When Boss Tiantu panicked and subconsciously wanted to take back the phone line, Jiang Xia raised his hand and pressed his shoulder, pushing him back to his original position.
Then he took the bundle of telephone wires and walked to the phone, plugged it in, and dialed the police number.
Looking back three times, Huiyuan Ai was curious about what Jiang Xia could do: "..."
As expected of you.
She held the anesthesia needle in her pocket and found that neither Boss Tiantu nor the others seemed to have any intention of resisting. Then she walked quietly to the guest room to do what Jiang Xia had just told her.
…
Everything happened smoothly and naturally, as if it was the process it should have been.
By the time other people came to their senses, Jiang Xia had already read out the address to the police on the other side of the phone to the business card placed on the front desk, briefly talked about the bones at the foot of the mountain, and then hung up the phone.
There was a slight click as the receiver came into contact with the body.
Several people in the hall moved slightly and came to their senses.
Then he looked at the suspicious Tiantu boss at the same time: "Did you kill the person? You also forged the suicide note?!"
"I, I..." Boss Tiantu didn't expect things to develop like this. He covered his pockets that had been emptied before he could recover, and defended in a weak voice, "No..."
"He was the one who sent the invitation, and he was the one who isolated us from the outside world."
As Jiang Xia spoke, he lowered his eyes and fiddled with his phone, turning on the recording - this would save a lot of energy when taking notes in the future.
Seeing the recording symbols starting to operate, he put down his phone and started fast forwarding concisely:
"Boss Tiantu did this because he accidentally discovered Mr. Kono's remains and the death messages. But he failed to decipher the relevant information about the murderer, so he had to collect all the guests who lived here on the day Mr. Kono disappeared.
Invited."
Boss Tiantu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this and sat back down in his chair.
He looked with gratitude at the detective who didn't label him as a murderer to get results: "Yes, I originally hoped that the murderer would surrender after seeing the skeleton and the death message, or show some abnormalities... I didn't expect that I had to wait for half a night.
, but only waited until Mr. Futakawa left a suicide note and committed suicide.
"If someone died, I wouldn't dare say that the invitation was sent by me... Well, if I had known this would happen, I should have informed the police immediately when I found the skeleton..."
It turned out to be a misunderstanding, and Hajime Futakawa still committed suicide... The team that just went to the top of the cliff relaxed.
Yuan Shan and Ye were still very vigilant.
When they split up to look for people in the mountains just now, she and Jiang Xia were in the same group, so they also saw the death message left by Hajime Futakawa and knew it was not suicide.
And if Boss Tiantu is not the murderer...
She turned to look at Nonomiya Etsuko and Gogami Heihachi.
As usual, another elimination method seems to be needed here.
However, according to the reports she had read, Jiang Xia didn't seem to have this habit. He mentioned Boss Tiantu just now because there were too many people who thought the boss was the murderer...
Sure enough, a second later, Yuan Shan and Ye heard the answer.
"The person who sneaked up on Futakawa Hajime and pushed him off the cliff should be his boss, Mr. Ogami, the editor-in-chief of "Space Sunday"."
Jiang Xia skipped the necessary steps and looked at Gogami Heihachi, who looked ugly after being cueed suddenly:
"Judging from the order of names on the register a year ago, your name was written after Mr. Kono, so he may have just heard someone calling you 'みかみ', but didn't know how to write it - compared to 'Goshang'," The surname "Mikami" is more common, so the death message Mr. Kono left behind after falling off the cliff was to let the person who found him use four long and two short cigarettes to spell out the surname "Mikami" and then find you.
"When it was replaced by Mr. Futakawa, his death message became 'five long and two short' - although the murderers were all the same person, if they were still referred to by the original four long and two short, others might think that Mr. Futokawa There were cigarettes and cigarette boxes with strange lengths around him because he was trying to decipher Mr. Kono's message and therefore ignored the message.
"So he added a strip of cigarettes to the cigarette box, five long and two short, just enough to spell the 'Heihachi' in Gogami Heihachi's name.
"The two death messages actually point to the same person."
As Jiang Xia spoke, she looked at Gogami Heihachi and saw that his mouth was pursed tightly and his face was gloomy.
...Very good. Based on experience and the current situation, the editor-in-chief is not far away from blowing himself up on the spot.
