Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

Just when Akio was about to ask the other party why he asked that question, the glass door leading to the yard in the dining room swung open.Akio looked over there in surprise, only to see Zheng Hui walking out of the room. Kaga also seemed surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Who is that?" "It's my mother, ah, but she can't answer any questions, she's confused here." Akio said and pointed to his head, "That's why I didn't mention her earlier." While talking to herself, Zhenghui knelt down and stared around the flowerpot. Akio couldn't help but rushed forward.

"What are you doing here?" She whispered softly, "Gloves." "gloves?" "If you don't wear gloves, you will be scolded." With his back to Akio, Zhenghui dawdled in front of the flower pot for a while.At last she stood up and faced her son with dirty gloves on her hands.Akio felt a chill flow through his body after seeing this scene, almost freezing him to death.Those gloves were the ones he had used last night, and he remembered that he didn't know where he put them after disposing of the corpse, and it seemed that he just threw them aside.

"Is this the head office? Uncle." Saying that, Masae walked towards Kaga and stretched out her hands in front of him. "Ah, what are you doing? I'm so sorry. Well, let's go inside and play, it's going to rain." Akio said like coaxing a child. Zheng Hui looked up at the sky, seemed to understand what his son meant, and walked across the yard into the dining room. Akio closed the glass door that had been left open and glanced at the entrance, Kaga looked surprised. "That's what she looks like," Akio scratched his head and returned to the original place, "so I don't think she can help you either."

"It's not easy, did you take care of it at your own home?" "Well, yes..." Zhao Fu nodded, "Excuse me, are you all right?" "It's already done, thank you very much for cooperating with our investigation in your busy schedule." Akio stood and watched the criminal policeman open the door and leave. After he could no longer see the other party, he turned his gaze to the yard. He thought of the grass stained on the girl's clothes, and felt a tightness in his chest. The search was headquartered at the Nerima Police Station, and the first joint investigation meeting was held at two o'clock in the afternoon.Matsunomiya noticed the person sitting obliquely in front of him, and it was almost ten years ago that he had a direct meeting with him last time.His tense side face has not changed from before, and his strong physique from long-term practice of kendo is still the same, and his sitting posture is as straight and upright as ever.

Songgong thought that since she wanted to participate in the investigation of this case, she would always meet him.He couldn't imagine how the other party would react when he saw him. Although the other party should know that Song Gong had become a policeman, he couldn't be sure whether he also knew that Song Gong was in the first search department. He was seated first, and Song Gong was still sitting behind him, so he probably hadn't noticed the existence of the new police detective yet. The investigation meeting was proceeding as scheduled, and the time of death has been presumed to be between 5:00 pm and 9:00 pm yesterday.The method of killing was strangulation, and no other trauma was found.

Ice cream was found in the stomach of the deceased, so it is more likely that the girl who went to the soda shop alone was the victim.If this holds true, the presumed time of death could become more precise. Near Ginkgo Park, several cars parked on the ground were witnessed.Most of them are commercial vehicles, which are often parked there.There are currently no sightings of late night parking. No items were found that could be definitively left behind by the killer, but the Forensic Section has produced an interesting report.A small amount of green grass remained on the clothes of the corpse, the species was kaolin grass, which was not growing well and had not been maintained.In addition, there is also a part of white clover, which is commonly known as clover. The identification department believes that this may be some weeds symbiotic in the grass.

Kasugai's family lived in a rental apartment, so naturally they didn't have a yard.Although the park that Yuuna Kasugai usually goes to usually has a lawn, but it is a different type of weeds, and there is no lawn in Ginkgo Park. Another report from the identification department is also quite noteworthy. A small amount of the same kind of grass was also found on Yuuna Kasugai's socks, and her body was found wearing sneakers. Although it is not ruled out that the victim stepped on the lawn and fell in the courtyard and park, the detectives agreed that the victim should not have taken off his sneakers in advance.In addition, it rained yesterday morning, and the outdoor lawn is wet. It is still possible to walk on it with bare feet at this time, but it is unimaginable to wear socks and no shoes.Moreover, the shoes Yuuna Kasugai wore were of the type with laces tied to the toes, and it was even more unlikely that they would fall off due to some kind of impact, which meant that she probably did not lie down on the lawn out of her own will.

The most natural reasoning is that after she was killed, she was left on the lawn.In this way, the location should not be in an easily exposed public place, but only in the yard of a private house. The above situation was judged earlier, so the detectives of the mobile search team and the training department have already done some investigations on the nearby places where Korean grass grows.However, this kind of grass is the most common in Japan, and the number of private houses alone has climbed to a considerable height.If the murderer had a car, the number of locations to investigate explodes, so it's hard to say whether it's a valuable lead or not.

