Women only affect the speed of my reasoning!

Chapter 54 Where the body is

Yukiko was a little out of breath, but it wasn't because of nervousness.

She wasn't nervous at all, rather she was a little bit excited.

It's just that although this locker is as tall as one person, the internal capacity is not very large. At best, it can just accommodate an adult of normal size. A slightly taller person cannot even squeeze in.

After all, it was not meant to hide from people.

Fortunately, she and Qin Sanshu were both slim, so they were able to hide in here together.

Well, it's in the form of chest to chest...

Or would it be more appropriate to describe it as "top"?

The several-minute chest compression made Yukiko somewhat deprived of oxygen, which also caused a flush on her pretty face.

"Phew~ It feels so good to be able to breathe freely."

After confirming that the footsteps had gone away and entering the elevator, Yukiko carefully opened the cabinet door and stepped out, taking a big breath of fresh air and sighing.

And with her movement, the two Chang'e's pets on her chest even shifted slightly.

Of course, no one can appreciate it in such an invisible environment.

Qin Ushu walked out of the closet shortly after, and it seemed that he was in a much calmer state than a well-developed girl.

He turned on the flashlight on his mobile phone, crossed Yukiko and opened the door of the dressing room: "Let's go and see what this mysterious man wants to do when he comes to the library so late at night."

"Mystery man?"

Yukiko tilted her head in confusion, but followed her anyway.

"Isn't it already confirmed that he is the murderer?"

"How is that possible? Where's the evidence?"

Qin Xianshu shook his head slightly.

"He may be the murderer, but at least for now I can't make a direct conclusion. Even if he is the murderer, it can only be inferred from the timing of his appearance and his reaction when he found the locker room door open."

"But it is obvious that this mysterious man has an ulterior secret in this library. He is very afraid that this secret will be known to others, so he chose this empty time to return to the library."

"To put it simply, he has something on his mind," he concluded.

"There's something wrong in my heart...ugh!" Yukiko shrank at this statement.

Compared to China, which pulls a cannon over to cleanse the ground for half an hour when the wilderness is haunted by ghosts, Japan still believes in the gods and ghosts. Suddenly speaking, it is said that there is a ghost in the heart, which inevitably makes this underage girl a little bit small. Uneasy, all kinds of bad urban legends suddenly came to mind.

"It's not that there is a real ghost." Qin Xianshu said helplessly, "I mean that he has a guilty conscience, or it can also be said that he has done something wrong."

"It's almost there."

After changing her words, Yukiko's expression softened a lot instantly, but she still held Qin Uanshu's other hand tightly.

It is said that the three most terrifying places at night are hospitals, kindergartens and libraries.

They are now in the library, walking on the deserted fourth floor. The only light source is the white light that continues to shine from the flash of the mobile phone.

In a horror game like this, it's not surprising to encounter something outrageous when you turn a corner.

Qin Xianshu didn't have the habit of scaring himself. He walked in front slowly and came to the elevator door where the ghost had haunted before and looked at the control panel.

The number displayed on the electronic board is - 2.

"The second floor?"

……

On the second floor of the library, there is a children's book area.

In the daily workflow of the library, this area is always the first to be cleared.

Because most of the people who come here are children, and children like to act coquettishly. Unlike sensible adults who just say "We are getting ready to get off work", they will immediately politely put the book back on the shelf and leave. Children who see so much energy won't worry so much.

At that time, as a staff member, I could only persuade the children over and over again, using a half-coaxing and half-cheating method to get the children to leave the library and go home, so the time required to clear the library was much longer than in other districts.

But now, the lights in the children's book area are always on, and an old and twilight figure takes some effort to move a box of unopened books from the half-open cupboard and puts it on the ground, with his back to the glass door behind him. He knelt down and began to take out the books one by one and unpack them.

Judging from the back view, it was an old man in his seventies. He was unpacking and reading at the same time.

"That idiot Tamada Kazuo, you just need to work normally every day. If you insist on meddling in other people's business, you deserve to die in a place where you don't see the light of day, haha... hahaha...!"

As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something very pleasant, and even burst into laughter. The pale side of his face that he inadvertently turned away was full of morbidity and madness.

But the old man obviously didn't know that there was actually a pair of eyes staring at him from the darkness outside the door less than ten meters away from him.

"It seems that this is the mysterious man we almost bumped into on the fourth floor."

"Well... I have seen his photo. He is the director of this library. His name is Tsugawa Hideharu."

A very soft voice suddenly sounded from her ears, startling Yukiko who was secretly observing outside the door.

She turned around, and with the faint light coming from the glass door, she saw clearly this familiar face that was close at hand. She couldn't help but raise her eyes and complained in the same very soft voice.

"Where did you run just now? How come you disappeared in the blink of an eye when you came down the stairs?"

"Is this..." Qin Sanshu deliberately let it slip, "I went to see something to confirm my suspicion. I will tell you slowly when the old man leaves."

"it is good."

Yukiko nodded seriously.

The unpacking didn't last long. After a while, Hideharu Tsugawa finished unpacking all the books in all the boxes, neatly stacked them on the bookshelf, and put a new layer of books outside, confirming After there were no flaws or leaks, the empty carton and scissors were stuffed back into the cabinet.

Turn off the lights, go out, get into the elevator and ride away.

Qin Sanshu and Yukiko were hiding in the right darkness from beginning to end, observing everything secretly.

"He's gone."

Watching the old man until he walked into the elevator and closed the door, Yukiko saw the elevator sign changing from stop to down, patted Qin Uanshu's arm in the dark and whispered.

"I know."

