baby in my womb?" "It's okay to drink a little." But she shook her head and said, "I've been waiting for what you have to say since just now." So Takuya didn't drink, and put the wine glass on the tea table directly. "I'll ask you again, do you mean to take away the child?" "No." "The child's father may not be alive anymore. Hashimoto and Nishina..." Takuya finished speaking, observing her reaction.

Kang Zi lowered his gaze for a moment. "You knew already?" "Well. What do you do if the child belongs to one of them?" So Kang Zi shrugged slightly and sneered with his nose. "You don't need to worry about that kind of thing. You just need to think about what would happen if you were the father of the child." Unable to figure it out, Takuya became anxious.I can't figure out what is going on in her mind. "What if the police knew that the two people killed were your men?" "You mean, you want to tell the police? If you do that—" Yasuko's eyes flickered.

"I know. If you want to say, you will also tell the police about you and me, right? So I am worried instead. Let me ask you, do you have anything on your hands that will reveal things between the three of us? Like Put our names on notepads or something." "Don't worry, I always use the company's internal phone to contact you, right?" "That's good." Takuya really breathed a sigh of relief, "But then again, when I heard that those two people were killed, frankly, I suspected that you did it." "Don't be kidding." She said in a strong tone, "Why did I have to kill those two people? Those two people might want to kill me."

This is a fact!Takuya resisted the urge to speak out, and said, "But the day Naoki Nishina was killed, you asked for leave from the company, right? Are you going to say that it was a pure coincidence?" So Kang Zi first showed a relaxed expression, and then seemed to be hesitating, his eyes kept wandering.But her eyes finally stopped on Takuya's face.She said, "On that day, Mr. Nishina asked me to go to Osaka." "The director wants you to go to Osaka? What are you doing?" Takuya pretended to be surprised and asked stupidly.Takuya knows better than anyone why Naoki asked her to go to Osaka.

