In the underground commercial street, Takagi and Sato Miwako were having an intimate conversation at the booth of an open-air cafe at the moment. They looked no different from the lovers around them.
But from the way the two of them looked at the nail salon nearby, we could tell that their thoughts were not on the date.
They had been following Saotome Saomi for a long time. From the afternoon until the sun went down, she walked around the commercial street, ate, drank, bought clothes, and finally went to this nail salon to get her nails done.
In order not to alert others, the two of them had no choice but to sit down in a nearby cafe and rest while waiting for each other to come out after getting their nails done.
Fortunately, both of them are already veterans of stalking, so even if they have been following each other for such a long time, they don't have any impatience.
Of course, this may also be because the two are not pretending to be a couple, but a real couple.
Even if stalking requires a lot of energy, in their minds the two of them may partially overlap work and dating.
"Hey, Sato-san, how long do you have to wait?"
Takagi watched Saotome Sami go in for more than 20 minutes without any intention of coming out. He couldn't help but feel a little distressed: "How could a grown man like him come to a place like this..."
"With his personality, I'm not surprised that he would do his nails." Miwako Sato took a sip of coffee and said, "As for doing nails...I'm afraid it will take another thirty minutes..."
"Isn't it? It actually takes so long to do your nails?" Takagi was surprised when he heard this: "Are you sure? I've never seen you doing your nails before..."
"Although I don't know how to do nails due to professional reasons, I still know these common sense for women."
Sato Miwako rolled her eyes at Takagi angrily: "Doing nails is always a troublesome thing.
Depending on the complexity of the pattern, one or two hours is normal."
"No, I hope he can hurry up..."
Takagi heard this and said expectantly: "After all, he is also a man, even if he does his nails, it won't be too complicated..."
"I hope so." Sato Miwako agreed: "I am more interested in what he plans to do next.
Listening to his conversation with the editor, it seems that Saotome is planning to "make chaos" in order to fulfill the conditions for publishing the book..."
"Out!"
Before Sato Miwako could finish what she said, Takagi on the side looked refreshed and reminded her quickly.
After coming out of the nail salon, Saotome Sami was still looking at the nails on her hands. From the expression on her face, she seemed to be very satisfied with the nails done.
And he didn't seem to notice that there were two criminals sitting in the booth behind him who were following him, walking towards the distance with enchanting steps.
It was already dark, and there were not many pedestrians on the road. Saotome Sami began to quicken her pace and walked towards a courtyard that looked very luxurious.
Takagi, Miwako Sato, and Miwako quickly followed, and finally saw Saotome Sami at the corner after looking around furtively and planning to climb over the wall.
The two looked at each other, and although they didn't speak, they could both see the surprise in each other's eyes.
Because Saotome Saomi's behavior at this moment was completely saying that he was doing something wrong.
"It's just as expected."
Looking at the word "Mamuro" on the letter, Sato Miwako smiled and said: "Let's go, arrest him for the current crime of "invading other people's houses", and let him vomit out everything he knows."
...........
"boom!!"
A huge explosion instantly swept through the entire room, and flames shot up into the sky like a mushroom cloud and swept across the entire ceiling.
But perhaps due to the lack of burning material, the flames that erupted only lasted for a moment and then began to subside, leaving only some flames burning near the oven.
When the flames in the room became smaller, Karasawa called people into the laboratory to put out the fire.
Compared with the previous crime scene, the fire extinguishing this time was much simpler because there was not too much burning material.
And he also confirmed Hiroshi Saito's safety immediately.
The explosion sounded scary at the time, but it was not very powerful. Hiroshi Saito, who was hiding in the cabinet and wearing protective clothing, did not suffer any injuries at all.
"It was successful. It was very similar to the situation at the crime scene at the time." Karasawa helped Saito Hiroshi take off his protective clothing and said with a smile: "Thanks to you, a professional, for your advice."
"Now the basic conditions for dust explosion have been confirmed, but it is a bit too harsh."
Hiroshi Saito looked at the oven next to him and said: "Powdered sugar will explode only when it is thrown into the oven. This kind of operation is impossible to implement, right?"
