Chapter 160
While Usaku Saiki and Yusaku Kudo were chatting, Miwako Sato suddenly exclaimed "Ah!"
"I understand!" she said happily. "It was B! When A came back and chatted with her at the coffee shop, she told her that the victim's door was not closed and that she hadn't turned on the lights. B went back to kill the victim after separating from A and wrote that line on the wall to provide herself with an alibi. No one else had any reason to write that line!"
Kudo Yusaku stopped his conversation with Usui Saiki and replied gently, "That's right, it's B-ko. If you remove the distraction of that line, the case isn't actually that complicated."
This is a common distraction technique in mystery novels, but sometimes people involved in the situation are a little slow to react.
However, since the case was only reported to the police yesterday afternoon, the police have been investigating the deceased's interpersonal relationships and may have also paid some attention to the drug sales aspect. Sato Miwako clearly felt something was off before, but she didn't realize it at the time. Now she understands it immediately, so her efficiency is not slow.
"Oops, I accidentally got stuck in a thought loop. Thank you, Mr. Kudo, and also, Mr. Kankawa." Sato Miwako stood up and hurried away. "I'll go find them right now. Excuse me!"
As she left, Kenji Hagiwara was about to enter, so he quickly stepped aside to let her pass.
"Good morning, everyone... Mr. Kudo, it's been a long time." Kenji Hagiwara greeted him with a smile, then said apologetically, "I really wanted to catch up with you, but I ran into Inspector Megure on my way here. He gave me and Fukaru a case, so we have to leave now..."
Kudo Yusaku tactfully said, "It's alright. I was just passing by anyway. It's almost time for your work hours, so I shouldn't bother you any longer. Please make yourself at home."
Usaku Saiki got up, tidied himself up, and followed Hagiwara Kenji to the parking lot.
Kenji Hagiwara even told him, "I was thinking that if you were late again today, I would call you and tell you to go directly to the destination."
Usakabe Saiki said lazily, "I'm not late every day."
Kenji Hagiwara gave him a speechless look.
He was late three times a week on average, and he didn't believe that every time he was late, something happened to come knocking on his door just when Kankawa Shinryu was at work... However, Kankawa Shinryu was very efficient at solving cases, so these shortcomings could be made up for. Not to mention Inspector Megure, even Chief Odagiri, who was always strict and never gave his own son a good look, turned a blind eye.
The people in the First Investigation Division had all received favors from Shinryu Samakawa to varying degrees, so naturally they wouldn't go around talking about it. It's understandable that capable people receive special treatment, and since that person is Shinryu Samakawa, it's even more understandable.
What's the point of going to work on time every day, or even working overtime, if the case is stuck in your hands for ten days or half a month with no progress?
Two years have passed, and now, no one in the First Investigation Division doubts that Shinryu Hanakawa will become a corrupt cop or defect to some yakuza organization to become their consultant. The main concern is whether he will suddenly resign one day.
Especially since there was a period when Shinryu Hanakawa was arriving later and later each time, the First Investigation Division was in a state of panic, and people kept asking about Kenji Hagiwara wherever he went.
—Has Hanakawa Shinryu recently expressed any intention to resign? I really don't want that kind of thing...
Even when visiting shrines during the New Year, many colleagues prayed that Shinryu Samakawa would stay for a few more years and not leave because he was bored!
Bo Yezaki never expected that, as everyone got to know each other better, his colleagues would stop being so suspicious of him. But after he completed his first year, perhaps worried that his patience had reached its limit, his colleagues' suspicion of him would actually increase day by day. It was like a windfall...
The system kept praising him, saying he made the right choice to be a policeman!
As long as he remains a police officer, even if he does nothing all day, his daily suspicion level will increase considerably. If he continues at this rate, he will earn enough points to redeem before he even has to wait for his permanent residency to be unlocked.
The organization can just give up entirely!
However, this kind of low-skill method of raising suspicion gets boring after a while, so Usakabe Saiki still occasionally goes to the organization to change his mood and make his presence felt.
(Vodka: Is nobody speaking up for the organization?)
Of course, when faced with a case, although he might find it boring, he would still work diligently.
Kenji Hagiwara was in charge of driving, and they drove all the way to an amusement park.
This amusement park isn't very big; what's actually more famous than the amusement park is the Tenjin University next door.
When Usaku Saiki and his team arrived, they discovered that the members of the mobile search team at the scene were Officer Shima and Ibuki Ai.
"Wow, it's Kankawa and Hagiwara!" Ibuki Ai smiled brightly. "Looks like we'll make it to lunch today."
Kenji Hagiwara raised an eyebrow and smiled, saying, "We meet again, you two. What's the situation with the deceased?"
