detective world detective

Chapter 1378 Planning in advance
  While the four of them were chatting, Tangze finished checking the reward settlement for this case.

After suppressing the urge to draw a lottery after having a generous balance, Karasawa began to eat curry rice.

But as he ate, his thoughts returned to the case Hattori Heiji just mentioned.

To be honest, most of Ke Xue's cases in the middle and later stages are "watery". If this point is put into reality, it can be regarded as an advantage and disadvantage for Tang Ze.

The advantage is that the case is relatively "watery", which means that it takes little effort to solve it, but the disadvantage is that the impression may not be deep enough and there are fewer and fewer precursors.

For example, in Moon Shadow Island at the beginning, you know which case is going to happen as long as you have a plan to go there, but not later.

Most of the later cases were the same, with no two points at all, which is why Tang Ze relied more and more on himself.

Even if Conan appears to warn of a murder, he can still only prevent it in advance. Whether he can successfully prevent it depends on luck.

But this case was different. After listening to Hattori and Kazuha's description of the case, he felt that the case sounded very familiar.

In addition, there are not many impressive cases in the mid-to-late period classics. After sorting out some characteristics of this case, Tangze's mind overlapped with a certain mid-to-late period classic case.

Of course, he would need to further go to the crime scene and see the bathroom tiles to fully confirm whether it was really the case in his memory.

However, this is just Tang Ze's usual cautious habit. It does not mean that he is not sure. For his rigorous character, even if 99% has been confirmed and the remaining 1% needs to be verified personally, he will not be careless.

Such a cautious character is also a necessary quality for criminals.

Of course, being cautious does not mean that Tang Ze cannot make arrangements for the case in advance.

After all, even if the layout goes wrong, there is nothing to lose.

Thinking of this, Karasawa took out his mobile phone and started editing text messages to contact the criminal management office of Karuizawa Territory.

In the edited text message, he roughly repeated what Hattori Heiji said about the case, and then sent his thoughts to the other party, asking him to verify it.

But after waiting for a while, the other party didn't reply, so he thought about it and sent it to another person.

After sending the message, Tang Ze put down his phone and glanced at the dinner plates in front of everyone: "Everyone has finished eating, shall we set off?"

"Okay."

After hearing Karasawa's words, Hattori Heiji stood up and said, "We've had our late lunch, now let's go visit."

The other three people responded one after another, and everyone stood up, paid their bills, and left the restaurant.

Of course, before leaving, everyone bought a lot of vacuum-packed curry bags, ready to take them home and eat them slowly.

Putting the curry he bought in the trunk, Karasawa drove the four of them towards the destination mentioned by Hattori Heiji.

The location of the Wakamatsu family's mansion is a mansion owned by a wealthy family, but it is a bit far from the restaurant where they are, so Karasawa drove for a long time to get there.

Because they encountered a case near noon, after everyone solved the case and made up for lunch in the restaurant, it was already almost evening.

By the time they arrived at the Wakamatsu family's mansion, the sky was already dark.

After going to the door and ringing the doorbell, a lady wearing glasses and well-kept skin soon came out of the mansion and opened the door to welcome everyone into the room.

"You are Ms. Shizuka's son, Heiji-kun, right?"

Seeing everyone entering the entrance hall, the woman looked at Hattori Heiji and asked with a smile: "This should be the first time we meet. I am Wakamatsu Serika."

"Yes, but how did you recognize me, aunt?" Hattori Heiji pointed at Karasawa behind him with his thumb and asked curiously: "Obviously I still have a companion here."

"Because my husband will mention you whenever he gets a chance."

Wakamatsu Serika explained with a smile: "He said that although you are still a high school student, you are too young, but you are very smart. Naturally, he also mentioned your appearance, so I recognized it at a glance.

I often hear from my husband that you have a wonderful reasoning showdown with the high school detective Kudo Shinichi who is famous in Kanto. "

This compliment made Kazuha unconsciously look at Hattori Heiji, but at this moment he looked down at Conan with a face of shame. The two looked at each other in silence and saw a trace of embarrassment in the other's eyes.

How should I put it, this kind of praise is a bit awkward.

"You're flattered." Hattori Heiji smiled politely and responded humbly.

