Chapter 35: The Kamogawa Old Case
According to Japan's Code of Criminal Procedure, it is not permissible to have two cases in one case. The so-called one case and two cases means that the victim repeatedly reports the case with the same reason. The original purpose of this provision is mainly to prevent the waste of limited police and judicial resources on a large number of duplicate reports. However, the disappearance case in Kamogawa City ended up in a dead end because of this provision, which could not be filed.
When Arisa Ninomiya had just disappeared, the Chiba Prefectural Police accepted the report of Arisa Ninomiya's parents. However, soon after, a handwritten letter from Arisa Ninomiya for help made the police and Arisa Ninomiya's parents relax their vigilance. In the end, under the persuasion of the Kamogawa City police, the Ninomiya couple, who thought that their daughter would return home soon, finally withdrew the report. But after that, apart from one letter after another asking for help, the Ninomiya couple never saw their daughter again.
Arisa Ninomiya and Tomomi Yano's upbringing have a lot of similarities. is also young and beautiful, but he is bullied at school. Similarly, the family is superior, but they all have a history of theft. The similarities made Lin Xiuyi strongly interested, and if the two victims could have such similar personality traits across Tokyo Bay, Lin Xiuyi felt that there must be some kind of connection between them.
When Lin Xiuyi took the initiative to visit the Ninomiya couple, they were extremely surprised by Lin Xiuyi's arrival. Because they had gone to the local police station many times before this to report the case, but each time they were rejected by the Kamogawa City Police Station because of one case and two cases.
"Well, hasn't our family's case been rejected by the police?"
Mrs. Ninomiya served hot tea and snacks to Lin Shuichi and Miki, and then asked Lin Shuichi and Miki in an incredulous tone.
"I'm sorry, please forgive us for not having time to introduce ourselves, I'm Lin Xiuyi from the Special Search Department of the Metropolitan Police Department's Search Section, and this is my subordinate Zhongshan Criminal. We're actually here today for another case. ”
"Metropolitan Police Department!
After the Ninomiya couple took the business card handed over by Lin Xiuyi, they were immediately frightened by the origin of Lin Xiuyi and Miki. The common people of Japan don't know what the search lesson is for, and what good thing can they do if they take the initiative to come to the door?
"Officer, what did you say about the other case and the disappearance of our daughter?" Mr. Ninomiya asked Lin Xiuyi with a nervous expression.
"There is no substantial connection yet, but we note that your daughter had a history of theft prior to her disappearance. This is a very similar experience to the victim in this case that we are working on. So we'd like to give you a glimpse of what Miss Arisa Ninomiya was like before she disappeared?"
Lin Shuichi and Miki briefly explained their intentions, and the Chiba County Police who were standing aside to accompany them also began to get nervous. They had already learned about the corpse shredding case in Tokyo from Lin Xiu before. To be honest, the mere fact that the victim wrote the extortion letter made the Chiba Prefectural Police feel uneasy. You must know that they persuaded the Ninomiya couple to close the case, but in the end, it caused a long-term dispute between the Ninomiya family and the Chiba Prefectural Police. If Arisa Ninomiya is murdered in the end, the Chiba Prefectural Police will be in big trouble this time.
The main reason is that if it is to be characterized as a murder case, the victim's body must be found, and the stump of Tomomi Yano can already prove that she did suffer an accident, while Arisa Ninomiya's body has not yet been found, so it can only be concluded that it is a missing case.
"Mrs. Ninomiya, what kind of person is your daughter, can you give us an introduction?"
After Lin Xiuyi introduced some general information, Miki took over the next inquiry, and she flipped through the notebook she carried with her. Began to record some important information about Arisa Ninomiya.
"My daughter, she must be a very quiet girl, and she likes to be alone since she was a child. To be honest, I've never seen her bring her classmates home as guests. When she is at home, she likes to stay alone in her room and read comics, and occasionally study at a nearby cram school. She doesn't talk much, but she is a very strong child academically. That's what we're most proud of her. ”
Mrs. Ninomiya recalled her daughter's little by little, and couldn't help shedding tears several times during this period. Lin Xiuyi listened to the description of their daughter by the Ninomiya couple, and compared it with Tomomi Yano in his heart.
"Mrs. Ninomiya, did your daughter attend cram school at such a young age, I can see from the information that your daughter's school seems to be a prestigious private school in Kamogawa City. Is there a need for additional counselling?"
As soon as Lin Xiu heard that Mrs. Ninomiya was so concerned about her daughter's studies, she couldn't help but think of Reina's studies. Lin Xiuyi has never been a parent, so he doesn't think that he needs to attend any cram school or anything like that in middle school. And he himself has never participated in such counseling. Lin Xiuyi's previous idea was to let Ling Nai enter a good private middle school, because he thought that a good school should arrange students' academic affairs. Of course, Lin Xiuyi did not have the experience of attending a private school.
"Officer, you're still young, and we originally intended to transfer Arisa to a prestigious school in Tokyo when she was in high school, so naturally we have to put more effort into this area. Speaking of which, I would like to thank Arisa's school for organizing a career talk event, and the school invited seniors who had just been admitted to Tokyo University to conduct a career talk for them. It was then that Alysa set up her dream of being admitted to the University of Tokyo......"
"Todai, ......"
When he mentioned the University of Tokyo, Lin Shuichi couldn't help but think of his alma mater, Kagoshima University. In the Metropolitan Police Department, high-ranking bureaucrats from Tokyo University almost abound, and a complex network of contacts has been formed between them. Although Lin Xiuyi is a bureaucrat in the elite group and has an unlimited future, his background from a non-prestigious school has doomed Lin Xiuyi to almost no chance of reaching the top of the Japanese police circle. However, being able to be promoted to the police station after three years is already a height that most Japanese police officers cannot reach, because bureaucrats above the police station will no longer be managed by the police headquarters in various places, and their personnel relations will be directly responsible for the Japanese National Police Agency, which means that Lin Shuichi will become a real national civil servant at that time.
"Wait a minute, isn't Todai in Bunkyo District!"