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Chapter 83 fourth quarter

white night walk 东野圭吾 3453Words 2018-03-22
A group of women who appeared to be dismissed from a talent classroom occupied two tables.Imaeda wanted to change places, but the person he was dating should have left the office, so he had to choose the table farthest from them.Their average age is about forty years old. In addition to drink glasses, there are plates of sandwiches and pasta on the table.The time was 1:30 in the afternoon. I had expected that the lunch break had just ended at this time, and the cafe should be empty, but I made a big mistake.After the talent classroom class, it must be their greatest pleasure to come here to have lunch and chat with each other.

After Imaeda took two sips of coffee, Masuda Jun walked into the shop.He looked a little thinner than when he worked together, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and dark blue tie, and holding a brown paper bag in his hand. He saw Imaeda in no time and approached him. "Long time no see." As he spoke, he sat down opposite, but said to the waitress who came over, "No, I'll be leaving right away." "Looks like it's still busy." Imae said. "Yes." Masuda said coldly, apparently in a bad mood.He put the brown paper bag on the table. "Is that all right?"

Imaeda picked up the paper bag to check, and there were more than twenty sheets of A4 printing paper inside.He flipped over and nodded vigorously.He has seen things before, and some copies of documents are still written by him. "Okay. Sorry to trouble you." "Let me make it clear first, and don't ask me to do this kind of thing for you in the future. What it means to show the company's information to outsiders, you have been working as a detective for so many years, it is impossible not to know." "Sorry, it's only this time, not the next time." Masuda stood up, but did not walk towards the exit immediately, but looked down at Imeda and asked, "You only want these things now, what's going on? Have you found a new clue to the unsolved case?"

"No, I just want to confirm something." "Oh, whatever you want." Masuda took a step forward.It's impossible for him to trust Imameda's words, but he doesn't seem to want to meddle in anything other than work. Watching Masuda leave the cafe, Imae looked through the documents again, and those days three years ago immediately came back to mind.At that time, I was commissioned by a person who claimed to be related to Tozai Denso Co., Ltd. to conduct an investigation, and the document in hand at this moment is a copy of the investigation report at that time. The biggest reason for the frustration of the investigation at that time was that they were still unable to find out the true identity of the person named Akiyoshi Yuichi of Memorix.Whether it's real name, experience, or origin, they don't know anything.However, a few days ago, Imaeda learned of Akiyoshi's true identity from an unexpected source.The man in the photo that Sasagaki showed, Kirihara Ryoji, was Akiyoshi Yuichi who he had been monitoring for a long time.Absolutely.Not only does it coincide with the experience of running a personal computer store, Lian Tongyuan disappeared from Osaka, but it also coincides with the time when Akiyoshi entered Memorix.

At first, Imaeda thought it was purely a coincidence.He thinks that if you've been in the job for a long time, it might actually be possible to track down someone's real identity in the past and accidentally find it years later in a completely different investigation.However, when he sorted it out in his mind, he discovered that this was a huge illusion.The more he thought about it, the more he realized that this was not a coincidence. The investigation commissioned by Tozai Denso and this investigation were actually interlinked at the root. The reason why he was entrusted by Shinozuka to investigate Tang Zeyuho was because he met Gao Gongcheng on the golf driving range.So why did he go to that golf driving range?That's because he went there three years ago when he was following Qiuji, and he also knew Gao Gong at that time.Takamiya was very close to the woman named Misawa Chitoru who Akiyoshi was following.And Gao Gongcheng's wife at that time was Tang Ze Xuesui.

Detective Sagaki described Kirihara Ryoji as a mutually beneficial and symbiotic partner with Karasawa Yusho.There must be some basis for the old criminal policeman to say so.Imaeda assumes that Kirihara and Karasawa Yusho are actually closely related, and re-examines the investigation three years ago, what conclusion will be drawn? It's very simple, and the answer is immediately apparent.Yusui's husband works in the patent department of East and West Denso and is in charge of the company's technical information. He has access to top secrets, so the company will naturally give him the user name and password to use the computer to query confidential data.It's just that this must not be known to outsiders, and Gao Gong must have complied with this rule.But what about the wife?Did his wife learn his username and password?

Three years ago, Imaeda desperately wanted to find out the connection between Yuichi Akiyoshi and Makoto Takamiya, but found nothing.No wonder they couldn't find it, because their target should have been Takamiya Yusui. As a result, Imaeda had another question, that is the relationship between Misawa Chitoru and Takamiya Makoto.Why on earth did Akiyoshi, Kirihara, monitor Sentoru? Entrusted by Xuesui to investigate her husband's affair, such reasoning is not outrageous.However, there are too many unreasonable places in this idea.Why did she entrust Kirihara?To investigate an affair, all you need is a detective.Moreover, if it is to investigate Gao Gongcheng's affair, Gao Gong should be monitored, but Kirihara is monitoring Misawa Chitsuru. Is this because they have already determined that she is Gao Gong's affair?That being the case, why continue to investigate?

Imae thought while looking at the copy Masuda gave him.Suddenly, he noticed something puzzling.Kirihara first followed Misawa Chitsuru to the Eagle Golf Driving Range in early April three years ago.Gao Gongcheng did not appear at the golf driving range at that time.Two weeks later, Kirihara went to the court again.At this time, Gao Gongcheng appeared in Jinzhi's eyes for the first time, and Gao Gongcheng had an intimate conversation with Misawa Chizuru. After that, Kirihara never went to the stadium again, but Imaeda continued to observe Misawa Chitsuru and Takamiya Makoto.As long as the records of the time are traced back, it is obvious that their relationship has grown closer.By early August, when the investigation was suspended, they were completely in love.But here's the puzzling thing.

