Chapter 16 Chapter Fourteen Attack

The murder incident that occurred in Kabukicho was announced to be solved after the murderer was arrested.On the day the case was solved, a celebratory reception was held at the Shinjuku Police Station where the investigation headquarters was established. Everyone's faces were filled with satisfaction in solving an incident.Totsukawa noticed that the Kusaka detective did not come to the celebration reception. Looking at the watch, it was almost twelve o'clock in the evening. Totsukawa asked Kusaka Detective to secretly protect Sasaki Jijianzi, so he went to monitor the K building where the N group entered and exited, but it was too late to monitor.

After the head of the search department toasted the detective, Totsukawa called the detective Kamei in a low voice. "I'm a little worried." "Because Kusaka didn't come to the celebration reception?" "yes." "Let me go and have a look. He is monitoring the K building where the N group enters and exits, right?" "I asked him to stop Sasaki Kitiko when she saw her going into the N group building." Totsukawa said. After Detective Kamei rushed out of the Shinjuku Police Station, Totsukawa was no longer in the mood to participate in the search and review meeting of this incident.

Because he was very worried about the criminal police under the sun. Detective Kamei never called, and Totsukawa called Detective Nishimoto over again. "You go and have a look too." After all, send the Nishimoto detective out of the Shinjuku police station. The minister felt strange and came over and asked, "What happened?" "it's okay no problem!" Just when Totsukawa said that, the phone rang suddenly, and the detective Shimizu who answered the phone shouted: "Police Department, your call is from Brother Kamei." The reason why Detective Shimizu yelled was probably because he recognized that Detective Kamei's voice was unusual, right?

Totsukawa immediately picked up the receiver. "How is it? Old Turtle." "Mr. Sunxia has been murdered." Detective Kamei said in a sad voice on the other end of the phone. "What happened to him?" "He was stabbed and is currently being taken to hospital by ambulance." "Which hospital?" "S Hospital in Shinjuku 2-chome." "I'll rush over immediately." Totsukawa finished speaking, hung up the phone, bid farewell to the head, and rushed out of the Shinjuku Police Station. He took a taxi and hurried to S Hospital.

(This wouldn't have happened if he hadn't been asked to monitor the building where N groups come and go.) Along the way, Totsukawa blamed himself so much. Detective Kamei stood outside the hospital. "What's the situation?" "Currently undergoing surgery." Kamei detective said. Totsukawa and Kamei detectives entered the hospital through the small door marked with the entrance of medical staff.The waiting room was turned off and it was very quiet. "Is he saved?" Totsukawa asked with a pale face. "I don't think anything will happen. When I found him, he was unconscious."

"Where did you find him?" "In an alley in Kabukicho, he was stabbed in the back and fell unconscious on the ground." "Is it near the K building where Group N enters and exits?" "yes." "Could it be someone from Group N who did it?" "I don't know. But there's a possibility." "The opponent has finally launched an action." Totsukawa said through gritted teeth. "Police, don't worry, Kusaka-kun will be fine. I think he is very happy to carry out this task, because he seems to have a good impression of Sasaki Kitiko." Detective Kamei said.

About an hour later, the operation was over, and the doctors and nurses came out of the operating room. "Is there any help?" Totsukawa asked the doctor. "It's too early to say for sure because he was badly injured and almost got stabbed in the heart." The fifty-two or three-year-old doctor said. "If there is no rescue, it will be miserable." After Totsukawa said so, the doctor smiled and said: "I will try my best to heal him, because I also hope that he can be rescued." "Can I see him?" "Not yet, because he is still in a coma." The doctor said.

Totsukawa and Detective Kamei sat side by side in the dark waiting room. "Did you see Kitiko Sasaki nearby when you discovered the sun?" Totsukawa asked. "I didn't pay attention because I was busy calling an ambulance to take Rixia to the hospital for emergency treatment." "Judging from Kusaka's presence here, Kiki Sasaki may be nearby too." "Hisaka was stabbed, she will be in danger too?" Kamei detective asked worriedly. "I don't know. After you left, I asked Nishimoto to rush over. Maybe Nishimoto will see her." Totsukawa said.

(However, if you don’t see——) Kusaka Interpol has been in a coma. Since the matter could not be concealed, Totsukawa called Honda at the hospital to report to the head of the first investigation section. Honda also asked in surprise: "Are there any clues to the murderer?" "Not at all." Totsukawa said deliberately. Because he was worried that Honda would prevent him from investigating the incident once he said Sasaki Kitiko's name. I hope that in the process of searching for the murderer who assassinated Kusaka Detective, the truth about Sasaki's murder can also be unraveled.Totsukawa thought so.

