Hearing what the female thief said, the middle-aged criminal looked at the other person and frowned: "Don't be ridiculous, Momota! How can you still sweat in such a cold day!!"
"Really, uncle!!"
Momota looked at the middle-aged criminal and said: "Uncle, you have watched me grow up since high school. Although I am indeed a thief, I would never dare to do such a thing to harm others!
He was really sweating a lot. At that time, I thought he had been drinking in a nightclub all night and was sweating because of the alcohol!"
"Still alive in the morning?"
Hearing the words of the female thief, Takagi and Sato Miwako looked at each other and couldn't help but look at each other: "How is this possible..."
"The other party doesn't look like she just froze to death recently..." Sato Miwako said puzzledly: "But it doesn't look like what she said is a lie..."
After all, even the itinerary of his crime yesterday was revealed. All he had to do was go to the victim's house and ask. There was no need to lie about such a suspicious phenomenon.
"What she said is indeed not a lie." Tang Ze smiled and said, "It's just that the description is inaccurate."
"The description is not accurate?" Takagi immediately looked at Tang Ze and said: "Do you know the reason why the deceased sweated?"
"Have you ever eaten ice cream in the house in winter?" Karasawa smiled and said, "It's the same principle."
"Ah! That's it!" Sato Miwako suddenly said: "The reason why the corpse sweats is because the environment he was in was colder than the outside temperature!"
"If the temperature is colder than the cold wave...then the only places like the freezer can be used!"
Takagi also reacted now and said with a solemn expression: "If he was frozen to death in a rapid freezing environment... is it a murder case?"
"Yes, the reason why the deceased is "sweating" on the surface is because he was transported from a lower temperature."
Tang Ze nodded and said: "No matter how cold the cold wave is, it will not be as low as artificial extreme freezing, so the temperature will naturally rise a bit.
Afterwards, the frozen corpse began to thaw, and the "sweating" phenomenon that Momota saw occurred due to the temperature difference.
By the time the child discovered the body, the "sweat" had already frosted again due to the sub-zero temperature.
If it hadn't been discovered during the autopsy that the heart was frozen, I'm afraid that when the heart thawed, it would have been attributed to accidental freezing like those homeless people."
This criminal's method is very clever. If he hadn't discovered that the freezing of the heart was unreasonable, I'm afraid this would have been a perfect crime.
Now that this case and the possibility of homicide have been found, it is natural to continue to pursue it.
Letting Takagi, who was wearing thin clothes and waiting on standby at the Metropolitan Police Department, investigate other directions, Karasawa took Sato Miwako to the funeral ceremony of the deceased.
Mrs. Shimoda was a very young woman in her thirties. She looked a little haggard because of her husband's death, but she still managed to cheer up and receive the two of them when facing Tang Ze.
"I'm sorry for visiting at this time. Please express my condolences." Tang Ze bowed slightly to Mrs. Shimoda: "I wonder if you know who Mr. Shimoda was with yesterday?"
"I'm not sure..." Mrs. Shimoda wiped away her tears: "That person has been busy with work, and he is not someone who tells me everything..."
"I wonder if you know if your husband has any stores that he often goes to?" Miwako Sato asked softly.
"Well... there should be several." Mrs. Shimoda thought for a while and said.
"I wonder if you know the contact information or address?" Sato Miwako asked again.
"There should be a business card in my husband's room. There are several other places I know. I will write them down one by one..." Mrs. Shimoda bowed slightly and said "I'm sorry" and then walked towards the house.
"The boss lady."
At this moment, a young man in a black suit came over and reported: "Your husband's company has arrived."
Mrs. Shimoda nodded and said sorry to the two of them, then walked towards the door. Karasawa and Sato turned around and saw a smartly dressed beautiful woman with several employees greeting Mrs. Shimoda.
Regarding this situation, Karasawa and Sato Miwako could only wait with peace of mind.
There are several pots of white flowers placed outside the house, with wooden signs on them that read "Kinds are together" and "The town will be together". From time to time, more people are holding flowers and placing them here.
