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Jiang Xia walked into the side room and looked at the murder scene.
It looked like there had been a vicious fight here - the walls were covered with knife marks and even the ceiling. Things around him were also broken to pieces.
Opposite the door, a corpse was holding a samurai sword, and another long knife passed through the chest and was 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 her, so he entrusted Mouri Kogoro to investigate.
This afternoon, Kogoro Mouri found out the results and came over to submit a report.
While the two were talking, another guest came to visit. Marudenjiro left Mouri Kogoro and went to the side room to receive the guest.
Then he became what he is now.
…
After calling the police, the police found three suspects.
One of them is Mrs. Maru's lover and family doctor.
The other two were people who had borrowed money from Marudenjiro, one was a sculptor and the other was a kendo instructor.
Jiang Xia glanced around the room and was attracted by the lower legs of the corpse.
——There is a fresh shikigami holding tightly there.
"..." If the case is solved, the murderer is found, and he is punished accordingly, Shikigami's obsession will dissipate.
...and then the ghost can be abducted.
When I think about it, the number of shikigami will be +1.
Jiang Xia looked at the "kendo coach" among the three suspects and secretly fast-forwarded to solve the case: "You are the murderer, right?"
"?!" When the Mu Mu Police Department heard Jiang Xia's conclusion, their hearts skipped a beat.
——A few minutes ago, Mouri Kogoro said the same thing as Jiang Xia.
Because Mouri Kogoro felt that there were so many traces of fighting in the house, and the person who could fight like this with "Marudenjiro", a master of swordsmanship, could only be another master of swordsmanship, "Suwa".
But soon, after being reminded by a first-grade child, the police gradually discovered some strange details and believed that the murderer was not Suwa, but someone deliberately framed her.
Mu Mu Police Department: "..." What happened to brother Jiang Xia today?
Mao Lilan came over and reminded Jiang Xia in a low voice:
"The deceased's holding position of the knife was wrong - usually the dominant hand should be in front, but he obviously held it backwards."
"That's right." Mouri Kogoro said calmly:
"This kind of holding position of the knife and the traces of the fight are all deliberately arranged by an amateur - not only the four walls of the room, but also the ceiling are covered with knife marks. Who would fight and hit such a place?
"So, the murderer must have killed Mr. Maru in a sneak attack, and then deliberately disguised the scene like this in order to shift the blame to the kendo coach!"
"..." Conan glanced at Mouri Kogoro faintly. This was obviously his line just now.
And when he said it just now, he was hit on the head by Mouri Kogoro, but now, Uncle Mouri actually used it himself... tui! Double standard uncle.
Jiang Xia squatted down, pretending to check the corpse, and secretly stretched out his hand to tug the shikigami on Marudenjiro's leg, while casually saying: "Those are taking advantage of our reverse thinking."
Shikigami was a little afraid of him and slowly shrank in a circle.
But he still stubbornly held the body and refused to come down.
Jiang Xia had no choice but to let go of her hand with regret.
He stood up and looked back at the messy room: "To be able to carve so many knife marks shows that the murderer had a lot of time to arrange the scene. Even if he is not familiar with the sword, he can know how to hold the knife more smoothly after a little practice.
It’s hard to argue against.”
Conan was startled for a moment, and quickly understood what Jiang Xia meant: "You mean, the murderer arranged these to let us draw the conclusion that the scene was deliberately arranged like this by laymen, and then eliminate the experts first?"
Among the three suspects, only one kendo instructor can be considered an "expert"... Is the murderer really Suwa?
but……
Police Department Mu Mu pondered and touched his chin, feeling that this reasoning was not rigorous enough:
"However, it is also possible that a layman knew that Mr. Suwa would be coming today, so he deliberately arranged the murder scene to be exaggerated, so that when we saw these traces, we would think that Mr. Suwa pretended to be a layman and arranged it.
It’s a scene, but in fact it’s a scene arranged by an outsider because it’s so amateurish that it’s easy to think it’s a scene deliberately arranged by an expert.”
Jiang Xia: "..." He barely understood what the Mumu Police Department was saying.
But if we continue like this, it will only be endless.
So Jiang Xia turned her head silently, pretending not to hear what he said, and continued to say her own:
"The deceased bled a lot. When the murderer was posing for him, some would inevitably be stained on his body, hands or soles. You can try to test it on Mr. Suwa. If not, look for discarded clothes along the way.
"In addition, there is one more thing..."
Jiang Xia walked to the wall, where there was a standing cabinet composed of many drawers.
Compared with other places, the damage to the standing cabinet was even greater, and the knife marks on it were dense and messy.
In addition, if you look carefully, you can find that there are actually two types of scratches on the cabinet:
One is very deep, as if it was carved deliberately, 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 one finger and secretly pulled the progress bar of the case. "The deceased had carved words here. After the murderer found out, he messed up the order of the drawers, and then in order to cover up the carvings,
I had no choice but to decorate the whole house as if it had been slashed by random knives.
As he spoke, his gaze 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 marks were reconnected, finally forming the two kana "すわ".
