This information is undoubtedly very important. After learning about this situation, Tang Ze immediately paid special attention to it.
After all, the crime notice clearly stated: "The moment you are born into this world, your time will be stopped forever with an invisible sword."
There is no doubt that this is a code word that clearly indicates the time, implying that the murderer will act on Rukako Hoshina's birthday.
Tang Ze had thought of these analyses a long time ago, but after coming here and meeting Rukako Hoshina, he learned about her extremely strict attitude towards time.
Considering the action of Hoshina Rukako cutting the cake, Tang Ze felt that the probability that the criminal would choose this moment to take action was very high.
For Rukako Hoshina, whose sense of time is accurate to the second, six o'clock is definitely a very ceremonial moment.
The criminal must have understood her character, so he deliberately wrote that sentence in the notice letter. This is also the "sense of ritual" in the criminal's psychology.
In addition, in terms of the timing of the action, turning off the lights in the room will cause a person to lose their vision in an instant, and a dark room is a good time to take action.
Based on the characteristics of the previous cases, Tang Ze felt that the complete darkness at the moment of turning off the lights or blowing out the candles was a good time to take action.
After approaching the other party, Hoshina Rukako was still immersed in the joy of the birthday party and was unaware of the danger.
"Madam, I just noticed it. Can I see the gold watch on your hand?"
Just after Hoshina Rukako finished explaining the matters concerning the butler's birthday, Kiyobe Satoru came over and looked at the gold pocket watch in the butler's hand and asked.
"Of course, go ahead." Although Hoshina Rukako was very strict about time, she had no taboos about pocket watches and agreed readily.
Looking at the pocket watch handed to him by the other party, Qing Bian Dingwu thanked him and took it, holding it in his hand to look at it and play with it.
"Wow~ The silver pocket watch you had before was already beautiful enough, but this gold one seems to suit you even better, Madam."
At this moment, Suho Tomoaki also walked out of the crowd and came close to Hoshina Rukako, praising her in a somewhat flattering manner.
But everyone likes to hear nice words. Hoshina Rukako was very pleased to hear this and smiled softly, "This is a special limited edition product specially customized for Swiss craftsmen~"
“Ding!”
The knocking of a wooden stick against the floor was heard suddenly. Kotan Rinzo came over on crutches, looked at Hoshina Rukako, and said, "How pitiful it is to have been neglected because of the master's whim, leaving this silver pocket watch to rot and rust in a drawer."
"That's not something you need to worry about."
Hoshina Rukako snorted, reached out to take her pocket watch, and then said coldly: "That pocket watch is no longer in my hands. I threw it away because it was broken."
After hearing the other party's cold words, the expressions of the three people present were a little frozen.
At this moment, the room fell into darkness. Tang Ze, who was watching coldly from the side, immediately walked quickly towards Hoshina Rukako, but his eyes were fixed on the three people.
His eyesight has been enhanced to be highly adaptable to night vision. His vision would be obstructed in completely dark conditions without a trace of light, but now that everyone is around him, there is naturally no such limitation.
Tang Ze's vigilance towards the three people in front of him has been raised to the highest level.
The three of them arrived at the same time as Kogoro Mouri when they entered the sect, and they also went to the clock tower together. This scene has proved that the three of them are suspects.
In addition, the three of them are also connected to the deceased Zhou Fang watchmaker. If there is a hidden secret, it is normal to seek revenge for him.
More importantly, at the time when Karasawa judged that the murderer was likely to commit a crime, the three of them approached Hoshina Rukako at the same time.
This alone forced Tang Ze to be more vigilant and pay special attention to the three people.
To be honest, protecting someone is actually very troublesome, but whether he has promised the other party or for the reward, Tang Ze must do his best.
Amidst the complex smells in the hall, he activated his super sense of smell to check if the three people were carrying any dangerous items, while at the same time his concentration was at its highest.
Whenever there is any movement around Rukako Hoshina, he will stop it immediately.
Compared to Tang Ze's alertness, the sudden darkness brought temporary panic to the guests, and the entire banquet hall was in chaos for a while.
Kogoro Mouri also looked around nervously, but unfortunately he could not see anything with his eyes.
However, as the light appeared at the gate and everyone watched the butler pushing the luxurious cake out of the banquet hall, the noise in the darkness ended and they all smiled.
“Clatter…”
Applause that came from nowhere led the other guests to applaud, and everyone made way for the butler so that he could push the cake in front of Hoshina Rukako.
Hoshina Rukako smiled and bowed slightly to express her gratitude. She took two steps towards the cake, checked the time with her gold pocket watch in one hand, and leaned over to blow out the candles.
For her, blowing out the candles at the stroke of six is the perfect birthday ceremony.
At this moment, Tang Ze's concentration increased to a terrifying level, and everything around him seemed to slow down in his eyes.
The second hand continued to move forward, and at the moment when it was about to turn to "12", Rukako Hoshina bent down and blew out the firecracker.
The moment the light disappeared again, a dark shadow behind Rukako Hoshina, who had been prepared for this, stabbed Rukako Hoshina with a weapon.
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