freenovelworld Chapter 117 Bourbon of Reasoning
Chapter 117 Bourbon of Reasoning
After listening to several people's stories... Lingzi looked at Amuro Toru, he probably understood.
But he was waiting, waiting for the sleeping Kogoro to appear.
The forensic officer reported, "The estimated time of death of the body should be two to three hours before the body was found."
"Based on the room temperature at the time, there was probably a drop of about 30 minutes."
Amuro Toru looked at them, "I was here with everyone, having lunch about 3 hours before the body was found."
"Generally speaking, all three of them had the opportunity to kill him."
"I say, kid, did you see the prisoner? Weren't you in the room the whole time?"
"I was soundly asleep."
"Then you don't remember that Yuanzi and I once came to your bedroom with Chinese cold noodles and called you?"
"I think I was still asleep."
Sonoko blinked, "So that's what I mean, Xiaolan."
"What? I remember you said something very strange at that time."
“Hey, he seems to be still sleeping, don’t worry about him for now, he won’t starve to death even if he didn’t have lunch.
That's true, and the air conditioning in this room seems to be very cold."
"Why do you know the air conditioning in the room is so cold? We are all outside the door, aren't we?"
"Because I felt some cold air coming out from my toes. I think it was the cold air in the room that blew out from the gap under the door."
……
Conan looked at Kogoro Mouri, okay, he is sitting on the chair, I just need to attack the uncle with the tranquilizer gun as usual.
Toru Amuro had been watching his movements, and after he opened the sight of the watch, he moved closer to him.
"Hmm? What are you doing, Conan?"
Conan was startled.
Lingzi couldn't help laughing out loud and said, "Let me see how you continue to have fun."
"The cover of the watch seems to be broken."
It is really difficult for the sleeping Kogoro to appear smoothly in front of this man.
After all, he is a member of the Black Organization, and one of his members is codenamed Bourbon. If I were to be exposed by him, it would be Shinichi Kudo who was shrunk into a child because of the organization's drugs.
Even if Absinthe concealed the truth, it would be useless. The fact that Huibara turned into a child might be discovered...
Lingzi shook her head. What a pity. I know about this matter...
And I'm not the only one.
Lingzi raised her eyebrows. It's okay. Take your time. She has time.
"By the way, that crashing sound we heard downstairs couldn't have been the sound of a vase falling to the ground."
"In the room at that time, there was only the body and the little boy sleeping beside him."
"The vase shouldn't fall down by itself."
Xiaolan frowned, "That should just be the creaking sound of the building."
Yuanzi stretched out her fingers and shook them. "If you mean the sound of crunching, I also heard it when I was eating Chinese cold noodles. The two sounds are completely different."
Conan reminded, "Well, the way Chinese cold noodles are made, maybe ice is used?"
"Uh, yes, we use ice water to quickly cool down the cooked noodles."
Maori Kogoro looked at him, "Hey, don't say irrelevant things."
Conan walked over and said, "Because ice things will melt, right?"
"Well, isn't this a matter of course?"
"In that case, I would say that if the vase was made of ice, it would fall off by itself if it melted."
"Idiot, that vase is made of copper. Besides, haven't you touched it before?"
The police officer seemed to have thought of something. "Please wait a moment. Could it be that a large amount of ice has accumulated inside the vase first? Just on one side of the vase."
"Put the vase in the corner of the bookshelf, almost where it will fall. Once the ice cubes melt, the vase will lose its balance and fall off the bookshelf."
"But if we put a lot of ice in something and bring it in, anyone would find it."
Amuro Toru looked at them and said, "No, even if you have nothing in your hands, you can still carry it."
"When making Chinese cold noodles, the three people all wore tennis uniforms and did not change clothes."
"Generally speaking, men's tennis pants have pockets that are made extra large to fit tennis balls."
“The same thing goes for women’s tennis attire, skirts with pockets big enough to fit a tennis ball.”
Maori Kogoro was stunned. "But, even if the vase really fell off the bookshelf by itself, there is no way to move the body to the side of the door. There is no trace of dragging on the floor."
Conan continued to speak, "So, isn't ice very slippery?"
"Why is it you little brat again?"
Yuanzi clapped her hands, "That's right, I know the answer. Think about it, isn't there a racket under the corpse's buttocks?"
"If we put some ice under the racket, wouldn't it be possible to slide the racket to move the body?"
"The net that distorts the racket is evidence that this trajectory has been implemented."
Xiaolan smiled and said, "As expected of you, Sonoko."
"Well, even if it's as you said, there should be water residue on the floor, just like the vase, and there should be wet marks on the pants."
"But we didn't find any traces of this."
"Hey, is that so?" The garden turned off...
