Chapter 7 Section 7

It's been six days since the night of the fireworks display.Ah Cheng watched TV in his room.He wanted to relieve his boredom, but he didn't even have anyone to talk to.Only then did he realize how lonely he was without Kuaier and Dunye.Which, in turn, was the reason why he couldn't cut off contact with both of them even if he was dissatisfied with them. Another reason why he couldn't go out was that he was afraid of facing people outside. In fact, he walked from home to the nearest station at noon yesterday because he wanted to watch a movie.But when he was standing in front of the ticket vending machine and was about to buy a ticket, the flyer thrown aside almost made him cry out.

It was, of course, a leaflet soliciting information on witnesses of the Nagamine Ema murder case.It looks like it was typed out on a word processor or computer.Ah Cheng doesn't know where it was sent, but it must have been picked up by a passenger and left at this station. The bottom of the leaflet reads: "If you have any clues, please notify the nearest police station, or call any of the following numbers." Then there are three phone numbers written on the bottom.One of them seems to be the Chengdong Branch, and the other two have names written on them. Ah Cheng quickly put the flyer in his pocket and went home.The interest in watching movies has long since disappeared.Unknowingly, he walked faster and faster, and finally ran home at a trot.

He felt as if the whole world was looking for the murderer who abducted the girl the night of the fireworks display.Maybe he was already under suspicion, and the police might find him soon. So Ah Cheng was very afraid of knowing how far the investigation had gone.Even so, he would subconsciously switch the TV channel to news reports.If he didn't read the news that the investigation hadn't made much progress, he wouldn't be able to calm down at all. It's just that the news broadcast after ten o'clock that night not only failed to calm him down, it even made it impossible for him to even sleep.

"According to our understanding, someone witnessed a suspicious vehicle at the station where Nagamine Ema got off that night, and the investigation headquarters has begun to follow the line. It is said that the suspicious car was parked on the side of the road next to the station. There seemed to be two people sitting in the car. Three young men. The investigation headquarters has not announced the type of car, but it is said to be a car model from the early Showa 1950s, and it is likely to be a sedan..." Ah Cheng was stunned for a while after listening to the male anchor's light narration.

was seen-- It should be a matter of course to be seen, he thought.They searched desperately for young girls that night, regardless of what other people thought of them, even Ah Cheng.However, he never dreamed that Kuaier and the others would kill that girl. The car models in the early 1950s were sedans—— Even knowing this, Ah Cheng thought, the police will find out that this is their family's car sooner or later.Although he didn't know the contents of the database handled by the police at all, he could imagine that it would not be too difficult for the police to find out what kind of car the people who lived there drove.

Terrible, he murmured to himself. Ah Cheng's father's Gloria is a 1952 model, and he bought it about three years ago.Rather than buying it, perhaps it should be said that it is more appropriate to receive it.Ah Cheng's father's cousin said they wanted to scrap the car, so they took it and drove it with almost no money.Ah Cheng's father is not a car person, so as long as the car can still move, he doesn't care what kind of car it is.Of course, Cheng is responsible for maintaining the car.He also wanted to drive a Gloria so much that he got a driver's license when he turned eighteen.

Ah Cheng drove around in an old Gloria, and most people nearby knew about it.He lay on the bed and scratched his head violently at the mere thought of whether someone might run and tell the police. At this moment, Ah Cheng's cell phone rang.He flicked it up to pick up the phone, and the caller ID showed Kuaier's number. Yes, he replied slightly nervously. "Is it me, Ah Cheng?" "Well." "What are you doing now?" Quick asked in a low voice. "watch TV." "Did you watch the news?" "Look." "Really?" After a moment of silence, Kuaier said. "You don't think of inexplicable things out of fear, do you?"

"what……" "Like turning yourself in or something. How about it, is there any?" "I haven't thought of that kind of thing, it's just..." "Just what?" Ah Cheng didn't know what to say, he was really scared. "Listen, there are old cars all over the street, and even if the car is seen, it's not a big deal, and there is no evidence that we did it." "However, maybe the police already have a lot of information, but they haven't released it yet. And maybe when we were arresting that girl, someone happened to see it."

"Are you an idiot? If that's the case, the police would have come looking for us a long time ago. What are you afraid of!" Kuai'er looked restless.Although he kept saying not to be afraid, he was also afraid of being arrested.This made Ash even more uneasy. "Listen well, even if the police come to ask you about the car, you must never leak it!" "I just need to answer that I stayed in Totsuya's room that night, okay?" "You bastard! You just want to dispel the police's suspicion of you now! How about dragging us into the water together?"

"But didn't you say that after I drove the car home, I went back to Totsuya's room again?" There was a loud clicking sound on the other end of the phone. "You don't know the phrase "responsiveness?" You said that you were driving alone that day, and then because your father urged you to go home, you drove the car home. Don't involve us, understand? " "Would the police believe that?" "Why don't you believe it? The police will come to you only because of that Gloria. Why are they so suspicious of you when they have nothing to do!"

