Chapter 21 Anti-reconnaissance

Ren Sandov came to the gas station. "Hello! The weather is nice today." A familiar employee inserted the fuel hose into the tank and started the dispenser. "It's very busy!" "fine. "I heard that your beauty salon is moving to Qingshan, when will it move?" "It's the end of the year." "What about the current store?" "Transfer out." "It's a pity. However, it's a good thing that your business has expanded. It's a pity that I lost another customer." "No, I try to come here as much as I can, and I can often go around in my car."

"Thank you! Come here for a ride when you're not busy at work. ... Oh, speaking of rides, it was the day before yesterday. Someone came to ask how much gasoline you used for a ride on the bank of the Tama River last time." "Going for a drive along the banks of the Tama River?" "You came to refuel the next day, isn't the car very dirty? I even washed your car... What's the date? 11?" Doffer stared blankly at the employee's face. "Who came to inquire?" "The man is in his mid-thirties, has long hair, wears glasses, and looks rustic."

"Who is that?" The employee called out the female employee who had served the visitor. "He said it was from Yanagida-san, so I told him." "Yanagita?" Seeing his frown furrowed, the female employee asked worriedly, "Shouldn't you tell him?" "Oh, maybe it is. I haven't heard Yanagida say what the man with the glasses asked you for?" "Oh, that's right. He said that he wanted to buy a car. For reference, he wanted to know how much Mr. Sayama spent on gasoline a month. I told him that it would cost about 10,000 yen. He said, that's a lot. Later he asked, when did you come to refuel recently? I checked the invoice and told him it was the 11th. So he asked again, how much did you add? I said 32 liters. He asked how many kilometers can be driven by 32 liters. He said He bought a car for the first time from Mr. Yanagida, so I thought he was your friend."

I have never met him before, but I told him everything.The employee just now went on to say: "I came here at that time. I told him that Mr. Sayama's car doesn't usually use much gas, but it used a little more when he went for a drive on the bank of the Tama River the day before yesterday. I listened to what you said." Dolph puts his hands behind his back. "Did you tell him about the dirty car?" "Yeah, when it comes to maybe turning a lot, I said that too, and told him that the tires are also dirty." "Dirty tires?" "Yeah, there's a lot of red dirt and weeds on it."

"In that detail?" "Yeah, the more you talk, the more energetic you get....Shouldn't you say it?" The employees slapped their hands on their heads, worried that they were being rash. "No, it's okay." "I'm really sorry, because I heard it was introduced by Mr. Yanagida." "It doesn't matter... I guess who it is, that person is wearing deep myopia glasses, with dark skin and a rustic appearance, isn't it?" "Yes, my face is dripping with sweat." "Yes, he sweats a lot." Doffer smiled and got into the car.

He changed his plans and returned to the beauty salon.His serious expression was not because he was concentrating on driving, but because he was thinking about something. —Why did Masaichi Okano go to the gas station to inquire about those things?Inquire about the amount of refueling on the 11th, and understand the situation on the 10th, why? He drove the car to the small road on Miyake, and the tires were covered with the red soil and weeds that had been trampled down.When I asked a gas station to wash my car, the person at the gas station tricked me into saying that I went for a drive along the banks of the Tama River.Okano seemed quite interested in asking about this.

However, Okano... No, is it Okano?Impossible, I'm afraid it's not Okano, maybe there are people who also wear glasses, sweat a lot, and look rustic. He got out of the car and walked into his shop. "Hello!" Dove nodded to the customers in the store, with a smile on his face and a steady demeanor.Generous. "Oh, madam, do you seem to have lost weight? Taking a steam bath? You are indeed slimmer and more beautiful. Looking at you, you are not inferior to a star." He showed great hospitality to his guests.When a disciple came over, he said to the disciple nonchalantly:

"Ask Liu Tian to come to my place." He bowed respectfully to the customers. "Madam, see you later..." Astoria's small office is inside the shop.Liu Tian walked in. Dove talked about the work in the store, then changed the subject. "Did Okano-kun come here the day before yesterday?" "Yes, I have been here. It was in the evening. You were not there at that time, and you went to Ginza." "What did you say?" "Well, he didn't talk about work....By the way, he said he wanted to buy a car and asked about the situation."

