Chapter 15 joint search

one Tokai Shigetaro travels to Tokyo with a young detective. Fukuoka Police Department is very happy because of the notification from the Tokyo side that the identity of the deceased in the Shuicheng murder case has been clarified.Mihara also notified the deduction about the murderer in detail.However, that is just Mihara's personal opinion.Although the motive of Mineoka Monday was discovered, the evidence that Mineoka was not at the scene on the night of the crime could not be broken. The Fukuoka Police Department tends to conduct joint searches.East and West together. Mihara met them at Tokyo Station in the morning.Torikai stepped out of the second-class car behind with a briefcase in hand. The moment they met, he felt that Torikai had aged a lot.The wrinkles on the face deepened.We met in Kyushu last year, but we broke up for more than a year. Seeing that he has just passed fifty, his body has appeared more old-fashioned.

The most obvious thing is that the hair around Toriko's ears has turned completely white, and his cheeks have sunken a little. With a smile on his face, Torikai walked towards where Mihara was standing. long time no see.Please pick up the car, I dare not take it. I have been waiting.You can work with Mr. Torikai now. Thank you so much. Torikai introduced the young detective standing behind him to Mihara.Around thirty years old, tall, surnamed Kurata. Did you sleep well in the train? asked as they walked down the stairs of the platform together. I am used to it. When I open my eyes in the morning, I have already passed Nagoya, and I get up immediately.

Are you not tired? No, not at all Mr. Mihara, we go to the search meeting from here? The meeting is held at night.Let's take a break first. Kurata, a young detective who has just arrived in Tokyo, walks slowly among the crowd with his Torikai luggage. When they arrived at the Metropolitan Police Department, Mihara entertained the two of them to have a rest, and then said: I will invite the two of you to lunch later, but first, I will show you the investigation records here. Mihara submitted all the documents of the Sagami Lake murder case to Torikai. Torikai immediately replied that he was not hungry.I think it's better to read the content of the good case in the document first. You roughly explained it to me in the letter, but Kurata is a newcomer, so let him understand.

Well, Mihara finished speaking, and went back to his room, and spent an hour tidying up the things that should be tidied up.It was already one o'clock in the afternoon. Back in Torikai's room, the documents have been roughly read, and the old and new agents are hard at work making records. Is it finished?Mihara asked. Almost all of them have been seen.Numerous wrinkles appeared at the corners of Torikai Shigetaro's eyes. What's new? Just for the record, no thoughts yet.This murderer, you are right, it is true that the two cases went hand in hand, both of which were handled by him alone.

There are still four hours before the meeting, so go out and have a slow meal first.The restaurant here is not good, let's go to Ginza to have a meal together. You don't have to be particular about eating. Kurata is new to Tokyo, so let's go out with him for a stroll. The three walked to Yurakucho.Kurata looked around, very busy.Mihara has a good impression of this young detective who still has a rural atmosphere. Madam and children are well. Entering a small restaurant, Mihara asked Torikai who was sitting opposite. Thank you, TOEFL is fine. Mihara remembered the appearance of Torikai's wife and children when he visited a year ago.At that time, I ate a lot of food unique to Fukuoka.

The eldest son is already in high school. The wrinkles on Torikai's face kept moving. Congratulations, you can rest assured when he graduates from university. There are still six years left.However, the children grew up in a blink of an eye.Torikai said: Since you went to Kyushu last time, Fukuoka has developed significantly again, and many high-rise buildings have been built.Let's go play again, okay? Must go again.Mr. Torikai, maybe we can leave soon. Ah, I see.Did you come to Kyushu to investigate the Shuicheng case? If I can find the time, I really want to do it.The female worker at the Sagami Lake Bitan Pavilion Hotel saw Yoshiko's photo and immediately recognized her as the woman brought by the deceased Doi Takeo.So, these two cases are clearly connected, Mr. Torikai, are you going to meet the suspect?

