Chapter 14 Suruga Nao no.5

The appearance of this tall criminal policeman did not surprise me much.Originally, I didn't quite believe that such an exaggerated opening statement would be thought up by Kambayashi Miwako alone. "Is it the main character's turn?" I said to Kaga, the words full of sarcasm that he was here a long time ago and now he has not shown up. "I'm just a supporting role, no, I might not even count as a supporting role. You are the main characters." Kaga glanced at all of us and said. "Oh, I see," Kaori Yukizasa said, "Mr. Kaga must be a director, and he wants to improve Miwako's acting skills first."

"I want to tell everyone first that I didn't come here because of this kind of thinking. I just heard that Miwako had something important to tell me, so I came here. To be honest, I don't like this method. It would be more practical to call them one by one to the interrogation room and eliminate them in order." "But I don't like that. I'd love to hear for myself who killed Makoto and for what purpose, instead of letting the police solve the case in a back room." The words of Kamibayashi Miwako slightly stimulated my eardrums and heart.Although it sounds naive and a little self-indulgent, but I can't help but feel a little touched, for that kind of man to do this?

"Regarding this case, the police have almost no concealed information, but it's not that I can't understand Ms. Miwako's mood. That's why I," Kaga coughed, "adopted this somewhat dramatic form." "It's acting," I said. "It's like Agatha Christie's world, where the suspects are brought together and the detective begins to present his reasoning." "In Christie's world, the storyline will be more complicated and there will be more suspects. Maybe you need a long row of stools against the wall in this room to sit on. But now, although there are only three suspects, the murderer It was never easy, and the search was very difficult."

"But you can still lock it in the end, right? Since Mr. Kaga, you have made such a grand appearance." Kaori Yukizasa's tone was full of sarcasm. "How should I say this, there are so many unknowns now." Kaga scratched the back of his head. "I think," Kamibayashi Miwako said, "Mr. Kaga will be able to help me find out the murderer. No, you should have some clues by now. That's why you are willing to come here." "You trust this person very much, but can he bear this trust? This person is not a criminal policeman of the Metropolitan Police Department, but just a regional policeman——Am I right?"

"As you said," Kaga said to Kaori Yukizasa with a smile, "but, Ms. Yukisasa, I am not under control just because I am a regional policeman. Moreover, since Miss Miwako My evaluation is so high, and I will definitely do my best to live up to her trust." After speaking, he approached us, then stopped to observe the faces of the three people in turn, and raised his index finger. "Before that, let me warn you one last time. Please report the murderer who killed Hodaka Makoto as soon as possible, so that it is not impossible to be treated as surrender." "It's still the same as Miwako's proposal just now, let's make a deal?"

"Well, that's exactly what it means." "How is it, you two?" She looked at me and Shen Lin Guihong, "This deal is not bad, for a murderer." I ignored her, took out the cigarette case, and said to everyone, "Can I smoke?", but no one said anything.I picked up a cigarette and lit it.Shen Lin Guihong lowered his head, completely unable to guess what he was thinking. "What a pity, it seems that the transaction failed." Yukisa Kaori said to Kaga. But Kaga didn't seem particularly disappointed, and raised his hand slightly. "No way, let's get started and enter the world of Agatha Christie."

Kaga first reached into the inner pocket of his black suit, took out the police handbook and opened it. "Then let's analyze it from the beginning. The content of the case is as everyone knows. Hotaka Makoto died of poisoning in the middle of the wedding. A hotel attendant witnessed that Hotaka took rhinitis capsules before that. It has been confirmed. It didn't take long for Namioka Junko's body to be found, along with her suicide note, poison, and the poison capsule she injected. Therefore, everyone regards this case as a suicide case planned by her. " "It shouldn't be wrong, I don't understand what you are dissatisfied with?" I said, looking at Miwako, "Although Miss Miwako's point of view just now is worth discussing, in the final analysis it is just a conjecture. The purpose of Namioka Junko's coming here that day is unknown in the end. Maybe she came here to confirm whether the poison given before Friday worked."

"Another point," Kaori Yukisa interrupted, "I also heard from Miwako that Junko Namioka bought that bottle of rhinitis medicine on Friday, right? So Mr. Kaga, you think she doesn't have time to mix drugs, but Did she come here on Friday night?" "Friday night?" Kaga intentionally put on a surprised expression, "Hodaka was at home that night, you mean, she avoided his sight and poisoned her?" "Actually...even if you can't avoid his gaze, there are many ways to do it." Yukisa Kaori was somewhat vague. At this time, Shen Lin Guihong raised his head, "May I interject?"

