Chapter 129 Who Can't Be a Detective
Shiraishi originally thought that even if he couldn't use a computer, he would at least have to use a microscope for comparisons like fingerprints.
However, he never expected that the police officer from the forensic department took out a magnifying glass from the toolbox and then took out a roll of tape.
...
Conan was still waiting to listen to his name at this time, but he did not expect that the police department of Megu, who had always listened to the detectives, looked worried this time.
When he heard the question "Mori Kogoro" and only answered "Not the surname Sanada", he returned the ID.
Conan could only watch the mute keep his ID, and he felt very regretful - he shouldn't have stayed on it. If he had just gone downstairs early, he might have been able to take the title of a naughty child and take a look.
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There were not many suspects, and the police officers from the forensic department quickly collected their fingerprints and compared them carefully.
However, after comparing them all, I still couldn't find the owner of the fingerprint on the small window tape.
This result not only shocked the police, but also Conan fell into deep doubts.
He previously felt that even if the murderer was not a mute, he must be that dangerous woman or a monk.
Because last night, when he heard the abbot's voice, the mute was still standing outside the door - if it weren't for the abbot talking to himself, it would mean that there was still someone in the room at that time.
But now, fingerprints don’t match anyone... How is this possible?!
Unless an outsider breaks into the temple in the middle of the night, kills people, and drives away in the early morning. Conan rarely encounters this situation. If this is true, this criminal is too cunning...
Just as he was worried about how to make up for it, Conan suddenly saw the mute below lifting his hand and gestured at the confused police department of Memu.
After understanding what he was saying, Conan was stunned.
Hongye's translation sound soon followed, and she looked at Meguro's police department: "He said, don't forget to forget one person-" She raised her hand and pointed out the door, "The deceased."
"...You want to say he committed suicide?" Meguro police department shook his head repeatedly, "Such a complicated method is not something that a person can do."
"It's indeed complicated, but it's not completely impossible to do it." Hongye read Shiraishi's hand carefully:
"The difficulty of suicide lies in how to knock on the small window below, how to ensure the body is dry after floating with the water, and how to deal with the 'skin raft' mentioned by Detective Maori."
"Let's talk about tapping on the small window first. In fact, the abbot can use whatever things to make a timing device.
"For example, you can install a pulley above the small window, with sharp hard objects tied to one end, and... a dog tied to the other end?"
Hongye silently looked up at Bai Shi, and always felt that the more he was getting more outrageous.
But the boss showed his face without changing his expression, so she had to say with a thick face:
"Before the trained dog squatted beside him, the abbot of Tianyong first threw bait or something to the side through the small window above to attract it to chase, so that the sharp heavy objects could break through the small window and achieve the effect of opening the gate and releasing the flood."
"As for how to deal with the raft and how to ensure the body is dry, it can actually be combined into one issue.
"——In the whole case, there may be no process of 'floating with the water'. The deceased just entered the confinement room from the window above when the water level approached the top beam, and committed suicide by hanging the beam. In this way, there is naturally no need for the non-existent 'raft'."
After all, the skills in this world are quite special. This string sounds very reasonable at first glance, but when you think about it carefully, it is completely nonsense, and it actually has a bit of credibility.
But there is something wrong.
Meguro Police Department questioned: "If it was really like you said, the abbot would definitely be soaked in water, but when we found him, his body was dry."
Hongye looked at Bai Shi's hand and translated it in a muddy way:
“He could find a huge plastic bag and put himself in from bottom to top. This way, when the water level drops, the surface tension will cause the plastic bag to be swept away by the water below.
"The water flow rushes out of the break, sweeping plastic bags, fragments of small windows, timing devices below, etc., into the river, thus eliminating the evidence.
"But the abbot didn't expect that the piece of wood with fingerprints was stuck in the bush and could not enter the river smoothly."
“…”
The room was silent when people heard it. Although they felt that there were complaints everywhere, they didn't know where to refute it for a while.
Finally, Kuan Nian came back to his senses first, and he pointed out one thing: "We have never had a dog in the temple."
"Wow!! Wow!"
As soon as Kuan Nian finished speaking, a dog barking came down the corridor.
The sound is subtle and a bit slim, but it sounds like a dog barking.
Kuan Nian was stunned in the background sound of the dog barking... In order to commit suicide, the master actually secretly hid a well-trained dog on his back!?
"...But why did he spend so much effort to commit suicide?"
It’s not just a lenient thought, it’s a question in everyone’s heart.
"How can there be so many reasons? People's thoughts are hard to guess."
Hongye gave up thinking and acted as a translator with a calm expression: "Maybe he just wanted to be martyred and achieve the legend of Wutiangou - just like he killed Master Zhongnian with similar means two years ago."
“…”
Meguro's police department was confused by Shiraishi's misconception. He stayed for a while before he remembered the command: "You go and compare the fingerprints of the deceased. You guys, go and catch that dog! Maybe there will be evidence on it!"
Only then did a group of people come back to their senses from the "reasoning" and rumble and run out.
At this time, Conan above was also in shock with a broken worldview... Could it be that the deceased really committed suicide?
To verify this conclusion, the fingerprints of dogs and corpses will be a very critical clue.
The police officer checked the fingerprints, and Conan focused on the dog. He left Kogoro Mori who was still sleeping and ran towards the place where the dog barked.
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After nearly half an hour of hard work, the fingerprint on the tape was found out, and it was really the deceased.
The dog was not caught. Several police officers only saw a white tail at the corner. Based on the ratio of the dog's tail and body shape, it must be a huge white dog.
In short, all these evidences show that things were the same as the young man speculated - Abbot Tianyong died in a fancy suicide.
After the Memu Police Department finished his work with his subordinates, he returned to the living room with sweat, trying to tell the "martyrs' families". However, after searching for a long time, he found that the person had already slipped away.
...
Although two witnesses were run away, the case has now been identified as suicide, and lacking them is not a big problem. In addition, the little bit of colleagues, the Meguro police department did not ask for someone to look for it.
Conan looked at the much empty living room and regretted that he was too impulsive just now and didn't stare at anyone.
Fortunately, there was a stack of fingerprint samples from witnesses placed next to the police officers in the forensic department.
Chapter completed!