I'm Not a Detective

Wakae Mikiko, 39 years old, is unmarried but has a live-in boyfriend and rents in a mid-range apartment building.

After Notifying Nakano Eri, Takeshi Nanahara immediately went to check Mikiko Wakae's apartment, and in the blink of an eye he found...a whole box of various clothing and strange toys.

Of course, this is not the point. It has nothing to do with the case. The point is that there are many women's self-defense props in Mikiko Wakae's home, and like another female victim Ayaka Kikumoto, most of them were purchased together a few years ago. .

But her live-in boyfriend couldn't explain why she bought so many self-defense items. They were not together at that time.

Other than that, Wakae Mikiko is an ordinary woman with an ordinary career and an ordinary life...if you don't take XP into consideration, her life is also ordinary.

"So, both store manager Ruojiang and Ms. Kikumoto are a little afraid of the dark and walking at night?" Qingmi Ruri looked at several bottles of unused pepper spray and said hesitantly, "They bought these self-defense items, so Have we met?"

These people are unable to achieve anything in life or work. This seems to be the only explanation!

Takeshi Nanahara ignored her, looked up at the ceiling and thought for a while, then pondered: "Even so, how did the murderer know about them? The police have carefully analyzed their files. They were not involved in the case and have not been witnesses. In daily life I never mentioned how the murderer turned them out one by one..."

These words were completely out of character. Qingjian Liuli asked strangely: "What are you talking about?"

Takeshi Nanahara stood up and walked out. Qingjian Liuli was even more surprised, "Where are you going?"

"Go to the TV station."

"Why are you going to the TV station?"

"Go and take a look first before we talk!"

Takeshi Nanahara just had a guess at the moment. He didn't understand it himself. He couldn't explain it to Qingmi Ruri. He quickly contacted the Hirano local TV station through Nakano Eri, found the person in charge of the news department, and asked directly: " Are there any archives of TV news from six or seven years ago? Are there any images of violent attacks in the news?"

The head of the TV station's news department replied inexplicably: "Well, it's hard to say. If ordinary news will be washed away, only the more special materials will be kept in the archives. But six or seven years ago..."

He hesitated slightly when he said this, and said uncertainly, "It's been so long that I can't remember clearly, but my impression seems to be that there was a case like this. At that time, a group of people went to take pictures of the ramen shop to taste it, and it was unintentional. I accidentally encountered a violent injury case, and I edited it and played it back."

Takeshi Nanahara immediately asked: "Do you still have the video tape?"

"It's possible, that is relatively rare material and should be preserved." The person in charge of the news department led them to the archives room. At the same time, he was not lacking in journalistic sensitivity. As he walked, he asked, "Is it an evidence? Where is it?" Related to this case?"

Takeshi Nanabaru said casually: "It's an old case, and that news may become additional evidence."

"Really?" The head of the news department was dubious and then asked, "Is there any progress in the serial bombing case now?"

"no idea."

The two chatted, Qingjian Liuli followed, and the three of them quickly arrived at the TV station's archives.

It's called an archive room, but it's actually just a few warehouses converted from the basement, and there aren't many materials saved. After all, the Japanese TV industry is a bit strange. Local TV stations are only responsible for producing local news, weather programs and some crude local variety shows. The rest are All programs rely on purchasing broadcast rights from major TV stations.

The head of the news department and the administrator of the archives rummaged through it for a while, and quickly found a dusty video tape, wiped it and put it in the video recorder to see if it was correct.

This is unprocessed raw material. The video begins with an introduction to a newly opened ramen shop. It seems to be a soft advertisement for a variety show. Soon someone at the door yells "Look!" and then the camera shakes and focuses on the ramen shop. On the sidewalk opposite, a man was chasing several people while waving a bat...

As soon as the picture came here, Takeshi Nanahara's pupils shrank, he reached out and pulled out the video tape, and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, this is the evidence I am looking for, I will give you a receipt, and the police station will borrow it first. "

The person in charge of the news department disappeared before he could see the figure clearly. He felt something was wrong and said hesitantly: "Should we just take it away? To prevent the material from being lost, how about we rip it first?"

