Coroner Coroner

"Give her the survey box after you go, and she will know what to do."

"no problem!"

Suzuki Sonoko subconsciously agreed to Lin Shinichi's request.

However, after reacting, she shrank her head nervously:

"My lord Lin Xin... shall I go alone?"

"But outside, there is a perverted killer outside!"

"nothing."

Seeing the fear on Suzuki Sonoko's face, Lin Xinyi smiled:

"Just in case, I'll let Caesar accompany you there."

"However, in fact, this 'what if' is basically impossible to happen."

"after all…"

He paused slightly, and said the earth-shattering words:

"Mr. Psycho killer isn't in the woods right now."

"He's in the living room of this villa, right in front of our eyes!"

"What, what?!"

Everyone turned pale in shock, their eyes filled with surprise.

"The bandage monster who attacked Xiaolan, is, right here?"

Suzuki Sonoko's tone was full of shock and curiosity about the murderer's identity.

But Lin Xinyi didn't rush to answer, he just told her:

"Miss Suzuki, it's not too late to know the answer later, please help me send the investigation box there first,"

"It's raining harder and harder outside now, so we can't delay for too long."

"That's...that's right, Xiaolan is still waiting in the rain."

Suzuki Sonoko reacted quickly, but her mood was a little subtle:

Mrs. Lin Xin is even more careful than her best friend. At this critical moment of revealing the murderer, he still gives priority to Xiaolan who is still waiting in the rain——

You know, if it was Kudou, he would have been immersed in the case at this time and completely forgot about Xiaolan.

It seems that her Detective Sonoko's reasoning is indeed correct...

Xiaolan really traded the old for the new, and bought a new washing machine.

"Oh, forget it... Anyway, Kudo is worse than me."

Thinking that the great detective who always left Xiaolan in his care finally tasted bad results, Miss Suzuki, who was frustrated in love, not only didn't feel very disappointed, but even inexplicably improved her mood.

She quickly adjusted her mood, and then, accompanied by Caesar, she was busy delivering the survey box to Mao Lilan.

"All right."

Lin Xinyi turned around and looked at everyone present:

"Mr. Bandage Freak, you can stand up now."

"This... bandage monster is really among us?" Everyone looked at each other with surprised expressions.

Among them, Satoshi Ota reacted the fastest:

"I was attacked with Miss Maori just now, it can't be me."

Ikeda, Kakutani, and Suzuki Ayako also reacted instantly:

"The few of us have been in the living room just now, and it can't be us."

With such a simple rule out, the only one out of everyone's sight, who might be the bandage weirdo, is...

"Takahashi? It's you?!"

Everyone's expressions changed drastically, and they unconsciously retreated a little further away from Takahashi Ryoichi.

"Say, what are you talking about!"

Takahashi Ryoichi's fat face showed a panic:

"How could I be a bandage freak?"

"The bandage guy I saw this afternoon is a skinny guy... look at me again..."

Pointing to his chubby belly, he said:

"I'm so fat, how can I be a bandage freak?"

"That's right..." Satoshi Ota and Hiroki Kakutani, who had witnessed the Bandage Monster, all reacted in a low voice:

"That bandage monster is not fat at all, it can't be Takahashi!"

"That's not necessarily the case."

Lin Xinyi looked at Takahashi Ryoichi coldly:

"Mr. Takahashi, are you really fat?"

Hearing this question, Ryoichi Takahashi's expression changed dramatically again.

It was panic before, but now it is unconcealable fear: "You, what did you say, can this be fake?"

"Heh, although I don't know how you manage to have a chubby face but not a fat body..."

Lamenting this physiological miracle, Lin Xinyi explained in an orderly manner:

"However, from the first moment I saw you, I realized that there is something wrong with your body!"

"When we came to the villa, we relied on Caesar to find our way by following the smell of footprints."

"And the footprint we selected as the source of smell, according to Caesar's identification, is exactly the footprint left by you, Mr. Takahashi."

"do you know?"

Lin Xinyi paused slightly, then said deeply:

"Fat people and thin people, there is a big difference in the shape of the footprints left on the soft soil."

"Fat people's footprints are plump as a whole, the pressure surface of the forefoot and heel is large and uniform, the pressure of the heel is heavy, the indentation surface of the arch is wider, the three-dimensional footprint is deep, accompanied by rubbing and picking marks, and there is little pedaling. , digging marks."

"The footprints of thin people are slender and narrow as a whole, the pressure on the soles of the feet is uneven, the pressure is obvious, the surrounding area is incomplete, and there are many pedaling and digging marks."

"The two are very easy to tell apart, especially if there's a big difference in body weight."

"So, when I saw that footprint, I decided that even if the owner of this footprint is not thin, he should be a well-proportioned man."

"I didn't expect..."

Looking at Takahashi Ryoichi's fat face covered with cold sweat, Lin Xinyi smiled meaningfully:

"After I actually saw the owner of the footprints, what I saw was a fat man with a big belly."

"Mr. Takahashi, can you explain explain..."

"Why do you pretend to be a fat man?"

"I..." Ryo Takahashi was ashamed, unable to speak anymore:

He may still be able to quibble, but it doesn't make any sense.

Because his stomach is like a big bun in the school cafeteria. It looks big and round, but when he takes off his clothes, he has to reveal the pitiful amount of meat inside.

This is a lie that can be exposed at the first poke, and it cannot be hidden at all.

"I... I'm not fat."

"This big belly was disguised by stuffing cotton wool into my clothes."

Takahashi Ryoichi bit the bullet and admitted the fact that he was pretending to be a fat man, and immediately aroused suspicious eyes:

Well done, what are you doing pretending to be a fat man?

Envious of others' deep and stable?

This already made him look extremely suspicious, but Takahashi Ryoichi clenched his fists tightly, refusing to let go:

"But, so what?"

"It's my hobby to dress up as fat...how can I prove that I'm a bandage freak?"

"Hahaha…"

Lin Xinyi was amused by the timid reaction of the other party who had solid evidence and still harbored illusions:

"Footprints, you still left footprints at the scene."

"A simple comparison of footprints can prove that you were there at that time."

"In addition, the time for committing the crime is tight. You have to return to the villa, change your clothes, and appear in front of everyone before I hear the call for help and rush to the scene, and then return to the villa to start the investigation."

"So much to do in such a short time..."

"So, have you had time to deal with the evidence?"

"Clothes, shoes, cloak, bandages wrapped around the face, the ax in the hand..."

"I'm afraid these things are hidden in this villa?!"

The case couldn't be simpler.

From the shoe prints left at the scene, the testimonies of the victims and witnesses, clothes, shoes, bandages, murder weapons, and skin scraps that are not difficult to find on bandages and clothes, a complete chain of evidence has been formed.

"With so much evidence, do you still want to deny it?"

Looking at Takahashi Ryoichi who was already pale, Lin Xinyi snorted coldly:

"Idiot, you are now a vegetable with organic fertilizer—"

"It's already drenched in shit!"