Isn't it very scientific to use the Death Note to kill people?

"Ah... I'll ask the butler to take him away."

Tsujimura Kimie nodded.

Conan was quickly taken to the guest room by the housekeeper to rest, while Hattori Heiji confirmed the details of the room and realized that this was a locked room murder case, and quickly made his own inference.

Because there were only two keys to the study, one was on Tsujimura Kimie and the other was in the trouser pocket of the deceased Tsujimura Isao.

Because Tsujimura Kimie was in the Mori Detective Agency 30 minutes before Tsujimura Isao collapsed, he had an alibi. Hattori Heiji's line of reasoning was that the murderer had somehow put the key into Tsujimura Isao's pocket after killing him.

But Hattori Heiji still hasn't figured out what method he used.

"Mrs. Tsujimura, could you please lend me the key you used to open the study?"

At this time, Lin Jiashu walked up to Tsujimura Kimie and said something with a smile that made her face change.

Hattori Heiji looked over and asked: "What do you want to do?"

"Based on the scene, this is indeed a closed-room murder, but it could also be a psychological closed-room murder."

"What did you say?"

"Mystery novels are sometimes a game between the author and the reader – after the author presents the crime scene and relevant evidence in the story, the game is whether the reader can guess the truth and method of the incident before the ending unfolds."

Hayashi Yoshiki looked at Hattori Heiji and smiled, "But Hattori-kun, do you know? There's a writing technique called narrative trickery."

"Narrative subterfuge?" Hattori Heiji was taken aback. "I know. It refers to the writing style where the author uses the structure of the article or some literary techniques to deliberately conceal or mislead the reader about certain facts, revealing the truth only at the very end, right?"

"Yes, in layman's terms, it's an 'unreliable narrator'. After all, the narrator is often the only way for readers to understand the story. But once the narrator becomes unreliable, the clues and the truth will be obscured."

At this point, Hayashi Yoshiki looked at the nervous Tsujimura Kimie again and said with a smile, "If Mrs. Tsujimura's technique were to be written into a story, it would really be well suited to using a narrative style."

Tsujimura Kimie's method of killing is actually very simple.

--That is, when she went to wake up Tsujimura Isao in front of Hattori Heiji and others, she took the opportunity to kill him with a poison needle.

Her cleverness lies in taking advantage of the subconscious idea of ​​Hattori Heiji and others that "no murderer would kill people in front of the detective" to complete the psychological closed-room murder. Hattori Heiji and Mori Kogoro will also push their thoughts in the wrong direction because of the apparent closed-room environment.

Kimie Tsujimura had originally prepared props such as fishing lines in an attempt to further mislead the detectives.

However, all these arrangements were in vain as Lin Jiashu spoke.

When Tsujimura Kimie confessed his guilt, Hattori Heiji suddenly realized something and opened his eyes wide with disbelief:

"...Could it be that you saw through this from the very beginning!?"

"Ah, yes."

"Then why didn't you say anything at first?"

"Isn't it because you look so motivated that I'm giving you more opportunities to show your abilities?" Lin Jiashu said this, a gentle smile on his delicate face. "Besides, how can an adult really compete with a high school student?"

86

Chapter 86: Are you taking me for vodka?

This guy!

Experiencing such frustration for the first time, Hattori Heiji felt mixed emotions.

It turns out that he didn't even consider himself as an opponent...

Looking at Hayashi Yoshiki, who was just smiling the whole time and probably didn't pay any attention to the murder case, Hattori Heiji realized the gap.

The reluctance that suddenly arose in his face made his face become extremely calm. Hattori Heiji looked at Hayashi Yoshiki and was about to say something, but suddenly an uninvited guest broke into the study.

"How's the case going?!"

--Kudo Shinichi

Because he was sent to rest earlier than in the original plot, he was not yet aware of the trap set by Tsujimura Kimie.

"Shinichi!?"

Xiaolan looked at him in astonishment.

Kudo Shinichi was seen holding the door frame of the study with one hand, gasping for breath with cold sweat all over his body, looking like he was seriously ill.

Megure Jusan was somewhat delighted to see his old friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time, but he still replied, "As for the case, Tsujimura Kimie has already confessed, and we are now preparing to bring her back to the police station."

"What!?"

Kudo Shinichi cheered up.

He looked at Lin Jiashu and realized that this must be another case solved by the other party.

"Damn it... Did I lose to you again?"

This guy, why does he always act like he's cheating?

He was still thinking that he had finally recovered and could have a fair reasoning contest with Lin Jiashu.

"What are you talking about, Shinichi? You haven't had any deduction competition with Yoshiki-san. The loser was this Hattori Heiji."

Xiaolan's words made Hattori Heiji feel moved.

At this time, he looked at Kudo Shinichi again and found that the other party looked very similar to the little kid just now.

"Long time no see, Kudo-kun."

Lin Jiashu walked up to him and greeted him.

"Ah, long time no see, Jiashu brother..."

"You look a little strained, don't you? Do you have a bad cold?" Lin Jiashu showed a concerned expression. "If you really can't, you should go get some rest."

"No! I'm fine, it's just a small problem." Kudo Shinichi rubbed his nose and couldn't help asking: "By the way, what is the matter with this case?"

"You're so sick and you still say you're fine. You're such a mystery geek!"

