Bandage fine tricks

Following the smell of gasoline in the air, which was too irritating for a keen sense of smell, Hachi led Dazai to the door of a room that seemed to be sealed in dust.

Needless to say, it's locked.

A second later, with the crisp sound of the latch being snapped, the door was opened, and Xiao Ba covered her nose to prevent the dust in this room from affecting her.

It seems that this room should be used as an office, but it may be due to the increase or decrease of the original staff. All the office equipment was removed, and only the interior decoration style of the same style as other offices remained.

Now, there are cans of gasoline piled up on the floor of half of the office.

If this was where the murderer was going to start the fire, he'd have to open the gasoline cans first.

Osamu Dazai took the lead and walked in. When he passed the gasoline cans on the ground, he reached out and touched the tops of the top cans.

"Have we found the room where the murderer hid combustibles?" Xiao Ba imitated him and put his finger on it to wipe it. He was stunned and looked at his finger, "...there is dust."

"Well, and looking at the thickness, it's not the thickness that can be accumulated after being left for ten days and a half months. According to the air conditions in Yokohama and the ventilation conditions of the customs building, these gasoline cans have been stored here for at least three months." Osamu Dazai Said, bypassing the pile at the front, to the blind spot of the original line of sight.

On the floor there, a circular shape was clearly reflected—a shape outlined by dust.

"Why..." Xiao Ba frowned, puzzled, "Isn't it easy to find gasoline tanks in such a place? If the customs recruits new personnel during this period, or merges departments, or even relocate some departments from other places, these vacant rooms will be used, and the gasoline cans piled up here will be found ... How confident is he that this will not happen?"

...or did she find the wrong place?

Customs is hoarding these petrol cans, probably for logistical purchases...

The action of lightly tapping on the forehead interrupted Xiao Ba's thoughts of continuing to think along this line, she touched the corner of her forehead and raised her head blankly: "...Mr. Dazai?"

Why knock her on the head?

"Be more confident, isn't Xiao Ba right in his analysis? Why do you deny your thinking?" The young man in the sand-colored windbreaker smiled helplessly, "You obviously think right, why do you doubt yourself?"

The girl with black hair and different eyes froze for a moment: "...I didn't seem to say anything just now."

"I can tell what you're thinking just by looking at your expression—you're suspecting that you've found the wrong place, aren't you?"

"I'm just considering this possibility." Xiao Ba subconsciously said.

"The fact is that such a possibility does not exist!" Dazai Osamu said without hesitation, "Although the customs do have the habit of using empty offices for storage, logistics and even temporary storage of prohibited items, this cannot be those places— —Did you notice the key lock at the door? A layer of dust has accumulated! Contraband items will not be stored for more than a week. If it is a storage place, it is impossible to accumulate that layer of dust on the lock after a monthly inspection. of.

"In other words, the person who put these gasoline cans here can be sure that no one will come to inspect this room for at least three months, they will not be requisitioned for new offices, and no new departments will be moved. Come in or reorganize... If you put all these conditions, you can basically count ten fingers in the whole building that can achieve these points."

Xiao Ba thought for a while, and said: "The words of those big people are unlikely, right?"

It's not that he won't do this kind of thing, but it means that the public's attention is so intense that it's basically impossible to hide himself behind the scenes like the arsonist.

"So, people who have access to the information they can access, but are always ignored..." Osamu Dazai stopped talking with a smile.

"Secretary, or assistant." Hachi picked it up, paused, and asked, "Does Mr. Kunikida know this?"

"I don't know!" The smile on Dazai's face never restrained, "I only reasoned to this point when I came here. Before that, I just had a few guesses in my heart."

Xiaoba hesitated: "...Then Mr. Dazai just told Mr. Kunikida what does it mean to ask the teacher to find the murderer?"

"Well, with Kunikida's personality," Osamu Dazai stroked his chin with a thoughtful look on his face, "will he directly talk to the minister who can take care of these things?" He immediately raised a finger and smiled harmlessly Said, "If you're lucky, you'll see the murderer if you don't see the minister—for Kunikida, there's just one less questioning step and you can arrest him directly!"

"...That, Dazai-san."

"Ok?"

"Did Mr. Dazai do something? Although I guess the murderer is the secretary or assistant. If the minister himself is busy, the reception Mr. Kunikida should be the secretary or assistant, but I have not confirmed which one of them it should be. position." Hachi was thinking about what to say so that he would not appear to be suspicious, "But Mr. Dazai is sure that the person who will meet Mr. Kunikida at that time must be the murderer... Otherwise, why would he say 'good luck? Can I see the murderer directly?"

