Chapter 25 Section VII

Pulling the tab on the can of beer, white foam splashed onto his left hand, licked the foam, Kusanagi began to drink, the window was dark, and his figure was reflected on the window. It has been ten minutes since Yu Chuan left the room, and the conversation with Gui Mudaoying should start. "It's really different this time!" Kusanagi muttered, remembering the conversation with Yukawa just now. "The first thing that caught my attention was when I saw the photo of the victim on the rocking chair." Tang Chuan held the computer and showed the photo of the crime scene. It seems that he copied the data of the SD card without authorization.Kusanagi was about to protest, but decided to listen to what he had to say first.

"I remember! From then on you looked weird, and you didn't tell me what you found." "Because you are a policeman, you can't tell you things you're not sure about. I don't want to cause trouble for others because of my rash remarks." "I know that, tell me what you found!" Yukawa used a computer screen to display a photo in question, a side view of the victim in a rocking chair. "I don't know about guns, but how much impact does it take for a victim to be shot at close range with a shotgun?" This is an unexpected question, Kusanagi clasped his hands, "It was quite a big impact, although I don't know how big it is, but I heard that even a small pistol, if it is shot at close range, can hurt people' The power to be bounced away with a bang."

"That's right," Yu Chuan nodded, pointing at the computer, "The victim is sitting on a rocking chair. The rocking chair is a structure that can rock back and forth, but what will happen if you are shot by a shotgun in this state? You should know ?” Kusanagi looked at the photo, "The chair is tilted back." "Exactly! It should be a large tilt, right?" "I see!" Kusanagi said and snapped his fingers, "It should have tilted a lot and then fell over, so you think it's strange that the chair didn't fall over." But Tang Chuan shook his head, "No, if the high-end rocking chair is well made, it won't fall down no matter how you tilt it."

"What? Is that so? Then there's no problem!" Yukawa smiled and said, "What will happen to the chair if it is tilted back a lot?" "What's going to happen? It's natural to move forward... that's right!" "You obviously understand what I'm going to say," Yukawa pointed at the photo. "The reverse force of leaning back makes the chair return to the forward position. This is one of the advantages of rocking chairs. Even elderly people take advantage of this reaction Xiangli can easily stand up after sitting for a long time, but what if the person sitting is not a living person, but a corpse that just died?"

"With the forward force of the chair, the body will be thrown out..." "Yes," Tang Chuan took out a note from his coat pocket and put it on the table, which was filled with mathematical formulas. "Based on the photos, I estimated the shape and weight of the chair, the height and weight of the victim, and roughly calculated it. After a while, the result is that no matter how you think about it, it is strange that the corpse can still sit in the rocking chair, as you said just now, it should be thrown forward." "Then why wasn't it thrown out? Did the murderer do it on purpose?"

"I've also thought about it. It's unlikely. You try to think of yourself as a murderer. When you shoot with a gun, the victim's body leans back sharply along with the chair, and takes advantage of the situation to rush towards you. Most people will avoid this situation. Bar?" Kusanagi nodded in agreement in his mind, "Indeed, so what will happen?" "Given the circumstances, it is highly unlikely that the victim would have been shot on another occasion and then placed in a rocking chair." "I also agree with this point. The amount of bleeding is very large. If the body is moved, it will definitely be discovered."

"The victim was shot while sitting, and his body remained on the chair. There is only one answer to resolve this contradiction. Even if the victim was shot, the rocking chair hardly shook." "That means something is pulling the chair back?" Yu Chuan swiped his finger on the touch screen of the laptop, and then several photos were displayed, "From the photos you took, I can't find anything that can prevent the chair from shaking." "Well, there was no such thing when I saw the scene." "The victim was undoubtedly shot while sitting on the chair. The body received the impact of the bullet but the chair did not shake. Why? This means that when the body was hit by the bullet, it also received other forces from the opposite direction. , specifically, is the force that pulls the body forward.”

