Detectives of Detective World

There are no strange substances.

This was Tangze's judgment after checking the smell in the kitchen.

Although the entire kitchen room was filled with the sweet smell of cakes, it was precisely because of this that it made it easier for Karasawa to investigate.

After all, he only needs to filter out the pungent smells outside. In this environment, strange smells will be more prominent, just like the feeling of a drop of ink in clear water.

Obviously, Tang Ze did not smell the pungent smell of poisons, including gunpowder and other items with lethal properties.

In addition to the ingredients and condiments for some desserts, the entire room is just a kitchen.

After confirming these, Tangze naturally wouldn't be too entangled in learning about cakes.

After bidding farewell to the busy pair of masters and apprentices, Akiko Sato and Mika Mamuro, Karasawa followed Saotome Sami out of the kitchen.

"Mr. Karasawa...if I remember correctly, you seem to be the criminal, right?"

On the way out of the kitchen, Saotome Sami took the initiative to pick up the topic: "I heard about the engagement of the eldest daughter of the Suzuki family, but I didn't expect to see her here today."

"Ah, it's me."

Karasawa smiled and said: "Mr. Saotome is a pastry critic, so he must be very knowledgeable about desserts. I wonder if you can recommend me some shops with good desserts and good environment?"

"Then you have asked the right person." Saotome Sami covered her mouth and smiled charmingly: "I can't help with other aspects, but if you ask this, I am a professional.

Of course, no one can compare to Mika-chan, that new cake is so great..."

"boom!!"

Mentioning his professional field, Saotome Sami became more and more excited as he talked about it, but just as he was happily describing Mamuro Mika's new work, a huge sound behind him shook him to the ground.

Tang Ze was also shocked by the sudden explosion. He turned his head to look at the kitchen, his face full of disbelief.

He had clearly confirmed with his super sense of smell before that there were no dangerous explosives in the kitchen, otherwise he would not have been able to leave the kitchen with such peace of mind.

But the reality seemed to slap him in the face. As soon as he left the back kitchen, which he thought was in no danger, the back kitchen exploded.

But now is not the time to be in a daze. Akiko Sato and Mika Mamuro are still in the kitchen. He needs to find a way to save them quickly.

"You stay here. If Ayako comes, tell her I'm fine." Karasawa looked at Saotome Sami, who was frightened and sat on the ground, and hurriedly confessed and ran towards the kitchen.

"Is it okay!"

Before Karasawa could run to the door, he saw Akiko Sato staggering out of the kitchen.

Karasawa quickly went to help the other party, but Akiko Sato was holding on to the wall and weakly said: "I...I'm fine...hurry and save Mika..."

Tangze roughly checked the other party's injuries and found that the most serious one was the burning of her left hand, so he asked her to leave alone and enter the room.

The next moment, he saw Mamuro Mika's body lying quietly near the gate.

Yes, just one glance at Tang Ze could tell him that the other party was dead. He was already a corpse at this moment.

If you see Mika Mamuro's condition at this moment, even if you don't have any medical knowledge, you will probably conclude in an instant that this person is hopeless.

At this moment, she had completely lost her previous youthful and beautiful appearance, and her entire face had completely turned black and was even carbonized in some places.

It was obviously a huge explosion that directly scorched her skin.

Not only her face, but her entire body was in this state. She was completely silent.

After confirming that Mika Mamuro had no vital signs, Karasawa immediately left the kitchen and went to the corridor to open the fire-fighting equipment. The security personnel who came over took the fire-fighting equipment and entered it again to put out the fire.

Although the entire kitchen was pitch black, the fire was not that big because there were very few things that could burn in the house.

Under the sea of ​​​​people, the fire in the kitchen was quickly put out.

"Is everything okay?"

Seeing Tang Ze coming out, Ayako immediately threw herself into Tang Ze's arms: "When I heard just now that there was an explosion in the kitchen, my heart almost jumped out of my chest.

When I came over, Mr. Saotome said you were fine, but I didn’t see you.”

