Ke Xue: Xiaolan delivers goods to your door at the beginning

Kuroda Hyōe did not answer, but simply stared at Wakasa Rumi.

At this moment, everyone around could feel the subtle tension between the two, and no one dared to speak rashly.

After a long silence, Kuroda Hyōe was the first to look away and turn to the three members of the basketball club: "Now, please tell me, what exactly did you say to the deceased?"

Under the gaze of Kuroda Hyōe's fierce face, all three of them showed varying degrees of unease.

"Let's start with Ms. Furuoka Midori, who went to the tent first," Kuroda Heibei said calmly.

“Yes!” Midori nodded and said, “When I went to Urushibara’s tent, he was already drunk. No matter what I said, he kept yelling at me, complaining that I was too noisy and telling me to leave. So, I didn’t really have a chance to say anything to him.”

"Weren't the deceased's tent lit up at that time? (Li Wang's)" Kuroda Hyōe asked.

Midori nodded: "Yes! Because it was still quite bright at the time."

"And what about the candles?" Inspector Gong Chang asked as well. "Although we need lights, aren't there a lot of candles in the tent?"

“Because the matches and candles were brought by Urushibara,” Midori replied.

"Were those comic books also brought by Urushihara-nii-san?" Conan asked.

“Oh! Those are my books,” Midori explained. “I brought them because Urushihara said he wanted to read comics while camping.”

A look of sadness crossed her face: "If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have forcibly dragged him out of the tent and told him to stop reading comics and come out to eat curry with us! Waaah!"

As she spoke, Midori couldn't help but cover her face and burst into tears.

After exchanging a glance, Kuroda Hyōe and Inspector Yumina decided to question the next suspect.

624. Why don't you try it and you'll know?

"Mr. Ashizawa, it's your turn." Kuroda Hyōe looked at Ashizawa, who seemed a little nervous.

Ashizawa said, "When I went to Urushibara's tent, he ignored me no matter what I said. I thought he was deliberately ignoring me. After hearing what Midori said, I think he was probably drunk and asleep."

"Once that guy gets drunk and falls asleep, you can't wake him up no matter what you do. He even got graffiti drawn on him when we went to training camp before!"

"Was the tent lit up at the time?" Kuroda asked.

"I remember the tent wasn't lit at the time." Lu Ze looked reminiscing, paused for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and continued:

"Oh, right! After I left Urushihara's tent, the light in his tent came on, and then he started doing squats."

“Squat…” Kuroda murmured, recalling the doubts Lin Xiaofeng had mentioned to him earlier.

"Yes!" Lu Ze nodded: "I heard him say that he does squats every night before going to bed."

“We saw that too!” Genta, who was nearby, chimed in.

"Oh?" Kuroda Hyōe looked at the three children: "So what did he do back then?"

“He did it like this…” Mitsuhiko crossed his hands behind his head, “and did it many times in a row!”

“We also saw 560’s shadow moving up and down!” Ayumi added.

Inspector Yuzuriha stroked his chin: "If what they say is true, then Mr. Urushihara should have been awake at the time."

“Then Mr. Danno, who approached the tent the third time, is more suspicious,” Kuroda Hyōe said calmly.

Duan Ye's expression immediately changed!

“I don’t think so.” Lin Xiaofeng walked over and said calmly, “First of all, when Mr. Duan Ye went over there, I felt something was wrong and paid attention to the tent area.”

"At that time, Mr. Danno was just holding a bowl of curry and patting the tent with his other hand while calling out to Mr. Urushihara. He did nothing else."

"Furthermore, if Mr. Urushihara had been awake, he would have immediately thought of saving himself after the fire started, but when I cut open the tent and rushed in, Mr. Urushihara was still in the tent near the center."

"Mr. Urushihara couldn't possibly have fallen asleep while doing squats, could he?"

“I saw that too,” Shirley echoed.

"Me too!" Conan chimed in, "Back then, Brother Lin rushed to the center of the tent and dragged Brother Urushihara out!"

After Lin Xiaofeng and the others said this, Inspector Yumioka and Kuroda Hyōe both showed thoughtful expressions.

"In that case, Mr. Urushihara may have already lost consciousness, but someone used some method to make everyone see Urushihara's shadow moving up and down, creating the illusion that he was still awake," Kuroda Hyōe speculated.

