"Uh... I feel really guilty about searching my colleague's house..."

In Shikain's room, Gao Mu, wearing gloves, searched through her closet while looking a little unnatural: "And we are two grown men, running into the house of a young single woman like Shikain, rummaging around..."

"We all have someone we like, so why should we be afraid? Don't overthink it and just treat it as a normal search."

Tang Ze's eyes narrowed when he heard this and said, "Or do you have any thoughts of offending Detective Sato~"

"That's not the case!" Gao Mu was embarrassed when he heard this, and then he quickly retorted: "I just simply think that this is not a good idea, I don't have any other thoughts!!"

"Okay, okay, I know what you mean." Tang Ze patted Gao Mu's shoulder, "What we need to do is to help Shihuayuan clear his suspicion. As long as we act uprightly and have a clear conscience, that's all that matters."

"Okay, I understand." Takagi sighed and finally accepted what Tang Ze said.

"Okay, enough small talk, have you found anything?"

After joking, Tang Ze immediately got down to business, "Are there any clothes with missing buttons?"

"No." Gao Mu shook his head. "I just checked all the clothes in the closet. There is not a single shirt or suit jacket with a button missing."

"Really? I don't have any here either." Tang Ze turned his head and looked at the last place in the room. "It seems that this is the only place left..."

"Wow... Tang Zejun, this isn't good..."

Gao Mu, who had just gotten over the hurdle in his heart, panicked when he saw Tang Ze walking towards the room and about to open the door. "Wait a minute, after all, this is a bit too rude..."

“Crack!”

As Takagi spoke with a hint of panic, Tang Ze pushed open the door of the room without any expression and walked in.

The reason why Gao Mu felt embarrassed here was because...

Here is the bathroom!!!

While pulling at the door sill on one side, Takagi peeked at Tangze in the bathroom, looking extremely guilty.

Tang Ze, who entered the bathroom, was looking at the bathroom in front of him.

Even in a place like the bathroom, the overall style still maintains a sense of efficiency as always. The overall style is very clean and not too messy.

There were just some clothes that needed to be changed piled in the clothes basket, waiting to be washed.

In response, Tang Ze quickly locked his eyes on the clothes in the basket. Seeing Takagi's hesitant look, Tang Ze leaned over and rummaged through the clothes in the basket.

Fortunately, nothing embarrassing happened. After checking the coat, Tang Ze picked up the second shirt and found that there was a button missing on the cuff.

"This is..." Gao Mu said in a dry voice: "The button that fell at the scene..."

"Ah... It looks like it fell off this shirt." Tang Ze looked at the shirt and said, "The brand matches, and the thread on the shirt is free. It can be easily removed..."

"Is that why it fell at the crime scene..."

Seeing the missing button, Takagi felt complicated. He was relieved that he no longer had to rummage through his clothes awkwardly, but he also felt bad about finding the target item.

This mixture of dilemmatic emotions made Gao Mu extremely uncomfortable. At this moment, he didn't know whether he should be glad that he had avoided embarrassment, or feel uncomfortable because his companions' suspicions had deepened.

"So what should we do now... Inspector Shikain can't be contacted right now... She's a major suspect..."

Gao Mu said solemnly: "Should we issue a wanted order...but this is a family scandal...

If the outside world knew that it was one of our employees who committed the crime... I'm afraid it would cause an uproar, and it would be an immeasurable blow to the Criminal Investigation Department."

Under normal circumstances, when the case has been investigated to this point, with such a strong suspicion in Sihuayuan, and the other party cannot be contacted, it is not unreasonable to regard the other party as a fugitive from justice and issue a wanted notice.

Especially since the other party's identity has such a huge impact, it would be better to take the initiative to issue a wanted notice, at least you take the initiative.

If things are exposed after they have reached a point of no return, it will be a completely hopeless situation.

One can even foresee how harsh the media's words will be.

For example, the Criminal Department may be covering up criminal offenses committed by its own employees and trying to conceal evidence.

Unpleasant words like "Criminal Department = a den of filth" and so on will turn into the most fatal blows and come one after another. By then, someone of importance may have to come out as a scapegoat, step down from his post and apologize.

It would be better if they proactively issued a wanted notice and made an arrest. Although the blow would be severe, at least it would be a way to cut losses.

Even if they feel suffocated for a while, at least there is room for maneuver. After all, it is normal for some people to make mistakes in such a large organization, and the organization also upholds justice in a timely manner.

In this way, at least you can save your life, and after a while everyone will forget about it and the matter will be over.

"Issuing an arrest warrant for Sihuayuan is not an option for me at all."

Tang Ze naturally understood the impact of this action, but he still directly denied Gao Mu's possibility, "At least for now, the information is still confidential. Only the two of us know it. If we report it, the matter will only get bigger and bigger, and it will be difficult to resolve.

And everything that follows will have to be done according to the orders of those bureaucrats, and the nature of things will become more complicated.

It's even foreseeable that Sihuayuan, regardless of suspicion or not, will be treated as a sacrifice, and this is not what I want to see."

"how so…"

Because he has the good-natured Inspector Megure as his superior, and Matsumoto Kiyonaga is also an upright person, Takagi has always been a small tool, investigating wherever there is a case, and his political sensitivity is still a bit dull.

But after Tang Ze said that, Gao Mu immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, "Then what should we do now?"

"Find Sihuayuan and solve this case." Tang Ze's eyes were calm. "What we have to do now is a race against time. Only by solving the case can we take the initiative."

"But where should we go to find her?" Gao Mu said painfully, "We can't contact Inspector Shihuayuan anymore!"

"If I'm not mistaken, it's probably there." Tang Ze quickly walked to the entrance and started putting on his shoes. "Let's go, let's go to the Four Flower Courtyard now!"

"Eh? Detective Karasawa, do you know where Shikain is?!" Takagi hurriedly put on his shoes and closed the door. "Wait for me!"

Accompanied by the roar of the engine, the black car turned into an afterimage and sped across the street again, heading towards its destination.