Kindaichi of Kexue World

Chapter 197 The Illusory Road

When Kaneda Kazuo exited from the space with the thirteen steps, the policeman knocked on the door and shouted his name.

He quickly responded, saying that he was not feeling well, so he stayed in the toilet for a long time.

It was a close call. If the police broke in and didn't see him, it would be troublesome.

The police didn't suspect him too much, they just took him back to the scene.

Jin Tianyi Er immediately asked the TV station staff present for a map of the TV station. He had to study carefully to see if there was such a shortcut that could save time!

However, the map of the TV station is top secret and cannot be leaked to others casually, Jin Tianyi Er cannot get it.

So Kindaichiji had no choice but to turn to Rena Mizumu, who had a fairly good relationship.

Although Reina Mizumura is a new anchor, she has been on the TV station for almost a year. Although it is impossible to remember all the terrain like a living map, she is familiar with the routes that are often taken. The basic structure of the building is pretty much the same.

"Don't you doubt me?" Facing Kindaichiji's request for help, she first asked with a deep meaning.

"I don't think you are a murderer. How can you kill someone and not escape? Are there surveillance cameras on the stairs?" Kinda Kazuo replied.

The reason mentioned by Kinda Kazuo was quite far-fetched, but it was originally a perfunctory reason to deal with the other party's random thoughts. He couldn't say that he knew that the other party was good at shooting, so it was impossible for him to miss the bullet.

"Maybe I'm a bold and cautious professional killer!" Rena Mizumu smiled lightly.

"Stop joking at this time!"

After applying for the dull-looking police officer surnamed Takagi to follow, the three embarked on the road to find the "maze shortcut".

Although the distance from the fourth floor to the seventh floor is only three floors, there are actually no direct stairs.

After the introduction of Rena Mizuna, the stairs of the TV station are located on both sides of the building.

Among them, the stairs on the third, fourth, and fifth floors are connected and located on one side of the building, but the stairs from the fifth to the sixth floor and the sixth to the seventh floor are located on the other side of the building.

In other words, if you only rely on the stairs to walk, this route is to go through the stairs to the fifth floor, then pass through an office area across the entire building, go to the stairs on the other side, then go to the seventh floor, and finally Then cross half of the building to the warehouse.

This road currently appears to be the safest and the shortest.

The only dangerous part of this road is the work area on the fifth and seventh floors.

Most of the office staff on the fifth floor are directors, and the directors are on standby in the live broadcast room most of the time, especially during the prime time at that time, so it is difficult to be found across here, unless you are unlucky.

The seventh floor is the warehouse area. The warehouse manager is only in charge of the keys and does not work here.

The question is how much time this road will take.

Kindaichiji decided to do an experiment.

He wants to come and run for himself to see how long this road will take.

Since Officer Takagi insisted on following, the two of them ran together.

Rena Mizumura could only temporarily call a patrolman to watch, and time the two of them by the way.

The route is to follow the route introduced before, from the scene on the fourth floor to the warehouse on the seventh floor, and then to the lobby on the first floor.

The result of the first trial was eight minutes and 32 seconds.

The result of the second trial was nine minutes and four seconds.

Officer Takagi ran a little faster than Kindaichi, but he was only faster by a dozen seconds or more than eight minutes.

Jin Tianyi Er was not reconciled, and decided to run again, this time he must run with all his strength.

So he once again ran into 8 minutes by virtue of his physical skills, and ran for 49 minutes and [-] seconds. This time surpassed the exhausted police officer Takagi, but that was all.

This can't be done!

Kindaichiji remembered that he heard Suwa Michihiko's voice from the crime scene at 5:[-], and then [-] minutes later, he saw Matsuo Takashi who came a little late on the first floor.

Although the time is a little bit ambiguous, there shouldn't be much error before and after.

That is to say, Matsuo Takashi only has 5 minutes, and at most 8 minutes to commit the murder.

Although Jin Tianyi Er is not a fast runner, he still has to compare with others.

