Chapter 7 Section 7

When Kusanagi came to the door of Morisaki's house, Yumiko opened the door and was about to go out.She immediately noticed the criminal policeman in front of her, showing a puzzled expression.Kusanagi nodded in greeting. Yumiko looked around and came to the door. "Is there a problem?" "I have something to ask, are you going out?" "Well, I'm getting ready to go shopping." "If you're not in a hurry, can I have a few minutes of your time?" "Oh," Yumiko looked around, and finally nodded with a smile on her face, "Yes, please come in. The house is messy, please see Ryo."

Kusanagi said "excuse me" and lowered his head to enter the room. Yumiko said that the house was a mess, but in fact the living room with the leather sofa was tidy and tidy. All the items were placed where they should be placed, and some high-end decorations were dotted among them, which properly showed the identity of the owner. Kusanagi guessed that Toshio, as the head of the family, might be picky. In fact, Toshio Morisaki was this type of person. Although Kusanagi told the hostess that you are welcome, Yumiko still brought black tea and cookies.Maybe no matter what kind of guests she treats, she will be polite.

Kusanagi took a sip of black tea, which was a taste he had never tasted before, and it had a special aroma.He secretly wondered if this kind of tea was only served to special guests. "It's delicious," he said frankly. "Excuse me, what exactly are you trying to talk about?" Kusanagi sat upright and put the cup back on the table, thinking that he would never drink this kind of black tea again. "I told you before that Nobuhiko Sakamoto lives in Kiba, Koto-ku, right?" "yes." At that time, I also asked if you had been to that neighborhood. Sakamoto had mentioned your daughter’s name since she was a child. I wondered if he had anything to do with your family.At that time, you clearly answered that you hadn't been there, right? "

Yumiko nodded silently, with anxiety in her eyes. "Ma'am," Kusanagi stared into the other person's eyes, "Now, can you still say with certainty that you haven't been there?" "I don't understand... what do you want to say?" "Then do you remember the name?" Kusanagi slowly took out the notepad and opened it. In fact, there was no need for this, because the name had already been engraved in his mind, "His name is Sakurai Nu." Yumiko's eyes widened for a moment, her face turned pale, as if she had lost all color. "Do you remember?" Kusanagi asked repeatedly.

"No," she shook her head, "I don't know this person." Kusanagi nodded, he already expected that she would not admit it so readily. "Sakurai now runs a design office in Chiba, and is still single." "I don't understand what you're talking about, didn't I tell you that I don't recognize that person?!" "Sakurai," Kusanagi continued, "has admitted your relationship with him." As if the battery had died, Yumiko froze for a moment, and her eyes that looked at the sky began to bloodshot. "More than 20 years ago, in an apartment about 5 minutes walk from the Sakamoto Denko store, there lived a designer, he was Nuo Sakurai. His wife died of illness, and he gave birth to his daughter together. At that time, there was a woman, You go to his house every week, and that person is you." Kusanagi said in one breath, in order to tell her that he has investigated all the situations clearly.

In fact, Sakurai didn't admit everything quickly. At the very beginning, he insisted that he didn't remember the name Morisaki. It was because his strong denial was too unnatural, Kusanagi confirmed his guess even more. Sakurai's attitude changed after Kusanagi pointed out his relationship with Yumiko Morisaki.Through investigation, Kusanagi learned that Sakurai had taught in a cultural training class, and one of the students was Yumiko Morisaki.Only a few students attended the lecture on book binding.The lectures lasted slowly for half a year, and there were many times when only Yumiko Morisaki attended the lectures, and it was impossible for Sakurai not to remember her.

Yumiko's cheeks were distorted, probably because she was trying so hard to make a smile. "Why," she moaned, "why bring that up now...that thing from so long ago." "Because it is closely related to the present case, which you should know best." "What are you talking about, I don't even..." "You should still remember Sakurai Mako, Mr. Sakurai's daughter. I heard that Mako likes you very much, right? She always hugs the doll you gave her." Hearing the doll, Yumiko's expression changed again, as if she lost all her strength at once.Kusanagi felt that she had lost the battle.

"Mako also named the doll, you should know that? That's right, it's Remi. And she also thinks that Remi should have a surname, but not Sakurai. For Mako, Remi is the gentle girl who comes to see her every week. Dear aunt's child, Xin Yi, the doll's name is Morisaki Remi." Yumiko lowered her head, her shoulders began to tremble slightly. "Do you still remember when Mako was hit by a car? After that, you and Sakurai have been in a relationship for a few years, but in the end they broke up. I think it's because you're pregnant, right?" Yumiko didn't answer anything, Kusanagi interpreted this as tacit consent.

"You gave birth to a girl. I don't know whether she is your husband's child or your lover Sakurai's child, but the point is, the name you gave the child-Remi is the name of the doll." Kusanagi's throat was thirsty, but he continued talking without reaching for the teacup. "I don't know why you named her this. Maybe you have special ideas, or maybe you just think this name is nice. In short, Morisaki Remi, who inherited the doll's name, has grown up healthily for 16 years. During this period, you and Sakurai I have never seen it once, and the fact that I cheated before was successfully covered up—you should think so too. Unexpectedly, an unexpected person suddenly appeared in front of you, and he is Nobuhiko Sakamoto."

