Chapter 37 Section 37

"Sure enough, it was the father at that time. It must be right. When he was excited, he spoke in exactly the same tone as at that time." After saying this, Kajihara stood up. "Don't you watch it?" Oribe asked. "I don't want to watch it, I just want to hear what the father said, and tell you that there is this show." Oribe said: "Then I won't watch it either." Then he switched the TV screen to the video tape screen. "That Mr. Ayumura... right, why does he want to be on TV?" Oribe was puzzled. "It should have been picked up by people from the TV company. Those people must have told him that we really want to hear the voice of the victim." Kajihara said, "He didn't realize that he had become the laughing stock of everyone."

"He probably just wanted to vent his dissatisfaction with the Juvenile Law..." "It's useless." A sympathetic smile appeared on Kajihara's face, and he walked towards the door, "I'm sorry to disturb your work." "No, I can also change my mood." Oribe said this, but in fact he felt that his mood was heavier. After Kajiwara walked out, Oribe felt that he could not start working immediately, and the voice of Ayumura after the voice change still remained in his ears. Oribe thought again - we can do nothing for him. It has been a long time since Oribe and the female friend he is dating have seen each other.They had a date yesterday.She is twenty-seven years old and works in a law firm.They hadn't seen much of each other since the incident, but he occasionally called her out during meals.

They enjoy a short date in a restaurant late at night.Usually they don't talk about work, but the matter of Changfeng Shigeki became the topic of their chat last night - because the news of finding the homestay where Changfeng Shigeki lived before was broadcast on TV several times. "Today people in our office are discussing how long he will be sentenced." She stopped holding the fork, she said.The so-called him of course refers to Changfeng. "How long do you think?" Oribe asked.He cares. "Everyone's opinion is different, but everyone thinks that if you are arrested now, you should not be sentenced to a very long sentence. If you surrender yourself, it will be shorter. They also said that the sentence can be suspended during the trial. But because it is not I know the actual situation very well, so I can't say for sure, but killing Atsuya Banzaki, he probably did it on a whim."

"That's what the reports say." "You mean it's not actually?" "No, I can't talk about such things casually." Oribe smiled wryly, "You should understand!" She nodded.She knows the secrets of the investigation, and even those close to her can't tell them. "The lawyers seem to think that the suspect Nagamine killed Banzaki on impulse. The murder weapon he used was still left at the scene, and because he watched the video tape, it is very reasonable that the assailant would be furious when the assailant appeared. Although it is too cruel to cut the corpse into pieces, it can be seen as because he is red-eyed, and it can also prove how angry he is that his daughter was tortured to death in that way, and he has no feeling at all that he wants to cover up The fact that he committed a crime deserves sympathy."

"Even if the general public still sympathizes with him, for me I feel the same way, but I can't say it out loud." "However, if he has completed another revenge later, the situation will be different." "That's premeditated murder." "Even if his motives are worthy of sympathy, but there is enough time for him to think about it, if he still does that kind of behavior, from the perspective of law and order in a country, this matter cannot be viewed too leniently. It is too lenient. Sentencing would be tantamount to allowing individual acts of revenge."

Oribe understood that what she said was actually what the legal experts thought.Changfeng's behavior can be said to ignore the existence of the law. "Arresting Chang Feng before he completes his next revenge is actually better for him in terms of results, isn't it?" "If only the punishment is considered," she stared into Oribe's eyes, "but the Nagamine suspect may not have considered that." "Maybe." Oribe asked his girlfriend after saying this, "I probably understand the punishment Changfeng was sentenced to, but what about the boy?"

"Are you talking about the young man who is on the run?" she said. "The lawyers also talked about it. As far as the criminal law is concerned, it is rape and injury. If he is related to Nagamine Ema's death, then If it is the injury to death, the sentence cannot be given lightly. If it is an adult, it should be sentenced to ten years!" "But he's not an adult." "Yes, but because his behavior is too bad, I think it is very likely that he will be handed over to the prosecutor directly in the juvenile court. In this way, he will be sentenced to the same punishment as an adult..."

"But the sentence will be preferential, compared with adults." "In the past, minors were sentenced to 18 years in prison, but it was more favorable. For example, if they should be sentenced to death, they would be sentenced to life imprisonment; if they should be sentenced to life imprisonment, they would be sentenced to 10 to 15 years. imprisonment. If under the age of eighteen—” "Kano... that boy is eighteen years old." "However, if the injury causes death, even an adult will not be sentenced to death or life imprisonment. It is about 10 to 15 years in prison, and minors can be released on parole after three years."

"Three years..." Oribe sighed, "How short!" "How do you feel after hearing this?" She stared at Oribe's face. "What do you mean?" "Do you want to prevent the revenge of the Changfeng suspect in advance?" "Of course." "But after stopping him, the punishment they received was the same as I just said. After listening to the lawyers' conversation, I felt a little empty. Because I can understand how hard you are." "You mean, I can leave this job alone?" "That's not the case, but..." She frowned and brushed aside the bangs that fell to her forehead, "I just feel very empty. Who is the law protecting? I feel very confused."

