"Hey, I think I've seen this knot before." Xiaolan looked at the knot on the light cord, frowned slightly, and suddenly felt that the knot was somewhat familiar.
"I think I've seen this before too." Sonoko also felt that the knot was somewhat familiar, as if she had seen it not long ago.
"Isn't this a fishing knot?" Guangyou swallowed the dorayaki in his mouth and said, "Uncle just taught me this today."
Upon hearing Guangyou's words, Xiaolan and Sonoko both remembered.
“Yes, Kousuke is right.” Uncle Mori also recognized it. “This is the fishing knot.”
Of everyone present, only Yamamura Misao didn't know what a fishing knot was. He asked, "What's a fishing knot?"
"It's the knotting method for fishing lines," Uncle Mori patiently explained to Misao Yamamura. "Fishing lines must be tied with this kind of knot to be secure."
"Otherwise, the fishing line will easily come loose when you're fishing, and the float and other things will be washed away by the water."
In everyday life, people generally use only a few types of knots.
The only knot I can name is probably the bow.
It's perfectly normal not to know about fishing knots.
"Fishing?" Sonoko suddenly remembered the book about fishing on the bookshelf. "Mr. Hiroto's wife probably bought that beginner's fishing book to learn how to fish."
"But why isn't the light cord in the second-floor bedroom a fishing knot?" Xiaolan asked, puzzled.
"If I remember correctly, the light cord in that bedroom was tied in a knot."
As Ran spoke, Kōyū glanced at Akashi Hiroto and, as expected, saw panic on his face.
At this point, the modus operandi and the murderer have already been deduced.
The method of committing the crime is quite complicated, requiring the connection of these pieces of information one by one.
But identifying the murderer was simple, because there was only one suspect.
"Uncle should be able to deduce it by now, right?" Conan thought to himself, glancing at Uncle Mori who was rubbing his chin in thought.
Although he usually says that this uncle is unreliable, he also admits that Uncle Mori is capable.
The case involving Ruri Amatsu was solved by Uncle Mori alone, and he even made a mistake in that case.
He did not deduce that Yu Cheng Liuli was Nan Yunxiao's biological daughter.
His deduction about the method of the crime and the murderer was correct, but his deduction about the relationship between the two was wrong.
Uncle Mori not only deduced the method and the murderer, but also the true relationship between the two.
This is enough to prove Uncle Mori's ability.
Unlike Shancun Cao, who is truly terrible.
However, what puzzled Conan was why Uncle Mori, despite his abilities, usually acted so unreliably.
If Conan asked Kousuke, he might get the answer, but he didn't intend to ask Kousuke; he just thought about it in his mind.
No one noticed Conan's unusual behavior.
Besides Ai Haibara reading a book, there's also Kousuke observing the murderer.
Everyone else turned their attention to Uncle Mori.
"So that's how it is." Uncle Mori said slowly, as if he already knew the truth. "No wonder the light cord in that bedroom was the shortest."
As he explained to everyone, he mentally pieced together the information he had just deduced:
"I'm afraid it's because there's no way to untie the knot, so they had to cut the knot in two with scissors."
"As for the knot on the light cord, I think it's because the person who re-tied the light cord didn't know how to tie a fishing knot."
Just after Uncle Mori said those words, Kouyu noticed a few drops of cold sweat reflecting a faint light on Akashi Hiroto's forehead under the lamplight.
Even though Uncle Mori didn't reveal the person's identity, everyone present understood that "that person" was Hiroto Akashi.
In other words, the murderer is actually Hiroto Akashi, who gave the impression of being a good person from beginning to end.
Akashi Hiroto, who devised this technique, was naturally aware of this as well.
He knew that the "hunter" with the gun had followed the trail and found him, the "prey" who had been hiding.
"Mr. Hiroto Akashi..." Uncle Mori looked down at Hiroto Akashi sitting at the table and asked in a serious tone.
"Is that right?"
The form of address changes as one's status changes.
Before his identity as the murderer was revealed, Uncle Mori always referred to Hiroto Akashi as "Mr. Hiroto".
But now that Akashi Hirohito's identity has been exposed, the way he's addressed has naturally become the more formal "Mr. Akashi Hirohito".
However, even though Uncle Mori had made it so clear, Hirohito Akashi still did not respond and remained silent.
His silence and indifference, his lack of explanation, were the best response.
Most of the people in the living room were looking at Hiroto Akashi.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Hirohito Akashi remained silent.
"Sigh, wouldn't it have been better to just admit it sooner?" Guangyou shook his head helplessly. Everything was clear now, and silence wouldn't change the facts.
Wouldn't it be better to admit it sooner and save some time?
Seeing that Akashi Hiroto had not responded for a long time, Uncle Mori had no choice but to tell him everything.
Just as Uncle Mori was about to speak, Yamamura Misao's actions caught his attention.
"Officer Yamamura, what are you doing?" Uncle Mori asked speechlessly as Yamamura Misao took a camera out of his pocket.
"You're not thinking of recording this, are you?"
“This isn’t some kind of ‘Sleeping Kogoro’ mystery show. I’m still awake.”
"I know." Yamamura Misao had intended to secretly record it, but he didn't expect Uncle Mori to see it and hear him say that, so he subconsciously responded.
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