Chapter 523 The Trap of the Two-Color Capsule (3000)
At this time, the blond man who had just suggested the camera explained that he was a player playing the same game as the deceased and followed him to see what might happen.
Kudo Yusaku thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, but he also had to add several other players including Walter Marsh Jr.
In this way, everyone headed to the control center together.
Of course it was Qin Zhibo who asked to see the surveillance cameras.
Qin Zhibo judged through his own brain that the situation was actually similar to what Yusaku Kudo grasped. It was Walter Marsh Jr. who shot Bill Tuttle in the game, causing him to have a heart attack.
But the problem is that Qin Zhibo saw the investigation point and knew that the case was not that simple.
【Survey√】
[This is a special medicine box]
Bill Tuttle usually takes two kinds of medicine, which are placed in a push-pull mini pill box with a plastic partition in the middle to separate the two medicines.
When taking medicine, just push the medicine box out with your fingers and choose which medicine to take.
When Bill Tuttle first entered the exhibition hall, Qin Zhibo saw him take out this pill box and drink one of the pills.
However, Qin Zhibo currently does not know what this investigation point means, and can only find out the truth through the second investigation point.
【Survey√】
[This is a camera, maybe it recorded some key information]
The camera in the game cabin is very hidden. If it were not an investigation point, Qin Zhibo would not be able to find it easily.
Everyone came to the control center, and Tadabin Kashimura directed the staff to bring up the picture of Bill Tuttle in the game cabin.
On the huge screen, in the black and white picture recorded by the infrared camera, Bill Tuttle's chest was rising and falling rapidly.
Since "Cocoon" has not yet been designed to record in-game images, we can only estimate the approximate time he was shot in the game based on time.
Suddenly, Bill Tuttle's body began to struggle slightly, as if he was violently resisting something, or was suffering from some kind of strong fright.
After another 10 seconds, he exited the game state, took off his hood, and the normal lights in the game cabin were turned on.
There was some pain on his face. He took out the medicine box from his pocket, pushed out the medicine part, and chose between the two medicine compartments with his fingers.
At first, he wanted to choose the medicine grid on the left, but after hesitating for 0.5 seconds, he turned to the medicine grid on the right.
After taking the medicine, Bill Tuttle lay in the cockpit and closed his eyes to rest. Just a few minutes later, he suddenly clutched his heart and struggled to stand up, but his feet slipped and his body fell down again.
At this time, the game hatch opens automatically and monitoring ends.
Judging from the picture, it does look like Bill Tuttle died of a heart attack.
At this time, other people who participated in the detective game said that at least Walter Marsh Jr.'s shot in the game caused the heart attack.
Walter Marsh Jr. did not give any explanation for this, and the expression on his face remained gloomy.
However, Qin Zhibo saw some clues in the flashing picture just now.
The investigation point appears on the pill box, which means that there may be something wrong with the picture of drinking medicine related to the pill box.
Qin Zhibo said directly: "Go back and look at the scene of drinking medicine just now."
The staff in front of the control desk glanced at the unfamiliar face of Qin Zhibo, then looked at Tadaki Kashimura, who then asked Yusaku Kudo for instructions.
Kudo Yusaku looked at the blond man next to him again, feeling a sense of déjà vu in his heart, but he was really unfamiliar with this face.
"Do as he says."
So the staff moved the timeline and moved the surveillance screen back to where Bill Tuttle was drinking medicine.
This time, Qin Zhibo, who grasped the key point, carefully looked at the surveillance again, and finally thought of where this sense of violation was.
Kudo Yusaku on the side also discovered this while watching it again.
The two ran out of the control center at the same time and returned to the "Cocoon". Yu Kudo used a handkerchief to pick up the pill box that fell on the ground.
Pushing open the medicine box, this is not a magic box, but a simple two-lattice medicine box, with blue capsules and red capsules placed in the two grids.
Seeing these two bright colors, Qin Zhibo and Kudo Yusaku understood everything instantly.
The confident expression on Kudo Yusaku's face was fleeting, and he immediately put away his "I understand everything" smile.
Although the truth is indeed known, it just needs to be announced.
It’s just the man next to me
Kudo Yusaku decided to test it out a little.
Next, the US police arrived, and Kudo Yusaku gathered relevant personnel, including those involved in the detective game, as well as Bill Tuttle's accompanying assistant.
"At first glance, this appears to be just an accidental death caused by a game-induced heart attack."
"However, this is actually a murder case."
Kudo Yusaku got straight to the point, directly determined the nature of the case, and then pointed at the murderer.
"Mr. Bill's assistant, you are the murderer of the case!"
Everyone looked surprised and looked at the assistant who was watching.
If one could vote for the murderer, everyone would be more willing to believe that the tall, fierce-looking Walter Marsh Jr. killed someone rather than this seemingly talented assistant.