“In that case, based on Detective Lin’s testimony, Mr. Duan Ye’s suspicion is somewhat reduced,” Inspector Gong Chang said.

Duan Yejian, hoping to clear his name, quickly spoke up: "That's right! I was just holding the curry, trying to lure Urushihara out with its aroma, because Urushihara really likes curry!"

"My situation was actually similar to Ashizawa's; I didn't even get to talk to Urushihara! When I tried to strike up a conversation, he was doing squats in his tent the whole time."

"So I think he was doing squats while listening to music with headphones on."

"But now that you've told me, maybe he wasn't actually hearing at the time?" He looked puzzled. "But if he was asleep, what mechanism could have made him do squats, and even faster and faster?"

"The faster it goes..." Conan and Lin Xiaofeng were both intrigued.

"Then why is Urushihara the only one in the tent?" Kuroda Hyōe asked again.

“Oh, it’s because—before, he and Wuwo had some arguments, because of some past (holidays),” Duan Junye replied.

"A holiday? Can you elaborate?" Kuroda Hyōe pressed.

"Hmm!" Duan Ye seemed to have no reservations and began to narrate.

Lin Xiaofeng and Conan already knew about this, so they didn't pay any more attention to it.

Lin Xiaofeng came to Shirley's side and whispered, "Let me see the photos you took back then."

“Okay!” Shirley nodded, took out her phone, operated it for a moment, and handed it to Lin Xiaofeng.

The phone screen is displaying a photo of Urushihara lying on the ground.

That photo was taken after Lin Xiaofeng and the others extinguished the fire on Qi Yuan's body. Because Qi Yuan was going to be sent to the hospital afterward, Shirley took the photo to record the victim's original state.

Lin Xiaofeng stared at the photo of Qi Yuan lying on the ground, his gaze sweeping over every detail.

Suddenly, his gaze stopped on Urushihara's left hand.

He held the phone screen in front of Sherry: "Look, Urushihara's left hand is wrapped in tape. I remember he only had tape on his right index and middle fingers, right?"

Shirley glanced at the photo and recalled, "I remember that his left hand was not wrapped in tape."

Lin Xiaofeng nodded slightly upon hearing this, already having some guesses in his mind.

On the other side, the three members of the Junior Detective League were fiddling with something and burst into laughter.

"Hey! What are you guys doing?" Conan, who had just finished talking with Midori and Ashizawa, asked somewhat speechlessly when he saw the three kids looking like they had lost interest in the case.

Ayumi turned her head and enthusiastically introduced, "Conan, look, these are small dolls made of acorns that Wakasa-sensei gave us!"

Ayumi showed a small figure to Conan.

The little man's torso was an acorn, with bamboo skewers fixed to both sides, and two more acorns fixed to the sides of the bamboo skewers as his hands.

As Ayumi shook her fingers, the acorns on both sides swayed gently up and down.

"Hmm?" Conan, Lin Xiaofeng, and Kuroda Heiwei's expressions changed simultaneously.

"I'm saying, this shouldn't concern us, right?" Three members of the basketball club walked over.

“We were just talking to Urushihara outside the tent, and the tent was zipped up and locked, making it like a sealed room. We had no chance to start a fire!”

"Really? But I don't think so!" Lin Xiaofeng said with a smile.

"Huh?" The three members of the basketball club stared at him in surprise.

“Indeed.” Conan also showed a confident expression: “With a few tricks, one of you is perfectly capable of doing all of this!”

“That’s true.” Kuroda Hyōe seemed to have seen through everything as well, and said calmly, “All that’s needed is an automatic ignition device.”

"An automatic fire ignition device?" the three members of the basketball club asked in unison.

"Is...is this really possible?" Duan Ye was somewhat skeptical.

"Whether it can be done or not, we'll find out by trying," Lin Xiaofeng said with a smile.

625. Those three little ones are incredibly audacious.

After a while.

At Lin Xiaofeng's request, the police prepared the necessary materials to manufacture the ignition device.

Lin Xiaofeng smiled and said, "First of all, we need to make it clear that this ignition device not only needs to ignite automatically, but also needs to create the illusion that Mr. Urushihara is still awake and doing squats."

"Yes! So, how exactly was it done?" Midori asked, puzzled.

"Let's start with the ignition device!" Lin Xiaofeng's gaze shifted: "Conan!"

"Yes!" Conan, inside the tent, raised his hand, drawing everyone's attention, and said.

