"The murderer does not need to be indoors when committing the crime. He only needs to pull the rope outdoors and tighten the rope around the neck of the deceased. Then he can hang the deceased naturally... Therefore, the secret room itself is not a problem at all."

A few days after Ichiro Tanaka fell to his death, in the "Sandglass" cafe, Gao Yuan took a sip of coffee and slowly told his reasoning to the woman sitting opposite him. She seemed to be less than

He is twenty years old and still looks like a student in school.

And with this girl, sitting next to her were two police officers, Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi, from the Metropolitan Police Department.

However, when the three of them heard Gao Yuan say such a conclusion so calmly, the three of them looked at each other a little bit.

Among them, Takagi Wataru and Sato Miwako looked at each other a few times. Finally, with complete confusion, Sato Miwako asked first:

"Mr. Akechi...you mean...that the room in the secret room was locked by the deceased himself from the inside?"

"Yes, judging from the description of the scene, this is the only possibility."

In response to Sato Miwako's inquiry, Gao Yuan nodded affirmatively and responded.

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!"

Faced with Gao Yuan's determined attitude, Gao Mushe seemed even more incomprehensible, and even asked with a little self-doubt:

"Mr. Mingzhi... According to your statement, it means that the deceased locked himself in the room, and then the murderer pulled the rope outside and hung the deceased..."

"This is really..."

Hearing Takagi Wataru's doubts, Miwako Sato couldn't help but echoed:

"Can't understand..."

"After all, if this is the case, how can the murderer put the rope around the deceased's neck? Even if the rope can be extended outside through the small transom window in the room, allowing the murderer to pull the rope outside... But if the other end of the rope can

If it can't be put around the neck of the deceased, all this will be meaningless!"

Takagi Wataru couldn't help but ask in detail.

In this regard, Gao Yuan just said plainly:

"What's so difficult about this? The deceased put the rope on himself."

"ah!"

Hearing this, the three people present suddenly screamed out in unison, while Gao Yuan calmly asked the woman opposite:

"Miss Asada, you were rehearsing a stage play adapted from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," right?"

"Ah...well..."

The girl who was very confused, whom Gao Yuan called "Miss Chaota", after hearing Gao Yuan ask her, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded in confirmation.

In this regard, after receiving such a reply, Gao Yuan continued:

"That's right. In the plot of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", one of the plots is that when the heroine Esmeralda was sent to the gallows, she was saved by Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame.

"The deceased happened to be playing Esmeralda in this stage play, and she would rehearse different parts of the story alone in that room every day in order. Therefore, the murderer only had to prepare the scene in advance when the deceased was about to rehearse the hanging scene.

If the prop rope is replaced by the murderer's rope, the deceased will naturally take the initiative to put the rope around his neck during rehearsal...

"Then, the murderer only needs to take this opportunity to pull the rope outside! After the deceased dies, the murderer only needs to cut the rope and recycle it through the transom window to complete the secret room murder!"

Concisely, Gao Yuan explained his reasoning in detail.

At this moment, the three people present seemed to be enlightened. They looked at Gao Yuan in shock. They were speechless for a moment and didn't know how to respond.

"But...in this case, who is the murderer?"

After a while, Miwako Sato reconsidered and asked Gao Yuan:

"And where is the evidence to prove this method?"

"If I want evidence, it is the nylon rope sample detected in the deceased's fingernails... If my prediction is correct, then the same nylon rope sample should remain on the window sill of the transom. This is the murderer who pulled the rope outside to remove

Evidence that the deceased was hanged. As for the murderer's words..."

Gao Yuan pondered for a moment, and then said helplessly:

"How do I know this?"

"What!"

Hearing this, Sato Miwako and Takagi Wataru were surprised again, and couldn't help blurting out in surprise.

In this regard, Gao Yuan expressed some helplessness:

"Yeah... based on the clues you guys have given me, I can only guess the tactics used by the murderer. As for who the murderer will be, how do I know?"

