Chapter 14Outside the interrogation room, Hiroshi saw the chief’s back receding down the hallway. Every other fluorescent light had been turned off to save electricity, so the chief’s retreating figure lightened and darkened until he turned at the end of the silent corridor.
Sakaguchi stepped down from the observation room as two uniformed cops walked Yamase out of the interrogation room. Yamase bowed slightly before he turned toward the holding cells down the opposite corridor.
“See? The more people you arrest, the more breaks you get.” Takamatsu fiddled with his cigarettes. “Shibutani is a first-rate investigator and a stand-up guy.”
“He’ll work with us?” Sakaguchi asked.
“Definitely. I’ll leave him a message and we’ll catch him early in the morning.”
“Yamase’s alibi won’t check out
