Ayanokoji in Kexue World

(23) This story tells us that it is better to act first

The apartment building has seven floors, and the elderly live on the middle floor.

The police officer in Osaka saw the notice in black and white on the elevator, turned around and said to us: "The elevator seems to be under maintenance, let's go up the stairs."

Edogawa Luanbu listened, his whole body refused, and said: "Then I won't go."

Originally, he was just going to buy crepes, but now he had to climb the stairs for a case that he was not interested in, climbing up and down, and he definitely couldn't accept it because his limbs were not working.

"I'm not going."

Edogawa Ranpo spoke loudly, as if he was injecting himself with a booster, waiting for others to tell him "Then you wait here", and then he can wait on the first floor with peace of mind , Maybe I will go to the vending machine on the first floor to buy a bottle of 100% pure juice and enjoy it sitting on the flower bed in front of the apartment.

I pretended not to hear what Edogawa Ranpo said, and said to the Osaka police officer: "If they need help after they go up, we will go up. If they don't need it, there is no need to squeeze so many people in so as not to damage the crime scene. "

"Then I'll call and ask."

As soon as the Osaka police officer finished speaking, he turned on his cell phone and dialed the phone number.Hattori Heiji's voice came out faintly. Although I couldn't fully hear what they were saying, I heard my own name again.

So, what kind of obsession does Hattori Heiji have for me this time?

I can't come to a conclusion either.

As soon as Officer Osaka closed the phone, I knew I had to stop thinking and follow him upstairs.I turned my head to look at Edogawa Ranpo, and said, "It's not safe for you to stay here alone. If you go up together, you only need to climb two flights of stairs."

The unsafe factor comes from the "magician" who was directly driven away by Edogawa Ranpo just now, and of course it may also include the "Avenger" who exists in the follow-up of the guessed fake homicide case.

"But I don't want to go up, my hands and feet are sore and I have no strength." Edogawa Ranpo began to try to cheat.

"Upstairs may need Mr. Edogawa to show his skills."

In my impression, Edogawa Ranbu couldn't stand the praise.Every time you praise him, he will be smug, and he will reluctantly accept things that he doesn't like.

Next, reason with him.

I went on to say that if they took that long, the crepe shop would probably be closed.At that time, Edogawa will also waste his time here.

Edogawa's expression loosened in my words, but the pain of climbing the stairs made him reluctantly poke the button of the descending elevator, and it was not clear whether he was trying his luck or venting his small emotions.However, as soon as he pressed it, the elevator light came on.Ranpo Edogawa and I stared at the elevator at the same time without speaking.

Seeing that the two of us hadn't spoken for a while, the Osaka police officer hadn't noticed the situation yet, so he smiled and said, "Hey, has the elevator been repaired?"

"Something went wrong." Edogawa Ranpo quickly commanded the Osaka police officer, and said, "Let that black-skinned detective run to the second floor to check the elevator."

Ranbu who said this opened his squinted eyes, like a sleepy person finally willing to open his eyes from the bright daylight and wake up.The clear and transparent gaze in the pupils made Officer Osaka's spirit tremble, and he straightened his back quickly.

"Ling Xiaolu, ask the property right away, and now keep an eye on the surveillance at the stairs to see if there is any suspicious person."

The Osaka police officer took out his mobile phone and walked towards the property, keeping his eyes on Ranpo Edogawa who was waiting for him, waiting for any other instructions from him.But Edogawa Ranbu, who had already finished his orders, saw that he was focusing on him, so he urged: "Go quickly."

"good good good good."

The Osaka police officer immediately ran away without a trace.

Edogawa let out a sigh of relief, and looked towards me.After I noticed his gaze, I moved my gaze from the elevator door to his face.He didn't speak, just looked at me.I can guarantee that there is absolutely no operation by me behind this matter.So, in his sight, I slowly made a question mark in my mind.Edogawa Ranpo finally couldn't hold back his voice.

"Don't you have anything to say to me?"

"what?"

"Just, look, I just pressed the elevator button, and I solved a case." Ranpo Edogawa found my sluggish reaction inexplicable, and said, "Did you not respond to this?"

It turned out that Edogawa Ranpo was waiting for me to praise him.

