Because the ring was worn backwards, it was coupled with Zhukou Yoshiki's obvious neurotic behavior and the habit of never removing the ring.

The previous suicide reasoning was completely overturned.

It's just that Maori Kogoro, who was slapped in the face, was not embarrassed to be slapped in the face, but said with a serious face: "Indeed, if you look at Teacher Zhukou's neurotic personality, there is a high chance that the ring will not be worn. opposite..."

"But if that's the case, then a new doubt arises."

Mikako Sato said with a serious face: "The time when the prisoner changed his ring was after Mr. Moroguchi was killed. Of course, the prisoner should also be in this room."

"But the question now is what kind of tricks did the prisoner use to get out of this locked room."

Tang Ze looked around at the doors and windows: "Especially when the key is still in the hands of Mr. Zhukou, it will make it even more difficult, unless the other party has secretly equipped with a key.

However, I personally prefer that the prisoner left the room with this key after poisoning Mr. Moroguchi, locked the door to form a secret room, and then put the key back into Mr. Morikochi's hand from the outside in some way. "

"If that's the case, the only open transom in the room is suspicious."

Mouri Kogoro touched his chin and said, "But it's too far from the corpse's hand, it's almost four centimeters away.

From such a long distance, does the prisoner really have a way to do it? "

"Anyway, let's make a routine confession first. The forensics personnel have already begun to verify the authenticity of the ring, and the results will be available later."

Tang Ze glanced at the forensic officer who carefully removed the ring from the corpse, ready to identify the authenticity, and immediately changed his words: "But regardless of whether the ring is true or false, it only changes the murderer's motive, and does not change the fact that the ring is worn the wrong way. This doubt.

So this case is more likely to be homicide. "

After hearing Tang Ze's words, everyone nodded in agreement, and Tang Ze looked at the three people standing by the side and said, "Three, I don't know what you were doing before you found Mr. Zhukou's body. ?"

Tang Ze's words made the three of them unhappy, after all, it meant that the three of them were now suspects.

But the current situation does not allow them to say anything more.

"Let's start with Mr. Dejima, the writer." Tang Ze looked at the order of the three and clicked on the leftmost Mr. Dejima from left to right.

"I, I am practicing this tape recorder in my own room."

Dejima seemed a little nervous when he was the first to be called, and after stammering for a while, he took out the tape recorder from his body and showed it to everyone: "I don't know if the machine is too old, there is something wrong, and the tape inside is twisted and deformed.

Listen, now as soon as I rewind it makes a screeching noise. "

After leaving the island and pressing the button of the recorder, a harsh noise rang out, proving that what he said was true.

"Well, what were you doing, Mr. Tarumi, the photographer?" Tang Ze looked at the man in the middle and asked.

"Well...after getting ready for today's photography, I started sorting out the negatives for other work in the room."

Said Shuishui and pulled the rubber band on his left wrist: "I need to tie it up with these rubber bands after sorting."

"Miss Anabuki, what about you?" Miwako Sato asked, looking at the last lady.

"I am also in the room to confirm the relevant formation of other writers in advance."

Anabuki replied.

"Speaking of which, I remember you carrying a metal tape measure, Auntie." At this moment, Conan asked curiously, "Why do you keep carrying that thing with you?"

"Ah... That's because Mr. Zhuguchi often asks me to measure something, so I carry it with me."

Anabuki smiled helplessly: "You all saw it yesterday, Mr. Zhukou is very nervous about the size of words...

When I first took over Mr. Zhukou, I was very uncomfortable, and now I am still not used to it..."

"Then why don't you use a ruler?" Tang Ze asked.

"Well, it's not just about measuring words. Teacher Zhukou will let you measure a lot of things." After hearing Tang Ze's words, Taishui explained aloud.

"It's true. Anyone who knows Teacher Zhukou knows his quirks."

Dejima also spoke as evidence: "It's like a door that can be used as a mechanism, or the length of a window or something."

