A night of silence.
Early the next morning, Tangze wrote the combed clues on the whiteboard, and then everyone started to investigate one by one after discussion.
The first is the trace of President Miyashita. After calling the convenience store and several street cameras near President Miyashita's company, it can be seen that Miyashita did take a taxi back to the company.
After that, the other party seemed to go to sleep directly in the club, and it was already morning when he came out of the club again.
Now President Miyashita's suspicion has been completely cleared.
Mrs. Shimoda's investigation is a bit troublesome. After all, she and Mr. Shimoda are husband and wife, so the contact is naturally closer, and there are countless opportunities to take action.
Without being able to confirm her whereabouts, her suspicion cannot be eliminated. Because the investigation requires time, Karasawa asked the "husband and wife" team of Takagi and Sato Miwako to continue the investigation.
After finishing lunch, Karasawa and Chiba conducted a blanket search for the mysterious woman and her whereabouts after Shimoda.
Compared with the previous two investigations, this investigation took more time.
Because the entire bar street is very large and there are many bars and shops on the street, the only way to find it is through a blanket search, which is more efficient when there are more people.
And as we all know, many bars are closed during the day and open at night, so Karasawa and the others can only visit convenience stores and other stores open during the day to see if anyone has seen the Shimoda two.
When the bars on the street opened one after another in the evening, Miwako Sato and the others rushed over, and the four of them continued their visit.
Compared to finding nothing during the day, there was finally some progress this time. Officer Takagi successfully won the jackpot and found traces of Shimoda and the mysterious bartender in a bar.
"This man has been here, and he brought a woman dressed as a bartender."
When Tangze arrived and started questioning, the bar owner said: "Because it was very late and the weather was very cold, most of the guests had gone back. I still have a vivid memory. The two of them were sitting in the corner over there."
"Excuse me, have you seen that woman?"
Tangze's question is not unexpected at all. After all, as a bartender, she has to drink with different customers every day, and it is normal for her to be familiar with the bar owner.
"I've never seen her before. It was my first time here. She is a very beautiful woman, and she is also very fashionably dressed."
The boss smiled and replied: "If you are a customer who has seen it once, you will definitely have an impression. After all, we are in this business."
"Fashionable? I wonder if you can describe her dress?" Shiratiao asked.
"She has long straight brown hair, is wearing a blue sweater, and has many rings on her hands."
The boss recalled: "There are gold and silver ones... It seems that she is wearing a gold wedding ring. After all, the other rings are all flashy. Only the ring worn on the ring finger looks very simple and feels
It looks like a married woman going out to work.
Because of this reason, and the fact that gold wedding rings are quite rare here, I was quite impressed by her."
"gold ring?"
Everyone nodded and took note of this key testimony.
Perhaps many people are a little confused as to why gold rings are a key testimony. That’s because neon platinum wedding rings are more common, but fewer gold rings are worn.
Tang Ze didn't know it at first, but he only found out about it later when he went to choose an engagement ring.
On the contrary, in countries such as Europe and the United States, wedding rings made of gold are more common.
"Is there anything else that deserves your attention?" Tang Ze looked at the boss and asked again: "No matter how small it is, just you feel something is not right."
"Ah, that's right! That woman looks like a bartender, but she's not professional at all."
The bar owner said: "Because the man in the photo was looking for a lighter for a long time, and the bartender next to him didn't make any move, so in the end I lent him the lighter.
If you were an ordinary bartender, you would definitely carry a lighter with you. After all, it is a work prop."
"Is that so? Thank you very much." Tang Ze said with a smile: "Then let me ask the last question, I wonder how long they drank?"
"Well, I think I came here around ten o'clock. I sat there for more than an hour."
The bar owner thought for a while and said, "But they both looked sober when they left, and their steps were steady. They were definitely not drunk."
"I understand." Tang Ze thanked his boss after asking: "This information is very useful, thank you for your cooperation."
