Chapter 12 Chapter VII

If it was the current era, Kashiwagi would have immediately realized that he had made a mistake the moment he saw the face photos of Onitu Masumi and Sasayama Kaoru broadcast on the TV news.However, at the time of the incident, television broadcasting had only been in operation for less than nine months, and television sets were quite expensive, and the opportunities for ordinary people to watch television were almost limited to street broadcasts. And needless to say, busy police officers simply don't have time to watch TV on a crowded street. In addition, Hisako Shinoyama, the daughter of the chairman of the Mingyang Bank, used his father's network to exert pressure to make newspapers and broadcasting bureaus broadcast the incident on a small scale as much as possible. Therefore, the newspapers only mentioned that the high school students died at their own house in Ogikubo. And mugshots were not released at all.Therefore, Kashiwagi couldn't clear up his misunderstanding.

Kashiwagi's gaffe was also due to the fact that he caught the prisoner and wrote it off.No, he was admired instead.That's because the higher-ups believed that he was the one who unraveled the truth. After the secret room collector finished telling the truth, the sound of cars stopping in front of the police station was heard one after another. The detective who searched the headquarters arrived.Kashiwagi looked out of the window through the window, and the moment he turned his face to the room, he was stunned.The figure of the secret room collector disappeared without a trace. Did he leave as silently as a cat?However, even without the sound of footsteps, it was impossible to leave the moment Kashiwagi looked out the window.

While Kashiwagi was still in a hurry, the criminal police who searched the headquarters came over. Although he wanted to say that the secret room collector had appeared and resolved the incident, but if he said that, they would ask where the other party was, and they couldn't answer it themselves. It is impossible to answer that he disappeared like smoke.Reluctantly, Kashiwagi spared the secret room collector from solving the mystery and told the truth. At first, the search headquarters was puzzled by the fact that Kashiwagi mistook the face and name of the boy and girl, but he immediately praised Kashiwagi for catching the prisoner.Kashiwagi felt very guilty, but still took the credit for the secret room collector.

The prisoner's driver is a member of the smuggled cigarette smuggling organization, and his job is to transport the smuggled cigarettes to the trading site. Just like the reasoning of the secret room collector, when he was carrying smuggled cigarettes, he was witnessed by Onitou Masumi and killed her. Later, when he was carrying Kaoru Shinoyama, the bloody dagger was found and killed him too. Fifty years have passed since that incident.Detective Kashiwagi's service period expired, and he retired as a police officer.Although over eighty years old, he is still healthy and strong. What kind of person is the Chamber of Secrets collector? He still has a grudge about it until now.

Every ten years after that, Kashiwagi heard news of the appearance of the secret room collector. Whenever an almost impossible event happened somewhere in Japan, he would show up and solve the case.And it is said that no matter how long it takes, he will never grow old. Every time Kashiwagi saw those laughing high school students on the street, he would have daydreams. If Kaoru Shinoyama and Masumi Onitou had eloped safely without meeting the driver that day, what kind of life would they have in the future? After facing the cruel reality, innocent Lianxin might not be able to stand it all at once, right?

No such thing.Kashiwagi said to himself.Recalling that when they were surrounded by hooligans, the teenager declared her name to protect his lover.Remember the firm look in his eyes at that time. With that kind of courage and resourcefulness, the boy and the girl will definitely be able to overcome any storms and waves in their future lives, it must be like this.