Chapter 8 a discovery

one After Mihara Jiichi bid farewell to Eto Shiraha, he still analyzed Mineoka Monday's actions on the road.According to Eto Shiraha, the ceremonies of Henukari Shrine and the site of the capital are both objects of chanting, and since Mineoka Monday is a haiku, it is a matter of course. Wabu Kari Rituals have long been a seasonal topic of haiku, and according to Shiraha, Kyoko's New Year's Chronicle is also included. The Chikushi Haitan that I saw just now, and the notice of going to Xingyong.Due to its proximity, it hosts this rally every year. Bai Ye also said that the site of the capital building is often a place for haiku people in Fukuoka and Kitakyushu to sing.This place is a relic of the Nara period, and it may be a good place to pay tribute to the joys and sorrows of history.

All in all, there is nothing unnatural about Mineoka going to these two places. However, although Mihara understood the truth, he was unwilling to accept it emotionally. He believes that this is an action deliberately arranged by Mineoka on Monday, so that it will be prevaricated when someone investigates afterwards. Looking out from the window of the car, there are already people walking with children on both sides of the river, and most of the willow trees are sprouting. The passengers in the car have been affected by the warm weather, and some people are taking a nap with their heads down.Diagonally opposite Mihara sat a girl of twenty-two or three years old, with a book on her knees, her eyes constantly closed.The book slipped off her lap several times, and she grabbed it back subconsciously.

The conductor's winter uniform looks too thick. The car arrived at Miyakezaka Station.Just as Mihara stood up, the girl across from her opened her eyes as if she had heard an alarm clock, and rushed to the door.She rushed ahead of Miyuan, walked to the ticket gate of the station, took out the monthly pass from her handbag, presented it to the ticket collector, and left slowly. monthly pass Mihara Anbu was on the train, remembering that Mineoka stood in front of the commuter ticket window at the West Japan Railway station on Monday. Where is he waiting for someone?Or buy a monthly pass?Generally speaking, it takes a little time to apply for a monthly pass. Mineoka stood there for a while on Monday, waiting for the monthly pass procedure?

Mineoka himself said on Monday that he was not standing in front of the commuter ticket window at that time, but standing next to the entrance to the capital building site. However, Mihara felt that this was a loophole that Mineoka did not prepare properly on Monday.Why didn't he mention the matter of going to the capital building site before, and he didn't admit it for the first time until Mihara asked. Mineoka initially confessed on Monday that after watching Moji's Wanukarari Shrine ceremony, he went to the Daikichi Hotel in Okura for a rest around 8 o'clock that day, then went to Fukuoka to visit Daito Company, and took the Asakaze train back to Tokyo in the evening.I got on the train right after I got out of Dadong Company, and I didn't mention the Dufu building site.

Of course, people may omit minor parts when talking, and they may forget something.However, Mihara believes that Mineoka deliberately subtracted the fact that he was standing at the West Japan Railway station. Mineoka must have had no idea on Monday that he had been seen standing at the window of the West Japan Railway Company in the Iwata department store.After all, Fukuoka is no better than Tokyo, where he is a stranger, and he always thinks that he will not be noticed.Therefore, when Mihara mentioned this matter to him, although he was calm on the surface, he must have been taken aback in his heart.

First, although he was carrying a camera, he did not take pictures at the capital building site.In order to prove that he was not at the scene of the murder, since he had been to the site of the capital, there was no reason for him not to take pictures.There are still many unused sheets in his film, isn't it strange to compare the two? Later, Mihara Kiichi asked Mineoka about this, but Mineoka said that he had no interest in photography at that time. Before he knew it, Mihara Jiichi had already walked in front of the Metropolitan Police Department. He didn't intend to go in, so he walked straight to Hibiya Park.The guard at the gate of the Metropolitan Police Department watched him slowly walk away with a strange expression.

In the park, office workers crowded shoulder to shoulder.I looked at my watch, it was half past twelve noon.The staff in the nearby office building took advantage of their lunch break to take a nap here.Clerks chatter around the flower beds and flower shops in the park. Mihara walked into the cafe he frequented. You are here.The female clerk saw Mihara's face clearly, pointed to the booth in the corner and said: There is no one there. Every time Mihara comes here, he always sits on that card, and the female shop assistants already know about it. Mineoka is definitely not going to the capital building site on Monday.

