Kindaichi of Kexue World

Chapter 331 The Mystery of the Death of Zuojin Temple

Zuo Jinsi died.

"Kimomiya Reiko herself will punish him with a flaming [Flaming Hammer]!"

Gao Yuanyaoyi's words came true, and Zuojin Temple was burned to coke in the raging flames.

As expected by Kaneda and the others, Zuo Jinji did not escape the fate of death in the end, but there was a question left.

How did Zuo Jinji die?
Who is the murderer who killed Zuo Jinji?
This question was posted to Jin Tianichi as a hidden additional task of the system.

Answer time is only half an hour.

The answer will be revealed automatically after half an hour, and the additional tasks will also be automatically settled.

Kindaichi used his brains to think about the truth of this case.

The key to this case should be the magic performed by Zuojin Temple [Burning Lost Outside the Gravity Rock].

This magic trick is still in the memory of Kindaichiji, after all, it is the last magic trick in the notebook.

Although its technique is very complicated, the method used is actually not unusual after it is disassembled individually.

The ordinary escape technique plus the ordinary levitation technique created by the usual cover-up technique, and the ordinary ignition.

The so-called rock is not a real rock, but a wooden box made to look like a rock, otherwise it would not be possible to burn so fast.

As long as the magician is bold and careful, and his strength is not bad, he can perform this magic trick.

Of course, you have to be willing to spend money, because the cost of this magic is higher than other magic, and it is very troublesome to prepare.

This magic wins in its performance rather than difficulty and cost.

The reason why the [Fantasy Magic Troupe] did not perform this magic was mainly because the mountain god Fumio thought it was too expensive to use repeatedly, Yurama Kazuya looked down on its difficulty, and Zuo Jinji was greedy but had no right to speak.

This time, Zuo Jinji was freed from the shackles, and he immediately cast out the most stage-effective large-scale magic that he could control.

He doesn't care about the cost and difficulty, what he cares about is the effect of the performance and the degree of shock.

Now the shock effect is there, but he took his own life.

Could it be that someone tampered with the three steps of magic?

At first, Jintianyiji thought that someone had tampered with the escape technique, so that Zuo Jinji would be trapped in the rock after the flame ignited and could not get out.

The person who made the move might be Ying Ting, who was probably worried that Zuo Jinji would kill him to silence him, so it was better to strike first.

As for Gao Yuanyaoyi and the near palace Reiko that Gao Yuanyaoyi announced, one of them is in prison, and the other is dead, so it is impossible to come out to harm others.

But this idea was immediately denied by Zuo Jinsi.

Gao Yuanyuan almost accurately predicted this murder, and Kinda Kazuo even believed that all this was his arrangement.

Although he said [Flame Hammer], the reality is that there is no hammer, only flames.

Kindaichi thought that he was more likely to say half-right on purpose, to prevent Kindaichi and the police from knowing his arrangement in advance and stopping Sakonji from performing this magic.

What's more, Kanedaichiji saw the real thing at the scene, not long after Zuojinji entered the rock, the flames began to burn, and at that time the rock was still rising due to the levitation technique.

According to Kazuto Kaneda's understanding, the escape technique takes time, and the levitation technique is essentially a part of buying time, and it is impossible to start a fire at this time.

That means the flames burned much earlier than planned.

The error should have occurred in the "fire outside the sky" link.

The method of "fire from outside the sky" actually uses phosphorus.

The magic required smearing a large amount of phosphorus, a substance with a very low ignition point that ignites easily, on the rock, so that Zakonji could ignite a flame inside the rock.

The performer would of course light the fire just before escaping, rather than letting the flames consume him.

Zuo Jinji's death should be due to the premature ignition time, he was surrounded by flames before he started to escape.

But why... Zuojin Temple Society ignited phosphorus so early?

Kindaichiji remembered what Sakuraba said when he saw the dead body of Sakonji.

"How is this possible! Nothing happened during the rehearsal!"

That's right... If there was an accident during the rehearsal, it would be impossible for Sakonji to perform this magic trick.

But is there any difference between rehearsal and performance?

Kindaichiji quickly figured out the answer.

The answer lies in phosphorus.

Most people have never been on stage, so they don't know much about the feeling on stage.

For Kazichi Kinda, who is an actor by profession, although he is not proficient in lighting, he is still very familiar with it.

If the headlights are irradiated concentratedly on people, the temperature can reach [-] to [-] degrees Celsius after a long time.

To some extent, actors are also suffering, but the suffering they suffer is nothing compared to the benefits they get.

Closer to home, what would happen if a phosphorus-coated "rock" was exposed to concentrated headlights?
Under the concentrated irradiation of the lamp, the surface temperature of the "rock" will soon rise to [-] or [-] degrees.

The ignition point of phosphorus is only about [-] degrees...
As a result, the "rock" spontaneously ignited rapidly under the high temperature, and the Zuojin Temple inside the "rock" was caught off guard, and died in the fire before it was too late to escape.

As for why there is no problem during rehearsal, it is because the illumination of headlights is a stage effect, and it is generally not needed during rehearsal...
The mystery of Sakonji's death is solved.

The next thing is to find the murderer.

But this case was an accident in nature, and there should be no murderer.

It's not that someone replaced the combustion aid with phosphorus. The use of phosphorus as a combustion aid was originally written in Reiko Kinmiya's magic notebook...
In other words, Reiko Chimiya designed a magic trick that was inherently flawed and life-threatening to the magician himself.

Speaking of which, this magic trick was actually the last magic trick on the notebook. Maybe Reiko Kinmiya hadn't perfected this magic trick at that time, so it left a flaw?

Wait!
Why Phosphorus?

There are so many substances that can ignite fire, why use phosphorus, which has potential safety hazards?

Is it really negligence?

Kindaichi recalled the sentence Gao Yuanyaoyi said, that Reiko Kumiya would "revenge herself".

Before Kindaichiji could figure it out, half an hour had come.

Kindaichi's eyes darkened, and he came to the private room of a small restaurant. Kengo Akechi and Kenji Isamu entertained Jintian Yiyi and the others for dinner. During the dinner, they talked about the cause of Zuo Jinji's death.

In fact, just as Kaneda Kazuo thought, Sakonji died of premature spontaneous combustion of phosphorus, which was basically an accident.

(End of this chapter)