Chapter 15 fourth quarter

The secretary came in again, and this time he was accompanied by a hunched, bad-looking man named Jiro Itaba.Thirty-five years old should be the most energetic age for a man, but his clothes are a bit vulgar, and his gestures are not domineering at all, making him look like forty-five or six years old. After the two sat down, Secretary Huiyuan started the conversation. "I'm here to make a summary of the president's itinerary last night, which is more convenient for the two of you to understand. After the company got off work, the president met with the president of Maruda Trading in this reception room. It should have been drinking and talking at the tea house. Okay, but considering that Mr. Maruta is an old-fashioned person, he doesn't like the atmosphere of the restaurant, so we had to negotiate in this place, and we ate some sandwiches for dinner. I will skip the content of the negotiation between the two of you. Eleven o'clock The previous meeting is over, and Mr. Maruta will be sent away. The president will leave the company around eleven o'clock."

"Where did you separate from Nishi-no-hata?" "It was when I was in the company. The president went home in the car driven by Yi Ting. I called a taxi. So the last person who saw the president was this Yi Ting." Knowing it was his turn to speak, the driver licked his lips. "After leaving the company and going to Shimbashi, the president told me to stop and said, 'I will drive by myself, you can go back by subway', so I obeyed the president's words and got off..." "Wait a minute." The secretary interrupted. "In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding, let me make it clear that it is common for the president to ask Yi Ting to get off the car halfway when he returns home."

"why?" "Because the labor union sent a threatening letter at that time, and Chita Banping threatened him with words, the directors were very worried about the safety of the president. It would be terrible if the president was assassinated by them at home. The president is a stubborn man. People with their own opinions don't worry about this matter at all, and other people talk about him, so he agrees to scatter the places where he sleeps every day." The secretary whispered as if she was revealing some big secret. "So on the way home, the president would ask Yi Ting to get off the car, and then drive himself to a reliable hotel or hotel for accommodation. At this time, he only reported to his wife which hotel he went to. Except for his wife, other No one will know where the president will spend the night tonight, even me as the secretary. This is the personality of the president, and you must do it thoroughly."

From his tone, it could be heard that the president's distrust of him made him a little dissatisfied. "Can he drive himself?" "Yes, I heard that the president knew how to drive when he was young. What he is most proud of is that he used to study hard while working as a truck driver." The secretary said. According to the secretary's description, Gosuke Nishinomata's family was in trouble when he was young, and his family fled overnight, leaving Nagaoka for Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu.He studied in the local area from the first grade to the sixth grade of elementary school, and then he studied while doing rough work.Seeing that he was so diligent, an elder from the same village lent him tuition to help him complete his studies from college to university.His current wife is actually the benefactor's daughter. There are rumors that the reason why Nishi Zhibata did not divorce but chose to endure her own way of doing things and nagging wife was because the elder's kindness impressed him deeply and did not dare to make mistakes. Second-rate.Lawyer Kutani said that President Nishi-no-hata has no luck for offspring, but maybe he meant to say that he has no luck for a wife.In short, everyone agrees that Mrs. Nishinohata is not only willful, but also ugly, profligate, and has strong hysterical symptoms.

"Is there any place he frequents?" "Yes, there are about five or six. The president will choose which one to visit according to his mood that night. I just called those restaurants this morning to inquire about the whereabouts of the president." Sudou nodded to Haibara, and then turned to the driver's sad face. "Mr. Iting, did you find anything strange at that time?" "No, everything is as usual." "It doesn't matter if it has nothing to do with Nishinohata. You can say anything, please tell me if you have anything." Pressed by the other party, the driver seemed to remember something, and the cigarette he was about to put in his mouth stopped in mid-air.

"I'm not sure, but there seems to be a car following the president." "Please make it clear." "It happened when we stopped at Xinqiao. The president replaced me and sat in the driver's seat. When he was about to drive, a car behind him also moved, as if he was going to chase him. It was a red light at that time, and the traffic flow was blocked. Cut off, the only cars that drove away were the president's car and that car. So I think that guy might have stopped the car and waited for us when we stopped." "What kind of car is it?" "Grey Plymouth."

