Chapter 7 Chapter Seven By chance?Interested?

"I have a special question to ask, so don't bother you." Mihara cut straight to the point. "Ah, is that right? Please bring it up." Yasuda Tatsuro said, picking up the hospitality cigarettes on the table and beckoning him to smoke.Then, he took one himself and lit it with a lighter.His attitude has always been extremely serene. He is about forty years old, with slightly bald hair and a rather good complexion.From the looks of it, the business is very big, and he is very confident. He is a middle-aged capable person. "It's about the death of Amo Sayama, the alternate section chief of the XX Department. It's been published a lot in the newspapers, so you already know about it."

That's all Mihara said, Yasuda Tatsuro nodded frequently while puffing on his cigarette, "I know. I don't know Sayama very well, but I often talk to each other. Because the ×× department is my customer and bought a lot of goods." , that's the relationship." Sanyuan Xin said, sure enough, Yasuda Company has business dealings with the XX Department, and this is the clue. "Mr. Sayama, you are pitiful. He has a very good personality. I really never thought that a person like him would fall in love with a woman to death." Yasuda's tone seemed to be quite emotional.

"It's about Mr. Sayama." Mihara took out the notebook from his pocket, flipped through it, and said, "It is said that you saw Mr. Sayama getting on the train with a woman on the platform of Tokyo Station. I came from 'Xiaoxue Restaurant' ' from the waitress." "That's right," Yasuda got up from the sofa, leaned forward and said, "It was dusk at that time. Because I was going to Kamakura, the hostess of 'Xiao Xue Restaurant' saw me off. At that time, I saw Sayama and Ah Shi I was boarding the express train on the opposite platform. I saw it first, so I told them to watch it too. I know both the man and the woman. So I was a little surprised. How these two people can be so affectionate is really unexpected. People The world is said to be vast, but it is actually very narrow.”

Perhaps because of the smoke, Yasuda narrowed his eyes slightly. "At that time, no one would have thought that the two of them would be on a death trip. This matter is very pervasive. Love shouldn't be overdone." He smiled, his eyes full of smiles. "Mr. Sayama hasn't been to 'Xiaoxue Restaurant, have you?" Mihara asked. "I don't remember. I often go to the restaurant because of business, but I have never invited Mr. Sayama. Inviting an official to dinner will definitely attract a lot of gossip. Hahaha. Of course, from the standpoint of the Metropolitan Police Department, yes I wouldn't say that. Besides, isn't the corruption incident in the XX department making a big fuss!"

"Some people think that Sayama committed suicide in order to prevent the corruption incident from involving his superiors. Ah Shi, a woman, expressed sympathy for him, so she committed suicide together. What do you think of this view?" "I can't figure it out," An Tian made an expression that this is your responsibility. "However, it's surprising that the two are so close. Totally unexpected." "Ah Shi, have you known this woman for many years?" "When I go to eat, I am often greeted by her. I know her very well. However, this has no special meaning. In the curtain of the 'Xiaoxue Restaurant', she is the wine companion. But there is no friendship outside the curtain at all. So, if you say you know her, you can also say you know her. If you say you don’t know her, you can also say you don’t know her. For example, Sayama is her lover, and I don’t know at all.”

Mihara raised another question, which is a very important one. "Do you often go to Kamakura?" Yasuda smiled slightly, and said, "Young lady lives in Kamakura." "Your wife...?" "She has a lung disease. She has been living alone for a long time. She rented a house next to Kek Lok Si Temple and took a female worker there to recuperate. So I go there about once a week." "Really? I'm going to make you worry more." After Mihara said this, Yasuda bowed his head politely to express his gratitude, and asked, is there any question, is there anything else that needs to be known?Mihara couldn't think of a problem for a moment.

"Thank you, I'll trouble you." Mihara stood up, and Yasuda also stood up from the sofa. "I'm sorry, what I know may not be of any reference value. If you have anything to ask, please feel free to come." Yasuda Tatsuro narrowed his eyes with a smile, and said respectfully. "Yasuda probably knew about the four minutes. He often went to Kamakura to see his wife, so he must have discovered the key. It is quite possible." Mihara was thinking like this while driving under the clear sky. Go back to the Metropolitan Police Department and talk to Section Chief Kasai.This time it is not a comprehensive report, because the four-minute platform time is the most interesting, so I started talking about it, and then mentioned the meeting with Yasuda Tatsuro.

