Chapter 11 Chapter 9 The Image of a Man

After listening to his subordinate's report, Kosakai decides to meet the woman who had a blind date with Ishizaki.Since it was a woman-related incident, the woman's view of Ishizaki might be more correct. Although Kosakai considered himself an old-fashioned person, he still believed in women's intuition. The woman's name was Masako Harada, and her family name was Lin.She is the second daughter of the president of an electric company, and she was twenty-four when she met Ishizaki. Kosakai went to the apartment in Seijo Gakuen alone.It is a brand-new nine-story apartment building. Masako Harada lives on the ninth floor, with Harada's nameplate hanging on the door.

It is said that the person who married Masako was the third son of the president of an electric company who was traveling with his father. Kosakai had contacted Masako beforehand, so he was invited in as soon as he arrived.From Kosakai's point of view, this is a very luxuriously decorated house. Harada Masako was a little different from Kosakai's imagination.Because she is the president's daughter, she was spoiled and spoiled since childhood.Therefore, Kosakai thinks that Ishizaki refused because she likes to make the lady angry?But after actually meeting, I found that she was a very demure woman.

Since there was no servant, Masako made tea and prepared snacks by herself. But as soon as Kosakai mentioned Ishizaki's name, Masako asked with a vigilant look, "What's wrong with that man?" "I heard that you had a blind date with Ishizaki, is there such a thing?" "There is such a thing, it was introduced by my father's friend." "It didn't work out?" "yes." "Why?" Kosakai asked directly. "Ha!" Changzi said with a smile, "I don't think we are destined." "Have you dated since the blind date?"

"Yes. However, we only dated for one month." "Is it Ishizaki who refused to associate with you?" "Yes. That's what the introducer said—" "In your opinion, what kind of person is Ishizaki? I hope you tell me the truth." Kosakai said, staring at Masako. If Ishizaki was the murderer, maybe even this woman would be killed. Could it be that after dating Ishizaki for a month, she found out that he was a dangerous person, so she cut off contact with him? Kosakai would like to hear such testimony. But Changzi smiled and said, "He is a very good man."

"I hope you can be more specific." Kosakai said a little displeased. Masako said with a puzzled look on his face, "I have nothing to say—" "He refuses to associate with you, aren't you angry at all?" "I said he's a good guy, and I mean it. He's good, attractive—" "In that case, why don't you marry him? Because he is not the son of a rich family?" After Kosakai said so, Masako frowned and said, "That's not the case." "Then, why? Couldn't he be entrusted with his life?" "—" "Let me tell you the truth. His friends said that he refused to marry you, but when I met you, I felt that you were the one who refused to marry. I think you must have realized that Ishizaki is a person who cannot be entrusted to you for life. Isn't it?" Kosakai asked in a questioning tone.

"That's not the case." "Impossible. I'm investigating the murder. If this goes on, maybe someone will be killed. I hope you can tell me the truth, okay?" "Is Ishizaki the murderer?" Masako asked. "It's just a suspicion, not sure yet. If he hates women, it's very suspicious." When Kosakai said this, Masako said as if relieved: "That person is very hardworking." "How do you say that?" "It was a long time ago. When Ishizaki and I went on a blind date, he was dating other women." "That's why you refuse to associate with him?"

"yes." "How do you know he's dating other women?" Kosakai asked. "Because I asked him to meet on Sunday, but he refused." Kosakai couldn't help shouting: "Sunday". Masako stared at Kosakai in surprise. "He really refused to go out with you on Sunday?" Kosakai asked. "Yes. But not every Sunday. He only refused twice." "There are four Sundays in a month, and he refused twice in total, which is equal to half of them! What reason did he refuse to date you on Sunday?" "His reason was either that he was busy, or that something happened suddenly, but I knew it was an excuse, not the truth." Changzi said with a smile.

"Did you see him dating other women?" "No." "Do you remember the exact date you dated him? Was it two or three years ago?" "It was two years ago, and our relationship was in October two years ago." "So it's a Sunday in October?" "yes." "Have you found anything strange in your relationship with him? It can be anything from his conversation, thoughts, and interests." Kosakai asked. Changzi said with a puzzled expression, "We've only been dating for a month, so I don't know very well." "Can't remember? I think it should be right, for example, he suddenly said strange words, or kicked cats and dogs for no reason." Kosakai said.