"Did you see the car number?" The driver looked away in embarrassment: "No, I just remembered those car types because the president encountered that kind of thing. In fact, I didn't pay that much attention at the time." "What about the car model?" "I think it's a '52 or '53 model." "52 or 53...Which direction did the president's car drive?" "Well, I know he was heading for the intersection in Tamuracho, but after that..." After slurring his words, he scratched his head.Then the secretary changed and said, "Mr. Interpol, there seems to be something wrong about the president's actions at noon." Although he didn't intervene to save the driver's plight, he still achieved such an effect.

"Please say." "Actually, whether this matter has anything to do with the case or not, I'm not sure in my heart. What happened yesterday afternoon, the meeting with Mr. Maruta from Yokohama that I just mentioned was actually not at night, but scheduled at It was held in this reception room at 1:30 in the afternoon. But the president didn’t know why, and suddenly postponed the meeting until the evening, and went to the department store in Nihonbashi in the afternoon to enjoy the Mexican painting exhibition.” "It turns out that he likes painting so much." "No, if that's the case, there's nothing surprising about it. The president doesn't have any interest in art. I remember the president said that he suffered a lot when he was young, so he didn't have time to cultivate such a interest of."

"He probably just wanted to go and relax, didn't he?" Hearing these words, Haibara's face flushed red again. "The president is a busy person. The schedule of meetings and dinners has been scheduled for more than a month. This is the same for Mr. Maruta from Yokohama. If the two of them cancel their meeting schedule yesterday, then the two of them will take over. There will be no other free time during this period. That's why the president made a strong request to Mr. Maruta, and specially asked him to visit our company at night. It is necessary for the president to add this to the other party for a Mexican painting exhibition. How troublesome is it? This is the doubt I want to talk about."

"It's really suspicious." Sudou said after Huiyuan, his eyes drifted to the driver who coughed twice unnaturally. "So, looking at the paintings is just an excuse, and he actually has other purposes when he goes out?" "I think that might be true." The minister criminal turned to the driver, he looked at him with approachable eyes, and asked as if smiling at him: "Did the president really go to the department store?" "I-I don't know much about this either." The driver showed a timid look like a small animal. "Why is that? Didn't you drive the car?"

"Yes, but the president gave me 1,000 yen and asked me to absolutely keep this matter a secret..." "But now that the president has been killed, this is no longer an ordinary situation. In order to find out the murderer, please tell me any secrets." The driver's eyes became timid again, his eyes were like those of a little white rabbit, Guan thought. "...Actually, after arriving in Ginza, the car was handed over to the president and he drove away. I went to a nearby pachinko shop and played pachinko for an hour." "Is this an order from the president?" "yes." "You don't know where he went?" "Yes, because I thought it was not good to stand there and see where the president was going to drive, so as soon as the car started, I immediately got into the alley. But I can be sure that the car is going in the direction of Nihonbashi of……" "Can you correctly recall what Nishi no Hata said to you at that time?" "Yeah... At first, I thought he was going to Nihombashi. But when we got to the Owari-cho intersection, just like when he asked me to stop at Shimbashi, he told me to stop and said 'You go to the neighborhood Let’s play at the pachinko shop for an hour, and I’ll buy steel balls for you, and then I gave me 1,000 won. This happens occasionally when I send the president home from the company, but it’s the first time for the president I was surprised to give such instructions in broad daylight, so I asked, 'Aren't you going to the department store?', and the president replied, 'No, I will go to the department store tomorrow, and I suddenly remembered something to do. ', After finishing speaking, he took out another thousand-yen bill, "But don't tell anyone about this, just treat it as if we went to the Mexican painting exhibition today, understand?"...As soon as he finished speaking, Turned in the direction of Nihonbashi and left." The two detectives were not the only ones who were interested in the driver's words, and Huihara seemed to know this for the first time. He stared at the other side's side face and listened without blinking. "When did Nishi Banner come back?" "About an hour later. Someone tapped me on the shoulder from behind while I was playing steel balls. Then I drove back to the company this time." After pouring out everything, Yi Ting's expression became much more relaxed.His eyes really look like a goat now, Guan thought again. "When did you leave the company?" "Around half past twelve, maybe a little later." "Did he ask you to get off in Owari-cho?" "Yes, about ten past one." Then, the president drove for almost an hour, came to the pachinko shop to find the driver at about 1:50, and returned to the company at 2:00.After writing these things down in his notebook, Sudou urged Seki to leave with him. "Thank you for your hard work, I hope the case can be solved as soon as possible." The secretary said to the detectives.The driver remained silent, with a liberated expression on his face.