Chapter 41 Section 4

He hit the gas pedal.After making sure that there was no car approaching behind him, he drove the car into the right lane and increased the speed slightly again.Soon, the car overtook the red car driving in the left lane. He glanced at the driver's seat out of the corner of his eye, and saw a young woman holding the steering wheel.The back seat of the car is equipped with frosted glass, so you can't see inside, but because the passenger seat is empty, it is estimated that you are driving alone. The car was speeding along the up lane of the Metropolitan Expressway No. 4 Shinjuku Line.Looking at the speedometer, the speed was more than 80 kilometers per hour.The man adjusted the accelerator to let the car and the car driven by the woman go side by side.

We will be in Yoyogi soon.He held the steering wheel with his right hand, and groped around the seat with his left hand. When his fingers touched the installed switch, he pressed it without hesitation. The timer is set to twelve seconds.When the time is up, an electronic tone will sound.While waiting for the electronic sound to sound, he adjusted the accelerator carefully.He followed the target closely, keeping pace with it.The short twelve seconds made him feel very long. Ahead stretches a straight road ending in a sharp right bend followed by another sharp left bend.This is a famous accident-prone place.

The electronic tone finally sounded.The man stepped on the accelerator all at once, and the car accelerated sharply.The two red cars were reflected in the rearview mirror, and began to snake around in an erratic manner. But that was about as far as he could see, as two consecutive bends blocked his view.He slowed down and waited for the following vehicles to appear. A short time later, a white car appeared, followed by a blue car, while the previous red car did not appear. It seemed to be going well—he smiled slightly.An accident was easily caused. The rest is a matter of how damaged it is.

He decided to take the next exit off the highway.There is a radio in the passenger seat, and the emergency wireless notification from the Tokyo Fire Department made him feel extremely looking forward to it. The timer is set to twelve seconds.When the time is up, an electronic tone will sound.While waiting for the electronic sound to sound, he adjusted the accelerator carefully.He followed the target closely, keeping pace with it.The short twelve seconds made him feel very long. Ahead stretches a straight road ending in a sharp right bend followed by another sharp left bend.This is a famous accident-prone place.

The electronic tone finally sounded.The man stepped on the accelerator all at once, and the car accelerated sharply.The two red cars were reflected in the rearview mirror, and began to snake around in an erratic manner. But that was about as far as he could see, as two consecutive bends blocked his view.He slowed down and waited for the following vehicles to appear. A short time later, a white car appeared, followed by a blue car, while the previous red car did not appear. It seemed to be going well—he smiled slightly.An accident was easily caused. The rest is a matter of how damaged it is.

He decided to take the next exit off the highway.There is a radio in the passenger seat, and the emergency wireless notification from the Tokyo Fire Department made him feel extremely looking forward to it. Ueda Ryoko opened her slender eyes wide, and a slight blush appeared on her previously pale cheeks. "You mean, my father was murdered?" Her voice was hoarse. "No, we can't make a conclusion yet. The search is still going on." Kusanagi said calmly. "The criminal police of the police station in the jurisdiction said it was an accident..." "It was true at the time. But later, because we had a lot of information, we thought it would be a little too hasty to conclude that it was an accident."

"What information?" Ueda Ryoko asked a natural question. Kusanagi decided to use a lie that he had already prepared: "Actually, it was because we discovered another case of a seemingly innocent fall from a building that was actually a homicide. Because the circumstances of Mr. Ueda Shigeyuki's death were similar to that case. , so we’re here to ask you about the situation, just in case. But for now, it’s entirely safe to think of it as an accident. Everything we’ve done, at the end of the day, is just in case.” Kusanagi kept repeating the words "just in case".Jian Gong had told him not to mention the strange letter in front of the family members of the deceased.

Every time I meet with the family members of the victim, my heart is very heavy.What is especially heartbreaking is when the victim's family never imagined that the deceased actually died of homicide.If it was just a simple accident, the family members would have no choice but to accept their fate, but once they learned that the death was a homicide, they would have different emotions in their hearts.There is no doubt that there is no doubt about the resentment in their hearts. At the same time, they will also have a deep question in their hearts: Why?Why do the perpetrators have to kill their loved ones? ——In a sense, there is no more sad problem in the world than this.No matter how you explain it, even if the perpetrator himself explains it, the family members of the deceased will not be able to figure it out someday.As long as the tragedy is recalled, they will continue to ask why.

Kusanagi and Utsumi Kaoru came to Ueda Shige's house together.His home is on the first floor of a two-story apartment, with a two-bedroom interior.As soon as they entered the entrance, there was a kitchen and dining room, and they were sitting across the dining table from Ryoko Ueda.Ryoko is Ueda Shigeyuki's only daughter, who lived together five years ago but is now living apart, while her mother died of cancer two years ago. "Assuming... I mean assuming that Mr. Ueda Shigeyuki's death was not a simple accident, would you have thought of something? It doesn't matter how trivial it is." Kusanagi said tentatively.

Ryoko Ueda shook his head with a look of unrelieved expression on his face: "No. My father was cowardly, and he didn't know how to drink alcohol. He almost never got into disputes with others, so I don't think anyone will hold a grudge against my father. That's what everyone said at yesterday's funeral." "May I ask when was the last time you spoke with Mr. Shigeyuki?" "It was last week. At that time, my father called me and asked me what I planned to do on the three-year anniversary of my mother's death...Although it is still very early." Ueda Ryoko lowered her head as she said.Kusanagi glanced at Kaoru Utsumi and asked her if she had any questions to ask.

