"Is Mr. Criminal also interested in plastic surgery?"
At this moment, a female voice suddenly laughed from behind and said: "But with Mr. Criminal's appearance, even with my skills, I may not be able to help you get better. Please think twice~"
Hearing the sound, Tang Ze turned around and looked behind him.
I saw that the owner of the voice was a beautiful woman in her thirties. Although she was only wearing a white coat, she looked more like a strong professional woman.
"That's really an honor." Karasawa smiled after hearing the other person's compliment and said, "You must be Dean Yuri Satomi."
"Yes." Lily Satomi smiled and said, "This is not the place to talk. Come to my office."
Following Yuri Satomi to the other party's office, after sitting down, Karasawa opened the topic based on his previous investigation: "I remember that your hospital is using the intelligence security management service of Crown Security Company, right?"
"Yes, we store tax documents and old medical records there." Lily Satomi nodded.
"I don't know, do you know Takuma Ueno from their company?" Karasawa put Ueno Takuma's photo on the table and asked.
"He is responsible for sending the necessary documents."
After looking at the photo, Lily Satomi said: "But this has always been done by the person in charge of the business. It's just that we met each other at work and we met a few times.
Crown Security called before and said that the other party has passed away and the person in charge needs to be replaced."
"That's right." Tang Ze nodded and looked at Dean Lily and said, "I have another question for you.
Ueno Takuma has plastic surgery marks on his face, is he your client?"
"Huh?"
Lily Congmei let out a surprised chuckle when she heard this.
"Your resume is written here in your office."
Tangze stood up and went to the cabinet nearby, pointed to the self-introduction column of the other party and said: "It says that you have world-class standards in cosmetic surgery.
According to our forensic judgment, the plastic surgery performed by Mr. Ueno can be said to be very difficult and requires very high skills.
In addition, Ueno Takuma has business dealings with your company at work, so he can "get in first come first served".
So I think maybe it was Dean Lily who did it."
"It is indeed a very reasonable speculation, but unfortunately, it is not the case."
Yuri Satomi smiled and said: "I have not done any plastic surgery on him, and Mr. Ueno has never done any surgery in this hospital."
"That's right, that's okay."
Karasawa nodded suddenly, and immediately retrieved the camera collection Nanatsuki Koshimizu found in the photo album in Ueno Takuma's room from his cell phone, which contained photos of him at various ages.
"Can you help me find out at what stage Mr. Ueno underwent plastic surgery?" Karasawa asked after handing the phone to the other party.
“It’s actually a little hard to tell based on photos alone.”
After flipping through the photos that Lily Satomi flicked, she pointed to a photo from her student days and a photo from a party with colleagues after work and said: "But I feel there are some differences between these two photos.
Although it's not obvious, it feels like the other person's nose has become a little taller.
When many students are looking for a job, they hope that their face can leave a good impression on the interviewer.
He probably thought so at first."
"It's really hard for me to tell the difference."
Karasawa carefully looked at Ueno Takuma's nose in the two photos, but could not see any special changes.
"Actually, this is normal."
After hearing what Karasawa said, Yuri Satomi smiled and said: "Many patients who come for plastic surgery have made requests, hoping not to make too many changes, and do not want people around them to see obvious signs of plastic surgery."
"Is this the so-called micro plastic surgery?" Tangze couldn't help but ask, thinking of the popular words often heard in later generations.
"If you undergo surgery, it's not considered minor plastic surgery."
Baihe Congmei smiled and shook her head: "The so-called micro-plastic surgery involves injection of hyaluronic acid, photon rejuvenation and the like.
Otherwise, it is double eyelids, canthoplasty, thread embedding, and internal eye bag suction, which are considered micro plastic surgery.”
"But isn't this a little strange?"
After hearing Baihe Congmei's popular science, Tang Ze clicked on the photos on the phone screen with some confusion and said: "Since surgery is considered plastic surgery, then there doesn't seem to be any change, so why do you need plastic surgery?"
"You can't say that. Plastic surgery is for yourself."
