Chapter 38 Section 8

Zhimei and Dianzi didn't know the truth, they hurriedly checked out and rushed out of the hotel, and got into a taxi.The call came from Police Officer Hashimoto, who only said that the prisoner had been caught and told them to come back to the apartment immediately.However, there was no mention of the specific circumstances of the case and the situation of the prisoners. The two came near the apartment and found that the surrounding scene was very lively, with several police cars parked on the side of the road.The two separated to watch the excitement and the crowd squeezed in. Officer Hashimoto greeted him: "Ah, it's really hard work for you two. I have to come here early in the morning."

"Mr. Police Officer, what is this..." Chimi asks, and the officer cuts her off by holding out his hand. "Please listen to my explanation. That Sakurai has already confessed that he killed a woman." "Sakurai...who is it?" "It's the man who lives next door to the Yamashita couple." "Ah, is that person? Who is the woman he killed?" "It's Ms. Horiuchi Akiyo." Zhimei only let out an "ah", and then couldn't speak anymore, and Dianzi on the side also froze on the spot. "Let's go inside and talk."

The officer pointed upstairs with his thumb. The three of them walked into the room, only to see Changzhang sitting at the kitchen table, and several police officers in navy blue uniforms were busy walking around inside. "what happened?" Dianzi asked Changzhang. "Our house seems to be the scene of a murder." "what!" "Let's sit down and talk." the officer urged.Tomomi and Dianzi sat down, while the police officer stood aside and began to tell the ins and outs of the incident. The incident happened on that Friday.Sakurai heard the sound of Noriko going out, mistakenly thought that there was no one in the room, and sneaked in.

"Why did he sneak into my house?" "Well, it's because he took a fancy to those butterfly specimens. Sakurai also likes butterflies very much. According to his confession, since he saw your husband's collection when you moved, he has always planned to get them. One Thinking that these treasures are only separated from him by a wall, this guy can't even sleep peacefully." "Probably because my collection is really different." Changzhang said it painfully, but Zhimei clearly saw his nostrils fluttering triumphantly. "Then how did he get in? I locked the door before going out."

"Well, it's because when the guy went to the real estate company to pay the rent, he took advantage of the boss's eyes and stole the spare key of your house." "The boss did tell us about the missing spare key, and I asked him to make a new one for us." Zhimei also remembered what the boss told her. "In short, when Sakurai was picking out the butterfly specimens hanging on the wall, Ms. Horiuchi Akiyo suddenly came out of the bedroom. Sakurai was frightened, fearing that her yelling would be heard by the neighbors, so she strangled her to death. This kind of cowardly person often commits crimes in panic and fear."

The officer said it as if nothing had happened, but Tomomi still felt the cold sweat under her armpits. "The matter has come to this point, Sakurai has long been unable to take care of the butterfly specimens. He is busy disposing of the corpse and has to create an alibi for himself. At this moment, the letter and the photo caught his attention." At that time, the letter was on the dining table, and the photo was on the low table.After he read the letter through, he put it in his pocket along with the photo.Sakurai, who has never met Noriko, mistakenly takes Akiyo in the photo for Noriko.

"Sakurai managed to move the body out, and drove to Saikawa that night, and buried the body under the Saichuan Dam. The police are currently conducting a search, and I believe the truth will come to light soon. The next day, the guy went to a friend's house to play, By the way, he mailed the letter. He naively thought that in this way, he could mislead the police into thinking that the victim was still alive on the day the letter was sent, so that he could find an alibi for himself who was visiting friends.” "That's a ridiculous idea. If it's true that Noriko is missing, I'll report it to the police on Friday."

"But according to Sakurai, he seldom sees the male master of the Yamashita family coming home, so he feels that his consideration is foolproof." "It's all your fault. You always come back in the middle of the night." Facing Dianzi's accusation, Changzhang murmured in a low voice: "That's right." "The above is the whole story of the incident. It sounds simple, but if there is a mistake in any link, the case may never be solved. For Sakurai, sending this letter was really a fatal mistake. " The police officer briefly concluded and closed the notepad.

"Excuse me, how did the police suspect Kami Sakurai?" Tomomi asked, Officer Hashimoto nodded, and explained: "We found that in addition to the fingerprints of the three of you and Ms. Akiyo Horiuchi, there are some fingerprints of unknown origin in the photo. That's why I asked you who gave the photo last night. People have seen it. After listening to your words, we took Sakurai's fingerprints from the door handle and private car, and they matched the strange fingerprints on the letter paper and photos. So we confronted Sakurai early this morning, and the guy immediately Confessed everything."

The police officer scratched his head and said again: "This time I successfully solved the case, I really want to thank everyone for your cooperation. In addition, I would like to ask you to see if there is anything missing in the house. Sakurai said that he didn't take anything." "OK." Changzhang got up from his chair and went into the room to check the butterfly specimens. "Madam Yamashita, please check if there are any valuables missing from the house." Dianzi straightened up with a displeased face: "The jewelry box in my house is barely worth a little money."

"Wow, really want to see!" Tomomi couldn't help but screamed. A rectangular jewelry box sits on the bedroom dresser.Zhimei thought to herself, she was really careless, she just left it outside so casually.Dianzi seemed to guess what she was thinking, and said, "There is nothing valuable in it." As he spoke, he opened the lid of the box and saw a blank piece of paper inside. "What is this?" Dianzi picked it up to look at it, but dropped something on the ground.Zhimei picked it up and saw that it was a gold ring. "It's that woman's thing." After Dianzi finished speaking, he unfolded the white paper, and saw that it was written with lipstick: "Sorry. Goodbye." "She seems to want to leave before you come back. If she could have left earlier, she would not have been killed." Tomomi said.Dianzi nodded heavily. In the evening of that day, Tomomi took the express train "Shining" at Kanazawa Station, and was going to Nagaoka Station first, and then transferred to the Joetsu Shinkansen to return to Tokyo. "Come back later. I will treat you to dinner next time." Dianzi said through the car window.Changzhang also said at the side: "Next time you come as a guest, we will live in a big house." They seemed unwilling to continue living in the house that was the scene of the murder, saying that they would hurry to find another place tomorrow. . "You must have a good time. If you have any questions, please contact me." "It's all right." Dianzi said a little shyly. The train started, and the two people on the platform gradually disappeared from sight.Jimmy finally let out a sigh of relief. ——This trip to Kanazawa was really turbulent, and I didn’t even have time to appreciate the scenery here.But, it's nothing, I can still come here often in the future. But, at least I should visit Kenrokuen, Tomomi thought.