Chapter 24 chapter Ten

The two detectives Jindai and Higashi returned to Tokyo, feeling tired.I originally planned to talk to Shibamura directly in the third step, but now I have lost my courage. However, is it possible for a married woman who entered a hotel in Kyoto with her lover, left her luggage the next night and left without saying goodbye, and returned to Tokyo as a dead body? At the same time, her husband was driving a 20-foot yacht in the sea off the seven islands of Izu, and Ueda, who was on the same boat, listened to the sound of the wind and watched the waves and spray.What happened on both sides, although the time is the same, the space is separated.

No one knows where Miyako was when Shibamura's Seabird suffered an unfortunate accident in Sagami Bay where Ueda fell into the sea.But she was on land for sure.This is also far apart in space. Even so, Jindai and Dong still have doubts that cannot be relieved.Because they inadvertently tried to connect the operation of Miyako who disappeared from the roof of the hotel in Kyoto with the misfortune of the Seabird that killed Goro Ueda.They try to make homework that seems unnatural and unreasonable in their hearts.They look for adhesives for joining. Ihara, the general director of the Rugby Club, said that the turning of the mast is an irresistible force.Ihara is the general manager of the club, so it is right to comfort the players.Even so, his tone still reveals that the buckling of the sail mast was caused by a bit of steering error.

Steering mistakes are man-made, and man-made has a subtle difference between negligence and forgery.Besides, in the sea where no one can see.Of course, there were only two people involved in the boat. The two detectives started with this first.Even so, don't expect to see the whole thing clearly.But anyway, it must be carefully thought out. However, no one can judge whether it was caused by negligence or falsification.Because there are no witnesses, and it cannot be inferred from the circumstances after the accident.So it can only be based on what Shibamura said, but of course I will not have any unfavorable explanations for myself.

Detective Jindai thought that he might be able to infer from Ueda Goro's body, so Detective Wadato went to Yokohama again. The Surveillance Section of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Station maintains the examination photos of all the bodies of abnormal deaths that occurred recently.Ueda Goro is also one of them.Ueda's naked body is placed on a straw mat and photographs are taken from various angles.The most important thing is the photo of the back. The back of the head has a strong laceration, which is shaped like a headband.Although the two criminal policemen were not expert in surveillance, they could tell that the scar was not caused by ordinary wooden knife attacks.

However, according to the supervisor's explanation, the blow was not a fatal injury, and he was not dead when he fell into the sea.The cause of death was drowning.This is further confirmation of the explanation I heard last time.However, it is impossible to judge from this photo whether the buckling of the mast that caused Ueda's death was the fault of Shibamura's steering, or whether it was a forgery. The office of the supervision class is quite spacious, and the class members are busy with their own work.The young East detective still didn't give up on Ueda's on-site photos, but Jindai had given up hope. He walked to the window to look at the cold weather, and let his tired soul temporarily rest.Despite the desire to connect Kyoto with the space of Sagami Bay, reality stubbornly scoffed at his attempt.

When Jindai left the window, he suddenly saw an open photography magazine on the desk of the class.Photography seems to be one of the tasks of supervisors, so photography magazines are needed as a reference for further study.As a criminal policeman, he does not have such reference books.At most, there are only boring books such as search guide essentials or criminal procedure law essentials.Jindai smiled unconsciously, standing and looking down at the photo in the photo magazine. It was a good picture, with the sky evenly divided, the sky above with clouds hanging down, the trees and lush weeds below, and the sea in between.The location of the weeds is higher than the water level, so it may be shot from above the cliff.There is a narrow path among the lush weeds. A small figure walks on the path with his head down, as if he is heading towards the cliff on the other side of the sea.This is a landscape reminiscent of boyhood.The Shindai detective used to walk around the country lanes in his hometown like this when he was a child.

Good photo, Jindai praised in his heart.Look at the title below, it says "Morning at Cape Manazuru". At this time, the East detective also gave up hope and walked over, standing side by side with Jindai to look at the photo.But he was anxious because the search could not progress, and the poetic and picturesque pictures on the photos did not meet his eyes. The two walked out of the county police headquarters, both of them were silent, with heavy expressions on their faces. After buying two tickets to Tokyo at Sakuragicho Station, Shindai pushed Higashi Detective on the shoulder and said:

"Hey, come here." On the wall of the waiting room is a map of Kanagawa Prefecture, including parts of the neighboring Tokyo Metropolis and Shizuoka Prefecture. "Mazuru Cape is here." Kamyo pointed to a point on the map and said, "The oil pot is over here." The east criminal policeman looked at the map, and then at the senior criminal policeman's face. He didn't understand what the other party meant? "The place where Shibamura's yacht broke down should be here." The finger of Jindai pointed to the place in the middle of Sagami Bay, which is between Cape Manazuru and Oil Pot, and just to the north is Chigasaki or Hiratsuka.The connecting line between the real crane and the oil pot is a horizontal line on the map.

"Yes." East Detective replied, but he still didn't understand the meaning of Jindai. "There's a big island here, too." The big island mentioned by Jindai is to the east, and the blue line indicates that it is 139 degrees and 30 minutes east longitude. "Miyake Island is on the 139°30 east longitude line, so most of the boats going around Miyake Island half a circle back to the Oilpot go straight north along this 139°30 line. Olive Club Didn’t Mr. Ihara, the director general, say that when traveling from Oil Pot to Miyake Island, due to the headwind, the routes of the ships took a zigzag shape. The return journey is a tailwind, so there is no need for it, so it sails straight. Because of this, the time of the return journey is the same as the forward journey The Seabird was sailing, then, quite west of this point at 139 degrees and 30 degrees—because that is where the wreck was."

"But isn't it subject to the direction of the wind and the tide?" "There are more or less factors. However, what does it mean that the Seabird sails westward at the point where the oil tank at the terminal point is approaching?" After listening to Jindai's explanation, East Criminal Police remained silent for a while. "Did you see the photo in a photography magazine just now? It's a good photo. There is a person walking towards the tip of Manazuru Cape... Hey, don't go back to Tokyo, go to Manazuru Cape, which is far from Shibamura Sagami Bay is very close to the place where the Seabird ship was killed. It is not certain that he has been to Manazuru Cape. Don’t you think he delayed returning to the oil tank for too long? Anyway, go to Manazuru Cape to see if there are any clues Did you find it?"