"Indeed, after all, Mika Mamuro was still at the door of the oven at that time. Even if Akiko Sato wanted to throw powdered sugar into the oven, she would be blocked by the other party."
On the side, Yumi Miyamoto was also helping to take off the equipment. After hearing Hiroshi Saito's words, he looked at Karasawa and said, "Hey, is your reasoning reliable? It doesn't make sense if you don't gain anything from such a big battle."
"Who said there is nothing to gain?" Tang Ze laughed when he heard this: "Collect the data first, and we will draw conclusions later."
"yes."
Several young scientific researchers on the side nodded after hearing this and quickly began to collect data on the three dummies after the explosion.
"First of all, Mika Mamuro's red dummy was pushed far by the impact. The wind pressure it withstood was 211.4 kPa. This impact was enough to cause lung bleeding and death."
Hiroshi Saito, who presided over the work of collecting data, reported: "Basically the distance to the deceased at the crime scene is similar. It seems that Mika Mamuro was indeed turning on the oven at that time."
"Where's the dummy representing Akiko Sato?" Karasawa pointed to the blue dummy that fell at the door and said, "Look at the injuries here."
"Wow...it looks like it's seriously injured." Yumi Miyamoto sighed as she looked at the scorched black color on the blue dummy.
"The wind pressure was 172.3 kPa." Hiroshi Saito said: "It seems that Akiko Sato lied. If she had been standing at the door at that time, she would have been injured and might have died.
Of course, if you had the skills and reactions like you, Karaze Criminal, you might still be able to survive with only minor injuries."
"But the premise you mentioned is that you need to know that the explosion will happen."
Tang Ze chuckled and said, "Otherwise, even I wouldn't be able to escape if I were caught by surprise and unprepared."
After hearing the conversation between the two, Miyamoto Yumi immediately reacted: "Wait, doesn't that mean we have been able to confirm that Akiko Sato is the murderer?"
"Judging from the current situation, this is indeed the case."
Tang Ze said this and looked at the third green dummy in the room: "Obviously, her true location at that time was here."
"Only the left hand was injured, and the rest of the body was basically intact."
Hiroshi Saito quickly checked the whole body of the green dummy and finally made a judgment: "Based on Akiko Sato's injuries, she probably hid here at that time.
But she couldn’t hide here at the moment of the explosion, so she had to be in advance.”
"The truth has emerged."
After Tang Ze asked people to finish the work, he contacted Takagi and the two, intending to ask them about the situation there.
Knowing that the two men were escorting Saotome Sami back to the Metropolitan Police Department, Karasawa couldn't help but become interested:
"I'm waiting for you at the Metropolitan Police Department. I'm also very curious about what it is that allows a critic like Saotome Sami to take the risk of breaking into a famous house and sneak into Mika Mamuro's mansion to look for it."
Karasawa's doubts did not last long. For someone like Saotome, just taking him to the interrogation room, he told everything like pouring beans.
The answer is: cake, to be precise, it’s Mamuro Mika’s final cake recipe.
Although Saotome Saomi is a well-known pastry critic, it feels very reasonable to break into a famous house because of a cake recipe.
But in fact, to outsiders, this is simply magical realism.
"I don't understand the burglary for a cake recipe at a party, but I was shocked." Tang Ze looked at the other party and joked, making a joke.
"That was Teacher Sato's party. She must have wanted the guests to recognize her cake and her as a person!"
Saotome Saami snorted coldly, and a look of aftertaste immediately appeared on her face: "Mika-chan often lets me taste the cake before it is officially made.
And I can be sure that it is a cake that transcends the times. I have never tasted that kind of cake, so I want to get the recipe no matter what."
"So you burglarized the house?" Takagi asked angrily.
"This is the genius pastry chef's final cake recipe."
Saotome Saomi said with such enthusiasm: "Everyone in this world would want to know how to make that cake!
Even if that formula was stolen!!"
"Stop saying nice things." Sato Miwako said bluntly: "You just want to steal the formula and then publish a book to make a fortune!"
"I want to get that recipe wholeheartedly!" Saotome Sanami retorted dissatisfied: "For this reason, I am only willing to taste one bite of the cake, and the rest are left to study the recipe!"
