Chapter 3 Chapter 1 The Father's Disappearance

Ji Jianzi felt that his father became another person completely after his mother died. His father, Kanji Sasaki, is a criminal police officer in the Investigative Section 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department.He quit his job as a criminal police officer twenty years ago. When my father quit his job as a criminal police officer, he was only forty-two years old, which didn't seem like he was going to retire at that age. Since Ji Jianzi never asked his father, he didn't know why his father quit his job as a criminal police officer.My mother often said before she was alive, "It would be better for your father to quit his job as a criminal police officer", so my father's life as a criminal police officer must have been abnormal, right?Twenty-five-year-old Ji Jianzi can barely remember his father's appearance when he was a criminal police officer, but only remembers his appearance as an ordinary employee in the personnel department of the Central Iron and Steel Company.

Apart from drinking, my father has no other bad habits. He is also very caring and a model parent.In Ji Jianzi's impression, his father was very quiet at home. But last fall, after my mother died, my father became a little weird.Sometimes he was locked in the room alone for a long time, and sometimes he fell into deep thought.Sometimes he would go out and get drunk before coming back, causing Ji Jianzi a lot of trouble. Ji Jianzi thought to himself, maybe it was the death of his mother who had lived with him for nearly thirty years, which hit him hard, so he became like this. Ji Jianzi works in the General Affairs Department of Bank M, as does her boyfriend.She had mentioned her boyfriend to her mother, but she hadn't talked to her father yet.Originally, she wanted to talk to her father later, but due to the sudden death of her mother, she had no chance to mention it to her father.

She wanted to wait for her father's mood to stabilize before talking to him about her marriage with her boyfriend Harada. On July 8th, Ji Jianzi had dinner with Harada, and when she went to Roppongi for a drink, she told Harada again, because Harada was anxious to get married. When I got home, it was past eleven o'clock in the evening.Father was not at home, and there was a note on the dining table: Ji Jianzi didn't know why his father went to Otaru.Father didn't call back, and Ji Jianzi wasn't particularly worried.Because the father of the pre-war group thought it was a shameful thing to communicate with the family in everything.

The next night, there was a call, but it wasn't from my father. "I'm Totsukawa from the First Investigation Section of the Metropolitan Police Department." It was the voice of a middle-aged man. "Oh!" Ji Jianzi was unfamiliar with the other party's name. "Is your father at home?" "Not here." "Where are you going?" the other party asked. Ji Jianzi suddenly felt uneasy. "What can you do with your father?" "It's all right. Is he out in the street?" "No, it's a trip." "When are you coming back?"

"tomorrow." "When your father comes back, please tell him to contact me immediately." After Totsukawa finished speaking, he told Ji Jianzi the phone number of the Metropolitan Police Department. (what the hell is going on here?) Ji Jianzi thought so.The so-called Metropolitan Police Department Search Unit 1 was the place where my father worked twenty years ago. Why did the people who searched the first class look for the father? (When my father comes back, just ask him.) Ji Jianzi thought so.Perhaps the people who searched the first section wanted to hold a banquet and wanted to invite my father to attend, so maybe they called him.

On the evening of the tenth, my father was coming back tonight, so Ji Jianzi prepared his father's favorite sushi rice balls and chilled the beer. Since his mother passed away, his father has become a bit weird, so Ji Jianzi took care of his father more carefully. Although Ji Jianzi prepared food and drinks for his father to come back, he didn't see his father come back until ten o'clock or eleven o'clock. Ji Jianzi suddenly became worried.Anyway, my father was an old man of sixty-two. Although his body is still very strong, but his reaction is somewhat slow, will he dodge the car before he is hit?

The phone rang suddenly, and Ji Jianzi picked up the receiver. "I'm Totsukawa," said the other party. Ji Jianzi felt a little disappointed and said, "My father hasn't come back yet." "Didn't you call back?" "No, it's always like this." "Can you tell me where your father is going?" the other party asked solemnly. "He left a letter saying he was going to Otaru." "Is it Otaru in Hokkaido?" Totsukawa asked. "yes." "Is the book you said a note?" "yes." "Can you tell me the contents of the book?"