"The three of you are really clear enough." Takagi said with emotion while taking down the transcript.

"Well...because the deceased Qiuchang often mentioned the matter of Mr. Zhukou during his lifetime." Tarumi explained.

"Because he and the three of us entered the publishing house at the same time." Anabuki explained: "The four of us have a good relationship at the same time."

"Well, it's just that I chose to resign halfway through and became a freelance writer." Dejima explained with a smile.

"Tang Ze's police officer, although it is only a preliminary judgment, the ring is real."

After waiting patiently, a veteran forensic officer spoke out the identification result.

"Are you sure it's true?" After hearing the news, Mikazu Sato confirmed again in surprise.

"While there is no way to be 100% sure, in my experience this is the real thing."

The forensic officer on the side said: "In addition, just in case, I have asked someone to take it back for testing as soon as possible. I believe the results will come out soon."

"That means the prisoner's purpose is probably not a ring..." Mouri Kogoro groaned while rubbing his chin.

"Well... it looks like that's right..." Sato Miwako said.

"The reason why the prisoner took off the ring is very subtle." Tang Ze said, looking at the forensic officer beside him: "By the way, is there any small wound on the body? I smelled blood."

"As expected of Tang Ze's police officer, it's really amazing."

The forensic officer on the side sighed in admiration, and then picked up the left hand with the ring before the corpse: "There are two places in the blood, one is the part of the victim's hand wearing the ring.

Although a lot of blood has been wiped off from the middle finger, the black circle is enough to confirm that it is blood. "

"But, why did the bloodstain appear in this place?" Sato Miwako wondered.

"There were wounds on the deceased's face, 80% of which were accidentally injured when shaving, and then stained when they were touched with their hands."

Ma Sheng, who was on the side, moved the cheek of the corpse, revealing a wound on the left side of his face.

"How are the fingerprints in the house?" Tang Ze asked.

"We have collected fingerprints on coffee cups, cups and saucers, coffee machines and door handles, but we have not found anyone else's fingerprints." The forensic officer replied.

"It seems that there is only one answer."

Tang Ze looked at the man beside him and said, "Mr. Dejima, you are the culprit!"

"what!"

After hearing Tang Ze's words, everyone was shocked, and they were shocked by Tang Ze's sudden remarks.

"Mr. Dejima, it's a prisoner..." Xiaolan said in surprise, covering her mouth.

"It's too imprecise."

Anabuki on the side stood up and looked dissatisfied to grieve for his friend: "Aren't you still under investigation?

How can you draw conclusions casually without any logic at all? Is this how the police handle cases? ? "

"Yeah, your investigation has just begun!" Tuishui also had a look of resentment on his face: "There's no way to be convincing!"

"Actually, this method is very simple."

Tang Ze smiled and said, "In simple terms, the prisoner used something like a string to pass through the ring of the deceased's finger, and then delivered the key to the deceased through the transom.

As for your claim that you cannot be convinced, I can only say that it is not necessary, because you are the suspects, and we are the ones who judge the case.

Moreover, you think I have come up with this method until now, not because I didn't think of it at first, but because I didn't rule out all possibilities at the beginning.

Now that the forensics personnel have put all the clues of the case on the surface, it can be said that the means and conditions of the tricks used by the prisoners have been screened and restricted.

And after eliminating all the impossible, this truth is the truth whether you accept it or not. "

The two of them were silent for a while, but that was just the reaction of a few of their suspects. On the contrary, the reaction of the others was more direct.

"That's right, that's how the secret room works!"

When Kogoro Mouri heard the words, he was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly exclaimed, "So out of the three, only Mr. Dejima could be the culprit!"

Don't look at Maori Kogoro's usual reasoning, but it is on "fictional reasoning".

Well, but this is different from Tang Ze's kind of "fictional reasoning" that makes up logically. The "fictional reasoning" of Maori Kogoro means literally.

Even to put it bluntly, it is a completely illogical guess.