"First, prepare a candle and a bamboo skewer. Place the bamboo skewer at the bottom of the candle like this. Then, drip wax onto it with another burning candle, and place another candle on top."

"Now, the two candles with bamboo skewers attached are complete. Next, we'll make two small holes in each of the other two candles to pass the ends of the bamboo skewers through..."

As Conan spoke, his hands kept moving, and soon he showed the finished product to everyone.

Two candles pierced with bamboo skewers stand on the ground, while two other candles with bamboo skewers sandwiched between them are suspended in the air, making it look like a seesaw at first glance.

"As you can see, this candle seesaw is now complete," Conan said with a smile. "Next, light the candles on both ends of the seesaw."

With both ends of the seesaw lit, Conan continued to explain: "As the flame burns, the end that drips wax first becomes lighter and then gradually rises, while the end that falls drips wax faster because the flame burns more of the candle and then gradually rises."

"This process will continue repeatedly like this."

As Conan said, the two ends of the "seesaw" alternate positions every once in a while.

"Wow! That's amazing!" Genta exclaimed.

"Yeah! It looks just like the little doll from before!" Ayumi's eyes lit up as she watched this scene.

Conan smiled and continued, "Next, place a book on one end of the candle, and then cover the top of the book with another book to block out the light."

"Now it looks like only one end of the candle is swaying up and down. Look behind you!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately turned their gaze to the rear.

On the tent behind them, the shadows of everyone cast by the candlelight seemed to come alive, moving up and down.

"Our shadows are moving too!" Mitsuhiko exclaimed in surprise.

"I understand!" Inspector Yuzuri clapped his hands suddenly: "The murderer crossed Mr. Urushihara's hands behind his head and made him sit in a chair. In order to prevent Mr. Urushihara's lower body from being seen, the murderer placed a large bag next to the tent."

"Furthermore, by using the candlelight that sways up and down, it makes it look like Mr. Urushihara is doing squats."

Kuroda Hyoue casually picked up the thread: "So, the V-shaped mark on that magazine has a reasonable explanation. The magazine was placed on top of the upright laptop to block the light source from one end of the candle."

"After the candle was lit, only the inside of the magazine was scorched, which eventually resulted in those strange burn marks."

"But what about those melted candles mixed together?" Inspector Gong Chang still had some questions.

“The murderer must have deliberately left it on the ground to cover up the method,” Kuroda Hyōe replied.

“That’s right!” Lin Xiaofeng nodded slightly: “As long as we pretend to put out a fire at that time and splash water on the laptop, we can easily destroy this method.”

"But the candle is just swaying up and down, it shouldn't be able to start a fire, right?" Duan Ye asked doubtfully.

"No way!" Conan laughed. "Look, as time goes on, the candle will swing more and more frequently, and the amplitude will gradually increase. All we need to do is put some flammable materials on the ground!"

Upon closer inspection, everyone saw that, sure enough, the "seesaw" was swinging at a much higher frequency and amplitude than before. Then, during one of the swings, the flames touched the clothes on the ground.

call!

The clothes were instantly ignited, and the flames quickly turned into flames.

Noisy!

Shirley poured an entire bottle of water onto the burning clothes, extinguishing the flames cleanly and efficiently. She then looked at the three children and said, "This is dangerous. You must never imitate this."

"Yes!" the three little ones replied in unison.

"The method has been demonstrated. It shouldn't be hard to guess who the murderer is now, right?" Lin Xiaofeng said with a smile.

“Yes!” Inspector Yumikaze slowly turned his head, his gaze sweeping over the three members of the basketball club: “The person who could have orchestrated all this couldn’t possibly be Ms. Furuoka Midori, who said Urushihara was going to sleep and that the tent wasn’t lit when she went to Urushihara’s tent;”

"It's also impossible that Mr. Danno Kunihiro approached the deceased's tent with the curry after the deceased had done squats;"

"The real culprit could only be Mr. Ashizawa Junto, who went to Urushihara's tent when the tent was unlit, but returned to find the tent lit and Urushihara doing squats!"

"Is the murderer Ashizawa?"

"Is this... is this true?"

Both Duan Ye and Mitori looked incredulous and subconsciously moved away from Ashizawa.

Ashizawa's expression shifted several times before he quickly said, "Of course... of course it couldn't be me! Besides, wasn't the zipper on Urushihara's tent zipped all the way down and locked? How could I possibly..."