"Shall I read it to you?" "Yes, please!" Totsukawa said. Ji Jianzi returned to the phone with his father's message. "The note said: 'Go to Otaru urgently, come back in the evening of the tenth. Father'." "Did your father not write about why he went to Otaru?" "yes." "I understand, let's contact you again." After Totsukawa said, he hung up the phone. Ji Jianzi didn't know why the Totsugawa criminal police asked about his father, because his father quit his job in the Metropolitan Police Department 20 years ago.

(Could it be that the father broke the law?) But if it is really a violation of the law, the police should not be so patient to call to inquire, but will come directly to the house to search! Although my father became a bit weird after my mother passed away, but it was not enough to commit crimes. That night, my father didn't come back.The next day, Ji Jianzi was very worried about his father's safety, so he called the bank to ask for leave, and concentrated on waiting for his father to come back at home. Until noon, my father still did not return home, nor did I call back.Ji Jianzi called the Central Iron and Steel Company where her father worked, and she thought maybe his father would contact the company.

The person who answered the phone was the head of the management department of the personnel department: "Mr. Sasaki? He has resigned." "Resign? Really?" Ji Jianzi asked in surprise. "Yes. He resigned at the end of November last year, and he also received his severance pay." The head of the management department said in an official tone. "Did he say why he resigned at that time?" Ji Jianzi asked. "He said it's a personal matter, so it's inconvenient for us to ask more questions." The head of the management department said. Ji Jianzi hung up the phone feeling a little confused.