And I don't know if it's because I'm too lazy to use my brain, or because I want to clock in and get home from get off work, Kogoro Mouri simplifies complicated cases every time and treats them as suicide.

This also caused Maori Kogoro's unreliable appearance.

But in some ways, you can also see it as a sign that Kogoro Mori was not serious.

Simply put, don't worry about it.

But once it involves the concubine Yingri or his daughter or even a friend, Maori Kogoro is in the "serious mode", regardless of his level of reasoning, his logical ability is still completely fine.

That is to say, he may not be able to cut into the answer correctly, and he may not be able to find various clues, but when he puts various clues in front of him, it is impossible for Mouri Kogoro to combine wrong answers.

So at this moment, Kogoro Mouri immediately reacted after hearing what Tang Ze said.

"Why?" Taishui looked at Mouri Kogoro unconvinced and said, "Since you are like this, then tell me the reason!"

"Actually, the two of you are also suspected of committing crimes, but the only one who fully meets the conditions is Mr. Dejima."

Tang Ze stunned Tarumi and Anabuki as soon as he opened his mouth. Seeing the two with a resentful look on their faces, he reminded with a smile: "This is not an unfounded statement, but an inference based on facts."

"Yes, Mr. Tarumi, you have a rubber band. If you string all the rubber bands together, it can actually be used as a rope to pass through the ring, and then use the elasticity to bounce into the hands of the deceased."

Mouri Kogoro nodded and looked at the panicked photographer Dangshui with a serious face: "But there is a reason for not treating you as a prisoner."

"After all, this method seems reasonable and there is room for implementation, but it is not feasible in actual operation."

Tang Ze said with a smile: "After all, the joint between the rubber band and the rubber band will be pulled and the ring will get stuck.

After all, I have seen the ring worn by Mr. Moguchi, not to mention that it fits the finger very well, but there is not enough space to pass through the rubber band joint.

The same goes for the metal tape measure Anabuki-san carries with her.

Although the tip of the metal tape measure could hook Mr. Morokuchi's ring, and then deliver the key to the room from outside the window, thinking that way does ignore a dozen premise.

After all, if you use a tape measure, you need to put the keychain inside in advance, and you can't lock the door when you go out. "

After all, this is different from the rubber band that goes directly through the ring. The metal tape measure uses the front end to lock the ring, and the tape measure box at the back cannot fit the ring at all.

It is equal to innately restricting the possibility of taking out the key and locking the door before sending the key in.

In addition, the distance between the transom and the bed was four meters, so the tape measure could not be stretched that long, and it would bend directly.

"What about going out of the island, he has nothing but a tape recorder..." Anabuki on the side wanted to retort, but he stopped abruptly halfway through his words.

With her pupils contracting violently, she turned her head to look at Dejima with an unbelievable look on her face, and Taishui, who was beside her, also reacted immediately, showing the same expression.

Looking at his friend who was constantly proving his innocence, and seemed to realize something at the moment, a bitter smile appeared on Dejima's face.

His reaction seems to have confirmed this.

"It seems that you have already realized it." Tang Ze looked at the two who were somewhat unacceptable and said, "That's right~lightnovelpub.net~ It was the cassette tape that completed this technique.

This prop can be said to be perfectly in line with the ruse of this case.

As long as the tape inside is pulled out, the thin tape can be passed through the ring.

Then just put the front end of the tape and the tape out of the transom, and you're done.

Unlike rubber bands with knots, tapes are smooth while taking into account a certain degree of flexibility.

And it's not like a tape measure, which can only be hung on the ring in a single line.

This also made it possible to use the key to close the door after poisoning Mr. Moroguchi. After that, he only had to pass the key through the front end of the tape outside, through the hole in the door key, and finally just raise the tape to form a slope.

In this way, the key will be moved by the smooth surface of the tape into the hands of the deceased due to gravity.

After that, the tape can be pulled out of the keyhole and ring simply by scrolling it. "