Chapter 142: Falling off the broken wall, uncovering the modus operandi, 2 suspects

Chapter 142: Falling off the broken wall, uncovering the modus operandi, 2 suspects

Following the instructions on the map, the two followed the stream and found a broken wall very close to the stream.

I estimated the distance between them and it is about 4 meters. This is the smallest distance between the broken walls.

Yuya squatted beside the broken wall, formed a picture frame with his hands, gestured to both sides and asked: "Officer Shiratori, can you jump over this distance?"

Shiratori Renzaburo thought for a moment and answered thoughtfully: "Normally, I can jump over it with a running start of 3 or 4 meters, but..."

He turned around and looked at the surroundings. Not only was the terrain rugged and complex, but there were also many trees blocking the way. Even if he managed to run, he wouldn't be able to gain much acceleration and would probably fall down halfway through his jump.

Youye nodded and said, "Indeed, the environment here is difficult to run, so it's hard to jump over like this."

I stood up and looked around, and found that this location was exactly behind the annex and the main building, and the view was blocked by some trees.

"But if the murderer passed through here, the three-hour walk could be shortened to just over ten minutes."

Shiratori Renzaburo's eyes widened slightly. "You mean... But even if the distance is greatly shortened, how can we get there? You also said that we can't jump over!"

"Even if we go down from here..." Shiratori Renzaburo stuck his head out to look down. The cliff was very steep and it would be impossible to climb up by manpower alone without the appropriate tools.

Yuya thought about it and said, "What if we use ropes to build a simple passage? Although it's a bit more difficult, we can still get through."

"Officer Shiratori, do you know that there is a rope climber that can automatically slide along the rope by pressing a switch? This way, you can go back and forth easily."

Shiratori Renzaburo was stunned for a moment: "Are you talking about the props in the game?"

Youya was also stunned and smiled awkwardly: "Is there no such thing?"

Shiratori Renzaburo fell silent, looked at Yuya with strange eyes, and then said: "Of course there is no such thing. Detectives can associate, but they can't imagine!" (I didn't find a fully automatic rope climber like the one in Tomb Raider, only a manual one.)

Youye smacked his lips and said dryly, "Okay, I thought too much."

The rope climber just now was something that Youya just thought of randomly and mentioned casually.

Yuya stroked his chin and walked back and forth on the edge of the broken wall, trying to find any clues.

Suddenly, his feet went weak and he stepped on empty air, falling sideways.

Yuya had never expected that the seemingly solid ground beneath his feet was actually soft. In addition, he was still distracted thinking about the problem, so he didn't react at all and fell down.

Shiratori Renzaburo was startled and subconsciously wanted to grab the person, but his outstretched hand only touched Yuya's cuffs.

"Yuya-kun, are you okay?" Shiratori Renzaburo shouted anxiously downstairs.

"I'm fine!" Youye rolled all the way down and finally fell on the ground with his back facing the sky. He moved his body but didn't feel any pain. He tried to get up and found that he had rolled down from such a high cliff. He only had some scratches on his hands and face. The thick snow saved him.

"Wait a minute, I'll go get the ladder!" Shiratori Renzaburo shouted and ran towards the main building.

Youya sighed and rubbed his head, feeling a little depressed.

Just as I was about to get up, I felt something in my hand. When I looked carefully, I saw a black object sticking out from the snow.

Youya squatted down and dug out the thing, and found that it was a burnt rope.

He subconsciously raised his head and looked back and forth at the broken walls on both sides, muttering, "Did they really use ropes to build a simple passage? But why was it burned and left here? If you want to recycle the ropes, wouldn't it be better to just cut them with a knife?"

Yuya crouched down and continued to dig quickly in the snow pile, and soon found some burnt hay in it.

"Hay?" Youye frowned as he pinched the hay.

The dead Minamikawa Yosuke was also holding a few pieces of dry grass tightly in his hands.

Burnt hay...will-o'-the-wisp... could it be?

Yuya stood up suddenly, straightened up and looked towards the other side of the stream, and sure enough, he found a snow pile similar to the one under his feet.

If he guessed correctly, there should be some burnt hay in the snow pile.

But who is this person and why is he burning hay here? Yuya was thinking about it, and suddenly felt his hand was cold. He subconsciously wanted to put his hand into his pocket, but he touched something hard.

"Huh?" Youye lowered his head in surprise and was surprised to find that his pockets had been frozen without him noticing.

"Did it get wet when it fell just now?" Youya muttered a few words, "How come it froze so quickly?"

He raised his hand to break the ice, but suddenly he froze.

Youye suddenly raised his head and looked back and forth at the broken wall above his head, his eyes flashing wildly.

"So that's why... No wonder we have to burn hay here." Yuye's mouth curled up slowly. He didn't expect that the accidental fall would bring such a big gain.

Is my luck about to catch up with the European Emperor Mao Lilan?

"Yuya-kun, are you still down there?"

Shiratori Renzaburo moved quickly and came back with a rope ladder, shouting loudly from above.

"I'm here!" Youya responded in surprise.

"I'm going to put the rope ladder down now, please move aside."

"Officer Shiratori, please hang the rope ladder where I just fell."

"Okay, I know."

Shiratori Renzaburo fixed one end of the rope ladder to the tree and swung the other end down with force.

Youya slowly climbed up the rope ladder, stopped when he was close to the ground, and reached out to fiddle with the place where he had just fallen.

He discovered that the seemingly solid ground here was actually a fake ground disguised as thick snow covering some dry grass.

And these hays also have signs of being burned.

Yuya's mouth corners curled up slightly. As expected, my guess was correct.

Shiratori Renzaburo reached out and pulled Youya up. Seeing the smile on his face, he couldn't help but ask, "What did you find down there?"

Yuya smiled slightly: "Yes, there is a big discovery. I have solved the secret of the will-o'-the-wisp and the murderer's method of committing the crime."

"Really?" Shiratori Renzaburo widened his eyes in surprise. The case was solved just by falling down?

Yuya frowned, "That's right, but there are two people who can use this method, or even more. People who were not in the restaurant at the time of the crime could have committed the crime."

Shiratori Renzaburo was a little surprised: "Is the range so large?"

"That's why I said that we have solved the mystery of the will-o'-the-wisp and the method of committing the crime, but I didn't say who the murderer is."

Shiratori Renzaburo frowned slightly. In this case, there is no way to identify the murderer?

"However, the most suspicious ones are the painter Kazusei Himuro and Mari Tamura." Yuya changed the subject.

"What do you mean?" asked Shiratori Renzaburo with a start.

Yuya explained slowly, "The reason why I suspect Himuro Kazusei is because of the self-portrait that was taken away. There must be some secret hidden in it, but we don't know it yet."

"As for Mari Tamura... at first we did think she didn't have the time to commit the crime, but now that I've figured out the murderer's method, she has become the biggest suspect."

"But this is just my speculation. I need some evidence to prove it. Let's go back to the museum for now."