[Congratulations to the host for obtaining 300 destiny points]
After arriving at the izakaya, while taking the order and serving the food, Karasawa opened the system panel to check this time's rewards.
And sure enough, the points are still harvested normally.
Tang Ze was not surprised by this. After glancing at the 3800 destiny points in his deposit, he quickly closed the panel.
Although this case is a little more difficult, a slower reaction might allow the prisoner to get on a plane and escape.
But in reality, this may not happen at all.
Because of the plan arranged by Mifuyu Morita, the upper limit could be seen at a glance, and the flaws could not be easily eliminated. For example, in terms of blood volume, Karasawa felt something was wrong the first time he entered the room.
In addition, Tabata Atsushi had left a flight on his calendar, and it was simply impossible for Morita Mifuyu to escape.
So on the surface it looks like a close call, but in fact it's as steady as an old dog.
So after getting this destiny point, Tangze just looked at it and calmly turned it off.
After a while, the waiter brought dishes one after another to the table. The three grown men, Tang Ze, were not very particular and soon began to cook.
Because Karasawa had to drive, Mouri Kogoro didn't take him to drink with him, so he just drank a bottle of it himself.
When they arrived at the Maori Detective Agency, the two got out of the car.
After saying goodbye casually, Tang Ze drove back home, washed up and went to sleep directly.
Because the case had just ended, Tangze had no motivation to go to work the next morning.
However, considering Koshizui Nanatsuki's nagging like a Tang monk, Karasawa finally yawned and went out.
I spent the whole morning processing the accumulated documents, and then went to the office in the afternoon to have a tea party.
"Speaking of which, I can't rest this weekend." Sihuayuan sighed after taking a sip of black tea.
"What's wrong? Is there something else?" Koshimizu Nanatsuki asked curiously.
"You can't run away either."
Sihuayuan sighed: "This week is Mihua City Cleaning Week, and we will probably all mobilize to clean it by then."
"City-wide cleaning." Tangze touched his chin and said with a smile, "Well, this kind of group activity would be quite interesting if everyone participated, wouldn't it?"
"What's interesting?" Sihuayuan wailed, "I want to rest!"
"Okay, okay, it's okay." Koshizui Nanatsuki looked at the desperate Sihuain, and said with relief: "We will work together and chat while we work, and it will be over soon."
"But my job is publicity." Sihuayuan said desperately with drooping fish eyes: "My job is completely different from yours, and it is impossible to get together."
"You don't have to clean up anymore, isn't it easier?" Tang Ze said speechlessly: "It's just taking pictures, it's easier than us."
"Then it's no different from daily work." Sihuayuan sighed: "I would rather act together with you."
In response to Sihuayuan's wailing, the two could only smile sympathetically.
Time flew by and it was Saturday. After gathering together, Karasawa and others distributed cleaning tools and started cleaning along the river.
Like Tangze and others, they are responsible for both sides of the river bank, and that's about it for picking up plastic bags and cigarette butts.
As for the garbage in the river, the "frogman unit" of the Metropolitan Police Department drives a boat to clean it. After all, compared with both sides of the river bank, there is more garbage on the bottom of the river, and it needs to be cleaned up more.
Moreover, they are more professional in driving boats.
This was a normal thing, but unexpectedly when everyone was finishing their work, the frogmen fished out a gasoline barrel directly from the bottom of the river.
Because it felt too heavy when I fished it out, I wanted to see what was inside after I fished it out.
Then the scene inside directly caused a critical blow to the people who saw it, because there was actually a corpse inside!
This scene is extremely terrifying. If it were anyone else, it would probably have a psychological impact, but fortunately, the group of people we caught are all criminals, so they are indeed professional counterparts.
After the group calmed down, they immediately protected the scene.
There was no need to report the crime. Officer Megure and Karasawa from the Shore Investigation Section were directly notified, and the police were dispatched instantly.
It's just that a murder was discovered, but no one could laugh, and the people at the scene immediately went into work mode.
Officer Megure immediately ordered to verify the identity of the old man, and finally learned that the deceased's name was Kio Otaniyama, a doctor, and he was 70 years old this year.
After getting out the other party's body, Tang Ze put on gloves and became a temporary forensic doctor to examine the cause of death of the deceased.