Please say, Kaga let him speak. "I also heard that Junko Langoka bought the bottle of rhinitis medicine on Friday, but this does not mean that the bottle of medicine must be used as a material for poisoning. Maybe she bought it earlier It is also possible that the same medicine was used, and the poison was infused with that bottle, and mixed into Hotaka's medicine bottle earlier than Friday." "In that case, why did Miss Langoka go to buy rhinitis medicine again on Friday?" "I don't know about that. I don't know what plan Namioka Junko has, because I have never known her before."

"If this statement is true, then it is unreasonable that the bottle of rhinitis medicine she bought on Friday could not be found, and in fact there was no such thing in Namioka's room." "If you haven't found it, you can't say that it doesn't exist." You can feel a bit of confidence on Shenlin Guihong's almost expressionless face.He must have had this look at the symposium on quantum mechanics, I imagine. His reasoning is also reasonable, probably because of this, Kaga was silent for a while.But it didn't take long for him to laugh under his breath, but his eyes were still piercing.

"I haven't said anything yet. Everyone has started to speak out. This trend is very good. Let's keep this momentum. This way we will definitely see the truth." "Are you teasing us?" I said, although I understood that Kaga was deliberately teasing the atmosphere, I forgot to use honorifics for a moment. "Teasing? What a big misunderstanding!" Kaga shook his head sharply, then put his right hand into his trouser pocket.Then, I put the things out of it on the table in front of us. They were some ten-yuan coins, twelve in total. "What are you doing?" I asked him. "It's just a simple math problem. Listen carefully, after the case happened, we immediately recovered the rhinitis medicine from Miwako's bag. There are still nine capsules left in the medicine bottle, and there is no poison in it." He said, Kaga took three of the twelve coins. "Not long before the wedding, Ms. Miwako took one pill out of the bottle and put it in the medicine jar, which means that there were ten pills in the bottle earlier." He put back a coin. "And according to Miwako, before Hodaka handed over the medicine bottle to her, he seems to have mixed coffee with one pill, right? And I heard that he said something like, 'Oh no, the medicine seems to be useless, Obviously just ate it.'” I also clearly remember the scene at that time, Hotaka was still blowing his nose. "That is to say, Hodaka took two pills in a row, so I'll add two more." Kaga put on two more coins, "So it's back to the original twelve pills. And that pill The bottle was originally packed with twelve pills, that is to say, when Hodaka took the first pill, the bottle had just been opened. If Junko Namioka is really the murderer, she must have mixed the poison capsules until the end. It went in an unsealed vial. Is this possible?" "Of course it's possible. Is there any problem?" Yukisa Kaori asked. Kaga turned to her, a calm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.Even though I knew it was a ploy to make us anxious, I still couldn't keep my cool. "The medicine bottle that was just opened was packed in a paper box, but what did Hodaka do with the paper box? Miss Yukisa also told me about this. Before handing over the medicine bottle to Miwako, Hodaka put The packing carton was lost in the wastebasket in the study. The carton was recycled by us and tested." "What conclusion?" I asked him. "Only Hodaka's fingerprints were found on the box, and there was no trace of re-sticking after being opened. From these, it can be concluded that the drug-infused capsules cannot be placed in an unopened medicine bottle. That is to say, Junko Namioka is not the murderer." Kaga stood up with straight chest, looking down at the few of us, "Are there any doubts about this?" No one spoke, and I tried to find holes in his description, but it seemed unassailable. "Then who poisoned it? In order to find out, let's list the possible poisoners first. Needless to say, the first one is Hotaka himself." "Shouldn't that be a suicide case?" Kanbayashi Miwako looked at Kaga with a surprised expression. "I agree, but we must be stricter. In this sense, the second person who can poison, Miwako, your name must also be listed." "How could Miwako be a criminal!" God Lin Guihong spoke. "I said, this matter must be stricter." "But!" "Brother," Kamibayashi Miwako said to her elder brother, "Listen to Mr. Kaga!" Shen Lin Guihong immediately shut his mouth and lowered his head. "Here comes the problem. Except for Hodaka Makoto and Kamibayashi Miwako, who could possibly commit this crime? Looking at the whole process from Hodaka Makoto swallowed the capsule, the range of suspects is naturally locked. .” "It's just the three of us...you mean to say that?" "There is one more person, Ms. Yukisa, the junior in your company, Ms. Nishiguchi Eri, has to be included. Of course, considering all aspects, it can almost be concluded that she has nothing