Chapter 87: The Murder of a Diplomat (4)
"Is the key really in your pocket?" Shinichi pointed out the fatal flaw in Heiji's reasoning. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"I put the key through the pocket of my pants with a needle and fishing line. Heiji was confident in his reasoning. He pulled up Officer Twilight, who was sitting in his seat and played the role of the victim, and took out the key that had been placed in Twilight's pocket with his hand and said, "If you don't believe me, just look at this!"
The entire pants pocket was completely pulled out by Heiji, and at this time, Heiji suddenly realized a very serious problem.
"No way, I obviously have a fishing line through the pocket of the mezzanine! why didn't the key go into the pocket inside?"
"The point is that Officer Twilight was sitting when the key went in. Shinichi wasn't there just now, but it was as if he had witnessed Heiji's method of creating a secret room, "Because of the sitting position, the space in the pocket will be smaller, so the fishing line will be pulled out before the key enters the mezzanine." What's more, the victim was fatter than Officer Twilight, so it was even more impossible for the key to get into the inner pocket. ”
Recently in the Tokyo area, such double-pocket pants have become popular. The manufacturer has added a bag to the trouser pocket, which is said to enhance the safety of the items stored in the pocket.
These pants are aimed at high-end people, so the slain diplomats and police officers wear them today.
Heiji lives in the Osaka area, and Osaka has not yet started selling pants with double pockets, so he doesn't fully understand the characteristics of this type of pants, so he was caught by Shinichi in his reasoning.
But Heiji is not at a loss in the name of Osaka high school detective, he did not sit still.
"Still, it's not absolutely impossible for the key to get in, and there is always one or two out of ten times!"
"No! no matter how many times you try, it's the same result!" Shinichi also expected Heiji to not admit defeat so easily, and he continued, "You think carefully about the direction of the key when it was found in the mezzanine pocket. ”
"What!" Heiji shouted in surprise.
"That's right, even if the key happens to get into the mezzanine pocket, only the key ring goes in, and in that kind of narrow mezzanine pocket, it is impossible for the key ring and the key to be pulled in in a 'V' shape! And the fact that the key can be put so well shows that the key was put into the mezzanine of the victim's pants by the murderer beforehand, and as for the tape on the key ring and the gap on the tape, the murderer did it himself, and the purpose is to make everyone mistakenly think that the key was put back into the victim's pants pocket using the technique you just demonstrated. ”
"So, how do you explain the needle I found with a fishing line tied to it?" Heiji shouted impatiently, obviously a little shaken, but he still pinned his hopes on the physical evidence he had found.
When a detective loses his cool, then he is not far from failure.
"Is that what you're talking about?" Shinichi pulled out a ball of fishing line with a needle, "I also found 5 or 6 sets of the same physical evidence in the house. And it's all found in all corners of this house. ”
"But the old man has already confessed to his crime?" Heiji struggled at the end.
"That was the old gentleman himself deliberately jumped into the trap set by the murderer, although I don't know why, but I have seen through the murderer's true method of creating a secret room!" Shinichi's constant self-confidence cracked his proud reasoning show to the fullest.
Seeing that the last hope was also broken by Shinichi, he retreated to the side in a decadent manner, and did not argue with Shinichi again.
"Have you forgotten? When we found the victim, the opera was playing in the room, just like it is now. There was also a pile of books folded in front of the victim. That's because opera can change the screams that a victim might have when stabbed with a poisonous needle. And that pile of books is just enough to block the distortion of the victim's face due to the pain. ”
"The murderer is killing people in front of our eyes. That person was the first Mrs. Ikemura to approach the deceased after entering the study!"
Shinichi, whose body has returned to its original state, seems to have returned to his best reasoning ability.
"Since you say so, let's look at the conclusive evidence! Mrs. Ikemura didn't have a poison needle in her hand at that time!" Heiji has been led by Shinichi's reasoning, and has almost lost the ability to reason as a detective.
"No, the poison needle was taken out by Mrs. Ikemura when she opened the door, so no one paid attention. Mrs. Ikemura's keyring is the same as the victim's keyring, so I think it can be opened, so please open it for me now. Shinichi said affirmatively, as if he was 100% sure that he would be able to find conclusive evidence inside the keyring.
Ordinary people have no right to check other people's personal belongings, if "Conan" is present, he can pretend to be naughty and rummage through Mrs. Ikemura's package, and Sister Xiaolan will say two words to him at most, because Conan is a legally incapacitated person and can not bear legal responsibility.
But "Shinichi" is different, he is a seventeen-year-old high school student, although he is not yet eighteen years old, reaching the standard of an adult, but after the age of sixteen, he already needs to bear part of the legal responsibility for his actions.
If he finds key evidence, it's okay to say, if he doesn't find anything valuable, and Mrs. Ikemura bites back, Shinichi will also get into unnecessary trouble.
So, Shinichi tells Officer Twilight with his eyes that he should search Mrs. Ikemura's private package.
Body search is a right only for the police!
Although Twilight hopes to curry favor with Heiji, the son of the Osaka Police Chief, she can't save Shinichi's face. In the past, there were many cases that relied on Shinichi's reasoning ability to solve the case, and there may be many opportunities for cooperation in the future.
There are dozens of pairs of eyes staring at him, and he doesn't dare to be too partial to Pingji, no matter how he moves, he has to make a show, I hope Shinichi is wrong!
Eventually, Twilight compares her mind and comes to the conclusion that as long as you do what you do, no one will be offended.
"Sorry, I'm going to check your keyring. Twilight walked up to Mrs. Ikemura and pulled the key ring out of her bag.
The keyring was in his hand, and with a "click", Twilight easily opened the keyring.
When Twilight saw what was going on inside the keyring, his expression suddenly became very exciting.
"Is this the end of it?" Xingchen looked at Pingji, who had lost his self-confidence, and could only mourn his misfortune in his heart and be angry with him.