"You're the murderer, Captain Goonner."

Inside the watchtower, in front of everyone, Mary directly pointed out the identity of Guenner's murderer.

Everyone in the watchtower, including Barry, was surprised by Mary's sudden accusation.

"Miss Mary, you say Captain Gounner is the murderer of Commander Birune? It's unlikely, right? Hans hurriedly smiled and said, "When Commander Birune was killed, the captain was in the banquet hall with us......"

Mary didn't answer him, her eyes fixed on Gouenner's body, as if waiting for his answer.

Being stared at by her like this, Guenner, who was already a little uneasy, was even more flustered at this time, but he still showed a decent smile as much as he could, and replied:

"Detective Mary, are you mistaken? How could I be the murderer of the commander......"

"Is that all you have to say?" With a slightly disappointed tone, Mary shook her head lightly and said, "It's okay, little by little, I will reveal all your flawed murder methods."

First of all, the first point is the time of Commander Birun's death, and based on the condition of the corpse, I deduce that the exact time of his death must have been an hour ago......"

"An hour ago?" A detective asked, "But just half an hour ago, wasn't Commander Birune still talking to Captain Gunner on the phone...... Not! ”

Suddenly aware of something, the detective's words suddenly stopped, and he turned his head to look at Gounner with a strange look.

"That's right, that phone call was fake, most of it was a phone call that was recorded in advance, which was not a difficult task, and the murderer's purpose in doing so was to forge an alibi for himself.

If you don't believe me, you can ask Chief Barry to investigate the landline in the banquet hall and the call records of the watchtower at that time.

I believe that the call at that time was 100% not from this landline in the watchtower, unless the murderer had other accomplices in the dungeon at the time.

But unfortunately, according to my investigation, there is nothing wrong with the murderer in this murder of Commander Birune. ”

After explaining the matter of the call, Mary continued to reason:

"About half an hour before that fake phone call, the murderer somehow brought Commander Biruen here and attacked him there, and the attack was carried out by strangling Commander Biruon by the neck from behind with a rope and strangling him to death bit by bit."

"Wasn't he hanged?" A detective asked.

"No, the strangulation marks on Commander Birune's neck are horizontal and below the larynx, typical of strangulation marks from behind.

If he had been hanged, the strangulation marks must have been in an upward arc and above the larynx. ”

After explaining this, Mary continued to reason.

"After killing Commander Birune, the killer first tied one end of the rope to the watchtower and the other end around Commander Birune's neck, and then the murderer took out the thin thread he had prepared......"

As she spoke, Mary gestured to the extremely long bundle of thread and cloth in her hand, and said:

"I found this bundle of thread in the lower reaches of the creek outside the dungeon, and it was with this bundle of extremely tough thread that the murderer used to first pass through the holes on both sides of the top of the cloth, and then around the back of Commander Birune's belt, and in this way fastened the cloth to Commander Birune's body.

Then, the killer pulled the thin wire, went all the way down the staircase, wrapped the thin wire around the metal ring of the electric light on the side of the corridor, tied a small circle at the end of the thin wire, and put this small circle on the nail that the murderer nailed to the inside of the door near the watchtower in the dungeon below.

After doing all this, the murderer returned to the watchtower and carried the body of Commander Birune to the windowsill of the watchtower, and laid it down in such a way that half of it hung outside the windowsill and half on the windowsill, because of the pull of the thin line, so that Commander Birune's body did not just fall.

After placing the body in place, the murderer examined the long cloth of a very similar color to the exterior of the castle dungeon, and made sure that it completely covered the body of Commander Birune, before finally leaving the watchtower and exiting the dungeon through another gate that had not been nailed.

At this point, the murderer's camouflage method is basically completed, under his design, as long as someone pushes the door that is nailed down, causing the angle of the nail to change, the thin line that was originally set on it will immediately fall off.

Without the pull of the thin thread, the corpse of Birune on the windowsill of the watchtower will also fall immediately, and the rope tightly wrapped around his neck will create the scene of being hanged.

