Chapter 12 Chapter 10 Arrest

Kosakai's face glowed.As Detective Sasaki said, two years ago, after the general election, Masashi Horie joined the cabinet as Minister of State. Kosakai flipped through the newspaper to determine the correct date. General elections were held on the first Sunday in November two years ago. Later, due to the reshuffle of the cabinet, Masashi Horie became the Minister of State. It was not until April this year that Horie stepped down due to a cabinet reshuffle. "It seems to be related to Horie." Kosakai seemed very satisfied and said to Detective Sasaki. "This is exactly the same as the two-year gap." Detective Sasaki said.

"I think that after Ishizaki became the minister's secretary, he was very nervous every day, so that his illness would not recur. Perhaps this is the reason why Ishizaki did not commit crimes for two years." Kosakai said. "Let's investigate whether Ishizaki is really Minister Horie's secretary." Detective Sasaki finished speaking, left the search headquarters, and soon brought back a man. "This is Mr. Aoki, who used to be the secretary of Diet Member Horie and is currently a practicing lawyer." Detective Sasaki introduced that person. The man was forty-two years old.

"Do you know Ishizaki?" Kosakai asked. "I know him very well, because when Horie became the Minister of State, he and I were both the minister's secretary." Aoki smiled. "How many secretaries were there in all?" "There are seven in total, isn't it a little less?" "Ishizaki works at the Horie Support Club, right? How did he become Horie's secretary?" "I'm not sure about this. Could it be that Horie hired him as a secretary because he liked his seriousness?" "I heard that he respects Horie?" "Yes. He is working for Horie wholeheartedly. For Horie, he can go to the mountain of knives and the pan of oil."

Aoki said that when the thugs attacked Horie, Ishizaki stood up to protect Horie, but his left hand was broken and he was hospitalized. "To show his devotion to his duty, does Ishizaki not rest even on Sundays?" Kosakai asked. "Yes. Politicians are very busy, ministers are even more busy; of course he is also very busy as a secretary. During those two years, I hardly took any vacation, and I think Ishizaki was the same." "Did you know he drives a Porsche?" "I know, because I saw it once. He likes cars very much. During those two years, he complained that he didn't have time to travel by car." Aoki said.

"However, in the past two years, he has been to the United States three times. Do you know about this?" "I know. He was instructed by Horie to go to the United States to study the economy. After that, he went to the United States twice in his own name. It is said that he went to study." "Does Ishizaki also want to enter politics?" "I seem to have this idea. Is it because he has a backer and a good brain that he wants to become a politician?" "But you can't be a politician just like that!" "I think Horie will hand him the stick and nominate him as a candidate."

"Will Horie do that?" "I think so, because he likes Ishizaki very much," Aoki said. Kosakai asked one last question. "What do you think of Ishizaki? When you worked with him, did you find any strange things?" "strangeness?--" "Yes. Did he behave strangely? Like throwing fits of rage for no apparent reason, or saying inexplicable things?" "No—" Aoki said with a smile, "Not at all." Kosakai was not particularly disappointed by this answer.Because as long as the disease does not attack, he is a normal person.In the past two years, Ishizaki has been very enthusiastic about work, so he temporarily restrained the terrible idea of ​​killing, right?

Kosakai thought so. However, it is difficult to prove this. Other detectives investigate sex maniacs in the urban area, collecting photos and resumes of sex maniacs. At the press conference, the head of the search department announced that the police were investigating following the clue of the sex maniac, and several people had been found to be suspected of serious crimes. Kosakai and Detective Sasaki's pursuit of Ishizaki was completely ignored. Kosakai was a little angry, but also a little anxious. Because he has been unable to find evidence. (Next Sunday might be a chance, right?)

Kosakai thought so. Since the killer attacked the young woman three times in a row on a Sunday, there was a possibility that he would commit another crime the following Sunday. On October 25th, Kosakai and Sasaki detectives thought that whether they could catch the murderer or not depended on today. The two began monitoring Ishizaki's house in the evening. In fact, the two of them were not standing in front of Ishizaki's door to monitor, but the white Porsche parked in the parking lot and the entrance and exit of the apartment. However, at six or seven in the afternoon, Ishizaki did not go out, and the white Porsche was parked in the parking lot.

"It's so strange!" Kosakai looked at Detective Sasaki in bewilderment. "Is he not going out?" "Perhaps he is no longer at home." "But there's a light in the house!" "Maybe he turns on the lights during the day. We got here at five o'clock in the afternoon and the lights were on." "But, that Porsche—" "He probably won't use the car we're targeting?" Detective Sasaki entered the apartment, and soon after, he ran back angrily and said, "He's not in the room." "Sure enough, he went out during the day."

