Man from Reno Page #5

has been published in English.

"Inspector Takabe Investigates."

- You wrote this?

- Keep it.

As evidence?

Thanks. I appreciate it.

- Look, mister...

- Del Moral.

Mr. Del Moral.

Why are you here?

Well, you filed a

missing persons report.

With the San Francisco Police.

Can you please tell me

what's going on?

I'm investigating a homicide

down in San Marco County,

- and the victim...

- You think it's Akira.

Well, yes, I do.

I'm very sorry.

- I may need you to, at some point...

- Identify the body.

We already did that.

Fingerprints.

- How... - Looks like he

was beaten to death.

I may need to talk to

you again at some point,

but in the meantime,

just give me a call

if you can remember

anything else,

anything at all.

You take care now

and have a better day.

Oh, Miss Akahori,

this may sound a little odd,

- but do you have any idea

what commie means? - Commie?

- Yeah, in Japanese.

- Oh, kami.

- It means God.

- God?

Yes, or it could mean

paper or hair.

Well, it's probably nothing.

Thanks anyway.

I don't see any down here.

He could've left.

I think we should talk.

This is the passport your friend

used to check into the hotel.

It's not him, is it?

Here's a face. Now all we

need is a name to go with it.

I know this guy.

He came to my hotel room.

- So, you talked to him?

- Yeah. His name is Hitoshi.

He left me a business card.

I tried that number,

but it's disconnected.

- Do you think he's behind

this whole thing? - No, no.

Hitoshi seems even more

scared than you do.

Besides, he pointed me to this.

Down at the bottom.

I didn't know

which article he was

talking about until now.

"Customs officials at SFO

have intercepted

a suspected smuggler

carrying $500,000 worth

of rare turtles.

The animals were identified

as indian flat-head turtles

and are worth

up to $50,000 each

on the black market.

Once highly valued for use

in traditional medicine,

the turtles are on

the verge of extinction

and are protected

by international law."

If they arrested someone

at the airport,

how did those turtles

end up in my hotel room?

- There must have been a second smuggler.

- The real Akira Suzuki.

- May he rest in peace.

- My Akira killed him.

Killed him for a half million

dollars' worth of turtles,

which he then leaves

behind in a toilet?

Maybe he didn't know

he was going anywhere.

Maybe, but that still doesn't

answer my biggest question.

What did he want from you?

- Besides the obvious.

- I don't know.

Are you sure you don't mind?

Oh, don't worry about me.

I'll just set up my little pup

tent out in the back, and...

There's a new toothbrush inside

the bathroom cupboard,

and you're welcome

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