Chapter 37: The Secret Behind Perfume
"Ochanomizu Women's University Beauty School Flower!"
"Ginza's popular female PR!"
"Female political reporter of the TV station!"
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"Are all the current members of Congress so happy?
Hanagata said to Aizawa with envy and hatred. In fact, it's not just the shape of the flower, I'm afraid that any normal man will be jealous after seeing the object of the Hamada land.
"Hah...... This councillor is really powerful, and he can handle it with so many women at the same time, and to be honest, I will have a headache just by dealing with my wife when I go home. ”
A colleague who searched the 6th Department, after hearing Hanagata's complaint, immediately ran over and teased while watching the jokes of the dead Hamada Councilor:
"Hmm...... I thought I could narrow down the range of suspects, but with so many suspects popping up all at once, it seems that we haven't even had time to catch our breath!"
Aizawa ignored Hanagata's complaints, and instead he wondered why Hamada Daichi had such a close relationship with so many women. Because the active ingredient of the "Nile Garden" was found on the murder weapon, these women who have an ambiguous relationship with Hamada have now become the focus of the police's suspicion.
Although several women have been found on Hamada's social media account, they have received "Nile Garden" perfume from Hamada. But it still doesn't match the salesperson records that Miki got from the dealer. According to the dealer's feedback, the last time Hamada bought this perfume was a month ago, he bought a total of ten bottles of the same kind of perfume from the store, and specially explained to the store staff to pack them in different color gift boxes. In this way, this batch of perfumes should be given to different women!
While Aizawa was still having a headache with the increasing number of suspects, this side Lin Shuichi and Miki were tracking down the clues of the willow blade bunding.
"The police department, we have just found clues about the murder weapon, according to the manufacturer's feedback, the murder weapon is specially supplied to the Tokyo Hands home supermarket chain for sale, because it is a product sold in large quantities, so the dealer cannot provide us with information about the sales object......
"It didn't matter, it was within our expectations. It seems that the murder weapon has indeed been unable to dig out more clues. But we should be content that if it weren't for the perfume residue on it, we wouldn't be able to delineate the new suspects. ”
Lin Xiuyi comforted Miki with a slightly relaxed tone.
"But the police department, if there are no more clues, we can only continue to stay where we are. “
"Standing still? I don't think so. Miki, don't you wonder why this Hamada-senator has a soft spot for the 'Nile Garden' perfume?"
"What do you mean?"
"Since there is no breakthrough in the investigation of the murderer for the time being, we might as well investigate the relevant circumstances of the victim. Although it is said that the special search department has now been banned from entering the headquarters of the Democratic Constitutional Party to investigate the case of Hamada Daichi. However, we can trace the connection between the land of Hamada and the Nile Gardens. Perhaps, this will lead to unexpected clues to our investigation?
"Police, could you please give us specific instructions?"
"I also saw this message on Hamada Daichi's SNS, so I thought I should visit the other party?"
"Huh?"
Miki walked behind Lin Xiuyi as she spoke, and then followed the direction pointed by the police department's finger and saw the message he mentioned.
"Congratulations to Professor Mansai Niiki of Musashino University for winning this year's Akutagawa Prize, and when I was still a classmate, I also dreamed of becoming a writer one day, and decades have passed, and the only one who can persevere with it is Niki-san......
"What do you mean, police department, maybe this professor Shinki might know the inside story of Hamada's obsession with Nile Gardens?"
"Hmm...... I did expect that, but ...... It was just my personal guess until I met Professor Shinki, but I had tried the scent of Nile Gardens in earnest. Although I am not a professional perfumer, this fragrance gives me a fresh and natural feeling, which in my opinion may be more suitable for young women. And from the list of women who have an ambiguous relationship with Hamada in our possession, it can also be seen that Hamada seems to prefer those who are young and beautiful! So, I boldly assume that it is because of some reason in his student days that Hamada is so obsessed with Nile Gardens.
Although Lin Xiuyi's tone was not quite sure, he vaguely felt that his assumption was very likely to be true. Because in Lin Xiuyi's view, although most of the relationships in his student days will end in tragedy, those beautiful years will be deeply imprinted in the minds of the parties involved. After all, Lin Xiuyi can be regarded as having a personal experience of this kind of thing.
"But I have one more question to remind you that the 'Nile Garden' fragrance seems to have been launched only in the last few years, and if 'Nile Garden' was the favorite fragrance of Hamada's student lovers, it was not on the market twenty years ago. If that's the case, shouldn't we investigate what happened to Hamada-sender after the 'Nile Garden' was launched?"
Miki asked Lin Xiuyi with some doubts. As soon as Lin Xiu listened to Miki's point of view, he didn't feel offended. On the contrary, he admires Miki's independent thinking spirit.
"I'm not unaware of the possibility you're talking about, but I think it's better to think about how the perfume can make people feel than to focus on the name 'Nile Gardens'! I believe that what really fascinates Hamada is the memories evoked by the perfume itself. This memory is precious enough to make Hamada Daichi, who has already made a name for himself, never forget......"
Lin Xiuyi picked up a cotton pad as he spoke, then gently sprayed it on the cotton pad with the perfume bottle on the table, and then handed it to Miki.
"Give it a try, and maybe it will bring back some memories for you!"
Miki took out this cotton pad from Lin Xiuyi's hand with some confusion, and then put it under her nose and sniffed it vigorously.
"What? How could anyone like such a choking smell!"