The words came from the mouth of the head of the management department, so there should be no mistake, but Ji Jianzi didn't notice that his father had resigned at all.My mother passed away on October 26 last year. One month later, my father quit his job without telling Ji Jianzi. After that, my father went out in the morning as usual and came back in the evening.It turned out that my father had been pretending to go to work in the company. Why would father do this?Had he quit his job because his mother's death had hit him so hard? If so, why hide it from me?Ji Jianzi felt a little angry. Father resigned at the end of November, so what is he doing until today?What is it about him constantly meditating and getting drunk? Until now, Ji Jianzi thinks that because of his mother's sudden death, his father has no intention of going to work, so he quit his job, and used meditation and drunkenness to anesthetize himself. But judging from the current situation, it seems that this is not the case.It seems that his father resigned immediately after his mother died, and took up a job that Ji Jianzi didn't know about. When she saw the message "Going to Otaru urgently", she couldn't help but feel a little strange, wondering what her father was doing in Otaru? The reason why Ji Jianzi felt strange was because he had no relatives or friends living in Otaru, so he was probably on a business trip, right?She thought so at the time, but now that she knew that her father had resigned seven months ago, it was impossible for her to be on a business trip. Father has not come back for a long time, could it be because of the plane crash?Thinking of this, Ji Jianzi watched newspapers and TV news very carefully, but he didn't see such news. On the twelfth, my father still didn't come back, nor did he call.Ji Jianzi called the Totsugawa criminal policeman of the first search section of the Metropolitan Police Department, and wanted to ask him something. After waiting for a while, Totsukawa answered the phone.Totsukawa's attitude this time is completely different from the previous two. The last two times it was Totsukawa who called to inquire about his father, and his attitude was very sincere.However, this time he seemed very indifferent. No wonder he said he would contact him again, but he didn't call again for two days. "I'm Sasaki." "Really?" Totsukawa said indifferently. "My father hasn't come back yet. Mr. Totsukawa, if you know what happened to my father, can you tell me?" "Don't worry, your father will be fine and will be back soon." Ten Tsukawa said. The other party didn't seem to understand Ji Jianzi's worry at all, which made Ji Jianzi very anxious. "However, my father has been late for two days and hasn't come back, nor has he called. I plan to go to Otaru to look for him tomorrow." "No, don't go, don't worry, wait at home, your father will definitely come back." Totsukawa said. "Mr. Totsukawa, do you know why my father went to Otaru? If so, please tell me?" "I have no idea." "I don't know? Then why are you calling my father?" Ji Jianzi said a little unhappy. To Ji Jianzi's protest, Totsukawa said, "Really?" "Mr. Totsukawa." "yes." "Are you hiding something about my father? If so, please tell me." "I didn't hide anything. When I entered the Metropolitan Police Department, my father had resigned. I didn't know him very well." "If that's the case, why did you call my father?" "The thing is like this. The alumni association of the Metropolitan Police Department wanted to know about your father's recent situation, so they asked me to call your father." "Is it really?" "yes." "Mr. Totsukawa, since you don't know, I decided to go to Otaru to look for my father tomorrow." Ji Jianzi said. However, for some unknown reason, Tojin Chuan hurriedly stopped him and said, "No, you'd better not go, just wait at home with peace of mind, your father will definitely come back soon." Totsukawa's attitude puzzled Ji Jianzi. Totsukawa said that he had no idea why his father's whereabouts were missing, but when he heard that Ji Jianzi was going to Otaru to find his father, he quickly dissuaded him. What is going on? Totsukawa said that he was calling his father on behalf of the alumni association to ask about his father's current situation, but Ji Jianzi didn't believe it at all.Because Totsukawa said that he wanted to know about his father's recent situation, but he was worried about his father's trip.If you want to know the current situation of your father, you should ask about his health and current job!Why did you keep asking your father about his trip? "It's really worrying." Ji Jianzi hung up the phone after reaching such a conclusion. After Ji Jianzi decided to go to Otaru to find his father tomorrow, he entered his father's room on the second floor.It was a six-square-meter room, and it was my father's study. No one was allowed to enter it, not even to clean it. Ji Jianzi opened the door, went inside and turned on the light.There was a large desk by the window, and a bed opposite the desk. It seemed that my father slept here when he was investigating the incident. The bookshelves are full of books related to the police, which surprised Ji Jianzi, because after his father quit his job as a policeman twenty years ago, Ji Jianzi never heard him mention anything about the police. Some of these books seemed to have been bought recently, and there was a whole bunch of police insider reports, the kind of magazine my father seemed to still be subscribing to. (Couldn't Dad have forgotten his job as a police officer?) Although this matter made Ji Jianzi feel very strange, what she wanted to know most was the purpose of her father's visit to Otaru. If the father was going to Otaru to meet someone, then she wanted to know who that person was. Father carried a black notebook with him at all times, but she searched all over the study, but couldn't find that notebook. It seemed that father had taken that notebook too. There was a guest book next to the phone, and she flipped