Ayanokoji in Kexue World

(25) Where did his conclusion come from?

When the coffee shop closes at night, there will be some unsold sandwiches and cakes for the staff to take home.Sometimes I also bring some back to Dr. Ali's house.This time, I packed the leftover strawberry cake to Edogawa Ranpo.

Because Edogawa Ranpo followed too closely, once he changed his lukewarm attitude towards me in the morning, it was like confirming that a stray cat on the side of the road would not bite him, he immediately let go of his nature and clinged unscrupulously .

Luanbu always talks to me, as if the conversation at the stairway opened the chatter box that he had suppressed for a long time.

If Osamu Dazai is here now, I might have to be more vigilant.However, Edogawa Ranpo is not the type who will plan and plot against people.

Simply put, he is too lazy to do bad things.

In fact, before he came, I thought that Ranpo Edogawa might be against me.With his ability, it may not be difficult at all to see at a glance that I am making small movements behind my back.In front of him, I basically have nothing to hide, it just depends on whether he is willing to do so.

Why do I feel like he might be bad for me?the reason is simple.

For one thing, it wasn't just the port mafia that suffered from the issue of the license to operate with special abilities, but also the armed detective agency.Unlike the port mafia, who would use their powers secretly even without a license, the armed detective society is quite disciplined, which will inevitably have an impact on their operations.Among them, I also deliberately asked the Supernatural Secret Service Section to slow down the approval and related work.

Secondly, Edogawa Ranpo cares more about "Fukuzawa Yukichi" and "Armed Detective Agency" than "Ayanokōji Kiyotaka".

Third, there is still a tricky Osamu Dazai in the Armed Detective Agency.Edogawa Ranpo has a pure mind, so he will inevitably be influenced and manipulated by that person.

However, with "Oda Sakunosuke" present this time, no matter whether Osamu Dazai is in my camp or on the opposite side, he has no choice but to follow my arrangement.

I looked up at Edogawa Ranpo who continued to touch the cups I washed, and said lightly: "If you continue to play, all the cups here will be washed by you."

Edogawa Ranpo withdrew his hand and said, "It's too boring here."

"Stop thinking about the murderer who dumped the body on the Yokohama embankment?" I said, paying attention to Toru Amuro, who was eavesdropping on our chat.

Edogawa Ranpo wiped the table back and forth with his fingers, and said boredly: "The murderer has already come out and caught him."

As soon as he finished speaking, Toru Amuro who was nearby stopped his movements: "The murderer has been caught? But the police said they haven't caught the murderer yet. What's going on?"

"Dazai..."

Hearing this name from Edogawa Ranbu's mouth, I subconsciously stopped my movements.

Edogawa Ranpo didn't notice my movements, and said: "Is there another person in our detective agency? He said that since someone is using this incident as bait, it will end in a short time, and there will be no waves. It’s a lot of trouble. It’s better to wait and see what happens, so he will be responsible for the Yokohama matter.”

"Then Mr. Ranpo came here to avoid the Yokohama media?" Toru Amuro asked uncertainly.

I was thinking before that Edogawa Ranpo might think the Yokohama media was troublesome. Now that Osamu Dazai is intervening, Osamu Dazai is also worried that he will leak his mouth and startle the snake, so he drove Edogawa out of Yokohama.

"Who is the murderer?"

Azusa Enomoto had also heard about this case when she came here in the morning, but she heard that Edogawa had caught the wrong prisoner in disorder.Now there are heated discussions on the "Yokohama River Embankment Case" on the forum. Various government conspiracy theories have forced Yokohama's high-level officials to put pressure on the police to investigate the case.

In fact, she is not particularly interested in the case, but relying on the plots made up by netizens, including "in fact, the high-level official and the patrolman are a couple, and the patrolman and the deceased had a dispute over him", she ate melons for a day, and also Had a great time eating.

"The murderer is the Sugimoto patrolman I mentioned at the beginning, and no one continues to attack secretly."

"Eh—?" A new script appeared in Azusa Enomoto's head, "Then why would someone slander you? Are you just trying to attract Mr. Ranpo's attention? Are you not afraid that Mr. Ranpo will stare at him at a glance? Can't escape?"