As soon as the topic entered the method of handling the case, his voice became low.The young detective Kurata who was sitting on the sidelines could only straighten his ears to listen. We came all the way to Tokyo and should have found him right away to investigate.Although we don't have much definite evidence in our hands, it seems better to meet Mineoka right away in order to get straight to the point. Yes, I heard that you came to Tokyo for this case, and thought of that too.Did you go directly to him, bring up the deceased Sugai Shintaro in the Shuicheng case, and ask him if he knew him?I analyzed it, and I also felt that, in this way, although it would make him feel that the footsteps of the search were gradually approaching.However, things have to be uncovered, whether you avoid them or not, the effect is the same.

Mihara agrees with Torikai's opinion. Torikai sipped tea, nodded and said, well, after the meeting, we will go to Aurora Transportation Company, visit Mineoka, and give him a try.Mr. Mihara, I think the two of us are enough. I also don't think I have to show up this time.However, which clue did you start with to prove that after Sugai was murdered, it was necessary to find Mineoka to inquire? I thought about it too.I said that after we investigated the life experience of the deceased, we found that he used to work in a bar in Nagoya.And the person in the bar told us that Mineoka had gone to that bar to drink.Torikai thought of such an excuse.

no!This method is not good.Mihara shook his head.Our opinion here is that he must be hiding his head and tail in Nagoya, and he doesn't show his face easily in bars, and even if he has been to that bar, he will not reveal his real name, but use a fake name to cover it up.Therefore, this excuse is useless, and we have to find another way. Torikai Shigetaro showed embarrassment: This is annoying.He thought for a while, and said: Or, let me put it this way, we found a list of people on the body of the deceased Xu Bei, with many names on it, and we are investigating one by one.How about this statement?

This approach is also unrealistic.Mineoka would never let Sugai write his own name in the roster. However, there is no good solution other than the plan proposed by Torikai.Moreover, Mineoka knew anyway that the police were just looking for an excuse to spy.Whether it's good or not, it's just the difference between fifty steps and a hundred steps. So, use this phrase!Mihara said. I'd like to see, after mentioning Xu Bei's name, how does the other party's face change? No, Mr. Torikai.Mineoka is a person who will not change color easily. two Only two hours later, Tokai Shigetaro returned to the Metropolitan Police Department with his young detectives.