But I'm not good at descriptive compliments. Most of them are relatively broad compliments, such as "very good" and "good".But according to the experimental results of Stanford developmental psychologist Carol Dweck, this kind of evaluative empty praise will make the praiseee reduce the willingness to take the risk of failure, and will also indulge in the praise and lose his subjective initiative. Nor will they be willing to take the initiative to do things.

Furthermore, I boast too much, I always feel that Edogawa Ranpo will raise the requirements and standards of praise for me.

So I didn't answer, and said, "Since you found out, why didn't you go and catch the criminal?"

Edogawa Ranpo said: "The job of a detective is to deduce and solve mysteries. Who said that people are going to be arrested, so what do you want the police to do?"

"It makes sense."

Edogawa looked at me strangely, and finally said dissatisfied: "...I want to drink juice."

"Then I'll go shopping with you."

I don't think that the conjurer, who clearly had the intention to kill, would really leave quietly, otherwise he wouldn't look at us deliberately, maybe he was waiting for an opportunity.In other words, this kind of person who kills people for no reason and indiscriminately is the biggest and most unpredictable form of malice.

It's a pity that ordinary people can't deal with conjurers.

At present, the police officers and the others will also separately attribute this kind of people to the magic world.

Shortly after the two of us chatted, we got word from Hattori Heiji that they had successfully thwarted a female manga artist's plan to kill a stockbroker.And this stockbroker happened to be the one who wanted to drag the old man to hell after he died.

The reason for the old man's suicide was that the stocks in which he invested a large amount of his retirement money plummeted, and the person who recommended these stocks was the stockbroker who the female cartoonist wanted to sell.In fact, in the entire apartment, many people have also been cheated by this agent.

The female cartoonist happened to have the old man's watch in her hand, and she was the old man's former student.

This is probably the agent of revenge that Edogawa Ranpo mentioned before.

The rest of the matter will be handled by the police, and the charges of "premeditated murder" and illegal possession of firearms by the female cartoonist should fall on her one by one.

I can't help feeling a little sad.

Why did she have a bright future, and when her career as a cartoonist was in full swing, she had to risk her reputation and future for a teacher who was a long time ago?If this teacher is really that good, in fact, it is worth it to pay so desperately.But if the teacher is really good, his strategy will not fail, nor will it be full of mistakes.

Euripides once said, "There is no victory over the dead."

If you die, there will be no chance of a comeback.

In the same way, before I win, I must not lose my life easily.

Seeing me in a daze, Hattori Heiji asked, "Are you okay?"

"Well, it's fine."

On the way to the HAPiNA shopping street, everyone's footsteps are a little easier.In any case, preventing a person from dying also prevents a person from making a greater mistake.This is an incomparable achievement for teenagers.

Yuan Shan and Ye followed others and called Edogawa Ranpo Mr. Ranpo.She said, "Mr. Ranpo, how do you know that the criminal committed the crime on the second floor?"

"Because you are on the third floor."

Toyama and Ye were stunned by Edogawa Ranpo's words, but Hattori Heiji and Conan had already caught up with the train of thought.At first, they didn't know why they suddenly went to the second floor, but when they encountered the scene of the attempted murder, the two of them understood the whole story.

"It will be easier to understand this matter in reverse." Conan said clearly, "We know the cartoonist's criminal motives, so the key is her criminal methods."

"Uh-huh."

Hattori Heiji saw that Toyama and Ye wanted to guide, so he continued: "If a murder case occurs, what kind of situation will minimize my suspicion, or clear myself?"

"Hey, maybe there is an alibi?"

After Hattori Heiji waited for two seconds, Toyama and Ye didn't continue, and said to me, "Ayanokōji, what do you think?"

When I was suddenly named, I reacted a step slower before I said: "There are "alibis" like Yuan Shan said, secret rooms that no one has cracked or murder methods, or the deceased is considered to be "suicide". "

"Very good." Hattori Heiji was quite happy, and continued, "Obviously, this time the cartoonist chose to let the deceased "pretend to commit suicide".This method was chosen probably because of the influence of the teacher's disguised suicide.Then how do we know that the other party committed suicide?Think about the easiest way. "

"The simplest...hanging, jumping into the sea, cutting wrists, poisoning???" Yuan Shan and Ye spoke very uncertainly, and their voices gradually dropped when they got to the end.

