Chapter 33 fourth quarter

The Metropolitan Police Department in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo is opposite the Ministry of Justice, and National Highway No. 1 is separated between them. On this street in Xiaguan, various government agencies with the word "province" are densely packed.Various buildings with ancient features create a unique atmosphere in this area.However, the times have developed to this day, and more modern-style buildings have been densely erected. Among these buildings, the most ancient vicissitudes are the Metropolitan Police Department and the Ministry of Justice facing the imperial palace. The Ministry of Justice is a three-story building with glazed tiles, separated from the wide vestibule by an avenue full of trees.Under the sunlight of midsummer, the glazed tiles shone brightly.The whole building shows a solemn momentum.

Standing facing it, the small Yosuke Tachibana took a crumpled handkerchief from his coat pocket and wiped the sweat from his forehead, but the sweat continued to drip on the asphalt road. on the road. Yosuke Tachibana came to Tokyo once a year ago. When he heard that Kikuko Fuchigami had rejected Keiko Sugihara's request for an interview, his doubts about Kikuko further deepened.It can be seen from the testimony that Kikuko Fuchigami gave to the Inasa Police Station not long ago that she had already noticed Sugihara Keko and the others' secret reconnaissance, so she already regarded Sugihara Keko as an "enemy".

Keiko Sugihara learned from the phone call on the first day that Kiko Fuchigami went to the United States for ten days starting from June 2, and joined the investigation team of lawyers on the way. When Keiko Sugihara knew that it was impossible to get more detailed information from Kikuko Fuchigami, she asked other lawyers in Fukuoka to investigate the matter of the tour group.Therefore, she knew that at that time, the tour group was composed of about a dozen lawyers living in Kyushu. It departed from Haneda Airport on June 5 and arrived in Los Angeles, USA on the evening of June 5 local time. .They visited the city's representative courts and bar associations, and returned to Haneda Airport on June 11.Norihisa Uchigami set off three days earlier than the group. That is, she left Japan on June 2. After a stopover in Hawaii, she arrived in Los Angeles on the night of June 5 and joined the investigation team.

The reason why Kikuko Uchigami went to Hawaii first was because the husband of a girlfriend she was very close to opened a business in Hawaii, so this girlfriend wanted to move there and invited Kikuko repeatedly to visit their business opening ceremony.However, it was only Kiko who arrived in Los Angeles, and when she went to Hawaii, it was three women who went together.Sugihara Keiko learned all these things from the lawyer. Therefore, Kiko Hisako Fuchigami was not in Japan from June 2 to June 11, including June 4, when Hidetoshi Mabi was killed.No, it should be said that he left on purpose.If this is true, then her passport should have the exact date of entry and exit.But where is she hiding something... Even if she asks for it, she will never let others see her passport.In the essence of Kiko Fuchigami's rejection of Sugihara Keko's interview with her, perhaps this kind of vigilance is at work.

In this way, Keiko Sugihara must try to find the other two female companions who went to Hawaii with Kikuko Fuchigami, and learn about their specific actions on June 4th. On the other hand, Tachibana Yosuke is also considering what other means can be used to learn about her going abroad.Of course, besides her own passport, there must be another place where a person's entry and exit is recorded and reserved. So, Tachibana Yosuke first went to the Exit Division of Fukuoka County Hall.The result - the application for the passport has been telexed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the record of the issuance time of the passport is permanently kept in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.And he was told that the records of anyone who uses a passport to go abroad, including the entry and exit location, time, and entry and exit country record cards, which are collectively referred to as "ED" cards, are stored in the Ministry of Justice's income computer.

There are two types of passports: "one-time passports" and "multiple-entry passports" that are valid for five years.In addition, it is also divided into two types: "going abroad for business" and "private travel". In recent years, when people travel abroad, they often use "one-time passports". In the Exit Division of the county hall, there was an amateur photographer who was very familiar with Yosuke Tachibana, so Yosuke Tachibana told him about the secret investigation of Kiko Hisako's exit from the country.Thus, Yosuke Tachibana successfully found out: Kiko Hisako Fuchigami applied for a "multiple-use passport" in mid-May this year, and it was issued to her within a week.Then, in order to go to the United States, she should also go to the consulate for a visa.This usually takes a week.In this way, after the visa was issued, it happened to be June when she was supposed to go to the United States.