"Oh? The cake is still there?" Tang Ze raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Where is it?"
"What are you doing?" Saotome Sanami said with a wary look on her face, "I won't let you have that cake."
"If anyone has a high chance of restoring that cake now, it might be us."
Tangze smiled and said, "You must also know that I have a super sense of smell and coupled with the analysis machine of Kesouyan, I must be able to know the ingredients of that cake.
In addition, I have good cooking skills, and not many people want to combine these three things."
"Can you really restore that cake?" Saotome Saomi's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she immediately stared at Karasawa and said, "You didn't lie to me?"
"Of course, my craftsmanship is obvious to all." Tang Ze raised his chin and said, "Otherwise, you can ask them. As for the other two conditions, they are just statements of facts."
"Okay, if you can restore this cake, then I will give you the cake."
Saotome Saomi lost her previous effeminate self-consciousness, and her tone was full of seriousness: "But give me the formula.
You may think that I am doing it for money, but I tell you the truth, I am not, I just want to make the final cake of Meijia Jiang flourish."
Regardless of whether everything Saotome Sami said was true or false, the deal was finally completed.
The three of them took Saotome Sanami to each other's house and got the cake with a small piece cut into it.
"It's a world that ordinary people can't understand."
Looking at the simple cake, Takagi sighed.
"Once you eat this cake, you will know how powerful Mika-chan is."
After hearing this, Saotome snorted in displeasure: "And I heard from Mika-chan that this cake is very convenient to make. This is a "change" that has impacted the entire cake market. It is not something that laymen like you can understand."
"Is it a thing of change..." Tang Ze looked at the cake in his hand and became curious about its taste: "Anyway, let's go back to the scientific research first."
As soon as the three of them returned to Science Search and Research, Hiroshi Saito came over with a piece of information: "I've made a big discovery here."
"Let the ingredients of this cake be tested first." Karasawa handed the cake to Takagi for testing, then looked at Saito Hiroshi and asked: "What's going on?"
"Didn't I have people investigate all those things in the kitchen?"
Saito Hiroshi said with a smile: "Those boys complained, but they still worked hard. Isn't this a great contribution?
They just collected possible human skin fragments on the surface of the tray on the oven and on some tiles collected near the oven."
"Fragments of skin?" Miwako Sato heard this and asked quickly: "Is it the victim's?"
"The specifics require further identification." Saito Hiroshi said: "But the skin fragments are mixed with sugar powder and corn flour."
"Let's test these two things today." Karasawa looked at Saito Hiroshima: "I have a hunch that these will be an important part of solving the case."
"It seems that the boys have to work overtime again." Hiroshi Saito said helplessly: "I wonder if they will scold me behind my back..."
"It's considered an additional day off." Tang Ze said directly: "I approved it, plus one day off and two days off, but we can't take a day off together."
"That's no problem. Come get the results tomorrow." Saito Hiroshi said with a smile: "It's early today, so you can go back and rest first."
"Okay, let's wait for your results tomorrow." After hearing Saito Hiroshi's words, Karasawa had no choice but to get off work and rest.
No way, in movies or TV series, the time for these tests may just change the scene, but in reality it is a real waiting time.
Back home, Ayako heated up the dinner she had prepared for Karasawa to fill his stomach.
"Huh... I feel like I'm all relaxed." After dinner, Tang Ze lay on the sofa looking very lazy.
"How is the case?" Ayako asked while massaging Karasawa's acupoints.
"The investigation is almost complete." Tang Ze replied: "When the test results of some exhibits come out tomorrow, the case will be almost closed."
"That's good."
Ayako seems to have been brooding about this case because she put Karasawa in danger: "This way I can breathe a sigh of relief."
"I told you it was fine, yet you still hold a grudge." Tang Ze teased, holding the catkins in his hands.
"Of course." Faced with Karasawa's teasing, Ayako said: "You don't even know that I felt like the sky was falling..."
"Well…"
Before he finished speaking, the remaining words were blocked, and only tenderness filled the room.
This chapter has been completed!