Chapter 6 a hypothetical

one Superintendent Mihara checked a form in detail.This is a list of suspects made by his subordinates after investigating the murder. There are more than 20 people listed side by side, most of them are just related to the deceased Doi Takeo, and those who have some grievances and grievances with the deceased are only the top three. These three people are Saburo Fujimoto, Nobuo Doi, and Kinchi Sawamura. Under the name of Saburo Fujimoto, indicated as reporter of Traffic News, 39 years old.Due to a professional rivalry with the deceased, the two had occasional rifts.When the deceased was killed on February 6, he had been at home and had not gone out.There are parents in the family, and there are wives and daughters in the family.short-tempered and easily quarrelsome

Nobuo Doi is the younger brother of the deceased, and the two have disliked personalities and a bad relationship.Currently working in a life insurance company, ten and twenty-nine years younger than his brother, half-brother, single.On the night of February 6th, I stayed at a hotel in Sendaya with my girlfriend who works in the same company. Sawamura Kinchi is an old friend of Takeo Doi's time as a commercial car driver. He is thirty-nine years old.Recently, the relationship between the two has been cold. At the end of last year, there was a quarrel over borrowing money.On February 6, he suffered from a cold and was bedridden from morning till night.

Mihara Ji put down the form and shook his head again and again.The murderer won't be in it.This bloody incident was by no means the result of a quarrel.The murderer is a calm-headed person, a careful person who researches and studies, and tries again and again. In Mihara's mind, Mineoka's smiling face appeared again. No evidence, motive unknown.Such preconceived intuitions are originally a taboo for police officers.There have been many examples in the past where due to overconfidence, they went astray when investigating cases. However, his heartstrings kept rumbling, Mineoka Monday was by no means an innocent person.

Mineoka is hiding something, so he has to try to find out what he hides. Now it is different from the past, everything must have physical evidence. I will definitely not confess myself.Even if the suspect confesses to the police, the case can be overturned at trial. From this point of view, it is difficult to maintain the original judgment in a case with weak evidence.The boss is very cautious, and the prosecutor requires sufficient physical evidence before he can file a public prosecution. Now, Mihara believes that Mine Oka Monday is the murderer, so he must consider the evidence. It has been more than a month since the case happened, and the whereabouts of the woman who escaped from the lake are still unknown.The search team had long been looking for this woman as the murderer, and they still had no clue until now.

According to those who have seen her, she seems to be a bar girl. She met the deceased not long ago and has entered a quite intimate stage. However, the life experience of this woman is still unknown. Using bar girls as clues, investigations were carried out in restaurants, hotels, bars, and geisha circles in Tokyo and nearby prefectures, but reports from these places indicated that no women disappeared after February 7.As for the bar, since there are many lone women, it is more troublesome to investigate, and no one has come up with any clues. Superintendent Mihara never believed that the woman was the actual murderer from the very beginning.However, it is just that I never believe it, and there is no material for such a decision.

In any case, she is not a murderer.It would make sense to say that she was the accomplice of the real murderer.It is inferred that she was responsible for luring Doi Takeo to the shore of Lake Sagami. Assuming this, she must have a special relationship with the murderer like a mistress, although it may not be the case, but a kinship relationship.But the report said that she looks like a bar girl, so the former is more likely. However, after careful investigation of Mineoka Zhou Yi's life experience, he still can't find the fact that he had a past relationship with this kind of woman.Not only that, even if the life experience of the deceased Doi Takeo was carefully investigated, it was also impossible to find out that he had any relationship with the woman who took him to Sagami Lake.

Moreover, regarding the deceased, one had to inquire from the people around him. These people always had a lot of scruples about what the police said, so it was difficult to investigate in detail. The deceased is gone, but Mineoka is still alive. If he had an affair, according to his daily actions, the matter can definitely be investigated.Sanyuan sent someone to secretly watch Fenggang. From the reports of the detectives, there was still no trace of that type of woman. Mihara took the film that Mineoka had handed over on Monday out of the drawer to watch.This is the film I have seen so many times.The film is produced by Yamato brand manufacturers.

