Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Kashii Railway Station and Kashii Tram Station

Tokai Shigetaro returned to the residence at seven o'clock.Although the sound of opening the door was loud, no one came out to greet him.I was taking off my shoes in the doorway, when my wife greeted me from inside, "I'm back, let's take a shower." I opened the curtain and went in. My wife was weaving a cold sweater, and a white cloth was spread on the dining table. "I guess you came back late, let Yuko eat first. Yuko went to watch a movie with Mr. Nitta. You should take a shower first." Shigetaro took off his suit silently.The suit was old and the lining was worn out.When the trousers were folded, dust and sand were scattered on the mat.I'm tired of walking all day today, and I don't even bother to talk much.

Because of work, I often can't go home on time.In order not to keep the wife and daughter waiting for a long time, it was agreed that dinner would be served after half past six. Sumiko was the name of the daughter, and Nitta was her husband who was about to get married.The two are going to a movie tonight, so they are not at home. Shigetaro still didn't say a word, got into the bathtub to take a bath. "Is it suitable?" the wife asked about the temperature of the bath water. "Very good," Shigetaro seemed troublesome even to reply.If it's troublesome, I don't even want to say more.It is his habit to soak his whole body in hot water and think about things.

He was thinking about the man and woman who died in love yesterday.In the end is why things suicide.Now, the family members of the deceased have sent a telegram from Tokyo, stating that they will come to pick up the body, and perhaps the truth will come to light.The newspaper said that Sayama, the alternate section chief, had a major relationship with the corruption incident of the Ministry of XX that was exposed.Although Sayama is not open-minded, he seems to be a good person.Moreover, according to the newspaper, Sayama had a deep relationship with Ah Shi, and Sayama once said something he regretted.From this point of view, it is obvious that Sayama embarked on the path of death to solve the two problems of corruption and women.No, the corruption incident was probably the direct motive for the suicide, and the woman issue was probably the fuse that added fuel to the fire.

While brushing his face with hot water, Shigetaro was thinking, "The two of us came to Hakata Station on the Asakaze train together. The woman left Sayama in the hotel. Where did she go? Sayama stayed at the hotel on the night of the 5th. From the Tanbaya Hotel. The dining car meal tickets found in his pocket can prove that this day is the day he arrived in Hakata, and he immediately went to the hotel alone. At this time, the woman did not show up. From the 16th to the 20th For the past five days, Sayama stayed in the hotel and waited anxiously for the woman to contact him. Where has this woman named Ah Shi been these few days?"

Shigetaro wiped his face with his hands: he thought again: "Sashan stays at home all day, waiting for her contact, obviously it's very important. At eight o'clock in the evening on the 20th, the call I've been waiting for for a long time finally came. It's a The woman's voice was probably Ah Shi. But why, instead of Sayama on the phone, did he call Sugawara instead? He used a pseudonym to stay, and the two had obviously agreed in advance. Sayama listened to the call and went out immediately. That night, he ran to Kashii Kaigan committed suicide. He committed suicide in such a hurry. Since we met so easily, why didn't we take our time?"

Thinking of this, Shigetaro got out of the tub, sat on the side without soaping himself, and ignored the cold. "If it is said that there is no time to be happy for the last time, it means that the situation is serious and cannot be delayed any longer. If there is such an urgent matter, then what is it? Speaking of which, they don't even have a suicide note. Not all suicides have a suicide note. Generally speaking, most of those who died with a suicide note were young people, and many people over middle age did not leave a suicide note. Suicides without a suicide note must involve a wide range of problems. Sayama may have another There is a reason why there is no need to leave a suicide note. The woman died with the man, so she didn’t leave a suicide note. According to this, this is a suicide for love. Yes, suicide for love. But—"

Shigetaro suddenly felt that his body was getting colder and colder, and quickly got into the tub again: "But, the meal ticket for the dining car is only for one person, this cannot be solved, is it because I am suspicious?" The wife yelled outside, "Hey, why can't you finish washing?" After taking a shower, Tokai Shigetaro went to the dining table to eat.He likes pouring two glasses at dinner and tasting wine slowly.I have traveled a lot today, and I am tired, so the wine tastes even better. The wife is sewing.The scarlet flower cloth is very bright, needless to say, this is the clothes of the daughter who is about to get married.The wife's attention was entirely on the needle point.

