Chapter 12 Futaba Chapter Six

I lowered my body and stayed in the passenger seat, watching the entrance of the hotel while paying attention to the surrounding movement.This is the hotel where I stayed, and Kosuke Wakisaka has been in for ten minutes. Wakisaka was very excited when he learned that my mother had a scrapbook about Ibara Shunsaku, and asked me where the scrapbook was now, I replied that it was at the hotel, and he immediately started the car and came here.He said that there were soldiers chasing after him, and we had to act as soon as possible. Fortunately, I did not leave the hotel room key at the counter but carried it with me, so he walked into the hotel with the room key.

After a while, Kosuke Wakisaka came out of the hotel with my bag. "Good luck, I was worried that there would be someone watching at the door." Kosuke Wakisaka opened the car door and threw the bag into the back seat, and started the engine as soon as he got in the car. "So they haven't come to the restaurant yet?" "It's hard to say, maybe they are hiding in the hall to watch." He spoke quickly. I shook my head, "What the hell is going on? Why did they want to arrest me?" "That's what we're going to investigate next."

"Hey, could it be that you think too much?" "think too much?" "Those punks got food poisoning, maybe the chirashi sushi in the lunch box just broke." "How can it be such a coincidence, and if according to what you said, there should be more victims who were taken to the hospital, it wouldn't be the only few gangsters who ate the chirashi sushi from that shop last night, right?" "That's what I said..." I couldn't refute, so I kept silent. "But it is necessary to confirm." The car drove into a high-end residential area at some point, surrounded by small and exquisite buildings, Kosuke Wakisaka drove the car into a parking lot on the side of the road.

"Where is this place?" I asked. "Did you forget? That's the shop you and Fujimura visited yesterday." He pointed to the front left diagonally. There is a restaurant with a pure white building. It was too dark when I came here yesterday, so I don't remember the appearance of the restaurant at all.He parked the car in the parking space and turned off the engine, "Okay, let's go to lunch." "eat here?" "If you don't want to, just wait in the car, and I'll check it out alone." Kosuke Wakisaka said as he opened the car door.

"Check?" I glared at him and opened the car door, "You said it clearly." We opted for the table seats near the door rather than the tatami mats deep inside the store. "If you see the waitress who handed the small lunch box to Fujimura, tell me." Kosuke Wakisaka said to me in a low voice after ordering some cheap dishes. I looked around the store and saw only two waitresses, but I have never seen either of them. If they work shifts, the day and night staff may be different groups. I told Wakisaka Kosuke this possibility , he also nodded. "It is indeed very possible, anyway, let's try our luck."

"Hey, is there really a way to cause food poisoning to others?" I lowered my voice, Wakisaka folded his arms and nodded, saying: "There are many ways. You said that the small lunch box contains chirashi sushi, right? So the ingredients should include some raw seafood. The most common bacteria that breed on this kind of food is Vibrio enteritidis. As long as you prepare this Bacteria sneak into your box of chirashi and can easily give you food poisoning." "I see..." Fujimura is a doctor, and this kind of thing is easy for him. I suddenly realized that when the waitress delivered the dishes, I couldn't help but "ah" when I saw the waitress's face. She was the one who handed the small lunch box to Fujimura yesterday, but she didn't seem to remember me. stunned.

Yosuke Wakisaka, who was sitting across from me, asked me with his eyes: "That's her?" I also answered with my eyes: "That's right." "Is it convenient to ask a few questions?" Wakisaka asked the waitress with a smile on his face: "She also came to your store last night, do you remember?" The waitress looked at me as she brought the food to the table, but she didn't seem to remember it at all. "When we left, we also took the small lunch box of chirashi sushi." I tried to add. "Ah." The waitress nodded with her mouth wide open, "I'm really sorry I didn't recognize you just now, are you satisfied with last night's cooking?"

"It's very delicious." I said, "The chirashi sushi is also delicious." "Do I need to make a reservation in advance if I want to buy your chirashi sushi?" Kosuke Wakisaka asked. "No, you just need to tell us on the spot, and we will make it immediately." "It's like this..., but it's weird," Wakisaka pretended to be puzzled, "She said she didn't see the man who came with her last night ordered this dish." "Oh...?" The middle-aged waitress thought for a while, and immediately nodded vigorously, "I remembered, it was ordered by a guest in another box."

"Another box?" I asked, frowning. "Yeah, the man who was dining in another private room ordered two takeaway chirashi sushi, so we sent the chirashi sushi to the private room. But before he left, he told us that the guests in the 'Iris room' were his friends and asked us to Pass one of the small lunchboxes on the departure of the 'Iris Room' guests." Surprised, I looked at Wakisaka and explained that the box where Fujimura and I had dinner last night was the "Iris Room". "So you handed that small lunch box to the man who came with her?" Kosuke Wakisaka reconfirmed cautiously.