to do with this case." After finishing speaking, he looked at the cases separately. Look at me and Shenlin Guihong, "Do you have any questions here?" I couldn't think of what to say, and I took a few puffs of cigarettes, and the smoke was shortened in an instant, and I snuffed it out in the crystal ashtray inside.Shen Lin Guihong also didn't seem to think of any counterarguments. "Next, let's try to think about poisonous capsules. As you all know, those capsules were originally produced by Namioka Junko. People other than her just got the special medicine of Stinning Nitrate at the same time, And it’s unrealistic to just pour it into rhinitis capsules. Then, how did the murderer get those capsules?” Kaga approached the glass door and reopened the curtain that was just drawn by Kamibayashi Miwako, “ To find out, the mystery of Junko Namioka's suicide must be solved." The criminal policeman stood with his back to the courtyard. Due to the reflection, he couldn't see his expression clearly.This exacerbated my uneasiness, and his purpose should be to achieve this effect. "What you said is really strange. What mystery exists in her suicide?" Judging from her voice, Yukisa Kaori was still calm.Is she confident that she will eventually be cleared of suspicion? "I have a few questions with Mr. Suruga." Kaga looked at me. "Really?" I pretended to be stupid. "First weeds," he said. "Namioka Junko's hair was covered with grass, and after inspection, it was determined that the grass was grown in this garden. It was the same type, and the herbicides used were exactly the same. Science is amazing. , you can learn so much from such a small piece of grass. Then we wondered, why does she have something like that stuck in her hair?" "Because she came here that day, so it was stuck at that time, right? What's so incredible?" Yukisa Kaori's tone began to be a little stiff. "That's sticking to the hair!" Kaga said, "We consulted the weather station, and there was almost no wind that day. In this kind of weather, will the grass stick to the hair? Of course, it is based on the premise of standing in the courtyard." "Who knows, it's not impossible for the withered grass to fly inadvertently." "Although it's hard to imagine, it's true, it's not impossible. But what about the leaflet? It's the one with the suicide note written on the back. It's quite unnatural about this." Kaga turned to look at me. "Didn't I say this before, only I can understand the psychology of people who are about to commit suicide?" I said. Kaga nodded immediately. "You're right, so I'm not going to question things like the posthumous writing on the back of the flyer, the side of the flyer being cut off and so on." "Then what are you questioning?" "A more fundamental question, I told you before, that leaflet is an advertisement for a beauty salon, right? But on that day, this leaflet was not distributed all over Japan. The advertisement that was distributed in the newspaper , only issued in a very small number of areas including this block." I understood what Kaga wanted to express, and I couldn't help sweating from my armpits. "Do you understand what I want to say? The leaflet should not have been distributed to Junko Namioka's residence, but why did it appear in her room?" I tried desperately to stay calm, but nothing but anxiety swirled in my chest. There are so many places of negligence, I think back, a suicide note written in my own hand will be treated as suicide at once-it is because I took it for granted that the paper was placed next to the corpse.I thought that even if it was strange to write on the back of the flyer, as long as the handwriting was consistent, there would be no problem.And the area where the advertising leaflets are distributed has never been considered. "The second point is Junko Namioka's sandals, those white ones." Kaga said, with a calm and irritating tone. "What happened to the sandals?" Yukisa Kaori asked again. "Her pair of sandals, which were left in the room after she took them off, had mud sticking to the soles." "soil?" "Well, it's dirt. I thought it was weird when I saw that the road around her place was covered with asphalt. Even if there was dirt stuck in there, it should have worn off by the time she walked back to the apartment. So we again The composition of the soil was tested." Kaga pointed to the courtyard through the curtain. "The answer is very simple. As we expected, the soil is exactly the same as the composition of the courtyard. What's going on? Why is the soil stuck to her sandals?" Kaga's loud voice was like fists hitting my abdomen one by one, and I was beaten to pieces by him.Sandals, it does seem to be the case. I remembered when I was carrying the body of Junko Namioka, I prepared a corrugated box and put her body in it.It was Hotaka who told me not to help her take off her shoes, and he told me this: "Try to keep the body in its original state. If the police find out that the body has been moved, there will be nothing wrong with stealing it." What a bad idea.It was because she didn't even