This hotel is a hotel under the Kyoto Police Prefecture and is specially used to entertain them. And because the police often stay here, many people will choose this hotel if they feel safe.
It’s also a major feature.
The food in the morning was very good. Tangze ate a beef burger and two chicken nuggets, and drank a cup of orange, which was enough for today's breakfast.
Although it was fast food, Tang Ze was already very satisfied.
Because breakfast is very important in Neon and due to time constraints, it is basically cooked at home, so there are very few breakfast vendors. Karasawa is very satisfied with having beef burgers to eat.
However, the slight happiness brought by his breakfast had not yet begun, but ended immediately due to a phone call.
Because Ayanokouji Fumimaro called and said that another murder had occurred.
Although it is not known whether it is related to the serial murder case, no one dares to be careless at this juncture.
Tang Ze quickly took a taxi and arrived at the crime scene.
"How is the situation?" Karasawa looked at Ayanokouji Fumimaro and asked.
"The deceased is Midorikawa Atsushi who lives nearby and is the president of the Kyoto branch of Kyoshin Publishing House."
Ayanokouji Fumimaro said: "The injury is also on the back. The details require forensic examination, but I'm afraid it's that guy."
"Where's the forensic doctor?" Tang Ze asked.
"He was delayed on the way." Ayanokouji Fumimaro said this with helplessness.
"In this case, let him go directly back to the scientific research and preparation." Tang Ze said: "I will check the scene."
"I forgot that you are also proficient in Karasawa Criminal Investigation." Fumimaro Ayanokouji heard this and patted his forehead, saying with a happy face: "Then I'll leave it to you."
"Well, someone from the scientific research team over there can bring me a flashlight."
Tangze shouted to the researcher next to him, and soon Qingtian Yuhua ran over with a tool box, then pulled out a flashlight from it and handed it to Tangze.
After putting on his gloves and clasping his hands together, Tangze turned the body over and opened the eyes of the deceased.
After careful observation with a flashlight, Tang Ze immediately said: "The retina of the deceased began to become cloudy, which means that it was almost 10 hours after death."
"It was ten o'clock last night." Ayanokouji Fumimaro said after hearing this.
"There are no wounds on the front, now look at the back."
Karasawa yelled, and Ayanokoji Fumimaro cooperated by turning the body over, then took off his clothes and exposed the wound.
"A blow in the back kills, and it's the heart."
Tangze said: "This location is almost the same as the wound suffered by Sarutobi. I'm afraid it was done by the same murderer.
I wonder if the relationship between the deceased and Sarutobi Criminal Investigation has been found?"
"Currently under investigation." Ayanokouji Fumimaro replied.
"Give me a cotton swab." Tangze looked at Qingtian Yuhua and asked.
Upon hearing this, Qingtian Yuhua immediately went to look through the tool box. After handing it to Tang Ze, she saw him wiping the wound and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Senior, what are you doing?"
"If the murderer and Sarutobi were killed with the same weapon, then blood stains may remain."
Tangze explained while working: "This is what Kesouyan's work is like. The more details, the more attention you have to pay.
Maybe you won’t be able to find the evidence if you are careful, but you will definitely miss it if you are not careful.”
"I've learned a lesson." Qingtian Yuhua nodded seriously when she heard Tang Ze's words. It was obvious that she had listened to Tang Ze's words.
After an inspection, no one found any more clues nearby, so Ayanokouji Fumimaro had the body taken back for autopsy.
"I'll go investigate with you too." Seeing Ayanokouji Fumimaro planning to go to the publishing house, Karasawa said quickly.
"That's fine." Ayanokouji Fumimaro hesitated for a moment after hearing Karasawa's words, but thinking that this was not the first time that the two of them had collaborated, he nodded with a smile and said, "I heard that Karasawa is proficient in micro-expressions, so I thought I might be able to help.
I'm busy, so I'm sorry to bother you."
"You're welcome." Tang Ze knew that the other party was trying to sell off his face, so he allowed himself to go a little overboard and follow him to investigate.
Neither of them were procrastinators, so after discussing it, they went directly to the Kyoto Publishing Branch.
"Do you know this person?"
Ayanokouji Fumimaro took out a photo of Sarutobi Yuji and showed it to Midorikawa's secretary.
