Looking for me?
Fujiwara Yuu felt confused. He didn't understand why the elderly policeman in front of him came to find him. Could it be that he could see that his identity was not that simple?
How could he, who had only met him for a short time, notice something that so many outstanding people had not noticed? He absolutely did not believe this. So the reason he came to him was simply because he was related to the case.
Fujiwara Yuu's eyes were deep. He put one hand in his pocket and looked casual. He asked in a deep voice:
"Officer Long Island, you're not here to chat with me at this hour, are you?"
"Haha, I'm not here to chat with you. I'm here to ask you for a favor."
Nagashima Masaaki put his hands behind his back and turned silently after saying this, his gaze fixed on the deep sea before him. Wasn't the Moon Shadow Island he loved so much similar to this sea at night?
Although there is peace on the surface, there are undercurrents behind the scenes.
"Request? Mr. Nagashima, please tell me. As long as I can help, I will definitely help."
Fujiwara Yu was a little curious about why Nagashima Masaaki came to see him, and the expression on his face seemed like he was recalling something very sad.
Nagashima Masaaki stood sideways, looked up at Takagi Sosuke, restrained his previous playful expression, and said solemnly:
"Before we get down to business, I'd like to ask you, Officer Takashi, a question. When you're investigating a case and are threatened and retaliated against by the forces behind it, what do you do?"
Hearing this, Fujiwara Yu guessed that Nagashima Masaaki was testing him. He wanted to know what his choice would be. It seemed that his request was not simple, and he vaguely felt that this matter was related to Keiji Aso, and might even be related to Sotaro Goji who landed on the island today.
He pulled out his left hand from his pocket, and when he stretched it forward, the corners of his mouth slightly raised as he spoke sincerely:
"For the sake of so-called justice and the interests of the people, as a police officer, I have no other choice. My answer is... even if it costs me my life, I will fight to the end against the forces behind what you call them. No one can predict the future, and the ultimate winner is still unknown."
Nagashima Masaaki's eyes welled up. He had indeed not misjudged him. Having lived on Yueying Island for thirty years, he had forgotten what life was like outside the island. On paper, he was indeed the only police officer on Yueying Island, but in reality, he was being monitored by Yueying Island's underground forces.
He had wanted to escape from here, but he was not a bird and he had no wings. So he had to pretend not to care and wait for the opportunity. Fortunately, the opportunity came not too late and he finally waited for someone who could uphold justice.
Nagashima Masaaki reached out and held Takashi Sosuke tightly, his voice a little hoarse as he said:
"Twelve years ago, I investigated the case of Keiji Aso. The fire burned for two hours before it was extinguished. The three bodies were burned beyond recognition. However, after repeated investigations at the scene, I discovered traces of a fourth person."
"The fourth person? Isn't the version of the case circulated among you islanders that Keiji Aso killed his wife and daughter and then set himself on fire? Why is there no such statement in the case files that can be investigated?" Fujiwara Yu frowned deeply. He didn't expect that the content written in the case files was also fictional. It seems that this Moon Shadow Island is indeed not simple.
Nagashima Masaaki smiled bitterly and shook his head. He took off his glasses, looked at the sea, and sighed:
"Well, that's a rumor spread by someone. I found a gunshot wound on one of the bodies, but no pistol or hunting rifle was found at the scene. This is enough to prove there was a fourth person at the scene. Plus, there happened to be a fireworks display on the island that day, and the neighbors were all watching the fireworks. Who would have noticed a family of three being shot to death?"
Gunshot wounds. You should know that Japan's attitude towards guns is to prohibit private ownership.
Fujiwara Yuu had a vague feeling that Aso Keiji's death might have been caused by him being silenced because he had witnessed something. Therefore, the murders of the three of them were most likely carried out by an organization. Only organizations could easily acquire guns, and disguising murder scenes as suicides was a common tactic of theirs.
He sighed deeply, played with the cigarette box in his hand, and asked:
"Mr. Nagashima, you should have found something in these twelve years, right?"
"I do have some guesses. Although Moon Shadow Island is small, it's surrounded by the sea and has two docks. One of them is the one you took the ferry to. The other one has been declared abandoned."
"Abandoned dock? When was it abandoned?"
"Fifteen years ago, the former village chief, Kameyama Isamu, declared that Yueying Island only needed one pier. Since then, the pier at the back of the island has been out of use. As a result, tourists wanting to visit Yueying Island can only take the ferry from Tokyo to Yueying Pier. Because there are so few flights, tourists can only depart from Tokyo. Over time, the island has become less frequented by non-island residents."
Yueying Island used to be a great place for leisure and vacation. Since the dock was abandoned, the number of hotels on the island has dropped from double digits to single digits. The young people on the island always want to run away, and few of those who have run away are willing to come back to build their hometown. This has also led to the gradual decline of Yueying Island.
Fujiwara Yu turned around and looked at the community center in front of him. The outer wall had obviously been repainted, and the village chief's house built on a small hill in the distance did not look like a house where poor people would live.
But when I looked at the ordinary residential areas, I found that the houses along the way were rather dilapidated, which formed a sharp contrast with the village chief's house. No wonder those islanders protested against the village chief Heiyan. There was a reason for it.
"These fifteen years don't seem to have affected the development of some individuals?" Fujiwara Yu asked meaningfully. When he was performing a preliminary autopsy on Kawashima Hideo, he noticed that his family background was also good. His suit was high-end custom-made, and it was obvious that it was specially customized in Tokyo.
Nagashima Masaaki's face showed disgust. He frowned and said in an unhappy tone:
"That's because they've done something extremely despicable to this island. Fifteen years ago, I witnessed Kameyama Isamu entertaining a foreign woman, and not long after that, the policy to abolish the island's back pier was enacted. Furthermore, I've discovered that the previously poor Nishimoto, Kawashima, and Kuroiwa families have all become wealthy. There's no connection, no dirty work involved. Do you think you can believe it?!"
Foreign women?
The face that made him unhappy gradually emerged in Fujiwara Yu's mind. He subconsciously pressed his right shoulder and vaguely felt the tearing pain when the bullet grazed his shoulder.
He still remembers the shooting in the United States that year.
Could the foreign woman that Changdao mentioned be you?
Vermouth.
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