It takes two hours to drive from the Metropolitan Police Department to Ubara Beach in Chiba Prefecture.
It was the first time for Usho Tsuda to ride in Fujiwara Yu's supercar, but he had no intention of acting like a curious baby. Thinking that the case he was about to face was a tricky dismemberment case, his head started to hurt.
It's not that he thinks the case is difficult to investigate. What bothers him more are the tourists who destroy the body dumping scene to satisfy their curiosity, and the groups of reporters who flock to the beach for headlines.
While having a headache, Usho Tsuda took out his cell phone and called the Chiba Prefecture Police Station, insisting that they set up a cordon at the beach, try their best to prevent anyone from destroying the scene, and also prevent the photos of the victim's body from being circulated.
The two-hour drive was shortened by twenty minutes with green lights all the way. Fujiwara Yuu and Tsuda Usho arrived at Uhara Beach at 10:20, two hours after they found the suitcase filled with gravel.
The number of visitors to Ubara Beach hadn't decreased at all. Even when the two of them got off the bus, they could hear the surrounding residents rushing to watch the excitement. Tsuda Usho adjusted his clothes speechlessly, truly unable to understand these people's behavior:
"This is really making the investigation more difficult. Inspector, should we contact Yuji and ask him to control his social media platforms and ensure that photos of the body aren't uploaded online by these people?"
"Well, you go contact Yuji. I'll go check out the body first."
Fujiwara Yuu walked towards the crowded beach with a sullen expression. As he pushed through the crowd and reached the yellow cordon, the Chiba Prefecture police who had been maintaining order there saw the familiar purple and hurried forward, saying,
"You're Officer Takashi, right? I'm Ando from the Chiba Police Station."
"Well, I want to go see the body first."
"Okay, please follow me."
There is a 20-inch black trolley case placed near the beach with some seaweed wrapped around it. The area around the case is very worn, but the brand logo has not fallen off, so it can be seen that it is an ace brand.
Was the body dumped in a suitcase worth nearly 30,000 yen? And this suitcase had just been released last month, and Fujiwara Yuu happened to have bought one, exactly like the one in front of him.
When I unzipped my pants, a foul stench hit me in the face, and I could smell it clearly even through the mask.
Fujiwara Yuu frowned slightly as he examined the body parts at the calf. Even though the body parts had been severely deformed after being soaked in sea water, he was still able to conclude with his rich experience that the body parts came from a female victim.
There were no other external injuries on the calf part of the body except for cuts, and no useful clues were found.
"Ando, did you keep the person who reported the case who found the suitcase?"
"Yes, wait a moment, I'll call him over."
Two minutes later, a dark-skinned man in a floral shirt appeared in Fujiwara Yu's sight. The man pinched his nose with his hand and approached cautiously. It was obvious from his expression that he had just experienced vomiting.
The dark-skinned man glanced at the pulled-up suitcase with disdain. He reluctantly moved closer and asked:
"Mr. Officer, what do you want from me?"
"What time did you find the suitcase? Besides this suitcase, did you find anything else?"
As soon as Fujiwara Yuu finished speaking, the dark-skinned man put down his hand that was pinching his nose and wanted to answer the question. As a result, when he let go, the foul smell entered his nostrils again, and the nausea that he had just suppressed came again, and vomit mixed with instant noodles gushed out of his mouth on the spot.
Suddenly, the body was thrown at the scene, and screams were heard everywhere.
Fujiwara Yu's face also turned ugly. He didn't find the corpse disgusting. Instead, he felt that the slightly sour and acrid smell of the vomit and the clearly distinguishable food in the vomit were worse than the swollen corpse.
He has always had a rich imagination and can even guess what the unlucky guy had for breakfast.
"Ando, bring him a bottle of water, and then contact someone to take the body away."
"OK."
When Tsuda Usho returned from the call, he saw the live broadcast of the dark-skinned man vomiting violently. He suppressed the urge to retch, walked over to Takagi Sosuke and whispered:
"Inspector, I've already spoken to Yuji. He's hidden all the information online about the murder at Ubara Beach, and has also deleted some of the posts that uploaded the pictures."
"Well, well done."
After changing his environment, the dark-skinned man finally calmed down. He rubbed his somewhat empty stomach and recalled the scene of picking up the suitcase:
"I went swimming at the beach at 8 o'clock. As I was swimming, I saw a suitcase floating on the sea. Out of curiosity, I brought it to the beach. When I opened the suitcase, I saw... well, I better not describe the scene, otherwise I will throw up again."
"What time did you call the police?"
"8:29. Look, it's on my phone's call log."
"Didn't you see anything else besides this? Like a second suitcase?"
After carefully recalling the incident, the dark-skinned man shook his head affirmatively:
"There was nothing else. I only saw one suitcase. If there was a second one I would definitely take it ashore."
It would be difficult without the second suitcase. We only have the victim's body below the knees, so it would be impossible to identify the victim... It seems that the case will progress more slowly.
Just as Fujiwara Yuu showed a distressed expression, Officer Ando on the other side received a call from his colleague. His face suddenly changed, and he quickly ran to the side of Takagi Sosuke and whispered in a low voice:
"Officer Takashi, my colleague received another call. Someone fished out a suitcase in Katsuura Marine Park."
"Is this place far from Katsuura Marine Park?"
"It's not far, it only takes a few minutes to drive there."
Fujiwara Yuu held his chin in his hand and thought for a while. He then gave the instruction:
"Have the police conduct a large-scale search in the vicinity. There can't be only two suitcases. We must find all the body parts."
"Okay, I'll go right away!"
Fujiwara Yu and Tsuda Usho returned to the car and followed the GPS navigation system to easily arrive at Katsuura Marine Park, which is only one kilometer away from Ubara Beach where the first suitcase was found.
After getting off the bus, the two were led by park staff to the spot where the suitcase was retrieved. This time, the unlucky person who got scared was not a park visitor, but a sanitation worker responsible for cleaning the park.
Fujiwara Yu gave Tsuda Usho a look, and the two immediately separated, one responsible for checking the body parts in the suitcase, and the other responsible for asking the sanitation worker about the scene when he found the suitcase.
Sizzle——
The zipper was opened, and this time, what was packed in the suitcase was the part below the waist wrapped in plastic wrap.
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