Chapter 306 Detective Shiraishi who doesn't want to sleep
When Shiraishi heard about the homework, his first reaction was to let the fox out.
But it definitely won't work now. With so many people watching, even if the fox is very white and can hide in the snow, it can't give itself a hint - Shiraishi can't understand what it says.
If he fails to pass this level, the professor may wonder whether he wrote the homework himself...
Shiraishi went through the known information in his mind and reluctantly turned on the backward mode.
First of all, accidents and suicides must be ruled out.
He thought for a moment and looked at the cliff next to him:
"The slope here is very steep. Even if the skiing skills are very good, it is difficult to slide to the bottom of the slope unscathed. In addition, if she really slipped down by mistake, it means that the weather conditions were very bad at the time and she could not see the road at all.
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"In other words, if it was really an accident, rather than slipping all the way into the hot spring pool and drowning in water less than thirty centimeters deep, it is more likely that she fell down midway and rolled down not far from the bottom of the cliff.
"If it was suicide, it would be difficult for her to slide into the puddle unhurt when the blizzard started blowing. And if she had run around before the blizzard started blowing, she would probably have been caught by people watching the snow scene in the villa, as well as people who had been watching the snow.
Building a snowman outside... Well, Mr. Shimoda, who was doing the final design, saw it.
"Whether it's suicide or homicide, if she wants to get here smoothly, she must use some props. For example...the snowman that Teacher Shimoda has been building?"
Shimoda Kohei's fingers trembled.
Shiraishi caught a glimpse of it from the corner of his eye and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He guessed the prop correctly.
He is not very good at reasoning and solving puzzles, but the reasoning in this world is very simple for him.
Rather than "reasoning", we should actually say "observation".
When choosing one out of three, each of the three suspects often has some suspicious behavior.
As long as you guess the murderer before the crime occurs and pay more attention to him, you can always connect a suspicious behavior with the case.
For example, Kohei Shimoda built a snowman - it was windy just now, and everyone went back to the house, but he was the only one who persisted in finishing the work outside. It was not even the work he wanted to use, so it was very suspicious no matter how you think about it.
In short, let’s get rid of the known information first.
As for the details... If you can guess it, guess it. If you can't guess it, just pretend to be sleepy. Anyway, Conan has a voice changer, and this kid has a strong desire to reason, so it's really useful.
At this time, Conan was staring at Shimoda Kohei with the eyes of a criminal.
In one of Shiraishi's passages, this person was mentioned twice.
Although, even if the murderer used Shimoda Kohei's snowman, it does not mean that the murderer is Shimoda Kohei, but Conan always felt that there was a hidden meaning in Shiraishi's words that was worthy of scrutiny.
——If Shimoda Kohei is really innocent, according to Shiraishi's habit, he would be more likely to say "seen by someone outside the house" than "seen by Shimoda-sensei who was building a snowman nearby".
"The snowman the teacher has been building" can also be replaced by "snowman".
Now Shiraishi keeps mentioning Shimoda Kohei, it must be because in his heart, Shimoda Kohei is the murderer.
So far, although Shiraishi's rescue operations have repeatedly failed, Conan has never seen any mistakes in his reasoning.
Professor Hirota doesn't have as much in mind as Conan.
But when Shiraishi said the last words, he saw Shimoda Kohei's expression.
Professor Hirota had more ideas to think about. He nodded inwardly, and at the same time felt that if this student did not have narcolepsy, he might be able to work harder to get a doctorate and pass on his legacy.
When people are confused, they are often more susceptible to the influence of other people.
Seeing that one and two of them were staring at Shimoda Kohei, others also looked over one after another.
Shimoda Kohei was so irritated by so many stares that he almost broke out in cold sweat from behind.
The relationship between him and Professor Banqiao's three students was actually a bit confusing.
The deceased Ogura Shuoko was very fond of Kiyama Blacksmithing.
But Kiyama Sake only had eyes for Onoue Mahua.
Ogura Shukko was jealous. During a sleepover, she instigated Onoe Asaka to change into an unfamiliar skateboard, dragged her out to "practice" in the snow, and then did some mischief, causing Onoe Asaka to fall to her death at the foot of a cliff.
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And Shimoda Kohei happened to like Onoe Maka, which was why he visited other people's research laboratories from time to time.
Hearing that Onoe Maka died in an accident, Shimoda Kohei felt that it was not like her character to insist on going skiing in a snowstorm.
So after careful investigation, he found out the truth, planned to avenge Onoue Mahua, and came up with a good plan.
However, when the last time we stayed together and planned to implement it, Shimoda Kohei was a little timid.
Because he heard that Professor Banqiao had a good relationship with a professor of criminal psychology, and that professor happened to be staying nearby.
Although he was not afraid of the police here, he was worried that the professor would come over to check and see the clues when he heard something happened, so he did not dare to implement it.
But this time, he felt that since he was going to be killed by a ghost anyway, he might as well do what he wanted to do.
Unexpectedly, the result was the same as the worst result he had expected before. Professor Hirota didn't even appear. A random student from his laboratory saw through the truth directly.
Even if he has resigned himself to the ghost, it does not mean that Shimoda Kohei wants to see his carefully prepared plan exposed.
——After planning so hard for so long, if it is exposed in just a few words, you will feel frustrated like someone stepping on the ground and rubbing your IQ.
No, wait.
...Shiraishi didn't seem to say he was the murderer, but just mentioned the snowman he was building.
Shimoda Kohei suddenly felt that he could actually struggle a little more, but he must not lose his position.
First of all, the idea of snowballs pretending to be people sounds very unreliable at first glance. If you can't guess the principle, it will seem to others to be just whimsical.
Again, he put the body into the hardened snowball, pushed it down, and made a new snowball - he twisted off the head of the snowman of Suzuki Sonoko and others next door.
As long as there is a base, snowballs are actually easy to pile up, so in the eyes of others, his snowman is intact.
There is no way to detect fingerprints in the snow. Even if it could, it would not be used as evidence of murder. At most, it would be regarded as a lazy person who stole the head of another snowman.
Shimoda Kohei had just prepared himself mentally when he suddenly saw Shiraishi's eyes moving, as if he had thought of something.
He was stunned and began to recall whether he had missed any details.
Shiraishi: "The snowball didn't break halfway because the murderer used some props...such as salt?"
"..." Shimoda Kohei's back suddenly became a little stooped.
Shiraishi: "Before we went down here, I checked Xiaolan and Sonoko's snowballs. It didn't look like their heads had been blown off - the surrounding ground was very flat, and they were used for decorations like eyes, ears, and noses.
It is scattered on the ground, and the location where it fell does not look like it fell off naturally. I am afraid that their snowman's head was taken away. As long as they use this ready-made snowball to roll it a few times, they can quickly make another snowman's body."