However, Kudo Yusaku has already begun to reason, "Actually, Mr. Bill's physical condition was not too serious after he quit the game."
"But after taking the medicine, his condition suddenly worsened until he died."
"Why did he still die after taking the treatment medicine? The reason is very simple. It was precisely because you replaced the medicine in the medicine box."
After Kudo Yusaku explained this, everyone suddenly became enlightened and quickly made way for the assistant to take a C position that belonged exclusively to the murderer.
However, the assistant was stunned for a moment, then shrugged, and said calmly: "Since Mr. Detective thinks that the medicine in the medicine box is the medicine I replaced, you can ask the police to test the remaining medicine."
"If the other capsules in the medicine box are all normal medicines for treating diseases, what evidence do you have that I replaced Mr. Bill's medicine?"
"Is there any way I can make Mr. Bill have to take that so-called 'replacement drug'?"
Seeing the assistant's confident look, the American police officers were not sure whether they should test them one by one. They could only turn their hopeful eyes to the "savior of the American police" again.
However, at this time, the expression on Kudo Yusaku's face seemed to be in trouble, his lips were tightly closed, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he was staring at the scene of the murder seriously without saying a word.
This surprised everyone present. Kudo Yusaku was actually questioned by the murderer!
Kudo Yukiko, who was watching on the sidelines, quickly stepped forward and wanted to ask why her performance was abnormal today, but when she saw her husband in trouble, she couldn't bear to disturb her now.
Not far away, Suzuki Sonoko was also a little surprised. The legendary Kudo Yusaku was a master of reasoning who had solved countless unsolved cases. He would not even blame Kudo Shinichi.
Even Mouri Kogoro is wrong.
Even Qin Zhibo can't compare, right?
Suzuki Sonoko thought about the detectives she knew, and she still felt that Qin Zhibo's reasoning ability was the most outstanding recently, and he was suitable for comparison with Kudo Yusaku.
At this time, Qin Zhibo, who felt that the time was about right, stood up and directly picked up the medicine box on the ground and held it in his hand.
"The capsules in this medicine box are probably normal medicines for treating diseases. But you can still make the deceased take the only 'poison'."
The muscles on the assistant's face trembled slightly, and before he could say the word "why", his expression immediately froze.
Because he saw Qin Zhibo moving a blue capsule from the left medicine compartment into the middle of the red capsule from the right medicine compartment.
The blue capsule is extremely conspicuous among the red capsules, so conspicuous that its existence cannot be ignored.
When Kudo Yusaku saw Qin Zhibo doing this next to him, the serious expression on his face instantly turned into confidence.
Sure enough you knew it too.
The American police and other onlookers still looked puzzled, while Kudo Yusaku began to explain using the props in Qin Zhibo's hands.
"Actually, this method is very simple. Just put the drugs you replaced into a pile of capsules of different colors, and the killing method is completed."
"If a normal person wants to take the blue capsule in the two-color capsule box, and happens to see the only blue capsule in the red capsule, he will definitely pick it out and take it first."
"In the surveillance footage, Mr. Bill hesitated for a moment when choosing medicine. It was for this reason that he changed from the original grid to another."
"Although the infrared camera cannot capture the color of the capsule, it can still be judged from the direction of the pill box that he did not select the drug in the correct color grid."
After Kudo Yusaku finished explaining, Qin Zhibo came to add another blow.
"Actually, I saw Mr. Bill taking the medicine at the door. If the color of the capsules had been confused at that time, he would have corrected it immediately or taken it on the spot."
"But he didn't. In other words, only you, the assistant who keeps the pill box, have the opportunity to replace the capsules inside during this period."
After the two people finished their mixed reasoning, the assistant looked shocked and his legs were trembling slightly.
Immediately, he knelt on the ground crying and told everyone that his motive for killing was for the children in the school.
It turns out that there have always been many dark places in the light church maintained by Bill Tuttle.
The assistant himself once taught or served as an assistant principal in church-funded kindergartens and middle schools, where violations against students often occurred.
However, these incidents were resolved in various ways.
It wasn't until the Childress family murderer was recently arrested that he discovered the darkness in the church and learned about Bill Tuttle's dirty deeds.
So, he wanted to avenge those children.
He replaced the gel coat of the blue capsule with vasopressor powder, which was undoubtedly poisonous to Bill Tuttle, who suffered from high blood pressure and heart disease.
Afterwards, the blue capsule was placed in the red capsule, allowing Bill Tuttle to take the initiative to take the "poison".
The character of the assistant is based on a missionary pastor in the original series of "True Detective" who was disillusioned with the darkness of the church and chose to quit.
The technique is my own, so it should be okay...
I originally wanted to write all the way back to Neon in one go, but my hand speed is a bit poor...