Jiang Xia secretly added the final fuel: "Mr. Erchuan fell in front of us and died on the spot, so he secretly left a death message on the top of the cliff. He was hit on the back of the head with a blunt instrument. Traces - so he was probably not pushed directly, but was injured first, and then added a cigarette to the cigarette box while the murderer was writing a suicide note on his mobile phone.
"By the way, judging from the wound on Mr. Futakawa's head, the shape of the murder weapon is rather thin. If we estimate the size..."
Jiang Xia suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the huge luggage bag in the corner of the room: "——Just enough to be hidden in the lens tube of your telescope."
Gogami Heihachi was startled and turned his head sharply.
He saw his bag - the bag that should have been in his room, but suddenly appeared in the hall.
...and a little mixed-race girl who was standing next to her panting because she struggled to carry her bag just now.
Hui Yuan Ai just heard that Jiang Xia asked her to help get the bag, but she didn't hear that there was a murder weapon inside.
After arriving, she heard Jiang Xia say "hide" and realized that there was something dangerous in her bag.
Hui Yuan Ai's eyes changed slightly, and he subconsciously grasped the strap of the bag again, trying to drag the bag away with more force and hide it secretly.
But before that, she suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia shook his head slightly. Others were attracted by Gogami Heihachi and Bao and did not see this scene.
Haibara Ai:"……"
She vaguely understood something, let go of her hand, and stopped caring about the bag.
Then silently added a note to the "Jiangxia Observation Notes" in my heart.
——Suspected to like fishing for law enforcement.
…
After Huiyuan Ai retreated far away.
Jiang Xia looked at the bag containing the murder weapon, and then at Heihachi Gogami, who was gradually showing murderous aura, and showed a provocative smile:
"The expression is really ugly. Could it be that I was right? - If you want to prove your innocence, then open the lens tube and let us see what is inside.
"Also, you should know that even if you wipe off the blood stains, the police can still detect the blood stains left on Mr. Futakawa when you attacked him."
"Oh, wipe off the blood?" Veins popped up on Gogami Pingha's forehead. He repeated Jiang Xia's words, and his tone suddenly became sinister and mocking:
"I don't know how to wipe it - all the blood of that ungrateful bastard Erchuan is still on it.
"I kindly asked him to be the editorial team leader, but just now, after interpreting the death information left by Kono, he threatened me and asked me to pay 50 million, otherwise he would tell the truth about my murder... Humph, one year Before, I just taught that ungrateful man Kono a lesson. How can a lesson be considered murder..."
Nonomiya Etsuko glared at the husband-killer in shock, wondering why he suddenly said such words: "...ungrateful? What do you mean?!"
Gogami Heihachi glanced at her sideways: "A year ago, after Kono knew that I was the editor-in-chief of Astronomy Magazine, he wanted me to help him confirm whether what he discovered was a new comet - a comet can be named after three people, and I helped him After confirmation, I just asked him to add my name to the three people, but he actually refused..."
"New comet?" Nonomiya Etsuko suddenly remembered something and her face turned pale.
...A year ago, Asao Kono suddenly said coquettishly that he would introduce the treasure he had been looking for to Etsuko Nonomiya and Boss Tentu in the evening.
At that time, Asao Kono's tone was ambiguous, his eyes were full of expectation, and his face was red with excitement. It seemed that he mentioned the goddess. Etsuko Nonomiya mistakenly thought that he had a woman outside, and now he wanted to introduce his "true love" to him. She... This was also the reason why the two had a quarrel a year ago.
And that quarrel was also the last time they saw each other.
Nonomiya Etsuko covered her face, slid against the wall and fell to the ground crying.
Gogami Heihachi unknowingly k.o.d with a crowd of onlookers. He listened to the low sounds of crying in the background, and when the others looked at Nonomiya Etsuko in confusion, who suddenly had an emotional breakdown, he knelt down and opened his bag. .
Toyama Kazuye heard the zipper sound and turned around to look. Most of the bag was blocked by the back of Gogami Heihachi, and he could only vaguely see him taking out a black iron rod: "...This is the iron rod you use to kill people. ?”
"Yes, it's just that uncle, this iron rod..." Gogami Heihachi stretched out his hand and fiddled with it for a while, and the props in the bag formed a rifle.
He held the gun, raised his head with a grin, and continued what he just said with full of malice: "This is not an ordinary iron b..."
Woo——
A swinging stick passed from bottom to top and hit his wrist.
