Early in the morning, I went to the Dongjiang high-end residential area with Nakamura, which was as clean and tidy as the last time I came, and I thought how good it would be if I could live in such a place after retirement, I could get up early in the morning and take a walk in this beautiful place, go fishing in the lake in the evening, and make tea on the balcony in the evening, but these are not the things I should consider now.

We went to Ito's house, but Ito was not there, maybe he went to the company early.

"What now?" Nakamura looked at me.

"Let's check the surveillance in the residential area and make sure Ito left the neighborhood that night."

When we came to the residential management office, we found the administrator and revealed his identity, the administrator took us to the monitoring room, I began to check the surveillance video of the entrance of the residential gate on the night of the incident, but I did not find that there was a shadow of Ito leaving the residential gate that night, and his Toyota car did not appear, did he really stay at home that night?

I continued to look for the previous surveillance, but surprisingly there was no shadow of Ito entering the residential area, the last time Ito was photographed by the surveillance was at noon two days ago, he left the residential area and never returned, I returned to look for it and found that he only returned to the residential area the morning after the crime.

The timing of this return is such a coincidence, which further aggravates Ito's suspicion of committing the crime.

We then went to Ito's company, which he founded Ito Construction Co., Ltd. is located in the Heyuan area, and we went downstairs to his company, where parking is not allowed, even if we are law enforcement officers, we parked our car and entered the company.

This construction company is not small, it is also the size of a listed company, and the whole company has about 100 employees, which can't help but make me admire Ito's ability, to manage this huge company, the ability is really not ordinarily strong, and the mind must be very outstanding, but if it is a well-designed murder case, it is more than enough, I thought.

We revealed our identity to the front desk staff, and a young, good-looking woman came to us, she was Ito's secretary, she looked very capable, but her beautiful appearance really made people can't help but have bad suspicions.

We went to the reception room under the guidance of the secretary, who said that Ito was in a meeting and asked us to wait and serve tea thoughtfully.

The reception room is very large, the temperature of the air is also very moderate, the tea is also good, and what is more eye-catching is the view here, in front of us is a very large floor-to-ceiling window, in front of which is an endless sea, and the view is very good.

But this can't help but remind me of the scene of the crime, the broken hole on the floor mirror of Chiyoko's house.

After a while, the door was gently pushed open, and Ito walked in, wearing a suit with hair wax on his head, and his steps were steady, looking like a successful entrepreneur, and we stood up, and he quickly reached out and motioned for us to sit down.

"Sorry to bother you again." I say.

"It's okay, it's just that there was an important meeting just now, so I made you two wait for a long time." Ito said and sat down on the sofa, crossed his legs and looked at us, "Are you two here today for Chiyoko's business?" ”

"Yes, there are some questions we want to ask."

"I thought I was detailed enough last time."

"Well, in fact, we've found something that contradicts what you said last time." I clasped my hands together and leaned forward, which was more intimidating to the other party: "We called up the surveillance of the gate of your residential complex and found that you did not return home until the day after you left the community at noon two days before the incident, but according to your last statement, you stayed at home all night, which does not match the picture in this surveillance. ”

He looked at me for a moment, sat up straight with a blink of an eye, "Ah, I was wrong last time, I was drinking at the bar that night and didn't come home until the next day." ”

If so, then he had only been home by the time we approached him.

"Can anyone prove it?" Nakamura asked.

"Yes, a friend of mine."

"Excuse me, what's your friend's name, and where are you drinking?"

"His name is Shoji Shiraishi, and we drink at the izakaya in Rokuhe."

Nakamura jotted it down in a small notebook, then looked at me, confirmed it, and looked up at Ito with a sharp gaze.

"According to our investigation, Chiyoko's good friend Miss Uejima told us that you have been pestering Chiyoko some time ago, which has caused Miss Chiyoko to be very troubled, and Suzuki Chiyoko has sent a text message to Chiyoko after being rejected many times, and the content of the text message is that if you don't agree again, I will bury you with fire!" I stared into Ito's eyes, observing the changes in his face.

Ito's body shook, his pupils trembled faintly, and his hands were clasped together, which was a sign of panic and uneasiness.

I leaned forward again, my voice steady but sonorous with a sense of urgency, "Please explain." ”

He blinked, and said with an irritated expression, "Explanation? What to explain? Do you now suspect that I am Chiyoko's murderer? ”

"No, to be precise, the murderers of Chiyoko and Shota." I correct.

