Early the next morning,

After Tang Ze went to work, he found Sihuayuan and informed the other party that the new book was basically completed.

Let the other party choose the right time to announce the news, so as to maximize the publicity effect.

And after this day was spent safely, just when Tang Ze was about to get off work on Thursday night, full of thought that he could spend the day safely again, the case came as scheduled.

When he arrived at the scene by car, the familiar characters in front of him made Tang Ze not have the slightest wave in his heart.

Xiaolan, Yuanzi, and Conan, who is on duty all year round, this combination seems to be a case that didn't run away when they were playing on the way home after school.

It's just that when he saw another short-haired blonde woman beside the three of them, Tang Ze narrowed his eyes slightly.

Running into Judy again shows that this case may be mixed with some small information from both the red and black sides.

The little information in this kind of case is a valuable puzzle piece for Conan, but it is not something to be valued for Tang Ze.

just smiled and said hello after seeing each other, and then began to carefully inspect the scene.

In those cases, the small information leaked by the other party, let Conan play, he needs to pay attention to the case.

After questioning the confessions of Yuanzi and others, the general situation of the case has been understood.

Conan and the three of them met Ms. Judy after school.

Because it seems that perverts are harassing students recently, Judy wants to ask the two about the situation, so she brings the three of them to the mall here to drink and talk while drinking.

While they were talking, the lights in the mall suddenly dimmed, and then a commotion outside was heard.

When he ran out to take a look, he found that the deceased was leaning against the wall at the entrance of the electric escalator, clutching his chest and dying.

The deceased's name is Katsuzawa Nakajo, 43 years old, and he is the president of a detective agency.

As for the cause of death, it was very simple, he was stabbed in the stomach and died.

Combined with the fact that the scene of the crime was in a place with a huge flow of people such as a shopping mall, and the testimony of Yuan Zi and others who said that the power had been cut off before, it can be speculated that the criminal committed the crime in the short moment when the power was cut off.

And at the file bag where the deceased put his hands on his chest, he left a strange set of death messages pointing to the prisoner before he died——!

After examining the mobile phone on the deceased's body, the forensic officers found that the last phone call made by the deceased was 30 minutes ago.

And at that time, it happened to be the moment when the case happened!!

Yes, you heard it right, it took 30 minutes for Tang Ze and the others to come to the scene of the crime.

This is not only the problem of long distances, but also because of traffic jams on the road...

Half an hour is not long, but it is not short, after hearing the report of the forensic department, Tang Ze directly took his mobile phone and chose to make the last call of the deceased through the evidence bag.

When the phone was dialed, among the crowd of onlookers, a phone rang suddenly.

"Bell Bell Bell !!"

Hearing this piercing ringtone, Tang Ze and the others unconsciously looked towards the ringtone, and then saw a middle-aged man with a high hairline who took out his mobile phone in a panic.

"Ahh Wait... etc..."

Looking at the mobile phone that kept ringing, the man hurriedly pressed the close button, and then couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, when he looked up, he found that the criminals on the side had already come to his side.

"It seems that thirty minutes ago, it was you who called the deceased, sir."

Tang Ze's words instantly made the man in front of him panic, and he hurriedly wanted to deny it, "No... I..."

"It's rude." Tang Ze didn't have the patience to accompany the other party's inner struggle, so he directly grabbed the other party's wrist and turned the mobile phone screen towards him.

Sure enough, it was the name of the deceased that was displayed on it.

"Ah, I remembered my brother-in-law!" Yuan Zi suddenly remembered something when he saw the mobile phone, "At that time, he was on the phone from the seat next to us, saying that he would pay four times the price, and let the other party hurry over and pay or something..."

"Roar? These words are very dangerous statements..."Tang Ze stared at the other party with sharp eyes, "This gentleman, don't you want to explain something?" ”

"I know! I say! I'll tell you all! ”

Facing the criminals around him, the man who couldn't resist the pressure hurriedly begged for mercy.

According to the other party's self-introduction, his name is Afterlife, and the company is on the 8~10th floor of this building, and the general affairs department of this company.

The reason why they have contact with the other party is because their company found out about the embezzlement of public funds by employees last month, so the leader above asked him to order him to find out the embezzlement before the president knew about it.

Naturally, he was not a professional investigator and did not have the ability to investigate, so he hired detectives to investigate.

This is actually quite common in Neon, and the daily business of many detectives is not actually a murder, but this kind of business investigation, looking for a mistress, and some gray area things.

It's just obvious that the detective he found was unreliable and had no professional ethics, and after finding the prisoner again, he directly chose to sit on the ground and start the price.

And what Conan heard at that time was a conversation between him and the detective, saying that the other party was willing to pay double the price, and if he was not willing to pay a higher price, then sell the information to the other party.

That's why they had the words Conan heard at the café before.

It's just that the other party hasn't come at the appointed time, and then when he was looking for the other party, he was attracted by the crowd of onlookers, and he learned that Nakajo Katsuzawa was dead, and it was at this time that the phone suddenly rang and he was discovered.

"So, the file bag in the deceased's arms contains that information?" Takagi speculated: "Now that the information in the file bag is gone, this means that the prisoner is obviously here for this information, so the person who embezzled public funds is the prisoner." ”

Tang Ze nodded when he heard this, and immediately looked at the afterlife and said, "So, Mr. Afterlife, I don't know if Mr. Nakajo has investigated something to report to you before this?" ”

"Ah, yes, yes!"

Hearing this, the prisoner hurriedly took out a list from the file bag in his hand, "A week ago, Detective Nakajo provided me with a list of suspicious employees. ”

As a result, there was a dense list of people written on it, Takagi glanced at it and immediately had a headache and said: "Hey, this is not a joke, so many people want to investigate one by one, it's a big project!" ”

"Fifty-eight prisoners?"

Looking at the list, Tang Ze quickly counted the number of people.

Hearing Takagi's words, Tang Ze smiled at him and said, "Indeed, it's too troublesome for so many people to investigate one by one.

But as long as you unravel the "death message" left by Mr. Nakajo, everything will be solved. ”