Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Question 1

The man who stood up with a smile on his face when he saw Torikai Dairou was just over thirty years old.He is not tall, with strong back waves, flushed cheeks, a baby face, two thick eyebrows, and a pair of big eyes. "Are you Detective Torikai? I'm Superintendent Mihara Noriichi of the Second Detective Division of the Metropolitan Police Department. Hello." He showed his white teeth, smiled, and handed over his business card. As soon as he heard that it was the Second Division of Detective Investigation, Torikai immediately realized that this person was the alternate chief of the investigation of the death of love, and the Sayama incident came.The First Division of Detective Investigation has always been in charge of violent criminals, while the second material is in charge of murderers.

At present, Tokyo is investigating the corruption incident of the XX Department, and the newspapers are in full swing.The department that Sayama belonged to was the center of the incident.Now, an alternate section chief who works with Sayama has been arrested.A week ago, two more heads of non-governmental organizations with close ties to the Ministry were detained.Events appear to have more developments.The Detective Division 2 of the Metropolitan Police Department is in charge of investigating this incident. "I'm here to investigate the case of Kenichi Sayama, the alternate section chief of the ×× Department who died in love locally." As soon as he sat firmly on the chair, Mihara Ji explained the task as soon as he opened his mouth. "The detective has roughly explained what happened. The materials are also complete, and I need your help."

Sure enough, the table was already filled with photos of the scene, autopsy reports and other documents. "But, Mr. Torikai, I heard that you have some doubts about Sayama's love death?" Torikai glanced at the Inspector.The inspector exhaled smoke rings and said, "Mr. Torikai. You expressed some opinions a few days ago. I told Mr. Mihara, and he was very interested. You can talk about it in detail." "That's right. Mr. Detective just mentioned that you have different views on Sayama's death incident. I think it's very interesting, so I'm waiting for your Excellency to come back." Mihara's round eyes shone brightly.The inspector's expression was extremely complicated.

"Where, the so-called different opinions are just that there are still a few points that are not clear, and it is just a guess." Considering the presence of the inspector, Torikai spoke hesitantly.Mihara asked immediately. "Guessing is fine. Let's talk about it, please." Torikai had no choice but to raise the matter of the meal ticket for the train meal card "guest, one person".Just about to say what my daughter said about love and appetite, the words came to my lips, but I swallowed them back. "I see, this point of view is interesting." Mihara nodded and smiled, with a gentle attitude like a diplomat.

"Do you still have that meal ticket?" "The accident happened, and there was no crime. All the belongings have been taken back when the family collected the body." The detective explained aside. "Really?" Mihara looked a little disappointed. "The date of the meal ticket is indeed January 14th?" he asked Torikai. "That was the day." "That day was the day when Sayama and the waitress Ah Shi of 'Xiaoxue Restaurant' took the train 'Chaokaze' at Tokyo Station." He said, taking out a notebook from his pocket. "This is the timetable of the 'Asakaze' train that I copied down. Tokyo drives at 18:30, 20:00 Atami, 21:11 in Shizuoka, 23:21 Nagoya, Osaka at 2 o'clock in the morning, when you arrive in Osaka, it is the second largest No. 15. Therefore, the No. 14 on the meal ticket proves that the meal time must be at 23:21 at the latest in Nagoya. It's the last stop of the day."

While listening to Torikai, he understood the meaning of Mihara's words.In this way, this person's view is also the same as his own. Speaking of this, Mihara said to the inspector: "Let's go to the scene now. I don't dare to disturb you, so please ask Mr. Torikai to lead the way, okay?" With a look of helplessness, the inspector agreed. After getting on the tram, Superintendent Mihara said to Torikai Shigetaro who was standing beside him, "How is that? That detective doesn't seem very happy?" Torikai smiled wryly, and approached him with narrowed eyes.

"It's the same everywhere. I think your idea is not unreasonable. Since it is inconvenient to speak in front of the inspector, I ask you to lead the way and stay away from him." "Then, let's talk when we get to the scene." Torikai thanked Mihara for his kindness. Take the tram straight from the front of the circuit to the Kashii tram stop.It takes less than ten minutes to walk from the station to the scene. Coming to the coast, Sanyuan enjoyed the scenery, and the clear sky added spring colors to the beach.The islands and bays were shrouded in mist. "Is this the famous Xuanjie Beach? When I came here, I saw it on the train. I went to see it and admired it carefully. It's really extraordinary!" Sanyuan looked at the sea from a distance.

