Chapter 49 Section 49

The explosion hit the wall and bounced back.At that moment, the surrounding area of ​​Ueno Station was surrounded by silence, only the sound of cars driving on Showa Avenue could be heard. Ah Cheng didn't know what happened, so he stood by the side of the road.The people around him didn't move either.This state lasted for several seconds. "Please let me out, please let me out!" Someone yelled forward, like a criminal policeman. That voice seemed to be a hint, and the surroundings suddenly became noisy. "What's the matter? Has something happened?" "Was it just a gunshot?"

"What's wrong?" Ah Cheng was pushed from behind, because those spectators wanted to see what was going on, so they started to move in front of the station, Ah Cheng was pushed forward by the crowd. He heard someone yelling "Get out of the way!" and whistles, and the siren of a patrol car getting closer. Oribe was still holding the pistol, he couldn't move, he just looked ahead.About ten meters in front of him, his colleagues crouched there, surrounded by a fallen man.There was a lot of blood on the ground. Mano came over and pressed Oribe's hand down. "Put the gun away."

Oribe finally came back to his senses, he quickly put the gun back into his pocket. "Officer Mano, that, Nagbee..." "I don't know yet. In short, you get in the car first. If the criminal policeman who shot the gun remains at the scene, it will be very troublesome." "But……" "Well, do as I say! Your judgment is not wrong." "Officer Mano." Oribe looked at Mano's face, and Mano nodded at him. "Go!" Oribe followed his senior's instructions and was about to leave when he saw a woman.She stood blankly a little away from the human wall.

"What's wrong?" Mano followed Oribe's line of sight. "That woman...the woman in a white shirt and jeans, seems to have seen it somewhere?" "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with that person?" "She yelled at Mr. Changfeng just now, so Changfeng hesitated before shooting. But no matter what I called before, Changfeng ignored me." "Oh, I see, let me ask." Mano moves closer to the woman and talks to her.The woman didn't seem to recover immediately.Oribe saw that Mano seemed to be taking the woman somewhere else, so he turned around and walked up the stairs of the overpass.

His fingers still had the feel of pulling the trigger, and this was the first time he had fired at someone.Although the launch distance was much closer than his usual practice, he didn't think he would hit it.However, at the time, I couldn't think of any other way. "Long bee, stop! Put down the gun!" He warned several times from behind, but Changfeng didn't respond at all.Changfeng's posture holding the shotgun is as still as a mountain, and his firm determination can be felt from his back. If you rush from behind, the distance is too far, and the time to drop is less than a few seconds.If that woman hadn't called Changfeng to stop him, he would have pulled the trigger long ago when Oribe was hesitating!

Oribe was concentrating on holding the gun, and he didn't even have time to aim at his leg. He aimed at the back of Nagamine. That's all Oribe thinks about. Where did the bullet hit?Oribe didn't know.However, Chang Feng's back was dyed bright red, and he clearly remembered how Chang Feng fell down. Oribe looked back from the overpass, and Nagamine was still surrounded by investigators, and then at a little distance, Kanno was escorted into a patrol police car, and he seemed to have no resistance at all. Your judgment is correct—— Is it really?Oribe thought.He shot Nagamine to protect Kanno, is that really right?

Ah Cheng didn't quite understand what the policeman said, so he could only say the same thing over and over again: "So I said I only called twice, and I didn't think I should keep silent, so I called. The reason I didn't give my name was because I was afraid that if I knew it was my whistleblower, it would be wrong for me. revenge." "Then who did you call?" "Didn't I say call the police station? But I didn't ask the other party's name." "Did you read the number on the flyer the first time you called?" "Yes, that's the leaflet I picked up at the station. It says a case of a girl being killed. If you have any information, please call."

"Is it this flyer?" The policeman took out a piece of paper and put it in front of Ah Cheng. "right." "There are three phone numbers here, which one are you calling?" "How many times do you want me to tell you? I said I called the police station." "So which number is it?" "That's it!" Ah Cheng pointed to one of the numbers, "Because it says Chengdong Branch, so I called here." "Really? Could it be that you made a mistake and dialed the number above?" "No, because when the other party answered the phone, he said 'this is the Chengdong Branch', and then I told him that I called because I saw the flyer, and he transferred my call to another place , Then I told the person who answered the phone about Atsuya and Kuaier. So the person asked me to call the cell phone next time, and he told me another phone number."

"Did you write down that number?" "I saved it on my phone first, so the second time I called there. Since I can't use my phone, I use my home phone." "Did you reveal anything during the second fight?" "I said Kuaier might be hiding in an abandoned homestay in Nagano, that's all." "However, the police said that no one answered your call." "I'm telling the truth, why am I lying? I did report, I assisted in the investigation, please believe me." In the interrogation room, Ah Cheng desperately explained.Now that Kuai'er has been arrested, it's not good to make up some bad lies. He feels that it is necessary to correct the little lies he told before.At the same time, he had to insist that he had called the police station to report that the murderers were Kuaier and Dunya.