"Forward? Was it pulled by the murderer?" "Does the murderer have a reason for doing this? The murderer should be holding a gun in both hands." "What's going on? Don't be a secret, tell me!" Tang Chuan thought for a while and said, "How is your shooting level? You should have fired a gun before, right?" "Shooting? Not really good, but regular training." "So you know the magnitude of the reaction force when you shoot!" "Of course! It might cause shoulder pain," Kusanagi said, frowning, "what does that have to do with it?"

"The moment the bullet is fired, there will be a great reaction force on the gun backwards. What if the person who is shot is holding the gun in his hand?" "Huh?" Kusanagi said in surprise. "When the bullet hits the victim's body backwards, on the other hand the gun flies out in the opposite direction. If the gun is held, the forces on both sides cancel out and the victim's body stays where it is." "Grabbing the gun? That's..." "You don't have to beat around the bush," Tang Chuan said seriously, "The victim shot himself, probably pulling the trigger with his toe, in short, it was suicide."

Kusanagi took a deep breath, and took a long time to let it out, "Isn't it? It can't be like this?" "Why? Is there any other explanation for the corpse sitting in the rocking chair? If so, please tell me!" Kusanagi sniffled, "I can't explain it, so let's call it suicide! What's the matter with Mrs.? Is it also suicide?" "No, it's too difficult and impossible to die by choking your own neck with your own hands, so if the death of Mr. Wujiu was suicide, the death of Mrs. Madam is also suspicious. Or let's put it this way, the death of the couple is one of them It is more reasonable to think so."

Kusanagi understood what Yukawa wanted to say, "Mr. Takehisa killed his wife?" "This should be the most appropriate reasoning, right? After Mr. Wu Jiu strangled his wife, he committed suicide with a gun. In short, this case should be a suicide. The wife showed signs of resistance, so she should have been killed." "Wait a minute! If that's the case, what happened? The gun was left in the yard?" Tang Chuan nodded with a serious expression, "It can be said that this was wrong from the beginning, right? This is a disguise to disrupt the investigation." "You mean someone changed the position of the gun?" "I can only think so, who is the problem?" There is only one person who can say it is possible. "Miss Katsuragi Daying? Why?" "That's the problem, why do you think it is?" "What's the advantage of disguising suicide as robbery and murder?" Kusanagi thought, and soon he thought of a possibility, "Is that so... so you asked that question that will cause topic?" "You are really aware of the details. I wonder if the song he wrote will be re-evaluated if he becomes a victim of this case." "She said this kind of thing was impossible and would reduce the impact." "I think she's right, so maybe the next thing is..." "life insurance?" "Yes, I heard that even if you buy life insurance, you can't get the insurance money if you commit suicide." "This is called the insured person's deliberate injury exemption clause. If you commit suicide, you will not get insurance money. Moreover, Ms. Doying said that Mr. Takehisa and Mrs. Akiko did not buy life insurance." "I guess she didn't lie. This kind of thing will be known as soon as the investigation is done. So what is her purpose of disguising suicide as a homicide?" "After it becomes a murder case, the police will investigate everywhere, which will add a lot of trouble. If the murderer cannot be found, the investigation time will be extended. What's the point of pretending to be such an unpleasant case?" Kusanagi scratched his head, "I also I can't figure it out, if it's the other way around, the murderer of the murder case will disguise the scene as a suicide. In this case, it should be the murderer who shot Mr. Takehisa and strangled Mrs. Akiko to disguise the case as suicide. " Tang Chuan said: "That's the point! Just now you said that Mrs. Akiko was strangled to death after Mr. Takehisa was shot. Why is it in this order?" "Because there is blood on Madam's neck, and it may be Mr. Wu Jiu's blood, so it would be strange if Mr. Wu Jiu was killed first." Hearing Kusanagi's words, Yukawa showed a satisfied smile, "This is the point." "what exactly is it?" Yu Chuan raised his index finger and said, "The most important thing is the order!"