Chapter 34: Cats
"Police, do you want to go to the shopping street?"
Pu Dao asked Lin Xiuyi with some uncertainty.
"I think it's better to go to the school over there and ask, maybe that woman is the school teacher?"
Kosuke Aso pointed to the school not far away and asked Lin Shuichi.
"Why don't you go to the park, even if it's not a nearby resident, there are people who come here!"
Miki asked, pointing in a completely different direction from everyone else.
Seeing the three people in front of him pointing in three different directions, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but feel a little funny. He raised his hand to look at the current time, it was already 6:20 p.m., and many housewives could be seen shopping for ingredients on the shopping street. Seeing this situation, Lin Xiuyi directly pointed to the location of the park and said:
"Let's go over there!"
When Lin Xiuyi decided where to go next, everyone followed him and walked towards the direction of the park together. It took about ten minutes on the road, and Lin Shuichi took his subordinates and the Aso Police Department to the gate of the park.
It is a small park for the surrounding residents. There are many amusement equipment in the park that children will love. But at this moment, probably because it's dinner time, there are no tourists here.
Lin Xiu took a look at the watch in his hand, and then walked to a park chair and sat down. Immediately afterward, he began to quietly observe the surroundings of the park.
"Meow!"
"Meow~~!"
……
Not long after Lin Xiuyi sat on the chair, bursts of wild cats began to sound around the park, and with the quiet environment in the park, people couldn't help but feel a creepy feeling.
"Reason...... That's probably because of that, right?"
Just when everyone didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Lin Xiuyi's gourd, Lin Xiuyi suddenly stood up and said to everyone:
"What do you mean, police department...... Cats?"
"Well, the wild cats here are meowing very often. Considering that this is a park, there are a lot of people coming here during the day, so I think that's a bit unusual. But...... If someone often comes over to feed these wild cats at this time, then ...... The fact that so many wild cats are present here is also an explanation. ”
"Huh...... Forest Police Department! You ...... How the hell did you guess that? Do you mean that the woman who delivered the bomb to Kaban would often come here to feed the wild cats?"
"Hmmm! and...... I don't think the woman actually knew that she was actually sending a bomb! Aso Police Department, have you noticed that the woman who appeared in the surveillance screen did not deliberately avoid the location of the camera, and I think that if she really planned to attack the police, even if the suspect was careless, she would have investigated the situation of the camera in advance! But the woman on the screen does not seem to have any intention of avoiding the surveillance. ”
Lin Shuichi patiently explained to Kosuke Aso. However, Kosuke Aso was obviously not satisfied with these explanations, so he continued to ask Lin Shuichi:
"But, when we were at the intersection just now, wasn't there a shopping street and a school? By the way, there is also a shrine nearby!"
"On this point, I think I can let Miki explain it!"
Lin Xiuyi smiled and looked at his subordinate Miki, Miki smiled a little embarrassedly, and then explained to Kosuke Aso:
In fact, this can also be easily inferred from the surveillance footage, the lady on the screen was holding a handbag-like thing when she entered the interban, but when she left, she didn't take anything with her. So...... I don't think she's from the high street. Because the police department has just mentioned that the lady should not be a housewife, because at that time the housewives were basically preparing dinner at home. In addition, the residents in the neighborhood have said that they have never seen this person, so I don't think she should be a teacher in the school either!"
"Although we are still speculating until now, if the results of the speculation can be consistent with some of the facts, we may as well continue to follow this speculation. Now, let's try our luck on the shopping street! Urajima-kun, let's see if there is a place where I can buy cat food on the commercial street?"
Hearing Lin Xiuyi's order, Pu Dao hurriedly took out his mobile phone to check the nearby pet supply store, and sure enough, he found a place called Peach Pet Store on the shopping street.
After Lin Xiuyi and the others left the park, they then returned to the intersection they had just passed. Under the leadership of Urashima Yuto, everyone easily found the pet spot named Momoko. After showing his ID to the store manager here, Lin Xiuyi took out the screenshot photo on the surveillance video, and then handed it to the store manager and asked:
"Excuse me...... Does this lady on the picture often come to you to buy cat food?"
"That...... Are you here to investigate the bombing?"
"Well, I think you've heard about it, too!"
"Eh, wait a minute, isn't this Miss Yokoi? She does come to me a lot to buy cat food, almost, once every two or three days!
"Ah...... No! We just want to know something from her! By the way, do you know his full name?"
"I'm sorry, I only know that her surname is Yokoi, and it doesn't seem to be married, and I haven't asked much about other things!"
"Huh...... I'm not married! This ...... How do you know?"
"Well, this person seems a little strange, I remember the first time she came, I called her Madame, and she was very upset that I should call her Madame or Mademoiselle. In short, although she often comes to me to buy cat food and is considered a regular customer of mine, I haven't talked to her much at all, so ...... If you ask about her, I'm really ......."
"So, excuse me, has she ever bought anything else from you besides buying cat food regularly?"
"Ah, I remember!"
The store manager walked to the computer and began to inquire, and it didn't take long for the other party to say to Lin Xiuyi with some excitement:
"I remember that she bought a cat tree here before, and then because it was too big, we asked someone from a courier company to send it to her house, you see this is where her house is!"
The store manager excitedly pointed to a line of small words on the screen and said to Lin Xiuyi.
"Arakawa-ku 2-chome Yokoi Apartment!"