The photography part of the Wabu Kari Shrine ceremony starts from the fifteenth frame and ends at the twenty-second frame.After the twenty-second frame, there are pictures of the female workers of the Daji Hotel. This shows that Mineoka has indeed been to the Wabu Kari Shrine on Monday.Before shooting a few frames of the ceremony, it was a company shot, which he took for the company clerk two days before he went to Kyushu, followed by a female worker at the Daikichi Hotel, which was taken at the Daikichi Hotel in Okura a few hours after the ceremony. photo.In terms of chronological order, this roll of film is good evidence.

The ceremonies photographed are without a doubt this year’s ceremonies, as evidenced by the faces of the priests on the screen and the conditions of the shrine after reconstruction.This is something that could not be photographed last year and the year before. Mihara held his head in thought. These photos are unmistakably taken by Mineoka, who has been taking pictures for a long time.Therefore, when he visits the famous Wagari Festival, which is the season title of haiku, of course he will bring his favorite camera with him.There's nothing unnatural about this. Then there is the issue of aircraft.

The plane that Mineoka took on Monday was the downbound flight 311, and it was always full until Fukuoka.The passengers were surveyed on the passenger register maintained by JAL.This is to ask passengers if they remember Mineoka on board.However, out of the sixty-four seats (full), five passengers could not be identified. That is to say, there are two people in Tokyo and Osaka, and three people in Osaka and Fukuoka. Although they searched according to the addresses on the list, they could not find their whereabouts. These people must have used pseudonyms for some reason. Recently, the number of people traveling by air has increased, and some people travel secretly with their mistresses.Such a person should especially conceal his name.

