Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 903: Faster than the Hang Brother, definitely a problem
Immersed in his own performance, Tokitsu Junya was full of desire to express himself and naturally could not notice the subtle gazes of others.

He described in detail how to fix the door lock through this side of the lock head, and use the structure of the door to disguise the door, which is not locked at all, as being tightly locked by simply closing the door.

"... Just clean out the base of the screw, and then use the squeezing action of closing the door to press the contact surface back to the position of the lock core. It's a very simple arrangement." After demonstrating it once, Tokatsu Junya confidently let go of his hand, and patted the door that was tightly closed and looked like it was successfully locked. He looked complacent, "How about it, it is indeed a very feasible plan, right?"

He turned around and glanced at Nanatsuki Koshimizu, who was folding her arms and had a not very nice expression, and pointed in her direction: "And the murderer should not be the last 'suspect' to leave, you."

"Another suspect has come up." Nanatsuki Koshimizu raised her eyebrows.

"The fundamental purpose of this arrangement is to confuse the order in which everyone closed the door and left. If the murderer was the last person to leave, he would be considered a suspect, which goes against the logic of the mechanism design." Tokatsu Junya completed the reasoning according to his own analytical method, and his thoughts seemed to slowly return to the past.

If the murderer was the last person to close the door, there would be no need to make such a complicated design. In other words, he would not be able to provide any testimony in his favor. The other party must have reversed the order of leaving to make the last person to walk out of the door mistakenly believe that the deceased was the only one left in the room.

It was based on this judgment that Junya Tokitsu decisively abandoned the last suspect who left the locker room and identified the murderer as the deceased's best friend.

"...The method of finding the murderer is also very simple." Recalling those past events, Tokatsu Junya spoke more and more fluently, and took the opportunity to throw out the subsequent development of the case. "This arrangement is very simple. The murderer may have thought that the death of the deceased would not be discovered so early, but he misjudged the timing of the scene being discovered. Therefore, it is very likely that the screws removed by the murderer are still on his body."

It was based on this belief that Tokatsu Junya pointed out with great confidence that the deceased's best friend disguised the screws removed from the dressing room door as rivets and hid them among the accessories on her body.

The Gothic punk dressing style is indeed the best means of hiding for Screw. If he had not bumped into the muzzle of his own gun, the murderer might have a great chance of escaping.

Thinking of this, Tokatsu Junya couldn't help but think more and sighed.

"If everything could be executed so perfectly, it wouldn't be so difficult to commit the crime. I think..."

"Wrong answer."

Before he could continue his acceptance speech, the slightly hoarse voice of Kudo Shinichi came from the loudspeaker, ruthlessly breaking his almost intoxicated working state.

"Very good reasoning, but I'm sorry. Not only will you not get any extra points, you will also be subject to some punitive restrictions in the next round." Mizuno Reina, covered in blood, smiled and applauded. It was hard to tell whether it was out of encouragement or just sarcasm. "Confidence is an important quality, but I think you should think more before ignoring details in pursuit of speed and getting carried away."

This sentence was in response to his previous mockery of Hattori Heiji for being eager for quick success and was willing to destroy the scene layout in order to get to the scene first.

Who is the real person who is eager for quick success and instant benefits? After such a good show, I don’t know whether others have noticed it, but everyone present knows it in their hearts.

"Impossible!" Shi Jinjunya opened his eyes wide, and his first reaction was to refute loudly, "My reasoning cannot be wrong. Before-"

"You overlooked some real details, Mr. Shijin." Tang Ze, who was not going to watch the clown continue to struggle, shook his head. "First of all, why did you ignore the possibility of the ventilation duct? For the sake of privacy, the locker room cannot have large windows, but for safety and ventilation considerations, there must be a passage for air circulation with the outside world. Since the murderer has time to remove the door lock here, there is no reason why he doesn't want to use a simpler method."

That is, find the key, arrange a tough, low-friction material such as fishing line, and pull the key remotely from the outside.

This solution may seem more troublesome at first glance, but it is much safer than removing other people's screws on site.

"Let me add that I don't quite agree with the idea that the crime was committed by an acquaintance." The White Horse Detective raised a finger and pointed at the dressing table in front of him. "Or rather, this is the most important flaw in your reasoning. The deceased fell in front of the dressing mirror."