Superintendent Mihara looked at the gray-haired Torikai and asked: How is it? You're right, Mineoka Monday is really a formidable person.Bird said with a smile. The two sat down opposite Mihara.The young Kurata sat beside the bird feeder, silently saying a word. I deliberately brought up Sugai's name and tried Mineoka.Of course, I knew he would deny it flatly, just to see his expression and attitude. The results of it? Drink it, it's amazing.Hearing Xu Bei's name, he didn't even move his eyebrows, as if he had expected that the police would find out about Xu Bei's murder.He solemnly stated that he did not know such a person at all. No special reaction at all? Absolutely not.Bird feed shook his head. He can really act.Mihara laughed.However, since you have met in person, in your opinion, does Mineoka know Sugai? Of course I do.Torikai immediately answered.No matter what expression he pretends to say that he has never met, I still think he and Sugai are very familiar.From his expression, one could tell it was fake.This is not due to my preconceived ideas, we only talked for two or three minutes about Sugai, and I can roughly see clearly. What about Sugai?Mihara asked him. I first asked him, he often travels to Nagoya on business, and there is a butterfly bar in Nagoya, has he ever been there?He said no. To say so. If he said he knew, I would immediately ask if I knew Yoshiko, a geisha who disguised himself as a woman; if he said he didn't know, I couldn't speak.Later, I asked, when I was in Nagoya on a business trip, had I ever visited Flower Street at night? After hearing this question, he replied with a smile: I might go sometimes, but I have never been interested in geisha dressed as women. But, what reason do you have to question him about Xu Bei? I use frontal attack.I said that a young man strangled to death was found in the city of water on the outskirts of Fukuoka. From the clues around the body, it was found that he was a geisha disguised as a woman in a ladyboy bar in Nagoya.Now, everyone is trying to find out who the deceased often came and went with. Mr. Mineoka often went to Nagoya on business trips, and he probably went to bars, so he came here to inquire. Does this statement work? I don't care about him, no matter what term he uses, he will think it is an excuse, why not just say one.Sure enough, after I finished speaking, Mineoka gave me two sarcasm: Mr. Detective, I didn’t go to bars often when I was in Nagoya. Where did you hear my name from? Sure enough, there is such a question! I said that there was a barmaid in a bar who had Mr. Mineoka's business card, and I followed this clue to visit Tokyo.Due to confidentiality, it is inconvenient to tell the name of the bar, please forgive me.Mineoka listened, did you say something?He giggled. This guy!Mihara said: In any case, your visit to Mineoka made him feel threatened.That alone is success. I'm afraid I can't look at the problem this way. I'm afraid of making mistakes.Now it's time to figure out what to do next. Things have already been figured out, but it was Mineoka who made a move.Since Xu Bei's body was discovered in Shuicheng, great progress has finally been made. Mr. Mihara asked us to assist in the investigation of the Sagami Lake massacre, but he did not expect that we were overwhelmed by ourselves, and another Shuicheng massacre occurred.Thanks to everyone working together, it helped us a lot.Now I think that we should investigate some of the past before the appearance of Sugai's body. It's better to go to Sugai's Butterfly Bar to investigate what's going on with Mineoka. The opinion is a good one, but Tokyo has already sent Inamura and Oshima to investigate.The people at the Butterfly Bar saw a bust photo of Mineoka on Monday and said they had never seen him.Even if Mineoka has been to the Butterfly Bar, he is probably not a regular customer.He lured Sugai out as his accomplice, and it only took two or three visits to the bar to achieve his goal. Therefore, Mineoka does not necessarily meet Sugai in a bar.In addition to the money relationship, the two of them may have a more intimate relationship, which is not simply a matter of giving money. three Torikai Shigetaro seemed to have guessed what was on his mind: I think we have to go to Nagoya to search.Mineoka met Sugai on Monday, and it would definitely not be at the Butterfly Bar. If it were not for another close relationship, he would not be an accomplice. The Sagamiko murder was planned in Tokyo, and it was Mineoka who called Sugai to Tokyo.Therefore, they must have a secret date place in Nagoya on weekdays. agree with this inference.Mihara said.My thoughts are almost exactly the same as yours. Since I have come all the way, I will go to Nagoya to see for myself. Going to Nagoya?Mihara was startled. If you want to attack Mineoka's weakness, you have to do it like this.I'm taking the night train today, and I'll be there tomorrow morning. Torikai had just arrived in Tokyo today and was about to transfer to Nagoya. His energy surprised Mihara.Looking at the many wrinkles on his face, it must be the result of years of hard work.There are already many gray hairs on the ear temples, and his fighting spirit has indeed exceeded his age. Has any of your subordinates ever been to Nagoya?Mihara mentioned sending people to Nagoya to investigate, so Torikai asked. Since I'm going again, I might as well listen to their opinions first.I