"But what is Kusaka doing in Kabukicho, Shinjuku? Is he still investigating this incident?" Honda asked. "He's searching for evidence of the murderer's crime." "But, isn't this strange? The murderer should be arrested after all the evidence is collected, right?" "He is a very cautious person. I think he probably thinks that the evidence is not very complete." Ten Tsukawa said. Ben Duo said dubiously, "Is that really the case?" "Yes. So please agree to let me investigate the murderer who assassinated Nisaka." Totsukawa said.

"Okay!" Honda agreed. After finishing the phone call, Totsukawa returned to Detective Kamei. "Section Chief Honda has promised us to investigate the assassination of Kusaka." "That's great!" "But, there is a problem!" "I know. Are you referring to the possibility of being exposed to the events of 20 years ago?" Kamei Detective said. "Yes. Although we don't know who assassinated Kusaka, but if Kusaka was stabbed to help Sasaki Kitiko, we will track down the murderer, and sooner or later we will come across the incident twenty years ago." "At present, we need to think of countermeasures first, so as not to be in a hurry." "I think we have to make up our minds to arrest the murderer, because the other party not only killed the retired criminal policeman, but also assassinated the active criminal policeman this time." Totsukawa said. "Maybe like 20 years ago, the superiors put pressure on us to prevent us from searching." "yes." "What should we do then?" "If you put pressure on us, doesn't it prove that the incident 20 years ago has not really been resolved?" Totsukawa smiled. "Let's investigate!" Kamei detective said nervously. The Shinjuku Police Station also established a search headquarters. Although it was past 2 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the criminal policeman under the sun was still in a coma. Totsukawa and Detective Kamei returned to the Shinjuku Police Station from the hospital. Because he was also worried about the safety of Sasaki Ji Jianzi. She hasn't come home yet. Totsukawa instructs the detectives to look for Kimiko separately, because he thinks she was nearby when the Kusaka detective was stabbed in an alley in Kabukicho. First, he received a call back from the Nishimoto detective who was investigating the Kabukicho area. He said he did not see Ji Jianzi. Totsukawa and Kamei detectives also went out to look for Ji Jianzi in person, because he thought it would be a disaster if even Ji Jianzi was killed, so he told himself to find Ji Jianzi no matter what. It was past three o'clock in the morning, and there was not even half a person in Kabukicho and the streets. Still, the lights were on in the residential buildings, and there were customers in the 24-hour store, some of them loud and drunk. "Where will she go at a time like this?" Detective Kamei spoke angrily as he walked. "She must be busy investigating why her father was killed right now." "That's why Rixia was killed and murdered." Detective Kamei said. The shutters have been lowered on the second floor of the K building where Group N enters and exits. She won't be imprisoned by the N group, right?After dawn, if you still can't find her, it is necessary to search for the K building where the N group enters and exits. Totsukawa and Detective Kamei returned to the search headquarters without finding anything. The other detectives came back one after another. It was daylight. Totsukawa called Ji Jianzi's house again, but no one answered. nine in the morning. When he was eating ramen from a nearby noodle shop, the phone rang suddenly. It's from S Hospital. "Mr. Kusaka has regained consciousness." The other party said. "thanks." Totsukawa put down a stone hanging in his heart and thanked the other party. "A young woman came to visit Mr. Kusaka just now. She was about twenty-five or six years old. Her name was not revealed." (It must be Kitiko Sasaki.) After Totsukawa hung up the phone, he rushed to the hospital with Detective Kamei. Sure enough, I saw Kitiko Sasaki sitting in the waiting room blankly. Although Tojinchuan was relieved, he suddenly became angry for no reason. "Where the hell were you last night?" Totsukawa couldn't help but asked loudly. Ji Jianzi stared at Totsukawa and Kamei detective in surprise, her eyes were red, did she not sleep last night? "Where--?" "We have been looking for you because we are worried that you will be assassinated like the criminal police under the sun." "So Kusaka-san was stabbed for me?" "80% yes. Because we are worried about your safety, we asked Rixia Criminal Police to protect you secretly. Where were you last night?" "Koenji." "What are you doing at Kouenji?" Detective Kamei also asked a little angrily. "Can't you just say no?" "No. Because it is very likely that the criminal policeman under the sun was stabbed for you." "I'm stalking people." "Follow who?" "I don't believe at all that my father was killed by that gangster named Beiyuan, and I don't even believe that that gangster killed my father for the purpose of robbing money. Therefore, I am investigating Beiyuan." "So, you monitored the building where Group N entered and exited?" "yes." "You were also watching around that building last night?" "yes." "Have you found anything?" "I found out that Kitahara has a good girlfriend who works in a bar in Kabukicho. When I went to that bar to observe her, I saw her leave the bar in a hurry after receiving a call." "So you started following her?" "Yes. Since she took a taxi, I had to take a taxi, and it turned out that she had entered Koenji's hotel, so I watched