Chapter 11 Section 11

There are dozens of videotapes in Atsuya Banzaki's room, most of which should be boring things for recording TV programs, but the investigators decided to put all the videotapes in cardboard boxes and take them back.In addition to the VHS tapes, investigators also found several DV cassettes, which were also packed into cardboard boxes.In addition, they also found digital cameras. These videotapes are being played in a room of the Nishiarai Sub-bureau.At the beginning, the investigators who undertook it couldn't restrain their curiosity at all-because they heard that the videotape contained scenes of sexual intercourse between men and women.The responsible personnel perform this task with the mood of watching adult video tapes that are not mosaic, fragrant and exciting.

But they immediately realized that they were completely mistaken. It was indeed a scene of sexual intercourse, but the images that appeared on the screen could not stimulate their curiosity.These images are all brutal, uncomfortable, and inhuman images of rape. None of the investigators who watched the video did not feel nauseated, and most of them could not continue to watch it for more than 30 minutes. It seems that there is no doubt that Atsushi Banzaki has sexually assaulted many girls.Everyone agrees that this fact has absolutely something to do with Banzaki's penis being cut off.

The boy named Motomura who found Banzaki's body was called to the investigation headquarters again.After watching the videotape the police showed him, he shook his head desperately. "I don't know. All I know is that Atsuya and Kaier would flirt with girls and mess with them, but I never got involved. Really, I really don't know." "Hurry up? Is that the boy who appeared on the screen with Banzaki just now?" the detective asked. "That's right, that's fast, that guy is exaggerating. I have nothing to do with them." From Motomura's words, it seems that Atsushi Banzaki will show off to him that he and Kaiji Kanno raped girls together.

On the investigation team side, it is naturally impossible not to pay attention to the whereabouts of Kaiji Kanno.Still, few investigators believe Kanno was responsible for Banzaki's death.Their main opinion is: No matter what the dispute is, Kanno should not use such a brutal method to kill his companions who participated in the rape together. The first thing they thought of was the rape of the victim, or revenge on Banzaki by someone related to the victim.From the clothes that were taken off, it is speculated that the murderer was a man, so it is very likely that he was the father, brother or boyfriend of the girl who was raped.

Of course, there are also people who hold different views.Some people suspect that it is someone who knows Banzaki's misdeeds, deliberately trying to make people mistaken for the murder of the victim.Things like cutting off the penis and taking off the bloody clothes on purpose are just blindfolds. In any case, they must first identify the rape victim.But after all, there are very few victims who report to the police because of this type of crime.Although the personnel in charge of watching the videotape felt unbearable, they still had to confirm whether there were any clues in the videotape that could confirm the identity of the girl, so they could only continue to watch these disgusting images.

A short time later, one of the officers saw a roll of tape, not VHS, but a video cassette.The VHS tapes recording the rape scenes should all be copied from this type of cassette, but it seems that only this volume has not been copied, and the investigators have not found a VHS tape with the same scene. What caught the investigator's attention was nothing but the victim's face.He felt as if he had seen the girl's face somewhere. In front of the house tens of meters away, five cars parked in sequence.Sitting in the last car were Oribe and Mano.The two of them got out of the car and walked slowly while observing the surrounding situation.Although it is a residential area, there are no ordinary pedestrians on the road.It was like this during the day, and it should be more dangerous at night, Oribe thought.

The detectives who got off from other cars also quickly started the next move.About half of the people went around to the back of the room.This is an inevitable action taken in case a suspect might escape. One of the detectives walking in the front stopped and waited for Oribe and the others.This man is called Kawasaki, and Oribe and the others are in a different group. "I'll ring the bell. If anyone answers the door, ask Mr. Mano to answer, so that the other party will be less suspicious. I'm afraid he will ask what's the matter." "I know. Just say that I want to ask about Lingmei." Mano replied impatiently.

"Then I'm counting on you. If he is not at home, search the house according to the plan. After I have roughly checked and think that no one is hiding inside, I will issue an order. Before that, please stand by the entrance. If The suspect is hiding, and if he wants to escape from the entrance, I will trouble you for your support." "I don't think anyone is home anymore." "I think so too, but it's just in case." After saying this, Kawasaki turned around. Mano sighed.Oribe glanced at him and met his eyes. "Then let's go." Mano stepped forward, and Oribe followed behind him.

In front of the two of them was a house with a red roof, which was Nagamine Ema's home.The purpose of Kawasaki and the others is to invite Emo's father, Shigeki Nagamine, to come to the case on his own initiative.He was not arrested because the investigative team was confident they could get him to confess if they brought him to the case. Oribe also knew that strange murders had occurred in the jurisdiction of Nishiarai Branch, but he didn't think it had anything to do with the case they were in charge of.Because the nature of the case was completely different—he thought so. So when he received Jiuzuka's order late last night to go to Nagamine Shigeki's house to monitor, he didn't know what it was for.Even if I asked the reason, the only answer I got was: "I will tell you the details later. In short, keep an eye on Changfeng. If he is not at home, wait until he comes back." That's all.

Oribe continued to monitor Nagamine's house for no apparent reason.At night, the lights were still off in his house, so he knew no one was in the house.This state did not change until this morning when he handed over to other policemen. After the surveillance was over, he was called to the Nishiarai Sub-bureau this time.Mano came too.Oribe was dizzy due to lack of sleep, but the videotape he saw in the dark room drove away all his drowsiness. The girl that Atsuya Banzaki and the others are raping is Nagamine Ema.That face was already seared into Oribe's mind.On the screen, Ema is expressionless.Mano said: Probably because of the drugs and rape that made her mentally broken.