The detective who reported to Mihara told Mihara what he had heard at Nikko. If the plane crashes in an accident, how can the body be claimed? As soon as Mihara mentioned the plane, he immediately thought of danger, which is a bit special. No, the average person has a sense of security and does not think that an accident will happen to an airplane.That's what JAL said.It boasts that its safety rate is much higher than that of commercial vehicles.The detective smiled. two There were three unidentified people on Mihara's hypothetical Flight 132 from Osaka Itami Airport back to Tokyo.Moreover, in the same scenario, there are also two unidentified persons on Flight 333 Moonlight Flight departing from Tokyo at 1:30 am in the dark, and three persons on Flight 331 departing from Tokyo at 0:30 am unknown. Investigating here, I feel a little tricky.In order to find out that Mineoka used a false name to board the plane on Monday, all other passengers must board the plane with their real names.In other words, it can be said that Mineoka was hidden among the eight passengers who used pseudonyms. Mihara asked the detectives to find out if Mineoka did fly from Tokyo to Osaka Itatsuki Airport on Flight 311, then what seat did he sit on the plane? The detective found out clearly that Mineoka's seat was on the right near the center.From his perspective, he could probably look out the window and see half of the wing.The seats are on the left side of a row of three, next to the aisle. Mihara visited the head office of JAL and determined exactly where half of the wings could be seen from the window.This seat is the twelfth row from the front, and the number is thirty-six.This can also be said that Mineoka Monday's own memory is very accurate. The twelfth row, or the eleventh row, or the thirteenth row.These rows can be viewed obliquely from the windows.This depends on my own feelings to judge, no one can say very accurately. Here, it is necessary to briefly refer to the boarding procedures of passenger planes. Whether it is a JAL plane or an All Nippon Airways plane, if you want to take a passenger plane, you must first go to the airline's office and fill out the boarding form.Write down your age, name, address, and contact address.After paying for the ticket, you will receive a ticket folded in half.The flight number is stated on the ticket. Secondly, when you arrive at the airport, you hand over your ticket at the luggage collection area, and the clerk opens the list to check, and then issues an airport pass and a number.This number is not according to the time of arrival at the airport, but according to the order of ticket procedures. When it's time for passengers to board the plane, they will exit from the waiting room, pass through the passage, and come to a place similar to the ticket check, where the staff will call them in the order of their boarding numbers. Probably board the plane in a group of ten passengers. In this case, passengers can choose seats arbitrarily.Seats are not assigned in advance.Therefore, passengers choose the location according to their own preferences, but most people don't like the central location where the wings block the view because of the scenery of the lower world from the window.Since the seats near the tail and the seats near the front were occupied first, subsequent passengers had to sit in the center seats near the wings.Also, the boarding pass is taken back by the staff before boarding the plane.Therefore, unlike trains and trams, passengers do not need to hold tickets. Mineoka said on Monday that the window where he sits is half covered by the wings, so his position can be deduced to be the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth rows from the front. In other words, it was quite late when Mineoka went through the ticket purchase procedures. JAL said Mineoka had purchased the ticket two days earlier.Detective report. Recently, the number of passengers commuting by passenger plane has increased significantly.If you don't book tickets very early, you won't be able to buy tickets.I just went through the formalities two days ago, no wonder there are only bad seats left. However, it took a lot of trouble to figure out who the passenger sitting next to Mineoka was.Since the seats have not been designated and arranged in advance, they can only be investigated one by one according to the passenger list.Moreover, it is difficult to say what the standard is for the so-called passengers next to Mine Oka.If Mineoka took seat 36, then it was seat 37. If the number was wrong at all, it would be difficult to check. Fortunately, Mineoka himself stated the clothes he wore that day, so he used this as the standard, and added his appearance, age, characteristics, etc., to conduct an investigation. In addition, the two stewardesses on the plane were also questioned. The stewardess has to take care of many passengers every day. Once the days pass for a long time, I can't remember them all. However, among the passengers, there was a housewife named Iwashitasugi (37 years old) who got off the plane at Tennoji No. XX in Minami District, Osaka, and she still had some vague memories.This is the result of the dismal management of the detectives. So, this one seems to be sitting right next to me right next to me.I sat in the middle of a row of three seats.The right window is half covered by the wing.Yeah, the gentleman next to him, there's nothing special about it.However, when the stewardess brought weekly magazines and pictorials, the gentleman took Life Weekly to read.I didn't talk to him at all.I also don't remember if he talked to the other passengers.I got off the plane in Osaka, and I don't know what