chapter22

Fanchuan Ze/Text

On weekday mornings, the streets are much less crowded.

After the morning rush hour for school and work, most of the pedestrians who occasionally pass by on the road are elderly people.

This makes Matsuda Jinpei, who is wearing a professional suit and sunglasses covering his face, walking on the street very eye-catching.

An hour ago, Matsuda Jinpei stood in front of the Metropolitan Police Department, hesitating for half a minute whether he should go in or not.

Later, he had another thought - the violation records in his file were already thick enough to be published in a collection, and even if he added a few more entries, it would be harmless.

Anyway, he has no pursuit of job promotion, and a less salary will not make him unable to survive.

So he cursed directly towards the door of the Metropolitan Police Department: Go to work and fuck whoever you love!

The security guard at the door almost had a question mark on his head after hearing this. But Matsuda Jinpei didn't care about this. After scolding him, he swaggered back to the parking lot.

He felt that his back must have been particularly chic when he left.

"Since you think the murderer was not Odagiri Kei, at least the second victim, Chishima, should not have been killed by Odagiri. Then start a thorough investigation of the relationship between Odagiri and Chishima."

——This is the direction of investigation provided to Odagiri Kei by his top student boss one day ago outside the room where he was being held.

The black-haired young man folded his arms and said nothing as he closed his eyes in deep thought, his expression even more cold.

"Online communication, social relationships, and interpersonal relationships have all been searched. There is indeed no overlap between the two, let alone any connection." Matsuda Jinpei spoke in a bleak tone, with his fingertips still pointing to the penis that was being used by his boss.

The promised cigarette.

"The failure to search does not necessarily prove that there is no connection between the two. Maybe it is just because it is not a form of contact that ordinary people can quickly associate." Noboru Imaizumi glanced at him.

"Assuming that the two of them do know each other, then there must be an intersection between them in a certain field. Maybe not directly, but indirectly."

Matsuda Jinpei was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized something.

His gaze returned to the man standing next to him, but the man tilted his head towards him, with a meaningful smile on his lips.

"Thank you." Matsuda Jinpei said.

…………

The first victim in the KTV poisoning case was named Yota Sakurai.

A fourth-year student at the Faculty of Pharmacy at Mihua University. I learned from friends who were with him on the day of the incident that Yota Sakurai was a very typical poor student: he flew low in every exam, and the deviation value was particularly touching.

He seems to be in a bad mood recently, and it is said that it is because he has been hesitating about choosing a topic for his graduation thesis.

Generally speaking, the topic selection for graduation thesis should have been fully prepared in the third grade, and the article should be written in the fourth grade or even earlier. It is indeed uncommon for college students to not start writing the graduation thesis at this time.

.

But just when he went to KTV to sing that night, Sakurai Yota suddenly announced to everyone with gusto: I have found a suitable topic! The graduation defense can easily crush your amazing topic!!

In this regard, friends who knew him showed disdain.

——After all, it would indeed sound ridiculous if an ignorant scumbag suddenly shouted one day that he wanted to surpass everyone in academics.

The name of the second deceased was Chishima Kazuki.

He is also studying at Mihua University and is a third-year student in the Faculty of Literature.

Contrary to Sakurai Yota, Chishima and Anko are much better in terms of grades. Among the students in the same grade, she is also ranked at the top and receives a large scholarship every year.

What’s even more interesting is that in terms of personality, she also presents two completely different extremes from Sakurai Yota——

This may have something to do with studying in the Faculty of Literature. Kazuki Chishima is a delicate and sentimental woman. She doesn't talk much on weekdays, and she can count her close friends on one hand.

Sakurai Yota is a person with many friends and a good social skills.

As for why these two people who should not have come into contact with each other from all aspects went to KTV together... the answer is that they are from the same club.

The companion who was in the same room with them that day was also a member of the Literary Club of Mihua University.

The most common activities of the club on weekdays are reading books and sharing their experiences with each other - it is a club that sounds very boring.

Sakurai Yota, who had absolutely no interest in studying, would not have been able to join the literary club.

However, Mihua University has a strange rigid rule: In order to promote the all-round development of contemporary college students and strengthen collective consciousness and social practice capabilities, every admitted student needs to have at least one semester of club participation experience before graduation, otherwise they will not be admitted.

Graduation approved.

Although he was unwilling to participate in club activities, he would face the dilemma of not being able to graduate if he continued on this way. Sakurai Yota had no choice but to turn his attention to a literary club that usually didn't have big activities and didn't need to pay too much activity funds.

The so-called exchange of reading experiences was just a place where he took a nap during his lunch break.

Not only Sakurai Yota thinks so, but also most people who don't want to join the club. Therefore, the literary club has become a place where this group of people are entrenched. There are not many people who really like reading. Everyone

It's all just to get a graduation qualification.

