Chapter 3 Section 3

That night, a man named Mitsuya Okazaki came to the Fukagawa Department.At that time, Kaoru and Kusanagi came back from investigating the case, so they decided to meet him for a while. Okazaki is about thirty-five or sixteen years old, with a thin build and short hair carefully parted on both sides.As soon as Kaoru saw this person, he guessed that he was a salesman.When asked about his occupation, it was indeed the case.He is a salesperson in a well-known large furniture store. Okazaki said that last night, he had been to Enoshima Chinatsu's residence. "She is a junior in my college tennis club. Although she is five grades behind me, I met her because I often went back to play after graduation. We haven't seen each other for a long time, and we happened to meet about half a year ago. We met on the street and started texting each other afterwards."

"Just texting each other? Is there a date?" Kaoru asked. Okazaki panicked, and quickly waved his hands: "It's not that kind of relationship between me and her. I went to her house last night because I received a call from her the day before yesterday. She said she wanted to change the bed and asked me to bring her the catalog. have a look." "In other words, it was the junior who called the senior home?" Cao Sha put a period at the end of the sentence. "For us, it is best to be able to visit the customer's home. If you don't know the layout and style of the customer's room, it is impossible to recommend suitable products."

The meaning of this seems to be that even if the other party is his junior, he should treat her like an ordinary customer. "Has this kind of thing happened several times before? In other words, have you ever had business dealings with Ms. Ejima before?" Kusanagi asked. "Yes, she also asked me to buy sofas and tables before." "I see. So, what time did you arrive at Miss Eshima's house last night?" "The appointment is at eight o'clock, so I shouldn't be too late." "At that time, Miss Ejima was different from usual?" "It's nothing special. I showed her the product catalog and introduced all kinds of beds to her, and Ms. Ejima nodded at the time. But in the end she didn't make a decision on the spot, because I suggested her to buy a bed. It’s better to see the real thing before making a decision.”

"Where did the two of you talk at that time?" "In the room, sitting on the couch in the wake-up room..." "How long are you staying?" "Well, I remember leaving her house around 8:40, because she said she would have guests later." "Guest? Did she say what time the guest will arrive?" "I don't know..." Okazaki said, tilting his head. "That," Kaoru said, "there's a shoe cabinet at the entrance, right?" "what?" "Shoe cabinet, at the entrance of Ms. Ejima's house." "Well... yes, there is a shoe cabinet, no, that shoe cabinet is from her place, not from our store..."

"That's not what I mean. I mean, do you still remember the cardboard boxes on the shoe cabinet at that time?" "The cardboard box..." Okazaki's eyes wandered in mid-air for a while, then he tilted his head slightly and said, "I don't remember clearly. It seems that there are, but I really don't remember. I'm really sorry. " "Really? That's fine." "Uh, what's wrong with that cardboard box?" "No, it's nothing." Kaoru waved his hand, looked at Kusanagi and nodded slightly, meaning to apologize to him for interrupting.

"When did you learn about the case?" Kusanagi asked. "I just saw the news today, but the case itself, I don't know whether I should have known about it long ago, or should I have known about it when it happened..." Okazaki hesitated suddenly, and what he said made people Puzzling. "what happened?" "Actually, I saw the moment she fell from the building." "Huh?" Kaoru and Kusanagi called in unison. "After I left Ms. Jiangdao's house, I stayed nearby for a while. Because I remembered that there should be another regular customer of mine nearby, I planned to turn around to say hello. But in the end I didn't find the customer's house, but Just when I returned to her apartment again, the falling incident happened. I was shocked at the time, but when I learned from the news today that it was Miss Jiangdao, I was not surprised, but scared. After all, I The person I went to see was killed shortly afterwards. I thought I might be able to help, so I took the initiative to find you."

"Thank you for your cooperation. The information you provided is very important." Cao Sha bowed his head and saluted, "You just said that you were by the side when the deceased fell from the building. There should be no one else around you at that time, right?" "certainly." "yes?" "Any questions?" "It's nothing. Although I really feel sorry for the citizens who are willing to provide us with important information, please bear with me. Our work requires us to verify everything. Therefore, as far as the current situation is concerned, our search records I can only leave Mr. Okazaki as the fact that you have been to Ms. Eshima's house..."

"Ah?" Okazaki looked back and forth between Kusanagi and Kaoru in surprise, "Are you doubting me?" "No, that's not what we mean." "Although I did not do anything with anyone when Ms. Jiang Dao fell from the building, but it was not that there was no one beside me at that time, let alone the other party who took the initiative to say it at that time." "who is it?" "It's a clerk at a pizzeria, I remember it's 'Dorremi Pizza'." According to Okazaki, the clerk who delivered the food stopped him and complained to him, and Ejima Chinatsu fell to his death shortly after that.

"I wish I had asked the clerk's name." Okazaki bit his lip regretfully. "It's okay, we will find a way to confirm it, it doesn't matter." After hearing Kusanagi's words, Okazaki had a reassuring smile on his face: "That's good." "Do you have a photo ID on you? If possible, we hope to make a copy for our records. Of course, we will destroy the copy after confirmation." "Of course it's okay." Okazaki said and took out his staff card.In the photo attached to the ID, his face was facing the front, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.