"No." "Since he is all right, why do you still have to cut off contact with him?" "Because he's dating other women." "Have you seen that woman?" "No." "So, if he refuses to go on a date with you on Sunday, he doesn't necessarily mean to go on a date with other women. Maybe he really has something to deal with, don't you think so?" "It is possible." "Has he ever mentioned to you his views on women? For example, he doesn't believe in women, what kind of women he likes, and what kind of women he hates?"

"No." "Can't you see that he hates women?" "Yes, I can't see it," Changzi said. As soon as Kosakai returned to the search headquarters, he immediately investigated whether a similar incident occurred in October two years ago. Ishizaki declined a total of two Sunday dates. Masako thinks that there are other women in Ishizaki who refuse to date her on Sunday.However, Kosakai wondered if it was because Ishizaki was carrying out similar incidents that he refused to date her on Sunday? Kosakai also asked Sasaki Criminal Police and others to investigate, and it turned out that no similar incident happened on Sunday in October two years ago.

Although there was an incident in which a working woman was attacked on the way home from shopping in Chofu City at around 9:00 p.m. on the first Sunday, the working woman was only injured, and the culprit was arrested on the spot. "I think it must have happened." Kosakai shook his head puzzled. He is a very conceited man, convinced that his reasoning can never be wrong. Ishizaki must be the murderer. He must have done something illegal when he refused to date Masako on a Sunday two years ago in October. "Police, you won't make a mistake in your judgment, will you?" When Detective Sasaki said this, Kosakai yelled loudly: "How could I be wrong in my judgment, Ishizaki must have done the same thing two years ago." "But in fact, nothing happened!" "That's why I feel strange!" Kosakai said as if roaring. While yelling, he paced back and forth, when he stopped suddenly and said to Detective Sasaki, "Bring the newspaper!" "When's the newspaper?" "Do you still want me to say it? Of course it was the newspaper in October two years ago." Xiao Sakai roared again. Detective Sasaki brought the bound newspapers from October two years ago, one for the daily and one for the evening. Kosakai and Detective Sasaki each read a copy. "Maybe it didn't happen in Tokyo. If it happened on Sunday, the Monday newspaper would publish it. Just to be careful, the Monday evening paper should also investigate it. It must be there." (Wonderful if not.) Kosakai stared at the newspaper every Monday with piercing eyes. "Beast! I finally found it." Kosakai cried out involuntarily. "Look, right here, he killed people in Kanagawa Prefecture. On Sunday, October 6th, a woman was killed in Yokohama City." Kosakai tapped a big piece of news on that page of the newspaper. Photos of the victims were also published, and they were indeed beautiful. Kosakai immediately called the Kanagawa prefectural police to inquire about the incident.The person who answered the phone was Asai Police Department. "Unfortunately, that incident has become an unsolved case," Asai said. "Is that so?" Kosakai said, "I'm sorry, but besides this Sunday, is there anything going on next Sunday or the next Sunday?" "On the 20th, Sunday, although there was an attempted murder, it is not known whether the murderer is the same person." "Didn't you see the murderer's true face in Mount Lu that time?" "The victim was a professional woman. The murderer strangled her neck from behind. Because of her screams, the murderer fled. Unfortunately, the victim did not see the murderer's face." "Are there any suspects?" "We have investigated several sex maniacs, but no definite evidence has been found." "Were there any vehicles nearby at the time of the incident?" "A car?" "Yes. I think it's probably a red Porsche." "The investigation report did not mention this, is the car related to the incident?" After Asai said so, he said with a sense of enlightenment: "Do you think that the serial murders currently happening in Tokyo are also done by this murderer?" "It's just a suspicion at the moment. Thank you, and I will contact you later." Saying that, Kosakai hung up the phone. He looked at detective Sasaki with a smile and said: "It will be very pleasant if we can arrest the murderer of the incident listed by the other party as an unsolved case." "Is the murderer really the same person?" "Can't you see it? The murderer is Ishizaki." "But the police department, if Ishizaki is the murderer, why hasn't he committed crimes in the past two years?" Detective Sasaki asked. "Regarding this issue, I think of the following reasons: first, he may have committed crimes elsewhere, second, he was in poor health and hospitalized, and third, he was too busy to commit crimes." Kosakai said. "Then do you want to investigate