Chapter 281 Underwater Assassination and Fully Automatic Killing Device
Yuya shook his head: "Of course not. Mr. Sakano, in your opinion, what kind of fish can pull a grown man into the water?"
Sakano Daigo thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Urata has a lot of experience in fishing. It's impossible for an ordinary fish to pull him into the water. No, even if it's a fish weighing dozens of kilograms, it won't work, right?..."
Yuya agreed, "Yes, it was raining heavily at the time, and the murderer knew that Mr. Urata was very good at fishing in bad weather, so when he saw Mr. Izu and Mr. Sakano return empty-handed, he would definitely volunteer to go fishing."
"But how did the murderer get Mr. Sakano into the water?" asked Daigo Sakano.
Yuya suddenly realized that Inspector Shiratori was not there, and this Sakano Daigo played the role of the supporting actor very well, and he has a future~
Yuya said, "I'm afraid it's using underwater propulsion devices. I found them in the hotel's warehouse. I think Aunt Kirio usually uses them to catch fish?"
Wu Sheng nodded: "Yes, I am old now, and I need a propeller to go into the water to fish."
"That's it. The murderer grabbed Mr. Urata's fishing line and used an underwater propeller to pull Mr. Urata away."
Sakano Daigo laughed and said, "How ridiculous! In that case, wouldn't it be enough to just let go of the fishing rod?"
Yuya shook his head. "Even if Mr. Urata wanted to let go, he couldn't. I'm afraid there was super glue on his gloves or fishing rod. The murderer should have put the super glue in a container like a capsule that will break if squeezed hard.
When the fishing line was pulled, Mr. Urata would naturally think that a fish had been hooked, and would subconsciously hold the fishing rod tightly. As a result, the super glue would leak out of the capsule and stick the gloves and the fishing rod together.
Mr. Urata's gloves had anti-slip Velcro on the wrists, so they would not come loose easily, but there were no gloves on Mr. Urata's body.
If he really drowned accidentally, how would he have had the chance to take off his gloves?
As for the gloves and fishing rod, I'm afraid they have been disposed of by the murderer and cannot be found.
However, his recovery of the gloves and fishing rod also made me suspect that Mr. Urata's fall into the water was not an accident, and later, I found evidence in the video shot by Ms. Ishida that could incriminate the murderer. "
Sakano Daigo asked anxiously: "You've been talking for a long time, so who is the murderer?"
Yuya slowly raised his hand and pointed at someone slowly and firmly: "The murderer who set up a careful plan and committed three murders is you, Izu Takeshi!"
"Mr. Izu?"
The others looked at Izu Takeshi in shock, but Izu Takeshi remained indifferent and looked at Yuya with a calm expression.
"Stop talking nonsense," Izu Takeshi sneered, "What gives you the right to talk nonsense?"
Yuya didn't care, he took out Ishida Nanami's camera and said, "Don't worry, this is just the beginning. You can watch this video first and then make a judgment."
Yuya played the scene where he and Shiratori Jinzaburo returned to the hotel to seek help, and then paused the scene. What was shown on the screen was Izu Takeshi's profile.
"Take a close look at Mr. Izu's face."
The others came over, took a closer look, and made a puzzled sound: "There seems to be a red mark on the face?"
"Is this the indentation left by the swimming goggles?" Wu Sheng suddenly spoke, and everyone looked at her.
Wu Sheng was a little nervous, pinching his fingers and explaining, "Didn't I just tell you that I occasionally use a propeller to go into the water to fish, and I would wear swimming goggles at that time, so I am still very familiar with this mark."
Everyone suddenly realized.
"That's right," Yuya agreed, "After Mr. Urata and we left, you pretended to go back to the room, but you actually sneaked out and dived into the water to drown Mr. Urata.
Then go back to the hotel and pretend that you just took a shower. When you come out, you should have checked that there are no marks from the goggles on your face, right?
Unfortunately, you didn’t expect that the seawater temperature is relatively low. After returning to the room and taking a shower, the body temperature rises, the blood circulation also recovers faster, and the indentation of the goggles emerges. "
Izu Takeshi looked a little dazed. He suddenly came to his senses and said, "Wait, you said that as if you are sure that I am the murderer."
"When Miss Han Ye and Mr. Wu Ying were killed, I was with you the whole time!"
Youya glanced at the time and said, "It's almost time, so let's first solve the method by which Miss Han Ye was murdered."
Leading everyone to the outside of the hotel, Youya pointed to the salon window and said, "Everyone, please look over there."
A crossbow was fixed to the railing, with the arrow pointing into the room.
Sakano Daigo was the first to run over, and Yuya quickly reminded him: "Be careful not to touch the wires above, it will be troublesome if you get hurt by mistake."
Sakano Daigo was startled and quickly took a few steps back.
"A string?" Ishida Nanami walked forward carefully and found a string. One end was tied to the trigger of the underwater crossbow, and the other end was fixed to the wall with a pin.
Youya squatted down and came to the other side of the crossbow, pushed open the window of the salon, and inside was a chair facing the window, on which was a temporary dummy tied with pillows and quilts.
"Everyone, look carefully, there is more than one line here." Youye reminded.
Only then did everyone realize that there was another line connected to the trigger of the crossbow, extending all the way down and tied to a small boat.
"This first line is a safety device to prevent the trigger of the underwater crossbow from firing prematurely due to the floating of the ship..." Yuya explained.
Ishida Nanami suddenly realized, "This second line is used to pull the trigger using the boat, right?"
Yuya nodded appreciatively, "That's right."
He suddenly raised his head and listened for a while, then said, "It's time."
The siren cry coming from the sea changed.
"Everyone, stay away." Youye said.
Everyone quickly backed away.
After a while, the boat began to slowly move away from the shore.
Yuuya began to explain at the same time: "Using the ebb tide, the boat will slowly move away and pull the fishing line..."
As the boat pulled, the first line that served as a safety device was pulled off, and then, as the boat got farther and farther away, the second line wrapped around the trigger became tighter and tighter, until it reached a critical point...
"Whoosh!"
With a sharp sound of breaking through the air, the crossbow arrow was fired from the crossbow, almost reproducing the scene that night, and shot straight into the dummy's head.
"... Just like that, the murderer doesn't need to stand outside to kill Miss Han Ye."
"Then, due to the recoil and the pull of the boat, the underwater crossbow will fall into the sea, and the murder weapon will be hidden. We just need to find time to retrieve it later."
Everyone stared in amazement as the crossbow arrow automatically fired to "kill" and then automatically hid the murder weapon, their faces filled with shock.
Yuya looked at Izu Takeshi and said slowly: "Mr. Izu, this is the automatic killing device you designed that uses the receding tide of the sea!"