Chapter 36 chapter 2

Sayama rubbed his face, his palms glistened with oil.My head is itchy.There is only a small heater in the spacious conference room, but the body temperature of the investigators makes people feel hot.Sayama stretched his arms and let out a low moan.Yet no one asked him: Soon, the bell rang for the end of get off work.The person facing the desk started to wrap up in a hurry, while the person on the phone and negotiating with the client said, "What's the matter with you?" Because you don't have to ask.Besides, he wasn't the only one who groaned. Regarding the murders of Nishina Naoki and Hashimoto Atsuji, the progress of the investigation can be said to be at a loss.Because little conclusive evidence has emerged.Finding out that Hashimoto's car seems to be used to transport Nishina's body is a big gain, but the key person Hashimoto is dead, and it is impossible to expect to be able to further clarify the case.

As for the murder of Yasuko Amamiya, it was the same situation.It was not possible to determine whether she died by suicide or homicide.Many investigators have suggested that she may have committed suicide after killing Nishina and Hashimoto, thinking that she could not escape the law, but no evidence has emerged to support this inference. Because Yasuko was pregnant, the child in her stomach had a blood type incompatibility with the two people who were killed. Therefore, some people believed that her death might have nothing to do with the series of murders.And no one can categorically refute these two opinions.

However, the police have obtained some interesting information about Kang Zi's girlhood.Her high school classmates, who work in Tokyo, came forward when they learned of her death.The high school classmate knew that Yasuko hadn't told her college buddy what contained the reason for her parents' divorce. "She's a poor girl," said the high school classmate, weeping. However, these contents also had to make Sayama frown, doubting whether it would help clarify the murder case.What the investigating authorities want to know is Yasuko's present, not his past. It has been about three weeks since the first murder occurred, and in a word, nothing has been gained.

Sayama's corpse relay theory is also in a state of bottleneck.Even if Hashimoto picked up the corpse in Atsugi, Sayama raised his hand and surrendered when asked who carried it before Atsugi.Based on the reason that Sue Yong was in Nagoya that day, Sayama believed that he was the most suspected, but he couldn't find the key vehicle, so it was just empty talk on paper.Besides, assuming this is the case, Sue Yong is not the main culprit. Sayama made tea for himself, took out another teacup by the way, and walked to Taniguchi with two teacups.Taniguchi just hung up the phone.As soon as Sayama put the teacup in front of him, Taniguchi thanked him, "Oh, I'm sorry." There was a little tiredness in his voice.

"Can't you investigate the cars of the relevant people one by one?" Sayama asked, and Taniguchi, who had brought the teacup to his mouth, stopped what he was doing.But he didn't look at his subordinates, just shook his head. "No." After saying that, he sipped his tea. "Sure enough." Sayama also took a sip.For him, it's not a must. "Shouldn't you give up on the relay? Someone drove Hashimoto's car and transported the corpse from Osaka to Tokyo. I think it's more reasonable to think this way." "And about the receipt."

"Is that piece of paper? I don't know when it was a receipt. If I get too attached to this point, I will ignore important things." "Have you heard the phrase 'grab at straws'?" "Of course I've heard that, it's always been like this in our business. But I hope this straw is the result of a lot of hard work, and your approach is called random shooting." "I consider myself very down-to-earth." When Sayama tried to leave Taniguchi, an investigator returned.He said at the beginning: "I have asked for useful information." After speaking, he came to Taniguchi, who was the man who was investigating the pen.

"After some down-to-earth hard work, it seems to be bearing fruit." Taniguchi looked at Sayama and grinned, then turned to the detective. "Where is that store?" "It's in ×× Town, Chofu City, so it's not far from the head office of MM Heavy Industries, about a ten-minute drive. There is a small shop called Kikui Stationery Store. The storefront is only two rooms (about 3.6 meters) wide." "Does that place sell pens?" "Of course there are some for sale, but almost all of them are domestic products. The boss said that they can hardly be sold. Therefore, he seems to remember very clearly the customers who rarely come to buy. This murder has made the fountain pens made by S company a topic. He I remember that there were also sales in my store recently. After checking the invoice, I found that there were indeed pens sold before the murder. He didn't know what to do, so he hesitated for two or three days. Finally, under the persuasion of his daughter, he decided to contact the police. connection."

This kind of information flew in like snowflakes for several days one after another, and the criminal policeman started to investigate one by one.However, that information is not reliable.Almost all of them mistaken the manufacturer of the pen, or the wrong style, and more exaggeratedly mistaken it for a ballpoint pen.The police must thank the general public for their kind assistance, but it is hard to describe in words the hard work of the investigators who are prepared to be busy for nothing. "How about this?" Taniguchi stepped forward. "The finished product must be the same as the murder weapon used to commit the crime. I confirmed the invoice, and the date is the twelfth of last month, so it was the day after Nishina Naoki's body was found, that is, the package was sent to Hashimoto the day before."

"What about the guest's clothes and appearance?" "That's the problem..." The investigator looked at the notepad and said, "The boss said he didn't know the age of the other party, but he seemed to be a rustic Ojisan." "Rustic Ojisan? What the hell is this?" "Yes, in fact, it was the boss's daughter who was in the first year of high school, because the boss was eating dinner." "Then, did the guests come at night?" "Lao Ge's daughter said it was around eight o'clock, because the boss was having dinner at the time, so according to his daughter, she didn't want to meet the guests face to face, so she didn't remember the faces of the guests."

"But she remembers that the other party is a rustic Ojisan?" Sayama said. "Yes. She said: 'The other party is wearing the jacket that Ojisan often wears, and the gold-rimmed glasses are also outdated and strange.' She didn't look at the face, but she looked so carefully at this kind of place. It really belongs to her. " "What's the color of the jacket?" Taniguchi asked. "She doesn't know if it's grey, light blue or light coffee. Either way, it's a dull mid-tone." Sayama always felt that she could remember colors at random, but this is actually the level of human memory.Because she is a little girl in the first year of high school, she can remember this. If it was her father, she should remember even more vaguely.

"Would you like to draw a portrait... Does she remember the outline of the other person's face?" "She said that the other party has an average appearance." "A general appearance?" "She said: In other words, it is neither wide nor narrow, nor round nor long." "To put it simply," Taniguchi frowned, "it's just that she doesn't remember much, right?" "It's a pity. I asked her: 'If I saw him again, would I recognize him?' And she replied: 'Impossible.'" Taniguchi scratched his head, his anxiety was beyond words. "Did the man only buy pens?" "No, and blue ink." Someone moved the chair and there was a "bang".Pen and blue ink, which is exactly the same as the method of killing in that murder case. "A blue ink bottle?" Taniguchi confirmed. "Yes, the man bought two bottles." "Two bottles?" Sayama said aloud.