"What is a special day for Sato? It can't be her birthday, right? ”

Looking at Takagi, who was sitting in the back of his car with a reluctant face, after holding back the anger in his heart again, Yuichi, who was afraid that he would kick this bastard down, immediately took a deep breath and changed the topic to ask.

"Birthday? Of course not! Sato's birthday is almost known in our Metropolitan Police Department, except for people like you who already have a beautiful woman like Teacher Judy as a wife, right? If it was her birthday, maybe the door to our search class was blocked by some inexplicable flowers. ”

"Oh? Is it? So what day is it, do you know Takagi? ”

Hearing Takagi's answer, after being impressed by his sudden enlightenment of reasoning, Yuichi continued to ask shamelessly.

Takagi, who was asked by him, was stunned for a moment, and then asked in a low voice.

"Kudo Police Department! Do you know the person Masayoshi Sato? ”

"Masayoshi Sato? Who is it? Could it be that he has something to do with Miwako? ”

Yuichi, who had just returned from the United States, heard Takagi's inquiry, and while playing the steering wheel, he thought hard, but how could he know a person who had been dead for many years without many years of personnel experience in the Metropolitan Police Department.

So seeing his constipation appearance racking his brains, Takagi behind the car immediately opened his mouth to explain.

"Officer Justice Sato is the father of Sato-senpai, and eighteen years ago today, he died in the line of duty! So today is indeed a special day for Sato-senpai, because today is his father's memorial day! ”

"Is it a festival day? What a sad thing! But all of us who eat this bowl of rice will have such a day, right? By the way, what about the murderer? How many years did you end up sentenced? Or has the death penalty already been carried out? ”

Yuichi, who heard Takagi's answer, may have thought of his confused future, and after reaching out and taking out a cigarette from the box placed on the side, he lit it with the car cigarette lighter, and opened the window to swallow the clouds and spit out the fog alone.

However, Takagi's answer surprised him.

"Nope! That murderer has not been caught so far! So sentencing or something, there's no way to talk about it! ”

"What? Haven't been caught yet? Isn't this bastard going to get away with it? Three years have passed, right? ”

"Yes! That's why it's a big regret for our Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, when I first came to the Metropolitan Police Department, the Twilight Police Department once had a drink and talked to me! At that time, Sato-senpai's father seemed to know the identity of the murderer, but when he was chasing the robber, he was hit by a truck at the intersection not far away, and it was raining heavily that day, and the ambulance came a little late, so in the end, Sato-senpai's father was not rescued, but even though he was carried to the ambulance, he kept saying a name in his mouth in a little blurry. ”

"What's the name?"

"I remember it as if it was called Chou Silang! That's why that murder is also known as the Chou Silang incident! ”

"The Sorrowful Lang incident?"

Yuichi, who heard Takagi's explanation, felt as if something had in his mind, but because of the distant memories of his past life and almost fifty years of this life, the things that appeared in his mind disappeared again vaguely.

Just as he was covering his head to drive away this feeling that made him very uncomfortable, Takagi, who was sitting in the back of the car, whispered a reminder.

"The destination has arrived! Kudo Police Department! ”

So, Yuichi, who didn't care about thinking about this, parked the car on the side of the road, slowly opened the car door, and walked down.

When he and Takagi came down, Sato, who had already arrived first, was affectionately placing a bouquet of flowers under the street lamp next to the intersection, looking at her melancholy eyes, Yuichi felt that as a Metropolitan Police Department detective, especially Sato's boss, he might have to do something for this strong, kind and optimistic girl.

So standing far away next to the car, he continued to talk to Takagi, who was staring at Sato's back in a daze, about this case that he didn't know.

"Then since Sato's father said the name of Soshiro at that time, didn't you find this person? Or if there are suspicious clues, you can do it! ”

"Kudo Police Department, please believe that the Twilight Police Department is also very painful about the murder of Sato-senpai's father! They launched a large-scale reconnaissance at that time, but because Sato-senpai's father died halfway through, we could no longer know any other information except for the three words Chou Silang, so in the end the case had to be closed. ”

"Only one clue about Chou Silang?"

"Yes! The murderer had definitely planned well before the bank robbery, and on the day of the robbery, because it was raining heavily, no one paid attention to the strange outfit of the murderer wearing a long raincoat, a hat, sunglasses, and a mask. In the ten seconds of his footage captured on the bank's monitors, there was not a trace of any usable clue in sight. ”

"In that case, how did Miwako's father identify the murderer? Do you still call him Sorrowful? ”

"This ...... I don't know! ”

"And then this is the end of it? O man! Sometimes it's really fragile! No matter how great you are in life, as long as you close your eyes, the only thing that can prove your existence is the memories of other people! When these people who once remembered you slowly forget you or close their eyes, except for the great people who can stay in the history books, others will be completely wiped out in the long river of history, right? Just like Sato's father, although the name of the incident and the name of the main suspect will remain in everyone's memory, if it is not someone who has a relationship with the police, who will remember the name of the police officer who died in the line of duty in that incident? ”

"But we're not doing this job to make people remember us! Kudo Police Department! I think as a glorious police officer, your thoughts are a little too negative! ”

"Sato-senpai?"

"Sato?"

Just when Yuichi leaned on the side of the car and sighed with Takagi about his life, he didn't know when he had already stood up from under the street lamp, and Sato, who had returned to everyone's parking place, suddenly opened his mouth to join the topic that they deliberately avoided Sato to talk about.

Seeing that the two were embarrassed and surprised, with a hint of apology in their eyes, Sato, who knew that they were afraid to reveal their scars, smiled sunnyly, and continued to talk about their topic.

"Because the murderer was so thoroughly disguised at that time, it was not even clear whether he was a man or a woman. This also caused Uncle Twilight to make no progress after they couldn't find any clues about Chou Silang. However, if the Kudo Police Department is still interested in this case, I may be able to provide you with one more clue! Although I relied on this clue, I still didn't find any information about the murderer. ”

"Oh? Still a clue? What clues? ”

Seeing that Sato didn't mention the sad thing and was depressed, Yuichi, who was really interested in this case, immediately asked.