Chapter 2936-2948 [Case Closed]
Jiang Xia glanced at him and asked, "Why is the direction of the knife tip so far-fetched?"
The passenger in the knitted hat couldn't help but feel proud when he recalled how he had just turned the situation around with just one sentence and led the other two suspects to surround the police:
"Didn't you hear what I said just now? - Because it's hard to pull out a knife stuck in the stomach, the deceased had to stand up and pull out the knife with both hands. If the position is high, the knife will bounce when it falls, so it doesn't matter what direction it is placed in."
The detective seemed confused: "Why did you have to stand up with your sword drawn in both hands?"
The passenger in the knitted hat looked at him like a fool: "You, your reputation is all created by trolls, right? Isn't this something that can be figured out with just a little brainpower? If he doesn't stand up, how can he get the knife with his left hand?"
“…”
The carriage suddenly fell silent.
The other two passengers turned their heads and looked at him with a bit of horror and confusion: "Why can't the left hand reach the knife? Is the deceased disabled?"
"Of course it's because...!!" The passenger in the knitted hat suddenly woke up, and his confident voice gradually stammered, "No, no, I mean..."
Officer Sato's eyes became sharp. "The deceased's left hand was handcuffed to the horizontal bar on the wall in front. If he wanted to draw the knife with both hands, he would have to stand up. But only people who have seen the death scene can know this. How do you know?"
"I... of course I rely on reasoning!" Knitted Hat was sweating profusely. When he saw Jiang Xia next to him, he suddenly got an inspiration:
"Didn't the policeman say that the deceased was stabbed in the abdomen? He left the suspect behind and ran to call for help. He must have prepared the handcuffs first. This is often seen in movies. You can't just say that I'm the murderer just because I'm smart and think a lot!"
"Besides, don't you guys rely on evidence when solving cases? - Show me the evidence! Is there a murder weapon in my bag? Is there any blood of this guy on my body?"
As he spoke, he looked around guiltily. When he found that there was indeed no blood, he quietly became confident again.
Jiang Xia: "Of course there is no blood on your body, because when you stabbed the victim, you made him hold the newspaper in front of him, and stabbed and pulled the knife out through the newspaper. In this way, the splattering blood would be blocked by the newspaper.
"If you look closely at the deceased's right hand, you will find that the lead type printed on it when he held the newspaper is still there."
Officer Sato understood: "No wonder when we asked the passengers along the way just now, they all said that they didn't see anyone with blood on their bodies passing through the corridor. It turns out that it's because..."
"Stop talking to yourself and open your eyes!" The passenger in the knitted hat slapped the newspaper on the table and interrupted them. "My newspaper is intact. How can there be a knife wound? Where is the blood?"
Jiang Xia: "Of course this one is intact, because you prepared two copies of the newspaper in advance..."
As he spoke, he suddenly looked at a bystander who was looking around at the aisle and said, "On the way here, I saw a sports newspaper on your table. Did you buy that newspaper on the platform of Shin-Osaka Station?"
"Oh, yes, that's right!" The young woman he pointed out turned her baseball cap nervously, a little excited, "You actually remembered me!" It was worth it that I risked being scolded by the police and left my seat to sneak over to take a peek!
It was because he remembered your newspaper. Jiang Xia smiled politely and said, "Can I borrow your newspaper?"
"Of course!" The enthusiastic passerby ran back to her seat and quickly took the newspaper. She mustered up her courage as she handed it over, "Um... after you're done, can you sign the newspaper for me?"
"Of course." Jiang Xia nodded and handed her a business card. Then he took the newspaper and placed it next to the newspaper of the passenger in the knitted hat.
Vodka glanced at the business card and found that it was a version printed two weeks ago, which he already had.
So he turned around and looked at the two newspapers.
"this……"
When they were viewed separately, there was nothing wrong with them, and even the pages looked exactly the same. But after a closer look, Officer Sato suddenly discovered that there were actually some differences between the two pages.
——One of the titles was “The Tragic Experience of the World Cup Stars”, while the other was “The Grudges between the World Cup Stars and Journalists”.
Suzuki Sonoko looked at the two twin-like newspapers and was a little confused: "Is the newspaper company being lazy and selling the same news twice?"
Miwako Sato shook her head. "There are sometimes some minor differences between newspapers at the station and those at convenience stores. Compared to convenience stores, newspapers at the station are delivered later, so you can get the latest edition."
She looked at the different details of the two newspapers in front of her: "It seems that someone has dug up new things in this big news, so the newspaper has made an emergency revision to today's newspaper. However, since this lady bought the newspaper from the station, the other one..."
Jiang Xia looked at the pale passenger in the knitted hat and said, "You didn't buy this newspaper at the station as you said just now, but at a convenience store.
"On your way to the station, you saw that the 'W' on this newspaper could be used to remind Chizo Ogura, so you bought it.
"Then, when you were waiting for the train at the station, you rehearsed the murder in your mind, and suddenly you realized you were missing something to block the blood. So you thought of using newspaper as a cushion to kill the person.
"But you soon realized that if other passengers on the bus found that you were holding a newspaper when you got on the bus, but the newspaper was gone when you got off, it would be difficult to explain. So you simply bought another copy of the same sports newspaper and turned it into one of the props for the crime."
The man in the knitted hat moved his lips, wanting to say something, but no words came out.
Unlike him, the mood of the two policemen had visibly improved: "Newspapers with colored pages like this are likely to leave fingerprints - since you are so confident, you must have torn up the newspaper and washed it away."
"But you may not know that even if you flush it, the newspaper will still remain in the car. For a short time, the fingerprints on it will still be there. If we search the sewage tank immediately to find the newspaper, we can get the evidence you have been looking for just now - how about it, are you happy?"
Just at this time, we arrived in Tokyo and the Shinkansen began to slow down.
The man in the knitted hat gritted his teeth, and suddenly, using the inertia of deceleration, he pushed aside the person in front of him and rushed into the aisle.
——Now that things have come to this, the only thing we can do is run away.
As long as he can delay the braking time and wait for the vehicle to stop and open the door, he can escape to the station and escape completely!
(End of this chapter)
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