Conan: I can hear the murderer's voice

"Takahashi, is what he said true?"

"How could this be?"

The murderer Lin Xuan identified was Takahashi, a slightly plump man who had been silent since entering the room.

Everyone else subconsciously took a few steps back to distance themselves from him, even his friends in the photography club.

Takahashi forced out a stiff smile:

"This, this joke is not funny at all."

Lin Xuan shook his head:

"No need to act anymore, Mr. Takahashi, you are the murderer of Ms. Ikeda."

Takahashi was furious. He wanted to rush up and teach Lin Xuan a lesson, but the pain from his wound reminded him that he was no match for him.

Lin Xuan continued to explain the murderer's methods:

"Takahashi first killed Ikeda in the forest and dismembered his body, then secretly returned to the villa with only the victim's head to continue repairing the roof. He took this opportunity to set up a mechanism using a bandaged dummy and piano wire or fishing line."

"As long as the head of the deceased is exposed in the arms of the dummy and then wrapped in the bandage monster's scary coat, people can mistakenly think that the criminal held Ikeda, who was still alive at the time, hostage."

"At the same time, tie two fishing lines to the dummy's head, and let one of the lines pass in front of the balcony handrail. Then tie the two ends of the fishing line to the window handrails. Finally, make a sound to attract the attention of Xiaolan and the others in the living room, and cut the fishing line that passes over the balcony handrail."

"The dummy holding the dead person's head will swing once in front of the living room window, then quickly return to the top. Takahashi only needs to retrieve the dummy and hide the dead person's head on his body, pretend to be shocked and leave the villa like everyone else to look for the bandaged man. He can then take the opportunity to put the head together with the other body parts to complete this trick."

Gao Qiao was shocked by Lin Xuan again:

[Can this guy read minds? ]

[He arrived later, but he was able to accurately describe the method I used]

Ayako didn't want to believe that her friends were killing each other, so she couldn't help but question:

"But Lin Xuan, Gao Qiao didn't hold anything in his hands when he left the villa."

Kakutani also said:

"The female high school student who saw the bandaged man described him as skinny, but Takahashi's figure doesn't match that."

Conan also felt that the reasoning was irrational.

[Even if the weirdo holding the dead man's head was disguised as a dummy, the bandaged weirdo who ran away quickly on the suspension bridge and almost killed Xiaolan tonight is definitely the murderer himself.]

[Takahashi has gained weight and is the least likely candidate among all the people present]

[But after all, this is Lin Xuan’s reasoning, let’s hear how he explains it first]

Hearing someone question the detective's reasoning, Takahashi calmed down:

"Where's the evidence? You firmly believe that I am the murderer, so you can't produce any evidence, right?"

[Calm down, calm down]

[The weird costumes were hidden in Ikeda's room, and I was careful not to leave fingerprints on them.]

[Even if all those things were turned out, it would not prove that I was the murderer]

Lin Xuan did not answer directly, but went around in circles:

"Have you ever thought about this? Xiaolan and the members of the photography club met for the first time. Why did she become the target of the murderer?"

Conan looked at Ran, who looked confused, and then at Takahashi, who was accused of being the murderer and pretending to be calm:

[Unless, Xiaolan accidentally got the evidence to prove the murderer's identity? ]

"Xiaolan," Lin Xuan directly held the girl's soft hand and encouraged:

"You said you walked into the wrong room and bumped into three members of the photography club changing clothes one after another. After observing them carefully, they didn't realize anything was wrong?"

Takahashi was completely dumbfounded.

[He, the detective, knows my secret! ]

Xiaolan felt speechless.

[Senior, please don’t mention such an embarrassing thing in front of everyone]

But she still listened to Lin Xuanyan. Xiaolan looked carefully at the three male members of the photography club in front of her.

[Wait, something is wrong, could it be! ]

The next second, Xiaolan couldn't help but shout out:

"Mr. Takahashi is obviously a thin guy!"

"He was changing his shirt when I entered the room. Yes, Mr. Takahashi was so thin that his ribs were clearly visible!"

Everyone's attention was once again focused on Fatty Takahashi.

Lin Xuan continued to solve the mystery for everyone:

"Takahashi didn't need any other tools to take the victim's head away from the villa. He just had to stuff the head out of his stomach."

"Although Xiaolan discovered this secret by accident and didn't realize it was related to the case, Takahashi still wanted to kill her to protect himself!"

Kadaya walked up to Takahashi with a grim expression and said:

"Takahashi, this detective is talking nonsense. You can prove your innocence to us by taking off your shirt."

Lin Xuan made the final move:

"By the way, when your body smashed through the balcony glass door just now, your back must have been scratched by the fragments. The blood on the glass and the wound on your back are irrefutable evidence."

Faced with impeccable reasoning and evidence that could not be destroyed in time, Takahashi's psychological defenses were completely broken.

"Yes, I killed Ikeda! But it was all because Ikeda forced Atsuko to death two years ago!"

Takahashi fell to his knees, pounded his fists on the ground, and continued to speak indignantly:

"Ikeda became a famous screenwriter because she plagiarized Atsuko's script!"

"Atsuko went to argue with that vicious woman, but was humiliated with ugly words instead. My Atsuko was so upset that she actually..."

Gao Qiao stared at Lin Xuan as if he wanted to clear his name:

"Yes, I did kill someone, but that woman took away my happiness two years ago! This is just revenge! I will never regret it!"

Lin Xuan sneered and tore apart the prisoner's so-called justice:

"Only Ikeda is considered your enemy. Does Xiaolan have anything to do with Atsuko's death?"

"But in order to get away with it, you actually wanted to kill Xiaolan as well, and even wanted to kill me at the same time."

"What kind of justice is this? You want to kill innocent people and still talk about justice? You are just trying to find a high-sounding excuse for yourself!"

Takahashi couldn't refute. He just stood there at a loss, his face as pale as death.

With the murderer confessing, another case was solved.

The familiar reminder sounded in my mind again:

[Congratulations to the host for solving the Bandage Monster Villa incident]

[Obtained: Building Analysis]

[Architecture Analysis: Getting Started]

[The host has sharp eyes and can see through the structure of buildings and various hidden passages within a 50-meter range at a glance]

In an instant, the design and structure of the entire villa seemed to have gone back to the design drawings and flooded into Lin Xuan's consciousness. His ability to construct space was also greatly improved.

After mastering this ability, no architectural tricks or hidden passages can deceive Lin Xuan anymore.

……

The Metropolitan Police Department helicopter arrived the next morning, and Megumi was not surprised that Lin Xuan had found out the truth.

Although the cruel reality completely broke down the friendship in the photography club, Suzuki Ayako still paid a large commission fee to Lin Xuan as agreed.

Sonoko, Xiaolan admired her senior even more after this incident.

Conan was even more depressed because he lost to Lin Xuan again.