As for the cloth and thread that had covered him, gravity would slide down into the creek below the castle.

Here, in order to ensure that these mechanisms could be carried away by the current, the murderer also deliberately tied a wooden sign to this end of the thin line, and when the wooden card was washed away by the current, the thin line and cloth could be taken away together. ”

As she spoke, Mary gestured again to the thread, the wooden sign, and the long cloth in her hand.

"And the murderer's idea did work, and I found them all in the lower reaches of the creek, and although they were not completely washed away, they were indeed far from the dungeon.

I think if the murderer had been given a little more time, he would have gone and recycled all these mechanisms himself, right? ”

As she spoke, Mary looked at Gunner, whose face was already extremely gloomy at this time.

"But Detective Mary, how did the killer make sure that someone could open that door at the time he wanted?" A detective couldn't help but ask.

"It's very simple, it's the siren and the announcement from before."

Mary said, turning her head to the silent Chief Barry, and asked again:

"Chief Barry, have the Kingdom police caught the prisoner who escaped from prison?"

After the translator repeated it, Barry spoke, answering the same as before.

"Rest assured, the Royal Police are searching and will soon be able to apprehend the culprit."

"Hmm."

Nodding, Mary didn't ask any more questions, she continued:

The murderer's method was simple, he randomly selected a suitable prisoner in the dungeon, presumably taking advantage of the opportunity to bring food to the prisoner, and quietly handed over the key to the prisoner.

While the prisoner took advantage of this opportunity to escape from prison, the murderer quickly reported the news...... After that, I think you're all clear.

On this point, after the police have arrested the criminal, I can interrogate him, and I believe that the prisoner's answer will not be different from my reasoning.

The prisoner escaped, the alarm sounded, the guards and the Kingdom police poured into the dungeon, the mechanism on the door was triggered, and the murderer took time to return to the banquet hall, took the fake phone call, and led the crowd to the body of Commander Birune, who was finally hung outside the watchtower......

That's the whole process of this case, is there anything wrong with my reasoning? Captain Gouenner? ”

The words fell, and Mary looked at Guenner, whose face was already difficult to see.

The watchtower was quiet for a while, and in the face of everyone's strange eyes, Gounner suddenly smiled, he also looked at Mary, and smiled indifferently:

"Miss Mary is worthy of being a detective, this kind of imagination really makes me not admire, but I can't figure it out, how can Miss Mary think that I must be the murderer?

Let's assume that Miss Mary's technique can really be successful, then there must be a lot of people who can carry out this technique, right?

Is it just because I happened to receive that fake phone call and happened to see the body of Commander Birune, so I am the murderer? Wouldn't that be a little too arbitrary? ”

"Captain Gouenner, when you strangled Commander Birune, he must have put up a very fierce resistance, right?" Mary asked suddenly.

"How would I know this—this kind of thing? I said I wasn't a murderer......" Gouanna's face was a little ugly when Mary suddenly asked.

"yes......"

Looking at him with a flat gaze under thick sunglasses, Mary said, "Then I don't mind helping you remember the situation again."

At that time, in the watchtower, after Commander Birune was tricked by you to come here, he was unsuspecting and was strangled by a rope from behind him.

In the process of strangling him, Commander Biruon initially resisted violently, one of his hands subconsciously scratching at his neck in an attempt to pull the rope apart.

And the other hand is waving the cane in his hand vigorously, desperately attacking and banging on you behind him.

During this time, the cane did hit one of your hands and left a wound on the back of your hand.

At the same time, it must have inadvertently struck the surrounding wall, causing the metal ring at the tip of the cane to partially detach.

The shattered piece of metal flew out of the watchtower and landed in the staircase corridor outside. ”

As she spoke, Mary pulled out the piece of metal she had picked up in the staircase hallway.

On one side of this fragment, there are still traces of blood clotting.

"Captain Guenner, the blood stains on this shard should be yours, right? Don't deny it, it's possible to do a DNA test.

