The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

four little blacks

This was the first time for Qin Zhibo to see such a shocking scene through scenario re-enactment.

In front of the cross, four "little blacks" took turns driving wooden stakes into Daisuke Tokura's chest, just like the scene of an evil ritual ceremony of some mysterious pagan religion.

After killing the people, three of the four "little blacks" left the study openly through the door.

After the other "little blacks" left, the remaining "little black" locked the door from the inside, climbed up along the rope hanging from the balcony roof, and left the study through the roof of the corridor at the entrance of the study.

[End of scene reenactment]

Combined with the investigation points found previously, Qin Zhibo actually already knew the identities of these four "black men".

The circumstances of this case reminded Qin Zhibo of the case in the detective novel - Murder on the Orient Express.

However, in the case of the Orient Express, Detective Poirot only needed to prove that there was some relationship between all the murderers and the deceased who should have never met.

But in this case, even if the methods and motives are found out, it will only make them suspicious of the police and cannot directly convict them.

The murderers can protect each other, and these people often come to Dracula Villa, which can be clearly explained by leaving their fingerprints anywhere here.

As for the bloody gavel in the collection room, they actually didn't want anyone to discover that they used the gavel to hit the wooden stake when they killed, and then thought that the murderer might not be the same person.

This is a kind of psychological insurance.

In fact, it would have been normal for the police to find any of their fingerprints on the gavel.

There are currently only three ways to prove that they are the murderers.

The first method is to have the police forensic examiners examine their clothes. Maybe there will be blood splashing on them when the wooden stake penetrates the heart.

Of course, this is unlikely, and the time it takes to solve the case after testing will definitely exceed the time required for the side mission.

The second method was to separate the four individuals and use interrogation techniques to force holes in their confessions.

However, this also takes time, and it may not be 100% successful.

The third method is.

In the living room, as Mouri Kogoro's reasoning ended, everything seemed to have settled.

Everyone was sitting on the chairs and sofas in the living room, waiting for the arrival of the police with complicated expressions.

In the silent atmosphere, Conan still didn't give up thinking.

Just now, Mouri Kogoro asked the people in the villa what enemies Tokura Daisuke usually made.

Tadokoro Toshiya's answer is that because Tokura-sensei recently changed the subject of his writing, from vampire novels to heroic fantasy novels, some dissatisfied old readers sent letters to Villa Dracula.

Some of them are very ugly.

This was also confirmed by editor Fumio Doi.

"The magazine has also received letters from readers who are dissatisfied with Mr. Tokura."

In this way, Mouri Kogoro also confirmed.

"Mr. Tokura must have been killed by some crazy reader who loved vampire novels!"

"This reader believed that Mr. Tokura's change of novel genre was a betrayal of vampires, so he chose to kill Mr. Tokura in the same way as a vampire!"

"Next, as long as the police search through letters from readers one by one, they will definitely find the murderer!"

Kogoro Mouri's reasoning today was self-consistent, and he even explained what Conan didn't understand, which was why the murderer chose to kill Mr. Tokura in the same way as a vampire.

And this reasoning seems a bit "crazy", but it is not impossible.

Once the author of Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle, wrote Sherlock Holmes to death in "The Final Case", which received opposition and protests from a large number of readers.

Some readers smashed the windows of Conan Doyle's house, some held demonstrations to protest, and some smashed newspaper offices and offices (Sherlock Holmes stories were first serialized in newspapers).

Some people even threatened: If you kill Holmes, I will kill you!

In the end, Conan Doyle had to compromise and "resurrection" Holmes.

And Daisuke Tokura did not choose to listen to the readers’ opinions, so.

wrong!

Conan shook his head violently, temporarily throwing away these preconceived opinions.

Although no doubts were found in Maoli's reasoning this time, the process of solving the case was too smooth, which is very suspicious.

All the clues can basically be asked by just opening one's mouth. This kind of process of solving the case gives people the feeling of being led by the nose, which makes people very uncomfortable.

Conan drew the floor plan of the building near the Bajiao Study Room on the small notebook in his hand.

During the time of the incident, both Hamura Shuichi and Doi Fumio stayed in the living room and testified that no one entered the study through the door.

In addition to Mouri Kogoro's belief that the murderer invaded from the balcony, in fact, from the window of Etsuko Tokura's room on the second floor, one can also reach the study through the corridor roof.

Moreover, the clue about the blue boat on the lake was also provided by Etsuko Tokura.

Could it be that Etsuko Tokura is the murderer? !

As a man of action, Conan, who had just listed Etsuko Tokura as a suspect, was going to use his identity as a child to make the other person relax their vigilance and see if he could find some loopholes by making some subtle insinuations.

For example: Ah, sister, why can you see the colors of the boats on the lake clearly at night? - words like that.

However, when Conan looked at Etsuko Tokura with the eyes of someone who found prey and tried to get closer, another person got there first.

Qin Zhibo whispered something into Tokura Etsuko's ear, and Tokura Etsuko's expression suddenly changed.

And that wasn't the end of the story, Qin Zhibo whispered something into the ears of Tadokoro Toshiya, Hamura Shuichi, and Doi Fumio, and the expressions of the three of them all changed.

Then, the four of them followed Qin Zhibo anxiously like children who had made a mistake and were taken to the office by their teacher.

Seeing the five people suddenly leaving the living room, Mouri Kogoro asked: "Hey! The police should be here soon. Where are you going?"

"Go to the toilet." Qin Zhibo replied casually.

To the restroom

Mouri Kogoro said with a question mark on his face: He is not a child, so do so many people need to go to the toilet together?

At the corner of the corridor in the room, Conan cautiously followed Qin Zhibo and others.

Conan certainly wouldn't believe the nonsense about "going to the bathroom together."

Not a child

And wouldn’t Etsuko Tokura be embarrassed if they went to the toilet together?

Sure enough, Qin Zhibo, who was leading the way, did not take people to the toilet, but to the library in the basement.

Conan stepped forward and was about to follow, when he was suddenly hugged by a pair of hands behind him.

When I looked back, I saw that it was not the familiar sister Xiaolan.

But Matsumoto Ryohei with a kind smile.

"Children, it's not good to eavesdrop on adults..."