Chapter 6 Chapter 4 Metropolitan Police Department

At one o'clock in the morning, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department searched the office of the first section, and there was almost no one there.Only Totsukawa was left alone, sitting in the swivel chair and meditating. Someone opened the door and walked in. That person was the experienced detective Kamei. "Let's have a cup of coffee!" Kamei detective said. "You haven't gone back yet? Old Turtle." "I wanted to go back, but suddenly I wanted coffee." Detective Kamei spoke while pressing the switch of the coffee pot in a corner of the office.

Totsukawa silently lit a cigarette, and the aroma of coffee permeated the entire office. "Did Detective Kusaka call back?" Detective Kamei asked Totsukawa as he poured coffee. "Yes. He said Mr. Sasaki's daughter was reading old newspapers from twenty years ago in the Otaru City Library." "She really did that?" Detective Kamei brought the coffee to Totsukawa. "She doesn't seem to know about the incident twenty years ago." "What will happen if she finds out and investigates in person?" "She will be very dangerous, and I already feel that danger is everywhere." After Totsukawa said, he sighed softly.

Detective Kamei took out a can of creamer and put it in front of Totsukawa, and said, "Is it safe for her to track down her father?" "There must be danger, but I can't stop her. Since her mother died, her father is her only relative. Her father's whereabouts are unknown. It is only natural for her to look for her father. If I stop her from looking for her father, it is very inhumane things, but letting her go would put her life in danger." "That's why you asked Detective Kusaka to protect her secretly?" Detective Kamei asked. Totsukawa said with a look of embarrassment: "Yes, for the sake of prudence, I asked the Japanese criminal police to protect her."

"Do the minister and the section chief know about this?" "I know. Because I have only my opinion, I can't ask Kusaka Detective to go to Hokkaido." "The minister and others are also for the sake of prudence?" "Of course." Totsukawa nodded and said, "Because the minister doesn't want the incident that has been quiet for twenty years to cause an uproar again." "Police, when that incident happened, you hadn't entered the Metropolitan Police Department, right?" Kamei Detective asked. "Yes, when I entered the Metropolitan Police Department, the incident had already ended." Totsukawa said.

"But it's not really over." "Old Turtle, you have already entered the Metropolitan Police Department at that time, right?" "Because the incident happened as soon as I entered the Metropolitan Police Department, it left a deep impression on me. But because I am a novice, I did not participate in the investigation of that incident. Mr. Sasaki has something to do with that incident." "At that time he was young and energetic, so he fell headfirst into that incident." "Yes. I have read the investigative report he wrote, so I know the circumstances of his investigation of the incident very well."

"When I first entered the Metropolitan Police Department, I also read the investigation report. It is indeed as you said, it is a report that makes people feel excited." "When I went to the reference room to read the report yesterday, the report was gone, and it was said to be outdated and destroyed" "That report is twenty years old." "Is it destroyed just because the statute of limitations has expired?" "Hey, hey! Mr. Turtle, do you even think that incident will come back again?" Although Totsukawa said it in a joking tone, there was no smile on his face.

"I didn't think so at first, but seeing Mr. Sasaki's actions and his daughter being attacked again, I couldn't help but think otherwise." Detective Kamei said. After being silent for a while, Totsukawa looked at Detective Kamei and said, "It seems that there must be that kind of psychological preparation." "Although the mass media hasn't reported the news of the resurgence of that incident, Mr. Sasaki and his daughter have both reported it. Maybe we will also be involved in that incident." Unknowingly, Detective Kamei's tone became very firm. "The people above will probably insist that the incident is over." Totsukawa said.

"The question is, should we agree with the views of the people above? Or should we re-examine the incident?" "Guilao, what do you think?" Totsukawa asked. "The opinion of the police department is my opinion, because I believe that the police department will make a correct judgment." "Are you following my lead?" Totsukawa asked. Detective Kamei nodded and said, "Because I'm just a criminal policeman, it's hard to make a correct judgment." "I'm also a criminal policeman!" Totsukawa said. "Have you met Kosakai who is in charge of investigating that incident?"