have never been to Nagoya at all, and I can't even tell the north, south, east, and west. This is easy.Mihara called two detectives, Inamura and Oshima, and told him to tell Mr. Torikai about your investigation. Torikai respectfully bowed to them and thanked them: I have bothered you so much. Torikai and the young detective he brought sat with Inamura and Oshima. Inamura spread out the map of Nagoya City that he bought during his business trip and explained it to Torikai.According to his thinking, Torikai is an experienced detective, and this trip might be able to investigate the relationship between Mineoka and Sugai more clearly. However, Mihara didn't think so.Even if this problem can be solved, there is still a difficulty ahead.Mineoka holds a batch of film in his hand, which he can use as evidence to prove that he was definitely not at the scene when the murder occurred by Lake Sagami. Who took the photos of the ceremony at the Wabu Kari Shrine?Absolutely not Sugai.However, I can't think of anyone else who can be an accomplice.If it was done by Mineoka himself, the time cannot cooperate. Since Mineoka did not take the photos himself, how did the photos of the ceremony appear?In the past, it was believed that Mineoka copied the photos, but so far, it has not been found out who he borrowed the photos from.Neither is the photo exhibition.The issue of newsreels and TV remakes also proved impossible. At this point, there has never been any progress. Mihara went to Tokyo Station that night to see Shigetaro Tokai off.Torikai went to Nagoya this time, feeling quite nervous, sweating profusely, covering his face with grease, shining brightly under the electric light.It can also be seen that he is full of energy. Mihara still had work to do, so he returned to the Metropolitan Police Department.It is only a few steps from Tokyo Station back to the Metropolitan Police Department. You don't need to call a commercial car, you can take a bus.The bus passed through the red brick streets of Marunouchi and came to Yurakucho, where all the colorful neon lights were shining.After crossing the intersection in Hibiya, the car re-entered the dark street, only a row of lights lit on the stone wall of the Imperial City. At the station in front of the Metropolitan Police Department, Mihara stood up, and there were four or five people getting off the train in front of him.A person seemed to be a civil servant, showed the monthly pass to the ticket collector, and walked away. monthly pass When Superintendent Mihara saw this scene, he couldn't help thinking about the fact that Mineoka appeared near the Fukuoka West Japan Railway commuter ticket sales office on Monday. Where is he waiting for Sugai?Or is it really there to get on the bus and go to the capital city site for a tour? Mihara walked and thought, and strolled back to the office. Detectives are questioning a suspect.It seemed that he had just arrived at the summons. He was a man in his mid-twenties, wearing a very elegant plaid shirt, with long hair reaching his neck. He bowed his head deeply in front of the detectives, expressing embarrassment. The things you stole are just these eight items?the agent asked. Yes. Three of them were sold to acquaintances? Yes. Say their names. The young man dictated one by one, and the detective wrote down his name and address. What about the other five? They were sent to the pawn shop. Where is the pawn shop? Nishikicho in Kanda, the owner's surname is Sato. Sato of Nishikicho.You know him very well? No.Did not meet.I took my things, and I didn't know where to send them to pawn them. When I saw the sign, I went in. The first time I went to pawn, I accepted it.Is there any proof? I have nothing in my hand to prove it.Then I realized that there was a monthly ticket for a ride, so I showed it to him. Wouldn't it affect your reputation if the monthly pass that the company paid for you was pledged to the pawnshop as a proof? I'm not afraid.When I bought the monthly pass, I didn't use my real name. Mihara heard it from the side, and there was a bang in his head.It turns out that the monthly pass is not only used for rides, but can also be used to prove identity.He couldn't help throwing away the official documents in his hand. Mineoka stood at the West Japan Railway window on Monday, not waiting for someone, but buying a commuter pass there.The purpose of buying a monthly pass is not to take a ride, but to use it as a proof of identity. If so, what is Mineoka using it as identification? This would not use his own real name and surname, but a pseudonym.Mihara remembered that he had investigated the West Japan Railway Company's application form for a commuter pass, which did not include Mineoka Monday's name. Mineoka was traveling on Monday.However, he will never need an identity certificate to pawn things like the suspect who was interrogated just now. Since Mineoka's monthly pass on Monday is used to prove his identity, on what occasion does he need to prove his identity? Thinking of this, Mihara remembered that he had asked Shigetaro Torikai to go to West Japan Railway, and since Mineoka appeared at the commuter ticket window at 2:30 p.m. He flipped through the notebook and found that Tokai Shigetaro replied like this.Torikai replied that the forms received at that window were: 13 monthly tickets for students, 20 monthly tickets for staff, and 16 regular monthly tickets.Torikai checked