Tokiwa Hotel, monitoring room.
Jinpei Matsuda placed his hands around his eye sockets and pulled his eyelids hard. He used this strange method to force himself to concentrate and ensure that he completed the task at hand with the highest efficiency.
After repeatedly checking the information of hundreds of people, they finally screened out the three most suspicious guests from more than 2,000 hotel guests. The time of their multiple check-ins coincided with the time recorded in the diary.
Matsuda Jinpei slumped down in his office chair, pushed his feet against the ground, and turned in a circle. He looked at the technician beside him with a sullen expression and asked dejectedly:
"Hello, can we smoke here?"
After seeing the other party shaking his head, Matsuda Jinpei had to restrain his urge to smoke, put his body weight on the office chair, and took out his mobile phone to contact the missing Fujiwara Yu.
The call was not connected, and the ringtone rang from the door. He hung up the phone and looked at Fujiwara Yu who pushed the door open. His voice was lazy, as if he had just woken up:
"Ting Si, I've identified three suspicious individuals. How's your performance?"
"I have the criminal gang's trading location and the key bracelet they use to distinguish ordinary visitors from traders. Here, this is it."
Did you actually get so much information?
After hesitating for two seconds, Jinpei Matsuda leaped from his office chair. He took the bracelet and examined it for a moment. When he saw the pink dolphin, he couldn't help but curl his lips and quip:
"This criminal gang has such poor taste. Why would they use a dolphin for no reason? And they chose this color. It's so ugly."
As a straight man, Jinpei Matsuda hates peach color the most. When he was a child, Kenji Akihara gave him a pink T-shirt, and he really despised it for a long time before putting it on... If it wasn't given by a close friend, he would never wear it if given by others.
"Everyone has different tastes, that's normal." Fujiwara Yuu took the bracelet back and put it in his pocket, spreading his hands and asking, "Give me the files of those three suspicious people. I'll take a picture and send it to Hashimoto, and he'll check the files."
"Yes. I have already written down these three people."
Fujiwara Yu took the notebook and checked the identity information of the three people. When he saw the last person's name, he couldn't help but frown and repeated the other person's name in his mouth, always feeling that he had heard this name somewhere.
Kimi Yamada, Kimi Yamada...dolphin bracelet...wait, dolphin?
If I remember correctly, in the Fuchu City Racecourse case six years ago, I successfully opened the secret passage leading to the underground by turning the gold-plated dolphin pendant placed on the bookshelf.
Why is the name Yamada Gongkei connected to this memory? Where had I heard or seen it before? Was he the thug who was arrested for participating in the kidnapping?
No, it was before that. Where was I before I went to the racecourse? How did Matsuda and I get to the racecourse?
Auto Repair Street, Recharge Card Record Book, Kimi Yamada.
Yes, isn't Yamada Gongkei the manager of the auto repair shop who provided the clue?
Fujiwara Yuu remembered that six years ago, before leaving, he caught a glimpse of a name tag on the desk with the words "Kukei Yamada" written on it. If it weren't for the dolphin bracelet provided by Kohei Okamoto, he really wouldn't have been able to associate the two people together.
"Mikoto Yamada, this guy was the one who provided the clue back then. He was the one who saw the suspicious vehicle."
Only after hearing this did Matsuda Jinpei remember the scene at that time. If he remembered correctly, the store manager was wearing a rather fashionable headscarf and his hair was light blonde, which was probably not natural but dyed.
So the mastermind who was not arrested that year was Kimi Yamada. Did he deliberately provide clues in order to attract the investigating police to the racecourse and let his subordinates silence him?
He was really bold, not even letting the police go. If Iwasaki Takehiko had not been successfully fooled, and if Komatsu Sho had not arrived in time with reinforcements, he and Fujiwara would have really died in the undiscovered secret passage according to Yamada Kimiki's plan.
"I never thought the guy who offered a helping hand was the culprit." Matsuda Jinpei nudged his back teeth with the tip of his tongue in displeasure. He toyed with his lighter with one hand and asked, "Do we need to check the surveillance footage? Or should we just send someone to the auto repair shop?"
"Let's confirm it. I'll arrange for someone to investigate the auto repair shop, but honestly, I think the hope is slim. Even if we didn't catch him back then, he wouldn't have stayed there. The key now is the Rice Flower Art Museum. We have to go there."
"Okay, remember to keep the dolphin bracelet safe. Who knows, the dolphin might be their symbol."
"Um."
The two of them replayed the surveillance footage and directly found the time when Yamada Kimike checked into the hotel. When they saw the familiar face, they knew they had not made a mistake. Even though his hair color had changed from platinum to black, his dress was no different. He was still wearing a fashionable headscarf with a skull print on it.
Fujiwara Yu and Matsuda Jinpei have no plans to stay in the Tokiwa Group any longer. At this stage, they return to Tokyo as quickly as possible, hand the dolphin bracelet to Akihara Kenji, who is responsible for acting, and then let Takagi Wataru and Sato Miwako disguise themselves as a couple and enter the Beika Museum together.
"Mr. Officers, if there is anything else you need our cooperation, please feel free to contact me." Mio Tokiwa said with a polite smile as she sent the two men to the hotel entrance.
Fujiwara Yuu gave Tokiwa Mio a suggestive look. Receiving the signal, Tokiwa Mio asked her secretary to go to the underground parking lot first and ask the driver to drive the car up. Looking at Sawaguchi Chinami's back, she asked in confusion:
"Officer Ying Si, is there something that is inconvenient for Zekou to hear? Did she... make a mistake when entertaining you?"
It is obvious that Tokiwa Mio knows that Sawaguchi Chinami is a little rash. The concern on her face is real, and it can be seen that she is a good boss who cares about her subordinates.
Fujiwara Yu pulled out a dozen 10,000 yen bills from his wallet and handed them to Tokiwa Mio, explaining:
"No, Ms. Sawaguchi is very welcoming and polite, so please, Ms. Tokiwa, return the money for her suit and shirt, and let her know... her clothes are quite nice, I like them very much."
Fujiwara Yu knew the salary of the president's secretary, and also noticed that the leather shoes on Sawaguchi Chinami's feet were a little faded. She must have worn them for a long time and was reluctant to throw them away. She was either living in poverty or her family was not well off, so there was no need to ask her to compensate him. He could just find a laundry shop to wash them himself.
Jinpei Matsuda, who was sitting in the passenger seat, shook out a cigarette from the cigarette box. When he heard these words, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It's worthy of being Fuji, he can always handle such small details. No wonder Hagi always said that he is best at being a company president because he is good at winning people's hearts.
"Okay, I'll pass that on. Take care, officers."
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