Conan: The Mechanic

"Pay attention to the armor protection on the hands. Do you know when it was practiced to provide basic defense through the armor and mainly rely on the inner chain armor for protection? In 1360, Instead, hourglass-shaped plate gloves have become quite popular." (such as the tomb statue of Edward the Black Prince after his death in 1376) Yusaku Kudo continued. "In the era when Milan-style plate armor was popular, plate gloves protected almost the entire hand with plate armor. It is impossible to use such a fragile protective gear to give the opponent the opportunity to damage his most vulnerable hand, only clumsy A modern manufacturer of modern makers could make such a battle-tested mistake."

"I have carefully looked at all the armors in the exhibition hall and warehouse. Almost all of the armors have quite strong characteristics and typical characteristics of the times. Each of them is a [typical armor] that can be used for beginners to learn basic science. Why is the murderer? How about choosing this weird piece of armor just right from dozens of pieces of armor? Of course, it’s because that person knows what’s special about this piece of armor.”

"Here, in charge of armor procurement, the person who knows the most about this is Curator Ochiai himself. He personally told me that he is in charge of all procurement work, and none of the staff can inherit his mantle in this regard. If I don't Doubt him, and that would be a strange thing."

(Interested readers can look back at the series of reactions of Kudo Yusaku after seeing the painting sent by Chiba. At that time, he was highly suspicious of Curator Ochiai. If it wasn’t for the police officers Shiratori and Neviah The trick of the oil painting, then he can lock the murderer.)

"But, even though the armor might not be that heavy, how did he lift the corpse and insert the sword?" Qian Yu frowned. "This action requires lifting the corpse with one hand, and then inserting a sword into it. It is difficult for an old man to be strong-"

"Put in?" Qian Yu's words seemed to remind Conan. "Wait a minute, how did he nail the body to the wall with a sword?"

"Yeah?" Qian Yu then reacted. "He... how did he do it?"

"That sword is a lever, inserted into a crack in the wall as a fulcrum, understand what I mean?" Yusaku Kudo said this, leading the two of them into the darkness.

"Crack!" With the sound of a flashlight, the character of 【Hell no Ma】 appeared in front of him.

"I asked the police to check it carefully just now. The crack in the wall where the sword was inserted has existed for a long time." Yusaku Kudo seemed to be familiar with the layout of this place, and directly hit the bright center of the flashlight on the crack— It was a longitudinal trace six or seven centimeters wide, which was obviously not something that could be formed by a sword piercing the wall.

"The curator Ochiai only needs to pierce the victim's head from the bottom up with the sword, and then insert the end of the sword into the crack of the wall, which creates a lever - because the body is closer to the wall as a fulcrum than the curator's hand. There is a slit in the wall, so it is a labor-saving lever, and Curator Ochiai can lift the corpse with both hands. There is a deep downward groove in the wall slit, which can act like a scabbard. When the blade pulls the corpse up to the After a certain height, the curator can hold the blade in place by pushing the tip of the sword into that slot, and even an old man can use this method to lift an entire adult male corpse into place. According to our simulation experiments, It is inferred that as long as the method is correct, this lever can pull up the male corpse with about a quarter of the force, and this data is considered to be completely possible after combining the data of Curator Ochiai's physical examination last year. Yes. In fact, he admitted that he did it this way."

"How do you explain the painting of Miss Nviah? Did he use hypnotism or other methods to convince Nviah that she painted the painting herself?" Conan asked, remembering the misleading of the previous painting. .

"Almost, but there is an additional disease at work." Kudo Yusaku shook his head. "According to our retrospective of her psychotherapy records, we found that she has relatively subtle color agnosia problems. In specific details, she will recognize some colors as other colors, and even two colors that are highly similar may be identified by Recognized as two completely different colors. What Curator Ochiai did... Actually, it was quite simple. It was to draw a picture, and then use a variety of colors that are highly similar but slightly different to make this picture. In Neviah's eyes, it's like a work she painted before." (That's why the color of Nviah's painting is a bit odd, because Curator Ochiai has Nviah's color vision disorder chart in his hand, he knows This is the only way to make this painting fool Neviah's brain)

"What about the motive for the murder?" Chiba asked about the identity of the victim.

"The curator Ochiai is an old believer who has believed in Christianity for more than 70 years~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and the victim is a wealthy young man, and a very... deviant person," Kudo Yusaku sighed when he said this. tone. "The fund that opened this art museum and this mental hospital was going to sell the art museum because of the sluggish business, and the highest bidder was this rich young man-of course, his bid is not without reason, because he came to When this Christian art museum was talking about the acquisition, the people who brought it were all the kind of people who...have the smell of Satan, evil gods, etc. in their gestures. According to the curator's own description, the rich young man himself was wearing a demon mask. He has horns on his head, his clothes are painted with the content of the worship of evil gods, and his subordinates wear all kinds of words that insult Christianity."

"Obviously, the other party intends to use money to humiliate their faith, and the new head of the fund has no obsession with Christianity, so the small report from the curator Ochiai has no effect. About a week ago , the negotiation was completed, and the contract was signed, so the young master came to the curator Ochiai, who had quarreled with him many times before, and talked in front of him about how to put those Christian believers in the museum in the future. It can almost be said to be blasphemous, so the curator... As for the rumor that the museum is haunted, it actually seems to be the sound of the rich young man playing with the armor and artwork in the museum at night."

"Uh..." Chiyu and Conan looked at each other with rather speechless expressions, and when they looked at Kudo Yusaku again, they found that he had a similar wry smile on his face.

How can you evaluate this kind of thing?

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The next chapter begins, entering the [Gregory Illusion] chapter

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