Chapter 11: Murder (4)

"Oh?" Sherlock stared at Ziliang: "So...... Did you find any clues? ”

"Of course." Ziliang said, and took out a thin circle of thread from his pocket.

"Is this ......," asked Mrs. Marple, leaning over.

"The fishing line, which was found yesterday during a search of this villa, was hanging from the Christmas tree next to the dining table. Of course, the situation was so tense that I would never have said it. Ziliang replied.

Moriarty also walked over at this time, and he glanced at the fishing line: "Hehe, this is a matter of course, because in that case, even if I find any clues, I will not say it easily...... Isn't that right......" he said, looking at the others pointedly.

Indeed, it is still based on the words in the [Horror Movie Survival Handbook (7th Edition)...... At the scene of the crime, and the murderer is likely to be hiding around him, especially in this situation where everyone is locked up in a villa or an isolated island, if you find any clues, you must not make a noise, quickly put it in your pocket, and pretend that you have not found anything.

Yes? Why, you ask?

Isn't this nonsense, you think, if you are a murderer and find a person holding a clue that is not good for you, what will you choose?

The biggest possibility is to kill this person quickly and destroy the clues by the way...... So, what you have in your hand is not any evidence against the murderer at all, but a time bomb.

Sherlock looked at Ziliang: "Well, interesting, so, you guessed the murderer's modus operandi with this fishing line?" ”

Ziliang hung his shoulders weakly: "Hey, do you have to pretend to be ignorant?" ...... Actually, you already know that, right? On the fence on the second floor, all the pillars had a little bit of dust, except for the third-to-last one at the end, which had been wiped clean. I can observe this little anomaly, let alone you. ”

Sherlock smiled, not denying it.

"And you, Moriarty, you're even more excessive, after deciding to go back to the house to sleep, you directly picked the room opposite the 'anomalous fence', you think the murderer will definitely come back to do something to cover up the clues, right, at that time, you can get first-hand information."

Moriarty pouted indifferently, so indebted and arrogant.

"Oh my God, so you've found out about the clue a long time ago, but you haven't told it?" Mrs. Marple looked at the man across from him with a look of surprise.

However, the three of them returned a look of little disdain together.

"Miss Marple, I know you're old, but this can't be used as your shameless capital." Sherlock said unceremoniously, "When we came out of that bedroom, you were stuck motionless in a wheelchair with bad legs, and you were right in front of the Christmas tree. So I have every reason to suspect that you have noticed the fishing line a long time ago, but you pretend not to see it, waiting for someone else to get it, and with all due respect, your behavior of doing nothing yourself, and watching others venture back and forth the whole time, seems worse than us......"

"Oh, this ......," Mrs. Marple was a little embarrassed when she heard that she had been exposed, "I just feel that I am old, and these little things should be left to you young people....."

Of course, her explanation brought a handful of white eyes from the rest of the people, and for a while, the image of the respected old man disappeared.

Immediately after, she said: "Oh, by the way, in fact, the one named Kudo Shinichi, he should have already seen through the murderer's tricks, but he didn't say it...... So, don't underestimate him, that kid is much smarter than you imagined, and his radical and funny behaviors should be pretended......"

Well, this look, everyone in this room is a scheming character.

"Although everyone should know how the murderer strangled [Kanedaichi] outside in the locked bedroom. But I'll get to the end of it. Ziliang continued: "Actually, the method is very simple, that is...... Outside the door, [Kaneda Kazuichi] should have fallen asleep like us, but his sleeping position was not lying down, nor lying on his stomach, but 'oblique', more precisely, a 'plastic cable tie' wrapped around his neck with a fishing line, and then stepping on a not very fixed object with his feet, I guess, a couple of empty gift boxes next to the Christmas tree, in such a "\" posture ......"

As he spoke, Ziliang also gestured diagonally with his arm.

"And the fishing line, one end passed through the tail of the cable tie, then went around Kanedaichi's chest, holding him at this angle, and the other end went around the fence on the second floor and connected to the doorway of the bedroom where we were.

Recall that not long after we woke up, [Inspector Polo] was still alive at that time, and he slammed the door a few times, I think, those few strokes just shook the fishing line on the door shaft to fall off, which caused Kanedaichi's center of gravity to change, making his body lean forward, so that gravity naturally tightened the cable tie at the back of his neck, so it was not people who strangled him, but gravity. Oh, as for the aftermath, Kanedaichi will definitely struggle desperately, and in this way, he will tear the fishing line at the end of the cable tie on the second floor......"

Saying that, Ziliang also specially showed everyone a slipknot at the end of the fishing line, which is the knotting method that can be broken off with a little force.

As Kanedaichi breaks free, the thread falls off and hangs on the Christmas tree below...... On the fence on the second floor, there will be traces of being bypassed by the line......"

Ziliang gave a general explanation of Jin Tianyi's death, of course, these methods, the rest of the people also knew, so they didn't raise too many doubts.

"To sum up, there should be one person in our crowd who does not have amnesia, and that person is the murderer who stunned us, lost our memory, locked us up, and killed Kanedaichi and Inspector Polo......"

Sherlock also nodded: "yes, I think so too, besides, that person will definitely go to the second floor and wipe the traces of the strangled line on that fence......"

"Yes, in fact, I thought the same as everyone else at that time, whoever went to the second floor to wipe the fence was the murderer." At this time, Moriarty also spoke: "And, I think everyone has seen who was the person who went to wipe the marks on that fence at that time......"

Everyone nodded.

"Yes, I see ......," said Mrs. Marple, and looked at Miss Murphy who was already scattered on the ground.

"The people who went to wipe the fence at that time...... It's a resentful house......"

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