Karasawa first checked Saotome Yoko's mouth. Since there was blood on the corner of her mouth, it was naturally the first place to check.
During the examination, it was discovered that the other party had bitten off his own tongue.
"Biting your tongue off is obviously suicide."
Baron Montaquieu on the side said: "Under normal circumstances, how could a prisoner choose to kill people by biting off their tongues?
This is really difficult and simply impossible.”
"It can't be suicide!"
When Miss Hanako heard what Baron Montaquieu said, she immediately retorted excitedly: "My young lady loves birds the most, and she doesn't want to be separated for a moment.
Just like when I went on a cruise vacation this time, the lady specially brought the bird on board!"
Miss Hanako said, pointing to a birdcage hanging next to the bed.
Karasawa had noticed this birdcage before, and could tell that this room was probably reserved for Yoko Saotome on the ship.
Because there is also a rod that can hang a birdcage fixed on the bedside table. This thing is integrated with the bedside table. The long straight rod is bent down at the top, and the birdcage is hung on the curved part.
Because the furniture on the ship needs to be fixed, it can be proved that this cabinet is also specially customized, and Miss Hanako's statement that the deceased liked birds is also true.
"But liking birds has nothing to do with suicide, right?" Ayano Koji Ryo couldn't help but said, "Why does this prove that it was a homicide?"
"Because if you lock the door and commit suicide, it will take a while before the body is found, and the bird may starve to death."
Karasawa figured out the key as soon as his thoughts changed, and immediately explained: "Under this understanding, Miss Yoko should choose to let the bird fly, and then choose to commit suicide.
And if you had the idea of letting your beloved bird die with you, you would probably kill it before committing suicide instead of starving to death as a matter of luck.
It is precisely because of this that Ms. Hanako concluded that it was homicide."
Although Ms. Hanako does not understand reasoning at all, she may be the person who understands Yoko Saotome best.
Because she grew up with Yoko Saotome, she was a maid in name, but in fact she was as close as a sister.
And with her unique understanding, she knew exactly what choice Yoko would make under what circumstances.
So after seeing that the bird was still alive, he concluded that Yoko Saotome was killed.
She may not have the right to speak in other judgments, but she only has the right to speak in this aspect.
"Then why did Miss Yoko bite off her tongue?"
Baron Montaquieu questioned: "And it seems that Miss Yoko showed no signs of resistance. It would be difficult to do this if it was a homicide, right?"
"It is difficult to coerce Miss Yoko to bite off her tongue, but that does not mean that other reasons cannot work." Karasawa said: "For example, if it is a spasm caused by poison, it may cause the deceased to bite off his tongue."
"Then you can't just doubt us!" Asuka Fumimaro heard this and said quickly: "Anyone can do poisoning, right?"
"But you three are definitely the most suspect!"
Hanako wiped the tears on her face and looked at the three of them angrily, her eyes full of scrutiny: "Although Ms. Yoko has not told me the details, she has also revealed some information.
Among the three of you, there is one person who keeps pestering the young lady no matter how she politely refuses!"
"What did you say!"
When the three of them heard what the maid Hanako said, their expressions changed one after another.
"Hey, Feiniao, I remember you gave Miss Xiang a candle, right?"
Ayano Koji Ryo looked at Asuka Fumimaro next to him and asked, "Could it be that you were responsible for the power outage just now!?"
"Yes, if poison was put into that candle, then the unknowing Miss Yoko would definitely choose to light the candle after the power went out!"
Baron Montaquieu also reacted and said quickly: "When the candle is lit, Miss Yoko will naturally inhale the poisonous smoke."
"You two guys, don't maliciously frame me with your nonsense!"
When Asuka Fumimaro heard what the two said, he roared excitedly: "The power outage was not caused by me at all. Just check it and you will know it immediately!"
And if it was poison gas, then the little bird in the room should have died!"
"Not only that, the candles in the room were not used at all."
Karasawa glanced around the room and quickly found the candle that Asuka Fumimaro had given to Saotome Yoko.
