The night wind blew enough, and the two people who were walking after dinner also finished eating and planned to drive home.

Along the way, the two were still discussing where to go to play in the future, and finally planned to go to Hawaii for vacation because the weather was gradually entering summer.

This island-type climate does not need to bring large bags of clothes, the scenery is also good and there are all kinds of food, it is understandable for the two to choose here.

The main reason is to go there for a leisurely vacation and play, not like going to the market. After going to this attraction, you will rush to the next attraction to check in.

This kind of slow-paced vacation is what Tang Ze hopes for, and it is also convenient for him to adjust his mentality.

"Then it's settled?"

After discussing the location of the vacation, Ayako said: "Then I will contact you tomorrow to find a guide for us. For the hotel, I will wait for you to settle the matter at hand before making a reservation?"

"Well, that's it." Tang Ze nodded as he drove the car, "After that, I'll go to ask for annual leave."

"But can you really go for so many days?" Ayako expressed a little worry when she said this: "I won't let you come back halfway?"

"Don't worry, it's impossible. It's not like I won't turn around if the Metropolitan Police Department leaves." Tang Ze waved his hand: "It will definitely be calm by then."

The reason why Tang Ze is so confident is because he still has a seven-day leave card to use in his hand, so naturally he doesn't have to worry about murder and other bad things during the trip.

In addition, choosing to travel abroad this time can also allow him to experiment with one thing, that is, to see the distance of the leave card.

To put it simply, it is to see if he can influence Neon and prevent the case from happening when he is in Hawaii.

It can be regarded as a prop test incidentally during this trip.

"Then I'm relieved." Ayako nodded and said with a smile, "Then I will wait for you to arrange the work at hand and ask for leave."

"If there is no accident, you can ask for leave tomorrow."

Tang Ze nodded and drove up the uphill ahead, but Ayako looked out the window and her tone became hurried: "Xianyi, is there a fire over there?"

"Where?" Tang Ze drove up the **** and stopped the car, then looked out the co-pilot's window.

With good eyesight, he quickly locked on to the burning building in the distance.

"It's really on fire, but the surrounding area and ambulances have arrived."

Tang Ze retracted the body that was pressing on Ayako, and then started the car again: "Let's go, I'll watch the news when I get home, there should be reports."

"I hope there will be no casualties." Ayako said sincerely looking forward to the fire in the distance.

It was only nine o'clock when the two returned home, so they planned to rest and watch TV.

Thinking of the fire encountered on the road, the two tacitly adjusted the local radio station in Tokyo and saw the scene of the fire.

"It's an old-fashioned residence, no wonder it's on fire." Ayako looked at the burning house and couldn't help saying: "Recently, there seems to be a lot of news about this kind of old house being on fire. Two days ago, I heard my subordinates discussing similar fires. .”

"Huh?" Tang Ze raised his eyebrows: "There was an old house on fire before?"

"Well, but fortunately, there were no casualties in the previous fire."

When Ayako talked about what came to her mind, she picked up a newspaper from the dining table: "Look, thanks to this firefighter named Samejima, who disregarded his life and death, there were no casualties in the fire."

"A great man." Tang Ze praised the man whose face was blackened and embarrassed in the newspaper without hesitation.

This is a respect for the retrograde. Every firefighter who snatches someone from death is a hero.

"I hope it will be safe and sound this time." Ayako couldn't help praying as she watched the fire gradually being extinguished.

But there is a "Murphy's Law" in this world.

To put it simply, things will always develop towards the bad ending that people think, no matter how small the possibility is, it will always happen and cause the worst result.

Although this is a false law without scientific basis, it is just a pessimistic subjective emotion, but the reason why this law is famous is that it is true most of the time.

Just a moment after Ayako's words fell, the firefighters carried an old man out of the extinguished fire and ran towards the ambulance.

Although the old man on TV looked as if he was not seriously injured because he extinguished the fire in time, Tang Ze couldn't help but sigh.

Because when there is a fire, it is not that if you are not burned, you will not die. On the contrary, many victims died because of suffocation.

