Chapter 35 third quarter

After Mitsuko was summoned by the guests and left his seat, Narumi called Mont Blanc again and lit a fourth cigarette.Although the two hostesses testified for Hui Yuan with one voice, can their words really be trusted?Narumi had great doubts about this matter. "I'm still very unwilling to lose to that guy Huiyuan. Is there any customer who can prove that he was here at 11:40 that night? For example, regular customers or something." "this one……" Lilazi frowned in annoyance and was deep in thought. At this moment, a man stood beside the box of the two of them.Wearing a tawny beret and a short-sleeved red plaid shirt, he was as tall as a bronze statue.

"Sorry, I have something to ask you." The other party said in a nasal voice.Narumi had an impression of his bass, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had met him.He looked up at the man, smiled warily, and pointed to where Photon was sitting. "Miss Liraz, may I ask you to leave for a moment?" After Lilazi got up and left, the man's face suddenly approached Narumi, and his protruding round forehead almost touched Narumi's forehead.The man said in a low voice: "I saw you were asking about what happened at 11:40 p.m. on the 1st, which made me very interested. Are you investigating that case?"

"That case?" The man was obviously talking about the Nishi-no-hata murder case, but Narumi felt it was better to be careful, so he pretended to be stupid. "It's the case where after being killed, the body was thrown under the bridge, and finally transported to an unimaginable place." "Nishinohata Kosuke's...?" "That's right." The tall man nodded heavily, and his voice became softer. "You're looking into that, right? You can't hide it from me." He wiped his drunken flushed face carelessly with a handkerchief. "Hey, Lilazi, can I have a glass of water? I need a little bit of bitter beer in it. We have an important meeting going on, so don't bother us."

he said bluntly.He seemed to have a lot of face here, and Lilazi and the others showed no displeasure at all about his attitude. "Well, that's true." Narumi, who still hadn't lifted the alert, said vaguely.He kept thinking in his heart, where did he meet this overly intimate, tall and fat man. "Me." The man raised his index finger in front of his face and waved it there, showing an intriguing expression as if he was about to say something very important. "I have learned a fact that no one knows. When I called the search headquarters this evening, a guy who sounded like a little policeman received my call. His attitude in answering was extremely arrogant. I was so angry. Hang up the phone."

He seemed very drunk, and he spoke with a stuffy nose and an odd tone of voice. "Yeah, the criminal police really don't have a good thing." Narumi agreed obsequiously, because he began to want to hear what the man knew. "Oh, you're so good!" The man patted him on the shoulder and said happily.He seemed to be quite drunk, but it was thoughtful to start talking after putting away the lire. "I, I also told the criminal police who searched this idea before, but he refused to believe me because I was a commoner, so I vowed to find a way to prove that my statement was correct. But, the important thing The information is clearly in front of my eyes, but I didn’t find it until today. At that time, I was reading the news from the newspaper that my family didn’t subscribe to a few days ago.”

"Which Taili are you talking about?" "radio station." He reached into the pocket of his trousers, and finally took out his business card holder after arranging everything in his pockets, such as handkerchiefs, lighters, notebooks, and wallets, on the table. After seeing the name Toshio Murase, Narumi finally understood why he had heard his voice.The other party is a voice actor, so I will naturally feel familiar with him through the radio.It turned out that the owner of that voice was a fat boy.Narumi secretly compared his thin body with the opponent's heavyweight physique, and showed a disgusted expression.

"what have you found?" "That man, the man... who was poisoned to death on the sleeper train." Photon, who was propping her head with one hand on the bar counter, seemed to hear the word "poison killing", and she looked at the voice actor with a surprised expression. "Did you say Narayama Genkichi?" "That's right, Narayama, Narayama. What I found out is that Narayama Genkichi is a native of Tokyo. So... a native of Tokyo." I don't know if the alcohol started to take effect, or he was eager to explain, the voice actor kept stuttering while speaking, and small beads of sweat spewed out of his round nose.Narumi Genkichi was from Tokyo, and Narumi would have read about it in the newspapers.

"It's a very important thing that he never left Tokyo." "However, I heard that he seems to have worked in Saitama for a while." "No, that, that's not important at all, don't worry about it." As he spoke, he waved his big hand reminiscent of a baseball glove. Recently, as Tokyo has continued to expand, Saitama has become a part of Tokyo.That is to say, apart from the death journey of poisoning, it is not an exaggeration to say that Genkichi has not even stepped out of Tokyo in his life. "Even if Narayama Genkichi is from Tokyo, so what?"

"What is it? This is a huge matter, and it can even overturn the foundation of the Nishi-no-hata murder case. The investigation headquarters' view on this case is wrong from the very first premise. This, this time, the man named Chita Hanpei He was killed in Nagaoka, and the search headquarters still said in today’s evening paper that the case was close to being solved, it’s just that they refused to admit their failure. They will definitely not be able to catch the murderer like this now!” "Mr. Murase, let me buy you a drink, please tell me about this in detail." Narumi said with great interest.He understood that what this man said was not the madness of a drunk, but had some basis.

