Chapter 47 Section 3

Zhe Lang suddenly remembered something and canceled the interview schedule scheduled for the afternoon. He stopped by the supermarket of the department store, bought pancakes and steamed buns as souvenirs, and asked the clerk to wrap them exquisitely and beautifully. He decided to give pancakes and steamed buns to Tokura Yasuko and Tokura Yoshie respectively.He thought to himself that it would be too careless to give hard pancakes to the elderly Kaede. Akio Togura's house stood quietly in the narrow residential area just like the last time he came.There was no sound in the room, and the other side of the window pane was dark, and it didn't feel like anyone was there.

Zhelang still pressed the doorbell, and soon the door opened, and Tokura Yoshie's frowning face poked out. She opened her mouth like "ah", it seems that she remembers Zhe Lang.He bowed his head and expressed to her that he hoped to ask again about the murder case. "I have nothing more to tell you." She wanted to close the door, but Zhe Lang reached out to stop her. "I have a lot of unconfirmed news in my hand, can you please listen to it?" A hesitant look appeared on Togura Yoshie's face.Zhe Lang stared straight into her eyes. After a few seconds, she nodded slightly.

Same as when Hayata came last time, Zhelang was taken to the Japanese room of more than two square meters. There was a Buddhist altar in the room, and the photo of Akio Tokura was still placed on the Buddhist altar.Zhe Lang quickly looked around the room for a week, and it seemed that it was even more tidy than before. Zhe Lang handed out the gift box containing steamed buns, and Jiazhi half pushed and half accepted it. The reason why he wanted to try his luck again was because of Risako's note.Don't lose to Hayata - this sentence made him very concerned.Having said that, Hayata seems to have some clues.Moreover, he even concluded that I have the key evidence to solve the murder case in his hands. Without this key evidence, the police would not be able to learn the truth.

Zhe Lang didn't know what it was, so he tried to think this way: where and how did Hayata get the "several clues"?Of course, as a newspaper reporter, he should have various channels and relationships different from ordinary people.However, if it is information that can be obtained by relying on these resources, the police should also have it. Hayata categorically stated to Zhe Lang that he would investigate the murder case from other channels.He said that because he felt that Zhe Lang was involved in the murder case.Therefore, he will not go around asking for information from people around Zhe Lang.So, is there any other way to investigate the murder besides this?

When Zhe Lang thought about this, he thought of the Tokura family.Speaking of what Hayata could do at the time, at most it was to re-investigate the people around Tokura Akio.He must have met Togura Yoshie and Tokura Yasuko again.As a result, he grasped extremely important "several clues". "Do you remember the newspaper reporter named Hayata who visited the door with me before?" Zhe Lang asked Jiazhi.She was sitting upright on the tatami, not even intending to pour a cup of tea for Zhe Lang. "Well, I remember." "I think he should have visited the house several times after that."

"Well..., no, he hasn't been here once after that." The old lady shook her head. "Did he not come?" "yes." Zhe Lang thought it was impossible, but Jiazhi's confused expression did not look like she was acting.However, it is true that her face is wrinkled and her expression is difficult to read. "Where's the phone? Did Hayata call?" "He didn't call either. What happened to the reporter?" "No, nothing." Did I guess wrong?Zhe Lang almost showed a disappointed expression on his face.At this time, Jia Zhi said: "Excuse me, it seems that you just said some unconfirmed news..."

"Oh, yes. I have some news." Zhe Lang sat down again. In order not to make Kaede suspicious, it is necessary to provide some kind of information.But can't say too much.What to hide and what to say is the most difficult part to determine the scale. "The police seem to be targeting a female publicist who was previously at a bar called 'Maoyan', a female publicist named Xiangli." "Female PR..., was she the one who killed Mingxiong?" "No, the police seem to be suspicious of the female publicist's boyfriend. She seems to be living with a man." Zhe Lang thought for a while and added: "Because the bartender who worked in the bar called 'Cat's Eye' before, after Mr. Mingxiong was killed Immediately quit his job, so the police are probably after him too. I think the police believe that the bartender is the man in Kaori."

