The entire town was actually not that big. It only took Tang Ze and his companion fifteen minutes to drive to the mayor's house and see Aisha, who looked a little impatient.
Faced with Aisha's uncooperative attitude, Tang Ze also expressed his understanding.
After all, it is natural for ordinary people to feel impatient when faced with criminal questioning over and over again.
However, Tang Ze was a stranger they met for the first time, and he had a handsome face. After some greetings and conversation, Aisha agreed to let the two of them ask questions.
"Ms. Aisha, first question."
After thanking her, Tang Ze took the maid's tea, took a sip, and looked at her and said, "I want to ask you, why did you suddenly want to go back to see Mr. Ace after returning home?
Is there any reason or justification that compels you to do this? For example, you have an appointment with your wife or something like that.
"No." Aisha shook her head and said, "I really just wanted to meet Mr. Ace on a whim."
"So what's the source of your sudden impulse?" Tang Ze asked again, somewhat probingly: "I think there must be some other factors affecting you, right?
It would be inappropriate for you to go home and then have to run back again.”
After all, it was her first visit to the other party's home, and it was also the first time for both parties to meet. The other party probably entertained her out of respect for the mayor.
In this case, it is not in accordance with etiquette to go visit someone and then return.
Ordinary people generally would not make this choice unless for reasons such as forgetting something.
The reason why Tang Ze asked this question was because he wanted to determine whether Aisha was used by Akaname Rika, and used some method to make her a witness to the crime.
"Well...if I have to say it, it's disbelief and curiosity." Aisha thought for a moment and said, "When I visited him before, I didn't see Mr. Ace because he was working in his study.
Afterwards, I asked Miss Akana what kind of person her husband was. She smiled and told me that although Mr. Ace looked like in the photo, he was actually quite short, and asked me not to be disappointed when I met him.
"Height?" Tang Ze asked doubtfully, "Is there any explanation for this? Is it important?"
"Of course, as fans, we've always thought Mr. Ace was tall and handsome. This is the first time we've heard that he's short. If book fans knew, I'm afraid everyone would be very disappointed."
At this point, Ai Sisha said with some disappointment, "When I heard the news, my first reaction was disbelief. So after dinner and returning home, I couldn't help but run back, wanting to take a peek at Mr. Ace outside. But who knew that something like this would happen..."
Tang Ze, who was standing by, couldn't help but frown after hearing the other party's reason for turning back.
Hearing what Aisha said, it was obvious that she had turned back on a whim.
Even if Akaname Rika deliberately aroused her curiosity, there was no guarantee that Aisha would return after leaving.
After all, she could always choose the next opportunity to visit and have a formal meeting and conversation with Mr. Ace.
So her return was not necessary, which means that it was really a coincidence that Aisha witnessed all this.
This is indeed an unfavorable reality for those who suspect Rika Akaname is the murderer.
After all, most murderers will try to create an alibi in order to escape the police's attention.
But I'm afraid there is no such thing as doing the opposite. After all, if you arouse the suspicion of the police, you will be investigated, which is like walking into a trap.
However, the time chosen by Akaname Rika was when the two were alone. Using snacks to poison and kill someone was not a suitable time.
After all, the maid had left the villa at that time, and there were only two people in the villa. If the poisoning was done at this time, wouldn’t it be obvious who the murderer was?
Although he was not satisfied with the result, Tang Ze was not without mental preparation. After all, if the case was not difficult, it would not be his turn to solve it.
At the same time, he also obtained some other useful information during this questioning, which confirmed his own thoughts.
But now is not the time to sort out the case. Tang Ze's mind wandered. He looked at Ai Sisha with a smile and continued, "Thank you for your testimony. It is very valuable for reference. In addition, Miss Ai Sisha, I have another question.
In your testimony, you mentioned that the snack they shared was a round red bean-filled pastry. Did you see the snack clearly?
Tang Ze looked at the other person and said, "Did you really see the shape of the snack with your own eyes?"
"That should be correct."
Ai Sisha frowned when she heard this, and after thinking for a moment, she said uncertainly, "Because it's getting late, and there are plants growing on the fence wall, it's a little hard to see the living room clearly.
But for dinner, Ms. Akaname baked me this Japanese confectionery that looks like a waffle on the outside and has red bean filling inside, so this must be it."
"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?" Natasha, who had been quietly listening, said excitedly, "Didn't you say that you saw Rika Akaname handing this snack to Mr. Ace?"
"Then I said that after I saw Miss Akana handing Mr. Ace some snacks, you asked me to tell you about the ingredients of the snacks."
Ai Sisha said angrily, "After I finished speaking, you were still saying that the ingredients of the snacks I mentioned were consistent with the types of food residues found after the forensic doctor dissected the stomach. After hearing that, I naturally thought that what I said was correct!"
These words made Natasha's face freeze. After Aisha finished talking about the crust and filling of the snack, they compared the types of snack ingredients in the deceased's stomach. Seeing that the two were the same, they thought the snacks were the same kind.
And it was not until this moment that Natasha realized what they had missed in their investigation!
They ignored the shape of the snack!
The key difficulty in the case of Rika Akaname lies in the paradox of poisoning snacks.
With round snacks, it's impossible to pinpoint where the poison is, but what if they're of a different shape? Does that create an opportunity for poison?
They failed because they were not familiar with Japanese cuisine.
Come to think of it, after all, these people have never seen what Japanese pastries look like, so naturally they don't know that there is a kind of pastry that is exactly the same as Imagawa-yaki when it enters the stomach.
This was the snack that Tang Ze had guessed a long time ago. He had a vague guess about it long after visiting Rika Akaname's house.
But after all, Aisha's testimony is there, and Tang Ze's guess can only be a guess.
After personally verifying Aisha's testimony, he overturned the testimony, which means...
Tang Ze has seen through the whole picture of this case!
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