Chapter 16 missing youth

one When Mihara heard the reply from the director of general affairs of Dadong Company, saying that none of the names on the sixteen monthly bills was an employee of the company, he was quite depressed. That being the case, how did Mineoka know the names and addresses of people living in Fukuoka? Even if Mineoka often travels to Fukuoka on business, he will not have any acquaintances in Fukuoka, and it is already known that he has no relatives. However, among the sixteen monthly pass holders, there must be one person who applied on behalf of Mineoka. Moreover, the Fukuoka Police Department analyzed Mineoka's handwriting and found that his handwriting was not included in the commuter ticket application form, which was reported by Torikai Shigetaro.

After much deliberation, Sanyuan unconsciously stretched his long legs forward and put his hands behind his head. No matter how much you think about it, you can't get a clue.However, Mineoka must have used a clever method to hide something, there is no doubt about it. So far there is no way to find out.Why did Mineoka buy a monthly ticket, and what identity he wanted to use the monthly ticket to prove, it is impossible to know. However, in Mihara's mind, an idea was gradually maturing. This is related to the phone call to Fukuoka Daito Company just now to check the name of the person.

The other party's answer is not wrong, and the director of general affairs does not seem to have preconceived preparations.But is it too hasty to deal with the problem like this? It seems that this comment can also be used in the bird feeding report. This afternoon, I asked Torikai on a long-distance call whether he had personally investigated the people who applied for the purchase of monthly tickets on the afternoon of February 7. He replied in this way: During the investigation, some people met face to face, and some people were not at home and did not show up. However, in order to be careful, I have called their relatives or companies for those who did not meet in person. As a result, all the names in the application form are real names.

It can be seen from this report that Torikai also made the same mistake at that time. An hour later, Shigetaro Torikai called for a second time from Nagoya.Mihara first asked what he had gained in Nagoya. Nagoya is also as big as Fukuoka, so it is quite troublesome to search hotels one by one.Torikai grumbled.Only one-third of them have been checked now, but they are all centered around the station.Local agents are also helping out. Torikai believes that Mineoka must have another secret place to meet Sugai in Nagoya, so he is searching. Let me ask another question. Mihara said, the phone call just now said, when you were investigating the list of monthly tickets, how many people met face to face, and how many people were there in total.

There is always half of it. So, is it possible to find out the names of people who have not met? Then I have to look at the notebook again, wait a moment. After a while, Torikai reported the names of six more people who had never met before. Goichi Iida of Kamayacho, Takeo Kajiwara of Uemashi Fukuoka Food Industry Co., Fumio Toyoda of Chikushi Electric Co., Ltd. Yanagihara, Takeo Takada of Tenjincho Broadcasting Bureau, Nobuyuki Matsuo of Fukuoka Printing Company at No. 5 Watanabe Street, and Matsuo Haruyoshi Yano.The remaining ten people have all met. That's great, thank you. Mihara did not express any other thoughts on the phone.For one thing, I can't say enough on a long-distance call, and even speaking out, it's easy to hit Torikai's emotions.

Can you check it out tonight?Mihara asked about the most troublesome thing about Torikai. how canTorikai said that it will be finished in the daytime tomorrow, and if the suburbs are included, it will be done tomorrow night. So, you work harder.I am waiting for your good news. If Torikai can find out the place where Mineoka and Sugai had a tryst, it would of course be one of the irrefutable pieces of evidence.Torikai therefore worked desperately. However, Mihara started from another direction.He immediately made a long-distance call to the Fukuoka Police Station, found the detective director of the Shuicheng murder case, and explained the task.

The opposite side recorded the names and addresses of the six people reported by Sanyuan, and asked quickly: I will send someone to find out the identities of these six people immediately, and it may take two hours.Do you want to report to Superintendent Mihara immediately? I'll wait here until ten o'clock at night, and I'll make a long-distance call immediately if I have any news. The long-distance call from Fukuoka actually arrived in Tokyo two hours later. Fukuoka's detective director made a simple report: all investigations have been made.People who buy monthly tickets are real people with real names.Five of them, I met again just now, and they all confirmed that they bought a monthly pass on February 7th.