her outside the hotel." "Did you find anything?" "Since it is impossible for a woman to enter the hotel alone at this time, I guess she must have come to meet someone. When I was having breakfast at the cafe where I could see the entrance and exit of the hotel, I saw the TV news that Mr. Kusaka was assassinated After being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, I thought that he might be assassinated because of me, so I ignored that woman and rushed to the hospital overnight—" "Do you know the name of that woman?" Totsukawa asked. "I don't know her real name. However, her nickname in the bar is Jianxue." "You said she was Bei Yuan's girlfriend, did you make a mistake?" "Many people in Kabukicho, Shinjuku know about this," Ji Jianzi said. "If that's the case, you can't go wrong. What do you want to know after following her?" Ten Jinchuan asked. "I want to know why my father was killed? I think Beiyuan must have been instigated by others to kill my father. If I follow Beiyuan's girlfriend, maybe I can find out who instigated Beiyuan." "We understand your feelings very well. However, I hope you don't do that again." Totsukawa said calmly. "why?" "Because it's dangerous! Beiyuan is a member of the violent group N group. Asking about Beiyuan everywhere will definitely make a lot of people feel unhappy. Maybe these people stabbed Kusaka Criminal Police to warn you, so I don't think you should do it any more. Better to investigate." "At present, do the police think that the murder of my father has been solved?" Ji Jianzi stared at Totsukawa's face and asked.That look frightened Totsukawa, because he had to answer truthfully.However, at the moment he cannot say that he is suspicious of Ji Jianzi's father's death. "In any case, when you take dangerous actions, please be extremely cautious. We can't leave you alone, we must send someone to protect you secretly, because there may be incidents similar to the criminal police under the sun." "Although I am very sorry for Mr. Kusaka's assassination, I didn't ask him to protect me. He doesn't have to protect me. Since the police don't want to know the truth about my father's murder, don't stop me." Ji Jianzi said excitedly and left the hospital. "What should we do?" Detective Kamei asked while watching Totsukawa. "What do you think should be done?" "Send someone to protect her?" "I can't see it anymore." "But, it's dangerous!" "Let's investigate the woman named Jianxue that she said. Since she is also investigating that woman, isn't our investigation of that woman equivalent to indirectly protecting her?" Ten Jinchuan said. He ordered two detectives, Xiben and Qingshui, to investigate the woman named Jianxue. Next, search for the murderer who assassinated Kusaka Detective. "Let's talk to Kusaka who regained consciousness first." Totsukawa took Detective Kamei to the ward on the third floor of S Hospital to visit Detective Kusaka. It was a single ward, and the criminal police officer Kusaka was lying on the bed. The Kusaka detective stared at Totsukawa with a pale face. "I'm really sorry." The criminal policeman under the sun said in a low voice. Totsukawa smiled and said, "I am the one who should be sorry, because I told you to do such a dangerous thing." "But I don't think so." "Can you talk? Does the wound hurt?" "It doesn't matter if you just talk." Kusaka Interpol said. "In that case, can you talk about the circumstances of the assassination?" "I went to look for Ji Jianzi according to the instructions of the police department, and found that she did not enter the building where Group N entered and exited, but inquired about Beiyuan in bars and nightclubs." "She did." "She found out Bei Yuan's girlfriend." "Is that girlfriend called Jianxue?" "Yes. I think Ji Jianzi is getting more and more dangerous, because the person behind the scenes is likely to kill her, so I investigated Jianxue one step ahead of her." "Why did you do that?" "If I investigate Kitahara's affairs more actively than Sasaki Jijianzi, the other party will definitely regard me as a thorn in the side and ignore Jijianzi for the time being." "That's why you were attacked?" "I think so." "About the woman Jianxue, have you found out anything?" "Although she is Beiyuan's girlfriend, I don't think she and Beiyuan are in a purely romantic relationship." "How do you say that?" "At present, I don't know very well, but it seems that someone gave Beiyuan a lot of pocket money through her." "Do you think that someone pays to feed local hooligans in case they are needed?" "I think so." "If we can find the person who paid the money, maybe we can know something." "In this way, isn't Jianxue the target of our investigation?" Kamei detective said. As soon as the sun goes down, detectives Totsukawa and Kamei go to the Kabukicho bar where Miyuki works. The bar was located in a residential building, and the Nishimoto detective stood at the entrance of the building. "What's wrong?" Totsukawa asked. "She hasn't come to work yet." "Did you say she saw the snow?" "Yes. I heard that she usually comes to work at seven o'clock." "It's already half past seven! Where's Qingshui?" "He has gone to see the apartment where Xue lived, and I heard that she lives in Gotokuji Temple on the Odakyu Line." Detective Nishimoto said. Totsukawa told Detective Nishimoto to meet up with Detective Shimizu, investigate the apartment where she lives, and enter the bar with Detective Kamei. After entering the bar, I realized that it was a small bar with only four or five waitresses. Totsukawa and Detective Kamei sat down in front of the