Chapter 13 man hanged by the lake

1 In Kitazumi County, Nagano Prefecture, there is a small lake called Aoki Lake.It is a freshwater lake on a plateau at an altitude of 800 meters. It is one of the three lakes of Nishina, with a radius of one and a half miles.There are very few herons and groupers in the lake.The east and west sides are mountains.From north to south on the west bank of the lake, there are mountains nearly 3,000 meters high, such as Baima Mountain, Qi Mountain, and Kashima Gun Mountain. One morning, a young man from Heisawa Village went to cut firewood on a 1,500-meter-high mountain between Kashima Gundake and Qingmu Lake, and found a corpse that had been reduced to a pile of bones.Judging from the shirt and pants he was wearing, it was a male corpse.

After calling the police, police officers from the Omachi Police Station came to the scene for an autopsy. The corpse lay on the grass, almost reduced to dry bones, with pieces of rotting flesh stuck to it.A rope is wrapped around his neck, and the rotten rope has turned black. There is still a section of broken rope hanging from the tree at the head. was hanged.The rope rotted and could not bear the weight of the corpse, so it snapped in two.The police speculated. Dead about five to eight months.The police doctor who followed said. What is your identity? From the tattered shirt and the weather-stained blue serge trousers, no clue was found.There was only a small wallet in his pocket, which contained six thousand yuan.

However, when turning over the body, the policeman's eyes widened.There was a pistol under the body.Under the sunlight, it emits a black light. He actually brought a good guy! The police looked again at the face of the dead man.It was no longer a face.It's just the stuff of rotten flesh sticking to the skeleton. The pistol was taken back to the police station, and it was identified as an American-made 1911 45-caliber automatic pistol. Slow down. People in the police station are busy looking for arrest warrants.I still have an impression of this pistol in my memory. That night, the detection team of the Yodobashi Police Station in Tokyo received a notification from the Omachi Police Station in Nagano Prefecture.

In the mountains of Kitazumino, Nagano Prefecture, a person who committed suicide was found, who seemed to be Kenkichi Kuroike. This was a big shock to the detection team. Section Chief Rimura and Team Chief Yaguchi were very angry. so terrible!Team leader Yaguchi beat his chest and said that the criminal's real name was found out just after a lot of effort, and he died.that's too regretful. For the detective team, there is nothing more frustrating than the suicide of a prisoner.For this case, I worked hard, and the result is like this! Don't be discouraged yet.Section Chief Li Cun comforted him and said that it is still difficult to determine whether the suicide is Heichi.It's too early to feel discouraged.

No, it may be the black pool.I think so.I don't think you can go wrong with a pistol. Team Leader Yaguchi said with a lifeless face.Oh, don't be discouraged.The section chief still said soothingly, it's important to check first.Things are just getting started.Yaguchi, how about going to the scene yourself? Understood.The team leader knew what the section chief meant, so he replied. The newspaper reported the news of Kenkichi Kuroike's death by hanging himself with the headline of the former Shinjuku murderer hanged himself.The intelligence sources of each newspaper come from the same detection team, so the content is similar.

It has been more than five months since the death, and the body is almost a bone.It was originally hanged on a tree, and fell to the ground due to the corrosion of the rope.The identity of the deceased is unknown, but after checking the pistol he was carrying, the Omachi Police Station contacted the Shinjuku case detection team, and team leader Yaguchi rushed to the scene.Hei Chi had worked as a bartender in the Red House Bar. For the sake of accuracy, he asked the Red House barmaid A Zi and his friend Xiao Chai An Nan to accompany him to identify the dead body.Because the face of the corpse was so decomposed, it was almost a skull and could not be identified.But son A confirmed that the blue trousers, the seal of the laundry shop and the belt buckle worn by the deceased were indeed the property of Heichi.Team leader Yaguchi will return to Beijing today and has handed over the pistol to the Appraisal Section.After inspection of the gun chamber, the gun was an American-made 1911 45-caliber automatic pistol, the same as the pistol that killed Toshiichi Tamaru, an employee of the Senuma Law Firm in Shinjuku.Judging from this, the body was indeed the murderer Heichi himself.According to the relevant authorities' speculation, after committing the crime in Shinjuku, Kuroike left Beijing and fled to Nagano Prefecture, and finally hanged himself in the forest of Hakuba Village, Kita-Azumi County.The scene is located on the shore of Lake Aoki, in the jungle at the eastern foot of Gundake in Hiroshima.There are few people here on weekdays, so the dead body has not been found for five months.In addition, there were still two empty shell casings in the gun.The detection team declared that Kenkichi Kuroike's investigation work has now ended, and in the future, he will make every effort to investigate the kidnapping case of lawyer Senuma.