Only five people?Mihara's heart thumped, it was wrong to say that there was only one person! Can't say no.Fukuoka's detective chief said on the phone that, after all, he was not in Fukuoka himself.However, his friends said that Takeo Kajihara has always bought monthly tickets.As for whether it was purchased on February 7th, I don't know. Mihara looked through his notebook and found out the name of Takeo Kajihara, who worked at Uemashi Fukuoka Food Industry Company. What is Kajihara doing now? Has now resigned.The place where he lived was the company dormitory, which is no longer there.

Superintendent Mihara asked: When did you resign? two weeks ago. Oh, why? Claiming to have something at home. Where does he live and what is his origin? The company also told me, please copy it and hand it over to Hikotaro Kajiwara, 271 Okawa-cho, Fukuoka Prefecture.He himself was twenty-eight years old.Hikotaro is his father. Mihara immediately wrote it down with a pencil, and said: To trouble you, Fukuoka Prefecture is also under your jurisdiction, so please go to the Okawa Town Police Station and ask about the whereabouts of this person. After Fukuoka detective director agreed, Mihara hung up the phone and let out a long sigh of relief.He immediately thought that there might be something wrong with this person who resigned two weeks ago.

If it's really an important matter at home, that's okay, otherwise, it will be troublesome to resign under other conditions. Mihara secretly prayed that this person had better be in his hometown and had not left his hometown. two The next morning, Mihara returned to work at the Metropolitan Police Department, and an hour later, Shigetaro Torikai made a long-distance call from Nagoya. Superintendent Mihara, things are nasty.The sound of bird feeding is tired.No matter how hard we searched, we couldn't find any clues. We went to the suburbs to investigate last night, and we didn't come back until twelve o'clock in the evening.Nothing was gained.

