"The murderer does not need to be indoors when committing the crime, he only needs to pull the rope outdoors and tighten the rope loop around the neck of the deceased, so that the deceased can naturally be hanged...... Therefore, the chamber itself is not a problem at all. ”

A few days after Ichiro Tanaka fell to his death, in the café of "Sand glass", Takato took a sip of coffee and slowly explained his reasoning to the woman sitting across from him, who looked to be less than twenty years old and seemed to be a student at school.

And with this girl, next to her sat two police officers, Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi of the Metropolitan Police Department.

It's just that when the three of them heard Gao Yuan say such a conclusion so suddenly, the three of them looked at each other a little.

Among them, Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato also looked at each other a few times, and finally with complete puzzles, Miwako Sato first asked:

"Mr. Wise...... What do you mean...... The room of the secret room, which was locked from the inside by the deceased himself? ”

"That's right, judging by the description of the scene, this is the only possibility."

In response to Miwako Sato's inquiry, Takato nodded affirmatively and responded.

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! ”

In the face of Gao Yuan's determined attitude, Takagi Wataru seemed even more incomprehensible, and even asked with a little self-doubt:

"Mr. Wise...... According to you, it means that the deceased locked himself in the room, and then the murderer pulled up the rope outside and hung the deceased......"

"It's really ......"

Hearing Takagi Watabu's doubts, Miwako Sato couldn't help but echo and said:

"Incomprehensible ......"

"After all, if that's the case, how can the murderer put a rope around the neck of the deceased? Even if the rope could reach outside through the small air window in the room, allowing the killer to pull the rope outside...... But if the other end of the rope can't be put around the neck of the deceased, all this is meaningless! ”

Wataru Takagi couldn't help but ask in detail.

And in this regard, Gao Yuan just said very calmly:

"What's so hard about that? The rope was put on by the deceased himself. ”

"Ahh

Hearing this, the three people present immediately shouted in unison, and Gao Yuan calmly asked the woman opposite:

"Miss Aada, you were rehearsing a stage play adaptation of Notre Dame Cathedral, right?"

"Ah...... Grace ......"

The girl who was very confused, and was called "Miss Aada" by Gao Yuan, hesitated for a moment after hearing Gao Yuan's question to herself, and then nodded in affirmation.

In this regard, after receiving such an answer, Gao Yuan continued:

"That's right. In the plot of "Notre Dame de Paris", there is a plot - when the heroine Esmeralda was sent to the gallows, she was rescued by Quasimodo, the monster of the bell tower.

The deceased happened to play Esmeralda in this stage play, and she rehearsed the different parts of the story in that room alone every day. Therefore, as long as the murderer is about to rehearse the hanging, the prop rope is replaced by the murderer's rope in advance, and the deceased will naturally take the initiative to put the rope around his neck during the rehearsal......

"Then, the murderer just takes the opportunity to pull the rope outside! After the death of the deceased, the murderer only needs to cut the rope through the air window and recover it to complete this secret room murder! ”

Succinctly, Gao Yuan explained his reasoning and discernment.

And this time, the three people present seemed to be enlightened, and looked at Gao Yuan in shock, and they were a little speechless for a while, not knowing how to respond.

"But...... In that case, who is the murderer? ”

After a long while, Miwako Sato asked Takato rhetorically after rethinking it:

"And where is the evidence for it?"

"If you want evidence, it is a sample of nylon rope detected in the deceased's fingernails...... If I'm right, the same nylon rope sample should remain on the window edge of the transom. This is the evidence that the murderer hanged the deceased outdoors by pulling the rope. As for the murderer's words......"

Gao Yuan pondered for a moment, and then couldn't help but say helplessly:

"How do I know that!"

"What!"

Hearing this, Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi were surprised again, and couldn't help blurting out surprise.

In this regard, Gao Yuan said helplessly:

"yes...... As for the clues you have given me now, I can only speculate on the methods used by the murderer, and as for who the murderer will be, how can I know! ”

Saying this, Gao Yuan looked at the three people in front of him who were all very depressed, and then had no choice but to suggest:

"But...... If the murderer wanted to commit this murder, the murderer had to be very aware of what the deceased would be rehearsing alone in that room these days. Therefore, either the murderer has been following the deceased recently, or the murderer is someone familiar with the deceased......"

Before he finished speaking, Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato seemed to think of something, hurriedly got up, and said to Takato and Miss Asada:

"I see, thank you very much Mr. Wise for your advice, I think whoever the murderer is will find out right away!"