If Takeshi Nanahara does not agree, then to be cautious, he will have to ask for formal procedures to take a closer look at what is in this videotape.

"That's no problem." Takeshi Nanahara agreed immediately, with an indifferent attitude, and handed over the videotape. He also wrote a receipt and gave it to the person in charge, and asked them to go to the police station to collect it. There is a ripping machine in the archives room. , just like ripping a tape, the administrator directly copies a tape - it is very fast, just the magnetic head writes data on the magnetic strip.

The head of the news department was relieved. After sending Takeshi Nanabahara and Ruri Kiyomi away politely, he came back to watch the video, ready to find out what news there was. However, he found that the administrator was looking confused, and the picture on the TV was a popular movie. Hot drama.

He asked strangely: "Where is the video tape that was ripped just now? Replace it with that one."

The administrator pointed at the TV with a strange look on his face: "This is it, but...did you take it by mistake just now? He obviously handed it to me, so why did I copy the TV series I just watched?"

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"Run!" Takeshi Nanabahara ran away as soon as he left the sight of the head of the news department.

When Qing saw Liuli, she instinctively started to run after him. With her long hair flying, she was confused and said in super confusion: "What happened? Why are we running?"

Takeshi Nanahara ran away quickly and said as he ran: "If you don't run, they will definitely settle the score with us. This videotape cannot fall into their hands, at least not now, so run quickly."

Qingjian Liuli was even more confused about the situation, and followed him to escape from the TV station, got into a taxi, and then said angrily: "What is going on? I am your assistant, you should tell me the truth!"

Takeshi Nanahara threw the videotape into her hands and said with a smile: "Then I'll give it to you. Ninety-nine percent of the content inside is the criminal's motive for committing the crime. The TV station gang wants ratings at all costs, and this videotape will be discovered by them. It is closely related to the serial bombings, and they will use it to broadcast exclusive news immediately, and they cannot give it to us so easily."

Qing Jian Liuli was shocked: "Is this the criminal's motive?"

Takeshi Nanahara nodded and said: "It should be. I saw the first victim, Makoto Kamura, inside. The other victims are probably also there. If the TV station people take a second look, they will most likely recognize him."

"What on earth is going on?" Qingjian Liuli looked at the video tape in his hand in surprise. He didn't expect the connection between several victims. It turned out that they were just victims of the same violent incident, appearing in the same video tape and going up together. News from six or seven years ago.

"Let's see and then talk about it!" Takeshi Nanahara had already guessed what was going on and sighed, "It's probably not a good thing."

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The two people quickly fled to the police station and found Eri Nakano. After briefly explaining the situation, they started watching the video tape together.

The scene continued. A man who seemed to be in a very abnormal mental state was holding a bat and roaring to chase a group of people. A young girl wearing a blue scarf walked towards him. She was flipping through a book while walking. She looked up in surprise when she heard the sound. , but was instantly knocked over by Makoto Kamura, the first victim.

The shooting distance was too far and no sound was collected, but it can be seen that the girl with the blue scarf screamed in pain after falling, and her foot seemed to be twisted a little. However, Makoto Kamura paid no attention to her, shook off the sleeve she was holding, and continued to bury his head. Escape forward.

The girl with the blue scarf seemed to see the situation clearly, and she seemed to be frightened. She stood up and wanted to escape. Then the second victim, Kikumoto Ayaka, who looked like a college student at the time, rushed past her in panic.

Right behind her, the third victim, Miyoko Wakae, also ran here. Her high heels seemed to have broken and she fell to the ground, almost hitting the girl with the blue scarf.

At this time, the girl with the blue scarf had already gotten up and was about to run away, but she did not run away directly. She stretched out her hand to pull Mikiko Wakae up and supported her to escape together. Although the words were slow, the scene was actually very fast. At this time, there was another young man who was panicking. He rushed over and knocked the blue scarf girl sideways again. At the same time, he also lost speed. He cursed and changed direction.

