Kindaichi of Kexue World

Chapter 35 Behind the tragic case is often a past that cannot be recalled

"Wait a minute!" Just as Ryoichi Takahashi was sweating profusely, Ayako Suzuki stood up suddenly and said, "You just said that the man with the bandage was petite and strong, but look at Takahashi, how could he It's that person!"

"That's right, you must have made a mistake!" Kakutani Hiroki and Ota Katsuki also stood up one after another.

"Speak quickly! Refute him quickly!" Hiroki Kakutani patted Takahashi Ryoichi hard on the shoulder: "You are talking!"

"I don't know if you have noticed. There is one thing missing in the video, and that is the ladder. I remember that Mr. Takahashi was repairing the roof all afternoon. You just climbed off the ladder when you were eating, but where is the ladder now? Have you gone?" Just when Takahashi Ryoichi was silent, Kinda Kazuo suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant question.

"Could it be that... that ladder wasn't brought from the tool warehouse at all, and the person who attacked Takahashi..." Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Yes, I have observed the lock of the tool warehouse before. The lock is intact and the warehouse is clean. There is no trace of forced entry at all. It is very clear where the ladder came from. Mr. Takahashi used everyone While unlocking the doors and windows, he secretly took the ladder through the roof and threw it out of the window of his room to create the illusion that someone was intruding, and then broke the window of his own room to act as the person who was attacked."

"He didn't have to do this. We didn't suspect him at that time. Why did he create the identity of the victim for himself?" Kadotani Hiroki said.

"You're right. I was actually thinking at the time. Why did the murderer have to climb a ladder to invade the villa from your room, Mr. Takahashi? He had an ax in his hand, and glass and the like couldn't stop him at all. He completely You can invade from the first floor after everyone is asleep. And the weight of the ladder is not light, so doing this is to look far away. Later, after I locked Mr. Takahashi as a suspect, I also thought that his step was completely unnecessary, and it also exposed the ladder. Problem. But since Mr. Takahashi did this, there must be some other reason.”

"What could be the reason?" Kaneda put his fingers on his forehead: "The result of this incident is that Takahashi Ryoichi's room is completely unusable, and Mr. Takahashi and Mr. Ota have to sleep in other rooms. This It made me think that maybe Mr. Takahashi has something in Mr. Takahashi's room that others can't see... such as... the bandage monster's costume, the folded dummy, the blood-stained Clothes, etc., these things may exist, but the most likely existence is some kind of padding!"

"Filling?" Everyone was a little puzzled.

"Yes! Fill it in the clothes, pretending to be stuffing for a big belly!" Jin Tianyi said sharply: "Takahashi Ryoichi, you are the reason why you have never dared to use the difference in body as a weapon to refute me. You are afraid that I will ask 'Are you really? Are you that fat?'"

"Could it be that?!"

"That's right, Takahashi Ryoichi is not fat at all! He just pretended to be a fat man, so he could carry Miss Ikeda's head without anyone noticing."

Next, Kindaichiji simply restored Takahashi Ryoichi's crime process.

After Takahashi Ryoichi came to the villa, he disappeared from everyone's sight under the pretext of repairing the roof, and then used his real body as a bandage weirdo to show his presence in front of everyone's eyes, so that everyone can plant it in their hearts first. The impression that "there are strange people haunting nearby", so that later he will show people with a potbellied image, and everyone will not connect the two together.

After afternoon tea, Ryoichi Takahashi disappeared from everyone's eyes once again under the pretext of repairing the roof.During this period of time, he did several things: broke the telephone wire and the suspension bridge, disguised himself as a bandage monster to attack a lonely person, and deliberately showed a very scared look to cause panic, all in order to trap everyone On the mountain, by the way, create a terrifying atmosphere, so that everyone can logically push the death of Tomokako Ikeda to the non-existent random murderer bandage weirdo.

Ryoichi Takahashi waited until Tomokako Ikeda was alone, called her to the woods alone and killed her, chopped off his head and replaced it with the stuffing in his stomach, so that Tomokako Ikeda's head could be brought back to the villa.

In order to disturb the view, he also cut the body into pieces and abandoned it in the woods. Since the terrifying atmosphere was enough before, no one would leave the villa without something to do, so the remaining remains and abandoned stuffings were not Someone will find it in advance.

Later, Ryoichi Takahashi used a mechanism at dinner to make everyone think that the bandage monster had kidnapped Tomokako Ikeda, and then he quickly stuffed the recovered dummy and Tomokako Ikeda’s head into his stomach and followed everyone into the woods, but accidentally dropped the collar Landed at the main entrance.

In the woods, Takahashi Ryoichi secretly replaced Chikako Ikeda's head and stuffing while everyone dispersed to search.

Everything was planned to go well, but there was a little accident in the middle.

Since it has been raining outside, the stuffing discarded outside got soaked.Although everyone was soaked and couldn't see it when they came back from the outside, the wet filling would be exposed after changing back to dry clothes. Fortunately, Ryoichi Takahashi thought of this possibility in advance, so he prepared Filling for replacement.

