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Chapter 197 Clues (two in one)

With such a judgment, it is naturally not a random guess.

After all, last night, Karasawa studied information about Ueno Hirayama's life and past.

For this man in his forties, Tangze established an impression of this man in his mind based on his experience and past words and deeds.

He is calm and rational, has experienced war, and has excellent military theories and sufficient overall judgment.

If such a guy really wants to get a ransom, he will never spread the video online without any benefit.

Because he knows that it will only strengthen the other party's determination to annihilate him, so if it is his plan, he will definitely negotiate and trade secretly without publicity.

But now, the video has been uploaded to the Internet and everyone knows it. Even the TV stations are reporting on it, completely ruining the possibility of the transaction.

Moreover, even the location of the transaction has been explained, even if it is required to prepare a helicopter, it is really not a wise move.

After all, gangsters generally want to get a ransom, and most of them will notify you at short notice before the transaction to send the ransom, and they will constantly change the route in the middle, etc., in order to get rid of the pursuers as quickly as possible after getting the ransom.

And now, knowing that you have forced the opponent to destroy you, you still have to choose a location to prepare for the opponent?
  If a helicopter comes, I'm afraid I won't be able to take it.

And when based on this judgment, the thought "The mastermind of this series is not Ueno Hirayama" flashed in Tang Ze's mind.

Perhaps the image of the clown who abducted children was too impressive, and I subconsciously came up with the idea that the mastermind was not Ueno Hirayama.

Tang Ze suddenly discovered that the gangster's behavior now was like a clown, funny and making people laugh, but within the funny, there was a darkness full of malice hidden inside.

This reminded him of DC's poster villain "The Joker". Although it's not that crazy, this mentality is really similar.

After informing the two of his thoughts and judgments, Takagi said solemnly: "If Ueno Hirayama is just a cover for the mastermind...then the prisoner's real goal..."

"It's two billion in cash!" Tang Ze said slowly: "It's just that the terror is not the ransom requested, but the other purpose."

Hearing this, Miwako Sato suddenly looked at Karasawa and said seriously: "I remember when I was investigating Hei and Masaharu's homes, there was a set of itineraries written down in a notebook, right?

So Hei and Masaharu are suspected of investigating someone's whereabouts? And you can get 2 billion in cash from that person! ?
  "This possibility cannot be ruled out." Tang Ze said undeniably.

Although they didn't believe in Karasawa's train of thought before, combined with the clues they had collected before, now Officer Takagi and the two officers had no choice but to believe that it was indeed possible.

If you have any doubts, check it out.

If that profession is the most inquisitive, then criminal justice is definitely the top profession among them.

But just when Tang Ze was about to assign the task, Tang Ze received a call from Uncle Demi.

"Moxi Moxi? Uncle Demi, have you found anything over there?" After answering the call, Tang Ze went straight to the topic and asked.

"In the previous investigation, all the information left by the accidentally encountered prisoners during their escape has been collected and investigated."

Demi replied on the other end of the phone, "Not much information was left. First of all, based on the identification of the bullet, it was found that the prisoner used a 40-caliber pistol."

"Huh?" Tang Ze felt strange now.

He remembered very clearly that when he and Conan discussed the criminal shooting case on the news when they were at Dr. Ali's house, he remembered that the prisoner also used a 40-caliber pistol.

These two unrelated cases had the same data at this point, which immediately gave Tangze a different idea.

"Uncle Demi, I remember that in the case of the criminal attack some time ago, the prisoner also used a pistol of this caliber, right? Could you please compare the ballistic traces of the bullets in the two cases?"

"Do you suspect that Ueno Hirayama was also responsible for that case?" Demi asked in surprise on the other end of the phone.

"I just have some suspicions, but there is no concrete evidence yet, so I'm sorry, Uncle Demi, you're in trouble." Tang Ze thanked him.

"What's the point? It's our job to compare evidence, and the evidence is meant to be confirmed." Demi said without caring.

Afterwards, he informed Tang Ze of another piece of evidence they found in the car, which he didn't know if it was useful or not.