Thank you so much. Mihara felt very sympathetic.Veteran detective Torikai is over fifty years old, and he is still working hard in unfamiliar places, working hard to solve the case. How are you doing today, are you still investigating?Mihara asked. Torikai replied that today he wanted to go west, and try to find a way to the Atsuta and Narumi areas.Take the night train back to Tokyo this evening. Well, only the last blow, I wish you success. Torikai thanked him and asked him: What progress have you made in that regard. As the work hit a wall, Torikai thought of the work in Tokyo again. San originally wanted to tell Torikai about the report from the Fukuoka police yesterday, but since he had to describe the content in detail, it was fine, so he didn't mention it anymore. Nothing particularly developed. Alright, let's meet tomorrow and check all aspects. Torikai hung up the phone. An hour later, a long-distance call from Fukuoka came. The detective director over there provided the search report to Superintendent Mihara: The Superintendent ordered me to investigate the case of Takeo Kajihara, and now the Okawa Police Station has sent a report.Hikotaro Kajiwara does exist, and his occupation is wood-making.This area is a furniture production area, and many wardrobes, suitcases, bookshelves, wooden bathtubs, etc. are produced, and it is famous for Chikugo furniture.Hikotaro, fifty-four years old, is a skilled carpenter. Superintendent Mihara is not very interested in whether Chikugo Furniture is famous or not. What he wants to hear is whether Takeo Kajihara has returned to Yan Taro's home. However, his son Kajihara Takeo did not come back.The Detective Chief now gets down to business. So, Takeo Kajiwara did not go home after he resigned from Fukuoka Foods.Mihara tried to prove it. good.So his father, Hikotaro, was taken aback when he heard about his son from the police.Takeo's mother passed away when he was a child, and now his stepmother is in the church, and he has a younger brother, and the relationship between them is not good.Takeo lived in the company dormitory, and he left home because of a quarrel with his father. Where did Takeo go, do you know? The resignation letter was written because of important family matters, but he did not return to Dachuan's home, and his friends in the food company did not know his whereabouts.Everyone thought he had gone home. Superintendent Mihara was silent for a minute: Then, tomorrow we will send someone to work in Fukuoka, please take care of me. Are you worried about Kajihara? Just such a small matter, Mihara mentioned that he would send someone to Fukuoka immediately, which surprised the other party. I'll talk about the details later, in a word, we have someone here, please help. Mihara put down the phone and looked back at the office. Detective Oshima stayed behind and was writing a copy of the document on carbon paper. In order to investigate this case, Mihara had sent him to Nagoya in the past, so he was called here. Tomorrow you take a Japan Airlines flight to Fukuoka. Fukuoka?Oshima rolled his eyes. This time because there is an important criminal in the Sagamiko case! Got a new suspect? That's not it.However, if action is not taken quickly, this person's life may be in danger. After Mihara made his intentions clear, he went on to say, I have already asked the Fukuoka detective director, but I am afraid it is not enough.The matter is urgent, call the airline immediately and order tomorrow's plane seat.Also, take Yamamoto with you. Understood.Oshima said. Mihara delayed leaving the Metropolitan Police Department until very late.At this time, I saw many drunks in the underground trains and buses. How did Mineoka Monday get to know Takeo Kajiwara? Mihara has been studying this issue.Of course, it is difficult to connect a business car company in Tokyo and a food company in Fukuoka.If it's Daito, there's something to say, but Fukuoka Foods is an unrelated business. Well, maybe a personal connection. But it's not like either.Takeo Kajiwara is only 28 years old and his hometown is Okawa near Fukuoka Prefecture.His father was a carpenter, and it seems difficult to have a close relationship with Mineoka. Why did Mineoka know Takeo Kajiwara and try to get close to him? It may be appropriate to use the word close to these two words.Now, Takeo Kajihara has resigned from the company, and his whereabouts are unknown, which may also be related to Mineoka's tactics. Takeo Kajihara's resignation two weeks ago is also of great significance.Because Mineoka felt pressure from the police about two weeks ago on Monday. When Tokai Shigetaro returns from Nagoya the next day, we can discuss it further.That night, Mihara slept like never before. three Fukuoka Upper Bridge, which is a tramway, used to be the ruins of Kuroda Clan Castle.The city walls and moat are still there, and the old city gates can still be seen.It is also a city wall and a tram, which fully expresses the color of the local city. Two detectives, Oshima and young Yamamoto, came to the shopping street and found Fukuoka Food Industry Company, a three-story concrete and steel building. Guided by company staff, Agent Oshima finds the company dormitory.Behind the building is the workshop, and behind the workshop is the dormitory, all connected together.The company mainly manufactures ham and sausages. There are about 80 employees, half of whom live in the city and commute to work, while those who come from far away live in the company's not-so-sophisticated dormitories.There is also a small cafeteria in the dormitory, but it is dilapidated everywhere, with peeling dust and floating