"Hey, rice," he said, putting down his glass. "Yes," I just stopped the work in my hand, packed the rice, picked up the clothes again, and waited for him to finish eating before loading the rice while carrying the needle. "You can also have a cup of tea with me, okay?" "No, I don't want to drink." When the wife replied, she didn't even look up.Shigetaro looked at her face while poking rice with chopsticks.The age of the wife is not too young.At this age, I don't even have the mood to drink a cup of tea with my husband when he eats. At this time, the daughter came back.With a contented expression all over his face, he was very excited.

"Where's Mr. Nitta?" Mom asked.The daughter took off her coat, sat down and said, "I delivered it to the door, and I went back." There was a sense of pride in the words. Shigetaro gave up the idea of ​​reading the newspaper, and asked his daughter, "Hey, Sumiko, why don't you have a cup of tea with Nitta-kun when you come back from watching the movie?" "Oh, papa, that's a wild phrase. There's always a cup of tea." "Really, if this is the case..." He was thinking about something. "For example, Nitta-kun is hungry and wants to eat something. But you are full and can't eat anything..."

"Where is such a thing?" "Listen. At that time, Nitta-kun said, I want to eat something now, so you just look at the window outside and wait for me for a while. Do you think there will be such a thing?" "Well," the daughter replied after thinking for a while, "let's go to the restaurant together. It's nothing special." "Really? Let's go together? What if you don't even want to drink tea?" "Yes. At that time, as long as you were with Mr. Nitta, it was better than anything else. If you couldn't eat, you should have a cup of coffee and just be with you."