what Ishizaki has been doing for the past two years?" "You guys check it out for me to see if he is in poor health and is hospitalized, or committed crimes elsewhere." Xiao Sakai said. Sasaki and other criminal police began to investigate what Ishizaki was doing in the past two years. On the third day, Kosakai was suddenly called by the head of Inoue's First Search Section. Chief Criminal Officer Hamada of the Search Headquarters was also with the section chief. "I heard that you regard Mr. Horie's secretary as the murderer?" The minister asked in a reproachful tone. "I just investigated him as a suspect," Kosakai said. "Is there any other suspect?" "yes." Kosakai lied, because he was only searching Ishizaki at the moment. "Don't lie, Mr. Horie complained a lot about this matter because the criminal police kept harassing Ishizaki, which made him unable to do things." "He's the murderer," Kosakai said. "Is there any evidence?" "The circumstantial evidence is very clear." Kosakai narrated the Porsche, the blind date two years ago, and the incident that happened in Yokohama. "But, you have no direct evidence to prove that he is the murderer?" Teacher Inoue cut in and asked. "No one saw Ishizaki kill, but he is the murderer. It is very suspicious that he bought a Porsche at this time, not to mention his alibi is very ambiguous." "This is just your own opinion. Even if the Porsche belonged to Ishizaki, it was just parked there. How can you conclude that he is related to the murder? There is no evidence to follow and monitor people as suspects. Isn't it too much?" "Did Members of Parliament Horie come to protest?" Kosakai asked. "He didn't come to protest, but he was heard whining," the minister said. Kosakai knew Diet Member Horie a little bit, and the Hakusan Diet Member who was elected last time belonged to the same faction as him. "But minister, Ishizaki is indeed the murderer. If you don't keep an eye on him, someone will be killed." Kosakai said to the minister. "You don't have evidence, so you can't make random assertions." "I'm sure Ishizaki is the murderer." "It's just your thoughts. Has Ishizaki committed the same crime before?" "Although there is no direct evidence to prove it, I believe that Ishizaki was responsible for the murder in Yokohama two years ago." "It's useless for you to believe, you need to prove it." The minister said in a bad tone. Kosakai blushed and said, "Although this is my own opinion, my opinion is absolutely correct. This person must be the murderer." "It's useless for you to be sure, Kosakai-kun. At present, Ishizaki is a law-abiding citizen and Mr. Horie's secretary. Without evidence, I don't allow you to entangle that person. Otherwise, once the mass media finds out, Do you know what will happen? Will the mass media believe that there is no evidence that the man is the murderer?" "However, I can't believe that man is not the murderer." After Kosakai said that, the minister shook his hand and said, "I didn't want you to believe that that person is not the murderer. I just want you to monitor and follow people without evidence and not to annoy them. Facts Now, your thinking is too extreme, don't you still have a lot of clues to investigate?" "a lot of?" "As far as this incident is concerned, if you blindly investigate Ishizaki alone, there should be several suspects, right? You haven't fully investigated the clue of the sex maniac, have you?" "yes." "Why not investigate it thoroughly?" "Because the results of the preliminary investigation do not make that possible." "But I don't think so. I think it's because you suspected Ishizaki that you completely abandoned the clue of the sex maniac. I hope that starting tomorrow, this clue will also be investigated." Xiao Sakai had to listen to the instructions of the head of the search department. The search policy of the search headquarters was immediately revised significantly. The sex maniac in the city becomes the target of the search. However, two people did not give up investigating Ishizaki. These two people are Kosakai and Sasaki detectives. "I believe 100% that Ishizaki is the murderer." "I feel the same way." Detective Sasaki nodded and said. "However, just the two of us are too lonely. If we keep chasing Ishizaki, the boss will definitely be unhappy, and the boss will definitely put pressure on us." "I understand that." "In any case, we must find evidence that Ishizaki is the murderer." "At present, I have two questions." Sasaki detective said. "what is the problem?" "One, will the same thing happen next Sunday?" "You only need to monitor Ishizaki's actions." "Yes. Another question is, if Ishizaki was the murderer in Yokohama two years ago, why didn't he commit the crime in the next two years? I want to know the reason." "The two of us will go after Ishizaki again! See if he committed crimes in the past two years? Maybe he committed crimes in other places." Kosakai