And if so—he understood.However, he didn't know why Okano did that. "What's the matter?" "Ask about gasoline. I was busy and didn't have time to chat with him in detail. I asked him to ask at the gas station and told him the gas station I often go to." Sure enough.But he didn't reprimand Liu Tian for meddling in his own business, so he couldn't make Liu Tian suspicious. Maybe it was unknowingly showing displeasure, Yanagida sensed and asked: "Shouldn't you tell him about the gas station?" "No, it doesn't matter." Dofu quickly smiled, "It's just that Okano-kun is too stingy, and he is worried about the gas bill before buying the car."

"That's right, it's not a new car, but an old car worth about 300,000 yen." Yanagida, who was relieved, laughed together with him. "He really wants to buy a car?" "Yeah, he's a really cautious buyer." "Oh, he can drive?" "I also asked him. He said that he bought it and then went to the coach to study. Without a car, it is inconvenient to work. He is stingy." "Yanagita-kun, don't tell Okano-kun that you told me about this." "yes. "Okano-kun will be upset, he will think we are laughing at him behind his back."

"Yeah, I won't tell him." He wanted Okano to think he was still in the dark.If he was alarmed, it would bring trouble to his own investigation. "I'll go to Yamane-kun. Aoyama's project is a big deal now." "Yes, it would be great if it could be completed as soon as possible. The guests are also talking about it. The public opinion at the beginning is very important." Okano's inquiring about gasoline is really related to that incident?Dao Fu was puzzled again, and his thoughts kept running on the way to the Qingshan construction site by car. Maybe Okano really wants to buy a car, because he wants to buy a car, so he only cares about fuel consumption.It was possible for him to be so orderly and discreet in his ways. Maybe it was my own random suspicion.It was not Okanoma who said the body was dirty and the tires were stained with red dirt and weeds, but the gas station employee said it casually.That being the case, there is nothing to worry about. Okano didn't need to inquire about these.If you want to inquire, you must have a reason, but Okano has no such reason.What is the relationship between Hatano Masako who died on Mitake and Okano?It doesn't matter, Okano doesn't even know Masako Hatano. Besides, he will not investigate his fuel consumption on the 10th just because he has something to do with the woman who committed suicide in Miyake.Dove felt that his nerves were too tense.Don't be nervous, it's dangerous to go on like this, so be careful.The project of Qingshan Beauty Salon is very smooth, and now it is moving forward step by step, and it cannot encounter unexpected setbacks.Doffer opened the window for fresh air. At the construction site in Qingshan, the designer has arrived one step ahead and is negotiating with the on-site commander.The project is progressing smoothly. After the three discussed, the on-site commander left.Director Yamane is young and has a high level of design, and Dove appreciates his feelings very much. "Well, I want to say something..." Yamane said, "I want to talk about Okano, but it's not good to talk to you in front of you..." "What happened to Okano?" "No, it's nothing, it's just his design, which feels a bit outdated. Because it's recommended, I think I can make do with it, but..." Yamane said with a wry smile. "Really? This is troublesome." It wasn't that matter, he immediately felt relieved, but after listening to the designer's words, he frowned again. "Okano and I knew each other before. When we lived together in the apartment in Yotsuya, the Okano couple were very kind to me. Back then they worked hard and they haven't succeeded yet, so I want to help them. I know how he feels. It's a little outdated, and it's because of this that he hasn't been famous so far, but the small things can make him... twice as good, isn't it?" "Because you said something, I've been making do with it, but the design of the display window next to the door can't be changed by him. You can't just give in just because it's not conspicuous. So, I've asked to change the design a few times recently, and I'm really not satisfied. ...I was away the day before yesterday, and Okano came to me and said that he wanted to discuss it and change some of the designs." It was the designer's last sentence that caught Dove's attention.The so-called day before yesterday must be the day when Okano came to inquire about fuel consumption. "Are you not here? How is Okano-kun?" "Because I wasn't here, he said he would go back next time. Oh, by the way, he always told the people at home that he had a discussion with the three of you and me at the office on the 10th." The 10th is that day. "People at home said that I