"Ah, is this the one who was killed?" The woman looked at the photo and said, "It was reported on TV before."
"So you still remember it." Tang Ze said slightly surprised: "Is there anything worth paying attention to?"
You know, even if ordinary people have seen the portrait in the news, they will not have much impression of this person, and they will forget about it after turning their face.
But the woman in front of her actually remembered it, which seemed a little unusual. There must be something that concerned her, so it impressed her deeply.
It is precisely because of this that Tang Ze asked this question.
"I don't mind. It's just that the place where the case occurred is quite close to where President Midorikawa is meeting."
The woman explained: "So after seeing this news, I unconsciously felt a little more impressed."
Having said this, the other party took out the notepad he carried with him and showed Midorikawa Atsushi's itinerary to the two of them.
"Isn't this the day Sarutobi died?" Ayanokouji Fumimaro was shocked when he saw the time on it.
"It seems I have time to take a trip." After writing down the name of the hotel, Karasawa and Ayanokouji arrived at the crime scene.
Basically without much effort, the two quickly found the Jingluo Hotel where they were meeting.
After identifying themselves to the receptionist, the two of them were easily led by each other to the conference room on the third floor.
"When I arrived at the hotel at 6 o'clock the night before yesterday, it was being used by Gongjin Publishing House for a branch president meeting." The receptionist replied to the two people's questions.
"So this person should be present, right?" Ayanokouji Fumimaro took out a photo of Midorikawa Atsushi and showed it to the other party and asked.
"Well, he attended the meeting." The receptionist nodded.
"Then you don't know if there was anything wrong or worth paying attention to during the meeting?" Tangze asked.
“I’m not sure about this.”
After the receptionist shook her head, she seemed to have thought of something. She quickly looked through the notepad in her hand and said, "There was nothing going on in the meeting, but there was something yesterday.
There was a call at around 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, saying that he had forgotten his watch in the conference room."
"Did you forget your watch in the conference room?" Tang Ze frowned.
"Yeah, but it didn't take long before she said there seemed to be a mistake." The receptionist said, "She said she had found the watch and hung up the phone."
"Is that so?" Tang Ze nodded and said thanks, "Thank you very much, this situation is very important."
Immediately, Karasawa winked with Ayanokouji Fumimaro, and the two quickly said goodbye to the front desk lady and left the hotel.
"What do you think about that phone call?"
Seeing that there was no one around, Ayanokouji frowned and thought: "I always feel that this call is unusual."
"I'm afraid it's the prisoner calling."
Tang Ze said: "Just standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the conference room, I clearly saw the crime scene.
I'm afraid the prisoner felt that people in the conference room saw the scene where he killed Yuji Sarutobi, and felt that he was at risk of being exposed.
Then he locked the location around the crime scene where he was most likely to be seen committing the crime, then called the hotel and pretended to have lost his cell phone, in fact, just to get intelligence.
And after knowing the company, we can easily find photos of several people from the official website."
"That is to say, Mr. Midorikawa has been to that conference room and may have witnessed the crime scene, and was then targeted by the murderer." Ayanokouji Fumimaro frowned and said, "Sorry, we have to act as soon as possible."
At this moment, Karasawa and Ayanokouji Fumimaro's cell phones rang at the same time. When they took them out, they found that it was Aota Yuhua from Kesouyan.
It is an investigation report on the case of Midorikawa Atsushi.
First of all, the tiny substances collected from Midorikawa Atsushi’s nails did not show any skin flakes from a third party.
In addition, no hair was found on the other party's body.
However, Karasawa's carefulness paid off. From Midorikawa Atsushi's wound, blood other than his own was detected.
When they noticed this, everyone thought it was the blood of the previous deceased Yuji Sarutobi.
But when the results of the blood comparison came out, it was a surprise.
Because the comparison results are inconsistent.
In addition, judging from the shape of the wound, the shape of the murder weapon was also different from that of Yuji Sarutobi's sword.
This is very bad news.
Because this means that in addition to killing Midorikawa Atsushi with this knife, the murderer probably also killed another person.
This person's blood type is type B, while Midorikawa Atsushi's blood type is type A.
"Ayanokouji Criminal, are any of those five people type B?"
Karasawa looked at Ayanokouji Fumimaro and said, "The matter is more difficult than we thought. Before killing Mr. Midorikawa, the murderer also used the same knife to kill a person with type B blood.