Mihara made a judgment. What Mineoka told himself about the situation of the capital building site on Monday was by no means the one he went to, but based on the experience of past visits.In other words, he suddenly raised the address of the capital building because he heard someone saw him in front of the West Japan Railway Station, and he made an impromptu excuse. So, why is it necessary for him to stand in front of the monthly pass window?Since it was determined that he did not go to the capital building site, Mineoka was not standing in front of the window selling ordinary tickets.As the eyewitness testimonies say, he had something to do at the monthly pass window.

However, on this occasion, since there was no one in front of the window and it was very empty, he might be waiting for someone there.But Mihara ruled out this possibility.This is because if Mineoka was waiting for someone on Monday and it was a fair matter, he should have explained it to Mihara. Maybe to meet people who don't want to be known.Then you should not choose to meet at the exit of a crowded station.It is more suitable to choose a relatively secluded place. That said, Mineoka was not meeting someone in front of a West Japan Railway station on Monday.He stood there alone. Mineoka must be buying a monthly pass on Monday.Stand there and wait while the clerk makes the monthly pass.

Then, taking this assumption as a starting point, let’s further develop this presumption. Needless to say, Mineoka is someone who lives in Tokyo.He seldom goes to Fukuoka, so why is it necessary to buy a West Japan Railway pass? Iwataya Department Store's West Japan Railway Stations sell commuter passes not only in Fukuoka City, but also in the west of Kurume, Omuta, Yanagi River and other stations.East to Hakozaki, Fukuoka (between Fukuoka and Orio Station).This is the material obtained by Mihara from studying the map of Fukuoka Prefecture. However, in the West Japan Railway area in this area, there is no place where Mineoka frequents on Mondays and must buy a commuter pass.