I don't know what Edogawa Ranpo thought of after hearing Enomoto's words, he quickly turned his head and looked in my direction.

There was no one behind me, and there was no way to avoid it, so I could only look at him expressionlessly.

"Who knows?" Edogawa shrugged randomly, "I think the culprit is still very good."

I:"……"

Toru Amuro didn't care about the episode between me and Ranpo, and said, "Then what happened to the fingerprints on it?"

It is impossible to directly describe the whole process of the case in newspapers, but there are many details revealed.Now it has been discussed wildly by netizens.But from the situation that Edogawa Ranpo did not prove "the news is wrong" in the first place, everyone simulated the crime process on the premise that "his reasoning is wrong".

On the forum, the case description of "Cullom" is the most widely spread.

Before the incident, the murderer first stole police officer Sugimoto's gun and replaced it with a gun of similar specifications to the police station's spare gun, which can confuse the public.When the suspect and the deceased had a dispute, the murderer saw the opportunity to strike.Later, when the suspect returned to the police station, the murder weapon was changed, and the suspect was logically pushed as the murderer.

Said "there is a problem with the fingerprints", and the news came out that "the gun has the fingerprints of the murderer".

That's not true, says Coulom.Most criminals now know that if they have time, they must deal with the scene and clean their fingerprints. This is the same as "wiping your mouth after eating" is a basic common sense.Not to mention, according to the news, the other party has time to clean up.

In the past cases where the fingerprints were not cleaned, it was either used to frame others, or it was really too urgent.

The fingerprint problem pointed out by "Cullom" is actually missing fingerprints. There are no fingerprints at the position where the trigger is pulled, but there are other places.Because there was no fingerprint of the suspect and there was a suspicious second suspect, the case immediately fell into confusion, and the case was not resolved for a long time.

The above is the netizen version.

Edogawa Ranpo brought the official rhetoric.

Now netizens have been discussing that there are "two guns", one is the gun A in the hands of the patrol that day, and the other is the real murder weapon B that was reported.Assuming that the murder weapon B and gun A have been replaced after the incident, then the murder weapon B should have "patrolman's fingerprints" and "three missing bullets" to prove that it is the patrolman's own gun and murder weapon.As for gun A, all fingerprints on it should be wiped clean to eliminate all traces of committing crimes.

That is to say, under normal circumstances, weapon B has "patrolman's fingerprints", and gun A should not have any fingerprints.

The focus should be on the murder weapon B.

But if there is a situation where the murder weapon points to another person, there should be "murderer's fingerprints" on the murder weapon; or the part of the policeman's fingerprints has been erased.

Now there is indeed another person's fingerprint on the murder weapon B, and it is indeed intertwined with the fingerprint of the patrolman.It seems that "the situation of someone using a murder weapon" seems to be true, but in fact, when shooting, the index finger is said to be on the trigger, but in fact it is "the fingertip and the finger part of the second joint" that are on the trigger .

Anyone who has the common sense of shooting knows that the fingerprint of the index finger should not be left on the murder weapon.This can only show that someone deliberately created this "replacement of guns" to confuse the public.

Edogawa Ranpo said: "It's just a fingerprint, it's very simple, right?"

"If you don't know, you will still be misunderstood." Azusa Enomoto carefully imagined that she was at the scene, and someone said that there was a second suspect, and the fingerprint of the other party happened to be on the pistol. How could she be like Edogawa Ranpo? It was immediately apparent that there was a problem.

Azusa Enomoto continued: "But how do you conclude that the second suspect is innocent? He may have printed it on purpose, trying to clear himself of suspicion."

Azusa Enomoto flipped through Edogawa Ranpo's entry while talking, and came up with a famous saying of Ranpo, "Just like wanting to win in a boxing game, you must think a little more than the opponent (*)": "Look, You also said that maybe the suspect had one more thought?"

"I didn't say the fingerprints were evidence~" Edogawa Ranpo spread his hands and said, "He asked what happened to the fingerprints."

Fingerprints are actually misleading information.

Amuro choked for a while, and then said for a long time: "Then what is the evidence to prove the murderer?" As soon as he finished speaking, the phone in his pocket rang.Toru Amuro could only interrupt the conversation and go to the staff lounge to check the situation.