Considering that no one else attending this meeting is in Kyoto, we need to seek help from local police across regions."
"I'll have someone go investigate immediately!"
Ayanokouji Fumimaro also knew that the situation was not good, so he immediately took out his mobile phone and started arranging manpower to take action.
And the bad news came as promised.
According to Kobe Criminal Information, the branch manager of Kyoshin Publishing House, Hitoshi Godai, was also killed.
On the same day, two people from the same company were killed using the same method.
This basically puts the situation on the table.
There are still three branch managers surviving in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.
The scattered distance was troublesome, but after some coordination, the three of them were finally able to gather together for protection.
There was no way, now it seemed that the murderer had gone crazy and killed three people in two days in order to ensure that he would not be exposed.
Including the three girls from two years ago, this guy killed six people in total, which can be said to be insane.
So the top priority now is to quickly coordinate and notify the other three branch managers to protect them.
And while Ayanokouji Fumimaro was handling this matter, Godai Jin's autopsy report was also sent from Kobe.
First of all, the cause of death was exactly the same as that of the previous deceased, both were stabbed in the back.
In addition, judging from the decomposition and body temperature of the corpse, it was approximately 22 to 26 hours after death.
In other words, after the murderer went to Kobe and killed the fifth-generation branch manager, he returned to Kyoto and killed Midorikawa Atsushi.
Is there any explanation for this order?
Why did the murderer go to Acupo to kill him first, instead of killing the branch manager in Kyoto nearby?
Could it be that in his mind, the threat of the Acupido branch manager ranks first?
Or the distance was only enough to kill two people, so the ones from other places were chosen randomly while those from Kyoto were left at night by him.
There is too little information at hand now, and Tang Ze has no way to judge. He can only speculate on these possibilities.
But the top priority now is to protect the three people who were not killed.
After some communication, the three of them came to Kyoto under the protection of the local police and checked into the hotel where Karasawa lived.
After all, this is the territory of the police. It is easier to arrange security if the three of them are gathered here for protection.
Karasawa and Ayanokouji Fumimaro met with the three of them in the hotel conference room.
After some introductions, the two also figured out the identities of the three people.
The Tokyo branch chief, Yuriko Fujii, is the only woman.
The branch manager in Nagoya is called Banten Hao, and he is an older middle-aged man.
As for Osaka, it is the headquarters of Kyoshin Publishing House. The person in charge here is the president, Ryoichi Tamaki, who looks to be in his thirties, but is surprisingly young.
"This is the person who was killed indoors in Kyoto before."
Ayanokouji Fumimaro placed the photo on the table in front of the three of them: "Have you seen it?"
"Ah, I've seen it in the news." Tamaki Ryoichi said after seeing what Sarutobi Yuji said.
"Then I would like to ask you three, did you see the prisoner during the meeting?" Tang Ze asked.
"What!?" The three of them were stunned when they heard this.
"Does this have anything to do with Mr. Midorikawa and Mr. Godai?" Yuriko Fujii looked at the two and couldn't help but ask.
"Please also answer my questions."
Ayanokouji Fumimaro did not answer the other party's question, but repeated the question again: "Did the three of you see the prisoner or the moment of killing in the conference room?"
"There is no such thing." Fan Tenghao shook his head and said: "We were having a meeting in the conference room at that time, not close to the window at all."
"Yes, and if you saw something so horrific, you would definitely call the police." Yuriko Fujii agreed.
"Please think about it, did Midorikawa branch president and Fifthai branch president see it?" Tangze asked.
"Probably not." Fujii Yuriko looked at Fan Tenghao and asked for approval: "After all, I will tell you what I see. No one moved around during the whole meeting. Isn't that right?"
Fan Tenghao nodded, but Tamaki Ryoichi on the side did speak slowly: "It doesn't matter whether we saw it or not.
The current situation shows that the murderer probably thought we saw him."
"Not only that, we have also determined that this murderer is the same person as the murderer two years ago."
Ayanokouji Fumimaro took out a newspaper and showed it to the three of them.
I saw the three girls who were murdered in the newspaper, and then thought of the three people who were murdered recently.
The faces of the three people in the conference room all turned ugly.
Obviously being targeted by such a serial murderer is not a good experience.