◇ Hagizaki Tatsuo saw this report at Yumura Onsen near Kofu.He just went to the mountain village of Minami Saku, and he was a little tired. He didn't go back to Tokyo directly, and stayed at the hot spring last night. This news surprised Long Xiong.He read the typeface in the newspaper word by word. Did Kenkichi Kuroike commit suicide? Whether it's an accident or a feeling, don't just keep it in your heart.Whether he was a layman or an expert investigating authority, Kenkichi Kuroike had already committed suicide before they took action.Just as the two of them tried their best to search for his whereabouts, Heichi's body had already begun to rot in the mountains and forests of Xinzhou.The futility that Long Xiong expected was unexpectedly manifested.

However, regarding Hei Chi's death, Long Xiong still lacks a sense of reality and finds it unacceptable. Kenji Kuroike is not the kind of person who would commit suicide! This is the conclusion he came to when he visited the plateau mountain village at the foot of Yatsugatake yesterday, and he thinks so intuitively.Kenji Kuroike's personality has become more and more clear in Long Xiong's heart. According to logical inferences, the investigating authorities do not yet know that Blackpool flew from Haneda to Nagoya by Japan Airlines after committing a crime.It is obvious behind this, Hideaki Funasaka is manipulating, so how could Kuroike commit suicide in the mountains of Kita Shinano?Besides, hasn't the corpse been there for more than five months?

Just a month ago, someone sent Uesaki Etsuko to the Ruinang Post Office to withdraw 100,000 yuan in cash.This must be what Hei Chi did, Long Xiong is sure of it. Kuroike Kenkichi is by no means the kind of person who commits suicide.There is a wild force in his character.Especially after the wanton activities in the right-wing organization in Funaka, it has continued to increase. The newspaper said that Blackpool's body had almost rotted into a pile of dry bones, and his appearance was beyond recognition.Since I don't know what it looks like, it makes people feel that there must be a mystery in it.

The only basis for judgment is trousers, belt buckles and pistols.Because the pistol and the murder weapon were of the same model, they were determined to be the same pistol.Could there be some trick in it? Long Xiong asked the hotel waiter to find a map.The shortest way to go to Hakuba Village in Kitazumi County is to take the branch line at Matsumoto Station, pass through Echigo's Kiui River, and get off at Tsukiba Station.According to the train schedule, it takes five hours by train from Kofu. Long Xiong felt that it was a coincidence that he didn't go back to Tokyo and got off at Kofu.He made up his mind to go to the scene to investigate first.

Tsukijo Station seems to be an abandoned station.When Long Xiong got off the car, the sun had already set in the west, casting a slender shadow on the narrow corridor. When you walk out of the station, you will see Qingmu Lake on your right, where the setting sun shines and sparkles. Walking to the cigarette shop, I bought a box of Peace Dove brand cigarettes, and asked the middle-aged proprietress by the way: I heard that someone hanged near here, where is that? The middle-aged woman said with sparkling eyes: It's right next to this mountain. She even went to the road and gesticulated, telling Long Xiong that the hill stood next to the lake, and the forest on the hill was lush, behind the hill was Ludao Qiangyue. Long Xiong walked from the path next to the power station, and after a while he walked to the hillside, where there was a village in the shade. There was an old man standing at the door, looking at Longxiong all the time.Long Xiong went over to ask him about it. The old man grinned his toothless mouth and said with a smile: Judging from the situation, the news of the hanging spreads very quickly.Someone asked me just now. As he spoke, the old man pointed to a steep mountain on the right, and told Long Xiong in detail how to get to the scene. Go straight up the mountain from here, there is a big cedar tree that splits into two, you just follow the cedar tree. Long Xiong went up the mountain according to the old man's instructions. There was a small path that had just been walked by. The further you went into the mountain, the more trees there were.The mountain is 1,600 meters high, and the hill just now is nearly 1,000 meters above sea level, but it doesn't feel that high. Climbing to the top, there really was a big fir tree with two branches.It is said that walking along the ridge and heading north for another 200 meters is the scene. On the lower right of the mountain is Qingmu Lake, which is like a leaf, sandwiched between the two mountains. The trees are lush and the forest is deep, and there are few people.Running here to commit suicide can