Chapter 5 chapter Five

Kanako somehow saved a life.Because of her rescue, what happened that night was also clarified, and things roughly went like this: He Chuan came back after eight o'clock that night, and then around eight thirty, the husband and wife got under the covers.But not long after, a strange sound came from downstairs, and He Chuan went down to check the situation, followed by fierce scolding, and then the sound of objects being smashed, wailing and fighting. Kanako was startled and went to the stairs to find out, but her legs were shaking so badly that she didn't have the courage to go downstairs.Then came the sound of thud, thud, going upstairs.Although it was too dark to see clearly, Kanako immediately understood the sound of footsteps.

Footsteps of prosthetic legs - Kamei Junkichi! The moment she understood, Kanako realized: what happened downstairs.She rushed into the bedroom desperately, trying to open the rainproof window for help.But at this moment, the person rushing over from behind had already pushed her down on the bed, rode on her body, and strangled her throat... "During that time, I remember shouting once, but I can't remember it clearly. I passed out soon..." These were all confessed by Kanako during the interrogation. In response to her statement, the investigators made the following inquiry: "You didn't see the other party at that time, did you?"

"Yes, because... After all, Jing was in the dark... But, hearing the sound of the artificial leg... it must be Chunji." "So that's it. So, your ex-husband...I heard that he has fake eyes and legs, right?" "Uh, yes, you can ask people nearby to know about this. A long time ago, he wandered around the house every night..." There are plenty of people who can confirm what Kanako said.Of course I was one of them, and the most powerful witness was Asano's wife Taeko. "Well, the man with the artificial leg, we've noticed it for a long time. No, not just us, everyone around here knows it. At first, we didn't know why he was walking around here all the time, and he was very scared Later, we found out that what he coveted was Mr. He Chuan's house, and we were relieved a little... However, the creepy feeling was the same as before. In the middle of the night, when we heard the sound of the artificial leg thumping, thumping, I was scared to death...

"By the way, last night, I also heard the footsteps. It was almost nine o'clock. My wife has already gone to bed, and I'm still knitting in the western-style room in front. , When the sound of the artificial leg thumping came, I was terrified. However, people are like this, the more they are afraid of something, the more they want to take a look, so I secretly opened the glass window, and saw the man passing by the outside of the hedge .Yes, they walked towards Mr. He Chuan's house. But not long after, there was a noise from Mr. He Chuan's house..." "After that, you saw that man again, didn't you?" the investigator asked again.

"That's right, that's right, that's the one in my family. It happened not long after I rushed over. I was very worried, and kept looking out of the window of the western-style room, waiting for the one in my family to come back. It turned out that the fake, thud, thud The sound of legs came from He Chuan's house, and he still ran over. I was terrified, and the other party seemed to have found me, very surprised, and hesitated for a while, but he probably had no way out. He twisted Turning my face and running past the hedge, I suddenly noticed that his coat was stained with blood..."

In this way, there seems to be no doubt that Kamei Junkichi is the murderer, and the Metropolitan Police Department is trying its best to search for his whereabouts.But the strange thing is that after two days and three days, Kamei Junkichi is still missing.False eyes, prosthetic legs, I thought that these obvious features would bring him to justice soon, but he was never heard from. Not to mention, thanks to the occurrence of this case, my chances of getting in touch with Kanako have greatly increased.As mentioned earlier, Kanako and He Chuan were not welcomed by relatives in the first place, and after this happened, no one was willing to get close to her.Moreover, due to the injuries received that night, Kanako's body is also extremely weak.

In view of this, not to mention the aftermath of He Chuan's corpse, Kanako couldn't even handle her own grooming and grooming, she couldn't make three meals a day, and she couldn't hire someone.In such an era, such a vicious case happened again, no one would be willing to be employed by such a family.So I stepped forward. For Kanako, I buried Ka Chuan's body that was sent back by the police after the autopsy.Moreover, during Kanako's bedridden period when she couldn't move, I took good care of her from diet to other aspects. Kanako's recovery from her injuries went smoothly, but it didn't seem easy to recover from her psychological injuries. She was often plagued by severe hysteria.

One day during this period, on the way back from Kanako's house, on a whim, I passed in front of Asano's house and walked into a road in the wheat field.It is likely that the man with the artificial leg escaped that night.Walking to the end of the wheat field, there are sparse houses in front of you, and a big hole is dug at the intersection.The big pit is used to store the sewage from the surrounding people, and it is always full of garbage.When I came to the edge of the big pit, I stopped suddenly. A man stood in the pit, searching for something in the trash.The man wore a simple top hat, a crumpled jacket on his upper body, and culottes with loose trousers.He was standing in the sewage with his culottes rolled up to his knees.

Probably also heard my footsteps, he raised his head slowly, stared at me for a while, and suddenly a friendly smile appeared on his face. "If I'm wrong, please don't mind. Are you the detective novelist Yatsushiro Ryunosuke?" I was taken aback, and looked at the other person's face again. "Yes, that's right, I am Yadai, and you are..." "My name is Kosuke Kindaichi, and I'm going to visit the mansion right now." "Go to my house? What's the matter?" "It's the case of Mr. He Chuan. I was entrusted by a certain party, that is, the Kamei family, to come and investigate that case..."

I was astonished, and looked at the other party again: "So, what are you doing in this kind of place?" "It's nothing. I saw a strange thing just now and wanted to investigate it. Look, this...doesn't it look familiar?" As he said that, the man who claimed to be Kosuke Kindaichi threw something up from below. When I saw it, I couldn't help but gasped. Although it was covered with mud, it was clearly a cane that a man with a prosthetic leg had used.It was a cane the thickness of an oak stick. Looking at it again, it was covered with black dirt under the mud.

"This this……" "Hahahahahahahaha, there is nothing wrong. But don't be surprised, the more surprised one is still here. Look..." I was even more surprised when I saw Kosuke Kindaichi throwing something muddy from below again. It looked like a boot at first glance, but it was not a boot, but an ordinary boot with wood nailed under it, and each piece of wood was divided into four pieces.Then on top of the boots, put leggings and the like.But the leggings were not of cloth, but of thin boards. I'm also a detective story writer.You only need to look at it and immediately understand what it is used for.That's a fake leg. The moment I realized this, my blood froze and I felt a pang of fear.