Originally, Chidao and Xing, who loved reading, did not want to participate in the KTV social event that day. However, after she repeatedly rejected those people's invitations, she informed everyone before leaving that she wanted to participate.

Qiandao and Xing don't like to talk, and they are not familiar with others. Naturally, everyone can't figure out the reason for her sudden change of words.

Now I don't have a chance to ask why.

After get off work yesterday, Matsuda Jinpei went to Miwa University and asked around the classmates who were familiar with Chishima and Anzu.

——Imaizumi Noboru is right, the connection between Chishima and Anzu and Odagiri Kei may not be direct, it may also be indirect.

He inquired that the development of the literary club was very poor. The only large-scale activity held in recent years was in a coffee shop outside the school. The specific content of the activity was that everyone put sticky notes on the photo wall of the coffee shop and wrote down what they liked.

Books and recommended quotes.

But in the later stages, it evolved into a large-scale anonymous dating event through conversations through post-it notes.

Qiandao Kazuki is allergic to coffee, so she never drinks coffee. But after that event, she would frequently go to coffee shops to sit for long periods of time.

What's the reason?

Matsuda Jinpei stopped and stood in front of this coffee shop, looking up at the signboard.

After asking those college students yesterday, the store was closed. Fortunately, it is now open.

He took off his sunglasses and raised his hand to push open the door of the shop.

When entering from the corridor with a stack of documents in hand, Sato Miwako happened to pass by Matsuda Jinpei's empty seat.

Noticing that the office chair hadn't even been pulled out from under the desk, she knew the guy must have skipped work.

She sighed softly, thinking that she would call Matsuda and question him later - but now she wanted to call the Imaizumi Police Department.

Just a few minutes ago, a middle-aged man wearing glasses stopped her in the corridor. The man hoped that she could call Noboru Imaizumi out. Miwako Sato didn't know who that person was, but she could see it at a glance. The police rank on the opponent's shoulder patch is: Sergeant.

The police chief is even two levels higher than the police inspector Imaizumi.

It is no exaggeration to say that the number of police officers who have reached this level in the Metropolitan Police can be counted on one hand. But Sato Miwako is sure that she has never seen this person.

But no matter how curious she was, Sato Miwako knew that she shouldn't ask any more questions.

She strode to Noboru Imaizumi's desk and cautiously said to him: "Imaizumi is on the alert. There is someone outside who said he wants to see you."

The young man was sitting in front of the computer, concentrating on typing on the keyboard. He was wearing a pair of thin-frame anti-blue light glasses on his face. When he turned his head to look at her, he showed an even more elegant and bookish air.

Hearing her words, Imaizumi Noboru seemed not to be surprised. He stopped what he was doing, took off his glasses and nodded: "Well, thank you, I understand."

Of course Imaizumi Noboru would not be surprised. After making that phone call yesterday, he knew that person would definitely come to him.

The man standing outside the entrance of the Investigation Section 1 is the current Minister of Public Security of the Metropolitan Police: Masachito Shiraishi.

Noboru Imaizumi's mother also had a surname of Shiraishi before she got married.

He walked into the corridor and soon saw the middle-aged man leaning against the window waiting for him quietly.

Although most of the man's hair is gray, his figure does not appear to be rickety at all. After being wrapped in a suit, he looks straight and righteous. Under the black glasses, the light gray eyes sunk deep in the eye sockets look... Also thoroughly clear.

Imaizumi stood there, staring at him with the same calm light gray eyes, with no intention of speaking first.

Shiraishi Masakihito did not show any displeasure about this, but just asked: "Come downstairs and have a cup of tea with me?"

…

Even before he graduated from the police academy, Imaizumi Noboru had already received frequent attention from the Metropolitan Police Department and the National Police Agency with his excellent results. People from both sides even came to the school to look for him, hoping that he would consider studying with them in the future. Work there.

However, when it came time to graduate, Noboru Imaizumi made a shocking decision. He had no choice between these two places - this is indeed what the outside world said.

But the real situation is: both the Metropolitan Police Department and the National Police Agency rejected him. He was eventually assigned back to his hometown of Nagano Prefecture and became a prefectural police officer.

When he was first assigned back to Nagano Prefecture, Noboru Imaizumi was really confused for a while. But it didn't take long for him to realize what was going on.

His uncle Masakihito Shiraishi, a high-ranking member of the Metropolitan Police Department, personally rejected his file.

Because he was in the Ministry of Public Security and had inextricable connections with the Police Department, he also rejected the employment files of the Police Department.

After Noboru Imaizumi found out about this incident, he rushed back to Tokyo from Nagano Prefecture overnight and personally went to the door of Masahito Shiraishi's house to ask for an explanation. However, the other party only left a cold "I am here to protect you."

Then there was a "pop" sound, and the door closed heavily.

…

There is a casual drink shop downstairs from the Metropolitan Police Department.

During working hours, there were very few customers in the store. Masakihito Shiraishi sat opposite him with a calm expression.
To be continued...