"Where are you going?" "Of course, go to a hunting ground in Tokyo, where you can attack young women." "Tokyo is huge!" "Of course I know Tokyo is big." Kosakai couldn't help but yelled out. Today, Ishizaki must be arrested before he kills someone, otherwise someone will be killed again. "The murderer will commit crimes in the park." Kosakai said with bright eyes. "But the police department, there are many parks in Tokyo!" "The murderer has committed crimes in Hibiya Park and Shinjuku Central Park. This time he will definitely commit crimes in other parks. List the parks you know."

After returning to the patrol car, Kosakai said to Detective Sasaki. "Ueno Park, Kitanomaru Park. Does the Imperial Palace also count?" "Imperial Palace Gaien also counts." "Shiba Park, Shinjuku Gyoen." "Shinjuku doesn't need to be listed." "Jingu Gaien, Sumida Park, Senshimabuchi Park, there are too many. In addition, there is Hamarikyu——no, this does not count, because there is not enough time." "Beasts! There are too many." Kosakai said in shock. "With the two of us, we really can't all be vigilant." "Yes. So let's take a bet. Which park is most commonly used by young couples as a date place?" "I think it's mostly Jingu Gaien, because it's close to Harajuku, Aoyama, and Akasaka." "Okay. Let's go to Jingu Gaien to have a look." Kosakai said. "The murderer doesn't necessarily appear in that place." "That's why I said I want to gamble!" Kosakai said. There are a total of 14 criminal police officers in the search headquarters. If these fourteen policemen can be dispatched, all the parks can be monitored. However, these policemen have already gone out to investigate the sex maniacs in the city. At present, the only people who are chasing Ishizaki are Kosakai and Sasaki detectives. They had to monitor one place. "Let's go to Jingu Gaien to have a look." After Kosakai finished speaking, Detective Sasaki drove the patrol car without the police car logo to Jingu Gaien. Upon arrival, Kosakai couldn't help frowning.Because Jingu Gaien is very vast, it is really difficult for them to monitor such a vast place with their strength. Fortunately, there was a driveway in Gaien, Kosakai and Detective Sasaki drove slowly on this driveway. The roadside was full of cars, and some couples were hugging and kissing in the car. Beyond that was a dark forest, maybe Ishizaki was killing the young woman in the forest right now.Although it is possible to investigate one by one, the forest is too big, and it is not possible to investigate all at once. Just after they went back and forth countless times, a young couple suddenly ran in front of the patrol car. The woman screamed. Detective Sasaki hurriedly braked. Kosakai stuck his head out of the window and asked, "What happened?" "A person died in that place!" "It's a young woman!" exclaimed the young couple. Detective Kosakai and Sasaki quickly got out of the car and ran towards the place pointed by the couple. As soon as they entered the woods, the surroundings immediately darkened. Sasaki shone the flashlight ahead. In the light, there is a huge figure running away. "Stop!" Kosakai yelled. However, the opponent bowed his body and fled to a darker place. "Beast!" While cursing, Kosakai drew his pistol and fired into the air. "If you don't stop, I'm going to shoot." Xiao Sakai roared. Kosakai was telling the truth, if the other party didn't stop, he would shoot someone. The other party probably sensed something was wrong, and stopped with his back to Kosakai. "A young woman died here." Detective Sasaki shouted in a sharp voice. Kosakai approached the man with a pistol. He's a big guy. "Turn your body around!" Kosakai ordered. The opponent slowly turned his body around. You can vaguely see the other person's face. "It really is you." The opponent turned out to be Ishizaki. Detective Sasaki leaned over and shone the light of the flashlight on the other party. Ishizaki covered the light with his hands. "It's Ishizaki." Kosakai said to Detective Sasaki. "I did nothing." "have done nothing!" Kosakai sneered as he handcuffed Ishizaki's hands. "This is an illegal arrest." Ishizaki shouted. "Say what you have to say later!" Having said that, Kosakai said to Detective Sasaki, "Immediately ask for support." Soon, the patrol car came over with its siren sounding. The lamp illuminates the woman lying on the grass in the forest. It was a woman of about twenty-two or three years old. It was strangled to death, the skirt was lifted up, and the underwear was taken off. The modus operandi was exactly the same as the first three. The only difference is that the murderer Ishizaki was arrested this time. The victim's name was Yayoi Hiraki, 23 years old, graduated from university, and just became an office worker. On this day, she was dating her 27-year-old boyfriend Toru Harada. After dinner, they parked their car in Jingu Gaien.Harada was in a hurry to urinate and got out of the car to go to the toilet.During this time, Yayoi Hiraki was dragged out of the car by the murderer and killed. Kosakai stared at the