Shiraishi originally thought that to compare fingerprints, even if he didn't need a computer, he would at least need a microscope.
However, he never expected that the police officer from the forensics department actually took out a magnifying glass from the tool box and then took out a roll of tape.
…
Conan was still waiting to hear the name at this time, but he didn't know that the Mumu Police Department, who always obeyed the detectives, looked worried this time.
When "Moori Kogoro" asked the question, he only replied, "My surname is not Sanada" and returned the certificate.
Conan could only watch the mute put away the certificate, feeling very regretful - he shouldn't have been up there. If he had gone downstairs earlier, he might have been able to snatch it up under the guise of a naughty kid and take a look.
…
There were not many suspects, and the police officers from the forensics department quickly collected their fingerprints and compared them carefully.
However, after comparing them all, the owner of the fingerprint on the small window tape was still not found.
This result not only shocked the police officers, but also plunged Conan into deep doubts.
He had previously thought that even if the murderer was not mute, he must be that dangerous woman or a certain monk.
Because last night, when he heard the abbot's voice, the mute was still standing outside the door - if the abbot was not talking to himself, it meant that there was another person in the room at that time.
But now, the fingerprints match no one... How is this possible?!
Unless an outsider breaks into the temple in the middle of the night, kills someone, and then drives away in the early morning. This kind of situation is rarely encountered by Conan. If this is the case, this criminal is too cunning...
While he was frustrated and thinking about how to remedy the situation, Conan suddenly saw the mute below raising his hand and gesticulating a few times at the bewildered Memu Police Department.
After understanding what he was saying, Conan was stunned.
Hongye's translation voice soon followed, and she looked at the Memu Police Department: "He said, you are missing one person -" she raised her finger and pointed to the door, "the deceased."
"...You want to say that he committed suicide?" Police Department Memu shook his head repeatedly, "Such a complicated method cannot be accomplished by one person."
"It's indeed complicated, but it's not completely impossible to do it." Hongye read Shiraishi's hand carefully:
"The difficulties in committing suicide are simply how to knock on the small window below, how to keep the body dry after floating on the water, and how to deal with the 'raft' mentioned by the Maori detective."
"Let's talk about knocking on the small window first. In fact, the abbot can use anything to make a timing device.
"For example, you can install a pulley above the small window, with a sharp and hard object tied to one end, and... a dog tied to the other end?"
Hongye silently raised his eyes and looked at Shiraishi, always feeling that he was getting more and more outrageous.
But the boss made the gestures without changing his expression, so she had no choice but to shamelessly say:
"Let the well-trained dog squat next to it and before committing suicide, Abbot Tianyong first threw bait or other things to the side through the small window above to attract it to chase, so that the sharp and heavy object could break through the small window.
windows to achieve the effect of opening floodgates and releasing floods.”
"As for how to dispose of the raft and how to ensure the body is dry, they can actually be combined into one problem.
"——In the whole case, perhaps there was no process of 'floating with the water' at all. The deceased just entered the confinement room from the upper window when the water level was close to the top beam, and hung himself from the beam. In this way, naturally there is no need for the non-existent
'skin raft'."
The science and technology in this world is quite special after all. This series of explanations, which sound reasonable at first glance but are completely nonsense when you think about it carefully, actually have some credibility.
But something is wrong.
The Mumu Police Department questioned: "If it is true as you said, the abbot must have been soaked in water, but when we found him, he was dry."
Hongye looked at Shiraishi's hand and translated numbly:
"He can find a huge plastic bag and cover himself from bottom to top. In this way, when the water level drops, the surface tension will cause the plastic bag to be swept away by the water below.
"The water rushed out from the breach, carrying away plastic bags, fragments of small windows, timing devices below, etc., and merged into the river, thereby destroying evidence.
"It's just that the abbot didn't expect that the piece of wood stained with fingerprints happened to be stuck in the bushes and failed to enter the river smoothly."
"..."
The whole room listened in silence. Although they felt that there were flaws everywhere, they didn't know how to refute it.
Finally, Kuan Nian came to his senses first and pointed out: "We have never had a dog in the temple."
"Woof! Woof woof!"
As soon as Kuan Nian finished speaking, a burst of dog barking came along the corridor.
The sound was subtle and milky, but it did sound like a dog barking.
Kuan Nian was stunned by the sound of dogs barking in the background... In order to commit suicide, Master actually hid a well-trained dog behind their backs!?
"...but why did he spend so much effort to commit suicide?"
It’s not just Kuan Nian, this is the question in everyone’s heart.
"There are so many reasons. Human thoughts are inherently difficult to fathom."
Hongye gave up thinking and acted as a translator with an indifferent expression: "Maybe he just wanted to die as a martyr and achieve the legend of Kiriten Dog - just like two years ago, he killed Master Zhongnian in a similar way."
"..."
Megure Police Department was confused by Shiraishi's fallacy. He stayed for a long time before he remembered to command his subordinates: "Go and compare the fingerprints of the deceased. You guys, go catch that dog! Maybe there will be traces on it too."
evidence!"
Only then did a group of people recover from their "reasoning" and ran out with a rumble.
At this time, Conan above is also in shock with his worldview shattered... Could it be that the deceased really committed suicide?
To verify this conclusion, the fingerprints of the dog and the corpse will be very critical clues.
There was a police officer checking the fingerprints, so Conan turned his attention to the dog. He left the sleeping Kogoro Mori behind and ran towards the place where the dog barked.
…
After struggling for nearly half an hour, the fingerprints on the tape were found to be those of the deceased.
The dog was not caught. Several police officers only saw a white tail at the corner. Based on the ratio of the tail to the body of an average dog, they concluded that it must be a huge white dog.
In short, these evidences indicate that what happened is as the young man speculated - Abbot Tianyong died of a flashy suicide.
After Mu Mu finished his work with his subordinates, he wiped his sweat and returned to the living room, wanting to tell the "martyrs' families" the news. However, after searching for a long time, he realized that the person had already slipped away.
…
Although there were two witnesses, the case has now been deemed a suicide, and the absence of them is not a big problem. Plus, with a few colleagues, the police department currently has no one to look for him.
Conan looked at the much empty living room and regretted that he was too impulsive and didn't keep an eye on the person.
But it's not bad - the police officer from the forensics department next to him also had a stack of fingerprint samples of witnesses.