went to Yokohama to discuss design business on the morning of the 10th, and he asked me when I would be back. I thought he must have something urgent to do. I was waiting for him at the office after I came back the day before yesterday, but he never came again. .It's so unpredictable." Dolph felt the shadow that had disappeared once again resurfaced in his heart. Okano's intentions are crucial. At around 4:30 pm on the 10th, in order to meet Masako Hatano in Shibuya, Tookano conveyed his apology to Sachiko Tsukimura, who had an appointment earlier, for not being able to make the appointment.Okano traced the whereabouts of Director Yamane on the 10th, probably to verify the truth of his words.Dove felt a little guilty in his heart. "I'll ask Okano-kun." Dolph himself noticed a change in his tone of voice. "I'm sorry to trouble you, but Okano is actually a good person, and his character is not bad. Let me tell you this, I shouldn't." Yamane said as if apologizing. —Is Okano a good person?Not bad character? Doffer got into the car again, talking to himself in the car.It was a soliloquy from the heart. The "no relationship" between Masako Hatano and Okano is connected by a line. On the 10th, he asked Okano to convey to Sachiko that he was going to see Yamane, and Sachiko Edamura was that line. That woman will notice the gas consumption on the 10th. Sachiko was using Masaichi Okano on the grounds that she came to spread the message at that time (So that's it! Zaika Sachiko Okano...) Doffer parked the car by the side of the road and took out a cigarette. Dofu got out of the car and went to the cigarette shop to call Shizaki Yumiko.She is the proprietress of Chiban Cooking Shop.The call is not to the store, but to the proprietress' room.The proprietress has a dedicated phone, and the number is not registered in the phone book. busy.Probably on the phone with her backstage boss.I looked at my watch, it was past one.Her sponsor came to Tokyo twice a month, and Yumiko once said with a smile that when her sponsor was not in Tokyo, she often called to check if she was at home. If he was calling Yumiko, he was not in Tokyo, so Yumi could go out. Three minutes later, he dialed again.The line is still busy.Elderly people just call to instigate, and the sponsor is 65 years old. It is unavoidable to worry about putting a 32-year-old woman in a place where she can't touch it or see it. Hung up for the third time.Although it was a dedicated phone, it was not Takezaki Yumiko who answered the phone first, but her maid.She is prudent and her business is booming. "Can I come out at 3 o'clock? Haven't eaten yet?" After she answered the phone, Dove said that due to her professional habits, she hadn't gotten up yet. "Just want to eat something." The woman said coquettishly. "Then let's bear with it for a while and eat together. I didn't even eat lunch. I was running back and forth between Jiyu Hill and Qingshan, so I was too busy to take care of it." "I didn't even eat breakfast!" "It's unbearable to be with people who sleep late." "Hee, hee hee... Is Qingshan's project progressing smoothly?" Yuko Takezaki is one of the investors.The old man in Osaka is the source of the "investor". "Thanks to Zuo, it went well. After dinner, I would like to invite you to visit the scene." "Where are you going?" "Yeah, how about Lanting in Humen after dinner?" "I like Chinese restaurants, okay, it's 3 o'clock." "The phone call was so long just now." "Oh, you called already?" "From 10 minutes ago, I played five times." "Hush... hee, hee hee, business, you can do anything." Hang up the phone and insert another coin. The manager of the "Fujikazai" apartment is still the old couple. After a few polite greetings, the wife went to call Okano. "Hello!" Not long after, Okano's voice and panting came from the microphone.He probably heard that it was Doffer's call, and ran down from the house in a hurry. "I want to talk to you about design, are you busy now?" Dove said. "Oh, it's working, but I can go, to Jiyugaoka?" Okano asked cheerfully.He didn't seem to notice. "No, I have an appointment at 3 o'clock. I want to meet you for 10 minutes before 3 o'clock. The place is Lanting Hotel in Humen, which is a Chinese teahouse." "Oh, I know the name. Is it okay to be there at 2:40? Got it." Okano's tone was respectful.The guest-of-host relationship in the same apartment has been reversed, and now the older Okano is subordinate to him. Dofu felt that there was indeed everything, but he didn't expect Okano to be used by Sachiko Tsukimura. ——However, it’s just speculation right now, so I’ll check it out even if it’s true.Of course it will take some time to verify this matter, but it is not a waste to please Takezaki Yuko. ──At 2:40, Dove walked into the Chinese restaurant in Humen, and Okano had already