Chapter 8 chapter eight

Mioka got off the taxi and looked at the square in front of Machiyanagi Station.Men and women stood at the entrance of the station and kept looking around, no different from other stations.But he just didn't see Jin Mi's figure. Ajika walked into the station.People came and went near the ticket gate, but no one stood still.Jin Mi was not in the station either. He raised his hand and looked at his watch—it was eight past three.The electronic clock in the station also showed 8:03.He was a full forty-five minutes late. Will Jin Mi wait elsewhere?He walks alone in the station.There was a small lighted shop in the corner, and young saleswomen were handing out goods to customers.But there was no woman standing nearby.

He walked out of the station and circled around, but he still didn't see Jin Mi.He looked across the road again, but found no sign of her. If I hadn't been caught by Mokichi, I wouldn't have been late. Jin Mi should not go back just like that.She specially ran to Kyoto from Karino Onsen, not to mention forty-five minutes, it would not be strange to wait an hour. Wei Gang secretly hoped that when he got out of the taxi, Jin Mi, who had been waiting for a long time, would pounce on him and say, "I've been waiting so hard!" He thought Jin Mi would ask himself angrily... Looking at the street lights across the road, I feel that my expectations have been dashed.

Could it be that Jin Mi got impatient and took a taxi to go shopping in the city?After all, they have an appointment to meet, and it is unlikely to miss it.So he stood by the side of the road and looked at the taxis approaching the station, but unfortunately none of the people who got out of the car was Jin Mi. It's half past eight.How could this be?Why don't you wait another twenty minutes.Mioka waited for a full hour, but Jin Mi still didn't come.He wanted to go back, but he was afraid that as soon as he left, Jin Mi would come back.Presumably everyone has had this experience, right?

Has Jin Mi encountered any unexpected situation?For example, the taxi she was riding in had a traffic accident and she was injured...or she was hit by a car while walking on the road before taking a taxi...If Jin Mi went to the hospital, there would naturally be no way to contact Wei Gang. wrong!She can contact Mioka! Mioka suddenly thought, she can call Hotel K! Leaving aside the speculation about the traffic accident, Jin Mi, who couldn't wait any longer, would most likely call Hotel K to inquire about the situation. Ajika walked towards the phone booth.He took out the matchbox of Hotel K from his pocket and dialed the hotel's phone number.

"I'm Mioka from room XX, is there a phone number for me?" Although this hotel made him very unhappy, now he can only turn to the hotel for help. "Please wait a moment." The switching station changed again, this time a serious young man answered.While waiting for the other party's reply, Ajika also kept holding up the receiver, watching the situation outside the phone booth.Taxi arriving at the station, passers-by passing by... He actually carefully observed the brightly lit Demachiyanagi Station. Another employee's voice came from the other end of the receiver: "Is it Mr. Mioka?" It was not the voice of the room director.Mioka felt that the director might not be off work yet, but was hiding behind the staff and eavesdropping...

"I did have a call for you." "Where did you call from?" Mioka was very excited, but he still pretended to be calm and asked. "It was Ms. Jinmi calling at seven forty-five." At seven forty-five, Ajika was still in the taxi. "Did she leave a message?" Wei Gang asked hastily. "Stay. I'll go ahead. The place is called Hongyezhuang. It's near Kifuneguchi Station on the Kurama Line. You can see it when you get off the bus. I seem to have missed it with Mr. Mioka. If he calls to ask, please tell me so." Him."...That's it. "

"Hongye Zhuang?" "Yes, the red of the red, the leaf of the leaf." "thanks." "You're welcome." Ajika slammed open the door of the phone booth. The tram was full of people.Everyone was busy going home from downtown. Sure enough, Jin Mi went to the hotel first.But why didn't she wait a little longer at the station? Wei Gang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Jin Mi's message, but he was a little dissatisfied with Jin Mi's message. Since he couldn't find anyone at the hotel, doesn't that mean that Mioka has already left for Demachiyanagi Station?Why not wait a little longer at the station?

When she called Mioka from the cafe in front of Kyoto Station, she said that she didn't want to go to Kibune's hotel alone. How is this going? However, maybe Ajika was late for too long and made her unhappy.As soon as you arrive in Kyoto, you have to wait in front of the station for forty-five minutes, and it is inevitable to get angry.There's no way, just provoke her first, then the pleasure will be more flavorful. Mioka almost laughed, but he noticed it right away and tightened his lips. As soon as Jin Mi's call came, the staff at the front desk of the hotel must have known that Mioka was going on a date with a woman named "Jin Mi"...

