In the living room, a plump man was lying on the ground, a kitchen knife stuck in his back, blood staining his clothes and the floor red.
Yoko Okino, who saw this scene as soon as she turned on the lights, inevitably suffered a visual shock and screamed in panic.
Instantly, everyone's attention was drawn to her.
"Miss Yoko, go to the back!"
Kogoro Mouri protected Yoko Okino behind him, looking solemnly at the body, without turning his head, he said, "Ran, call the police."
"Yes."
Ran hurriedly took out her phone and started calling the police.
Because of Yoko Okino's scream, several households living around opened their doors, wanting to join in the excitement.
Eiichi Yamagishi noticed this and hurriedly pulled Ran and Lin Yi, who were outside the door, inside, and slammed the door shut.
Kogoro Mouri looked at him in confusion, with suspicion in his eyes: "Why did you close the door?"
Eiichi Yamagishi pointed to Yoko Okino with a wry smile, and said: "Miss Yoko is a celebrity, we can't let others know she lives here, otherwise there will be big trouble… not to mention there's a corpse here."
After some explanation, Kogoro Mouri nodded in understanding.
The air was a bit stuffy, and Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but loosen his collar. He frowned and said, "Why is it so hot in the house?"
Lin Yi, wanting to quickly end the murder case, interjected: "It should be because the air conditioner is on, right? Uncle Mouri, can you hear the sound of the air conditioner blowing?"
Kogoro Mouri listened carefully and heard a faint whooshing sound. He couldn't help but glance at Lin Yi and said, "Your ears are pretty good…"
"What should we do? Uncle Mouri? Should we go in and turn off the air conditioner?"
Lin Yi was getting a little too hot and had to unbutton two buttons.
"Well… according to the rules of the scene, we can't change the position or state of any items inside…"
Kogoro Mouri hesitated for a moment, but after looking at Yoko Okino sweating profusely, his heart softened, and he said, "But turning off the air conditioner is nothing… just tell the police afterwards."
Kogoro Mouri took the lead into the living room. He really wanted to prevent others from coming in, but if he went in alone, and there were any missing clues at the scene, he would be in trouble.
So in the end, Kogoro Mouri gave up on this idea. He reminded the others: "It's best not to touch anything."
The others nodded.
Then Kogoro Mouri went to find the remote control, turned off the air conditioner, and thoughtfully opened the window.
This left Lin Yi speechless.
Tokyo Detective, you left your fingerprints on the remote control and the window.
After opening the window, a cool breeze blew in, and Kogoro Mouri said with emotion: "Hoo… much better."
Turning back to face the others, Kogoro Mouri felt it necessary to comfort Miss Yoko's panicked emotions. He said, "Miss Yoko, don't worry. The police will arrive in fifteen minutes at the latest."
Yoko Okino recognized the deceased and nodded in fear.
"Miss Yoko… come over here."
Eiichi Yamagishi pulled Yoko Okino aside, and the two whispered to each other.
Kogoro Mouri frowned. At this time, Lin Yi came over and said, "Uncle Mouri, what do you think of this murder case… what do you think?"
Kogoro Mouri raised his eyebrows. What do I think? Use my eyes to look, right?
Besides, I haven't even had time to investigate the scene yet? What can I see?
But!
Kogoro Mouri could only complain about these words in his heart. He couldn't possibly say them out loud.
That would be too embarrassing.
Especially since he had just boasted to the other party about his glorious deeds as a detective.
If he said he didn't know at this time, his image might collapse!
So, Kogoro Mouri directly asked back, saying: "What have you seen?"
Lin Yi smiled shyly and said, "I think… he committed suicide."
"Suicide?" Kogoro Mouri looked at Lin Yi with some incredulity, thinking he was an idiot.
He couldn't understand why the other party came to this conclusion. The deceased was lying on the ground with a knife stabbed in his back!
Can you stab yourself in the back?
Heh, young man, you're still far behind!
Kogoro Mouri had already prepared his scolding lines, and he asked indifferently, "Why do you think it's suicide?"
Lin Yi said:
"Next to the deceased, a chair inexplicably fell over."
"On the floor next to the corpse, there's also a strange dent."
"Near the dent, there are also some water stains."
"Plus, the air conditioner that was turned on is blowing warm air..."
"So, I guess that the deceased used ice to fix the kitchen knife, then stood on the chair, aimed at the kitchen knife, and fell backward, so that he could stab himself in the back."
"After being stabbed in the back, the deceased didn't die immediately, but struggled to turn over and fake the scene as a homicide scene."
"The reason why the air conditioner was turned on so high is also for the same reason..."
"It can be seen that the deceased had a great resentment towards Miss Okino."
Lin Yi didn't even blink as he copied the answer.
For him, the process of solving the case was not important, only the result was important.
Since there is a ready-made answer, why not use it?
What? Plagiarism?
Can you call it plagiarism when it comes to scholars?
It's borrowing!
"Mmm, mmm, mmm..."
Kogoro Mouri kept nodding, because besides nodding, he had no idea how to hide the shock in his heart!
Who exactly is this kid!
We've only been in the crime scene for less than a minute, right?
I haven't had time to look at the scene yet.
How did he find so many clues in such a short period of time?
And he pieced the clues together completely!
Forming an answer that even I can't find fault with!
Lin Yi's unexpected answer completely overturned Kogoro Mouri's little plan.
"How is it? Uncle Mouri?"
Lin Yi asked knowingly, "Is there... something wrong somewhere?"
Kogoro Mouri nodded solemnly and said, "The problem is big!"
Lin Yi "was shocked": "Where is the problem?"
Kogoro Mouri said plausibly, "All of your inferences are based on your guesses! There is not enough evidence to support your claims!"
Lin Yi "admired him immensely" and "realized his mistake": "Uncle Mouri is right... I was too presumptuous."
"But!" Kogoro Mouri changed the subject and said, "Your reasoning also fits the situation at the scene... You wait, I'll help you verify if your reasoning is wrong."
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