indeed cover people's eyes and ears for several months. Walking to a place where the grass was trampled, Long Xiongfang realized that this was the scene.Probably because the police rushed here in a swarm. I looked up and saw that the branches and leaves were luxuriant. I don't know which branch it is.The rope has long since been taken away. Did Kuroike Kenkichi really die here?This suspicion tightly tied Long Xiong's heart.It is doubtful, but it is closer to thinking. Long Xiong imagined the scene of that person committing suicide here.He was in a hurry and walked up the mountain quietly.In this barren mountain and wild ridge, if it is not like this, it will not be appropriate. It wasn't Kenji Kuroike, it was someone else who committed suicide. Heichi is by no means that kind of person. In order to seek death, he walked alone and ran into the deep mountains.He is strong, strong, and full of vitality, and he will not be like the old, the weak, the sick, and the desolate.Even if he were to die, he would do so in a more heroic manner befitting his character.The pistol was fired twice in Shinjuku, and after killing others, didn't there still be bullets in the chamber?For Blackpool, it was time to shoot himself in the head.He is that kind of character. Besides, he has plenty of money.One hundred thousand yuan was withdrawn at the Ruilang post office.Since he had so much money, he wouldn't commit suicide at all! Dusk was falling, the sun had already set, and only the afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the sky red. The mountains are desolate and the night is colder, and I return to the lakeside. Long Xiong wrote these two poems again in his mind. At this time, a figure flickered in the woods.Short and fat.Long Xiong was startled and stared away. Hey, the other party greets first, isn't this Hagizaki? That's right, the other party is Mikichi Tamura.Long Xiong was stunned suddenly. Meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land, I never expected to meet you here!In the dim night, Tamura walked from the grass with a smile on his face. Is it Tamura?Only then did Long Xiong ask, just now in the village at the foot of the mountain, he heard that someone came up the mountain, so it was you. Yeah, I didn't expect you to be here either.Tamura's eyes gleamed happily behind his glasses. Didn't you go to Kyushu?Long Xiong asked in surprise. I came back from Kyushu yesterday.Hearing the news in the newspaper office, I rushed here early this morning. Do you want to see the scene? Not really.I want to check it out. Check properly?Check what? Did Kenji Kuroike really hang himself here? It turned out that Tamura was also thinking about this issue, Longxiong thought about it. Well?So, what do you think? What do you think?Tamura asked back. The corpse had turned into a pile of dry bones, and it was impossible to tell whether it was Heichi or not.I think the body is someone else. As soon as Long Xiong finished speaking, Tamura patted him on the shoulder and shouted: Yes, heroes see the same thing!The pistol, the trousers, the metal snags on the belt, it was all arranged by someone else.Definitely not a black pool.He will not kill himself here. Tamura was very decisive, Tatsuo looked into his face and asked: Is there any tangible basis? The so-called basis is Funasaka Hideaki who manipulated Blackpool. What's the meaning? Tamura Mikichi did not answer immediately, smoking a cigarette, turned his body to the lake.Between the gaps in the forest and the gaps in the trees, the lake water emits a dim white light. I went to Kyushu once.Tamura changed the subject. I heard about the corruption case, shall we? What kind of corruption case is just an excuse.Tamura smiled in a low voice, I went to Kyushu, let me tell you, to investigate Hideaki Funasaka's life experience. Huh?Is Funasaka from Kyushu? No, the origin of this person is unknown.I heard he was originally Korean. What did you say? I went to Hakata in Kyushu and made a survey to a Korean group. 2 It's getting dark, let's go down the mountain.Tamura said, anyway, I can't go back to Tokyo tonight, so let's stay in Omachi for one night.I have a lot to say to you, let's talk slowly when we get to the hotel. The light of the lake gradually dimmed, and the night seemed to be heavy in the haze.It was getting darker in the woods.It's better to go out as soon as possible, so as not to get lost. Down the mountain is a village.Some people can be seen on the road, having dinner under the dim light.On the other side of the road, go west and lead to the mountaineering entrance of Kashima Gundake. In front of a low-slung farmhouse on the edge of the village, an old woman was standing with her baby on her back. Good night. The old woman watched Longxiong and Tamura approaching, and said hello under the dark eaves. Good night.Is aunt okay? Tamura