After walking out of the bar, it was not too early and several people chose to get off work. The four of them chose a tavern to gather and exchange information.
After arriving in the private room and waiting for the food to be served, without being disturbed, Sato Miwako began to report on the investigation progress of her and Takagi during the day.
Compared to Karasawa and Chiba, who found nothing, they discovered another motive of his wife.
That is, Shimoda Tatsuo has insurance money, and the beneficiary is his wife.
And because his family was well off, the amount of insurance compensation even reached a huge sum of 30 million.
In this way, Mrs. Shimoda's motive becomes more obvious. If she knew that her husband was cheating on her, she would probably want to kill him and also plan to make this huge sum of money.
"But now we can't be sure whether Mrs. Shimoda knows about her husband's cheating." Sato Miwako said: "If you don't know, then there is no reason to do anything, right?"
"What if it's just for the insurance money?" Chiba guessed: "There should be such a possibility, maybe the bartender may be her pretending to be the one.
Use excuses like casual games to persuade your husband, create an unfounded suspicious character, get your husband drunk, and then kill him.
Moreover, the bar owner also said that the woman was actually not a professional, maybe she was just Mrs. Shimoda pretending to be a bartender!"
"It's not impossible, but if that's the case, it's easy to verify."
Sato Miwako said: "The couple's wedding rings are matching rings, and the styles must be the same. Just confirm the style of the ring on the deceased's hand."
"I remember that the wedding ring on the hand of the deceased was silver." Tang Ze recalled the appearance of the deceased: "It seems that the waitress and Mrs. Shimoda are not the same person."
"So now our first target is the mysterious bartender?"
Takagi scratched his head and said, "Now I have a headache. Do I still have to look for witnesses? It feels like looking for a needle in a haystack."
"There are no other clues yet. Tomorrow we will go to the deceased's company to investigate."
Karasawa touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Judging from the testimonies we have investigated so far, Shimoda Tatsuo has always been sane.
This corresponds to the information I saw in the autopsy report. Although the effects of alcohol vary depending on a person's constitution, the alcohol concentration in the blood of the deceased was far from enough to be so drunk that he could not sober up on the street.
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Since accident has been ruled out and it is confirmed that it was homicide, then the person who killed him must have a reason.
Our main goal tomorrow is to find this reason."
Then the four of them discussed the investigation plan for tomorrow while eating.
Sato Miwako and Takagi continued to follow Mrs. Shimoda's line, asking the other party if Tatsuo Shimoda had any enemies, and at the same time, they asked the other party whether they knew about her husband's cheating.
Karasawa and Chiba went to the deceased's company to find out if the other party had any enmity with anyone in the club. After all, Mrs. Shimoda had said before that her husband was not the kind of person who would tell her everything.
It's a pity that when the two came to visit, Kyoko Hanasaki, who was in charge of reception, answered "no leaks".
To put it simply, they are all polite words such as "social rhetoric".
"What should I do now?"
Chiba closed the door of Hanazaki Kyoko's office and said with a headache: "The other party's words are obviously to prevaricate us.
Although it is understandable that we do not want to be troubled by the company, we cannot go back without gaining anything..."
"Well, don't worry, let's come back when we get off work at noon, and we'll have something to gain by then." Tangze said while waving his hand in one direction of the big office.
Chiba followed his movements and noticed that there were several young women in the corner of the big office who looked excited when they saw Tang Ze waving his hands and immediately said: "So that's it. It's great to have fans."
"So just wait a moment, let's get off work at noon." Karasawa said and Chiba went downstairs and bought some desserts nearby, then waited quietly in the coffee shop downstairs of the other company's company.
As time passed and noon came, Tang Ze also saw the three young women he had greeted before.
However, Karasawa, who was in the coffee shop, did not follow them directly. Instead, he followed them to the corner of the street before stopping them and saying hello.
