Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 172 The Third Method...

four little black
It was the first time for Qin Zhibo to see such a shocking scene through scene reenactment.

In front of the cross, four "little blacks" took turns nailing wooden stakes into Daisuke Torakura's chest, just like the scene of an evil sacrificial ceremony of some mysterious pagan religion.

After killing people, three of the four "little blacks" left the study through the door openly.

After the other "Little Hei" left, the remaining "Little Hei" locked the door from the inside, climbed up the rope hanging from the balcony roof, and left the study room through the roof of the corridor at the entrance of the study room.

[End of scene reenactment]

Combined with the investigation points found before, Qin Zhibo actually already knew the identities of these four "little blacks".

The circumstances of this case reminded Qin Zhibo inexplicably of the case in the detective novel - Murder on the Orient Express.

It's just that in the case of the Orient Express, detective Poirot only needs to prove that there is a certain relationship between all the murderers and the dead who should have never met.

But in this case, even if the methods and motives are found out, they can only be suspected by the police, and they cannot be directly convicted.

The murderers can cover each other, and these people often come to Villa Desura, leaving their fingerprints anywhere here can explain it clearly.

As for the blood-stained mallet in the collection room, it was actually because they didn't want to be discovered that they hit the stake with a mallet when they killed people, and they thought that the murderer might not be alone.

This is a kind of psychological insurance.

In fact, it was not uncommon for the police to find any of their fingerprints on that gavel.

To prove that they are murderers, there are currently only three ways.

The first method is to let the police forensic examine the clothes on their bodies, maybe blood will splatter on them when the stake is pierced into the heart.

Of course, this possibility is unlikely, and the time to solve the case after the inspection will definitely exceed the time required by the side mission.

The second method is to separate the four people and use interrogation techniques to force gaps in the confessions between them.

But this also takes time, and it may not be 100% successful.

The third method is.
In the living room, as Mori Kogoro's reasoning ended, everything seemed to have settled.

Everyone sat on the chairs and sofas in the living room, waiting for the arrival of the police with complicated expressions.

In the silent atmosphere, Conan still did not give up thinking.

Just now, Mori Kogoro asked the people in the villa what kind of enemies Daisuke Torakura had made.

Toshiya Tasho's answer is that Mr. Torakura has recently changed his writing theme from a vampire novel to a heroic fantasy novel, which caused some dissatisfied old readers to send letters to Villa Desura.

Some of them are very ugly.

And this has also been confirmed by the editor Fumio Doi.

"The magazine has also received letters from readers who are dissatisfied with Mr. Hu Cang."

In this way, Mori Kogoro also confirmed it.

"Mr. Torakura must have been killed by some crazy reader who loved vampire novels!"

"This reader thought that Mr. Hu Cang's change of novel genre was a betrayal of vampires, so he chose to kill Mr. Hu Cang by executing vampires!"

"In the future, as long as the police search through the letters from readers one by one, they will definitely find the murderer!"

Mori Kogoro's reasoning logic is self-consistent today, and he even explained what Conan didn't understand, that is why the murderer chose to kill Mr. Torakura in the same way as a vampire.

And this reasoning seems a bit "crazy", but it is not impossible.

Once the author of Sherlock Holmes—Conan Doyle wrote Sherlock Holmes to death in "The Last Case", he was opposed and protested by a large number of readers.

Some readers smashed the glass of Conan Doyle's house, some held demonstrations and protests, and some smashed newspapers and newspaper offices (the stories of Sherlock Holmes were originally serialized in newspapers).

Some people even threatened: If you kill Holmes, I will kill you!
In the end Conan Doyle had to compromise and "resurrected" Sherlock Holmes.

But Daisuke Hukura did not choose to listen to the opinions of readers, so.
wrong!

Conan shook his head violently, temporarily throwing away these preconceived views.

Although Mao Li did not find any suspicious points in his reasoning this time, the process of solving the case this time was too smooth, which is very suspicious.

All the clues can basically be asked with one's mouth. This kind of case-solving process gives people a feeling of being led by the nose, which makes people very uncomfortable.

On the small notebook in his hand, Conan drew the floor plan of the building near the octagonal study.

At the time of the crime, Shuichi Hamura and Fumio Doi were both in the living room and testified that no one entered the study through the door.

Except that Mori Kogoro believed that the murderer invaded from the balcony, in fact, from the window of Etsuko Torakura's room on the second floor, it is also possible to reach the study through the corridor roof.

And the clue of the blue boat on the lake was also provided by Etsuko Hukura
Could it be that Etsuko Hukura is the murderer? !
As an activist, Conan, who has just listed Etsuko Torakura as a suspect, is going to use his identity as a child to make the other party relax his vigilance, to see if he can find some flaws by sidestepping.

For example: Ah Lie Lie, why can you clearly see the color of the boats on the lake at night, big sister? - something like that.

However, when Conan aimed at Etsuko Torakura with the eyes of finding prey, and tried to get closer, another person was there first.

Seeing Qin Zhibo whispering something in Hu Cang Etsuko's ear, Hu Cang Etsuko's expression suddenly changed.

And this is not over yet, Qin Zhibo whispered something in the ears of Toshiya Tansuo, Shuichi Hamura, and Fumio Doi, and the expressions of the three of them all changed.

Afterwards, the four of them followed Qin Zhibo anxiously like children who had made a mistake and were taken to the office by the teacher.

Seeing the five people who were about to leave the living room suddenly, Mori Kogoro asked, "Hey! The police should be here soon, where are you going?"

"Go to the toilet." Qin Zhibo replied casually.

To the restroom
Mori Kogoro said with a question mark on his face: I am not a child, do we need so many people to go to the toilet together?
At the corner of the corridor in the room, Conan cautiously followed behind Qin Zhibo and the others.

Of course Conan would not believe the nonsense of "going to the bathroom together".

not a child
And if they go to the bathroom together, won't Torakura Etsuko be embarrassed?

Sure enough, Qin Zhibo who led the way did not take him to the toilet, but to the library in the basement.

Conan hastened two steps and was about to follow when he was suddenly embraced by a pair of hands behind him.

Looking back, it was not the familiar Xiaolan sister.

It was Ryohei Matsumoto with a kind smile.

"Little friend, it's not good to eavesdrop on what adults are saying..."

(End of this chapter)