stopped, and the old woman took two or three steps closer and asked: Are you from the power company? no.Is there a problem? Five or six days ago, an electrician came into the mountains, so I asked.They said that a high-voltage line will be erected recently. Oh we are not. After Tamura finished speaking, he still went his own way.Turning downhill, you can see the lights of Tsukiba Station.On the surface of the small lake, with the quiet evening mist, it is slightly white.The two of them stayed at a hotel in Omachi and had a late dinner. I want to hear you continue talking about what you just said on the mountain.Long Xiong said with a begging tone. Tamura came in just after taking a shower, his face flushed red. OK, I was about to go on.He sighed on his glasses and put them back on. You said that Funasaka Hideaki is Korean, which is beyond my expectation.How did you find out?Long Xiong got to the bottom of it. I got it from other right-wing groups, not from me. Didn't you ask?Oh, so you're not alone anymore? Long Xiong stared at Tamura's face, and Tamura smiled apologetically. I just can't go on alone.First of all, I can't act at will, and I am often sent to do other things.As a last resort, I had to confess everything to the director of the department.When the department director heard this, he lost his temper.So assign me a few people and form a group.Don't be surprised by this. Long Xiong has also heard that the newspaper recently released exclusive news, which is different from the past. Instead of taking individual actions, it is carried out by a group.Long Xiong stared at Tamura's sweaty face after taking a bath, and thought to himself, could it be that Tamura's desire for fame and fame is willing to bow down to the power of this organization? The detection team does not yet know that this case is related to Funasaka Hideaki.Our policy is to always conduct exclusive interviews secretly by our agency.This is a no-brainer.With so many clues in hand, how can you be willing to leak them to other newspapers?Someone proposed to report the matter of Funaka to the authorities, but I strongly opposed it. It sounds like Tamura refuses to admit defeat, but maybe it's a gesture to defend Ryuxiong.In any case, Long Xiong knew that the newspaper office had mobilized its organizational strength. Long Xiong had a conflict in his mind, but he wouldn't have this kind of emotion towards Tamura alone.He worried that the strong wind of the newspaper would sweep everything.The power of the news is fast and violent, and a shadow passed over his heart in an instant, and Long Xiong was overwhelmed by it.He was worried about Uesaki Etsuko. Funasaka is Korean, what is going on?Long Xiong continued to ask. I went to Hakata in Kyushu to investigate.There are Korean groups in Hakata.According to information from another right-wing organization that disagrees with Zhou Ban, Zhou Ban was born in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, and his name was Kim Tae-myung.It is said that he came to Hakata when he was young and worked under someone sent by Xuanyangsha (Note: A right-wing group founded in Fukuoka, Kyushu in 1881 and disbanded in 1946.).He was influenced, or tasted the sweetness, so after arriving in Tokyo, he made his fortune on the right wing and became an emerging force.Therefore, I specially went to Kyushu to investigate.This time, encouraged by the director and deputy director of the department, he came on a business trip grandiosely.Tamura said proudly. So have you checked it out? not yet.Tamura shook his head, I stayed in Hakata for four days.No one in Korea knew him.No clues were found among those related to Xuanyangshe. Is he really Korean? I think it might be.Tamura said that Funasaka Hideaki is in his forties this year.Assuming he switched to a Japanese name when he was fifteen or sixteen, that would have been twenty-five years ago.There was a battle in between.So, until now, no one knows. Then, the right-wing forces who oppose him should know his details, right? The peers know the basics best, and they specialize in inquiring about each other's privacy.Based on this, I thought Funasaka might be Korean. which point? His background.No one knows this because of his background.No one knows where he was born, where he grew up, and which school he graduated from.Some people say that Funasaka is extremely reluctant to talk about himself.I'm afraid he doesn't even have a household registration.Because he is so mysterious and unpredictable, it can be proved that he is Korean. Long Xiong thought, could Funasaka Hideaki be Korean?This was surprising, but it felt as if it was expected.Judging from Fusaka Yingming's deeds and deeds, it is reasonable to say that the outside and the inside are the same as each other. correct.Long Xiong suddenly remembered and said, the female shopkeeper of the