Conan: The Mechanic

160+170...I will never touch the gre again, I will never touch it again...

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"According to a sketch drawn by Shinichi Fujimura, the site where the Henry Ito expedition found the body was in a low headland 1.5 miles west of the southeast coast of King William Island, and according to memoir documents, the bones were distributed in a tent whose boundaries had long been blurred. The surrounding area. Unlike the typical local Inuit tent, this is a typical temporary canvas tent, and the materials used in it are also typical British materials, so the expedition team judged the tent wreck there as the British Franklin Expedition The team left behind." After Haibara Ai said this, she looked at Gregory and signaled that she had already said what she had to say.

"..." Gregory didn't say anything, but looked in the direction of Hotaru and Fujiwara. But this time, it was not Fujiwara who should speak first, but Hotaru.

"This, in terms of the examination of bone elements, the identification of oxygen isotopes has already been said, the δO value of the oxygen isotope of this corpse is -5.6, which is the closest to the -5.4 determined by the Irish workstation, and is more common in North America -10 Compared with the value of -25, it is obviously inconsistent, so it can basically be judged that it is a native of the United Kingdom."

"Secondly, in terms of elemental determination, we detected a large amount of lead in bone samples - 179ppm (more than 80 is considered to cause symptoms such as vomiting and colic, and more than 200 can cause muscle paralysis and coma). 30 times the level detected on Newt bones. As for the source of the lead...the lab is still running isotope ratio analysis, which should be out soon.”

"Why did you say it first? Fujiwara didn't memorize the speech, so does it take time?" After realizing that Hotaru had finished speaking, Gregory glanced at Fujiwara.

"Because what I'm about to say should be enough for a substantial paper to come out." After taking a deep breath, Fujiwara handed some photos to Gregory. "This is what I just arranged with Polaroid, you can check it on the corresponding position of the bones."

"According to the current examination results, the damage to the bones of this HLV officer is obvious, including the mandible, pelvis, scapula, clavicle, sternum, ribs and many other bones have completely disappeared, and at the same time, it is disturbing that ... On long bones such as the leg bones, we see clear signs of carnivore gnawing and..."

Speaking of this, Fujiwara's expression was a little lonely. "Tool cut marks, obviously tool cuts, not animal teeth marks."

"Are you sure it was eaten by humans, not animals?" Gregory doesn't seem to be surprised by this - even though the crate of bones that they had found was missing along with Professor Ito, leaving them unable to provide skeletons Coming to write a dissertation, he could only grudgingly lose the prestige of density through the photographs he acquired and the publication of his memoirs, but he had also seen the traces on it and knew that there were indeed human cut marks on it.

"I don't think so. We measured the width and depth of the cut marks. We can be sure that it is not a carnivore's tooth. If it is narrower, it may be something like an incisor."

"Write it down, I'll take a look at the wound later and continue to report."

"In addition to this, we have also found other direct and indirect evidence." Fujiwara said after thinking about it. "At least one of the long bones...is the tibia, and while most of the fractures on the bones may have been broken when I fell through the ice with Professor Ito in the bag, we found one tibia, possibly due to the The reason is that the environment is relatively good. Although the cross-sections of other bones have been blunted due to weathering, this bone still shows the characteristics of [a small stepped fracture], which means that the fracture of the bone occurs when the person is still alive. , or a very short time after death. That is to say, it is possible that after he died, artificial limbs were dismantled and bones were broken."

Fracture of long bones, which is one of the recognized criteria for cannibalism, because in this process, only the long bones can be broken to better absorb the bone marrow in them - if you can't get nutrients, what's the point of cannibalism Woolen cloth?

"At the same time, we also found a lot of cutting marks on the articular surface, including the wrist and knee joints, it is speculated that it may be used to separate the two bones from the joint so that they can be eaten separately. But at the same time, I have no Find an explanation for why there are similar cuts on the metacarpals, phalanges and metatarsals - meat in these areas is so limited that there is no reason to cut here. If the thigh is cut to get the meat off, I can't figure out why I can't get along with the hands and feet where I can't cut meat."

"Has the Atlas been found?" Gregory said, but he seemed to think of something~www.readwn.com~ and looked around.

"I found it, I was about to say that there are similar cutting marks on it..." Fujiwara said here, but was interrupted.

"Okay, needless to say." Gregory motioned for Fujiwara to be quiet. "There's still a girl here."

"?" Only then did Fujiwara realize that what he said might be a little scary to girls, and immediately looked at Hotaru. "!"

But he found that even though Hotaru's expression was complicated, he maintained a tenaciousness that never panicked.

And the one who has already broken through the psychological defense line is Ai Haibara.

As far as the eyes of several people present, Qianyu hugged Haibara Ai who was in her arms and gave them a "sorry" look. "That... I'll take her out first."

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"You...are you really not afraid of these things?" Haibara Ai suddenly asked when Qianyu escorted Ai Haibara out of the workshop and came outside.

"?" Qian Yu was stunned for a moment, then told the truth. "This...I actually think it's okay-maybe I'm the type who doesn't really care about that?"

"I originally thought I could be indifferent," Ai Haibara's expression was quite complicated. "But...when you mentioned those dismembered bones, I could imagine a picture of them cutting the body open in my mind...it's scary!"

"It's okay, it's okay, dear, we don't want it anymore." Qian Yu sighed in the bottom of her heart and continued to soothe Huihara Ai.

What can I say? Maybe... this is what a girl should look like?

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This chapter should have been numbered 7, but when the author was writing the above paragraph, he felt a chill and fear in the dark room, and then turned off the computer...