victim's face. Because of being strangled, he had a nosebleed and his face had scars from being beaten.Probably because of her fierce resistance, the murderer beat her. The naked lower body is too pale. "Give me a good look!" Kosakai grabbed Ishizaki's hair and pulled his face towards the corpse. "It has nothing to do with me," Ishizaki said. "Then why did you run away from the corpse?" "I ran over to see what was going on because I heard the screams of the young couple." "How could it be such a coincidence, did you happen to be here?" "I drove past here." "Driving? Where did you park your car?" "Parked in front, it's a white Sherry." "Isn't your car a Porsche?" Kosakai said deliberately. "I rented a car because it broke down." "Rental car?" Kosakai smiled wryly and said to Detective Sasaki: "Go and see that taxi immediately, and measure the distance from that car to here, because it might become important evidence in the future." The Sherry was soon found, parked about 100 meters away from the murder scene. For this distance, Kosakai is very satisfied. Because he felt that Ishizaki was lying. Ishizaki said that when he was driving by, he heard the screams and ran over to check what happened.But in fact, he parked the car about a hundred meters away from the murder scene. At this distance, the screams should not be heard. Kosakai brought the handcuffed Ishizaki back to the search headquarters. "I want to see a lawyer." Ishizaki said. "If you plead guilty, you can see as many lawyers as you want." The search headquarters fell into chaos. Because when everyone was trying their best to investigate the sex maniac, Kosakai actually caught Ishizaki as the murderer. The head of the headquarters said to Kosakai with a pale face, "You arrested him without a warrant?" "He was arrested because he fled from the scene of the murder." "Ishizaki admitted that he killed someone?" "Of course he denied it. All murderers are like this." Kosakai said confidently. "Is there really no problem? Horie's lawyer will definitely call immediately to protest the police's illegal arrest." "Don't worry, there will be absolutely no problem." "But you didn't see him kill that woman with your own eyes, did you?" "I didn't see him murder with my own eyes, but I saw him fleeing from the scene of the murder in a hurry. What is he doing alone in Jingu Gaien at eleven o'clock in the evening?" Xiao Sakai said as if talking quickly. "How do I know? There is no problem going to court, right?" the minister asked a little uneasy. "We will collect all the evidence for the prosecutor's reference," Kosakai said. Detective Kosakai and Sasaki desperately collect evidence of Ishizaki's crime. Circumstantial evidence continues to be collected. Ishizaki said he rented the white Sherry because his Porsche had a breakdown, which was actually a fake. Because they checked Ishizaki's white Porsche and found nothing wrong. He also said that it was because he heard the screams of the young couple that he got out of the car and ran to see what happened. In fact, this is also false. Because the screams of the young couple should not be heard from where he parked, and it is impossible to arrive at the murder scene earlier than them.Therefore, when the young couple screamed, he was already at the scene of the murder. According to the testimony of the young couple, when they saw the body, there was a huge figure nearby. That figure was probably Ishizaki.Kosakai thought so. It seems that he must have been at the scene of the murder for a few seconds. Could it be that he was checking to see if there was any evidence of the crime?From Kosakai's point of view, the evidence to prove that Ishizaki is the murderer is quite sufficient. Because with the evidence collected by him and Detective Sasaki, Ishizaki must not be able to deny it. However, prosecutors at the District Prosecutor's Office have not prosecuted Ishizaki for a long time. Do they have scruples about Horie? Horie, formerly the Minister of State, is now an important figure in the faction. "We need direct evidence." Both the head of the headquarters and the prosecutor said so. "What evidence do you need?" Although Kosakai was a little angry, but his boss said so, he had to take Detective Sasaki to investigate the people around Ishizaki. "I don't know what the boss is afraid of?" Kosakai complained while driving the patrol car. "It's not because they have contacts with politicians, is it?" Detective Sasaki said. "That's why they don't believe Ishizaki is the murderer." "Yes. But besides Ishizaki, I can't think of any other murderer." "However, if we continue to find no direct evidence, Ishizaki must be acquitted once the forty-eight hours of detention are up." Kosakai cursed softly: "Beast!" In any case, definite evidence must be found, but this is not an easy task, because it is impossible to take a picture of the victim when Ishizaki killed the victim. If only the killer left something at the scene of the killing.Kosakai thought so. "That button." Kosakai remembered the button he found in Hibiya Park. If