Unexpectedly, Section Chief Kasai's complexion was much more tense than expected. "This is really interesting," said the section chief, putting his crossed hands on the table. "There is such a thing, we have not thought of it." Since the section chief was very interested, Mihara took out the timetables of the trains on platforms 13, 14, and 15 from his pocket, and showed them to him, explaining that the timetable was from 17:57 to 18:1 situation between points.Kasai held it in his hand and studied it enthusiastically. "So that's it, I understand. You are really careful." The section chief looked at Mihara's face and expressed his praise.But Mihara was talking to himself, this is not his own ability, it was reminded by Torikai, an old detective from the Fukuoka Police Station.

"The question is, this person named Yasuda arranged for two four-minute witnesses. Is this a coincidence or a fabricated thing?" The section chief used the term "four-minute witnesses". Well spoken.After listening to Mihara's explanation, he wrote down the following points on the paper: (1) Yasuda invited two waitresses to dinner the first day, which was a foreshadowing for going to Tokyo Station together the next day. (2) When eating, look at the watch again and again. (3) He caught that notable four-minute time just in time to reach platform thirteen. (4) It was Yasuda who found out that Sayama and Ah Shi were aboard the "Chaofeng", and he told the two waitresses to watch.

After the section chief finished writing, like a primary school student, he tapped his cheek with the tip of a pencil and looked at the four points of analysis on the paper. "Not bad", Section Chief Kasai waited for a long time before speaking. "It's not accidental, it's clearly arranged on purpose." Mihara looked at the section chief's eyes that kept turning. "If it's arranged, it's important." "Important." The section chief replied immediately like a reflex.He closed his eyes and considered for a moment, then called out for an agent to come over. "You go and investigate the ×× department and see how deep the relationship between Yasuda Tatsuro, a machine manufacturer, is with them."

The agent agreed to come down, wrote his name in the blotter, and walked out. "Then," the section chief used a speculative tone, and once again looked at the points he had written, "if Yasuda really arranged for witnesses, what was he doing for it?" He said, lighting a cigarette. Playing tricks, of course, is for his own benefit.It must be to protect some interests by arranging witnesses to let them see Sayama and Ah Shi take the express train bound for Hakata. "It is necessary to arrange an on-site witness as a third party." Mihara thought for a while before answering. "A third party?" "Yes. Yasuda's testimony is not enough. Someone other than him must see it with his own eyes." "So, Yasuda can't be counted as a third party?" "I think so." Mihara looked at the section chief with "Isn't that so?"The chief fell into deep thought. "Okay, let's study it like this." The section chief also confirmed. "Sayama and Ah Shi died in love near Hakata. The two of them took the express train at Tokyo Station, and Yasuda himself got on the train, and brought two women with him, deliberately making them the third witnesses.——This is a strange thing! " Mihara understood the meaning of the word "strange" used by the section chief.The two people who took the train to die in love could not arrange witnesses.Yasuda who does not want to be a third party, what role did he play in this love death incident?Mihara also had this question. "All in all, there must be articles in it." "There must be." The section chief also agreed. "Judging from these conditions, everything can prove that Yasuda Tatsuro is arranging witnesses. However, we still don't know why he did this. Since he wants to do this, he must have his purpose." "However, as long as the incident he arranged is investigated clearly, his purpose will be found." Mihara said. "That's right," Section Chief Kasai replied.The two showed warm agreement. "You think that Yasuda found the four-minute gap on purpose to bring the two women to platform 13 to see the special express train on platform 15. Since they were asked to watch, why not just go How about going to platform 15?" the section chief asked him like an exam. "This is understandable. Platform 15 is the starting platform for long-distance trains. If you go there, it will be too obvious. If you have something to go to Kamakura, look at it from platform 13. In the past, it seemed very natural. He took advantage of the four minutes with great painstaking efforts to appear natural." The section chief smiled.That means approval. "Oh, the report from the conductor of the 'Chaofeng' has arrived on January 14th," said the section chief. "Really?" Mihara stretched out his body to look at it. "Unfortunately, the train attendant couldn't remember whether there was an empty seat. He has no memory of the past, and this person is confused. If he can remember things, where Ah Shi got off the train, it will be clear immediately Yet?"