Regarding Tang Ze's sudden appearance, the reaction of the three people could be described as a "textbook" standard reaction. After Tang Ze sent the cake and signed the name instantly, they immediately agreed to Tang Ze's request.
"Actually, the company has already issued a hush order, because this time Director Shimoda died in exactly the same way as the soil and soil section chief at the same time five years ago. They were both frozen to death."
The girl with short hair looked like she had just graduated a few years ago. When she said this, she carefully looked around and then whispered: "There are rumors in our company that the ghost of the head of the soil department has come back to take revenge.
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"Chief of the Soil and Geosciences Section? Can you tell us in detail?"
At first, Karasawa just wanted to ask the three of them to talk about Tatsuo Shimoda, at least to know the other person's true style of work in the company, and see if anyone had any grudge against the other person.
But he didn't expect that the other party would come up and reveal such important information, which gave Tang Ze a feeling of unexpected joy.
Later, based on the words of the three fans, Tangze learned the details of this important information.
Five years ago, Ueto and Shimoda were at the same time in the company. They were in the same department at the time. And they were both running for the position of minister. It could be said that they were at odds with each other.
At that time, the soil climbing ability was even better. Depending on the situation, there was a high probability that the pressure would be "up" and "down".
But something happened at the most critical moment, and Shimoda was successfully promoted to minister.
Sexual harassment is a common scandal in the workplace.
At the critical moment of the election, Ueto was accused of sexual harassment and was forced to resign as a direct candidate for minister.
Afterwards, he became depressed, drunk and froze to death on the street.
But it is said that this scandal was actually planned by Director Shimoda, so after Shimoda also died of freezing, there were rumors in the company that Uetu turned into a ghost to seek revenge.
And Kyoko Hanasaki was the one who accused Ueto of sexual harassment.
"Thank you, it helped a lot."
As Tang Ze spoke, he took out his business card and handed it to the three of them: "This is my contact information. If you have any dissatisfaction at work because of my visit, you can contact me."
After all, the company has issued a "gag order". The three of them told Tang Ze such important information because they were fans of Tang Ze, but Tang Ze could not let them take the risk.
After all, the two of them will definitely have to confront Hanazaki Kyoko again later. Then the other party will definitely suspect that someone has leaked the information to death.
If discovered, it is not impossible for the three of them to be bullied by the company or even lose their jobs.
So Tangze gave the three of them business cards, so that if they really couldn't work in the company anymore, they could contact him, and they would naturally be given a job by then.
After all, a job is still very important to ordinary people these days. If you lose your job, you will probably fall into trouble step by step.
Having seen those suicides who were unable to find a job in a vicious cycle and finally betrayed their reputations and had no choice but to commit suicide, Tang Ze naturally had to guard against the possibility of "I don't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me."
After hearing this, the three people naturally understood what Tang Ze meant. After thanking him, they quickly and carefully put away the business card.
After the meal, Karasawa and the other three left one after another. After asking the front desk, Kyoko Hanazaki did not come, and finally the two of them waited at the front desk of the company until Kyoko Hanazaki came back from the meal.
"Is there anything else, Mr. Criminal?" After seeing the two of them, Hanazaki Kyoko, who was still joking with her companions, said with a somewhat ugly expression: "Didn't you say everything that needs to be said?"
"We have got some new information, but we still want to check with you." Karasawa smiled slightly and looked at the people next to Hanasaki Kyoko and said, "I wonder if I can lend a step to talk?"
"You guys go first." Hanazaki Kyoko said to her companions, and then followed Karasawa and the others to the door.
After the three of them arrived at a remote and open place, Hanazaki Kyoko said directly: "Is there anything else you want to ask? I have already explained everything about Minister Shimoda."
"I'm not here to ask about Mr. Shimoda this time." Karasawa smiled and said, "Miss Hanasaki should also know Mr. Ueto who also froze to death five years ago, right?
I wonder if I could trouble you to tell us something about him?"
This chapter has been completed!