Chapter 46 Section 12

At ten o'clock in the evening, Sayama and Shindo were in Toyohashi.Because I was notified that on the morning of November 11, the morning after Nishina Naoki was killed, a male passenger took a taxi from Toyohashi Station to Nagoya.The name of the taxi company is Fengbei Transportation.Sayama and the others were in the office, waiting for the driver who brought the problematic male passenger to return. I heard that the driver was now heading to the Atsumi Peninsula. "Does he still remember? After all, it was nearly a month ago." Xintang stretched his hand over the round stove with a worried expression on his face.

"I can only pray. People in this industry have seen many guests, and their memory cannot be underestimated. It is very worth looking forward to." "Yeah, I'll come to pray too." After Shindo finished speaking, he asked again: "From Toyohashi Station to Nagoya...will it be Suenaga?" "I think it's him. There's no one else but him." Frankly speaking, Sayama bet the key to solving the case on the taxi driver.Because the police found out that the vans of wood processing in the mountains were used to transport the corpses, things went smoothly so far, but the subsequent investigations have been hitting a wall.Especially who is the person who directly killed Naoki? —No clue about that.Sayama re-investigated the alibi of the person involved, but found nothing.Most importantly, it is impossible to infer how wide the scope of relevant people should be extended.

Maybe the culprit was completely outside the scope of the investigation—the relationship between the Nishina family was in dire straits, Yasuko Amamiya was pregnant, Naoki's life experience, and there might be other unexploded bombs besides. Sayama thought to himself, everything will start after Sue Yong is cornered. "It seems to be windy." Xintang rubbed his hands and said.Confetti flies from the window panes, and every time drivers open and close their office doors, a cold wind blows over their feet. "It's already December, and it should be cold just wearing a thin suit jacket. At this time, there is no need to emphasize that you are young." Sayama looked at Xintang, who was arched and trembling, with a wry smile on his face, and put on the jacket he brought with him. coat.

"It's not that I wear less clothes because I love being beautiful. I just don't have the money to buy a coat. After this case is resolved, I'll go to a second-hand clothing store to buy more clothes." After speaking, Xintang sneezed loudly. Perhaps hearing their conversation, the taxi company executive said, "It must be cold." He took out the cold clothes and gave them to Xintang.It was a brown jacket with fur at the neckline. Although it was not fashionable, it did look very warm. "Great, with this, I can wait slowly." Xintang tightened the front of his winter coat, and became round like a tumbler, showing his white teeth.

"The handsome guy who ruined Taniguchi's team." "Whatever you say, if you catch a cold, the loss outweighs the gain." "You look like an uncle in his fifties." Sayama smiled, but immediately suppressed his smile.Because he thought of one thing from Xintang's appearance and what he said just now. "Hey, Shindo. How's the investigation on the customer who bought the pen?" "Not much. Probably haven't had a decent lead since then." "The witness said it was a middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a jacket, right?"

"Ok." "How about the other side? Over at the young man who bought the pen from Hachioji." "The possibility over there is very low, and there should be no detailed investigation. Why did you suddenly bring up such a thing?" "Hmm..." Sayama thought for a long time looking at the scenery outside the window, and then said, "Could the two be the same person?" "Same guy? The man in the jacket and the young man in the hard hat?" "I am a little concerned about one thing." Sayama said: "If according to the current thinking, three people conspired to kill Naoki and move the body. Assuming that Hashimoto's murder was the result of a disagreement between the accomplices, would the prisoner have to kill another accomplice? What? In this way, it is possible for the prisoner to prepare two poisoned pens and send them to two people respectively. As a result, only Hashimoto died."

"From what you said, the man in the jacket bought two bottles of blue ink, right? Maybe the prisoner was worried that buying two pens in one store would impress the people in the store." "The reason why girls in the first grade of high school describe the man in the jacket as Ojisan is purely based on their taste in clothes and glasses. The other party may be a young man." "You mean, is he in disguise?" Xintang had a puzzled expression on his face, but immediately exclaimed in a low voice. "Mr. Sayama, the jacket may be the work clothes of MM Heavy Industries, and the gold-rimmed glasses are the goggles used in the manufacturing site."

Sayama couldn't help but took a deep breath, and said while exhaling, "Young operator." "That's right! If you're an operator, you might be able to enter the warehouse of the heat treatment plant and take out potassium hydroxide." Sayama patted his knee lightly, but so far he has not thought of anyone who fits this reasoning.Starting tomorrow, the young workers around Naoki must be targeted. "Things have become interesting." Sayama felt a new fighting spirit surge in his heart. At ten forty in the evening, the person they were waiting for finally returned.

It was a man named Kawada who was over forty years old.He has a crew cut and a stiff expression, like a wooden doll. He feels like a so-called man with a bold personality. Sayama felt that he was very reliable. Kawada drank a cup of hot tea, and then came to Sayama and the others. Xintang first confirmed the content: "On the day the murder happened, there was a record that you carried that kind of guest, do you have any impression?" Kawada said, "Yes." "That day, right? I remember. I was taking a nap in front of Toyohashi's station. There were very few customers at that time. He surprised me by slapping the windshield to wake me up."

"I heard he went to Nagoya, right?" Shindo asked. "Yes, he said he's going to the station. I think he's going to take the train from Nagoya early in the morning." "Did you talk in the car?" "No, I don't think so." "I heard it was a young man." "He is younger than me, but not a student." At this moment, Sayama winks at Shindo.Xintang expressed understanding with his eyes, and asked: "Do you remember the appearance of that guest?" The driver whispered: "I don't know, I don't have confidence."

"Can you remember the picture?" "Maybe I can think of it, but it's hard to say." Shindo reached into the suit jacket under his winter coat and took out a stack of photos.It was a picture of all kinds of men.Xintang showed Kawada one by one and said, "If you have any impressions, please let me know." The first thing Kawada called to stop was the photo of a rookie detective from the Investigation Section 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department, followed by unknown entertainers, and finally the photo of Sue Yong that he responded to.Sayama jumped for joy and shouted long live. "I think it's this man." He Tian murmured to himself while holding Sueyong's photo, "But... I can't be sure." Sayama wanted him to be sure, but perhaps it was an unreasonable request.But just like this, it can be said that there has been a major harvest. "Does that guest have any characteristics?" Xintang asked after collecting the photos. "Characteristics..." Kawada tilted his head and said, "Ah, by the way, I forgot one important thing." "What's up?" "The scars are in this area." He Tian showed the policemen his left ear, there were stitches under his ear. "I was injured in a car accident when I was young. And that customer, on the contrary to me, had a scar behind his right ear. It was about two centimeters. When he got out of the car, I saw it by accident. I remember thinking: Huh? Contrary to me."