"I have met. I met shortly before his death." "About that incident, what did you inquire about?" "Kosakai called me to the ward to talk, probably because he wanted people to know about that incident." "I see." "Kosakai probably knows that he is not long dead." "Police, do you think what Kosakai told you is true?" "I don't know, I heard that Kosakai was dismissed in the middle of investigating that incident." "Yes. I still have the memory of this incident. He was dismissed because he didn't follow the police department's search policy and investigated the case entirely on his own."

"I heard that Kosakai was forty years old at the time, and five years later, he quit his job as a police officer." "It's the same with Sasaki." "Because he, like Kosakai, held the same view on that incident, Sasaki immediately resigned from the police job as soon as he was removed." "Does Kosakai think that the incident has not been resolved?" "Yes. He is also an alumnus of the police school, so after he finished his thoughts, he said: 'If nothing happens in the future, you forget what I just said.' The reason why he is so cautious is probably because he doesn't want to Are you ruining the image of the police?"

"But, to this day, doesn't he still believe that his ideas are correct?" "That person was very self-centered, and his colleagues and supervisors probably couldn't bear that attitude." "Did his attitude not change when the police department met him?" Detective Kamei asked, and Totsukawa said with a smile: "It hasn't changed at all. When I put forward a slightly different opinion, he blushed with anger. With such a strong self-awareness, it is conceivable to feel disgusted with him." "Sasaki is the same as him." Kamei detective said. "The two of them can be said to be typical old-fashioned criminal police officers. They are extremely self-centered, highly subjective, and inflexible, so they are easily disgusted." Ten Jinchuan said. "What are you going to do next?" Detective Kamei asked cautiously. "Old Turtle, what do you want to do?" Totsukawa asked rhetorically. Detective Kamei shook his head and said, "I don't know either. As I said just now, the police department's opinion is mine." "thanks--" "How is Sasaki doing now? I heard that his daughter went to Otaru, Hokkaido, desperately looking for his whereabouts." Detective Kamei asked. "I do not know either." "But, don't the people above know about it? For example, Minister of Criminal Affairs Mikami." Detective Kamei asked again. Totsukawa didn't answer right away.When he lit the cigarette, he looked at the smoke and said, "I don't know if the minister knows the whereabouts of Sasaki, but I think he probably has a clue, because he asked me to tell Sasaki's daughter not to worry. Do not seek her father." "Police, do you think Sasaki will be killed?" "Well..." Totsukawa fell into deep thought again. "Do not you know?" "As I said just now, I don't know where Sasaki is and what he is doing. Maybe he is imprisoned, or he is investigating something somewhere, but he cannot be killed. Because once killed, It will revive the events of 20 years ago and cause an uproar, so I think Sasaki should be fine," Totsukawa said. "Do the people above think so too?" "Yes. Because it is not handled well, it may cause a great embarrassment to the police." Totsukawa said. They fell silent. Its daybreak. "Give me another drink." When Totsukawa said this to Detective Kamei, the phone rang suddenly. It was five fifty-two in the morning, nearly six in the morning... Totsukawa glanced at the clock habitually before picking up the phone. "Search Section 1 of Metropolitan Police Department." Totsukawa said. "This is the police station near Inokashira Park, may I ask if the Totsugawa Police Department is there?" came the sharp voice of a middle-aged man. "I'm Totsukawa, what's the matter?" Totsukawa asked. "The police station received a report from an old man, saying that a male corpse was found in the park. Since the dead man was holding a note with Mr. Totsukawa's phone number on it, I immediately dialed that phone number—" The policeman at the police station still spoke in a sharp voice. "Do you know the identity of that corpse?" "have no idea." "You said it was a male corpse?" "yes." "What about age?" "About sixty, short stature." "Was it murdered or died of illness?" "I think he was killed by a blow to the back of the head because there was a bruise on the back of the head, but it could have been caused by something when he fell." "Okay, I'll rush over right away." Totsukawa said. "Do you think it's Sasaki?" Detective Kamei watched Totsukawa nervously. "It is possible, but I hope not." Totsukawa said. As soon as they got into the patrol car parked in the atrium of the Metropolitan Police Department without a police car mark, they immediately sped towards Inokashira Park. Totsukawa remained silent, and Detective Kamei drove the car without saying a