Originally, Yukiko and Kisaki Eri, two best friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time, were still chatting about the "Miss Teitan" competition held by their alma mater, Teitan High School.
The two ended up in a tie that year because they had to cancel the competition due to one vote being missing, which became a regret for both of them.
However, Xiaolan accidentally found the ballot in Kogoro Mouri's pocket, but it was unfortunately wrinkled after being washed and the contents could not be seen.
Just as the two men suspected that Xiaolan was not telling the truth and continued to "interrogate" her, the housekeeper who had been watching the screen suddenly saw on the surveillance screen that Tengzhi Ganxiong suddenly stood up and raised his hands.
This scene naturally attracted everyone's attention, and before anyone could take action, Teng Zhi Ganxiong fell to the ground.
When they rushed downstairs, two more gunshots were heard from the locked door.
Faced with this emergency, Xiaolan kicked the door open, but it was too late.
Teng Zhiganxiong had fallen to the ground and was completely silent.
"Gunshots."
Tang Ze looked at the COLTCOMIPACT45 automatic pistol found outside the broken window, and a blackened towel next to it.
After confirming through the cameras installed throughout the house that the criminal had not escaped the mansion, he completely lost interest in thinking about the case.
Spoiler + super sense of smell, is there anything else worth thinking about in this case?
Without hesitation, Tang Ze called everyone in the room together.
What methods are needed to solve the case? Those are just measures to be used as a last resort!
Since we already know that the criminal is carrying decisive evidence, and this evidence is so powerful that we can solve the case without finding any excuses, we can just rush in and get it done.
Soon, everyone in the room was called over.
Apart from the maids all wearing the same maid uniforms, the rest were the housekeeper, the gardener, Mrs. Tengzhi, and Tengzhi Shigeru, the younger brother of Tengzhi Kan'ei's ex-wife.
"By the way, is it really reliable for Detective Tang Ze to gather everyone and rely on smell to find the criminal?"
Yukiko, who saw Tang Ze in this state for the first time, hugged Conan and whispered beside him: "It seems a little unreliable..."
"Heh... Do you think I'll do anything?" Conan's mouth twitched, and his expression gradually became dull as he looked at Tang Ze who was confirming the taste one by one.
"That's true..." Kudo Yukiko said suddenly, "Under normal circumstances, you would have been running around the crime scene..."
"That's because I don't want to waste my time..."
Conan looked bewildered, but still followed the instructions and left. Gradually checking the dwindling crowd, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Because when this criminal chose to use a gun, his fate was already determined."
As if to confirm Conan's words, Tang Ze stood in front of the butler Ueki Kusahachi, looked at the kind-faced old man in front of him and said calmly: "The criminal is you, butler Ueki."
“!!!”
Tang Ze's words seemed to attract everyone's attention in an instant, and everyone looked at Butler Ueki with a look of horror on their faces.
"Don't, don't joke around... Mr. Detective..."
Butler Ueki raised his hands to his chest, bewildered, and said, "How could I... You can't just frame me for walking around us!"
On the surface, Tang Ze called all of them over just to have them line up in a row and then walk past them one by one.
Such a hasty action will naturally not convince the public and may even seem a bit ridiculous to outsiders.
"False accusation?" Facing Butler Ueki's question, Tang Ze smiled and said, "I didn't frame you. After all, I called everyone here and carefully screened them."
Without waiting for the other party to react, Tang Ze squatted down and lifted up Butler Ueki's right foot, revealing the muffler inside.
"Even though you hid the silencer in your socks, the smell of gun smoke still can't escape my nose."
Wearing gloves, Tang Ze carefully removed the muffler. "Your legs are burned. What made a man like you, a man in his seventies, make such a rebellious choice as to kill the master you have served for many years?"
“…”
Hearing Tang Ze's words, the gray-haired butler Ueki was silent for a moment and then slowly said, "Because the person I serve is not Mr. Tengzhi, but Mrs. Tengzhi.
To protect my wife's garden, this little injury is nothing."
"The courtyard?" Tang Ze turned his head and looked out the window. "That should be her cherished place."
"Yes, my wife's favorite thing is the garden at home..."
Butler Ueki looked out the dark window and seemed to see the most beautiful scene in his memory: "That yard is just like my wife, just being in it makes people feel at ease.
For me, losing that courtyard is like losing my life, and after my wife's death, the courtyard and the mansion fell into the hands of that cold-blooded man, the master, which I find unbearable..."
Faced with the irrefutable evidence, Butler Ueki knew that the ending was already determined, but there was no resentment in his eyes, only relief.
Under interrogation, Butler Ueki cooperated and told everything.
First, he took advantage of Tengzhi Ganxiong's habit. He usually sat in the music room for one or two hours, and he habitually stretched after standing up.
His coma was not accidental, but Butler Ueki added a drug called isoproterenol to the tea, which induced the deceased into a coma.
If you stand up suddenly after sitting for a long time, it will put a huge burden on the cardiovascular system, causing a sudden drop in pulse and blood pressure, and in severe cases, you may even fall into a coma.
These symptoms are very common among older people. Even if they are not unconscious, many people still feel dizzy when they suddenly stand up.
The deceased was also quite old. If he stretched and fell into coma after taking this drug, people would naturally think that he raised his hands because he was threatened.
And in order to ensure that there was no mistake and make everyone think that the deceased raised his hands because he was threatened, he also said "The master raised his hands" when the deceased stood up and stretched.
This sentence, coupled with the subsequent coma, misled everyone into thinking that the deceased had really been shot and fell down.
But in fact, the deceased at this time was not dead yet, but just unconscious.
The locked room also helped him. Everyone who wanted to enter the house would naturally shout for him, the housekeeper, to get the key.
But all this was within his expectations. He had already prepared the key in advance and carried it with him. If no one was around, he would take the initiative to get the key.
Taking advantage of the time saved in getting the key, he went around to the outside of the courtyard and shot the deceased three times.
This is the whole story of the case.
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