Torikai led him to see the place where the dead body was found, and explained the situation clearly.Mihara took out the live photos from his pocket and compared them.Nod from time to time. "The ground is full of rocks." Mihara looked around. "That's right. Look, there is sand over there, and there are stones here." "Then, there won't be any traces left." Mihara thought of something and said to himself. "Now, please ask Mr. Torikai to share your opinion!" After Sanyuan said this, he left the scene, picked up a big stone next to him, and the two sat down side by side.The afternoon sun shone warmly on the shoulders of the coat.In the eyes of others, these two people are just basking in the sun.

"First of all, I want to mention the 'guest' of the train meal card, a meal ticket..." Torikai began to express his opinion, talked about the past questions and reasons, and finally said "the problem of love and appetite" mentioned by his daughter Speak up. "So, I always wondered, did Sayama come by that train alone?" Mihara listened with great interest from beginning to end. "It's really interesting, and I think it makes sense." Mihara said, rolling his eyes. "But, at Tokyo Station, there were witnesses who saw two people get on the train."

"Someone saw it, so, can it be assumed that Ah Shi got off at a certain station along the way?" Torikai said. "Let's just assume that if she gets off the train," Sanyuan took out the notebook from his pocket again: "The meal ticket is for the 14th, and the train arrives at Nagoya at 23:21, so it is in Nagoya or I got off the train before Nagoya. Generally, the train meal card does not sell things at 22:00. According to this calculation, Ah Shi either got off at Atami at 20:00, or got off at Shizuoka at 21:10. gone." "That's right, roughly the same." Torikai seemed to have such a judgment at first, but now he heard Mihara speak out what was in his heart, and nodded unconsciously.