But at this time, someone made a decision to share a room with two people, and his room became a shared room because of its location. A variety of props and replacement fillers.

At this time, there was no way to leave the villa and discard these things, so Takahashi Ryoichi had to take the risk, moved from the roof and took the ladder for the scene, creating the illusion that he was attacked, but in fact the main purpose was to break the glass of the window, let this A room becomes a room that cannot be lived in.

Another advantage of doing this is that it is logical to refuse to sleep on the grounds of fear, which also cuts off the situation of changing clothes in front of others.

But there was a second accident.

Just before everyone went back to the room, he heard Kazuto Kinda say that Tomokako Ikeda's new script was left in the room.

This forced him to sneak into Tomokako Ikeda's room and set fire to the original script in the middle of the night while his roommate was asleep, but he didn't expect to be caught by Hiroki Kadotani and Kazuto Kaneda who went out in the middle of the night, panicked Under the circumstances, Takahashi Ryoichi made many stupid tricks, which left flaws in the previously perfect crime plan.

"The truth of the matter is like this." Kanedaichiji recounted the process of Takahashi Ryoichi's crime.

Takahashi Ryoichi bowed his head and said nothing, obviously pleading guilty.

"But why did he have to burn Tomokako's original manuscript?" Hiroki Kadotani was a little puzzled: "It contains our youthful memories!"

"Yes! Why did he have to kill Chikako?" Suzuki Ayako also couldn't believe it.

Kindaichi didn't say a word, because he was vaguely aware of the tragedy contained in this matter.

"What do you know!" Takahashi Ryoichi suddenly broke out: "The dirty works of that dirty woman shouldn't be left in the world!"

"All this is for Atsuko! I can't let him die with hatred, I want to avenge her!" Ryo Takahashi shouted hoarsely, with the veins on his face exposed, as if he wanted to vomit his soul out.

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"Atsuko is usually lively and cheerful, but she suddenly committed suicide. Don't you think it's strange?" Takahashi Ryoichi said.

"But didn't the police confirm that she really committed suicide? Could it be that someone killed her?" Suzuki Ayako exclaimed.

"Atsuko did commit suicide, but I know who killed her!" Ryoichi Takahashi said, "One day, in the club office, Atsuko secretly showed me his novel. There was a dazzling light in her eyes. At that time, she must have hoped to become a novelist in the future, but she hanged herself not long after that. At first I didn’t understand why she committed suicide. Not long ago, I saw the movie After the hit movie "The Cyan Kingdom," I figured it all out!"

""The Cyan Kingdom"?! Difficult... Could it be..."

"That's right! Tomokako's first literary masterpiece "The Blue Kingdom" has the same plot as the "Empty Color Kingdom" that Atsuko showed me!"

"You mean... Tomokako... plagiarized... Atsuko's work?!"

"Yes. That work not only allowed Tomokako to win the Best Newcomer Award as a screenwriter when she was a student, but also made her embark on the path of a popular screenwriter, but all of this should belong to Atsuko!"

"But this is not necessarily the reason why Atsuko committed suicide..."

"What do you know! On the day Tomokako received the award, the day before Tomoko committed suicide, Atsuko called me! She said, 'She betrayed me, and I will never trust anyone again!'" Ryoichi Takahashi The tears couldn't help but flow down: "Her voice was as thin as a gossamer, as if she was about to collapse..."

Takahashi Ryoichi wiped away tears: "I lured Tomokako into the woods with a note of 'I know the truth about Atsuko's suicide', and then chopped off her head! Kill that vicious woman who trampled on Atsuko's dream!"

Looking at the hysterical man in front of them, everyone fell silent, obviously believing what Ryoichi Takahashi said.

"Hahaha..." Takahashi Ryoichi smiled dejectedly, and lifted the clothes on his stomach, and the bandage monster's costume and stuffing fell from his stomach.

"Everything is over, anyway, my purpose has been completed... It's time for me to meet Atsuko!"

Ryoichi Takahashi took out a kitchen knife out of nowhere.

The ladies present screamed.

"Wait a minute! Takahashi!" Kakutani Hiroki and Ota Katsuki wanted to go up and stop his suicide.

"Don't come here!" Takahashi Ryoichi waved the kitchen knife in his hand, scaring everyone away.

Kanedaichi looked at the scene in front of him quietly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Behind the tragic cases is often an unbearable past, but the truth of the matter is often even more difficult for people to accept.

It's time to stand up...

"I am an envoy of justice to avenge Atsuko, and I will go to another world to accompany Atsuko!" Ryoichi Takahashi said tearfully as he pressed the kitchen knife to his neck.

"Maybe you think your actions are just, but in my opinion, you are actually a hopeless idiot!" Kindaichiji took a step forward: "The truth is not what you imagined at all, Ms. Ikeda did not plagiarize Ms. Nonoguchi's works at all!"

(End of this chapter)