"Baron Montaquieu, maybe you are the murderer!"
Asuka Fumimaro saw that the candle had not been used, and there was evidence to prove his innocence, and sneered: "I remember you gave Miss Yoko a bouquet of flowers!
If you soak the bouquet with poison, Miss Yoko will be poisoned when she smells the bouquet!
And the bird won’t die from it!”
"How, how could it be me! Flowers and women are my favorites!"
Baron Montaquieu's reaction was even more intense, as if someone had touched an untouchable bottom line: "You asked me to kill women with flowers, which is an insult to me!!
I will never choose to kill someone in this way!"
"And you!"
Ms. Hanako pointed at Ayano Koji and said, "My lady cooperates with your telekinesis performance and has the most contact with you!
Moreover, there is dry ice on the stage from time to time to create an atmosphere, maybe you did something at that time!!"
Seeing the three people glaring at each other out of suspicion, Tangze knew that there would be no useful information in this "provocation".
In fact, Tang Ze could have jumped out at any time when they were blaming each other, but he didn't. Instead, he watched them bite each other.
After all, this is considered a "routine procedure" in a case. When exposed to each other, everyone has to miss something, which is enough to form the basis for murder.
However, this time none of the three seemed to have anything shameful to do, and their criticisms of each other were all based on the gifts or techniques they gave, which were completely baseless guesses.
Seeing that several people were still arguing about their responsibilities, Tang Ze did not pay attention to them, but analyzed the current situation.
'Judging from the current situation, you three are indeed the most suspects.'
Karasawa touched his chin and muttered: 'Although the door was locked when Ms. Hanako entered the room, the room was a completely closed secret room.
But this shouldn’t be a problem for the three magicians. After all, as long as they think about it, there should be many ways to unlock the door.’
While thinking about it, Tang Ze walked out of the door.
At this moment, because the manager had evacuated the crowd, the people watching the excitement had left, leaving only Ayako still waiting for him at the door.
"How's it going? Do you have an idea?"
Seeing Karasawa walk out of the door, Ayako quickly stepped forward and asked.
"There is something strange about the environment at the crime scene, which has not yet been solved."
Tang Ze shook his head and motioned for the two of them to stand farther away: "I came out to check whether the door lock has been tampered with."
After explaining to the two of them, Tang Ze squatted in front of the door and checked the lock cylinder.
This lock cylinder is not a high-tech one, but an old key lock cylinder, and this type of lock is the easiest to be tampered with.
Because he also knew some lock-picking skills, he quickly checked that the lock had not been picked.
'Hasn't there been any manipulation?'
Tang Ze looked at the intact lock cylinder that had not been pried open, and couldn't help but think deeply.
"How's it going?" Ayako came up curiously and asked, "Did you find anything?"
"There are no signs of being pried." Tang Ze shook his head and said.
"That means the room is really a secret room?"
Ayako was surprised and said: "If this is the case, then the prisoner should have arranged the mechanism in advance to kill Miss Yoko, right?"
"That would be too risky."
Tang Ze shook his head and said: "The prisoner created the secret room just to make Miss Yoko look like she committed suicide.
When setting up the traps in the room, it is up to Ms. Yoko to decide when to trigger them.
And there is no guarantee that there will be other people in the room, so this method is too uncontrollable.”
"Then how did the prisoner commit the crime?"
Ayako said whimsically: "Then it couldn't be that a certain magician passed through the keyhole and entered the room, right?"
After saying this, Ayako laughed to herself and couldn't help but shake her head, feeling that she was a little whimsical.
But Ayako felt that what she said was simply "nonsense", but Ayako's words flashed across Karasawa's mind like a bolt of lightning.
He suddenly realized something, then took off his gloves and touched the lock cylinder with his hand.
"icy!"
Karasawa's eyes suddenly shrank, he turned to look at Ayako and said with a smile on her confused expression: "This time, you have made a great contribution."
"Eh?" Ayako looked confused when she heard this: "Have I made a meritorious service?"