Then there was the investigation report on the private courtyards around the scene, and the first person to stand up was the person Song Gong had cared about before, which also surprised him. "I'm Kaga from the training horse department," the man began his report after declaring himself as such, "In the residential area from 1-chome to 7-chome, there are 24 households that plant lawns in their yards, among which Koryo There are thirteen households with grass. But because this is just what I heard, the possibility that the households misunderstood the species cannot be ruled out. The remaining eleven households have unknown varieties. After showing the photos of the victim to all the households, a total of three households said that they I knew the victim before, but every family said that the victim hadn't been to them recently."

Matsumiya could hear from Kaga's report that he started visiting immediately after receiving the report. Subsequently, other detectives who conducted the same interview also made similar reports, however, at this stage, no valuable clues have been found. They broke up the meeting after the chief of the first investigation department gave instructions on the next step.It is still impossible to say whether the perpetrator had targeted the victim before or chose her as a prey by accident. In short, the idea that the modus operandi was a kidnapping by car appears to be stronger.Although the victim's body was discarded not far from her home, it cannot be concluded that the murderer also lives nearby. It is likely that this is just a disguise set up by the murderer to hope that the police will think so.However, those involved in the investigation agreed that Ginkgo Park was chosen as the place to dump the corpse, indicating that the murderer should be familiar with this area.