through the pages. I searched the guestbook and only found this sentence. (What the hell does that even mean?) Just when Ji Jianzi thought so, a slight sound suddenly came from downstairs. Ji Jianzi was taken aback.Listening attentively, he has calmed down. "It's not psychological, is it?" Just when Ji Jianzi thought so, she clearly heard the sound of things falling down. If the father was at home, he would definitely rush down to check what happened, but at present there is only Ji Jianzi left in the house. Ji Jianzi plucked up the courage to go downstairs, because she thought maybe it was her father who came back, maybe. Father said he would come back in ten days, but because of some delays, he couldn't come back in time, and he didn't call to contact him, which made him feel very embarrassed, so he came back quietly? My father had this kind of record before. "Father?" Ji Jianzi stood on the stairs and called to the dark first floor. No one answered.Although the lights in the corridor on the first floor were on, the lights in the room were turned off. Ji Jianzi resisted his fear, entered the six-square-meter room, and pressed the switch on the wall with his hand.At that moment, Ji Jianzi felt someone approaching her. Then, someone hugged her and put a hand over her mouth. "You will die as soon as you make a sound." It was a man's voice. However, Ji Jianzi still couldn't help screaming. "Bastard!" The other party cursed angrily while strangling Ji Jianzi's neck. Pain and fear attacked Ji Jianzi at the same time, but he couldn't cry out even if he wanted to. The opponent's hand strangled her neck even harder, and Ji Jianzi gradually passed out. "If this goes on like this, you're sure to die." Just as Ji Jianzi was thinking this way, the other party suddenly let go of his hand.Ji Jianzi didn't know why the other party let go of his hand. Ji Jianzi panted heavily while looking around the dark room.I saw two black shadows violently entangled together. One of them wanted to escape.He heard the sound of the door falling down.Two shadows escaped from the room. While stroking his throat, Ji Jianzi stood up unsteadily and turned on the light. With a sound of "pa--", the six-square-meter room brightened up.In the light, a young man came in and stared at Ji Jianzi. Just when Ji Jianzi wanted to escape, the young man shook his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm the police." While talking, the other party showed Ji Jianzi a black police card.But Ji Jianzi had an expression of disbelief, so the young man introduced himself: "I'm the Kusaka Criminal Police Officer of the First Investigation Section of the Metropolitan Police Department." It seems that what the other party said is true.Thinking of this, Ji Jianzi sat down on the spot. Because she suddenly lost her courage.After she sighed, she asked, "Where was that man just now?" "Unfortunately, he was escaped. That person ran really fast." "Why are you here?" Ji Jianzi asked in a reproachful tone.Although she thanked the other party for rescuing her in time, she should ask clearly when in doubt. The young Kusaka detective said with a puzzled look on his face: "I was sent by my superior, the Totsugawa Police Department. He said that something might happen here, and told me to watch it carefully. When I arrived here, I saw that the glass window of the entrance Pry it open, knowing that the situation is different, I immediately went in to have a look, and found that person sneaked in." "Totsugawa Police Department?" "yes." "Why is Mr. Totsukawa suddenly worried about me? It's so strange!" Ji Jianzi said in a sarcastic tone. The undercover criminal policeman said with an uninformed expression: "He didn't tell me the reason, he just told me to come here as soon as possible." "Does it have anything to do with my father going to Otaru and not coming back?" "I don't know." The policeman said, shaking his head.Judging by his expression, it seems that he really doesn't know. "I want to call Mr. Totsukawa to make sure, where is he now?" "I think he's gone home from get off work." "Do you know his phone number?" "Sorry, I don't know—" "Then I'll call him tomorrow." Ji Jianzi said. Although the anger towards Totsukawa hadn't completely disappeared, he couldn't take it out on the young detective in front of him.Ji Jianzi thought so, and said to the criminal police under the sun: "Sit down, I'll make tea." Detective Kusaka said very politely that there is no need to bother, then nodded slightly and walked out. Ji Jianzi climbed up to the second floor, looked out through the window, and saw Nisaka Criminal Police standing on the street ahead. He leaned on the telephone pole on the street and watched Ji Jianzi's home. Thanks to him, she was not murdered. She should thank him, but she couldn't do it. The attitude of the Totsugawa Police Department is also really strange. He was the first person to call to find his father, and more than once. But after his father disappeared, he became very indifferent. Then he sent his subordinates to protect her. She couldn't understand or trust such an unpredictable person. The criminal policeman under the sun is protecting Ji Jianzi by the street lamp pole, but Ji Jianzi always feels that the criminal policeman under the sun is not protecting her, but monitoring her. Ji Jianzi entered his father's study room again, and the words "Xiaotaru—Bearing Army" jumped into his eyes annoyingly. What the hell is the Bear Force? My father had served in the army, he enlisted at the end of the war and was defeated in the interior.Could the Bear Army be the alias of the army my father served at that time? When the war was defeated, my father was only twenty years old, and various things happened in Japan at that time.Ji Jianzi had read such records in books.It also seems like there are places where very brutal things happen. When the war was defeated, my father was stationed in Otaru with the army. What happened to the army at that time?Could it be because of that