Officer Shimo got straight to the point with professionalism: "It was a security guard at the amusement park. He died from a severe blow to the back of the head. The time of death was between 2 and 3 a.m. The scene is over here. Come with me."
The group moved to the scene.
Kenji Hagiwara looked down and examined the area: "Your reading glasses are hanging on your forehead, and the flashlight is here. What are you looking at?... Ah, there are tire tracks here. Are you checking the bicycle's license plate number?"
In Japan, bicycles are required to be registered, but being killed for checking the license plate number seems a bit excessive.
“The car owner is suspicious.” Bo Yezaki surveyed the scene, his mind racing. “The amusement park is closed at this hour. What was he doing nearby with his car parked here?”
“Little Deep Flow, come and take a look at this little part.”
Usoppei glanced over and said, "I guess the chain locking the bike broke off with clamps."
Kenji Hagiwara pondered, "I guessed so. Did he lose his keys? Where could he have lost them?"
Bo Yezhai looked around and said, "I'll go check out the neighborhood. Second year of graduate school, I'm leaving this to you."
Kenji Hagiwara smiled and gave an OK sign: "No problem."
There's a lot to see on site, and Kenji Hagiwara could study it for quite a while longer.
Although people died, the losses caused to the amusement park by closing for one day were too great, so the amusement park is still operating normally today.
The amusement park manager was in a very bad mood, sighing and complaining in his office.
Suddenly, the office phone rang. He quickly answered it, only to hear the person on the other end say...
"I have planted a bomb in your Ferris wheel. Prepare 30 million before 12 o'clock, otherwise the bomb will explode as soon as someone sits down. I suggest you stop the Ferris wheel immediately."
"Huh? Wait, this is absurd..."
"To prove I'm not lying to you, in 30 seconds, that giraffe-shaped ticket booth will explode... Don't worry, no one will be injured or killed, there are no ticket sellers there today."
"etc!"
But the other party had already hung up the phone.
The person in charge was sweating profusely. While making another phone call to the police, he pulled back the curtains and looked at the ticket booth.
30 seconds is far too short. Soon, a huge explosion rang out in the amusement park. The tourists were frightened and fled in all directions. If there hadn't been fewer people today, it could have even caused a stampede.
Needless to say, Kenji Hagiwara soon arrived at the amusement park manager's office with two acquaintances from the Mobile Investigation Team.
The broadcast had already given a general overview of the situation, and the person in charge, wiping away sweat, explained in more detail to the police officers: "...That's how it is, it just suddenly exploded, and he wasn't joking!"
"I see." Kenji Hagiwara's guess was confirmed. "The security guard must have discovered the perpetrator's car, and may even have seen the perpetrator directly, which is why he was silenced. Otherwise, if the bombing had happened today, they would have been able to find the person directly by the license plate number."
The person in charge wiped his sweat: "The Ferris wheel has stopped now, but there are still a few people on it who haven't come down yet. The announcement is trying to calm them down."
Ibuki Ai peered through her binoculars at the Ferris wheel: "It doesn't seem like there are many people..."
Kenji Hagiwara was still trying to pinpoint: "When you left work yesterday, which Ferris wheel cabin was closest to the ground?"
"We are always assigned to Unit 1."
"Now that we've located it, things will be much easier," Kenji Hagiwara was about to continue when he heard Ran Ibuki, who was observing the Ferris wheel, suddenly exclaim, "Ah!"
"Han Chuan is on the Ferris wheel too. Are we missing a helper?"
Hagiwara Kenji: "...???"
Almost simultaneously, Kenji Hagiwara's phone rang.
Kenji Hagiwara saw that the caller ID showed it was Shinryu Kagawa and quickly answered, "Shinryu? Are you on the Ferris wheel?"
"Hmm, I found a bomb."
Hagihara Kenji: "…………"
—What kind of bizarre accident-prone constitution do you have... how come you always happen to run into these things?!
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I'll be adding an extra chapter tonight.
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Bo Ye believed that the suspicion he had garnered from his police colleagues was based on the suspicion that he was a corrupt cop or an undercover agent.
The suspicions I gleaned from my colleagues were: Han Chuan is late again... He's not going to resign, is he...? No way...
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It's uncertain whether Shima and Ibuki will still be in the Mobile Investigation Unit two years later, since there hasn't been an official second season yet, but since it's called "Mobile Investigation Unit 404," they should still be in the unit...
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The case is from the classic Japanese drama "Furuhata Ninzaburo," which is truly a classic. The Matsuda Ferris wheel case is actually a tribute to this episode.
The name Shiratori Ninzaburo is also a tribute to the protagonist of this drama.
Everyone should check it out! It's great! (Trying to recommend it)
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