Every time the tram stops, a group of passengers gets off.Because no one got on the bus, there were more and more empty seats on the bus.The mountains outside the window are getting closer and closer to the tram... He won't be going back to the hotel tonight.He could even imagine the front desk staff snickering.In the evening, there is nothing to do at the front desk.The waiters are bound to gather to discuss the occupants of the store. No matter how serious Mioka was when he deposited his keys, his image would be ruined by this call. Besides, they even know the name of the date. "Jin Mi" is definitely not a surname, it sounds like a geisha's stage name.Can't she say her real name, Murakami?

And when she called Mioka from the coffee shop, why didn't she just say "I'm staying at Hongyezhuang tonight"?If you say it, you don't have to repeat it when you leave a message.If she had been more thoughtful, the people at the front desk would not have known. Of course, Jin Mi wanted to take a taxi with Mioka to the hotel at first, so he didn't think it was necessary to tell Mioka the name of the hotel.As long as she knows what's in her mind. It's all Moji's fault.Who told him to block himself in the lobby and talk for a long time.And Sueji talked for a long time, showing off how good he is at golf.

The tram stopped again.Passengers swarmed down.There were only lights near the station, and it didn't take long for the tram to start, and the surroundings fell into darkness.There are dark mountains on both sides of the tram. "Go to the cool Kurama Mountain in summer! Goma for health care and evil!" Ajika looked at the posters hanging in the carriage intentionally or unintentionally.On it is a picture of a crow tengu flying on the cedar tree avenue. Maybe the person at the front desk will tell Suekichi about this. He began another period of unpleasant imagination. Sueyoshi doesn't live at the K Hotel, so it's highly unlikely that he'll hear about it.But Mioka had a premonition that Sueyoshi would definitely appear in the lobby again tonight, or tomorrow morning. The tram is getting closer and closer to Guichuan Station.The compartment was getting empty.Mioka closed his eyes.He decided to think more about Jin Mi who was waiting in Hongye Zhuang, so as to prevent himself from falling into unpleasant delusions again. There is a straight ramp in front of Guichuankou Station.Going up the ramp, you must be the station of the Anma Mountain Ropeway.Then Ajika walked down the ramp.The houses on both sides of the road are lined up neatly.The house with the signboard of "Hongyezhuang Hotel" is on the hillside about 100 meters away from the house.Although it is a hotel, it is just a small two-story house, which can only be regarded as a hotel at best.Behind the house was a dark fir forest, smelling of leaves. Mioka pushed open the door, only to see that the lighting in the room was dim, and he couldn't even see the depths of the corridor clearly.There were also large potted palms on the road, blocking his view. The front desk is small, and behind the counter sits a man in a bow tie. He glanced at Mioka, lowered his head and said, "Welcome." "Uh...my companion should have arrived..." He didn't give his name, nor did he mention Jin Mi's name.He felt that as long as he said "companion", the other party should be able to understand.He didn't know whether Kim Mi was wearing a kimono or a western dress, so he couldn't tell her characteristics. "Yes, she's already here. It's in room 208. Walk along this corridor to the end and turn right to the eighth room." He didn't stand up to lead Mioka, and naturally he didn't call other waiters.He never came out of the counter at all. Ajika was taken aback.Kim Mi said it was a "good secluded hotel" that was introduced to her by a guest.But when you walk in and take a look, it is simply a so-called love hotel!This is too shabby, right? Of course, this place is located in a secluded mountainous area outside of Kyoto, so there is nothing unusual about having a love hotel.But the building of the hotel is really broken.However, there was no waiter to take him to the room or provide services in the room, which made Mioka a lot easier. Ajika knocked on the door with "No.208" printed on it.No one answered.He held the doorknob and turned it, only to find that the door was not locked. In front of the narrow cement floor, there is a paper door.Seeing the paper door, Mioka knew it was a Japanese-style room.When I opened the paper door, I saw a room with eight stacks of tatami mats.There are wooden shelves on the front, and a small vermilion square table is placed in the middle of the room, which is plain and unremarkable.There are ink landscape paintings on the wall and a flower arrangement of lilies in a pot.There’s a Kyoto doll in a glass case on a shelf, and there’s a TV in the corner of the room. There was no one in the room, and beside the tea set on the small table, there was a black crocodile leather handbag.On a hanger on the wall, hung a bright beige top, and underneath was a double skirt, also beige.It seems Kim