Ameko covered the unconscious Takeda Tetsuya with a torn blanket from the back of the car, then thanked him and jumped out of the car with the help of Zhang Heng.
"Did you say he was lying before?"
"No, I just think there are some issues in his story that are questionable." Zhang Heng locked the car door and took the elevator to the supermarket with the girl.
"The main thing is that Guitong's attitude towards him makes me feel very strange. If it is true as he said, Asano Naoto woke up in the hospital and told his uncle that he also participated in racing, it makes no sense that Guitong's behavior at that time People will not go to him. You must know that people’s hatred is the strongest when their loved ones have just died.”
"Well, maybe Guitong's people couldn't find him. Didn't he choose to remain anonymous after that incident?"
"If this is the case, how can we explain what happened six years later, the stone and the newspaper." Zhang Heng said, "Especially the sentence above, with all due respect, it does not seem to be adopted by a well-organized Yakuza society. Tone.”
Ameko thought for a while, "You say that as if it is true, but the person who set fire to the store and kidnapped me last night was indeed Guitong."
Zhang Heng shook his head and said, "Again, the time when this group of people appeared was too weird. It has been more than twenty years since that incident. Why did they suddenly choose this time to start revenge? Who called in advance to inform them? Who is his mysterious person? Someone from within Ghost Tong? And why are you helping? Your father is not an idiot. He should have been able to discover these problems, but his brain refuses to think now, so we can only do this. Investigated.”
"But we have absolutely no contact with those people back then." Ameko said worriedly.
"No, we have a breakthrough now. If Asano Naoto wakes up from a coma, the nurses and doctors around him will not know who he wants to see. As long as they can find the medical staff who rescued him, they will You can know who he had contact with during this period." Zhang Heng pushed a shopping cart to the shelf where the tape was placed, "But before that, we have to calm your father down."
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The two bought ten rolls of black tape and two bundles of climbing ropes, returned to the van, and tied Takeda tightly. Zhang Heng drove the L300 to the downstairs of an apartment under Ameko's guidance.
"This is my cousin's residence. She is a flight attendant and flies internationally. She is away from home all year round. She left a key for me so that I can help her water the plants on the balcony when I am free. No one should be able to find it here."
Ameko opened the door while introducing it. Although the apartment was small, it was fully equipped with furniture and electrical appliances and was very clean.
Zhang Heng dragged Takeda Tetsuya in the blanket onto the bed. The soup bowl's coma buff had expired. The latter had woken up halfway, staring and wanted to say something, but his mouth was sealed with tape, so he could only Make a whining sound.
"Even if you really want to die, you have to give us some time. At least don't die so obscurely. Otherwise, Xiao Lin's sacrifice back then would have been in vain."
Zhang Heng didn't care whether the aquatic product store owner could listen to his dissuasion. Anyway, the owner was tied up like a rice dumpling, so even if he didn't agree, there was nothing he could do.
Ameko apologized, and then worked with someone to use the remaining bundle of climbing ropes to completely fix the fishery store owner to the bed. He couldn't even roll. After doing all this, the two took a taxi to the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library. pavilion.
This is a public library located in Minami Azabu Festival, Minato City. It was built in 1973. It has a collection of about 1.8 million volumes of materials and is open to the public for free. The two came here to check out the relevant reports on the incident that year. They were speeding on the expressway. Driving on the wrong side of the road and killing two people is a very vicious social event at any time.
At that time, almost all newspapers reported on this, so as long as you search for the date, you can find the corresponding news. Ameko just flipped through two copies and found the doctor who was responsible for rescuing Asano Naoto at the time - Kurobe Saburo. The Asahi Shimbun mentioned him There was a simple interview.
Zhang Heng searched the name on the Internet and found that Dr. Kurobe Saburo had left the public hospital where he was working at the time and switched to a private hospital as the deputy director. This was a bit troublesome. People at this level are generally very busy, and The vigilance is also high and it is not easy to contact.
Ameko flipped through more than a dozen newspapers from the same period, including scanned versions found in the library system, and finally made a new discovery in a local tabloid that has ceased publication, "Zhang Sang, do you think this is useful?" ?”
The girl gave the screen to someone on the side. In the past nine months, Zhang Heng has not only been learning and honing his driving skills, but also improving his language skills. In addition to school courses, he is also seizing every minute to strengthen his vocabulary memory. Now Finally, he received a reward. He can now complete daily communication in Japanese. He can also read a general newspaper as long as the content is not too professional.
"Have you met Rinzi, the nurse back then?" Zhang Heng was attracted by the serious-looking old nurse in the newspaper.
"Yes, she attended the thirty-second class in that hospital. It said that when Asano Naoto first entered the hospital, his condition was very serious, so she, who had the most experience, stayed with him closely. He didn't sleep a wink for two days and two nights. Unfortunately, in the end The person is still not saved, but at this age... he should be retired by now."
"Let's ask Saburo Kurobe first. If that doesn't work, then we can find a way to find Rinko Hayami." Zhang Heng finally made the decision.
As expected, the result was that Saburo Kurobe was not easy to get close to. He was considered an expert in surgery in Tokyo. His contact information was publicized on the Internet, but it was one of his female assistants who answered the phone.
Although the other party's tone was polite, he was unwavering in insisting on making an appointment in advance. However, Director Saburo Kurobe's schedule had been scheduled for a month later, and the two tried to block people directly at the entrance of the hospital where the latter currently works. , after waiting for two hours, I finally saw the real owner.
But Saburo Kurobe just said that he had no memory of what happened back then. After less than a few words of conversation, he became impatient and opened the door of the black Mercedes-Benz. Let’s have lunch with friends from the Ministry of Labor.”
Zhang Heng is useless. Saburo Kurobe is not a small role like Takeda Tetsuya. Once he disappears or is forced to confess, he will quickly attract public attention. Moreover, this guy may really not be able to remember. Like him The surgical experts sometimes perform more than a dozen operations a day, and are often so tired when they get off the operating table that they can't even remember their own names.
Ameko watched the Mercedes-Benz go away, then turned to Zhang Heng and asked, "What should we do now?"
"Try the Hayami Rinko line. She has been working in the hospital for decades. Even if she retires, someone will know where she is."