"My boss told me this, he said: Don't think about anything." "Can lawyers do the same? Wouldn't it be better not to think about anything? Just mechanically refer to previous cases..." Oribe didn't reply.Although she said that she had given up her dream of becoming a lawyer, Oribe knew that she was secretly preparing for the judicial examination. They couldn't talk much after that.After walking out of the restaurant, they took a taxi and left separately. Oribe cuts the screen to the TV again, and lawyer Iwata's face appears on the screen. "In short, to get a juvenile who has committed a crime to stand up again, and absolutely protect the privacy of the person involved. Privacy has nothing to do with crime. It is a dangerous idea to think that there is no need to protect the privacy of guys who do bad things. Because of the invasion of privacy Power is also a crime, so those who do such things are not qualified to criticize the rehabilitation of criminal juveniles. There is another more important thing, that is, no matter how heavy the punishment is, it will have little effect on preventing crime. I sincerely I sympathize with the victim, but what we should think about is how to prevent the same crime from happening in the future. Based on this idea, I have to feel very sorry for the report of this issue of "Focus Weekly", which only wants to attack the perpetrator."

The show seems to have come to an end.After the lawyer finished speaking, the host began to make a summary.The editor-in-chief of the weekly has a serious face.The family members of the victim who should be Ayumura did not appear on the screen. Oribe puts in the video tape and presses the play button.The scene of Banzaki and Kanno raping the girl appears again in no time. Will these two really turn over a new leaf?Oribe was thinking while watching their beast-like behavior.He thought again of the conversation he had with his girlfriend yesterday. Oribe couldn't concentrate anymore.He almost forgot why he had to watch these unpleasant pictures, because when watching these pictures, he just stared blankly at Kanno's evil appearance, and he suddenly came back to his senses after the whole scene switched. Could it be that just now——he quickly rewinds the tape. He pressed the play button again, and the screen began to appear. As before, a girl about fifteen years old was being raped by Kanno and the others.The hat she was wearing was lifted up, her bra was also loosened, and her breasts were completely exposed.As usual, Banzaki grabbed the woman from behind. His lower body seemed to be naked, and he clamped the girl's body with his bare legs, leaving the girl nowhere to hide. This seems to be a room somewhere, but the lights are not turned on.They seem to be using flashlights. Kanno seems to be manipulating the camera with one hand, and cutting open the girl's panties with scissors in the other.And said let's see what's going to show up - that's abominable. Banzaki was laughing.The girl cried and screamed.Her legs seemed to be tied with rope, and her skirt had long been taken off. The lower body of the girl whose panties were cut open with scissors was completely exposed.Kanno moves the camera closer.It should be him who made the deep laugh. Oribe wanted to fast-forward, but held back.Some important clues should be photographed later. "Then it's officially started... It's very noisy, don't scream anymore, or I'll kill you." After Kanno finished speaking in a fierce tone, the screen shook violently.The camera seems to be placed somewhere, and the moment captures the rest of the room. Empty shelves were placed against the wall, and what looked like a poster was pasted on the wall. It was the poster that caught Oribe's attention. He wanted to see clearly, so he stared at the picture, but the camera caught the girl again, and she was completely naked. Oribe hurriedly rewound the tape again and played it again. When the screen was brought to the poster, he pressed the pause button. It looks like a big map is drawn on the poster.Where is that place?I really can't see it.But on that map it says: Shinshu driving map—— About an hour later, Oribe showed Mano and Hisatsuka the tape. "This is different from other tapes. The image of this tape is very dark. I thought they arranged it on purpose..." After saying this, Oribe pressed the play button. Banzaki grabbed the hands of the girl who was completely paralyzed.Then I heard Kanno's voice. "It's too dark, can't it be brighter?" Banzaki replied: "There is no way, because the power is out." Oribe pressed the stop button and looked at his superiors. "Judging from their conversation just now, they should have been in an abandoned building at the time, and when looking carefully at other pictures, sometimes tables and chairs were photographed. However, those are not things that are used by ordinary families, but It’s a kind of folk art with a sense of design.” "Is that in a certain villa?" Mano whispered, "If so, it's not unusual for the power to be cut off. It may be that the owner of the house has applied to the power company to stop the power supply during the period when no one is staying." "I also think there is a possibility, but if it is a private villa, will there be posters for driving in the house?" "Maybe post it, it varies from person to person." "But take a look, that poster is very tattered. No, it's not just the poster, the house feels dusty everywhere. And there's nothing in it, and the shelves are empty. I think if it's a private villa, It shouldn't be like that." "Then what do you think?" Tsukasa asked. Oribe looked directly at his boss's face. "Because there is a map of Shinshu driving, the place should be in Nagano Prefecture. From the inside of the house, it seems to be a place to stay. I think it may be a B&B." "As expected, it's a homestay?" Jiuzuka crossed his arms. "And it's a B&B that is not in business now. I don't know how the two of them found it, but it should be the place they used to rape girls." Hisuka frowned deeply, and he said to Mano beside him: "What do you think? Ah Zhen." "Because Kanno is just a child to put it bluntly," Mano said, "I just realized recently that those two people have no common sense at all. For example, if they need money to live, they only think of hotels. If it is an ordinary hotel, they may not even know how to make a reservation. Don't know. But if you can sneak in, even a child can do it." Tsukasa nodded and stood up. "Look for a homestay in Nagano Prefecture—and it's a closed homestay."