Mi came in a western suit.The design of the tote bag is very luxurious, and the top is also very fashionable.It can be seen that Jin Mi really put in a lot of effort to go out this time. He immediately understood why there was no one in the room.The sound of water burst into my ears.The bathroom seemed to be running water.It looked like she had just entered the bathroom to take a shower. Ajika looked at the bamboo basket beside him.One of the two sets of bathrobes was missing, and the remaining set was neatly placed in the basket. He sat down at the square table helplessly and smoked a cigarette.There are two teacups next to the ashtray, one is turned upside down on the basin, and the other has half a cup of tea left in it.There was hot water in the kettle, so Mioka picked up a teacup, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it slowly.He wanted to watch TV for a while, but the TV seemed to be malfunctioning, and there was no picture for a long time. Mioka waited for a full twenty minutes, but Jin Mi still didn't come out of the bathroom, and the water from the faucet kept running.This bath is really long enough. Ajika took off his clothes and changed into a hotel yukata.The experience in Karino Hot Spring made him want to take a bath with Jin Mi.He opened the paper door next to it, and there was a narrow corridor, next to the washstand was the bathroom, separated by a frosted glass door.The light was on in the bathroom, and there was a snow-white mist opposite the frosted glass.The sound of water could be heard more clearly. "Hello." Ajika asked through the glass door before undressing.But there was no reply. "It's me, I'm at the hotel." Still no reply.Could it be that she is washing her hair?Maybe she was lowering her head and punching her hair, so she couldn't hear Veoka's shout. Ajika pushed open the bathroom door.Steam hits my face.He looked into the tub through the steam—there was no naked woman in the tub.Water kept overflowing from the cramped tub, and water pooled on the tiles. He lifted the hem of his bathrobe, took off his socks, walked to the bathroom, and turned off the faucet. Strange. Only then did Mioka notice that there was no yukata or underwear in the bamboo basket in the bathtub. He returned to the big room again and opened the paper door deep in the room. There are two thin quilts with light blue background and small flower patterns spread on the floor.The small desk lamp beside the pillow was not on, and with the light from the big room, Mioka saw that one of the quilts was bulging. "Ah, so you've already taken a shower and got into bed?" Mioka imagined Kanya who was waiting impatiently at Demachiyanagi station.Maybe she was angry, that's why she got into the bed, but Mioka ignored her. "Hey, Jin Mi, what's the matter with you?" Wei Gang approached the pillow with a smile, and raised a corner of the quilt covering his face... Mioka almost yelled.He rushed out of the room and put his foot on the cement at the entrance. Free eyeballs caught a pair of white high heels.When I first entered the room, I was looking for someone, but I didn't notice it.Now he instead found the pair of shoes on the shoebox. The shoes of the woman who died in the quilt were neatly placed on the shoe box like living things.Seeing this, Wei Gang suddenly felt powerless and sat on the ground paralyzed. He put his head in his hands.What to do next... Do you want to notify the male waiter at the front desk immediately?But then you will be questioned by the police.Name, address, occupation...everything has to be honestly explained.Even if he claimed that he had nothing to do with the deceased, the police would ask him, why did you come to this hotel?Ajika refused to answer, and it was difficult for him to answer.He did come to date women. Of course, it wasn't the dead one that he wanted to see.But the time and place to meet are all agreed in advance.Until the police find out that Mioka has nothing to do with the matter, he will be detained. The name "Masahiro Mioka" will appear in the newspaper: "The person who found the body, Masahiro Mioka, the executive of Nisei Construction. Mioka went to the love hotel Hongyezhuang in Kibune in the northern suburbs of Kyoto..." Not only will it be published in newspapers, but also in magazines will also board. The company's reputation is discredited.Ajika will definitely take the blame and resign. Mioka's mind flashed his wife's expression of grief and anger.He also has a daughter who will graduate from a women's college next year and a son who will start college this spring. So he decided, without telling the front desk staff, to sneak away. How to escape?This kind of love hotel has only one exit, and you have to go through the front desk to leave. Mioka remembered that he had read a report.A couple opened the room, and then the man told the person at the front desk that the person who came with me was asleep, so don't wake her up, he has to go back first, so he paid the money and left.Afterwards, the staff ran to the room and found that the woman had been killed.The police determined