Seeing that there was no flaw in the painting in front of him and that it could be fake, Tang Ze's brain began to work rapidly.
The painting was swapped, so when did the crime happen?
Today is the first day of the event, and according to what I learned from a previous chat with Uncle Jiro Yoshi, the paintings should be shipped a day in advance and handed over to the organizer to decorate the venue.
The art exhibition has just opened in the morning, and in full view of the public, no one should be able to change the painting.
In other words, the time when the painting was lost should have been during the time when the painting was handed over to the art museum for storage during the day yesterday.
After determining the approximate time when the painting was lost, Tang Ze did not think about starting to investigate the case immediately.
After all, how to deal with this matter before that is more important.
You must know that this is a highly anticipated exhibition of world masterpieces. If such a big scandal is exposed on the first day, it may immediately cause a huge commotion in society.
And more importantly, it may alert the snake. If the criminal discovers the person himself and is targeted, it is not impossible to directly flee overseas with the painting or hide it in a safe and never see the light of day.
After all, items are not as easy to lose as people.
Afterwards, Karasawa told everyone around him about the situation, and stopped Sonoko from exclamating. Karasawa and a few others quietly found Suzuki Jirokichi who was resting in the VIP room.
"Hey, why are you guys here?" Suzuki Jirokichi saw a few people and said with a smile: "You guys probably haven't finished the tour since the doors opened right now. If you don't go to appreciate the works, why do you have time to come here and see me, an old man?"
"Uncle Jiroji is not well." Sonoko said in a panic: ""Mirror Lake" has been stolen!"
"Nani!! How is this possible!!" After hearing the news, Suzuki Jirokichi stood up from the sofa and became furious: "Could it be that bastard Kaitou Kid who stole my painting!?"
"No, if he wants to steal the painting, he will definitely send you a notice in advance and steal "Mirror Lake" openly and openly."
Tang Ze shook his head and said: "But the "Mirror Lake" hanging in the exhibition room has been secretly replaced by someone."
"Switched the package?" Suzuki Jiroji was stunned: "How did you..."
Halfway through the words, Suzuki Jirokichi changed his mind: "Is it because the oil paintings taste different? That's why you found out that the paintings had been secretly switched?"
"That's right." Tangze nodded and said, "When Uncle Jiroji and we went to see the paintings together, the oil paints on them were all natural pigments.
But this time what I smelled was acrylic-based paint, which was obviously a fake that had been swapped."
Suzuki Jiroyoshi's face turned livid when he heard this. He naturally believed in Karasawa's words. He himself knew about Karasawa's super sense of smell, and since this was his niece-in-law, there was no way he would lie to him.
Then there is only one truth. The painting was lost in the art museum. After all, he watched it with his own eyes when it was handed over.
But the painting turned out to be fake just one night later, so naturally I had to ask the curator.
At the same time, I also want to inform you. After all, if something like this happens, it will definitely require the cooperation of the police, and they don't want to cause such a big commotion. It is best to deal with it in a low-key manner.
But what the group didn't expect was that the curator, Koji Hashiyama, was convinced that this was the authentic work.
"Our security system is absolutely perfect," the bald Director Qiaoshan assured, "You can absolutely rest assured of this."
"But Karasawa-kun can't go wrong either." Suzuki Jirokichi frowned.
"Are you talking about your niece-in-law?" Curator Qiaoshan chuckled and said: "Although he is excellent at handling cases, he probably has no authority in art.
You see there are so many paintings around, maybe the smell of the works of the new generation masters has drifted to "Mirror Lake" and people have mistakenly smelled it."
These words made Suzuki Jirokichi frown. Just when he was about to say something, he saw the other party waved his hand to stop him and said: "Well, Mr. Suzuki, since you don't believe it, how about I ask experts from the Bear Country to come over and evaluate it?
After all, evidence is needed when handling a case. If you say it is unfounded, it cannot be trusted without tangible evidence, right?
You don’t have to worry about the cost, how about I pay for it?”
"Then let's do it." Suzuki Jirokichi nodded and accepted this compromise.
Although he was a little dissatisfied with the other party's complete refusal to believe what he said, he could understand it.
After all, if you look at it from the other party's perspective, Director Qiaoshan is understandable in doing this, and it can even be said to be very sincere.
After all, he believed in Tangze's judgment, but others did not believe in a stranger's words, and there was still no evidence, and there was nothing that could be seen or touched at all.
If a stranger opened his mouth and said that the painting was stolen, no matter who was responsible for such a huge responsibility, he would deny it immediately.
The other party did not choose to completely deny it. Regardless of whether he chose this compromise method out of consideration for his identity, his approach was respectful enough and left him speechless.
But Tangze looked at Curator Qiaoshan thoughtfully.
His way of thinking is different from others. If the other person is looking at things from a two-dimensional perspective, then he is looking at things from a 2.5-dimensional perspective.
To put it simply, it's like those characters in American comics who can see "outside the wall".
It is known that the case has occurred, so according to "Ke Xue's Law", most of the people who appear in front of him at this moment should be suspects.
Although this makes no sense, Tangze also knows that evidence is needed to solve the case, but that does not prevent Tangze from analyzing the behavior of the key targets, right?
The other party's behavior obviously attracted his attention, and he didn't know if his suspicion of seeing everyone as a suspect played a role, making him always feel that there was something wrong with the other party's approach.
But what exactly was wrong made Tang Ze a little confused.
There is really nothing wrong with what the other party did, and they also gave Suzuki Jirokichi enough respect.
But in fact, looking at it from another perspective, Director Qiaoshan took a very tough stance on this matter, denying the fact that the painting was fake without any basis.
If Karasawa determined that the painting was a fake based on his nose's sense of smell, then what did the other party base his judgment on?
But if he completely denied it, then he said that experts from the Bear Country would be invited to evaluate it.
Unless that guy can bribe the experts, this trick will just delay time.
But it is obvious that experts will not damage their own brands. In other words, the authenticity can only be determined after identification. This is very contradictory.
Generally speaking, Tangze now feels like he is seeing flowers in a fog, unable to see anything clearly.