word.Detective Kamei parked his patrol car in front of the Inokashira Park Police Station. A thirty-seven or eight-year-old policeman ran out to meet them and took them to the place where the bodies were found. The body was lying in the grass by the pool, and the young policeman was guarding the body.It may be early, but the park is very quiet. Totsukawa only glanced at the corpse, his eyes immediately dimmed, and he and Detective Kamei stared at each other sadly. "It's Sasaki." Detective Kamei whispered. "Yes." Totsukawa also nodded. "What should I do next?" "I don't know." Totsukawa said in a heavy tone. "But this is a murder, and it must be investigated." "Yes. The question is whether it has anything to do with the incident twenty years ago?" "Police, what are your plans?" "This note weighs heavily on me." Totsukawa showed the note given to him by the police at the police station to Kamei Detective.It was torn out of a notebook, and the phone number of the Totsugawa family was written on it with a ballpoint pen.The note was crumpled, probably because it was held tightly by the dead Sasaki? "Maybe Sasaki wants to call you." Kamei detective said. "My home phone number is listed in the phone book, so he may have found it from the phone book, or maybe he was killed because he wanted to call me." Totsukawa said, staring at the woods in the park. Two more patrol cars came, and the forensic car also rushed over.Since this was a homicide, a search operation was launched immediately. The body was taken to University Hospital for an autopsy.After the establishment of the search headquarters, Totsukawa was in charge of investigating the incident. Minister Mikami rushed over immediately, probably because he knew that the victim was Sasaki, right? Mikami took Totsukawa outside the search headquarters. "I heard that the victim Sasaki held a note with your phone number in his hand. Is it true?" Mikami asked. Of course Totsukawa didn't know why Mikami asked this question. "It's true, the police at the police station have given me that note." "Do you know why Sasaki is carrying that note?" "I have no idea." "It's fine if you don't know. I don't think it's difficult to solve this case. Does the victim have any money?" "No, the victim did not have a wallet or driver's license, only business cards and keys." "If that's the case, this is purely a bandit murder case, so you should investigate it from this clue." Mikami said. Totsukawa didn't know why Mikami thought so. Because Mikami knew that Sasaki suddenly investigated the incident 20 years ago, and he went to Otaru to investigate that incident, but he said that this was a simple murder of robbers. Did he really think so? After Mikami returned, Totsukawa sighed and said to Detective Kamei, "Amitabha." "Did the Minister tell you the truth?" "No, he just told me to search for the clue that the robber killed someone." "Police, do you really think this is a robbery murder?" "The possibility of robbers killing people is not completely absent," said Totsukawa. "Absolutely not?" "Old Turtle." "yes." "Don't put on such a scary expression, okay? To be honest, I don't think this is purely a robbery murder." "I think so too." "If it is related to the incident twenty years ago, what should we do? Because the incident twenty years ago has been resolved." Totsukawa said: "Let's investigate around the corpse site first to see if we can find it." clue?" "Okay! I think Sasaki's daughter is very pitiful, because she rushed to Otaru to find her missing father, but she didn't expect his father to be killed in Tokyo." Detective Kamei said. In the afternoon, Kusaka Detective called Otaru back. "The TV news reported that Sasaki was murdered in Tokyo. Is this true?" "It's true. For this reason, I was trying to contact you. How is Sasaki Jijianzi now? Did she also see the news that her father was killed?" Totsukawa asked. "I don't know, should I inform her?" "No, you just need to keep an eye on her. If she knows, she will definitely rush back to Tokyo immediately." Totsukawa said. Inquire left, inquire right, but can't get any news. Until the evening, the witness who saw Sasaki near the park was finally found.The witness was Isao Goto, twenty-five years old, and a company employee. He wanted to make a call from a public phone booth near the park, but at that time there were already two young women talking on the phone. He waited a while, but the two women continued to chatter on and on. Soon, another old man came, as if he was in a hurry to make a call, so he pointed to the door of the phone booth to the woman inside, but the two women kept talking, and the old man clicked his tongue and disappeared into the park. That old man was Sasaki who was killed. "Because the old man was holding a small note in his hand, I think he wanted to make a phone call," Goto said. "You say the old man entered the park because the two young women were talking non-stop?" Just