Conan: The Mechanic

"In the beginning, we assumed that the sharp marks on the arm came from the captain who had the corpse for cutting the dead and issued it to the team members with a sharp blade," Fujiwara said while holding the knife mark drawn by Chiba. Rigory explained. "But now, we have found that although the marks on this arm also come from the sharp blade, it does not belong to the same knife as the other sharp marks on the dismembered corpse - those marks belong to the same [Sharp Alpha]"

"You mean, among the team of players with only dull knives left, there is one person who has a particularly sharp knife?" Gregory raised his eyebrows. "You go to the records of the Franklin Expedition and see if there is anyone in charge of the blacksmith's work."

"No, it's not a knife that has been sharpened and not dulled," Fujiwara said with a complicated expression on his face. "It's... a high-end knife that's very sharp from the start."

"What does this mean?" Gregory's face immediately lost his previous indifference, took the paper in Fujiwara's hand, and carefully checked the picture above. "You continue to speak and express the core content as soon as possible."

"You know, generally speaking, we can tell the specific properties of the cutting tool from the cross-section of the cut ... and this cut is similar to all the other cuts - including the few other cuts that look similar to this cut at first glance. Compared, there are two very special places." When he said this, Fujiwara sold out.

"This mark is neater and deeper than the other cuts. It may come from a very powerful one-time impact, but it doesn't mean anything - as long as the force is strong enough, as long as the knife is not too dull..." Gregory looked Looking at the trace map drawn by Qianyu, I immediately discovered the first problem. But he didn't take the issue seriously at first, and didn't realize until halfway through that it seemed wrong.

As long as the strength is strong enough? They have already been reduced to the point where they need to eat human flesh. Where can there be people with enough physical strength and energy left? And if someone is really strong to this extent, why do other knife marks appear so weak?

"Judging from the traces left on the bones by other meat-cutting actions, most of the expedition team members chose to cut the meat in a calmer way, which is relatively gentle and less powerful. And this..." Fujiwara Continue to start the statement. "We did a simulation and calculated that to cut such a wound in one go with the same dagger that caused the other wounds, it would require at least 20kg of longitudinal force and a swinging speed well above the normal level. However, his purpose was to There's no need to use so much force to cut the meat, not the bones."

Gregory was silent and continued to listen to Fujiwara's report.

"And the second point is actually more deadly. Look at the outlines of all the cuts on this piece of paper - we have specially laid out a coordinate system for these scars as an auxiliary tool." Fujiwara motioned Gregory to observe the drawing.

"This is what Chiba reminded me - if the arm of the corpse is still wrapped in flesh, there is no way for the cutter to completely fix the arm, because the layer of flesh covering the outside of the bones is soft and can move. , so no matter how hard you grab the arm, the arm will shake with the cutting action itself when cutting, resulting in the cutting mark not being a straight line, but a half arc with the center of the arc facing away from the grasping point shape."

Saying this, Fujiwara used his right hand to simulate a knife and his left to simulate a cut human hand, demonstrating to Gregory. "Normally, it should be like this, but this particular notch is completely straight, at least an order of magnitude less curved than all the notch."

"So you suspect that this nick does not belong to the Franklin expedition period, but after the bones have been boned?" Gregor used this method to tell in advance that Fujiwara and Qianyu had already thought of it, but did not dare to make it. comment of. "There is even a possibility that this trace was just chiseled by modern people with modern tools before we discovered it, right? And maybe, you are now suspecting that this memoir is the one who made all this. The author, Fujimura Shinichi, right?"

"Yes..." Fujiwara sighed, looking at Gregory who didn't seem to be surprised by this. "After all, according to his memoirs, he first discovered these bones, so I naturally raised such a possibility."

The so-called possibility, of course, means that the traces on this bone are not the traces caused by the real Franklin expedition, but Fujimura Shinichi after finding a clean remains, he forged traces of cannibalism - this kind of The rumors have been around for a long time, so of course he would have the guts to do it.

But luckily for him, ~www.readwn.com~ The other bones of this corpse were really eaten, so the one he faked was naturally less conspicuous. Otherwise, even they can see such a problem, and there is no reason why the archaeology professionals who went with him couldn't.

"Actually, I was worried about it at the beginning, because his search that day was very... purposeful, and he was also the first person to come back - so proud to take us there, and then show a bone Show us—a notch is so clearly visible," Gregory said, shaking his head. "Unfortunately... The other bones found nearby interfered with our attention, and that bone was touched and studied by Fujimura Shinichi alone, so we did not have the opportunity to conduct a detailed search of that bone. "

"So, could this be the reason why he finally killed Mr. Ito?" Fujiwara asked thoughtfully.

"Maybe," Gregory said noncommittally. "Anyway... Forget it, let's leave this alone. You go and ask Ms. Kamada Yoshiko what she thinks about this matter, and then... that's it. Today we will seal up these remains, and then I will Provide you with some literature, and you go and learn about the normative elements of a standard academic paper—this paper I'll put the two of you in charge of writing a draft."

……

However, what everyone did not expect was that, just when everything seemed to be settled, and even the prosecution period had passed, something happened again-although it looked different from the previous deliberate falsification and murder.

Shinichi Fujimura, the central suspect of all the allegations of academic fraud made by Gregory and the others, died suddenly at home, and the initial judgment at the scene was a heart attack.