With that said, Gao Yuan looked at the very low mood of the three people in front of him, and then he had no choice but to suggest:

"However... if the murderer wants to implement this method to kill, the murderer must be very clear about the deceased rehearsing alone in that room these days. Therefore, either the murderer has been following the deceased recently, or the murderer is a familiar person around the deceased

…”

Before they finished speaking, Takagi Wataru and Sato Miwako seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly stood up and said to Gao Yuan and Miss Asada:

"I understand. Thank you very much for your suggestion, Mr. Mingzhi. I think we will know who the murderer is right away!"

Just like that, as the two police officers left, the only customers in this coffee shop were Gao Yuan and Miss Asada in front of them.

Regarding the sudden departure of the police, Ms. Asada looked very anxious, but Gao Yuan still had a calm face, sitting on his seat, quietly tasting the coffee in front of him.

However, it didn't take long for Miss Asada to receive news from the police, saying that the murderer had been caught and that Miss Asada needed to go to the Metropolitan Police Department to help identify him.

So, after receiving the news, Miss Asada, who was still anxious, couldn't help but become anxious——

"Detective Akechi, thank you for your help. I'm going to the Metropolitan Police Department now...ah! By the way, this is the commission fee!"

Somewhat hurriedly, Miss Asada stood up and thanked Gao Yuan. Then she took out a thick-looking envelope from her backpack, held it with both hands, and handed it to Gao Yuan.

Seeing this, Gao Yuan also calmly took the envelope and said calmly:

"You're welcome, this is what I should do."

After saying that, Miss Asada continued to bow to Gao Yuan and thanked her, and then walked out of the coffee shop with great eagerness.

In response, after Ms. Asada completely left "Sandglass", Gao Yuan finally couldn't hold it in any longer. He let out a long sigh and laid his face on the table, looking very tired.

"That's great, Mr. Wise."

At this time, since Gao Yuan was the only customer left in the store, the owner of the coffee shop, Kizui Toro, who had been at the bar, began to talk to Gao Yuan:

"Is this the first case that has been completed in the past few days? The business is starting to get busy! Since Mr. Akechi's name appeared in the news that day, the incidents I have received where Mr. Akechi was appointed to accept the commission have also become more and more...

There’s a lot more!”

Saying this, Kizui Hōrō's face was also filled with a cheerful smile.

"yes……"

Regarding Fōro Kizui's statement, Gao Yuan couldn't help but said:

"Mr. Kizui's agency fee must have been quite high."

——Basically, the incidents that Gao Yuan took over in the past few days were all received through the detective agency Kizui Fōrou, and this situation only started after that day at the Rice Krispies Hotel, when his name began to gradually appear in the public eye.

of.

"Although I heard that there were many cases where people wanted to find me, except for the one just now, the only case I received was about searching for a runaway child...and that case took me several days of work!"

Gao Yuan couldn't help but sigh.

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Seeing what Gao Yuan said, Mr. Kizui couldn't help but comfort him:

"Ever since that day I rated Mr. Akechi's rating as the highest 'Mei level', the basic commission fee has already persuaded many people to quit, otherwise Mr. Akechi would probably be a little busy. Moreover, Mr. Honda's family

When looking for a child, the commission fee paid does not include the cost! Although it takes a lot of time, it is well worth the money!"

"Yes, Mr. Kizui took the one million commission fee and turned it into one hundred thousand, didn't he?"

Regarding Fōro Kizui's statement, Gao Yuan couldn't help but said——

At the same time, after completing the event of finding someone, the settlement panel did not appear in the end.

As for the incident we just dealt with——

"The reasoning is over, let's start closing the case."

"Comprehensive evaluation of case closure: A"

"Logic:S"

"Observation:A"

"Knowledge: B"

"The settlement is completed, the overall score reaches A, and the reward is 40."

"Detective Rating: Certified Detective"

"Bounty: 1800"

Looking at the settlement panel that appeared shortly after Ms. Asada left, Takato knew that Miwako Sato and Officer Wataru Takagi should have identified the murderer after reaching their own conclusions and arrested him quickly.
To be continued...