Conan: Developing business in Kexue World

Chapter 236 The Way of Contingency ([-])

Takagi said: "And it didn't take long to write it. It seems that the circle, cross, and triangle symbols should be Mr. Nakajo before his death. The D, Dying message left by the murderer to testify is correct." Takagi was also trembling Say the death message again.

Teacher Judy even gave him an OK, "Good!"

Takagi breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "Also, the time Mr. Nakajo was stabbed should be a few seconds before the power outage."

"Before the power outage?" Mu Mu asked.

Takagi pulled out a small notebook and said, "Yes. According to the testimony of witnesses, a person wearing a jacket assassinated Mr. Nakajo before the mall lost power. The place where he committed the crime was probably in the elevator. This part in front of the handrail."

"When they were fighting for the envelope in Mr. Nakajo's hand, the power went out. After the lights were restored, only Mr. Nakajo was staggering towards the escalator."

"The man in the coat immediately ran forward, pulled out something similar to a document from the envelope, and then ran upstairs."

Mu Mu said: "Then when Mr. Nakajo left those three marks with blood on the envelope, he was at this position at the entrance of the escalator?"

"Well, I'm afraid the call hasn't been answered at that time." Takagi said.

"That is to say, Mr. Nakajo held the envelope in his arms in order to prevent the murderer from succeeding. Unexpectedly, the evidence of embezzlement of public funds was snatched away by him. Before he died, he knelt down in the elevator like this Go up, and was slowly transferred by the escalator to the exit where he is now on the second floor."

"But why didn't the witness speak out immediately after seeing it?" Mu Mu was very puzzled.

Gao Mu said: "She said, which TV station she thought it was filming some suspense drama..."

Hehe, there is really such a possibility. In the past few years, with the advancement of technology, the emergence of smart phones, and neon TV stations, for the sake of audience traffic, more and more outrageous programs have been displayed in front of the public.

Officer Megure looked back, "In short, it should be confirmed now that the murderer is the person who embezzled public funds. Next, we only need to decipher the meanings of the three symbols on the envelope, and then screen out the suspects from the 58 company employees who may have embezzled public funds. The biggest guy, that’ll do.”

The garden on the side gave his own opinion: "Could the X on the envelope mean multiplication, and the circle, cross, and triangle, could they refer to a certain mathematical formula?"

"Huh?" Officer Meguro thought.

Xiaolan said: "Then why do we use circles, crosses, and triangles to represent it?"

Yuanzi said confidently: "By writing down the mathematical formulas, the murderer will not be able to destroy the evidence. These symbols can hide the evidence."

Xiaolan tilted her head, still feeling something was wrong.

Teacher Judy said: "So, the murderer is a mathematician?"

Mu Mu immediately asked: "In your company, is there any employee who is more outstanding in mathematics?"

Fan Jiu, the next student, said: "No, because of business, our company recruits mainly liberal arts graduates."

Yuanzi held his chin and said, "If it's a circle, a fork, or a square, it means Oden."

Xiaolan suddenly blushed slightly and said, "Could this fork be the one?"

"Huh?" Judy and Sonoko looked over.

Xiaolan explained: "It's what Teacher Judy said in class, the cute mark."

Judy and Yuanzi looked at each other, and suddenly they both covered their mouths and started laughing.

"No, no, no."

"No, no, I assure you absolutely not!"

The two laughed so hard that Xiaolan was left in a daze.

Kenta said: "Don't tease Xiaolan, tell me what it means, I want to know too."

Takagi continued: "What you said, could it be that women often write at the end of the letter, that?"

Judy said: "Oh! Yes!"

Xiaolan quickly asked: "Officer Takagi, do you know the meaning of X?"

Yuanzi interrupted, with a gossip on his face, "Hmm, if you put it that way, you often receive such letters, don't you?"

Takagi turned around embarrassingly, scratching his forehead, "It's all other people's prank. Ahaha~"

Mu Mu squinted his eyes and asked, "What do you mean by this X?"

Takagi scratched his head and said with a smile: "That has nothing to do with the circle, cross, and triangle this time. Ahaha~"

"Nah~" Conan said suddenly, "Maybe he wrote more than just circles, crosses, and triangles."

Mumu and Takagi froze, looking at Conan.

Conan showed the envelope sealed in the evidence bag to the two, "Look carefully, there is still a little blood on the left edge of the circle. Maybe, besides these three symbols, he also What words did you write?"

Mu Mu approached, took a look, straightened up and said: "Actually, we have noticed this a long time ago."

Takagi said: "We've already searched, and we haven't found any similar bloodstains."