"That's right, the customer who ordered take-out also put a business card on the wrapping paper, telling us that we must never make a mistake." "So that's what happened." He acted nonchalantly, and said with a smile: "By the way, the guest in the other box is a middle-aged man who is a bit fat?" "No." The waitress shook her head, "It's a very thin man with long hair." "Ah, that's right, that's right." Kosuke Wakisaka stretched out his hand and patted, "That guy has lost weight recently, I forgot about it. I'm really sorry to bother you for so long when you are so busy, thank you."

The waitress said "you're welcome" and left. I approached Wakisaka Kosuke and said, "That very thin man is Fujimura's assistant. He poisoned the small lunch box in another box, then handed the small lunch box to the waitress and left." "All stolen goods." Wakisaka Kosuke made a signature expression, and frowned and opened the disposable chopsticks. "I really don't understand." After finishing lunch and returning to the car, I said, "Why do they want to give me food poisoning?" "There are two possibilities." Kosuke Wakisaka inserted the wheel key into the keyhole, but did not start the engine. "First, to kill you. Food poisoning can also be fatal." He calmly said a terrible inference. I couldn't help swallowing, "Why did you kill me?" "I don't know, but it should be the same reason as your mother was killed." "Same as my mother..." I was sweating all over, but my hands and feet were as cold as ice. "Is my mother really killed by Fujimura?" "We can't make a conclusion at the moment, but Ms. Kobayashi Shiho's death is absolutely inseparable from them. Since Junsaku Ibara is involved, it must be true. It is not difficult to put pressure on the police with Junsaku Ibara's power." "What is the relationship between Yiyuan and Beidou Medical University?" I thought of the small sign under the Qizao tree. "If I remember correctly, Ihara's great-grandfather was the pioneer of Hokkaido. He was mainly responsible for the development of the Kamikawa area. Since then, the Ihara family has had a close relationship with Asahikawa City. In the early days of Hokuto Medical University, that guy Ihara not only helped recruit It also contributes to the poaching of outstanding talents." Wakisaka Kosuke called Ibara "that guy", and he didn't seem to have a good impression of him. "So this thing is the key." I flipped through my mother's scrapbook, "Mum's murder is related to this scrapbook?" "This is a reasonable inference. Ms. Kobayashi Shiho may have been killed because she knew some secrets about Ibara Junsaku, and these secrets must have been learned by Ms. Kobayashi when she was working at Hokuto Medical University. But I don't understand why How many years will it take to kill Miss Xiao Lin? Miss Xiao Lin did not hide her whereabouts on purpose, as long as she is willing, it should not be difficult to find out where she lives." "Could it be that they didn't find out that Mom knew the secret until now?" "That's what I guessed too, but what is the opportunity that led to the exposure of the news...?" "Opportunity..." Thinking of this, I couldn't help but froze. There was only one possible opportunity - because I was on TV.Perhaps this was the trigger for the whole incident, and my mother strongly opposed my appearance on TV because she had expected this outcome. I told this conjecture to Wakisaka Kosuke, and he pondered: "It should be this. You are right, this is the fuse." "But I just sang a song in the studio. Why did such an insignificant thing attract their attention?" "This is really weird. I was thinking, maybe your existence itself is of great significance to them, so when they see you on TV, they panic..." "Wait a minute," I interrupted him, "I didn't say my real name on the show, how did they know I'm Xiao Lin Zhibao's daughter?" "Well..." Wakisaka Kosuke seemed to want to say something, his eyes wandered for a while, "This is indeed doubtful, but at least one thing is certain-although the person who died was your mother, but they care most about you .You are the key person." "Me? But I don't know anything." "Let's go back to the topic of food poisoning just now." He said, "I just said that there are two possible reasons why they want you to get food poisoned. One of them is to kill you, but I don't think this possibility is possible. Daddy, why call you here if they just want to kill you? They can kill you the same way they killed your mother." "If they don't want to kill me, then the second possibility...?" "Let's make a hypothetical, what if you actually got food poisoning?" "Of course he will be taken to the hospital." "Yes, and it should be the Affiliated Hospital of Beidou Medical University. If it is serious, you may be hospitalized for a few days. I guess this is their purpose. They want to restrict your movement." "Why shut me down?" "Fujimura and the others are medical researchers. They want to lock you up for only one purpose, and that is to check your body..., right?" "Fujimura did say that he wanted to identify whether I was Professor Kuno's daughter..." "No, that's probably not their purpose." Kosuke Wakisaka immediately denied, "Since you have agreed to accept the blood test, there is no need to give you food poisoning." "Right……" "And..." He hesitated for a moment, "I suspect that this blood test is just an excuse." "Excuse?" "The excuse that they want to mess with you. Suppose you are taken to the hospital for food poisoning. Even if they are