Chapter 25: New Discoveries
"You and Miss Shiraishi have known each other for a long time?" Lin Xiuyi said with a sudden realization.
"I know everything about her, after all, we lived together for a while...... As lovers!" Nantian told Lin Xiuyi without concealment.
"Lovers, I really can't see it!, but what about you later, it doesn't seem to be together!" Lin Xiuyi asked curiously.
"Between us...... A lot has happened! When I was in high school, Erika was forced to drop out of school because of a bad thing, and I didn't see her for a long time after that, until later, when I arrived in Tokyo, she was almost completely different. Treat money as life, and have a vicious heart......" Nantian Yasuyuki covered his face with his hands and said bitterly.
"So this meeting on the Xianhou train was planned by you in advance?" Lin Xiuyi asked again.
"No, it wasn't until yesterday morning that I received a message from her that she needed my help with an important matter, and that I should get to Ueno Station as soon as possible. When I got here, she told me that she needed me to take the Senhoua train to Aomori, and she said that she would introduce me to a rich and beautiful woman on the train......"
"With all due respect, Mr. Nanda, what kind of profession are you engaged in?" Lin Shuichi carefully recorded the testimony of Yasuyuki Nanda in his notebook, which will be handed over to the Aomori Prefectural Police after the train arrives in Aomori. And now, because the train is from Tokyo, Lin Xiuyi will continue to be responsible for the follow-up work of this case.
Yasuyuki Nanda was silent for a while, and then said calmly: "I'm a fraudster, the kind of ...... that specializes in swindling money from women."
"So, the target you and Erika Shiraishi are looking at is Ms. Sakurako Tazui?" Lin Xiuyi asked clearly, this kind of key question must be clarified, even if the answer has been guessed, it must be admitted by the other party himself, only in this way can this record be valuable as evidence.
"Yes, I received information from Erika before I got in the car, including photos of Sakurako Takuri, her preferences, interests, and other information......"
"So, can I understand that you and Erika Shiraishi had planned to defraud Ms. Sakurako before the train departed, but I would like to ask if there are any other participants in this fraudulent scheme besides you and Erika Shiraishi?"
"What do you mean by that, the other participants?" Yasuyuki Nanda asked rhetorically when he heard Lin Xiuyi's question.
"Actually, this question has been haunting me since yesterday afternoon, do you remember when Ms. Sakurako Takudaii played the first act of the suite in the lounge? At that time, you and the rest of the audience were intently immersed in the beautiful music, but I accidentally noticed that Ms. Shiraishi kept looking at her phone, as if waiting for some news...... Excuse me, was she contacting you at that time?"
Lin Xiuyi suddenly sounded the scene when he was in the lounge, since then, Lin Xiuyi has been very concerned about the strange behavior of Erika Shiraishi, it stands to reason that when his good friend performs, listening carefully is a etiquette that even ordinary people need to abide by, and Erika Shiraishi's behavior at that time was really a little too rude. Judging from her words and deeds afterwards, Erika Shiraishi is not a person who does not understand etiquette, so there is only one reasonable explanation for her rude behavior in the lounge, that is, the message she is waiting for is really very important.
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"But why did you kill Lady Shiraishi later?"
"After the food truck closed, my plan to get close to Sakurako Nagii never went anywhere, and I thought of adding something to her diet if necessary, because Erika told me that this woman would probably fly from Aomori City to South Korea and never return. ”
As soon as Lin Xiu heard this, his right hand, which had been struggling to write, suddenly stopped, Nantian's words were very interesting, because it revealed two very interesting information, the first is that Sakurako Takudai plans to fly from Aomori to South Korea, and will never return to Japan in the future. And the second point is that Erika Shiraishi didn't want this kind of thing to happen, and she even didn't hesitate to use the power of the fraudster to keep Sakurako Takudai in the country. What is the motivation behind the idea that one seems to leave the country behind, and the other does not hesitate to use despicable means to keep the other behind?
"How did you come into conflict with Ms. Shiraishi?"
"I've been in a bit of trouble lately, and I've lost a lot of money, and Erika promised to give me a lot of money when she contacted me, but when I went to her box last night to discuss the drugging with her, Erika suddenly repented, and I needed that money so badly that I couldn't get angry for a while...... Only...... Kill her!"
"What, you said that Erika Shiraishi suddenly regretted it again? What the hell is going on?" Lin Xiuyi felt that things were getting more and more interesting, judging from the performance of Erika Shiraishi before her death, she obviously found more than one person in Nantian Yasushi to calculate Sakurako. But why did Erika Shiraishi regret it a few hours later, what happened?
Lin Shuichi suddenly realized a problem, that is, although the case of Erika Shiraishi is basically clear, there are still many unexplained things on the body of Sakurako Sakurai, the target of Erika Shiraishi's bad intentions, and if these questions are not answered definitively, Lin Shuichi's work is not over.
"She did regret it, when I asked her why she canceled the original plan, she said that this matter is none of my business, I asked her about the money, and she told me that since the plan was canceled, then the money matter will naturally be settled. This woman, after so many years, is still so selfish and never thinks about others......"
Lin Shuichi now knows the reason why Yasuyuki Minamida killed Erika Shiraishi, but Lin Shuichi also discovered something more important, there seems to be some kind of inexplicable connection between the deceased Erika Shiraishi and Sakurako Sakura. Now that Erika Shiraishi is dead, and her accomplice Yasuyuki Minamida has pleaded guilty, what about the third participant? Has he been notified that Erika Shiraishi has canceled his plan? If not, isn't Sakurako still in danger?