"These are all methods of suicide, and they can all be pretended. Heiji... Brother Heiji refers to how to let people know that "the other party is committing suicide." "Conan said, "The simplest is that the unrelated person witnessed the suicide of the deceased.Sister He Ye, do you have any ideas?We are now very close to the answer. "

"……………………"

Toyama and Ye glanced at the two "teachers" who were waiting for the "students" to answer the correct questions - Hattori Heiji and Conan, looked back and forth with bitter faces, and finally looked at me.

"Ayanokouji..."

I think their way of guidance is still very troublesome, but it is indeed possible to understand their thoughts.

The purpose of the cartoonist is to let people see the agent committing suicide in the elevator.So the first floor is not chosen because the first floor is a hall with people coming and going, and the third floor is not chosen because there are policemen and detective boys on the third floor, but if they want the police to see and not be disturbed, they must have "Keep the elevator going up" situation.

Why should the elevator go up instead of down?

The first point is to increase the range of suspects and reduce the probability of being suspected.

If it has been determined that the other party committed homicide, then the crime props may only have a chance to be recovered when the elevator opens.

If the elevator descends and Conan and the others are on the third floor, the only floor that can be recovered is the second floor.Conversely, if it is going up, the floors where props can be recovered are the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh floors.This widens the scope.

The second point is also the most critical.

When the police and the others are finished, they must press the "down" button.

According to the elevator setting, generally speaking, the situation that the elevator will open the door is the same as above and below.For example, when people on the fifth floor think of the first floor, people on the third floor also press the down button, then the elevator will stop at the third floor and open the elevator door.However, if the person on the first floor wants to go up to the fifth floor and the person on the third floor wants to go down, then whoever gets on the elevator first has the right to decide.

In other words, if the manga artist arranged for the elevator to go down, on the third floor, where she originally wanted the victim to die in front of Conan, it would become a picture of "the elevator is slowly opening the elevator door to them".Whether it was caught in the act or the props were discovered, the plan basically died.

So the cartoonist can only arrange to go up, so that Conan and the others who are waiting to go down can see the whole process of the victim's suicide through the elevator window without being disturbed.

As for why Edogawa ranpo saw the problem with the elevator at a glance, it was because he discovered two points: [-]. The elevator under maintenance did not stop at the base station on the first floor, which can be seen through the window.[-]. Since the elevator can be used, why does it keep stopping at a certain floor, and press the "up" button, but the elevator does not move for a long time.This means that someone is using it, and it has been used for a long time

Someone used it, and deliberately posted a notice of "elevator maintenance", which is enough to show that someone is planning to do bad things.Then it's a matter of inferring the floor.

Yuan Shan and Ye half understood, and said, "If Mr. Ranpo hadn't discovered this, according to the cartoonist's plan, the perfect crime should be possible."

"How can there be a perfect crime in this world?" Edogawa Ranpo said confidently.

I think there are seven words that can be added to this sentence——

"With me, Ranpo-sama, how can there be a perfect crime in this world?"

Both Conan and Hattori Heiji looked longingly at Edogawa Ranpo. It is great to be able to decipher criminal methods, but to be able to prevent problems before they happen like Edogawa Ranpo, this level of insight into the case is something they must learn of.

At this moment, the well-respected detective smelled the sweet smell of crepes in the air, and trotted to the crepe shop.

"I want Italian chestnut Montblanc crepe!" X2.

Edogawa Ranbu's crisp voice overlapped with the voice of another cheerful white-haired youth.The two of them had a meal at the same time, looking at each other.

The store owner is a college girl who takes orders, cashiers and makes crepes.Taking advantage of their sudden silence, the shop girl immediately interjected, "Sorry, we only have the last one left..."

Before the words were finished, the two said without agreement: "I said that first, so it's mine."

Seeing that the mode of bickering and fighting between two people seems to be going online soon, I raised my hand and said, "I placed the order with the delivery software. I'll pick it up now."

The girl from the shop jumped over the two people standing in front of her and happily confirmed the name of the order with me: "You are Ayanokōji-kun, and your phone number is XXXXXXX0429, right?"

"Yes."

I answered while putting the takeaway bag in my hand.While accepting it, I felt a fiery and intense gaze from one left and one right, as if they were going to dig two holes out of my body.

However, I was still unmoved by my eyes, nose, nose and heart.

This story tells us that it is better to strike first.

The author has something to say:

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