arrived one step ahead, waiting for him at the corner. "Oh, good morning." Dofu looked at Okano who stood up from his chair with a smile, "It's so hot, I let you out." "where." "Will you have a cold drink?" "Okay, orange juice." "Should have eaten something here with you, but I have a visitor coming up." "You're so busy." "There's not much time, so let's talk briefly." "Is it the design of the display window?" Dofu thought, what would Sachiko look like if you said you were spying on my actions according to Sachiko's orders?This is to be said for another day, and it must be kept quiet now. "Yeah, that's it. Have you exchanged opinions with Yamane-kun?" He didn't say that he met Yamane-kun 3 hours ago. "Mr. Yamane is basically in favor, with some dissenting to a small part." The eyes under Okano's glasses didn't even lift their eyelids, unlike last time, it seemed that he didn't dare to look directly at him. "What did Yamane-kun say?" "How should I put it? He likes to be unconventional, which is of course good, but it's too new for most people to accept, and that doesn't make sense. It's better to give customers a sense of intimacy." "Yes." "Is that so? I designed it with that in mind, but Yamane-san wasn't satisfied. I made a few sketches beforehand, and Yamane-san thought I felt stale." His words fit perfectly with Yamane's tone. A woman in a kimono enters.The pebble-colored satin is dyed with tea-colored florals, and there are orange-red halo brocades on the belt.Seeing Doo talking to Okano, Yumi stood aside with a smile.She is a beautiful woman. "Oh, I'm one step ahead." Doo put Okano aside, stood up and greeted Yumiko affectionately. "Is that so?" Yumi replied ambiguously, being wary of the unfamiliar Okano. "The last time I played with you very late, is it okay at home?" "Oh, no." Yuko didn't know how to answer. "I want to meet you today, let's talk while eating." Dao Wu walked up to Gong Zi and said kissingly.At a loss for what to do, Yumi glanced at Gen Okano. Okano panicked and stood up quickly. "Oh, Mr. Sayama, I'll take my leave." He said, rubbing his head with one hand. "Oh, that's right." Dove turned around, "How much trouble did you worry about that matter? "Okay, sure. After Okano saluted Yumiko with his eyes, he left in a state of anxiety. "I was shocked." After Okano left, Yumi smiled and said to Dofu, showing her white teeth. "how?" "What! I don't even know how to answer when I speak like that in front of a human being." "Aren't you very sophisticated?" "No matter how experienced you are, you can't think of interrupting words at once. Is it appropriate for you to say that in front of people?" "Why is it inappropriate? I asked him to be the designer for my store, so I don't need to see outsiders." "But what you said is unclear. Anyone who hears it will think that you have a special relationship with me." "Really? Should it be more concealed?" "Yeah, so, he pretty much got away. He'll spread it around." Whether you tell others or not, Okano Masaichi will definitely report the situation of this woman to Sachiko Edamura.If Okano was working for Sachiko, he wouldn't keep the matter that most concerned Sachiko in his heart. Dofu thought, Sachiko was jealous, so she would definitely say something.She will ask, where is the house of the woman who is dating at the Chinese restaurant?What is your name?What is the relationship with her?Originally, Yu Yu deceived Okano and sent him to investigate his whereabouts on June 10, it was out of her abnormal psychology.Her strategy is to get hold of Masako Hatano and control him.The intense possessive desire to exclude all other women comes from insatiable selfishness.After hearing Okano's report, she would never keep silent about the "new woman". The relationship with Yumiko Takezaki is unknown, and of course, there are no rumors about it.Although Sachiko Edamura doesn't even know Yumiko's name, if she mentions the woman at the Lanting Hotel, the relationship between Sachiko and Okano is self-evident. Sachiko would have noticed this, so she might not say a word about the Chinese restaurant and just press him as if she had heard the wind.Even so, it can explain the relationship between the two of them. "Stay here a little longer, okay?" Yuko Takezaki asked her husband as she sat at the table and raised her eyes from the menu.During the day, she puts on false eyelashes and wears Maeil.She originally had a flat face, and she wouldn't look good without makeup like that.Dove also carefully made her hairstyle a little higher, and advised her to make it as three-dimensional as possible. "The store is very busy, but my temper is to do what I say." "You did a great job." "Stop talking about this. Why was the phone call so long just now? I'm in a hurry." "Sorry." "When is this time?" He was referring to when