Ishizaki had a Mira Xiuen suit and it was missing a button, maybe that would be direct evidence. When Ishizaki was arrested, he was wearing a domestic suit. After they arrived at the apartment where Ishizaki lived, they investigated his room accompanied by the administrator. There are two suit closets, each full of expensive clothes. Mira Xiuen has eight suits in total. "It seems that he likes Mira Xiuen's suit very much." Detective Sasaki said. "If that's the case, why did he wear a Chinese-made suit? Maybe he found a button missing?" "But, not even one is missing!" The two of them took out eight sets of suits and inspected them in detail. "Look at this." Kosakai showed detective Sasaki the cuffs of his gray suit. "Although the three buttons are all there, the thread used to sew the bottom button is different from the other two." "The sewing technique is also very clumsy. I think Ishizaki sewed it up by himself, and the threads are all sewn inside." "Perhaps when he came home, he found a button missing, so he quickly sewed on the prepared button?" "We took the Dao suit back and compared it with the button. If it is exactly the same, this is the definite evidence." Detective Sasaki said in a solemn tone. After Kosakai and Sasaki detectives brought the suit back to the search headquarters, they immediately compared it with the button. The color and size were exactly the same. Kosakai took the suit and buttons to see the head of the department. "I think this is evidence that Ishizaki is the murderer. Since the suit is new, the buttons cannot come off so easily. They must have been ripped off by the victim when he attacked the victim in Hibiya Park. When he returned home , found that the cuff was missing a button, and hurriedly sewed on the prepared button, which can prove that he is—” "Okay, don't talk anymore." The director interrupted Kosakai's conversation. "why?" "Because we have decided to release Ishizaki." "What? What nonsense, this button is proof, he's the murderer—" Kosakai protested with a changed face. "Mr. Kosakai, do you think Ishizaki is the only person wearing Mira Xiuen's suit? Even if Ishizaki sewed on the button, it doesn't mean that the button fell off in Hibiya Park, even though we currently have The circumstantial evidence will indict him, and the judge will not necessarily convict him." "Has anyone been here?" "What did you say?" "I said, did Congressman Horie come? Or did you call the Chief of Police?" "No. Since we have no definite evidence to prove that he is the murderer, we have to release him." The minister said. Although Kosakai was gnashing his teeth angrily, he couldn't disobey his boss's instructions. Horie's lawyer came to bail Ishizaki.Kosakai gritted his teeth and watched Ishizaki leave the search headquarters. "I'm not going to throw in the towel like that." Kosakai raised his eyebrows and said to Detective Sasaki. The police's acquittal of Ishizaki has two purposes. One is to give a warning to Kosakai and other criminal police who are in charge of investigating the incident. The search headquarters re-determined that the suspect was a sex maniac in downtown Tokyo. From Kosakai's point of view, this was an unreasonably wrong decision. The murderer must be Ishizaki, Kosakai was so sure. The reason why the director didn't force Kosakai to investigate the sex maniac was probably because he knew that Kosakai was very stubborn. Detective Kosakai and Sasaki were isolated in the search headquarters, and they were also forbidden to speak during the search meeting. "What do you think about this?" Kosakai asked Detective Sasaki. "I still believe that Ishizaki is the murderer. Even if he is acquitted, it will not change my thinking." Detective Sasaki said in a firm tone. "Thank you." Kosakai said. "However, police department, it will be even more difficult to arrest Ishizaki in this way, because no matter how much circumstantial evidence we find, the boss will not allow us to arrest him." Detective Sasaki said calmly. "I know this." "What should we do in the future?" Detective Sasaki asked. "I can think of two ways." "any solution?" "The first way is to find definite evidence that can prove Ishizaki is the murderer, so that we can apply for an arrest warrant. Although this method is the most ideal, as you said, it is difficult to find definite evidence." "What's the other way?" "An eye for an eye, we will do everything in our power to put pressure on Ishizaki. He is a despicable person, so we will use despicable methods to deal with him." "You mean to set up traps for him to jump?" Sasaki detective asked. Xiao Sakai said with a smile: "Yes. This plan has to be carried out by the two of us, because even if we propose this plan and ask for the support of a beautiful policewoman, it will probably not be approved." "Yes. So what are you going to do?" "The two of us followed Ishizaki thoroughly. Wherever he went, we followed there until the guy bowed his head and pleaded guilty, but we would be very tired if we did so." Kosakai said. "Is this what you call an eye for an eye?"