happened afterwards. The stewardess who delivered the Life Weekly to the passenger had no memory of it at all.Later, when I asked Mineoka about this matter on Monday, he replied clearly: I do read Life Weekly.On the seat next to her, sat a slightly fat lady.As far as I remember, the man was leaning towards the window, looking down. The question is, from Osaka to Fukuoka, what happened to Mineoka's seat on Monday? If Mineoka committed murder on the shore of Lake Sagami that Monday night, he could not fly directly to Fukuoka.Mihara has taken this into consideration. However, passengers traveling from Tokyo to Fukuoka Itami Airport will also have to leave the plane at Itami Airport in Osaka.Passengers have to wait fifteen minutes at Itami Airport.In this case, passengers flying to Banfu Airport must first obtain a seat reservation card from the stewardess in order to secure the right of seat.Passengers put the seat reservation card on their seats, then get off the plane and go to the airport hall to rest. Therefore, if Mineoka flies directly to the airport on Monday, he will naturally put his seat reservation card on his seat so that he can sit in the same seat on the same flight.However, the woman in the seat next to her had already disembarked in Osaka, and must have been a new passenger who boarded the plane from Osaka and was sitting in that seat. How to find this person so as to prove whether Mineoka really flew to Fukuoka's Itsuki Airport on Monday is a major problem. Searching authorities pored over JAL's passenger manifest, looking for passengers who had boarded the plane from Osaka.However, half of them cannot clearly remember their seats, let alone whether the passenger next to them is a person like Mineoka Monday.What's more, three of them were passengers whose identities could not be found as mentioned above. This investigation is even more difficult when conducting the flight from Osaka to Tokyo (Flight 132, which departs at 6:50 p.m.).Of all the passengers and stewardesses whose identities were known, none of them remembered a person with Mineoka Monday's appearance and clothes. However, the opposite is true for Moonlight Flight. That's because, taking off in the middle of the winter night, the plane was very cold, and almost all the passengers put down the backs of their seats to sleep peacefully.For this reason, the stewardess distributed the felts to the passengers one by one. Superintendent Mihara emphasized this point and asked the stewardess if there was anything that left a special impression on this flight.Unexpectedly, the stewardess of this flight did not have any special memories. The work of the stewardess on the plane always distributes meals, candies, hot tea and so on to passengers.Therefore, distributing felt is an ordinary service job, and from this job, I will not particularly remember the appearance of Mineoka Monday. Therefore, it is completely difficult to judge whether there is Mineoka Monday on the plane to Fukuoka. three Mihara Kiichi received a letter from Tokai Shigetaro from Fukuoka. This is the third letter since the case started. Prior to this, after receiving a copy of the photo taken by Mineoka on Monday, Torikai Shigetaro wrote in his reply letter about the situation at Harume Restaurant when Mineoka had dinner in Fukuoka from 8:00 to 9:00 on the night of February 6th. .This restaurant is behind the station, and the period from eight to nine is the most chaotic time, and no one remembers what happened to Mineoka.Of course, this does not serve as evidence that he was not there.These words were the content of the second letter preceding this one. Mihara quickly opened the letter. After leaving, I often think of your busy work.Coupled with the Sagami Lakeside case, it must be even more hard work day and night.I also secretly hope that this case will be solved as soon as possible. After that, I got the following understanding about the new situation of Mineoka Zhouyi Sanyuan Jiyi was hitting a wall again and again and was at a loss for what to do.Before he read the contents of the letter, he had already expected a glimmer of light to appear. According to the previous letter, Mineoka Zhou Yi appeared at the local Dadong company at about 1:00 pm on February 7th.There is nothing wrong with this.All the personnel of the company have such a certificate, so the credibility of the certificate is sufficient. However, the things Mineoka talked about, as mentioned above, are not of much importance in business.Presumably, Mineoka's interest lies in the rituals of Moji and Nukarari Shrine, which have been related to haiku for many years, and his visit to Daito Company is just a drop in. He chatted with Dadong Company for fifty minutes, that is to say, he left the company before two o'clock, and then took the Chaofeng train that left at 4:30 pm. However, we did not pay much attention to where and how he spent about two and a half hours between leaving the company shortly before two o'clock and boarding the Chaofeng train.This is because people thought it had nothing to do with the murder at Lake Sagami. However, I have my doubts about this one.Can we really assert that his actions during this period of time have nothing to do with the lakeside murder that happened the night before?In terms of geography and time, the distance from the case is quite far away, so there is no problem at all, but I think it is still necessary to do some investigation on this.So I visited Dadong Company several times. Unexpectedly, after the staff of the company sent Mineoka outside the gate, they did not act together with him again.The company is located on Watanabe Street in the city, where the city tram passes.The