"Fake!?"
"How could it be fake!?"
When everyone present heard Kenta Honma confirm what Tang Ze said, they were shocked again.
"Impossible!" Kimishima Nobuo said in despair, "How could it be fake?"
"Nothing is impossible."
Tang Ze shook his head calmly and said, "When you took the vase to Mr. Honma for appraisal, do you think Mr. Honma's expression changed because he was surprised by the preciousness of the vase?
No, actually, Mr. Honma saw that your Qing Dynasty pot was fake, so his expression changed."
"how so!?"
Nobuo Kimijima looked at Kenta Honma in disbelief, and finally saw him nod slowly. He couldn't help but take two steps back with a look of dejection on his face.
"And since it's fake, there's no need to consider its own value."
Tang Ze ignored Kimishima Shinro's remarks, smiled and continued, "The reason we couldn't find the pot before was because we were bound by this view.
But in fact, the criminals carry it with them.”
“How is that possible!?”
After hearing what Karasawa said, Kamitori Fumihiko showed an expression of disbelief: "Everyone here is empty-handed!"
"So, your thinking is limited by the value of the pot, and even now you haven't realized the problem."
Tang Ze tapped his temple and said, "If that pot is fake and not worth 100 million yen, then is it just an ordinary pot?
If you want to hide a pot like this, you just need to break it into pieces and hide the pieces in your pocket.
And coincidentally, two of them happened to be carrying waist bags!"
As Tang Ze spoke, everyone's eyes unconsciously turned to the man and woman beside them.
The man and woman carrying waist bags are assistant director Yoshinari Hashimoto and assistant Koshinobu Oki who came with Nobuo Kimijima!
And each of them wore a waist bag around their waist!
"Wait a minute, there's something I can't explain."
At this moment, Hashimoto Yoshishinari stood up and questioned: "If the pot was broken, it should have been broken with a loud noise, but we didn't hear any sound at that time?"
"It's actually very simple, because no one notices it."
Tang Ze smiled and said, "Everyone, don't forget what the content of the second rehearsal class was.
At that time, everyone's attention was on the popcorn machine that Yamazaki was testing. The criminal only needed to sneak around to the back of the set and get the vase.
After that, all you have to do is put the vase in a bag to prevent the fragments from flying around, and then wait for Miss Yoko to hit the popcorn machine with a hammer to smash the vase together.
The loud noise produced by the popcorn machine will cover up the sound of the vase breaking.
After that, all you have to do is put the bag containing the vase fragments into your waist bag."
"Ah, so that's how it is. You can take a look if you want. This is all I have inside."
After listening to Tang Ze's reasoning, Hashimoto Yoshishinari saw everyone's attention and opened his waist bag without hesitation, revealing what was inside.
Various fountain pens and thick writing pens, scissors, craft knives and glue... These tools are all for the convenience of studio set-up, and there are no ceramic fragments at all.
After looking at the contents of Hashimoto Yoshinari's bag, everyone's eyes fell on Oki Konin.
Feeling the convergence of countless gazes and the silent urging, Chong Xiaonin stood there with a pale face, not daring to move.
"Ms. Shinobu..." Shikain and Okino Yoko understood what was going on when they saw each other's expressions, and looked at each other in disbelief.
"Is this true?!" Kimijima Shinro looked at Shinobu in disbelief, his face full of confusion: "Why would you do this?!"
"Of course it's to protect you." Tang Ze walked over to Chong Xiao Shinobu, looked at Kimijima Shinro and said calmly: "I smashed this pot and even silently accepted the consequences. Naturally, it was to protect your reputation."
As Tang Ze finished speaking, Chong Xiaonin could no longer hold back and covered her face with her hands and began to cry bitterly.
"Yes, if I say that the Qing Dynasty pot is a fake during the recording, it will definitely embarrass Mr. Kimishima."
Kenta Honma sighed and said, "Even so, my professional ethics will not allow me to falsify the identification results.
So, I didn’t know what to do after losing the Qing Dynasty pot, so I wanted to quietly go home before the recording.
I think she probably feels the same way as I do.”
"Miss Shinobu, I guess it's because Mr. Kimishima loves and values that pot so much that he has been unable to tell you the truth."
Tang Ze looked at Kimishima Shinro, who had a complicated expression, and said, “But she didn’t expect that she would have to participate in the program to appraise treasures on the spot.
Once the identification is carried out on this program, the fake will be exposed.
She was afraid that the truth she had never dared to tell would eventually cause the teacher to make a fool of himself in public on the show and even become a laughing stock.
So she decided to create the illusion that the Qing Dynasty pot was stolen in order to prevent today's filming."
"Yes...you are right..." Chong Xiaonin nodded while wiping her tears after hearing what Tang Ze said.
"Xiao Shinobu, when did you find out that the Qing Dynasty pot was a fake?"
After listening to Tang Ze's reasoning, Kimishima Shinro gradually regained his senses from his distraction, looked at his disciple with a complicated expression and asked.
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