Chapter 2 first part

Hands of little child stacking small sand dunes. The child's finger drilled a hole in the top of the dune. It was the child's hand that held the sea water and poured it carefully into the bowl-shaped hole.The water in the hole gradually seeped into the sand, and the sand around the hole turned black. Carefully inserting the child's hands into the dune, he clubbed the bowl-shaped part blackened by the sea. Holding it with both hands, slowly move it to the stone, ready to be placed side by side next to the sand bowl just made. However, the sand bowl on the stone has dried up and deformed.The one I was holding in my hand also caught a gust of wind and was blown to pieces and completely destroyed.

Sandbox Midsummer morning. The short-distance regional train slowly left the platform. Take the express train Yuguro from Ueno for nine hours, then change to the local train at Ugo Honjo, and the second stop is Kameda Town, Akita Prefecture. A remote station close to a mountain in a northeast village. Amidst the chirping of cicadas, two men with tired faces walked out of the station among the few passengers.Jinxi (46 years old), Yoshimura (27 years old). Yoshimura: Imamishi, where to eat? Imamishi: Oh, let's find a place nearby to solve it. Half of the shop has become a place for selling local specialties.

There are no other customers except Imamishi and Yoshimura. Yoshimura ate the rice bowl with a big mouthful. Imam has no appetite at all. Imamishi: After all, they are young people. Yoshimura: Huh? Jinxi; you can eat and sleep, you are really good. Yoshimura: Imanishi, you didn't sleep well? Imamishi: Oh, I just woke up near Tsuruoka. Yoshimura: (smiling) Then, are you writing poetry again? Imam: This is the first time I came to Northeast China. I wanted to make some nonsense, but the work is endless, so I don’t have the time to think about it. A dusty road.Rows of houses in the ancient town.

Imamishi and Yoshimura were walking on the road when they heard the sound of footsteps.In front of them was the dilapidated building of a police station. The chief looked at the two business cards alternately. Police Department Investigative Division One police officer ① Eitaro Nishi, plainclothes Hiroshi Yoshimura of the old police station of Nishipo. ①The original text "Police Department Supplement" is one of the duties of a police officer, and its status is second to the Police Department and the Police Department. The bureau chief, speaking with a northeast accent, received visitors from afar with a somewhat nervous expression.

Director: At first you thought Kameda was a person's name, right? Imamishi: By the way, the reconnaissance headquarters has commissioned the National Police Agency to notify the counties in the Northeast.But the victim's clues are still clueless. Director: Yes. Imamishi: In the end, there is only the clue of Kameda②'s Northeast dialect.After pondering over and over again, we concluded that it might be a place name, so we contacted you, and then... ②The pronunciation of the Japanese word Kameda. Director: Oh, that's right.You have worked hard to catch rice from afar. ... As you can see, this is a small village, and if something happens, it will be known to everyone.We have already reported the situation, but the museum is also an old store in the local area.

A quaint house. Look through the hotel book.Imamishi and Yoshimura wrote down in their notebooks: Chusuke Yamadaira, Goken Town, Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture The owner of the hotel speaks an authentic Northeast accent. The owner of the hotel; that is a strange customer, his appearance and clothes are not decent, so we don't want to take him in, but he said money, don't worry, it's okay to pay first. Yoshimura: Has the rent been paid in full? Innkeeper: Yes.When he left the store early in the morning, he even tipped the maid! Yoshimura: What are the characteristics of that person?

Hotel owner: Huh? Imanishi: How tall is he?Is it normal, or... The sun is shining. A plainclothes policeman led the way, followed by Imamishi and Yoshimura. The dry noodles are shining and dazzling. The proprietress of the noodle shop explained the situation to Imanishi and the others. Yoshimura: Do you live near here? Lady Boss: No, we have to go further. Yoshimura: Then, in that area. Boss: Yes, yes. Yoshimura: That man has been standing here for half an hour? Boss: No.Sometimes squatting down, sometimes walking back and forth... This person is a bit strange. Yoshimura: Besides, what else did he do?

Boss: Yes.He seemed to be watching us making dried noodles, but he didn't seem to be.It is simply unpredictable. Imanishi said nothing, but kept his eyes on Yoshimura and chatted with the proprietress of the next shop. Joy.The children were swimming happily in the river, causing waves of waves. Plainclothes police officers from the Iwaki Police Station, Imamishi and Yoshimura stood in front of the grass on the embankment to wipe their sweat. Yoshimura: Did that person lie down here? Plainclothes: Yes. Yoshimura: Just lying here, nothing else? Plainclothes: There are no people hanging around here, so he stands out.Just seeing him, I have contacted five or six people.

Imanishi: (slightly emphatic) After that, that person disappeared and never showed up in this town again? Plainclothes: Yes, yes. Imano nodded silently. Imamishi and Yoshimura squatted down under the shade of an old cherry tree. In front of you are some houses and rivers on both sides of the street, and in the distance is the Sea of ​​Japan. Plainclothes officers from the Rock City Police Department were chatting leisurely with passers-by in town. Imamishi: It would be better to say it was impossible than to say it was a waste of effort.The name registered in the hotel book was probably a fake name, and the address was fabricated casually. Besides, he only stayed in this town for one day, so there was no clue to track him down.

