Chapter 68 Section five

"Have you finished?" Jing Guan said with displeasure.His face was pale, and his attitude was not as calm as before. "It's very interesting, it's really interesting, but your reasoning has a fatal flaw, which clearly proves that it's just reasoning and cannot be taken seriously." "What shortcoming?" Yabe asked, looking at Iseki. "Motive!" Jingguan said as if shouting, "What motive do you think I have to kill those two people? "I knew she fell in love with Kohei Tajima three years ago, and I returned to Sendai to heal the pain of broken love. Although I threw away my paintbrush and concentrated on running the hotel, I still couldn't forget her.

"But I must forget her. "Although someone asked me to get married, I had no idea of ​​getting married at all, because her image could never disappear from my mind. When I received her letter, I felt very complicated. "Because I still miss her, in this situation, even if I intend to kill Yukihei Tajima, will I kill her too?" Iseki stared at Yabe's face and continued—— "She has made up her mind to divorce her husband and stay with me. If there is a lawsuit, she must win. "If she wins this lawsuit, she can be with me. Why do I have to kill them both? Three years ago, I was really angry with Kohei Tajima, but this time I am the winner, even if I still treat him Dissatisfaction will not be serious enough to produce murderous intent. If you think about it this way, isn’t it easy to understand? Why do you say that I have a motive? And what kind of motive? You won’t say that it’s because I’m temporarily insane, right? ?”

"Don't say that nonsense." Yabe said with a smile. "You do have a motive." "What motive?" "Don't worry, I'll tell you now." After Yabe spoke slowly, he lit a cigarette again and looked at the distant mountains. "This incident is related to the relationship between men and women from the beginning to the end. "The first is the relationship between Kohei Tajima and Yumiko Kuwahara. The last is the relationship between you and Mariko Tajima. "The scandal between the model and the painter, the husband's extramarital affair, the wife and the man who rekindled their love three years ago, the husband who hopes to reconcile and the wife who is determined to divorce, all have to do with the relationship between men and women. event.

"Everyone thinks that incident was caused by a relationship between a man and a woman. "Needless to say, we thought so too, but we couldn't find your motive for killing those two people. I didn't find a clue until I saw the oil painting depicting the ancient city of Aoba in the bar run by Kuwahara Yumiko. Although I have no impression of the signature 'T. GOTO' on the painting, but judging from the depiction of the ancient city of Aoba, could it be painted by a painter who lives in Sendai? Thinking, thinking, can't help but make me doubt 'T . GOTO 'painter will be your pseudonym?

"Unable to find a motive, I am eager to break through this deadlock. "So, I took that painting to visit Sanyo Yoshikawa, the president of the Shinkikai. "Although Yoshikawa did not confirm that the painting was drawn by you, he only said that it resembled your work, but I am very satisfied, because as long as there is a possibility, there is a glimmer of hope. "If 'T. GOTO' is your alias, it means you haven't given up on your brush and you're still painting. "It goes without saying that there is nothing wrong with you continuing to paint, because anyone is free to paint.

"I myself have contributed to magazines under a pseudonym before, but your painting under a pseudonym has a lot of meaning. "Three years ago, you returned to Sendai in the name of healing a broken relationship. I don't think that's true. The real reason should be related to painting. Although I am a layman to painting, I know that artists are very competitive. "Three years ago, you were unsuccessful at the N Exhibition, and Kohei Tajima won the special award, which was reported in the newspapers. "Of course you will feel a serious sense of frustration, because you, who came from the University of the United States, were not selected, but Yukihei Tajima, who was self-taught, won the special award.

"How can I cure the frustration? With Tajima Yukihei, not only can't get rid of the frustration, but also can't stand Tajima Yukihei becoming more and more famous day by day. If he returns to Sendai like this, it is tantamount to admitting failure. The humiliation of running away with your tail tailed, just at this time, Tajima Kohei married Mariko, and you took this opportunity to declare to the outside world that you returned to your hometown to heal the pain of broken love. “In other words, you mask your frustration at painting with a broken relationship. "If you really want to heal the pain of a broken relationship, you should give up the paintbrush. However, judging from the fact that you didn't give up the paintbrush, it's just an excuse for you to return to your hometown to treat the broken relationship. It's also because you can't give up the paintbrush that you changed your name to Tsuneo Goto. , specially rented a house in Taizhiyuan to continue painting.

"However, you can't draw the picture you want to draw. I'm afraid that in your consciousness, Tajima Kohei is a huge shadow, which weighs you down and makes you unable to draw as you wish. Therefore, you hate The existence of Kohei Tajima. "The more you can't draw the picture you want to draw, the more you hate Tajima Kohei, even if the hatred turns into killing intent, I don't think it's weird. "You calmly drew up a murder plan, if you can hide your real motive in the plan, you will be safe. "That's why you're desperately proliferating relationships between men and women.

"Triangles, quads, scandals, divorces are all shams created to hide real motives. "You don't have any love for Mariko Tajima at all, that's why you managed to kill her. Do you agree with the motive mentioned above?"