This is true, and the father repeatedly praised it.The wife, who had been listening with her ears straight all the time, laughed unconsciously, "Why are you asking this?" "Stop talking," Shigetaro picked up the cup of tea that no one wanted to drink with him, and drank it down in one gulp. "Why do you have to accompany Nitta-kun?" "It's not about appetite, it's about love," the daughter replied. "Sure enough, yes." Shigetaro said in his heart, this sentence was well said, and it clarified what was in his heart at once.It's not about appetite, it's about love, and yes, that's the problem. The meal ticket of the train meal card stated "guest, one person", which made Torikai Shigetaro puzzled, and a man and a woman traveled all the way to Kyushu to die in love.The degree of love is naturally better than usual.However, on the train, when the man gets the meal card to eat, the woman doesn't want to eat anything, not even going to have a cup of coffee with her. Is this human nature?The seat is a reserved seat, even if two people walk away, there is no need to worry about the seat being occupied.Maybe it's the women who are careful, especially to stay and take care of things on the luggage rack?It doesn't look like it either.From Shigetaro's point of view, there must be some contradiction between Sayama and the woman named Toki. It is precisely because of the contradiction that after arriving in Bodo, the relationship between the two people is wonderful.The woman left Sayama in the hotel for five days, and she didn't know where she went.On the fifth day, she called the man to call him out, and that night she committed suicide by eyewitness.Ah Shi's actions are not like the strong feelings she had before Qing died, and there may be other meanings. However, the two corpses lying side by side on the coast of Kashii, no matter from which angle you look at it, are love deaths.At this time, the appearance of the scene appeared in front of his eyes again, it was definitely love death. (Thinking of this, maybe I still have too many doubts.) Tokai Shigetaro stared ahead, smoking slowly, thinking hard. The next day, the person who received the two bodies came to Fukuoka from Tokyo.After the final autopsy, the dead body has been placed in the morgue of the hospital. Kenichi Sayama's body leader was his elder brother, forty-two or three-year-old, with a mustache, fat, and putting on airs.He took out the business card of the branch manager of such and such a bank and handed it to the police. In Ah Shi's case, her mother, a sixty-year-old woman, and a woman who was only twenty-seven or eight years old, who deliberately dressed up, came forward to lead the corpse.This woman is Ah Shi's partner at "Xiaoyuki Restaurant" in Akasaka, the waitress Tomiko. However, a strange phenomenon appeared.The corpse leaders on both sides never talked.Whether in the investigation room of the police station or in the reception room of the hospital, the two sides stayed together for a long time, avoiding sight.The reason for this atmosphere is Sayama, the manager's elder brother.He had a face full of resentment towards these two women, and he kept turning his face.Judging by his expression, he seemed to want to scold.As a result, the two women did not dare to approach, and hid aside tremblingly. This situation was even more obvious when the inspector listened to the three confessions. "Ling Di committed suicide. According to your Excellency, what is the reason?" The branch manager heard the question and immediately answered with airs: "What Brother Sister did this time really makes people blush. The reason for his suicide has been published a lot in the newspapers, and I really don't know much about the affairs in his organization. Is it because of the corruption incident, to cover up the fault of the boss, When he died, I don't know. The last time we met was about three weeks ago, and he looked very calm. He usually doesn't like to talk much, so he didn't say anything special. "His wife died three years ago. A few days ago, I mentioned that I wanted him to remarry. But he never wanted to remarry, so he couldn't persuade him to go in. After this incident came out, I found out that he was still married. There is such a woman. My younger brother is an honest man. Some relatives and friends have mentioned to me that he is very troubled by women. But this stupid guy didn't mention a word to me, which is really annoying. Especially annoying Yes, the other party turned out to be a waitress from Akasaka Restaurant. If she is a decent woman, I'll forget it. I can't look down on such a woman. According to my opinion, my younger brother has never played with women. When he meets a man The kind of woman who vowed to each other was played by others, so that they fell in love together to death. This woman must have encountered something that had to die, and brought her younger brother to this road. In short, her younger brother's life was ruined by this woman hands, it is detestable." The manager cast his eyes of hatred on the leader of the woman's corpse.The two women dared not speak, nor did they dare to look up, they could only hear his voice getting louder and cursing. When Ah Shi's mother was interrogated by the inspector, she answered like this. Ah Shi's real name is Sangshan Xiuzi.Our whole family lives in the countryside of Akita and has farmed for generations. Ah Shi once got married, but she did not rely on her husband's luck. After getting divorced, she went to Tokyo Hiro to work.At Xiaoxue Restaurant, she had changed two or three stores before being hired.I only send two or three letters to my family every year. I don't know how my life is going.In addition to her, I have five children, and I can't take care of that much.This time when something happened, "Xiaoxue Fanza" telegraphed me, which was so devious, it was really sad. " The old woman stopped every sentence, and managed to finish the sentence with great difficulty.There are many more wrinkles on the face than people of this age, and the corners of the eyes are red, and Mengtong Longtiao can't see clearly. Tomiko, the waitress at "Xiaoxue Restaurant", had a different story. "Ashi has the best relationship with me, so the proprietress of 'Xiaoxue' asked me to come here on behalf of everyone. Ah Shi worked in the restaurant three years ago. She is very considerate in entertaining guests, and they all like her. Having said that, she Outside the restaurant, there seems to be no particularly good customers. Ah Shi is a cautious person and rarely talks about her own affairs, so people who are close to her like me are not very clear about her daily life. However, everyone No one has ever heard of her romantic affairs. This time she committed suicide, which is indeed surprising. Such a prudent person should do such a thing. Everyone, starting from the proprietress, was surprised. I don’t know Sayama. After