"It would be nice if that was the case." "If you behave well, you will be fine. Don't be afraid of things over there. And it's your own fault that the car will be seen. Who told you to park the car in such a conspicuous place!" Ah Cheng didn't retort: ​​It's not that you guys said you would stop there!He just gripped the phone tightly. "Where's your dad? Did you see the news?" "I don't know. He's downstairs now, maybe he's seen it." "If he asks about the car, you are absolutely not allowed to say it." "I won't tell." "It's better. If you betray us, I won't forgive you." "understood." "Okay, then I'll call you again." Quickly finished speaking, he hung up the phone. Ah Cheng threw the phone aside and fell on the bed again.What Kuaier said was spinning in his mind. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that what Kuaier said was too optimistic, and the police investigation should not be as sloppy as he said.Ah Cheng didn't think the police would fail to notice that the time when Ah Cheng drove Gloria out that night coincided with the time when Nagamine Ema was taken away. In fact, from the very beginning, Kuaier's proposal was very selfish.In the past, they clearly called Ah Cheng to be their alibi witnesses, but now they may be suspected first when they see Ah Cheng, and they are told that Ah Cheng must not shake them out. Will the detectives come to find me—— Maybe it will come, Ah Cheng thought to himself.Now the police must be printing out lists of owners of older sedans all over Tokyo, no, all over Japan.Maybe they already know the car model, and as long as they lock in the area and surrounding area, it will be easier to search. After the criminal police came, what questions would they ask him?A Cheng thought about it.The first thing to do is to ask him about that night.Kuaier said that Ah Cheng drove the car by himself that night.But before that, almost no one of him drove out to hang out, most of the time he was with Kuai'er and Dun Ye. Assuming that the criminal police went back first that day, they might continue to investigate Ah Cheng's friendship status.In this way, the names of those two people will be found out immediately.Kuaier and Atsuya were notorious in the neighborhood for their bad conduct. Ah Cheng got up from the bed, restless.But what to do?Can I just wait for the criminal police to come to the door?He had no confidence at all that he could stand up to the police's pestering questioning. The best thing to do is surrender yourself, right?If he introspects himself, only he who assisted in kidnapping the girl should not have committed too serious a crime—— Ash shook his head.If you do, the consequences will be even more dire.Although Kuai'er and Atsushi will be arrested, they won't be kept in prison for long as minors.After they come out, they will definitely want revenge, maybe they will really kill themselves. Even if Ah Cheng revealed the truth because of the criminal police's extortion of a confession, the end should be the same.Soon they will not let Ah Cheng go.However, even if he did not confess, once the criminal police suspect Kuaier and the others, they may still think that Ah Cheng was responsible.In short, no matter what, as long as the situation is not as they expected, they will blame Ah Cheng. Just when Ah Cheng was worrying, the doorbell at the entrance rang.Ah Cheng was taken aback, very few people would come to visit late at night, could it be that the police came so soon? He sneaked out of the room, stood on the stairs, bent down and pricked up his ears. Sorry to bother you so late - he was relieved when he heard the voice.It was the voice of the Li Chang that Ah Cheng was very familiar with. He felt cold sweat all over his body.When he returned to the room, the leaflet on the desk caught his attention. He picked it up, and a thought flashed into his mind. Wouldn't it be good to provide information by yourself?He thought, if he called the number on the flyer and said they were suspicious, the police would investigate them.In this way, before the criminal police found him, those two people might have been arrested first. Of course, the two of them will say Ah Cheng's name, so they can only be arrested at that time.After arriving at the police station, Ah Cheng will tell the criminal police that he provided the information, but then he must ask the criminal police not to tell Kuaier and Dunya.If Ah Cheng said it was because he was afraid that they would retaliate, the criminal police should understand. Providing information is tantamount to surrendering, so the possibility of getting a reduced sentence is also high. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the only way to go, Ah Cheng stared at Chuan Jia.The problem is how to tell the police, and where to call.There are three phone numbers printed on the flyer. Be sure to call by hiding the caller's number, he thought, and also, he couldn't answer when asked for his name.If you must answer, use a pseudonym.Phone numbers and addresses, all of them can be randomized. No-- If you go too far, won't the other party not believe you?I heard that when handing out this kind of leaflets, there will be many prank calls.It would be a big loss if it was treated as a prank. There is another thing that makes Ah Cheng very concerned.Are these phone numbers equipped with anti-detection devices?If this is the case, there is no point in calling by hiding the calling number. Ah Cheng decided to use a public phone.And just in case, he wanted to find a phone booth as far away as possible.Never let others hear the content of his call. While looking at the flyer, he wondered if something could go wrong?He always felt that there seemed to be an unexpected trap hidden in it.However, if you want to provide information, you can only call the phone number above. Ah Cheng raised his head and suddenly thought of something. He opened the desk drawer and took out Nagamine Ema's cell phone. Nagamine Ema's home phone number was not listed on the flyer, but it was in her cell phone.The call showing "Dad" must have come from her home. While looking at the pink phone, Ah Cheng began to think about how to provide information to the victim's father.