Chapter 2653:2665 [The Detective's Failure]
Conan really wanted to find Inspector Megure immediately to ask for clarification, but at this moment, the inspector was busy giving orders in front of everyone - looking closely, Jiang Xia and Hashimoto Maya were not far from him. If he asked him now, he would definitely be heard by others.
Thinking of this, Conan could only clench his fists. At the same time, he pricked up his ears and listened carefully to the clues about the current case: It now seems that only by solving this case as soon as possible can he get information from Inspector Megure.
Not far away.
Jiang Xia asked Inspector Megure: "Have you checked the lights in this corridor?"
Inspector Megure nodded and said, "Takagi just told me that someone tampered with the light bulb, so it never lights up, and whenever someone presses the light switch, it will cause a short circuit, causing a power outage for the whole family.
"Also, the surface of the lamp is very clean, as if it had just been wiped - the murderer must have tinkered with it and then wiped off the fingerprints."
At this point, Inspector Megure scratched his head in confusion: "This is really the most sophisticated thief I have ever seen. He actually set up traps in the victim's home... What is he trying to do? It would be better to use this time to look through a few more bookshelves."
Jiang Xia seemed to have guessed the answer to this question: "Because..."
Inspector Megure suddenly perked up and looked at him expectantly.
However, at this moment, Jiang Xia suddenly stopped and turned to look at Hashimoto Maya.
Hashimoto Maya, who was quietly eating melons, said: “!”
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Mr. Hashimoto, what do you think? - I haven't seen you for a long time, and I don't know if your reasoning ability has regressed."
Hashimoto Maya: “…” What kind of reasoning? I’m not a detective!
However, he is now the "Watson" arranged by Lord Uzo, and he cannot ignore Holmes' questions...
Thinking of this, the "Watson" who was forced to take up the post gritted his teeth and could only rack his brains to recall the detective novels he had read, pretending to be confident in sorting out the current information: "In the messy database next to the corpse, there are treasure notes left by Master Zhengying, but this room has no windows for people to enter and exit.
"And the room next to it has a window near the back door, and it's wide open. Combining this information, uh... yes, the murderer spent so much effort to set up this power-off mechanism, probably to facilitate his escape!"
Inspector Megure was a little confused: "What do you mean?"
Hashimoto Maya said: "There is no exit in the room where the magic notebook is placed. If you want to steal things in such a place, you must always pay attention to the retreat route.
"The murderer didn't know the exact location of the notebook, so he could only spend an unknown amount of time searching for it. Normally, in this situation, the murderer should bring another person to help him keep watch. But now it seems that he is a lone wolf without any help.
"So he built a mechanism to help him keep watch - whenever someone came to the second floor and tried to turn on the light in the corridor, the power would suddenly go out in the whole house.
“When a power outage occurs, most people’s first reaction is to go back to the first floor and look for the switch.
"The murderer originally planned to take this opportunity to sneak out of the room and escape by jumping out of the window of the next room. What he didn't expect was that many people came to the deserted house today."
Conan: "..." You are so good at thinking from the murderer's perspective, you are really an outlaw.
Hashimoto Maya accidentally lowered her head and saw his disdainful eyes.
"Hmm? The look in this brat's eyes... is he jealous that I have the opportunity to show off?"
Hashimoto Maya was stunned at first, but then she came to her senses and laughed in her heart: "I almost forgot that this kid is a king of swindlers. Although I was forced to take this job, for him, watching me reasoning is probably more uncomfortable than getting spanked... It's worth it for my reasoning to annoy this annoying kid!"
Thinking of this, Hashimoto Maya suddenly became more motivated. He cleared his throat and continued what he had just said:
“This mechanism might have been able to protect Mrs. Zhengying, but the deceased did not turn on the light when he went upstairs. Instead, he used the light from the staircase to come to this room.
“The deceased pushed open the door and wanted to turn on the light in the house, but he unexpectedly saw the thief rummaging in the house.
"The thief was startled and killed her in a rage to silence her. At the same time, he hurriedly sped up the process, which is why the library was turned into such a mess.
"At this moment, Ms. Maori, Suzuki and the magician went upstairs together and triggered the switch set by the murderer.
"The murderer then took advantage of the darkness to drag the magician's body out of the house and placed it in the corridor. He then tiptoed into the next room and escaped through the window. This way, once everyone's attention was drawn to the body, he would have plenty of time to leave."
Suzuki Sonoko listened and suddenly felt something was wrong: "…" Why did he politely add "Miss" when calling Xiaolan, but only called her "Suzuki"? Why did Jiang Xia's detective colleague treat her differently?
Conan's ears also twitched and he looked up vigilantly: "..." This guy called so politely, could he be interested in Xiaolan?
"And that galaxy magician, just now in the car, when he was teaching us a simple little magic trick, he touched Xiaolan's hand..." The more Conan thought about it, the more he kept muttering, "Although at that time, it was necessary to take a flat ring from Xiaolan's palm, but why didn't the ring go to Jiang Xia or Yuanzi's hand?... One or two, it's really endless."
He just had some questions in his mind. Thinking of this, Conan said in a childish voice: "Uncle Hashimoto said it's so complicated, I don't understand. Why can't it be other simpler situations? For example-"
He suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Xinghe Tongwu: "For example, Uncle Xinghe is actually the murderer - when everyone separated before dinner, he went upstairs and killed the deceased's sister, and set the power-off mechanism.
“He then took the two witnesses to the second floor and pressed the switch he had set, triggering a power outage.
"While Xiaolan and Yuanzi were so frightened that they stopped moving, he took the opportunity to tiptoe into the library, dragged the body out, and placed it at the end of the corridor.
"In the end, he just needs to come back to the two of them and the problem will be solved."
Hashimoto Maya: “?!”
Why does it seem like this kid with glasses' reasoning is better? How old is he?
...As expected of the person chosen by Lord Uzo. If he wants to compete with such a talented kid, he still needs to improve.
However, at this moment, before Xinghe Tongwu could explain, a voice sounded first.
"Conan, this is impossible." Mao Lilan smiled sheepishly, "I was so scared when the power went out that I kept holding Mr. Xinghe and Sonoko's arms - the three of us didn't move at all."
Conan: “…”
...Holding what???
(End of this chapter)
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