station is about a block away from the company.That is the direction of the company going to the station, and the opposite direction is the intersection in front of Iwataya Department Store, the largest street in Fukuoka City. An employee who sent Mineoka outside the company gate found that Mineoka took a few steps in the opposite direction of the station, and stopped a passing business car. The clerk saw at the door that the car was not heading towards the station, but heading towards Iwataya Department Store.The staff figured at the time that Mineoka still had time before boarding the train, so he took a look around the city.Below the Iwataya Department Store, a West Japan Railway train to Kurume passes. How do you know, when it comes to this, I heard an interesting thing.Another employee of the company happened to pass by the Iwataya department store and saw Mineoka standing in front of a window of the West Japan Railway office.He originally wanted to go forward to say hello, but because he was not familiar with them, he didn't say hello.However, the window where Mineoka was standing was somewhat special. It was not a window for selling ordinary tickets, but a window for selling monthly tickets. I think this incident is very special, so I will tell you.If this window sells ordinary tickets, it can be seen that Mr. Mineoka is going somewhere on the West Japan Railway bus, but he is standing in front of the window that sells commuter tickets. What is the reason for that?Mr. Mineoka, who lives in Tokyo, does not need to buy a West Japan Railway pass.Probably he was waiting for someone near this window.Other than that, there is no other possibility.It was about half past two in the afternoon.Please inquire about this matter with Mineoka in person.It may not be of much use, but I just heard this unexpected material by accident. I am very sorry that this letter is written about something that is not very useful.Again, I will try to pay attention and try to listen.If there is anything going on here, please let me know at any time, you are not polite, as long as you can, you will help. Tokai Jutaro After reading the letter, Mihara Ji was lost in thought. This thing is really strange.Why did Mineoka show up at the window of the West Japan Railway station downstairs in the department store on Monday?It is the window for selling monthly tickets.Needless to say, the commuter pass was of no use to Mineoka.Someone must be waiting there, as Torikai said.The ticket office for electric trains, no matter where it is, is the most confusing window for ordinary tickets.The window for selling monthly tickets is always relatively quiet except for the days when tickets are exchanged.That's a great place to wait. Mihara remembered that when he met Mineoka on Monday, Mineoka did not mention that he was standing near the window.Is he hiding it on purpose?I still think that some small things are not worth mentioning.If it is concealed, the matter is related to the crime. If it is forgotten, it is not a big problem. But, now that I'm clueless, it's good to ask this question.Mihara Jiichi did not send his subordinates to go this time, but went out in person. The weather was fine, he walked out of the office building, the sun was shining on people like the spring sun, and there were many pedestrians.The white geese in the river had already appeared, and the journalists were taking pictures, and probably the next day's newspaper would have this picture, and a headline of spring is coming.Near Jiguang Transportation Company, there were only a few cars parked in the commercial car parking lot, as if a few drivers who were not on duty were basking in the sun.Mihara arrived at the reception room and explained that he wanted to see the executive director Mineoka, and was immediately led to the reception room. The female worker brought in the tea, followed by Mineoka Zhou Yi, who was dressed neatly and had a smiling face. Mihara also stood up with a smile and said: I'm sorry to bother you again. Please sit down, please sit down.Mineoka stretched out his hand in greeting, it was really like spring.He looked out of the window with his head, and the willow twigs had sprouted new shoots. I really want to go out for a walk today.Mihara also said. No, sitting in the room all the time will make you feel bad.Mineoka agreed on Monday. Today, Mihara took over the topic. I walked here and thought of something, so I decided to come in and interrupt. Yeah?Mineoka opened the cigarette jar for the guests, handed Mihara a cigarette, and lit one himself.That's fine.If there is anything to do in the future, please call and I will visit you at any time. Don't dare, it's not that serious.I was just out of the office for a walk. What is it? As I said just now, it's not a big deal.Mr. Mineoka had been to the Daito Company in Fukuoka on February 7th. This point has already been discussed.Now it's about the future, please don't worry about it.It was seen that Mr. Mineoka had been to the window of the West Japan Railway station. Mihara closely observes Mineoka Zhou Yi's expression at this moment, but the other party is calm and composed. Oh, someone actually saw me there? It's from Fukuoka, in a department store.The department store is right next to the exit of the West Japan Railway station, and he saw you standing there. Oh, is this the thing?Mineoka said indifferently on Monday, I went to Dazaifu to see the site of the capital. The address of the capital? As you probably know, it is the ruins of Dazaifu in ancient times.Only a few cornerstones remain, but Dazaifu remains the place to be chanted for those who love haiku.I probably saw it when I bought the ticket to go there.