Chapter 15 Section 3

After leaving the Yamamori Sports Plaza, I went to Dongzi's company to find her out. "I have something to ask you." I said looking at her face. "Why so suddenly? Did you get nothing in the sports center?" Dongzi smiled wryly. I took out the list I got from Shizuko-san just now and showed it to Touko. "I want you to help me investigate the personal information of Yukihiro Takemoto who died in the accident." When she heard this sentence, her expression immediately became serious. "What does this man's death have to do with the whole thing?"

"I don't know yet, but it always feels a bit suspicious. He was neither a staff member nor a member, but he took this trip; and when the shipwreck, everyone was rescued, but he was the only one who died. These are all Weird." "So you want me to go to this person's hometown to find information?" "That's right." "I see." Dongzi took out a notepad and copied down the address of Yukihiro Takemoto.But even if you find this place, maybe someone else is living here now! "I'll figure it out! No problem, I don't think it will take too much effort."

"I'm really sorry." I really felt sorry for Dongzi. "Then can you listen to my request? Take it as an exchange." "Require?" "Business!" A meaningful smile appeared on Dongzi's face, "After this incident is over, I hope you can write a realistic novel related to this incident." I sigh. "You should know that I'm not good at this type of book, right?" "I know. But this is an opportunity!" "……let me consider it." "Well, please think about it carefully. By the way, what are you going to do today?"

"Actually, I plan to find another person." "Another person?" "A person named Yasuko Furusawa." I pointed to the list that Dongzi still held in his hand, "This one over here. This person is the same as the one named Takemoto, neither a staff member nor a member! Speaking of it He is someone who has nothing to do with the Shansen Group." Dongzi seemed to be pondering my thoughts over and over again, staring at the list and nodding her head two or three times. "Then see when you get back to the apartment and call me again!" "Please!" I said and separated from Dongzi.

After checking a map, I learned that Nakamurabashi on the Seibu Line was the closest station to Furusawa Yasuko's house.I hailed a taxi there and told the driver the address on the list. "That address is probably near here!" After the car drove for about ten minutes, the driver told me while slowing down the speed.I looked out the window and saw the taxi driving down a residential street lined with small houses. "Just park here." I said and got out of the car, but this is where the real problem begins.It stands to reason that if the address on the list is correct, there should be an apartment building next to the national road where I am standing, but I have not seen any similar buildings at all.In its place is a fancy drive-thru burger joint.

Skeptical, I ordered a cheeseburger and iced coffee at the burger joint, and asked her if the burger joint existed this time last year.The female clerk looked blank at first, then smiled again and answered me. "Ah! This place opened three months ago." I swallowed the hamburger, asked where the police station was, and left the store. Inside the police station was a very serious-looking patrolling policeman with a white five-point hair.Patrol cops remember that the burger joint was indeed an apartment building. "Although that apartment is very old, there are still many people living in it! If you go to Matsumoto Real Estate to inquire, the people there should know."

"Matsumoto Real Estate?" "Just to the right of this road going straight." I thanked him and left the police station. In the place where the patrol police said, there is indeed a small building with only three floors-Matsumoto Real Estate.Next to the main entrance on the first floor, there are densely posted vacant house advertisements. "We don't know where all the residents of that apartment have gone!" The young salesman who came out to greet me said impatiently. "Didn't you even leave your contact information?" "No!" It seemed that he didn't even bother to look for it.

"Then may I ask, do you remember a woman named Yasuko Guzawa?" "Yasuko Guzawa?" The young salesman repeated the name again, then let out an "ah" and nodded. "Yes. I only saw it once or twice, so I don't remember much! But she seems to be quite beautiful." "Excuse me, do you know where this person moved?" "I just said that I don't know anymore!" The expression on the young salesman's face was not very happy, but his eyeballs rolled again. "Huh? Wait a minute—" "What's wrong?" "I remember that she seemed to say that she was going abroad. It's just that she didn't tell me herself, but another colleague told me."

"Going abroad..." If this is the case, Yasuko Guze seems to give up on this clue. "She seems to go abroad quite often." The young salesman continued, "It was the same last year, and it seems that she stayed in Australia from the beginning of spring to the end of summer! As a result, the apartment seemed like a temporary place to stay. " From spring to end of summer? The shipwreck happened on August 1st, which is midsummer. "May I ask if this is true?" "what?" "The fact that she was in Australia from spring until the end of summer,"

"Really! She paid all the rent during this period. Oh, but I didn't see it with my own eyes, so maybe she said she was going to Australia or something, but she just went swimming in Chiba Maybe." There was a malicious smile on the young salesman's face. At around eight o'clock that night, Dongzi called.So, I reported to her on the phone that I hadn't found Yasuko Guzawa's apartment, and that she had gone to Australia when the accident happened. "The question is whether it's true or not." After I said a long series of words, Dongzi continued: "Maybe it's like what the person from the real estate agency said, she said she was going to Australia or something, It's a lie. But why she did it, I don't know."

"If she really went to Australia," I said, "who is Yasuko Furusawa who got into the shipwreck?" "..." It seems that the person on the other end of the phone was a little surprised, and I followed in silence. "In short," Dongzi finally broke the silence, "it's just that her whereabouts are unknown." "That's right. By the way, where is your place?" After I finished asking, I got the following answer: "I finally found the hometown of Yukihiro Takemoto. I was still very troubled. If his home is in the mountains in the northeast, What should I do. But I didn’t expect it to be closer than I thought, it’s near Atsugi! I’ll tell you now, remember it!” I copied down the address and phone number she said. "OK, thanks. I'll try my luck later." "It would be great if I could go too, but I've been a little busy recently!" Dongzi said embarrassedly. "I'm fine on my own!" "Is there anything else to do first?" I thought about it, and then asked her to help me arrange a meeting with that man named Feng Sakagami.Feng Sakagami is also one of the people who participated in the trip, and he should be marked as an "actor" on the list. "I see, what an easy task." "Excuse me." I thanked Dongzi and hung up the phone, then picked up the receiver immediately.Next, I dialed the phone number of Yukihiro Takemoto's hometown that I got from Fuyuko just now. "Takemoto family, hello." From the other end of the microphone came the deep voice of a young man.I first reported my name, and then told him that I would like to ask about Mr. Yukihiro. "Is that you?" The man's voice was suddenly full of anger, "The person who has been sneaking around outside our house recently." "what?……" "Have you wandered around our house several times? Sneaky!" "Excuse me, what are you talking about? I only found out your address and phone number today." The man swallowed. "Did I make a mistake? ... I'm so sorry." "Has anything like this happened in your neighborhood lately?" "No, it has nothing to do with you. It's because I'm a little too nervous... May I ask what is your relationship with my brother?" It seems that he should be the younger brother of Mr. Yukihiro. "I have nothing to do with Mr. Yukihiro." I said that I was just a speculative novelist, and because I wanted to write a novel about the shipwreck, I was interviewing everywhere. "Wow, writing a novel. It's really amazing!" I don't know what he thinks is great. "Actually, I want to ask about the accident last year. If possible, I hope to come out and talk about it." "That's no problem, but I have to go to work, so I have to wait until after seven o'clock!" "The rest of the family can too." "There is no other family but me." "Ok……" "When will it be good?" "Well, the sooner the better if possible." "Tomorrow then! How about tomorrow night near Hon-Atsugi Station at 7:30?" "OK, all right." After I asked the name of the cafe in front of the station, I put down the microphone.At this time, what he said just now suddenly resurfaced in my mind. Always sneaking around outside our house? so, what happened?Who exactly?And for what purpose did you investigate Takemoto Yukihiro's hometown?