As of today, the murder case of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries engineer Yusaku Putian has not been solved for nearly two weeks. On the afternoon of the day before yesterday, his parents, who were in his hometown in Shizuoka, traveled thousands of miles to Tokyo and arrived at the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Department. Unfortunately, the police still have difficulty in coming up with clues about the identity of the murderer, and the progress of the case has reached a stalemate.

On the one hand, according to the police, at around 8 p.m. on March 30, a shower fell in the area of Shinjuku City, although it was short-lived, but the scale was huge, causing a large amount of water on the road in a matter of seconds. This exacerbated the decomposition of the deceased's body, and more than 90% of the possible evidence at the scene was washed away.

On the other hand, although the Chinese-built Skynet surveillance system, modeled after five years ago, has been in full swing in the city of Tokyo, the vicinity of Kabukicho in Shinjuku Ward is still blank, and there is no suitable footage to call upon.

The reason for this defect was not explained by the inspector general of police, which made the parents of the deceased extremely sad and puzzled.

The officers at the scene remained silent. Because it concerns the privacy of the gangsters in the red light district, if it is more serious, it will implicate a large number of parliamentarians and executives. What's more, even if there is accountability, the missing footage will not appear out of thin air, so this is definitely not the time to be distracted by the side.

Sato, the detective who handled the case, mentioned the list of suspects. Mito Aoyama, a temporary worker at Sakura Bank, recently paid the rent cash with the fingerprints of the deceased, and the scene of the crime did have the business card of the suspect's part-time job at night. He should have been arrested for murder and robbery, but unfortunately, the other party had an alibi.

"There is no problem with the entry and exit certificate."

At the analysis meeting, Sato said in a deep voice: "On March 30, a citizen named Mito Aoyama flew to Zhuhai, China, on All Nippon Airways. Unless the woman has the ability to hack into the network of departments such as airports, immigration bureaus, or has connections to help do this, the investigation can only end there. ”

Despite this, as of the second suspect, Mito Aoyama is still the only suspect, and the probability of committing the crime is extremely high. However, the above speculation is all the personal behavior of Sato, the criminal police officer who handled the case, and at the discussion meeting, the director of police made decisive guidance for the direction of the case.

"We all know that the identity of the deceased is special. Just three days ago, Minister Kishida of the Ministry of Defense called me and asked the police to crack the case and find out the culprit. Think about it for yourself, one of the direct designers of the Musashi-class direct drive, such a person was suddenly killed, should he be investigated with the simplest idea? ”

The hat with the wrong idea of handling the case was directly deducted from the head of Hero Sato.

"It's really just robbery and murder, or there is a real mastermind behind the scenes, artificially creating a black cauldron, if the deceased were just ordinary people, I would not hesitate to choose the former conjecture. However, precisely because the deceased is not an ordinary person, what we should really consider is who will really benefit if the designer dies. ”

After the case analysis meeting, privately, the police chief summoned Sato to his office.

As early as four o'clock in the afternoon, Sato received a notice to work overtime until the night, with the excuse of finding a random one. According to his many years of police experience, Sato guessed at that time that this should be what would happen in the case analysis, so he cooperated with the execution.

Then, sure enough, just after he had been grinding until eight o'clock in the evening, the payphone on the desk suddenly rang, and the caller was none other than the police superintendent himself. Sato immediately stopped staying in the office of the Criminal Investigation Division 1, and after drinking the last sip of coffee, he quickly came to the other party's office.

"Excuse me."

Knocking on the door and entering the room, Sato honestly saluted his top boss.

"Sit down, tonight was supposed to be the time for me to go to the restaurant and discuss this matter further with Minister Kishida, but now I have the time to give you."

Kiyotaka Takahashi, the director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, is an old man in his sixties, but he is still in good spirits. For the purpose of work, he was so old, but he was still drinking tea at this time, and he also poured a cup for Sato.

"Sir, about your conclusion at today's analysis meeting......"

"That's what I'm going to say."

The chief's voice was hoarse: "The only suspect, there is no way to catch it, as a professional criminal policeman, you must feel very sorry, right?" ”

A small matter was explained thoroughly, and Sato blushed a little: "This ......"

"So that's why, you and Tsuburaya have been working in their current positions for more than ten or twenty years, respectively, and they haven't been promoted!"

The chief's voice suddenly became stern: "You only want to catch the suspect in front of you and make the sentencing of the suspect the closure of the case, but you don't consider any deep reasons at all. There is an idiom in China called treating the symptoms but not the root cause, and you should understand its meaning, right? ”

was reprimanded by the commander, which made Sato almost sit on pins and needles: "What you taught is this!" ”

"The case we encountered today is a typical example."

The chief saw that the trainee's attitude was good, and his tone softened a lot: "The suspect you are looking for does have two incriminating evidence that are very unfavorable to her, but the core of this case has long gone beyond the scope of sending a little girl to the prison door." Putian Yusaku, do you know, apart from his goddamn identity as a designer, what else is special about him? ”

Sato's face continued to be cloudy: "You mean that he is a relative of the current Minister of Defense...... Identity? ”

"Exactly."

The chief nodded, approvingly and gratifying: "Kishida is a political family with old seniority in our country, and a model of the combination of government and business. The last time they held the position was Fumio Kishida in Abe's cabinet. Now, after 20 years, he is back on the throne...... Well, you've seen it too, a relative of the same generation, and not only a close disciple of the chief designer of Musashi Direct Drive, but also the core leader. ”

The hoarse voice paused, and the old man pointed his finger to the table: "So Sato, since this case has been taken by you first, the burden will naturally fall." There are two choices, either quickly hand over the case to the top management, or you work hard in a serious way, but you can't deviate any further. Our time is limited, don't look at Putian's parents are easy to deal with, but when it comes to high-level interests, I may be unlucky! ”

In the last sentence, the old man's voice was high-pitched, and he did not hide his coercive attitude!

Sato's expression became more solemn, and he bowed his head with great sincerity, and loudly assured the police chief: "Don't worry, sir, your subordinates are absolutely guaranteed to complete the task!" ”