floors. The company staff took Detective Oshima to meet a young man in his mid-twenties who was Takeo Kajiwara's closest friend and lived in the next room.The man's name was Yamaoka, and he happened to be resting in the room when Oshima started talking to him. I heard that you are very friendly with Takeo Kajiwara, where is he now?Oshima asked him. I really don't know.Kajiwara told me that he was going back to Okawa Town.Later, there was not even a letter, who knows what happened to him! Yamaoka pointed his bearded chin at Oshima and said that this man looked very simple. Detective Oshima asked questions in order according to Superintendent Mihara's instructions. Does Mr. Kajiwara have any friends in Tokyo?Have you ever mentioned it? I haven't heard him talk about it.Yamaoka said. So, have you heard him mention Mineoka? It seems that I have never heard of it.Yamaoka thought for a while and replied. The agent asked again, the Mineoka I mentioned just now is the person in charge of a commercial automobile company in Tokyo.Did Mr. Kajiwara mention the issue of cars and commercial cars? No, never heard of it. Now another question.On February 7 this year, Kajiwara bought a West Japan Railway pass. Have you heard of it? No.Yamaoka answered clearly. And it's an ordinary monthly pass.Does your company prepare monthly tickets? This time it was a very detailed answer: the monthly pass prepared by the company is for those who cannot afford the dormitory.We live in a dormitory, so we don't have this kind of treatment.If necessary, you have to buy a regular monthly pass out of your own pocket. In this way, Kajihara is also like this.But he lives in the dormitory, and the company is right next to him. Why is it necessary to buy a monthly pass? Is necessary.He must go to the office of the haiku magazine in Chikushi Haitan in Hamaguchi every week, so he must have a monthly pass. Chikushi Haitan? This is the most famous haiku magazine in Kitakyushu.The office is in Hamaguchi, near Fukuoka Station. That said, Kajiwara is very interested in haiku. No, he has been in love for seven or eight years, and he often goes to the office of Chikushi Haitan to help edit the magazine.He also advised me to write more haiku, I don't have that talent However, he bought a monthly pass on February 7, did he buy it himself, or did someone else buy it for him, do you know? I didn't hear him mention it, so I couldn't answer the question. Does the Chikushi Haitan often hold chanting gatherings? It seems to be a regular gathering. Then, on the evening of February 6 this year, Moji's Wabu Kari Shrine held a ceremony. Did they participate? For this question, Yamaoka answered very readily, and they all went. all gone?Kajiwara-san is in there too? inside. Oshima's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly calmed down.The young detective next to him, Yamamoto, has written down their conversations one by one. What time did you go and come back that night? I didn't go there, so I don't know exactly. I heard from Kajiwara that activities were held at the Wabu Kari Shrine from midnight on February 6th to 4:30 the next morning.This is what I heard from him, so I remember it. What evidence is there to prove it? evidence?Yamaoka thought he was also under the detective's suspicion investigation, so he hastened to emphasize that, of course there is evidence, and he showed me the photos. photo? Kajihara is most interested in photography.On the night of the Lunar New Year this year, he once went to Hebu Kari Shrine to take pictures of the ceremony and showed it to me. In the ears of Agent Da Dao, there seemed to be thousands of small insects roaring at the same time. What is the composition of the photos? I looked at four or five photos, some of them were ceremonies, and some were commemorative photos of fellow haiku fans. Souvenir photo? More than 20 people from Haitan attended the ceremony and left commemorative photos.According to him, everyone watched the ceremony all night, and then sat in the office of the shrine. The detective couldn't suppress his excitement, and quickly wrote these words down in his notebook. For the photo of the ceremony, he asked quickly, what kind of composition is it? I remember that it was the priests who jumped into the sea, one holding a bucket, one holding a torch, and one preparing to cut vegetables. Do you have any photos of Kajihara? No.I'm not interested in this set.After reading it, I gave it back to him. How many photos are there?About the ritual, are there four or five? Just for me to see, five, and there must be many more.Kajiwara likes to take pictures the most. One photo shoot consists of two or three rolls of film. Please wait a moment for Mr. Kajiwara to develop the photo. Which photoshop is it? No, he has a simple black room himself, and he can print it out by patching it together, without taking it to a photo shop outside. I have another question.Has Mr. Kajiwara posted these photos on the photo album? Probably posted it.I haven't seen it yet. Did he resign this time and take everything with him? Of course they all moved away.Only the camera is left on hand, the enlarger is old and sold. Oshima looked at Yamaoka's face, thinking about what to ask again.Right, right.Did Mr. Kajiwara lend the photos of the Nunugari Festival to others, and did you lend the negatives to others for copying? I haven't heard of it.He has a special temper and never lends his negatives or photos to others. So, have you heard about his photo being stolen? This sentence caused great panic in Yamaoka, stolen?There will be no such thing.If it was really stolen, and he didn't yell, I must know.