move her shoes that she brought all the dirt from the scene. "To sum up, we came up with an idea. The place where Namioka Junko died was not his own room, but in this courtyard. He wrote his suicide note here, took poison here, so grass stuck to his hair. But there is one flaw in this reasoning. If the suicide note was written here, what did she use to write it? Of course, the advertisement leaflet can be obtained from the mailbox, but what about the ballpoint pen? The answer is actually in a very unexpected place." He paused for a moment, then continued. "It's a circulation board (a board that is circulated from house to house in order to issue various announcements). When everyone went to eat at the Italian restaurant that day, the resident next door inserted a circulation board in the mailbox. And on that board newspaper Attached is a ballpoint pen for the recipient's signature, and she must have used that pen. We went to the street neighborhood committee to borrow the circulation board. After identification, several fingerprints of Junko Namioka were found on it." Although I have fallen into an extremely unfavorable situation, I also admire the insight of this criminal policeman.What exactly Zhunzi used to write the suicide note, I never thought about it.He also didn't notice the existence of the circulation board at all. "It's a certainty that Namioka Junko committed suicide in the courtyard of this house, and someone moved her body to her room. That's why there's dirt on the sandals. Thinking about it, everything can be explained It worked out. Then, who was the one who moved the corpse? Therefore, the behavior of a person here caught my attention, that is, the person who left the table suddenly during the meal in the restaurant." After hearing Kaga's words, Takahiro Kamibayashi turned his gaze to me.Yukisa Kaori also acted like she just found out about it. I hesitated to speak, although I didn't know what to say, but I opened my mouth before speaking.At this time, the phone on my chest rang. "Excuse me," I said, reaching into the pocket of my suit. When the situation is not good, the phone rings to save your life, but this time it doesn't feel like that at all. The ringtone sounds like music with ominous omens generally.I took out my phone and pressed the call button, put the receiver close to my ear, and answered "Hello".But the phone has been hung up. At this time, Kaga stretched his hand out of the right pocket, and I didn't even notice that he put his hand in the pocket.What he took out from his pocket was a mobile phone, and he was the one who made the call just now. "Actually, we found a very strange thing from Junko Namioka's room. Guess what it is? It's a mobile phone. It's in the pocket of the jacket. The Kikuchi Animal Hospital where Ms. Namioka works recently gave her a mobile phone. , so that she can be contacted in an emergency. And it was that mobile phone that we found in her room." I couldn't help being startled, that is to say, Zhunzi has two mobile phones? "What's so strange about this, isn't it something that should be discovered?" Yukisa Kaori said. "Sorry, I didn't explain it completely. There is nothing wrong with the phone itself. The strange thing is that the phone charger I found together is placed in the corner of the hanger full of clothes." My thoughts became restless. Since there are two mobile phones, there are also two chargers. "But," Kaga said, "this charger is not compatible with the phone we found, that is to say, Ms. Langoka has another phone of another model, so we started looking for that phone. But from According to the details of Ms. Langoka's deposit account and credit account, the phone bill for the mobile phone has not been deducted. That is to say, it is a mobile phone that was applied for in someone else's name. The young woman has a mobile phone registered in someone else's name. It’s self-evident who gave it to her.” "It's Hodaka..." Shen Lin Guihong said to himself. "It's the most reasonable to think so. We immediately investigated in this direction and found the answer easily. Apart from the one mobile phone he used, Hodaka also had another mobile phone, and this mobile phone could not be found anywhere. arrive." I finally figured it out. So this is ah!The charger I took to destroy was used by Zhunzi's hospital for her mobile phone. "Then... you guys should have checked the call records of Hotaka's other phone, right?" "Well, that's right." Kaga nodded, "Even if the phone is destroyed, those records can be found, and they can be accurate to minutes and seconds. The last call from Namioka Junko happened to be That call you got at the restaurant." Various thoughts flashed through my mind, and I finally came to the conclusion that it would be useless to continue to deny it. Although moving the corpse is indeed a violation of the law, if it is combined with the situation at the time, it may not necessarily be sentenced.Although the defense was defeated, Kaga was still far from the truth. I chose to abandon this layer of moat. "As for me," I