Then the section chief, Ishigaki, called the two directors to talk about the matter, and exchanged a few opinions with the agents of the training department from time to time, and Kaga was among them.Song Gong was quite concerned about what they talked about. After the conversation, Kobayashi walked up to Matsumiya. "We are responsible for the investigation around the scene. In addition to collecting witness information, we also need to investigate whether children have been injured recently. There are also people who planted lawns. The identification department should produce grass. and soil analysis results, so if any suspicious tenants are found, they must be carefully checked.” Kobayashi arranged work for his subordinates, and Songgong also received an order to conduct a visit and investigation. "You will partner with Police Officer Kaga." Hearing what Kobayashi said, Matsunomiya couldn't help confirming again in surprise. "I think you've heard that he's a good detective, and I've worked with him a few times. Maybe that's a little too much for you, but you'll do it this time, and you'll be too. benefited from it." "But……" "Is there any problem?" Xiao Lin glanced at Songgong. "No." When Song Gong shook his head in denial, he suddenly heard a greeting from behind.Turning around, I saw that Kaga was staring at him, his eyes were quite meaningful. Song Gong also greeted him. After the meeting, Matsumiya turned to Kaga again and said, "Long time no see." After the other party responded briefly, he asked, "Have you had lunch yet?" "No, not yet." "Then let's go eat together, I know a good restaurant." After the two walked out of the police station side by side, Kaga took the lead and walked towards the shopping street in front of the station. "Are you used to it?" Kaga asked while walking. "Gradually," Matsunomiya said, "I participated in the investigation of the murder case of a housewife in Setagaya, learned a lot during that process, and got used to murder cases." There was a little vanity in these words, he just didn't want to be treated as a newcomer by the man in front of him. Kaga smiled softly. "It is impossible to get used to the case, especially the person who takes over the murder case. If you can still get used to the weeping of the survivors, then this person's humanity is questionable. What I am asking is if you are used to the heavy identity of a criminal police officer, wearing a When you're in uniform, you see things differently around you." "I understand that." "That's good. In short, time will solve the problem." Kaga walked into a restaurant a little far from the road in front of the station. There were four tables inside, two of which were already full. Kaga found a seat near the door.Before he sat down, he chatted with a woman wearing a scarf in the store, and he could tell that this was a store he knew well. "Everything here is delicious, and the signature dish is the grilled chicken set." "Oh?" Matsumiya nodded suspiciously, and ordered a boiled fish set meal, while Kaga ordered grilled ginger rice. "After receiving the report this morning, I was thinking that I will meet Brother Gong this time." "That's it." "You must have been shocked to see me, right?" "That's not true. When I saw you just now, I just confirmed that you were indeed there." "You know I was assigned a subject?" "Ok." "I heard it from my uncle?" "No, you can still hear news from the first department in the jurisdiction." "Oh?" Kaga used to work in the first department, maybe the contacts established at that time are still working. "I didn't expect to partner with Brother Gong, did you tell the director anything?" "No, you're a little unhappy?" "I didn't mean that, I just cared a little bit." "If you want to partner with me, I can go and tell Mr. Xiao Lin." "I said it's not like that!" Song Gong couldn't help raising his voice. Kaga propped his elbows on the table, and turned his face to one side when he spoke. "The criminal police in the jurisdiction are only acting according to the instructions of the first section, so it is just a coincidence that we are partners. You don't have to worry about those who have or don't." "Of course I don't care. I just listen to the arrangements of the section chief and the director. I'm going to treat you, Brother Gong, as a detective in the jurisdiction." "That's what it should be, then it's all right?" Kaga replied simply. When the food arrived, it did look delicious and inviting.The amount is sufficient, and the balance of nutrition is well adjusted.Matsumiya thought, for Kaga who has always remained single, this store must be very necessary. "Auntie okay?" Kaga asked while wiggling his chopsticks. Hearing the other party's sudden question in the tone of a relative, Matsumiya was a little at a loss, while Kaga looked at him who was dumbfounded and did not answer. Matsumiya felt that it would be childish to put on too much air, so he nodded. "She is still the same, and her mouth is very exciting. By the way, she told me a long time ago that she met Brother Gong and said hello on her behalf. I replied that I don't know when I will see you, anyway, I will finish it for her when the time comes." Wish." "That's right." Kaga nodded. In the silence, Song Gong also started to eat.All sorts of things were going on in his mind, and half the taste of the meal was missing. Kaga, who finished eating first, took out his phone and pressed something on it.But judging from the fact that he completed the operation quickly, it shouldn't be texting. "I just went to see my uncle a few days ago." Song Gong said while spying on the other party's reaction. Kaga put away the phone and finally looked towards Matsunomiya. "Really?" He sounded nonchalant about it. Matsumiya put down his chopsticks. "You'd better visit him once in a while. Uncle's condition is not very good. To be honest, he's not long in the world. He just pretended to be very energetic in front of me." However, Kaga didn't answer, and just ate the soup from a bowl. "Brother Gong!" "Stop talking nonsense, eat quickly, such a good meal will be cold. And we still have a lot of questions to exchange opinions on." Matsumiya thought, obviously Kaga also asked about his family affairs, but he was unwilling to answer his questions, but he still kept his head buried and continued eating. When the meal was almost finished, the mobile phone rang, and it turned out that it was Xiaolin calling. "New news from the identification department, they have figured out what the white particles stuck to the victim's clothes are." "White particles...that's it?" "Styrofoam." "Ah?" Song Gong was puzzled by Monk Zhang Er. "Styrofoam is used in the packaging of household appliances, right? The identification department thinks this is probably the stuff." "that is?" "Cardboard box." Xiao Lin replied immediately, "The murderer packed the body in a cardboard box and carried it, and there were foam particles in the box, which stuck to the victim's body." "So that's how it is." "We will search around Ginkgo Park next, but the cardboard box is likely to have been taken away by the murderer. It may have been thrown somewhere, but if the murderer lives nearby, it is also necessary to consider the situation of taking it home directly. Yes. When you investigate the lawn, you should also pay attention to see if there are any households with that kind of cardboard box in the yard. According to the identification department, the box will become quite smelly due to the excrement of the victim, so it should not be taken into the room." "I understand." Song Gong Yanbi hung up the phone. Seeing Kaga's curious expression, Matsumiya described to him the conversation just now, and added a comment of his own. "I think we're probably going to make a futile trip." Hearing what he said, Kahe asked him why he said that. "If I were a murderer, I would never bring a cardboard box home, even if I lived close by. I would drive the box far away and dispose of it in a random corner, of course. " But Kaga didn't nod, he rested his chin and stared at the phone screen with a pensive expression. Yaeko's face changed suddenly. She was warming her hands with a cup of hot water before, but now she put her hands on the dining table. "His father, now that things have happened...you...are you serious?" "Of course I'm serious, let's give up, let's take Naomi to the police station." Yaeko repeatedly looked at her husband's face and shook her head. "It's unbelievable..." "But we're at our wit's end. As I told you just now, the police will probably come to investigate the lawn. If they know that it is the grass we planted, we have nothing to say." "It's hard to say, isn't it? The police didn't tell you that there was grass on the corpse." "It's clear at a glance, otherwise why would he ask the type of lawn? The grass is stuck to the girl, it must be like this." "But didn't you say that you took all the grass off your clothes? And flushed it into the toilet..." "I've said it several times since just now. I remember cleaning up all the parts visible to the eyes. But in the dark environment, it's hard to ensure that there are no mistakes. It's not surprising even if some parts remain." "Since you know everything, why don't you stop being more careful..." Yaeko frowned, biting her lip unwillingly. "What do you want from me? You know how difficult it is for me? You have to avoid people's eyes and eyes, and you have to make a quick decision. Think about the scene of wet grass sticking to your clothes, which can be completely removed in the dark Do I have another choice? Find her covered in grass and take her body home?"