Chapter 43 Section IX

About Fuutarou Egami, only two things are known, one is that Egami really came to Sendai, and the other is that Egami was still alive at noon on November 24th. Where did Egami Fuutarou leave the hotel on November 24th?The first thing that comes to mind is whether I will meet Kazuhiko Iseki and be killed by Iseki? However, this kind of thinking led to a problem, that is, Egami Fuutarou neither visited Kannishou nor called Iseki. Yabe doesn't know how Egami Fuutarou got in touch with Iseki?Did he lie in ambush near Guanrizhuang and wait for Jingguan to go out?If so, why do it? Yabe returned to the hotel with this question.

Lunch is the famous local oysters.Yabe inquired about the whereabouts of Kazuhiko Iseki on November 24 from the waitress who brought the food. "Twenty-four days?" The young waitress said with a slight frown. Maybe she thought I was an inquiring guest.Yabe thought so. "Yes. On the afternoon of the 24th, did Iseki Kazuhiko go out?" "Why only on the 24th, the young boss went out to do errands every afternoon." "What are you doing?" "I don't know what to do. I think it's mostly to negotiate with the tourism association and the city government."

"What time will you be back?" "Not necessarily. Sometimes I come back at two o'clock, and sometimes I don't come back until late at night." "Are you going out today too?" "No, because today he wants to entertain you." After hearing this, Yabe remembered what Kazuhiko Iseki said.After thinking for a while, Yabe said: "This may not be very good for Iseki, but I still hope that you will turn to Iseki and say that I also want to go around alone in the afternoon, and I will trouble him to take me to visit in the future." Qingye Ancient City."

"Okay." The waitress said again, frowning slightly. Maybe she thinks that I am not only a questioner, but also a very capricious guest.Yabe thought so. When the waitress left the room, Yabe couldn't help but smile wryly. After Yabe finished his meal and took a rest, he took the city tram to the North Police Station in Showa Town.The North Police Station is near Kodangtai Park, and there is a long distance from the hotel to the North Police Station. When we arrived at the North Police Station, it began to rain lightly and the weather became very cold. The policeman standing guard in front of the police station also frowned as if they were cold.

Yabe handed out his police card and said he needed to see the director.The director was about fifty years old, with an amiable face, as if he was a little surprised to come out to meet the police officer of the Metropolitan Police Department. "I have something to trouble you." Yabe said sincerely. "I'm afraid this matter is a bit troublesome." "What's up?" "I would like to know if any unidentified bodies have been found in the last four or five days?" "Did something happen?" "Six days ago, a person came to Sendai and disappeared. I am worried that he has been murdered."

Yabe showed the photo of Fuutarou Egami to the director. "It's this person." "I'll check it out," said the director. There are four police stations in Sendai: North, South, East, and Central. While the chief was in contact with the other three police stations, Yabe stayed in the chief's office. From the window of the director's office, you can see the misty and rainy city of Sendai. The road is wet, and pedestrians with umbrellas walk faster. Yabe suddenly forgot about the incident, only thinking that winter has come. The reason why Yabe felt this way probably has something to do with his coming to the town in the northeast, right?

About an hour later, the Commissioner informed him of the result of the contact. "During this week, two unidentified corpses were found in downtown Sendai and its suburbs, but neither of them was the person you mentioned, because one was a fifty-five or six-year-old old woman, and the other was a child. " Reassurance and disappointment are intertwined in Yabe's heart at the same time, the former is the friendship of friends, and the latter is the complex of criminal police. After Yabe thanked the director, he left the North Police Station.