Chapter 9 9

After Naoko's first seven days, Taisan's family regained some calm.Tai San looked out from the study and took a deep breath. —The scandal is finally over. Yuriko was hit one after another, but after lying down for two or three days, she seemed to have regained her strength.After all, you are young, no matter how big a blow you receive, you can quickly recover from it. She herself decided to abort the child. Regarding this matter, Taisan asked Ye Shan to let him find an opportunity to handle it in absolute secrecy, and Ye Shan promised to do it.Although Taisan didn't know exactly what method to use, he knew that if it was done secretly, he would have to pay a considerable fee.

Taisan thought for a while, then asked Ji Jiang on the indoor phone: "Has Yuriko gone out?" "Going shopping with friends." "yes?" "What's the matter with you?" "Oh, nothing." He put down the phone and nodded slightly with some satisfaction. Just when he was dozing off, he was woken up by a call from Ji Jiang. "The people in the club said they wanted to see you...the man and the woman who came here before." "Bring them in quickly," he ordered. "I was trying to get in touch with you, but I was too busy to have time."

After letting the detective and his female assistant into the study, Taisan looked at the two of them in turn and said. "You already know the development of the case, so we didn't come here until today." The detective said clearly. "Thank you very much. However, regarding your work, because it has been settled in this way, I want to terminate our agreement. As for Xie Jin, I hope you will tell me the expenses you have spent..." Taisan thought that the purpose of the detectives coming today was to discuss the investigation fee, but the detective silently took out a document from the document bag as if he hadn't heard his words.

"This is the result of the investigation." Dry voice. Taisan looked at the investigation report and then at the detective, and after a while he asked sternly, "What's going on here?" "So this is the result of the investigation." The detective repeated, "here is the result of the investigation about your daughter's boyfriend." "But there's no need for that anymore, you all know that. It's Kanzaki who is dating Yuriko, isn't it all over?" "wrong." "What's wrong?" Tae-san returned the investigation report to the detective, who glanced at the report and quickly turned his gaze back to Tae-san.

"The man Yuriko-san is dating is not Kanzaki. So, we finished this report. Tai San's eyes widened: "What did you say?" The detective slowly opened a page in the report and handed it to Taisan.It had a photo of Yuriko entering a room in an apartment building. "This apartment..." Very familiar apartment.Taisan held the report tightly. "Yes." The detective nodded coldly, "This is Ye Shan's apartment." Tai San was trembling all over, sweat streaming down his cheeks. "How can there be such a ridiculous thing." Taisan's voice sounded like a moan, "Isn't it a mistake? Did you go to that guy's apartment by chance?"

"There are other photos." The detective said still expressionlessly, "such as the scene of two people entering the motel and other physical evidence." "So... what happened to Kanzaki? Didn't Naoko kill him?" "No, even Kanzaki himself was killed. It should be Hayama who killed him directly." "So Naoko is also Hayama..." "Yes. If there is a conclusion, then the whole process this time was carefully planned by Miss Riko and Hayama." "What are you talking about? Yuriko and Naoko are sisters." An angry Tai San stood up, and the detective looked up at him with sad eyes.This was a rare expression of emotion from this man, but the change in expression disappeared in an instant.

"I'll talk about the motive later." The detective said, "I want to talk about the whole process of the crime first. Anyway, please listen to our investigation first." Taisan still clenched his fists, just stood there looking down at the detective, but felt that he couldn't hear clearly, so he sat down again. "Let's look at the testimonies of the assistants in the laboratory first—we talked to Ueno and Motoki. According to their testimony, Ueno called Kanzaki at about 1:30 in the morning on the day of the incident, but no one answered. According to this, people I started to doubt Kanzaki, so, is Kanzaki really not at his residence?"

"If you are here, you should answer the phone." "Under normal circumstances, this should indeed be the case. There are also materials that Ueno lacked, but he has never been able to find them. He did check carefully before leaving the research room, but after arriving at the hotel, one sheet was inexplicably missing. In this way, the materials It's clear where it was lost." "You mean it was lost while we were eating?" "To be precise, it was taken away by Ms. Yuriko while eating here." Taisan still wanted to say something but swallowed it back. It was true that their backpacks were in another room, so he just whispered: "Continue talking."

"About the time when Ueno arrived at the hotel, it can be inferred from the past situation that it is between one and two in the morning, and he will definitely read the information immediately when he arrives at the hotel. If he finds that the information is missing there, he will definitely call Kanzaki's house The phone call. It’s always been like this before when mistakes like this happened.” "In other words, you are trying to explain that Ueno would definitely call Kanzaki's house at that time. But I have said it several times. If Kanzaki was at home, he would definitely answer the phone. Ueno clearly confirmed that the ringing had been going on until then. It was ringing, but no one answered."