Among them, there was a wooden sign with the words "Tsotori Branch Store Together" written on it, which caught Karasawa's attention.
After Mrs. Shimoda had entertained the people from her husband's club, the two of them took a few business cards and a few addresses, thanked them, and left the Shimoda house.
"Then which store should we go to first?" Miwako Sato looked at the business card in her hand and said, "Why don't you call and ask about these stores first?"
"No, go to this one."
Karasawa pointed to the address written by Mrs. Shimoda: "I just saw that the owner of this store sent flowers of condolence. He and Tatsuo Shimoda should have a good relationship. Let's go here and ask first."
"That's okay." Miwako Sato nodded and said, "It happens to be that the distance is not too far. I'll take advantage of my time on the road to call and ask for these stores that have contact information."
"That's fine." Karasawa nodded and agreed to the division of labor, and drove towards the "Tsutori" izakaya.
In the end, Miwako Sato and Miwako still gained nothing, and "Tsutori" where Karasawa went became the final destination.
However, luck was still on Karasawa's side. His judgment was correct. After asking the boss, he found that Shimoda Tatsuo had indeed drank here last night.
"Tatsuxiong... I was really surprised when I found out about this. He actually froze to death..."
After stating his intention, the boss said with a sad expression.
"So Mr. Shimoda did drink here last night, right?" Karasawa asked.
"It's true that I drank, but I'm still far from drunk enough to walk on the street." The boss nodded.
"Then boss, do you know who Mr. Shimoda drank with?" Sato Miwako continued to ask while remembering the boss's words.
"It's his client, Mr. Miyagami." The boss scratched his head and said, "I heard he seems to be the president...what kind of company is he from..."
"Aquatic products processing company."
The middle-aged man drinking at the bar seemed to be a regular customer of the store. After hearing what the boss and Karasawa said, he said, "I drank with Mr. Miyagami, and he mentioned this."
"Really, thank you." Karasawa nodded to express his gratitude, and learned the other person's name Hashida Ikkaku.
Just when Miwako Sato wanted to ask about Mr. Miyagami's situation, a man's shout suddenly came from outside the door.
"Boss, here I come!"
The wooden door opened horizontally, and a man led many people in.
"Welcome, today is Mr. Shimoda's wake."
The waiter at the door greeted the man while taking his bag.
"Yeah... I really didn't expect him to just leave like that..." The man said as he took off his coat and walked into the house.
"Well, that's him." The man next to him looked at the gray-haired man outside the door and curled his chin and said, "That's Mr. Miyashita."
'This saves trouble.'
While secretly wishing good luck, Tang Ze watched the man walking towards the house, but when he saw the faces of the ladies behind him as he walked in, Tang Ze raised his eyebrows.
It's not because of anything else, it's just that I met these people at Shimoda's house.
He is a colleague of Mr. Shimoda.
Karasawa stepped down from his seat and walked towards the man: "Mr. Miyashita, I am. I am Karasawa from the Investigation Section 1 of the Metropolitan Police Department."
"I'm Sato."
After seeing the criminal certificates of the two people, Miyashita nodded and extended his hand to make a gesture of invitation: "If you have anything to ask, let's sit down and talk. It's okay to stand here."
Under the guidance of the receptionist, everyone came to a multi-person table in the corner and sat down one after another.
"Then in order to save everyone's time, I will ask straight to the point."
After everyone sat down, Karasawa looked at Miyashita and asked, "What is your relationship with Mr. Shimoda?"
"It's just a purely cooperative relationship." Miyashita replied: "We interact with each other because of work matters, and there is no personal relationship."
"Our company is engaged in overseas trade, and the food raw materials imported from overseas need to be processed by Mr. Miyashita's company."
A beautiful woman next to her opened her mouth to explain and then bowed slightly towards the two of them: "Sorry, I'm Kyoko Hanasaki. We seem to have met at Shimoda's house before."
"Indeed." Karasawa nodded, and bowed slightly together with Sato Miwako in return.
Then Karasawa looked at Miyashita again: "Since you are running a food processing company, then the company should have a freezer, right?"
