Chapter 2899-2911 [Case Closed]
Jiang Xia raised his head and saw the silent gaze cast at him by Inspector Otaki.
He took a look at the large balls of murderous ice cream in the ghosts' arms, as well as the pile of murderous teething sticks on the ground next to them, and was quite satisfied with today's harvest.
Seeing that the murderous aura in Vodka was urgently stopped as he appeared, Jiang Xia realized that he could not squeeze out more, so he could only speak regretfully:
"The diameter of the building is 20 meters. The edge of the building is about 10 meters away from the pine tree with the gun tied to it, and the fishing line connected to the sniper rifle..."
The young police officer next to him met his gaze and quickly reported his previous measurement result: "A little over 10 meters."
Jiang Xia nodded and continued, "The fishing line hanging down the cliff was just a trick used by the murderer to confuse the direction of the investigation. But unfortunately, there were some loopholes in his plan - the gun and the mud on the fishing line were the flaws he had to reveal."
Inspector Otaki had been with Hattori Heiji for many years, and he understood what the high school detective meant: "In other words, the murderer did not stand at the bottom of the cliff to pull the fishing line and pull the trigger, but fired the bullet in another way?"
"That's right." Jiang Xia said, "The murderer knew the deceased's schedule very well, and also knew the exact location where he watched TV. So a week ago, he stole the deceased's gun, and after coming here today, he fixed the gun on the pine tree and aimed it at the corresponding angle.
"He then tied a lead weight to the end of the line and passed the line through the trigger of the gun, and everything was ready for the tree job."
"When the dinner started, the murderer found an excuse to leave the table. He took out a stack of newspapers that he had prepared in advance, a fishing line of a specific length, and the T-shaped iron hook.
"The murderer first rolled the newspaper into a tube, connected the ends together, and formed a long enough paper pole. Then he attached a piece of double-sided tape to the top of the paper pole."
"Ah!" A young police officer suddenly remembered something and took out an evidence bag. "We did find a few thin white plastic strips in the yard... It turned out that these were the remnants of double-sided tape. I was wondering why they looked familiar."
Jiang Xia nodded and continued, "After doing all this, the murderer tied the other end of the fishing line into a loop and stuck the T-shaped iron hook at the bottom of the loop. He then used a newspaper pole with double-sided tape to stick to the hook, lifted it up, and hung the loop next to the hook on the decorative pole on the second floor of the building."
"Decorative long pole..." A group of people looked up blankly and searched in the sky. Soon, their eyes fixed.
——There was indeed an L-shaped iron rod on the slowly rotating building on the second floor. It was rotating with the building at a speed that ordinary people could hardly detect.
Jiang Xia said: "In this way, the automatic shooting killing mechanism is complete - as the 'L'-shaped iron rod rotates, the fishing line gradually tightens, and the conical lead weight at the other end is pulled higher and higher until it jams the trigger."
"In other words, what actually pulled the trigger was not the 'T'-shaped iron hook as we imagined before, but the lead weight at the other end?" Inspector Otaki suddenly realized, "Who is so cunning!"
Jiang Xia: "After the shooting, the iron rod on the second floor continued to rotate, and the fishing line loop hanging on it was pulled by the other end, gradually slipping off and falling to the ground. In order to ensure that it would slide off, the murderer had used the long newspaper rod to apply oil to the L-shaped iron rod for lubrication."
"The whole process doesn't take too much time, and the one who did it should be the deceased's apprentice, Mr. Yu Sen."
“?!”
Everyone turned around and looked at the silent and introverted little disciple.
The young disciple looked grim and instinctively clenched his fists.
Jiang Xia looked at him and said, "At 7:25, you said you were going to get some coal and left the party. After coming to the backyard alone, you took advantage of this time to roll up the newspaper, hang the hook, and then take down the paper tube, use it to wrap the coal, and return to the crowd.
"You calculated the angle and time of the building's rotation in advance. That is to say, although we heard the gunshots at 7:35, the murderer actually activated the device 10 minutes ago - during that period, you were the only one absent."
Inspector Otaki listened with a confused look on his face. When he heard this, he immediately grasped the key point: "Where are those newspapers? Go find them quickly, they are important evidence!"
The young police officers nodded and rushed to the barbecue venue - fortunately, it was a bit strange to throw a thick stack of newspapers into the oven in front of everyone, so the newspapers had not yet burned and were just stuffed into an inconspicuous corner.
Seeing that his plan was exposed, the young apprentice took a deep breath and finally spoke.
He gritted his teeth and said with grievance and resentment: "You don't know the true face of Jinze Liuyilang at all - that bastard has a good reputation outside and always maintains the appearance of a successful person, but in fact, he is just a shameless thief with a sanctimonious appearance!"
The eldest disciple was a little confused when he heard his master being scolded: "How can you say that? The teacher has a bad temper, but when has he ever stolen anything?"
"Of course you have never been robbed!" The young apprentice snorted coldly, "You have never had any outstanding original works, so he couldn't steal them even if he wanted to. But he took my work away! - This time, the work he used to participate in the Shanghai Modern Art Museum International Design Competition was designed by me!"
He said bitterly: “It was not until the award was announced that I found out that the winning building was the one I designed, but my name was not mentioned at all.
“I went to ask the teacher, but he said he didn’t understand what I was talking about and asked me to show the evidence that I designed it.
"But what evidence can I have? Even if I really find evidence, who would believe it? I can only say that I respect him and admire his talent, and hope to awaken his conscience... but it's useless.
“When the guy heard that I had no evidence, he just became more arrogant.
"He proudly gave me a 'warning', saying that I didn't understand the situation at all - he said that the reason why the design attracted worldwide attention was because it was published under his name, Kanazawa Ryuichiro. If it was published by me, the work would become worthless.
"Not only did he steal my treasure, he also belittled my hard work... I swore a solemn oath from then on! I will never allow him to attend that award ceremony!"
Inspector Otaki sighed a little, but it was rare for the criminal to cooperate so well, so he immediately asked, "So, the stalker that Mr. Kanazawa mentioned before his death who sent him secretly taken photos every day was you, too?"
(End of this chapter)
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