Tachibana Yosuke told this person again that what Kiko Fuchigami told Sugihara Keiko was about a trip to Europe two years ago, so they found the stub from that year, and she used a "disposable passport" back then. However, whether Kiko Hisako Uchigami used this passport and whether he left the country from June 2 to 11 can only be known by asking the Immigration Bureau of the Ministry of Justice. Just these few days, Yosuke Tachibana will go to Tokyo to participate in a "Broadcast Comment Symposium" from July 4th to 6th.Originally, a cameraman from Kyushu TV station who was more qualified than Yosuke Tachibana was going to participate, but when he was leaving, he suddenly fell ill, so he sent Yosuke Tachibana to attend instead.In this way, he will have the opportunity to go directly to the Ministry of Justice to find out the truth of the matter.

If it is not for the meeting from July 4th to 6th, then, during the three days from July 5th to 7th, it is the period when Kyushu TV Station will hold the 20th anniversary commemorative activities. busy time.If it weren't for such an opportunity, Tachibana Yosuke would not have been able to ask for leave to go to Tokyo anyway. Tachibana Yosuke put the handkerchief that had been wiped off sweat back into his pocket, and came to the vestibule of the Ministry of Justice.It was just past three o'clock in the afternoon, and many cars were parked in the courtyard.Tachibana Yosuke took advantage of the break time of the symposium to walk from the Toranomon venue.

Tachibana Yosuke walked to a security guard and asked about the location of the "Registration Section of the Exit-Entry Administration Bureau". It turned out to be in the building behind the main building. Behind the main building, there are many small buildings.There are only two or three new buildings, most of which are old buildings.Along an avenue, the buildings on both sides are marked with signs such as "Judges' Hall", "First Lawyers Association" and so on. Yosuke Tachibana came to the building of the registration department.Yosuke looked around first.This is a two-story wooden structure building, and the cement plastered walls have already peeled off a lot, making it look dilapidated.

Tachibana Yosuke came to the second floor.In the recording room of the registration department, there are four male and female staff members who are busy working.The room was much bigger than Yosuke imagined. Tachibana Yosuke was at the door and asked a young girl, "I want to inquire about something." "What's the matter?" the young woman asked, rolling her eyelids. "May I know more about a lady I know who left the country a few days ago." "Ah!..." The girl turned her head with a smile, and glanced at a man in his fifties sitting inside by the window.