Conan suddenly pointed to the escalator in front of him, and said, "Have you investigated the pedals of the escalator?"

Eh?The two were surprised that this was indeed not the case.

Conan said: "Although it's stopped now, it was still working when the body was found. The words he wrote might be hidden on the other side."

"Makes sense."

Yuanzi said: "But the elevator has been running non-stop just now, even if there is any, it may be worn off."

Conan said: "It doesn't matter, as long as you sprinkle a kind of medicinal powder called coir raincoat insect, the place where it gets blood will turn into magic and sparkle."

Takagi said: "If you use luminol luminescent liquid to detect blood stains, I know..."

Conan said: "If you don't know, you can ask the uncle in the forensics class. The deceased was bleeding while bending his body to write. There must be a large flash of light on the pedal. You can tell at a glance."

Takagi blushed, "That's true."

"By the way, let me ask you one more thing." Conan called Takagi to him in a low voice, and asked in his ear, "What is X?"

"what?"

"It's Sister Yuanzi, the one they were talking about just now."

Takagi laughed suddenly, touched Conan's head and said, "Children don't need to know this yet."

"Forensic personnel, I have something to trouble you..."

Takagi left, but Conan narrowed his eyes and curled his mouth in dissatisfaction.

At this moment, Police Officer Chiba returned with a set of clothes and reported: "Officer Megure, we have found the coat, hat and gloves suspected to be worn by the murderer."

"is it?"

Chiba said: "We found it in a seldom-used bathroom on the fifth floor. As for the documents that the deceased was robbed, we didn't find them."

Mu Mu said: "Then, have you found out the suspect's alibi?"

"Yes, we have already asked separately. When the murder happened, there were many employees sleeping in the company or going out to eat alone. Among the 58 people on the list, only 26 had definite alibi." Qian Ye took out the list he had scratched from his pocket, "This is the list of the remaining 32 suspects."

"About the missing document, we are conducting a key search within the company from the 8th to the 11th floor, but there is no progress yet."

Memu looked at the list and said, "Okay, then you can continue the search."

"Yes!"

The subordinates took the order to leave, and Mu Mu looked at it in a daze. Although the number of people has been reduced to 32, the clues are only circles, crosses, and triangles. If you can't find other writings on the elevator pedals...

"The police department found a word in blood!" Takagi promptly sent good news.

"What? What kind of words are those?" Mu Mu trotted over.

Takagi didn't know what to say, "This..."

"Huh? What's the problem?" Officer Megure looked over and saw a lonely box written on the side of the pedal. "The box?"

Kenta glanced at Teacher Judy unexpectedly. Could it be that she knew about it in advance, so she gave the hint of the game controller?
Takagi said: "This can also be said to be the mouth of Chinese characters, or RO in katakana. What do circles, crosses, triangles and boxes mean?"

Mu Mu rested his chin and said, "This is even more puzzling."

Takagi said: "This word is indeed consistent with the blood on the envelope, and it is indeed Mr. Nakajo's blood..."

Conan on the side noticed Hua Dian. This square seemed slightly larger than the circles, crosses, and triangles on the envelope.

Officer Mumu and the others also put the envelope next to the newly discovered font for comparison. These three marks are nearly half smaller than the box.

Sonoko is now looking at the copy of the list, racking her brains. Although she knows that Conan is at the scene, she still wants to solve the puzzles by herself and experience the fun of being a reasoning queen.

Yuanzi said: "Xiaolan, if you talk about us, if you combine circles, crosses, and triangles, will it become some kind of characters?"

Eh?
Police officer Meguro was attracted by these words.

Yuanzi explained: "That's right. For example, if you put the box and the cross together, it's the word "田" for "field."

Mu Mu said: "That's it."

Judy and Xiaolan also came over to study the list with Yuanzi.

Yuanzi said: "If you put it this way, the word '畭' is rather strange. It's a very rare name."

Xiao Lan said: "But, the surname '縄田' also has three fields in it."

Judy said: "Asai's tic-tac-toe is like the shape of two crosses stacked together."

"Shape?" Xiaolan suddenly realized, "Yes, it's okay to think so. For example, Suzuki's bell is round, which makes sense."

My eyes are cold and sweaty, huh?

Sonoko immediately said the famous saying: "It's so rude! My surname is Suzuki too, and people with the surname Suzuki can't do bad things."

"But..." Xiaolan continued to argue.

"Ahem~" Officer Memu coughed, lifted Conan, slipped it in mid-air, and said to Xiaolan and the others: "No matter what, we will leave it to the police to handle it. You should not get close to the scene anymore."

"Hey~" Sonoko's reasoning queen dream was suddenly shattered.

(End of this chapter)