that the man who went back early was the suspect. Mioka thought about ways to escape.Why don't he go and pay the rent first?But he only stayed in the room for twenty minutes, the front desk staff will be suspicious, right?Then you can only say: "I have something to go out suddenly, my companion will stay tonight, don't wake her up." But this is too dangerous.That employee would definitely be staring at Ajika.Of course, the staff took a look at him when they entered the store, but it was only a quick glance.If he saw it for a second time, the impression would definitely be deeper, and his physical characteristics would also be remembered by him—an obese man in his fifties.And he left after staying for twenty minutes, the other party's suspicion must be even heavier, maybe he will rush to room 208 immediately... He decided to leave the hotel by other means of concealment instead of going through the front desk. He tucked his shoes under his arm and went back into the room.Opposite the paper door of the bedroom is a glass window with curtains drawn.Mioka unlocked the window and saw a narrow corridor and a garden.There is also a brick wall not far away, which looks a little tall. As the saying goes, a dog jumps over a wall in a hurry, and when people are forced to rush, they can also display superpowers that are unimaginable in ordinary times.This is the case when escaping from a fire, for example.Many people who have saved their lives will lament afterwards how they could carry such a heavy thing. The fat Mioka tied the laces of his two shoes together, hung them around his neck, struggled to climb up the brick wall, and jumped down again.When it landed, it crushed a few shrubs and made a noise, which was particularly harsh in the quiet deep mountains and old forests.Ajika broke out in a cold sweat, but fortunately there was no sound of footsteps coming from the direction of the hotel. He just took off the shoes around his neck, untied the shoelaces, and put the shoes on his feet.There was a path beside the brick wall, a stream across the grass, and a dark fir forest all around.Ajika felt the deep darkness pressing towards him... The path splits into two halfway, leading to the entrance of the hotel, but Mioka naturally didn't have the courage to take that path.He walked up the uphill path for a while, came to the end behind the house, turned right, and came to a main road. It was approaching ten o'clock, and the windows and doors of the houses on both sides of the road were closed, and no one stood at the door.On the opposite side is a high earth embankment, and the brightly lit tram speeds downhill along the road.Ajika couldn't help but turn his back to the road and squat down. He was afraid that people from the hotel would catch up, so he didn't go to Guichuankou Station.The station employee might even testify that a fat man got on the train around ten o'clock. Ajika walked briskly along the ramp.There was no sound of footsteps behind him.Fat Wei Okamoto is not good at walking, but he actually walked the one-kilometer uphill road without resting once.This is also a superpower that can be used in critical moments.Deep in the mountains and old forests, in the dead of night, Wei Gang didn't meet anyone along the way. He managed to reach the Kurama Station.There is a big hotel on the slope in front of the station, and its black shadow is cast on the road. A tram is parked on the platform.Mioka bought a ticket to Demachiyanagi Station, and had to be careful not to let his face be seen by the staff.There were only a dozen or so guests in the tram, so he picked a corner seat and turned his whole body to the window. This is the penultimate tram of the day. The woman in the quilt was murdered.Ajika thought as he gazed at the lonely lights in the darkness.His mood finally calmed down. Under the dim light, his eyes widened.The still eyeballs and the whites of the eyes were shining... The person in the quilt was the secretary of Dongmei Institute of Economics—— Miyoko Sawada. Her head was not resting on the pillow, her chin was raised, and there seemed to be a red mark on her neck.But Mioka was too flustered at the time, so he couldn't take a closer look. Her hair was wet, and Ajika reached out to touch her hair, and even his fingers were wet with water, which he remembered clearly.It looks like she just got out of the shower. But the faucet of the bathtub was not turned off.The overflowing water from the bathtub formed puddles on the bathroom tiles.He remembered taking off his socks, wading through the water and running to turn off the tap. If Zetian died of a heart attack after taking a bath and getting into bed, then the bathtub faucet should have been turned off.But she was wearing a hotel bathrobe, lying on the bed and died.It appears that the faucet was turned on on purpose. The killer probably did it while she was in the shower.After the murder, he carried the body out of the bathtub, helped her put on her bathrobe, and stuffed her into the quilt.It's only possible that... As soon as Mioka arrived at the hotel, he said to