"It's really ruthless." Tang Ze sighed, "I hope it's not the bad situation I thought."

The two then switched channels, and after watching a movie, they took a shower and went to bed.

Although there was a small episode in the middle, it didn't affect the mood of the two of them. After all, it was just a "story" for outsiders, and they didn't have any personal experience.

Only those related to the deceased will be sad because of the "accident" in front of them.

But sometimes "stories" will come to your door, especially people in Tang Ze's industry will get involved in other people's "accidents" and become a "story" in his mouth.

Early the next morning, as soon as he arrived at Kesouyan, he received a report from his subordinates, saying that Ma Sheng really had something urgent to find him.

After arriving at the dormitory of the forensic department, Tang Ze knocked on the door and waited for a while, then he saw Ma Sheng actually opened the door and came out.

"What happened? You didn't go back last night."

Because the case happens 24 hours a day, in order to obtain the information on the corpse against time, the corpse will be dissected when it is transported.

And dissection is an extremely labor-intensive and energy-intensive job, and it also takes a lot of time. In order to take care of the forensic doctors, Tang Ze specially reserved a dormitory for them so that they can rest directly.

Looking at Ma Sheng's sleepy appearance, it is likely that he fell asleep in the dormitory after the autopsy yesterday.

That's why Tang Ze asked this question.

"I don't know if you have read the news? Yesterday, a residential building caught fire, and an old man who lived alone passed away."

Tang Ze was stunned by Aso's honest words, "I know the news, but why did the victims of the fire send us here..."

"Regarding this point, don't you already have an answer in your heart?"

Aso Shishi walked to his office, and sent an inspection report on the desktop to Tang Ze: "The name of the deceased is Yukzo Yamamura, he is 71 years old and lives alone.

The fire broke out around 8:30pm last night and he was trapped inside without being able to escape.

In fact, when I was in the ambulance, it was already confirmed that the other party was not saved.

It was originally planned to treat it as an accident, but the accompanying doctor in the ambulance discovered the bruise on the messenger's neck and the "Yoshikawa line" caused by resistance on the neck.

At that time, the doctor suspected that the deceased had been killed before the fire, and after the criminal report with his colleagues, he directly transported the body to Kesouyan. "

"Looking at the injury on the neck, it looks like he was strangled to death with both hands around the neck."

Tang Ze looked at the autopsy report: "The mucous membrane of the trachea is pale, it really wasn't the death caused by the fire, but was killed before the fire."

"Well, generally speaking, there should be traces of flame burns in the ducts of people who were burned to death, or the ducts turned black due to the inhalation of a large amount of smoke and dust."

Asahi nodded honestly and said: "But in the corpse I dissected last night, his tracheal mucosa was completely white, which is the "pale tracheal mucosa" in forensic medicine. "

This shows that the deceased actually died before the fire broke out, so they did not inhale dust or flames.

Based on the scars on the messenger's neck and the "Yoshikawa line", the deceased was probably strangled to death before the fire. "

"Should I set fire to extinguish the traces after the murder?"

Tang Ze never thought that the accidental fire last night would turn into a murder case: "I know the situation, and I will take the people from Kesouyan to see the scene later."

"Well, then I'll leave it to you." Ma Cheng said honestly, yawned and turned to leave: "Then I'll go back to sleep first."

"Since you're awake, eat your breakfast before going to sleep." Tang Ze reminded, "Pay attention to your body."

"I know." Asahi waved his hand honestly and walked towards the restaurant.

Tang Ze quickly contacted Hiroshi Saito and asked him to take his men and set off to the scene of the crime with him.

Of course, the first search department is also indispensable for murder cases. Tang Ze called Takagi, only to find that the other party had already set off ahead of schedule with Miwako Sato.

Everyone drove to yesterday's fire point very quickly. The area here is full of traditional Japanese buildings.

Many structures such as the outer guardrail are made of wood, which is indeed a place that is easy to catch fire.

Under the watchful eyes of a group of spectators, Tang Ze led the people into the borderline.

At the scene of the crime, forensic officers have already begun to take pictures and collect evidence.

