Chapter 723 The Sleeping Detective
Chapter 723 The Sleeping Detective
In Guiyueying's sight, things inside the screening room also began to change.
The projection machine was aimed at the rightmost projection hole, but the rightmost projection hole was covered tightly with books inside the projection room, so no light leaked out, and a mirror was placed at the right projection hole.
This mirror diverts the movie image originally projected on the right projection hole to the middle projection hole.
In this way, the projection hole of the movie can be changed at this time without cutting the film of the Godzilla Trilogy. But at this time, Kogoro Mori asked with some confusion.
"What's the point of changing the projection hole? If it's just for showing movies, it doesn't matter which projection hole it is, right?"
The sleeping detective has not yet grasped the key to the problem.
"If you're just showing a movie, it doesn't matter which projection hole you use."
"But if you want to mislead others on the scene and make them misjudge the time of death of the deceased, then switching the projection hole is necessary - the deceased should have been hung there earlier than when he was discovered."
The young prosecutor said softly.
"The murderer's purpose must have been to create an alibi for himself."
"Moreover, this is not the only piece of evidence that proves the deceased had been hung there long ago. The fact that the deceased's shadow appeared directly on the curtain also shows something strange."
"Normally, the murderer kills the victim, hangs the noose, and hangs the victim on it."
"This series of actions would be reflected on the screen by the light from the projection hole, but in fact, the body suddenly appeared on the screen in an instant, and there was no other hanging process, proving that the act of hanging the body of the deceased had already been completed."
After hearing this, Iide Teruhito began to have doubts.
he asked doubtfully.
"But when I saw the deceased, his body was still shaking. Mr. Furuhashi and Ms. Yuriko who came in from outside should have also seen the body shaking."
"Shouldn't this be a reflexive struggle of the deceased after he was just hung up and not yet completely dead?"
As soon as the college student said this, Yuriko Tomoko quickly nodded in agreement with Iide Teruhito's idea.
However, after they finished speaking, it was the theater director Akio Muramatsu who gave a different explanation.
The old dean, who is almost seventy years old, said in confusion.
"From the time you screamed to the time I rushed back to the viewing area, it was only half a minute, but I didn't see the dead body shaking in the air? Are you sure you saw the dead body shaking?"
Muramatsu Akio's question made the testimonies of everyone present feel inexplicably conflicting.
First, there was the attitude of the theater staff who was obviously biased towards Yuriko Yuri, then there was the situation where Furuhashi Ninja might have switched the projection holes in the projection room, and then there was the suspicion that Akio Muramatsu had left the theater to adjust the air conditioning at the time of the incident.
Now, there are inconsistent testimonies from both sides about whether the body was shaking.
"It sounds like this case is getting a little complicated."
Inspector Megure felt that the situation was a bit tricky.
According to his guess, the four people inside the cinema are all criminal suspects, but they cannot all be taken back to the police station for questioning. If they are prosecuted, it will cause trouble for the Metropolitan Police Department.
But if only one of the suspects is brought back to the Metropolitan Police Department for questioning.
If the suspect brought back is not the murderer, then won't the real murderer go unpunished? We can't let the invincible hedgehog-headed defense lawyer solve everything in court, right?
"Brother Maori, what do you think?"
He turned his head to look at Kogoro Mori.
However, Kogoro Mori stroked his chin and seemed to have no idea.
He turned around, holding his chin, looking like he was thinking. Under everyone's gaze, he came to the wall and turned around again, as if he was going to walk back and forth again. Suddenly, his foot slipped and he fell backwards. Gui Yueying was startled and wanted to go over to help him.
But he saw that everyone around him looked accustomed to it, and stopped what he was doing in confusion.
"I think the testimony from both sides is actually correct."
The voice of Kogoro Mori rang out.
However, the sleeping detective lowered his head, and it was impossible to tell whether his mouth, which was covered by the shadow, was opening or closing.
There should be none.
The young prosecutor has very good eyesight, better than most ordinary people.
She only needed to hear one sentence spoken by a voice that was exactly the same as Mouri Kogoro's, and she could tell that the source of the sound was definitely not coming from Mouri Kogoro who was sitting on the ground, but from outside the projection room.
Is there someone pretending to be Kogoro Mori to conduct deduction? Is this the truth about "Sleeping Kogoro"?
Gui Yueying's gaze fell outside the screening room.
Originally, she was going to give the reason directly, but now, she planned to listen to the reasoning of the hidden detective.
"Both sides' testimonies are correct? How is that possible?"
Inspector Megure was a little surprised.
"How can a body of a man be both shaking and not shaking?"
"Of course it's impossible for the body to be shaking and not shaking at the same time, but I guess the body was shaking at the same rate before, and it didn't stop shaking until the screams came out."
“The body was completely still only when the dean left the air-conditioning control room and returned to the theater.”
Kogoro Mori's voice seemed very certain.
"Think carefully, Mr. Furuhashi, Ms. Yuriko, and Mr. Iide."
"Excuse me, was the situation you saw the same as what I described before? Of course, you may not remember it clearly now, but I can tell you how this situation was achieved."
“The answer is the wind.”
Akio Muramatsu who was behind the crowd said with some surprise.
"Detective Maori, if you are talking about the wind, then there seemed to be only one kind of wind in the theater at that time..."
"Yes, it's the cold wind from the air conditioner."
The sleeping detective spoke with certainty.
"The reason why Mr. Muramatsu left the theater and went to the air-conditioning control room at that time was because someone had entered the air-conditioning control room before that and adjusted the wind speed, creating the illusion of a shaking body."
"Then find the right time to take out the mirror and book mentioned by Miss Guiyue."
"In this way, the body will appear in front of the projection hole, and the image of a person who is hung up but not completely dead can be perfectly created."
"If anyone finds this reasoning problematic, then we can put it to the test now."
(End of this chapter)