However, Mineoka was buying a commuter pass at the time. If you check the commuter pass application form kept by the West Japan Railway Office in Fukuoka, you will understand immediately.However, Mineoka will definitely use a pseudonym, and it will be difficult to find out Mineoka's tricks from there. two However, Mineoka did buy a monthly pass if it was necessary. Superintendent Mihara was sipping hot coffee while chasing his thoughts. Where is Mineoka going to use this commuter pass?Where is the scope of Mineoka's activities that I can't guess, within the scope of the West Japan Railway centered on Fukuoka? However, no matter how you look at it, something is wrong.Mineoka has been living and working in Tokyo.Since he bought and used a monthly pass, he should often go to Fukuoka; in fact, he only travels to Fukuoka a few times a year, and only for visiting Daito Company. Thinking of this, I can't help but think that Mineoka is buying the monthly pass for someone. At this time, the woman who escaped from Sagami Lake appeared in Mihara's mind.The woman who went out for a walk after dinner at a lakeside inn with the deceased Doi Takeo and disappeared. Sanyuan had an intuition that this woman had nothing to do with Mineoka.Until now, there is no trace of her in Tokyo. It seems that she is not a woman in Tokyo. If the woman is a resident near Fukuoka City, it makes sense for Mineoka to buy a commuter pass for her.This can be used as a prerequisite for Mineoka to conspire with her to kill Takeo Doi. But here is a question.Why did Mineoka have to buy a monthly pass for her by himself. The crime on the shore of Sagami Lake happened on the night before Mineoka Seventh bought a monthly pass.If the woman was an accomplice, she lived in Tokyo that night and left Tokyo by train the next morning.However, if that was the case, she could not have reached Fukuoka at around 2:30 pm on the seventh day near the window of Mineoka Station near the West Japan Railway station. If you fly, it is possible to arrive. Mihara took out his notebook and checked the flight schedule.The JAL plane that took off from Haneda Airport in Tokyo at 8:50 in the morning arrived at Banzui Airport at 12:30.It takes about 40 minutes by car from Bansuke Airport to West Japan Railway Station in Tenjincho.In this way, she could arrive at the window of the West Japan Railway within that time in a leisurely manner. However, in the previous search stage, the relationship between Mineoka and women was checked, and no such woman was found around him.But if she was from Fukuoka, Mineoka's friends would not know of her because of the distance. Mihara thought, if Mineoka bought the monthly pass for that woman, her identity may have many restrictions: (1) Living in or outside Fukuoka City; (2) Having a job; (3) The place of employment is along the West Japan Railway; (iv) The person who buys the monthly ticket is usually either a student or a staff member, she cannot be a student; (5) The female worker at Sagami Lake said that the woman looked like a wine girl; was she a waitress at a restaurant in Fukuoka? If Mineoka really bought a commuter pass, the woman's name must have been left on the application form of the West Japan Railway Office, which can be checked from the date of purchase. Ask Fukuoka detective Shigetaro Torikai to investigate, and you can always find clues. Everything has to be done later.Mihara Jiichi drank the coffee in one gulp. However, it suddenly occurred to me that the photo was still in doubt. Mineoka stood in front of the West Japan Railway Station on Monday. Of course, he can explain it in this way, but what he still can't understand is the film of the Wanukari Festival that left the photo. This is evidence that he was definitely not at the scene of the murder.Judging from the sequence of filming, he was completely inside the Wabu Kari Shrine between midnight on February 6th and dawn on the 7th. However, now there is a doubt, will he ask someone else to take this part of the photo for him?In other words, there is also an assistant here. Mineoka and the assistant made an arrangement in advance, and the assistant would go to take pictures of the Wabu Kari Festival with Mineoka's camera in hand.In this case, the film used was the film that Mineoka had shot and used in the camera.The co-conspirators used this roll of film to shoot eight frames and the cloth-cutting ceremony. After Mineoka finished killing people at Lake Sagami, he left Tokyo's Haneda Airport on the Moonlight Flight morning flight that took off at 1:30 am on the 7th, and arrived at Fukuoka Itatsuki Airport at 5:10.The assistant waits for Mineoka to arrive at Moji or Kokura.After Mineoka got off the plane, he took the train from Fukuoka Station to Kokura.It was around seven or seven-thirty in the morning.There, the camera was handed over between the assistant and Mineoka.Holding the camera, Mineoka entered the Daikichi Hotel in Kokura at around 8:00 am, and then used the remaining film to take pictures of the hotel's female workers Thinking about it this way, Film's arrangement can be roughly understood. The problem, however, is the presence of assistants.This person assisted Mineoka to produce evidence that Mineoka was not at the murder scene, and was the same as the accomplice.Can Mineoka really find such a person? However, this is just intuition.Although considering the existence of an assistant, I don't want to think so. Mihara's intuition is that Mineoka committed the crime alone.No, there was another person, the woman who ran away.She played a supporting role in the case of Sagami Lakeside Doi's murder.As far as the real criminals are concerned, there is no one else besides these two. So, is that woman the one who took the picture with Nunukari Shrine? That is absolutely impossible.She left the hotel by the lake with the victim, Takeo Doi, at around 7:30 pm on February 6.She will never have time to catch up with Moji's midnight ritual.This is the same as Mineoka. Looking at it this way, the person who took the photo