Faced with his curiosity, Xiaolan seemed a little angry.

She is indeed a girl who cares about others...

Hattori Heiji then stepped forward and confronted Kudo Shinichi, who bore a striking resemblance to him. "Are you the 'Kudo of Kanto'? Let me tell you about the case. I have something I want to ask you."

"...What?"

Hattori Heiji brought Kudo Shinichi, who was sweating profusely, to the side.

He explained in detail the tactics and traps used by Tsujimura Kimie in this case. After the other party had digested the information, he then asked about something that concerned him:

"Kudo, you just said 'I lost to you again'. Are you also competing in reasoning with Hayashi Yoshiki? Tell me in detail how he performed?"

"...Lin Jiashu is very powerful."

Kudo Shinichi looked at the serious Hattori Heiji and hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Every time, his reasoning seems to have never encountered any obstacles. As long as he looks at the details of the scene and some evidence, he can connect everything in an instant."

"real or fake!?"

"He said that was his way of thinking as a mystery novelist - putting himself in the murderer's perspective, using the scene and the surrounding environment to imagine the murder method, and thus directly identify the murderer."

"So it can be done this way..."

Hattori Heiji was a little shocked.

He suddenly remembered that when he had said that they wanted to compete in reasoning, Lin Jiashu jokingly said, "Both sides committed a crime"... He didn't expect that the other party would really think about these things.

Hattori Heiji began to ask about various details.

Kudo Shinichi did not hide anything - as a high school detective who was also "persecuted" by the great devil Hayashi Yoshiki, Kudo Shinichi felt quite close to Hattori Heiji, a feeling of being a brother in distress, especially since he could finally confide in him the frustrations he had suffered for a long time.

After listening to Kudo Shinichi's narration, Hattori Heiji had only one thought:

--Lin Jiashu is not a human.

At the same time, he looked at Kudo Shinichi's face and became more and more suspicious - Kudo Shinichi had been hiding and never showed up, but he knew so much about Hayashi Yoshiki's reasoning. Even though he said that he heard all this from Conan, what was the desire to win and unwillingness in his words?

Of course, the most important flaw is that he confirmed that Mao Geli Kogoro is a fool.

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That night

In the safe house, Gin received a report.

--Files on the diplomat murder case, as well as transcripts and reports.

There is someone in the winery who is undercover in the police system, and his position is not low, so it is not difficult to obtain such information.

"Tsujimura Isao died at 4:41 p.m...."

Gin took out his cell phone and entered the text message interface.

Cointreau: "I didn't do this. The diplomat's wife did it."

--He sent this text message at 4:42 p.m.

In other words, just one minute after the diplomat died, Cointreau figured out that the murderer was the diplomat's wife?

What a joke!

Gin felt a subtle annoyance in his heart - he really believed that this was a coincidence at that time, but now according to the records in the transcript, Hayashi Yoshiki and Maori Kogoro and his group arrived at the diplomat's house at around 4:30, and the methods and traps used by Tsujimura Kimie also confused the famous "Sleeping Kogoro" and the high school detective Hattori Heiji.

A case that even a famous detective could fool, but Jun Du saw through it in an instant and confirmed the identity of the criminal?

Rather than believing such absurd things, Gin would rather believe that the death of the diplomat was orchestrated by Lin Jiashu.

But he didn't know what method Jundu used to instigate Tsujimura Kimie to kill her husband.

If you think about it carefully, there was a college student named Wakamatsu Toshihide who was accidentally killed by Jundu's plan to kill a target he had assigned to him... Could it be a psychology method similar to psychological suggestion or hypnosis?

Gin's thoughts were racing.

He thought that Cointreau could even perfectly deceive professional psychologists in psychological assessments, making them believe that he was a healthy, positive and kind person, which undoubtedly showed that Cointreau had very deep attainments in psychology.

"What a dangerous guy..."

Gin felt more and more satisfied with Lin Jiashu.

But when he thought that he was treating him like vodka, he still felt a little unhappy.

Cointreau: "Today's case has already made the news. Look, the murderer is the diplomat's wife."

Gin: "Shut up."

Cointreau: "?"

"..."

On the other side, Lin Jiashu was puzzled by the other party's reply on the phone.

Did Gin take the wrong medicine?

87

Chapter 87: Tequila and Heaven

June 30th, an ordinary day

That morning, Lin Jiashu drove Kisaki Eri to her law office to work, and arrived at Kisaki Law Firm before nine o'clock.

"Thank you so much for giving me a ride, Xiaoshu."

Fei Yinglie, who was sitting in the passenger seat, unbuckled her seat belt and smiled at Lin Jiashu.

"It's nothing, Aunt Yingli, I just happened to be going out too."

"When you meet Xiaolan later, don't forget to take good care of her for me."

"Ok."

"See you later then."

"see you later."

After Hibiki Eri got out of the car and walked into the office, Hayashi Yoshiki stepped on the accelerator and left the place.

The main reason today was that Hibiki Eri's car had a problem, so Lin Jiashu gave her a ride temporarily, and also, he happened to be going out at this time.

There was an invitation on the center console on the passenger side.

【To Mr. Hayashi Yoshiki】

We are honored to invite you to attend our new product launch event scheduled for 10: AM on June th. We hope to receive your guidance and suggestions.