Chapter 47 third quarter

Questions pile up, and there are too many things not to think about and things not to prove. The first is the issue of Mariko Tajima's diary.The diary disappeared along with Fuutarou Egami. Although the police have a copy, the copy does not have legal effect, so it cannot be used as a strong proof of the incident. It can be deduced from that diary that the last glass of wine belonged to Iseki Takashi. However, on the whole, Mariko Tajima’s diary is enough to prove Kazuhiko Iseki’s innocence. As long as there is that diary, Iseki will be safe. If so, you have to find the contradiction in the diary, but can you really find it?

The second is the motive if Kazuhiko Iseki is the murderer.If Yukihei Tajima was the only person killed, it would be easy to explain, but if even Mariko Tajima was killed, it would be difficult to explain the motive. Even Mariko Tajima was killed, what benefit would be gained? have no idea.However, if it was a murder, there must be a motive. The third is about Egami Fuutarou.He said that the Tajimas were killed by Kazuhiko Iseki, and he will never change this view. However, if Fuutarou Egami's body is not found, the investigation cannot be carried out. Yabe will be notified immediately. However, Sendai is so vast. If Iseki bury the body skillfully, it will be difficult to find the body. Besides, the snow season is coming soon. Once the body is buried by the thick snow in the northern country, I am afraid It won't be found until next spring.

In addition, there are many problems.For example, what does the No. 100 landscape painting that Kazuhiko Iseki brought back to Sendai mean?Potassium cyanate is also a big problem. Yabe didn't know where to start?Because he feels that every question needs to be investigated again. When Yabe was having a hard time, he suddenly remembered the report of the weekly magazine he read on the train to Sendai. The report was titled "The Truth About Suicide", and many of its contents were fabricated. In that report, the author said that he had met with Tajima and his wife the day before the incident.Although Yabe thinks it is a fake, but just to be careful, it is still necessary to meet the author. If the author really met the Tajima couple, maybe he can find clues to solve the case.

Yabe went to visit the publishing house of "True Japan" weekly magazine. The "Shishi Japan" weekly publishing office is located in an alley in Kanda. It is a wooden building. A signboard of "Shishi Japan Society" is hung at the narrow entrance. With a "click", the door is opened, and there are people in the counter. A woman seems to be reading a newspaper very bored. Behind the woman is a dirty wind. A man's voice can be heard from behind the wind. It must be the editorial room, right? Yabe told the counter lady that she wanted to meet the author who wrote the suicide story. The counter lady with a flat face put down the newspaper and asked loudly to Xifeng behind her, "Who wrote the suicide story?"

"It's Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox is in the cafe opposite." The man behind Xi Feng also replied loudly. "Master Fox?" Yabe looked at the counter lady's face. "It's Mr. Yijuin." The counter lady said. It seems that Master Fox is mostly a nickname. "He's in the cafe opposite, you can go find him there." "Can you recognize it at a glance?" "He wears glasses and has dark skin, so he can be recognized at a glance." After the counter lady said so, she opened the newspaper again. Yabe entered a small cafe located opposite the "True Japan" weekly magazine.The heating in the store is turned on, which makes Yabe feel very warm.

There was only one male guest who was wearing glasses and about thirty years old. This man was sitting in the corner, tapping his fingers on the table as if bored. This person must be Ijuin. Yabe immediately understood the origin of the nickname "Master Fox". It turned out that he looked like a fox. Yabe sat down in front of the man, and asked politely, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Ijuin?" The man stopped tapping his fingers on the table, and looked at Yabe suspiciously. Insomnia, or caused by alcoholism. "You are?" the man asked back. After Yabe thought for a while, he took out a business card and handed it to the other party. Generally, down-and-out scholars are like this man.

"Oh, oh." The man glanced at the business card and made a strange sound. "The criminal police of the Metropolitan Police Department are looking for me, Ijiin Jinkichi, what is the purpose?" Obedience and arrogance intertwined on this man's face.Yabe remembered seeing this expression several times before. "I want to ask you about the suicide incident," Yabe said. "You said that you met the Tajima couple the day before the incident. Is this true?" "Of course it is true. I am also a reporter. If I hadn't met the two of them, I would never have written that report. Otherwise, I would be suspected of hitting a high altitude."

"You meet Mariko Tajima first?" "I forcibly entered her room. To do such a thing, I must have a thick skin." "What did you talk to her about?" "What are you talking about?" Yijiin Jinji said with a smile. "She told me to get out as soon as she opened her mouth. In this situation, what else can we talk about?" "So you haven't talked?" "Yes. However, just as I was about to leave, someone called her. Because the other party spoke loudly, I also heard what the other party said." "What did the other party say?"

"The other party said that Tajima-kun already understood. Since it was a man's voice, I thought it must be Kazuhiko Iseki who called. The other party said that Tajima Kohei had agreed to divorce." "and after?" "After that, Mariko Tajima covered the microphone with her hand, but she didn't hear anything." "You went to visit Kohei Tajima that night?" "At first I didn't plan to meet him, because I always hated artists, not to mention that I had already met Mariko Tajima, enough to write a report, but that day I went to drink at a friend's house in Meguro, and I didn't go home until midnight , on the way home, I happened to pass in front of Kohei Tajima's house, so I..."

"What time was it?" "It seems to be more than twelve o'clock, no, it's not yet twelve o'clock, anyway, it's midnight." "You said Kohei Tajima, who opened the door, said he was busy preparing for tomorrow. Is this true?" "In your opinion, is it real or fake?" Yijiyuan asked with a smile. "I don't know," Yabe said. "Why do you think it's true?" "Because he said that there is something that must be done today, he can't meet with me, I'm sorry." "is this real?" "It's true. I didn't need to lie to the police. Because there was nothing good about it, I wrote the report by writing a script."

"Must it be done today?" Yabe said in his mouth. The word "completion" is associated with painting, Tajima Kohei painted the day before the incident?Draw until midnight? "What was Tajima Kohei's situation at that time? You said in the report that he looked like a red ghost. This statement is too exaggerated. I just want to know the real situation." "It's an exaggeration to say he looks like a red ghost." Yijiyuan laughed again. "But it's true that his eyes are bloodshot, it's true that he seems tired, his hands are covered in paint." "Paint?" Was Kohei Tajima really painting the day before the incident? "I really don't understand." Yabe muttered to himself repeatedly.