"Come here, please." The man pointed to a chair beside him.So, Tachibana Yosuke cautiously walked in from the side of the bookshelf. The other party handed over his business card: "I am Kaneko, the director of the department." He said while looking at Yosuke Tachibana's business card. "So you are from Fukuoka!..." Kaneko raised his thick eyebrows and looked at Yosuke Tachibana. "Yes!..." Yosuke Tachibana nodded. "What's your business?" "Ah!..." Yosuke Tachibana nodded hastily and said, "It's about a lady I know who went abroad on June 2 this year." "Don't you understand by looking at her own passport?" "That's true..." Yosuke Tachibana nodded with a wry smile, "However, I just can't see it right now." "The reason is very complicated!..." Jin Jin asked in a calm tone. "Ah?..." Yosuke Tachibana nodded vaguely. "That's right. I'm sorry to tell you that we can't answer you. You want to know the entry and exit situation of a specific person, but this is also a personal privacy. We have the responsibility to keep the confidentiality of the individual. Or ask in person , or there is an official document from the police, otherwise we will not agree." "Ah, that's right!..." Yosuke Tachibana nodded helplessly. Tachibana Yosuke was very unhappy and disappointed that he failed to achieve the expected purpose and did not expect this reason.But he didn't give up, and tried to ask: "Is there any situation where I come to ask?" "Yes. There are many cases like this. For example, I violated the traffic rules and did not appear in court when I was summoned by the court. However, if I went abroad during this period, of course I would not receive the summons from the court, and the court cannot hold it in contempt of court. , aggravate the punishment. However, if you have a passport, you can explain it, and if you lose your passport or can’t find it, you must come here for verification.” "Ah, ah, that's right!..." Yosuke Tachibana nodded, "So, in addition to inquiries with official certificates, can I also accept inquiries if I have reasons?" "Yes, although we must adhere to the principle of 'personal privacy first', if we think that it is not a crime to use this, we will generally agree." At this moment, Jin Jin's tone softened a little.So, Tachibana Yosuke took advantage of the momentum and continued: "So, if I have a legitimate reason, and I really can't come, can you tell me?" "Yes!..." Kaneko nodded, took out a cigarette, looked at Yosuke Tachibana and asked, "Then, what special reason do you have?" Tachibana Yosuke lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said with a determined voice: "Actually, my fiancée, a woman named Kiko Fuchigami, suddenly disappeared in early June. I asked her relatives and friends, but I didn't know that she disappeared suddenly. Of course, I also called the police. As you know, there are a lot of people who have run away from home recently, so the police can't take care of them." "Yes." Gold nodded. "Later, I recently heard from a friend of hers that Ji Hisako Fuchigami visited her home before she disappeared, saying that she had gone abroad. So I went to the Exit Division of the Fukuoka County Office. Sure enough, she died in May In the middle of the year, I applied for a passport to go abroad, and it was given to her in about 20 days. However, I don’t know which country she went to, so I came here to check for clues.” "So..." Kaneko looked at Yosuke Tachibana for a while with a thoughtful look, then extinguished the cigarette, put his yellowed fingers on his forehead, and tapped it lightly.He glanced at Yosuke's business card again, and then tentatively asked, "I understand what you're asking... You're in Tokyo, do you know any lawyers?" "Ah... yes." Among the classmates of Tachibana Yosuke University, there was a person who practiced as a lawyer in Tokyo, and he immediately remembered the name of this person, but he hadn't seen him for many years. But, at any rate, we know each other! "So, can you let him apply to us in the form of a lawyer's official document?" "Okay." Yosuke Tachibana nodded. "It's not that we don't sympathize with you. It's a principle. Otherwise, there must be a police certificate!..." "Okay, okay! I understand!..." Yosuke Tachibana thanked repeatedly. Jin Jin asked again: "Are you only looking for ladies?" "Of course." Yosuke Tachibana nodded. "okay then." When Yosuke Tachibana looked at him again, a wry smile appeared on Kaneko's always tense face: "In our place, when the husband is abroad, the wife often comes to investigate whether he is traveling with a lady named XX. Of course , we all declined." After speaking, he took out a form from the drawer, and told Tachibana Yosuke: "Fill in the information you want to know." This is an "Application for Inspection".Tachibana Yosuke wrote the name of "Kiki Hisako Fuchigami" in the column of "Exiter", but he had to leave the column of passport and date of departure blank. After the gold is put away, it means that it will be known tomorrow. At around four o'clock in the afternoon the next day, as soon as the symposium ended, Yosuke Tachibana came to the recording room again.Kaneko sat in his seat, and on the chair that Tachibana Yosuke sat on yesterday, sat a middle-aged woman in a kimono.Perhaps she was also the one who came to inquire. Seeing Yosuke Tachibana come in, Kaneko immediately interrupted the conversation, stood up, and handed over a piece of paper on the table. "You go through it first, and I'll give you a copy after your official application document arrives." Jin Jin instructed him. "Thank you so much!..." Yosuke Tachibana got up and bowed, and quickly took it with both hands. This is a typewritten material.The title of this material is "Response to Japanese Application".In the column of the last name, the Japanese-style Roman alphabet is written. The