"I'll explain this now. I think Yuriko-san took another step out of the document quietly, and that was to make Kanzaki drink sleeping pills." "Sleeping pills?" "Yes. It's actually very simple to put sleeping pills in liquor or beer for him to drink." "Did Kanzaki drink sleeping pills so that he couldn't hear the phone ringing?" "No, if the effect of the medicine is allowed to reach this level, it is very likely that he will fall asleep before returning to the apartment, and no matter how deadly he sleeps, there is no guarantee that he will not hear the phone ringing. So, let Kanzaki take sleeping pills just to Prepare for Hayama to sneak into his room."

"Sneak into the room? Isn't the door locked?" "With the help of Ms. Yuriko, it shouldn't be difficult to get a key. Because Kanzaki often comes to Mr. Ohara's house, so find a chance to borrow the key from Kanzaki, print the model of the key and make another one. Just now we What did Hayama want to do when he sneaked into Kanzaki’s house? Now let me tell you. In fact——” The detective shook his right hand lightly and made a gesture of making a phone call. It doesn't ring, if you want to do this, just unplug the other party's phone line." "...Did you work on the phone ringing?" "Actually, it doesn't take too much work. Nowadays, telephone lines are connected by plugs. It can be easily removed from the outside, so just remove the plug of the telephone line. In this way, no matter how you call , the other party’s phone won’t ring.” "Unplug the phone line over there, can you still hear the phone ringing here?" "Can you hear me, want to try it?" "No, it's fine..." His voice had lost all confidence, and Tai San himself felt it.He didn't know anything about these things with phone lines. The detective continued: "After finishing these, Ha Shan returned to his residence, and then waited quietly for the time to come. During this time, Ms. Lizi should be making preparations." "Are you planning to kill Naoko?" Tai San with a sullen face asked in a trembling voice.The detective took a deep breath and said "yes" curtly.Tai San turned his face away in pain. "Miss Naoko shouldn't have mistaken the room, right? Actually, when she was murdered, she was sleeping in her own bed. Yuriko lured Hayama, who got in through the toilet window, into Naoko's room, killed Naoko, and then killed her. Carry it to Yuriko's room." Tai San took a deep breath and asked, "Then, didn't the blood splash out?" "The knife stabbed directly into the heart and paralyzed the heart to death. This way, there is almost no bleeding. If you don't draw the knife, you won't be able to die." Tai San wanted to swallow his saliva, so his Adam's apple moved up and down, but there was no saliva in his mouth. "After finishing the business here, Hayama sneaked into Kanzaki's house again, restored the phone line and went home." "But...but, didn't Kanzaki commit suicide?" "From the surface, it is indeed the case. But evidence of disguise can still be found. For example, he used the key provided to sneak into Kanzaki's house, so Kanzaki didn't notice it at all, and was used by Hayama when he was unsuspecting. Chloroform lost consciousness, and then was disguised as a suicide scene. Because the other party had no resistance at all, so he was at his mercy. It is not difficult for the doctor Ha Shan to make that kind of hesitant incision. Of course, at present There is no conclusive evidence yet. But, I just want to say that it is not impossible to overturn the certainty of suicide." Tai San held his head and listened to the detective's words. At this time, he let go of his hands and straightened his back. He sat on the chair again and stared at the detective's face from the front. Now he understood and believed the detective's words. "Tell me, what is the motive?" Tai San's tone changed completely, very calm. "We think that probably Yuriko and the others killed Kanzaki just as a foreshadowing for killing Naoko." "Nonsense, how can you kill your own sister like this?" Tai San was a little excited again. "That's not all. It was Riko's intention to kill Naoko. When Naoko came to this house, you poured all your father's love and affection on Naoko, probably because you feel sorry for the suffering she has suffered for more than ten years. Right. However, to Yuriko, who is also a daughter, Naoko is like an aggressor who suddenly took away her father's love and care. Maybe Yuriko wanted Naoko to die many years ago. Maybe you just You think Naoko is like a jackknife, but you didn't notice that Yuriko, the peony, has actually started to grow thorns during this period." "But... can you treat my sister who is related by blood..." "There are also doubts." The detective nodded vigorously, "We have also considered this point. No matter what the reason is, can we kill a sister who is related by blood? We all know that blood has irresistible power, no matter how much we hate it, Often people will forgive each other just because the same blood flows in their veins. Therefore, we analyze this matter