Chapter 33 Section 8

Five days passed after Yasuko was killed.Today is the twenty-sixth, Thursday.Takuya is in the technical data room, investigating documents.Having said that, there was no literature in particular that he was looking for.When he is tired from work, he often comes here to take a breather.Because it's quiet and there are tables, it's the best place to think about things.No detective came to Takuya yet.It seems that there are criminal police who have appeared beside other relevant people, so it seems that Yasuko's death will not be treated as a suicide hastily.In any case, the police cannot handle the case so hastily.

Alas, but things are going well.Takuya was also satisfied with this.Having said that, things are not over yet.It's unclear who the culprit was who killed Naoki and Hashimoto, but it doesn't seem to be Yasuko. You have to find a way to find out the criminal—when you think about it, you have no time to relax. Takuya was thinking about completely irrelevant things in his head, walking between the data cabinets where the technical reports were kept. The researchers of MM Heavy Industry will write their own research results into reports.This will become the company's assets, but there are hundreds of researchers, if each person submits a few pieces every year, the storage room will be full immediately.All reports are therefore microfilmed and kept in these filing cabinets.

Takuya was walking in a trance, and when he came back to himself, he was actually standing in the area of ​​the robot division.The number of reports in this area has recently increased rapidly, and the best performer should be the development of the second class. Ouch—he looked for the microfilm that was supposed to contain his report.But there alone was empty like a missing tooth.That being said, don't overthink it.Anyone who is an employee of the company can read the materials here.If it is not here now, it means someone borrowed it. Who is watching—?Tuo was also interested in this. He walked into the room where the microfilm reader was placed and saw that there were five readers, and there was only one person operating it, and it was a female employee.Seeing her face, Takuya was surprised.He knew this woman. She was an administrator who used to work in Naoki Nishina's office. Her name was Nakamori Yumi.

Why is she reading my report—?Then he thought of what he heard when he went to the factory in Saitama.I heard that someone called from the head office and asked about the robot that Takuya was in charge of.Could it be that the call was also made by Yumi Nakamori? Takumi approached from behind without being noticed by her.She set some kind of file folder aside and looked at the microfilm as if comparing the contents of the two.From where he is, the contents of the folder are not visible.Takuya hid behind the cabinet, waiting for her to finish the film.Soon, she turned off the switch of the machine, took out the film and put it back in the data cabinet, and the folder seemed to be put into a paper bag beside it.

Takuya quickly walked over and pulled out the folder.The title is "Showa 49th Annual Work Plan".He thought to himself, "What is this?" After he opened the cover, his eyes widened immediately. Fatal accident caused by the assembly robot "Naomi" - first there is a report with this title, which is a copy of the report from the safety section.The rubbings continued to turn the pages, and the newspaper reports, the specifications of the robot "Naomi", etc. were bound together. This is how the same thing?Why on earth is she looking into this—? Takuya heard footsteps approaching, put the folder back, and hid behind the cabinet again.

What is Yuue Nakamori thinking?Why should we investigate that accident now? Takuya tried his best to sort out his confused thoughts.The accident caused by the robot "Naomi" refers to the fatal accident that occurred at the third assembly plant in Saitama last summer.However, that case has been closed as operator negligence. Did someone from the development planning office ask her?But then again, what is that strange folder—? There is no way to explain this.Takuya thought about asking Yumi directly, but felt that doing so would lead to bad results. Perhaps it would be better to investigate that woman a little bit—after thinking for a long time, Takuya finally came to a conclusion.Back in the department, the section chief is gathering the staff.Takuya was also called, and he and his colleagues lined up in front of the section chief's desk.

"I hope you will tell those who are not present after the incident. I heard that the Metropolitan Police Department has widely solicited information about the previous murders." The section chief's voice was lower than usual.He has been watching the murder case so far, but now it seems that he will soon realize that he is a related person. Under the watchful eyes of the class, he read a piece of photocopied paper. "The content is as follows. When the murder of the director of the PeopleSoft Planning Office occurred, the apartment where the director lived seemed to be turned over. The police found ashes of paper in the ashtray. Now I can recognize the words written on the paper. So the police asked us if we had any confidence in our hearts."

