Chapter 17: The Vanishing Sherlock
β...... If that's the case, it can explain why there is such an uninterrupted supply of food, which is because we can't starve to death, and we have to maintain enough physical strength and energy to design one murder after another. Ziliang said.
Marple frowned: "However, there are still many questions that cannot be explained, for example, how is this rule communicated to us at that time?" Also,Why is each of our windows a different scene?,There's no point in doing this at all.,The most critical point is.,What kind of fishing line?,The cable tie that strangled Kanedaichi.,Where did they come from?,If you say,Resentment is a killer.,Usually with something that can kill.,But the fishing line doesn't look like something you carry around.γ β
"That's a real problem." Ziliang said again: "However, I have also solved these problems. β
"What?" Marple was stunned.
"I said, I've solved it." Ziliang said again: "First of all, on the question of 'how the rules are transmitted'...... The answer to that is exactly the second question you mentioned. That is to say, the scene outside each of our rooms is different, just to pass on information to us, because every time the person who knows who the murderer is is one, therefore, the transmission of information is best only for one person to see, to put it more simply, that is, every time the murderer is tracked down, the scene outside his bedroom window will change a little bit, so that he understands that he needs to murder the murderer. β
"This ...... If you explain it hard, it seems to be able to explain it, but, isn't this a bit far-fetched, the previous murder method can still find the murder weapon or something, but this explanation is really no evidence at all, and it depends entirely on blind guessing. Marple added.
"Who said there was no evidence." Ziliang responded: "I saw the information with my own eyes......"
"What? Where is it? β
"Kudo Shinichi's room, ah......" Ziliang said, and pointed to Shinichi's room.
"Huh? No, we checked this villa during the day, and if there is any information, it will definitely be discovered...... Could it be that information just appears in the window out of thin air? β
"It's not to the point of 'appearing out of thin air', but this information can't be seen during the day, and only at night, when Shinichi himself is in the bedroom."
And when Ziliang said these words, Marple and Moriarty had already walked into Shinichi's room.
Shinichi's room was no different from other people's rooms, the scene outside the window was a bustling street with tall buildings on the opposite side, and from the point of view, it should also be from the height of a dozen stories high.
"This ...... I don't think there's any information. Mrs. Marple said.
At this time, Ziliang also walked in: "Oh, I forgot to say, when I came in just now, the lights were still turned off here." β
As he spoke, he "clicked" and closed the bedroom, and instantly, the bedroom fell into darkness, and this time, that piece of information appeared on the window.
Uh--more precisely, it appeared on the window of the building across the street, because the lights were on in the room before, and there was a strong mirror reflection on the glass, so it was a little unreal.
Now that the lights are turned off, if you look closely, you can see that on the window of a two-story balcony of the tall building opposite, it reads:
γDead of the Houseγ
γorγ
γyoudeadγ
Marple raised his eyebrows: "Hehe, it's really negligent, the information is not written in this villa, but on the building opposite......"
"Then if you say this, the information in other rooms will be easy to guess, snow, dirt, trees, and even the lawn can find someone to hold up a sign, and when a person finds the murderer on the front foot, and the back foot receives the information to kill the murderer, then that person can naturally think that the previous person also received the same information, so he chose to murder the previous person, so that the game can be carried out very purposefully......" Moriarty said: "But...... There is another question, if this is the case, then how did the first person die, in the case of nothing happening, it is impossible to kill people directly because of a message, and also, we all had amnesia at the time, and Kanedaichi was still outside the house, so did Kanedaichi poison Inspector Polo? But...... Polo wasn't dead at the time. So no matter what, there has to be an opportunity for one person to do it first. β
Ziliang nodded: "Opportunity? Isn't it easy to get started? I guess just before we lost our memory, we were a group of people sitting around this table and listening to someone explain the rules to us......"
"Someone?"
"Yes, someone, or a group of people...... This table can accommodate at least 20 people, so there were more than a dozen people gathered around here at that time, chatting, drinking tea, and by the way, we will be locked up here for a while, and we will have to kill a few people...... Isn't that simple? β
"I don't think I can still have the heart to drink tea when talking about this kind of thing." Marple said with a frown.
"It's okay to drink tea or not, anyway, if we started this game long before the amnesia, then, it seems to be able to explain why Kanedaichi died outside, because, at that time, the first deceased had already been booked, and there were many ways to prescribe, for example, we played a game at this table at that time, such as playing cards or something, and then, Kanedaichi designed Inspector Polo to lose, and the punishment for losing should be the cyanide capsule he ate. In this way, the first deceased and the first murderer appear, and after that, the second murder designed by the house of resentment...... In this way, everything is connected. β
"Well, logically yes, but ...... I haven't explained it yet.,Where did the tools for killing come from.,At least I think.,If the resentful house really wanted to kill someone in advance.,She's not going to carry a low-end thing like a 'cable tie' in her pocket.,Right.γ β
Ziliang also nodded: "Indeed, the method of killing Jin Tianyi was almost improvised in this villa, so ...... Where did those tools come from...... Well....... I hadn't thought of it yet. β
"Huh?" Marple was stunned.
"Why are you so surprised, I don't know any superpowers, it's normal to have unexpected things, if you're not convinced, you can find Sherlock for me now." Ziliang choked unceremoniously with Mrs. Marple.
That's when ......
"Uh...... I suddenly had an idea...... "Moriarty said, "You say, the person who killed Shinichi Kudo, could it not be Sherlock......"