incident that my father went to Otaru again after 40 years? Ji Jianzi took out a business card holder and a stack of letters from the desk drawer.After searching for about thirty minutes, I finally found the business card I was looking for. That's what my father wrote on the business card. The name on the business card is the branch manager of Bank N. Ji Jianzi dialed the phone number of the branch manager's home on the business card. "I am Ji Jianzi, the daughter of Sasaki Kanji." Ji Jianzi said. "Oh! Miss? What's the matter?" "Where was my father before the defeat?" When Ji Jianzi asked this question, the other party replied: "Don't you know if you ask your father?" "My father is not at home. I wonder if the nerve-wracking things that are happening now have something to do with what happened then?" Ji Jianzi finished speaking, thinking that the other party would probably ask her various questions, but unexpectedly the other party replied directly: "In Kyushu Island. Because the US military will land on Kyushu Island after Okinawa, the situation is very tight. Fortunately, the war ended in time to survive." "Did you never go to Hokkaido at that time?" "yes." "Is the alias of the army my father served at that time the Bear Army?" "Alias? Our troops don't have an alias, because we think we will all die in battle, so we don't have the mood to take any alias." The other party said in an explanatory tone. "Have you seen my father recently?" "Yes, we met in Shibuya a month ago. It was around seven in the evening after I got off work." "What did you talk to my father about then?" "Because we haven't seen each other for a long time, we wanted to get together for a drink, so I took him to the hotel I often go to, but what is surprising is that he rarely spoke, and he seemed to be troubled by something. We met before , They were all happily talking about the military service, but a month ago, we brought up the same topic again, but he responded one after another, I think he must be troubled by something." "Do you know what bothers my father?" "I don't know very well, because your father didn't say anything." After the other party said it, he paused for a while and then said: "I remembered that your father said a very strange thing at that time, but because I didn't care, I didn't ask about it." "What did my father say?" "Your father asked such a question abruptly: 'Can a man only gamble his life once in his life?', to this day, I still don't understand what your father meant when he said this." "Is that related to father's going to Otaru?" At two o'clock in the morning, Ji Jianzi finally fell asleep. The next morning, as soon as Ji Jianzi woke up, he watched the TV news first.She wondered how the TV news reported her attack by thugs last night.But the TV news broadcast was over, and there was no report on the incident last night. It stands to reason that the criminal policeman named Rixia should have reported it to his superior, and his superior would have informed the media of the incident. But why didn't the TV news report this event?Probably because it was detained by the Totsugawa Police Department, so the media was not notified, right? (Why would he do that?) At around nine o'clock, Ji Jianzi called the Metropolitan Police Department to find the Totsugawa Police Department. "Why did you do that?" Ji Jianzi asked Totsukawa on the phone. "I don't know what you're talking about." Totsukawa said in a puzzled tone. Ji Jianzi couldn't help getting angry, and said: "Last night, thugs invaded my house and attacked me. Fortunately, the criminal police arrived in time and I survived. I am very grateful to him, but I want to ask you something." "What's up?" "Why did you call the Nisaka detective to my house? Why did you know I would be attacked?" "It's not that I knew you would be attacked, but someone called the police, saying that hooligans appeared near your house and asked the police to stop them, so I sent the Rixia Criminal Police to check." "But that's not what the police officer said." "If you don't believe it, you can ask him again, I think he will say the same." Totsukawa said. "I think the criminal police under the sun have been restricted by you. You must have not informed the media of last night's incident, so the TV news did not report that incident. Why did you do that?" "I didn't withhold any news. The Japanese criminal police reported to me that nothing happened near your home." "Why are you lying?" "I'm not lying," Totsukawa said. Because the other party opened his eyes and told nonsense, Ji Jianzi became even more angry. "I won't argue with you, what I want to tell you now is that today I'm going to Otaru to find my father." "Otaru? Are you going to Otaru?" It was obvious that Totsukawa felt very nervous. "yes." "No, please don't go. Your father will be back soon." "Mr. Totsukawa, do you know where my father is?" Ji Jianzi asked. "No, I don't know..." "Since you don't know, why stop me from looking for my father? Isn't it natural for a daughter to look for a father whose whereabouts are unknown? Does it bother you that I am looking for my father?" Ji Jianzi asked reproachfully . "No, I'm worried that your father can't find you when he calls back, which will make him anxious." "That's strange. If my father is safe and sound, he will come back even if I'm not at home, won't he?" "Can't you wait another day?" Totsukawa asked. "I can't wait any longer, I'm leaving today." Ji Jianzi said in an announcing tone. "Even if you go to Otaru, you may not be able to find your father. If you are really worried about your father's safety, you should report the case to the police so that the police can search." "I don't trust the police." After Ji Jianzi said, with a "click", he hung up the phone. Just when she felt much more comfortable, she had new doubts about Totsukawa. Why did the Totsukawa Police Department stop her from going to Otaru? Maybe it was because she was worried that she would encounter trouble when she went to Otaru?