Red Mansion Bar should know the secret, right?She is Funasaka's mistress. Tamura said meaningfully: The relationship between Umei Junko and Funazaka is not as deep as we imagined.Of course, there are more or less ties between them.Funasaka is not the kind of person who indulges in women.It's true to contribute some capital to the store, but it's nothing more than using the bar to hire someone to be a bartender.But it seems that the female shopkeeper has not yet entered his circle.This matter is on the female shopkeeper's side, and we have also investigated it side-by-side.Anyway, she is going on trysts from time to time, as long as she has money.In fact, after investigation, among the bar customers, the female shopkeeper likes something else.We were wrong about this woman.She didn't know anything about Zhou Saka's situation.Do you remember?That time, a beautiful woman went to the inn in Ujiyamada to find Funazaka. We always thought it was the female shopkeeper.In fact, it was also wrong.She never left Tokyo at all. Of course Long Xiong knew who that woman was.But now, it is even more inconvenient to tell Tamura. Funasaka has no wife.There are no parents or brothers.Completely alone.It is unbelievable to say that he is Korean? However, Long Xiong interrupted him, how about Shanshan Commercial Company?You should know the origin of Funasaka, right? The matter of Kitaro Yamasugi will be investigated by others.Tamura replied.He was a notorious loan shark.They only colluded temporarily in the relationship of money and money.I'm afraid Funaka won't open his heart to him yet.There is no need for Shanshan to inquire clearly.What he valued was nothing more than money transactions. How about that MP?Funasaka must reveal something, right?There was a good friendship between them.Heichi cheated our company with a check of 30 million yuan in the bank, just by using his business card.you forgot?We both met that congressman once, and he was still furious. You mean Terusuke Iwao, right?How would he know.He just wanted to get some money from Funasaka.Tamura replied immediately.Immediately he remembered something and said, by the way, when you mentioned it, I remembered that Iwao is indeed an elected member of the county. Is it Nagano Prefecture? Long Xiong didn't pay attention at that time, he let it go after hearing it. Oh Hagizaki, I'm not directly from Tokyo.After returning to Tokyo from Kyushu, I immediately went to Kiso Fukushima, which is how I turned back. Whenever Tamura was excited, his little eyes widened. Are you going to investigate the matter of Senuma? Um.When Senuma's body was found in Mount Kiso, I was on a business trip in Kyushu.What a surprise.Didn't he say he died of starvation? Have you investigated it? checked.I can't figure out how to starve to death.Four or five people took him into the mountains and left him alone. I think it's very strange.Would it be impossible to get out of the mountains before starving to death?Speaking of which, Senuma has no experience in mountaineering, and the dense fog filled the canyon, and it was difficult to turn out easily when entering the canyon; there was a typhoon, and the mountain was very windy and cold. All these are specious reasons.Anyway, will he find no one before he starves to death?This is simply too strange. Have you been to Fukushima for field research? I went to see the doctor who performed the autopsy.Hungry to death, came unexpectedly fast.Mental depression, extreme fatigue, and sleeping in the open in cold rainstorms can indeed hasten the arrival of starvation.In addition, strangely enough, there was a laceration on the back of the head, which was five millimeters deep.However, according to the autopsy, there was no bleeding in the scalp.There is quite a mystery in this. What's the secret? Since there is a laceration, of course there will be bleeding under the skin if the person is alive. If people are alive? This is a living reaction.Here, the case of President Shimoyama (Note: Please refer to the shocking inside story of the suicide or murder of President Shimoyama in the Imperial Bank incident in the book "The Black Mist of Japan" by Kiyoshi Matsumoto published by our company.) During the period, the newspapers made a lot of noise and often said this sentence. Only then did Long Xiong suddenly realize.When a living person is injured, he bleeds, but when a dead person is injured, there is no blood. This is the reaction of the living body. Do you think, then, that Senuma fell on the rock after his death? The dead don't fall by themselves.I reckon the body was thrown from above. Wait, are you saying that the gang of suspects took the lawyer into the mountains and threw him down after he starved to death? Not starved to death in the mountains.My opinion is that after Senuma was starved to death elsewhere, he was transported to the