god of reasoning

Chapter 3 "Magic Flame" ([-])
At 10 o'clock, Otaku Coffee Shop.

When I arrived at the appointed place, the summer time was already there.I checked my watch habitually, it was 9:50.I was not late, obviously the other party came early.

"What do you drink?" Xia Shi asked me as soon as I sat down.

"This...I...I don't know, it's...the first time I've come to this...this kind of place, and I...I only...only drank instant coffee before," I stammered, and then Looking up at the cup in front of her, "What are you drinking?"

"latté."

"Okay, I'll be the same as you." I took out my handkerchief and wiped my sweat nervously, calling out to the waiter.

Soon the waiter brought the coffee up, and the aroma of milk came to my nostrils. I couldn't help but took a sip immediately, "It's delicious." I said with sincere emotion.

"Hehe... You have milk stuck there..." She smiled and pointed at the bottom of my nose. This smile made me feel like I was being illuminated by the sun.

I hurriedly took out my handkerchief and wiped the milk off my mouth, "Why is there still milk? Is it milk tea?" I muttered in a low voice.

"Latte coffee is a classic mixture of Italian espresso and milk. Italians also like to drink latte as a breakfast drink. In the Italian kitchen in the morning, coffee and milk are usually brewed on the stove in the sun. Drink Latte Italians, they like milk rather than espresso.” Xia Shi continued to explain to me with a sunny smile, and I admire her knowledge.In terms of mystery novels, I can be said to be omniscient and omniscient, but in other aspects of life, my knowledge is terribly poor, 'otaku' - the name of this coffee shop is used to describe me, it can't be more appropriate .

"Do you know why I asked you out today?" Xia Shi suddenly changed the subject and asked.

"It's because of the CASE case." I said that, but I was still looking forward to other answers, such as she fell in love with me.

"Yes." The other party's short answer shattered my reverie.

"Is there anything I can do to help you? Do you still need me to identify the corpse?" I tried my best to be courteous.

"No need, the deceased's parents have rushed back from abroad overnight, and they have confirmed the identity of the deceased, it is indeed a case." The other party said lightly, it seems that what they are talking about is not a murder case, but more like chatting about trivial matters in life , perhaps because of her identity as a criminal police officer, she has already become numb to the murder case.

"Then why are you looking for me?"

"You are a reasoning writer."

"This..." I scratched my head embarrassingly, "I can't talk about being a writer, I just wrote some mystery novels."

"Don't be modest, I came to you this time to borrow your logical ability as a reasoning writer to help me analyze the CASE case."

"Is there any doubt in this case?" People have been dismembered, so there must be doubts. I only realized that this question was stupid after I said it.

"You were the first person to discover the fire at the scene. Can you tell me the story again?" The other party continued to ask lightly.

"Okay..." I had already told the story when I took notes that day, but since the queen spoke, I had no choice but to repeat the scene of the day.

"It's a sunny afternoon.

I was walking alone in the deserted streets.This is a high-end residential area in City S. Except for one or two high-end cars passing by occasionally, there are no other pedestrians on the road.

Half an hour ago, I received a text message from CASE. He invited me to his house to read his latest collection of rare mystery novels. I happened to have nothing to do, so I simply packed up and went out.

CASE is a netizen of mine. He is a half-hearted mystery writer. His biggest hobby is to collect mystery novels, but I think he has read less than one-tenth of all the books he collected.

It happened to be three o'clock in the afternoon when I came to CASE's house. Because I have read and written too many mystery novels, I am always very sensitive to time. Every time I go to a place or do something, I always have to Confirm the time first.

CASE's family is very rich, and his home is a gorgeous two-story villa.From a long distance, I saw the glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows of his bedroom on the second floor changing different colors under the sunlight. "

"Wait, I didn't ask you to write a novel. You removed all the irrelevant descriptions and rhetoric, and just told the story directly." Xia Shi interrupted my narration, and it was only then that I realized that I had said so much without knowing it, and The previous stuttering problem seems to have disappeared.I am a person with a complicated personality, very shy in front of strangers, and nervous when speaking.However, after getting acquainted with the other party, he began to talk eloquently.It can be seen that my current brain cognition has regarded Xia Shi as an acquaintance, which is good news for me.

"Then I will continue to say - I went downstairs to CASE's house, through the floor-to-ceiling windows of his room on the second floor, I saw him standing in front of the window and looking at something. I yelled a few times and he ignored me , so I went in through the main entrance, only to find that there was a fire inside. I planned to go upstairs to save him, but the fire was too fierce, so I had to go back to the door and call 119 from the original road.” My account this time Very concise.

"Did you stay at the door of CASE's house after calling the police?"

"Yes."

"Did anyone go inside the fire after that?"

"No. What's the matter?" I was puzzled by this question.

The other party ignored my question and continued to ask: "Then does CASE's house have a back door?"

"No." I answered in the affirmative.

"That's it." Xia Shi showed a disappointed expression, and this was the first time I saw an emotional change on her face.

"What's wrong?" I asked the same question again.

"That's right. CASE's body was burned, so it is difficult to infer the time of death. The forensic doctor speculates that it was between one and three o'clock in the afternoon on the day of the incident, and the cause of death was strangled. As your testimony said, you Also saw CASE standing in front of the window well, or should I say intact. But after you called the police, and the fire brigade arrived to put out the fire, he was strangled and dismembered."

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that! No one entered the scene within an hour, which I and the firefighters can prove. So the murder scene is closed." I suddenly realized.

"That's right!" She interrupted my analysis, "This is a murder in a locked room."

(End of this chapter)