"Yes, your whimsical words made me notice the clues that I almost missed." Tang Ze said with a smile: "I already know the murderer's methods."
Speaking of this, Tang Ze was also a little sad. He never thought that his usual rigorousness made him almost miss an important clue.
Because the key clue in this case is "temperature".
But because he was used to protecting crime scenes, he always had the habit of carrying gloves with him.
Every time he enters a crime scene, he puts on gloves immediately.
It was precisely because of the isolation provided by a layer of gloves that when he inspected the body, he did not notice anything strange about the body immediately.
It was when I was checking the lock cylinder that I heard Ayako's words and realized the criminal's tactics, and then I noticed these strange things.
After entering the bedroom specifically, Karasawa ignored everyone's strange looks and stretched out his right hand without gloves to touch Miss Yoko's arm.
The next moment, a cold touch came, which was obviously abnormal.
You must know that Miss Yoko was still alive when she had dinner at night, which means that her death was not long.
In this case, her body shouldn't be so cold!
In other words, his reasoning method is correct!
"I know you are a little confused about my actions, but before that, I want to ask a question."
Taking his hand back, Karasawa looked at Miss Hanako and said, "Judging from the magic technique, Miss Yoko should be Mr. Ayano's exclusive assistant, right?
In fact, I also know a little bit about magic, so I know that if you want to perform telekinesis magic, you must have an assistant to cooperate.
So what I said should be right, right?"
"Yes."
Hanako nodded when he heard this: "Miss is indeed Mr. Ayano's assistant, and we have participated in many tours together."
"In other words, Miss Yoko likes to be in the limelight?" Tangze continued to ask.
"should be."
Baron Montaquieu then echoed: "At the beginning this time, Asuka and I performed, in fact, they were individual stage performances. Only Ayano needed the cooperation of Miss Yoko.
But later Miss Yoko came over and asked us to add scenes to her. We are here for the money, and it doesn’t matter if we make Party A happy occasionally.
So Mr. Asuka invited her to come on stage to cooperate in drawing cards, and I will also give her flowers when I get off the stage."
"I understand, let's get back to the topic."
Tang Ze nodded and said immediately: "You seem to be very confused about what I did just now, so let me tell you, just now I was confirming the murderer's modus operandi."
Under the gaze of everyone, Tangze said calmly: "The prisoner indeed poisoned Miss Yoko to death!"
"How can it be!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard Tang Ze's words, and they were full of astonishment. Asuka Fumimaro pointed at the bird cage and said: "If it is poison gas, how can the bird in the cage be alive!?"
"Under normal circumstances, this should be the case, but because this "poisonous gas" is somewhat special, it is not impossible." Tangze smiled and said.
"Special poison gas!?"
After hearing Tang Ze's words, everyone present showed expressions of astonishment and confusion.
Tang Ze did not continue to lie, and immediately said: "First of all, it is certain that Mr. Asuka is not the murderer.
Not to mention that the candle was completely unused, even if he took advantage of the confusion to replace the used candle.
If the candle is indeed poisonous, then the bird cannot survive, so it cannot be him.
And if poison is stored in Baron Montaquieu's roses, the risk is too great.
After all, after receiving flowers, people will always smell them subconsciously.
If Miss Yoko died after sniffing flowers in public, it would directly expose the fact that he was a prisoner.
And if it is really poisoned, the flowers should wither."
"Then this means that the prisoner is"
When Ms. Hanako said this, she looked at Ayano Koji with resentful eyes and said, "You are the criminal who killed the lady!!"
"How could it be me!"
When Ryo Ayanokoji heard what Hanako said, she excitedly retorted: "But I have never given Miss Yoko a gift at all!"
"No, the murder method does not require poisoning the gift."
Karasawa shook his head and denied the other party's words, looked at Ayano Koji and said coolly: "In fact, we all inhaled some of the "poison" you used during the performance.
And that’s the special part about this “poison,” it’s even harmless if you only inhale a small amount!”