Chapter 3086 3098 [Case Closed]
The old landlord looked at his strange tenant who didn't say a word, stroked his chin and guessed, "Could it be that he likes the ghostly atmosphere of my apartment, so he made these to suit the occasion? That's really a mannequin-making obsession."
The puppeteer was stunned, and quickly said: "That's right! I just think this house is perfect for being haunted, so..."
Jiang Xia shook his head, as if he understood the hidden story better than he did: "Of course it's not such an innocent reason - Mr. Banmachi doesn't like ghosts. He just wants to use supernatural phenomena to scare away everyone living in this apartment to cover up his crime four years ago."
"Four years ago..." The landlord and the other two tenants heard this familiar time point and immediately understood something. "You mean, the woman who was burned to a charred corpse in the park four years ago?!"
Jiang Xia looked at them and said, "I heard that late at night, you can occasionally see ghost lights floating in the abandoned buildings next to you. The color of the light is sometimes orange-red and sometimes bluish-white - in fact, it is not a ghost light, but a light generated by humans.
"The orange-red 'wisp of fire' is the flame of a cigarette butt. The bluish-white light is the light reflected by the screen when someone is using an electronic device in the building."
"You mean... there are people living in that building?" The otaku looked at the abandoned building next to him and was a little surprised. "There are actually people living in this shabby place that could collapse at any time?"
Jiang Xia: “Normal people certainly wouldn’t live there, but wanted criminals on the run are another matter - in that murder case four years ago, there were two murderers, one of whom was seen by a passerby and his face was remembered, and then his portrait was put on the wanted poster.
"If I'm not mistaken, the person hiding in the building next door is the murderer who has a scar on his face and very obvious facial features."
As he said that, he pointed at the puppeteer and said, "And this Mr. Banmachi should be his accomplice, the other murderer from four years ago."
The old landlord stared at the tenant whom he had known for many years and was speechless for a moment.
Jiang Xia turned around and asked him: "The first supernatural phenomenon that occurred here should be the 'wisp of the ghost', right?"
The old landlord was startled: "How do you know?"
Jiang Xia: "After the crime, he suddenly found himself on the wanted list. To avoid being caught, the wanted criminal had to hastily hide in an abandoned building in a remote location.
"In order to take care of this accomplice who couldn't see the light of day, Mr. Banmachi rented a house nearby and moved into this apartment, and the two of them settled down like this.
"But it's hard to conceal signs of human activity, especially for someone who's addicted to smoking - the two buildings were so close together that it wasn't long before the lights from the wanted criminal's nighttime smoking were visible to the residents of the apartment.
"In order to cover up the fact that 'there are people hiding in the abandoned building', Mr. Banmachi came up with the idea of creating a haunted building.
"And it turns out that his approach was very effective - not only did the residents of the apartment fail to discover the truth about the 'wisp of the ghost', they all thought that the place was really haunted and moved out in a panic. This way, there were fewer chances for the truth to be exposed."
At this point, Jiang Xia looked at the graduate student again: "Because of the wall, you can't see what's happening in the building opposite from the first floor. The location of your room doesn't pose much of a threat to the two murderers. Mr. Bancho doesn't need to target you, so you haven't seen any 'supernatural phenomena' with your own eyes - in a sense, your grandmother's description of the 'good feng shui' of that room is actually correct."
The graduate student looked proud and said, "Of course, my grandmother is a famous Feng Shui master in our area."
Conan: "..." Your belief in science is too fragile...
When the famous detective uncovers the truth about the "haunting".
Outside the apartment.
…
A few minutes ago.
Calvados searched frantically below his room, but found nothing - the severed hand that he had thrown away in panic did not seem to have fallen there.
"How could there be none?" A not-so-good memory quietly came to his mind, and Calvados couldn't help but mutter in his heart:
"Come to think of it, the gun I threw out in the public restroom not long ago also disappeared inexplicably... But this time, it can't be that Bourbon was squatting outside my room waiting to pick it up."
After thinking for a while, he quickly shook his head, threw some strange scenes out of his mind, and then looked at the abandoned building opposite.
"Anyway, since it's not downstairs, it must be in this building. I'm very strong, and I got scared before, so it's normal for the severed hand to be thrown farther."
Thinking of this, Calvados looked up to estimate the approximate location where the severed hand might have fallen, then he walked around the wall, turned on the flashlight, and walked into the building opposite.
…
In an abandoned building.
A disheveled, pale and skinny man was leaning in a corner, chewing gum out of boredom.
Suddenly, the tip of his ears twitched and he sat up suddenly.
Looking in the direction where the footsteps came from, the man was shocked to find that there was a beam of light at the stairs - someone was walking upstairs with a flashlight.
"?!" The wanted criminal quickly stood up and grabbed the iron rod beside him. He held his breath and quietly walked behind the pillar.
…
In the apartment.
As Jiang Xia finished his reasoning, the puppet master could no longer maintain his calm demeanor. He gritted his teeth, suddenly jumped up, turned around and rushed to the stairs.
But just as he took a step, he was stepped on by the famous detective next to him and hit on the hand with a stick.
A small folding knife in his hand flew out and was nailed into the wall beside him with a thud.
The otaku who was scratched by the knife was startled, took two steps back, and stroked his chest and said sadly: "Mr. Banmachi, I never thought you would be this kind of person. I always regarded you as my confidant!"
"His confidant should be the accomplice hiding in the abandoned building." The graduate student also stepped back in fear, leaving room for the righteous detective to subdue the criminal.
At the same time, he suddenly remembered something, and his face changed slightly: "Wait, the two sides are so close, will the accomplice on the other side notice our movements, escape during the chaos, and then come back for revenge?"
Mao Lilan was startled, and then she took out her cell phone and said, "I'll call the police now!"
The female high school student walked aside and started making an urgent VIP call.
Jiang Xia knocked on the puppeteer a few times and suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked down and saw that the thin man had fainted decisively.
“…”
After a moment's silence, a psychic moved his legs away in boredom.
Then he put away his baton and looked through the window at the abandoned building opposite.
(End of this chapter)
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