"Everyone, please stop standing and come in quickly." Wakamatsu Qinxiang extended her hand to everyone to enter the house. Seeing this, everyone put on the shoes that the other party had prepared at the entrance.

"Hey, is dinner ready yet!?"

Just as everyone was changing their shoes, a fat man in a red shirt suddenly walked out of the room and said dissatisfied towards Wakamatsu Serika: "I'm going to starve to death. How long do you want me to wait before eating dinner!!"

"Sorry, Ikuro..."

Wakamatsu Qinxiang looked at the other party and smiled apologetically: "The housekeeper just went out to buy soy sauce, please be patient a little longer."

"Then you wait until she comes back to help me convey to her that my dinner today must be larger than other people's!" Wakamatsu Ikuro warned irritably, then turned and left.

"Is that your son?" Seeing the end of the conversation between the two, Xiaolan couldn't help but ask.

The main reason is that the relationship between the two is really not like that of a mother and son, and the other party's tone of voice does not show any respect at all, so Xiaolan asks this question.

"That's it, but it's only in name."

Wakamatsu Serinka smiled and explained: "He and I have no blood relationship. He is my husband's child because the two of us remarried."

Hearing this, everyone showed a look of surprise. If the relationship between the two was a stepson and stepmother who were not related by blood, then it would be understandable that the relationship between the other party and Wakamatsu Serika was so bad.

"Kacha."

At this moment, the door behind everyone was opened from the outside. Everyone turned to look behind them and found a middle-aged man with gray hair wearing a dark green suit.

"Ah, are there guests at home today?" the middle-aged man looked at everyone and said with a smile.

"It's the detective I told you a few days ago and their companions." Wakamatsu Serika explained with a smile.

"Yes, that's right." The man nodded clearly, and then felt a little confused: "But I didn't expect so many people to come."

"Is there any problem?" Wakamatsu Serinka asked after seeing the troubled middle-aged man.

"No, it's nothing. It's just that I bought the Baumkuchen cake that the president likes to eat as usual." The middle-aged man lifted the cake in his hand: "But looking at it now, I'm afraid it's not enough."

"Whatever, anyway, the president is dead now and is no longer at home."

A man with blond ear-length hair following him said indifferently: "I just tried the food in the store in advance, so you don't have to count me out later."

"Hey, Fujinami!" The middle-aged man heard the words of the young man behind him and shouted dissatisfied, obviously reminding him to pay attention when speaking. "I know, I know." When the young man heard what the other party said, he nodded and stopped talking.

"Excuse me, who are these two gentlemen?" Karasawa looked at Wakamatsu Serika and asked about their identities.

"This is Mr. Masashige Shiina, the manager of our company."

Wakamatsu Serika first introduced the gray-haired middle-aged man, and then looked at the young man: "The other person is the company's chief designer, Mr. Fujinami Junsheng."

"By the way, Satake, are you here?" Wakamatsu Serika called into the house after introducing the two of them.

"Here!" The bedroom door opened, and a professional beauty wearing glasses leaned out of the room: "What's the matter, madam?"

"Yu Lang just said that he is a little hungry and a little anxious. You can help him cut the Baumkuchen and give him a cushion first."

Wakamatsu Qinxiang explained: "Well... let's make another cup of black tea, so that he can calm down a little."

"Yes, I understand." The intellectual young beauty stroked her glasses and said, "The brand of black tea is English and Welsh, which the president particularly likes. Can you think of it?"

"Okay." Wakamatsu Qinxiang nodded and said, "Sorry to trouble you."

"Then I'll make tea right away." The young beauty bowed slightly to everyone and immediately walked towards the living room.

"Who is that?" Tang Ze looked at the back of the short-haired woman with a hint of depth in his eyes.

"That's Ms. Satake Yoshimi. She is my husband's secretary. Now, she has become my secretary."

Wakamatsu Serika seemed to have thought of something after the introduction, and immediately said: "By the way, on the day my husband passed away, everyone at the Karuizawa Villa was already here except for the housekeeper who went out to buy soy sauce."

Speaking of this, Wakamatsu Qinxiang seemed to feel that everyone had been standing for too long, so she quickly stepped aside and stretched out her hands to signal: "Everyone, please stop standing and go to the living room to have a cup of tea first.

