"Hey!! Shibata! What's wrong with you?!"
The bald middle-aged man behind Tang Ze obviously also saw the situation in the room. He was not as calm as Tang Ze and immediately started shouting loudly.
The bald man's nervous shouting instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the living room.
But just as they were about to go to the bedroom to check the situation, a questioning female voice suddenly came from outside the door:
"Hey! What are you guys doing!!"
At the door, a woman wearing glasses and carrying a golf bag was standing there, looking extremely angry. "Who told you to just come into my house?! I'm calling the police!"
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Shibata, but I think you might need to calm down a bit."
Just as he was frantically preparing to explain, at the critical moment, Tang Ze came out of the bedroom next to him and took out his ID. "I'm a criminal. Please calm down and listen to me."
"Criminal? Why is a criminal in my house?" Mrs. Shibata was shocked after seeing the evidence and asked immediately.
"We are here to talk to Mr. Shibata about something. We'll talk about it later." The most urgent thing is to deal with another matter first.
As he said that, Tang Ze led Mrs. Shibata to the bedroom. Mrs. Shibata immediately saw her husband lying on the ground and hurried over.
The bald man heard about the arrival of Mrs. Shibata, and came to Tang Ze, standing with everyone to discuss what to do next.
After some explanation and comfort, while everyone was quietly waiting for the arrival of the criminal, the strange feeling of acting finally disappeared from Tang Ze's heart.
There is no way. Although I don’t remember Mrs. Shibata’s specific method of committing the crime, I still know that she is the criminal. After all, she is the background character in Hattori Shizuka’s “Folding Fan to Snatch the Blade”, and there is no way I can forget her.
This is very embarrassing, just like when you copy a math answer but there is no process behind the answer, only the answer written down. This is what the saying "it's tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw away" means.
Knowing the "answer", Tang Ze thought all the other party's actions were acting, with a fake feeling.
The key is that you also have to act and cooperate with the other person and go through the process, which is very embarrassing...
Well, it’s a subtle feeling that I can’t describe…
——Police arrived, case description in progress——
"That is to say, around seven o'clock, the five of you went to visit Mr. Shibata's house, but after you rang the doorbell, no one opened the door.
Just as I was about to find a place to wait, I ran into Mr. Yoshikawa, who had made an appointment with Mr. Shibata to play mahjong.
Then Mr. Yoshikawa discovered that the door was not locked, and the five of you entered and found Mr. Shibata's body in the bedroom.
At this time, Mrs. Shibata just came home from outside and ran into you..."
Yokomizo Sango said as he turned to look at Tang Ze with suspicion, "Then why was it you, a Tokyo detective, who was the first to discover the body?
According to what Mr. Yoshikawa said, you opened the door before him! This action is very deliberate and suspicious! !
"Because I smelled blood." Tang Ze spread his hands, "That's why I was so anxious to open the door."
"Detective Tang Ze has a very developed sense of smell." Xiaolan looked at Hengmizo and explained, "He can smell many smells that we can't smell."
"I see. That explains our previous actions." Yokomizo Sango nodded and immediately instructed, "This is our Shizuoka case. You, the Tokyo detective, just wait for us to solve it."
"Don't worry, I'm on vacation this time. I'm not representing the Metropolitan Police Department, I'm just representing myself."
Tang Ze naturally knew what the other party was afraid of, so he smiled and waved his hand, "Mr. Maori and I are just like him. I can only give you some advice~just advice~"
In response to this, Henggou Chanwu snorted, but didn't say much, obviously agreeing with Tang Ze's statement.
Yokomizo Sango expressed some dissatisfaction with the fact that Karasawa, a criminal from Tokyo, was involved in the case, but fortunately the other party was a fan of Mori Kogoro and knew that Karasawa and Mori Kogoro came together, so he did not mock him too much in words.
Furthermore, Karasawa also stated that he was solely focused on solving the case and would not take credit for anything that might cause trouble. This was also what reassured Yokomizo.
Even though he personally did not object to Tang Ze's participation in the case and providing assistance, he also had to take into account the thoughts of his own boss, the local boss.
If the record of solving the case says that Tokyo Detective took the main credit, then he would lose all face and would definitely confront Yokomizo Chango.
Tang Ze said that he didn't mind these things, and Henggou Chanwu didn't mind turning a blind eye to them.
Let’s get back to the topic.
After examining the body, the forensic doctor determined that Mr. Shibata died between early morning and early morning today.
After hearing the medical examiner's verdict, Yokomizo Sango turned to Mrs. Shibata and asked, "It's quite early this hour. Mrs. Kyoko, you should be home too, right?"
"Ah, no... I wasn't home. I made an appointment with a friend to play golf today, and she drove over to pick me up at five in the morning." Shibata Kyoko explained, "I prepared breakfast for my husband in advance and then went out."
"Was your husband home at the time?"
"At home. After all, he didn't get home until three in the morning yesterday. He took a shower and went to bed."
"Three o'clock? Going home at three in the morning?" Hearing Shibata Kyoko's words, Yokomizo Chango asked in disbelief, "What are you doing?"
"We were playing mahjong..." Yoshikawa Takezo, who was experiencing hair loss, explained, stroking the sparse hair he had. "My house is on the fourth floor, and we did play mahjong until around 3 o'clock yesterday."
"By the way, Mrs. Shibata, I saw a morning newspaper on the dining table. How is this newspaper usually delivered?"
"It will be delivered around six o'clock, probably." Kyoko Shibata thought for a moment and replied.
"In that case..." Yokomizo Sango touched his chin and said: Mr. Shibata must have woken up after six o'clock, got the morning paper, and was killed by the visiting criminal while eating.
This conclusion was naturally drawn from the half-eaten and cold meal on the table.
However, Tang Ze doesn't think that this information can be trusted 100%.
There are so many people who use evidence to create alibis, so you still have to make your own judgment.
But before that, Tang Ze pulled Conan aside and talked in private.
"You said that we should let Uncle Maori appear this time?" Conan was surprised when he heard Tang Ze's words: "Why do you want to do this? With you here, there is no need for me to do this, right?"
"Yokomizo Sango seems to be a fan of Detective Mori. He won't be able to maintain his image as Uncle Mori unless he plays up his image."
Tang Ze smiled and spread his hands, saying, "Besides, my identity doesn't allow me to show my face too much in Shizuoka, and more importantly..."
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