the front desk staff, "My companion has come." The staff immediately replied, "Yes, it's in room 208." Mioka thought the woman had arrived 40 minutes ago. If I had known this before, I should have asked that employee when she arrived... The door was not locked.Someone sneaked into the room.The woman was taking a bath in the bathroom, which meant that she had just arrived in the room not long ago.Perhaps she had come just forty minutes ago.In other words, just after the murderer left, Ajika came... How did the murderer escape?If the murderer and Sawada came to the hotel together, then the murderer should use the method Mioka just thought of, pretending that his companion was asleep, and walk out swaggeringly.As soon as Mioka entered the hotel, the front desk staff said, "Your companion has arrived and is in room 208." This shows that Miyoko Sawada came to the hotel alone. The tram was heading towards Kyoto, and the night view outside the window seemed to be receding.Every time you stop, the surrounding lights will increase a little.The high mountains have gone away, and the sky and fields are unfolding before Mioka's eyes.The lights of high-rise buildings also began to emerge sporadically... The lights in the car and Mioka's face were reflected on the window glass.The light outside the window continued to flash across Mioka's eyes, like a double exposure of a movie. Wrinkles on the forehead, lifeless eyes, ugly nose, sagging lips, puffy cheeks, nasolabial folds extending from the nose to the mouth... The light in the car came from both sides of the cheeks, making Mioka's face The ugly parts on the top are more conspicuous. Facing that ugly face, Mioka murmured to himself, "Cheer up. I've been tricked. Be calm and get out of the trap. Don't be impatient. Don't lose your temper. Think about it!" Think about it! But the eyes reflected in the window were clearly full of fear. He turned around and looked up at the car. "Go to the cool Kurama Mountain in summer! Goma for health care and evil!" The text on the poster is blurred, as if wearing a pair of glasses with the wrong prescription. No more, no more.Ajika looked around the carriage again.There were few passengers in the car, and most of them were dozing off.A man crossed his legs, and a pair of bright socks were exposed under his trousers. Only then did Mioka realize that his feet seemed to be able to feel the inside of the leather shoes... He wasn't wearing socks! He took off his socks before going into the bathroom.But when I ran away, I was too flustered and forgot to put on my socks... Mioka's heart was pounding and his tinnitus was getting worse. As soon as he saw the female corpse under the quilt, he hurriedly changed back into his own clothes, but he forgot the socks.He was so full of thoughts of "running away from the hotel," that he forgot all his usual habits—coats, shirts, and trousers were all taken out of the bamboo baskets.It also took a long time to button the shirt, showing how flustered he was.If the blue socks were in the basket, he would put them on automatically.Unfortunately, the socks weren't there.It may have fallen elsewhere.He usually likes to throw things around, and socks are no exception. Sometimes he takes off the two socks in different places, and his wife often scolds him. Yes, he left his socks in that room. He couldn't go back to Hotel K barefoot.Fortunately, when he arrived at Demachiyanagi Station, he found that the grocery store in front of the station was still open. "What's the matter with you?" the shopkeeper asked after seeing Mioka sitting on a chair wearing socks.After all, few guests will wear shoes on bare feet. "As soon as I stepped into the pond, I threw away the wet socks." "Well, then you are really unlucky..." Kamioka's shoes were not wet.I don't know if the owner noticed it. After buying socks, Ajika went back to the station and waited for a taxi. Will those socks be evidence in the case?That kind of socks can be bought everywhere, and my wife bought them in a department store. There are at least tens of thousands of identical pairs all over the country, and his name is not stitched on them.This should not be evidence, right? The scenery in front of the station was the same as it was three hours ago.It's just that there are fewer people in the station and the shops are closed.The street lights in front of the station also dimmed a lot. The scenery is changing quietly.However, for Mioka, it was a thrilling three hours that related to the ups and downs of his life.He couldn't believe that so many things happened in just three hours.How wonderful it would be if all of this was my own illusion... After waiting for a long time, no taxi came.Turning around, there was a long-haired young man in the public phone booth next to him, happily making a call.The light illuminated his face and shoulders. Three hours ago, I also walked into that phone booth and called Hotel K. It was Miss Kimmy calling at seven forty-five. Ajika walked towards the phone booth. He looked at his watch.Eleven fifteen.Some people may not be asleep yet.This public