By the way, and to prove my reasoning, I hope that Captain Gounner will show us the wound on the back of your hand, which, if I am correct, should be shaped to match the tip of Commander Birune's staff.

Another thing I noticed before was that on the back of Commander Birun's shirt, even the small piece above the belt was stained with marks similar to human blood clotting.

I hope the police can test this blood trace along with it to see if it matches Captain Gouanna's DNA......"

"No need ......"

In the face of Mary's constant verbal offensive, Gounner finally lowered his head, and the indifference he had pretended to be completely dissipated at this moment.

The look on his face was gloomy, and his whole person was like a defeated rooster, and he smiled bitterly twice and said:

"No need to check any further, Miss Mary's reasoning is not wrong, that is, I killed Commander Birune......

The method of killing, and the disguise afterwards, are the same as Miss Mary's reasoning, and the same is true of the escaped prisoner, it is true that I quietly gave him the key, and my original plan was actually to blame him for the death of the commander, so that he would become the murderer who took the blame......

Miss Mary is such a great detective, she only came to the scene to see it a few times, and she completely cracked my methods, and didn't even leave me a little time to deal with the evidence......"

"Why did you kill Commander Birune?" Ignoring his flattery, Mary asked directly.

"There's no particular reason, it's just a personal vendetta......," Gounner smiled and replied nonchalantly.

"What personal vendettas?" Mary continued to ask.

[This is never a real reason.] 】

"It's not something worth talking about, it's already been seen through anyway......"

Suddenly, he said such an incoherent sentence, and while everyone was defenseless, Gouanna suddenly pulled out the pistol at his waist and aimed it at his temple.

"Wait!"

Mary, the only one on the scene to react, stepped forward and tried to snatch his pistol.

This person...... Was he ready to commit suicide from the beginning when the matter was revealed?

However, due to the distance between the two, Mary simply couldn't keep up with the speed at which he could shoot.

"Phew!"

The gunshot rang out, and Gounner didn't give anyone time to react, and the bullet sank into his head without any suspense, and he collapsed to the ground in an instant, completely motionless.

Mary stopped, looking down at the scene, her eyes narrowing slightly.

This time the matter was by no means so simple, and Guenner's sudden suicide was clearly his deliberate self-destruction.

The purpose is to cut off all clues and prevent anyone from continuing to track down his line, so as to involve the real murderer behind him.

Yes, on the surface, Guenner is undoubtedly the real culprit of everything, but if you look at it a little wider, you will find that Guenner is actually a pawn to carry out orders.

The real culprit is someone else.

In the course of her previous investigations, Mary had already noticed this.

Because Guenner's murder method this time can really be said to be full of loopholes.

The time of death that was obviously wrong, the bloodstains left at the scene, and the culprit who had not been arrested for a long time......

Each of these flaws is fatal, and it is with these flaws that Mary easily unearths the identity of Guenner's murderer.

Killing people in such flawed ways, are you taking everyone else for a fool?

But what if the Kingdom Police were added to the mix?

Under her sunglasses, Mary's gaze looked at Barry, the silent police chief on the side.

The time of death can be faked, the blood stains at the scene can be removed by the police, and the prisoners who carry the blame will be quickly arrested and beaten into tricks......

If the Kingdom Police had been involved, and if Mary hadn't gone along with the investigation, she believed that the case would have ended in a completely different way.

Of course, these are all speculations made by Mary based on half her life's experience, and so far, she has no evidence to prove it.

But in the current country, it's always right to keep an eye on it......

"What's going on? Was it gunfire just now?! ”

Just then, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the watchtower, and Mary looked back to see Karasuma Ying and a male detective running down the staircase corridor.

“…… Xiao Ying? How do you ......"

Seeing Karasuma Ying, Mary and Barry both looked surprised at the same time.

Sleepy (『) It's now eleven thirty-seven, I actually sent it out on time today, so touched_(:3"∠)_

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