Chapter 26 Chapter 8 Objectives

"Kindaichi-kun... Your name is Kindaichi, right? Do you really understand the truth of this case?" Police officer Waituli looked at Kosuke Kindaichi suspiciously. Not to mention that this man found out the truth of the case, even the private detective who was entrusted by the boss of the big bank to investigate the case, the police officers did not believe it. "Well, I understand. Mr. Police Officer, and I even know the murderer." Kosuke Kindaichi still smiled leisurely. In the office on the second floor.Saeki's body lay on the couch.Saeki felt hot when he entered the tavern, so he took off his shirt, which is now covering the corpse.It looks like Saeki's shirt was unfurled when he was hit, and there is a bullet mark in the center of the back.

In the office, apart from the police officer Waitori, there are also the boss Terada Jinzo, the bodyguard Kamada Goro, the store manager Hiki, and the jazz singer Eguchi Himeko. Everyone has a stiff expression.The inside and outside of the room were closely guarded by the police. However, no one would believe so easily the words of this small, shabby-looking man named Kosuke Kindaichi.No, it's better to say that this person is the most suspected, that's why the police guarded the surroundings so closely. As if nothing had happened, Kosuke Kindaichi said with a smile: "The most interesting thing about this case is how did the murderer hit the victim precisely in the dark? There are two hypotheses. First, the murderer has very good eyesight, even in the dark. See the target clearly... But, this is not an ancient popular novel, it's a modern society. The second thing... is the victim who was targeted, with a mark that can be recognized in the dark..."

Kindaichi Kosuke scratched his head, looked around and said: "So, I asked many people who were at the scene at the time, and then I understood. The victim took off his shirt shortly after entering the tavern, tucked it under his armpit, and walked towards the fountain. Swing over there. Look at the jacket, there is a bullet mark in the middle of the back. So the victim should have been wearing a jacket when he was shot. But in fact, when we saw the body, he was holding on to the front of the jacket with both hands, and fell down. On the ground. Thinking about it this way..." Kindaichi Kosuke suddenly stood up.The watching policemen moved nervously.

But Kosuke Kindaichi just walked and said without hesitation: "The victim walked to the fountain like this, and suddenly the lights went out, and the surroundings were pitch black. The person who was exposed to the sun in the dark shouted: "Cat! Cat! There are cats attacking me in the dark!" Yes Bar?" "Well, what then?" Waiting for the police officer leaned out, seemed to be gradually attracted by his words. "Usually, what do people do to avoid being attacked? Besides, he still has a jacket under his armpits... borrow it." Kindaichi Kosuke wanted to remove the clothes from the corpse.

"What are you doing!" Detective Kinoshita stopped him. "I won't run away with my coat, don't worry." "Kinoshita-kun, let him do it. Well, Mr. Kindaichi, what then?" "Ah, thank you." Kindaichi Kosuke smiled and saluted again. "Probably, that's what the victim did." As he spoke, he grabbed the hem of his shirt with both hands, flipped it from front to back, and put it on his body. "Cat! Cat! There are cats attacking me in the dark!" He covered his body with his coat in fear. "Ah, by the way, there is a switch next to the door, can you please turn off the light for me?"

"Well, you, do as he says." Waiting for the police officer to find out from his pocket the candle that Kosuke Kindaichi gave just now, he began to realize that this person is not simple. The police were ordered to turn off the lights.Kosuke Kindaichi's voice came from the darkness: "Cat! Cat! There is a cat attacking me in the dark! The victim screamed and put on his clothes. Everyone, please pay attention to the back of the jacket, there is a mark there." In the darkness, Kosuke Kindaichi shook off his shirt, and the faint phosphorescence on it formed a circle.Everyone cried out in surprise.

"Understood? This is the murderer's target. Mr. Police, please turn on the light." After the lights were turned on, the astonishment of the crowd was indescribable.While marveling at the murderer's ingenious technique, he couldn't help but admire the insight of the person who saw through this technique. But did he really see through it?Could it be that he did it himself?The doubt in the eyes of Detective Kinoshita did not disappear.But wait for the police officer to readily understand.He tried his best to suppress the excitement in his voice: "Mr. Kindaichi, then the match is..."

