"Well, I remember that there were indeed guests getting out of the car in front of the apartment on the street."
After going to the taxi company with Takagi to investigate and inquire, a qualified driver quickly admitted this with the cooperation of the company, and was then approached by Karasawa and the others for questioning.
"Are you sure?" Takagi couldn't help but confirm after hearing the driver's question.
"Of course it's confirmed, I remember it very clearly."
After hearing Takagi's question, the driver smiled and said: "Because as soon as the guest got off the bus, other guests coming out of the apartment got on the bus. I thought I was very lucky."
"What does that guest look like? Can you describe it?" Takagi asked while taking notes.
"A man in his 60s, probably." The driver thought for a moment and said, "He seems to have a good temperament, and he doesn't look like an ordinary person."
"Then I wonder if you still remember where the other party got in the car?" Tang Ze asked the question that concerned him most.
"Of course I remember. The place where the guest got on the bus should be at the door of his house." The driver said firmly: "Once you have seen that kind of bungalow, you will never forget it!"
This is good news. After all, if you know the location of the other party's mansion, you can investigate it carefully.
Without further ado, after saying goodbye to the taxi driver, the two arrived at the door of a villa according to the location mentioned by the other party.
"Heishi, this is it, right?" Looking at the note on the wall next to the door, Takagi confirmed that this was the location mentioned by the taxi driver, stepped forward to the door, and rang the doorbell.
Not long after, the doorbell rang, and a female voice came from the microphone of the indoor unit in front of the door: "I'm really sorry. I'm out of town right now and I don't know when I'll be back. Is there something wrong?"
"I understand." Tang Ze did not reveal his identity, but simply replied and immediately led Officer Takagi to the front door.
The reason for this is that the identities of the two of them are relatively sensitive. If the maid knows their identities and contacts each other, then the subsequent visit will not have the effect of a surprise attack, so Tang Ze did not say anything and directly brought them with him.
Walked up the high tree and left the gate.
"You're not at home, so should we wait now?" Takagi suggested.
"Let's go around the neighborhood and find out about this family." Tangze thought for a while and walked slowly around the road in front of the villa.
After walking around the fence of the other party's mansion, I finally saw a family coming out to meet the two of them.
"Sorry to bother you." Tang Ze stopped the oncoming middle-aged woman and said, "I wonder if I can ask you a question?"
"What?" He looked at the two people in front of him, looking a little wary, "There's no need to sell things or anything like that."
"No, no, I just want to ask about this family's situation." Tang Ze took out the criminal evidence as he spoke, "This is what we do, and there are some things we want to know about."
"It turns out to be Mr. Criminal." The middle-aged woman breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the ID that Tang Ze showed. Then she approached the two of them with some gossip and whispered: "Did something happen to this family?"
"No, it's just about the investigation of a case for the time being."
Tang Ze smiled and said: "Is there any connection? Further investigation is needed. Maybe the clues you provided, madam, are the key information of the case."
These words made the other party very happy. She looked at Tang Ze happily and patted her chest: "If you have anything to ask, just ask. I have lived here for more than ten years and I know everything about my neighbors."
Chu."
"I wonder what this family does, they look very powerful." Tangze pointed at the villa and asked, "Are they the boss or something?"
"They are indeed from a wealthy family." The middle-aged woman nodded and agreed, "Mr. Kuroishida Sanzo is the owner of the Flower Gift Club."
"Huali Gift Company?" Takagi muttered in a low voice, somewhat confused: "Is it so profitable to open a gift company?"
"Eh? Don't you know? It's very famous." The middle-aged woman said in surprise: "There are advertisements for them on TV, "The red scarf represents your feelings." How about it? Sounds familiar, right?"
"Ah...it turns out to be this. This advertisement has indeed been broadcast for many years." Takagi nodded as if he suddenly realized: "Red silk scarf..."
Before he finished speaking, the expression on Takagi's face froze. He turned to look at Tang Ze and looked at him.
What a coincidence. The murder weapon in the case fifteen years ago was a "red scarf." Today, fifteen years later, on the day when Taisuke Nishikawa pretended to be a prisoner and confessed his crime, Mr. Kuroda went to the scene of the crime.
