Chapter 28 Section 28

After Nanao finished her breakfast of toast and scrambled eggs, the automatic door opened, and a young man walked in. After scanning the shop, she approached Nanao's table.This person's surname is Kosaka, and he is a newspaper reporter Nanao knows well. "Sorry, the appointment is so early." Nanao apologized. "That's okay." Kosaka ordered coffee from the waitress and sat down. "What's going on? I thought the Imperial Capital Hospital should be very busy right now." "I'll tell you in order. How about that? Did you check for me?"

"It's almost there." Kosaka picked up the kraft paper bag beside him. "It took me a lot of work." "Stop covering it. How much effort would it take you to check the news reported by your newspaper!" Nanao stretched out his hand, but Kosaka didn't mean to give him the thing, but looked at Nanao with prying eyes. "Why do you want to investigate these things at this time? What does it have to do with the case of the Imperial Capital?" "I'll tell you later." "As soon as you get what you want, you can deal with it casually..., the criminal police come here every time, so I won't be fooled." Kosaka smiled maliciously.

Nanao raised the corner of her mouth: "Trust me." "What does Arima Car have to do with this case?" "I don't know yet, and I haven't mentioned it to the above." "So..." Kosaka interrupted, because the coffee was delivered, and he didn't speak again until the waitress left. "It's a solo show again? Is this okay? If there is another problem, I will definitely be transferred this time." Nanao snorted. "Never mind him! I couldn't find a place to settle down, so I was put here." Kosaka didn't say anything, just brought the coffee cup to his lips.All reporters who ran police news knew that Nanao would leave the Metropolitan Police Department sooner or later.

"Give it to me." Nanao reached for the brown paper bag. "President Shimabara is hospitalized, probably in the Imperial Capital Hospital." Nanao resisted the urge to click her tongue. "yes." Kosaka really knew.Thinking about it carefully, this is of course, because it was Kosaka's newspaper that first reported Shimabara's hospitalization. "Could it be, do you think...the target of the prisoner is President Shimabara?" Kosaka asked, staring at Nanao. "How is that possible? What's the point of intimidating the hospital?" "Then, why is Nanao-san interested in the Arima car? You must think it has something to do with it?"

Nanao sighed and lit a cigarette. "As I said just now, I didn't tell the team leader about it." "That's right, because I haven't heard of Mr. Honma's colleagues mentioning it. At present, it is most likely to be reported by the hospital staff internally?" "I think so." "But don't you think there are other possibilities?" Nanao turned to the side, took a deep breath of the cigarette, and then let it out slowly, he felt Kosaka's gaze. "Soichiro Shimabara's surgery seems to be scheduled for Friday. According to the doctor, if everything is normal, there will be no problem with that surgery."

"so?" "What if the real purpose of the prisoner is to obstruct that operation...?" Kosaka grinned. "It's really interesting, but there are doubts in it." "I know. Even if the operation is really blocked, Shimabara may not necessarily die. If Shimabara's life is really to be killed, there is no need to make such a trouble. He is currently hospitalized, there are many opportunities, and there is no reason to threaten the hospital. " "However, Mr. Nanao still can't let go of this idea?" "I have no basis, maybe because I was not assigned to a decent job, so I just imagined it."

Kosaka nodded and pulled out the documents in the paper bag.The corners of the document were bound with staples. There were two copies in total, and he handed one to Nanao. "Mr. Nanao, you are not good at reading a lot of text, let me give you a general overview." "Why did you suddenly become so kind?" "Because I think it's very interesting. Although there are still many doubts, if it is true, it will be so interesting that it will make everyone's eyes drop." "Don't write yet." "No, it should be said that there is no way to write, and I will only be scolded if I write it now. However, if I see a clue, let me write it, so it's okay? Mr. Honma will definitely talk, but I won't recruit Nanao Mister."

"It's not bad, it's the same anyway." Nanao flipped through the file. "Is that all the accident involving the Arima car?" "A total of six cases. Four cases were confirmed to be caused by that defect, and the remaining two cases are still under investigation. However, it should not be wrong." "What kind of flaw?" "The computer malfunctioned. There was a problem with the IC they used. The reason was not the design itself, but the quality control of the production line. Simply put, the defective product was shipped without being found."

"So what went wrong?" "Arima's recently launched car models are all computerized, and there is almost no direct connection between driving and brakes." "I don't understand at all, what do you mean?" "For example, when driving, don't you have to step on the accelerator, step on the brakes, and turn the steering wheel? These actions are not directly transmitted to various systems, but are first input into the computer with electronic signals, and then the computer transmits commands to each system. Even if the driving technology If it is very poor, the computer will correct the most appropriate movement. In this way, driving becomes very simple, and the ride becomes comfortable and enjoyable. Manufacturers also have the advantages of reducing costs and reducing weight in this regard.”

"And this computer short circuited?" "The problem this time is the wiring system that transmits the action of the accelerator to the engine. Because the problem is here, the computer is messed up. To put it simply, the engine speed is so high that the driver obviously didn't step on the accelerator hard. That is, the phenomenon of speeding up the car. I heard that there are also examples of the opposite." "So that's why," Nanao's eyes fell on the document in his hand, "There are many storm accidents?" "Some of them couldn't start and stopped on the road, because they parked on narrow one-way streets, causing serious traffic jams."

"Is anyone dead or injured?" "Almost all the passengers sitting in the storm car were injured, but fortunately no one was killed. The poor victims were hit by these cars. Although they didn't directly hit the human body, some cars were hit by the side and rolled over. The woman sitting in the front seat is dead, and this is the only one who died." "Are there any details on this victim?" "At the end of the file." Nanao opened the document, and there was a name and address written on it. It was a twenty-five-year-old woman who lived in Kouenji. "What about the compensation?" "Of course I paid. Arima also admitted his mistake." "But the president did not step down." "Because it was later determined that the defective car was caused by the production plant. In terms of the quality control system, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has investigated and found that there is no problem with the production process. After discovering defective products, Arima's handling is considered appropriate. At least it has not been found that the company deliberately concealed mistakes signs." "However, will the victim's family accept it?" "It doesn't mean that the president can accept it when he resigns. I remember that the father of the deceased held a press conference, shedding tears, and calling for the same tragedy not to happen again." Nanao also had an impression of this press conference. "Is this the only case where a major car accident occurred? Did it leave any serious sequelae?" He flipped through the files again. "I haven't got any information about it yet, but car accidents are always car accidents, and maybe some people will have after-effects like the whiplash effect on the neck, but it will take a while to see." "The whiplash effect..." Nanao murmured, putting away the files. "Thank you for helping me a lot." "If you don't mind, please use this." Kosaka put the paper bag on the table. "Mr. Nanao, what are you going to do alone?" "You want help?" "If I can. What is Mr. Sakamoto doing?" "I don't want to bring him into the mix. It's a solo show when you do it alone." Nanao put the documents into the paper bag, said "I'll go first", and then stood up.