“Oh! I see!!”
After hearing Tang Ze's explanation, Inspector Megure looked excited, "So, you know who the criminal is, Tang Ze-kun?"
"etc!"
Before Tang Ze could speak, Youmei beside him suddenly spoke up, "But that bucket of paint was just placed there by chance, the murderer just knocked it over by accident, right?
The prisoner doesn't know what color paint to use, so how can he make footprints in advance? Don't you agree, Anda?"
"Yeah." The big man with the trough nose who was holding Ah Song nodded and said, "I put it there not long before the incident."
Hearing testimony that completely contradicted his reasoning, Megure became increasingly confused.
"Tang Zejun, what you said is illogical!"
Inspector Megure looked at Karasawa, who was full of confusion. "According to what Ms. Tomomi and Mr. Adachi said, your reasoning doesn't make sense at all."
After all, if the paint was placed there by accident, then Tang Ze's reasoning would be completely denied from the outset.
"Inspector Megure, there's actually another possibility!"
At this moment, Conan cutely stepped forward and stabbed him in the back, "If everything Ms. Tomomi and Mr. Anda said is a lie, then isn't everything Detective Karasawa said true?"
"Lies?" Inspector Megure looked down at Conan with a puzzled expression and asked, "Why?"
"Of course it's to protect the criminal."
Tang Ze looked directly at the two of them, making them feel guilty and lower their heads. "Although you're an impatient art director, it also shows how dedicated you are."
"Oh, that's right!"
Conan seemed to have just thought of something, and with an innocent expression he continued to backstab: "When we visited before, Genta and the others were scolded as soon as they tried to touch the building where the scenery was set. Uncle is very serious about his work!"
Regarding Conan's "smiling backstab", Tang Ze silently nodded in agreement and asked, "For such a dedicated person, it's hard to imagine that he would forget the paint before the official filming, right?
The only possibility that comes to mind is that the perpetrator brought paint with him to make footprints after the crime."
"Ah!!" Megure pointed at Tomomi and the other girl in disbelief and said, "So...! They know who the culprit is?!"
"That's right!" Tang Ze nodded and said, "But Mr. Anda is probably just agreeing with Miss Tomomi. Miss Tomomi is the only one who knows the identity of the criminal.
Maybe when he bumped into the murderer in the aisle, he saw the murderer's figure through the unzipped opening on the back of the leather case!
Afterwards I told her that the other party had killed someone. She came to the studio and saw everything, understood what happened, and didn't know why she lied.
Am I right, Miss Youmei?
But what followed was wordless silence. Although the other party's expression said it all, he still stubbornly refused to speak, as if he was protecting something.
"So, Tang Zejun, who is the culprit?"
"At the time of the incident, almost everyone was in the screening room with Professor Agasa, watching the original tape of Godzilla. Therefore, the culprits were Director Mikami, Mr. Osomatsu, Ms. Tomomi, and Mr. Adachi, who were not in the screening room."
Tang Ze looked at the four people with alibis and began to rule them out one by one. "Among them, Mr. Anda was only away for four or five minutes, which didn't give him enough time to commit the crime, so he is ruled out.
Miss Youmei, who followed us to see the criminal, did not have the ability to clone herself, so her position was naturally ruled out.
The only ones left are Director Mikami and Mr. Osomatsu."
"Hey! Osong's leg is injured, and Mikami is my good friend!" Dr. Agasa said anxiously: "They can't be the murderer!"
Although Dr. Agasa seemed to be asking Tang Ze, his eyes were actually looking at Conan, hoping that he could correct the criminal's reasoning.
But to Dr. Agasa's disappointment, Conan did not point out his mistake, but instead made a "hush" gesture to tell him not to speak.
Faced with this situation, Agasa's expression froze, and his aggressive attitude suddenly stopped. For a moment, the atmosphere was a little awkward.
"That's why the identity of the criminal is so unexpected!"
Tang Ze smiled slightly and looked at one of the four people standing together: "That person is the one who showed Conan and the others around the studio and was stabbed in the leg by the criminal before the incident - Mr. Osomatsu!!"
On the side, Anda, who was supporting Osomatsu, angrily retorted, "Don't be ridiculous! Even if Osomatsu has played Godzilla for ten years, how can he escape wearing a Godzilla suit with his thigh injured like this?!"
"That's right. Didn't Youmei also say that although she saw the killer running very fast, he didn't seem very coordinated. It couldn't be Osomatsu who has been wearing a Godzilla suit for more than ten years."
Director Mikami also echoed, and turned to look at Tomomi, "Isn't that right, Tomomi?"
But what made him uneasy was that the other party did not follow his words, but remained silent.
"Indeed, with a leg injury like this, it's impossible to kill or escape." Tang Ze nodded in agreement, but then changed the subject and said, "But the prerequisite is that the injury must have existed before the crime."
"Could it be..." Inspector Megure's pupils contracted, "You mean... this injury..."
"Yes! It's just what you think, officer." Tang Ze looked at Asong and sighed, "The wound on his leg was probably caused by him after he finished committing the crime, set the Godzilla suit on fire and threw it away, and then returned to the warehouse to stab himself with another knife he had prepared in advance.
This was a self-inflicted tactic to avoid further investigation, and it also served to prove his innocence and establish his alibi."
"But you saw him injured before the incident, Tang Zejun!" Inspector Megure said, "I remember that you have a very sensitive nose, Tang Zejun. If it was fake blood, you wouldn't be able to tell it off, right?"
"Even though I have a very sensitive nose, the fake blood here is very realistic."
Tang Ze said helplessly: "I guess it's probably duck blood, chicken blood or something like that. I'm not a vampire, so just from the sense of smell, I can't tell if it's human blood."
It can be seen that Asong really put his heart into committing the crime. Although there are many types of fake blood, some of which need to be eaten are edible props mixed with honey and various pigments, but in order to avoid suspicion, the other party used animal blood.
And then, if he just gave his own thigh a cut, the serious injury would probably dispel most people's doubts.
Even if someone investigates the blood, it doesn't matter. Just wipe off the animal blood and mix the blood with the blood on the ground. Even if you check, you probably won't find anything.
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