Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty

Akio looked at the alarm clock, it was more than eight o'clock in the morning, which meant that he had slept for more than three hours.Because he couldn't sleep, he drank whiskey with a small amount of water until about five o'clock in the morning.Considering what he had to do today, he couldn't get himself very drunk, but he had to rely on the strength of alcohol to get through the night. He felt dizzy, and he was asleep, but he didn't sleep soundly. He remembered turning over several times. Yaeko was lying on the bed next to him with her back to him. She had been snoring very loudly recently, and sometimes it was quite noisy.But this morning she was extraordinarily quiet, not moving from her shoulders to her back.

"Hello." Zhaofu called to her. Yaeko's body slowly turned to Akio, the blackout curtains made her gloomy expression look even more gloomy, only her eyes were still glowing. "Have you slept yet?" Akio asked. Yaeko turned her neck and pressed her cheek against the pillow, as if shaking her head. "That's right, it's impossible to sleep well." Akio sat up, moving his neck up and down, left and right.There was a crisp sound from the joints, which made him feel like an old machine that was about to be scrapped. He stretched out his hand to open the curtain, and on this fateful day, the sky was thick with clouds.

"I said," Yaeko said, "when will we act?" Akio didn't answer because he was thinking about it himself.Once you act, there is no way out, so every step has to be planned, and every member of the family must speak in unison, except, of course, that person. "his dad." "I'm listening." Akio replied stiffly.In the past two days, his attitude when speaking to his wife was very bad. This may be the first time since he got married.The reason for this is naturally because he is sure that his wife has left everything to him.Now, he regrets that he was not able to be a husband worthy of his wife's support in other things.

He drew the curtains wider and looked aimlessly at the street below.There was a car parked on the road about twenty meters away, and there seemed to be someone inside. Startled, Akio hastily closed the curtains. "What's wrong?" Yaeko asked. "There's the police," he said. "Police? Are you walking towards our house?" "No, they're in a parked car, presumably watching us." Yaeko got up with a distorted expression, and reached out to pull the curtain. "Don't pull!" Zhaofu shouted, "It's best not to let the other party find out that we already know that we are being watched."

"Then what shall we do?" "What should we do? We can only act first. —— I don't know if Naomi is up yet." "I'll go and have a look." Yaeko stood up and straightened her disheveled hair. "Tell him to bring that doll, and don't leave it in his room. Have you cleaned up everything else?" "Don't worry about that, I took it far away and threw it away." "In order to be safe, we still have to check again. You know, even if we find one, we are all finished." After Yaeko walked out, Akio also stood up.He suddenly felt his eyes go dark, and quickly propped himself up on one knee.Although the dizziness passed quickly, a wave of nausea followed.He belched loudly, and a foul-smelling gas rushed out of his mouth.

He thought that the darkest and most sinful day was about to begin. The Kasugai family lived in a new six-story building about 100 meters away from the bus road, and they lived on the fifth floor. Although the two came to visit in the morning, Kasugai Tadahiko immediately ushered them into the house.He must also want to actively cooperate with the investigation in order to help solve the case.He looked much calmer than when Song Gong first saw him yesterday. "How is your wife?" Song Gong asked.The draft-like cries that came from across the sliding door in the clubhouse still echoed in his mind.

"Rest in the bedroom, do you want me to call her? She also said that she can answer questions." Kasugai replied. Although Matsunomiya didn't want to force the wife too much from the bottom of his heart, Kaga still said from the side: "I'm sorry." "Then I'll call her." Kasugai left the living room. "It feels cruel to do this." Songgong muttered. "I am the same, but I can't help it. The one who knows the victim's daily life best is her mother. Her father usually has to go to work, so even if she asks, she can't get any valuable clues." Kaga said while looking at her. inside the house.

Songgong also followed him to observe the surroundings. This is a Western-style room that doubles as a dining room and a living room.On the shelf next to the large-screen LCD TV, there were some cartoon DVDs, which should be the programs the victim liked to watch. There are two lunch boxes on the dining table, which seem to be bought from a supermarket.There is still half of one of them left, and the other has not been touched. Songgong speculates that this is the couple's dinner yesterday. Kasugai returned, followed by a slender woman.Her long hair was tied back, and she wore glasses.She barely had any makeup on, just a little lipstick, probably fresh.The woman's complexion is not good.

Kasugai introduced that this was his wife Nazuko. After exchanging pleasantries, her gaze fell in front of the detectives. "Why don't you make tea for the guests?" "No, there's no need." Kaga said immediately, "Please sit down, I am very sorry to disturb your rest." "Did something come out of the investigation?" Nazuko asked in a low voice. "There are indeed some discoveries, but there are still many things that are not clear. For example, why does Xiao Youcai go out alone? Does this happen often?" Natsuko blinked slowly and answered.