"There were traces of bleeding on the back of the head, and the wound was not a cut but an area, which means it should have been caused by a blunt blow."
Tang Ze looked at the injury and frowned: "But this injury is not serious, and it is not considered a fatal injury."
"Huh? It's not a fatal injury?" After hearing what Karasawa said, Officer Megure couldn't help but ask: "Then what is the real cause of death?"
"There were bubbles coming out of the mouth of the deceased, which means that the deceased was struggling painfully because of river water entering his lungs when he was still alive."
Tangze said: "Bubbles are produced when the river water and the air in the lungs mix.
Therefore, whether there are bubbles in the mouth is a criterion for judging whether the deceased drowned."
"That is to say, Kotaniyama Kiyo was probably knocked unconscious and then stuffed into a gasoline barrel by the prisoner and thrown into the river and drowned alive."
After Koshizui Nanatsuki heard Karasawa's words, his face became serious. After observing the gasoline barrel, he couldn't help but said: "What a cruel technique, knocking people unconscious and stuffing them into the gasoline barrel, and then squeezing the gasoline barrel."
Pressed to the point of deformation, making it impossible to escape.”
"Not only that, the skin of the body is still a little red." Tang Ze looked at the body of Kotani Yamakio with solemn eyes: "It feels a bit like a burn."
"burn!?"
Officer Memu was stunned when he heard Tangze's words, and then said in astonishment: "Brother Tangze, are you mistaken?
Didn't the deceased drown? How could he be burned in the river?"
"What if it was before being thrown into the river?"
After Tang Ze finished speaking, a chilling chill instantly swept through everyone's hearts.
If it is true as Tang Ze said, then this old man may have suffered very cruel torture during his lifetime.
First, he was knocked unconscious, stuffed into a bucket, and imprisoned so that he could not escape.
Then he burned him through a gasoline barrel to make him miserable, and then sank him to the bottom of the river and drowned him alive.
The torture of two worlds of ice and fire makes people shudder just thinking about it.
Tang Ze looked at the silent crowd and did not continue to say anything. Instead, he checked the corpse's pockets.
"Is this a ginkgo fruit?"
After digging around in Kotaniyama Kino's pocket, Karasawa finally discovered that there was actually a ginkgo fruit in the other person's pocket.
"Maybe it fell into my pocket."
Koshimizu Nanatsuki looked at the things in Karasawa's hands and said: "This street and the road along the river are full of ginkgo trees.
Maybe he fell in accidentally?"
"Put this aside for now, brother Tang Ze, have you deduced the time of death?"
Hearing this, Karasawa glanced helplessly at Nanatsuki Koshizui. He was about to say something, but was interrupted by Officer Megure on the side.
"The deceased's pupils have begun to become cloudy. Calculating the time, it must be around eight o'clock in the morning."
After examining the corpse, Tangze summarized the characteristics of the corpse and finally came to a conclusion.
"Around eight o'clock?"
Officer Memu nodded when he heard this: "The time of death was not long, it happened during the day today.
Because of the cleaning day, most people should have participated in the cleaning, and brought the residents who lived upstream who did not have alibi at eight o'clock this morning!"
"Understood!" Takagi, Shiratori and others nodded, and soon they took people to the upstream area to investigate.
Today's cleaning day helped a lot, because everyone worked in groups to clean together, and the areas divided between groups were close to each other, so many people had very clear alibi.
Under the investigation of Shiratiao and others, they quickly brought back the few people who did not participate in street cleaning.
First of all, the first one was a stout, fat man with a crew cut. He was discovered by Takagi during his visit. He was the owner of a scrap metal factory, and his name was Haru Arakawa.
"Well, the owner of the scrap metal factory should be able to squeeze a gasoline barrel easily." Officer Megure heard what Arakawa said, stroking his chin and muttered.
"Stop joking, Mr. Police Officer!" Osamu Arakawa was shocked when he heard Officer Megure's words and said quickly: "How could I do such a thing!"
"But there's no way you can clear yourself of suspicion."
Officer Memu heard this and said: "Okay, we will investigate later. Just wait aside. If you are not the murderer, don't worry, we will investigate clearly."
After hearing what Officer Megure said, Arakawa could only stand aside and wait under the guidance of the criminal next to him.