In the car in which the prisoner escaped, their forensic team found a photo of a fishing boat parked at the pier.

Although he didn't know if it would be useful, Demi enlarged it anyway and planned to let Tangze see if he could find anything when he came back.

"I understand. I'll go back to you after I finish the investigation."

Karasawa hung up the phone and immediately looked at Sato Miwako and said: "We will act separately next. I would like to ask you to investigate the past of Heiwa Masaru.

Officer Takagi and I went to the mobile coffee stall where Heiwa Masaharu once worked to ask about the situation. "

"No problem, then I'll leave first!"

Miwako Sato replied crisply, then stepped on the accelerator. Amidst the roar of the engine, the red car turned into flames and disappeared into the traffic.

.........

"It was only about a month ago that Heping resigned."

In the park, in front of the coffee house.

While the waiter was making coffee for Tang Ze and the others, he said, "I only had a few chats with him when I took over, and I don't know about the rest."

"How long has this person named Heping been working here?" Takagi asked.

"Ah... his qualifications are quite old... he has been working regularly here in the park. The company is planning to promote him to a nearby store as a store manager."

The waiter thought for a moment and said, "It's been about six or seven years..."

"It's been such a long time..."

While Karasawa was thinking, he looked around at the place where Hei and Masaharu had worked for six or seven years.

It is a simple park surrounded by tall buildings. The most conspicuous one on the left is a building made of glass with the "ASP" logo on the top floor, which reflects the sky very beautifully.

"Your coffee is ready."

"Ah, thanks."

After taking the coffee, Karasawa turned around and handed it to Takagi next to him. Then when he was about to get his own coffee, he inadvertently glanced at the sticky note posted on the wall in the cabin.

【MegaD, 7 servings of coffee with milk】

This recording method is exactly the same as the format that Zaihe and Masaharu recorded in their notebooks!
  "Sorry, what does this MegaD mean?" Karasawa asked immediately, pointing to the sticky note on the wall.

"Ah, we often have regular customers here too."

The waiter smiled and replied: "MegaD is the abbreviation of a nearby optical discount chain store. I often come back to buy coffee before closing." This information cheered up the two of them.

Because this basically proves that Heihe Masaharu is indeed investigating someone's movement trajectory!

And the other party may be his real target!

After receiving this favorable information, Takagi immediately went to MegaD to conduct relevant inquiries and investigations.

Karasawa originally planned to go together, but he received a call from Sato Miwako midway, changing his attention and investigating separately from Officer Takagi.

After Miwako Sato's investigation in the Life Safety Section, it was discovered that Heihe Masaharu's father was a homeless man.

Before Heihe Zhengji entered elementary school, he disappeared because he owed a large sum of money, became a homeless man, and died in the park seven years ago.

And because Heihe Masaharu's father wanted to let his family know about his death, his belongings contained information about his family.

However, because Hei and Masaharu's mother had remarried, when the remains were confirmed, only Hei and Masaharu went there alone.

It was at that time that Heihe and Masaharu learned that their father would occasionally appear in the park where he worked.

After Tang Ze learned about this situation, he immediately thought of the photo he had seen at the other party's home before. The scene in it looked like somewhere in the park.

After receiving information from Sato Miwako's investigation, it made him think that maybe the place in the photo was the place where Hei and Masaharu's father once lived.

Otherwise, that photo won’t be the only photo in the other person’s home.

Perhaps it was because it was the place where his father once lived that why Heihe Masaharu cherished it so much and took pictures of it as a souvenir.

After some inquiring, Karasawa unexpectedly found the open-air building with a triangular roof in the photo on the other side of the park.

There were quite a few tables visited outside the building, while many homeless people lined up to receive food in the building and then sat at the tables to eat.

When Tang Ze's figure appeared here, a girl wearing a beige coat quickly ran over.

"Sorry, do you want to check the license?"

"No, no, I'm not here to patrol." Tang Ze looked at the girl who was about to take out her ID and asked curiously: "Excuse me, why did you see that I was a criminal?"