"I always tell her to say hello to us before going out, but she still often goes out casually. This is even more so after elementary school. It seems that she always makes an appointment with her friends to play outside." "Is it the same on Friday?" "I don't think it was that day. We asked all the little friends who usually play with her, but no one made an appointment with Yuna to go out in advance." "Xiao Youcai seems to have gone to buy ice cream, did she go out for this?" Nazuko thought for a moment. "There's ice cream in the fridge, so I don't think she's going out just for that reason."

Kaga nodded. "Does Xiao Youcai have a mobile phone?" Natsuko shook her head. "We think she's too young... But if I knew today, I should have let her bring one." Tears glistened behind her glasses. "Having a mobile phone is not necessarily safe, and some people think that it will put children in danger." Kaga comforted her, "Do her little friends have one?" "Several of them have." Song Gong listened to the side, speculating that those mobile phones must be given by the parents for the children's complete consideration, and now some products even come with a GPS global positioning system that can determine the location.However, as Kaga said, it is not uncommon for criminals to target mobile phones because of their mobile phones. "Excuse me, does Yuuna have her own room?" Kaga asked. "some." "Can we go in and have a look?" Nazuko looked at her husband and asked for his consent. "Please come with me." Kasugai said and stood up. Yuuna's room was a Western-style room with four and a half tatami mats.There was a writing desk by the window, and the bed was placed against the wall. Both pieces of furniture looked new. What is striking is the side-by-side display of dolls, all of which are characters from a popular cartoon.Song Gong also knew that there are such dolls in various costumes on the market. "She's a super fan." Song Gong said. "Yes, she has always liked..." Nazuko's voice was full of crying. "Super Gong?" Kaga looked puzzled. "This is the character, her name is 'Super Princess'." Song Gong pointed to one of the dolls and said. "Is the DVD next to the TV the same work?" "Yes, she used to watch it almost every day." Nazuko replied, "She also likes to collect dolls, and often pestered me to buy them for her." Kaga walked towards the writing desk and found that it was neatly organized.On the table was a name tag that looked like a primary school student the victim wore when he went to school, and it should have been taken off before going out. "This is?" Kaga asked after seeing the name tag. "That's the name tag of their elementary school." "I know that. I want to ask about the words printed on the back. It seems to be a phone number and some kind of address." Kaga turned over the name tag and handed it to the other party. Matsumiya also looked at it, and there was indeed writing on it with something like a signature pen, like a mobile phone number or an email address. "This is our mobile phone number and email address." Kasugai replied. "Do you both have mobile phones?" "Yes, so that Yuna can get in touch with us at any time, we made a record behind her name tag." "There are three email addresses." "Two of them are on the phone and one is on the computer." Kaga nodded understandingly, staring at the back of the name tag.He seemed to think of something suddenly and raised his head. "Where is your home computer?" "In our bedroom." "Is Xiaoyoucai available?" "We sometimes go online with her." "Will she use it alone?" "It shouldn't be.—Is it?" Kasugai confirmed to his wife. "I haven't seen it before." Nazuko also agreed with her husband. "May I ask when was the last time Mr. Kasugai used the computer?" "Last night, just checking for new emails." "Did you find anything suspicious?" "Suspicious?" "For example, I received some strange email." "I don't think so. Is there any clue about the e-mail?" "No," Kaga waved his hand, "It's hard to say now, but we may need to check the computer. Can you bother the two of you to hand over the computer to us for safekeeping?" "As long as it helps solve the case, of course it's fine..." Kasugai seemed a little unable to understand Kaga's thoughts. "We will explain the reason to you at that time." Kaga looked at his watch, "I'm sorry for interrupting you for so long, the clues provided by you two are very valuable for reference." Kasugai and his wife also exchanged some pleasantries with him, but their expressions were sad and puzzled. "Contact Mr. Kobayashi," Kaga said after leaving the apartment, "have someone from the Appraisal Section check Mr. Kasugai's computer." "You mean the victim was in contact with the killer through a computer?" "It's possible." "But the victim's parents said she had never used a computer alone." After hearing this, Kaga shrugged and shook his head slowly. “Parents don’t always trust what they say, and kids often grow up faster than their parents expect, especially when they have a sneak peek of some kind of fun. For kids in the video game age, learning to email and being able to imitate adults Deleting without leaving a trace is a breeze." Matsumiya also had to agree with Kaga's statement, as long as you look at the crimes related to juveniles in recent years, you can see it at a glance. Song Gong took out his mobile phone, but just when he was about to dial Xiao Lin's number, the phone rang first. "I'm Song Gong." "I'm Xiaolin." "I was about to call you." Matsumiya conveyed Kaga's request to the director. "Okay, then I'll let the identification department pass right away." "Do you need us to stay here?" Song Gong asked. "No, now I want you to go somewhere." "where?" "Maehara Akio's house." "Have you discovered anything new?" "No, the other party is looking for us." "Maehara looking for us?" Matsunomiya held the phone and looked at Kaga's face. "Akio Maehara said he had something to explain to us about the Ginkgo Park case."