Everyone in this hotel is gathering in the theater to watch magic tonight, which means...
Officer Takagi turned back to look at Jiang Xia, as if looking at a life-saving straw: "Well..." He raised his hand humbly and gestured, "Is there a smaller range?"
Fortunately, the reliable detective is still reliable this time.
Jiang Xia thought for a while: "There is no timing device on the ceiling. In other words, when the corpse fell, the murderer was on this stage. When the corpse and the puppet were replaced, the lights in the venue were only turned off for a few seconds. This is
There wasn’t enough time for the audience to reach the stage and climb to the ceiling. So…”
He looked at the group of people next to him who were also listening: "The murderer should be among these members of the magic troupe."
A few magicians: "?!"
There was a panicked silence, and after a few seconds, the "clown" magician put on a smile: "Haha, this judgment is too arbitrary - you may not know it in the audience, but in the background, all of us have perfect
Alibi."
"Alibi?" Officer Sato looked at him, "Tell me in detail."
The "Clown" raised a finger, pointed upward, and said with a smile: "It does take a long time to get from the auditorium to the ceiling, but in fact, from the stage to the ceiling, it will only take longer - in the same way,
And vice versa."
He pointed to the people in the magic troupe again: "After seeing Yurama's body, everyone rushed to the stage immediately - this means that we were not on the ceiling at the time. In this case, how could we be the murderers?"
Jiang Xia shook his head: "It does take a while to get from the stage to the ceiling, but from the ceiling to the stage, just jump down.
"The 'living doll' is your signature project. The doll is well made and weighs a lot.
"After the lights in the magic theater went out, the murderer grabbed the body that had been hidden on the ceiling and jumped down. The weight of the two of them pulled the puppet up, and the weight of the puppet also helped the murderer land smoothly and avoid falling.
"
"That's it!" Suzuki Sonoko suddenly realized that the strange scene of "puppet turning into a corpse" on the stage suddenly became less scary.
Suddenly she thought of something, touched her chin, and imitated Jiang Xia and asked the magicians: "What is your weight? - Answer honestly, this is very important!"
Several magicians were confused, but in the end, the female trainee magician with a round face spoke cooperatively: "I weigh 55 kilograms."
Someone started, and others hesitated for a moment before speaking out. The fake psychic said: "I am 81 kilograms."
Manager: "I am 50 kilograms."
Mermaid Ji: "...I weigh 53 kilograms, why do you ask this!"
"Clown" saw that the other members had already answered and sighed: "I weigh 72 kilograms. Little girl, why are you asking these questions?"
Suzuki Sonoko smiled and said, "We'll talk about it later. Tell me first, how much does that doll weigh?"
The manager flipped through his notepad: "I remember weighing it when I was flying last month... I found it! It's 70 kilograms."
Suzuki Sonoko was startled: "Only 70 kilograms?"
She, she originally wanted to use the weight of the corpse, the murderer and the puppet to do an addition and subtraction: only when the sum of the first two is greater than the latter can the technique mentioned by Jiang Xia just be achieved.
But now, this seemingly heavy and thick puppet actually only weighs 70 kilograms. Adding the weight of the corpse... doesn't it mean that everyone can use this technique successfully?
Seeing that she suddenly became silent, the trainee female magician asked curiously: "Miss Suzuki, are you asking about your weight..."
"..."
Looking into her clear eyes, Suzuki Sonoko gradually started to sweat.
Suddenly, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Mao Lilan next to him, and Suzuki Sonoko had a flash of inspiration: "Chasing, chasing stars! - To be honest, I am actually a big fan of your magic group, and I am really curious about your personal data, so..."
Members of the magic troupe: "..."
I'm a little angry, but being angry with fans in public is a taboo in the entertainment industry... Forget it, I won't argue with this annoying fan.
Jiang Xia patted Suzuki Sonoko and whispered: "When solving a case, any detail may play a key role - if it is not used now, it may be used in the future."
"Yes!" After receiving the affirmation of the professional detective, Suzuki Sonoko suddenly felt that the matter of asking about her weight had become great and important. She waved her fist and said, "I will definitely be able to successfully solve this case!"
Maya Hashimoto: "..." Huh.
…
The case must be solved, but the food must also be eaten.
——The staff on the other side were still repairing the bridge, and everyone couldn't leave the theater for a while. Idle time was also idle, and the members of the magic troupe began to clean up the backstage diligently.
Suzuki Sonoko opened her bag and poured out a lot of snacks.
"I originally wanted to eat while watching the show, but the magic was so good that I forgot to eat snacks."
Suzuki Sonoko touched her hungry belly. She looked at the pile of snacks on the ground, and then at the two members of the group passing by. She made a move: "Manager, and the trainee magician, you guys are here too.
Let's eat together - we must be hungry after a busy night."
Compared with the eccentric "Clown", the grumpy "Mermaid", the taciturn "Psychic Medium", and the two corpses that can no longer eat, these two people in front of them are rare normal people.
After hearing Suzuki Sonoko's invitation and looking back to see the high school student's table full of snacks, the two of them gradually became unable to move. Finally, they decisively followed the call of instinct and sat down at the table.
"Thank you very much." The manager showed a wry smile as if he was beating up a worker, "To be honest, too many things happened tonight, and we haven't had time to eat yet."
Suzuki Sonoko laughed loudly: "Then open it and eat."
Of course, snacks are not free.
The dedicated detective collected clues: "When the murder happened just now, the hotel manager's reaction seemed a little strange. I vaguely heard him keep saying things like 'another death' - has anything happened to this theater before?
"
The expressions of the two people in the magic group changed slightly.
After a moment of silence, the trainee female magician took a bite of the chocolate bar and said hesitantly: "You should have heard that five years ago, our mainstay, Mr. Konnomiya, had an accident during a practice and died unfortunately - at that time
The location is this lake center theater."
The manager didn't expect her to be so responsive to questions, so he reminded her in a low voice: "It's better not to do this kind of thing..."
"It doesn't matter." The trainee female magician shook her head, "This matter was in the news back then. As long as we investigate carefully, we will find out sooner or later. And it is an objective fact that something happened in the group, there is no need to hide it."