mountains and thrown down. Long Xiong couldn't help staring at Tamura's face closely. Is there any basis? certainly!Tamura answered confidently. I heard from the doctor that the autopsy on Senuma's body found that the internal organs were very shriveled.Very little urine output in the bladder.The detective from Tokyo went back after hearing about it.He is said to have said nothing in this regard.Probably an oversight. What's going on here? According to my guess, Senuma never drank water.Tamura looked complacent.After coming out of the bathroom, the heat on his body has long since dissipated, but his face is still sweating unceasingly.Yes, there is no water source on site.But when the typhoon blows, there will be heavy rain.Not a drop in the water, it's unconvincing.So, my conclusion is that it is not that he does not drink water, but that he is not given water.Not drinking water is also an important condition to accelerate short-term starvation. Longxiong finally understood what Tamura meant. Do you mean that Senuma was put under surveillance somewhere, deprived of food and drink, and starved to death? Yes, I think so. However, didn't it mean that there were wild strawberries and grass seeds from the mountain in Senuma's intestines? Seeing Longxiong's question, Tamura smiled and said: It was the hands and feet of the criminals.Just pick the wild strawberries and grass seeds from the mountain and tell Senuma to eat them.The police were all fooled by them. Longxiong deeply admired Tian Cun and had to look at him differently. However, when the bus on Ohira Street stopped at Kiso Peak, among the people who got off, didn't there be someone who looked like Senuma? It's not that they pretended to be!Remember, only one of them was dressed in a different color.Hats, jackets, pants, all green.They are made on purpose to attract attention.The color of the clothes on the corpse is exactly the same. fake? Not really.At that time, Senuma was imprisoned elsewhere and was about to starve to death. However, Long Xiong argued that there is a flaw in your assumption. What flaw?you say!Tamura shrugged. Why did the prisoner go to such trouble?The reason for this is not clearly explained. The reason is simple.Tamura responded with sweat profusely, they want others to believe that Senuma died in Kiso Mountain.What to do with the dead body is a tricky thing.Corpses cannot be thrown around casually.For this reason, they set up an illusion that when the victim was alive, he walked along the road and died there.This method of starving people to death may seem bizarre at first glance, but it is actually extremely ingenious.Now, wouldn't it be obvious that he killed him? Long Xiong felt that what Tamura said was true. So, they should have killed Senuma far away? Yes.Tamura's eyes were shining brightly, I said Hagizaki, don't you think that the person who hanged himself this time is similar to Senuma's death? 3 Tamura's eyes shone brightly, saying that this hanging incident was similar to Senuma's suicide.Long Xiong thought for a moment and said: According to you, this is disguised as suicide? good.Tamura replied that the hanged man did not commit suicide by the prisoner.Now, I don't know where Kenji Kuroike is still living, and he is watching the fun. That Longxiong said with a terrifying expression, then who hanged himself? This is unknown.I can't figure it out yet.According to the writing method of ordinary boring detective novels, it is possible to kill another person as a substitute, but it does not work in reality. Both fell silent.They are thinking hard, who is the hanged person?The hanged ghost had been dead for several months, and he had almost turned into a dry bone. He must have been hung up with a rope after he was killed.But today, there is no trace. Another similarity is that Tamura said again that, just like Senuma's situation, the corpse was transported from far away, where the prisoner was.Then the deceased was deliberately made to look like Kenji Kuroike committed suicide. shipped?Transporting dead bodies is not easy in this season.What method to use?by train? have no idea.Probably a train.The site is very close to Tsukiba Station, so the possibility is very high. After Tian Cun said this, his face froze for a moment, as if he remembered something. What's the matter? nothing. If it is consigned by train, things are easily exposed.People will immediately smell the smell. yes.Tamura casually perfunctory. Why do you have to pretend that Kenji Kuroike committed suicide? As soon as Longxiong finished speaking, Tamura stared at his face and asked: Don't you understand? understand what? Think about it, Kuroike killed someone recklessly in Shinjuku, didn't the gang kidnap Lawyer Senuma immediately?This time it was still the same.As soon as the police found out the real name of the murderer, the gang felt