It is said that Officer Takagi is not the best in physical fitness among the police, but at least he has received professional training and has also patrolled the streets and exercised. Overall, he is not much worse; although Mori Kogoro does not burn his head by smoking and drinking, he is also good He used to be an elite police detective in terms of body, and he did not waste his physical exercise in private.

Just running for nearly 9 minutes, my lungs are about to explode.

Matsuo Takashi, a host who sits in the office all day, can really run this road in about eight or nine minutes?

And after running, I can't breathe and my heart beats!
impossible!
This path does not seem to work.

"Is there any other route?" Kindaichiji asked.

"Well..." Renai Mizumura thought about it carefully: "I remember that some colleagues secretly took a ladder from the ceiling in the corner to the upper floor directly in order to take a shortcut. This incident was discovered. Afterwards, a whole-Taiwan circular was issued to criticize... I don't know if this method will work?"

This is a good way!
In this way, the time loss caused by crossing the entire building can be avoided!

arrangement!

However, there were many problems in the actual test operation.

On the one hand, this method requires the use of a ladder, and it is very inconvenient to move a ladder. Even a relatively small folding ladder will greatly slow down the movement while carrying it.

Another problem is on the sixth floor.

The sixth floor was a filming studio for film and television dramas. There were many people there at that time. Even if it was in a corner, if a head popped out of the ground, it would definitely be discovered and everyone would know about it.

This path doesn't work either.

"Aside from stairs and elevators, is there no other passages in this building?" Jin Tianyi Er was not reconciled.

"Other passages... there are..." Reina Mizumura thought for a while: "There are some fire escapes designed outside the building, and this building is no exception. It's the entrance to the fire escape."

"However, there is a problem with the fire escape. There are three fire escapes in the whole building, all of which are from the first floor to the top floor, but the entrances are different. The fire escapes closest to the crime scene have only the first, second, and fifth floors. , eighth, and eleventh floors, and the eighth floor is the one behind my live broadcast room. The entrances to the other two fire escapes are [-], [-], [-], [-], [-] and [-], [-], [-], and [-]. "

"Isn't there a fire escape directly from the fourth floor to the seventh floor!" Jin Tianyi said pleasantly.

"This road is impossible!" Mizuruna said: "The fire escape from the crime scene to the fourth floor needs to go through half of the building, and it will pass by the central elevator entrance. The elevator exterior monitor on the side of the building only monitors the elevator. The door, but the central elevator is the most important elevator, and the monitors outside the elevator cover the entire corridor, so it’s impossible not to record someone passing by!”

"What about the other fire escapes?"

"One of the other two fire escapes will pass through the sixth or ninth floor where there are many people, and the other is too far away from the stairs from the fifth to the seventh floor, and there is no direct staircase leading to the seventh floor on the eighth floor. road."

Unwilling to be reconciled, Kindaichi still decided to take all three fire escape routes.

As Reina Mizumu said, among the three fire escape routes, one will be detected by the monitor at the central elevator door, one needs to pass through densely populated areas, and one takes even more time than walking the stairs.

Asked if there was another route, Rena Mizumu shook her head.

Kindaichi and Er sat down on the ground a little slumped.

Officer Takagi, who had been running up and down with him all the time, was very tired, so the two of them sat by the door of the warehouse on the seventh floor to rest.

"Kindaichi, it's okay, I'm about to die!" Police officer Takagi said with a bitter face, panting heavily.

"Not enough, not enough!" Jin Tianyi was not reconciled: "There must be a shortcut, which can go back and forth between the fourth floor and the seventh floor in a short time!"

"Why are you so obsessed with this illusory path?" Rena Mizumus stood in front of them and asked with a puzzled look on her face, "Perhaps Takashi Matsuo is indeed not the murderer."

Kindaichi could only keep silent, because he couldn't explain to others all the hints and clues the system gave him.

"There must be! That illusory road!"

Just as Kindaichi and Er were thinking this, a friendly voice came from beside them.

"Second Jun, Officer Takagi, and Ms. Reina, what are you doing here?"

It was Mao Lilan, who came out of the warehouse, holding Conan who looked like she was thinking.

(End of this chapter)