of the ceremony was Mineoka himself after all.However, the conflict between Mineoka's single-handed murder and Feilin is still difficult to resolve. (I was not there at the time, and I made up shots afterwards. How about this method?) This method may be able to be arranged, but Mihara has not yet understood it. I don't understand anything now.Still, the near future will certainly make sense.Just thinking of this, the fighting spirit will not be extinguished. three Mihara went home. Once the search headquarters investigates the case, it will be too late to go home.It's early to go home when the search stops.When the search progressed, the agents kept coming and going in and out of the headquarters. In addition, the search meeting was time-consuming. Miyuan often returned home at 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning.Of course, I worked harder and harder then.Feeling happy, all drowsiness and fatigue flew away from my body. However, the investigation of the Sagami Lakeside case has fallen into the worst state.Not only not in a good mood, but also feeling tired.Not even a little bit of impetus could be exerted, and it paused procrastinatingly. Opening the rattling door, I saw my wife sitting facing someone in the living room.The other party was behind the curtain and could not see anyone.Mihara silently took off his shoes at the door. The wife stands up to say hello, you are back. Strange, only her. Don't you have guests?As he took off his shoes, he looked up at his wife. No.What's wrong? I heard you talking to someone just now? Ah, see me talking?It's the sound of the TV. television? Mihara entered the living room. In the corner is a TV set bought last month with installment payment.My wife always turns the volume down when watching TV.Now on the screen is a love scene, with close-ups appearing interactively. I'm sorry, the wife said, because you look good, I didn't get up to greet you when you came back. Mihara took off his shirt and tie, handed it to his wife, and kept looking at the screen. turn it off. No, don't turn it off. However, the meal hasn't been cooked yet.I turned off the TV, and I felt at ease. So pretty? yes.Although it is unreasonable, but once it looks like, I don't want to move. The wife wants to turn off the button. Do not close.Just leave it on, and I'll check it out before eating. Mihara sat down.The wife went to the kitchen. The show changed.When the time came to ten o'clock, the news began to be reported.The picture shows the scene of Congress, where a congressman is questioning, and the atmosphere is tense. dinner time.The wife puts the food on the table. Um.Mihara's eyes did not leave the TV. Wait until the news report is over before eating? All right. Eat while watching.The wife turned the table so that he could watch while eating. Miyuan picked up his job, his eyes were still fixed on the development of today's news, and he didn't know whether the food tasted good or bad. Hello, that's raw fish. Um. That's tempura fried with shrimp bought from the vegetable market. Is it delicious? oh. The eyes only look at the dish for a moment before returning to the picture.Before I knew it and didn't know what it tasted like, I finished the meal. interesting.Mihara turned off the TV and picked up the teacup. Yeah.You are simply in a trance.I bought it at the vegetable market, and you don't even taste it. In fact, Mihara hadn't watched TV recently, and today was just a chance. The news on TV introduces all the news that happened today very quickly, but the newspapers will not publish it until the next morning. TV viewers still enjoy the most news.The wife said while holding the teacup herself. No, Mihara suddenly put his hands on the tea bowl. (The news I read now is what happened during the day today. Although I was not there, I could see the situation at that time.) He quickly said to his wife, hello, turn on the TV. What do you remember?Are there any good shows now? No matter what program, open it immediately. You are so strange.As the wife said, she turned the button, and another station was broadcasting current affairs explanations.The explainer holds a pointer and points on a map. This one doesn't work, try another one. Changed the screen again.This time it's a western movie with a man and a woman arguing in a room. The lens changes to a large road again, and cars are speeding past. Mihara stared at the screen.The picture is black and white. (This picture can be clearly taken from the TV with a camera, right?) He stared intently at the TV. (It must be able to be photographed. Ordinary scenery must be photographed.) Mihara turned to his wife and said, bring the camera. My wife was surprised, what happened to you tonight? Hurry up and get the camera, there are a few spare films in it anyway.Mihara ordered to his wife. The wife stood up and took the camera out of the rope net in the closet.This was bought with a bonus three years ago. Mihara aimed the camera at the TV screen.The wife couldn't help laughing out loud: It's really like a child. But Mihara was serious. A close-up lens must be added to the camera, but Mihara did not.Buy it tomorrow. He put down the camera, turned around, and lay down on the mat, his eyes fixed on a point on the ceiling. (Will the local TV station show a newsreel for this year's Wabu Kari Shrine?) It will never be ignored. The Hebu Kari Shrine Festival is a famous festival in Kitakyushu. The photographer was not at the scene at the time, but wanted to capture the same scene on the spot on the film, there was no other way but this method. If you want to reproduce the past, you can use TV recordings or movie newsreels. (Yes, there are also movies, which can be taken with a camera. The picture is large, and you can shoot from your seat. No special accessories are required.) Mihara pretended not to hear what his wife said, and continued to look at the ceiling. (If this is the case, behind the film, there is a photo of the female worker of the Daikichi Hotel in Ogura. How can this be explained?)