The second suspect was discovered by Shiratori and the others. The suspect was a tall and lanky middle-aged man named Kitada Yumei. At the time of the crime, he was handling business at the factory.
His job is as a contractor for a civil engineering company, and he can easily access gasoline barrels and control machines such as excavators.
His suspicions are the same as those of the previous man. They both had the circumstances and means to commit the crime.
As for the last one, it is a young girl with short hair, Sumita Yuko.
She is the wife of Sumita Yamasaki, a famous landowner in the area and the sole heir of the Sumita family. She just got married last year.
The Sumita family is also well-known in this area. The high-lying villa along the river and the towering ginkgo trees are their home.
I heard that the reason why ginkgo trees are planted on both sides of the river streets is because the wife of the Sumita family liked ginkgo trees back then, so the current family owners funded the construction of streets on both sides of the river.
The only condition is that it must be planted with ginkgo trees.
In other words, Sumita Yuko is a rich wife, and she is represented by a maid on cleaning day, so she did not participate.
As for this morning, she went out to walk the dog as usual.
Perhaps it was because the villa she lived in belonged to a wealthy area, and many people were cleaning downstream, so she didn't meet anyone during her walk.
Looking at the three suspects in front of him, Tang Ze showed no trace of surprise on his face.
Because "choose one of the classic three" is a daily case structure,
"Miss, please wait a moment."
Unlike the other two, Officer Memu didn't have much suspicion about this weak girl.
After all, the other party's weak appearance and status as a rich wife did not seem like there was a way to squeeze and fix the deformation of the gasoline barrel.
"Now it seems that the prisoner should be able to target two men."
Officer Memu touched his chin and muttered: "They all have the ability to control machines and squeeze gasoline barrels into deformation. Now it depends on which one of them has had contact with the deceased."
"It would be too early to rule out a person as a suspect now."
After Karasawa heard what Officer Megure said, he naturally didn't agree with it. After all, the classic three-choice proves that all three people are suspects.
Compared with the other two people with obvious suspicions, Yuko Sumita, who has no obvious suspicion and seems to have no hands-on ability, is more likely to be the murderer.
Of course, without any clues or evidence, it is impossible for Tang Ze to determine that the other party is the murderer just based on this difference.
Otherwise, it will be no different from those poor students who make blind choices after seeing three short tests in English questions.
Of course, opinions should be refuted.
"I think the scene is not very clear yet. It is better not to easily rule out the suspicion of one of the people for the time being."
Tang Ze shook his head and said: "Look at the gasoline barrel, there is no trace of it being squeezed at all."
"Indeed!"
Koshimizu Nanatsuki came to the gasoline iron barrel and looked at it and said: "Even if you use a towel as the outer layer, it is impossible not to leave traces of violent squeezing."
"That's strange. What method did the prisoner use to deform the gasoline barrel?" Officer Megure frowned and thought.
"Having said that, what I can't figure out even more now is why the prisoner would use such troublesome methods to kill people?"
Tangze thought deeply: "If you just want to kill someone, wouldn't it be easier to kill them directly or sink them into the river?
Why did the murderer just knock the other person unconscious and then drown him?
And what’s the point of squeezing the gasoline barrel?”
"It's confusing behavior." Nanatsuki Koshizu scratched his head and said, "I really don't know what the other person is thinking."
Just then a cold wind blew by, and the yellow ginkgo leaves fell like rain in the wind.
"The golden ginkgo rain is so beautiful."
Koshizui Nanatsuki smiled when he saw this scene and said: "It's beautiful, but all our efforts in picking up garbage have been in vain.
Fortunately, there are no ginkgo nuts,”
Of course, Karasawa also saw the ginkgo rain, and when he heard Koshimizu Nanatsuki's words, he couldn't help but think of the scene where Dr. Agasa and Fusae were brought together.
At that time, the background was all golden ginkgo trees.
‘Wait a minute, ginkgo trees, ginkgo trees, these ginkgo trees are indeed’
A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Tang Ze's mind, and he immediately thought of a possibility: 'Could the murderer be that person?'
However, after this idea emerged in his mind, he temporarily suppressed it.
Because there is too little information available now, we should wait until Takagi and the others investigate the surrounding area.