Ashes of paper?Takuya thought to himself, what is that?Hashimoto rummaged through Naoki's house, trying to find the joint letter, but he didn't say anything was burned.He should have said that there is nothing that could be evidence of a plan to kill Yasuko. So, did Naoki burn the paper himself? The class leader went on to say: "When the ashes were found, it seemed that only the three English letters A, B, and C could be recognized. It is simply unreasonable to ask people if they have any idea about these three English letters." ABC——Takuya swallowed his saliva, thinking: It's that one.The plan for the attempted murder of Yasuko.That's on Naoki.Before carrying out the plan, he must have burned it in his own home.Takuya gritted his teeth and thought, rather than burn it clean, it would be better if it was crumpled up and thrown into the trash can at the station.

"Uh, but after scientific analysis, there are three characters that are vaguely decipherable. Two of them are Chinese characters, which are 'house' for housing and 'zi' for children." Takuya felt his heart beat hard, and he was sweating coldly, thinking it was dangerous. "屋" should be the "屋" of Nagoya, and "子" is the "子" of Yasuko.Both words are words that appear frequently in the planning book. But what the section chief said next surprised Takuya even more. "The last word is also an English letter. It is D. That is to say, after A, B, and C, D appeared. Anyone who knows the above six words in their hearts, come to me and tell me—"

The tune that leaked from the speakers unknowingly turned into heavy rock.Takuya sat up from the bed, operated the controller, and changed the channel from FM to AM.He originally thought that some station was broadcasting the news, but the only thing that came out was the horrible song of the idol singer.He flipped the switch, feeling himself alone in the dark.This is because the light was not turned on.He came home from work and immediately lay flat.He turned on the stereo switch, but was barely listening. "D... ah." He pondered the meaning of the word.There are only three English letters, A, B, C, used when drawing up the plan to kill Yasuko, but the word D is left in the ashes.He thought to himself: A, B, and C are Naoki Nishina, himself, and Hashimoto respectively—then D is Yasuko?But impossible.Kangzi is Kangzi, and it is for this reason that the police discovered the word "zi".