Zhe Lang deliberately mentioned the word "man" one after another, so that Jia Zhi could not feel the existence of the "woman" Mizuki Hiura. "So that bartender is the murderer?" "I'm not sure yet." "What's his name?" "It seems to be..." Zhe Lang thought that there would be no problem if he said it, so he said, "His name is Mitsuru Kanzaki." "Kamizaki..." The old lady's expression changed a little, and her wrinkled eyelids twitched. "Have you heard the name?" "No, I haven't heard of it at all." Jiazhi waved his hand. "Then, hasn't that person been found yet?"

"Seems." As soon as Zhe Lang answered, she had an expression of contemplation again. In any case, if Hayata hadn't been here, there might be no point in staying any longer.After Zhe Lang finished talking about the trivial matters related to the murder case, he stood up. "Does Mrs. Tokura live around here?" "It's not close...it's two stations away." "If it's convenient, can you tell me her address and phone number?" Jiazhi thought for a while, asked Zhelang to wait a moment, and opened the drawer of the tea cabinet beside him. "How did you and Mrs. Togura get along after that? Does she visit you often?"

"We didn't speak a word. How did we get along after that? Does she visit you often?" "We haven't spoken half a word. We haven't seen each other since Chinese New Year. Well, anyway, I have nothing to do with her, so it doesn't matter if I don't contact her. Well...the phone number is..., I won't call her , so I don’t know where the piece of paper with the number is written on.” She said so, but she took out a note with Yasuko Tokura’s contact information written on it.Zhe Lang accepted the note. He got off at the station that Jiazhi told him, and went to the address on the note.If Hayata hadn't gone to see Kaede, she probably hadn't gone to Yasuko either.Zhe Lang thought that the trip might be in vain, and his steps became heavy.