In this way, with the departure of the two police officers, only Takato and the Miss Asada in front of him were the only customers in this coffee shop.

For such a sudden departure of the police, Miss Asada was very anxious, but Gao Yuan still looked calm, sat in his seat, and quietly tasted the coffee in front of him.

However, it didn't take long for Miss Asada to receive a message from the police that the murderer had been caught and that Miss Asada needed to go to the Metropolitan Police Department to help identify her.

So, after receiving this news, Miss Aada, who was still anxious, couldn't help but become anxious-

"Wise Detective, thank you for your assistance, I'm going to the Metropolitan Police Department now...... Yes! That's right, it's a commission fee! ”

A little in a hurry, Miss Chaotian got up and thanked Gao Yuan, and then took out an envelope that looked quite thick from her backpack, held it with both hands, and handed it to Gao Yuan.

Seeing this, Gao Yuan also took the envelope very calmly and said:

"You're welcome, here's what I'm supposed to do."

After saying that, Miss Asaha continued to bow to Takato and thanked him, and then walked towards the outside of the coffee shop with great eagerness.

In this regard, as Miss Asada also completely left the "Sand glass", Gao Yuan finally couldn't hold back a little, sighed, and put his face on the table, looking very tired.

"That's good, Mr. Wise."

At this time, since there was only one customer left in the store, the owner of the coffee shop, Tsukii Franc, who had been at the bar, began to talk to Takato:

"This is the first eucalyptus to be completed in the past few days? Business is starting to get busy! Since Mr. Wise's name appeared on the news that day, there have been many cases of Mr. Wise being named and Mr. Wise being commissioned! ”

Saying this, Franco Tripi's face was also filled with a cheerful smile.

"yes......"

Regarding Franc tripi's statement, Gao Yuan couldn't help but helplessly say:

"Mr. Tripi also charged a lot of intermediary fees."

- Basically, the incidents that Takato took over in the past few days were all received through the detective intermediary of Franco Tripi, and this situation also began after his name began to gradually appear in the public eye after the Rice Flower Hotel that day.

"I've heard that there are a lot of cases where people want to look for me, but apart from the one just now, all I actually received is a search for a runaway child...... And that eucalyptus took me days! ”

Gao Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

"There's no way around it."

Seeing Takato say this, Franco Tripi couldn't help but comfort:

"Since that day I rated Mr. Wise as the highest 'plum grade', the basic commission fee has already dissuaded many people, otherwise Mr. Wise would probably be a little too busy. Moreover, Mr. Honda's family paid a commission fee regardless of the cost in order to find the child! It took a lot of time, but it was worth the money! ”

"Yes, for a million commission fee, Mr. Tripi drew 100,000, didn't he?"

Regarding Franc Tripi's statement, Gao Yuan couldn't help but helplessly say-

At the same time, the event of finding someone was completed, and the settlement panel did not appear in the end.

As for the incident that I just dealt with—

"After reasoning, start to knot"

"Eucalyptus Overall Evaluation: A"

"Logic: S"

"Observation: A"

"Knowledge: B"

"After settlement, the overall score reaches A, and the reward is 40"

"Detective Rating: Certified Detective"

[Bounty: 1800]

Looking at this settlement panel that appeared shortly after Miss Asada left, Takato knew that Miwako Sato and Officer Wataru Takagi should have locked up the murderer after coming to their conclusions, and then quickly arrested him.

And because I don't know the complete story of "Notre Dame de Paris" very well, I still reread the story before I found possible clues, so it is normal to have a low "knowledge" score in the end.

"Ahh Don't say that, Mr. Wise! ”

Faced with Takato's mention of the intermediary fee, Franco Tripi couldn't help but smile and said:

"We are also mutually beneficial! Moreover, if Mr. Wise opens his own detective agency one day, I may need more support from you! ”

"Do you want to open your own detective agency?"

Hearing the situation proposed by Tripai Franc, Takato couldn't help but start to think about it seriously, but in the end, he was a little reluctant to put this idea on hold for the time being-

Although it is said that the intermediary fee will be charged in the end if you pick up the case through the detective agency here in Tripai Franc, if you open your own detective agency, the cost is more than just the intermediary fee.

At least, he doesn't have the same advantages as Mori Kogoro, and there is a single building in the Tokyo metropolitan area that can be used to open a detective agency, and even rent out the ground floor to open a café.

If you want to open an office, you have to rent a storefront, so the cost is not what you can afford now.

As for opening a detective agency directly from your own residence......