Ah Cheng thought to himself, Kuai'er would definitely be sent to the juvenile reformatory school, and before he was released from prison, he should leave here quickly and go to a place farther away to find a job. Oribe, who was on vacation, was called out by Mano one day shortly after October.It had been a month since the Nagamine incident, and the two met in the cafe of a hotel in Toyocho. "Sorry, I called you out on vacation." Mano apologized. "It's okay, but why is it in such a high-end place?" Oribe looked up at the crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

"Because the other party lives nearby." "other side?" "Well, there is one more person coming." Mano looked at his watch, "By the way, how is the new working environment?" Oribe smiled wryly. "I've only been there for a week, and I don't know anything yet." "Exactly." Mano smiled. Oribe was transferred to the Edogawa branch, which was a sudden transfer.The superficial reason is purely personnel replenishment, but it cannot be explained that it is related to the shooting on the street.However, apart from this, Oribe did not receive any other punishment.Because judging from the testimonies of most investigators, Oribe's shooting was unavoidable. Mano cast his eyes to the back of Oribe, and Oribe turned his head back.Hisuzuka was slowly approaching, and Oribe stood up. "You two seem to be in good spirits." Hisuzuka sat on the chair, "So which one of you is looking for me?" "It's me, team leader." Hisuzuka shook his hand at Mano. "I'm no longer the team leader, I'm just an ordinary townsman." Hisuzuka submitted his resignation immediately after the Nagamine incident.Although it was inevitable, investigators eventually opened fire and killed the suspect.He thought he should take the responsibility, and his resignation letter was accepted. For the bosses who think that someone should be responsible, this is a good step. "Tanzawa and Kako don't seem to be prosecuted." Mano said, "It's the woman who hid Changfeng last time." "Really?" Tsukasa nodded. "However, part of her testimony is incomprehensible. She said that Changfeng received information from an unidentified informer. Who that is is still a mystery." "Does this mean that your mission has not been completed?" "On this point, Nakai Makoto said something incomprehensible. He said that he had called the investigation headquarters to inform Kanno and Banzaki that they were the ones who took Ema away. This content is consistent with what Nagamine received. The whistleblowing phone calls are very similar.” "Then Nakai is the informer?" "Because we think there is such a possibility, we have launched an investigation on Makoto Nakai, but it should not be him. Nakai later made a second call, saying that he informed Kanno that he was hiding in a closed homestay in Nagano Prefecture. At that time, he called It is said that it was the mobile phone number given to him by the other party when he called the police for the first time. We also tried to investigate that number, and it turned out that the prepaid card that was applied for under a pseudonym seemed to be the last call made by Nakai. The confession should be trustworthy, and the mysterious informer even told Nagamine that Kanno would show up at Ueno Station, but Nakai was being watched by investigators at the time, and there was no chance to make an informant call.” "I see." Hisuzuka took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it with a lighter, and exhaled. "The information that Changfeng received from the informer is very correct, and all of them are at the right time. It is all information that ordinary people will never get, so there is only one possibility." Mano continued, "The informer is related to the police, and He has a deep relationship with the investigation and is a person who can grasp the progress of the investigation. He has received witness information from ordinary citizens and prepared an anonymous mobile phone in advance.” Oribe held his breath, Mano and Hisatsuka glanced at each other, Oribe finally understood what Mano wanted to say.how is this possible?he thought. "The Lingchi murder incident three years ago, the team leader has been brooding over it." Mano said, "After the case is closed, the team leader will go to the victim's parents' house to provide information as much as possible. You said that is all you can do." "Officer Mano." Oribe said, "Do you have any evidence?" Mano shook his head, his eyes fixed on Hisuzuka. "There is no proof, so I may be saying something rude to my former boss." Old God Jiuzuka was smoking a cigarette on the ground, and the rhythm of his movements hardly changed. "What the hell is the police?" Hisuzuka said, "Is it on the side of justice? No, it's just arresting people who broke the law. The police don't protect the citizens. What the police want to protect is the law. To prevent the law from being violated Destruction, running around desperately. But is the law absolutely correct? If it is absolutely correct, why do you have to amend it frequently? The law is not perfect. In order to protect the imperfect law, can the police do whatever they want? Trample Doesn’t it matter what other people’s hearts are?” After talking so much, Hisuzuka smiled, “Although I’ve held a police ID for such a long time, I’ve actually learned nothing.” "I understand the mood of the group leader very well." Mano said, "I don't want to make this matter public, but I just want to ask you about one thing." "What's up?" "Leader... No, do you think what the mysterious informer did was right? Do you think that's justice?" His originally calm face suddenly became serious.But he immediately smiled again. "How should I say this? Because the final outcome is like this, maybe it can't be said to be correct. But if the informer does nothing, what will happen to the result? Will there really be a better result? Kanno and Banzaki was arrested, and after formal punishment, he could return to society immediately, and then they repeated the same thing. One after another, Nagamine Ema would turn into corpses and float on the river. This is happiness end?" Mano couldn't answer.So Hisuzuka looked at Oribe, and Oribe also lowered his head. "Yes, that's right." Hisuzuka said, "None of us can answer. When we face the parents whose children were killed, who can tell them that this is the law, please bear with it!" Mano remained speechless, and Oribe remained silent. Soon after, Hisuzuka stood up. "I will continue to search for the answer in the future. What is the so-called justice? Of course, before this, if you have brought an arrest warrant for this case, that's another matter." The two subordinates silently watched their former boss leave. Mano let out a long sigh after a few minutes. "What happened today—" "I understand." Oribe nodded, "I won't tell anyone, I should say that I can't." Mano smiled wryly and scratched his head. "Let's go." "it is good." As he walked out of the hotel, Mano's cell phone rang.After answering the phone, he said a few words, then looked at Oribe. "I wanted to go eat a bowl of soba noodles with you, but now I have another mission. A housewife was killed in the building." "Is it the young housewife?" "No, it seems to be middle-aged." Mano twitched the corner of his mouth, "Please pray for me that the murderer is not a kid." "I will." Mano jumped into the taxi.After Oribe watched Mano leave, he turned and walked in the opposite direction.