Chapter 54 Section ten

After breakfast, Yabe went to visit Sanyo Yoshikawa again.Yoshikawa greeted Yabe with wary eyes. "Even if you come here several times, I will not change my view that the incident was a suicide incident." Yoshikawa said in a firm tone. "Because Jingguan doesn't kill people." "I want to talk to you about something else today." Yabe said as calmly as possible. "It's about restoring the painting..." "Oh?" Yoshikawa asked, shaking his head in surprise. "Is it a painting that was destroyed?" "It's a portrait. It was scribbled on by a child with red paint. How can I restore the portrait to its original state?"

"Is it your portrait?" "No." Yabu said with a smile. "My appearance is not suitable for painting portraits. It is a portrait of a beautiful woman. Can it be easily restored to its original state?" "It's not that easy, because you have to remove the applied red paint without damaging the original painting; you can scrape off the red paint with a knife, but it will damage the canvas. The best way is to use solvents, because The solvent dissolves the very durable red paint. Using this method, no skill can harm the canvas, it's just..." "Just what?"

"If you use a poor quality solvent, I'm afraid the original painting will change color. There are very few solvents with perfect performance, and sometimes I feel very troubled. There are drying oils with good performance in foreign countries, but they are not easy to buy. arrive." "Is there anything else I should pay attention to when restoring a painting?" "Yes. It's best to restore it by the original author, because that's the safest way. If the original author dies, find someone who has studied the original painting to restore it." "I understand." Yabe said. "Thank you for your valuable data."

"Is it really not related to that incident?" Yoshikawa looked at Yabe's face with puzzled eyes, and Yabe responded with an ambiguous smile. Immediately after Yabe resigned from Sanyo Yoshikawa, he went to Kanda to visit "Shishi Japan", and Shinkichi Ijuin was still killing time in the cafe opposite. "I want to ask you again about the time you met Kohei Tajima." Yabe said after handing him a cigarette. Yijiyuan Jinji's face changed slightly: "Why are you so enthusiastic about the case that has been closed with forced death?" "Nothing, I'm just interested in the report you wrote."

"I see." Yijiyuan said with a smile, "What do you want to ask?" "The last time I met you, you said you met Kohei Tajima the night before the incident, and you saw his hands covered in paint, isn't that true?" "Yes. I said so." "Do you remember what color that was?" "Do you mean the color of the paint?" Ijuin asked with wide eyes.It seems that this problem is not what he expected. "Yes, the color of the paint, I hope you can remember." "It's red, because Kohei Tajima's hands are red." Ijuin looked at Yabe's face with so red eyes.

"Is it really red?" "It's true, I will never be wrong." "You're not colorblind, are you?" "You are too suspicious. If I am color blind, can I still drive?" "There is no best." Although Yabe smiled wryly, he was satisfied with Ijuin's answer in his heart, because it was the answer he wanted.After Yabe thanked Ijuin, when he was about to leave the cafe, Ijuin hurriedly stopped him. "Please wait a moment." "What's your business?" "I have one thing to ask you." Ijuin looked up at Yabe with serious eyes, "Please tell me some inside information about that incident."

"I'm sorry, but I have nothing inside to tell you." "you are lying." "..." "Mr. Criminal Police, as you can see, I'm an idler. I'm not a reporter in the Japanese establishment, nor an outstanding person. I'm just a gangster who cheats and cheats everywhere. It can be said that I'm a dregs of society... ..." "I am very busy……" "Please listen to me." Ijuin stood up and grabbed Yabe's hand. Since Ijuin was not strong enough, it was not difficult to shake off his hand, but Yabe didn't do that because he saw the other party's melancholy eyes.

"I only have one wish, and it can be called a dream. My dream is to find real scoop news. I don't want boring news about female celebrities getting married and divorced. What I want is scoop news that can be published in major newspapers. , in order to find this kind of news, I don't drink alcohol or women, but so far, I haven't found it even once, I hope you can give me a chance..." "I'm sorry." Yabe said with a straight face. "I don't have the time or the ability to help you." Yabe shook off Ijuin's hand, and Ijuin sat down slumped, his melancholy eyes still not disappearing.

As Yabe walked out of the cafe, he felt a little heavy, because he felt that Ijuin was betting on his future by pursuing that incident, but he couldn't stop it.