doctors, if they do some tests on you that have nothing to do with the treatment, you will still be suspicious, right? But if they tell you at this time You, you did this to identify the parent-child relationship between you and Professor Jiuneng, so you shouldn't say anything, will you?" "Ah..." I licked my lips and looked back to the distance outside the windshield. It turns out that this is indeed a good excuse. In order to find out who my father is, I am likely to be at the mercy of Fujimura and the others. I turned my head to look at Kosuke Wakisaka, "So all of this is fake? Why did Professor Jiuneng commit suicide after revealing that he had a daughter? It's all a lie?" Wakisaka Kosuke leaned his elbows on the steering wheel and held his chin and said, "It's this Fujimura who wants to poison you with food poisoning. Can you believe what he said?" I couldn't help being speechless, and at the same time, a wave of anger surged up. Anyone who is in my shoes would want to know who their father is, and for them to take advantage of that is too much. "That bastard," I murmured. "Calm down, calm down, don't get too excited." Kosuke Wakisaka waved his palm to comfort me, "It's just speculation at the moment." "But you're pretty confident in that inference, aren't you?" "Um, yeah." He scratched his nose. "I also think that your inference is correct, and everything makes sense according to this inference, and I think of another thing that is sufficient to support it." "What's up?" "After I was on TV, a man went to my school and asked my classmates a lot about me, most of which were health and physical problems. Although the man claimed to be from the TV station, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that suspicious." "I see." Kosuke Wakisaka nodded, "That man should be their accomplice, and the man claimed to be from the TV station, which indirectly shows that the fact that you were on TV is what made them take action. fuse." "Ok……" "The question is why did they bother to investigate your body?" "Could it be..." I couldn't help looking at my hands, "how is my body different from others?" "It should be, what they want is your body, and no one can replace it. So I just said that your existence is of great significance to them, and you are the key person." Wakisaka Kosuke waved his huge fist. I suddenly felt a wave of fear. "I never felt that my body was different, and no one ever said so." "Do you have any birthmarks on your body?" Kosuke Wakisaka asked, "Or tattoos or something." "Birthmarks? Tattoos? There's nothing like that. Why do you ask?" "Maybe you have a treasure map on you." I almost slipped off my seat. "You're still kidding me at a time like this!" "If it's not a feature visible to the naked eye, then the flesh itself carries some kind of secret." He said, looking at me intently. "Don't look at me with that weird look." "Have you ever been sick or injured?" "I have a small cold, but I have never had a serious illness or serious injury. Mostly I have bruises or sprains." I remembered that I had suffered minor injuries while playing volleyball. "Has any doctor mentioned your physical condition to you in particular?" "When I was in the third grade of middle school, a doctor said that my vocal cords were very good, and I was quite proud." "That's good." He said the next sentence without thinking: "But the sound of the vocal cords should have nothing to do with the whole incident." "Oh, I really can't think of anything other than that." "Hmm..." Kosuke Wakisaka closed his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly looked at me and said: "I tidied it up a bit," he raised his index finger, "According to our inference, Miss Kobayashi Shiho, your mother, was killed because she knew some secrets about Junsaku Ibara, and now they are trying their best to check you Combining the above two points, what do you think of?" I cocked my feet.I know what he wants to say. "You mean, the secret of Shunsaku Ibara that my mother has mastered is hidden in my body...?" "Smart." Wakisaka Kosuke flicked his fingers, "Your reasoning is of a certain level." "are you kidding me?" "I mean it. My reasoning is the same as yours, and it makes sense when you think about it." "Maybe, but I still can't understand how my body can hide the secret of Ibara Junsaku?" At this point, I suddenly thought of a possibility, so I squinted at Kosuke Wakisaka and said, "Although it's a bit ridiculous, it's hard to tell." No...they want to investigate if I am Ibara Junsaku's illegitimate daughter?" "Huh?" He was taken aback, and his body bounced up nearly five centimeters. "That's right, I didn't expect such an inference, but I think the possibility is very small." "why?" "If you just want to investigate the blood relationship, there is no need to give you food poisoning. You originally planned to investigate the blood relationship between yourself and Professor Jiuneng, didn't you?" "Right……" "And it's too exaggerated to kill Ms. Kobayashi Shiho just to keep this secret. It's not uncommon for politicians to have more illegitimate children than those on household registration." "Wow, that's ridiculous." "What's so surprising about this kind of thing these days. All in all, things are not that simple." Kosuke Wakisaka started the engine, "Let's leave first, I don't want to stay in this area forever." "I don't understand, my body is obviously normal," I buckled up my seat belt, "What can Fujimura and the others find in me?" "Perhaps their research field