At 10:30 a.m., after repeatedly finding Mito Aoyama's whereabouts but not being able to find them, detective officers Sato and Tsuburaya came to Adachi Ward again in an attempt to get some clues from the area around the suspect's residence.

The low-rent apartment Yonetagano, which is the address they easily got from the bank where the suspect worked. They had visited before, but still found nothing, and they came today as usual to see if there was any follow-up to be made.

"Hello, charter wife."

Stopping the car, Sato said to the oncoming middle-aged woman: "I'm sorry to bother you, we are from the Higashi-Shinjuku Police Station, because of the need to investigate the case, I would like to ask you to knock on room 205 of the main apartment, thank you for your cooperation." ”

The charter lady actually lives in room 101 of the apartment, but unfortunately the two police officers missed her on their last visit.

When she walked out of the door at this moment, she was also dressed as a typical housewife who had not woken up, with flip-flops on her feet, a white cotton nightdress with underwear in it, a chubby face full of pleats, a cigarette in her mouth, and a dozen colorful curly hairs coiled on her head, which was full of ruffianism.

"Room 205?"

The charter woman crossed her fat waist, the tobacco was rolling, and she frowned and glared at the two pockmarked policemen: "Isn't that Qingshan's nest?" That kid got into trouble? Tell me first, what's wrong with her? ”

"It seems that you have a good relationship with Aoyama-san." Sato showed his badge and said, "But I can't reveal too many secrets, charter wife, please knock on her door first." Also, please have the keys ready, we need to go into the house and do a simple search. ”

"So troublesome?"

The charter wife was disturbed by a police call early in the morning, and now she is even more instructed to do things, and she has already been unhappy in her heart. She muttered as she turned back and creaked open the door to Room 101, confident that the key would soon be removed.

In this gap, Sato and Tsuburaya have come to the second floor of the apartment.

With wooden floors in disrepair, old rain-soaked shelters, and rusty iron railings, I believe that the rent of this apartment will not be high. In particular, Sato looked across the road, just across the street, and the apartment across the street had a much better appearance than this.

"Room 205 is right in the middle of the building."

It wasn't the first time Tsuburaya had been here, and he slammed on the tin door, but he didn't get any response. Either there was no one in the room, or there were people who didn't say anything, and it was nothing more than both.

"You two, didn't I say, did you have this time?"

After the charter lady took the key, she walked up quickly and said: "Aoyama-san has to go to work in the bank every day, she is a good child, she still has a part-time job every night, she can only go home at midnight at night, and she will have to go out at seven o'clock the next day." What the hell did she do......"

"If she works during the day, she first asks for leave and charters her wife."

Sato was still wearing a black suit and a scruffy beard, and said to the lady, "So please open the door, in fact, we came here yesterday, but we didn't meet you." ”

The charter wife is so impatient, as if she is not expecting the police to arrive, which is normal, and no landlord wants the tenant to become a criminal, especially the property right of the collective apartment. But the two policemen heard her say that the business of Yonetianso has not been very good in recent years, and the resident people are only three or two households except for Aoyama Midong.

"You can't blame business for being bad." Tsuburaya looked at the entire apartment and said, "How old are the buildings in the early Showa era with bare wooden floors?" If you don't want to update and maintain, of course, business will not be good. ”

With a squeak, the charter lady had opened the door, flicked the cigarette butt, and glared: "Hurry up and get in, and then hurry up and get out!" ”

With their necks hunched, the two policemen walked into the apartment where Mito Aoyama lived for the first time.

The small two-bedroom house has only two tatami rooms, excluding the attached entrance, kitchen, bathroom, and balcony.

The smell of the room was strong, and it had not been ventilated for a long time, and in the corner of the wall were stacked bedding and storage boxes, and on the round table there were half mouthfuls of bread and empty bowls filled with milk. The bread was moldy, the milk stains on the empty bowl had long since congealed, and the kitchen sink was clean.

"Looks like she hasn't been back since that night."

Sato said in a deep voice: "It's completely missing. There is no one in the house, and the day work is on leave, and the part-time absenteeism at night is not for the guilt, how can it disappear so suddenly. Originally, I didn't want to list her as the only murderer, but now it seems that she is helping me make a decision......"

"That ......" charter lady stood at the door: "What happened to Aoyama-san?" ”

"Now, boss, why don't you go out first." Tsuburaya thought she was in the way, so he returned to the entrance and asked for a human: "We have to search Aoyama-san's residence very carefully, if you insist on watching here, we will be very distressed!" ”

"Wait a minute."

Sato suddenly raised his hand and stopped his colleague's movements.

Then, he walked to the entrance and looked deeply at the charter lady at the door: "After all, there is a potential witness here, isn't it?" Chartering wife, take the liberty of asking, around March 30th, did Aoyama Meidong have any rare moves? ”

"Rare ......"

"Like reminding you of something, or suddenly an outsider visits, or going out after coming home late at night. You're living downstairs, and the floor in the hallway on the second floor is so loud, you should know something, right? ”

The target of the inquiry, as a matter of course, was aimed at the charter wife. This is the most disgusting scene of the case in the apartment, obviously an innocent person, but because of the trouble caused by the neighborhood, he was harassed, and the face of the charter wife immediately darkened.

"I didn't remind anything, and I didn't have any outsiders."

She smacked her lips and said, "You two young people, you don't even tell me what Qingshan-san has done, is there any secrecy to this extent?" The old lady is her landlord, right, and she doesn't have the right to know at all!? ”

Tsuburaya, who is middle-aged and has lost his head, touched his head and grinned.

"Is there really nothing special?"

But Sato avoided the charter wife's rhetorical question, and said to her with a smile: "Please forgive us for our confidentiality policy, after all, you may also be a co-defendant...... I mean if. Therefore, what we want is for you to collect clues completely objectively without knowing anything. So, charter Po Sang? ”

The charter woman folded her arms and looked extremely distressed.

"If you have to say anything......"

She looked entangled: "That is, two days ago, last week...... On the first day, she suddenly paid off the rent she had owed for a long time, and that's it. ”

Sato's eyes suddenly widened.