After hearing what Karasawa said, Yuri Satomi shook her head and said with a smile: "Through plastic surgery, patients will eliminate their inferiority complex and regain their confidence.
They will become confident and actively socialize.
Our cosmetic plastic surgeons actually treat more than just the patient’s face and body.
And their hearts feel inferior because of their appearance.”
"That's right."
Tangze nodded and said with a smile: "What an amazing belief. I think it is precisely because of this mentality that Dean Lily is able to reach a world-class level."
"Thank you." Baihe Congmei smiled and said, "Is there anything else you need to ask? I have an operation waiting for me, so I may not be able to chat with you for too long."
"No, thank you for your help."
Hearing the farewell message in Lily Satomi's words, Tangze stood up and said goodbye without further entanglement.
Although during the interview with the other party, Tang Ze did not get much useful information related to the case, but during the conversation with the other party, Tang Ze had other ideas.
Although Lily Satomi said that many people specifically ask for plastic surgery not to be too obvious, but after plastic surgery, their mentality will change greatly.
Perhaps from the perspective of Lily Satomi, a plastic surgeon, it is normal that there will not be much change after plastic surgery.
But Tang Ze would not look at the problem so one-sidedly.
Judging from their visits, Ueno Takuma's personality has not changed much at all, which means that Yuri Satomi's theory does not make sense to him at all.
Combined with the fact that the opponent's face had been operated on in multiple places and there were obvious signs of plastic surgery, but there seemed to be no obvious changes, Tangze suddenly thought of another possibility.
That is, that is Ueno Takuma's face, but the body may not be Ueno Takuma's.
Otherwise, why would he spend so much effort and money on plastic surgery?
This is a blind spot, because all the identities of Ueno Takuma were matched before, so Karasawa did not doubt the identity of the deceased at all, and assumed that he was Ueno Takuma.
However, after talking to Lily Satomi, after listening to her words and combining the "drastic" plastic surgery marks on the corpse's face, Karasawa came up with reverse thinking.
What if the body is not Takuma Ueno, but he had plastic surgery to look like another person?
Just like those who worked as substitutes in previous lives, some may only look five or six levels similar, and may be a little more dressed up.
But in order to gain popularity, they increasingly forget about the celebrity’s face and go for plastic surgery.
Of course, even a plastic surgeon cannot give you exactly the same plastic surgery, but the emergence of plastic surgery technology has made it possible to "replace a civet cat with a prince".
Just like Kaitou Kidd disguised himself and infiltrated related personnel into the venue, taking over the identity of the original person.
What if this was the case with Takuma Ueno.
When this idea popped into Tang Ze's mind, he had gained something from this trip.
The next thing to do is to try every means to verify his conjecture.
Looking at the gradually darkening sky, Karasawa received a text message from Nanatsuki Koshimizu, saying that she had gained something and had returned to scientific research.
As for calling Naoki Kamei, the other party also proved his professional ability.
It took a day's work to find traces of Kenzo Miki. He had been captured and taken back to the interrogation room and was being questioned.
After learning the news, Tang Ze asked the two to gather at the Science Search and Research Center after the interrogation, so that everyone could exchange information together.
Neither party had any big objections to this, and soon everyone gathered in Kesouyan's small conference room.
"Then let me talk about my gains first."
Koshimi Nanatsuki, who had made black tea for everyone, handed the teacups to everyone, and then said with a smile: "When I was looking for photos, I found the deceased's mobile phone in the gap of the bed.
But the battery is out, so I handed it over to the technician from Kesouyan, who will directly investigate the other party’s address book after it is unlocked and turned on.”
"The mobile phone has been found. It seems that some of our previous guesses were wrong."
Karasawa's eyes lit up when he heard Koshizui Nanatsuki's words. He immediately touched his chin and looked at Ukai Naoki and Takagi and said, "Where are you guys? Did you gain anything after the interrogation?"
"have."
Uye Naoki nodded and said: "When we were interrogating Miki Kenzo, the other party said that he had met him by chance in front of Lily Beauty Salon on Saturday afternoon.
