"Who deserves it? Is there anyone else?"
"No, he only asked me to tell this sentence to the police. I don't know anything else. Really, I really don't know anything.
"I just want my wife and daughter to come back safely, I just want them to come back... Please save them, please..."
After being mentally tense for a long time, the man finally vented his anxiety, his voice choked up several times, and he was once close to an emotional breakdown.
Seeing this, Katsuki Uehara turned his head and exchanged a look with Miwako Sato, who was sitting next to him. The latter immediately expressed relief: "Don't worry, Mr. Kirino, we will definitely rescue your wife and daughter.
"However, we still need to investigate and collect evidence about what you said, so I'm afraid you won't be able to go home tonight. I hope you can understand and cooperate with our work."
"I will cooperate! I will definitely cooperate! If you have anything else to ask, as long as I know the answer, I will tell you."
"You just said that the prisoner contacted you by phone. Do you still remember the phone number that the prisoner used to contact you?"
"Remember, remember! Not only do I remember, the call history on my phone has not been deleted yet!"
The man who nodded repeatedly took his cell phone out of his pocket, unlocked it, pulled out the call history, and handed it to the two policemen in front of him——
It's a series of very familiar numbers.
Sato Miwako's eyes narrowed, and she stood up immediately and said: "Mr. Kirino, please wait here for a while. A police officer will come and take you to the lounge to rest. In addition, we need to confiscate your mobile phone for the time being."
After saying that, under the watch of the man, he and Katsumi Uehara opened the door of the interrogation room together - "Take Toshihiko Takasugi to the interrogation room, right away!"
Sato Miwako's voice was very loud. Mouri Kogoro, who was in the office area and was introducing the case to his client, couldn't help but look back after hearing the voice——
"It's him?"
Miyazawa Yuka was shocked when she saw Uehara Katsumi at first sight, which immediately aroused the doubts of Mouri Kogoro: "Mrs. Miyazawa, do you know Uehara Katsumi?"
"No, we don't count as acquaintances, we just met once before at the entrance of the Procuratorate." The young woman in a blue trench coat with long hair tied behind her head put away the surprise between her brows and shook her head.
Katsumi Uehara and Miwako Sato, who were in a hurry, quickly disappeared from their sight.
In another interrogation room, Takasugi Toshihiko, who was brought in again, had a hint of impatience on his brows. He immediately raised his head after hearing the footsteps approaching from far outside the door, and two figures pushed open the door and entered——
"Officer Sato, Officer Uehara, how long do I need to stay here? 24 hours? Or 48 hours? There are still a bunch of things waiting to be processed in my group, and a bunch of documents waiting to be reviewed and signed. My time is precious, really. Can’t waste it.”
Suppressing the irritability in his heart, Takasugi Toshihiko described his difficulties in as calm a tone as possible: "If you are still like this, then I'm afraid I really have to complain to your boss."
His fiancée's father, Matsumoto Kiyonaga, is currently the manager of the 1st Investigation Section of the Metropolitan Police Department. Strictly speaking, this man is the boss of Uehara Katsumi and others' bosses - even the head of the three departments, Megure Shisan, is under his jurisdiction.
"There have been many complaints against me over the past year, Mr. Takasugi, and you may not be the least of them." Katsumi Uehara, who put the two mobile phones on the table, pulled up his chair and sat down, shrugged.
Relatively speaking, Miwako Sato's words were much more polite - "It is necessary to investigate the case. Please understand and cooperate, Mr. Takasugi."
"I understand and I cooperate, but I have told everything I know. I really didn't buy any bombs. If I really wanted to kill someone, I wouldn't need to buy anything like a bomb."
Takasugi Toshihiko pursed his dry lips and said helplessly: "Also, no matter what that damn prisoner did with my mobile phone, I really didn't know about it.
"This mobile phone is one of my personal mobile phones. It was lost once more than half a month ago. It was not until my fiancée found it at her house a few days ago that she handed it over to me.
"I swear to God."
"If swearing worked, the world wouldn't need police officers."
After unlocking the phone and turning to the call history page, Katsuki Uehara pushed both phones in front of Takasugi Toshihiko and looked directly into his eyes: "Now, we have found that your number has not only been in contact with the kidnappers of the Shinkansen bomb case, but also It was also found that it had threatened another person as a robber.”
"I've said it more than once, this phone has been lost once in more than half a month, lost once! Don't you understand human language?"
He clenched his fist with his right hand and hit the table several times. The angry Takasugi Toshihiko took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry I lost my temper. Please let my lawyer come in again. I really can't make sense with you."
Miwako Sato, who was frowning, opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Katsumi Uehara -
"Mr. Takasugi, you said that your personal mobile phone was lost more than half a month ago, but the only proof you can produce is the testimony of your fiancée."
"Uehara Criminal Investigation, my fiancée is the daughter of the manager of your Metropolitan Police Department's 1st Investigation Section. Do you mean to suspect that she is cooperating with me to commit perjury and commit murder?"
"As a police officer, I never rule out any possibility. And as the daughter of the manager of the First Search Section, your fiancée obviously has a better understanding of the police's work procedures, which can provide you with a lot of convenience."
"...I don't want to quarrel with you. Let my lawyer come in. If you want to quarrel, go and quarrel with him." Takasugi Toshihiko sat down on the chair, closed his eyes and rubbed his brows, and sighed.
Sato Miwako, who roughly understood what was going on, did not say anything, and just sat on the chair and stared at Takasugi Toshihiko, who was getting more and more excited under the pressure of his partner——
Ring ring ring!
"Hello? I'm Sato."
"Sato Criminal, Administrator Matsumoto is here." Wataru Takagi's cautious voice sounded on the phone.
"I understand, Uehara and I will be there soon."
After hanging up the phone, Miwako Sato glanced at Toshihiko Takasugi who was sitting in a chair without saying a word and closing his eyes. She stood up and patted her partner on the shoulder: "Let's go Uehara. Manager Matsumoto is here."
Putting away the mobile phone on the table, Katsuki Uehara, with a bit of anger on his face, changed his face instantly after walking out of the interrogation room, and all negative emotions disappeared in an instant.
"Your approach doesn't work for him. Let me do it next time."
"Don't worry. If he really doesn't have any evil intentions in his heart, he will be unable to withstand the high pressure sooner or later. Judging from his performance just now, his mental endurance is not strong."
Katsuki Uehara, who put his cell phone back in his pocket, chuckled: "The complaint from the Takasugi Group will probably cause a headache for the Megure Police Department."
Sato Miwako shook her head: "I will stop all complaint letters. Anyway, let's deal with Manager Matsumoto first. Takasugi Toshihiko is his prospective son-in-law after all."
Walking to the office area, Uehara Katsumi immediately saw the middle-aged man whose imposing manner was obviously higher than that of the police officer next to him——
He has strong cheeks, a tall figure, and a straight scar on his left eye that adds a bit of fierceness.
His unsmiling and serious look can put great psychological pressure on people just by standing still.
Kiyonaga Matsumoto, the manager of the 1st Investigation Section of the Criminal Division of the Metropolitan Police Department.
