Conan: Naruto

"In this case, we will carry out the next step of planning and field experiments."

Kudo Shinichi said calmly:

"First, Mr. Takeo went for a walk in the courtyard and knocked on the window of the wine cellar that was exposed to the ground."

next second.

"Chiba Detective."

Dongfang Haoyue, who always kept his eyes closed and acted according to the previously discussed plan, kept the posture of his right hand unchanged.

He took out the walkie-talkie with his left hand and put it to his mouth, pressed the switch without looking at it, and calmly arranged:

"Please play the prisoner and tap on the window glass twice."

"it is good."

Detective Chiba's steady response came over the intercom.

next second.

"Tuk Tuk."

Detective Chiba squatted on the stone tiles outside the window and knocked on the glass twice rigorously.

"Uh......"

Everyone stared blankly at the window farther to the left, which Kudo Shinichi had closed beforehand, and... the Chiba detective who kept waving his right hand and had a naive smile on his handsome face.

"at this time."

Kudo Shinichi calmly simulated the situation:

"Mr. Shengping turned off the alarm device on the window and stepped forward to open the window."

Kudo Shinichi paused for a second, and arranged in an elegant and easy-going manner:

"Detective Takagi, please place soft cushions in front of the feet and behind the head of the white line that symbolizes the corpse, then pretend to be the victim and open the window."

"Yes!"

Detective Takagi stood to the left of Officer Megure, responded businesslikely, held the brown cushions with one hand, and walked towards the white line farther ahead with steady steps.

Kudo Shinichi raised his head, glanced at Dongfang Haoyue's confirming look at the intercom that controlled Mouri Kogoro to keep pressing the call button, and said calmly:

"Chiba Detective, please use the remote control in the evidence bag to turn off the alarm device."

"it is good."

Detective Chiba's calm response came over the intercom.

After six seconds.

"Detective Maori, what should be the next step?"

Detective Takagi stood in front of the wine rack in the window, holding the top of the wine rack with his left hand, lifting the window glass with his right hand, and looked steadily at Kogoro Mouri not far behind him on the left.

"Next."

Kudo Shinichi watched Dongfang Haoyue control Moori Kogoro to release the call button on the walkie-talkie, put it back into his jacket pocket, and calmly arranged:

"The reason why the prisoner invited Mr. Shengping to the courtyard for a conversation should be...to tell Shengping in private why Mr. Zhangji can accurately name the wine every time he tastes wine."

Hearing this, Takeo Nonaka suddenly changed his expression, looked at Mouri Kogoro in inexplicable horror, and did not dare to speak for a short time.

"it is good."

Detective Takagi turned towards the open door of the wine cellar and responded crisply:

"I'm going to find Detective Chiba now."

After a while, Detective Takagi stopped half a meter in front of Detective Chiba who looked confused.

Kudo Shinichi analyzed calmly:

"The prisoner first strangled Mr. Shengping to death in the courtyard, then used Shengping's key to lock the wine cellar door and put it back in place."

"Brother Maori, if it's as you said...how did the prisoner return the body to the wine cellar?"

Officer Megure looked at Mouri Kogoro with confusion and questioned in a business-like manner:

"Even if the prisoner threw the body into the wine cellar outside the window, he couldn't have thrown it where we saw the body before, right?"

"The prisoner only needed two clothes poles and he was done."

Kudo's new side explained the truth without changing his expression.

Officer Memu was stunned for a moment, then repeated in surprise:

"Clothing pole?"

"The prisoner first placed two clothes-drying poles outside the window that were parallel to each other and less than half a meter apart."

Kudo Shinichi reasoned calmly:

“Then put the clothes-drying rod through the waistband of the corpse to fix the position of the clothes-drying rod.

Then he pushed the clothes-drying rod with the body into the window and lifted the clothes-drying rod upwards with a little force. The body naturally slid to the floor between the two wine racks. "

During this period.

Detective Takagi cooperated by lying down between the two clothes-drying poles set up by Chiba Detective, grabbing the clothes-drying pole with both hands, and successfully lowered the body to the original position, with his knees pressed against the soft cushion at the bottom of the wine rack.

"I see."

Officer Megure looked at Detective Takagi who was sitting on his knees and recalled with sudden realization:

"No wonder the wine bottles on the top shelf of a single wine rack were scattered around the body. It turned out that the body kicked the wine rack with its feet on the way down."

"Wait until the body lands."

Kudo Shinichi analyzed calmly:

"The prisoner took away two clothes poles in one go."

Detective Chiba did as he was told, causing Detective Takagi to lose his balance and fall back, causing his head to hit the soft cushion at the bottom of another wine rack.

"Oh!"

Officer Megure looked at Detective Takagi's motionless posture in surprise, and acknowledged with deep approval:

"Brother Takagi did a perfect job of replicating the posture of the corpse I first saw, but..."

Officer Memu looked up at the window that was still open and asked sternly:

"How do prisoners close windows?"

"Tie the fishing line around the window latch and pull down hard to close the window."

Kudo Shinichi Furui Muha summed it up:

"In this way, the prisoner can let the body lie in the middle of the two wine racks without entering the wine cellar."

"What nonsense!"

Takeo Nonaka leaned forward excitedly and asked with a stern look:

"Do you have evidence, evidence?!"

"Of course I have evidence."

Kudo Shinichi gave him psychological pressure with a solemn expression:

"Mr. Takeo, can you show your handkerchief in public?"

"what?!"

Nonaka Takeo's pupils shrank suddenly, he straightened up and looked at Mouri Kogoro in disbelief.

Kudo Shinichi stated calmly:

"When you lowered the body on the clothes pole, the body's feet pushed the bottles on the wine rack, causing them to shatter to pieces."

Kudo Shinichi paused for a second and revealed solemnly:

"In this way, the clothes drying rod will naturally come into contact with the wine liquid, but...

But today’s clothes drying poles have no traces of wine liquid, in other words.

In order to prevent the police from noticing the abnormality of the clothes drying pole, you, who had not anticipated this in advance, had no choice but to use the handkerchief you brought with you to wipe the clothes drying pole.

And the police officers who searched the house for suspicious signs did not find the handkerchief stained with wine liquid, I think...

That handkerchief must be on your body, am I right, Mr. Takeo? "

The voice just fell.

"This, this is all his fault, that evil scum!!!"

Nonaka Takeo clenched his hands tightly and waved them up and down once. He looked at Mouri Kogoro angrily and roared hysterically:

“He clearly agreed with me on the repayment period in advance, but because his company is not doing well, he ordered me to pay him back tomorrow!!!

That damn scum... If I hand over the money to him tomorrow, how do you want me to face the company employees who are waiting for my salary? ! ! ! ! "