Taisuke Nishikawa left, he arrived, and the two even took the same taxi.
If it could be said to be a coincidence before, Tangze's reasoning was only a possibility, but when the coincidence reaches a certain level, it may not really be a coincidence anymore.
Seeing Takagi's excited expression, Karasawa patted his shoulder to calm him down, then looked at the lady who brought them the key clue and smiled:
"Allow me to ask you another question. Do you know who is in this family?"
"Besides the maid, there is only one male master left." After hearing this, the middle-aged woman thought for a while and replied: "I heard that his wife passed away a long time ago, and his son has been in Meiliji and has not come back."
"Mei Jian..." Takagi nodded and said, "Have you settled there?"
"Ah, that's right."
The middle-aged woman nodded and said with some gossip: "I heard that he went to Meilijian to study abroad after graduating from Mihua University, and I haven't seen him since.
I haven't seen him come back in all these years. Mr. Blackstone and the maid were the only ones coming and going.
I also asked Mr. Kuroishi when we met to chat, and he said that he went to find his son and stay there for a while, which was regarded as a trip.
But the neighbors said that the son was angry and ran away because the maid was Mr. Blackstone’s lover.”
"Is that so? Thank you so much. This information is very useful." Tangze bowed slightly to thank the other party in return, and then said goodbye to the two of them.
"Karasawa Criminal, it seems we have found the right place, this case may really be solved!!" Takagi said excitedly: "Let's go find the maid now and ask Kuroishi where Tiansan went!"
No wonder Takagi is so excited. After all, this is a case that is about to expire. Coupled with the incident involving Furuya-senpai, people want to urgently solve this case.
Now they have obtained important clues about the suspect, which is definitely an exciting thing.
"Don't be impatient. Only when you are well prepared will you get better results."
Karasawa's words made Takagi gradually calm down. Although the other party was indeed suspicious, there was no evidence that could actually convict him.
As Karasawa said, if you are not prepared, even if you come to the door, you will be prevaricated by the other party.
"Then shall we investigate the whereabouts of Kuroiishidazo now?" Takagi asked.
"No, let's go to Mihua University first." Tang Ze smiled and said, "If I guess correctly, this is the key to the case!"
….
It was already evening when I returned to the front of the Kuroishi family's mansion.
After the two rang the doorbell and learned from the maid that Kuroishidazo had returned, they directly reported their criminal status and were invited into the other party's home.
Under the guidance of the maid, the two of them came to the living room. Not long after, a man with some gray hair walked over, leaning on a cane and having difficulty with his legs.
"Please take a seat, both of you."
As he spoke, Kuroiishida walked to the nearest sofa and sat across from Karasawa. The maid beside him brought a teapot to make tea for the three of them.
After pouring the tea, Karasawa and Takagi took the lead in introducing themselves.
"Did the criminal come to see me for something?" Kuroiishidazo asked directly without any politeness: "No need to use polite words. If you have anything to say, just say it."
"Since Mr. Blackstone has said so, please forgive me for being rude."
Tang Ze was too lazy to be polite, so when he heard what the other party said, he went straight to the point and asked: "Mr. Kuroishi, did you take a taxi to the apartment on Sujie yesterday morning?
The surveillance cameras in the apartment building captured you."
"That's what happened." Kuroiishida crossed his hands on Erlang's legs, looked at the two of them and asked, "Is there anything strange about going to visit a friend?"
"Then can you tell me your friend's room number?" Tangze's tone became more and more polite, but the content was extremely sharp.
As expected, when faced with Karasawa's question without giving any face, Kuroiishida's face instantly turned ugly.
"On this point, I have no obligation to answer you." Kuroiishidazo said bluntly.
"This is a photo taken fifteen years ago. Sitting on the left is your son Hideto Kuroishi, an economics student at Miwa University."
The two of them were not angry at Kuroishida-san's rudeness. Takagi took out the photo he had prepared and placed it on the table. He stood up and pushed it in front of Kuroishida-san.