the photo was published in the newspaper, the proprietress and other waitresses said that they had never seen this man, and they were definitely not guests of the restaurant. However, Yaeko and I met Ah Shi with that man by chance at Tokyo Station. So was Yaeko The waitress of 'Xiaoxue Restaurant', our friend." "By chance? What's going on here?" At this moment, the inspector asked her. "It happened on the evening of the 14th. There was Mr. Yasuda, who was a regular customer of the restaurant. Yaeko and I went to the platform of Tokyo Station to see this gentleman off. By chance, I saw Ah Shi and that man on the special board. Express train. We are standing on platform No. 13, there is no train in the middle, so we can see platform No. 15. Mr. Yasuda said, Hey, isn’t that Ah Shi, and we also saw it. Ah Shi and The man walked into the platform together and took the special express train bound for Kyushu. We were surprised that Ah Shi traveled to other places by train with the man, which was very interesting. Later, because we wanted to find out Ah Shi's secret , full of curiosity. After seeing off Mr. Yasuda, he and Yaeko ran to platform 15 and looked in from the window of the express train. At that time, Ah Shi was sitting next to the man, talking happily. It stunned us." "At that time, didn't you talk to Ah Shi?" "He was traveling happily, so why should we bother, so we went back without saying hello. The man I saw at the time was indeed the man Sayama whose photo was published in the newspaper. Thinking about it afterwards, it turned out that they went out this time It was for nothing. We never even dreamed of it. Ah Shi asked the restaurant for leave the day before, and it seemed that she had planned to kill her. She is a very good person, but she did such a pitiful thing. Why did she have to die, we I really can't find the answer from Ah Shi. As I said, she seldom talks about her own affairs, so we can't find out the detailed reasons. However, according to the newspaper, Sayama is related to the corruption incident and cannot be avoided. Did Ah Shi show sympathy for him, and that's why he made such a bad move?" ——The confessions of the three people who received the corpse are roughly as above.Detective Tokai Shigetaro listened carefully. The corpse was taken away by the corpse leader.They cremated the bodies separately in Fukuoka City and returned with the ossuaries.The death of love at the Kashii coast ended smoothly, without even a single objection, and it was forgotten by people over time. Tokai Shigetaro wanted to speak, but there was no room to put his beak.Two things were still swirling in his mind.One thing is the "guest, one" train meal card meal ticket.A matter of love and appetite.The other thing is that the woman didn't even live with Sayama for one night, and she didn't know where she went in the past five days. However, if these two incidents alone raise doubts about the death of love, the arguments are too weak.The inspector will certainly not accept it.Even if he tried his best to consider objectively, there were not many arguments he could rely on.Having said that, Shigetaro is still unwilling to agree with the theory of love death in his mood. If he can't answer these two points clearly, he will never give up. "Isn't it love death?" He once thought of this. "Alright, I won't tell anyone, try to inquire alone." After he made up his mind, he felt lighter. Shigetaro immediately thought that he should go to the scene of Kashii Coast where the suicide body was found. He got off the city tram at Hakozaki, and then transferred to the Western Railway tram bound for Washiro.If you go to Kashii, you can take the train or tram.Trams route closer to the coast than train lines. I got off at the Kashii station of the tram and walked to the scene on the coast, it only took ten minutes.After leaving the station, there are still a few families, passing through the pine forest, there is no human habitation in front of it, only the vast coast full of strange rocks remains.This area is artificially reclaimed land. The cold wind is still blowing, but there is some spring in the sea.The color of the cold winter has dropped a lot, and Shiga Island is already covered with a layer of mist. Tokai Shigetaro stood at the scene.There are no traces at the scene, and the surrounding area is full of uneven black stones, which have no characteristics. Even if they fight here, they will never leave any traces.Compared with the surrounding scenery, this place looks really desolate. Shigero wondered why Sayama Kenichi and Ah Shi chose such a place to die.Love dead always prefer to choose a more comfortable place when they are witnessing death, or a hot spring, or a tourist area.However, maybe it's because the place has a good view; it's just that the rocky ground is too hard, and it would be better if it was grass. However, Chong Taro suddenly remembered that suicide was a matter of night.Leaving the hotel at eight o'clock, and dying here around ten o'clock.He must have chosen this place in the first place and came here directly.It was very dark that night.It seems that the terrain must have been known for a long time. If so——if so, Sayama and Ah Shi must have been here before.Such action would not be taken without knowledge of the place. Shigetaro sped up a little, and walked back in the direction he came from.Passed the tram station and walked towards the train station.The distance between the two stations was at most five hundred meters.On both sides of the road, there are more shops. When I arrived at the station, I walked to the telegraph station, took out an old notebook from my pocket, found the address I wrote down, and sent two telegrams, asking questions to Sayama Wanichi's brother and Ah Shi's mother.After deliberating for a long time, the telegram was limited to twenty characters. After telegraphing, he went into the station and checked the timetable.Twenty minutes later, there will be a down train to Hakata. While waiting for the train, he put his hands in his pockets and stood at the station gate looking out.The place is very quiet, nothing has changed outside the station.One eatery said it was closed.The other is a small grocery store, and a fruit shop.A truck was parked in the square, and two or three children were playing around, bathed in the warm sunshine. Shigetaro looked at the scene absently, and suddenly, a small number appeared in his mind. I used to think that Sayama and the others took the tram to Kashii Station. However, isn’t it possible that they also took the train to get here?He looked back at the timetable, and the upbound vehicle from Bodo arrived at 21:25. Tokai Shigetaro closed his eyes.After thinking about it for a minute, he gave up the idea of ​​taking the train and walked slowly to the small shop in front of the station.He was going to ask some questions, and his heart was pounding.