includes the secret of deciphering the human body." He activated the gear lever, and the car moved forward slowly. "Why don't they just keep working on in vitro fertilization," I muttered. At this moment, Kosuke Wakisaka slammed on the brakes, and I leaned forward. "Why did you stop suddenly?" "Could it be..." he said, "This is it?" "Which one?" "In vitro fertilization." Suddenly, a burst of electricity spread through my head, and my whole body became stiff. Kosuke Wakisaka turned off the engine and looked at me, nodding two or three times. "You mean...I...I..." I swallowed, "Is it a test-tube baby?" He didn't deny it, just blinked. "It would be strange if this incident has nothing to do with their research content, and your mother also did research on in vitro fertilization back then?" "No...impossible..., there is no such thing." Although I said no, I remembered the situation when I met Fujimura for the first time yesterday. He looked at my body up and down and said, "Your mother Raised you so perfectly", if I was just a research material in his eyes, then that sentence would not be abrupt at all. I stared at my hands again.Even though they are the same hands, the feeling to me is completely different from just now. "So my mother conceived via in vitro fertilization?" "If our guess is correct." "I don't believe it." I lowered my face and shook my head, dizzy for a while. For a while, suffocating silence filled the car, Wakisaka Kosuke let out a long breath, and finally spoke, "But if it's only for this reason, it still doesn't make sense." "What does 'just' mean?" "If it's 'just' because you are a test-tube baby, there won't be such a big battle. Think about it, in this era, in vitro fertilization is not a big news. There are so many children born by in vitro fertilization in the world, Beidou The medical university has also announced several successful cases, so why did they suddenly insist on investigating your body after so many years?" "Right……" I had a wonderful feeling that my whole body was suspended in mid-air, and I didn't know how to react, so I just stared out the window in a daze. "Unless..." About a minute later, Kosuke Wakisaka said, "What they are studying is not ordinary in vitro fertilization." I slowly turned my head to look at him: "What do you mean?" "I don't know much about this, and I don't know the details, but I heard that the research field of IVF can be subdivided into many subfields, such as choosing males and females, or screening good sperm and eggs, etc. I guess They may have done some special experiments on you, and these experiments are still going on today, so they want to recover the experimental data from you." "Special experiments..." I remembered what Fujimura said, "However, Fujimura said that he no longer conducts human in vitro fertilization research, and only conducts animal experiments." "Animal experiments?" Wakisaka Kosuke stroked his chin, "Are you sure it really doesn't include human experiments?" "This……" The picture of the chimera animal in Fujimura's lounge appeared in my mind. I didn't dare to imagine that I would be associated with such a creature. Suddenly, an inexplicable chill hit me, and I couldn't help rubbing my arms. "I'm a normal human being." "I know that." Wakisaka Kosuke's eyes were extremely serious, "I don't mean that you reform people or something." "But you think I'm a human being they created through experiments?" "As I said, all of this is just speculation, besides..." He licked his lips: "Even if it is a fact, you don't have to pay too much attention to it. No matter what angle you look at, you are a very healthy woman, and... Looks beautiful." "Thank you." It seems that it has been a long time since anyone praised my appearance in person, "But I still don't want to believe this inference." Wakisaka Kosuke just lowered his head silently, with one hand on the steering wheel without moving. "That's right." After a while, he murmured, "This kind of inference really makes people uncomfortable, and in fact we don't have any definite evidence..." He raised his fist and knocked on the steering wheel, "Okay, Don’t worry about it for now, let’s think about it after we get new clues.” "...Yeah." I nodded, then looked at him and said, "You, aren't you actually very considerate?" "Huh?" He widened his eyes and raised his chin slightly, "Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?" "I just have this feeling." I turned my head and looked forward, "I ask you, if you didn't take me out of college just now, what would happen to me now?" "Who knows." Wakisaka Kosuke leaned back in the chair and let out a soft breath, "Maybe it's just a blood test as Fujimura said, or he may be anesthetized and become unconscious." "Wow, that sounds scary." "All in all," said Wakisaka Kosuke, "you are in a very dangerous situation now, please remember this." "Well, I see." "Very good, dear." He smiled at me and started the engine again, "Then let's go." "Where are you going?" "Sapporo." He had a natural expression, "It's better to hide where there are many people, and you can't stay in Asahikawa anymore." "What about after hiding?" "While observing the opponent's next move while collecting information, in short, let's start the investigation with Ibara Junsaku." "How to investigate?" "Have you forgotten what I rely on for a living? Collecting intelligence is the profession of a reporter." Kosuke Wakisaka shifted the automatic gear lever into Drive, and the car moved forward slowly.