The kite-colored eyes widened slightly, and then they were as usual. The young man bent his eyes and smiled: "Well... If Xiao Ba can open the door of the next room where the gasoline cans are stored, I will tell you why, how about it?"

Hachi: ? ? ?

Mr. Dazai, are you serious? !

Before today, she was an absolute obedient baby, she didn't even know about picking locks!

——Oh, she may be rich in theoretical knowledge (after all, she has read so many mystery novels), but she is a giant in thought (?) A dwarf in action. She has lived for X years and has not tried it for 14 years. Back then, she had never done anything like open the door with a meal card, and suddenly asked her to unlock the office door? ? ?

"...Unless you change hands with Mr. Dazai, this cannot be done!" Xiao Ba said firmly.

On the contrary, Osamu Dazai was eager to try: "How will you know if you don't try?"

A few minutes later, Xiao Ba, who was standing in front of a new door, was holding another iron wire broken from a hairpin: "..."

I always feel that opening this door will be like opening some Pandora's box...

Just now Osamu Dazai just put in a hairpin and tossed it casually a few times to unlock it, and the door opened, but Xiao Ba, a novice, obviously didn't have that kind of technical level. Can recall what to do based on the experience of watching articles, watching dramas and watching Baidu (?) back then.

This lock should be a tumbler lock, which is relatively easy to open. Put the iron wire in and turn it slowly. After pushing back one of the tumblers, the lock cylinder can turn and the lock will be opened.

...Having said that, which one is the correct marble?

Xiao Ba held the wire, felt the strength of the rebound from his hand with a bitter face, and deeply felt that he was sliding towards the abyss of crime...

Mom and Dad of the Kingdom of Heaven, your well-behaved and lovely daughter has failed in school...

His thoughts were all focused on the tumbler lock in front of him, Xiao Ba didn't notice, Dazai Osamu who was at the side had restrained all his expressions at some point, and watched her silently - that kind of gaze was extremely oppressive, as if to put a person See through the same bone.

Clumsy, jerky, seems to have understood the principle, but never really touched it...

——If this is the "strangeness" played out, the "jerky" that can fool his eyes, then it is really amazing.

As if confirming something, the oppression in his eyes dissipated, and he stepped forward, holding Xiao Ba's hand that was holding the wire: "The strength is not right, take your time, you can feel the strength of the rebound , if it is in the wrong direction, it will be difficult to turn, but if you find the right place..."

The strength he exerted on his hand was not strong, but Xiao Ba felt that his hand was no longer his own. The iron wire, which was clumsy just now, suddenly became flexible in her hand, and touched a few times lightly. The marbles—very light, but stayed long enough for her to feel the astringency that could not be turned—and when she touched the fourth marble, she felt a completely different sense of relaxation from the previous ones. Xiao Ba's eyes lit up: "It's this one!"

Osamu Dazai used a little force, and moved the fingers under his palm to move the wire, only a click was heard.

The sound of the latch popping.

When the two of them unlocked all the emergency exits and returned to the first floor, what they saw was Doppo Kunikida who was waiting impatiently with a person tied up beside him and his arms around him.

"In the end, I caught the prisoner for a long time, and you didn't come back here until now, what did you waste the time in the middle of! Did you find another place to commit suicide!" The blond young man seemed eager to write " "Ideal" was slapped directly on his partner's forehead, so that his brain, which has been flooded many times and caused water flooding, can also wake up. "Don't scare Xiaoba... Xiaoba, what are you playing?"

Kunikida Doppo pushed his glasses and asked after glancing at something in the hand of his make-up student from the corner of his vision.

"Huh?" Xiao Ba raised her head to look at her teacher, and then lowered her head to look at what she was holding in her hand—she was inserting a wire broken from a hairpin into a keyhole, "Mr. Dazai My lock, she said to let me try to see if I can open it..." Just as she was speaking, the lock on her hand made a crisp clicking sound, "...ah, it's opened!"

There was obvious excitement in the girl's voice.

"The speed is a bit slow!" The young man on the side reached out and took the already opened lock cylinder, and found another one in the girl's hand like a magic trick, "Try this one, the minimum passing requirement is to open it within five seconds oh!"

He held out five fingers to indicate that he was about to start counting.

Xiao Hachi holding the new lock cylinder: "...Mr. Dazai, you are too demanding! Oh wait, don't start the timer so soon, I haven't found the keyhole yet..."

Kunikida: "..."

He remembered that this child never came at all before...?

Has it been ten seconds since you just inserted the wire into the keyhole to open it?

No, these are not important, the important thing is...

"Dazai, stay away from Hachi!!!"

Don't spoil the president's children! ! !