Hearing this, the young girl smiled and said: "On a holiday like Christmas, no one would come to a place like this, and there are people wearing suits watching nearby. I don't think anyone except criminals would be willing to stop here. Bar."

This is true, after all, this building is full of homeless people, and ordinary people will not stay here at all.

But it seems that this girl often encounters things like checking permissions, otherwise she wouldn't be able to deal with it so skillfully.

"So that's it, but I came here because of other things."

Tang Ze nodded clearly, then looked at the other party and asked, "Excuse me, when did your relief activities start?"

"About five years ago."

After the girl replied proudly, she said a little disappointedly: "But recently this place will be developed into a commercial street. This park will be demolished soon, and the number of places for homeless people to rest has been decreasing..."

"Is that so? Thank you for your hard work." Tang Ze thought of what he had seen at Heihe Masaji's house before and nodded thoughtfully.

After thanking the other party, Tang Ze walked on the sidewalk and looked at the dilapidated huts built around him, the homeless people sitting on the ground, and then looked at the tall buildings on the other side of the park. He couldn't help but feel that there was a strong contrast.

"We are both human beings, but our way of living is really different." Tang Ze sighed and sighed silently.

However, sighing wouldn't change anything. Tang Ze quickly cheered up and called Takagi to prepare to meet him.

After finding Takagi, the other party's investigation also came to fruition.

After asking the owner of the optical shop, at around 11:4 on November 19, there was only one woman and another young man who came to buy contact lenses at MegaD.

This situation is also consistent with the information left by Hattori Heiji about the young man.

This increasingly convinced him that Heihe Masaharu's target was this unknown young man.

There are two reasons for this.

As a soldier, Ueno Hirayama's eyesight was 1.5, so it was impossible to go to an optical shop. This first ruled out the possibility of He and Shoji tracking and investigating Ueno Hirayama and subsequently coming into contact with him.

The more important point is that in the hostage video, Karasawa did not see the figure of the young man Hattori Heiji said.

The other party deliberately hid him and did not capture him in the video.

As the saying goes, "When anything goes wrong, there must be a monster." The more hidden it is, the more likely it is the real target.

Fortunately, the optical shop had recorded the other party's information and registered basic information about the customer, allowing Takagi to obtain the name and address of the young man named Ito Ryosuke.

"Then, let's go to Hirano's house now." Tang Ze opened his mouth and directly determined the next target of the two of them.

Although the visit between the two had some twists and turns, after asking the landlord, they successfully found the relevant person about Ryosuke Ito - his wife who was hospitalized and was about to give birth.

After asking about Ryousuke's whereabouts, they got the answer they expected.

The other party's phone calls have been unreachable since last night, and they haven't responded to emails.

After calling the night company where Ryousuke worked to inquire, he got the news that they did not let her husband work last night.

After comforting Mrs. Ito, who blamed herself, the two drove towards the company address they asked for.

"We did not do any cleaning work last night."

After stating his intention, the receptionist frowned and thought for a moment, then led the two of them to the whiteboard where the work schedule was arranged. "Look, there was really no work last night, right?"

When they saw the word "NC" written under the name with a blue ink pen, their eyes froze.

"Karasawa-kun, the "NC" on Heihe Shoji's notebook should be this, right?" Takagi pointed at the whiteboard and said excitedly.

"Well, night cleaning, the so-called "NC" is the abbreviation of night cleaning." Karasawa nodded and said: "It seems that the person investigated by Heihe Shoji is really Ito Ryosuke."

At those times and places, Ito Ryosuke once cleaned the place at night.

"But why do Heihe Shoji investigate Ito Ryosuke?" Takagi frowned and said in confusion: "No matter how you look at it, Ryousuke is just an ordinary employee, and he can't afford that much money at all, right?"

"Well... maybe I know why." The manager who heard the conversation between the two couldn't help but said: "Actually..."

　PS: It is quite common to register information for shopping in neon stores, and it is still in the era of underdeveloped Internet, so please don’t be surprised.

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