Chapter 15 Funding Sources

"Just now the two of you were talking about the explosion on the pier a few days ago in the Matsukawa cafeteria, and Mr. Terao seems to know something that the police don't know, can you tell me about it?"

Lin Xiuyi walked in front of the end of the temple and directly expressed his intention.

"Well, I just don't want to make trouble for myself, in case those criminals know that I said it, I'm afraid I'll ......," Terao said with some concern.

"Mr. Terao, even if there is a real danger, it has been since you met those people, if you choose to tell us everything you know and help us bring the suspect to justice as soon as possible, won't you have to live this kind of frightened life again?" Lin Xiuyi asked Terao for advice in turn.

"Well, I can tell you, but please don't tell anyone that you know it from me, after all, leaking customer information is not allowed by the company. In fact, a few days before the explosion, a company informed us that it wanted to lease the warehouse on the dock for a short time, saying that a batch of agricultural products imported from Colombia was to be temporarily stored here pending customs inspection. At that time, I was in charge of receiving those customers......" Terao explained to Lin Xiuyi in a low voice.

"Do you remember what kind of person the other party is?" Lin Xiuyi asked curiously.

"It looks like a foreigner, but I don't know which country it is......," Terao said, a little embarrassed.

"Do you remember what these people are called?" Lin Xiuyi asked seriously.

"I only know that the person in charge of the other party is a gentleman named Reit, but I don't know the specific name, by the way, the other party's company seems to be called Tsuru no Maru Co., Ltd.......," Terao recalled as he tried his best to provide information to Hayashi Shuichi. Lin Xiu wrote down everything that the temple said in his notebook, and after writing it, he asked the other party to confirm it.

"Thank you for your help, and if you recall anything new, please don't hesitate to give me advice!" After the questioning was over, Lin Xiuyi took out his business card from his pocket and handed it to Terao and his companions. It wasn't until Lin Xiu said goodbye to the end of the temple that Miki hurried over.

"Police Department, why did you come here, I have been looking for you for a long time!" Miki said to Lin Xiuyi breathlessly.

"I'm sorry, but I'm glad you found a good restaurant, you see, this is the information I just learned from the person who knew about the bombing!" Lin Xiu handed his notebook to Miki as soon as he spoke.

"Police Department, you are really amazing, did you know from the beginning that we could find someone who knew about the case in this cafeteria?" Miki carefully read Lin Xiuyi's interrogation notes, and couldn't help but say with admiration.

"Of course not, but it's also an experience! Choosing a popular restaurant near the scene of the crime can not only eat delicious food, but also have access to information related to the case. After all, there are many customers in popular restaurants, and a considerable number of them are regular customers who often eat here. These people see each other every day, they should be familiar with each other, and they are likely to talk about things that everyone is interested in during dinner, and it is very likely that we police officers will be exposed to something that we can't touch under normal traffic in this relaxed setting......"

Today's unexpected harvest of useful information, although there is an element of luck, but experience is also an indispensable prerequisite, after many years of being a police officer, many things have become Lin Xiuyi's personal habits, and these habits are gradually comprehended and formed in the work.

"Police, are we going to investigate this Tsuru no Maru Co., Ltd." now?" Miki continued to speculate along Lin Shuichi's train of thought.

"If my guess is correct, this should be a shell company, and the legal representative is likely to be some bankrupt vagabond! But you can try your luck at the bank......" Lin Xiuyi shook his head and rejected Miki's speculation.

"You mean, investigate Tsuru no Maru's financial transactions?" Miki said with a sudden realization.

"It's true, to be able to buy 30 tons of Semtin 1A explosives from Vietnam in one go, doesn't it require large-scale capital scheduling?" Lin Xiuyi asked rhetorically.

"But this shouldn't be what the search lesson is good at, right?" Miki took out her notebook and wrote down Lin Xiuyi's words, and then immediately thought that investigating the issue of funds was not what the search lesson was good at.

"Pass the information to the Department of Life and Safety, and let the Life Economy Division and the Life Environment Division cooperate with our investigation!" Lin Xiuyi said extremely domineeringly.

"Hello!" Miki nodded excitedly, now the superior has given the green light to the special search department, and all departments, no matter how big or small, must cooperate with the work of the special search department. The police department is finally going to raise its eyebrows this time, but it would be better if it could order the Ministry of Public Security to work for the special search department as it did today.

After Lin Shuyi and Miki finished their investigation of the explosion site, they went straight back to the Metropolitan Police Department.

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The search lesson attached great importance to the clue found by Lin Xiuyi, and that night, Lin Xiuyi got the information about the funds of Tsuru no Maru Co., Ltd. in the bank. However, looking at these traces of various capital transactions, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but feel a little big, these contents were really impossible for the layman to start, but fortunately, the section chief Junichi Oiwa temporarily coordinated a clerical staff who was familiar with accounting knowledge to assist Lin Xiuyi's work.

"The police department, although the business of the Tsuru no Maru company is very diverse, and the capital exchange is relatively frequent, we still found some differences. You see, in the last month, Tsuranomaru Co., Ltd. has seen a very significant increase in overseas procurement spending. The civilian of the search section, Harada Ryuichi Police Department, who is in charge of the financial work in the section, explained patiently for Lin Shuichi.

"You mean to say that these funds were used to buy Semtin 1A!" Miki asked Harada in confusion.

"Well, it's really hard to say...... Harada said embarrassedly.

"Can we find out the whereabouts of these funds?" Lin Xiuyi frowned and asked Harada Criminal.

"The recipients are all overseas trading companies, most of which are registered in offshore financial centers. We can't trace these funds......," Harada said regretfully.

"It's okay, I should have thought that things weren't that simple!" Lin Xiuyi replied with a little disappointment.

"Ah, I thought there would be a breakthrough, but I didn't expect to find nothing in the end!" Miki sat down in her office chair depressedly.

"Tsuru no Maru, is this where Shoji Kuroda raised funds?"