After stopping the old couple in front of the store, Karasawa showed his ID and explained his purpose.
After hearing what Tang Ze said, the old man was surprised and said: "Mr. Criminal, there must be some misunderstanding in this, right?"
"Yes." The old woman agreed with a smile: "He is a very kind and kind-hearted criminal."
"Is that so?" Tang Ze nodded to show understanding.
"I didn't expect his reputation to be so good." Conan said in surprise when he saw the two old couples in front of him trying their best to defend him.
"It seems that even if you continue to ask, it will just be a waste of time." Haiyuan said.
Karasawa obviously thought so too. After thanking the two old men, Karasawa took everyone back to the ramen shop, intending to reorganize the information and new investigation directions.
But what he didn't expect was that before he could return to the ramen shop to thank the boss, the young inspector followed closely and entered the shop:
"Karasawa Criminal Investigation, we just received a tip-off that there was another break-in theft incident at a private house in the second town of yesterday morning!"
"These serial theft cases happen very frequently." Tang Ze frowned: "The criminal is quite bold."
"It seems that the true face of the fake criminal is about to be revealed."
The young criminal said with a serious face: "I'm afraid this habitual criminal is pretending to be a criminal, pretending to be on patrol while looking for unoccupied houses to steal!
Because his criminal status reassures people around him and patrols at night will not raise suspicions, so he can succeed frequently."
"At this moment, we really cannot deny this possibility." Tangze touched his chin and said in deep thought.
"I don't think he's a criminal!"
At this moment, Akimoto Yasushiro on the side saw that the situation was developing more and more in a direction that she did not want to see, and couldn't help but stand up and defend him: "I don't think that person is someone who would do such bad things!"
"Then for what reason and purpose do you think he went to great lengths to pretend to be a criminal?"
The young inspector was also a little angry at Akimoto Yasushiro's attitude of favoring the suspect for no reason, and he was questioning in his questioning.
"That's not the case." Although Akimoto Yasushiro was a little timid when asked, he still looked firm: "I think the prisoner who broke into the empty door and stole must be someone else!"
"I've already received the information. I'm going to go to the scene to investigate the situation now. I'll excuse you."
After greeting Karasawa, the young inspector saluted Akimoto Yasushiro and walked out the door.
Obviously, the young criminal did not want to get too involved with the general public in the investigation of the case.
"I always thought he was a kind and enthusiastic criminal..." Akimoto Yasushiro said sadly, covering his mouth.
"Sister..." Ayumi looked worried at the fragile appearance of the other party.
"But trust between people is actually so fragile."
Haiyuan on the side said cruel words expressionlessly: "Okay, then I hope you find the fake criminal as soon as possible."
"Eh? Then Haiyuan, where are you going?" Looking at Haiyuan who turned to leave, Mitsuhiko asked quickly.
"I'll pass this time." Haiyuan waved to everyone outside the station and then left the shop under the watchful eyes of several little ones.
In response, Tangze just shook his head helplessly, expressing his helplessness at Haiyuan's cold personality.
"Thank you for your help."
After thanking the boss, Tang Ze looked at the little ones and said, "Let's go, let's not cause trouble to the boss here."
"Then let's go to Mihua Park to collect information!" Mitsuhiko suggested, following behind Karasawa: "There are benches over there where you can sit and rest."
"Yeah, that's fine."
Tangze knew that even if he drove away a few naughty children now, they would not give up easily, so he might as well take them together.
At least this can restrict their movements and prevent them from running around and being in danger.
"What do you think about the case?"
After sitting on a bench in the park, Conan looked at Tang Ze and said, "I don't think the fake criminal and the thief are the same person."
"Yes, there are too many differences in impression."
Tangze shook his head and said: "According to the descriptions of the old couple and Miss Yasushiro Akimoto, the other party's help must be sincere and patient.
If he was being perfunctory, Miss Yasushiro Akimoto and the others would not be able to sense it.
And if he is a thief, he should generally wander around residential areas instead of patrolling convenience stores or roads. After all, he should be searching for targets."