to be on the safe side, Totsukawa asked again. "Yes. I think he probably wants to go across the park and walk towards Kichijoji Station, because there are several public telephone booths there." Goto said. "Sasaki wants to call me." Totsukawa thought again, why on earth did he want to call me? Totsukawa knew Sasaki, but had not spoken to him.When Totsukawa entered the Metropolitan Police Department, Sasaki had quit his job as a police officer. After his boss Kosakai Police Department quit his job as a police officer, he kept thinking about what happened 20 years ago and wrote about that incident in a magazine. However, Sasaki seemed to have completely forgotten about that incident and was enthusiastic about his new job. Kosakai told Totsukawa his thoughts about the incident twenty years ago, and said that he is still investigating now, and he was moved by his stubbornness. Sasaki probably asked Kosakai about Totsugawa, right?After the witness returned amidst his thanks, he gazed out the window at the dark world for a moment. (What exactly is Sasaki trying to tell me?) Just when Totsukawa thought so, the young Nishimoto detective shouted: "Police!" "What's up?" "A murderer who claimed to be the murderer of Sasaki came forward." "Really?" Totsukawa asked while staring at the face of detective Nishimoto. "Really, I'll bring that person in." Detective Nishimoto said, and Detective Kamei's expression changed. "The murderer surrendered himself?" "It seems to be." Totsukawa nodded with a complicated expression. The Nishimoto detective brought in a man.He was a short man in his thirties, wearing a short-sleeved, round-neck shirt and sneakers.The collar is a bit dirty. Totsukawa asked the man to sit down on a chair and asked, "Are you the murderer?" "Yes, I killed someone," said the man. "What's your name?" "Yuko Kitahara." The man writes his name on the table with his finger. "address?" "Currently I have no fixed place to live, and I was evicted by the landlord because I couldn't pay the rent." "Why do you want to kill?" "To steal money! Last night I attacked the man who was about to pass through Inokashira Park from behind and stole the man's wallet. I didn't know that man was killed by me at the time. When I found out afterwards, I couldn't help being shocked." "Do you have proof?" "evidence?" "Yes. Evidence that you killed people." "Have." Yukio Kitahara smiled and took out an empty wallet and driver's license from his pocket and put them in front of Totsukawa. It is Sasaki's driver's license. "Have you spent all the money you robbed?" "Yes. There are only 30,000 yuan in the wallet, and eating and playing steel balls will be used up in one go." "Why did you turn yourself in?" Totsukawa asked. The man shrugged his shoulders and said, "Because I hate running away, not to mention being penniless and unable to escape." "What weapon did you use to attack that person?" Kamei Detective asked. "With the iron bar, I picked it up next to a chair in the park, and I threw it into the pool afterward." The next morning, Totsukawa and others took Kitahara Yukio to the pool in Inokashira Park to salvage the iron bar. The iron bar is very heavy, very suitable as a murder weapon. "Guilao, what do you think about this?" Totsukawa asked. "It's not convenient for me to say anything, but, in this way, doesn't it satisfy Minister Mikami's heart?" "Anyway, let's also investigate Kitahara Yukio's details." Totsukawa said. After checking the results of the fingerprints, it was found that Yukio Kitahara had a criminal record. Kitahara served four years in prison for two counts of assault and three counts of theft.He was released from prison a year ago and lived in Nakano's apartment. He was kicked out of the apartment because he could not pay the rent.Needless to say, Beiyuan has no fixed occupation. "After you get out of prison, what do you do for a living?" Kamei detective asked. "I have done various things, including extorting money from tourists in the Kabukicho area of ​​Shinjuku," Kitahara said. "Have you ever been a robber?" "Yes, I did it twice. One time near Nakano's apartment, I attacked a working woman from behind and snatched a handbag with 7,000 yen in the wallet. The other time was in Mitaka. The victim was an old man. This time The harvest will be great, because there are nearly 200,000 yuan in cash in the wallet." Bei Yuan said proudly. When Totsukawa and others investigated these two incidents, the victim of Nakano reported the case, so it was immediately confirmed; the victim of Mitaka did not report the case, so there was no way to verify it. Mikami Criminal Minister called to inquire about the case. "Since the murderer has surrendered himself, he will be transferred to the prosecutor's office immediately." Mikami said.It can be heard from the voice that he has let go of a big stone in his heart. At that time, Sasaki's daughter Kitiko returned to Tokyo from Hokkaido.