Takuya thought to himself, there is also the matter of magic.Naoki is good at playing card magic, it should be easy to cheat by drawing playing cards, but he chose the most thankless character A.There is no doubt that Naoki is hiding something, and "D" is one of the things he is hiding.It may be that after Naoki told Takuya about their plan, another plan was drawn up.In that plan, in addition to ABC, D also appeared, but Naoki couldn't tell Takuya about their D's existence. What is Naoki's real plan?Takuya tried to deduce D's mission.Naoki must hide the existence of D from Takuya and the others, so D's mission should have nothing to do with B and C.So will it be related to A?Takuya took a deep breath after thinking about it. Will D's task be to kill Yasuko instead of A?Is it because of this that Naoki did not hesitate to use magic to choose A? Tuo also scratched his head, he vaguely saw something, he almost missed it.When Naoki was planning to murder Yasuko, he decided not to do it himself, but to leave it to D.But the police may not suspect D.Therefore, he decided to use Takuya and Hashimoto to create an alibi.He pretended that he wanted to kill Kang Zi himself, so as not to let the two know about D. But he miscalculated, because Naoki himself was killed by D. Who is D?Takuya tried to recall the faces of many people, the one who couldn't be known about his relationship with Naoki was— Takuya got up from the bed and went to the kitchen to drink water.The tap water is the most reassuring. I have been a little careless for a while, but there should still be people who want their own lives. Is it also D who wants to kill me? ——Takuya gripped the glass tightly.Just then the doorbell rang, and Takuya couldn't help shaking.Who will come to my house now?He put down his glass and looked out through the peephole.Standing outside the door was a criminal policeman, and he had seen this criminal policeman named Sayama before.Takuya slowly unlocked the lock, thinking quickly: Could it be that Yasuko's murder case has been further discovered?Takuya told himself: No, at least the police can't suspect me.He adjusted his breathing and opened the door, Sayama's face was full of smiles. "Sorry to bother you at night." The detective wanted to take something out of his pocket, but Takuya stopped him. "I remember you, you are Mr. Sayama, right? It's so late, what's the matter?" "It's nothing, the thing is like this, I have something to ask you. Is it convenient for you now?" "It's convenient, please come in." Takuya invited him into the room, and then realized that if he was a normal person, he would not invite the criminal police into the room, and he really lost his composure. "This house is not bad. I feel that there is plenty of sunlight. The most important thing is that it is very quiet. Excuse me, did you buy this?" Sayama Detective slightly opened the curtains on the balcony and asked Takuya looking at the night scene through the French windows. "It's rented." Takuya replied, "Office workers can't afford a house." "I feel the same way, living in a cramped rental apartment myself." "By the way, how is the murder investigation going? The atmosphere in the company makes one feel that this matter has come to a conclusion." "Have a conclusion?" Sayama drew the curtains and turned his head in surprise. "What's the meaning?" "Everyone thinks that Ms. Amamiya is the culprit of a series of murders, and finally committed suicide." Takuya said. Sayama nodded slowly, rubbed his neck and said, "It's not impossible. In that case, the police will close the case." "Could it be otherwise?" "No, I don't know." Sayama said, "I can't say anything yet. There are still many shortcomings in the investigation, so I disturb many people like this." "Are there any deficiencies in my investigation?" "No, it's not a deficiency." Sayama took out a gray-black notepad from the inner pocket of his suit jacket, and opened it with a particularly pretentious gesture. "I want to ask again about the 10th of this month. Is this the company you went to Nagoya for business?" "That's right." Takuya nodded slightly reassured.If it happened on that day, no matter what the police asked, he was confident that he would not show his feet. "Actually, I also consulted the section chief of your department about this matter. As far as I know, it seems that Mr. Sueyong asked for a business trip, right? And it was quite impromptu." "It's not too temporary, this kind of thing happens often." "But there was no business relationship between your company and Meixi Koki before that, right? Why did you go on a business trip this time?" Takuya thought to himself, he really is investigating me. "Neisai Koki has been selling products for a long time. We also want to avoid purchasing from fixed companies, so we want to develop new sources of goods. However, companies without actual results are worrying. So this time, I hope that the other party at least proposes research-only products. A quotation for the equipment." In Takuya's own ears, this sentence also felt like nonsense, but Sayama probably didn't have any evidence to judge that it was a lie. "That's how it is, don't stick to the existing policy." He tentatively said in an admiring tone. "Is there something wrong with my alibi?" Takuya asked proactively. "No, no, no," Sayama waved his hand. "It's not like that. It's just that you have to confirm if you have any doubts. Please don't feel uncomfortable." "I don't feel uncomfortable." "Excuse me, I want to ask another question by the way. On the afternoon of the 21st, where did you go out? Last Saturday." Takuya thought to himself, here it is, that is the day he murdered Yasuko. "Basically I'm in this room. After nights, I'm at the convenience store at best. Oh, and the video rental store." Takuya took out a few receipts from the desk drawer, found a receipt from the convenience store, and handed it to Sayama. "I went to buy some simple food. There's a date on it too, right?" "October 20th, 21:50... yes. Are you alone this night?" "Well, yes." Takuya replied with his head upright, although there was no alibi, there was no need to shrink back. "I see. Can I borrow this receipt?" "Okay, please take it and give it to you." Sayama carefully put away the white paper. "I'm sorry to bother you. I just asked some impolite questions." "No," after saying that, Takuya went to the entrance to watch the criminal police.But before Sayama opened the door, he suddenly turned around as if remembering. "Can I ask you another question?" "What's up?" "I want to know Mr. Sueyong's blood type." "Blood type?" Tuoya said as he realized that the criminal police were looking for the father of the child in Yasuko's stomach.Takuya looked at Sayama's face and smiled wryly on purpose. "About Miss Amemiya's pregnancy. I have nothing to do with her." The newspapers of the other day reported her pregnancy in a small section.So Sayama put his hands on his head and grinned shyly. "If you see through it, there is nothing you can do. I'm sorry, but basically I have to consult all relevant people." "But she's dating Hashimoto or Nishina, isn't she? There's no mention of that part in the newspaper." "No, in fact, neither of them is the father of the child. Because of the incompatibility of blood types." Takuya was taken aback.So, is it his child——? "What about blood type incompatibility?" "Before that, please tell me your blood type." Sayama relaxed the muscles at the corners of his mouth, but looked at Takuya with serious eyes.Takuya licked his lips with his tongue, and said as calmly as possible: "Type O." "Type O," Sayama repeated for confirmation, "Are you sure?" "If the company's infirmary didn't lie to me." Takuya said. Sayama smiled on only one cheek, and then said lightly: "Ms. Amamiya's blood type is also O. Mr. Hashimoto and Mr. Nishina Naoki are both type A. But the child's blood type is B type." "Type B..." "Yes, now your suspicion is also eliminated."