Chapter 13 Section 1

Miyuki Shinsato's apartment is very close to the station, and the building itself is still relatively new.Her home is on the fifth floor of the new apartment building. After getting off the elevator, there were several doors facing the corridor, but I soon knew which door was her house.The men, who could be identified as police-related persons at a glance, came in and out there in a serious manner. As I approached her house, a uniformed police officer who looked younger than me immediately came up to me and asked me in a serious tone what I was doing. I also said in a clear tone that was not inferior to him: I called just now, and the people here said that if it is convenient, please ask me to come here.After listening, the other party showed a puzzled expression, and then went into the room.

A handsome middle-aged man with a deep profile came out instead of the uniformed police officer with a stern look.He said he was Tamiya from the First Investigation Division.Judging from the voice, he should be the one who answered the phone just now.Detective Tamiya took me to the open space in front of the stairs. "Oh, writing a mystery novel?" The detective looked at my face as if surprised.There was a little curiosity in his eyes. "The search that will be carried out later, I can't let you see the joke." Since I had a pale face and didn't answer any words, he also recovered his serious expression and asked me questions.

"Have you arranged to meet the deceased at two o'clock this afternoon?" "yes." "Excuse me, what is your relationship with the deceased?" "Friends through my boyfriend." It's not a lie. "So that's how it is." After the policeman finished speaking, he looked at me thoughtfully, "If possible, I would like to ask for that person's name." "His name is Kawazu Masayuki," I replied, "a freelance writer. But he died recently, and he was also killed." Detective Tamiya's fast writing pen stopped suddenly, and then he opened his mouth as if he was yawning. "About that incident?"

"Yeah." I nodded. "Is this like this..." Detective Tamiya's face became very serious, and he bit his lower lip tightly, and nodded deeply two or three times. "So today's date between the two of you is also related to that incident?" "No, actually it's not. Because all the information about Chuanjin's work has been transferred to me. I asked her out to tell her that if there is anything she wants, you can tell me." I prepared it before coming here. The answer came out. "So that's it, the information..." The detective frowned and wrote something in the notepad.

"Besides that, do you have a personal relationship with Miss Niisato Miyuki?" "No, I probably just met at Chuanjin's funeral." "Who made the invitation for today's date?" "I asked her out." "When did this happen?" "Yesterday. I made an appointment with her through an editor I know." I told the detective Dongzi's name and phone number. "I see. Then I will confront this lady named Hagio Toko next." "Um... Excuse me, when was Miss Niisato killed?" I looked at the profile of Tamiya Detective with clear features and asked.

He tilted his head slightly and answered me. "According to the forensic personnel, it seems that it was not long ago, only about two or three hours have passed!" "How was it killed?" "head." "head?" "The back of the head was pounded with a bronze ornament. Would you like to see the scene?" "is it okay?" "This is a special treat!" Forensic personnel and criminal police were busy walking around the house.As if to fill the space left by them, I walked in behind Detective Tamiya. After entering the entrance, there is a living room about the size of twelve stacks of tatami mats, and a bed is placed opposite the living room.There is a glass coffee table in the living room, and a teacup is placed above the coffee table.The kitchen was in the corner of the room, and there were several unwashed dishes piled up in the sink.

The scene in front of me seemed like time had stopped suddenly in daily life. "The person who found the body was a female friend of Ms. Niisato, who seemed to come here to play often. Today, she came in by herself because she saw that the door of the entrance was open. As a result, she was found lying on the bed. The woman My friend is still lying on the bed because of being overly frightened." How pathetic, I murmured to myself. By the time I walked out of the apartment after being questioned by the criminal police, it was already sunset outside.Street lamps with equal spacing on the street were illuminating the road leading to the station. As I was walking along this road, I spotted a telephone booth by the side of the road and turned and walked in.At this time, Dongzi should stay at home.

"Did you ask something?" After hearing my voice, she threw this sentence at the beginning.She probably thinks that I've been chatting with Miyuki Shinsato until now! "She was killed," I said.I can't find the words to describe it in a more euphemistic way. Since she didn't say anything on the other end of the phone, I continued talking. "She was killed. Her head was broken...Because she didn't show up at the time we agreed, I called her home, but the criminal police answered the phone instead of her." "..." "Are you listening?"

After a few seconds, Dongzi said in a low voice, "Yeah." Then she fell silent again.I can see her face in my mind. Finally, her voice came through. "How should I put it... It's really hard to find what I should say at this time!" I think so too. "Are you coming to my house?" I suggested. "I think we have a lot to discuss." "It seems that's right." She muttered in a gloomy voice. An hour later, the two of us faced each other drinking iced bourbon. "The only thing I know is," I started first, "we have never been able to get ahead of the murderer, and the enemy is always one step ahead of us."

"Who is the enemy?" "I have no idea." "Then have you told the police that this incident may have something to do with the shipwreck?" "I didn't say it. Anyway, there is no real evidence to prove that these two things are related, and I want to try my best to solve this problem on my own. In fact, I just casually let go of the reason for dating Miss Xinli The panic is gone." "Yes!" Dongzi felt as if she was thinking about something, her eyes looked into the distance. "In short, I think it is necessary to investigate the shipwreck last year."

After I finished speaking, she put down the glass and said, "I did a little research on that matter before I came here." Then, she took a piece of paper from her briefcase.I looked at it and saw that it was a facsimile of a newspaper.The content in it probably said: Around 8:00 p.m. on August 1st, the yacht belonging to the Shansen Sports Plaza got flooded on the way to Island Y.Among the eleven passengers, ten passengers took a rubber boat and drifted to a nearby uninhabited island, where they were rescued by passing fishing boats the next day.Another passenger was killed when he struck nearby rocks.The deceased was Yukihiro Takemoto (32 years old), a freelancer living in Toshima-ku, Tokyo. "I need to look up what happened at that time! As I said before, among the materials that Kawazu was stolen, I think there should be some secrets about that time." I turned up the temperature of the air conditioner a little , while saying.While we were having a heated discussion, the temperature in the room was already as low as a freezer. "Could it be that the person who wanted to keep that secret killed everyone one by one?" "I don't know. Maybe it's what you said! But, Miyuki Shinsato is someone who wants to keep a secret! And if President Yamamori has anything to do with this matter, he will also want to The one who keeps the secret." "That's true." Dongzi shrugged and said, "Then what kind of specific action do you want to take? If you want to ask someone from the Coastal Security Department, I can help you." "Hmm..." I fell into thought.If something really happened in that accident, and the parties involved kept what happened as a secret, I don't think it would be possible for the public agency to leave any records. "It's better to find the person directly first!" "It means, do you want to see President Yamamori again?" Dongzi said reluctantly. "If you don't have any information in hand, if you just run over to find him like this, you will definitely be prevaricated by him with a few casual words. Let's find other people who participated in this yacht trip first!" "In this case, we have to investigate the other party's name and address first." "That's okay, I've got my direction." After I finished speaking, I pulled out the business card that I kept beside me in advance. It was given to me by Miss Harumura Shitsuko when we went to the sports center two days ago.