The arrival of Saburo Hanyu and others disrupted Ginzo Nakamori's actions.
When his paintings were stolen, Saburo Hanyu was very angry.
Although he didn't yell or lose his temper, Zhongshan Yinsan couldn't help feeling embarrassed when he heard what he said before.
Although they placed their primary focus on the painting "My Beloved Daughter," they also arranged for criminals to guard Hanyu Saburo's studio.
But even so, someone sneaked in and stole the painting, which was indeed his responsibility.
When Nakamori Ginzo calmed down the angry Hanyu Saburo and was about to use a face-pulling attack on Yamada Anjo to verify his true identity, Tang Ze stopped him.
"Why are you stopping me, Detective Tang Ze!" Nakamori Ginzo said dissatisfiedly, "Let me verify whether this guy is Kaito Kid in disguise."
"That's unnecessary. This gentleman is probably just a lost hiker, and it wasn't Kaito Kid who stole the painting."
Tang Ze looked at the suspicious Nakamori Ginzo and said with a smile: "Because I have found the real culprit, this person is among us!"
“Nani!!”
As soon as Tang Ze said this, everyone present was shocked. Conan, who was standing by, looked at Tang Ze and then at the sea of flowers around him, with his eyes drooping, and he already had a guess in his heart.
Damn, you old dog is cheating again!!
"Who is it!" Hearing Tang Ze's words, Nakamori Ginzo immediately stepped forward and asked, "Who is the real culprit who stole the painting?!"
"It's very simple. The real criminal is you!" Tang Ze pointed at the panicked man in front of him and said with a smile, "Am I right, Mr. Hanyu Haruhiko?"
“Are you kidding me?!”
After hearing what Tang Ze said, Hanyu Haruhiko was shocked and angry: "Do you have any evidence to prove this? This is ridiculous. Just because you say I am a criminal, does that mean I am a criminal?!
I've never seen anyone convict someone of a crime simply by talking.
"No, there is evidence. It's right here on you." Facing Hanyu Haruhiko's rebuttal, Tang Ze smiled and said, "It's just that even you haven't discovered it yet."
"Evidence, evidence!?" Hanyu Haruhiko looked down at himself in panic, then snapped, "What evidence?! Isn't everything fine?"
"Didn't I tell you that you can't see it?" Tang Ze pointed to his nose, "The evidence on you isn't an object, it's a smell.
Besides the thick, cloying scent outside, the source of the lavender fragrance in the room is clearly pointed to you in my nose!"
"What does that fragrance have to do with me stealing paintings!" Hanyu Haruhiko said indignantly.
"Of course it's related." Tang Ze smiled and said, "Because this place is not Kaito Kid's target, Detective Nakamori only arranged for a detective to guard the door.
But even so, with only one way, it is enough to stop a petty thief like you who has no skills.
So in order to avoid being discovered by the criminals, you have to take a detour to enter the studio.
And because it’s surrounded by lavender fields, you have to go through here if you want to get to the other side.”
At this point, Tang Ze opened the window and pointed to the ground below and said, "Look here, there are obvious signs of trampling in the lavender field, which means that the intruder did walk from here to the window and climbed in.
If lavender is ground, it will emit a fragrance, so only prisoners who have trampled on lavender will have such a strong lavender scent! "
“…”
When Hanyu Haruhiko heard what Tang Ze said, although his expression was already panicked, he still shouted: "You are slandering me. No one else can smell the scent of lavender. Only you can smell it. This cannot be considered as evidence!!"
"My brother-in-law's sense of smell is beyond the reach of ordinary people. It's common for him to identify criminals through their sense of smell."
Sonoko had never had a good impression of Hanyu Haruhiko, and now, facing his struggle, she said with disdain, "Even if you act like a rogue, you can't escape the truth."
"So what? You can't just believe one person's one-sided words when handling criminal cases!" Hanyu Haruhiko pointed at Tang Ze and said, "What if he is slandering me?!"
"Although it's not impossible to take you back for identification, it would be too much trouble."
Seeing Hanyu Haruhiko's refusal to admit his guilt, Tang Ze was not angry at all. Instead, he smiled at him and said, "Then I will ask another witness to help prove your guilt."
"Another..."
"witness?"
After hearing Tang Ze's words, Ayako and others were also confused. They didn't know where to find another witness with such a keen sense of smell as Tang Ze.
"It's Paul!" Conan reminded him at the right time: "Didn't Sister Sakura say that Paul hates the smell of lavender and will bark non-stop when he smells it?
So just bring Paul here, and if he keeps barking at Mr. Haruhiko, it means that Mr. Haruhiko has the scent of lavender on him."
"There is no time to lose, bring Miss Sakurako's dog here quickly!" Nakamori Ginzo immediately gave orders after hearing Conan's words, but before the detective could walk out of the door, he was stopped by Hanyu Saburo.
"No!"
Saburo Hanyu walked towards Haruhiko Hanyu with a gloomy expression.
"Uncle, I...I did take your paintings! But I just couldn't bear to let this woman take them all!"
Hanyu Haruhiko pointed at Hanyu Sakurako and shouted, "Just because she is a person of unknown origin, it's like inheriting the Hanyu family's property. I just want a painting..."
“Bang!!”
Facing Hanyu Haruhiko's constant excuses, Hanyu Saburo quickly walked over and slapped him loudly in the face, "You bastard! You've humiliated me!"
He slapped him to the ground and said coldly, "There's no such thing as a loser like you in the Hanyu family! Tell me the truth about where you hid the painting."
Facing his uncle, Haruhiko Hanyu confessed everything honestly, but when everyone found this self-portrait in the lavender field, a faint glow of fire appeared in the distance.
Soon, the fire grew bigger and bigger, attracting the attention of everyone present.
"What's going on! Group 1, report the situation immediately!" Nakamori Ginzo immediately shouted into the intercom when he saw the situation in front of him.
"Report! A tree in front of the courtyard has spontaneously combusted for some reason!"
“Nani!!”
"Is this the reference for Mr. Hanyu's painting 'Tree'?" Everyone was shocked when they heard the message from the intercom, and the art dealer Yushaki Hiroaki asked directly.
As if she had heard the other person's words, Hanyu Sakurako seemed to remember something and subconsciously looked towards the corner of the studio. There was only a blank drawing board there, which made her shout out unconsciously.
"It's gone! The tree is gone!!"
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