that a catastrophe was imminent, so they came here and pretended to eradicate Heichi.This must have been done after it was published in the papers. Was it a week ago?That's weird.People have been hanging for more than five months.At that time, Kuroike had just killed someone and fled Tokyo on a JAL plane. Could it be that the body was already prepared at that time and had a substitute? Tamura snorted softly and scratched his hair. You have a point.It can't be that fast. Tamura is troubled by Ji Poverty.He was also helpless about the flaws in his reasoning. Let's think about it later.He dropped this question, then talked about other things, and mentioned the double, and I remembered that Senuma should also have a double, right? Do you mean the one in the green shirt among the group of climbers on the bus? right.Tamura nodded, I guess, it was Kenkichi Kuroike who played the stand-in. What?Kenkichi Kuroike played?Long Xiong opened his eyes wide and asked, do you have any basis? No.This is my hunch.Isn't Heichi capable of anything? Um. After Tamura mentioned it, Longxiong also felt the same way. Not only that, I even think that it was Heichi who made the corpse look like it was hanged. Longxiong agrees with Tamura's view.Kenkichi Kuroike really makes people feel that he is exactly such a role. Is Blackpool willing to erase himself? It's fake anyway.Tamura said, if you commit suicide, just kill yourself, erase yourself, and the investigation and search will stop here, and you can turn right. Blackpool can be peaceful? Yes.He can change his alias to Youzaiyouzai again. Before Long Xiong's eyes, the figure of Hei Chi when he was a bartender in the Red House Bar appeared.His appearance was featureless, like a grain of sand on a beach, nothing outstanding.No one will notice.According to witnesses, the painted mock-ups did not look like much.His face, once seen, will be forgotten immediately. Where is Kenji Kuroike hiding?When Section Chief Sewan was forced to commit suicide, Long Xiong became very indignant when he thought that the prisoner was still free on this earth.Now, this kind of feeling is churning up in the bottom of my heart again. Where is Kenji Kuroike? However, in Tatsuo's field of vision, as if beside Heiike, the beautiful figure of Uesaki Etsuko appeared at the same time.This was the case when Kuroike left Haneda Airport on a JAL flight.It was the same at the Mizunami post office.At this moment, she must be by his side. What is their relationship?Uesaki Etsuko is just their liaison, or does she have other relations with Kuroike?Long Xiong felt his eyes turned black.As soon as Uesaki Etsuko was involved, Ryuxiong's heart became particularly uneasy.For Tamura, he has an unspeakable secret, feeling sorry for his friend. what's on your mind?Tamura lit a cigarette and asked. I was thinking about Blackpool.Where is he swaggering?After thinking back, Long Xiong said hastily. Exactly, this must be traced.Tamura let out a puff of smoke and echoed. He wouldn't be hiding in Funasaka Hideaki's place, would he? Also a possibility.However, not necessarily by Funasaka Hideaki's side.Probably under the protection of Funasaka, he hid somewhere. Didn't the people from the Uji Yamada Communication Team of your newspaper say that they want to contact you about Funasaka's whereabouts?Does he have any information? No, when I returned to the newspaper office from Kyushu, he hadn't sent any news.Maybe in a few days. No news so far, it seems that the middle-aged correspondent was too busy to forget about it, or there is nothing worth mentioning.Judging from the look on Tamura's face, he had no hope at all. Regardless of this, who is Heichi's substitute, the hanged person? Where did you get it? Preparing a corpse is no small matter.What method was used is simply unpredictable.Both were lost in thought. Early in the morning, Tamura called Longxiong, who had already put on his suit. So early! Looking at the watch, it's not even eight o'clock. Hey, let's go to Tsukiba Station together right now. Tsukiba Station? I remembered something last night. Long Xiong got up immediately to dress and freshen up. The people at the hotel called a taxi.As soon as the car leaves the city street of Omachi, Lake Kizaki is on the left.The morning light is faint, and the lake water is turbulent. Go to the station to investigate how the luggage with the corpse arrived?Long Xiong asked Tamura in the taxi. Exactly.Check it step by step in order. The hanged body was more than five months old.The station should also be at that time. five months ago?good. Tamura looked a little puzzled.After being reminded by Long Xiongyi, he realized this situation just now, and felt rather embarrassed. It seems very troublesome to investigate the arrival situation of five or six months ago.Looking at the scenery outside the station, Tamura said so. If