Chapter 30 New Witness
October 9th, Thursday.

Although he didn’t return to the apartment to rest until after 11 o’clock last night, Shiraishi still came to the office early.

At this time, Shiraishi also saw four pairs of dark circles under their eyes – Gen Seiji, Yamada Takeshi, Makita Miwa, Suzuki Atsushi… four detectives. The first two stayed up late to check the surveillance cameras on the roads near the deceased’s home on the afternoon of September 9, looking for the red Mazda S. The latter two stayed up late to check the surveillance cameras near Beika Park, hoping to find Tsubokura or the blogger lady.

“Director, this is the surveillance record we found last night. At 1:32, this car was photographed two blocks away from the crime scene…and it seemed to be heading towards the crime scene. This type of car is not common nowadays. The car witnessed by the witness is most likely this is the car.” Yuan showed Shiraishi a surveillance photo.

“Well, retrieve the vehicle information for the traffic department. Also… this photo of the driver’s face, give it to the technical department to process. Can they add some pixels to confirm her identity as soon as possible?” Shiraishi looked at the photo and found that the driver was a woman. Of course, because it was too blurry, it was not ruled out that it was a man with long hair.

“Director, we… I’m sorry, there are too few surveillance cameras in the park. Neither the blogger Ms. Blogger nor Tsubokura captured any of the footage.” Mu Gao said regretfully.

“I understand… You four should go and rest for three hours first. If you get tired, there won’t be anyone to take over.” Bai Shi let them rest first.

The four of them all had signs of dry eyes and mental fatigue on their bodies, and they needed to recover!
Shiraishi looked at the existing clues again, then helplessly threw the document on the table – the only important clue, “Ms. Blogger”, could not be called in for questioning now.

Hope can only be placed on the driver of the Mazda S…

Then Bai Shi calmed himself down and focused on his job of “stamping”!
Put the case documents aside.

……

At noon, Akasaka came in a hurry. He didn’t have time to be polite when he entered the office. The first thing he said was, “Director! I found out that the car that might have appeared at the scene was owned by Hayashida Yuko. After checking the processed frontal photo, it turned out that she was the one driving at the time.”

“Lin Tian?” Bai Shi still remembered this surname.

“Yes, she is the victim’s wife…but they have been separated for two years and are in the process of getting a divorce,” Akasaka confirmed.

Bai Shi nodded and said, “Immediately find her to assist in the investigation!”

This kind of thing usually doesn’t require the director’s approval – it’s just “voluntary assistance in the investigation”. Even if you want to apply for an “arrest warrant”, you only need the signature of the chief of the criminal section and it can be sent to the court for approval.

However, the “Yameka Agency” is now the focus of public opinion, and Shiraishi also seems to be personally supervising the case, so Akasaka came to him for instructions.

……

Theoretically, without an “arrest warrant”, the other party can refuse to cooperate, but…

[Madam, you don’t want to be suspected, right? ]

[The arrest warrant is already being applied for. Once the arrest warrant is issued, I will be handcuffed. It would be bad if someone saw me, right? ]

There are many ways to scare someone…

As long as you are not like the blogger lady, who has been instructed by the prosecutor’s office, or is a lawyer, or a rich person who has hired a lawyer, you can basically be scared.

but……

There are exceptions!

For example, this time, Ms. Hayashida refused to cooperate.

More than an hour later, Akasaka came to Shiraishi again in embarrassment, hoping to apply for “emergency arrest” based on her testimony.

Originally, Akasaka could make the decision on this matter by himself, and at most tell Shirai, but now the situation is special…

“Huh? What are you going to do?” Shirai saw him in the corridor.

“Section Chief…it’s like this…” When Akasaka saw Shirai asking, he explained the reason.

After hearing this, Shirai glared at him and said, “For something like this… arrest them immediately. I will take all the responsibility!”

Although he is the one in the worst situation now, Shirai is not prepared to pass the buck to Shiraishi, who has just taken office, to bear the responsibilities at this time.

……

Two hours later, Ms. Hayashida was called to the First Interrogation Room of the Beika Town Police Station… which is also the inquiry room.

(Again, I don’t like to use Japanese proper nouns, but because of the subject matter, we want to minimize the frequency of sensitive words. So for these terms, as long as they are not too awkward, we will use Japanese words. The court does not use the title of “court” or “chief judge” because there are too many things involved. If we change them, we will also have to change the name of the bailiff, which will look too awkward.)
After hearing about it, Shiraishi also came to take a look… Through the one-way glass, you can see what’s inside from outside the soundproof room, and there are loudspeakers that broadcast the sound to the outside, but you can’t feel the outside world from inside.

“Director.”

Seeing Shiraishi coming in, Akasaka and others quickly made way for Shiraishi, and Shirai was also present.

“Ms. Hayashida refused to cooperate with the investigation at first?” Shiraishi confirmed.

“That’s right…” Akasaka just started to speak, but Shirai interrupted: “I approved the emergency arrest.”

Shiraishi didn’t say much – if it were Shiraishi, he would also choose to approve an emergency arrest if he was a person who had a conflict with the deceased and was witnessed at the scene at the time of the crime!

but……

“Emergency arrest” generally lasts for 24 hours and cannot exceed 48 hours.

“I hope the cannon fodder of the Prosecutor’s Office can survive until tomorrow.” Shiraishi sighed.

Judging from the other party’s reaction, he is obviously not prepared to cooperate.

There are less than 24 hours left before the trial begins. It is possible that the court will make the decision before Ms. Lin Tian can even get any questions out of her.

……

Standing in front of the one-way glass, Bai Shi saw that the person being questioned was a charming lady with long hair. She looked pretty good with makeup on, but she looked very cunning and pretentious. The weather was not hot, but she was wearing a hip skirt with fur elements…

The person who was questioning was the only female detective in the Criminal Division of the agency, Maki Takamiwa. At a small table nearby was an internal affairs officer who was responsible for taking notes.

Perhaps considering that they are all women, Ms. Hayashida would be less resistant, but…

On Mu Gao’s panel, [Interrogation] only has “N” – which means it is just “can interrogate”!

“Hehe, officer, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Excuse me, officer, do you know what marriage is?”

“No way, no way, you are not going to change someone to force a confession?”

“My time is precious. You’d better think about what the consequences will be if you arrest me because of a suspicious little brat!”

Makugao was directly suppressed by Ms. Hayashida in terms of momentum…

Aoki felt a little embarrassed when he saw this, and immediately winked at Suzuki Atsushi, asking him to call Makiko out.

The target’s rank is obviously not at a level where Mu Gao’s interrogation level can provide information!
Shirai’s face turned black, but…

Even he didn’t dare to say that he would try it himself at this time!

“Is Fuji on duty today?” Aoki asked Akasaka.

Speaking of policewomen, Fuji is better at interrogation, but…

Bai Shi then said directly: “Let Yuan try it.”

Although the overall rating is not SR, Gen Seiji’s [Interrogation] has reached SR, the highest in the agency, and unlike that guy Shirai…

The interrogation of the source is not afraid of being recorded or monitored, and is mainly about “opening the heart”.

It can be said to be the police station’s trump card in this regard!
“Eh? As for Yuan… I’m afraid it will take a long time. The court will be in court tomorrow…” Akasaka felt a little worried when he heard that.

In terms of effectiveness, Yuan’s [interrogation] has achieved remarkable results in the agency, but… Yuan’s interrogation method is “slow to heat up”!
And now, there are less than twenty hours left until the court session…

(End of this chapter)