"Luckily, there was an explosion as soon as we left." Karasawa patted Ayako's back and comforted: "It's okay, it's okay. I'm fine."

But no matter what, the frightened Ayako refused to let go of Karasawa's hand.

Fortunately, what he could do at this moment has been done. After asking for the command of the security personnel from Akiko Sato, Karasawa asked them to evacuate the crowd first and wait for the arrival of the police.

An explosion occurred and caused casualties. The Metropolitan Police Department dispatched police quickly.

Soon Karasawa saw Officer Megure bringing Takagi and Miwako Sato to the scene, but Naoki Uyei was not seen.

Although the other party has not yet gone to search the Fourth Section, he is already familiar with the work. Today, he was called by the Fourth Section to help, so he cannot follow him to the scene.

Following closely behind were the forensic personnel led by Hiroshi Saito. Because the workload of the explosion must be heavy, Hiroshi Saito also brought a large number of manpower this time.

"It's a typical symptom of being killed by a bomb." Hiroshi Saito took a cursory look at the body and said, "Let's transport it back first. Dr. Aso should be waiting for it."

Because the crime scene had just occurred and the cause of death of the body was obvious, when Tang Zhe contacted them on the phone, he did not ask Aso to join the team, but asked him to prepare for the autopsy.

After the large force arrived, Karasawa first comforted Ayako, and then went to the explosion site to join everyone.

"Anyway, let's start the investigation first." Tangze passed by the people carrying the corpse and began to look at the entire kitchen.

Because he was busy rescuing people and putting out fires before, he didn't take a closer look at the layout of the entire kitchen. Now he naturally had to take a closer look and carve the crime scene into his mind.

Compared with the kitchen in an ordinary family, the kitchen area of ​​this professionally made cake and dessert is obviously much larger.

The entire room is about 20 square meters in size, and is square in shape. The door is in the lower left corner, and the upper left corner is the oven.

As for the convenient upper and lower right sides, various tools are placed, and in the middle of the room is a large chopping board, which is convenient for preparation work such as kneading dough and decorating flowers.

The oven in the upper left corner was the first thing that caught Karasawa's attention.

Judging from the extent of the damage, this seemed to be the explosion point. Tangze saw that the bricks on the nearby wall were blown away.

"Judging from the splash direction of the tile fragments, the air wave of the explosion was heading towards the door."

Hiroshi Saito approached the oven and looked at the dark, ugly large oven and judged: "The origin of the fire should be this oven, that's right."

"Did you find anything?" Karasawa looked at Saito Hiroshi and asked.

"this."

Hiroshi Saito picked up an iron cake tray with a twisted surface and black embroidery from the ground and said: "Generally speaking, this kind of tray needs to be exposed to a high temperature of more than 700 degrees for more than 14 hours to become like this.

But Karasawa Criminal, you put out the fire quickly, right? "

"You mean to say that a considerable amount of firepower was concentrated in a short period of time to cause this tray to become like this?" Tangze said suddenly.

"It looks like a gas explosion." Takagi walked over and looked at the oven and said.

"Don't be too busy making a decision now. Let's do it after the investigation."

Karasawa patted Takagi's shoulder, but looked at the dark wall on the right.

On that dark wall, there was an obvious rectangular mark that was much whiter than the surrounding areas.

Thinking of the situation Ayako introduced when attending the banquet, Karasawa estimated the size of the rectangular mark on the wall and found that the plaque of the country's highest dessert award won by Akiko Sato seemed to be exactly the same size.

Thinking of this, Karasawa immediately suspected Sato Akiko, who survived the explosion.

First of all, after this case occurred, Tang Ze had no idea that the case was an accident.

At least the cases that happened around him could basically say goodbye to accidents.

In this case, Akiko Sato survived, along with her cherished award.

In this situation, Tang Ze had to doubt the other party.

After all, many prisoners in the past would show their flaws when committing crimes because they were reluctant to part with their cherished things. Tangze had to suspect that the same was true for the other party.

Of course, conjectures are just conjectures, and Tangze still needs facts to verify them.