We also happened to be able to talk about what happened on the day of the crime. "

"Before that, I would like to borrow the bathroom first. I don't know where it is?" Karasawa looked at Wakamatsu Serika and asked.

"I'll take you there." Wakamatsu Qinxiang first led everyone to the living room, and then took Tangze to the bathroom door before leaving.

Tang Ze looked at the bathroom and walked in.

Of course, he was not doing it for convenience, but to determine whether the case they were experiencing was the same case as the one he remembered.

Once the verification is completed, he can match the character information in his mind with the people in the case based on their characteristics.

After calming down, Tangze opened the door to the bathroom, looked for the switch, and turned on the light.

Then the scene in the bathroom came into view.

The furnishings inside are all the same as before, including commonly used towels, toothbrushes and other items, so the space is larger than that of an average home.

But it was not these that attracted Karasawa's attention, but the special decoration in the bathroom.

The entire room is paved with green diamond-shaped tiles, and the top of the room is dark green diamond-shaped. As the height continues to decrease, the dark green continues to become lighter, forming a gradient color.

Seeing such distinctive tiles, Karasawa directly determined that the case taking place now was the classic case in his mind - "The Design of Poison and Fantasy".

Thinking of this, Tang Ze turned off the light and walked out of the bathroom and quickly came to the living room.

Next, you need to wait and see, quietly waiting for the right time.

"I see, I didn't expect that Mr. Wakamatsu likes to do carpentry on weekends." When he walked to the living room, he heard Hattori Heiji's sudden voice.

"Well, that's why on the day of the crime, my husband re-paved it himself with specially customized tiles that he designed himself."

Wakamatsu Qinxiang nodded and said: "Because of this, he even forgot about my birthday party."

"Yes, the president probably didn't expect that things would turn out like this." Junsheng Fujinami stood behind the sofa and agreed.

"Hey, Fujinami!" Shiina Masashige couldn't help but speak again after hearing Fujinami Junsheng's disapproving words.

"Okay, okay..." Fujinami Junsheng smiled and immediately shut up and stopped talking.

"Then who was the first person to discover the remains?"

As Tang Ze asked, he glanced at the sofa. When he saw that there were no seats, he walked to the empty seat between the sofas on both sides and stood there.

"That's..." Wakamatsu Qinxiang pondered.

"Yes, I discovered it..."

At this moment, the door to the living room opened, and a girl with dark red hair leaned out in a pink apron.

Everyone looked at each other, and the girl said with a frightened look: "I originally wanted to help the master at that time, but who knew that when I got to the bathroom, I found that the master had fallen to the ground covered in blood."

After saying all this, the young girl bowed to everyone and apologized: "I'm really sorry. I heard everyone talking outside when I came back."

"This is the housekeeper Yonehara Sakurako." Wakamatsu Serika extended her hand and introduced.

"So, you were the one who saw the disappearing death message?" Karasawa looked at Yonehara Sakurako and asked.

"Yes, it's me." Yonehara Sakurako replied nervously.

"Then what did you see on it?" Hattori Heiji couldn't help but ask: "If you saw it before it disappeared, you should still remember it, right?"

"Well, what I saw should be English letters." Sakurako Yonehara nodded honestly after hearing this, and then recalled: "I remember it should be..."

"Enough! This is enough!!"

At this moment, Wakamatsu Ikuro suddenly interrupted Yonehara Sakurako with an irritable yell: "The Baumkuchen that I brought back is not delicious!! Hurry up and cut it for me to eat!"

"Okay." Satake Haoshi agreed and walked towards the small table where the cake was placed.

Next to her, Yonehara Sakurako quickly ran over, "It's my job to cut the cake, so let me do it."

"Ms. Yonehara, you cut it, and I'll help you put it on the plate." Satake said with a smile.

Watching the two of them cutting the cake, Wakamatsu Ikuro smiled with satisfaction and looked at everyone present with a sinister smile: "Speaking of which, since all the main members of the club are here, let's decide on the next club member. Let’s choose the one who’s taller!”

As Wakamatsu Ikuro finished speaking, the expressions of everyone present suddenly changed.

(End of this chapter)