Don't be stupid, how can you allow outsiders to come in and out of your home at will!

As a result, the idea of opening an office was unrealistic for me.

Moreover, although the intermediary fee will be extracted through the detective agency, it is not only through here that you can receive the eucalyptus......

Thinking like this, Gao Yuan felt that the current situation was still quite good.

After the last incident, because Domoto Infinity had not confessed, but the available evidence was enough to sentence him, he saw that Domoto Infinity was so hard-mouthed, and even Akechi Kengo did not insist on his interrogation and immediately left the country.

And he is entrusted by Wise Jianwu as the guardian of the castle jade jade, but the child he wants to take care of, he really can't take care of it by reason, but seeing that she has only continued her "psychic career" recently, she is too lazy to care.

The rest is to entrust Black Feather Kaito by himself.

But yesterday, the feedback from the Black Feather Kuaito side, the mirror in the Fifteenth Night Village is not what he thought, its material is black diamond, so this line can only be put on hold temporarily, and then we can only see if I can continue to pay attention to the blue diamond or black diamond mirror with the way of the Black Feather Kuaito......

So, seeing that the time seemed to be about the same now, Gao Yuan got up and prepared to go home......

……

It was already evening when he returned to his residence, and Xiao Ai had already come home from school, sitting on the sofa in the living room and watching TV.

"I'm back."

Habitually, Gao Yuan muttered like this, and changed his shoes in the hallway, and then walked into the living room-

"Welcome back."

Xiao Wai responded, and then continued to watch the fashion show on TV.

"That's right. Today's dinner is ready for takeout, Gray Plains, what do you want to eat? ”

A little reluctant to move, Gao Yuan also sat on the sofa in the living room, and was about to rest and say, but at the same time, in Gao Yuan's sight, he couldn't help but notice an envelope placed on the coffee table in the living room-

"This is what I found in the mailbox at the door when I came back today, and it should have been sent to you."

Looking at Gao Yuan's gaze, Xiao Wai replied.

"That's right......"

Hearing Xiao Ai's answer, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel a little strange, and took the envelope over-

"Strange ......"

muttered, looking at this envelope that only had a receiving address and did not write the sender, Gao Yuan couldn't help frowning strangely.

- Who sent it?

Even if you put aside the fact that there is no sender, just sending a letter to your own home is already abnormal.

After all, I don't have any friends and relatives in this world who need to be contacted by writing letters.

To be exact, I don't have relatives at all, and those friends I know have left their mobile phone numbers or email numbers, even if someone wants to contact them, just call or send an email, why send a letter?

And if it's not someone who knows themselves, who knows where they live!

Is it the client who became famous and then found himself to entrust the broken eucalyptus?

But how is it possible for the principal to know his address?

You know, even if the reporter blocked the door in front of the Metropolitan Police Department at that time, he drove towards the residence of Shirotsuka Jade, and that direction was not the same road as the rice flower town where he lived, so he didn't want to expose his residence at that time, so he chose to go to Shirotsuka Jade's house first.

As for the future, after getting rid of those reporters, outsiders will have no reason to know where they live.

What's more, the last time I received a letter before and the only time I received it was the letter Akemi Miyano sent in the name of Furukawa Yuki!

Other than that, I didn't receive any other letters at all.

Therefore, because of the lesson of the letter from Akemi Miyano, Takato inevitably had some concerns about the letters sent to him.

And, no matter how you look at it, the letter still seems a little out of the ordinary......

Thinking like this, Gao Yuan took the envelope in his hand and looked at it repeatedly for a long time, and then with a slightly serious expression, he walked to the study and began to open the letter-

The envelope opens and the contents are removed.

I saw that in addition to a folded letter paper, there was also a check for 500,000 yen!

Seeing this, Gao Yuan frowned and spread out the letterhead, and then saw that it was a letter cut out of newspapers and magazines and then pieced together-

"On the night of the next full moon, shadows will begin to disappear again on Moonshadow Island, so please investigate the cause - Keiji Aso."

After reading this letter, Gao Yuan's eyes widened in surprise.

At the same time, Gao Yuan subconsciously glanced at the watch he was wearing, and looked at the moon phase displayed on the moon phase disc above, and found that the so-called "next full moon" turned out to be tomorrow!

"Moonshadow Island, Keiji Aso...... This is an invitation to Moonshadow Island...... But why ......"

Seeing this, Gao Yuan had long remembered which eucalyptus in the original work was this, but because of this, Gao Yuan was also very puzzled that he would receive this letter......