According to Hisatsuka's explanation, another team responsible for the murder of Atsuya Banzaki discovered the tape during the investigation.Originally, I wanted to show Changfeng Shigeki and ask him to confirm whether it belonged to his daughter, but for some reason I couldn't contact him.After they asked the nearby police station to visit Changfeng's house, they found that he didn't seem to be at home.So an order was issued to ask Oribe, who was already familiar with the local situation, to monitor Nagamine's house. Changfeng asked for leave from the company, and the supervisor received the call the night before Banzaki was killed.The investigation headquarters of the Nishiarai Branch believed that there was a high possibility that Nagamine had killed Banzaki, so they went to his office to confiscate all his things for fingerprinting.It turned out to be an exact match with the fingerprint on the kitchen knife that killed Banzaki. At this moment, Changfeng Shigeki turned from the family of the victim whose daughter was killed to an important person in the murder case. "Sure enough, Mr. Nagamine killed Banzaki, right?" Oribe asked Mano in a low voice while walking. "Changfeng 'Mr.'? Well, I still need to add an honorific title." From this sentence, it can be seen that Mano thinks Changfeng is the murderer. "It might be an understatement to say that, but—" "Then stop talking." Mano interrupted Oribe, looking ahead. Oribe glanced at the senior's profile, then stopped talking.He originally wanted to say - I can understand Changfeng Shigeki's mood. The scenes of Nagamine Ema being violated are only recorded on the cassette used by the camera.Why wasn't Banzaki copied to the VHS tape like usual? The assumption that "Nagamine Ema is dead, so I don't have time to think about it" can be established.But investigators found the VHS tape's wrapping cellophane and leftover label stickers in the room's trash can.In addition, the box of the videotape was left beside the bed. So Banzaki should have copied the scene of sexually assaulting Nagamine Ema into a VHS tape.So why can't I find the tape? Most likely, Changfeng Shigeki took it away. After he sneaked into Banzaki's room, he saw the videotape that had been copied.After watching the videotape, he waited for Banzaki to come back. It is also possible that Banzaki came back just at this time, so he succeeded in revenge.He knew that he would be suspected, so he left the blood-stained clothes at the scene, and did not wipe off the fingerprints on the kitchen knife.He was probably already mentally prepared to be caught.Even so, he still couldn't leave the tape at the scene. Even if it was evidence, he absolutely didn't want so many people, including the police, to see the scene of his daughter being abused. Just thinking about his mood made Oribe's chest ache terribly.Oribe had also seen photos of Banzaki's corpse, but he felt that he should be killed like that.No, he could imagine that even if Changfeng did such a thing, he might not be able to calm down. In front of Nagamine's house, Kawasaki was talking with people from the same group.A little far away from them stood a thin middle-aged woman.She is a relative of Shigeki Nagamine, and was brought here as a witness to the house search.There was a mixture of fear and confusion on her face.Oribe thought to himself: It's no wonder that he was the poorest relative in the world before, but now he has become a murder suspect. "I'm going to ring the bell." Kawasaki pressed the bell. A bell rang inside the house, but there was no response from the intercom.Kawasaki pushed the button one more time and still had the same result. "Now I'm going to search." After saying this, he took out a piece of data from his pocket, which was the search ticket.He showed the information to the relative. "Can you accompany me in?" "Oh, good." She nodded nervously. "Because there is no backup key, we have to pick the door lock of the entrance. Is this okay? After searching, we will lock the door in another way." "Uh... that, I see." After Kawasaki gave an order, the members of the special team began to pry open the lock of the entrance door.Within a minute, the door opened. Kawasaki walked in front, and several policemen followed behind.Oribe and Mano were waiting outside the house. "The car is still parked at home..." Mano looked down at the simple garage next to him.There was a dark blue domestic car parked there. "Where did Mr. Changfeng go?" "Who knows. It would be great if he really went somewhere." Mano looked at his watch, "The people inside didn't make a lot of noise, it means he's not at home." "Did you think he might be hiding at home?" "I didn't think he would hide at home. I just wanted to know if he would be found at home." "I found——" Oribe understood what Mano meant when he said that.The old bird detective is saying that Changfeng Shigeki may surrender himself.When Oribe looked up at the room, a detective poked his head out from the entrance. "Please come in." He said unnaturally to Oribe and the others, and disappeared immediately. "Looking at his expression, he probably didn't find anything." Mano whispered. As soon as he entered the house, Kawasaki just happened to come down the stairs in the front. "I ran away. Changfeng's bedroom is on the second floor, and there are signs of going on a trip." Mano walked up the stairs.There are two rooms on the second floor, the doors of the rooms are open, and the criminal police have just entered and exited. One of them is a Western-style room about 12 stacks in size, with two single beds in it, which may be a couple's bedroom.There was only one bed with a thin sheet on it with clothes and towels etc and sweaters that weren't appropriate for the season. Oribe also looked at the next room.There is a small bed and desk inside, posters of male idols are posted on the wall, and an English dictionary is placed on the desk. Shigeki Nagamine should plan to keep the room as it is now—oribe suddenly thought so. After walking to the first floor, they saw the criminal police rummaging through the living room.The female relative probably felt that she could not hinder them, so she stood in the corner. "What are you looking for?" Oribe asked Kawasaki. "Bullets." Kawasaki replied while searching under the TV cabinet. "bullet?" "What bullet?" Mano asked. Kawasaki stood up and looked at the female relative. "She said there used to be a shotgun here, but now it's gone," he said, pointing at the top of the TV cabinet.