At the Koizumi family residence, Karasawa and Megure were sitting on the sofa, reading the letters sent to each other by Senior Furuya.
Many of them are about the investigation of the case, and the large number makes people sigh.
"These are from Detective Furuya," Koizumi Reiko said, looking at the letters on the table. "They've been sending me letters every month for the past fifteen years."
"It's always sent on the 27th, which is Miss Tomoko's death anniversary." Tang Ze said after looking at the date on the letter.
"Yes, he never gave up after my daughter was murdered..." Koizumi Reiko said with some sadness: "He is a really good person. When everyone knew he was sick, they were very worried..."
"Excuse me, does this 'everyone' refer to anyone else besides you and your husband?" After hearing what Reiko Koizumi said, Tang Ze keenly noticed the difference in the words she used.
"Besides my husband, there's Xiaoxi."
After hearing what Karasawa said, Koizumi Reiko explained, "He is Tomoko's fiancé. He grew up with Reiko as a childhood sweetheart, so our two families got engaged when we were in college..."
There is no need to say too much about what happened next.
This man named Taisuke Nishikawa fell directly from the happy life he should have had into the bottomless abyss.
As the victim's fiancé, he was even listed as a suspect at the time, and it was suspected that he killed her because he did not want to marry Tomoko Koizumi.
Later it was confirmed that the two had a good relationship and that the other party had already bought a ring and asked friends to help prepare for the proposal ceremony, which dispelled the suspicion.
The other party also proved that their relationship was very good. Fifteen years later, Taisuke Nishikawa has never been married and has become a family member of the Koizumi family.
So after hearing the news that Furuya was hospitalized, Reiko Koizumi contacted Taisuke Nishikawa immediately.
After receiving this news, Tang Ze asked Reiko Koizumi about her current workplace address and then went to visit her.
"Hello, may I ask what the two detectives can do for me?" Taisuke Nishikawa, dressed in a suit, came up to the two men and greeted them politely.
Originally, this sentence was just a polite social exchange between the two parties, but the other party's familiar voice instantly caught Tang Ze's attention.
Because Tang Ze has been practicing the skill of "voice changing", his voice is not as sharp as "absolute pitch", but it is also sharp enough.
The moment he heard Taisuke Nishikawa speak, Tang Ze recognized that the other party's voice was the same as the male voice who called himself "Morita" on the radio.
Although the other party deliberately lowered his voice, and there was some sound distortion caused by the telephone and the radio, Tang Ze still realized that the other party was the person on the radio.
At this moment, Tang Ze's previous guess was confirmed.
After the three of them sat down, Tang Ze didn't wait for Inspector Megure to exchange pleasantries and went straight to the point: "Mr. Nishikawa, that man on the radio is you, right?"
Megure was shocked when he heard what Tang Ze said, but fortunately he was an experienced detective with many years of experience. His thoughts quickly turned to realize that perhaps Tang Ze recognized the other party the moment he heard the other party's voice.
“Ahem…”
Megure coughed lightly to hide the surprise on his face, put on a serious look and looked at the unnatural expression of Nishikawa Taisuke and said in a deep voice:
"Mr. Nishikawa, you're not going to ask us to compare your voiceprints, are you? That wouldn't look good."
"You were once considered a suspect, and you are also the victim's family member. Naturally, you know about this undisclosed information about the case."
Tang Ze revealed Nishikawa Taisuke's true intention in impersonating the criminal: "You wore the same clothes the criminal wore when he committed the crime, tied a red ribbon with the murder weapon at the scene of the crime, and spread the information through the radio. Is this just to attract media attention?"
"I didn't expect you to see through me so quickly."
After hearing Tang Ze's words, Nishikawa Taisuke's expression changed for a while, but he finally chose to admit it:
"I'm truly sorry, I was the one who called the radio station from the crime scene this morning.
Because the validity period of Tomoko's case will expire in less than a month, and Detective Furuya is seriously ill and will not live for many days, I want to use this method to let the Metropolitan Police Department reopen the investigation..."
"We are the ones who should say sorry."
Inspector Megure was not angry at Nishikawa Taisuke's "confession" but apologized: "We are the ones who should apologize to you."
"ha?"
Hearing what Inspector Megure said, Nishikawa Taisuke was surprised as if he was hallucinating.
"You were the fiancé of the man who died fifteen years ago, and we still haven't apprehended the criminal." Megure bowed and said, "We should apologize to you on behalf of the Metropolitan Police Department."
Nishikawa Taisuke's expression was complicated when he heard this: "Fifteen years ago, Detective Furuya also said something similar. He also promised me that one day he would catch the criminal himself...
For the past fifteen years, I have always believed that he could do it, and I have been waiting..."
"But some time ago, you received news from Ms. Koizumi Reiko that Detective Furuya was hospitalized and dying."
Tang Ze expressed his thoughts for him: "When you feel that there is no hope, you take a risk and pretend to be a criminal to attract the attention of the police."
"I can't help it. It's been fifteen years. How many people would care about this case? But I have been waiting for these fifteen years and have never given up."
Nishikawa Taisuke smiled bitterly. "But the statute of limitations for this case is less than a month away. If I don't make a big fuss, I'm afraid the police will only send two people to deal with it in the end, and won't conduct a full-scale investigation at all."
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