Knowing that their relationship was getting deeper and deeper, Xuesui didn't take any measures.It is impossible for her to be ignorant of this, she should have already learned the whole story from Tong Yuan. Imaeda brought the cup to his mouth, the coffee was already cold.He remembered that he drank this kind of cold coffee not long ago, when he met Shinozuka at the cafe in Ginza.For a moment, a thought suddenly appeared in his mind.That was a completely different idea—what if Yukiho wanted to break up with Takamiya? It's not impossible.To borrow the words of Eriko Kawashima, Takamiya should not be Yukiho's favorite person from the very beginning.The husband who wants to break up with happens to be in love with other women.That being the case, just wait until the relationship develops into an affair.Does Xuesui think so?

No, Imaeda shook his head in his heart, that woman is not the kind of person who resigns herself to fate. Could it be that Misawa Chitsuru's meeting with Takamiya and the subsequent progress were all in Yukiho's plan? impossible.But Imae immediately felt that it was possible.Tang Zexuesui, a woman, has a characteristic that makes it impossible to deny it with a sentence of "impossible". However, this poses a question: Can the human heart be manipulated so easily?If it's someone you've ever admired, it's a different matter.But even if Misawa Chitoru is the most beautiful woman in the world, there is no guarantee that everyone will fall in love with her.

As soon as Imaeda walked out of the cafe, he looked for a public phone booth.While looking at the notepad, he dialed the number and called Dongxidenso's Tokyo head office, looking for Makoto Gao.After waiting for a while, Gao Gong's voice came from the receiver: "Hi, I'm Gao Gong." "Hi, I'm Imameda. Sorry to interrupt your work." "Oh." A slightly confused voice came from the other party, probably because most people don't want the detective to call the work place. "I'm really sorry a few days ago, you were so busy and bothered." He first apologized for asking Tang Ze Xuesui about buying stocks earlier, "Actually, I want to ask you one more thing." "What's up?" "I hope to have an interview." He was really embarrassed to say on the phone, and wanted to ask you how you met your current wife. "Tonight or tomorrow night, I wonder if you are free?" "Tomorrow is fine." "Then I'll call you tomorrow, okay?" "Okay. Ah, by the way, Imaeda-san, there is something I must tell you." "What's up?" "Actually," he lowered his volume, "a few days ago, a policeman came to me. It was a rather old Osaka criminal policeman." "and then?" "He asked me if anyone asked me about his ex-wife recently, and I told him your name. Isn't that good?" "Ah, so that's how it is..." "Causing you trouble?" "No, well, it doesn't matter. Excuse me, did you tell him my occupation as well?" "Yes." Gao Gong replied. "I see. Well, I know what's in my mind. I won't waste your time." After finishing speaking, Imaeda hung up the phone. It turned out that there was such a line, and Imaeda wondered why he hadn't thought of it.It turned out that Sagaki found me without any effort.But who actually installed that bug? Imaeda returned to the apartment very late.After running around for another job, he also visited the izakaya where Eri Sugawara worked, and he hadn't been there for a long time. "Afterwards, whenever I was at home, I would always wear the chain." Eri also said that as far as she felt, no one sneaked into her residence again. An unfamiliar white van was parked in front of the apartment.Imaeda walked around the car, entered the apartment, and climbed the stairs.His body was so heavy that it was difficult to even lift his feet.When he came to the room and tried to unlock it in his pocket, he saw a small cart and folded cardboard boxes standing against the wall in the corridor.The cardboard box is so big that it probably can even fit a washing machine.He thought, who let it go?But he didn't take it to heart.The residents of this apartment have no sense of public morality, and it is commonplace to put garbage bags directly in the corridor, and even he himself is by no means a model tenant.He took out the key ring, inserted the key into the lock, turned right, and at the same time he heard a click, he also felt the lock open. At this time, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and the key seemed to be different from usual.He thought for a second or two, and opened the door.He decided to take it as his own neurosis. Turned on the light, looked around the room, nothing unusual.The room was deserted as usual, covered with dust as usual.In order to remove the man's body odor, the deodorant is deliberately adjusted slightly stronger, as usual.He put his things on the chair and walked to the bathroom.He was drunk and comfortable, a little sleepy, a little lazy. When he turned on the light in the bathroom, he noticed that the exhaust fan was on.He felt strange, did he do such a wasteful thing?Opening the door, the toilet seat was closed, which also made him wonder.He doesn't have the habit of closing the toilet seat, and usually doesn't even put down the seat cushion. After closing the door, he lifted the toilet lid. Suddenly, the sirens all over the body began to sound.He felt an unusual danger approaching him.He wanted to close the toilet seat, he had to leave as soon as possible...but he couldn't move his body, and he couldn't make a sound.Don't speak out loud, even breathing is difficult, and the lungs seem to no longer belong to me. His field of vision suddenly shook greatly and turned around in a big circle.He felt as if his body had bumped into something, but he didn't feel any pain, and all his senses were taken away in an instant.He tried desperately to move his limbs, but he couldn't even move a finger. It seemed that someone was standing beside him, maybe it was his illusion. The vision is gradually surrounded by darkness.
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