"In addition, where the other party obtained the criminal uniform is also an important clue." Conan agreed.
"It shouldn't be a real uniform, otherwise the Metropolitan Police Department would have caused an uproar over this."
Tangze thought for a moment and looked at Conan and said, "I remember... you said that a TV station was filming a movie about criminals here before?"
"Ah, it's the TV series "One Hundred Police Officers Search Network"!!"
After listening to the conversation between the two, Yuanta immediately shouted excitedly: "That's it! The prisoner must have stolen the costumes of the prop team!"
"There were many people pretending to be criminals at that time. The criminals must have stolen the props and costumes used for the filming!" Mitsuhiko vowed.
"That's right, there are a hundred people there. If you don't check carefully, even if the props and costumes are lost, no one will notice it for a while!"
Ayumi echoed again and again.
"Do you still remember which radio station filmed it?" Tang Ze asked.
"Mihua Radio." Conan replied.
"It's really an expected answer." Tang Ze laughed and said, "I'll make a phone call to confirm."
In the world of Kexue, cases really favor Japanese radio stations, and Japanese radio stations will always be involved in cases in various ways.
However, this may not be a bad thing for Karasawa. After all, the Metropolitan Police Department and Nippon Radio have a good relationship. It can be said that it is easy to get information.
After a phone call, Tang Ze quickly asked someone to find the props team in charge of the "Hundred Police Officers Search Network" and asked the other party to help confirm the news with the props team in charge of the show.
However, because the other party is out shooting, there is no guarantee that he will receive the call immediately, so it will still take some time to confirm the message.
While waiting, Tang Zebian took Conan and others through the streets to investigate the traces of the bearded criminal.
After visiting a lot of people, and seeing that he had almost harvested everything, Tangze took a few people to the coffee shop, invited a few of them to drink, and took the opportunity to sort out the information.
"I asked a lot of people, and everyone agrees on the time when the fake criminal first appeared. It basically started a week ago, that is, last Monday."
After laying out the map, Conan folded his arms and looked at the map in front of him while thinking. He casually discussed with Karasawa: "Speaking of last Monday, it seems that Ms. Yasuyo Akimoto started working overtime because of her busy work.
That day?"
On this map, there are several "X" marks, which are the results obtained after their continuous questioning, and this mark represents the location where the witnesses saw the fake criminal.
"That's right, and according to our truth, no one saw the fake criminal during the day. Instead, he only appeared very late."
Tangze on the side also looked down at the map and said without raising his head: "After sorting through everyone's eyewitness testimonies, we almost saw each other at the time of the last train."
"But what does this mean?" Mitsuhiko on the side asked with some confusion after hearing what Conan and the two said.
"It's simple, it's the route,"
Tang Ze picked up a red pen and drew a circle in front of the station on the map: "This is the starting point. I saw a fake criminal only once near this station.
But when we arrived at the streets near the second town, the number of witnesses increased to five times, and the number of witnesses to the third town was three."
"If we follow this route, our destination will never deviate from Miss Akimoto Yasushiro's home route." Conan picked up the black marker in his hand and drew a circle at the end point.
"That's really it!"
After the three little ones saw the route drawn by Conan, they couldn't help but exclaimed.
"That is to say, in addition to the timing, the fake crime also tried its best to "coordinate" with Miss Yasushiro Akimoto in terms of time and location." Karasawa said with a smile.
"Are you cooperative..."
Conan was startled when he heard this, then smiled and said: "It seems to be true, and Ms. Yasushiro Akimoto herself said that she can see the criminal every night when she gets off work after working overtime."
"Seeing it every day is too much of a coincidence." Tang Ze said with a smile.
"Could it be that the fake criminal appeared in front of Miss Yasushiro Akimoto on purpose?" Mitsuhiko asked after hearing what the two said.
"Of course, we don't know the specific purpose of the other party for the time being." Conan said after hearing this.
"But the purpose of the other party wearing glasses and having a big beard is actually very clear."