This is also the biggest similarity between the scene and the seaside cottage where the crime occurred, and it was done intentionally by Tang Ze.

Many luxuriously equipped women's restrooms will have special dressing tables for women to touch up their makeup and tidy up their appearance. The original changing room was a place for women to change into swimsuits, and it also had a simple shower function. Therefore, just like the dressing rooms today, it is equipped with several large and bright makeup mirrors.

"Even if they were acquaintances, since the deceased was sitting in front of the makeup mirror, touching up her makeup or putting on makeup, it makes no sense for her to not react at all when seeing someone approaching with a sharp knife?" Hattori Heiji, a straight man who had briefly ignored the function of the room, finally came to his senses after hearing him say this, "The deceased remained in such a dead state, which only represents one possibility."

"The deceased had been attacked by the murderer before she was completely killed. In other words, she was completely unconscious when she was stabbed to death from behind by the murderer." Nanatsuki Koshimizu put her hands on her hips and gave this answer with certainty.

As she explained happily, she secretly admired her partner's arrangement. She began to understand Akechi Goro's thinking.

Since Xiaoxun's case was an injustice fabricated by Tokatsu Junya, it doesn't make sense that such an overconfident but mediocre guy would only make this one mistake.

So before officially explaining the case of the Lavender Cottage, with the other ugly behaviors of Junya Tokatsu as a prelude, her accusations at that time will definitely be more powerful.

Tokatsu Junya was sweating profusely as he was mercilessly besieged by a group of detectives.

He looked at the expressions of several people, then looked at the slightly deformed dressing room door, and made a final struggle: "But you don't have any evidence to prove that there is something wrong with my reasoning. The most important evidence is that the dressing room door has been taken away by some reckless person..."

"Haven't you ever considered a problem?" His desperate struggle was ruthlessly ended by Mizunashi Rena. "Most dressing rooms, including those in TV stations, cannot use too strong a building structure in order to facilitate partitioning for multiple people. There is no need to tighten the screws for this kind of composite board that will open with a bump? That might even break the door. It only has one screw head, which is for decoration."

"W-what?!"

"Most dressing rooms are like this, right? They're almost like makeshift wooden houses." Tang Ze smiled and gave his final addition.

He was implying that Tokitsu Junya not only made a mistake in this case, but more importantly, he might have made the same mistake in the past case.

Although it is not enough to completely overturn his reasoning, this passage alone is enough to show that there may have been omissions in the on-site reconnaissance at that time, which ultimately led to a misjudgment.

That’s enough.

As they said this, several people silently cast deep gazes on Tokitsu Junya.

The others were watching him, wanting to see whether he would fall into the ugly act of a loser being stubborn, or whether he would quickly adjust himself, admit his mistakes, and apologize for his previous brazen words. However, Tang Ze's gaze was slightly different.

Tang Ze was giving him one last chance, silently waiting for the last glimmer of hope.

If this guy could turn back now, realize his past mistakes, admit them generously, and contact the police station where the crime occurred to correct the problem before everything became irreversible, then Tang Ze would be willing to partially recognize him. As long as he could admit these problems after realizing his problems at the time, then he was just stupid, and maybe he could use youth and inexperience as excuses, but if he was unwilling to turn back at this point, Tang Ze would think he was stupid and bad.

Tokatsu Junya faced so many meaningful gazes, his face turned pale and blue, and he was obviously very uneasy inside.

It's not just about embarrassing himself on the variety show. It also seems that he realized from the reasoning of this overturned case that something might have gone wrong with his debut battle.

After a moment's silence, Tokatsu Junya gritted his teeth, moved his heels back, and straightened his back again as if he had found great support.

"I still stick to my opinion. Hattori-kun has destroyed the scene, and the core evidence of my reasoning has been deformed..."

This was also the case in the original case.

As long as we stick to this point, there is still a chance to discuss the previous issues. At most, we can't prove or disprove each other, but we can't completely deny his ideas.

This is what it means to be stubborn to the end.

Tang Ze lowered his folded arms, raised his hands, and patted Hattori Heiji's elbows twice, successfully making the latter look creepy. He repeatedly checked that there were no cameras pointed at his face.