from another angle. In other words, whether Yuriko and Naoko are related by blood." "What are you talking about! Can you still deny the blood relationship between them?" "You're the father. So, there's no way of knowing what's going on in this case." Taisan had nothing to say for a while.Indeed, as a father, one cannot draw absolute conclusions about this. "Now I will give you a very simple proof. For you, an expert in genetic factors, we are in a class." As he said that, the detective turned a few pages in the report, and then said to Taizo: "Is your blood type A?" Taizo not only nodded in approval, but also added: "Both Naoko and Yuriko are type B." "As you said. By the way, do you know the blood type of Naoko's mother?" "I know, it's type B, and Yuriko's mother is type AB." The detective fixed his eyes on the report, then tilted his head slightly and said, "But, it's wrong." "Wrong? What's wrong?" "Yuriko's mother is not type AB but type A. This is because we went to the hospital where Yuriko delivered the baby for investigation, so it can't be wrong." "Yuriko... isn't she my daughter?" Parents with type A blood cannot have a daughter with type B blood.This is one hundred percent certain. "Unfortunately. But it is true." "So, whose child is she? Did her mother have another man?" As he spoke, Taisan suddenly understood.Twenty years ago, Tai San took his friend's lover over and got married.This friend is Associate Professor Kikui who has passed away. "Could it be that it belongs to Kikui..." The detective didn't nod, but just said: "Associate Professor Kikui has type B blood." Tai San's mind went blank for an instant.The image of his wife from twenty years ago appeared in front of his eyes, but disappeared immediately.Yuriko was born one year after their marriage, which means that after marriage, his wife still had contacts with Kikui.Looking at it now, he also feels that Yuriko is not like himself at all. "Is that... Kikui's daughter?" "If I want to add one last point, Kanzaki first conducted research under the supervision of Associate Professor Kikui." "...You mean, Kanzaki knows that Yuriko is not my daughter?" "There is such a possibility. We can presume that Kanzaki told Yuriko about this. However, it is possible that Yuriko knew about her life experience before that, and Kanzaki used this incident to blackmail her." "Coercion?" "This is what we imagined. Kanzaki used this to extort money from Yuriko, or her body, or both. These are unknown. However, in short, it put a lot of pressure on Yuriko. From this point of view, she must Kill Kanzaki. This is the thread that runs through the entire case. Yuriko is not your biological daughter. So, first of all, kill Kanzaki who knows about it, and on the other hand, she also hates Naoko. From these two aspects, We must kill Naoko first, and then place the blame on Kanzaki." "So, let Ye Shan be her helper..." "It's unclear when the relationship between Yuriko and Hayama became so close, but it certainly wasn't recently. From Hayama's point of view, marrying Yuriko can get a huge amount of property, but to achieve this goal, Yuriko must have Ohara From this point of view, he also has a motive for killing. And through this incident, both Mr. Ohara and Miss Yuriko will treat him differently, so this can kill two birds with one stone for him." The detective's words are over.As if to moisten his thirsty throat, he took a sip of herbal tea. Tai San was still sitting on the chair.Now he doesn't even have the strength to stand up.He said exhaustedly: "So..." Then he continued reluctantly: "So there is no pregnancy at all?" "Exactly." The detective's words still sounded emotionless. "Yuriko... where is she now?" The detective turned over a page of the report and sent it to Taizo again. On it was a photo of Yuriko entering Hayama's apartment, taken with a Pola step camera. "How about making a phone call and confirming yourself?" Yuriko was asleep on Hayama's bed when Taizo pressed the phone button. She hasn't slept well for days.Worried about whether the plan will be exposed by someone, maybe the police will take her away tomorrow, and so on; such fear and worry surround her all the time. Yet everything seemed to be going well.All the people who appeared in front of me just said some words of sympathy and comfort to me. She doesn't regret it at all. Kanzaki must be killed, and Naoko should die too. Naoko who took away all his father's love. If he knew that she was not his biological daughter, then his father would never look at him again. So, everything I did was right... Yuriko lay on Hayama's chest and closed her eyes. He could hear his heart beating regularly. At this time, the phone next to the pillow rang, but the wire had been unplugged, so the ringing could not be heard.It's like that every time they're together.It never occurred to them that it would do anything. Taisan just held the microphone like that, the ringing in his ears kept ringing. He kept listening like this. The detectives were no longer in the room. (Finish)