Yasuko Togura and her only son live on the first floor of an old two-story apartment building.Her six-year-old son should be called Jiang Tai. Zhe Lang rang the doorbell and no one answered, but the door opened immediately.When Taizi saw Zhe Lang, he bowed his head slowly, she seemed to remember him too. "Sorry for the sudden interruption. I just wanted to know how you guys were doing after that." "There's nothing good or bad..." Yasuko lowered his head. "Excuse me, can I take a moment of your time? Go outside and have a cup of tea." "Huh? But, I don't really want to go out." She opened the door. "Please come in." "Excuse me." Zhe Lang said and walked into the house. As soon as you enter the door is the kitchen, and the opposite seems to be a room.But it is said that it is a kitchen, in fact, there can only be a small dining table.For the average family, it is too narrow. Zhe Lang faced Taizi across the small dining table.Shota is sitting on the floor, playing video games.Zhe Lang was a little surprised that the video game console he played was different from before.Because he thought that Yasuko's money was not rich. "What kind of work do you do?" Zhe Lang asked, and she shook her head feebly. "I used to work at an izakaya, but I was forced to resign recently. The store is not full of customers because of the downturn, and there are not enough people. So I am currently looking for another job." "It's hard work." "Yes. But I have this child, so I have to work hard to make money." Yasuko glanced at General Tai. Zhe Lang asked Kaede as before, asking if Hayata had been here.But Yasuko's answer also did not meet his expectations.She said she hadn't seen him since that time. Zhe Lang tried to ask the police if they had asked any more questions about the murder.On this question, she was just lost in thought. "I am also very concerned about that matter, but the police have hardly contacted me. I don't know how they are investigating. I am obviously a family member of the victim, but they didn't tell me anything." This is a phrase often said by the families of murder victims.Human rights groups have called for the protection of victims' rights for a long time, but in reality nothing has been resolved. Maybe it was because he was tired of playing video games, and Jiang Tai started playing with the phone.He presses a button, picks up the receiver, hangs up after a while.He kept repeating this action.The phone was quite new, the kind that would display a number on the screen.The boy probably pressed the redial button, maybe he was amused by the fact that a row of numbers would appear on the screen as soon as a button was pressed. "Jiangtai, stop playing! Didn't I tell you that you can't play with the phone?" The boy left the phone after being warned by his mother. Gossiping from now on until the end.Zhe Lang asked her what she planned to do next, but she didn't have a clear answer. "I don't have any savings, so I have to figure out a way quickly." "Have you and your mother-in-law no contact?" "Yes, I think I have nothing to do with her." After finishing speaking, she glanced at the phone again for no reason.However, Shota has gone back to playing video games. When going back, Zhe Lang thought of the gift.After he put on his shoes, he handed out the paper bag. "You don't have to be so polite." "No, don't say that." "That's it, I'm sorry. I think he likes sweets too much. I think he will be very happy." "No, uh, it's pancakes. Sorry." "Ah, that's right. But he also likes pancakes." Taiko accepted the paper bag with an unusually stiff smile on his face. Zhe Lang walked towards the station, feeling a futile sense of loss.Unexpectedly, Hayata did not go to see them.So how did he get that big news? Possible sources are... The Kadamatsu Iron Works where Akio Togura used to work.Zhe Lang investigated the location there.Hayata said it was a company run by Togura's relatives.Zhe Lang glanced at his watch.At this time, of course there are still people in the company.He wants to go and have a look later.Anyway, since they've all come here, it doesn't matter if it's a waste of time. He found a western pastry shop in front of the station.There should be mostly male employees in the iron factory, but it's better than visiting empty-handed. He stopped in front of that store, and suddenly remembered Yasuko's words. "Will have a sweet tooth too, I think he'll be delighted." Yes, she did say that.But why did she decide that the gift box contained "sweets"?Only the pastry shop's name was printed on the wrapper. That being said, there are other puzzling things.When Taizi saw Zhe Lang, he didn't show a particularly surprised expression.Besides, she didn't seem to be suspicious that Zhe Lang knew her home address.How do you know my home address? ——In such a situation, it is natural to ask such a question. Could it be that Yoshie Togura called Yasuko? Only this is possible.Will she tell Yasuko that a strange man named Nishiwaki is going to your side now.Maybe she added that he just left from me with steamed buns as a present. But in this way, it is necessary to change the perception of the relationship between Kaede and Yasuko.Although the two say that they have no contact with each other at all, this is not the case. So, Hayata said that the old lady was an old fox. In fact, if the two are not as incompatible as outsiders know, why do they have to act like that?Zhe Lang thought about whether there was a way to confirm whether the two were in contact. He suddenly thought of one thing, so he turned and walked back. He went back to the apartment and rang the doorbell.Taizi poked her head out again, her face seemed a little stiffer than before. "What's the matter?" "I still have two or three questions I want to ask you." Zhe Lang forced his way into the room. "Did you know that your husband often goes to a bar called 'The Cat's Eye'?" "'Cat's eye'...? I don't know...but I heard from the detective that my husband seems to go to the hotel in Ginza often." "Have you ever heard of the name Saeki Kari?" "Miss Saeki...? I don't know." She tilted her head. "So, where is Mitsuru Kanzaki?" Zhe Lang asked, watching her expression. Taizi shook her head and replied, "I haven't heard of it." Her eyes seemed to widen instantly, but maybe it was just a psychological effect. "That's it." "Excuse me, what happened to them?" "No, I don't have any definite evidence to prove what happened to them. By the way," Zhe Lang pretended to look at his watch. "Can I borrow a phone from you? I left my mobile phone at home and forgot to take it out." "Ah, please come in." "Sorry." He said and walked into the house.The packaging of the pastry was unpacked immediately, and Jiang Tai was eating pancakes. Zhe Lang stood in front of the phone, blocking Taizi's sight and preventing her from seeing the movements at his hand.After quickly scanning the operation panel, he pretended to press the number keys, but actually pressed the redial button.The number displayed on the screen was not the phone number of Togura Yoshie's residence that I remembered in my mind before coming here. He wants to press the redial button again.Recent Calls can record several outgoing numbers.He was sure that if Yasuko and Kaede were in frequent contact, there would definitely be the phone number of Kaede's family among the recorded numbers. But he found himself looking at the number displayed on the screen, and stopped his fingers before pressing the key.That was not the number of Kaede's family, but the number of someone who was unexpected.