"We heard that Mr. Shigeyuki Ueda was a very skilled painter before his death." Kaoru Utsumi said, "It is said that he has long been used to working at heights, so he no longer wears a lifeline. Did you know Mr. Shigeyuki before? Have you talked about it?" Ueda Ryoko raised his head slightly, and his eyelashes fluttered: "my father once told me before that people's sense of balance will decline when they get old, so we should pay more attention to it in the future. But he also said that if you wear a seat belt, you will lose your sense of balance It affects the speed of homework, so sometimes he doesn't bother to tie it. I have told him many times to be careful..." At the end, her voice choked up. With a heavy heart, Kusanagi and the others left the Ueda house. "It is estimated that the perpetrator did not actually have any motive to kill Mr. Ueda," Kusanagi said as he walked, "It was just to disguise it as an accident, and Mr. Ueda happened to come into his sight and was not wearing a seat belt, so we decided to take him. There was surgery. I thought the whole thing was as simple as that." "I feel the same way. The problem is the method, right?" "It's a way to make people fall to their deaths from a building at a certain distance. We can only rely on Yukawa for this kind of thing, but now we don't have any valuable materials in our hands." Kusanagi frowned and scratched his head. Now they have obtained information about the falling accident that occurred in the two countries from the person in charge of the police station in their jurisdiction, and they have also asked the project supervisor and other construction personnel.As a result, it was found that when the accident happened, there was no one around Ueda Shigeyuki, and there was no strong wind enough to shake the building or make people lose their balance.It is no wonder that the police station in the jurisdiction judged it as an accident early. After the two returned to the Metropolitan Police Department, Kishitani walked to Kusanagi with the documents. "How's it going?" Kusanagi asked. "So far, there have not been any fatal accidents. There were 132 traffic accidents in total, 118 people were injured, and 35 of them were seriously injured, but there were no life-threatening accidents. Other accidents are currently reported. Thirteen cases were reported. All of them were drunk and fell down the stairs, or the elderly took medicine and got stuck in their throats, and there were no high-altitude fall accidents.” "Oh, there are still so many accidents in Tokyo. Since there are so many accidents, one has to suspect that one of them may be caused by the perpetrator." "I think this is exactly the purpose of the perpetrator." Kaoru said to Kusanagi, "Only one successful disguise of the crime as an accident caused our police to overestimate their strength." "I think you're right. But the problem is that he did it, even if he did it just once, and it can't be ignored." "Well... that's true." Kaoru lowered his head. At present, regarding the "Devil's Hand" incident, the police only sent Kusanagi's team to search.This is because it is not yet possible to determine whether it should be characterized as a case.Although the last notice letter on the Internet should have been passed on to the higher-ups through the palace, but the higher-ups did not issue any decent instructions.According to Kusanagi's speculation, the higher-ups are probably also worrying about this matter. Just then, Mamiya came over.With a gloomy face, he handed a copy to Kusanagi and said, "Here we go again. The perpetrator is really hardworking." Kusanagi took the copy, and Kaoru and Kishitani went up to read it together. Dear members of the Metropolitan Police Department: Presumably, you have already understood that the falling accident that occurred in the two countries was caused by my power.I'm sure you're trying desperately to figure out exactly what method I'm using, but I have to say you're wasting your time.You are absolutely unable to see through the true face of my demonic hand. Alright, now that the existence of the Devil's Hand has been proven to you, I'm about to make a request.My request is not a difficult matter, in your view, it is your unshirkable obligation. I ask you to inform everyone of my existence.It is hoped that the head of the criminal police department or the head of the first search section will hold a press conference.At that time, even if you make the previous criminal notices and criminal statements public, it will be defenseless. But I also have my worries, I'm afraid there will be people pretending to be the Devil's Hand. Therefore, I am going to teach you a way to tell the truth from the fake.That's the random number table that came with the letter.From now on, every letter I send will end up with a number randomly generated according to this table, if not, it is a forgery.In addition, numbers that have been used once will never be used again, so please keep this table of random numbers safe, for the sake of both of us. "What is this?" Kusanagi asked. "As stated in the letter, the perpetrator has made a request this time." "Is it the so-called request to make things public?" "yes." Kusanagi slowly shook his head and said, "What are you doing? What are the benefits of doing this?" "The section chief and the management officer think that the other party must be a person with a strong desire for self-expression." Mamiya said. "What do you plan to do? Are you going to hold a press conference?" "How is it possible? If we do this, it is tantamount to giving in to the threat of the perpetrator. And it will not do any good to make the matter public. The higher-ups have decided to ignore the other party's request for the time being." "It depends on what action the perpetrator will take after the request is ignored, right?" Kusanagi nodded. "What does this table of random numbers mean?" Kaoru asked. "It's a two-digit table with five rows and five columns that was sent together with this letter. Isn't it written 'あrow B, column 55' at the end of the letter? It means to write in the position of the row and column There is the number '55'. This is to remind us that if the number in the letter does not match the number in the corresponding position on the watch, the letter is forged." "I'm worried that someone will pretend to be someone. It seems that the perpetrator thinks that his request will definitely be fulfilled. He really underestimated us." Kusanagi said bitterly. "It's probably because the first attack was successful, so I got carried away with complacency. Even in order to kill this arrogance, we have to find out as soon as possible what method the perpetrator used to cause the fall accident." Hearing Mamiya's instructions, Kusanagi answered "Yes" vigorously, but a wave of uneasiness hit Kaoru who stood by.Perpetrators whose demands are ignored are at high risk of reoffending.She always felt that her own people would not be able to reveal the true face of "Devil's Hand" before another crime happened.