"It turns out that Hattori-kun's considerations were not wrong. In fact, in the process of actually solving a case, law enforcement officers need to give priority to the opinions of the victims and their families. Sometimes, even when the person is already dead, they still have to try to provide humanitarian first aid... It is almost inevitable that these police officers will affect the situation at the scene."

Bai Matan turned his head and glanced at him in surprise.

It might be the difference in case handling habits among countries. He really didn't realize it until Goro Akechi said this.

Tang Ze, who has received formal education in the police academy, said seriously: "Solving a case is like archaeology. Almost all archaeology is rescue excavation and sorting. Solving a case is always one step behind the crime. It is the crime itself that causes damage, not the detective who is trying to solve the mystery. Even if it has an impact, just eliminate it. People who enter the scene record their fingerprints and footprints respectively, and the whole process of entering is filmed to restore the true situation of the scene. It is not as difficult as you think. Don't look down on the police."

"It all comes down to a lack of investigative skills. If you haven't learned crime scene reconstruction well, go back and practice more." Koshimizu Nanatsuki shrugged disdainfully.

"It's not a competent approach to shift the blame for not being able to solve the case onto the person who discovered it." The White Horse Detective shook his head slightly.

"All in all, I think there is nothing wrong with Hattori-kun's behavior of rushing into the scene in order to save lives." Tang Ze looked directly at Tokatsu Junya's sweaty face, "You owe him an apology for your previous careless and contemptuous belittlement. What do you think?"

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"Hiss, you didn't hear what he said, the way you looked at me..."

After retelling to Conan what happened at the scene, Hattori Heiji rubbed his arms, and it took him a long time to get rid of the goose bumps on his arms.

Goro Akechi stood on the same front with him and demanded that the people who attacked him apologize to him. Hattori Heiji was dizzy for a long time and couldn't tell whether this dream-like scene was a good dream or a nightmare.

Conan glanced back at him dimly.

Goro Akechi went back to his dressing room, Nanatsuki Koshimizu went to the ladies' side, and Tokitsu Junya probably thought that the scene just now was too embarrassing, so he found an excuse not to stay with them and quietly slipped out.

Therefore, Hattori Heiji and Hakuba Tan are now occupying the diagonals of the dressing room respectively, sitting here waiting for notification of the next action.

"I don't know what it looks like." Conan replied in a flat tone, "I am a fan of Brother Mingzhi, I will definitely support him."

You guys are here to solve cases, answer questions, and ridicule people all in one go, but I, the unlucky guy who was maliciously edited into the mastermind, have to pretend to know nothing and answer the program crew's calls, pretending to provide new recording materials...

I don’t know what they were thinking, but Conan was very angry.

"Hey, stop telling ghost stories..." Hattori Heiji tilted his neck back, "Tsk, you didn't see the expressions those PD ladies gave Akechi. Stop it, I'm really getting goosebumps."

While they were plotting in whispers in the dressing room, the ladies' dressing room across the street was bustling with activity.

"I'll just say it, this kind of variety show is definitely where the wise detective shines."

"That's right. He can discuss logic so calmly in live broadcasts. Sometimes he just glances at something and then confidently starts describing it... Compared to that greasy-haired guy, Akechi-kun is the one who thinks faster."

Shimabukuro Kimie, who was adjusting Nanatsuki Koshimizu's hairstyle, paused and turned back strangely to look at the lively atmosphere in the dressing room, which was completely immersed in the atmosphere of the fan club.

Isn't that fast?

If in the past, other people in the group had some doubts about Tang Ze's overly keen observation skills, the arrival of Matsuda Jinpei undoubtedly solved their doubts.

Tang Ze should be similar to Matsuda Jinpei. In certain special places, he has a special vision that is enhanced by cognitive abilities. This is the fundamental reason that supports him to create a detective identity and actively participate in case investigations.

The clues of the case, key evidence, bloodstains, footprints, fingerprints, scars...

According to the special state described by Jinpei Matsuda, anything that left a trace should be visible in Tangze's eyes.

However, from this point of view, even though Tang Ze, who was completely cheating, couldn't react in the first time, Tokatsu Junya even gave the answer.

Either he is really a cheater, so smart that it is unimaginable, or he is really a rookie who just guessed the result and believed in his guess...

(End of this chapter)