Yumiko continued to remain silent, motionless from beginning to end, as if she had made up her mind to hear the end. "When you learned of Sakamoto's address from Remi, and Sakamoto's insistence that he knew the name Morizaki Remi more than ten years ago, you must have been cold. Your instinct tells you that Sakamoto must have something to do with the Sakurai father and daughter relationship, and your instincts are correct." Next, Kusanagi talked about the relationship between Sakamoto and Sakurai Mako's doll.When Yumiko heard about these things for the first time, her expression was both surprised and desperate.

"Sakamoto knew the name of the doll from Sakurai Mako, which should be easy to guess. But his mother threw the doll away. It must have hit him hard at the time, but he soon lost the doll when he was young. I forgot about it. Two years later, one day, he suddenly remembered the name of the doll. I guess this name shook somewhere in his heart. As a result, he firmly believed that there was a girl with this name. He and She is connected by an invisible bond, and he tried to fill in Chinese characters for 'モリサキレミ', Morisaki Remi, this is the same as your daughter's name, I think it's not surprising, hearing 'モリサキレミ', many people will think of these Chinese characters." "Of course," Kusanagi continued, "You don't know this background, you just feel strongly that Sakamoto's existence puts you in danger, and sooner or later he will expose your past affair, you think so, right? Ah, perhaps what scares you the most is that you don't know whose child Remi really is." "Remi is," Yumiko murmured with her head lowered, "my husband's child." Kusanagi let out a breath, that's not something to discuss now. "So you think about whether you can use legal means to kill Sakamoto. At this time, the idea of ​​using self-defense to kill him comes to your mind. You think of luring him into the room and shooting him to death. No social censure, and a good chance of acquittal under the Theft Prevention Act. It was a perfect plan. But your only mistake is that the shotgun shot missed Sakamoto." Hearing this, Yumiko finally raised her head and shook her head, but her movements were so weak. "It's not like that... I haven't made any plans." "We already have the evidence," Kusanagi said deliberately with a quiet expression, "We have carefully analyzed the letter you used to lure Sakamoto, we have found out the typewriter and paper, and found in the cooking training class you attended I got exactly the same thing. I heard that the teacher who teaches the class will often use that paper to write recipes. I also got a testimony from there that I saw you using it recently. In fact, my colleague spent half a day yesterday, helping me Checked the ink ribbon, and the letter you wrote is still intact on the ribbon." What should be said, Kusanagi has already said it all.Waiting for Yumiko's answer. Her bloodshot eyes began to moisten, and after a while, tears filled her eyes, and the tears fell down.She didn't wipe it off, and said, "Can you... can you tell my husband that Remi is his flesh and blood?" Kusanagi did not answer this question, but only asked, "Can you go back to the police station with me?" "Okay." She replied quietly. There was a car parked in front of Morisaki's house, and Makita and two other detectives were sitting in it. They had been contacted by Kusanagi in advance and were on standby here.Kusanagi handed Yumiko to them. "You guys go first, I'll go back to the headquarters later." Kusanagi said to Makita. Makita nodded, started the car, and Yumiko was sitting in the back seat facing straight ahead. Kusanagi walked in the opposite direction from the car.A Nissan Sunshine was parked about 20 meters away, and Tang Chuan fell asleep lying on the co-pilot's seat. Kusanagi opened the car door and got in the car, Yu Chuan woke up: "It's over?" "Hmm. What a disgusting job." "That's why I paid you so much." "Let's not talk about that for now," Kusanagi turned to the direction of the co-pilot, "This time, you helped a lot again, so I have to thank you very much." "I'm just trying to satisfy my curiosity, there's nothing to thank." "If we hadn't listened to your reasoning, we wouldn't have suspected her at all." At this time, Kusanagi recalled the surprise when he heard Yukawa's reasoning in his mind.At that time, the first thing Yukawa said was that Morisaki Remi's mother was suspicious. "It's strange that a mother enters her daughter's room with a shotgun without actually hearing the intruder. If there was such a loud noise, Remi should be the first to notice it. But in fact, Remi herself was asleep the whole time, and the prisoner just approached the bed without doing anything. In other words, only the mother noticed the danger and exaggeratedly held the shotgun in her hand. Isn't this doubtful?" Then he launched a bold reasoning, that is, this incident was premeditated. "If the mother's intention was to kill Sakamoto under the guise of self-defense, then what was her real motive for killing? I think it has something to do with the precognitive dream. There may be something hidden in the precognitive dream that is not good for her We assume that when Sakamoto was dreaming, 17 years ago, there was some kind of connection between him and Morisaki Yumiko. If Yumiko had any connection with Sakamoto as a child, she must have been near his house, and It is very frequent. She has been hiding it. Why? If a housewife has to hide the fact that she goes somewhere frequently, there are very limited reasons." "It's cheating." Kusanagi and Makita also immediately thought of this. "So we should consider that Yumiko's lover lived near Sakamoto's house when he was a child? However, it is rare for a child to have an intimate relationship with an adult man. So I still think of the little friend who played with him Father would be more appropriate." So Yukawa asked Kusanagi and the others to investigate the father's life at that time. "This is really an unbelievable case," Kusanagi said with emotion while inserting the car key, "Sakamoto still doesn't know why he dreamed of the name Morisaki Remi, he didn't expect a memory about a doll to be manipulated own life." "Everyone is controlled by something." Tang Chuan yawned as he spoke. "I know a Blue Mountain coffee shop that tastes good." "Is it around here?" "Waiting for strength." "Go and drink." Kusanagi said and started the car. -------------------------------- Note: