Chapter 29 Section 5

After finishing the questioning of Qiuzi, Komura returned to the scene of the crime. "The possibility of cyanide is very high." Interpol Muto whispered in Komura's ear. "It's mixed in beer. Now we're checking whether it's in a wine bottle or painted on a wine glass." "Have you found the container of cyanide?" After hearing Komura's question, Muto pointed to the trash can by the wall and said, "It was wrapped in a crumpled white paper that was thrown in the trash can, and it has been confirmed by testing." "What about fingerprints on beer bottles and wine glasses?"

"There are three people's fingerprints on the glass. Only Manabe's fingerprints are on the bottle." "Yeah." Komura nodded with his mouth crooked. "Have you contacted Abe Satomo's family?" "Called, but no answer. Call back later." "Where's Abe's luggage?" "here." Muto brought over a navy blue suitcase by the wall, and Komura put on his gloves and flipped through the box lightly.Inside were a few changes of underwear, toiletries, a pocket book, notebooks and pens.The notebook is small, but nothing is written on it.

"It's only for men, Madam didn't come." According to Akiko's testimony, Manabe once said that both the Abe and his wife came to travel. "The front desk clerk also said he hadn't seen his wife," Muto said.Komura nodded slightly. "Abe Satoshi came here by car, right?" "It's a white 'Crown'. It's parked in the parking lot." As he spoke, Muto reached into his inner pocket and took out the car keys. "Very well. Let's go and see." Hearing what Komura said, Muto nodded and walked out of the house, followed by Komura.

The car was parked at the far end of the parking lot.Maybe it had just been washed, and the car was shining brightly. "Nothing big in the car. Just the vehicle inspection, the insurance card, the driver's license—the owner's stuff, of course—and a few cassettes and a map." "What about in the trunk?" "With golf clubs." Muto opened the trunk with the car key.Sure enough, there was a set of brown golf clubs and a shoe box of the same color.Also included are car tools and a tire chain. "Abe Satoshi is really planning to play golf." Komura muttered softly as he thought of a golf course nearby.

"No, I don't think that's the case." Before Komura's voice fell, Muto immediately denied the words of the senior detective. "We also checked Manabe Koichi's car, but he didn't have any preparations for golf." "So, the Manabe couple also came here in a car?" Komura thought he might as well take a look when he came anyway, so the two came to the Manabe couple's Audi, which was parked a few meters away from the "Crown". After checking the car, it was basically the same as Abe's car, and there was nothing special about it. The only difference was that there was Akiko Manabe's driver's license inside, but this didn't explain anything.

After Komura and Muto came out of the parking lot, they did not return to the hotel but went to the street.They were going to visit the restaurant where Manabe said he would meet up with an acquaintance. The restaurant called "OWAITO" is about 100 meters away from the hotel. It is a white building with glass on the side facing the street.The store manager is a man in his thirties with a perm. After Komura explained his purpose, the young store manager called one of the waitresses.It was a girl with a baby face in a black miniskirt. The girl seemed to have forgotten Manabe at first, but when she mentioned a phone call in the middle, she remembered it.

"Oh, it's the uncle in the gray coat. He seemed to be trying to remember something when he answered the phone." "Did he only answer the phone once?" "Yeah, it's a woman, like an aunt's voice." It should be Qiuzi. "Where is that uncle in the gray coat sitting?" "There." The girl pointed to a table near the corner.It was a table for four, and now a couple was sitting. "Was he alone when he came in?" "yes." "Is there no companion?" "this--" The girl ran her hands through her hair, frowning in thought.It felt like she had that look every time she thought about it.

"I don't think so, but..." "Didn't you come? Were you alone all the time?" The girl wrapped her hands around her hair again, with a disturbed expression on her face.At this moment, the store manager standing beside him helped the girl out: "I've always been alone." His tone was very confident. "Are you sure?" Komura asked looking at him. "It can't be wrong. He called within ten minutes or so after he came in, and then went out immediately? How can he have time to meet people?" So Manabe Koichi didn't meet anyone?Is it because the person who made an appointment to meet did not come, or is it because there is no one to meet?

"So, what did he look like when he came in?" Muto interjected, "Mr. Manabe didn't look like he was looking for someone? For example, he stood there and looked around the room." There are indeed such cases.Komura nodded in agreement.If someone has made an appointment to meet here, then when he comes in, he may think that maybe the other party has come first, so he will search all over the room. "What's the situation?" The store manager looked at the waitress.The girl shook her head uncertainly, too. "I don't remember those..." Komura thought there was nothing he could do about it, after all, they had to receive many guests every day.

He turned to the girl again: "Did the man order anything?" "coffee." "Didn't you feel something when he ordered the coffee, and when you went to deliver the coffee? Like keep checking your watch or something." But the girl shook her head confidently: "I don't feel anything special." "Really? There's no way. Thank you." Abe Sachio's wife, that is, Fumiko, came here that night.I did get in touch with her, but it was three or four hours after the incident. Komura met Fumiko at the search headquarters established by the police station under his jurisdiction.It can be imagined that she is really a typical Japanese beauty in ordinary days.On normal days, it's because Fumiko in front of Komura now has red eyes, obviously in a trance.

"This incident is really serious!" As soon as Komura said something, she glared at the criminal police angrily and said, "The criminal is Akiko Manabe. Mr. Police, why haven't you arrested her yet?"