The police car stopped in the parking lot opposite Beika Funeral Home.
Luo Shu and Kisara got out together. Meanwhile, in the neighboring parking spaces, Juzo Megure and Miwako Sato emerged from two police cars with three colleagues. "Inspector Luo Shu."
Dressed entirely in brown, even his hat in a matching shade, Juzo Megure held down his hat as he walked over to Luo Shu.
"Beika Funeral Home across the street is the funeral business where yesterday's corpse theft occurred."
As Juzo Megure accompanied Luo Shu toward the crematorium across the road, he said:
"After we set off, I contacted the company with a controlling stake in Beika Funeral Home and asked them to send someone to meet us."
"They control seventy percent of the private crematoriums and also work with funeral companies, temples, and shrines to provide funerals. You could call them a giant of Tokyo's funeral industry."
"Oh, the gentleman standing at the entrance is the manager of this crematorium, Mr. Guo Yi."
Just then, a friendly-looking young man in a blue suit, with slightly rounded cheeks, hurried over from the entrance of Beika Funeral Home. He bowed and greeted them in fluent Japanese:
"Officers, sorry to trouble you again."
"No, no, I'm the one troubling you, Mr. Guo."
Juzo Megure bowed with an apologetic smile, then turned sideways to introduce Luo Shu to Guo Yi.
"Let me introduce you. This is Luo Shu, Inspector Luo Shu, who's in charge of this investigation."
"Inspector Luo Shu, hello, hello." At the introduction, a slightly unusual look entered Guo Yi's eyes, but he still hurried forward to greet him with an accommodating smile.
"Hello, Mr. Guo." Luo Shu greeted him in fluent Chinese. "We're both far from home, so there's no need to stand on ceremony. The investigation comes first."