"It would be nice if there was ice that melted and nothing was left, right?"
"Ah, you mean dry ice, right? Because dry ice is made of carbon dioxide, and when it disappears, nothing will be left behind."
"But dry ice can't be easily transported here. It's different from ice cubes and you can't touch it directly."
Amuro Toru put his hands in his pockets, "It was Ishikuri-san who brought himself in. He took the whole box of ice cream cake to his room to eat it as lunch."
"And there was dry ice in the box. I think the criminal probably beat Mr. Ishikuri to death with the copper vase first."
"There were several pieces of dry ice placed on top of the racket, and a thin string was passed through the outer frame of Mr. Ishikuri's racket in advance."
"Finally, place the paddle under the body's buttocks. Once the prisoner leaves the room, just pull the string to pull the body to the door."
"In order to retrieve the string smoothly, the prisoner did not tie the string into a knot."
Lingzi nodded, smart.
"I see. No wonder my toes felt cold when I went into that room. That's because the dry ice was placed next to the door."
"So, didn't Miss Zhenzhi just say the same thing?"
"Yes."
"Are the rest of you feeling cold toes?"
"Yes, that's right."
"I didn't feel anything. I thought that the little boy might be resting in the room and sleeping, so I left there immediately."
Maori Kogoro sat up straight, "I see, I finally know who the criminal is."
"First of all, Miss Zhenzhi, who confirmed the existence of dry ice, can be directly excluded from the list of suspects."
"And Mr. Takanari knows that the kid with glasses is sleeping in Mr. Strength's room, so he can be excluded from the list."
"After all, if they knew in advance that there were children sleeping inside, they would not have killed anyone nearby."
"So, among the remaining two people, the one who got up first and went to Mr. Ishikuri's room and had enough time for the ice and dry ice to melt - Miss Momozono Kotone, I think there is no other criminal besides you."
"Did I say something wrong?"
"Please wait a moment, is this okay Mr. Maori? You are not in your usual state."
"what?"
"It's the sleeping position."
"In short, Miss Qinyin, the order of your crimes is as follows. You stole the ice cubes used to make Chinese cold noodles and put them in your skirt pocket."
"Then you said, 'Let me go over and ask Shili if he wants to have lunch?' And then you went straight to his room."
"Then you beat Mr. Ishikuri to death with a vase next to his door, stuffed the murder vase with ice cubes, and put it back on top of the bookshelf."
"When you walk out of the room, use the method I just mentioned to move Mr. Ishikuri's body to the side of the door and then out the door."
"But you didn't notice that the kid with glasses was sleeping in the room. Then Miss Kotone returned to the kitchen and said that he really didn't want to eat Chinese cold noodles after all."
"After you lied, you pretended to be calm and had lunch with everyone, and successfully completed the murder in the locked room."
"But your tricks won't fool a famous detective like me."
"When he was reasoning, the way he moved around was always weird."
Xiaolan nodded, "That's right."
"So where did the spare key go?"
"Isn't his door locked? I mean Ishikuri's room."
"Well, let me guess. I should be able to find the key somewhere later, right? That's right."
Conan came over to save the situation, "Oh, oh, ice. Doesn't water turn into ice after it freezes?"
"Hey, how would I know about that kind of thing?"
"Speaking of freezing, that sports drink that Miss Kotone drank. The spare key is hidden in that place, right?"
Sonoko put her hands on her hips, "Impossible, impossible. She gave me that drink. It's almost frozen inside, it's hard to pour out the contents."
"Maybe the key was put in there before the drink froze."
Xiaolan looked at him and said, "This way the key should sink to the bottom of the bottle and be visible immediately. After all, the key is heavier."
Conan shouted from the side, "So, if there is a kind of magic water that can freeze the whole key as soon as it is put in, then there will be no problem, right?"
"Idiot, how could there be water in this world that only appears in comic books?"
Amuro said, still playing with Lingzi's hand, "Of course there will be, just rinse with cold water."
“That’s water that remains liquid even if it reaches its freezing point and the temperature drops below zero.”
"As long as it is stimulated by supercooled water vibration or other stimuli, it will begin to freeze rapidly."
Lingzi felt a little embarrassed being stared at, so she patted his hands and asked him to look at them while talking.
Amuro Toru looked at them, his hands still moving. "The production method is to ensure even cooling. We will first wrap the plastic bottle with a towel and put it in a freezer at about -5°C. It will take about 4 or 5 hours."
"Then, if you vibrate the PET bottle, the supercooled water will flow along the surface of the PET bottle, freezing slowly from the top downwards."
"Miss Taoyuan should have thrown the key into the sports drink that had turned into supercooled water, then vibrated the plastic bottle, and when the plastic bottle began to thaw, she immediately poured the drink over."