port of departure, year, month, day, serial number, port of entry, year, month, day, etc. are marked below. Tachibana Yosuke watched eagerly. The "Port of Departure" on the first line reads "Haneda Airport", which is of course the pinyin of the Roman alphabet.The date is "June 2, 197X"... Could it be that Ji Hisako Fuchigami really left from Itami Airport on June 2? However, when Yosuke Tachibana looked down again, he couldn't help but let out an "ah". The "port of entry" is "Haneda", and the date is "June 4th, Year X". The next thing is—Kiki Hisako Fuchigami departed from Itami Airport on June 5th and returned to Haneda Airport on June 11th. Tachibana Yosuke immediately couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart: Kiko Hisako Fuchigami really left Japan on June 2 and returned to China on June 11. However, during this period of time, she did not stay overseas all the time. She was involved in that case. On June 4th, I went back to Japan once, and went abroad again on June 5th. After Tachibana Yosuke thanked Kaneko, he handed back the "Reply", saying that he would send the application as soon as possible and then left. Tachibana Yosuke walked down the steps of this old building step by step.Regarding the murder of Zhenbi Xiumin, the "alibi" of Ji Hisako Fuchigami was self-defeating. Moreover, she intentionally created the illusion that she was abroad from June 2 to 11. In fact, she She quietly returned to Fukuoka on June 4, which made her possibility of committing the crime more clear. Yosuke Tachibana immediately rushed to the Tokyo branch of Kyushu TV in Yurakucho and called the production department in Fukuoka. Keiko Sugihara was not in the office, but it was Saeki who answered the phone.Saeki told him that Sugihara Keiko just went out because of the commemorative conference venue.Tachibana Yosuke told Saeki to call him as soon as Sugihara Kiko came back.He knew that Xizi was also eager to know what he had gained from his visit to the Ministry of Justice in Tokyo this time. After waiting for about twenty minutes, the phone rang.It was already past five o'clock in the afternoon.The sunset in Tokyo is about 40 minutes earlier than Fukuoka, but the artificial lighting is much brighter than Fukuoka.The branch office was empty. The call seemed to be from the city, very clear. "Mr. Yosuke? ... I'm Xizi." In the past, Keiko Sugihara only said her surname "Sugihara" in public, but today she made an exception.He said his name naturally. "Ah, how are you, busy?..." Yosuke Tachibana asked her with concern. "No, from yesterday to today, almost all of them are at the venue." Contrary to Yosuke Tachibana and the others, all the staff in the production department devoted themselves to the layout of the venue.But the weather is good, and everything is going very smoothly.This is what Yosuke Tachibana heard from the branch staff. "So, did you find anything there?" Yosuke Tachibana was asking about the investigation. "I found out here." Sugihara Keko's voice suddenly dropped. "On the night of July 3rd after you left, I finally found out the names of the other two female companions who went to Hawaii with Kikuko Fuchigami." Keiko Sugihara took out his notebook and reflected to Yosuke Tachibana , "It was an overseas group organized by the International Women's Association. The person who went to settle in Hawaii with her husband used to be a member of the Fukuoka branch of the association. Both of them are housewives." "Have you asked all the questions?" Yosuke Tachibana asked with concern. "Of course. Besides, I haven't said the purpose of the visit. However, the two people's statements are consistent..." From Keiko Sugihara's tone, it seemed that the situation was very complicated.After a while she went on: "However, concerning the killing of Hidetoshi Mabi, Kiko Hisako Fuchigami did have an 'alibi'." "What?..." Tachibana Yosuke was taken aback after hearing this, "What do you mean!" "The three of us, Ji Hisako Uchigami, left Haneda Airport by plane on the evening of June 1. Due to the time difference, we arrived in Hawaii at 9 o'clock in the morning on June 2, and we checked into the hotel at that time. By June Before Ms. Kikuko joined the investigation team of lawyers in Los Angeles on the 5th, the three of them had been shopping, visiting, and shopping together. I took the plane back to Japan that afternoon." "So..." Yosuke Tachibana said it again in a tone of disbelief, "From 8:00 p.m. From 0:00 to 1:00 a.m., Kiko is indeed in Hawaii!..." However, Sugihara Keko said calmly: "That's true. The two wives answered very simply....Moreover, I can't see that the two of them are lying." "Are you sure?" "It's a pity, but it's true." Keiko Sugihara nodded, then raised his head suddenly, looked at Yosuke Tachibana and asked, "Then, what about the Ministry of Justice?" "Hmm!..." Tachibana Yosuke nodded, and told Sugihara Keiko what he saw. "What, this bitch returned to China on June 4th?!..." This time, Sugihara Keiko asked loudly. "Yes. It is stated in the passport that she entered the country on June 4 and left the country again on June 5. Therefore, I think she used this illusion of going abroad to commit crimes." "This is too strange..." Sugihara Keiko said inexplicably.Could it be that the records of the Ministry of Justice are wrong? After Tachibana Yosuke said "Let's think about it again", he hung up the phone. I don't know when it was completely dark.The colorful neon lights reflected on the glass windows are dancing.The hustle and bustle of the metropolis can be felt on the skin. Tachibana Yosuke suddenly fell into deep thought... I was overseas, but my passport "returned" to China.There is only one explanation for this strange phenomenon... "Bastard, this is the only way it can be done!..." After thinking for a long time, Tachibana Yosuke said decisively.