"Excellent. Although there are many days apart, the effect is unknown, but it is always beneficial to go to Atami and Shizuoka stations and hotels immediately to investigate. Besides, it is more convenient to investigate the matter of a single woman. Many." Mihara said this and asked, "Are there any other clues?" "Sayama lived in a hotel in Hakata called Tanbaya. From the 15th, he lived alone until the 20th. The 15th was the day he arrived in Hakata from Tokyo." Torikai then put Sayama’s alias Eihara in the hotel to wait for an incoming call. A woman called Sugawara at eight o’clock on the night of the 20th. Mihara heard this enthusiastically, and interjected, "The one who knows Sayama's pseudonym is of course Ah Shi. The two must have agreed on the pseudonym in advance." "I think so too. So, this solves a mystery." "What mystery?" "A few days ago, I always thought that Sayama and Ah Shi came to Hakata together, and then Ah Shi went somewhere else. Now, after listening to your analysis, I also think that Ah Shi must have got off the bus halfway, and later came to Hakata. Came here. In other words, Ah Shi got off at Atami or Shizuoka on the 14th, let Sayama go first, and arrived in Hakata on the 20th. After arriving, he called the hotel, And Sayama has been waiting for the phone call at the hotel, from this point of view, the two have discussed it properly." Torikai said this, and added, "However, there is one thing that was not discussed." "Oh, what is it?" "The date Ah Shi will arrive in Hakata has not been agreed upon. Sayama waits for calls in the hotel every day, which means that the date for her arrival in Hakata has not been fixed." Speaking of this, Mihara drew a train timetable in the notebook.After finishing writing, he said to Torikai, "It's roughly like this." Torikai looked at it carefully and said, "Yes, yes." "But why did Ah Shi get off the bus halfway?" Mihara asked him. yes!This is the right question, and Tokai couldn't answer it for a while, and he had thought about this question before, but he still couldn't find the answer. "I don't know, why?" Torikai patted his cheek with his hand. Mihara folded his hands, as if he was thinking about it, and stared blankly at the sea.Shiga Island floated knee-length in the sea. "Mr. Mihara," Torikai called him suddenly, raising the question that had been entangled in his heart for a long time. "Why does the Metropolitan Police Department want to study the death of Sayama in detail now?" Mihara didn't answer Tian right away, took out two cigarettes and handed them to Tori.After turning on the lighter and lighting it for him, he smoked one himself, breathing out the blue smoke peacefully. "Mr. Torikai, because I have received a lot of help from you, I have spoken out," Mihara said. "Kenichi Sayama is the most important witness in the corruption case of the XX department. Although he is an alternate section chief, in fact, he has been responsible for practical work for many years and has a good understanding of administrative affairs. Therefore, this incident has something to do with him At this point, he should be called a suspect rather than a witness. However, we were too negligent and did not monitor him adequately at the beginning of the incident. As a result, he Died without knowing why." Mihara tapped the cigarette ash and continued: "However, after his death, many people showed a look of relief. The more we investigated in detail, the more we found that Sayama must have a lot of useful information in his mouth. And once he died, it would be very difficult for us to remedy it. People are extremely regretful. Sayama's death is a big blow to us. However, we are mourning, but some people express joy on the contrary. So, did Sayama die to cover them up? These days, we are sad about his death There are doubts." "doubt?" "That is to say, it is suspected that his death was not a suicide, but a forced death." Torikai stared closely at Mihara: "Is there any sign?" "There is no obvious sign yet." Mihara replied. "But there is no suicide note. Not even the woman who died with her." Yes, Torikai once thought of this too, and mentioned it to the inspector. "Moreover, when we investigated Sayama's life experience in Tokyo, we found that we couldn't find any clues about his relationship with Ah Shi." "What kind of relationship?" "Sashan seems to be in love with someone. I don't know if this person is Ah Shi. As far as Ah Shi is concerned, I also went to the 'Xiaoxue Restaurant' to ask the waitresses, and went to the place where she lived to investigate. It is said that there is indeed a man in contact with her. That man often calls her apartment, and Ah Shi often sleeps out. However, that man has never shown up at her apartment. So, is he Sayama? It’s hard to judge.” Torikai listened, and felt that the more he listened, the more bizarre he became.Now, aren't Sayama and Ah Shi dead in love? —— "However, Mr. Mihara. Sayama and Ah Shi boarded the 'Chaofeng' train affectionately, which was witnessed by the two waitresses of 'Xiaoxue'. However, there is another person, one who often comes to ' Xiaoxue's guests. The three of them were seen with their own eyes. In addition, at the scene, the two were indeed dead in love. I saw it myself. You have the scene photos of this department in your hand. Take a look at the corpses The way it looks can be understood." "Yes!" Mihara showed doubts for the first time. "After coming here, I saw a lot of information. Generally speaking, it is not wrong to judge that they are lovers. However, I brought some questions from Tokyo, and they still can't get close to the reality." Torikai can more or less guess what the question Mihara brings is. "Let's go back together." Sanyuan said, the two stood up and walked back side by side along the way they came from. Walking to the Kashii Tram Station, Torikai suddenly remembered this incident, and said to Mihara: "Kashii Railway Station is 500 meters away from this station. There is an interesting thing here." He mentioned that a couple of men and women appeared at both stations on the night of the 20th, and explained in detail how he traveled between the two stations and the actual test time. "Oh, that's interesting," Mihara's eyes lit up, "Let me try it too." Torikai took Mihara back and forth between the two stations at three different speeds according to the method the day before yesterday. "Sure enough, no matter how slow you walk, it won't take seven minutes." Mihara looked at his watch and said, "If it's eleven minutes, it's too much. Unless you stop halfway." "I think the men and women at the two stations are basically two different pairs." "It's also possible, but," Mihara's round eyes looked at the sky, thinking carefully. "I think the two couples are the same. That is to say, they came out of the train station, passed in front of the tram stop, and went to the beach scene—" At this time, Torikai introduced the words of the train station staff and passengers in detail.Mihara wrote down one by one in the notepad. "It's hard to say who is right now. All in all, this matter is very interesting, and we have done a lot of work." When he said, he looked at Ugai Shigetaro's thin body, as if to comfort him. At dusk the next day, Torikai came to the platform of Hakata Station and sent Superintendent Mihara back to Tokyo.The train is the upbound special express "Unzen" departing at 6:02. "When are you going to Tokyo?" "Tomorrow at three forty in the afternoon." "You worked hard this time." "Where, I have to take care of you." Mihara bowed and thanked. "I didn't do anything to help you," said Torikai. "What are you talking about, Mr. Torikai, this time I came to Kyushu, thanks to your help, I got a lot of materials." Mihara looked at him and expressed his gratitude from the heart. Although the "Unzen" train from Nagasaki has arrived at the station, there are still twelve or thirteen minutes before driving.The two stood together and talked. In front of you, the trains are coming and going, which is very lively.On the opposite platform, a freight car was parked.The station here has a special air about it, and it seems extremely rushed.Mihara came to Kyushu all the way, with some nostalgia on his face. "Are the trains on the platform at Tokyo Station in such a hurry?" Looking at the chaos on the spot, Torikai couldn't help but wonder what it would be like at Tokyo Station, which he had never seen before. "No, it's even more chaotic. There are constantly vehicles waiting to drive on the platform." Mihara blurted out without paying attention, and when he finished speaking, his whole body shook like an electric shock.He suddenly remembered an important thing. Someone once saw Sayama and Ashi taking the "Chaofeng" train at Tokyo Station.It is said that witnesses stood on platform 13 and watched the passengers on platform 15.However, at Tokyo Station, platforms 13 and 14 are close together.Trains come and go frequently, are there really no other vehicles in the middle to block the view, can platform 15 really be seen from platform 13?