phone should be able to make long distance calls, right?He took his notebook out of his pocket. The young man hadn't finished calling yet.He held the receiver, talking and laughing. When I picked up the receiver later, there was still the young man's body temperature on it, right?It's disgusting. Suddenly, the hand holding the notebook began to tremble uncontrollably. In Room 208 of the Lover Hotel Hongyezhuang, it was full of my own fingerprints! The young man came out of the phone booth. "I kept you waiting," he said in Kyoto dialect. With his weak consciousness, Mioka walked into the telephone booth drowsily.The earpiece was really warm. He found that there was a notice from the telephone exchange posted on the phone: "This public phone cannot make calls outside the city." Ajika finally got a taxi. "Guest, where are you going?" the driver asked as soon as he got into the car. "..." He was confused, and he didn't say until the driver asked again, "Then go to Yuike Avenue." He can't go back to K Hotel, he has to change to another hotel.He thought of a hotel on Oike Avenue.After eleven o'clock, there were few pedestrians on the road and few cars on the road.The taxi sped away. But if he stayed in another hotel tonight, the police would question him afterwards, and he would be unable to argue.He obviously had a room at Hotel K, why did he choose to spend the night in another hotel tonight?This alone is enough to make the police suspicious.They would definitely think: "You killed someone tonight, so you didn't dare to go back to the hotel, so you hid somewhere else." Thinking of this, he could only go back to that unpleasant K Hotel.After the car drove to Yuike Avenue, he told the driver to go to K Hotel. At eleven thirty-five, Ajika pushed open the hotel door and scanned the lobby.There was no one in the lobby, half the lights were out, and it was very dark in the corner.No one was waiting for his return. There was no one behind the counter at the front desk either.Naturally, the director of the housekeeping department was also missing.He finally felt relieved.If the group of people who were on duty when he went out gathered together and stared at him, they would laugh at Mioka and come back after a few hours.They also knew which hotel Mioka had gone to and which woman he had met.A lady named Kinya is waiting for you at Momijisou Hotel at Kifuneguchi Station on the Kurama Line. That's why Mioka didn't want to go back to K Hotel. Hearing Mioka's footsteps, an employee who was sitting with his back to the key cabinet raised his head and stood up.Sleepily, he found Mioka's key and handed it to Mioka mechanically. "Good night." He said flatly. Entering the room, Mioka immediately took off his coat and threw his tie and clothes on the bed.He unbuttoned his shirt, poured a full glass of water, and drank it in one gulp.Only then did he realize that his throat was so dry that it was about to burst into flames. He sat down on the chair.The heaviness of fatigue swept over.But he couldn't rest there.He propped up his heavy body with both hands, commanded himself to stand up, picked up the jacket on the bed, took out the notebook from his pocket, and turned to one of the pages - in the Demachiyanagi phone booth, he also opened that page.On it was the phone number Jin Mi told him last night. Eleven fifty-five.A geisha is a nocturnal job, so she should not be asleep at this time.He hit the outside line directly, and turned the dial according to the numbers in the notebook.The first four digits are the area code for Karino. There was a beeping signal tone in my ear.Moments later, an older woman answered the phone. "Excuse me, is this Jin Mi's house?" "Yes, may I ask if you are..." "I saw her once at the banquet, is she at home now?" He didn't want to casually report his name to the person who answered the phone. "Please wait a moment." The older woman didn't ask any more questions when she heard that the call was from a customer.Maybe it's the maid of Jin Mi's family. Ajika almost let go of the receiver.Kanami seems to be at home—that's Karino Onsen in R County! "Hello." It was indeed Jin Mi's voice on the other end of the phone.He felt as if something was blocked in his throat, and he didn't say a word for a long time. "Hello?... Strange..." The other party's voice was full of surprise. "... Jin Mi?" He finally spoke.He also knew that his tone of voice was different from usual. "I'm Jin Mi, who are you?" "I'm Mioka." "Weigaoka? Ah, Mr. Weigang? When did you come?" Although she was a little surprised, it was just pure surprise. "I didn't go to Karino, I'm in Kyoto." "Oh, what a nuisance. I thought you were calling from Karino." If you directly dial the phone number of the other party, the person who answers the phone will not be able to tell whether the call is from outside the city or from within the city. "Didn't you come to Kyoto?" "Kyoto? No, I've been in Karino all the time." Five hours ago, the phone call from the cafe in front of Kyoto Station had the same voice.The only difference is that the background music of the coffee