"Then you must be wondering why I went to so much trouble to find you?"
Tang Ze saw the shock and confusion on Masamichi's face, and seemed to have the ability to read his mind and understand what he was thinking.
Hearing this, Masashi nodded doubtfully and said, "Detective Tang Ze, if you just want to find out about the case, there's no need to spend so much time on it. I don't think I have any clues worth your time and effort."
"Yes, normally most people would give up if they couldn't find you." Tang Ze spread his hands and looked at the other person meaningfully, "But I'm not an ordinary person. I firmly believe that you have some ulterior motive."
"No need to make excuses." Tang Ze stopped Masamichi from saying anything. "How can you say that a man disguised as a woman for three years, hiding on an island where his entire family died, has no thoughts?
Therefore, you must have investigated everything that happened back then, and even knew the truth before you took such action. This is also the reason why I went to such great lengths to find you."
Tang Ze's expression was extremely serious when he said this. He looked at Masashi and said seriously: "All of this is to prevent you from committing an irreparable crime."
"you…"
"Don't rush to refute. If that's not the case, why didn't you call the police for help?"
Tang Ze interrupted Masashi without hesitation, "You knew the truth but never went to the police to seek justice, and you have been hiding on the island for three years. This shows that you want to seek justice yourself.
In other words, you want revenge yourself!"
In silence, Masashi sighed helplessly and said, "So you originally just wanted to investigate the case, but my actions caught your attention and eventually made you shift your focus to me."
As he spoke, Masashi couldn't help but smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Should I say you're meddling in other people's business? No, maybe it's just plain bad luck?"
"Bad luck? Not really. It's more like you're relieved that I'm here because someone is here to stop you."
Tang Ze chuckled, and his words were like a sharp knife that pierced his lies: "Otherwise, why do I only see relief and relief on your face, and not any anger after the plan was shattered?
This expression doesn't look like the reaction of someone seeking revenge after their plans are exposed."
Hearing this, Masashi slumped down on the chair as if deflated. "I'm truly defeated by you. I never expected to run into such a terrifying criminal like you. Do you have the ability to read minds and see through everything?"
"No, I don't have the ability to read minds, and I'm not as scary as you think."
Tang Ze shook his head and looked at Masashi and said, "I met you just in case, but since there is a chance to prevent the tragedy from happening, I don't mind going there in person.
Now it seems that this time is really the right time to come, and I can also assure you that the four of them will definitely get the punishment they deserve, but now there are only three left, right?"
"You really can't hide anything from me. The village chief, Kameyama Isamu, passed away three years ago."
Masami sighed, looked at Tang Ze and explained, "His death did have something to do with me, but I didn't kill him.
Three years ago, I revealed my identity and questioned him. He thought I was seeking revenge on him, and in a panic he told me the whole truth. He then had a heart attack and died of cardiac arrest.
After his death, I played "Moonlight" as a requiem, and it was at that time that I had the desire to kill and take revenge..."
"Don't worry, I will give you and your father justice." Tang Ze said seriously: "This is also a kind of revenge, making the remaining sinners spend the rest of their lives in atonement.
I think that losing one's current status and wealth, losing the opportunity to enjoy a comfortable life, and becoming the lowest level of the human race would be a torture worse than death for those greedy people."
"Are you trying to persuade me to give up the idea of revenge?"
Masami was startled when he heard Tang Ze's words, then he smiled and said, "Don't comfort me like that. From the moment you came and revealed the truth, I gave up revenge."
"No, this isn't advice, it's comfort." Tang Ze said calmly, "I'm just stating the facts."
"Comfort?" Ma Chengshi was puzzled.
"What they have done is enough to sentence them to death," Tang Ze said. "Even if there are various ways to postpone the execution date, that day will eventually come.
Before death comes, they have to endure the torment brought by the threat of death. They will regret, become anxious, and crazy, but they can do nothing. In the end, only death awaits them.
"So you're the one who's offering this comfort?" Masashi sighed, as if realizing something. "Compared to destroying the revenge of killing people with your own hands, is letting them stand trial and watching them atone and suffer a more cruel form of revenge..."
After a long silence, Masashi looked at Tang Ze and thanked him sincerely, "Detective Tang Ze, thank you."
"You're welcome. I'm sure your father would think the same."
Tang Ze also knew that his words were not very convincing. He was very strong and this kind of preaching was annoying, but it didn't matter. Compared with the previous "empty talk", Tang Ze had evidence this time! !
"This is the sheet music I picked up at the police station before I came to visit you." Tang Ze took out a sheet of music from his backpack and handed it to Masashi. "There is an encrypted message on it. It's a letter to you."
Masami suddenly raised his head, staring intently at the sheet music in Tang Ze's hand. His outstretched right hand was trembling visibly. "My father's... sheet music... letter to me?"
Ma Chengshi took the music score as if it were a treasure and easily cracked the code.
Because coincidentally, the decryption method of this code is the same as the one he planned!
Starting from the left side of the piano, insert the English letters one by one, and then write the message you want to convey using Romanization, converting it into notes and recording them on the sheet music. (Note 1)
It can be said to be a very simple form of code, but this simplicity has a "threshold", which is to understand the musical notation, which is the most basic requirement.
If Tang Ze had not happened to draw music during the lottery and understood the musical notation, even if Tang Ze remembered how to crack the code, he would not be able to understand the message left by the other party at this moment.
This is why Tang Ze didn't feel too painful when he drew these daily skills, because you never know when you will use this knowledge.
On the other side, Ma Chengshi, who had deciphered the coded letter his father left for him, was now in tears.
Note 1: Starting from the left, the first white key on the piano is A, the black key next to it is B, and the white key next to it is C. You can imagine it as pinyin and convert it into music score.
PS: If you still don’t understand what the code is, go read comics or anime ==
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