Everyone had left, so there was no need to keep suppressing her voice. Qin Ushu returned to her usual speaking volume, and leisurely walked out of the corner of the corridor in front of the elevator door with her hands in her pockets.

He once again took out his cell phone and turned on his flashlight, and returned to the children's book section with ease, and successfully found the bookshelf where the old man had stored his books.

Qin Xianshu unloaded the books on the bookshelf one by one like a master of backboards without thinking.

Buried underneath is a row of books with blank covers and no backs.

Qin Sanshu took out one of the books and looked at it in his hand: "By the way, I will answer you now about the question you asked me just now, Yukiko."

"Do you remember the elevator was overloaded when we came here?"

"Remember, what's wrong?" Yukiko tilted her head.

"In fact, VIP elevators like this are generally limited to seven people. Before we got on the elevator, there were only five staff members in the elevator, so I guessed at that time that this might be an elevator limited to six people." Qin Sanshu said.

"But just now I took a special look and found that the elevator we wanted to take was indeed limited to seven people."

"The so-called seven-person limit means that the elevator can only carry so many people at most. It cannot be greater than, but can be equal to, and it is calculated based on the weight of an average adult of [-] kilograms, or even more."

"The elevator is limited to seven people, but it triggers an overload warning when there are seven people in the elevator. So the question is - where is the eighth person?"

"..."

As soon as the words fell, Yukiko felt her body tremble, and a deep chill ran up her spine.

"You mean...the body, on top of the elevator." She said softly.

"Bingo~"

Qin Xianshu's tone was unusually brisk.

He took a deep breath with a slight tremor of overexcitement.

"Ah - it's great, it's really great. This feeling of thinking over and over again while solving a case is indeed the most addictive."

Then with a little force of his hands, the book without a back in his hand was split open from the middle, revealing the truth buried underneath.

Qin Xianshu lowered his head and glanced, and his face suddenly became clear.

"I see."

Chapter 55 I will launch an awesome attack!

It is not unusual for books to have no backs.

At least ten or twenty years ago, some small-scale books sold at street stalls only had stitching but no backs. They even had holes drilled in the pages and threaded with cotton thread.

After all, it is not a hardcover book, and the price is very cheap. In addition, the audience is children who are still in elementary school and junior high school. Paying too much attention to the outer packaging will be flashy and will increase the cost.

But this was the first time Qin Ushu had seen a book like this that had no back and no stitching.

Or should I say this thing can’t be called a book.

It should be called paper bricks.

What Qin Xianshu is holding is a piece of paper. If it is placed on the bookshelf, it looks like a book with the opening facing out at first glance. But if you take it off the bookshelf and hold it in your hand, you will see that it is a book. It was discovered that there were actually openings on both sides of it.

In other words, it can be opened from the front and can also be opened from the back.

At this time, some people will have doubts. If the structure of a book is like this, isn't it equivalent to dozens of sheets of paper stacked together and placed vertically?Won't it spread out?

The answer is - of course not.

Because if you really try to open it with your fingers, you will find that this book cannot be opened at all.

There is a small amount of sticky substance between each page of paper in it. The papers are stuck together and must be broken apart with a little force.

And when you open it, you will be even more surprised to find that not only is there not a single word in the book, but even the pages inside have been hollowed out, creating a small storage space.

A small white paper bag lay quietly in it, containing a heavy powdery solid.

"I see."

Qin Sanshu raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

I have to say that this kind of hiding method is quite clever, it is almost like darkness under the lamp. No one would have thought that such a thing would be hidden openly in a place with such a large flow of people like the library hall.

It's like a naughty kid from a relative is coming to play at your house. Your refrigerator happens to contain your beloved Haagen-Dazs that you just bought recently, and you also know that the naughty kid will definitely rummage through your refrigerator when he comes.

So, how can you protect your Haagen-Dazs from being spoiled by naughty children?

Locking the refrigerator door is certainly a simple, crude and effective method, but if you encounter the kind of bear parent who keeps saying "He's still a child" and "Nothing will happen if you look through the refrigerator", then this method is not very effective. It makes sense.

Unless you have already made plans to completely cut off contact with the other person's family.

Otherwise, your best bet is to buy some cheap ice cream and spread it on top of your Haagen-Dazs.

In this way, when the naughty child opens the freezer, he will only see a freezer full of cheap ice cream.

The same goes for these books.

They are placed in the middle of two rows of books facing each other. When someone takes away the book on one side, they will only see a book with the opening facing them, and they will naturally think that it is placed on the opposite side of the bookshelf. book.

The closer you get, the less you see.

Seeing Qin Mianshu lowering his head and looking at the things in his hands with a smooth smile on his face, Yukiko came over to take a look out of curiosity.

"Is this...poison!?" Her expression changed slightly.

"It seems that it should be."

Qin Sanshu closed the paper brick and threw it back on the bookshelf sideways, then turned around and walked towards the door.

"It's time to test the last conjecture."

"Eh? Where are you going, Usamshu?" Yukiko was stunned for a moment.

"Just follow me and you'll find out~"

The two left the children's book area and came to an elevator door.

The electronic display next to the elevator showed that the elevator was parked on the first floor. The solid-looking hall door on the outside was tightly closed, and the flashlight's light reflected a cold metallic color.

"This is actually the elevator we tried to take before and the alarm was overloaded," Qin Uanshu said.

He handed the phone to Yukiko's hand, and at the same time placed his hands on the surface of the hall door in a splayed position.

Trivia: In order to enhance safety, new elevators in the past two years have added anti-punch door devices on the hall doors, which cannot be opened from the outside.