the names and addresses on the form one by one, and it proved that there was someone there. The investigation at that time focused on women, because San originally thought that Mineoka was buying a monthly pass for a certain woman in Fukuoka.But now, the situation has changed. The woman with Mineoka is really a monster, Shintaro Sugai who is disguised as Yoshiko.Therefore, it is meaningless to investigate the monthly ticket only from the woman's name. If Mihara had thought of this earlier, he would not have let Shigetaro Torikai go and let him go to Nagoya.Now, we had to wait until Torkai arrived in Nagoya the next day to call. Four How does Mineoka plan to use this monthly pass as proof of identity on Monday?Although Mihara couldn't guess it, he gained courage. There are, however, two difficulties in this matter.The first pass is the necessity of this monthly pass? The other is a decisive setback. The monthly tickets sold on that day, the people who buy them are all real people.This was carefully investigated by Torikai Shigetaro, and there was no mistake. From this point of view, even though he didn't know the purpose of Mineoka's purchase of the monthly pass on Monday, he did not use the name of the person to buy it for the purpose of identification.However, Mineoka did not write his own name, he must have written someone else's name.Since he is not an accomplice, it is difficult to understand why he used his real name to buy the monthly ticket. After much deliberation like this, there is still no solution.At three o'clock the next day, things had a new development.Shigetaro Torikai called from Nagoya. How are you doing?Mihara asked. Torikai Shigetaro said that it was still early and the bar hadn't opened yet.Therefore we are investigating hotel. What a hard work.Mihara said.Mr. Torikai, a few days ago you went to the West Japan Railway Company to investigate the situation of commuter pass sales on February 7th. some. I remembered one thing.If you have your blotter, please, read me the names. The notebook is here, but there are fifty people? Get rid of students and women.Sanyuan's denial of women is to overthrow the previous assumptions and have a new line. That would reduce a lot of people.Okay, wait a minute, the phone call may take a while, and I'll read it to you. The sound of flipping the notebook rang through the receiver. There is.I'll just skip and read. please. Mihara picked up a pencil. Shigetaro Torikai read out the addresses and names of sixteen people. Have you investigated this group of people one by one? During the investigation, some people met face to face, and some people did not come when they were not at home.However, in order to be careful, I called and asked their relatives or companies for those who did not meet face to face. As a result, all the names in the application form were real names. Thank you, thank you. Any new clues? No, but before you come back, I don't want to be idle, and I want to find a way. Mihara put down the phone and studied the list in the notebook in detail. There are no pseudonyms here.All have real people.Then, when Mineoka applied to buy a monthly pass on Monday, he used the real person's name. Among this batch of lists, there must be a monthly ticket that was picked up by Mineoka on Monday.No matter who that person is, he must know Mineoka Monday.If not, Mineoka would not have known his address and name on Monday. According to this, isn't that person Mineoka's accomplice? But Mihara immediately put aside this idea.He was unwilling to dismiss the idea that there was absolutely no accessory.Moreover, if that person needs to buy a monthly pass, since he lives in Fukuoka City, of course he can buy it himself, and can Mineoka do it for him? However, things are slowly becoming clearer! Mihara looked at the names of these sixteen people. Although Mineoka used a real person's name to buy the monthly ticket, his purpose must be to borrow the person's name and play tricks secretly. Why is it necessary for him to play this game? Buying an ordinary monthly ticket, even if you use a false name, you can still get it. Now, he specially used his real name and real name, so he must want to use this monthly ticket as an impostor to replace one of the sixteen people. Therefore, it is necessary to trace down how Mineoka knew the name and address of a person far away in Fukuoka City. The first thing that comes to mind is the people from Dadong Company.Mineoka had been to Dadong Company to discuss business, so he probably knew the names and addresses of the employees of the company.Then, among the sixteen people, there should be employees of Dadong Company. Mihara immediately made a long-distance call to Fukuoka to find Dadong Company.The person who answered the phone was none other than the general affairs director in charge of personnel affairs. Mihara said a few polite words, and immediately turned to the main text: I would like to ask if there are any employees of your company among the sixteen names I will read below.After finishing speaking, he held the notebook and reported the sixteen names one by one. How do you know, just after reading the name, the answer came.None of the names I read just now seemed to be employees of the company. ah?Mihara was surprised, really? We are a small company, even if we don't check the directory, I know the names of all the employees.What I read just now does not include our people.