Chapter 12 Section 6

After sending Mio to his apartment in Fujimidai, Kaga took a taxi back to his apartment.Although the body is very tired, it lacks the heaviness that it usually feels when going up the stairs.He analyzed it himself because he was overexcited, and he knew the reason. After taking out the evening paper and walking into the room, I first checked the phone recording and found that there was only one message in it.When I was with Wei Xu, I received it several times, but the radio receiver didn't ring, so it shouldn't be possible that it was from the search headquarters. Pressing the switch, he heard a dry cough first, but Kaga immediately realized who was calling from this alone.

"It's me," my father's hoarse voice came from the loudspeaker, "it's nothing important." Then there was a silence, as always. "Odawara's aunt came to ask you about your impressions with a photo. The photo has already been sent to you. Please reply first. That person seems to be a childcare worker." Kaga looked at the phone and sighed, it was another blind date. "I wanted to tell you before, because my friend's son had a traffic accident, so I'm going to discuss something with him. I'm going out tonight because of this matter. If there's something urgent, call 123-4567. Goodbye."

Kaga licked his tongue, "What's the hurry?" He complained.It is impossible for him to find his father in a hurry. He picked up the phone and dialed his father's home phone. After the ring rang three times, "I'm Kaga, I'm not at home now, please leave a message if there is anything urgent," he said in a very blunt tone. "I'm Kyoichiro." Kaga said into the microphone, "Although you used to be a policeman, it's better not to meddle in other people's business. Also, please help me refuse the blind date. I choose my lover myself."

Saying goodbye, Kaga hung up the phone, and then regretted the last "goodbye" he had just said, which was his father's habit. The next day, a search meeting was held in the conference room of the Shibuya Police Station. The investigators announced their search results one by one, but there was almost nothing that could be called progress.Still no motive can be deduced, nor can convincing testimony be obtained.The person who wet Oda's shirt has not yet been identified. "How's the alibi for those people?" Tomii's voice sounded a little anxious. "It's still a bit difficult to confirm this point. It may be more convenient during the official performance, but during the rehearsal, the actors and dance drama related personnel are constantly moving in and out every second. How can you prove it in that situation? What about your alibi?"

The leader's slender face made an innocent expression. "If we check the time of tampering with the jacket, the scope would be too big. Before Oda's coat was wet, it must have been a trick of the prisoner. How about the alibi during that time?" "I figured that out a bit. In short, anyone who didn't move around from before Oda took off his coat until he stepped onto the stage and found himself wet should have an alibi." With that said, the team leader began to read the list, a total of six people. "Did you only exclude six people from the list of suspects?" Someone said in a tone of obvious disappointment.

"And it's certainly an improvement." Tomii knocked on the conference table and wiped his fleshy cheeks with his hands. "There are only a dozen suspects in total, and the target can be easily identified with a little exclusion." But no other means could be found to exclude it. Investigators tasked with picking up the needle lead also found nothing new.The so-called injection needles are not sold in ordinary pharmacies, so his access to them is extremely limited.Especially because of the recent ban on narcotics, the punishment has also become stricter, and the investigation has been carried out very efficiently.However, there seems to be no information related to this case.

"There is a mini syringe in the insect specimen collection kit, so we are currently investigating toy stores. But now there are fewer and fewer of these things in the store. Think about it, insects don't have that kind of thing. How can it be sold?" A criminal policeman named Shen Yuan is making a summary statement on the information related to the injection needle.Someone said: "That's true." The atmosphere of the meeting eased for the time being. "Obtaining injection needles seems to be more difficult than imagined." Fui pondered. "It's not a big deal for those related to medical care. We investigated whether all relevant personnel have such interpersonal relationships, and we haven't found it yet." Shen Yuan said.

"Didn't someone take a saline bottle from the doctor and inject it himself? Is there such a person among the relevant personnel?" The other investigators questioned, but Kanbara just shook his head. "We are currently investigating, but no such person has been found. First of all, ordinary doctors will not allow laymen to inject themselves, only under the supervision of qualified nurses. If it is related to the underworld, it is okay. Self-injecting drugs, but we have not found such people exist." "However, it can't be wrong that the prisoner used an injection needle, right? If it wasn't there a long time ago, it must have been obtained from somewhere. You can expand the scope and look for it."

"No, there's no such need." While the senior detectives were having a heated discussion, Kaga spoke.Everyone's eyes immediately focused on him, "Why?" Fu Jing asked. "I thought about it based on the reason why the prisoner would think of this method of killing," Kaga said. "You don't have to do it directly. Even if you fail, you don't know who the murderer is. With these favorable conditions first, it will definitely be a crime for the prisoner." Choose a method that saves trouble? The so-called trouble-free means that there is no need for a lot of preparation procedures. Not to mention the dancers, even the dance theater personnel have to fight all night to prepare for this performance. If they want to get a needle for injection And if he travels around and goes through any complicated procedures, he will definitely consider other methods of killing."

"I know what you're trying to say, but how on earth did you get this injection needle?" Tomii asked. "There must be some blind spots that are easily overlooked." Kaga replied, "There are also places that are close at hand and can be obtained easily." Someone said, "Aren't we worrying about not knowing this blind spot?" Tomi overwhelmed this voice and made a final concluding speech, "Okay, let's discuss this point again to see if there is anything missing." Despite such discussions, the meeting on the last day did not draw any substantive conclusions.Still as usual, search for clues about Oda's past, relationships, and poisonous needles.

