Chapter 27 fourth quarter

On the same day, that is, the night of the 9th, more than sixteen hours had passed since the traveler passed away at Hamamatsu Station.The personnel in charge of the search gathered at the search headquarters of the Ueno Bureau. "Thank you, Sudou. Please start reporting." The principal opened the phone.Director Ueno, the head of the department, and the two police departments sat beside him, while the police officers from the headquarters sat on the outside, surrounding the chief in the middle.The police officers in the headquarters all thought that the witness testimony of the voice actor Murase was just his illusion, and no one took it seriously this week.So when the news came that Nishi no Hata's substitute was poisoned to death in Hamamatsu, the police fell into chaos.As you can see from today's evening papers, several newspapers teased the head of the section at the press conference for forcing his composure.It's no wonder that the section chief waited all day long for Detective Sudou, who was on a business trip to Hamamatsu, to wait until his hope was gone.

"Dr. Mori went to the scene from Shizuoka University and performed an autopsy in the atrium of the Hamamatsu Bureau." Sudou opened the notebook and began to explain. "The internal organs of the deceased were severely damaged, especially the damage to the stomach and small intestine. After the samples were tested by the university, it was determined that the deceased was poisoned by arsenic." "Is this the cause of death?" "yes." "Was he poisoned?" "Yes, when the residue in the whiskey bottle was analyzed, arsenous acid was detected. From the amount of dissolved arsenous acid and the amount of whiskey the deceased drank, it can be calculated that the arsenic absorbed by the deceased reached 0.5 grams. This is Much more than the usual lethal dose."

Sudou opened the bag, took out the gray clothes of the deceased that he had brought back, and pushed it towards the section chief who was directly in front of him. "You can see that all the tags on the clothes have been cut off, and there is nothing left that can clarify the identity of the deceased." "Indeed, the tags have been cut off on purpose. What is the material of the clothes...?" An older criminal policeman specializing in fabrics stood up and touched it with his hand. "It's light woolen clothes." "Nishinohata is wearing bollard wool, right?"

"Yes, it's silk spritz." "Is this dress a ready-to-wear?" "Yes. The seam is very short, it should be made in Osaka." "Thank you." "Do you want to investigate the source of this clothes?" The director interjected. "That's right, I'll trouble you then. Sudou, go ahead and report. What are the characteristics of the corpse?" "He is a worker with very thick fingers and his age is estimated to be around sixty years old. There are traces of recent denture treatment, but the fact that he is not using gold braces but bridges, it can be judged that he should have joined the health department. Insurance."

"It turns out that this kind of clothes worker should not be able to prepare it by himself. It may be that the murderer gave him clothes, or gave him money to buy ready-made clothes. If it is the second case, it will not help much, but if it is the first case If so, the connection between the deceased and Chita can be found from the origin of the clothes." "I'll investigate tomorrow morning." "I'm counting on you. Zhita is indeed a person who has been in the secret service. When he does bad things, his mind moves really fast." The section chief glanced at the scene and said to everyone present: "You should remember that President Nishi-no-hata had Chinese pastry before he was killed?"

"Yes, it was in the autopsy report." "When the forensic doctor dissected Nishi no Hata's body, he would cut open his stomach bag and find out that Kosuke Nishi no Hata had eaten Chinese pastry before he was killed - Chita has already taken this into account." "Ok." "How about we stand in his perspective and examine his thoughts and actions?" The head of the section took out a Peace brand cigarette and put it in his mouth. The oil in the lighter was exhausted. He pressed the ignition button several times before he finally lit the cigarette.He was originally a person with a strong sense of competition, and his thick black eyebrows and big thick-rimmed glasses clearly gave such an impression to those who saw him.

"The first thing Zhita has to do is to get him to eat Chinese noodles without letting Nishi-no-hata find out about his murder plan. As long as he is skillfully induced, it shouldn't be a difficult task. Then he will Nishi-no-hata was taken to Ueno Park, and the stand-in was at the time when Chita was about to kill the president. According to Chita's prior instructions, he appeared in a Chinese restaurant in Ikebukuro, ate the same thing as the deceased, and used his very distinctive The beard attracts the attention of others. He is pretending to be Kosuke Nishinohata, who is being widely reported in newspapers and magazines. The witnesses will definitely be impressed, and he also counts this. As soon as he leaves the store, the stand-in immediately gives the beard to him. Take it down, so that he will not be noticed again, and he can directly blend in with the crowd. Looking at the photos of the corpse, you can tell that the unknown deceased looks very ordinary."

"That's right. Although Toshio Murase claimed that the person he saw was Kosuke Nishinohata, it would be more accurate to say that he just caught a glimpse of a man with a mustache and a gray summer suit." Agree. "As for Zhiduo's purpose, it goes without saying. He wanted to mislead the police to set the time of the crime after the real time of the crime, and then forged his own alibi. He committed the murder at 11:40, and left the scene immediately , find a suitable place to show up, this is his usual method. Because there is a fake Nishi no Hata Kosuke eating Chinese pastry in 'Lanlan', so the police can't think that he is the murderer, so it is perfect. Proved it."

"But, why didn't he generously show such a perfect fake alibi, instead he chose to avoid being chased around?" The director turned his oily face to the section chief. "Because of his unforeseen error. The dead body fell on the train by accident, so that the time of the crime was 11:40. In this way, it is used to mislead the police to put the time of the crime. 'Lan Lan''s alibi, which was set later than it actually is, is worthless, isn't it?" "So that's how it is, that's how it is." The Director said with a blushing face. There have been rumors in the past that the head of the section is an excellent theorist, and now his speech is as orderly as the rumors, leaving no room for people around him to refute.

"In short, we must first find out the identity of the man who died in Hamamatsu. Of course, it is necessary to investigate the reports of missing persons, but it should be the fastest way to ask the dentists in Tokyo to assist in the investigation. Just lock the workers , and people who have been treated with health insurance, the search can be significantly narrowed." The section chief concluded that the search meeting of the day ended in this way.