Chapter 12 Section five

The next day, Takama and Hino launched an investigation near Ogihara's home.Although the surrounding residents were very cooperative after learning of the case, they did not gain any real results.As Hino said before, the person who stays up until three o'clock in the middle of the night makes people feel wrong. However, the two got some gossip from the housewife who couldn't remember which house.It is said that the housewife has a relative living nearby, and the only child of that relative's family seems to have the habit of going out for a jog late at night.The running route also includes the area around the Ogiwara family.

"Go out for a jog in the middle of the night?" Gao's eyes widened. "The kid is a test taker. He has been studying for two years. He can't fall asleep during the day and gets up at night to start studying. He said that if he is tired from reading, he will go for a jog to change his mood. He seems to enjoy it, saying It's called 'Midnight Run'..." Hearing that there was such a thing, the two immediately went to see the candidate.That family was a little far away from the Ogiwara family, so it was not included in the scope of the investigation. "Running in the middle of the night."

Gao Jian said with a wry smile, "The forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds." "The candidate's body is lack of exercise. But then again, if the candidate has seen something, then we have to thank him for running in the middle of the night." "indeed so." Takama nodded. When the two arrived, the candidate named Mitsuo Mitsukawa was still lying in bed.The hour hand of the watch pointed to noon, and the two asked the examinee's mother to wake up the examinee.After about ten minutes, a tired dry man appeared in his pajamas. "I'm so sorry, I heard you're still asleep?"

Hearing Gao Jian's apology, the godfather said indifferently, "No, I just got under the covers." Ganfu knew nothing about the case.Usually he does not read newspapers, and the time to talk with his family is also very short.He didn't show any special reaction after hearing what the two said about the case. I asked him about jogging, only to hear him say smugly: "Those stupid candidates haven't become popular yet?" "Then did you also run last night?" Gan Fu scratched his shaggy hair and replied. "Didn't run." "Didn't run? Why?"

"I had a cold yesterday, and I'm not feeling well." "yes……" Takama and Hino looked at each other and sighed softly.If this is the case, there is no way to continue asking.The two came here full of hope before, but now it seems that they just ran in vain. "Then, even if you ask him, he probably doesn't know much about it, right?" "yes." When Takama and Hino completely gave up hope and were about to get up to say goodbye, a word from Ganfu caught their attention. "Besides that day, there are also some interesting things." Takama, who was about to get up to say goodbye, stopped in his tracks.

"What's interesting?" "Well," Ganfu shrank his neck. "I walk around there almost every day, and sometimes it's a bit of a surprise." "Can I trouble you to talk about it?" Takama sat down again. "Actually, it's not a big deal. Sometimes when I ran past that house, I would occasionally meet other cars parked on the road. When I ran past there after a while, the previous car disappeared again. Before and after this kind of incident It happened five times." "The car... what kind of car is it?" Takama's inquiry was full of expectations, but Ganfu just answered "I don't know" coldly.

"Boys don't get interested in cars until they're in college, but it's no ordinary Volkswagen. It's white and wide." "What does the driver look like?" "Never. Just see that car every time." "Do you remember when you first saw that car?" "Probably since a month ago..." Gao Jian and the two asked the dry husband two or three more questions, and then left. "What are your thoughts?" In the coffee shop in front of the station, Takama asked while swallowing a sandwich in his mouth with coffee. "There are two possibilities."

Hino munched on curry rice. "The first possibility is that the murderer is conducting a pre-investigation for the murder. The other possibility is that someone sneaks in and out of Ogiwara's house from time to time." "The possibility of the first case is unlikely. That kind of thing cannot be driven in a car with dignity." "In this case..." "Probably an extramarital affair." The affirmative factor in the tone far outweighs the phrasing. "Ogiwara Reiko is still young. I don't know if Keisuke alone can satisfy her, and he is often on business trips."

"Do you secretly have a tryst with someone every time you are on a business trip...Speaking of which, on the day the case happened, Qisan originally planned to spend the night outside because of a business trip." "That's the crux of the problem. That night, the partner of the extramarital affair also came to the house, but the two of them didn't expect Keisuke to come back suddenly. Reiko also deliberately left the glass door open in order to prepare for such an emergency. .” "But Keisuke came back. When the man entered the house, Qisan was already lying on the bed. But when the man was about to escape, the baby started crying."

"It's absolutely impossible to wake Kaisan up at such a time, so did you strangle the baby's neck? In that case, Reiko must have been asleep at the time. Even if it was to conceal her affair with someone, She's not going to let her children get killed." "Does that still matter?" Before the meal was finished, the two stood up abruptly.