The scene was a bit chaotic. Seeing that she couldn't run away, Wakae Meijizi shook off the blue scarf girl's hand, turned around and rushed into the phone booth on the roadside, holding the door tightly.

At this time, the mentally disturbed man finally caught up and gave the girl with a blue scarf a stick with a wave of his hand. The girl with the blue scarf was in pain and quickly ran away to the phone booth, but at this time there were already three people in the phone booth.

A very old-fashioned phone booth, like a small house. Although it is made of transparent plastic glass, it is double-layered with glue in the middle. It is also protected by a red iron railing on the outside to prevent damage.

Ayaka Kikumoto huddled in a corner of the phone booth crying. The young man and Mikiko Wakae saw the "mentally ill" chasing after them, and they even tightened the door tightly. Looking through the screen, the girl with a blue scarf was flapping at the door and begging them to open the door, but the two No one had the intention to open it, and even yelled at Kikumoto Ayaka, asking her to come over and hold the door together.

Kikumoto Ayaka seemed to be frightened, and she actually trembled and went to help. But outside the door, "psycho" swung the bat and hit the girl with the blue scarf several times, causing her blood to spatter all over the blue scarf, and then After smashing the phone booth a few times, someone else's attention was attracted and he chased him forward.

The whole process took less than a minute. The distance was far and the cameraman didn't focus properly, so the picture was actually a bit blurry. If it weren't for "preconceptions", it might not be possible to identify the first three victims at a glance.

At the end of the scene, the three people in the phone booth saw the "mentally ill" leaving and opened the door to escape. Still no one cared about the girl with the blue scarf on the ground... or should I say brown scarf, the blue scarf was soaked in blood and turned brown. .

After this scene was played, Qingmi Ruri and Nakano Eri lost their voices for a moment, while Nanabahara Takenori said calmly: "This is the connection between the three victims."

Nakano Eri adjusted her glasses subconsciously, came to her senses, stood up silently, and went to check the previous files to see what the actual case was like back then.

Qingjian Liuli also came to his senses and said hesitantly: "Ms. Juyuan and store manager Ruojiang... It was because of this incident that they had psychological shadows. They were afraid of being attacked again, so they bought a lot of self-defense supplies for several years. Just recovered?"

Takeshi Nanahara said softly: "Yes."

Qingjian Liuli said blankly: "Then how did you guess that there would be news? It has been so long and it has been so short. I have no impression at all." She really has no impression. She rarely watches the news, even if she does, it is NHK’s national news, I’ve hardly seen the garbage programs on local stations.

Takeshi Nanabaru said softly: "It's a guess. They have encountered violent attacks and have psychological shadows, but they were not actually harmed. Otherwise, their families would not be completely unaware, so I suspect there is a real victim. Moreover, there may be another hidden secret in the case, which is why they kept silent about it. Now it is the victim or her family members who are taking revenge.

However, all the victims did not know each other and had no contact with each other. The police had no record of their involvement in the case or testifying. They would be lucky if no one recognized such a disgraceful thing, and it was even less likely that they would take the initiative to tell everyone. How the murderer can find them all is a problem.

So I guess someone may have accidentally photographed or recorded them. The murderer slowly found them by comparing their height, body shape, and appearance. I will go to the TV station to ask first. If not, I will go to the police station slowly. Review old cases. "

Qingjian Liuli nodded, indicating that he understood, and whispered: "Then if this is really the case, the murderer deliberately tied bombs to their backs, gave them scissors, and let them go to ask for help... because he wanted these three people to also feel that Sister Blue Scarf’s…despair?”

Takeshi Nanabahara turned off the small TV and sighed: "Maybe!"

"But they are not murderers, right?" Qingjian Liuli's mind was a little confused. "Although I don't know what happened to the blue scarf sister, but... they are not murderers, right? Why did you kill them and be so cruel? "

Qin Yuanwu thought for a while, touched his chin and asked, "Doesn't it really count?"

Qing Jian Liuli stopped talking, and she wasn't sure whether to count or not. She didn't feel excited about solving the mystery at the moment. She just felt that the scene just now made her a little nauseous.

How can people ignore death?