Chapter 27: Where the Money Goes

The survey of Ishihara's place of residence did not take much time. In fact, it's pretty much empty. It's hard to imagine that the owner of this place has managed to steal hundreds of millions of yen.

Where did all the money go? It doesn't look like Ishihara Hayato himself used it. Could it be that Nakamura took it away, so Ishihara killed Nakamura? But what about the master behind this theft syndicate?

After leaving the residence of Ishihara Hayato. Hayashi Shuichi and his colleagues immediately rushed to the residence of the victim, Shin'ichi Nakamura, also in Adachi Ward. The location is much better than where Ishihara lived, at least surrounded by mature neighborhoods. And Nakamura rents an apartment with a bathroom and kitchen. This alone seems to mean that Nakamura's life is better than that of Ishihara, and most importantly, a large number of adult products have been found in Nakamura's residence. This collection alone is a lot of money. It can be seen that compared to Ishihara, who lived as a monk, Nakamura's need for money should be more urgent.

In Lin Xiuyi's impression, Ishihara is obviously much more stable than Nakamura, at least he will not run to molest underage girls when he commits a crime. If one of Ishihara and Nakamura is in charge, it should be Ishihara and not Nakamura.

"How's Nakamura's economic situation?" said Lin Shuichi to Arakawa's criminal inquiry.

"Judging by the feedback from the bank, this guy is simply too good at spending money. Several credit cards are heavily overdrawn, and from an economic point of view, Nakamura has a much stronger motive than Ishihara!" Arakawa replied.

Looking at a room full of AV CDs and adult collectibles, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, he knew that this situation would not have been called Miki to come together.

"Did you find anything from your search here, did you do a luminol test here?" Lin Xiuyi asked habitually. In fact, he also knew that all the suspicious items here had been brought back to the Metropolitan Police Department by the Identification Division. What was left behind was what the forensic section and the detectives in charge of the search thought were not very important. For example, the AV of this room, adult posters, and the famous *** Yusaki Maria real-life inverted high-fidelity limited edition extremely famous objects and the like.

Lin Xiuyi habitually picked up the top one of the stack of discs, and suddenly remembered that it was really a little inappropriate to look at this kind of thing in front of so many people. I threw it back with my hand.

"Yes, there is only a small amount of blood here, which does not match our estimate of the first crime scene!" Arakawa had been standing by the door since he entered the house, but Lin Xiuyi noticed that his eyes had actually been sneaking over the collection in the house. Men are also understandable.

"Arakawa Criminal, I want you to count the A's in the house...... Forehead...... How much does an adult collectible cost in total for those enthusiasts?"

"This ......" Arakawa was also embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

"Arakawa Criminal, this matter is very important, and you have also seen that Ishihara's residence is so shabby. According to the preliminary statistics of colleagues in the sixth headquarters, the market value of the stolen items alone has exceeded 100 million. I wonder where the hell this money went, why didn't Ishihara use the money to improve his life, and how far did all of Nakamura's possessions differ from his legal income? Did Nakamura afford to buy all these collectibles with his own salary, or did he have to use illegal income to complete it?" explained to Arakawa patiently. Arakawa is not his person, so Lin Shuichi can't assign tasks in the form of orders. Now, whether it's a murder or a theft, all the clues point to Hayato Ishihara. And in this case, there are only two ways to go, either Lin Shuichi himself finds out the scene of the first crime of Shin'ichi Nakamura's murder. Or find a way to pry open Ishihara Hayato's mouth and let him spit out everything he knows.

In order for Ishihara Hayato to speak, he must first find his weaknesses. Since Ishihara Hayato has been involved in so many thefts, he must be in need of money. And this money he did not use for his own life. Is there any other use? Another point is that it seems that Hayato Ishihara and Shin'ichi Nakamura have not had time to enjoy this money at the moment. Even if the "collection" of this room costs money, it is impossible to spend five million. And 100 million stolen items with a market value can be conservatively estimated to be exchanged for 50 million in the black market. The difference alone is a huge amount of money. Where did all this money go, Lin Xiuyi was very concerned about it.

Just as Lin Xiu was thinking, the mobile phone in his pocket rang. As soon as Lin Xiu took out his mobile phone, he saw that it was a call from Huaxing. As soon as Lin Xiu connected the phone, Huaxing's side couldn't wait to say: "Police Department, we found that Huaxing borrowed a total of 10 million from three financial companies, and the interest alone is as high as hundreds of thousands every day, and now those financial companies are looking for him everywhere......"

"Why did you borrow so much money, what did this guy want so much money for?" Lin Xiu couldn't figure it out. Immediately after that, the two talked about Ishihara's communication records and social accounts, and this guy's residence in Tokyo has no Internet access at all, so naturally there is no value in tracking down. Although several frequently contacted numbers were found in the communication records, most of them were relationships Ishihara had established while he was engaged in a legitimate job, and there were a few other debt collection numbers from financial companies, and there was nothing suspicious about these numbers themselves.

The search has been carried out to this point, and Lin Xiuyi has a new understanding of Shi Yuan. This guy is desperately saving money for some reason, but he doesn't spend much money himself. And Shin'ichi Nakamura has a very special hobby. This hobby still brought his personal finances to the brink of bankruptcy. It can be speculated that the two once teamed up to carry out large-scale thefts and repeatedly made a fortune. But neither of them had time to enjoy this money. Shin'ichi Nakamura was brutally killed, while Ishihara was tightly controlled by the Metropolitan Police Department. So up to now, in addition to the investigation of the first crime scene, this case has a new direction of investigation, that is, to track down the huge amount of money that has disappeared.

Lin Xiuyi is now planning to have a showdown with Ishihara, and judging from the current situation, Ishihara Hayato is really very short of money. Maybe it's time to scam this stubborn guy out of money.