the size of the package is limited to the size of one person, it may not be very troublesome.Long Xiong expressed his opinion, the corpse is fragmented, that's another matter.But the body was intact.There have been examples in the past, some were packed in luggage, some were wrapped in packages, and some were packed in suitcases.In short, the size is so big. Some are also placed in tea boxes. We will take this size as the standard, and it will be easier to check. The car drove across Lake Kizaki and sped along the railway.After a while, we arrived at Tsukiba Station. The goods receiving department is next to the ticket gate. When Tamura saw the deputy station master, he handed over his business card, saying that he needed to check the stub of the receipt because he was interviewing a case. Check five months ago?The young deputy station master looked a little impatient. We just take a look.Tamura begged. The deputy station master took out a thick stack of bound stubs, and he flipped through them quickly, with Tamura and Longxiong staring closely at them. Weight, shape and capacity are the basis for investigation.Zhuchang is a small country station, with very little freight and many small parcels.The deputy station master said that the consignees were all from nearby remote villages, and their origins were very clear.In addition to small packages, there are also some electrical machinery consigned to the local power station. I couldn't find any clues in the manifest from five months ago.Tamura went all the way to the nearest consignment note. I'm afraid it's not the case a month ago, right?Long Xiong said in a low voice. The corpse was rotting to the brim.If it was a month or two ago, the smell was so bad, how could it be shipped.Most likely, it should have just been hanged before it stinks.According to the corpse, it was presumed to be five months ago, so Long Xiong thought it would be futile to check the latest arrival. At this time, Tamura pointed to a place and asked: Who came to pick up this item? Long Xiong took a look, and it read: One wooden box, weighing fifty-nine kilograms.Product name, insulator.Consignor, Aichi Chamber of Commerce, ×× Street, Toki City, Gifu Prefecture.Receiver. ×× Power Company Baima Village Power Station. Arrival date was a week ago. Ah, that was the evening of the day it arrived, and two people who looked like electricians came to pick it up.The deputy station master searched the memory and said. Walking out of the station, Tamura walked towards the mountain road and said: Things are getting interesting. What about the wooden box? Um.Last night, when we came down from the mountain and walked into the village, wasn't there an old woman with a child on her back?She asked us, are you from the power company?He also said that an electrician came into the mountain four or five days ago.This means that the guy who picked up the wooden box at the station has gone into the mountain again. According to your inference, the crates contained dead bodies, and they were transported to the scene and hung from the trees, yes?Longxiong and Tamura walked side by side and asked. right. However, the rope used to hang the corpse has been rotted by wind and rain. It's not easy to fake this little gadget. What about the smell of corpses?Long Xiong asked another question. Tamura said with a bitter face as if he was having a headache: After falling asleep last night, I thought about it, but I couldn't figure it out.I suddenly remembered what the old woman said, and then I felt something was wrong.I went up the mountain to see the scene of the hanging, where there was a project to erect high-voltage lines.If you want to erect a high-tension line tower, the ground will shake, but there is no such thing.So, I'm weird.Because I was concerned about this matter, I just found out the stub of the arrival of the wooden box, and my heart jumped.However, about the smell of corpses, I find it most troublesome.Depending on how decomposed the corpse was, it must have been foul-smelling.However, if the corpse is wrapped up and the wooden box is tightly packed with cloth, the smell may not come out. is it possible? Long Xiong still insisted on a skeptical attitude.It must have been so rotten that the stench must have been very strong.None of the station attendants at the delivery station and the arrival station noticed it? All in all, check out the wooden box first.If it doesn't make sense, let's talk about it later.Tamura said stubbornly. Follow the road yesterday to the village. It seems to be in front of this house.田村仰頭看了看低矮的屋簷說道。 田村喊了兩聲有人嗎？No one agreed.喊了三次，才見老婦從後院轟著雞出來。 What's up?老婦睜開發紅的爛眼圈望了過來。 昨天謝謝您，老伯母。您昨天說，一個星期前有電工到山裡來，是嗎？ Ah, ah.老婦呆呆地看著田村。 來了兩個人還是三個人？ Not sure.因為天色已經是傍晚時分了。 What?傍晚時分來的？ 是啊，天黑以後來的。我問了一聲，你們是幹啥的？他們就大聲說了一句，是來山上架高壓線的，說完就上山了。 當時他們有沒有扛一個木箱？ 八成沒有。我倒依稀記得，好像有一個人，肩膀上輕輕搭著一個工具袋似的。