He exhaled, an expression of disbelief on his face, "Shota is my son, my own son, how could I possibly kill him?" Are you mistaken! ”

Now that the calm has been pierced, I don't hide it too much, and the topic gradually sharpens up: "Then why are you lying to us?" We asked you if you had been in contact with the police recently, why do you say no? ”

"I'm not afraid of being suspected by your police, and I don't want to get involved, so of course I said no."

"But Chiyoko Suzuki was indeed burned to death by the fire, which is the same as what you said in your text message, how can this be explained?"

"Me? How do I know that it's not your police responsibility? ”

"But the only people who know this way of killing are you and Chiyoko Suzuki herself, and if it's a coincidence, it's too much to say, right?"

"I'm really not a murderer." Ito's face gradually turned hideous, but soon he suddenly thought of something and glared at him, "Oh, I remember, there is another person, and there is another person who must know!" ”

"Who?" Nakamura and I looked at him suspiciously.

"That person is Chiyoko's colleague, what is Nishizawa, he has liked Chiyoko for a long time, and he was her good friend when I was with Chiyoko, and as soon as I broke up with Chiyoko, he acted quickly, and I saw him and Chiyoko together in the coffee shop downstairs of the company several times, he... He must know! Chiyoko will tell you everything, and he must have killed people. Ito said with a hideous expression on his face like a beast.

I glanced at Nakamura, and the name Eharu Nishizawa surfaced for the second time.

The door was suddenly pushed open, and the beautiful secretary walked in and said respectfully to Ito, "Chairman, you still have a meeting to attend." ”

As if grasping a life-saving straw, Ito nodded again and again, quickly stood up, and we didn't stop any longer, stood up and said goodbye to Ito, "We'll confirm it over there at the izakaya, maybe we need to bother again." ”

Ito nodded, hurriedly walked out of the reception room, I looked at Ito's fading back and the dignified secretary who followed behind me, I don't know if he had a meeting to open, or the clever secretary saw the boss's difficulties and came in time to save the scene, maybe this is why she became the boss's secretary at such a young age.

We left Ito Construction, got in the car, and drove to the izakaya on Rokuhe Road, and I quickly got the information about Shoji Shiraishi, who is a sales manager and should be working now, and we are far away from Rokuheji, so we still need to walk for about half an hour.

During this time, Nakamura called Shiraishi to meet him at the izakaya, and he answered the phone after knowing who we were and what we were coming to.

When we arrived at the izakaya, Shiraishi was already waiting here, and there weren't many customers in the store during the day, so Shiraishi took us to the private seat where he and Ito were drinking at the time, and there were only two people here.

"It was noon, I received a call from Ito, on the phone Ito invited me to come here for a drink at night, I didn't have anything to do at night, so I agreed, we kept drinking when I came here, Ito was very enthusiastic, I drank a little too much, and soon I fell unconscious, I was woken up by the clerk, and at that time the izakaya was already closed, and Ito was gone."

"When did Ito leave?" I asked.

"I'm drunk and don't know anything." Shiraishi replied.

We then called up the izakaya surveillance, and the surveillance clearly showed that Shiraishi arrived at his seat at half past five, and soon after Ito entered the store, and then they had been drinking, and at seven o'clock Ito got up and left the izakaya with a somewhat unsteady pace, and it was very close to my apartment, and it would take ten minutes to get in the car, which meant that he had time at all.

We asked the clerk, and the clerk had an impression of Ito, because Ito wanted to leave at the time, she stopped Ito and told Ito that he hadn't paid yet, so Ito took out several large bills from his waist bag and stuffed them with her, and told her that the rest was a tip.

"What did he look like? I mean, what's the state? ”

The clerk blinked, and his face showed a memory, "Well, I can see that I drank a lot of alcohol, drunk, and staggered when I walked, and I was still a little worried about him, but as soon as he went out, he got into a taxi, and I didn't care." ”

Taxi's words... I squinted my eyes and I continued to look at the surveillance, and from the surveillance outside the store I could see the license plate number of the taxi, I took a small notebook and wrote it down, and called Watanabe to ask him to find the driver of the taxi.

It's almost noon now, we decided to go back to the bureau first, and then go to the Chiyo subsidiary in the afternoon to find the colleague named Nishizawa, the most suspicious one at the moment is Ito, but we can't be sure that Nishizawa is not suspicious, and Nishizawa is very likely to know about Ito's text message.