"I'll tell you, I really want to tell others, but I just don't want to tell the police, the police, I don't want to see the note's face again." He looked pissed off, and what had happened to him on the phone seemed to annoy him completely. "However, I only discovered this matter because I am a voice actor. Others, one hundred out of one hundred people will miss this matter." Hearing what Murase said, Narumi's curiosity grew even stronger.He was going to get Murase to drink enough so that he could dig out what he had discovered. "Do you want to drink Mont Blanc?" Narumi asked.He doesn't know the names of other cocktails, so he can only learn and sell them now.

"Or On The Rock?" "Give me a double scotch if you want." After the voice actor finished speaking, Narumi turned around and was about to point it, when the phone on the opposite side of the bar rang.The bartender answered briefly, hung up the phone, and looked around at the seats of the guests. "Excuse me, is there Mr. Sakanashi here?" "I am." Narumi Hidesaku stood up from the box. The bartender was just as he imagined, a handsome middle-aged man.He wore his white jacket so well and his elegant cravat that a man would have admired it. "Someone left a message for you. The other party said that he has bought an express train ticket, please meet her as soon as possible." The bartender informed in a soft voice, and a friendly smile appeared on his fair cheeks. "As fast as possible?" "Yes, the other party seems to be very anxious." "Thank you." After the bartender showed a friendly smile again, he lowered his head gently.It seems to be his habit to tilt his head when he smiles. What happened?Is there some reason that delayed Atsuko's call?Atsuko asked "as soon as possible", which means that Huiyuan will come here soon.Narumi now needs to make a quick judgment. When he got back to his seat, he didn't sit down, but turned to the voice actor and said, "Would you like to go to another restaurant to eat together? I know there is a delicious restaurant..." "I'm not hungry at all, can't I say it here?" Murase doesn't really like walking around because of her obesity.He leisurely took out the cigar box. "Actually, I want to introduce a woman to you." With nothing to do, Narumi played out the trump card of Atsuko, which aroused the interest of the man in the beret who was originally immobile. He asked with a smile on his face, "Is she a beauty?" "She is a peerless beauty. I made an appointment with her to meet at a nearby coffee shop, and I hope she can listen to what you have to say." "Let's go, I... I like women the most." When he stood up, his protruding belly pushed the table, and he patted Lilazi's back lightly. "I'll come again next time." "Hey, are you two going back?" Rillako and the voice actor kissed provocatively after saying goodbye to each other with an affectionate attitude that made Narumi frown slightly. "My guest, welcome again." Rillako smiled at the flushed Narumi.The fat man opened the door with one hand and blew a kiss to the woman with the other. The path in front of the "Black Swan" is lined with bars and restaurants, all kinds of neon lights illuminate the path colorfully.Murase walked out of the store, trembling in the opposite direction. "It's closer here." "No, I, the car is there." He hiccupped and replied.When Narumi tried to help him, he shook his head forcefully, still insisting on walking staggeringly, almost bumping into two singers with guitar and accordion. "Mr. Murase, you are in a good mood today." "What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't drink." The voice actor yelled angrily.Perhaps it was because he usually tipped very generously, the two walking artists laughed a few times and left quickly. After walking out of the path, I saw a car parked at the intersection.Narumi is not interested in cars, so he has no idea what brand this car is or how much it costs.But seeing Murase driving a car like this, traveling around the bars in Ginza and drinking heavily, without worrying about how much money is left in his wallet, he felt that voice acting is really a brilliant career. "Come on, get in the car. Where are you going?" "Next to the station in Yurakucho." "It only takes a minute to drive there." "Can you drive?" Narumi said hesitantly, remembering the many traffic accidents caused by drunk driving. "Don't worry, you'll be there soon, right? I'm not drunk." no way.Now Narumi just wants to know what Murase wants to say quickly, and if he lingers here for too long, he will be in trouble if Haibara sees him. "Then please, you have to drive better." "Don't worry." As soon as he sat in the driver's seat, the whole car leaned to one side. The car started moving immediately, and quickly reached the intersection in Owari-cho. The green light changed to red at this time, and people standing on the sidewalk began to cross the road. At this time, Murase's car should have stepped on the brakes to stop, but in fact it was the complete opposite. Like a drunk, he accidentally stepped on the accelerator when he wanted to apply the brakes.The people who were crossing the road screamed and dispersed, Murase's round face flushed like a Shuten-dou boy, and he was ecstatically clutching the steering wheel. The car rushed through the intersection in one breath, and after a violent shake, the wheels squeaked and went onto the sidewalk.The woman screamed, but the cry suddenly disappeared from them.Just as the red mailbox looked like it was about to rush towards Narumi, the car hit it and stopped instantly after making a loud crash. The voice actor screamed and hit the windshield with his head.Red blood spattered, wet the car, and dripped onto the paving stones of the sidewalk, where it soon formed a small pool.Narumi was ejected from the car, hit his head on the paving stone, and remained motionless.

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