"I'm not sure. He said there was something important and he wanted me to go. He also said that it was related to the child in my stomach. So I asked for leave and went to Osaka." "Where is Osaka?" "On the basement floor of Shin-Osaka Station, there is a coffee shop called 'Vidro', and he asked me to wait for him there at five o'clock." It seems Naoki intends to meet her there and drive her to a suitable location for killing her.However, five o'clock was a little early.What is Naoki's plan? "But," said Kangzi, "he didn't come. I waited for two hours." "Yes..." Takuya stared at Yasuko's face.Is she lying, or is she stating the truth?However, this level of acting skills may be a trivial matter for her. "Then the next day, I heard that he had been killed. I was so scared that my heart almost stopped." "Are you completely clueless?" "No, and then Mr. Hashimoto's murder happened, right? I have no idea what's going on here." "But these two things have something in common. If you follow the order, I will be the next one. That's why I feel scared. I came here to look for you. Isn't it really you who is the prisoner?" "I don't have a motive for killing, do I?" Kangzi said, spreading his arms. Takuya looked directly at her face, and she also silently watched Takuya. "Well, never mind," he said. "Looks like we'd better talk about finding the real culprit—by the way, would you like a drink?" "I said, I won't drink." "Do you think I've been poisoned?" As soon as Tuoya said, Yasuko's eyes widened for a moment, and then he shook his head two or three times with an expression of thinking about something. "Yeah, you might kill me too. Although I can't think of a reason for you to kill Mr. Nishina and Mr. Hashimoto." "You can't trust me. So, how about this?" Takuya opened the package that came with the wine.The name of a well-known Japanese confectionary shop is printed on it.Yasuko likes the pastries of this shop very much, especially the dim sum that puts whole plums in jelly. "Wine and Japanese cakes are really a strange combination. It's suspicious, you would actually buy this kind of thing for me." Yasuko showed an inquiring look. "Are you still doubting me? Well, you pick one at random. I'll show you what to eat first." Tuoya said. Yasuko picked one of the eight and handed it to him. Tuoya opened the package, took a bite without hesitation, then looked at her and said, "I usually make a cup of tea for the guests." Yasuko glared at him and got up to go to the kitchen. Takuya saw her preparing the teapot and cups, and said to her back, "Why did you quit your job?" "No reason. I just want to calmly prepare to have a baby, although I feel sorry for you." "I really don't understand you. If I successfully get the property of the Nishina family, you will probably want to ask me for a large amount of alimony, but in this way, you will not be able to have a good home for the rest of your life, okay?" "I'm not interested in getting married." Yasuko poured tea into a cup and brought it over.There was still smoke on the teacup. "Yeah—let's have some snacks." "I don't want to eat now," she said. "You still don't seem to trust me." Takuya smiled wryly, "Oh, forget it. Then, why are you not interested in getting married?" "My dream is to play in the world. The child in my stomach is a wishing mallet, which is used to conjure money that will make my dreams come true. I have been waiting for this opportunity." "Are you a parasite?" Hearing his words, a sneer appeared on the corner of Kang Zi's mouth. "Aren't you a parasite? Stop being pretentious." Takuya didn't reply, picked up the teacup that was no longer smoking, but stopped when he brought it to his mouth. "What's wrong?" Koko asked. "If you think about it carefully, I'm the only one who believes in you unilaterally. It's unreasonable." So she shook her head and said, "Boring." "I can't possibly murder you." "God knows." Takuya pushed the teacup in front of her, and she picked it up with a smile on her face. "I really want you to rise to the top. You know I really do, don't you? If you enter Nishina's house, I will go to heaven with chickens and dogs. In this way, I can stand where the sun shines." Then, she drank the tea she made herself.Seeing this, Takuya picked up his wine glass. "So it's a toast to the sun?" "Well, that's right..." After she put down the teacup, she suddenly widened her eyes, made a gesture of smacking her mouth, then fell down on the sofa and began to moan. Tuo also drank and looked at Yasuko's painful figure.Miraculously, he didn't feel the slightest bit of fear.Because everything is according to plan.After two or three minutes, she stopped moving.After Takuya confirmed this, he stood up slowly, still holding the wine glass in his hand.He tried to shake Yasuko's body with his toes.Yasuko, however, did not respond. "Where am I a parasite? Don't confuse me with you!" Tuoya kicked Yasuko's head, "What is the sun shining?! How can the sun shine on a person like you?! Don't be so stinky!" Tuo also decided to poison Yasuko when Yasuko was not at home. So far it was fine, but the place where potassium cyanate was used made him very troubled.It can be said that he is almost thinking about it.He considered cartons of milk, condiments such as salt or soy sauce, and toothbrushes, but felt that either one had a high chance of failure.I don't know when Yasuko will drink milk. The seasoning depends on what kind of dishes are cooked, and it may greatly reduce the toxins.Even if you put the poison on your toothbrush, you don't know how much of it will enter your body. The point is, it must be the food that Yasuko would eat in front of Takuya.Because Kang Zi was poisoned and died without knowing it, which is a very dangerous thing.If someone had just come to her house at that time, everything would have fallen short. It is also a way to bring the drink or food poisoned in advance as a souvenir.Or let her make coffee and other beverages, and then take the opportunity to poison?However, this is only possible if she is defenseless.Moreover, taking the opportunity to poison is actually very labor-intensive.There are some things that are often inadvertently drunk even by the alert.That is the tea or coffee you make yourself.When thinking of this, Taku also thought of an excellent place to poison. It is the inside of the spout of the teapot.Pour powdered potassium cyanate from the spout in advance, so that it can't be seen from the outside that it has been tampered with.Once the tea leaves are poured into hot water, the potassium cyanate will melt silently.Pour it directly into a teacup, and it will form a poisonous tea with enough concentration to kill. Takuya was sure he would succeed and executed the plan, but he poisoned Yasuko to death. After confirming that Yasuko was dead, he peeled off the adhesive on his fingertips, and the first thing he did was to clean the teapot, teacups and wine glasses. After wiping them clean, he carefully put them back into the TV cabinet without leaving fingerprints.The police probably never dreamed that Kang Zi's death would be related to these devices.Gloves must be worn for subsequent work.Takuya packed the luggage he had brought, and put a glass filled with some water in front of Yasuko. He also wanted to set the plot so that before Kangzi committed suicide, he did some final cleaning—— Takuya went to the dressing table, looking for decorations suitable for embellishing the corpse.Then I found a brooch in the shape of a gold flower on the dressing table.The eight petals are gold with a diamond in the center. You have something quite advanced - Takuya thought to himself, let's put this on the corpse. But after thinking about it, he decided to give up.Maybe Yasuko will wear this to the theater tonight.If the place where she was worn was different, maybe the female staff who went with her would make a big fuss. Don't pay too much attention to detail - he thought, leaving the dresser.He put on his shoes in the hallway and made a final check.He nodded and thought "no problem, no flaws", and then observed the outside through the peephole.Although it was late at night, it would be troublesome if someone discovered it.After making sure no one was there, he opened the door.There is no need to turn off the lights in the house.Probably not many people would commit suicide in the dark. Go out the door and lock it with the backup key.Locks up easily.This backup key was punched yesterday afternoon with the machinery of the sample factory.At lunch yesterday, Takuya approached Yasuko's desk, took out her key from the drawer, made a model with clay, and then used this backup key to sneak into her house while Yasuko was going to the musical, and deactivated it with potassium hydroxide beforehand. poison. As soon as Takuya left the apartment, he returned to his car.Nothing was forgotten.So far, he has never missed a big moment.He started the car engine, stepped on the accelerator, and a smile welled up in his heart as he passed in front of the apartment.