Chapter 2915 2927 [Case Closed] Request for monthly ticket o(〃'▽'〃)o
The store manager's wife, who was being stared at by Jiang Xia, said: "?!"
She was stunned for several seconds before she came to her senses and retorted in a panic: "Don't talk nonsense!"
The other two shop assistants also hurriedly said: "The boss and the boss lady have a good relationship. Is there something wrong?"
Jiang Xia shook his head and continued like an emotionless reasoning machine: "The store manager's wife did something to disguise the murder as a suicide. When the eagle entered the mountain to attack the 'lure', it suddenly changed direction. This was not because it wanted to attack the store owner, but because someone had set up a fishing line in front of the bait."
"The reflection Conan saw earlier was the light created when the eagle tripped on the line."
The falconer was stunned, and immediately thought of the scar on his beloved eagle's leg: "I told you, how could my eagle attack people for no reason!"
“……” The old farmer elbowed him.
"!" The falconer came to his senses and realized belatedly that if he admitted this... then the proprietress would really be the murderer?
"This..." He looked at the innocent-looking Old Eagle, then at the innocent-looking proprietress, his mind a mess.
Beside him, Inspector Otaki suddenly remembered something. He confirmed with Jiang Xia, "Is this fishing line you mentioned the one found next to the sniper rifle?"
"..." Jiang Xia didn't want to talk about this topic. He glanced at Hattori Heiji and nodded simply.
Hattori Heiji was startled: “……?” Why are you looking at me? What did I do again?
Before we could ask, Jiang Xia continued in a natural manner: "When the fishing line was found, it was entangled in a heavy wooden barrel, some distance away from the body and the lure. This was actually designed by the murderer to prevent us from finding any clues."
As he spoke, he looked at his watch and said, "This afternoon, there were two gunshots in the forest. In fact, the store manager was already dead when the first gunshot was heard."
"Wait." The falconer came to his senses, "What do you mean by two gunshots? There was only one gunshot."
Jiang Xia: "Do you remember the popcorn experience event here? This cafe has a clear activity time, and Mr. Ishima, who is responsible for making popcorn, is a very punctual person - I remember when he was making popcorn, he first looked at his watch, and then tapped the plate according to the time.
"When the popcorn machine is turned on, there will be a popping sound. The murderer knew this very well, so after the store manager carried the shotgun into the mountains, she followed him and found him. When the popcorn was about to boil, she tricked the shotgun from the store manager and shot him dead at the right time."
When Suzuki Sonoko heard this, she slammed her palm and suddenly realized: "No wonder I instinctively felt that I heard a gunshot at that time. It turns out that someone really fired a gun!"
Jiang Xia nodded: "Even if there is a slight error in time due to the speed of sound transmission, given the special terrain here, we will naturally think that it is an echo from the mountain.
“Anyway, this step of the store manager’s wife’s plan went very smoothly, and no one noticed that she had fired a shot in the woods.
"In order to confuse the store manager's actual time of death, she put on the store manager's vest and hat, walked to the open space, and waved in this direction from afar."
When he described it like this, everyone immediately remembered the scene at that time.
Mao Lilan was stunned for two seconds, goose bumps instantly covered her arms, and she felt a little scared as if she had greeted a dead person.
Jiang Xia: “After creating the illusion that the store manager was still alive, the store manager’s wife went back into the woods, returned to the body, and returned his vest and hat to him.
"She then took out the tools she had prepared, placed the body on a slanted wooden board, and supported it with a wooden barrel, to which were attached wooden blocks for aiming, and a fishing line.
"The fishing line went around the trigger of the shotgun and lay across the eagle's bait. After making these preparations, the store manager's wife trotted back to the cafe and went about her work as if nothing had happened.
"When the time was almost up, she came to the backyard and reminded the falconer to perform a special show for us - which was to have the eagle fly into the mountains and bring back the bait that was hung there."
"The falconer did not suspect anything and released the eagle. The eagle flew towards its target, but its legs got caught before it reached it. It pulled the fishing line and pulled the trigger of the shotgun."
When the falconer heard this, his face turned pale and blue: "You mean, my eagle..."
Jiang Xia looked at him and felt that he was a little forgetful, or perhaps he was too concerned. "It didn't shoot anyone, after all, the store manager had already died. And the direction of the second shot was actually the wood chip on the barrel.
"The wood broke, and the barrel lost its balance and rolled to the side. Its fall pulled the board on which the body was placed, and the body of the store manager was thrown out of the bushes.
“From our perspective as witnesses, we could only see a man falling out of the bushes at the edge of the clearing, as if he had just fallen to the ground.
“As the barrel rolls away, other fishing lines, ropes, wood chips and other mechanisms with obvious traces of human intervention will be dragged to inconspicuous places.
"During this process, the mounted shotgun was also pulled by the fishing line and fell to the edge of the open space, as if someone had abandoned the gun and fled in a panic."
"I see!"
Inspector Otaki suddenly realized what was going on. He felt that the mess in the mountains quickly became silky and smooth under Jiang Xia's combing.
While he was enjoying the comfortable feeling of solving a case, he remembered one remaining question: "What's the matter with that sniper rifle?"
Jiang Xia: “…”
There are so many questions. Why don’t you call Vodka over so you two can talk?
He cleared his throat and took up the topic again: "That looks like another case. We'll talk about it later."
"That's right." Inspector Otaki realized a little late that everything was not over yet. He turned to the store manager's wife and said, "You heard what Jiang Xia said. Do you have anything else to say?"
The store manager's wife managed to sort out her thoughts. She took a deep breath and said, "What evidence do you have for what you said? Why must it be me?"
The old farmer whispered, "I was in the yard when the popcorn was being made, and Chi Chai was playing with his eagle across the street. Neither of us went out, so you were the only one left."
The store manager's wife waved her hands fiercely: "What do you mean I'm the only one left? Why couldn't someone else have sneaked up the mountain and shot that damned guy? - Besides, besides the three of us, there was another person in the store! In my opinion, the murderer must be that sneaky guy!"
The falconer and the farmer: "!"
…Now that I think about it, there really is another person in the store.
That guest had a low presence. He didn't participate in any activities every day and only showed up quietly at mealtimes, causing them to almost forget about it.
...Could he really be the murderer?
(End of this chapter)
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