The rifle spun and flew out in the air. It hit the roof and landed with a click, finally sliding to Haihara Ai's feet.
Hui Yuan Ai lowered her head and thought for a moment. She stretched out her foot and secretly kicked the gun under the sofa to ensure that no one could get it immediately - she knew that Jiang Xia didn't seem to have a gun, so she had to ensure that others could.
There are no weapons of the same level, which makes it easier for Jiang Xia to control the situation.
Everything happened so fast, Heihachi Gogami kept his arms bent and held the air, unable to recover immediately.
Jiang Xia held the mobile phone in her left hand, stopped the recording in progress, and saved it.
Then he put the phone back into his pocket, and when Heihachi Ogami was finally awakened by the severe stinging pain on his wrist and howled miserably, he picked up the stick again and knocked it down casually.
At the same time, Gogami Heihachi, who instinctively retreated to avoid, tripped under his feet and knocked him down.
This posture makes it easier to hit, giving you a smooth feeling like playing golf...
Gogami Heihachi received a stick on the head, and a cloud of gold stars exploded in front of his eyes.
He fell to the ground dizzy and struggled to get up. When he raised his head, he vaguely saw a figure walking in front of him.
Jiang Xia held the stick and looked down at him.
...It's still a long way from the police station. While waiting for the police to come, I need some entertainment to pass the time.
In the past week, I haven’t encountered anyone who is easy to beat. Although I met Kagoshi Risori in the sleeper early this morning, Gin was nearby at that time and the flight attendants arrived quickly. If you let go of the beating, then you can fight with the organization
It goes against the requirements of him to "pretend to be a good detective with a positive image"... It is rare to have a pastime now, and it cannot be wasted.
Rob stood nearby, looking at Heihachi Ogami rolling on the ground. His expression changed from shock, to relief, to shock, and finally his face gradually turned pale.
At first, he felt that Jiang Xia wanted to incapacitate the gun-wielding thugs - in this case, there was nothing wrong with hitting him a few times, and it could even be called killing harm for the people.
But gradually, he felt that the time it took to get rid of the harm seemed a bit long...
Robert's breath gradually increased again, and he stared at the floor in front of him - Heihachi Gogami began to beg for mercy, why didn't Jiang Xia stop... How long has it been, isn't he tired... All the high school detectives here are
So violent?
As a fellow murderer, Rob couldn't help but think a little more than others.
If now, Jiang Xia suddenly discovers that he is actually the murderer...
Rob first instinctively grabbed the electric shock device hidden in his pocket, trying to find a sense of security.
But soon, he looked at the extended stick in Jiang Xia's hand, and felt that a stun device, a prop that could only be held in his hand, might not be able to reach Jiang Xia's body.
Unless he gets close first and then electrocutes Jiang Xia when he is unprepared... Unfortunately, after what happened just now when he agreed to Gogami Heihachi's ride in a truck, Jiang Xia may not be so naive as to expose his back and electrocute him again...
After a moment, Rob let go of his hand in his pocket and slowly turned his head. He glanced at the dark mountain forest outside through the open door of the hotel, his eyes slightly longing.
... Just now when Yuan Shan and Ye asked him, "Can we go see the stars together?", he really shouldn't have nodded and agreed to bring her over, and take Jiang Xia with him by the way - if not, he could have just stepped on the accelerator and gone straight to the airport...
…
Foreign friends fell into deep reflection.
At the same time, it is inevitable to have some luck - it's okay, his plan is very complete, and it's not like Heihachi Gogami, who left flaws like "bloody weapons". It's not a big problem.
……perhaps.
…
After one hour.
The Tottori Prefecture police finally arrived.
Several police cars stopped in front of the hotel.
The first person to jump out of the car was not a police officer, but a dark-skinned male high school student.
Several police cars from the Spider Mansion were assigned here. Hattori Heiji heard that the person who reported the crime was Jiang Xia, so he immediately followed them.
——He didn’t expect that there was not only the suspicious Rob in Jiangxia, but also another murderer.
Although he had considerable trust in Jiangxia's strength, Hattori Heiji was still a little worried.
When he arrived at the door of the hotel, he asked loudly, "Are you okay?!" as he rushed through the door.
Then he was attacked head-on by an unknown object.
——A humanoid creature squirmed close to the ground, mistook Hattori Heiji who got off the police car as a policeman, and hugged his legs tightly.