Chapter 8: Voyeurism in the Bathroom
"Did you hear, I met a voyeur when Reiko was taking a shower yesterday, and now I'm still bedridden in the dormitory?"
An interesting topic came from a table behind them, and the Mochizuki trio and Miike Naeko all pricked up their ears in unison, and they didn't even have time to swallow the food in their mouths.
This is the second floor of the cafeteria, and after two weeks of running-in, Mochizuki has finally adapted to the hard life of the police academy.
The cafeteria is almost explored, today is a rest day, and the four of them discussed going shopping together after eating.
"Alas, how did I hear that she watched a horror movie, and when she went to the bathroom to take a shower, she was startled by the other students, and now she is pretending to be sick in bed."
"It's like a girl, she spends her days in the bathroom until the last day, and she doesn't know what she's doing."
"But I heard that she wasn't from our school, and no one else had seen her."
Mochizuki looked at the few girls passing by and shook his head secretly, watching a movie can be scared like this, are you serious?
But this movie does seem to be coming out recently, or she will go and see it.
Really, I thought I could make a fortune when I met a second ghost!
The four of them got up and put the empty dinner plate in their hands to the recycling area, picked up their bags and ran outside the school, a typical pace that only happens when a labor prisoner is released.
Along the way, I changed two trains, caught a thief, experienced the tragic situation of crowding, and finally arrived at the destination of this time - Rice Flower Shopping Building.
Rice Flower Shopping Building is a comprehensive shopping mall, which has everything you need to eat, play, and wear.
Due to time constraints, the four decided to go separately, Yumi Miyamoto and Miike Naeko went shopping as a group, while Mochizuki and Miheko Sato planned to watch a movie, buy some books and other odd things, and finally everyone met in the restaurant on the second floor to eat barbecue together.
"Mochizuki, let's go first!"
Yumi Miyamoto took Miike Naeko's hand, waved at Mochizuki and Miheko Sato, and disappeared into the entrance of the building.
Mochizuki looked at the time boredly, the movie tickets were booked in advance, and it was okay to get them from the staff when you entered the venue, but it was still early, and she remembered that there was a bookstore nearby.
Just to buy some history books, she still has a research report that she has not written, and urgently needs a lot of ghost legends to corroborate.
"Let's go to the bookstore first, it's still early."
Miheko Sato's recent knowledge in supplemental criminal investigation has several books to buy, so naturally she has no opinions.
"Help, catch the pervert~"
A scream came from the bathhouse across the street from the bookstore, and Mochizuki and Miheko Sato looked at each other, bathroom voyeurism.
I saw a man in a crisp black suit, running out of the store with an embarrassed face, holding a briefcase in his hand, covering his face to avoid the onlookers on the road.
Running after him was a plainly dressed girl with an apron on her body, who was supposed to be an employee working here.
"I'm not a voyeur, I'm here to find my wife, and we've made an appointment to meet here."
The man in the straight suit explained loudly while struggling.
Still holding a mobile phone in his hand, Mochizuki glanced at the information on it, and it was indeed this place.
There are many types of bathhouses that are open to the public, but the most popular is of course the legendary shared bathing for men and women.
"Nonsense, Mrs. Fujino didn't come at all today, the appointment was canceled a long time ago, and it was obviously a guest you who broke in and wanted to peek inside."
The woman didn't believe the man's explanation at all, and grabbed the man's blazer, and also held the mobile phone in her hand, apparently calling the police.
Mochizuki shrugged at Miheko Sato, who was eager to try, no one ran away, and someone had already called the police, there was nothing to do with them here, it was still important to get down to business.
"Ah, dead man!"
There was another scream in the hall, and two people, a man and a woman, ran out with pale faces, undressed, and each wrapped in a bath towel.
"Dead man, there's a dead man in the pool."
The woman was short of breath, her legs trembled, and she was a little unsteady on her feet, Mochizuki helped her sit on a chair in the hall, and turned to ask the man who came out with her for confirmation.
"Are you sure it's a dead man and not someone hiding inside?"
"I'm dead, and my face is already swollen."
The man was a little dazed, his mind was full of that miserable white face, he just wanted to vomit now, he always felt that the air was full of corpses, so he shouldn't have come here on a date to save money.
Mochizuki sighed, what is the matter, he should have left resolutely just now!
"Miheko, call the police again."
Miheko Sato redialed the police number, and the criminal police will not be dispatched to deal with some small things, and there is a high probability that it will be a film police, so she has to tell the police the news in advance.
Looking at more and more guests who heard the movement and ran out, Mochizuki sighed for the police who had not yet arrived.
Just learned a little from the staff, the soup pool here has no special features, the main feature is cheap - cheap.
Therefore, most of the people who come here are couples who have no money, or cheaters who have an improper relationship, with only one purpose, not to attract the attention of other people.
In order to protect the privacy of the guests, there are very few employees arranged on the side of the soup pool, and the entry and exit of personnel is very complicated, and almost all the customers in the store today are suspicious.
Most of the people who come here to bathe are one-on-one couples, and the testimonies cannot be used as evidence against each other.
The only thing to be thankful for is that the front and back doors have been guarded by employees, and so far, no one has run out, and the probability that the murderer has not escaped is still quite large.
Mochizuki stood in the doorway, and the people in the hall had already cleaned up, at least no barefoot people around bath towels had reappeared, but if they needed to be searched later, they might have to take it off again.
"Lock off the scene immediately."
As soon as the police car stopped, a middle-aged man wearing a yellow coat and a yellow top hat got out of the car and gave orders to his subordinates with full of energy.
"Hi, Officer Twilight."
The officer who was called turned around neatly and led several people to start cleaning up the scene.
The rest of the people began to investigate the scene of the murder, there was still water in the soup pool, except for the face of the deceased, other parts were still soaked in water, the whole body was naked, and there was an obvious scar on the neck.
Mochizuki only glanced at it and then withdrew, still thinking that the soul was more lovely than the terrifying corpse.
"This police officer, the deceased should be the wife of this gentleman."
Mochizuki said as he pointed to the man in the suit who was standing at the door and peeking in.
"You are?"
"Mochizuki Qingtan, I happened to be hanging out with my friends in the neighborhood and accidentally ran into this incident, so I learned some about the situation in advance."
"As far as I know, the deceased used to soak in the soup here before his death, and he also made an appointment for the morning today, but according to the staff, she was not seen coming, and a man canceled today's appointment."
Mochizuki smiled slightly, and pointed to the man in the suit who was standing aside with a pale face.
"This is the husband of the deceased, and he came here on a date today according to his wife's message, but he was caught as a voyeur."