Listening to the report from the other end of the phone, Tang Ze responded twice and then hung up.
"It's time to live."
Seeing several eyes looking at him, Tang Ze said, "A dead person was found in a gym near Beika-cho 8-chome. The staff on duty in each department have been notified. Let's go directly from there."
"clear!"
Upon hearing this, Nanatsuki Koshimizu and Asanari Mizuki immediately stood up and followed Karasawa out. As for Shikain, he could only sigh and get up to leave.
There was no other way. She and Naoki Kamii were the only ones left who couldn't get involved. There was no point in staying, so she could only go home directly.
Five minutes later, Tang Ze drove towards the destination with two people and sirens flashing.
After arriving at the crime scene, everyone went to the men's locker room of the gym, and under the guidance of the staff, they saw the deceased lying on the ground.
The man looked to be in his fifties, wrapped in a bath towel. He looked like he had just taken off his clothes and was about to take a shower when he died.
"The first person to discover it was the staff in the men's locker room here."
Seeing Tang Ze arrive, Gao Mu, who had arrived earlier than them, came over and said, "At 8:30, the other party saw the deceased lying here and quickly called an ambulance and the police."
"It looks like a blunt force injury."
Ma Shengshi put on gloves, examined the deceased's head, and began to make his judgment.
"Judging from the victim's appearance, he must have just showered," Tang Ze said. "But he was attacked right after showering, and the items in the closet next to him were all neatly arranged. It's hard to say what happened."
"The situation is indeed unclear right now."
Gao Mu, who was standing by, agreed, "Because this is a locker room and there's no surveillance, and the first person who discovered it didn't see anyone else around.
In addition, after asking the front desk, it was found that the victim entered the store at 8:16.
After asking the front desk, nothing was found.”
"The deceased's identity should have been determined by now," Tang Ze said. "The gym should have basic information registered."
"The deceased's name is Takayama Nobuo, he is 59 years old."
Takagi nodded and said, "The home address is Haido-cho 5-chome."
"Why would someone who lives in Haido Town apply for a gym membership in Beika Town?" When Tang Ze heard this, he immediately realized something was wrong.
“That’s what I asked at the time.”
Gao Mu replied, "According to the front desk staff, the other party should be working here.
However, the other party was not quite sure what kind of work it was, but it seemed to be a night job.
According to her impression, the other party always dressed formally and it seemed like he ran a restaurant or something.
Basically, he would come here as soon as he got to work in the morning and stay here for a long time before going home.
Judging from this point of view, he should live alone, because the gym is more lively and he even rents a locker on a monthly basis.
Basically, I come here every day.”
"That is to say, in addition to the locker for changing clothes, he also has a private locker?" Tang Ze said.
"Yes, I've asked the staff to get the spare key." Gao Mu said as he saw the staff coming in from the door and said, "Ah, here they come."
Watching the other party open the private cabinet, Tang Ze and others also saw handbags and some clothes inside, which seemed to be stored here.
"This person really likes to be clean."
Looking at the neatly arranged interior of the cabinet, Gao Mu opened her handbag and searched around. "I didn't find my keys or wallet. Could the criminal have taken them?"
Let's adjust the surveillance and see if we can find anything."
"I'll go with you."
Letting the forensic personnel continue to investigate the scene, Tang Ze and Takagi went to the monitoring room to investigate the surveillance at the gate.
Because the other party had just arrived, the two quickly found the surveillance footage of Nobuo Takayama entering the gym.
In the surveillance video, after entering the room, Nobuo Takayama first asked the front desk staff for the key, and then walked towards the men's locker room.
However, just as he was about to leave the range of the surveillance video, his figure suddenly staggered.
Although Nobuo Takayama quickly stabilized his body, the fact that he was about to fall suddenly was enough to explain the problem.
"He shook it!"
Gao Mu also saw this scene and quickly looked at Tang Ze and said, "It seems like he is injured."
"In that case, it seems the other party's injury might not have occurred in the gym."
Tang Ze pointed at his left arm with his right hand and said thoughtfully, "Since we can confirm the identity of the deceased, let's go to the deceased's home and take a look.
You have to find out why the other person was injured."
Leaving Nanatsuki Koshimizu at the crime scene to preside over the evidence collection, Karasawa and Takagi went to the deceased's home together.
After ringing the doorbell, a middle-aged man who looked a little old quickly opened the door.
After seeing the two young strangers outside the door, the other party asked with some vigilance: "Who are you and what are you doing here so late at night?!"
"We are criminals from the Metropolitan Police Department."
After showing his ID, Takagi looked at the man in front of him and asked, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Nobuo Takayama's home?"
"yes."
After the man confirmed that the two men were criminals, his vigilance eased slightly, but then he was immediately filled with confusion: "But what does the criminal want from me?"
“Eh!?”
After hearing the man's words, it was Tangze and Takagi's turn to be confused.
The two looked at the man in confusion, and Takagi couldn't help but ask, "Are you Takayama Nobuo?"
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