Chapter 5 Chapter One
As the sun rises, a blue Renault Mercedes-Benz shines reflecting the sun.
This is a coastal prefectural road called "Shirahama Coastal Road" a few kilometers west of the city of Kuzuigawa. It is a two-way, single-lane asphalt road with towering cliffs on one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other.Most people are in this period of summer vacation, and this is the most suitable place to drive in the daytime, but now the time is six o'clock in the morning, it is too early to go for a drive.
At this time, the blue Renault didn't know what kind of mentality it was based on, as if it was about to drive on the sidewalk, it just braked urgently and stopped on the shoulder of the road.A total of two men got out of the car.The person who got out of the passenger seat was a young man in his twenties. The Hawaiian shirt on his body was printed with the sunset of Waikiki Beach.
On the other hand, the person who got out of the driver's seat was a man in his thirties who was still serious and dressed in a suit in midsummer.When he saw the silvery sea in front of him, he didn't know what to think. He suddenly took off his shirt and put his right hand on his shoulder. He even raised one foot to step on the guardrail along the coast, pretending to feel the smell of the sea tide.He tried his best to pretend to be a man of the sea, and felt that he would sing Yuzo Kayama's song "If a man surrounded by the sea..." at any time.
"If you wander in...surrounded by the sea..."
"Mr. Ugai, please don't do this." The Hawaiian shirt boy - Tomura Ryuhei shook his head helplessly when he saw that he really sang. "There's no time to pretend to be a Showa bully now."
The mysterious man who appeared on the coast of Shirahama——Ukai Doufu, is an out-and-out private detective after all. He hangs the signboard of "Ukaido Detective Agency" in a complex building in Kuiagawa City, praying for the health and safety of the world, and working hard. A detective who is kind to the earth and reduces crime and carbon dioxide.He has participated in countless unsolved cases and solved only a handful of cases, but he still dreams that one day his income will exceed his expenditure. He is a strong man who struggles to balance his income and expenditure every day.Tomura Ryuhei is not only Ukai's assistant, but also his apprentice.
"Otherwise, you can also call me 'The Little Overlord of the Detective Agency'."
"No one would call you that."
Yukai seemed disappointed by Liuping's indifferent attitude, and finally moved his foot away from the guardrail.
"Anyway, this kind of thing is not important. We came to this remote coast early in the morning to meet an important person. It is the most important person for us as detectives, that is, the client, Mr. Koyamada Kosuke, and to this Mr. Oyamada reported something important."
Ukai made this kind of explanation that would be embarrassing to hear without changing his face, and then raised his hand to his forehead to continue to add. "So, where is Mr. Oyamada? According to the information, he must be fishing near here..."
Liuping didn't listen to Ukai's words, and looked at the sea through the fence.The Shirahama Coast is a shoal coast with a large gap between high tide and low tide. Now it seems to be low tide time. As far as the eye can see, it is full of white sandy beaches as the name suggests. There is a lonely beach parasol standing on the distant coastline, and people can be seen.
"It looks like that's Mr. Koyamada. He seems to have brought a child here... Ah, the stairs over there should lead to the coast. Let's go and have a look."
Looking in the direction of Ukai, there is a five-meter-long concrete staircase leading from the sidewalk to the beach.The lower part is dilapidated, probably the result of years of seawater erosion.Liuping went down the stairs with a sense of foreboding.
"Mr. Ukai, please be careful, the cement of this ladder is very fragile."
"Don't worry about me, you just have to be careful. There are slippery seaweeds here, dangerous and dangerous. Even if you accidentally step on this kind of thing and slide down, no one will laugh at you. Listen carefully, never step on it, step on it It's miserable. Listen carefully, never step on it, it will be miserable if you step on it..."
"Got it, got it! You mean you want me to step on it?"
"Well, let's step on it, I want to see you fall down the stairs."
I will never step on it!I won't step on it even if you give me money!Liuping grimaced in his heart, stepped over the seaweed and walked down the stairs without changing his expression.Ukai spoke in a tone of chewing tasteless dried squid.
"You, you have been disobeying Master's orders more and more recently, so you can't become an excellent detective."
"It's okay, as long as I can live longer, I'd rather be disobedient. Well, let's go quickly."
Ruhei said this dreamless feeling, and headed to the coastline where the beach parasols were.
There are folding tables and chairs under the parasol, where the old man and the young man sit facing each other.A Shiba Inu lay beside the old man.This old man must be the client Kosuke Oyamada.Oyamada is sixty-five years old and is a well-known local builder.He's rich, of course, but it seems like it's all private time now, in a sweatshirt and shorts.
On the other hand, the boy is probably in the upper grades of elementary school, and he seems to be Oyamada's grandson.Wearing a yellow T-shirt, canvas cropped trousers, and a baseball cap, he was completely childlike.
Kosuke Koyamada didn't expect the detectives to visit, and when he saw the two of them, he showed a surprised expression, straightened his back on the folding chair, and looked at the two of them frequently.
"You, what's the matter with you? Suddenly came to this kind of place..."
"Actually, we came here to inform you of something, which is a very important report. I originally wanted to contact you by mobile phone, but your mobile phone seems to be turned off, President, so I came directly."
"Well, then there's nothing I can do. I always turn off my phone when I'm fishing, and I don't want anyone to disturb me."
"This is a very smart approach." Yukai nodded and looked around, noticing the four fishing rods set up. "Fishing with my grandson in the morning, it looks so happy."
"Well, I'm very happy. This is my only hobby. But I didn't come fishing early in the morning, I fished last night, and I'm planning to go home... Anyway, the important report you mentioned is really that thing ?”
Ukai poker-faced, quietly nodded in response.
"Sorry to interrupt your vacation, can I borrow a little time?"
The detective has always maintained a low profile, but his words are so strong that he does not give the other party a choice.
"I see. I don't know what it is. Anyway, let's listen to it." Oyamada got up from the chair, lightly touched the top of the boy who was sitting opposite him, and gave him a gentle smile. "Kenta, grandpa wants to discuss business with these two, I'm sorry, can I go play with Aban?"
"Yes, I see." The young man called Kenta nodded bluntly, and picked up the shortest fishing rod from the stand in front of him. This should be the favorite fishing rod of the young man.Although it was the shortest, it was an orthodox fishing rod about four meters long.
"Then I'll go fishing on the other side. Ban, let's go, let's catch a big fish that can't lose to Matsukata Hiroki, and surprise grandpa!"
The boy picked up the fishing rod and the whole set of fishing tackle, and ran on the beach. The Shiba Inu named Ben wagged its tail and left behind the boy.It seemed that he wanted to catch a 300kg tuna.After the client waited for the boy's back to be far enough away, he turned to the detective and others to persuade him to sit down. "Anyway, sit down."
As a matter of course, Ukai sat in the chair where the boy had just sat, and Ryuhei stood in a position where both the detective and the client could be seen.
"Okay, what do you want to say? I entrust you to investigate whether the insider is having an affair. Is there any progress in this part?"
"Yes, there is indeed a lot of progress. We followed patiently and finally found out the object of your wife's affair."
"That's it. I can't be happy, but it's good. That's what I hired you for. But that's why the detective came here at six o'clock in the morning on holidays? Then I think you'll be fine with paying back in the normal way."
"Something happened in this part." Ukai stared at the client and told the important facts. "The lady's affair partner was killed by someone. And the location was a moving truck, that is, in the mobile secret room."
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