said, looking up at Kaga's deep face, "I was instructed to do this." "Hodaka instructed?" "That's right." "That's what I guessed." Kaga nodded, "The call is really from Namioka Junko, right?" "She hinted on the phone that she was going to kill herself, so I left halfway and came to see her." "And then found her dead in the courtyard?" "Yes, I immediately called Hodaka, and that guy hurried back. As soon as he saw the corpse, he immediately said, think of a way to move her to his own room. As for why she committed suicide and so on But I don’t care about it at all.” I turned my head and said to Kabayashi Mikazuko who was standing by the door with a livid face, “That guy is this kind of man!” Then I explained the process of moving Junko Namioka, and told them that after putting down the body, I left the apartment immediately. "The above is what I did. Although the time for delaying the discovery of the body needs to be held accountable, this matter has nothing to do with Hodaka's death." I concluded my statement and took another cigarette in my mouth. "As for whether it matters or not, I will explain it next." Kaga said, "The most important part of what you said just now is that you entered the room of Namioka Junko, and you were also close to the poison capsule." I wanted to light a cigarette and rubbed the flint of the lighter, but I failed to light it successfully the first time, and failed the next two times, and finally lit the cigarette the fourth time. Immediately, I glanced at Kaori Yukisasa who was sitting next to me with a stiff expression. After much consideration, I don't think it's necessary to cover up this woman anymore. I slowly took a puff of the cigarette, staring at the white halo of smoke slowly floating in the air, and looked up at Kaga again. "It's not just me, Kaga-san, there is another person who entered that room besides me." Kaga showed a puzzled expression for the first time today, although it was hard to detect. "What's the meaning?" "That's what it means. There was a person who witnessed the whole process of us moving the corpse. She followed us and finally entered Namioka Junko's room. Should that person also be included in the list of suspects?" "Who is this guy?" I hummed and sneered, which was also a bluff. "Looks like I have to say it." Kaga's sharp gaze moved away from me, and finally landed on Yukisa Kaori's face.At this moment, she was looking casually into the distance. "Is that you?" Kaga asked. Yuki Sasakaori took a deep breath, glanced at me, then faced Kaga again, and nodded slightly: "Yes." "That's what happened!" Kaga nodded, and walked towards the window, his figure swaying on the table. Finally, he stopped and asked, "Do you have anything to add to what Suruga said?" "There's nothing to add," she said. "After answering Mr. Suruga's call at the restaurant, Hotaka's appearance was obviously not right. I figured something must have happened, so I came here. Later, I found out that Suruga also Here, two men are moving a large cardboard box towards the outside." "And followed him to the apartment?" "The word tracking is not used accurately. I heard the conversation between the two of them and knew the destination of their boxes. After a while, I took a taxi and drove here. After arriving, I just ran into the two of them after moving. Come out. I went into the room and found the body of Junko Namioka. Not long after, Suruga came back alone." "Haven't you ever thought of calling the police?" Kaga asked. "To be honest," Kaori Yukisa shrugged her shoulders slightly, "I thought at the time that it didn't matter whether I called the police or not. Since Miss Langoka's death is irreversible, it doesn't matter where the death scene is. Besides I also think that if she commits suicide in her own room, she can avoid some unnecessary gossip." At this point, she turned to Kamibayashi Miwako, "I don't want to make your wedding impossible, this is the truth." Kamibayashi Miwako moved her lips slightly, but did not make a sound for a long time. Kaga asked, "Did you notice a medicine bottle with capsules on the table?" Yukisa Kaori hesitated a little, then opened her mouth and said, "Yes, I noticed." "Do you remember the number of capsules in there?" "Remember." "How many grains are there?" "Eight grains." After she finished speaking, she looked at me with a slight smile. "Mr. Suruga, is what Ms. Yukisa said just now correct?" Kaga's eyes turned to me again. "I can't remember." I replied. But, Yukisa Kaori said. "When Suruga saw it, there should be only seven capsules left." Ok?Kaga's eyes widened in surprise, "Why?" "I've already taken one," she said nonchalantly. I looked at her profile, she held her head high and looked fearless. "Take a poison capsule? You?" Kaga raised his index finger and confirmed. "yes." "What did you do with the capsule?" "Here it is, intact." Kaori Yukisasa opened her black bag, took out a folded napkin from inside, spread it out and placed it on the table.It contained a capsule that I was familiar with. "This is the one that was taken away," she said.