After seeing Tang Ze, Takagi immediately greeted him: "Criminal Tang Ze, you are here too."

"Well, I saw this fire in the distance yesterday." Tang Ze nodded and said, "I thought it was just an ordinary fire, but I didn't expect it would involve a murder case."

"Who says it's not? I rushed over when I received the news early this morning."

Speaking of this, Miwako Sato smiled and said, "Oh, by the way, because this is a matter involving a fire, the Yuminaga Police Department of the Fire Department will also handle the case with us."

"What about others?"

Tang Ze nodded, but he wasn't too surprised. After all, this case also involved arson. It is only normal for the fire criminals to search and cooperate with the investigation.

"I'm investigating the scene in the house." Takagi pointed to the burnt blackened room.

"Let's go in and have a look."

Tang Ze stepped into it, and a group of Kesouyan members in white coats entered the room one after another.

Entering the room, the dim light even made Hiroshi Saito take out a flashlight to see the surroundings clearly.

"Ah, ah, this is really burnt thoroughly." Looking at the almost completely blackened room, Hiroshi Saito expressed emotion.

The room at this moment is basically all scorched black, which is why the room is so dark, after all, there is not even a good wall around.

It's like a room that is almost completely dark, and the light is naturally dimmed.

"It's police Tang Ze." Officer Gong Chang who was investigating the scene at the side heard the movement and looked over. "Long time no see."

"It's been a long time since I saw you. The last time I saw you was during the "Flame Horse" incident." Tang Ze greeted with a smile: "I'll trouble you this time."

"Oh, by the way, let me introduce you. This is Ryuhei Samejima, the deputy chief of the fire department of the Tokyo Central Fire Department."

After Gongchang greeted everyone, he immediately introduced the man dressed as a firefighter beside him.

"Same Island..." Tang Ze heard the name, looked at the other party carefully and suddenly said: "Ah, I saw you in the newspaper."

"Samejima is the trump card of the Central Fire Department." Gongchang smiled and said, "The media has also reported many times because of his desperate attitude to save people."

"The Gongchang police department, you are too proud."

Samejima Ryuhei bowed slightly to the crowd and said, "I am yesterday's disaster relief worker. Since a homicide occurred this time, I will cooperate with everyone in the search."

"Please teach me more."

After Tang Ze returned the gift, he stopped procrastinating: "Then there is no need to delay, let's get to the point.

Was the cause of the fire this time really arson? "

"That's right." Samejima Ryuhei nodded.

"Where is the fire point? Is it near here?" Takagi asked, looking at the scorched shelves around him.

"Not here, because the temperature of the room has become lower, so the burned house will be covered with thick coal ash."

Samejima Ryuhei shook his head and said, "This is not where the fire started. Come with me, and I'll take you there."

Ryuhei Samejima, wearing a hard hat, adjusted the light on the hat slightly to avoid shining into other people's eyes, and then walked towards the living room of the room.

But when Miwako Sato entered the room, the shelf next to the door suddenly fell down.

"Be careful." Samejima Ryuhei was the first to enter the room, but he still stood at the door of the room and did not leave.

Seeing the black wreckage falling down, he quickly pulled Miwako Sato towards him.

"Crack..."

The charred wooden pillar hit the ground and broke into several pieces.

"Be careful~lightnovelpub.net~ The house after the fire is more like a dangerous building. You don't know when something will be destroyed." Samejima Ryuhei gave a warning after letting go of Sato Miwako, and then continued to walk forward.

"Are you okay, Criminal Sato." Seeing that his sweetheart was in danger, Takagi hurried forward to ask.

"It's okay, let's go." Miwako Sato patted Takagi to reassure him, and followed everyone to a corner of the living room.

"When the temperature becomes higher, there will be less soot, and this area is the fire point."

Samejima Ryuhei led the crowd to the dining table, first motioned for the crowd to look at the opposite ceiling, then squatted down and said, "It is most likely caused by the fire source of the cigarette."

Everyone looked at the area pointed by the other party, but they were all dumbfounded.

Because the area the other party pointed to was completely scorched.

It was completely scorched black.