Yoshimura: But, just to be on the safe side, shall we go to the nearby villages and towns to investigate first? Imamishi: I think this task can be handed over to the local police. Yoshimura: So, Imamishi, you mean that we should finish this errand and go back. Today Sim is silent. Yoshimura: (losing confidence but pretending to be serious) Do we have the guts to leave empty-handed? Imanishi fixed his eyes on Yoshimura. Imamishi: (suppressing emotions) We came to Akita Prefecture on a special trip, and we didn't bring any decent gifts back. Of course, I'm sorry to my colleagues at the reconnaissance headquarters!

Yoshimura said nothing. Imamishi: As for the reconnaissance work, sometimes I am busy for a while, and even hit a wall, but it is difficult... As for the situation of that person, of course, I have to report to the local police to investigate.But since we are here, we might as well go to the nearby villages and towns to investigate and see if anyone has been to Tokyo and hasn’t come back yet... You know, apart from this Northeast-accented Kameda, we have no straw to catch up. Amidst the noisy sound of cicadas, Yoshimura looked impatiently at the billowing dark clouds that enveloped the horizon of the North Sea in the distance. Then, suddenly spit out such a sentence. Yoshimura: Cameda with a northeast accent? (swipe across) The sky shone slightly. Spotlights clicked and clicked on the corpse lying beside the railway. The staff of the inspection office and the plainclothes policemen were on the move, and there were figures of Imamishi and Yoshimura among them. subtitle: The case happened in the early morning of June 24, Showa 46. The location is in the Kamata yard of the Tokyo State Railway. ①1971 Load the body in the police car. Imanishi stared intently at the evidence at the scene of the accident - a blood-stained stone the size of a fist. Speeding police car. Corpse dissected at University Hospital. Various chemical test reactions. Photos of the scene of the accident, photos of the clothes on, etc., and finally photos of the autopsy. The space curtain is superimposed on the screen. Victim's age: 60 to 65 years old, thin. Clothing: Vintage ready-to-wear with label names. Proof of identity, such as business card holders, wallets, etc. Have. Blood type: O type. Cause of death: The front skull was sunken, as if the head and the west were injured with blunt instruments (such as stones, hammers, etc.) Alcohol was detected in stomach contents. It takes about three or four hours to die. Barmaid A is being interrogated by the head of Section 3 of the first section of this hall. Next to Imamishi and Yoshimura. subtitle: A waitress at Ron's Bar, where the victim had been. Kobe: He came to the bar between ten and half past ten, right? Woman A: Yes. Section Chief: How do you know he speaks with a northeast accent? Female A: Oh, because his voice has a Sisi accent. * * * Waitress B being questioned. Section Chief: Does he speak with a local accent? Woman B: Yes. Director: (to female B) You heard it with your own ears, right? Woman B: Yes, the local accent is very strong. A small Torres ① bar. ①The name of the winery. Imamishi and Yoshimura sat face to face in the innermost seat. Waitress A standing nearby. Standing at the counter are the waiters and two plainclothes policemen, as well as waitress B.The scene at that time was reproduced exactly. Section Chief: After you bring the cold wine ordered by the guest to the table, you are going to sit down? Woman A: Yes.But before I sat down, the guest said, we have something to say, please avoid it. Section chief; that young man said it, right? Woman A: Yes, it's the group over here. (pointing to Yoshimura) Section Chief: So what about you? Female A: I will go to accompany the customers in front of the counter. Waitress A walked over with trepidation and sat down. Section Chief: (to the waiter) It was almost half past eleven when the two left here, right? Waiter: Yes. Section Chief: We served drinks three times in total, and the two of them kept talking... No, he (pointing to Imanishi) and this young man (pointing to Yoshimura) were concentrating on something, right? Waiter: Yes. Section Chief: What did they talk about?It's not far from here. Waiter: Yes...but the record was playing and their voices were low... Section Chief: So, that man (pointing to Imanishi) talked with this man intently. In your opinion, what kind of relationship do they seem to have?Are you negotiating a deal, or reminiscing with friends? The waiters and waitresses were thinking. Section Chief: It doesn’t matter if you can’t remember the content clearly, you will always remember a few words. Waitresses A and B started talking quietly. Woman A: Didn't you notice? Woman B: Yes. Woman A: I was bringing them fresh cold wine. Woman B: (tilts her head) Well, I don't have anything... Woman A: When I served the cold wine for the second time, I did hear a word about Cameda. Imamishi and Yoshimura looked directly at the waitress A. Section Chief: Kameda? The waiter and the plainclothes policeman are also watching Waitress A. Woman A: Yes, they talked about it two or three times.What's wrong with Kameda, Kameda hasn't changed or something. Imanishi stared at the waitress A with sharp eyes. Section Chief: Kameda?Surely Cameda? Woman A: Yes, that's right.