Kaga and Ota were assigned to investigate the relationship between this case and Kazama Toshiyuki, and continued to investigate Kaga's claim that "in the field of art, there must be someone who confronted Oda tit-for-tat". On this day, the two went to the Shakujii Police Station first, because they heard that the investigators sent there had brought new information about Kazama's life in New York. "Probably not a particularly important clue." The director of the search, Kobayashi, looked at the report paper and said, "According to the investigation over there, Kazama basically doesn't have contact with the Japanese. The scope of communication is almost all the students of the Academy of Fine Arts. But during this time, according to his classmates He seems to have a Japanese friend." "Who is it?" Kaga asked. "It's a pity that we don't know the name of this person. Kazama only introduced him once or twice to other friends, and basically didn't talk to him. I don't know if it's because of alcoholism or illness. His complexion is very bad, and his eyes seem to be unable to open. Open the same." "At that time, Oda and Konno of the Takayanagi Ballet went to New York, but now I feel that it doesn't fit the image of these two people at all." "Well, they are now asking them to check the whereabouts of this person." "If only I could find it." Ota's expression didn't seem to hold much hope, and the search director's expression was also not very good, so he nodded slightly. "Didn't Kazama's side find out the relationship with Gaoliu Ballet?" Kaga changed the subject. "I can't find anything. Although I live very close to the New York Ballet, it seems that the guy hasn't mentioned any relevant topics at all." In other words, I still don't know why Kazama Toshiyuki sneaked into the Takayanagi Dance Troupe. After Kaga and Ota left Ikebukuro, they came to the fashion store where Kazama's girlfriend Miyamoto Kiyomi worked part-time. This store is located on the third floor of a shopping mall near the station. When the two arrived, they saw Qingmei was chatting with another clerk, and there was no customer. Kaga motioned to her, and she turned her head with a surprised expression. "Those two are criminal police officers." Qingmei said to her female companion.Then he looked at Kaga and asked, "What's the matter with you?" It didn't seem to bother them much. After Kaga said something she wanted to ask, she nodded in agreement, and was talking to her female companion, who replied in a low voice.Then Qingmei smiled and said "Let's go", walking towards Kaga and the two. "It's OK within 30 minutes. I know there is a store that has delicious cakes. Let's go there and talk." Qingmei spoke quickly, and walked out while grabbing Kaga's arm. The shop she recommended is also in this building, and it is true that the variety of cakes is very rich.Looking around the store, I found that there were very young girls, Kaga was extremely uncomfortable, but Qingmei showed a look of complete indifference, while eating yogurt-wrapped cake.Wearing a black miniskirt and crossing their legs under the glass table, Kaga and the two couldn't calm down even more. Kaga showed her the photo of Oda, she immediately shook her head and said that she didn't know this man at all, and she had never even heard the name Oda. "We want you to think about it," Ota said. "This person was there when your boyfriend went to New York, so if he mentioned this person's name, it was probably not long after he returned from New York." However, Qingmei frowned in displeasure. "I really haven't heard of it. He basically doesn't tell me what happened in New York." "Why didn't you say it?" Kaga questioned. "I don't know." She shrugged. "Maybe it's troublesome." "It doesn't matter if it's not Oda's name, have you heard that he made a Japanese friend over there?" Ota changed the question a little.This is based on what I learned at the Shakujii Station. "I've never heard of it." Qingmei tilted her neck, but a strange look flashed across her expression. "Did you think of something?" Kaga asked. "Probably has nothing to do with this at all," she said, and Kaga and Ota said "it doesn't matter" and leaned forward. "He asked me to be his model for a while after he came back." "Models? The nude ones?" As Ota spoke, she wrinkled her nose and said, "No, but she wears relatively few clothes." Then she stuck out her tongue. "Has he never asked you to be a model before?" Kaga asked. "No, he didn't draw that kind of picture in the first place." "Then why did you become a model at that time?" "I don't know." She shook her head straight, "When we were in the room, he would suddenly say 'Hey, Qingmei, stand facing that way', after I did as he said, he took out the sketchbook It seems that I started to draw something, but I didn’t stick to it in the end.” "why?" "At first he said, 'The quality of the models is still not high', are you saying too much? Then when I got angry, he smiled and apologized to me, and said to himself, 'I have been asking myself since I left Japan. Can you draw well?’ At that time, I vaguely felt that he was influenced by someone over there.” Well, Ota and Kaga looked at each other and nodded, which is indeed very interesting. Afterwards, Qingmei could not give any valuable clues. After walking out of the dessert shop, Qingmei asked Kaga: "When will that case be resolved?" She was referring to the case of Kazama's death. "He's not the kind of person who would sneak into other people's homes in order to steal something. Please, Mr. Police, please investigate carefully." "we know." After Kaga finished speaking, Kiyomi, who had been looking sincerely in her eyes, raised the corners of her mouth and began to laugh loudly. "Just now my friend in the store said that you are really powerful criminal police officers, and I also regard you as the only one to rely on." Saying that, she waved her hand and walked away.After her figure disappeared, Ota let out a sigh. "It's changed too fast, is it because of optimism? What a girl who doesn't understand." "However, her intuition is really sharp. The words of Kazama she said just now do give people the feeling that they are implying the existence of someone." "You mean someone you met in New York?" When Ota said this, a bell rang in his suit. It was a pocket receiver. He quickly pressed the switch, "What's the matter?" He looked around and saw a public phone next to the elevator. While he was on the phone, Kaga mused over Kiyomi's words, why did Kazama ask her to be a mannequin at that very moment?It should be that he was influenced by someone and started to draw female nude sketches. The Japanese with Kazama in New York is an important clue. As soon as he thought of this, Ota hung up the phone and rushed over. Judging from his expression, Kaga had a premonition that the situation might change suddenly.Sure enough, Ota said, "We have to go to the Takayanagi Dance Troupe." "Did something happen?" "There's another case. This time the murderer's target is Kosuke Yagyu."