shop can still be heard at that time. "That's weird. Didn't you call me in my room before seven o'clock this evening and say that you've arrived at Kyoto Station?" Ajika's voice was trembling. "Me?" Jin Mi's voice was filled with surprise, "How could it be?! I didn't go to Kyoto, let alone call you from Kyoto... right, mother-in-law?" She asked her mother-in-law beside her for confirmation.The mother-in-law said, "Yes, Jin Mi has been here all along." "Then have you ever called from Karino to go to the golf course before?" "Golf course? No! Ajika-san, why are you asking so many strange things?" That voice, that tone of voice, that tone of voice...it was the same as the phone call to the golf course. Mr. Mioka, I am not sure whether you will come to the hot spring, so I decided to go to Kyoto to find you...and people miss you, hehe...don't worry, I know it's inconvenient, I will stay Another hotel... When I get to Kyoto, I will call your room and decide where to go. "Hello? What's the matter with you?" "Oh, I'm listening." "I haven't called Kyoto, but you said that you will come to the hot spring on the return trip, so I have been waiting for you, really, I have been waiting for you!" He pricked up his ears, and even her words and sentences were exactly the same as the phone call from the cafe in front of Kyoto Station. Then I will wait for you at Demachiyanagi Station.Don't make me wait too long!Yeah?That would be great. If it was someone pretending to be Jin Mi calling... would there be someone with such a similar voice in the world? "I see," Wei Gang said with his head down, "That's it, I'll hang up first, good night." After finishing speaking, he sat down heavily on the chair. If you dial the number of the other party directly, you can't tell whether it's Karino or Kyoto.In the past, long-distance calls had to go through a switchboard, and the operator would tell you: "The call is from Karino." But now you dial the number directly, and even if you are in Karino, you can lie that you are calling from Kyoto. However, whether the call to the golf course at noon or the call to the hotel before seven in the evening, it is definitely Jin Mi's voice, and it is absolutely impossible for someone else to pretend.Especially the phone call at noon - there are some things that only Jin Mi knows. I want to see you earlier, and I have something to tell you about the "under the mountain" thing you asked about. Wei Gang believes that "Yamashita" is Liu Yuan Kosuke who died on the roof of the Shenbang Building. He has been lurking in Karino Hot Springs before.Jin Mi made an appointment to tell Wei Gang the information about "Yamashita". If that call was really from someone else, how did she know about "Shanxia"? The phone calls during the day and the evening calls were all made by Jin Mi himself.Jin Mi clearly lied.No, not a lie, but a conspiracy. Mioka was deceived by Jin Ya's phone call, and excitedly ran to the love hotel at the foot of Mount Kurama, which was shrouded in night, and approached Miyoko Sawada who was in the bed.Besides, he changed into a hotel bathrobe at that time and sat next to the bed where she was.He couldn't believe that he escaped. Why did Miyoko Sawada, the secretary of Koshido Akira, die in such a place?Ajika saw a strangle mark on her neck.The faucet was not turned off, which is the best evidence of homicide. Why was Miyoko Sawada murdered?Mioka's brain was powerless to think about this problem at all.How to clear yourself of suspicion?That alone was enough to bother him. How about calling the police?It is said that there is a strangled female body in Room 208 of Hongyezhuang.The police would certainly not suspect anyone who took the initiative to call the police. What am I thinking about! Mioka came back to his senses.He can't reveal his name casually.Even if the suspicion of murder is cleared, the fact of "going to a hotel tryst with a woman" is fatal. Moreover, Jin Mi will definitely deny his own testimony, just like what he said in the phone call just now: I will not go to Kyoto, I have been in Karino, I have never called at all, Mr. Mioka said It's all lies. ——Besides, Miyoko Sawada in the bed seems to have just died not long ago. Her hair was still wet.The head was not on the pillow, and the bedding underneath was wet.Come to think of it, when Mioka touched Sawada's cheek with his fingers, he didn't feel that his cheek was cold, and even a little warm, which showed that she had just finished taking a bath.He was the room he went to at that time, and he honestly waited for her in the next room for a full twenty minutes. Thinking of the room full of his own fingerprints, Ajika almost fainted.That is unshakable physical evidence.How should this be done, what should be done! If possible, it is best to go to room 208 of Hongyezhuang again and wipe off all fingerprints with a dry cloth.It's worth the time it takes as long as all the fingerprints are wiped off.And get those socks back by the way... Ajika fidgeted.He forgot about his incomparably heavy body, panting heavily and pacing back and forth in the room.