In the photo, a beautiful boy with long hair who looks like a mixed race is smiling at the photo.
"Where did you come from?" Looking at the photo of several students standing together, Kuroiishida put on his glasses and picked it up to examine it carefully.
"Where did this photo come from!?" Kuroiishidazo said with a complex expression as he looked at the photo in his hand.
"I got it from a professor in the Economics Department of Rice University."
Takagi explained: "There was an academic seminar at that time, and I took a group photo with the group members."
"According to the professor of the research group, your son will go to Meilijian to study in half a year, right?"
Karasawa looked at Kuroiishida San and said, "I didn't even hand in the thesis for the training I participated in before, so I submitted my application for suspension of study without any warning. I didn't say goodbye and just left without any news."
"What exactly do you want to check?" Kuroishidazo put the photo in his hand on the table and looked at the two of them and asked dissatisfiedly.
"The murder on the street." Tangze said calmly.
"What is that?" Kuroiishidazo looked at Karasawa, waiting for the other party's answer, as if he had no idea about the case.
"Fifteen years ago, a female college student was murdered in an apartment on the street, and the scene of the crime was the rooftop of the apartment you went to yesterday." Karasawa looked at Kuroiishidazo and recounted the circumstances of the case that year.
"Half a month after the incident, my son seemed to have left Neon for Meilikan and never came back, right?" Takagi looked at Kuroiishidazo and questioned, "There seems to be some connection between this."
"snort…"
Hearing Takagi's words, Kuroishida San snorted coldly: "I finally understand. Do you suspect that my son is related to this case?"
"Yes, so please explain."
Karasawa smiled and said, "Whether it's by chance or you have the habit of listening to the radio in the morning, you should have heard what Mr. Morita said on the radio yesterday, right?"
Looking at Kuroiishida's face that gradually turned serious, Karasawa smiled meaningfully and said: "I think you should be very panicked when you hear the details of the case.
You were afraid that this matter had something to do with your son. Thinking of this, you panicked and called a taxi and hurried to the scene.
But the person who called himself Mr. Morita has left, and you only see the red silk scarf on the fence."
"It's so absurd, let's stop fantasizing here." Kuroiishida hit the floor with the cane in his hand: "Send off guests."
"Wait a moment." Takagi picked up the photo and came to Kuroiishidazo: "I don't know if you noticed, but there is a woman in the background of this photo, and that is the deceased Tomoko Koizumi."
Hearing this, Kuroishida San quickly put on his glasses to check the photos, and found that in addition to the photo of his son sitting in the front row with the research group, in the background on the left side of the photo, a beautiful girl was sitting in the back row talking and laughing with her friends.
Say something.
Kuroiishidazo's eyes flickered after hearing Takagi's words, and he looked at the photo in his hand without saying a word.
"Tomoko Koizumi was a second-year student in the literature department at the time, and your son was a fourth-year student in the economics department. On the surface, there seemed to be no overlap at all, so this is why no investigation was conducted on your son at that time."
Karasawa stood up and came to Kuroiishida San and said: "But this photo proves the possibility that the two may know each other. After all, it seems from the photo that the two attended the same seminar, and the seats are not far apart.
"
"Stop talking!" Kuroiishida hit the floor hard, seeming to vent his uneasiness.
"Then tell me why your son went abroad in half a month!" Karasawa looked at Kuroiishidazo who was losing his temper and sneered.
"It's none of your business. Is there anything wrong with letting your children study abroad?" Kuroiishida looked at the two of them angrily: "You are not welcome here, get out of here!!"
Kuroiishidazo turned around and left on crutches, but Tang Ze stood there with a calm expression and said: "I have read your master's thesis, and it is very good."
Just this sentence made Kuroiishidazo stop in his tracks. He looked at Tangze and said in confusion: "Thesis?"
"Before studying abroad, the papers my son wrote after joining the seminar group are precious materials kept by the professors of the seminar group."
Karasawa walked up to Kuroiishida and looked at him meaningfully: "There are fingerprints left on it by your son fifteen years ago. You should know what this means, right?"
Hearing this, Kuroishida San's face turned pale, and his eyes were full of despair.