Sato was not young, and when he stood up to greet Zhao Yu, his body was trembling a little, a bit like Parkinson's disease.
Moreover, the most interesting thing is that although Sato was talking to Zhao Yu, he did not look directly at Zhao Yu. I don't know if it was because of his bad eyesight or some other reason.
Although Sato was at home, he was still dressed in formal clothes, as if he was about to go out to meet some important person.
"Just call me Officer Yu!" Zhao Yu introduced himself, and then stated his purpose of coming, saying that he wanted to learn about the situation of the Sunflower Case with Mr. Sato.
"What a surprise..." After learning Zhao Yu's intention, Sato was unexpectedly surprised, "That case... happened in 1991, right
"The prosecution period has passed, but... there is still someone investigating?"
"Yes!" Zhao Yu said, "I recently received instructions from my superiors to re-investigate all outstanding cases. I am responsible for this Sunflower case!"
"Really?" Sato was a little skeptical. "A few days ago, I had dinner with the director! Why didn't I hear him mention it?"
"I heard..." Zhao Yu ignored the other party's reasons and directly put a high hat on Sato, "Mr. Sato was the most responsible and hard-working person when investigating this case. Therefore, I came here to ask you for advice today!"
"Ahem!" Upon hearing this, Sato made a sit-down gesture, and the two sat on the sofa.
Immediately afterwards, at Sato's signal, a servant went to the kitchen to pour tea.
Zhao Yu observed the environment and found that there were four bodyguards standing in the house. They were located on both sides of Sato. The other two were guarding one in the foyer and one in the corridor leading to the bedroom...
In addition, the butler is also standing on the other side with his hands hanging, waiting for the master's instructions at any time.
This style has a royal feel. Zhao Yu really didn't expect that an ordinary police officer in the past could have such a style today!
"I don't know where Officer Jade heard about it," Sato put his hands on his knees and said pertinently, "but the real situation is that I was just a deputy section chief of the Criminal Investigation Division at the time, and I was the one who worked the hardest. It’s hard to say!
"However, that case is shameful to say. Although we investigated for a long time, we still did not find the murderer in the end. We really failed to live up to the expectations of the victim's family!
"I remember that the girl who was killed was very young, and her name... was Heicheng Nougat, right?"
"Yes," Zhao Yu said, "Since you still remember, I won't go around in circles. We tracked down several insiders at the time, and they all mentioned that the victim had been with a foreign man before he was killed. Walking very close, I don’t know, do you know about this?”
"Oh? Foreigner?" Sato tried hard to remember and asked, "What kind of foreigner is he...?"
"A white man with curly hair, about 1.85 meters tall, driving a luxury car..." Zhao Yu described the man's information, "Witnesses saw that Heicheng Xingjia once got out of his car, and the behavior of the two Very intimate!
"However, we haven't seen such an important suspect in the file. I don't know why."
"Oh... now that I think about it, indeed, there is indeed such a thing... yes..."
I don’t know why, while he was talking, Mr. Sato’s eyes were still evasive, a little absent-minded, as if he was waiting for someone.
"Oh? Do you still remember?" Zhao Yu was surprised, "Who is that foreigner? Why was he erased from the file?"
"Well...can we not obey the approval issued by the Prime Minister's Office?" Sato showed a bitter expression.
"Ah?" Zhao Yu was even more surprised, "Does this person have such a big background?"
"Who is he? How can young police officers like us know?" Sato calmed down and said, "At the beginning, when I was investigating the case, I was also responsible for investigating this person's information, but... I haven't started yet!
"An order came from above, telling me not to investigate this person anymore! I still remember that the car he drove was a Lincoln. That car... seemed to have been given to us by the President of the United States when he visited... "
"No more checks. Why not more checks?" Zhao Yu was even more curious.
"Because that person can't be the murderer!" Sato said, "The time of Heijo Nobuka's murder was between 9 and 11 pm, and at that time, that person was attending a banquet at Anjo Hot Spring Resort hundreds of kilometers away. Even, Even the Prime Minister can vouch for him!"
"Oh? Actually... like this?" Zhao Yu frowned, "Then don't you find it strange? Since there is no problem with this person, why not write his name in the file?"
"Celebrities, celebrity effect..." Sato said, "I didn't understand it at first, but later I understood that celebrities like them need to be decent and have zero scandals. If that person's name is related to the murder, it will have negative consequences for them. His reputation took a toll...
"Besides, we have to negotiate with the embassy here, which is very troublesome. That's why we don't have any records of him..."
"Then...since he is such a big shot," Zhao Yu asked again, "then Mr. Sato, you must have made some assumptions? Do you know who he is?"
"No, I don't know..." Sato shook his head and said, "It says there is no problem with him, that means there is no problem! Although I have made guesses about his identity, the country is so big and there are so many big shots, it's hard to guess. …
"Besides, sometimes such big figures are not famous celebrities. They may be special envoys or secret emissaries sent by other countries. We, small police officers, have no way of contacting them..."
"Oh?" Zhao Yu thought for a while and asked, "So, do you have any other guesses about the Sunflower case? Were there any other suspects found that year?"
"We checked a lot of suspects, but they were all eliminated!" Sato replied, "As for that case, we always thought it didn't look like an individual case at first because the characteristics were very obvious, and we thought it would be a serial murder case!
"However, we did not find other similar cases, and later, there was no similar case again...
"By the way, if you want to talk about speculation, I remember that our section chief thought that the Sunflower case might be related to some kind of evil cult, because some white candles or charcoal were found at the crime scene. s things!
"It feels like the murderer performed some kind of sacrificial ritual when he committed the crime..." Sato said, "However, because there are not many clues left at the scene, it is difficult for us to investigate...
"I still remember that for this reason, we consulted many experts on sects and asked them if they had similar blood sacrifices or legends, but we found nothing...
"In the end, because there were sunflowers and the missing left ear," Sato said, "the newspaper people named it the Van Gogh Murder Case, and it spread throughout the country. It was really..."
(End of chapter)