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Jiang Xia walked into the side room and looked at the crime scene.
It looked like there had been a vicious fight here—there were knife marks all over the walls and even on the ceiling, and things around were broken into pieces.
Opposite the door, a corpse was holding a samurai sword, with another long sword piercing through the chest and nailed to the wall.
The deceased was the head of the family here, Marudenjiro.
…
A while ago, Marudenjiro suspected that his wife was cheating on him, so he asked Maori Kogoro to investigate.
This afternoon, Kogoro Mori found out the results and came to report.
While the two were talking, another guest came to visit, so Marudenjiro left Mori Kogoro behind and went to the side room to receive the guest first.
Then he became what he is now.
…
After the police were called, they found three suspects.
One of them is Mrs. Wan’s lover and family doctor.
The other two were people who had borrowed money from Marudenjiro before, one was a sculptor and the other was a kendo coach.
Jiang Xia glanced around the room and was attracted by the corpse's calf.
——There was a fresh Shikigami clinging tightly there.
"..."Solve the case, find the murderer, and make him receive the corresponding punishment, then the Shikigami's obsession will dissipate.
...and then you can kidnap the ghost.
The thought of the number of shikigami increasing by 1 makes me feel happy.
Jiang Xia looked at the "kendo coach" among the three suspects and secretly fast-forwarded to solve the case: "The murderer is you."
"?!" Inspector Megure's heart skipped a beat when he heard Jiang Xia's conclusion.
——A few minutes ago, Kogoro Maori said the same thing as Jiang Xia.
Because Kogoro Mori felt that there were so many signs of fighting in the house, and the person who could fight with the kendo master "Marudenjiro" like this could only be another kendo master, "Suwa".
But soon, with the reminder of a first-grade child, the police discovered some unusual details and believed that the murderer was not Suwa, but someone deliberately framed him.
Inspector Megure: “…” What’s wrong with Brother Jiang Xia today?
Mao Lilan came over and reminded Jiang Xia quietly:
"The deceased was holding the knife incorrectly - normally the dominant hand should be in front, but he was clearly holding it the wrong way round."
"That's right." Maori Kogoro said calmly:
"This knife-holding posture and the signs of fighting are obviously arranged by an amateur. Not only the walls of the room, but even the ceiling is covered with knife marks. Who would fight in a place like that?
"So, the murderer must have killed Mr. Maru by surprise, and then deliberately disguised the scene to look like this in order to shift the blame to the kendo coach!"
"..." Conan glanced at Maori Kogoro. This was clearly his line just now.
And just now when he said it, he was hit on the head by Maori Kogoro. As a result, now, Maori uncle actually took it and used it himself... tui! Double standard uncle.
Jiang Xia squatted down, pretending to check the body, secretly reached out and pulled the shikigami on Marudenjiro's leg, and casually said: "They are taking advantage of our reverse thinking."
The shikigami was a little afraid of him and slowly shrank back in size.
But he still held the corpse stubbornly and refused to come down.
Jiang Xia had no choice but to let go of his hand with regret.
He stood up and looked back at the messy room. "The fact that there were so many knife marks means that the murderer had plenty of time to set up the scene. Even if he is not familiar with kendo, he can learn how to hold the knife more smoothly after a little practice. It is difficult to hold it wrong."
Conan was slightly startled, but soon understood what Jiang Xia meant: "You mean, the murderer arranged all this so that we can conclude that the scene was deliberately arranged like this by an outsider, and then rule out the insider first?"
Among the three suspects, only one kendo coach can be considered an "expert"... Is Suwa really the murderer?
but……
Inspector Megure stroked his chin in deep thought, feeling that this reasoning was not rigorous enough:
"But it is also possible that an amateur knew that Mr. Suwa would come today, so he deliberately made the murder scene more exaggerated, so that when we see these traces, we will think that it was Mr. Suwa pretending to be an amateur who set up the scene. But in fact, it was set up by an amateur, and because it is too amateurish, it is easy to be mistaken for an amateur scene deliberately set up by an expert."
Jiang Xia: “…” He barely understood what Inspector Megure was saying.
But if we continue like this, it will never end.
So Jiang Xia turned her head away silently, pretending not to hear what he said, and continued with her own words:
"The deceased had lost a lot of blood. When the murderer posed for him, some of it must have gotten on his body, hands, or soles of his shoes. You can try to check on Mr. Suwa. If not, look for discarded clothing along the way.
"Also, there is one more thing..."
Jiang Xia walked to the wall, where there was a cabinet with many drawers.
Compared with other places, the damage to the wardrobe was more serious, with dense and messy knife marks on it.
In addition, if you look closely, you will find that there are actually two types of scratches on the cabinet:
One is very deep, as if it was carved intentionally, and there is a strange break in the middle.
The other type is consistent with the knife marks in other places.
"The order of these drawers has been adjusted." Jiang Xia knocked on the cabinet door with his fingers and secretly pulled the progress bar of solving the case. "The deceased carved words here. After the murderer found out, he messed up the order of the drawers. Then, in order to cover up the carving marks, he had to arrange the whole house to look like it was slashed with a knife.
As he spoke, his eyes followed the broken mark.
Then Jiang Xia put on gloves, took out several drawers and rearranged them.
Soon, there was a clicking sound.
As the drawer returned to its original state, the knife marks on it were perfectly restored, and the broken traces were reconnected, finally forming the two kana "すわ".
——This is exactly the pronunciation of “Suwa”.
(End of this chapter)
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