Chapter 20 Chapter Six

The next day's newspaper reported that the body of the dead Goro Ueda had been found.His body drifted to the Miura Peninsula and was found by fishing boats.There was a large horizontal blow scar on the head, which was caused by a sudden blow. When Goro Ueda changed direction, the mainsail suddenly rebounded and was hit by the mainsail mast and fell into the sea. The place of death was about 139 degrees 11 minutes east longitude and 35 degrees 7 minutes north latitude.When returning to Oilpot from Miyake Island, most of them go north along the line of 139 degrees 30 east longitude, and under the influence of tide and wind direction, it will be more or less left or right. The accident occurred slightly to the left of the 19°30 line.This location happened to be the place where the Sagami River flows into the bay, the mouth of Hiratsuka.

The newspaper also published Shibamura's short speech. "When I came to the place of wreck, I was operating the rudder stick at the stern. Because the ship was a little westward, I wanted to correct the direction and go to the east. At this time, the headwind was strong and rushed into the mainsail. At that time, Ueda-kun was under the mainsail. I I didn't expect that there would be an accident. The sail suddenly bounced to the left. At this moment, Ueda-kun seemed to be thrown into the sea like a ball. I stopped the boat immediately and searched around the spot where Ueda-kun fell into the sea, but I couldn't find him. I have always hoped that Ueda-kun will survive, but now I hear that the body was found, and I am very sad."

These remarks were made by Shibamura at Hospital A in Yokohama. Jinji already had a general understanding of the events of the previous day's death, and at the same time knew that Shibamura was still in the hospital in Yokohama. What happened to Miyako?I don't know if I went to the hospital or not.She still hasn't called. Jin Ji hesitated again whether to visit the hospital or not.Now that Shibamura can accept interviews with reporters and make speeches, it is clear that his health has recovered.Well, you'll be out of the hospital soon.I already talked to someone from Shibamura on the phone yesterday, so I can't pretend I don't know.

I feel that I have to go to see the doctor, but I am hesitant and can't muster up the courage. I don't know the news about Miyako and I will meet Shibamura, so I can't make mental preparations.Therefore, I decided not to go to Yokohama today.Consider going tomorrow.Tomorrow, there may be news of her. Now I'm worried about Miyako's luggage temporarily stored at Tokyo Station.It was black leather with a red line, a characteristic leather case.I don't know if anyone has already recognized that it belongs to Miyako.The luggage storage window is often crowded with people depositing and claiming luggage.While waiting, my eyes stopped on the luggage rack, seeing that characteristic suitcase, would I have doubts?People who know that Miyako is missing may not come to this window.The luggage of the woman who lost his voice is there, of course the person who stored the luggage must be held accountable.The person who took the suitcase from Jinji was a man of about forty years old with a square face.While he was busy, this person still stared at the depositor's face for a few times, maybe he was memorizing the person's face.

Jin Ji really wanted to go to Tokyo Station to get the suitcase back.But doing so is tantamount to letting the other party remember his face again.If the suitcase is retrieved, there is no need to worry about being found.But when Miyako's disappearance made a big fuss about the suitcase trimmed with red stripes, the only way to find it was at the luggage storage at the station.Therefore, the person in charge cannot be left with a strong impression. Secondly, how to deal with this suitcase is also a thorny issue. When it was stored at the station, it was temporarily stored at the station because it did not know how to deal with it.You can't take it home, and you can hide it in a place that the housekeeper doesn't know, but if you become suspicious by the police, you can't say that you don't have the risk of searching the house.

What happened to Miyako?This strange incident has already made Jinji's mind nearly go crazy.The term "evaporation" has become popular recently, and this incident is simply "evaporation".Jin Jilian thought of the strange disappearance that happened in a foreign country. A ship sailing at sea, all the people on board disappeared.That was an example from a foreign country. Now that something happened around him, Jinji was almost restless, not to mention that he couldn't just talk about it.Thinking alone, worrying alone, and feeling that strange things are about to happen to me, I am about to have a nervous breakdown.

As a result, the next day he still did not go to the hospital to visit Shibamura.Therefore, on the sixth day since sending fire with Miyako on the 16th, that is, after ten o'clock in the morning on the 21st, when the butler told him that a person surnamed Shibamura called, it was indescribably dark Chaos, and bright hope hit him alternately. "Women?" "No, sir." When he knew it was not Miyako, Jinji's hope was shattered, replaced by violent anxiety and fear.Shibamura called, and the one who was about to come had already arrived. He picked up the phone receiver with the mood of facing the storm at sea.

"Hi, long time no see." Shibamura's thick voice was quite clear. "Yeah, it's you." Jin Ji said, but couldn't say the next words for a moment. "I heard that you called to visit the doctor that day, thank you." Shibamura spoke first. "There, I saw the news in the newspaper, and I was very worried. Is it all right?" Only then did Jin Ji return to himself, but he was still uneasy. It can't be like this, we must deal with Shibamura well, so as not to arouse his suspicion.Although he warned himself like this, the phone call came too suddenly, and he couldn't cope with it for a while.

"Toefl, it's completely healed. I'm sorry to make you worry." Shibamura still spoke in a clear voice. "Congratulations, but, according to the newspaper reports, it's unfortunate and sympathetic for your friend to encounter such a thing." Jinji finally returned to normal speaking. "This time is really bad. I thought I was very sure about the yacht. There is no way to predict such a terrible thing. I don't know what to do with Ueda-kun. I feel sorry for his bereaved family." At this point, Shibamura's voice turned sad. "There is nothing to do about the past. It's not your fault, it's an irresistible force." Jinji said comfortingly.

"If I knew I would not have participated in that competition, I really regret it." Saying that, Shibamura suddenly fell silent.It seemed that there was something to say, but he couldn't speak for a while.After comprehending this meaning, Jinji's heart beat violently again. "It's like this," Shibamura said in a very different tone from before, "my wife is gone." Jinji felt as if he had been hit in the head with a stone.He had thought for a long time that maybe one day Shibamura would say these words.Maybe there is no such thing, but in case it happens, how to answer?

However, the decisive fact of Miyako's disappearance made his eyes darker than Shibamura's voice. "real?" "Ah, I also thought it was impossible for you to know. I was just trying to ask." what happened?When the couple quarrels, does the wife run out without saying a word?Jin-gil said what he had thought about beforehand.Shibamura replied: "Oh, no. When I went out to participate in the yacht race, she said that there was a class reunion held in the Nara area. I went there on the 15th, and today is the seventh day, so I checked and found that there was no class reunion. , very strange." Shibamura smiled sullenly and hung up the phone.