Karasawa smiled and said: "The reason why we have to dress casually is because he is probably an acquaintance of Miss Yasushiro Akimoto.
In order not to let her recognize me, I dressed up like that."
"So, does that mean that the fake criminal is someone close to sister Akimoto Yasushiro!?" Hearing this shocking news, Ayumi couldn't help but stand up.
"Who is that?" Yuantai couldn't help but ask.
"How do I know so much about this?" Conan rolled his eyes at Genta angrily.
"What? Looking at the heated discussion between you and Tangze Criminal, I thought you knew the answer." Yuantai looked bored when he heard this and wanted to lie down on the table.
But because Genta was too big, when he climbed down, he stretched out his arm and directly touched the drink cup Ayumi placed next to him.
Although Yuantai reacted promptly and used the cup to avoid the crisis of breaking when it was about to fall, the juice spilled directly in the process.
"How annoying! Genta, you're here again!" Faced with Genta's two goals, Ayumi was very upset.
"I'm sorry..." Yuantai, who knew he was in the wrong, quickly apologized, but what happened has already happened and saying sorry can't undo anything.
"Strange...where is my handkerchief..."
Ayumi searched back and forth in her pocket, but couldn't find her handkerchief.
"Did it fall into that ramen shop?" Mitsuhiko guessed at the side.
"But I don't dare to go to that ramen shop alone." Ayumi said with some fear, obviously very afraid of the serious ramen shop owner who just kept a straight face.
"Use mine first, and then we will go back together to help you find it." Tang Ze smiled and handed his handkerchief to the other party.
Ayumi thanked her and took the handkerchief. After the other party wiped the juice off her body, Karasawa returned to the ramen shop with a few little ones.
Unfortunately, when a group of them arrived at the store called "Iron Dragon", they found that the store that was still open before had closed its door.
"I just went to ask, and the boss seems to have just gone out."
Mitsuhiko bowed and thanked a woman and ran over and said, "I heard that the owner of this shop lives near Mihua Park."
"What should we do? Do we have to wait?" Conan asked at the side.
"Eh... strange..." At this moment, Ayumi seemed to suddenly feel something. She reached out and touched the pocket on her back, and then took out the handkerchief.
"Um..." Ayumi blushed with a smile and looked at everyone sheepishly, as if she was embarrassed that she had made a mistake.
At this moment, Tang Ze's phone rang. It was a call from the staff of Rimai Radio.
After the staff asked the props team, they indeed said that one of the 100 criminal uniforms prepared for the "100-person Police Search" shooting on Sunday was lost that day.
"If that's the case, then the other party probably got it in Mihua Park while filming." After hearing the news from Karasawa, Conan looked down at the sign in front of the ramen door and said, "If that's the case, that's inevitable.
It’s a bit too coincidental.”
"Yeah, it's a bit too much of a coincidence."
Karasawa's eyes converged with Conan's on the notice board announcing the store's opening hours: "It happens to be the day this store is closed."
"And Mitsuhiko just asked people nearby and confirmed that the boss lives near Mihua Park."
Conan touched his chin and muttered: "Then maybe, on his day off, he will go to see that show."
"I should be able to go, after all, it's such a big show, and it's right at my doorstep." Yuantai thought for a while after taking his place.
"This is in line with our previous reasoning."
Karasawa said: "The reason why the fake criminal dressed up is because he is an acquaintance with Miss Yasushiro Akimoto.
In order to prevent Miss Yasushiro Akimoto from recognizing me, the motive of dressing up naturally came into being."
"Could it be that...that fake criminal..." Mitsuhiko said with a shocked look on his face after hearing the two people's reasoning.
"Is he the owner of the ramen shop?" Ayumi said with a serious look on her face.
"Is it really him?" Yuantai said a little unsure: "But what is his purpose?"
"Maybe it's because of Ms. Yasushiro Akimoto herself."
Tangze's words made the three little ones freeze in place. On the contrary, Conan and him looked at each other with a smile on their lips.
This chapter has been completed!