However, when Kenzo Miki asked him for "mental damages", the other party smiled blankly and then said that he did not know him.
He immediately left."
"It corresponds."
After listening to Kenzo Miki's testimony recited by Uye Naoki, Karasawa's eyes brightened slightly: "In this way, what I speculated might come true."
Looking at the confused eyes of everyone, Tangze told several people what he had thought when he asked Lily Satomi,
"In this case, it is indeed possible." Takagi was surprised and immediately came back to his senses: "Then what we have to do now is to verify the identity of the deceased!"
"Go to the other party's house and have a look. If he is an impostor, he probably won't have to renovate the entire house."
Karasawa said: "Also just in case, please ask Mrs. Ueno to provide the hair for a DNA test."
"Senior, it should be enough to do a DNA test."
After Naoki Kamei heard Karasawa's arrangement, he was a little puzzled and said: "As long as we make sure that they are not mother and son, that's fine, right?
There should be no point in going to Ueno Takuma’s house again.”
"Even if a DNA test is done and it is confirmed that the deceased is not Takuma Ueno, how can we find the identity of this body?"
Karasawa's rhetorical question stunned everyone present, and his next words made them realize the difficulty of the matter: "Don't forget, if he is really not Ueno Takuma, then the identity of this corpse will become a mystery.
.
If it were another corpse, at least we could still find his identity based on his face, but he had plastic surgery."
"In other words, what we are looking for is a body whose face was destroyed and whose identity cannot be confirmed?" Takagi's face changed a little when he said this: "This is like looking for a needle in a haystack!"
"That's why I want to go back to Ueno Takuma's house again."
Tangze said: "After all, he has lived in the other party's house for so long under the identity of Ueno Takuma, and some traces can be found.
Under such circumstances, perhaps we can find some traces left by him himself.
After all, even though their faces are the same, their souls are completely different. Traces of the two people can be found more or less in Ueno Takuma's house.
And these differences may be important clues for us to lock in his identity."
"Indeed."
Koshizui Nanatsuki said: "In addition, the mobile phone I found is also a breakthrough. I hope there will be clues."
"Well, we need a multi-pronged approach."
Tang Ze nodded, stood up and said, "Okay, it's getting late today, so let's stop the investigation here first.
Tomorrow we will investigate according to our respective assigned directions. Although the case is important, your body is your capital, so you must eat and rest well."
Everyone agreed after hearing the words, and after walking out of the conference room, they said goodbye and returned home.
Because Ayako had sent a text message in advance, the other party did not wait for him anymore and had already finished dinner.
After seeing Karasawa return, Ayako heated up the dinner, and soon put the dinner prepared by Sakurako Yonehara on the table.
Today's dinner is mapo tofu and pan-fried steak. Although it will inevitably lose some flavor when reheated, the time interval is not long, so it does not affect it.
"Are you busy with the case?" Ayako asked while holding her chin while watching Karasawa eat.
"Yes, we encountered a case full of doubts." Tang Ze said: "I thought it was the deceased, but as I investigated, I found that the face of the other party may be fake."
As Karasawa briefly explained the circumstances of the case, Ayako couldn't help but cover her mouth and said: "Completely plastic surgery to look like another person?
That’s too scary.”
"It's really scary to think about it." Tang Ze echoed: "People who are familiar with him thought he was him, but they didn't know that he had completely transformed into someone else."
"You must find out the truth." Ayako looked at Tang Ze and said, "There must be a big conspiracy behind this!"
"Don't worry, the direction is generally clear." Tang Ze said with a smile: "Maybe we will know the true identity of the deceased tomorrow."
While the two were chatting, Tang Ze quickly finished his dinner.
After washing up, Karasawa and Ayako watched TV for a while, and then went to bed early.
After all, there is still work to do, so naturally you have to be energetic to ensure the busy work tomorrow.
Time passes quietly, and with the vitality of the sun, a new day comes.
After breakfast, Karasawa and Koshimizu Nanatsuki arrived at the Ueno Takuma family's residence early.