After giving Ayako a brief "education" about Xiaolan's fighting ability, Tang Ze said frankly that he would investigate it, and Ayako felt relieved.

After sending Ayako home, Karasawa returned to the dormitory and made a special call to Kogoro Mouri to inquire about the information about the party.

There was no need to think about Yuanzi. She was too embarrassed to even reveal it to her elder sister, so she would definitely not tell her "future brother-in-law". On the contrary, Xiaolan, who was traveling with them, was very likely to know.

But unfortunately, neither Kogoro Mouri nor Ran knew the specific information about Sonoko's party. They only knew that Sonoko invited Ran to a magic party and asked Kogoro Mouri to help act as a driver.

The departure time is Friday afternoon after school. Yuanzi plans to arrive at the destination in the evening and then have a happy day at the villa on Saturday.

Anyway, high schools in Japan finish school quite early, so you can use this time to travel.

However, Tangze also asked Xiaolan on the phone to ask for the general information of Yuanzi's attendance at the party when she goes to school tomorrow, and contact him before leaving.

As for the reason, Karasawa used the excuse that "Ayako is worried about her sister, but doesn't want Sonoko to think she is meddling in other people's business" and asked Xiaolan to help him find out the news.

Xiaolan expressed her understanding of this. After all, when meeting with strangers online, it is always appropriate to let family members know the general information.

But if family members ask too many questions, you may feel that they are meddling too much, so "attacking from the side" is also a normal concern.

If everything is fine, then perhaps you will never know your family's care for you in secret, and there is no need to let you know to avoid annoying you.

You may never know how much your family has done to care for you, but they never tell you because they are afraid that you will feel that they have invaded your privacy.

After hanging up the phone, Tang Ze thought about how to plan and act reasonably in the face of the upcoming case.

That's right, Tang Ze has already determined that a case is about to happen.

Although he didn't know which case it was, he was so confident!

But look at the lineup, the snowy weather, and the offline gathering at a mountain villa.

What else could this be if not the "Snowstorm Villa" mode?!

The most urgent thing now is to find a way to collect intelligence and find out which specific case this is and whether I have any impression of it.

It is convenient to have an impression. There are many ways to intervene and avoid tragedy.

But if not, then Tang Ze can only take one step at a time and try his best to reduce casualties in order to get more rewards.

Fortunately, this time it was Ayako's request, which made it easier for Tang Ze to reasonably intervene in the investigation and participate in the case.

Don't underestimate this reasonable reason for participation. It often determines the motivation behind your actions and whether your behavioral logic is reasonable.

If it weren't for Ayako's request, even if Tang Ze knew that a case would happen there in the future, he would not be able to follow Sonoko directly there.

Firstly, Sonoko would think he was "weird" or had "ulterior motives", and secondly, his actions were too abrupt, which would arouse suspicion, which was exactly what Tang Ze would not allow to happen.

All actions must be logically reasonable so that people take them for granted.

For example, Tang Ze's criminal identity allows him to legitimately participate in many cases.

But that can only be done after the crime has occurred, which is a criminal job, so the investigation will not arouse any suspicion.

But this case has not happened yet, so if you want to intervene, you need a reason.

Otherwise, if you stop a case once or twice without any reason, you can still explain it away as a coincidence, but if you do it too many times, people will inevitably suspect that you have super powers or other ulterior motives.

Tang Ze didn't want to make any logical mistakes that would arouse suspicion and lead to his fate favor being deducted, nor did he want to experience what kind of punishment would be if his fate favor was deducted to a negative number.

Although there was no further explanation, Tang Ze knew the importance of the matter when he saw that it was related to "luck".

Therefore, Tang Ze strives to bring out the essence of the "Go" strategy and act with caution in everything he does.

Well, on the other hand.

Having a sister-in-law like Yuanzi who frequently encounters crimes is a bother and a hassle for others.

But for Tang Ze, as long as he has enough means, he can reasonably transform "trouble" into "opportunity".

Besides, Yuanzi is my sister-in-law now, so I have to take care of her no matter how troublesome she is.

By the way, when will Kyogoku Makoto appear? If the two of them were to date, Sonoko's nympho attributes would be reduced a lot...

Wait... Tang Ze suddenly thought that in the future he might be Kyogoku Makoto's brother-in-law...

Doesn't this mean that Kyogoku Makoto and I are "brothers-in-law" and that he will have to call me brother-in-law...

Emmmm…

It seems that I have a fighter with super A-level combat power. I feel a little excited when I think about it.

Well, that's basically it, although you'll have to wait for a while before you can use this thug.

Putting the matter of the thugs aside, Tang Ze once again sorted out the cases related to magic in his mind, preparing to compare and verify the information he had obtained with Xiaolan tomorrow.

As for why you don't take action now, it's already late at night...

………

No words were spoken that night.

The next morning, Tang Ze crawled out of the warm "seal" and put on more clothes before he felt the long-lost warmth.

After washing his face and brushing his teeth, and smoothing his slightly messy hair, Tang Ze walked to the cafeteria to have breakfast.

Time gradually approached noon. Just when Tang Ze thought he could spend the day peacefully and wait for Xiaolan to send a message, the police alarm sounded again.

Picking up his thick windbreaker, Tang Ze immediately got into the car, turned on the sirens, and went to the crime scene with Officer Takagi.

"What's the situation at the scene?"

As soon as he got off the car, a police officer from the "Kobansho" came over to report the situation. Tang Ze didn't bother with polite greetings and went straight to the point.

"The deceased was beaten to death."

The officer extended his hand and led Tang Ze and the other man into the house, explaining the situation non-stop. "The first person to discover the deceased was Xishan Wu's mother. She came to her son's house around nine o'clock to help clean and prepare lunch. When she opened the door, she found her son murdered."

After following the police all the way to the room where the crime occurred, the first thing I saw was the deceased lying in front of the computer desk with his eyes wide open.

It can be clearly seen that the fatal injury to the deceased was on his head, and it seemed that he died from being hit multiple times on the vital parts of the head with a weapon.

The red blood flowed from the dead man's head down his face, making his painful expression even more hideous.

On the lit computer screen nearby, a message that sounded like a premonition of a crime was displayed.

"This is the first person—the Shadow Mage."