Because Akiko Sato had been taken to the hospital by ambulance to deal with her injuries, Karasawa was not afraid of alerting others.

After seeing the situation in the entire kitchen, Karasawa walked out of the crime scene and joined Ayako.

"By the way, let me ask you something. Do you know that the plaque for Akiko Sato's award is taken out and hung in the banquet hall outside every year at the banquet?" Karasawa asked while holding Ayako's hand and walking out.

"It seems there wasn't one last year..." Ayako recalled, "But I didn't know much about it before that. I didn't even attend such banquets when I was in school..."

"Really? Then let's ask others."

Karasawa nodded and said, "There was a pastry critic named Saotome just now. He looks like someone who attends the banquet every year. Go ask him."

"It's him."

Ayako suddenly said after hearing this: "If it's him, he should know about it. After all, he and Akiko Sato have been friends for many years and they come to participate every year."

The two of them walked back towards the hall while talking.

Because of the explosion, many guests were in a hurry to leave because they did not indicate any connection with the explosion. Therefore, after receiving simple questions and registration, all the guests left the place where the matter was.

Fortunately, Karasawa still saw Saotome not leaving, leaning against him talking to a man outside the banquet hall.

Because the two people did not hide the content, Tang Zhe easily heard the content of their conversation.

"Kobayashi-chan, please, please think of a way."

Not far away, Saotome was still crying in her effeminate tone: "No matter what, you must find a way to publish a book for me!"

"It's really not possible!"

The man Saotome called Kobayashi said with an impatient look on his face: "Miss Mamuro is dead now, how can she still publish a book for you!"

"I'll figure this out." Saotome Sami raised her orchid finger and glared fiercely, "I won't forgive you if you can't publish a book."

Seeing Ayako and Karasawa walking towards this side, Saotome Sami hurriedly ended the topic.

"Have you disturbed your conversation? I want to ask, I don't know about Ms. Akiko Sato's award."

Tang Ze pointed to the award plaque he was visiting and said, "This is probably the highest award in Neon."

"Yes, it's Sato-sensei's treasure." Saotome Sami said while wiping her tears with a handkerchief: "Of course, there's no way to compare with Mika-chan."

"Is that so?" Tang Ze nodded when he heard this and said, "I have something to ask you. I wonder if this award will be given out at this time every year?"

"No..."

Saotome Saomi thought for a while and said: "This is the first time I have seen this award. It seemed to have been kept in the kitchen before...

Maybe it’s because Mika-chan won the award this year, and Sato-sensei is not far behind.

However, even if this award is given, it is just Sato Akiko's struggle as a teacher. Everyone knows that Mika-chan, as a disciple, has surpassed her as a teacher. "

"Is that so? It's very useful. Thank you very much."

After thanking him, Karasawa looked at Ayako and said, "Next, I plan to go to the hospital to visit Master Sato, so you should go back first."

"Okay, I understand, please be safe on the road." Ayako nodded after hearing this, took the car keys from Karasawa's hand and left the banquet.

As for Karasawa, he called Takagi to go to the hospital with him to ask Akiko Sato what he saw when he exploded.

Although she was at the scene of the explosion, Akiko Sato did not suffer any particularly serious injuries.

If I have to say, the entire back of my left hand was burned and is currently wrapped with gauze.

By the time Karasawa and others arrived at the hospital, Akiko Sato had already finished treating her wounds and was resting in the hospital ward for observation.

If there are no serious symptoms afterwards, you can be discharged from the hospital tomorrow.

After seeing Karasawa, Akiko Sato was filled with gratitude and thanked him for his life-saving help: "Karasawa Criminal, thank you for your help before."

"This is what I should do."

Karasawa first greeted the other party politely, and then apologized: "I'm sorry to bother you at this time, but if you think your condition is okay, can you answer a few questions for us?"

"Of course, if you need to ask anything, just ask and I will cooperate fully." Akiko Zuotou said seriously when she heard this.

"Then let's cut the story short and get straight to the point."

Tangze took out the kitchen floor plan he drew and got straight to the point, "I wonder if you could tell me where you two were at the time of the explosion?"