"That was the misleading the prisoner wished to give me."

Maori Kogoro explained calmly:

"He wanted me to give the police a confession that he believed was correct."

"W-what do you mean?"

The reporters were confused and looked at each other.

Kudo Shinichi put his hands in his pockets and looked at Mouri Kogoro with approval.

Dongfang Haoyue looked at Shinichi and then at Kogoro in a silly and cute manner, hugged his head in his heart, and said in distress:

"It's a headache. Almost every time, it's Shinichi and Detective Mori who come up with the answer. No matter how hard I think, I can't figure it out."

at the same time.

Maori Kogoro calmly asserted:

"If I'm not mistaken, the house next door, 601, is almost the same as the one directly below, including but not limited to a TV, sofa, curtains and dining table."

"what?!"

Inspector Megure, Detective Takagi, and the reporters couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Kudo Shinichi seemed to be as still as a mountain, but in fact he praised sincerely in his heart:

"That's amazing! Detective Maori really got the answer right."

Dongfang Haoyue retracted his curious gaze towards Maori Kogoro, turned to look at Kudo Shinichi, carefully observed his facial expression, and made a jumping judgment in his mind:

"Judging from Shinichi's expression, Detective Mori is right!"

"That was to deceive my eyes."

Maori Kogoro added calmly:

"The prisoner wanted me to think that the balcony where the body fell was on the fifth floor, not the sixth."

"Could it be that......"

Detective Takagi quickly thought of the relevant information in this case and his expression became increasingly solemn.

"Yes."

Maori Kogoro narrated calmly:

“Before I brought my family to this apartment…

The criminal changed the house numbers 502 and 501 to 602 and 601, and made an appointment with Okita to meet at Okita's house, in order to avoid Okita being away from home when the frame-up was carried out.

After I brought my family to this apartment, the criminal took us to 501, which was disguised as 601. While we were waiting in the living room, the criminal strangled Miss Yongmei in 602 next door. "

Maori Kogoro paused for a second and analyzed calmly:

"The prisoner moved the body to the balcony of Room 602, set a timer for the body to fall onto the balcony, and pretended nothing had happened before returning to the living room where I was.

Then the prisoner led us to the balcony, and when the timer was about to take effect, he used his mobile phone to call the landline number of Room 602, and asked us to follow the sound to the balcony of Room 602 and witness with our own eyes the body falling onto the balcony.

In this case, if we mistakenly think that we are in 501, we must think that the body fell in 502, which is Mr. Okita's home, and naturally think that Okita killed Yumi. "

"But when you saw Miss Yongmei fall, you must check on her immediately."

The young reporter looked at Maori Kogoro in confusion and asked seriously:

"Even if you mistake 602 where the body fell as 502, as long as you enter 602 and find out that Mr. Okita is not there, the truth will naturally come to light.

If that’s the case, did the criminal move the body from Room 602 to the balcony of Room 502 in front of you?

How can this be? "

"The method is very simple."

Maori Kogoro explained calmly:

“After we and the criminals found the body, we did rush to the door of the crime scene and knocked hard on the door.

Obviously, facing the empty room 602, no matter how hard we knocked on the door, there would be no echo, and it would be impossible to break in because it was a sturdy anti-theft door.

In this way, the prisoner reasonably guided us to go to the first floor to find the administrator to ask for the spare key through the fire escape which was faster.

If my family and I really leave the gate of 602 as he wishes, the prisoners can do a lot of things during our absence. "

Maori Kogoro's right hand always supported the sofa on the right side, and his left hand pointed at the rope in front of the white line representing the feet of the corpse. Without opening his eyes, he reasoned steadily:

"First, the prisoner opened the door with the door key he carried with him, and then used the rope that was placed in front of the body's feet to hang the body to the railing of the balcony downstairs.

As long as you shake the body back and forth, you can naturally use inertia to drop the body onto the balcony downstairs.

Next, the criminal only needs to pull out the rope and hide it properly, and throw the fishing line that strangled Miss Yongmei to the balcony downstairs to complete half of the plan of framing her. "

Maori Kogoro placed his left hand on his left leg and added cautiously:

"By the way, you may not be able to detect the flaw of the criminal using a rope to lower the body. In fact, this method of committing the crime would leave scratches on the body's armpits from pulling out the rope and various injuries from falling onto the balcony downstairs.

Moreover, this method is fraught with danger and uncertainty. The only lucky thing is that the balcony faces a sparsely populated river and there are unlikely to be witnesses.

As for the fact that the criminal accidentally caused the body to fall to the first floor, we can just lie that Mr. Okita was desperate and dumped the body to escape the crime."

Maori Kogoro paused for two seconds and concluded calmly:

"In other words, if the criminal really put the body on the balcony of 502, he only needs to put all the doorplates that were replaced beforehand back to their original positions and quickly go to the door of 502. Then he can pretend to be innocent and watch me get the spare key."

The voice just fell.

"Is this really possible?"

Inspector Megure stared at Maori Kogoro and asked seriously, as per police practice:

"Detective Maori, if your inferred crime plan is correct, the criminal not only has to dispose of the body while you are away, but also has to change the house number plate... Is there really enough time?"

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