the one from Osaka came to Tokyo. "At the end of the month." "Oh, so this week is free." Gongzi smiled and stared at him with affectionate eyes. When he noticed the waiter standing behind him, he pointed to the menu and ordered a few dishes. In order to speak to the passer-by, she twisted her neck, revealing her snow-white throat, in a defenseless posture.Dolph felt a temptation there.Seduction comes from experience. (No matter who fortunately sent to investigate, there is no evidence. Just acting suspiciously can't do anything to me.) Dove ordered some recipes with his hand to the messenger who came behind him. ...the hands strangled the woman's throat. Human imagination is accurate.As Doo expected, Okano Masaaki hung up the phone at Sachiko's apartment as soon as he left the Chinese restaurant.However, fortunately he was not there at the time. Okano was disappointed and relieved when he failed to get through to Yu Yu.It is never a good thing to tell Sachiko about Dofu's affairs, so he thinks that she is not here, maybe the gods are apologizing, warning him not to meddle in his own business.Dove has always been very kind to himself, and the two have never had any enmity or enmity. Okano returned to the apartment and resumed the work he had been doing before Doufu called him out, but nothing went smoothly.His heart has not calmed down. When I was young, it was dark outside, and it entered a muggy and hot night.After eating the dinner made by his wife, he started the homework on the drawing board. Yu Ding flew into the room through the open window and clustered around the desk lamp. Mosquitoes bit the wrists, calves, and feet, and the electric fan blew hot air calmly.He has torn three sheets of drawing paper, one is the sweat on his forehead falling on the lines he drew so easily, and the other will bleed into one piece. Okano was thinking about the air-conditioned apartment house.Sachiko Techimura has returned home.The air conditioner is not important, he wants to see her grateful face and hear her elegant and kind words.There's an air of her and her conversation that a wife doesn't have. "I can't draw any more, I'll go out and relax." While washing her face, the wife took out the lapel shirt she had just brought back from the laundry. "Come back soon." The wife sent it to the door without doubt. At this moment, the revelation of the gods is also lingering in Okano's heart.There is a saying that “save the bad things” for tomorrow.Putting off tomorrow and the day after tomorrow; putting it off as long as you can until you stop thinking about it is a smart thing to do.On the way, Okano thought about this many times, but, as if he was in high spirits, the action continued. What happened later did not go as Dolph expected.In a luxurious air-conditioned room, Sachiko Edamura was wearing bright interior clothes (that was for Dofu), listening to Okano's report on the phone. "Kuu waiting for me? I'll go right away. I want to meet you, where are you now?" She didn't let Okano into the house.Maybe the Dolphin will come tonight.Although you are not sure, you can't be careless.Especially for a tryst with a woman, he might take a look first. I took a shower and changed into indoor clothes, and now I have to change clothes and go outside in the sweltering heat. The place Okano mentioned was not far from the apartment, on the corner of a building with no lights.He stands on the black shadow star. "Sorry for the waitting." Sachiko peeked back and forth and walked up to him, smiling at him kindly in the dark.As if it were a couple's tryst, they strolled through the residential streets with few pedestrians.Okano was still not at peace. "That's all. Of course I don't know what the relationship between Sayama and that woman is. Please don't misunderstand this point. It's just for your reference." Okano emphasized after the detailed description. "However, it seems that there is nothing wrong with Sayama talking to that woman like that." Sachiko deliberately leaned on Okano and said as she walked leisurely. "It seems intimate, just to what extent, I..." Okano was nervous about his "snitch" and Sachiko pressing against his shoulder. "That woman's kimono is very fashionable?" "Yeah, I think her kimono is very elegant, oh, it's just my personal feeling..." "Okano, I'm calm, don't worry, just talk." "Oh." "That woman is thirty-two or three-year-old? Is she an entertainer?" "Oh, I don't know either." "Meet for dinner at a Chinese restaurant around 3 o'clock? Strange, Sayama likes Chinese food, but..." Speaking of this, Sachiko Cemetery felt inspired like a divine manifestation. On June 10, Dove drove away from Jiyugaoka at about 4 pm.After leaving Jiyugaoka, where to meet Masako Hatano, and catch her to Ome, it will be very late.Didn't they have dinner on the way? ——