The apartment address provided by Yuji Hashimoto was very close to Seiji Ichihara's Western restaurant, and even if there were red lights along the way, he could still get there within ten minutes.
With police ID, I went to the security room downstairs in the apartment building and easily obtained surveillance videos of people entering and leaving the apartment.
A white Maserati sports car with license plate number Matsudo 100ta7327 soon appeared in the surveillance video located in the underground garage of the apartment. After seeing him park the car in the blind spot of the surveillance, Takagi Shigeru clenched his fists in anger. Could it be that this guy really had avoided the surveillance?
However, God was still on their side. Ichihara Seishi stumbled and the person he was supporting fell to the ground. Fujiwara Yu skillfully operated the monitoring software and after zooming in on the picture, he could see that the person lying unconscious on the ground was the missing person Fumika Maeda.
The surveillance footage later showed Ichihara Seishi helping the now-unable-to-move Fumika Maeda into the elevator. After that, the two of them did not appear in the surveillance cameras again for a long time.
Takagi Wataru looked at Takashi Sosuke with doubt and asked:
"Inspector, can we apply for a search warrant now to investigate Ichihara Seishi's apartment building?"
Fujiwara Yu wanted to nod, but when the surveillance footage switched to the next day, the time period he randomly adjusted happened to show Ichihara Seishi, wearing a baseball cap and still with silver medium-length hair, pushing two suitcases out of the elevator, and then there was a scene of him driving away.
If there was only one suitcase, he might still have a glimmer of hope, but when he saw two suitcases, he knew what the situation of the missing Maeda Fumika was like - most likely her body had been dismembered.
"No need to apply. Call Yuji and have him check the road surveillance near the apartment building where Seishi Ichihara lives after 9:25 am on the 11th. Make sure you find out where he drove his car."
"OK!"
Fujiwara Yu leaned against the wall waiting for the results of Hashimoto Yuji's investigation. Sometimes he was really disgusted by the Japanese's sensitivity to surveillance cameras. As a policeman, he naturally hoped that there would be as many road surveillance cameras as possible to ensure that criminals would be caught while escaping.
But given the current number of road surveillance cameras, it is wishful thinking to want to arrest cunning and highly intelligent criminals in this way.
Fortunately, Seishi Ichihara was not that kind of person. Through the efforts of Yuji Hashimoto, they finally found out where he drove the car.
"Takagi, the vehicle was parked in the open-air parking lot of Nakatakahama Park. Because there is a school nearby, there are road surveillance cameras installed there. The vehicle was parked for quite a long time, about half an hour." Hashimoto Yuji reported.
"Well, thank you for your hard work." After hanging up the phone, Takagi Wataru looked up at Sosuke Takagi and repeated the information he got on the phone. The two did not delay and left the apartment building directly and rushed to Nakatakahama Park.
During the day, parks like this would normally be packed with tourists, but it happened to be under renovation, which is probably why Ichihara Seishi chose this spot. Since it was under construction, he could just bury the items in the dirt with a shovel without arousing suspicion.
When the two drove to the park, they found that the construction team was carrying out road repair work. Takagi Shigeru used his social skills and quickly walked over to chat with the construction team leader:
"Hello, old man. I'm Takagi from the Metropolitan Police Department. I have a question for you. Could you give me some time?"
"Mr. Police Officer? Hahaha, of course you can. I promise to answer any questions truthfully!" The construction team leader, with a towel hanging around his neck, smiled brightly and said with his hands on his waist.
"Well, I want to know which areas have been completed before you start work on the 11th?"
"We haven't been working for long. Before the 11th... well, it should be the children's facilities on the west side. The designer told us not to touch that area, so that should be the only one that has not been touched." The construction team leader thought for a moment and replied.
Takagi Shigeru looked in the direction the captain pointed and found that the area for children's facilities was relatively small, and he immediately showed his joy:
"Okay, thank you for your cooperation, old man. You've worked so hard!"
"Hahaha, it's not as hard as you police officers protecting citizens. Come, grab a bottle of water!"
"No, no, old sir, we can't accept gifts when we are working, not even a bottle of water. Thank you for your kindness, old sir, I appreciate it!" Takagi Wataru smiled and waved his hand, then quickly ran back to the stunned Sosuke Takagi and began to explain the answer he got after the conversation.
Fujiwara Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Takagi Wataru's social skills were almost on par with Akihara Kenji's, and the two people's affinity gave people different feelings. Well... the former gave the feeling of an honest man, while the latter was more "smooth" in comparison.
Under the instructions of the construction team leader, the two came to the children's facilities area of Zhonggaobin Park, which was surrounded by signboards by the construction team to ensure that the normal use of the area would not be affected during construction.
However, the nearby residents seemed reluctant to bring their children to play during the construction phase, which made it easier for the two men to dig. After borrowing a shovel from the construction team, Takagi began digging in the softer soil. After a long effort, they completely destroyed the green area but failed to find the suitcase or Maeda Fumika's body.
How could this be? Did he stop here on purpose and not actually hide the body here?
Fujiwara Yu held his chin and thought for a while. He thought of the scene shown in the surveillance video. At that time, Ichihara Seishi only pushed out two suitcases and did not bring any digging tools.
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