"Yes. I didn't expect to find this, but it should be marked after entering the tavern. The police officer and Mr. Kinoshita over there have been following the victim tonight, and they must have passed through a dark place on the road. If there was a mark at that time, I would definitely have noticed it. However, according to the testimony of Mr. Hioki at the scene, after the victim entered the tavern, the only people who had physical contact with him were the bodyguard Kamada-kun and the proprietress, Ms. Yukie." "Wait a minute." Detective Kinoshita interrupted him, "Mr. Kindaichi, you also put your hand on the victim and talked to him before, didn't you?"

"Hahaha, that's right." Kindaichi Kosuke smiled, "Then, consider me one of the suspects. Indeed, I had the opportunity to sneak in through the back door, close the switch, shoot and kill, escape through the back door, and then escape through the back door. Come in through the front door. In this way, there are three suspects here. The bodyguard Mr. Goro Kamada, the proprietress Ms. Yukie, and the weird person who claims to be Kosuke Kindaichi... Next, let us study whether they have any connection with the second poisoning case. Chance correlation, that is, whether there is an opportunity to hide drugs. How about leaving me out for the time being, Mr. Inspector."

"Agreed." The police officer Waituli nodded with a smile. "Thank you." Kosuke Kindaichi lowered his head, "Next are Kamada-kun and Miss Yukie, but Kamada-kun is also innocent." "Why, why? Mr. Kindaichi?" Terada Jinzo was taken aback, and angrily shouted, "He and Himeko are in the same group..." "Although you say that, Terada-san," Kaneda Kazuke said with a smile, "it's not just your wine glass that has cork chips in it. I checked the other glasses, and the bottom of the empty glass in front of Hioki-san was stained with wood chips. And, Hioki-san is still alive and well. So, it's not a sign, it's just a coincidence."

"Who is that?" "Three minus two, there is one left..." "This, so to speak..." "Ms. Xuezhi poisoned Mr. Terada." "Ah!..." Everyone stared at this strange little man and shouted.Then there was silence. The police officer Waiting Power was attracted, and asked seriously: "Mr. Jintianyi, why did Xuezhi poison Terada-kun?" "Because Mr. Terada knows that Xuezhi has fake eyes." "What, what, what? Xuezhi installed fake eyes?" Waiting Li police officer was stunned.The other policemen couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay. "Well, I didn't find out until tonight. I just heard from Mr. Terada that she installed a very delicate artificial eye in Shanghai, which is as mobile as the right eye... Just ask the doctor." "Then, the victim called the cat..." Detective Arai blurted out. "That's right. Xuezhi's fake eyes glow in the dark. In addition, the first victim tonight had entangled with the second victim in the case last November night. From the soft physical feeling, I know that the other party is Feminine. And that softness, and the glow-in-the-dark fake eyes, reminded him of cats. Cats lurking in the dark...that's all a hint of femininity." When Kindaichi Kosuke commented, the police officer Waituli couldn't help but blush.What's more, among such cruel bank robbers, one of them is actually a woman! "Well, then, Mr. Kindaichi, where are the 700,000 yen notes?" The branch manager's voice was trembling, and sweat was dripping from his forehead. "Don't worry. Judging from the place where Yukie shot Saeki, the banknote is still there. Saeki remembered something at the time and was very confused. It must have been somewhere in the fountain...in the concrete base of the statue of the woman... " Kosuke Kindaichi stood up: "Mr. Terada, do you know the reason why the proprietress wants to kill you? You were not here when you killed the first victim. Besides, the cat in the dark...you don't know that the victim said this A word. If you heard it, you might think of the false eye, so Xuezhi is very disturbed, so she wants to get rid of you before you know about it." Terada was dejected, he knew very well that Xuezhi still planned to take the management right of the tavern for himself. "Mr. Police Officer," Kosuke Kindaichi turned to the police officer, "Please don't blame the subordinates for not checking well. Yukie wears a big opal ring on his left hand, right. That opal should be a cover. Yukie hid it in the ring to prevent accidents. Potassium cyanide. Please go downstairs. And the thing about Yukie's fake eye shining in the dark..."