Chapter 27: The Request of a Famous Writer
When Urashima finally woke up from the music, he was surrounded by residents who had come to listen to his performance.
"What a good play!"
"It's completely different from the shamisen performance that is shown on TV!"
"Yes, I never knew that the shamisen could be so good, but it seems to be my favorite "Shimabei" when I was younger, and after so many years, this song is still so good......"
Listening to a professional musician playing a familiar tune is a world away from listening to music on TV and other channels. Although Urashima is not a professional shamisen, as a musician, he knows how to express his emotions through music, and this alone does not know how many streets he has left behind those amateurs. After all, music that is deliberately imitated and music that conveys the emotions of the performers themselves are not the same in themselves.
The most popular era of the music "Daobei" happened to be more than 20 years ago, and at that time, this song almost became the favorite song of young men and women at that time. It is for this reason that these listeners at the scene resonate so much. Because this also happens to be their young age, after all, who doesn't miss their youth. Especially Minato Fujiki, who was standing in the crowd, couldn't help but think of her own girlhood when she heard this song, when she was still an enviable student at Ochanomizu Women's University, and her father, who was a bath cleaner, was the pride of her father all her life. And the song "Island Bei" also happens to be the most popular song of that era. Back then, a female college student named Maiko Kirimura met a man who changed the trajectory of her life because of this song......
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In Tono's studio on the 12th floor of the Akasaka Tameike Building, in Tokyo, Shuichi Hayashi and Miki were brought into this unique office by Mr. Tono's assistant after explaining their intentions.
"Teacher, two guests came to visit you, saying that they had made an appointment with you in the morning......
"I see!"
Lin Xiuyi took a slight look at the layout of this office, and the room was obviously divided into three parts: a work area, a reception area, and a leisure area. Where in the workspace, after a delicate writing desk. A woman with filigree glasses suddenly stopped what she was doing, she raised her head and glanced at Lin Xiuyi and Miki, and then stood up behind the desk, walking towards Lin Xiuyi and Miki step by step with rhythmic steps.
"Please take care of me when we meet for the first time, it's Yuki Tono below, and I'm sorry to let the two police officers make a special trip here......"
Mr. Tono took the initiative to introduce himself, and then presented his business cards to Lin Shuichi and Miki respectively. When Lin Xiu saw this, he hurriedly returned the salute:
"Mr. Tono is polite, in Shimobayashi Shuichi, he is the management officer of the Special Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police Department's Search Section 1, and this one is my subordinate Miki Nakayama. We learned from Shinya Tsukada of Ochanomizu University that you have a photo of Maiko Kirimura in your hand, so I wonder if you can show it to us?"
Lin Xiuyi really didn't feel anything about famous writers or anything, he just wanted to get the photos as soon as possible and continue the investigation of the case. However, it is clear that it is not only Shuichi Hayashi who is interested in the whereabouts of Maiko Kiritura, Yuki Tono is also concerned about Maiko Kiritura's current situation.
"Two police officers, please go over there and take a break, I'll go and get the picture of Maiko!"
Yuki Tono said as he led Shuichi Hayashi and Miki to the side of the sofa and instructed his assistant to make a pot of tea for the guests. After explaining what happened here, Yuki Tono said a faux puff and walked to the bookshelf on his own, and when he returned, he still had an outdated album in his hand.
"I'm sorry, I should have prepared earlier, you see, this is the Kiritura Maiko back then, how is it, do you think she is very temperamental!"
After Lin Xiuyi and Miki took the photo, they immediately lowered their heads and observed it intently. The girl in the photo is about twenty years old, with a beautiful face and an extraordinary temperament, and she looks like a female star of that period. In this photo, the girl is wearing a kimono called Mori sleeve, which is characterized by very long sleeves. This kind of clothing is specially worn by girls at the rite of passage, and when they get married later, girls have another chance to wear this kind of clothing.
However, these things are not what Lin Xiuyi cares about, what Lin Xiuyi cares about is actually the inextricable connection between Maiko Kirimura and Mina Fujiki. With the help of this photo, Lin Shuichi is already almost certain that Minato Fujiki and Maiko Kiritura are the same person.
"Thank you very much Mr. Tono-sensei for your help, but can we keep this photo for the time being?"
Lin Xiuyi made his request to Yuki Tono with some trepidation. Because this photo is now the only evidence that can confirm the relationship between Maiko Kirimura and Minato Fujiki. Its importance is self-evident. Moreover, for the sake of rigorous evidence, the police generally use the original documents as evidence. The credibility of copied photos will be greatly diminished.
"Well, it's not impossible......! I also have some questions about Maiko Kirimura that I would like to ask you, may I ask...... Are you investigating the whereabouts of Maiko Kiritura?"
Teacher Tono asked Lin Xiuyi for advice in a calm tone, and at the same time vaguely used the photo as a bargaining chip for her to consult the police.
"We're really looking into some things about Maiko Kiritura, but I'm sorry I can't tell you the details. I'm a little curious, why do you care so much about Maiko Kiritura? Is it just because of the love of your classmates back then?"
Lin Xiu declined Yuki Tono's request with a smile on his face. Now Maiko Kiritura is involved in two murders, and anyone who cares too much about Maiko Kiritura is the object of suspicion by the police. In this case, Yuki Tono actually showed excessive concern about the police investigation. That's a lot of concern.
"To be honest, Maiko Kirimura was not only my classmate back then, but also a very good friend of mine at the time. I think back then, we spent a rare college time together, and if it hadn't happened that year, she might not have dropped out of school. Even though all these years have passed, I still think about the days when I lived with Maiko from time to time, and if it weren't for the feeling that those years brought me, I wouldn't have created a work like "Forbidden Love"......"