Kindaichi of Kexue World

Chapter 354 Deciphering the Trick in the Chamber of Secrets
Hattori Heiji raised a suspicious point-the ashtray that had been confirmed to be used to hit the head of Mori Garden Chrysanthemum did not have any blood on the surface.

"It's raining outside just now, and it's been hanging on the tree for so long, so it's normal for the blood to wash away?" Mori Kogoro said disdainfully.

"Father, why did you forget that the rain had stopped when the murderer dropped the weapon!" Mao Lilan retorted.

"Xiao Ran, Uncle Mori is right this time." Hattori Heiji said, "The blood on the ashtray was indeed washed away by the rain."

"How is this possible?" Mao Lilan couldn't believe it: "But the rain had stopped at that time!"

"Yeah, Heiji, did you make a mistake, we were all standing outside, and the rain had indeed stopped." Yuan Shan and Ye also said the same.

Hattori Heiji smiled slightly and said, "Indeed, the rain stopped when the victim died, but I didn't say that the victim died when the murderer dropped the murder weapon!"

"What does it mean?"

"We have always had a misunderstanding before. Morizono Chrysanthemum called for help, that is, someone threatened his life in the room, and then he was attacked by the murderer's ashtray, and was finally thrown downstairs." Hattori Heiji said: " But is this really the case? This bloodless ashtray just proves one thing. When the murderer discarded the ashtray, it was still raining outside, which means that the murderer launched an attack on Senyuan Chrysanthemum at another time. The attack was carried out, and the rain had not stopped at that time!"

Everyone was shocked.

"Indeed, the death of the deceased was caused by the fall, not the two heavy blows, so why can't it happen twice?" Liu Jianming added.

"That is to say, the murderer actually shot twice. One was when the rain was still falling, and the other was the one we all witnessed." Hattori Heiji said: "The first time the murderer hit Mori with an ashtray. Mr. Yuan Juren's head, and it was twice, each time trying to kill someone, but Sen Yuanju was fatal, and the two attacks did not cause fatal injuries, but made him faint. The murderer thought He was already dead, so he threw the murder weapon out of the window, and took the time to get rid of all traces of blood on his body."

"Even so, so what?" Mori Kogoro: "What does this have to do with the Chamber of Secrets?"

"Yes, even if the wound and the murder weapon were caused by a previous murder, how does this explain the murderer's mysterious disappearance from the secret room?"

"Of course it is related, because the conclusion just now can change one of our concepts." Hattori Heiji said: "We have always thought that Morizono Kikuto called for help because someone was attacking him and he couldn't resist alone. Yes, but in fact it is not. Morizono Kikuto suffered a previous attack, suffered a serious head injury and was in a coma and was in a state of serious injury. When he woke up suddenly in this situation, his first reaction was definitely to call for help, so he called for help. The reason is not that someone is violent to him, but that he needs to find someone to treat him!"

"In this way... Is it true that he committed suicide as Xiaolan said?" Mouri Kogoro said, "It's just that he couldn't control his limbs when he was seriously injured and his consciousness was blurred, so he kept going. He accidentally broke through the floor-to-ceiling window and fell to his death...can it be said to be an accident?"

"It is indeed possible. Chrysanthemum man has a fear of heights. Maybe he didn't notice that he walked to the window, and when he found out, he overreacted and fell down..." Baihe Jiang Mori said with a sad face.

"But we clearly heard Mr. Senyuan Kikuto begging for mercy, which is enough to prove that there were other people in the room at that time." Xiaolan said another point he noticed.

"Ran was right this time." Hattori Heiji said, "There were indeed people in the room at the time."

"Hey, you kid!" Mori Kogoro was a little annoyed: "Sometimes he said there was no one, and the next moment he said there was someone, do you know?"

"It was true that there was no one at the beginning, but then there were people!" Hattori Heiji said: "Later, someone entered the crime scene and threw him from the upstairs in spite of the seriously injured Mr. Morizono Kikuto's begging for mercy."

"Nonsense!" Mori Kogoro retorted: "You guys didn't verify it yourself. All the doors and windows are locked, and the doors and windows are guarded, so it is impossible for anyone to come in and out, and no one can get out. How can anyone go in? Woolen cloth!"

"No! It's possible!" Hattori Heiji said categorically, "Just a few of the elements that make up this secret room collapse!"

"what do you mean?"

Several elements are needed to make up this secret room.

First, there are no secret passages in the room.

Second, the room doors and windows are locked.

Third, there are people watching outside the window.

Fourth, someone guards the door.

These are things that everyone has unanimously confirmed, and nothing can be broken, but Hattori Heiji said: "Yes!"

There is indeed no secret passage in the room. This objective existence can be ignored.

Someone was stalking outside the window, and it was absolutely impossible for the stalking people to be involved in the case, Mao Lilan and Yuan Shanheye, so they could also be ignored.

But are the other two elements perfect?
Not!
The state where the doors and windows are locked is the state after the incident.

Windows can be locked after the incident, they don't need a key.

Although the housekeeper Shigematsu Akio and the servant Sakuraba Yusuke confirmed that the gate was locked at that time, but is it possible that they were lying?
For example, the last element is the one who is lying, the servant at the door, Yusuke Sakuraba!

"That's right, Yusuke Sakuraba!" Hattori Heiji shouted loudly: "The murderer is you!"

Everyone showed a look of surprise.

Sakuraba Yusuke looked panicked.

"Liar...... Liar!" Kaede Katagiri shouted loudly: "This is impossible, Yusuke is not the murderer!"

"By the way! If Yusuke is the only one who said that the door was locked, then he is indeed very suspicious, but Mr. Shigematsu also made the same proof at that time, proving that the door was indeed locked at that time!" Kaede Katagiri continued Defending Sakuraba Yusuke.

"Mr. Shigematsu did say that the door was locked at the time, but he also proved that he did not touch the door handle. [The door is locked] is the conclusion made by Mr. Sakuraba Yusuke after trying to open the door to no avail." Hattori Heiji said.

"But...but didn't you say that the door was opened with a key?" Kaede Katagiri defended Sakuraba Yusuke unwillingly: "Since you opened it with a key, doesn't that prove that the door was locked at that time?" ?"

"Mr. Shigematsu said that the door was indeed opened by a key, but the person who opened the door at that time was Yusuke Sakuraba!" Hattori Heiji said: "He snatched the key from Akio Shigematsu's hand and opened the door, but at that time he Just pretending to use the key, when in fact the door was unlocked in the first place!"

(End of this chapter)