Seeing Toru Amuro leaving, Azusa Enomoto still had some curiosity, and continued to ask: "So what is the answer?"

Edogawa didn't want to give any spoilers, saying: "After the dust settles, the truth will come out. Everything is under control."

Miss Enomoto Azusa saw that he kept secrets, and her thoughts of digging up first-hand information also ran aground.It is estimated that she also felt that she had been chatting for a long time, so she hurriedly finished the final work.I didn't waste time, and sent the cleaned tableware to dry and disinfect.

After our three clerks went out to lock the store, Toru Amuro pulled us into the group chat of the "Poirot Coffee Trio" and said: "I confirmed with the store manager before that Friday is a small long holiday. We It should not be open for business, shall we go to the hot springs in Gunma Prefecture together?"

"..."

I said inwardly, "Here we come".

Since Zhu Fu Jingguang's death, Bourbon, who was originally low-key, has been alone in the winery, becoming more high-profile, and has a good personal relationship with the important figure "Bermod" in the organization.I heard that Bourbon has been inquiring about Kashasha.On the task of obliterating Kashasha, who is about to be regarded as a traitor, Bourbon also took the initiative to be active at the forefront and came to Mihua Town.

But he had to know what Kashasha looked like.Originally, if the two-year period happened to expire, the appearance of "Kasasha" would flow out of the organization from the gin.And I finished the assignment just before the two-year period expired.

The only thing that can judge "Kasashia" now is the rumors.But there are not many rumors about "Kasashia", and one thing is certain, that is, there is a gunshot wound on the chest.It is said that it was left after a dispute with the Japanese police named "Scotch Whiskey" three years ago.

……

If Toru Amuro insists on seeing if I have a gunshot wound, then he should be suspecting that I am Kashasha.

If everyone goes, I always go with the big team, if "not going" will seem very abrupt.So I nodded and said, "I'm fine, I can go."

"Then Ayanokouji can go." Toru Amuro said while making a mark, "Where is Miss Enomoto?"

"I have to ask my friends what they say." Azusa Enomoto shook her phone and said with a smile, "We'll talk in the group later, and we'll confirm when the time comes."

I feel a little bad foreboding.

However, I didn't have time to think too far, and Azusa Enomoto left briskly.After Toru Amuro and I watched Idianhong in our store leave, Toru Amuro looked at Ranpo Edogawa who was waiting on the side, and said in words: "I found that Mr. Ranpo's attitude towards you is similar to his attitude towards you now. There are some differences."

"How to say?"

Edogawa Ranpo is not an acting school at all, and he doesn't bother to cover up.

Even a dull person like me could feel the change in his attitude, and Toru Amuro would find that there was nothing strange about it.But if I don't know what to ask at this time, I have to express my own opinion.

"It feels like you've gotten closer, as if you've known each other for a long time. Did something happen?"

"Probably because I treated him to a crepe."

Toru Amuro didn't take it seriously, and said, "It shouldn't just be a matter of doing what you like."

It makes sense for him to say this, because he invited Edogawa Ranpo to eat a lot of good things in the morning.But looking into the reasons for Edogawa's change of attitude, in fact, I can't tell the beginning and end of this matter.Touma Amuro is so curious, it would be better to ask Edogawa Ranpo.

Seeing that Toru Amuro was still waiting, I recalled what happened in the afternoon, picked a key point, and said: "In the afternoon, Mr. Edogawa said that if I hate him, he hates me. I said I don't hate him , he told me, then he doesn’t hate me anymore.”

After I finished speaking, I thought about what I said and felt that there was no problem, so I looked at Toru Amuro to see if he had anything else to ask.If I always avoid his questions, it will be considered that I don't trust him.

As a result, as soon as I said this, Toru Amuro's expression was a little stiff, with a bit of inexplicable doubt.Seeing me looking at him, he coughed in disguise and said: "It seems that in certain groups, Lingkouji-kun is irresistibly beautiful and irresistible."

"..."

Excuse me, where did his conclusion come from?

The author has something to say:

Toru Amuro: As expected of you.

Ayanokoji:? ? ? ? ?

(*) Just like this, as long as you always think a little more than the enemy, you will surely win the game of guessing - Edogawa Ranpo "Pomegranate"