"Yes, is there any problem?" When he said this, Miyashita's face became angry: "Could it be that you suspect that I killed Shimoda!?"
"No, no, it's just a routine inquiry."
Sato Miwako immediately smiled and began to comfort her counterpart, and then asked, changing the subject: "You must have been with Mr. Shimoda last night, right? I wonder if you can describe Mr. Shimoda's state at that time,"
"It seems to be no different from usual." Miyashita said with some dissatisfaction: "Do you suspect that I forcibly got him drunk?
But I have to say first that Mr. Shimoda was definitely not so drunk that he lost consciousness or even fell unconscious on the roadside."
"Then do you know if he went to other stores after breaking up with you?" Knowing that the other party was already dissatisfied with the two of them, Tangze asked in as kind a tone as possible.
"I don't know." Miyashita shook his head and said, "He and I came here to have a drink, and we also wanted to talk about some work matters. I went back to the company after I separated from him."
"Speaking of which, I have met Miyashita."
When Hashida, who was sitting at the bar, heard Karasawa's question, he smiled like a man. "When I left the izakaya, I saw Mr. Shimoda with a beautiful woman."
"Huh? Woman?" Sato Miwako's expression changed after hearing this, and then she took out a photo of the arrested female thief from her pocket: "Look, is it her?"
"Ah... I don't know about that."
Hashida smiled apologetically and said, "I saw her when I was going out. Her head was leaning on Mr. Hashida's shoulder, and her hair blocked her face.
By the way, Miss Yiyu, I wonder if you have seen it?"
As the man spoke, he looked at the woman sitting next to him at the bar. She was wearing a suit and glasses, and her whole body was full of intellectual feeling.
"I remember that Miss Iyo went out before Inoma yesterday, right?" the boss on the side also echoed.
"That's true..." Miss Yiyu nodded and said, "But I saw him in a convenience store. The woman was wearing very fashionable clothes..."
"Is it her?"
Miwako Sato once again showed the photo of the female thief.
"It doesn't feel like it... Like Mr. Hashida, all I saw was the long hair covering the face, so I didn't see much clearly..."
Miss Yiyu looked at the photo and shook her head: "If I have to say it, at first glance, it looks like a common receptionist on the street."
"Then did you see where they went?" Tang Ze asked.
"I don't know." Miss Yi Yu shook her head and smiled.
"I must have gotten drunk with that woman." The waiter on the side said with a smile while serving Miyashita the food.
"Yes, after all, his only shortcoming is that he is lecherous." Miyashita agreed with a smile.
Karasawa and Sato Miwako looked at each other, and then asked Miss Iyo about the location of the convenience store. They asked around separately, but unfortunately no one saw it.
After the investigation, it was completely dark. The two asked Takagi to drive over in Sato Miwako's car, and the three of them went to eat together.
After all, it's time to get off work now, so the three of them can gather together to have a meal and coordinate information in an instant, so they can rest and work without wasting time.
In a private room of a small oden restaurant, three people exchanged today's information while eating hot food.
Takagi didn't do anything at the Metropolitan Police Department. First of all, he had asked the professor who had contact with the Metropolitan Police Department and got accurate information.
That is, if the corpse wanted to freeze to the heart of the human body at a temperature of minus four or five degrees Celsius, it would take about three days, which would completely confirm that Tatsuo Shimoda was killed.
In addition, because it is a construction building, there is no monitoring for a long distance nearby, and this method is also blocked.
The suspects are now focused on three people.
Miyashita, the president of the seafood processing company, does not have an alibi. If he pretends to return to the company, it is possible that he is actually following the field looking for opportunities to take action.
The second person is undoubtedly Mrs. Shimoda, and she has very obvious motives and conditions for committing the crime.
As the deputy store manager of a supermarket, there are naturally large refrigerated warehouses around him. If he knew that his husband was cheating on him, he would indeed have strong enough murderous intentions and conditions.
As for the last one, she was the mysterious woman everyone saw in the izakaya.
Dressed like a receptionist, she is suspected to be the last person Mr. Shimoda came into contact with before his death. He is unknown to anyone else and is currently the most suspicious target.