Chapter 34 Section 5

Three days have passed since the incident, and the search has still not made any progress, and the most suspicious situation of Kimiko Mase has not changed.According to the investigation, she was in debt of millions of yen, all of which were negative inheritances left to her by her late husband.But as long as those gold bars are sold, the debt can be easily paid off. However, the police did not find any evidence sufficient to verify her suspicion, and the faces of the investigators gradually showed anxiety. The door of No. 205 of the "Sunshine Takaoka" collective housing was not locked, and there was only a pair of shoes in the shoe removal place.Walking into the room, I saw Kishitani sitting with a tired face, his tie loosened, and his shirt cuffs rolled up high.

"I bought this to reward you." Kaoru said as he put the plastic bag from the convenience store on the ground. "Oh, thanks." "Did Mase Kimiko go to work?" "Well, Mucun has already followed. It really helped me a lot. The other party is an insurance salesman after all, and it would be exhausting to follow her." "Her daughter is in the house?" "It seems so. I'm on spring break now, so I'm probably still sleeping." Assuming Kimiko Mase is the killer, the biggest mystery is where she hid the stolen gold bars.Apart from her home, the only place where she can store those gold bars is her workplace, and the police have already launched a search there.

The investigators agreed that if she temporarily hid her things in an unobtrusive place like a coin-operated bag drop box, she probably wouldn't be able to hide them for long.Because if you keep procrastinating like this, it is very likely that someone will find out.At least she had to run to have a look now and then. Having said that, under the current circumstances, even if Kimiko is the murderer, it is estimated that she herself will not take any action.Most people think that if it is necessary to go to the place where the gold bars are hidden to confirm whether the gold bars are safe and sound, it is more likely that her daughter Ye Yue will come forward.

"Have you heard, Mase Kimiko seems to have a good friend." Kishitani said while tearing the plastic wrap on the rice balls in the plastic bag. "What kind of person is it?" "I haven't found out about this yet, but I just heard from neighbors that they saw that man came to her house several times, he looked like a salaryman—" Kishitani stood up and looked out the window. The door of the apartment where the Mase mother and daughter lived opened, and Hazuki came out, wearing a denim jacket and jeans.I saw her looking around while going downstairs. "I'll go." Kaoru picked up her bag and stood up.

"They have seen you, pay attention." "I know." Kaoru quickly walked out of the room.But when she was about to walk on the main road, she quickly hid behind the apartment because she saw Mase Hazuki squatting down by the side of the road She hid behind the cover and watched the situation, and saw Ye Yue stood up not long after, and walked away in a hurry.Kaoru quickly followed. Ye Yue's next actions are really puzzling.She walked tens of meters forward, then stopped suddenly, squatted down, and stepped forward again after a while.She seemed to be doing something every time she squatted down, but Kaoru was too far away to see clearly.

After nearly an hour like this, before they knew it, the two came to a very secluded place.There are no residential houses around, only some huts and warehouses of unknown use.The highway was just overhead, and there were piles of illegally discarded appliances and the like. Ye Yue's footsteps slowed down, her eyes stopped on those wastes. Suddenly, she stopped.Then she walked slowly towards the waste.But then, she suddenly strode back.Finally, she covered her mouth and stood still as if frozen. Kaoru felt overwhelmed.Ye Yue seemed to have discovered something.She could wait for Ye Yue to leave before checking what it was, but she quickened her pace and ran towards Ye Yue.

Ye Yue seemed to have sensed the sound of footsteps, she turned her head and saw Xun, her eyes widened, and she ran in the opposite direction. "Wait a moment." Hearing Kaoru's cry, Ye Yue stopped in her tracks.After making sure she stopped, Kaoru looked towards where she had been staring, and saw some TVs and VCRs thrown there.Such illegal dumping in the suburbs has continued unabated since the implementation of the Appliance Recycling Act. Kaoru saw a broken washing machine and was about to approach it when Ye Yue shouted, "Don't look over there!" Kaoru turned to look at her, only to see her hands clenched into fists.

"You better not look at it..." "It's okay." Kaoru nodded at her, and approached the washing machine.It was a front-load washing machine with the lid open. There is something in it.At first glance, she thought it was a dirty blanket or something, but when she saw that it was not only covered with wet liquid, but also had black hair that shone with a chilling light, Kaoru thought Can determine what it is.On closer inspection, there was something like a collar on top of that thing.Kaoru took out her cell phone and called Kusanagi while enduring the stench from the washing machine.

Kusanagi came to the scene with the son of Noheira Kashiko and the staff of the forensic department.After seeing the dog corpse thrown into the washing machine, Nohira concluded that it was Xiao Hei. "Have you ever taken your dog for a walk around here before?" Hearing Kusanagi's question, Nohira shook his head: "I haven't been here before, the direction of the walking route is completely opposite." Kusanagi nodded, walked up to Xun and asked her, "Have you talked to that little girl?" "I asked..." Xun hesitated a bit, "but I didn't quite understand it."

"What? What's going on?" Kaoru brought Kusanagi to Mase Hazuki, who curled up in the patrol car. "Can we have another look at that thing you just had?" Kaoru asked her. With some hesitation, Ye Yue reached into the pocket of the denim jacket, and took out a chain with a crystal hanging on one end. "What is this?" Kusanagi asked. Ye Yue said nothing.In desperation, Xun had no choice but to explain: "It is said that it is a pendant that can tell her the truth. She also said that she came all the way here after asking this pendant about the whereabouts of the missing dog."