said. They began by surveying newspapers across the country for the past two years. The location is not limited to Kanto. Since Hokkaido can go back and forth by plane in a day, Hokkaido and Kyushu Island are not excluded from the survey. As soon as they saw such headlines, detectives Kosakai and Sasaki would immediately call the police station in charge of the investigation to inquire about the results of the search. Nor is it limited to events that occur on Sundays. Although the killer had a habit of attacking young women on Sundays, for some reason he had not been able to commit crimes on Sundays for the past two years. Find several similar events.However, after investigation, the murderer has been caught and closed in these incidents. In this way, is it possible that the murderer has been silent for two years without committing a crime? Kosakai investigates Ishizaki's every move in the past two years. From this serial killing incident, it can be seen that the murderer is sick, and the condition is not serious.It is really hard to imagine the murderer's motives for committing crimes in the past two years. It must be for some special reason, the murderer had to refrain from committing crimes during the past two years. For example, there was a car accident, which prevented the murderer from moving around for two years. However, there is no record of Ishizaki's car accident in the past two years. Ishizaki also prides himself on being in good health and not having to see a doctor. Kosakai went to the Horie Support Club and knew that Ishizaki had been going to work as usual in the past two years. Kosakai was very disappointed. In the past two years, Ishizaki has been to the United States three times. One time I went with Horie and other secretaries to study the American economy. The other two times Ishizaki went alone. Each stay in the United States for a week. Kosakai went to visit Ishizaki again and asked about the purpose of going to the United States. "Go study!" Ishizaki said with a smile. "What do you read?" "Mr. Horie often told me that Japan will be very close to the United States in the future, and it is necessary to know more about the United States. If I want to become a politician, it is best to take time to visit the United States, even if I only breathe the air of the United States. If I can It would be best to go for a year or two, but I have a job and can only go for a week at a time." Ishizaki finished speaking in one breath. "Where are you going?" "If you can, you have to go to various places. I have been to the black area of ​​​​New York, and I have also talked to Puerto Ricans, Chinese, and Japanese who are called minorities." "Have you been to the hospital?" When Kosakai asked, Ishizaki's face changed drastically and he said, "What do you mean by that?" "I'm just asking. Is there any?" "Even if I need to see a doctor, I will go to a doctor in Japan. I hope you don't ask such silly questions." Ishizaki said a little displeased. "Where do you stay in America?" Kosakai continued to ask calmly. "I have stayed in various places. This is what Mr. Horie means. I have stayed in both expensive and cheap hotels." Ishizaki said. "Are you still planning to go to America in the future?" "Yes. Because the United States is a big country and very attractive." Ishizaki said with a smile again. Kosakai pondered. In the past two years, if anything special has happened to Ishizaki, it has only been to the United States three times. However, once I went with Horie and other secretaries, and the other two times I only stayed in the United States for a short week. Kosakai went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to check the results, and it was confirmed that Ishizaki only stayed for a week every time he went to the United States. Perhaps Ishizaki went to the United States to treat his illness, but a week is too short. "I really don't understand." Kosakai muttered to himself. Although he was still convinced that Ishizaki was the murderer, he couldn't explain the gap between the two years. Kosakai goes to visit a psychiatrist. "Is it possible that the murderer who attacked the woman twice and killed one of them did not commit crimes for two years and then continued to commit crimes?" "If that person goes to a psychiatrist and receives treatment, he should not commit another crime," the doctor said. "If you don't receive treatment, is it possible to suddenly get better for a while?" "It cannot be said that there is no such possibility. As long as the murderer is no longer stimulated, he will not have the urge to attack the young girl." "So, the murderer was strongly motivated to commit the crime?" "yes." (Did Ishizaki not be stimulated during those two years?) Kosakai was lost in thought again.Detective Sasaki said, "Could it be related to that person?" "Which person?" "Horie! Two years ago, Horie was the Minister of State."