bar and each ordered a bottle of beer. The proprietress, who was about 30 years old, saw their faces and asked, "Are you the police?" Totsukawa said with a wry smile, "How do you know?" "Are you really the police? Sorry, this store doesn't—" "We didn't come here for that kind of thing, we just wanted to talk to Jianxue." Totsukawa said frankly. "Jianxue hasn't come yet." "I want to know about the man she's with." "He has a good boyfriend, but he has been arrested by the police." "You're talking about Beiyuan. What I want to know is someone else. She should have other rich men, don't you know?" When Tenjinchuan asked, the proprietress opened her eyes and said, "Seeing Xue has another man, it's still me This is the first time I heard it, because I have never seen rich people come to praise her." "How strange! She must have other rich men." "I really do not know." When the proprietress said this, the phone on the bar suddenly rang. The proprietress picked up the phone and listened to it, then asked Totsukawa, "Are you the Totsukawa Police Department?" "yes." After Totsukawa replied, the proprietress quickly handed him the receiver. "I'm Shimizu." The other party said, "She's not in the apartment." "When did she leave? Maybe she wasn't there when you got there." "According to the administrator, it seems that he didn't come back last night." Said the criminal police officer Shimizu. "The Nishimoto detective has rushed over to meet you. The two of you first investigate the apartment where she lives, and then transfer to Kouenji to investigate who she stayed in the hotel with last night?" After Totsukawa instructed in a low voice, he hung up the phone. The proprietress stared at Totsukawa. "Did she leave early last night?" Totsukawa asked the proprietress. "Yes. When she got the call, she left in a hurry." "Did she say where she was going?" "No. She only said that because of Beiyuan's arrest, she would discuss it with a lawyer." "lawyer?" Totsukawa shook his head puzzled, and discussed with the lawyer whether he must go to the Koenji Hotel? "Miss Boss, have you met that lawyer?" Detective Kamei asked. "No." "Do you have any pictures of snow?" "Photo? I'll look for it." After the proprietress finished speaking, she turned around and went inside, and came out after about twenty minutes. "Only found one." After all, give that photo to Totsukawa. It's a photo taken with the proprietress, and the background seems to be a hotel somewhere. "This was taken last summer when we went to Okinawa." The proprietress explained. "Can you tell me about her? Anything is fine," Totsukawa asked. "I don't know much about her, because my principle is not to ask about the waiter's private life." "How long has she been working here?" "She came here to work in April last year." The proprietress replied. Only a year and a half? "How did she meet Bei Yuan?" "Beiyuan often comes to our shop to drink, but I only recently noticed their relationship." "When she knew that Beiyuan had killed people, did she say anything?" "I haven't heard of it," said the proprietress. Totsukawa and Kamei detectives asked other waitresses again, and the answers they got were similar.No one knew about her private life. The only thing she knew was that before Jianxue came to work here, she worked for a certain company, but she didn't know the name of that company. Totsukawa and others told the proprietress that if they see Xue come to work, please contact the police immediately, and then return to the Shinjuku Police Station where the search headquarters was established. It was nearly midnight when the two detectives, Nishimoto and Shimizu, returned to the Shinjuku Police Station. "We went to the Koenji Hotel and went around." Detective Shimizu reported to Totsukawa. "What kind of hotel is it?" "A very ordinary hotel, I think it's mostly a hotel for couples to date." "Do you know who she met with?" "have no idea." "Don't know? Why don't you know?" "There were fifty-two passengers yesterday, and twenty-seven of them stayed alone. I think she probably met one of the twenty-seven. Since she didn't ask the front desk for the room number, I don't know her Meet someone." "But she's supposed to spend the night in a hotel with the man, who I don't think will be a woman. How many of these twenty-seven single travelers are men?" "Twenty-three people." "Do you know the names and addresses of these twenty-three people?" "We have copied the names and addresses from the lodging book." After saying that, Detective Shimizu showed Totsukawa the roster that he had copied in cooperation with Detective Nishimoto. There were a total of twenty-seven passengers' names and addresses on the roster, of which twenty-three were men and four were women. "Tomorrow we will investigate these passengers separately. Passengers outside Tokyo will ask the prefectural police to assist in the investigation." Totsukawa said. "Perhaps it is possible to use a pseudonym to stay at the hotel." Said the detective Nishimoto. "Maybe? But that kind of person is more suspicious." Ten Tsukawa said. The next day, all the criminal police were dispatched to investigate the 27 passengers.Since many people were not tourists from Tokyo, Totsugawa called the prefectural police to assist in the investigation. If a fake name is used for accommodation, of course the address will be false. Totsukawa had thought of this a long time ago, but unexpectedly, the 23 male travelers and the 4 female travelers all used their real names. However, it was impossible to find anyone related to Jian Xue from among the twenty-seven passengers.